Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-21

or heating, lighting, and power pur-
poses and is not the same as wood
alcohol, as many people suppose.
Wood alcohol Is not made by distill-
ing, but is made from saw dust with
a solution of sulphurous acid by heat
ing the wood in iron retorts or ovens,
and then condensing the vapor. Wood
alcohol is very poisonous. Denatured
alcohol contains about ninety per cent
pure alcohol and one-tenth wood al
cohol Thus denatured alcohol is
rendered unfit for drinking purposes
and is therefore not subject to duty
One bushel of corn will produce about
five gallons of2pure alcohol. The cost
of producing "a gallon Of denatured
alcohol at the present price of cora
is about forty cents per gallon. Dena'
tured alcohol is the, safest and clean
est Of fuels, and would soon displace
k rosene and gasoline = for heating,
lighting and power purposes were II
net for the cost of production. De-
natured alcohol has twice more than
Gasoline. Thus evil is being overcome
by good, when once it was ,1ssd as a
beverage, causing misery, poverty and
pauperism, it is now converted into
power and wealth. The cobs are US
ed as fuel or are ground up WIN
the corn and fed to live stock, they
are also employed to a considerable
extent, in the manufacture OF toba..
eco pipes. The outer portion o. se
corn stalk is used by the paper mills
for the manufacture of the rlne3t
quality Of paper. the center OF tha
stock or pith is employed in the con-
| striction of war vessels, compressed
blocks of it being packed behind the
outer armor plate to absorb the water
cand close the aperture in case the
plate is pierced by a projectile. Corn
fodder or corn slower is fed to live
stock on a large scale in the corn
growing districts In 1897 the cora
slower crop of the U. S. was nearly
sc, 100000 tons which was much larg-
er than the hay crop. ea
This is but a brief extract of this
che most marvellous king of the cere.-
ais Truly 1T is a king used for an
+; innumerable variety of purposes the
many demands for it will soon exceed
! the supply. Corn is to great extent
the dictator of the cost OF living.
Corn the meat producer, not only
dictates the price of meat, but also
dictates to a certain extent the cost
tof the many products that is made
of corn that We use on our tables
1 daily. We have other varieties o.
corn such as sweet corn that is dr.ec
j or canned. and takes an important
place in food stuffs. Millions OF cans
of sweet corn are canned annually
and exported in considerable quaint
ties to Europe. Popcorn is variety
of flint corn that finds it's way tt
the confectionery manufactures
where it is. made into sugared por-
corn balls, favored with one of the
fruit syrups, pressed into squares, o.
bricks, sold under different names
The popped corn is also ground fine
and mixed with other cereals and
sold as breakfast food. Popcorn IS
also an important factor in food stuffs
and is exported in considerable guam
titles to Europe. 300 or more car
loads of pop corn was shipped from
one station in Iowa in 1905 The corn
crop of the U. S. in 1909 was WORTH
very near as much as the total cir
culation of money in U. s. in 1909
which was about $3,113.O5S,60 Corn
an Indigenous product of our wonder
full land dates from the discovery Of
America and was the last OF the
worlds great grain crop to be
brought under the development OF
civilized agriculture Now when man
comes to study this marvellous plant
; In a scientific way We can see still
greater possibilities for it in the fu-
ture. When we cast thought back
to the time the Indian gave to the
white man the first undeveloped
finty Marisi, the Indian name TO-
maize or corn, and when we think
of the wonderful development through
scientific selection and propagation,
the many uses for corn from that da-
up to the present time has become
in a manner typical Of the progress
of western civilization