Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-17
MRS. ALICE AUMAN. LIGHTNING BIS
CUT MAKER, AT THE CORN gEh-
HIBIT. |

yeotion. He said, on assuming the chair:
The object of our coming together Is
conference for ways and means by which
Americas premier crop and wonderfuisc &C.
real may be better understood and appre-
ciated by the rest OF the world. we are
satisfied that scarcely one person in a
million comprehnds the magnitude OF Its
product. its money value. its innumerable
uses and possibilities, or Its wholesome
ness as a universal food for animal and
human kind. The Central Western states,
of which Chicago is rightly the great com
mercial port. are the home and habitat
of Indian corn.
LAS suggesting the acreage devoted to
this crop in the United States. / may say
that our governments statistics show II
10 have been in recent years about 10 per
cent greater than all the aggregate de-
voted to wheat. oats. barley,
and potatoes: in 1896 the acreage was great
er by IS per cent. We hear much OF the
wheat crop, and the casual reader of the
public prints would suppose. We had no
other which rightly could compare with
1t. In spite of this our statistics show
that during the last decade the value, one
year with another. of our corn crop has
been nearly double. OF. 50 per cent greater
than that of all the wheat produced in all
our understanding wheat fields. The value
of this corn in this decade has been about
the same as the combined values of all
our wheat. oats. barley, and
potatoes produced in the same period;
IN the last three or four years We have
heard much of silver and its Importance.
and from the attention, oratory aud print
ers' ink devoted to it. we might suppose
that IL was the one interest before which
all others paled and sank into insignif-
canoe. / find. however. TIA: the average
product of American silver mines during
the three years ending with 1875, was less
than SAG. 500. COO: the average value of our
American corn for each of the last ten
years has been nearly 65G.G10.0G or more
than 1872 times. the value Of all our silver.
which. in the minds of so many. is en-
dowed with well nigh god-like attributes.
Add 10 this silver the output of gold, and
annually we We're producing corn worth
more than seven times as much as both
these precious and much coveted metals
combined.
Il am proud to come from a state regard
ed by many of the beniGhtcd and unso-
phisticated as something of a desert, which,
while being transformed from a buffalo
range into the wonderful garden it is COM
ing TO he. has produced corn that, in the
fields where grown. had a value of more
than s326. 100000. and in the last two years
had a crop of $40. 100000 bushels. The few
simple facts | have presented. which could
he amplilied indefinitely. it seems to me,
considering the !gnora ice that obtains even
in our own country. to say nothing of other
parts of the world in reference TO this WON
derful grain. afford ample justification for
our meeting here to devise WAYS and means
by and through which It shall attain a
wider recognition and more of the appreci-
alton its merits must command. / ccnSid-
or it not only a great pleasure and a great
honor. but a patriotic duty as well. TO be
identified with such an effort. which / ard
the people | represent wish a hearty God
speed"
Following Chairman Coburn. j. ]. Muir
ply. of Chicago. presented Information re-
garding the corn movement. Mr.. Murphy
is the son of Colonel Charles ]. Murphy,
OF New York. who was the first to intro
duce American corn foods abroad. and TO
whom. IL IL asserted. the corn growers are
largely indebted for the increase of the
of corn in Europe. the eX-
ports having increased I'm four years from
100000 bushels to ISIS. 100000 bushels. Colo
mel Murphy's attention was first called to
the value of corn by ex-Mayor Hewitt. of
New York.
The following national executive commit.
Bachelor. Concord: Massacfusetts. Her.
bert Myrick. Springfield: New York. J. NJ
Brinker. Buffalo: New Jersey. Franklin Z.
Philadelphia; Texas. +. P. Holland. Dallas;
Kentucky. Lucas Moore. Frankfort: Ohio
J: IL. Canfield, Columbus: Indiana. John
Bosardus. Paxton: Iowa, John Cownie
South Amana: Wisconsin, w. A. Henry
Madison; Minnesota, John L. Gibbs. Min.
neapolis; Missouri. ]. r. Rippey. Column.
bia: Kansas. Colonel Thomas w. Harrison
Topeka: Nebraska: r. N Allen. Ames
N n DakG Ia H; 3; Hurlsy: Colorado, W
w. Morrow. saltwater: Maryland. H. J
Patterson. College Park: Wyoming. Henry
Members-at-large were elected by tbs
convention as follows: Colonel c. J
Murphy. representing the United States N
Brussels. and Colonel Clark T.. Carr, Gales.
burg. III.
The executive committee elected officers
as follows: President. Colonel Clark L
Carr. of Galesburg, ILL.,; vice president. Johr
Cownie. South Amana. Ia: secretary. B. W
Snow. Chicago. and treasurer. Andrew
lancdon. Buffalo.
Plans were mapped out for extensive cN,
hihits. of corn products at the Omaha anC
Buffalo eNoositions, and at the Paris eX.
position in 1900.
Tie executive committee will meet ir
Omaha next November.
Arrangements had been made for giving
d practical demonstration of the value OF
corn as food, a kitchen having been opened
where bread, crackers and a number OF
table dclicacieS We're TO he had for the ask.
ing. Miss Emma Sickles was in charge
and Mrs. Auman, of Decatur. presided Over
the mixing of the dough.
Mrs. Auman is called the lightning bis,
cuitnaker. She Is said to hold the record
and turns out 5000 fresh. crisp biscuits :
day when the stove is working satisfac,
tCrily.
The object of the xhibit was, to show
the merits of corn -four. Biscuits mad.
from Hour about 20 per cent of which il
corn flour were served with tea and cocoa
DouEhnuts and pastry in which a large
per cent Of corn -four Is used were on eN
hibition also. During the afternoons ther,
were some short talks on the merits O
corn flour.
DistiIIery Barn Burned.
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