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in the United States, and the term generally 

 applied to the first crude productions made of 

 plain and unsweetened dough was cracker. In 

 this country the term cracker has continued 

 to be used for the plain, crisp, unflavored product. 

 But when our crackers were introduced into 



Courtesy Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. 

 FIG. 83. A large factory where biscuits, or crackers, are made. 



Europe, they were included under the title of 

 biscuits and to some extent this general classifica- 

 tion has been adopted here. Both names are still 

 in use. 



The first cracker which was produced in the 

 United States was the pilot or ship bread. This 



