The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01
THE NEGLECTED FOODS.


now. when one half OF the world has
learned the conditions under which the
/ other half In trying to live. the aues-
ton OF the whole worlds food supply
takes on new Importance. opulent ma
tons are stinting themselves In the con-
sumption OF thek own bounteous har-
vests in order that starving multitudes
overseas may share in their plentiful
supply Momentariiy this is necessary.
Should the war continue indefinitely the
necessity may remain. No doubt II will
be met cheerfully, but the very acute
ness Of the present situation emphasizes
the fact that continued famine any
where on earth is avoidable and abso-
lutely needless.
! Some weeks ago. in calling attention
TO this undeniably important question, /
mentioned the fact that the banana.
which Is an indigenous product OF prac-
tlcally all the tropical and sub-tropical
countries OF the world could be made
into a -four which II at once delicious
and highly nutritious. And l pointed
out the possibility of supplying all Eu-
rope with this food at n cost far below
that OF wheat. provided some way should
be discovered OF making the banana
! flour so that II would keep. II seemed
" o' ., e' WI 49," 20
Agriculture. It still seems so.
| Concerning the value Of this banana
] ia
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D.rLos, A,r,oa ,os..a ,ha, -.,,a- ,ho--
oush,,. ror son,oth,ng ill., two yoara
| 1, ,,a, oro -, ~. .,o,,o tooS. -, ,,htoh
h. l,v.d ord hi. tost,,nonv rocard,no II
4. ho,h o,.or GA oo,,,,,,o,n. .ho,oh en-.
dour be had u,a. mad. in tho most
nr,mitIva fash,on nv The na,tvs, among
wbor, h. 10. ,i,',na GA ,,a. M, cor,.
narah,e saya IN the s,nvis ma rt,c,,,ar of
cos. Nth enc eour ,hat no. haor ,ro.
duoed and 10 belnr produced TODAY in
New York CITY
Concerning the abundance NJ the
vor,d.s ayaiIab,a s,nnlv 90 banana. ~
is perhaps enough to saw that II ia prac-
tically inexbaustible Growing wild as
the banana does with all the excessive
prodiraIitv n, tron,cal yepe,at,on 4, To-
ca,i,;es for outside th. Lan n, c,,,,iza-
finn ,boro 10 NO ,,oy ~ .st,r,o,ins tho
| noseib,a ex,cr, n, ,,,o ,,ru,, cron b,.
u NM, no sai5 ,hot o,o,,,t, banana, 70
yaed Tho world grov son,avba-o .aob
war
| ,Ioroov.r r,oda-, s,,ar,a b,s a,soov-
arod Tho ,,s+hods 81, ,,h,c,, .hI. hanar.
eo,,r GOV, ho ID - ~ ,,on,to,,,. r,,o
! =
,,nost ,raoeni,o,,, oir,,o.t ar,,,horo n,
,bis ,oc, I Woo No. .,.,ro r.hon ere,
wro,. IN tba s,htoo, h,,, {, h,, hoo,
-ro,.o,, h.,.,,, ~. .,oa,i,,i,,,, 1T.
Very s,ov1, mic nov, ,tarlo T., cor,,-
inc IN ho trovn 20 tho n,r,,o wa, ,,s
value 10 moro raroroil, rocog,,iz.,, ,ho-o
/ 10 l;,tla ron con IN doubt that I, will and
almost unlimited Gales TN tho r,.r,o.
7, hoe hoo, ,oia ,bot ba 10 , borofoo-
TOR IN hts raca who nakes two hIades
of yr,ss 70 grow, wbere on,v ono grew
before How, much Greater then 60 rho
achievement NJ rti,Iz,re ono n, ~. min.
Gina, food sunn,,os ~ the world tho. IN
70 NOW hos goro ,org.,,, IN v.s,. ho.
cause of it's nerisbahIe nature,
| Professor Rushy dean NJ tho co,Ieee
NJ pha rn,acv NJ Columbia 1-niverst,v ,,s
| -ecopnizad al over tba world no n load
ing authority on tho food values Of
vegetable products He said IN mo the
o,ber dav In tha uost matter of foc,
wav that tho dav would come when the
banana wound ba ono NJ tho nrincino =,
,.ar,. n, tho diot ~ tho ,ab,,r,rs NAV
all over tho world In that dov tho
nresert bi,b cos+ NJ living wifi no con-
! siderabIv lessened for banana flour can
hs nroduced at much less cos, than
wheat -four which fart "a resnactful,v
rcforred ,o the Denartment q, Agr,cuI-
t,,re
| Rut cha banana 10 bv M mama tho
only food sunnIv which nature PRODUCES
snoptaneousIy and which Ia caoab le of
! increaso ard ,unrovamant nv cu,,iva-
tion 7. "a even doubtful vba,ber II 10
tho hast or tho ,nost abundant
pro,essor Rusbv mot long 400 cur
nrised the audience before whom he
vos lec,urinr bv Offering 10 WAGER that
he could support his family entirely on
the natural nroduct of 1--WE acres oy nm
| cultivated land onyvhere in the vicinitv
Of Now York CITY perhaps not manv
New Workers. reslize that there are MANY
such arsas within n hundred miles Of
here but there are and though mona az
his hearers had aver thought of Them
as producing good. wholesome food with
ont cultivation. no one took the bet. They
lneu that professor Rusty kney VIVA