Sadly, Mrs. Hershey was struck by a debilitating disease and died prematurely in Caramels gave Milton Hershey his first million, but chocolate gave him his real fortune. At the end of the Columbian Exposition, Hershey bought two pieces of the equipment and had it installed in a wing of the Lancaster Caramel factory. His commitment to developing a chocolate business was confirmed when the Hershey Chocolate Company was established as a subsidiary of the Lancaster Caramel Company in February Within a year Hershey was producing his own chocolate, as well as cocoa and baking chocolate.
His confectionery line would soon include over varieties of vanilla sweet chocolate novelties known today as semi-sweet or dark chocolate. By the late s, Hershey was convinced that his future lay in producing chocolate rather than caramels. His search for the perfect site to build a complete chocolate factory led Milton Hershey back to his birthplace in Derry Township, Pennsylvania. He purchased The Homestead, the farm where he had been born, in Beginning in Hershey and a few chosen employees worked long hours side by side, and into the night, until just the right blend of ingredients was found for milk chocolate.
Hershey how to make milk chocolate. He just found out the hard way. The product enjoyed immediate success. By it was obvious that a new, larger factory was needed to produce milk chocolate. After inspecting possible sites for his new chocolate factory in New York, New Jersey and Maryland, Hershey was soon convinced that the central Pennsylvania countryside would provide everything he needed for a factory: a plentiful water supply, access to rail lines, fresh milk and industrious workers.
When his wife heard that Hershey intended to build in Derry Township, she told him he ought to have his head examined. Most of his associates agreed with her because they felt the site was too remote. Beginning in late , Hershey quietly began buying land through an agent. Ground breaking took place on March 2, , and by summer the new factory was completed. The Hershey Chocolate Factory was designed to produce milk chocolate using mass production techniques.
Much of the specialized machinery was either developed or adapted by factory employees. When the Hershey Chocolate Company was first established, Milton Hershey produced many varieties of sweet chocolate candies. Hershey had other qualities as well, which made him a good businessman.
He was imaginative. He had the skill of choosing able assistants and of keeping their devotion. He had a broad grasp of markets and of their possibilities and, he was daring.
Once he had made a decision, he put his entire force behind it, whether it was making chocolate, producing his own sugar in Cuba or, wrongly as it turned out, trying to stabilize the price of sugar futures.
On the whole, he was respected for his honesty, for driving hard bargains and for selling a first-class product. Three years later, he returned to Derry Church to build a new factory. There he could obtain the large supplies of fresh milk needed to perfect and produce fine milk chocolate.
Excited by the potential of milk chocolate, which at that time was a Swiss luxury product, Milton Hershey determined to develop a formula for milk chocolate and market and sell it to the American public. Through trial and error he created his own formula for milk chocolate.
In he began construction on what was to become the world's largest chocolate manufacturing plant. The facility, completed in , was designed to manufacture chocolate using the latest mass production techniques.
Hershey's milk chocolate quickly became the first nationally marketed product of its kind. With Milton Hershey's success came a profound sense of moral responsibility and benevolence. His ambitions were not limited to producing chocolate. Hershey envisioned a complete new community around his factory.
He built a model town for his employees that included comfortable homes, an inexpensive public transportation system, a quality public school system and extensive recreational and cultural opportunities. Unlike other industrialists of his time, Hershey avoided building a faceless company town with row houses.
He wanted a "real home town" with tree-lined streets, single- and two-family brick houses, and manicured lawns. He was concerned about providing adequate recreation and diversions, so he built a park that opened on May 30, , and expanded rapidly over the next several years. Just as impressive, the Milton Hershey School now serves about 1, students each year, while the M. Hershey Foundation, established in , funds educational and cultural activities for Hershey residents.
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That generosity leads to the richest of rewards. Milton Hershey made his mark as a successful confectioner, philanthropist and innovator. But Milton was by no means an overnight success story, nor did his achievements come without their hardships. The School. Founded by Milton and his wife Catherine, they built the school with the intention of providing young boys with a productive and fulfilling life.
Having had no children of their own, they came to consider the boys as family. Now named the Milton Hershey School, this institution fosters the academic and social potential of over 2, boys and girls a year, providing them with the skills and resources for success in all areas of life.
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