The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-15

dian corn to the British people, so that il
| shall become staple article of food In
their households, has many advantages,
and there need be no doubt that its re-
suits will be made manifest as he pur-
sues his laboas from one part to another
| of the kingdom, as he finds opportunity
at fairs or exhibitions. There is surely a
growing interest here in Indian corn as a
means of supplying the popular demand
for cheap, wholesome, nouri5hing grain,
and America can furnish it in any
needed quantity at less than one-half the
price Of wheat. The Nebraska commits
sioner holds that when once the people
of the various countries Of Europe know
the real worth of Indian corn, which
they have not learned since the discov-
cry of America, there will be 4 prodig-
ious demand for it, and that this
will not only be advantage Gus
to the American corn raiser, but
will also aid in the re-establish-
ment of the American merchant marine.
Commissioner Murphy's lectures on
this subject are full of interest and infor-
nation, especially when he illustrates
them with displays of practical cookery.
In addressing an audience recently he
said that there are five distinct species of
corn, and that at the New Orleans eXhi-
bitiOn there were seventy-tive varieties
from Nebraska. He presented scientific
as well as commercial views of the corn
question, showing both the nutritive
qualities of the grain and the vast
volume of Its production, the latter
being indicated by the statistics which
tell that the ascertained crop of last year
in the United States was 1900, 900, 900
bushels, only about per cent of which
was exported TO foreign countries. He
described how beautifully, yet cheaply,
the people of Europe could live on this
corn, which contains as mnch actual
noJtrishment as the best wheaton flour,
oatmeal, or any other highly farinaceOus
cereal. He told how largely it was con-
sumed by the people of Mexico and the
western states of the American union,
and advieed the people of Europe
to follow their example. He rose TO po-
etc heights in quoting from Longfellow's
''Hiawatha," the stanza in which the
'maize fields green and shining are
described. He said that one of the OBJ
jects of his mission abroad was ''to en-
deavor to introduce the Use of corn food
into the armies of Europe, which would
cause the saving of a fabulous amount
of money annually In truth, the SOM
missioner's lecture, from its opening to
its close, threw new glory upon the In
dian corn fields of America. yet,
the commissioner said, Il am no corn
dealer or corn grower, have no pecun-
larry interest in the grain, and receive no
subsidy from any quarter whatsoever.
| feel that | cannot be of greater service
to the toiling millions of the world than
by instructing them as to the best means
of procuring the cheapest and most nu-
tritious food"
Commissioner Murphy has prepared a
pamphlet in which he gives not only his
lecture before the international congress
of 1Iillers at Paris, but also ever one hun /
dred formulas for the preparation and
cooking of corn, besides much other
serious matter.
There is now growing interest In the |
Indian corn question in Great Britain, |
and some references to it have recently !
in the papers. One of the /
writers on the subject argues that ii
there should at any time hereafter be a /
heavy demand for the grain in Great !
Britain the supply would be obtained |
from the East Indies, where the ryots |
can raise it even more cheaply than 1t |
can lie raised by the farmers in the west |
ern states of the American Union.