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The American Chicle Company was a chewing gum trust founded by Edward E. Beeman and Jonathan Primle.〔 ==History== It was incorporated in Trenton, New Jersey, on June 2, 1899. Its market capitalization was $9,000,000 with one third of its stock preferred and 6% cumulative dividends. The business was composed of the chewing gum concerns in Brooklyn, New York (Adams Sons & Company); Cleveland, Ohio (W. J. White & Sons); Chicago, Illinois (J. P. Primley); Louisville, Kentucky (Kis-Me Gum Company); and Toronto, Ontario (S. T. Britten & Co.).〔''The Chewing Gum Trust'', New York Times, June 3, 1899, pg. 3.〕 The corporation operated factories and gum forests in Yucatan.〔''American Chicle'', Wall Street Journal, December 16, 1901, pg. 3.〕 American Chicle utilized Dancer Fitzgerald Sample in 1950 to promote its products via radio, newspapers, and television.〔''Advertising News and Notes'', New York Times, July 25, 1950, pg. 42.〕 American Chicle was acquired by the pharmaceutical company Warner-Lambert in 1962; Warner-Lambert was acquired by Pfizer in 2000. The American Chicle Company was renamed Adams in 1997; it is currently owned by Cadbury, who purchased Pfizer's candy brands in 2003. The unit is now known as Cadbury Adams. Many of American Chicle's brands are out of production. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Chicle Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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