The midland journal., 1945-10-19
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INDIANA COUNTRY EDITOR
BUILT CHEMURGIC TRADE
THE LAST TIME VISITED with
Wheeler McMillen, something over
q year ago, he was wearing, as he
expressed It, skim milk clothes.
That included his hat and an attrac-
tive tie.
His garb Of that day represented,
at least partially, the realization Of
his ambition. As boy, on Ohio and
Indiana farms, he worried about the
waste Of farm products. On his own
Indiana farm he saw much the farm
produced unutilized. The corn stalks,
the grain straw, the skim milk and
other things brought no financial re-
turn. As the editor Of an Indians
country newspaper, he continued "a
think and write about those farm
wastes. Later, AZ the editor Of 9
farm publication Of national circu.
lation, he solicited aid In finding
solution for the farm waste problem,
and along with that, . use in indus
try Of farm products that would In
crease the farmers market.
The result was the ChemuFgie
council, Of which Henry Ford has
been an enthusiastic hacker. Uns
! der wheeler McMillen's guild.
ance that organization has found
many industrial uses for farm
products, including farm wastes.
Some e4 these are still, more OF
less, In the experimental STAGE
though their practicability has
been demonstrated. Many others \
have passed the experimental
stage, and are In daily use In
the production Of commodities.
they form the basis Of many
plastics, In fact, make such
plastics possible. What were but
q few years ago farm wastes, to-
day are used In the production
Of automobile uph0lstering ma
terial. The industrial use Of soy
beans have made Of that plant
. major farm crop I'm the United
States.
The days Of throwing away the
corn stalks, the straw, the skim milk
and other farm wastes are about
over. No other one man is SO much
responsible for this revolution In
farm markets, Representing IN
creased farm revenues, as Is
Wheeler McMillen, editor Of the
Farm Journal.
Wheeler McMillen insists the great
majority of American farmers do
not want government handouts fol
not producing; that they do want,
and are entitled to, prof1tRb sz1aT-
ket for what, and all, they do pro
duce. To secure that market the
products Of the farm must be
utilized for more than food pur-
poses. They must have a place In
industry. He is a practical farmel
Of the "dirt" variety, and has ap'
piled his own farm needs to all the
farms Of the nation.
The countless innovations ir
peacetime commodities, that will
now be coming along, win utilize in
their production, to a very consider
able extent, the products OF the
farms, thanks, largely, to Wheeler
McMillen.
Government Family Thrives
On Milk Of Patronage
HOW THE GOVERNMENT family
grows. A new bureau is born Of ar
emergency. It grows and thrives on
the milk Of patronage, paid for BY
the tax payers money. The emer.
gency passes. The purpose for which
the new bureau or department wal
born ceases to exist. As q bureau
1t Is abolished, but the patronage
appointed individuals who were,
during the emergency, feeding or
tax payers milk are not deprived o.
their sustenance. They are bu1
switched to another nipple. That ID
what happened in the case Of OWL
Its thousands Of American EN-.
ployees in foreign lands have beer
switched from the owl nipple to that
of the state department. It Is but q
repetition Of the same methods
that have marked the creation oi
that enormous institution we cal
government. The expense goes on
The tax payer continues to pay.
A NEW YORK CITY friend,
Edward Anthony, publisher Of
the Woman's Home Companion,
sent me q book Of pictures Of
New York City. II is . photo
graphic debmking Of the glam-
our, romance, adventure and
success to be found In . metro
poIitant center. It IL q book the
boys and girls Of rural America
should see and consider. It would
quickly demonstrate to them
that great city does not con-
stitute . success mecca. Those
pictures depict the Life Of that
three-f0urths Of New York that
Is either ON the edges Of, or In,
the cutters. Seeing those pic
lures would keep many rural
youth In the clean environment
of fha home knwn