Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-08
CORN WILL BE KING.
A WONDERFUL CORN PALACE PLAN
NED FOR PARIS EXPOSITION.
COMMISSIONER PECK HAS APPROVED.
Every Product and By-Product OF
Corn VIII lie There, and Also
Dishes Cooked In Genuine Home
STYLE.
For the Dispatch)


Corn will be king at the Paris Ex-
position of 1900 The residents OF inc
corn-growing section of this country have
declared it; Ferdinand w. Peck, United
states Commissioner-General OF the
Paris Exposition, has approved OF 1t, ana
the visitors to the great fair Will do the
rest. The Court of King Corn is going to
be a wonderful aggregation. The world
is going to bow the knee before his Ma
iesty. and acknowledge that the monarch
is the greatest that ever ruled, and that
other cereal monarchs make very bad
seconds TO this American potentase.
The plans for astonishing the world by
the majesty of King Corn are outlined
bv Clark E. Carr president of the Ameri-
can Maize Propaganda, who writes us,
from Mt. Carroll, H., the following de-
scription of the part that American corn
win play among the attractions OF the
Paris Exposition Of 1900.
''The representatives Of the American
Maize Propaganda. the president Of the
organization for the State Of Illinois. and
other officers and members, called upon
the Hon. Ferdinand w. Peck, and laid
before him our Views with regard 10
great corn exhibit at the Paris Fair The
Commissioner was interested at once,
and thought that the idea would be of
great benefit to the American people, as
well as a unique and striking addition
To the attractiveness of the American
section of the Exposition. We discussed
the whole matter with him, and were
assured of his cooperation.
"Our plan, 80 far as developed, is TO
have every useful article manufactured
from Indian corn on exhibition at PARIS
cornmeM. corn-four, hominy. starch,
sugar. syrups, caramels, candies OF all
kinds, oil, soap, the substitute for gutta-
percha, and corn-pith cellulose-in fact,
everything produced from this American
cereal by mill and mandatory and glu-
cose-works.
Besides this display we propose to es-
tablish an Indian Corn Kitchen and Res
taurant, where the people coming from
all lands can themselves be served with
well prepared and well cooked cornbread,
cornpuddngs, coTnfritters, corncodgers,
Johnny-oake hoecacke, corn griddle-cakes,
popcorn, hominy mush. Succotash ana all
the innumerable dishes that Americans
relish
"The good result that we hope to bring
about IS TO got the world TO appreciate
the value and excellence of Indian corn
as we appreciate them.
"A feature of the exhibition that we
think Will be very popular one Win be
the free distribution Of samples of corn
meal. oorn-fiour, and hominy With tho
free samples viii be given pamphlets
printed In various languages, setting
forth the best way to cook the delicacies,
explaining how 10 cook the various dishes
SO that they will be appreciated and win
favor among those who have never known
the Joys OF New England cooking, ana
take every possible means or introducing
the cereal in ITS various forms TO the
nations OF the Old World under the most
favorable conditions.
''The appropriation by Congress for the
display at Paris of all American agricul-
tural products Is limited to $4,000. When
THIS IL divided among all the articles We
produce from agriculture. 1t viii be found
10 be inadequate. II is hoped and be-
lieyed that Congress Will. at the next
session. greatly Increase this appropria-
ton.
But 81 is not enough that Congress
make appropriations. The legislatures OF
the six great -producins States-llli-
nois Iowa, Indiana, Missouri Kansas,
ana Nebraska-must make themselves APP
proprfations 10 be used exclusively in
bringing their most important and valua-
bic product 10 tho attention OF the world.
Limited as We were In our work for In
aian corn in 1880 and 1891, the annual ex-
port OF that commodity 20 Germany and
the Scandinavian counties has doubled
since that time
IAN appropriation Of 10000 by Illinois
for this purpose would only be one-fourth