Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

During the countrywide discussion
Of the farmers problems, involving
proposed price.control plans and at
tacks on the tariff. there has been
much COMMUNICATIONS and serious
on the slogan, Eat more corn and
help Iowa.
up in Iowa, where the tall corn
grows the corn farmers are raising
Cain about the low price Of corn" the
Tulsa Tribune explains. and 80 Eat
more corn and help Iowa has become
4 slogan While The Tribune believes
this is not in any sense a sound eco
nomic move TO permanently solve a
serious problem of production, con-
sumption and marketing" it points
out that anything is worth trying
when you're in a terrible dilemma.
Moreover folks in the corn belt can
hold up their morale and conserve
their sense of humor by such inter
esting diversions as hunt for new
corn dishes.
To the Wichita Beacon it is some.
what startling to see "the State of
Iowa, the greatest corn State of the
Union, lamenting bitterly over its big
corn crop" The Beacon believes
the reason IS that society has gotten
away from the primitive idea that
food is the main concern and agrees
that 'if corn is an excellent article
of food, as the corn interests claim,
there ought to be an increase in con-
SUMPTION
The Wall Street Journal is in har-
mony with the Eat more corn" cam.
palgn. and urges: GO to it, gentle
men of the corn belt, farmers, bank
ers. politicians. and every one else
interested. and broaden the use of
corn. You need not fear that you Will
ever be able to exhaust its uses.
Providence never meant this grain
merely to fatten hogs"
The Grand Rapids Press. after oh
serving that "the Nation is advised
that Il must eat more corn, points
out that "eat more corn" means "eat
less wheat" and "eat less cane sugar
and bran" unless the country over.
stuffs itself to please everybody
And, continuing, the Press declares
The "onlv way to bring corn back
will be to revive old-fashioned family
habits among American housewives
who have learned to rely upon the
delicatessen and the can-opener IN
stead of the baking oven and the
broomstraw."
The Chicago Tribune also fears for
the old shioned cooking. What, IN
deed" asks the Tribune, has become
of the tasty dishes made of the golden
corn that used to appear on the table
decade or two ago? Have they gone
the way of the open CRATE fire?' The
Athens Messenger insists the tasty
dishes are still to be had for the max
ing. TRY corn bread, hot or cold,
the Georgia paper suggests. Try corr
dodgers, corn mullins, corn pone. corn
fritters, spoon bread and hoe cake
Try 'em consecutively or all together
This, according to the Messenger, vii
| help the farmer of dozen States to
get rid of the bumper crop. Create a
demand that will raise the price. The
cause is as worthy as the victuals
Why should hogs get all the corn?"
X X y
"Plans to aid the corn farmer range
all the way from eating more corr
mush and corn bread and hominy tt
putting your hand in the other fel
lows pocket and giving the farmer
whatever cash he needs" remarks the
Milwaukee Journal, but 'if everybody
substitutes hominy for wheat cereals
and corn bread for wheat bread, what
, is going to happen to wheat farmers?
| The Journal expresses the opinion
| however, that you can no more force
Gamers to use corn sugar If they pre-
| fer cane sugar than you can compe
| the general public to eat a corn sugar
| lollipop q day." On the same thought
the Peoria Transcript declares nobody
| will eat more corn to help the farm
! En-" and nobody will invest in wob