Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V ' . v ' A - - ' ? - ? I. 1 - . I. .ir?- J ?!,..? ... I We've Found THE Way Out! ?? . . " " * *.. '. . t i White the whole world h searching J or a way to economic stability South Carolina faces the future with a high hope based on scien? I j w . 4 . V 4 ftN tific fact, | ] Men and women of South Carolina! We realize that there is need today, for united, concerted action. Unquestionably, we have here ojp| j portunity for making South Carolina permanently prosperous. The ! j foundation has been laid upoma sound scientific basis. We have a vir! tual monopoly in the high iodine content of our vegetation. We face I j the future with a high hope based on a scientific fact. Our food product J is an absolute necessity and South Carolina has a virtual 'monopoly. | There are so many ways by which development will take place as a. ij result of discoveries already made that if we but grasp our opportuni| j ties we may, without exaggeration, visualize a South Carolina with the j burdens of adversity lifted, and a prosperous and happy citizenship in j this State, j Authorities All Agree j| The claims for South Carolina foods have been substantiated i / * leading scientists throughout the world and their statements printed ii*, the foremost scientific journals. j The virtual monopoly, however, which we possess in our product# j grown here for human and animal foods will make it possiblg to di??E? ij sify our crops and bring us prosperity, j Co-operation JSecessary i We are, today, faced with competition from strongly organized states | and sections which are deeply entrenched. We cannot diope to meet |l their competition unless we too unite and as a single aggressive unit go ? ! 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 Besses such an advantage. It will he of value to tie only In proportion 11 to our ability to organize our resources, our talents, and our money, for I the common good. I It is of the greatest significance that Meade Johneon Company, largest manufacturer of infant foods, has just announced their intention of establishing a plant in South Carolina. The Borden Company, the great- I I est purveyor of milk products in the United States, has decided to (establish a milk drying plant in Newberry, South Carolina. Samples of I milk will be collected there from various sections of the state. Each II sample will be dried and sent every other day for analysis to the South j Carolina Food Research Laboratory, located hi Charleston, S. G., and the Borden Laboratory at Bainbridge, New York. From thfa investiga- 11 tion will be determined the most suitable situations fox tho building of II plants. * p' * Fruits, Vegetables and Mill'c jj i Coincident with this work upon milk and foods required by the Borden 11 and Johnson Cos., there will be conducted at the laboratory a careful ! investigation of vegetables grown in the several sections of the State, II and this study will extend throughout the year in order to ascertain it 11 seasonal variations occur in their iodine content., This work will be j undertaken at the request of some of the other important vegetable coity* | panies that contemplate moving into* South Carolina. II The problem of marketing our wares is paramount. Primarily, wel j must create a consumer's demand for our products. Next, packers, canners, dairymen and purveyors of milk must be informed of our products* Once a demand is established markets will follow. II The Progress Movement ? v' " | Therefore, we believe that now is the time for citizens of South |j Carolina to unite in a great Progress Movement whose object will be to 11 furnish the money and manpower necessary to create a national de- ;, || mand for South Carolina grown products and to carry forward, for'all JI our people, the discoveries made by the South Carolina Food Research Commission.** v ~ ; II Be A Believer In South Carolina?Demand Home Grown FFor the Sake of Your Own Health and I _U j We conceived tho following to l>o the prime objects of the South Carolina Progress Movement of the South Carolina Progress Aih sociation; First:..To trcate d vast organization oj rep* resentative citizens to serve with the highest efficiency in exploiting South Carolina*$ natural resources. j * Second: To provide the South Carolind Food Research Laboratory9 located at Charleston, S. C,9 with additional equipment, I necessary to the experimentation requested by large dairying and food processing com? panics who, at the present time9 contemplate} moving here. Third: To provide additional personnel from the ranks of scientists throughout the country and to co-ordinate scientific effort* in order that foods containing a sufficient amount of iodine aiul other chemical ele* merits necessary to meet the requirements of nutrition, may be available and Utilize our vegetables, fruits and milk* ? Fourth: To disseminate scientific iriformfa tion to over three hundred thousand mem* hers of the American Medical Association# fchild Welfare Workers, dieticians, and do* ftiestic science teachers, and others who con* Irol diets} to tell them of the iodine anH fit her high mineral contents of South Carg? tina grown foodstuffs Tifth: To acquaint national purveyors food ami milk with the information already avail aide and the. results of futures expert mentation? Sixth: To launch an aggressive campaign of education to "sell" South Carolinians on the merits arul possibilities for home consump* lion of South Carolina grown products Seventh: To secure the co-operation of scu entific and popular magazines9 newspapers# frade magazines of food and dairy purvey jors9 and many other publications to con* latently print articles written by competent authorities in order that the information concerning our food products, may become, generally known* - v Eighth: To use paid advertising and lexhifc ' J ' its in medical journals and at national medU \ pal meetingst publicizing South Carolina j products - __ | "Ninth: To create an organization of forward :v looking citizens to compile9 and print9 facts Concerning the various sections9 communU \ ties9 arid cities of South Carolina and con* j ning/dl of our natural resources? To carry out this program there should be | launched at once the Progress Movement of j the South Carolina Progress Association to j jrecruit manpower and to raise funds of ai, j last ninety weight thousand dollars > Thig manpower and money should be made avail* able for the use of The Natural Resources Commission and the Food Research Com* mission through the Executive Committee of The South Carolina Progress Association ! a * >""V |j $98,000 Needed Immediately to meet the Challenge of 1 his Hour s Liolden Opportunity! II f. FRANK WATKINS General Chairman Progress Association, Anderson, S. C. SENATOR FRED D. WEST Chairman Progress Movement, Abbeville, S. C. HON. IBRA C BLACKWOOD Governor Columbia, S. C. DR. WILLIAM WESTON Chairman South Carolina Food Research Commission DR. FRANK H. McLEOD 4 P?esident Progress^ Association, Florence, S. 0. ^ I. H. HUNT Secretary Progress Association, Newberry, S. 0, ROGER PEACE Chairman All Educational Committees, Greenville, S. C. Other Members of Executive Committee R. W. BARNWELL, Charleston, S. C. CHRISTIE BENET, Columbia, S. C. W. A. COLEMAN, Hyman, S. C. B M. EDWARDS, Columbia, S. C. W. FRANK HIPP, Greenville, S. C. A. L. M. WIGGINS Vice Chairman Hartsville, S. C. JOHN M. KINARD, Newberry, S. C. T. M MARCHANT, Greenville, S. C. W. J. MURRAY, Columbia, S. C, J. C SELF, Greenwood, S. C. JOHN T. STEVENS, Kershaw, S. C. E. P. VANDIVER, Anderson, S. C. JOSEPH WALKER Columbia, S. C. T. C. WILLIAMS, Columbia, S. C. W. L. GLOVER, Orangeburg, S. C, V. C. BADHAM, Bad ham, S. 0. SENATOR R. M. COOPER, JR. [Wisacky, S. 0. SENATOR P. A. DesPORTES, ^innsboro, S. C. C. W. COKER, Bartsville, S. C. CHAS. D. GORDON Vice Chairman Columbia, S. C. JAMES B. MURPHY, Columbia, S. C. HON. ARTHUR L. GASTON, Chester, S. C. W P. JACOBS, Clinton, S. C. * DR. E. 0. DOYLE, Seneca, S. C. GEORGE B. TTMMERMAN, Lexington, S. C. A. F. McKISSICK, Greenville, S. C. ? - JOHN E. CECIL Executive Director, Columbia, S. 0. A. W. HUCKLE, Chairman Newspaper Commiflspion, Rock Hill, S. C. JOHN VAN CRONKHITE, Chairman Radio Commission, t Columbia, S. C. <* DR. D. W. DANIEL, Clemson College, S. 0. DR. JAS. McLEOD, Chairman Speakers Bnre&TI, Florence, S. C. . ' : PAUL BENSON, ^ Chairman Poster Board Commission, Anderson, S. 0. " \ 7 i J