Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-16
ten Specially For The Bulletinl

Hl.aAIF IE liE ENAA4tlAilsi l..y're burning corn TOT fuel again 'T various parts of the vast. Not only are -ns farmers who raised it burning it ,- -heir kitchen stoves and parlor heat e-s but public utilities companies are buying lt by The carload 10 burn under t-cl~ u7mroth boilers.
 These latter nre doing it simply be- cause Ehsn they are near enough to buy f- direct from tho farmer growers, N c-9.s them less than coal Not only less nor actual Ton weight hut less per unit -r -0roiucinC value. That is, not only dpes a ion of corn cost them less f.=r ton of coal bur. what's more to fr- -u~0oe.. a dollars worth Of corn will rre them moro heat and moro power Chan dollars worth Of coal.
 The farmers themselves are burning it -r-auer they can't sell It for enough to -rr coal with. Meanwhile they've got to s-s- va-m win something during the cold winter T-s choice between burn '-r -7-r i1 +hs stove or freezing 10 death Tn rho empty c9sI-bin. so far n. dollars and cents are con ~-ued inc situation Is set forth in a F-w highly significant figures. Corn. in carload lots at the lowest of wholesale --.reE was quoted yesterday in New Work l-t- at trtfe over 6s cents N-sra. Out b~asEa-Col0radO way the same corn brought the farmer r cents hHrral Subtract F from 69 and we get 5- That 's 70 say. the western far .a- who furo. o.Shes the land and the la ..r -re ssed and The soil the work and Tho worry who purs all there Is of pos s.- ra.ge Into The corn and delivers sometimes forty miles to the rail r.af. gets F cents for his part.
 no. railroad takes ss cents for haul .n- .. nm 70 New York city or which cents E..'a over 30 cents goes to pay wages af -a1road emp,oyes-who are s -ua -me threatening to strike if any body suggests hat they take a fraction -' a cent less
 ro-t care whether you re farmer 'r t-e country or consumer iu the city want Co ask you # that division Of the money between cotn-growe-s and corn carriers strikes vou as either just or even t0.srsblv decent7 Only Y cents a rlshe. for aI the actpal value there is .H t1e corn. and 52 cents bushel for passing .r across the tahle7
 But think the most maddeninr -11E abolt tte whole affair Is the way .- which certain writers and speakers s-7 assuming to defend he use of corn For t-a. as su economic advantage.
 Their reasoning is very simple. They show -aa- corn at Y cents a bushel is worth about y6 a ton. Coal, even Of the cheaper hltumlnous sorts, costs S10 a ton +r t1e corn region. And on those tree .rss -Ianses there is no wood to speak ". certainly none which IS worth con r1t--7E sB fusl. T. is a choice between corn ar Se and coal a. sl0 Tn either
 r MT, Farmer has got to do his own .ar'-r-- f' he sells his corn he mus 1iaT t to the railroad. lf he buys coal 1s must draw it from the rarroad d Way ask these smooth-spoken defend- ora ce co-r-5urnlnE. why should he han. E-s corn Co the station. collect se .r- e. and then pay t10 for an equal t~o1r- os sue1 coal2 Why shouldn't an s.s--rs- Tight and power plant buy corn fo t--- '~ tfs huge furnaces if f. can rcr For is an amount of heat in corn which would cost it sl0 in coa17" And rs -7 and on.
 rhssr men. you win observe. translate 2. fs Into terms of dollars and cents. s.- only interest Is in profits and -----7 ages They 60 not care though '' ioH7ny-caks and the corn -pone be .asr rr-hisssly from the mouths Of -rr-T ro-ies and rei Into the doors beating ris1-v f thereby somebody -srss 0- makes 'i a ion.
 They aFe lower in the spiritual scale even t-an that famous husbsndman of Tho 17ra5', who had SO much corn that -r tff roureief 10 pull down his old barns and hu'ld bigger to hold the crop.
 - 1e never dreamed of burning 1t to
 r huId.1- expense. Nevertheless. .-7r rEr' f.E -rul vas required Of him
 4'.Iss7 no was lucky in having soul any sort There are men in these e7 days who show no outward and .r7r e-uV or possessing such an at 7~-0- Instead. they seem 10 be sim
 a17rt'tev and Ereeds built around and 7rel. -o~rt0rreter c- an adding s-r and knowing no gospel except
 r+- forth 'n the pages of some
 I'c- o1~- They are great econ
 -.g and fluent advocates Of what they r= 3- 0 -a'l Sane business" Sentiment V'-r-n'~V 0u.7'ie their world. They
 have none of 'f. Indeed it is doubt - f f--~ comprehend whst lt is or that
 rr7.~ 'v vrch a thing. They are
 dressed and cleaner and softer
 ts1 .al- those African savages who .e Tho rG--.r-0rceratrd mummIes of
 --711-0t7srF t0 make torches of
 '7'T a-1 of very much the same 
 Fodav thcv~ are millions of peopIA ing across fha face of this poor
 planet hunting for roots and bark l-f --a'Is and carthworms to eat be- ,lsr they can't get decent food.
 And this same day. out In half-a. l--7r 0f 0u~ own western states farm i-'rs7 and pover-pIant furnaces are '77-r- with tte combustion of tons snf -a--Ioads 0s the finest food natur. Ir-- developed.
 F--wea0 Tho two stand the Chadband, t-f SfiErlrgss of commerce snootbI7 md o.eaEinouslv declaring that th. w7-e of t1a cornIburning is as insens 'hsi- god. The famous-and infamou, Almighty Dollar"
 Because .t costs more to feed the hun -v with i- than 10 burn it LID as fuelr