The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-05
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty


True Michigan coffee devote5s
who like their coffee all coffee, tu.n
up their noses at COTE e Southern
style-because of the chicery that
Is added Yet, few OF them realize
that Michigan IS the largest chic
DRY producing center in the word,
Heart of the industry are five
thumb Ounties-Sanilac. Huron,
Bay. Tuscola. and Isabella
Maybe right now when coffee Is
scaroe-a second cup would be
welcome even if it is half chlcory.
So this should be the heyday for
the chicory boys of Michigan but
ii isn't They have double head
Standardization and OPA.
Coffee, being what it isn't. will
go farther when coupled with chic
DRY. In pre-rauon days, IS per
cent OF the crop was shipped down
South where chicory favored cot
fee is preferred. Below the Mason
Dixon line some brands OF coffee
contain % to 40 per cent chicorY
This percentage, growers contend,
is too much for northern taste. In
| their program to educate North.
erners, they advise one ounce Of
chicory to be added to a pound Cf
coffee. This small amount will
stretch one pound OF coffee by ten
or twelve cups.
Consumer education is simple
compared to bucking OPA regula.
lions, producers claim. They main.
tain present price ceilings OF ~
cents a pound don't let the produc-
ers break even. They want at lea st
II cents a pound. And while the
dickering continues, the chlcory
| demand grows. Meanwhile, the
product pile up in warehouses as
producers await higher prices.
Unless OPA raises the present
/ prices. chicory manufacturers will
have to develop substitutes for the
, coffee substitute.
One remedy suggested Is the
mixing Of wheat and rye with chic.
DRY. This combination can be sold
at a profit and still comply with
ceiling prices.
|
Republican Senator-elect Homer
Ferguson, is angling for an i'm
/ portant committee appointment.
Minority Leader McNary. chairman
| or the committee on committee 3.
admits Ferguson telephoned him
| to discuss his committee appoint.
ments. This week McNary sends
out QUESTIONABLE to senators
asking for their preference. The
dog fight over selections will fol.
low after January 3. It's said n
/ Washington that Ferguson seeks a
place on the Appropriation Com
mittee-a coy spot to check ad-
ministration expenditures. Neither
/ Senator Arthur II Nandenburg or
| Senator Prantiss Brown have serv-
ed on this committee.
Don Morgan, Traverse City chez.
/ ry Gamer, Is on the Washington
Merry-Go-Round this week. All ne
seeks is a price ceiling for his
I orphan quart Of apple Juice.
/ Mr.. Morgan has inadvertently pro-
duced a surprise for the OPA ex.
| perts.
The orphan, Mr.. Morgan OK
/ plains, resulted with the conve,
/ sion from tin, which is scarce. 20
| glass for apple juice canning
/ Previously, the juice had been can.
/ ned in 90 and Sc ounce tin contain.
| ers. But with the change-over Ia
/ glass, the containers were Is. 49,
and IS ounce sizes.
/ Under OPA regulations. new
glass containers must be within %
per cent variance Of the tin size
Consequently. Mr. Morgan's iG and
IS ounce glass pack was in line
with regulations But he had al
ready put up a lot OF Juice in 3.
ounce glass-fOr which there is nc
comparable tin size. therefore. ID
variance-and no price ceiling
. Consequently. the orphan quart
Mr. Morgan not only has 20 wor
~ about canning regulations. Hc
Us also an advisor on pectin produ
ton. This product. which makes
felly 'Jell' is an important lend
lease commedity whore jams are
needed in war countries For ex
ample fresh fruit IS packed IN
brine. sugar, and pectin are Ike
wise packed and shipped overseas
Upon arrival. the fruit is then made
into jams and iellics shipping In
this manner conseryes vital cargo
space.
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dispatch from Turkey reported.