The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-18
DR.. WILEY SAYS MAN
WAS NEVER BETTER
FED THAN HE is now
Speaks at Opening of the
international Congress
and Exposition of
Refrigeration

Chicago, September 1.-THE six sections
OF the International Congress and Expo
sition of Refrigeration arranged their tenn
porary organizations today preparatory to
a weeks discussion of the most modern
reans OF preserving, conserving and
transporting foods. The first day of the
congress was devoted chiefly to a well
come by the city officials and to the ex
animation of the exhibits which fill the
large amphitheatre at the Union Stock
yards. The discussions and arguments on
the problems of refrigeration will begin
tomorrow.
Inc six sections of the congress are:
l. Liquid gases and units
2. The design, constructions operation
and methods of testing refrigerating ma
chinery and insulating materials
8. The application of refrigeration to
foods for the purpose of conserving and
preserving them
4. The use of refrigerating apparatus in
the industrial arts.
o. Consideration of refrigeration In rail-
way and steamship transportation
O. Consideration of questions relating
to legislation and administration.
DIR. Wiley Speaks
The cost of living and means of reducing
It Were discussed by. DR.. Harvey W.
Wiley, former chief of the chemistry di-
vision of the department of agriculture
The increasing price of food is not
due solely to its scarcity" he said There
never was a time when man was so well
fe as at the present We do not have
to look far to see the causes of the in
creased cost of food.
First, people are eating better foods
than ever before, and second, the purchas-
ing medium, namely gold, is relatively far
more abundant than ever before hence
the quantity of food it will purchase is
decidedly less. The great staples, the
cereals, however, are not as expensive at
the present time as during the past
For days labor a man. can buy
more wheat than he could % or so
years ago. II is the part of scientif' c
nutrition as well as social economy
to increase the quantity OF cereals in
our foods and to diminish those nu-
trients which are of less necessity and
of increasingly higher price.
To my mind, 1t seems the most inn
portant factor of the day is to check
the aggregation of men in the cities
and to encourage the distribution of
the great industries where men are
employed.
The factory in farm neiglbrhood
is boon to every farmer, affording
him a home market and saving the
cost of transportation. The moral and
mental effect upon the people of a dis
tribution of industries is no less i'm
portant. The saloon has no compelling
attraction for the laboring man who
after his eight hours of work, has
eight hours for his flower and vege-
table garden. If our productive indus
tries in manufacturing line were
properly distributed the alcohol evi
would be robbed of most of its terrors
"The unfortunate condition now ex-
lists of providing so-called fresh foods
in an advanced state of staleness and
of providing foods which should bt
properly aged in an immature state
The cured ham is ready for distribu-
tion within three weeks of slaughter
and the four-year- -old whisky is made
in 40 seconds"
The proper methods of distributing
foods so as to make seasonal excesses
and efficiencies less marked. DIR. Wiley
said was to extend the seasons for fresh
foods by proper methods of production
~
walton of food products.
makes. In spite of the decrease in new
| business. the demand for delivery on con-
| tracts is very strong.
| The American Bridge company has
| taken 1885 tons for the Panama-P Pacific
| exposition fine arts building and 1900 tons
| for bridge at Lafayette, Ind.
| Preliminary estimates of the tonnage
| which will be required by the new union
station at Cleveland place the requirement
at about 5000 tons but as extensive tract,
| elevation work is to be done in connec-
| ton with the new terminal, it is expected
| that considerable additional tonnage Will
| be required New shops for the Crane
| company, Chicago, will require about 3O0(
| TONS
| Bids have been received on the Lincoln
Memorial at Washington. but final action
| has not been taken.
ICOJI EGE NIGHT A