Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-13
USE. CORN TO MAKE SUGAR
TO SMASH HIGH PRICES
Baltimore Chemist Reports Pcrfec-
ton OF Process to Utilize
Nations Big Crop.
PROMISES BRIMMING BowIs
Declares Perfectly Good Sugar Will
BE Manufactured for Cents a
Pound and Will Be Sold ut Half
Present Price.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-After more
than three years intensive effort,
which included numberless expert
mcnts. II is announced that DR.. Ar
thur W. Smith and s. T. Evans, for
mcr Federal food administrator. OF
Baltimore, have invented and pcrfccted
process by which white sugar OF
the best domestic and commercial
kinds may be obtained from corn.
The practically UNLIMITED supply OF
corn in this country. coupled with tho
fact that the sugar may be manurac-
tured Tor less than cents a pound.
proves that in the near future there
can never be Il sugar shortage here.
we regard the successful compile
ton OF this work" says Frank IL
Gardner. president Of the General Food
Products Company. "as probably the
most important food discovery for
many years. II means that there will
be an! adequate supply Of sugar for
all purposes and at price that IS
low enough for any pockctbook. II
means that the people OF this coun-
try will have all the sugar they need
for household consumption for all
time. and that is the most important
feature OF the great discovery
'"ro fully realize what this new
and unlimited sugar supply m. ans It
is necessary to understand the pres
ent situation. Sugar as It is gen
orally known is the p-oGuc, or sugar
cane, bects. fruits and starch. Cane
and beet sugars represent the great
bulk OF that now used. The produc-
tion Of these for the past year was
about 100000 IONS. which is about
100000 tons under the amount pro-
duccd during l9l3-I4. and which ac-
counts for the present shortage and
high prices.
To-day this country is fairly we'll
supplied with sugar but the res; Of
the world Is practically doing with
out i. and 1t will! be years before the
shortage Is relieved If the old sources
OF supply arc depended upon. Fo,
the year ending July /, 1920, the sugar
consumption per capita In this cour-
try WAS little more than ninety
pounds per year. giving 4 grand total
OF about 100000 tons, or which less
than 100000 were produced in the
United States.
Realizing the above conditions
and seeing that they would result in
an ever increasing shortage, more
than three years ago commenced
working on the problem of obtaining
pure. sweet sugar from corn, hav-
ing in mind that the tremendous corn
crop would supply an unlimited
amount OF raw material.
Now. after practically countless
Experiments. and Investigations. Dr.
Smith has produced the sugar we were
after. II has all the physical and
chemical characteristics of honey and
In that sense might be called corn
honey. The new sugar is white in
color, contains all nutritive qualities
and is about so per cent as sweet
as cane sugar. In other words. wncn
placed on the market. 4 dfth more
must be purchased TO obtain the same
amount OF sweetness as cane sugar.
but the price will be almost 100 per
cent less for the amount. Al present
the new sugar is made - sirup form.
IS water-white in color and possesses
the unique features OF being crystall!z-
able. 1t will soon be available IN
granulatcd form.
The unlimited supply OF this new
sugar is understood when II Is known
that one bushel of corn will produce
about forty pounds OF the sirup and
that the annual corn crop is more
than 3.o0o,0o0.00o bushels Just about
Z per cent of this crop would produce
all the sugar this country can use
our experiments provo that the new
sugar can be used in candy making,