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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1931 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON. S. ^ PAGE MF^VEN^ J ■ I 4,. WeVe Found THE Way Gut! ir/iite tKe trKok iootU h WBortlSng Jor Q Icoy Id sc^nomle slaBlRiy^ South CaroUna tim Iv^l^smAabigh itoj^ basedon tcie^ Ufic f(K^ Men and women of SontB OarolinaT We realiiO tliaf tKer€ is need {today, for united, concerted actim Unquestionably, we have here Mrtunity for malriBg South Carolina permanently proroerous. Tho foundation has been laid upon a sound mdentific basis. We have vir* Inal monopoly in the high iodine content of our vegetation. We facd the future with a high hope based on a scientific fact. Our food product is an al»olute necessity and South Carolina has a virtual monopoly. llThere are so many wa3rs by which development will take place as a result of discoveries already made that if we but gnum our opportuni ties we may, without exaggeration, visualise a South Carolina with tho. burdens of ^versity lifted, and a prosperous and happy citizenship in this State. « Authorities Alt Agree The claims for South Carolina foods have been substantiated by leading scientists throughout the world and their statements printed in ^e foremost scientific journals. The virtual monopoly, however, whicK^wt ^^•grewirhere for huton'arid aififial f66df 0ify our crops and bring us prosperity. ,in ourL prfidpcta _ it possible to diYer Besses such an advanta^. It will be of value to us only Ip proport^ to our ability to organize our resources, our talents, and our money, for the common good. • It is of the greatest significance that Meade Johnson Company, largest manufacturer of infant foods, has just announced thjBir intention of es tablishing a plant in South Carolina. The Borden Company, the great est purveyor of milk, products in the United States, has decided to (sstoolish a milk drjring plant in Newberry, South Carolina. Samples of milk will be collected there from various sections of the state. Each sample will be dried and sent every other day for analysis to the South Carolina Food Research Laboratory, located in Charleston, S. C., and the Borden Laboratory at Bainbridge, New York. From this investiga tion will be determined the most suitable situations for the building of nlants. FruitSf Vegetables and Milk Coincident with this work upon milk and foods required by the Borden tind Johnson Cos., there will be conducted at the laboratory a careful investigation of vegetables grown in the several sections of the State, and this study will extend throughout the year in order to ascertain if eeasonal variations occur in their iodine content. This work will be Co-operation Necessary We are, today, faced with competition from strongly organized states and sections which are deeply entrenched. We cannot hope to meet their competition unless we too unite and as a single aggressiv^unit gq forth to take our place in the markets of the world. With our advantage of a virtual monopoly we have the'^powerful weapon with which to drive the great food and dairying companies into our state, to buy our vegetables, animal feeds and milk, that they may save their.very economic existence. No other state in the Nation pos- panies that contemplate nioving into South Carolina. The problem of marketing our wares is paramount. Primarily, wO must create a consumer's demand for our products. Next, packers, can- ners, dairymen and purveyors of milk must be informed of our products. Once a demand is established markets will folloyr. The Progress Movement Therefdre, we believe that now is the time for citizens of South Carolina to unite in a great Progress Movement whose object will be to furnish the money and manpower necessary to create a national de mand for South Carolina grown products and to cai^ forward, for all Our people, the discoveries made by the South Carolina Food Research Commission.... - j — Be A Believer In South Carolina—Demand Home Crown Foods— For the Sake of Your Own Health and Prosperity! fooncerning our food products may become^ generally ktu>wn. Eighth: To use paid advertising amt exhiS^ its in medical journals and at national medU cal meetings, publicizing South Corolimt products, Ninth: To createjan organization of forward looking citizens to compile, and print, facts Iponcerning the various sections, communU lies, and cities of South Carolina and con» ferning all b/ our natural resources^, To carry out this program there sHouTd launched at once the Progress Movement of the South Carolina Progress Association to, recruit manpower and to raise funds of at leoft ninety-eight thousand dollars,. ThiSi manpower ami money should be made avaiU able for the use of The Natural Resources Commission and the Food Research Com* We conceired the following to ho the prime ohjects of the South Carolina Progress Movement of the South Caroline Progress A%* soniation: / First:..To create a vast organization of rep^ resentative citizens to serve with the highest efficiency in exploiting South Carolina's natural resources. Second: To provide the South Carolina Food Research Laboratory, located at Charleston, S, C,, with additional equipment, necessary to the experimentation requested by large dairying and food processing com* panics who, at the present time* contemplate moving here. Third: To provide dlMitional personnel from the ranks of scientists throughout the ^untry caul to co-ordinate scientific effort, In order that foods containing a sufficient amount of iodine and other chemical ele* ments necessary to meet the requirements of nutrition, may be available ond utilize pur vegetables, fruits, and milk^ i Fourth: To disseminate scientific tnforma* Hon to over three hundred thousand mem* hers of the American Medical Association^ Child Welfare Workers, dieticians, and do* mestic science teachers, and others who con* trol diets, to tell them of the ioiline and lot her high mineral contents of South Caro* lina grown foodstuffs, t ■. Fifth: To acquaint national purveyors of food and milk with the information alreoily Available and the, results of future expeth mentation. Sixth: To launch an aggressive campaign of education to ^‘selV* South Carolinians on the pierits and possibilities for home consump^ you of South Carolina grown products. Seventh: To secure the co-operation of sci* entific and popular magazines, newspapers, itratle magazines of food and dairy purvey* lars, and many other publications to con* etantly print articles written by competent Authorities in order that the information mission through the Executive Committee of The South Carolina Progress Association, Immediately to meet the Challenge of This Hour s Golden Opportunity I T. FRANK WATKINS peneral Ohsirmaii Progresf Amo, , dation, Anderson, 8. 0. SENATOR FRED D. WEST Chairman ProgreM Movement, AbbeviU^ 8« C, ROGER PEACE Chairman All Xdncational Oommitteea, Greenvillo, 8. C, Other Members of Executive Commit^ E. W. BARNWELL, Charleston, 8. C. CHBISTIE BENET, Columbia, 8. C. W. A. COLEMAi; Byman, 8. C. B. M. IDWABJMi CkdnmUa, 8. C. W. FEANX mPP, Sreemrflk, 8. C. HON. IBRA C BLACKWOOD Governor Columbia, 8. C. DR. WILLIAM WESTON Chairman Sonth Carolina Food Research Commission IR. FRANK H. McLEOl Freudent Progress Associatmn, Florence, S. C. I.H.HUNT Secretary Progress AMOciation, Newberry, 8. 0. ALM. WIGGINS Vice Chairman HarteyiUe, & C. . JOHN H. KINABD, Newberry, 8. C. T. M BIABCHANT, Greenville, S. C. IW. L MURRAY, Columbia, 8. 0, J. C SELF, fOkeenwood, 8. C. JOHN T. 8TEVEN8, Itoshavr, 8. 0. B. P. VANDIVER, ^kidnson, 8. 0. JOSEPH WALKER Cohimbia, 8. 0. T. C. williams; Columbia, 8. C. W. L.XILOVEE, Orangeburg, 8. 0, V. 0. BADHAM, Badham, 8. 0. * BENATOE R. M. COOPER, JR. SVisacky, 8. 0. SENATOR F. A. DesPORTEfi, SR^nnsboro, 8. 0. 0. W. COKER, Hartsville, 8. 0. CHAS. D. GORDON Vice Chairman Columbia, 8. 0. JAMES B. MURPHV, Columbia, S. C. EON. ARTHUR L GASTON, Chester, 8. 0. W. P. JACOBS, Clinton, 8. 0. DR. E 0. DOYLE, Seneca, 8. C. GEORGE B. TnfMERBCAN, Lenngton, 8. C. A. F. McKISSICK, GreenviUe, 8. C. JOHN L CEQL Executive Director, Columbia, S. C. A. W. HUCKLE, Chairman Newspaper Commis- fiion. Rock Hill, S. C. JOHN VAN CRONKHITE, Chairman Radio Commission, Columbia, S. C. DR. D. W. DANIEL, Clemson College, S. C. DR. JAS. McLEOD, Chairman Speakers Bureau, ^orence, 8. 0. PAUL BENSON, Chairman Poster Board Com mission, Anderson, S^C. i.