South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-04
VIEW COMP ANY IS
READY TO START
Milling Industry to be ReVOlu-
tIonized by George I.
Smith Concern.

What is expected VIII revolution
lie the milling industry in general
and add another factory To South
Bend has been started by the
George r. smith Manufacturing and
George r. Smith Sales Co. The lat
ter brancA has capitalization of
$3.50. 900
The factory and it's equipment
proper viii be located at Indiana
and Olive SITS. on the G.. 7. q s. rail-
road. where the corporation has Sc
cured a six-acre tract. A small
force OF men will be started at once
gradually increasing the output OF
the factory until it is estimated that
the concern viii have more than
900 employees insid Of two years.
The invention Of George T. Smith,
who viii personally direct the man
agement of the factory, is regarded
as one Of the greatest achievements
i'm the history OF milling. The pat
ent. a basic one. removed a very
fine black powdered substance from
the flour. known as Ergot This
substance is waste material.
fungus growth. which is found with
in the vince kernel Millions Of
dollars have D zen expended by mill
ing concerns in am effort 10 procure
"a process which viii eliminate this
poisonous "inseparable impurities
from the Hour.
Flour Patcntce.
II was George r. Smith, who in
1870 invented the nrst milling puri-
fer and was the originator of the
first patent -four. He personally
made the first barrel of flour in the
Washburn-Crosby mill
The Smith sales offices are at
present located i'm the Dean build
ing. The directors are a. d. Baker,
j.. Louis Kuhns. w. o. Davies, r. T..
Brunson. q. d. Staples, c. Welton
judd and George A. Knoblock. Mr..
Smith Is president of the manufac-
turing company and J. b. Skies sec
Rotary and treasurer.
The patent secured is very basic
and does away with the impurities
which in the past millers have been
unable TO eliminate Demonstrations
made by this machine shows every
sack OF -four to contain a certain
percentage Of this black matter and
the cheaper or lower grades con-
tain a large amount OF this sub
stance The presence OF this for
eign substance is what makes low
grade -four. and by the new process
all the black matter will be removed
and second grade flour Will become
even better than what formerly con-
stituted the highest grade.
Process Described.
The process described in a tech
meal magazine. The Miller's Re
view" follows.
by the George T. Smith process
the broken wheat or meal is sent 10
the purifier after each break, where
by a system of graduated air cur
rents all the dark matter fine dust
and impurities are fioated away and
deposited in a dust collector. Then
the flour pure and simple is sifted
from the meal In describing the
system the makers OF the new ma
chine say: The flour secured after
the different breaks are so pure that
they are combined, forming a single
product superior in every way TO
the best OF the present day patent
hours. as we'll as rich i'm 'vitamines'
and other heterogeneous matter not
found in purified lours. made by
the old process"
High tribute has been paid by tho
milling technical journals all over
the country 10 Mr.. Smith. He is
recognized as the foremost inventor
of milling devices that the country
has today His name the Miller
Review says. is always connected
with the milling purifier. He has a
world wide reputation as the great
est authority on flour purifying pro-
Cesses and machinery His machines
designed and patented in the early
eighties are now in use In the main
both in this country and i'm every
nation where wheat is grown.
Orders for the new machines are
now being received by the sales
company which is a branch OF the
manufacturing company Both COM
panies are founded on the patent.
The product turned out by the
new process is entirely free from
these poisonous materials. and as a
consequence a higher grade flour is
obtained. This improved flour. the
manufacturers say, viii form bet
ter grade Of flour for baking pur-
poses and the like