![]() The supply of chicle sat in a warehouse until Adams was inspired by a girl asking for chewing gum in a New York drugstore. About one ton of chicle from Mexico was shipped to New York and Adams, assisted by his son Thomas Jr., tried unsuccessfully to use chicle as a rubber substitute for tires and other items. Santa Anna suggested to Adams that he create a formula to make carriage or bicycle tires by experimenting with chicle, a substance found in Central American sapodilla fruit trees. ![]() in the mid-1860s, he stayed with friend Adams at his Staten Island home. When Santa Anna was exiled from Mexico and came to the U.S. The birth of the modern day chewing gum industry can be traced to the 1850s when Thomas Adams Sr., a New York wholesale glass merchant and inventor, became acquainted with General Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of Mexico. (1818-1905) – Founder of Modern Chewing Gum ![]()
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