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"O ld Glory” Means a Life Saved From the Graveyard Big Fund for Food Research Carnegie Corporation Supplies $700,000 for Study at Leland Stanford University. WAS SUGGESTED RY HOOVER One Aim Is to Avert Waste, and Mar keting and Distribution Will Be Studied— New Institute Will Begin Work in July. poration will provide a fund of $700,- 000 for its support for a period of ten year§. “James R. Angell, president of Car negie corporation, who has just been called to the presidency of Yale uni versity, announces that Leland Stan ford Jr. university has agreed to make I its scientific laboratories available to the institute. It is not intended to duplicate the equipment of research laboratories working in the field of | nutrition, but as far as it is practica-| ble to have the institute co-operate with other agencies working in the general field. “ The directors to be appointed will head three separate divisions. One will be an expert in the field of phys iology and chemistry of nutrition, one an expert in economics and food dis tribution, and one an expert in chem istry of food manufacture and agricul ture. They will work co-operative from three avenues of approach upon fundamental issues of widest human significance.. It is also, provided -that the institute may receive from time to time such specially qualified stu dents as it may .be possible to instruct without disadavantage to the primary research purposes'of the organization. “A small group of fellowships will Seidinger, a French master baker, be available for graduate students of who for exercise lifts 2,400 pounds high intellectual promise. These stu of sacks containing flour. * Seven men dents will receive wholly unusual also add their weight to the load. He training for public service while at the is prominent in amateur athletic cir same time contributing valuable assist cles in his town in France. This pho ance to the work o f the institute. tograph shows a test in strength in “ Carnegie corporation, after the in lifting power, and Seidinger chose stitute is once established, will ab this unusual method, wholly within stain from any attempt to direct or the rules, of demonstrating he can ac control its work.” complish the feat. New York.— A food research insti tute for the study of all problems of production, distribution and consump tion is to be established at Leland Stanford Jr. university at the sugges tion of Herbert Hoover, with an en dowment of $700,600 provided by Car The most Impressive of all the varied means employed by the European relief council to boost Its funds for the negie corporation. This announcement relief of Europe’s starving children, is this “ cemetery,” built in the very heart of San Diego, Cal. For each $10 was made by the corporation here. contribution made a tombstone is taken from the ground and an American flag set in its place— symbolizing that “ The need for such an institute was the life of another child has been saved. ' first suggested to Carnegie cor; ^ra tion by Herbert Hoover,” said the an- ly. About 1,000,000 bushels, it is 'an-1 nouncement, “ and the selection of Le- nounced, will be fed to children of the land Stanford Jr. university as its famine areas, and probably most of it home was due in part to the fact rhat will be prepared by the relief organ!- it is the point at which the great zations, and served to the children at unique collection of documentary mate feeding centers. rial relative to 4he economic side of What goes to adults may or may not the war, gathered by Mr. Hoover dur- be cooked before distribution. Where ing the war, is deposited, it is not prepared for eating, directions “ The value of such an institute as doubtless will be given to insure suffi- it is now proposed to establish also ferred rye when wheat was not to be Must Be Induced to Eat Grain had. cient cooking. , was emphasized by experience during Good Nutritive Value. the war, when the study of food sup- That American Farmers Americans have felt that this dislike With adequate cooking the nutritive ply in its different phases was neces- was due mainly to ignorance— not value of corn is about the same as sary in order to attain maximum effi- Offered as Gift. many Europeans know much about that of wheat. Corn contains a large ciency in the nutrition of the nations corn and those who have tasted it amount of sugar and starch which involved. The knowledge thus acquired more often than not were prejudiced supply the body with heat and energy, clearly indicates the great importance by bad cooking. It also has a good deal of protein of continued research effort. The gen- There is a story along this line which builds up the body tissues. It eral field of the institute w ill be the about Carlyle and Emerson. Emerson is not, hovever, rich in minerals, need- ■ problems arising after food has left Previous Attempts to Teach People of wrote to his friend, Carlyle, recom ed in bone formation. Experiments the farmer’s hands. mending corn as a food and saying Old World That Com Is a Health* have shown that corn is about as di Efforts to Reduce Waste. that he had sent a package so that fui and Appetizing Cereal gestible as wheat and that 90 per cent the Carlyle family might try it. Car “A special feature of the work, of Have Resulted in.Failure. of its dry matter is absorbed in the lyle wrote back politely to thank Mr. the institute will be the scientific study process of digestion. Washington, D. C.,— Can Europe and Emerson, but to say that after several Possibly it does not become America of the marketing and distribution of experiments they really did not-find Asia., be taught to eat corn? to be too impatient with the European food products. The objects of the This momentous question has been thè flavor of corn meal agreeable. The lack of appreciation of corn. The high institute, however, are thoroughly raised again by the gift of a million correspondence stopped here until Mrs. nutritive value of corn is realized all practical, and will, it is hoped, con Give Valuable Aid in Campaign bushels of corn which American farm Emerson could copy off some of her over this country and we have been tribute to the welfare of the producer to Americanize New York’s ers are sending to starving Europeans best recipes. Then the Carlyles were eating it ever since the Pilgrims,- by an^ consumer by eliminating present asked to try again. They did, and East Side Immigrants. accident, dug up some seed corn bur- wastes in the process o f marketing and Chinese. You must know that in, practically wrote back enthusiastically to know ied by the Indians and got them to nearly all kinds o f food. The objects no country outride of the‘two Ameri where they could get more of the explain the growth and uses of the of the institute are not only impor- grain. Further back than that, Colum-J tant from the standpoint of the farm- cas has maize, or Indian: corn, been American delicacy. Believe Europe Would Like It. bus is said to have found corn grow- j er, but have a direct effect on the used to any extent as human food. It This incident, from the letters of ing over here, and the Aztecs in their I question of proper nutrition of the has been regarded as food for live stock only. The un-American world Carlyle and Emerson, is one of the great civilization used it. This coun-, nation. Harry H. Schlact, Head of the Com has simply never learned to eat corn; grounds on which Americans base try has had plenty of time to study ) “ In every nation at war, and in mission on Immigration Aid, Has But now large" sections of that world their conviction that Europe would like com and its uses. Yet it is estimated neutral nations as well, much o f the Unique Plan to Protect New corn if it could ever be persuaded to that less than 10 per cent of §p| bifUfPrevious data of production, distrlbu- are starving. This would seem to be a comer^ Against Exploitation. tion and Consumption of foody was most unusual opportunity to teach give it a fair trial. The department <corn crops is eaten by people, Europe and Asia to eat corn to the ad of agriculture once sent demonstrators practically rfll of the wheat is burned found to be inaccurate. Faced with New York.— The scriptural dictum vantage o f all parties concerned. and lecturers to Europe to enlighten into flour.—Frederic-J. Haskin in Chi the necessity of securing, immediate re the different countries as to the possi that “ a little child shall lead them” sults, governmental authorities in cago News. Europe would have a new food, and charge o f food programs were fre is being applied 10,000-fold in Amer America would have a new export bilities o f Indian Corn. Neither elo Teaching Others How to Smile. quence nor samples of corn disguised quently compelled to grope in the dark icanization of New York’s east side market for its growing corn crop. Fairmont, W; Va.—Little Rosie Sa- in griddle cakes, muffins, gingerbread for long periods before they could ac immigrants. Last season this country produced sola, aged ten, has 150 mothers. Rosie j Its practical demonstration was de 3,232,367,000 bushels of corn, consider or corn pone aroused any enthusiasm. lost both her arms at the shoulder complish the end sought. Mostly those present did not even come “ Under the terms of the agreement scribed by Harry H. Schlact, head of ably more than the average for the when she swung on a live wire near forward to get the samples. with Carnegie corporation the univer the commission on immigrant aid at last five years— 2,760,000,000. But the Because of such experiences, when the Catherine Coal company’s plant | sity agrees to establish a research or Ellis island, who has conceived a big crop has not brought prosperity to the food shortage began to afflict last July. Later she became the hero-1 ganization under the name of the Food unique plan to protect newcomers the mid-western farmers. Instead, Europe, the United States did not send ine when she submitted to a skin Research Institute of Leland Stanford from exploitation by their unscrupu corn prices have fallen to less'than corn to the rescue. You may remem grafting operation at the hospital that Jr. university and to appoint three lous predecessors and radicals. half What they were last year and ber that Herbert Hoover urged us to another little companion might get men of science to be known as direc Through the downtown chamber of many farmers have harvested their eat more corn and save wheat because well. She volunteered for the ordeal, tors of the institute. These directors commerce, membership of which is corn at a loss. too. She has been adopted by the, Europe could not very well be taught will have authority to determine the limited to foreign-born merchants, Illinoisan Suggested Gift. to eat a new kind o r food in so critical Young Women’s Business and Profes scientific policies of the institute and bankers and other business men who In view of these facts, a young Illi a period. sional club of Fairmont and will be j the problems to be studied. It is the have gained wealth in this country, nois farmer suggested the gift corn educated and supplied with artificial Now the situation is different and hope of the Carnegie corporation that Mr. Schlact has developed the idea project, which, has grown to such pro Hoover accepted the offered corn glad- arms. eventually the new organization will of placing each immigrant family— portions. The offer was made to the be known as the Hoover institute. fresh from the bewilderment of offi committees for relief in China and the cial red tape and the fantastic New “ There will also be an advisory com Near East. They considered thè diffi mittee made - up of men of national York skyline— in the custody of an culties of transportation and decided prominence, representing agricultural, American, or Americanized, school to try to overcome them by obtaining consumer, economic and other groups girl. Ten thousand of such girls donations of money and help. Some >f the community, one of whom will are spending their evenings and spare money has already been collected and be Mr. Hoover. The university will hours infusing their charges with trainmen have offered th#r services tppoint seven members of this body, American ideas and the rudiments of free in carrying the grain across coun vho, with the president of the uni the English language. try. versity ex officio, and the president of Rewards for Teachers. i With this much of the ways and rhe Carnegie corporation, ex officio, means problem worked out, the corn Stimulated not only by innate in will make the committee number nine terest in the quaint, dejected and is beginning to be collected at rail ìen. road centers and the first cargo has often victimized and disillusioned To Begin Work July 1. been shipped to Constantinople. An seekers for new homes, but also by attempt is to be made to keep track “The institute will begin its work rewards from the chamber of com o f individual donations so that a report >n July 1 next, and the Carnegie cor- merce for meritorious results, these can be rendered to the giver, showing when and by whom the corn was used. Shipping corn is a much more com plicated business than shipping wheat. There is about 12 per cent water ’ in corn and the moisture in the grain is therefore apt to cause mold in the course of lengthy transportation. Dam age due to moisture has frequently been a cause o f complaint In the com paratively small shipments of corn which we have sent to Europe. W ater can, however, be baked oui of the corn by a kiln drying process after which it* will keep for a much longer time. This precaution is to be taken before the gift corn is shipped abroad in the form of meal, grits and hominy. Preparing the corn will mean some delay, | ut special ma chinery which would not be generally available abroad is needed. A first ship ment is expected to reach China in April and it will then be ready for im mediate consumption. They Won't Reject It. As distribution of the corn is to be directly in the hands of relief com mittees, no difficulty in getting the people to eat the corn is anticipated In China, where thousands of people have been trying to live on bark and mosses, there will be no cavMing over the American corn being pig’s food. And the committees believe that the grain, will be equally, welcome, in A r menia and Hungary. Corn was used This is the south portico of Ex-President Wilson’s new home at 2340 S to some extent in Austria during the Senator Hiram Johnson has introduced » resolution calling for a senate war. Europe has never liked it very street, Washington, where he may continue his almost daily sun baths. The investigation of the “ invasion” of Haiti by the United States. The photograph muchti however, and generally pre portico overlooks a spacious garden with a fountain in the center. shows an outpost of American marines in the Fills of the island republic. Teach Europe Corn Is Food OPEN NEW EXPORT MARKET FRANCE’S STRONG MAN School Children to Teach Aliens SEEK CORRECTION OF EVILS Mr. Wilson's New Sun Parlor Marine Outpost in Hills o f Haiti girls can be seen every evening, by dim lights, spelling out c-a-t, r-a-t and other simple words to enraptured old patriarchs, scarcely aware that they are transplanted in a strange and yet not dissimilar country from that whence they came at such a sacrifice. “ But before I tell you in detail of this Americanization work and its re sults,” interposed Mr. Schlact, “ let me tell you something o f why they may easily fall prey to radicalism.” 'H e then told of how he was aroused to the t necessity for this work by some poignant experiences he had go ing through Ellis island disguised as an immigrant. Mr. Schlact mingled with the immigrants throughout their trials at admission and learned, he said, that thousands had been induced to migrate by members of an organ ization which had swindled them of everything they owned before taking them on shipboard. Since he has been on the island Mr. Schlact said he had investigated these organizations, which he characterized as “professional flim-flammers,” and has caused the indictment of several individuals, some of whom have fled the country and the cases of some are still pending. Numerous others, he said, who had luxurious offices in New York have scampered away and dis banded operations. He described their operations, while in full swing, somewhat as follows: They canvassed east side homes to learn if they had relatives on the other side whom they wanted brought to America. Invariably such was the case. These “friends” then told the east siders they were going to Europe and, if they liked, would bring back the desired relatives. Delighted with this “ kindness,” the east siders would offer up all the money they could scrape together to help their loved ones on their voyage. Exploited b,y Radicals. Equipped with these foreign ad dresses, the only thing that really in terested the exploiters, these “ agents” would set out for Europe to transfer their operations to new fields. But instead of turning over the money sent by anxious relatives, they would demand all they cou^d get from the poor Europeans before taking the nec essary steps to place them, on ships bound for America' I f they could get enough they could do this through questionable methods with passi rt bureaus and shipping companies, Mr. Schlact said. “ So you see,” he declared, “ they swindled them both going and com ing. This wholesale exploitation,” he continued, “ is what makes it neces sary to do intensive Americanization work among these poor families, who, through no fault of their own, land among us without education and with out anything but a misconceived idea that America is a worse place to live in than their home countries. They are ripe for further exploitation by rad icals who enlist their willing hid in flaunting false ideals of capitalism,” While it is imperative to correct this immigration menace at its source, Mr. Schlact said, those who have been dumped into this country through in fluencea other than their own volition must be looked after. This is what the “ Junior American Missionaries.” as these schoolgirls are called, are do ing successfully, he said. “ Not a family placed in their care has failed to make good,” he said.