El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-21

treatment in the periodical literature
or the United States is concerned. They
assert that a vast deal of misinforma
tlOn is suffered to go the rounds of
/ the press concerning flour
one or them cites the case of the as
sertlon that much barytes is used in
the adulteration of flour, and that it is
placed in the -four to add weight TO II.
rms miller contends that such an idea
! is one of the biggest fool notions in
. the world. He asserts that barytes cost
much more than flour, and that no
miller would find it profitable To use
as make-weight a substitute which
COSTS 50 percent more than the -four
I'SelI- Furthermore, he insists, the
presence of barytes would ruin the rem
utation Of any flour.
Milling Interests Large
The milling business of the Trnitod
states Is a large industry. According
TO late census figures, the total va1us
OF the milling products of the merchant
LllIIs OF the United States amounts 70
SI15,OOO.OOO a year The cost of the
material used in the preparation Of
thlS product amounted to s617OOO O69
VI the products Of American mills.
wheat flour constituted 81 percent
cornmeal 10 percent, the other 25 per
cent being scattered among other kinds
of mill stuffs
Al the recent hearing on the cost OF
hvlng before a committee In congress-
~ was testified by the sealer Of weights
ano measures for the District of Co
iurnpla that everyone of the 300. 600
barrels Of 1our-use -. Washington
last wee were four pou IDS short
V-e4ght- At current prices. this would
represent
the people Of Washington for -four
they did not get. An effort has beer
made to make 200 pounds the standard
weight for barrel of -four, but the
trade sticks tenaciOusly TO the old
standard of 196 pounds. This quantity
became the standard under the old
English table IA pounds make one
stone, II stones make one barrel"
Germany Has School for MiIIers,
Germany has been striving to take
the lead in excellence Of -four products.
That country has established a nfllers'
technical school, where ambitious
young men are given a thorough train
Ing IN the production of perfect mill
stuffs- In the United States, there are
a great many trade papers which give
attention to the technical side of mill
ing, and il is probable that when read
in a mill. the American boy may get
all the benefits from such reading that
the German boy gets from his course
a school
Probably no other industry of the ex-
tent of the milling business has as
many trade journals as are supported
by the American milling interests.
Their main function is to keep careful
tab on prices Of milling commodities
throughout the world and these re-
ports constitute one Of the most vaIu-
able assets of the miIIers.
An Old Industry.
Milling is one Of the oldest indus
tries in which man has been engaged.
OF course the first mill was the human
jaw. when cereals were eaten whole.
After this came the MASKING Of the
grain between two stones. This. in
turn. was succeeded by the pestle and
the mortar, and this was followed by
the upper and neither mill stones. The
first grinding motion seems TO have
been utilized in the quern. the earliest
mechanical contrivance that bears a
resemblance to the buhr of later peri
DDS.
II is said that the oldest mill in the |
United States is the one which stands |
on the old Benjamin Harrison estate |
in the James river section of Virginia /
This mill still grinds its regular grist !
The first steam -four mill in the world I
IS said 20 have been built in London I
in 1884. The first one constructed IN /
the United States was at Cincinnati |
in 1915.
Business Young in America. !.
The modern roller mill first was es-
tablished in 1910 In the city Of Pest
IN 1868 was begun the system of cool !
rollers which. developed and extended,
has given the world the modern mer-
chant mill Minneapolis, which now
occupies first place among all the cities
# the world as a -four producing cen
Ter. saw the establishment Of its first
merchant mill only SO years ago. Since
hen. it has developed with a wonder
'ul rapidity. and it is believed thar
or many years 10 come that the Min
lesOta city will continue to hold the
'lace Of primacy among all the cities
# the earth as producer Of flour.
While America IS the greatest wheat
producing country Of the world, It's in
labitants do not enjoy the cheapest
,read. In the cities of the United
states. one buys a II ounce loaf for
cents. In London. he may buy So
unce loaf for Is cents. In an Ameri-
an city one cent will buy IS ounces
f bread. while in London it will buy
g ounces. And at that, the London
read may be made of good American |
wheat
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