The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-13
KING CORN.
various Uses of Most Wonderful
Cereal

great cornstalli, with spreading leav-
Is ana heavy golden ears. During
lral period OF quicsccncc more than
one hundred generations of men had
hVcd and toiled and gone to their
long rest, yet the life-spark in that
Kernel OF corn survived, as by mir
aclc, and burst forth anew after four
thousand years of slumber.
Scarcely less wonderful does it ap-
pear that the very paper this article
IS printed on may be imbued with
corn stalk fibcrs, the new material
that is shortly to take the place of
wood for paper making.
Are you going TO the woods for
sport Ten to one the smokclcss pow
der OF your sh0tgu contains il ccllu-
lose nitrate made from corn. Thus il
may happen that the ducks YOU blaze
away ai were fattcncd from the same
HELD Of corn that yields the power to
drive the shot into them. If YOU car
ny camera you" films arc probably
coated with cilloGion that was made
from corn pith. IF you are touring
IN an aut" your lubricating oil is
made from corn, if YOU have the kind
1hal does not gum: and if YOU have
the latest machine that cxplodcs de-
haturcd alcohol instead Of gasoline,
your alcohol is practically certain to
be made Of corn.
Corn is the most onniprcscnt thing
an the universe. Go where Won will
You can not get away from it. AS the
moving picture machine flashes lis
hundreds Of thousands Of films ON
the screen little do we think that
these miles Of picture films would
not operate without scnSitizinc ma
tcrlal based on cclluloSc. obtained
mainly from the humble corn stalk.
ihc average man, if asked if he
could get along without corn, would
nnhesita,ingly answer yes. He would
bethink himself only Of the hot sohn-
NY cake or corn muffin, or corn in
some form as Il breakfast food. or
possibly OF popcorn. But how his
mouth would have lrn%thrncl al The
corners if told that he must pav an
extra cent or two for every starchcd
thing he wears if the laundry nav
not use corn starch: that his soap
VIII rise in price without corn OH
from the glucose factory; that cheap
silk ties must be no more bccausr
the cellulose adulteration is based on
corn plih! Tell him that his mlcila~c
bottle Will cost him ten cents instead
OF i've If gum arabic is used instead
"t detrnd. made Of corn. Remind
him that he must 60 back to>mo]osscs
1"r table syrup, and that candies will
be both more costly and less palat-
able If deprived of the grape SUGAR
or glucose contents.
II this average man still thinks he
can get along without corn. point out
I" ann that ;hc very Great nav, of
inns country would be fatally weak
ened IN battle but for the Innings of
corn pHh in the vessels hulls When
shot penetratcs the armor and let's
III the water the corn pith swclS and
ILLS dhc hole. a navy without corn
pith would be as helpless as an old
1aSil"naed Spanish armada in mod
ern sea fight. Remind the man also
that the animals of the country relv
principally on corn for food, and that
brcf. pork, poultry ana dairy pro-
duets would double IN price but for
cheap corn feed.
Indian corn is as remarkable fn,
the tremendous quantities in whirli
1t IS grown as for its novel and De-
cul1ar uses. In 1906 there were ac-
tually three billion bushels grown in
the UnHed Statcs-cnough to feed
the entire human family for three
years. if they were confined to y
corn diet. Most Of this corn went in.
t" pork. poultry. ',ccf and through
the useful COW, into dairy products.
Ihe acreage planted in the wear
quoted was Il hundred million. or
more Than an acre for each man. NO.
man aud child in the country. The
m'n"N Nalu" "f the crop was @l.I70,-
"oO''"". on mere THAN sufficient 10
pay The national debit
the corn crop Of the United States
IS worth twelve times as much rs thc
product of the gold mines: il is three
times As large aS thc production Of
all the GOLD mines of the world. The |
entire capital and surplus Of the six
thousand and odd national banks in
the United States exceeds the ya]un