Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-04-25

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My guess is that nothing will be done
about it as the Communists seem to
be fair-haired boys these days.
Our Changing Diet.
Are lard, and to a lesser degree,
butter losing their place on the Amer
lean table? Heretofore, each of these
two staple articles have been source
of unfailing revenue to the Amer
lean farmer. Butter has held up
fairly we'll, but not so with lard.
When I was boy the hog was
called a "mortgage-lifter" but at
present prices the animal hardly
raises the interest on the mortgage.
During the past 80 years lard con-
sumption has remained stationary
while the use of substitutes increased
rs per cent. The reasons are obvious.
In a recent survey by the Iowa Swine
Producers (Iowa is the greatest hog
producing state in the Union) it was
found that in most of the home eco
nomic laboratories, and in all cook
ing schools, lard substitutes were
used and recommended because they
were donated by manufacturers of
substitutes who largely finance such
schools. In looking into the matter
1 find that another reason for lard
falling into disfavor with the house
wife is that it is not attractively
packaged, neither is it advertised as
is the case with lard substitutes.
There are also a number of grades,
whereas substitutes have but one
grade.
Lard substitutes are extensively adj
vertised and their use is openly adj
vocated in cooking school demonstra-
tons which are financed by the man.
ufacturers of substitutes.
1t would be we'll for our people to
remember that none of the ingredients
in lard substitutes are produced in
our part of the country while lard
is 100 per cent local product. We
cannot expect to keep our dollars at
home so long as we insist on sending
them away for commodities that en-
ter into direct competition with home
production. If the price of substitutes
were substantially below the price of
lard it would be easy to understand
why they are given preference but
such is not the case. In fact, they are
considerably higher, although they do
not contain the same food value.
Shoe on Other Foot.
A few days ago former instructor
in large Eastern college dropped
into my office with surprising tale.
1t seems that in a number of Eastern
institutions of learning American
born instructors are fast being re-
placed with refugees, all of them
highly educated, who are willing to
do the work at fraction of the pay
demanded by Americans.
l listened to the professors tale
of woe with sympathy and finally
succeeded in turning the conversa-
ton into other channels. We dis
cussed the war, the weather, finally
bringing the subject of conversation
around to trade agreements. l found
the professor to be an ardent inter-
who fervently believed in
Secretary Hul's trade program as a
means of promoting peace and good
will among nations even though such
agreements might work to the dis
of large groups of Amer
leans. At my suggesting that if it
was good thing to bring in COM
petitive farm and other products
it might be equally desirable to bring
in teachers from other countries as a
means of building up international
good will, the professor Immediately
saw the point and am happy to say
that he walked out of my office a
100 per cent American who hence
forth will believe in protection for
the man who produces with his hands
as well as for the man who teaches
out of books. Like so many, he had
only looked at one side of the pic
ture.
In the meanwhile refugees con-
tinue to displace Americans in Amer
lean colleges. In the eyes of theorists
that may seem desirable as a means
for promoting international good will,
but what about the Americans who
are being displaced?
Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipe Book.
We have for distribution a limited
of "Aunt Sammy's Radio
Recipes Revised" which has just
been re-issued by the Bureau of
Home Economics of the United States
of Agriculture. This pub
LEGATION contains 400 popular recipes
and 80 menus. 1t may be secured
by writing me at I'LL House Office
Building, Washington, D. C.
RrOOk Park