Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

way and others are bound to come as
| a result of the work done by this trail
blazer. From the pastures and the
swamps of the South he has taken such
| material as clays, palmetto roots and
wild weeds, out of which he has shown
how to make comforts and necessities
for the world. Nor has he neglected
the pecan. For he has found 30 ways
to make that contribute TO the needs
Of mankind.
DR.. Carver is always In great demand
as a speaker all over the South to au-
dienceS OF both races. On several oc-
casions when he has addressed tnstitu-
tons for white youth the boys were so
| fascinated with the simple manner In
which he explained what had seemed
to them impossible before they had
heard him 1t was difficult to drag them
away from him. He exercises grip
and control over his audiences which
are rare for a speaker who discusses
the subjects he presents. Especially do
| the farmers hear him gladly. His mes
sage to them Is filed with information,
| inspiration and hope for those who will
only use their brain and Drawn upon
the things which the Creator has
placed within their reach.
Wherever he goes he emphasizes the
| fact that science, not the tariff, must
find the solution for the South'S agri-
cultural problems.
lone million dollars applied to chemi-
cal study Of our agriculture" he says,
will do more for 1t ultimately than
the $500, 000, 900 fund set aside by Con-
gress to attempt to alleviate some of
the ills from which 1t is now suffering"
DR.. Carver has offered some very
pointed suggestions concerning wheat.
The laboratory, rather than the
Liverpool market or the Chicago Board
Of Trade, will solve the wheat problem, -
he says, land insure the farmer q fair
price for his products. Multiply the
uses of wheat" he advises. Products
from wheat certainly should equal those
from the peanut. Bread is the pr1n-
cipal article made from wheat today.
It's possibilities are limitleSs"
You can do it," declares the man
who has made 200 or more articles from
the peanut. You have your labora
tories in your industrial institutions. in
your schools, colleges and universities "
Sees Future for Chemists.
He believes that young folks studying
chemistry today may be the Saviors OF
the wheat situation tomorrow. and that
the problem OF surplus crops may be
solved scientifically by the South.
| NEIO1. NdEFCE has no Qea
! VIZ 1t WaS) proposed him for member
| ship In the Royal Society Of Great
Britain because he has made so many
| remarkable chemical discoveries and he
now enjoys fellowship in it-an honor
which has been conferred upon few
| Americans
During the World War the Govern
ment recognized his genius by drafting
him for inveStigational work in the
Washington laboratories Among other
things, he entered upon a study Of dye
Stuf1s, formerly imported from Ger
many. and Of which the country was
m dire need, and he Is given credit for
having duplicated more Of these dye
StuHs than all OF the other scientists
engaged in the work.
| In addition to being q chemist and
an agriculturist, the Tuskegee wizard
Is musician Of distinction, and James
wilson, once Secretary of Agriculture
! declared that Prof Carver is probably
the finest painter in the State OF Iowa. -
Few men have been called more
/ names by the press Of the country in
reporting his speeches and describing
MS work than the colored scientist.
! The Columbus Of the SOIL" the wizard
OF organized chemistry" the man of
the hour, the hope of the South" and
the discoverer Of the peanut and the
sweet potato are some OF the titles
which have been bestoved upon him.
| The modest simplicity that marks DR..
/ Carver'S genius endeeW him to all who
meet him and he numbers among his
friends some OF the most distinguished
and influential men OF modern times
In the language Of the Savannah. Ga.
| Press, He belongs not to the Negro
/ race, but to the world"