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UNLIMITED SUGAR SUPPLY FOUND IN UNITED STATES More Than Three Years Research Work of Chemists Ends in Search?Sugar May Be Made From Corn. i ! New ork, Sept. 14.?After more! than three years intensive effort, | which included numberless experi- j xnents, Frank K. Gardner, president; of the General Food Products Com- J pany of 501 Fifth avenue, New, York City, yesterday announced: * that Dr. Arthur W. Smith and S. F.; Evans of Baltimore have invented j' and perfected a process by which J white sugar of the best domestic: ' and commercial kinds may be ob j tained from corn. The practically j unlimited supply of corn in this] country, coupled witk the fact that] the sugar may be manufactured for, less than four cents a pound, proves that in the near future there can lever be a "sugar shortage" here | and that the price of that necessity, will soon be more than cut in half. ; "We regard the successful com- j pletion of our work," as probably the most important food discovery i for many years. It means that I will be an adequate supply of sugar for all puurposes and at a j is low enough for any pocketbook.: It means that the people of thisj country will have all the sugar they j need for household consumption for: all time and that is the most impor-! tant feature of the great discovery."To fully realize what this new| and unlimited sugar supply means it is necessary to understand th^i present situation. Sugar Us it is generally known is the product of sugar cane, beets, fruits and etaarch. Cane and beet sugar represent the great bulk of that now used. The production of these for the past year was about 16,000,000 tons which is about 5,000,000 tons under the amount produced during 1913-14 and which accounts for the present shortage and high prices. ? "Today this country is fairly well supplied with sugar, but the rest of the world is practically doing with- ' out it and will be years before the ^ shortage is relieved if the old . I sources of supply are depended upon. For the year ending July 1, 1920 . the sugar consumption per cnpita in this country was a little more than ' 90 pounds per year, giving a grand total of about 4,500,000 tons, of which less than 1,000,00 were produced in the United States v "Realizing the above conditions and seeing that they would result in an ever-increasing shortage, more than three years ago 1 commenced working on the problem of obtaining a pure, sweet sugar from corn, having in mind that the tremendous' corn crop would supply sr. unlimitc?d amount of raw material. In the course ,of the organizatio l of the General Food Products Company and its acquisition of the Baltimore Pearl Hominy Company of Balti- ^ more, Md., we secured the services ^ of Dr. Arthur W. Smith, a pomi- 5 nent research chemist of that city. 1 Dr. Smith immediately undertook ' to solve the problem of producing edible white sugar from corn and ' his work was assisted by Mr. S. F. ^ Evans, president of the New Sugar 1 Products Company and vice-presi- ! dent of the General Food Products 1 Company. In all his work Dr. Smith 1 worked among original lines and ' followed new ideals. "Now after practically countless ^ experiments and investigations, he has produced the sugar we were af- . ter. It has all the physical and chemical characteristics of honey arid in that sense might be called cornhoney. However, the scientific name ^ given it and under which it is patented is "Intervose", a name soon to be known everywhere sugar , is used. The new sugar is wnite in color, contains all nutritive qualities and is about 80 per cent as sweet as cane sugar. In othor words, when placed on the market, a fifth must be purchased to obtain the same amount of sweetness as cane sugar, but the price will be almost 100 per cent less for the amount. At present the new sugar is made in syrup form is water-white in color and . possesses the unique features of be-1 ing crystalizable. As soon as possible, the new sugar in crystalized" or granlated form, will be placed on the market so that the people of this co'untry may be able to cutf their sugar bill in half. The unlimited supply of this new LEAGUE CONFLICTS WITH CONSTITUTION Time Hat Come For American ' People To Decide League Of Nations and Constitution, Harding Says. Marion, Ohio, Sept. 18.?Pronouncing the League of Nations covenant irreconcilliable with the American constitution, Senator Harding declared in a constitution day address here that the time had come for the United State to decide whether it would preserve or abandon the charter under which it achieved nationality. "The constitution of the covenant that is the paramount issue," he said, "the two are irreconciliables. We cannot be governed from both Geneva and Washington. We cannot follow our present magistrate without forasking the father of our country." The nominee also assailed the administration's policy toward the smaller nations of the western hemisphere, asserting that executive had usurped congressional powers to carry on an unconstitu tionai war wim nayu ana oanio uumingo. He declared the recent utterance of Franklin D. Roosevelt the Democratic nominee for vice president had revealed officially for the first time the American governments "rape" of the two little republics. The speech, delivered from the front porch to delegations from several Ohio counties reviewed the circumstances surounding the making of the constitution and outlined the candidate's conception of the balanced powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government. Only I by preserving that balance, he said, could the United States fulfill its greatest destiny. "We must strictly maintain and scrupulously observe in letter and in spirit the mandates of the constitution of the United States he continued. "We are not doing so how, wc! are at war, not alone technically; with Germany but actually with the ittle, helpless republics of ouv own lemisphere. The wars upon our :eighbors to the south were made ? aro st'll being wasred. though ov*.: declared, through the usurpation of the executive of powers not only never bestowed upon him, but scrupulously withheld by the constitution. "Of the fact there can be no question. It is admitted even boasted of by the Democratic candidate for vice president between whom, if j elected, and the presidency itself( would be but a single life." i He predicted that unless attention is centered first on economic condi tions and politics made secondary, the unrest will continue. . I sugar is understood when it is known that one bushel of corn will produce about forty pounds of the 5yrup and that the annual corn crop! is more than three million bushels, j Just about 7 per cent of this crop] ivould produce all the sugar this ] :ountry can use. Our experiments J prove that the new sugar can be i used in candy making, ice cream, soft drinks, preserves, condensed milk, chewing gum, tobacco, and in practically every other branch of lommerical use. In the household the new sugar can be used everywhere cane sugar is now consumed. In other words, the new sugar meets lib sugar requirements everywhere in the world. It can be manufactur2d and sold at half the price of Jane, beet or other sugars in daily! use and ought to be put into the j bands of every housewife in the; lountry at eight cents a pound." Mr. Evans was one of Herbert Hoover's assistants during the workj of the Food Administration and was then in charge of coarse grains and jyrup and thus became interested in Mr. Gardner's plan to obtain edible sugar from corn. The plans of the General Food Products Company ?11 for a production of about 100 I -1- J~:l" r\l onf I/HITC13 uauy ai uic uaii/iiuuic > srithin the next month and by January an additional 200,000 pounds! iaily at its Cincinnati plant. Other plants are being investigated with , idea of taking them over as it is' realized and the demand for the lew sugar will far exceed the supply for some time to come. Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? !*he Press and Banner Company. * FRENCH ASSEMBLY WILL j? 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