Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-03
FARMERS GIFT OF CORN TO
STAR WING, IS COMMEMORATE
Act Will Save Hundreds Of Thousands of Children,
Whose Little Legs Are lettering and Bodies Stuntcd
and Enfecbed From Lack of Food

"a junoturc tn" American farmer has
! sounded Il not. which is rapidly be-
!nS taken ur by humorous other
Classes ana interests This is the
note OF brotherhood Th" details of
The response to il are fun of the
thrill Of romance. The iirs, respoms.
cam" from the railway broth"rhoods
"ho promptly offered To furnish gratis
TN. labor needed to transport the
.armcrs free corn 10 an. senluarA IN
irain-load lots Next came word
tha, the corn shelters ;hruuI:houi Tie
country wcr" volunteering TO stur.
and load IN" corn gratis The ran
NAYS. one Ltt.r another, volunteered
"a pick up the corn -; the local sta-
tons. carry IL {" the hiS terminals.
tsscmhi" i, in train loads. transport
I t" 81" mills. ana thence 10 tn"
coast without money and without
?ricc,
pres dents Of the i.nit"a states Corn
torp"rntipn. arranged Win the Chi
eag" Hoard OF Trad" to have al! cars
Sr"ct"d gratis He ,is" arranged With
he elevators In different cities to
Try whatever corn had to be- dried
az one half actual cost. And tn"
American Miilors' Association agreed
10 min this corn at = cents under the
actual cost OF milling
la addition 10 thcs" financially ina
p"riant contributions To ia" GIFT Corn
lroJ"ct there ar" many emallcr ones
winch nay" fully as much OF tn"
human appeal For example. the II
linuiS Agricultural Association or
d"rcd som" Signs painted &" tack on
TIA" cars Of corn SO that az They 20
across the country th"y wuu.d speak
a message OF generosity and brother
- h,.1 to- l..
EARNED " nat TIA" signs w.r. FOR not
only volunteered 10 Il" his work free.
Put cot thc merchant who supplied
'h' canvas TO Upu'rlbui" hIs materials
Tn" spirit -up-urlvr,L rs this great
movement VIII have an Importtn; in
i"rnational effect cur Tif, OF corn
!" lrr!"ni during ~" thnin" IN tn"
Emerald Isle DEVELOPED permanent
market for com and corn pTuhucts in
that country. l.i"r. oar gii, corn
to them, the Irish people. like most
oth"r European peoples. considered
corn az III only for au'nniS :" "at.
Sine" then. however they hav" COM"
- to" steady importers "f corn for
human "onSImptiUu,
Ia belgium DURING thr t.rcat war.
'lr. Hoover introduced corn as Il hu-
man food. Thor. w"i" NO mills to
grind corn except ON" very small one
tor EXTRACTING; oil from "a few hun
drcd bushels of corn day. Th-
Hoover administration developed two
important mills FOR turning out corn
l''bAt'S ana corn mas I''tli" "a lHI-
ton Of the di"t.iry 81 tho l!-lEIau
people. similar result viii Uu-
"uWhtcdly L." rruduc"d by The corn
which TIA" farmers ar" shipping into
roland. Austria. iiunEary Ammonia
and other European countries. IN"
SIT corn viii omen 10 ~ New markets
Cor corn and corn products all over
th- world.
II is tru" that every bushcl Of corn
sh!uprh ont OF the country has :.
tendency To iucr-us" ia" ValrI" ut
every huShcl OF corn lott ~ pom. "u
the farm. Eut when you r"iitH. tnc
n"rmoGS cost TO tn" farmer ut every
ON al coal consumed during tho past
winter. you viii $50 that when Ec
haUis tho corn To- ia. station instead
81 USING Il for fuel he Is making
real sacrifices IN order /" help tn"
suffering p"op!" Of tn" stricken
regions OF Europe. THAT ,lis fact
I" generally recognized hy Intelligent
pcopl" ut All classes * iudicntcd 10y
tn" way In which city men have mot
th" farmers challenge 10y coutrihut-
INK their services and their cash IN
order to transport the gIft corn from
TIA" local station :" IA" countries
needing II on the other s!hc OF the
world