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FAATIFI THEY BUILD OR
A VR VR LR DESTROY
AMAZING BUT RAEKLY SUSPECTED
I TRUTHS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU EAT
ite ri^ ht Mccann b r By ALFRED W. McCANN
The prospect of a food shortage
urges luxury-loving America to exam
ine the dietary of the Aborigines—The
food upon which the Ked mail De
veloped physical magnificence is still
here In abundance, but the people of
the twentieth century, unlike the early
settlers, are unable to obtain it—Our
present food shortage. If it results in
restoring the vitalizing foods upon
which the Indians thrived, will prove
to be a hlcssing in disguise.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
United States annually produces hun
dreds of millions of bushels of corn
this most ancient and most precious
of the fruits of the field has been lost
to the American people.
We no longer eat corn in America.
The many products consumed under
the name of corn are mere shadows
of the substance on which the early
settlers of this country lived.
For the tlrst time in tho history of
,the United States we are confronted
by what is called a food shortage. It
Is not now necessary to trace the
phrase "food economy" which we
hear so often. Its origin is too re
cent not to be painful to hundreds of
thousands of American citizens who
are at last seriously interested in the
problems involved in the feeding of
their children.
If the present shortage in foodstuffs
results in our attaining a more sen
sible appreciation of the laws of nu
trition. the discomforts which it en
tails will be well worth the price paia
for them.
We have forgotten all that our
forefathers knew concerning the food
of the Indian tribes of the United
States and Canada.
We have forgotten that time and
again the little struggling colonies
and settlements of white men from
I>abrador to Florida and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific would have
perished by famine and disease nad
they not been able in times of scarc
ity of food to rely upon the products
of the Indians' industry.
We know well that the white men
who made possible these American
cities of ours subsisted on what they
could obtain from the natives in the
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MONDAY EVENING, HAHRISBURG fftKfcS TELEGRAPH APRIL 2, 1917.
way of corn aud the other things we
are about to describe.
The corn of the Indians and the
corn of our forefathers was n<Jt only
good to eat, but it was worth eating.
That the follies of civilization should
ever have conspired to lay their
destroying hands upon this life-sus
taining food is one of the tragedies
which It is not yet too late to control.
There is no fiction in the statement
that we are now planting cornfields
to no purpose. There is no fiction in
the statement that corn was indeed
the bread of life of the Indian.
Dr. Richard l.asch in his work,
"Agriculture Among Primitive Peo
ple," tells us o£ the remarkably large
corn fields of some of tho eastern and
western Indian tribes.
Professor Cyrus Thomas in his
"Hand Bood of American Indians
North of Mexico," collects the evi
dence of Cartier, Cham plain, Sagard.
Charlevoic, de Tonty, and General
Wayne as to the immense fields of
corn all over the country.
Sagard, quoted by Edwin Wiley and
Irving G. Rines, of the Übrary of
Congress, is on record as saying, with
reference to the Hurons, "I lost my
way quicker in these fields of corn
than in the prairies or forests."
General Wayne, quoted by the same
authorities, said: "1 have never before
beheld such immense fields of corn."
There is no question of the extent
to which the Indians cultivated corn
nor of the Immense quantities both
standing on the stalk and stored in
the dry ear which the French and
English destroyed during the Indian
wars throughout the entire territory
of the Iroquois, which is to-day the
State of New York, a cornless waste.
The fact is solemn enough. We
know that It was due to the cultiva
tion of corn by the Indians that we
owe the survival of the whites and
that without corn the peopling of
America by the white men would
probably have been delayed a hun
dred years.
It was from the Indians that the
whites learned the methods of plant
ing, harvesting, storing, and using
corn.
Governor Bradford himself tells us
how in April, 1621, the Indians taught
the colonists of New England how
to "set" corn, how to manure it prop
erly, how to plant It in hills, how to
plant corn and beans together in the
same field, or corn with pumpkins.
The American citizens of 1917 who
would appreciate the profound signifi
cance of corn upon the history of the
United States will find plenty of in
spiration in Harshberger's "Maize, a
Botanical and Economic Study," and
in A. C. Parker's "Iroquois Uses of
Maize and Other Food Plants."
The red men were hardy, tall,
strong. Their physical perfections
were little short of magnificent. They
ate corn daily. But they ate all of it.
They boiled it whole. They made
bread cakes, mush and porridge, they
parched it and roasted it.
From their skill the early settlers
learned the secrets of Indian pudding,
of Boston brown bread, now only a
relic of the past; of corn dodgers, corn
muffins, johnny cake, hoe cake, ash
cake, succotash, popcorn.
To the fact that corn, squash, and
pumpkin all came from the same field
New England owes to-day its prefer
ence for squash dishes and pumpkin
pie.
To-day we eat only the starch of the
corn, and if we would appreciate how
few of us resemble in physical propor
tions the magnificence of the corn
eating red man, we need only examine
the percentages of young applicants
rejected by the United States army
on account of "physical unfitness."
The old-fashioned coffee mill and a
bushel of whole corn are not without
their significance for the future o£
America.
Russians Believe Weather
Will Protect i'heir Line
Petrograd, April 2.—"No serious
activity may be expected on this front
in the near future. The melting snow,
impassable, precludes any big opera
tion." This declaration of the Rus
sian war minister, Alexander Guch
koff, at 3taff headquarters after a visit
[ to the northern front, appears to dis
sipate the alarm created by the start
ling warning of the war minister a
week ago that the capital Itself was
menaced by a threatened German
attack. It was argued at the time
of the enunciation of the minister's
warning, which was the culmination
of a series of similar declarations from
the other ministries and by the presi
dent of the Duma that the mobiliza
tion of enemy forces along the north
ern front, was seized upon as a pre
text by the new government to arouse
the army and the workingmen to a
realization of the responsibility resting
on them and stem the tide of disorgan
ization which threatened to break
down the efficiency of the army.
JEWS MAKE PROGRESS
New York, April 2.—The America
Jewish Congress organized to obtain
equal civil, national and religious
rights for the Jews throughout the
world, will be held at Washington,
Septembber 2, unless the administra
tive committee decides upon an earlier
or later date. This decision was
reached at a stormy meeting here yes
terday of the executive committee of
the congress. While sharp differences
developed, as to the congress, the
opinion was general that the fight for
Jewish rights took a long stride for
ward with the establishment of the
new Russian government.
UNCLE SAM S SUIT
By William F. Kirk
Dear Uncle Sam: This free advice
May not be very pleasant,
But, as you've found out once or
twice,
There's no time like the present.
Through all the long, fat years
you've known
(I don't know how this hits you)
You've loafed as much as you have
grown!
Please get a suit that fits you.
Dear Uncle, get a coat of mail
And pants too hard to ravel,
A suit no hill can pierce at all
However swift It travel.
You're all the Uncle Sam we know—
We'ra mighty glad we've got yon;
But what If some cantankerous foe
Should come along and swat you?
Full many a pale and thoughtful brow
la daily growing paler.
So if you'll listen to us now
We'll gladly pay the tailor.
This little note to you is not
Intended to abuse you,
You're all the Uncle Sam we've got—
And we're not going tp lose you! ,
Seat to Bank With $435
by Brother, He Has Not
Been Heard of Since
bank by his brother, John
Dupes, of Middletown, to deposit'VV3s,
Saturday morning, Jesse Dupes, 41
years, has not been seen since.
Jesse Dupes between 9 anil 10
o clock Saturday morning was sent to
make the deposit in the Farmer's
Bank, Middletown. Becoming alarm*
ed on account of the long stav, John
Dupes, inquired at the bank and found
that his brother was not tJiere. He at
once notified the county aTitoritles but
all efforts to locate him have been in
vain.
Jesse Dupes came here from Grand
Rapids. Micli., to spend some time
with his brother. This was the tlrst
time Mr. Dupes allowed any person to
do his banking. Mr. Dupes is pro
prietor of the Windsor Hotel.
GUARDSMAN SHOOTS TRAMP
Sandusky, 0.. April 2. Foster
Koutz, Company B, Sixth regiment.
Ohio National Guard infantrvman,
shot John Armstrong, a tramp of Syr
acuse, N. Y„ late last night when
Armstrong refused to obey a com
mand to halt at a spot where the
soldier was on guard. Koutz was ar
Save $2; Buy PYRENE Today
Word has just reached us that the
price of a Pyrene Fire Extinguisher
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Don't put it off one single day
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$ 2 earned.
We hardly need tell you of the danger from fire.
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lay your car in ruins at any moment. Fire may kill
before another day rolls around.
Would you let $8 stand between your loved ones
and sure safety?
THE HARDWARE, ELECTRICAL AND AUTO
SUPPLY MERCHANTS of HARRISBURG.
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Harrisburg Peace Society
Urges President Not to
Ask For War Declaration
Claiming aggressive warfare is the
weapon of despotism and un-Ameri
can, the Harrisburg Peace Society has
written to President Wilson urging
him not. to ask for a declaration of
war by Congress.
The letter to the President was sent
by Rufus McCord, secretary of the
organization, of which Dr. John J.
Mullowney is president. In the com
munication the officials declare there
isj absolutely no excuse at tills time
for a declaration of war against Ger
many and that the people of the coun
try are opposed to it. If force Is neces
sary to stop the war. a suggesiton is
made that this country pursue the
same sea tactics as Germany. In con
clusion the Presidents attention is
called to the last appeal of W. J. Bryan
to Congress as a solution of the
present trouble.
* _
Senator Penrose Says
Million Men Will Come
at Call of President
Philadelphia, April 2.—Pennsyl
vania's representatives in Congress
will be lined up solidly for the protc
tion of American rights. Senator
Penrose's declaration made Saturday
at the monster patriotic demonstra
tion here in to-day being described as
a clear outline of this State's thought.
Senator Penroso described the big
rally as tho peer in numbers and en
thusiasm of any he had attended in a
public career of more than 30 years.
He declared that np one could longer
doubt that the people of Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania are sound to the
core in their patriotism. He predicted
that every person in the city and State
would promptly rally to the support
of the government at the first call for
defenders of American rights on land
or sea. He continued- as follows:
"To-morrow, if necessary, one mil
lion men will answer the call of the
President to defend the American
government in any part of the world.
This meeting can have no immediate
effect. Our country is totally unpre-
Jared, and It will be an Inspiration tql
metand to the American Congress iri
reading of this and other meeetlngs
being held to-day throughout the
L country to know that the American
k people are back of the Congress, to
make every preparation possible to
• place the American Republic upon an
, adequate basis of national defense.
"If this splendid meeting to-duy ac
complishes no other result, it will have
been of enormous effective value in
encouraging every member of Con
gress in both branches of that body
to see that we never again confront a
crisis in our international affairs,
when we are totally unprepared, but
that, in the future, the American Re
public will be fully armed to uphold
the policies which are ours and to de
fend American life and American lib
erty on the sea and on the land,
i "(ioing as I do. to-morrow, to Wash
| lngton, I shall carry with me a re
: newed inspiration and a firmer reso
' lution shall be mine to do my part to
place the American Republic on a tlrm
foundation, feeling that you, in this
splendid demonstration, are fully at
my back and will indorse all my ac
tions toward that end."
LARGE CROWDS tiREET r vSTort
1-arge congregations greted the Rev.
Dr. Robert Bagnell, new pastor of
i Grace Methodist Church, at his first
services yesterday.
tHHtling Interior of '
! Preliminary
to Sale of Furnishings
| Employes of the Commonwealth Ho.
jtel to-day began dismantling the in
ferior preparatory to the sale of fur
nishings to-morrow. The last guest
; left yesterday afternoon and with his
I departure the Commonwealth ceased
; to be an accommodation house for
| travelers.
Many antiques, old pieces of furni
ture, bric-a-brac, bed clothing and
dish ware will be sold at the public
auction.
Among the last guests at the hotel
were VI. R. Ewart ,of Springfield, Ohio,
and' Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Dudley, of
Ntagaru Kails. Mr. Dudley Ift
of tile I'nited lloUis Company, which % '
wil lopcrate the new I'enn-Harrls Ho
tel. lie was her for the directors' *
meeting Saturday.
KILLS WIFE FROM JAW.
. Harrisonburg, Va., April 2.—Harry
Lang, in jail at Shenandoah City for
obtaining goods under false pretenses,
killed his wife outside yesterday with
a pistol through the walls and then
committed suicide. The tragedy is
believed to have been planned by the
couple when I-ang was arrested Fri
day.