Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
For A Corn-Fed World
Wy Frederic j. IInslsin

Washington. Feb 2G.-Can Europe
and Asia he taught 10 eat corn?
This momentous question has been
raised again by tho gift of "a million
bushels of corn which American farmers
are sending To starving Europeans and
Chinese
You must know TINT i'm practically
no country outside of tho two Americas
has maize. or Indian Germ been used to-
any extent as human food. 1t has been re-
earded as food for livestock only. The
un- American world has simply never
learned to eat corn. But now large
sections of the world are starving This
would seem to be most unusual op-
portunity TO teach Europe and Asia
Ia eat corn TO the advantage of all
parties concerned Europe would have
| n now food and America would have
a new export market for it's growing
corn crop.
Last season this country produced
3.932, ,367 900 bushels of corn. consider
/ ably more than the average FOR the past
I ave years 2 1860 900. Iiut the crop
/ has not brought prosperity to the mid
! western farmers. Instead. corn prices
! have fallen To less than half what they
were last year and many farmers have
/ harvested their corn ~ loss.
In view of these facts, young
/ Illinois farmer suggested the gift corn
( project. which has grown to such pro
portions. The olIer was made To tho
committees for relief in china and the
/ \oar East They considered the diff
nculties Of transportation and decided
to try to overcome them hy obtaining
donations of money and help. Some
money has already been collected. and
trainrncn have offered their services
free in carrying the grain across
country.
With this much Of the ways and
means problem worked out the corn IS
beginning to bc collected at railroad
centcrs and tho first cargo has been
shipped to Constanunoplc An attempt
is to be made to keep track Of iudivid-
ual donations. ~ that report can bc
rendered To the giVcr showing when
ana by whom the corn was used
shipping Troubles.
shipping corn is much more com
pliCated business than shppinE Wheat
There is about Il p,r cent water u
corn. ana the moisture IN the grain 6
therefore apt TO cause mold IN the course
uf lengthy transportation. ihinaE" du'
Ito moisture has frequently hctn i eaus'
81 complaint in the comparatively sinai
shipments Of corn which we have sent
Il Europe.
Water can. however. - hakcd out u
tho corn hy Kiln drynE pro, ess. aft'l
which il viii keen trr "a much lonRt'
time This rrccautlou IS % hc tak'f
before the eift corn Is shipped abroa'
in the form of meal. EIita and h"ains
Preparing the corn viH mean some 4.
,aS hut special machinery Whi Womb
9ot hC gcncraly attu3hlr ais. ad i.
. nccdcd s first shipment IS o>Utgte,
to reach china III Apr. anal Il viii thsi
%, ready Tor immediate consumption.
As distribution ~ tas ,orH is u u
directly IN thc hands at relief commit
tees no difficulty iii r,ttuS the people
Ill cat th, corn Il anticipated. In china
where thousands =! p.oIic have beer
trying IL liyc on bark and rnosscs. ther,
viIl ~ ru caNling over the AmcrlgaI
corn being piss food Ana the com
mittees believe that the grain viii +,
equally welcom, ln Armenia and Hun
gary. corn was used "a some eNtcn
i'll Austria during thc war. I.arep'
has never liked il Very much. however
and generally preferred rye when whea
was not 10 hc had.
ghnc Urea. .Aocrc q pieESCNBAiHTA
Americans have felt THAT this dislik'
Was due mainly 10 Ignorance not man,
Europeans inow much about corn, an,
those who have tasted il NOR. off,.
than not were fre5udiced hS haa eaah
ng
There Is a stor, along this line ahoa
CaIlyI. and Emerson Emerson wrot
I'd his friend Carlyle rceommendin!
corn as a food and saving thar he ha,
sent a package 50 that tho Carly