El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-21
GLOBE MILLS DAY
At ROTARY CLUB
Luncheon by Mr.. Adams; 80
Percent of Food From
Globe Flour.

] the AA0lE AAAEa Inc uuluuH menu
which was prepared by Mr.. Adams in
cluded the following Olives. radishes
! chicken soup with Globe noodles: GIob,
bread sticks, enChiladas. Globe tor
tillas; baked Globe macaroni an,
cheese combination salad. Globe gar
niturei Globe apple dumpling, cerea
beverage. The dishes were prepared
by John Raleigh. chef. under the df.
rectio1 OF NJ E. Olson, cafe manager Of
the hotel
Mr.. Adams declared that a man could
live on flour and wheat products wholly
il he desired. and that the cost of such
living would not be over SIS a year
W need not complain of the high cos
Of living unless We wish" he said
Old as Adam.
The milling industry is the Oldest
Of them all" said Mr.. Adams in his
ak on milling. Adam, or probably
Eve. was the first miller. The ancestor
Of the milestone was apparently a
rounded stone about the size of ones
fist, with which grains or nuts were
( pounded or crushed into a rude meal.
This crusher was used on the surface
Of rocks
s Bridget's stone on he shore Of
Lake MacNean is supposed TO have
I been a primitive Irish mill. There are
many depressiOns on the face Of this
] table rock n it is probable that,
around this stone. several wom-
en- would stand and pound or rather
grind meal while, no doubt. swapping
. choice bits OF neighborhood gossip.
Many such stone known as Bullan
stones still exist in Ireland. Similar
stones are found in the Arkneys and
Shetlsnds and il is on record that some
OF these stones have been used for
flour making since historic times.
MIl-StOnes at Troy.
"A DR.. Schliemann discovered sew
eraI specimens Of the muller or gIo-
bular form Of stones on the reputed
site OF the city Of Troy and also among
the ruins Of MycenaL In fact. a round
stone or muller, used in connection
with a cup like. hollow stone has sur
vfved in highly civilized countries into
modern days, il indeed they are now
extinct.
Flour milling holds fourth place
amOng American manufactures. IN
1926 a horse power mill was built on
Manhattan island. The first water mill
in New England was probably built on
the Dorchester side OF the NepOnsit in
1884 Before the middle OF the 18th
century New England was doing an
export business. sending wheat and
flour 10 Portugal In 1913 Virginia
had four wind mills. five water mills
and numerous horse mills and was an
exporter Of wheat and flour. BY 1873
New York had a considerable number
OF mills and a a monopoly on the
boiling process This charter was re-
pealed. however. in 1894.
Grew With Country.
For nearly 100 years following, the
development Of milling was but a re-
Election OF the growth OF the country,
still the process Of milling was crude
Not until the mills began to centralize
until milling centers began to form.
did the industry begin to shape itself
on a commercial basis. The mills OF
Delaware. on the Brandywine. were
celebrated for their flour This dis
trict had $50 mills in a radius OF 40
miles, about the middle Of the 18th
century. Oliver Evans introduced the
elevator and conveyor in 17S5 and com
bined the different steps into a con-
tinuous system. Baltimore became the
next important center. adapting the
latest improvements. Delaware being
slow to adopt the inovations in the mil
ling system
Richmond Led.
In 1870 the Patapsco river had so
mills within 30 miles Richmond. Va.
was at one time one OF the leading
milling centers and in 1S45 Richmond
had the largest mills in the o 5. The
GallegO and the Hexau mills. the for
mer in 1854, had 81 pairs OF mill stones.
with an annual capacity Of 10000 bar
rels- Rochester, New York. was the
next leading center Then Cincinnati,
then St Louis. For many years Roch-
ester was the leading milling center
in the United States. IN 1885 her flour
output was 100000 barrels. St Louis
had all other milling points until 1881
when Minneapolis came TO the front
First Minneapolis MIL.
"The first merchant mill was erected
in Minneapolis in 1854. The present
output Of Minneapolis mills is about
IS, O00.0OO barrels per year. Milling has
Grown TO be one OF our largest indus
tries. yet this one industry has re-
manned practically free from mOnopo
lies Of any kind. The few attempts
made to form a milling trust have all
failed Wheat is raised in practically
every state in the union and to try and
consolidate the thousands OF mills
scattered over this country. would be
beyond the power Of any set Of finan-
ciers.
Fortunes have been. made in the
milling business but they have been
made through efforts to produce the
highest quality and through years Of
strict adherence to a fixed high quality.
and with the quality Of wheat chang
ing from year to year. this is no easy
task. In the large modern mills, chem
ical tests are made daily.
Globe Mills Has High standard.
The Globe Mills employ a corps OF
chemists in their laboratory in Los
Angeles and samples OF each days pro-
duct are forwarded from their va
riOus mills and any noticeable change
from a fixed standard would mean =
wire to learn the cause Immediately.
Milling has been reduced to an exact
science. There must be no variation
III AAdAllIs Llb AAAtu SfdlQdTQ must ne
adhered to. If the mill expects to hold
its own with the strong competition I
Of the standard mills throughout the
country
7 am glad to say that the Globe
Mills has been running full time (day
and night me making about 100. 900 I
barrels per year which flour IS dis
.tributed throughout its home city and
the largest trade territory tributary to
any city in the United States, and that's
FL Paso."
other Globe Men Talk.
Following Mr.. Adams. talks were
made by A. A. Aldous, miller at the
Globe plant; C. G. MoeIIer, assistant
manager, n F. F. Mukley, city sales
man for the company.
As MI Adams served the luncheon 4
complimentary to the club members.
each member contributed the usual so
cents anyhow. to go to the fund to help
defray the expenses OF the annual
blowout"
A vote, of thanks was rendered Mr.
Adams and the Globe mills for the
luncheon and all members prom
ised to take home the small individual
sacks Of Globe Mills flour distributed
as souvenirs. and have them cOoked
into bread or biscuits.
New Meeting place.
On motion, the committee headed by
Z R. Carpenter was empowered to
make nrrau gamaurg for n Tar~a- dining !