"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.