The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
Its Meaning to America.
BY George II. Phillips
OF the Chicago Board Of Trade
Corn
|,eees&

80 as much 10 this SOIL as
oe .ssn himself. From the Mex
re- Tho hills OF Maine, from
Naa puget Sound to the swamps
r I'm literally covers our coun.
ral -,san and fruitful mantle.
z STATE in all the Union where
" e not an important part OF
.'sswealth's agriculture TINS can
- ether crop. Few of the men
go tbls majestic, fruitful, won
w few of those who handle It
IN. iaw who stake fortunes ON
cAsp.5l,.nsflons. have any conception
n Hisnsnce TO the American people
n, nfosperlty. The magnitude OF
w apd volume, the uniNersaiitE
iaa.:sahutlon over the Favored SOIL
rated states, ana ITS auaptholllty
~ leeds, are little snort OF mnr
~ y. wouder the most eloquent ana
~ rorsrnor Illinois ever had
fAE II as Royal corn. within
tllpe av heart there is health and
e.v an The natlons!" The boyish
" pgehord Ogleshy were nttuned
o ,Sony OF the prairie winds maxi
IaRwsic among the millions of
.a-r leaves, MS he plodded bare
tween the towering rows. He
m.n nd realized its true value In
.s.d vital sense which exceeds
'r.vnrfr,.erclal limits and which IN
Nh 10 exclaim: "Standihg upon
gdsss rronlse-and then, before half
enne view its full fruitiop
. N beaped gold await the need of
n,aess Of the Unions corn crop
,i,sl relation II bears TO the pros
me American farmer aud that
suutry can only be grasped through
Ann OF figures, but these need be
nan, nor tedious, and they should
uecuar interest for every man
hart Is open TO that which has
trecance for his nation.
a mental picture of vast held Of
amNO acres In extent aud you
rieE Of the consolidated c tnfields
VIA This Is the present corn acre.
MNa c0inpanion picture, let the mag.
4, dppet Il mountain of corn. contain
II &Illion bushels W the beautiful
cereal. This la one years harvest
n treat held-Simply an average an
NM The immensely Of these figures
Essl staeger the Imagination of the
III maiter.Of-fact man and cause him
aWhere and how is this monster
usedY7 That the demand for corn
hl exceed so prodlgal q supply
~ almost impossible But the facts
nam the worlds call for corn is far
,,ng, and In rapidly increasing
i;s enormous output of this couu.
Mnlhelds.
tals demand has grown 70 the point
mA Il has reached, what are the GER.
q its future development and
means to the American people, may
siy suggested by word Of corn
IN oil that may be said on this
seep constantly In mind this fact:
BMDOO000 bushels a year is so per
al the corn grown in the world!
@we exported only 3 per cent OF Of
Xgp-that Is to say, from 81. 900, 900
$4,000 bushels year. During that
he prices received by the farmer
rom % cents 10 25 cents bushel,
Mspflenced by unusually snort crops.
Wislng with the middle of the last
Il the last century. marked In
ID the Commercial uses of corn be,
\. Tie perfection OF milling machinery.
ns Influence Of American Inventive
4 made possible the preparation from
large variety of human foods.
4 nj and the cparser cornbrend, so
\ tmong the colpreh people of the
pad, previous to that time, been
'ln forms In which corn was util-
I y ~ article Of diet for man. with
y machinery the Indian cereal was
10 the fneness of -four, and I'M
ny this product began a career of
polarity. Dainties Of various mud
is kinds We're devised. and faxed
n coTnstsrch and breakfast foods
~ corn was the main foundation
INTO general use. y
: Increment has steadily progressed
way alrty large milling concerns
rsel In the manufacture of food
from corn, An authority on this
b w that this cereal Is, now the
A Z iofty'seyen food and los CONNER
u 1ducts. Such has heen the trans
fs wrought by the change from
III eurr' stones Of the custom mill
aoaern milling machinery! TO all
III purposes this change In the utili-
corn as a food has taken place
n ne last six years.
III ~
Fune from corn has grown an In.
q large proportions and National
.it' the manufacture of grape
Of glucose" This recent industry
a'unes from 100000 to 6O,000,OOO
q corn each year, or more than
v sae capacity of all the glucose
eIistence FIVE years ago. How
Inls new product has been paid
Neign nations? This is an inter
gaeslion. In 1890 we exported 3S,
fVanus OF glucose, worth SSoO,OO0;
vac volume Increased to III 10000
North S2.772000: and In 1000 we
!, .sVnse MI nations $4,000. 900 pounds,
SWoOoO. Meantime our exports
Increased from S475, 600 In 1890
1W last year. The volume OF
me export of glucose and Its
only fraction of the increase
.neeue use of these articles.
M iaese recent DEVELOPMENTS in the
u ~ corn for commercial uses may
s. ssrr Ts speaking by comparison, as
n .aaysluental to the main volume OF
3 y rrmand-that OF the export trade
!. gsleal Itself and the meats pro
" Ieedlng. Let us look back
l4M sat tne ocean vessels carried "a
s.oIes from the cornfields OF the
Il ~ ssas 4, The exports of corn FOL
~. 9lV9,WO bushels, valued al
Il ~, "a ~ 1896 we sent across the
WuuO bushels, worth S3S, 600,
u IN sio t oj kesr we exported the splendid
| / ri Al oynV,uoO bushels, which brought
Nv exports Increased from s04T,
"a Y y, $4,000 In 1900. In add
s'la abroad every year In corn
y me equivalent of 00,0O0,OU
X, .s have already Indicated. corr
N II NJ AM feature of agriculture II
Of the Union and commands
ass o. S3,OO0,OO0. the great corr
b sisupplles the commerce OF TIT
Ina confined to Ohio, Indiana
~ 80 MlssQuri, Kansas and Ne
r,ss u entitled to the distinction
N sofs Vnned as the great corn State
Z sueh % per cent of the corr
m as. fields goes, In Its nat
. ksv,r w, OF the counties in whicl
49,. mere Is the basis of Amer
. I'm s s N the production OF meats
100 spsaklng, we feed the mea
M civilized world. We consum
pSiA and mutton than any 9th
IN, yoyide vastly more of thes
on does any other country
osst magnificent corn crop thi
"0uid De an impossibillty.
most Important facts to b
IN .snpung an adequate estimat
's.lesAce and the future Of Amer
MS, the area suitable for cor.
W tsB~ MS country is today a
49, 4. uullzed, There can be n
1 Isenent Of our cornaelds u