Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-04-04
"SOME BY-PRODUCTS
OF LIFE"
By Eben Hearne
NO. 1

NO.
BY series of articles, l will relate
a number of interesting experiences
that have occurred in my public life,
extending over a long period of
years. have decided to give my
series the expressive title, "Some By
Products of Life"
This first chapter will take the
form of an introduction to the sub
ject in hand will make some ex-
plantations and give some definitions
which will justify my choice of the
above title for my series of articles.
Each one of us has his own sep
arate life. We come into the world
without our own volitions-a little
scrap of humanity, and are helpless
for many long weeks; and, even be-
fore we learn to speak their names,
we learn to love our devoted parents
and friends and those who attend to
our hourly requirements.
AS a preparatory introduction to
the subject have chosen, it is neces-
sary for me to analyze and clarity
the use of the term "by-products"
as / really use it in a figurative or
metaphorical sense. use the term
in this way: The experiences and
happenings that come into a persons
life outside of his or her regular call
ing, avocation, or occupation, these
! have chosen to call, or consider as
by-products.
It might be deemed well to de-
scribe some terms that are recogniz-
ed in the industrial and the manufac-
turing world in connection with the
separation of constituent parts of
many familiar substances that are
known by the name of by-products.
Webster's Dictionary is the authority
for the following definition: "By-
products may be defined as those ma
terials, which in the cultivation or
manufacture of any given commod-
ity remains over and which possess,
or can be brought to possess, mar
ket value of their own" For instance
some of the by-products of milk are
butter, cream, buttermilk, cheese, con-
densed milk, whey, clabber, smear
case and ovaltine. Thus this liquid
is the one fluid that is capable of
maintaining life by furnishing all
that is needed to completely nourish
both human and animal life. It is
almost unbelievable, but it is true,
that even cotton, a by-product, can
be manufactured from milk and so
nearly resembles the product of the
cotton plant that one cannot detect
the difference.
Those persons who visited the
Worlds Fair recently held near the
city of New York and who visited the
Italian Government Building, had an
opportunity of seeing and handling
quantities of real cotton manufacture
ed from milk and all kinds of cotton
goods, capable of being made into
wearing apparel Of many descrip-
tons.
Another illustration can be used by
citing the by-products of wheat. It's
primary product is flour, but its by
products are bran, middlings, starch
es, and cereals. Besides, it's straw
has various by-products. It is made
into paper of various kinds, and it is
used to furnish filling for mattress
es, pillows, upholsterings, and num-
Der of other articles in common use.
AS a further illustration of by
products, we only have to mention
such commodities as spry, crisco, ma
zola and other substances made from
vegetable oils as substitutes for ami
NAL fats.
What we may name as by-products |
of life in many cases have had a
Wondering influence on our lives and
have left impressions that have new
er been erased. Some of these by
products, will note in succeeding ar
ticles.
To be continued