The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
HUNDRED PRODUCTS
MADE FROM PEANUTS
TUsKEGEE PROFESSOR AT A
HEARING IN WASHINGTON
AMAZES COMMITTEE.
SURPRISE TO EVERYONE
Negro Makes Milk, Meal Hay, Ink
From Coolers. Only Thing That
Is Universally Used in All Parts of
Civilized and Uncivilized World.

Civilized and Uncivilized World.
WASHINGTON, d. Cit is a
fair statement that the most remark
able testimony before the ways and
means committee during the hearings
on the tariff at this session was given
few days ago by Prof. George w.
Carver, of Tuskegee Institute, Ala, in
behalf of the peanut. with incidental
observations on the sweet potato.
Prof Carver is a colored man. To
say that he made the ways and means
committee ''sit up and take notice" IS
to put it mildly. He showed in few
minutes that he probably knew more
about the peanut and its possibilities
than anybody else in the world.
After President p. d. Balm, of the
United Peanut Association, and other
persons engaged in the various pea
nut industries, had made their state
ments to the committee showing why
duty of 4 cents a pound on peanuts
IS asked in the permanent tariff bill
now being formulated, Chairman
Fordney said that the committee had
been asked to hear Prof. Carver.
When the latter took the stand the
chairman addressed him in this "hur-
ry-up" fashion:
"All right; we will give you ten
minutes"
When the witness had talked for
ten minutes the chairman voluntarily
said Go ahead; your time is unlimit-
ed"
Starting off with the striking propo-
sition that the peanut and the sweet
potato constitute together "a perfect
" balaced ration" for humanity, and
that IF all the other vegetable food
stuffs were destroyed all the nutriment
in them could be supplied with these
two products of the soil, the Tuskegee
specialist proceeded to astonish the
committee and the spectators by ex-
hibiting peanut derivatives which they
had never dreamed of. For instance:
Carver: "A short time ago we found
how to extract milk from peanuts.
Here is bottle of peanut milk It's abb
solutely impossible to tell that from
cows milk in looks; the cream rises
on it the same as on cows milk, and
in fact it has much the same compost
ton. This specimen is made especial
ly for ice cream making. 1t makes the
most delicious ice cream that | have
ever eaten"
Congressman Carew How does it
GO in a punch?'
Carver: well; will show you
some punches" (Laughter.) Here is
one with orange, and here is one with
lemon, and here is one with cherry.
Carew: DO these violate the Vol
stead law"
Carver: mo, sir. | heard someone
ask what kind of box this is. 1t is a
Pandora's box, | guess; it never gets
empty. Here is a bottle of buttermilk;
very rich in fats, and very delightful
Congressman Hawley: is that
made from the peanut"
Carver: Made from the peanut
milk; yes, sir. And here is another
very attractive product of the peanut
an instant coffee. And this is bot
tie of Worcestershire sauce from pea
nuts"
Committeeman and spectators were
all amused as we'll as interested. They
wondered what was coming next. 1t IS
safe to say that the committee will
never think of the peanut hereafter
as a small proposition.
Carver (proceeding): Now, the
peanut milk has about the same
amount of curds that cows milk has,
J and the curds can be taken out and
made into the various fancy cheese.
such as the Neufchatel and Edam.
| Now, this is a pomade-a face cream,
Just as soft and just as fine as the
! famous almond cream, and 1t has the
quality of vanishing as soon as 1t IS put
on. Then we have here bottle OF ink.
| | find that the peanut makes very
fine quality of ink. And then here is
bottle of mock oysters. The peanut
curds can be made into mock meat
dishes so thoroughly that it is impos-
sible to tell them from meat We are
going to use less and less meat just
as soon as science touches these va
rious vegetable products and teaches
us how to use them"
Congressman Carew Did you
make all of these products YOURSELF"
Carver: Eyes, sir; they are made in
the research laboratory Cat Tuske-
gee). The sweet potato products num-
Der .107 to date. | have not finished
working with them yet. The peanut
products are going to beat the sweet
potato products by far. | have Just
begun with the peanut. | have with
me, number of other things produced
from the peanut-pTobably twenty
five or thirty others, including various
wood dyes and stains.
OF course, the witness described the
numerous uses of the peanut which
are familiar to the general public
the butter and the oils made from it,
and the many CONNECTIONS. He also de-
scribed peanut cake for breakfast food
and a combination of peanut meal and
peanut hay which, mixed with mo-
lasses and chinaberries, makes a val
liable tonic food for live stock. There
seemed to be no end to his magic.
This was one of his striking state
ments in conclusion:
IF we think of how the peanut is
used, it is the only thing that is uni
versally used among civilized and un-
civilized people, and all sorts of ami
mails like it. 1t is natural diet that
was intended that everybody should
use"
Here Chairman Fordney asked
Carver what school he had attended