The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-20
UNLIMITED SUGAR
SUPPLY FOUND IN
UNITED STATES
More Than Three Years Research
Work of Chemists Ends in
Seareh-Sugar May Be
Made From Corn.


which included numberless expert
ments, Frank K. Gardner, president
of the General Food Products Com
pany of SOL Fifth avenue, New
York City, yesterday announced
that DR.. Arthur W. Smith and 5. F..
Evans of Baltimore have invented
and perfected a process by which
white sugar of the best domestic
and commercial kinds may be OBJ
tanned from corn. The practically
unlimited supply of corn in this
country, coupled with the fact that
the sugar may be manufactured Tor
less than four cents pound, proves
that in the near future there can
never be sugar shortage" here
and that the price of that necessity
will soon be more than cut in half.
) eve regard the successful COM
pletion of our work." as probably
the most important food discovery
for many years. 1t means that t"e""
will be an adequate supply of sugar
for all purposes and at n":"" 1""t
is low enough for any pocketbook.
1t means that the people of this
country will have all the sugar they
need for household consumption for
all time and that is the most impor-
tant feature of the great discovery.
"To fully realize what this new
and unlimited sugar supply means
it is necessary to understand the
present situation. Sugar as it is
generally known is the product of
sugar cane, beets, fruits and
STARCH. Cane and beet sugar repre-
sent the great bulk of that now
used. The production of these for
the past year was about 100000
tons which is about 100000 tons
under the amount produced during
1913-14 and which accounts for the
present shortage and high prices.
To-day this country is fairly we'll
supplied with sugar, but the rest of
the world is practically doing with
out it and will be years before the
shortage is relieved if the old
sources of supply are depended up
on. For the year ending July l., 1920
the sugar consumption per capita in
this country was little more than
80 pounds per year, giving a grand
total of about 4,5O0,OOO tons, of
which less than 100000 We're pro-
duced 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 obtain
ing a pure, sweet sugar from corn,
having in mind that the tremendous
corn crop would supply CT unlimited
amount of raw material. In the
course of the organization of the
General Food Products Company
and its acquisition of the Baltimore
Pearl Hominy Company of Balti-
more, Nd, we secured the services
of DR.. Arthur w. Smith, a pomi-
nent research chemist Of that city.
DR.. Smith Immediately undertook
to solve the problem of producing
edible white sugar from corn and in
his work was assisted by Mr.. S. F.
Evans, president of the New Sugar
Products Company and vice-presi-
dent of the General Food Products
Company. In all his work DR.. Smith
worked among original lines and
followed new ideals.
"Now after practically countless
experiments and Investigations, he
has produced the sugar we were af-
ter. 1t has all the physical and chem
ical characteristics of honey and in
that sense might be called corn
honey. However, the scientific name
given it and under which it is
patented is "Intervose", name
soon to be known everywhere sugar
is used. The new sugar is white in
color, contains all nutritive qualities
and is about 80 per cent as sweet as
cane sugar. In other words, when
placed on the market, fifth must
he nurchased to obtain the same