The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-02
The Silver And Gold Of Colorado Is In Her Valleys
CORN AND
AMERICAN ADAPTABILITY. !.

men in Scotland, brawny Scots
man cannily remarked. Yes, and
where do you find better horses
than England produces or better
men than Scotland breeds?" Our
corn fed "Johnnies" from the South
were no mean factors in winning
the late war, and put up a pretty
stiff fight in .61 to 65. Lookout
for the corn fed slave!
We need campaign in America
for lfore corn in our diet. 1t seems
to be the only outlet for our surplus
corn. Used in dainty and delee
tabl, dishes it is quite appetizfng.
The writer remembers being left
to COX for himself for time. He
fcuni q recipe for golden :corncake'
and produced n concoction fit for a
kim. What has been done can be
done
We hear that a movement has al
ready started. The Young Mems
committee of the Lincoln. (Neb,)
Chamber of Commerce has organic
ed club called the Corn Eaters
If America" Their purpose is to
increase the popularity of corn for
he table. These organizers hope
that their organization will be ma
lor. wide in scope. The members
,ladge themselves to eat corn in
some form at least once a day. The
i've hundred, members in the initial
organization recently held n great
,orn banquet. The banquet con
sistt' entirely of corn preparations
and there were many courses and
many varieties of dishes. Somehow
these corneaters create a little more
enthusiasm in our. bosoms than do
che corn burners. Granada recently
held nnIsf and n1ii; soeissls that
might serve as a good example In
the same direction to help settle
the burning question as to what
to do with our corn instead OF
burning it. +
This would mean a readjustment
OF our usual diet and the American
people find it extremely difficult
to rcadjust themselves to new con
ditions. The pioneer achieved this
object in part, but as soon rs pos.
sible by the forcefnlness and re-
soulcefulness Of his character, he
read ..usted conditions to his old
habits of life. Today when our
missionaries and merchants go to
the Orient they carry their own CHS
toms and refuse to submit to East
>rn ways Of doing things. We find
it difficult to adjust ourselves but
much easier to adjust things to orr
way of thinking and doing. we
think our way Is best and expect
IA held to it and even try to compel
others to adopt our methods, One
# the most serious hindrances to
our foreign trade has been the re.
iusal Of our merchants to cater to
the peculiar views and demands of
South American and Oriental ira e =
The English. or the French manu-
facturer finds our first what the for
eigner wants. 1t may be only a
certain color or shape of the con.
tainer. The color may violate every
canon of Occidental taste. no mat
ter 1t pleases the barbarian and he
will buy 1t. The American, know
ing that he knows what is proper.
tries to force his ideas on the pat
rons OF these foreign markets and
finds his goods underbid by inferior
but craftily produced cartons that
please the native mind.
1t Ia this stubborn resistance to
change that makesa return. to a
corn diet difficult. We don't like
corn or think we don't, and won't
eat 1t. One of the real hardships
of the war was the change intro
duced into our food. Our soldiers
faced German bullets more bravely
than some of .us faced the veritable
bullets of rye bread that patriotic
mothers and wives bombarded us
with. OF course these same zeal
GUS women did not realize that they
did not know how to cook with rye
and corn meal and so their concOc-
tions were not always appetizing.
With money short and corn long
1t should be real temptation to
US to readjust our appetite and eat
our own corn. just think how.
many flap-jacks, puddings and hoe
cakes could be made out of a bushel