Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-28
Russia Learns
Value of Indian
Cornmeal as Food
Market for Surplus Amer.
lean Crop Opened as Re-
suit of Famine and Re.
lief Measures.
BY HOLLAND.

When ireland was suffering ~
years ago from famine and appeals
were made 10 the United States 10
send food the response was instant
iaueous and abundant 4 consider
able part Of the food which We sent
20 the tamine-sirieken people Of Ire.
land consisted OF eornmeal II was
eagerly accepted aud freely eaten,
but Ia a little while pestilenee began
which was unusually fatal The
Irish people attributed il to the cat
ing Of American cornmeal, although
this was found upon Investigation
not TO be the TACT. There would have
been 'peStilcnce had not a particle
OF cornmeal been eaten by the irish
people. However, the belief pre-
vailed that American eornmeal was
dangerous. and ior many years not
a hushcl OF il was sold IN ireland.
Russians Like 'ornmenl.
nus.la Al tho present time i passins
through the tragic experience nl hsisna
AppeaI was made o. the hniiei stHtei
az food ana this appeal has been hhlnd
sntiy met According 20 John " Gregg
who In tho representative OF ihH AmfIy
can Relief ndminlhlfhtlnn fpt hphhlA -
gho returned % the United states hfS
nf iva ago after an investigation of con
ditipua In Russia which bssnn IN sep'
tembpr ~ last year, the kuntlhn nfefi'
are gladly eating American roInmesl,
having learned how 20 prepare " TOT ih'
isbi. and many of them prefer II 20
wheat flour 50 great II the favor Win
which the Russian peasant now fssata'
American corn that ~ VIII soon he ~
tensIveiv cultivated 10 russla. Mt hreEF
4 confident, for the soil and climate ara
suitable for cultivation OF thot KIND
Governor Tildes's Prediction.
4 few weeks after Rutherford ".
Hayes was inausuratea as president. the
electoral commission having decided that
he had received a majority OF one ene,
for Europe. lie returned TO the tnlioi
States In September aud day or two
later spoke 10 large gathering whisn
assembled IN front Of his house IN
1irsmercy park The greater part Of his
address Was concentrated upon the op.
psrtunity for the United States and the
advantage Tor Europe which would ho
found In establishing n great market IN
Europe for American cornmeal. The gov
Crnor said that he discovered that many
Of the inhabitants NJ Europe looked upon
cornmpal as III only for food Tor cattle
or hogs They would have none OF II
upon their tables Yet II they were taught
the value Of cornmeal as food and the
different preparations which arc made or
II IN the United states fhey would Ne
predicted. gradually accept II and having
done that. its use for food would become
universal. thus always furnishing market
for the surplus OF American corn harvest.
Market for Corn Surplus.
But II required tho war and the famine
IN Russia to persuade Russia and Europe
that American cornmeal properly cooked IS
one of tho most nutritious of foods as
well as one OF the most attractive. Mr..
Grcgg is Of the opinion that the Russian
having diSepNerpd tha food Inc
Of cornmoal as a result OF the distribut-
inc OF Il for food In the famine districts.
viii undertake its cultivation on a great
scale. But until Russia raises Indian corn
in sufficient amount for her own people
she will absorb much OF the American
corn surplus