Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-16
BANKER EXTOLS CORN
AS MANS BEST FOOD
Tells Hoover That Fried Much
Is Better Than Steaks
or Chops.

Corn. as the best of all foods, is
| praised in an open letter addressed 70
food Administrator Hoover by s. q
Payne, president of the Seaboard Ma
/ ional bank, who describes the man
ner In which he reduced his weight
from 2S to $50 pounds in Is months
by giving up meat and all wheG
products. as all loyal Americans arc
now urged to do twice week as a
war measure.
Mr.. Bayne is "a. When he started
on this diet, seven years ago without
IN OCCASIONAL advice, he was warned
that 1t might result in his death. on
the contrary. he declares he has had
seven years Of meatlcss, whcatless,
coffeeless and tealess days without
having been III for a quarter of an
hour, and he asserts that If he thot his
example would do any good he 9Hld
he willing to live on corn products for
tho duration OF the war.
The bankers letter to Mr.. Hoover
follows:
81 take the liberty of writing YOU a
Few suggestions or the conservation
OF foods In connection with this
weeks food campaign, under the able
and efficient management Of Arthur
Williams Of this city.
Il have had considerable practical
personal experience on this subject
since 1910. at which ume | weighed
2S5 pounds and was a burden to my
self by reason of this condition Of
obesity / made a strict business OF
reduction, and succeeded I'm reducins :
to 1O5 pounds in Is months. ard I
have maintained that weight ever
since.
4 had no professional assistance or
advice. bat studied all she besr books
written on the subject: Nv age ,s It,
and when started on this course
many friends advised me that would
lose my health, If not my life. if /
followed 1t out. Formerly | ate ami
crank almost everything that the
average man partakcs Of, hut | ceased
drinking tea, coffee and fluid NJ every
rodnced all kinds of meat ard wheat
products, confining myself entirely TO
corn sed food, fruit and vegetables,
ana eating but two meals daily.
Il noticed that the public Is being
urged TO maintain two moatlcss and
Wheatless DAYS per week as a war
MEASURE, as tho it were a great priva-
ton which must be endured il we are
10 win the war Eating and drinking
are entirely a matter OF habit, ant
any one who desires 10 control his
centagc of viii power, can quickly do
IT without Inconvenience. OF my own
Nplition | have had seven years Of
meatleas, Cofteeless and tealess DAYS,
ard they have been the healthlest ana
most comfortable years Of my life. In
them have not been sick for quar-
Ter OF an hour from any cause what
ever.
For a long time | have made fried
inush the main item in my dinner TO
replace meats, etc, For this dish vel
low conmeal should be slowly boiled
for ninety minutes. having been sea-
soned to taste with II spoonful Of chill
sauce, chopped onion, molasscs and a
little garlic The mixture thus be
romes Incorporated into gelutinous
mass which may he poured into n cold
wet mold, and when set aud s,iff may
be cut I'm slices and fried in cococut
butter or any other frying material
a dish III for a king,-much moro nu-
lritious than either chops or steak.
round FOR pound i'm food value, at
third Of the cost.