New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-09

Sta'e Food Administrator An,
nounces Coming Drive For
Greater Use Of Grain.
CHILD c LAWS N; IN J. FORCE |:
New Statutes Giving Protection to
lIiegitimates, Dependents and
Delinquents Now
Effective.

3. 81 st. Paul.
MlnnesOtans as we'll as IoWans are
to be cornfed folk if the Federal Food
administration lor Minnesota has it's
way. A. D. Wilson, state food admin
istrator, has announced that corn was
to be the subject for the next big food
drive.
American housewife, use more
corn! is Mr.. Wilson's exhortation
eve have 80 bushels per person for
this year, and our average consump-
ton is less than one bushel per per-
son. Four-ifths of all the farmers
in America grow corn and one-third
of all the land under cultivation is in
corn. Corn cannot be shipped for two
reasons: There are no mills over
seas for grinding of whole grain, and
cornmeal grows rancid in passage.
This is due to the large amount of fat
which detracts from it's keeping quail
ties, while it adds to it's food value.
What is the bit for the housewife of
today? Corn saves wheat for soldiers.
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New Child Laws in Force.
With the war making more urgent
The necessity of child conservation
authorities will begin enforcement
Of Minnesota's new child welfare laws
which give children born out of we'd
lock. a better chance; place guardian
ship over all dependent and delinquent
:children;, broaden the, jurisdiction Of
the Juvenile court. and increase the
scope of the mothers pension law.
Under the terms of the new laws,
the maternity hospitals and infant
homes in the state also must be in
corporated and licensed annually.
William w. Hodson of Minneapolis,
who has been named director of the
children's bureau, which will be con-
Quoted by the State Board of Control,
said that he will confer. at once with
MIS-, r. J.. O'Connor and Miss E..
Hayes of st. Paul; Miss Florence Mon
ahan of Minneapolis, and Miss Lucille
Way. of Northfeld, field agents, on
their duties szz%sS- = / +.
They will begin their work in the
Twin Cities, reporting all unlicensed
hospitals and infant homes to the
Board of Control so that they can be
licensed under the terms of the act
passed at the last session of the Leg
islature. ~ g.,
Under the LEGITIMACY section of
one of the statutes, the father is made
responsible in the same degree as
though the child were legitimate s.,
May Charter No. More Banks.
! With view toward conserving Min
nesota's: financial power to aid the
government in winning the war, F. w.
Pearson, state superintendent of
banks states that he has planned to
suggest to the State Public Safety
commission an order to prohibit char
tering new state banks until the end
Of the war. The results, Mr.. Pearson
said; would be that prospective stock
holders in new banks would be in
tiuenced to buy Liberty bonds and use
their funds in other ways. which would
help the government The Public
Safety commission has been passing
on applications for charters for new
state banks for some weeks, but Sonly
with view of determining the loyalty
Of the project.
In one instance the commission di-
rected the superintendent to refuse a
charter for new bank on the ground
that it was backed in some measures
by parties who became displeased
with other banks in the same town
which had aided in Liberty Loan and
other patriotic undertakings.
1918 Crop Survey Unlikely.
No special survey of Minnesota.a
crops likely will be made next sum-
mer other than the customary crop
renOrt estimate A ~ Wilson an