THE STALEYJOURNAL

AUGUST, 1939 DECATUR, ILL.

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AUGUST, 1939

Founded Soybean Industry 5

New Plant in Ohio 14

Yellow Beans Bring Top Price 19

Acreage Increase 30

Old Journal Files 32

Published Monthly In The Interest Of The Employees Of

A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANYManufacturers of Corn and Soybean Products

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Editor: Ruth E. Cade • Cartoonist: W. R. Van Hook

Volume XXIII • Number 2

ON ENJOYING A MOTOR TRIPAfter returning from a 2,000 mile au-

tomobile trip—the first long trip I haveever made in my own car—I have de-cided that America is most decidedly anation on wheels. During the years, Ihave driven about considerably throughIllinois and near-by spots in the middlewest, but never until this year has thefamily set out for a real automobilejaunt. In short drives one sees foreigncars but until he joins the parade him-self in a cross-country trek no motoristcan really see how the country has takento motoring.

Although my sister and I have bothdriven for a number of years, and fancyourselves rather competent behind thewheel, we both felt, I am sure, that wewere being very brave and adventure-some to undertake a long trip alone. Weasked all our motoring friends about ho-tels and roads, and being gifted (orcursed) with a love of good food, armedourselves with a popular guide to goodrestaurants. We got a late start so ourfirst stop was in Indiana. At the hotelthere no one seemed at all surprised thattwo females from Illinois should be trav-eling alone, but we broad-mindedly over-looked that, since Illinois and Indianaare neighbors after all.

The next day it began to dawn on uswhy we were just a couple of womenpassing through. At a filling station inOhio we saw a California car. While Isupervised the filling of the tank my sis-ter did some looking around and cameback to report that we were just a pairof sissies and pikers. The California carwas being driven by a young womanwhose passengers were two small chil-PAGE 2

dren, about 4 and 6, and a baby less thana year old! The car was carefully packedwith baby gear and the little woman wasoff toward the east with seemingly muchless fuss than we had made.

By the time we had started that sec-ond day we had decided that driving tothe east coast was, as a friend had saidyears before, just driving from one townto another. So we stopped regarding ourtrip as a noteworthy feat and began tothoroughly enjoy ourselves. That's aneasy thing to do on a motor trip. Thecountry, which we had both seen beforefrom train windows, took on an entirelydifferent and much more intimate ap-pearance from the automobile. Xeitherof us had ever realized before that somany villages along the old stage coachroad through southern Indiana and Ohioso closely resembled the villages of NewEngland. We felt the charm of thoseshaded village streets where the hundred-year old houses cluster in a friendly man-ner. We were willing to over-look pave-ment which was not so smooth, becausethe roads were lined now with elms, andthen with great masses of orange lilies.

It was altogether fitting that, after amorning of such restful, friendly road,we should come upon an old stone innjust at lunch time.' To be sure the innwas listed in THE BOOK but its oldgray walls, its willow-edged creek and itsgeneral air of welcome would have haltedus. More than a hundred years ago itoffered a resting place for eager settlerspushing into the new northwest country.Now it is a delightful place for their de-scendants to stop to lunch and admirethe furnishings their ancestors used indaily life.

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We had no way of checking, but wewondered if our own grandparents hadstopped there when they came over theold trail from the Scotch-Irish section ofPennsylvania. We wondered, and duringthe entire remainder of the trip we talkedof those other travelers. In less than halfa day, and with no discomfort nor effort,we drove from that Ohio haven to thetop of a mountain over-looking the townfrom which our grandparents had startedtheir trip west. We may have thought,in contemplating our trip, that we weredaring. Compared to our pampered andluxury-loving grandmother we weresofties. Her's was really an adventure—ours was just an afternoon's jaunt.

I know absolutely nothing about theway history is taught in the publicschools today but, like most childlesspeople, I have a theory. Parents whotake their children on automobile vaca-tions have the golden chance of teach-ing American history in the most impres-sive way possible, and at the same timeinstilling a pride of country and a loyal-ty which textbooks can hardly do. Theonly requirement is that famous oneneeded when teaching a dog tricks—theteacher must know more than his pupil,and a painful number of adult Ameri-cans know almost nothing definite or in-teresting about the country's history.

George Washington is a hero to mostAmericans because he was the Father ofthe Country. Just why he was father ofthis land few of us realize. We evendrive over that old trail through Mary-land and Pennsylvania without realizingthat what George Washington did therewould alone give him a right to that title,if he had never gone on to other tasks.Tablets along the road, from Cumber-land to Fort Necessity mark the spotswhere Braddock camped. By slowingup his schedule a bit the motorist cantrace in no time at all that wearying,heart-breaking march through the wild-AUGUST, 1939

erness, commanded by Braddock, butsaved from utter destruction by theyoung Virginian. Studying history thatway, makes our heroes come alive.

There are countless ways in which onecan humanize these men and women whomade our country, but of course it takesa little time and if one is trying to makeNew York in two days—well history canwait. We decided that this year NewYork could wait. It can't we decided,have changed a great deal in the last yearor two, and we wanted to browse aroundin the Virginia tidewater country. Towhat we feel is the credit of our coun-trymen, we found the motorists in thatlovely and history-rich part of the coun-try, not trying to make schedules. Theyseemed to have taken on something ofthe spirit of Virginia, and impatient mer-chants from Illinois, and busy, prosper-ous cattlemen from Texas were quietlyenjoying the lovely country and historicshrines of the Old Dominion.

A friend who is traveling in Europethis summer has written that the peoplein Europe are all so courteous to travel-ers. Probably they are just being whatthey call polite, but evidently this Amer-ican girl, who has traveled a great dealin her own country has found it moremarked there than here. We found thatcourtesy in Virginia, particularly. It maybe famous southern hospitality, but atany rate down in Virginia everyoneseemed glad we had come, and they allseemed to have time to stop and tell ussomething of interest about their com-munity.

We came away feeling that present dayVirginians were glad to have us and thatthose old Virginians of other generationsreally lived.

It probably does cost more to teachhistory from an automobile, but this issuch an interesting way to take a motortrip.

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I ( sBecause A. E. Staley was willing to back up his faith in soybeans with solid cash, the

nation now has a crop which seems to have limitless possibilities. Now chairman of theboard of the company which he jonnded, Mr. Staley takes an active part in this newindustry.

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STALEY PERSISTENCE AND FAITH FOUNDEDAND DEVELOPED COUNTRY'S SOYBEAN INDUSTRY

Throughout most of the United Stateswhen soybeans are mentioned Staley's isimmediately suggested. The close asso-ciation of these two in the minds of thenation is to be expected. While soybeanshave been grown in this country for morethan a hundred years, it is an undisputedfact that the Staley company made theUnited States conscious of them. Cornand wheat, cotton and rice—agricultur-ally and industrially the country knewthem and depended upon them. Soy-beans—until A. E. Staley began talking

about them were known only in restrict-ed areas and then chiefly as a foragecrop.

Long before many soybeans weregrown in this country the oil was beingused to some extent by a few manufac-turers. That limited use, and the knowl-edge of the extensive use of soybeans inthe Orient convinced A. E. Staley thatthey had a distinct place in future Ameri-can life. Shortly after the world war theStaley company took definite action byannouncing the opening of a soybeanprocessing plant.

Three-fold Task

With its faith in the future of soy-beans so concretely expressed the com-pany was faced with a three-fold task.It must experiment iri the processing ofsoybeans; it must sell the idea of soy-bean products, and it must interest andencourage farmers in raising the beans.

Any new industry may be faced withthat first task. Problems in processingalways confront a man who pioneers anew industry. Introducing a new prod-uct always brings with it the problem ofeducating the public to the use of thatproduct. The Staley company found itsthird problem—that of encouraging theAUGUST, 1939

.4. E. Staley Jr., president of the com-pany, is as deeply interested as his fatherin developing the soybean industry.

farmers to raise soybeans—its largesttask, and quite its most interesting.

Promotion Starts

This campaign of promotional encour-agement was started before the soybeanplant was completed. It continued forsome years after the plant started opera-tions, for the Staley-company found thatthis cooperation with the growers was asnecessary to the success of the undertak-ing as efficient production or successfulselling.

As early as 1916 Staley grain buyerswere talking with Illinois farmers aboutthe possibilities of growing soybeans.There were many discussions in the Sta-ley grain office, in Mr. Staley's office,and in fields and elevators in surround-ing territory.

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Three views of the soybean mill and warehouse at the Staley plant in Decatur.

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Boyhood Impressions

Mr. Staley was thoroughly confidentthat the industry could and would be es-tablished in this country, and his feel-ing of confidence was infectious. His in-terest in soybeans dated back to his boy-hood, when, on his father's farm in NorthCarolina he had seen the men of theneighborhood examining with great in-terest a handful of soybeans broughtback to this country from China by areturning missionary.

Some of the beans had been planted,as an experiment, on his father's farm,and proved excellent feed for livestockand at the same time, being leguminous,enriched the soil. Little else was donewith them then, but they made a lastingimpression on this farm boy. Many yearslater, after he had built and seen wellstarted on its way a large and successfulcorn products plant he turned his atten-tion to soybeans.

Campaign Is On

When Mr. Staley turns his attentionto a subject things happen. This hasbeen particularly true in the case of soy-beans. He talked soybeans to everyonehe met, he aroused a widespread and in-tense interest in them and before long hehad Illinois farmers raising them. Thesubject had been introduced at exactlythe correct time. The productivity of Illi-nois corn land had been diminished dur-ing the World War years, because farm-ers, eager to take advantage of high war-time prices for corn had neglected croprotation.

Just when they needed it most a cropwhich would bring in money while it wasenriching the soil, came as a godsend.The Staley company added to the gen-eral well-being of everyone concerned byannouncing that its new soybean plantwould be ready for the 1922 crop.

After this announcement and the open-ing of the plant for operation in October,AUGUST. 1939

1922, farmers were assured of a com-mercial outlet for their beans. There isno doubt but what this assurance wasresponsible for the increases in soybeansplanted for seed, and threshed between1922 and 1924.

Simply saying that the Staley com-pany announced that it was opening itsplant in 1922 does not even give a hintof the whole story. Such an announce-ment was made, but for several yearsbefore, and for a long time after a greatdeal was done to interest the farmers, andwin them to the idea of raising and sell-ing the beans.

Conversational Barrage

Mr. Staley and the entire grain buy-ing department never missed an oppor-tunity to talk soybeans. When farmersbrought in corn to sell the conversationsoon turned to beans. When a buyertalked with a farmer or a country eleva-tor man—he got around to the subjectof beans. This was the first stage and itwas effective for it aroused curiosity andinterest.

All during the winter of 1921 and 1922soybeans were much discussed by farm-ers and grain dealers in the grain-grow-ing section of Illinois. These men hadthought and talked in terms of corn formany years, for corn had always been adependable cash crop. Now anotherseemingly just as dependable was beingoffered them but they smartly wanted toknow all about it before they went in-to it.

Growers' Interests

It was natural that the things thegrowers were interested in were these—what would be the probable price paidfor beans, would the Staley company beable to buy them, would the companybuy them consistently year after year.The Staley company was able to answerall of these questions to the satisfactionof the growers, and then suggested that

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Top—Soybean dryers in the Staley plant in Decatur. Bottom—Mill for grinding soybeans.

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they get in touch with the University ofIllinois College of Agriculture for infor-mation concerning cultivation and thebest varieties to plant.

Soybeans had been raised in Illinoisbefore but never was a crop raised withas much personal supervision as that putin in the spring of 1922. The growersthemselves gave special care to the crop,the University of Illinois was particularlyinterested, and the Staley company sentrepresentatives into the soybean grow-ing districts to make weekly reports oncrop conditions.

They Talked Some MoreThe Staley representatives did not

just observe. They talked to farmers, toelevator men, to bankers and newspapermen. They answered questions about theStaley company and about its plans forsoybean development, and left in theirwake a trail of satisfaction about the fu-ture of the crop.

Quite naturally one big question wasuppermost in the minds of farmers, andbusiness men in the farming districts—could the Staley company process andmarket all the beans they could produce?Company representatives convinced themthat it could. During the years sincethen these growers and others interestedhave learned that their confidence wasnot misplaced.

In what to many was an experiment,all were successful, chiefly because theStaley company had its plan carefullythought through. This thing of the man-ufacturer working directly with the" grow-er was something rather new, but it waslogical and has proved most profitable.Neither could succeed without the other,but by both working together the entireagricultural and industrial program ofthe country was destined to be changed.

First Beans ArriveThe first shipment of beans arrived at

the plant in September, 1922, havingAUGUST, 1939

been purchased from an Illinois graindealer at 99-)^ cents a bushel. September30 of that same year will go down in ourhistory as the day the first beans wentinto the process.

Driers and oil expellers of the latesttype had been installed during the sum-mer and on that memorable day the unithad a capacity of 500 bushels. Smallthough that unit was it was quite largeenough for the available supply. Beanacreage was small and consequentlybeans did not arrive at the plant in largequantities. Compared to present dayshipments they fairly trickled in thatfirst year, sometimes being bought by thewagon load.

Gloom Spreads

That condition in itself was discourag-ing, and equipment difficulties added tothe general gloom. The quality of thefew beans received was uneven, chieflybecause of the inexperience of the farm-ers in cultivating and harvesting them,and the product was not satisfactory fora combination of reasons. Not the leastof these contributing reasons was thesmall quantity of beans available, for ahigh quality of product is quite depend-able upon a sizeable volume.

Although the latest model driers andexpellers had been installed short opera-tion showed the driers were not all thatcould be desired. Since the bean supplywas short anyway, it was decided afterrunning a few weeks to shut down, getthe situation under perfect control andget ready for a big season next year.This was the plan followed. Companyengineers worked over the driers and suc-ceeded in -perfecting them, and the ex-peller capacity was increased.

This final action was regarded withmuch skepticism by the interested worldin general, but Mr. Staley was confidentthat within a few seasons beans would bearriving in sufficient quantities to war-rant the enlarged plant. He also was

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^op—Expellers in the Staley soybean plant in Decatur. Bottom—Presses in the same plant.

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confident of another thing which hadbeen bothering some of his colleagues—that was that this new product wouldsell.

Meal Almost UnknownThere was a limited demand for soy-

bean oil when the Staley company start-ed processing beans, but soybean oil mealwas an unknown feeding product. Inthe wide territory served by the Staleyplant it was something that had neverbeen heard of nor tried. That in itselfwas a neat little hurdle for the Staleycompany to jump.

It was done in much the same waythat the farmers were induced to raisethe beans—by intensive, comprehensiveand prolonged talking and writing onthe subject. A limited few manufacturersof mixed feeds had tried imported soy-bean oil meal but most mixers had neverseen any. Practically all of them wereopposed to its use because that meantchanging their established formulas, andthe extra expense of registering new an-alyses of their products in various states.

Those Who DoubtedEvery man who introduces something

new runs into the same objections. Peo-ple have been getting along, habits andmethods are hard to change. In this casethe feed manufacturers based their un-

! willingness to change on the fact that the.soybean industry was .new. They doubt-led the ability of the Staley company toI obtain enough beans to promise them asteady supply of meal and they showed

,a marked tendency to wait until the prod-uct was thoroughly established beforegoing to any expense to use it.

Feed mixers also brought forth thisargument—since soybean oil meal wasnew the feeders knew nothing of it, andthere would be no market for it. Theygravely doubted that they could sell afeed containing the meal even if theywent to the expense of changing formulasto use it.AUGUST, 1939

That they considered a most final an-swer to persistent salesmen, but theywere wrong. This time they were deal-ing with a man who knew he had a goodthing, and was determined to make theworld demand it. But for a while heceased talking to the feed manufacturers.He approached them from a new angle,and a most effective one.

Farmers Good Salesmen

The farmers were already interestedin soybeans. They had raised just enoughto see that they could be a profitablecrop, but they saw that unless the feedmixers cooperated the entire projectwould fail. Through articles in farmmagazines and company publications,the farmers were told of the superiorfeeding qualities of soybean oil meal.Firmly convinced they created the de-mand which the feed manufacturerswere then glad to supply.

It was no small job of a season'slength. This educational program hadto continue for years, and still goes on,but now its aspect has changed. Nowfeeds demand soybean oil meal and man-ufacturers use it widely, but the Staleycompany advises now in special feeding.

Start Developing Market

In those first few years, in the faceof skepticism and doubt, the sales forcesfound a market and developed it. In factthey sold the entire out-put each year.Without casting any slurs upon the salesability of those hard working men it canbe said that one reason the out-put wassold was because the supply of beans wassmall and irregular. There was some-thing' heartening about feeling that allthe meal that could be made was sold,and those pioneers have handed on atradition that later feed salesmen withthe company have not dared break.

After 1925 the plant operated mostof every year, and the bean supply im-proved in quality and increased in quan-

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Staler̂CERTIFIED

PROTEULFEEDS

WOULD S t A t O t S T INomNOtMANUfACTUiEl Of QUALIT1

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The Staley Customer NEVER GUE»E^ HeKnows!

Bottom—Packingsoybean oil meal inthe Staley plant inDecatur. Top—Thecertificate of analy-sis which accompan-ies each shipment offeed from the Staleyplant.

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tity. The crushing capacity of the plantwas always kept greater than the avail-able supply of beans, so that securing asufficient quantity of beans has alwaysbeen a problem. Growers are raisingmore every year, manufacturers areusing more annually, and the Staley com-pany sales jump but as soybeans becomemore widely known they are more widelydemanded.

Interest Spreads

The Staley company had done itsground work well. Interest in soybeansfrom every possible angle was growing,and information concerning their culti-vation, and their uses was more com-monly available. Soybean growers formeda national association which at its con-ventions discussed cultivation and mar-keting problems. State departments ofagriculture, high schools and agricultureschools began teaching, promoting andexperimenting with soybean cultivation.

It was natural that farm machinerymanufacturers and railroads became in-terested. They worked to promote culti-vation and to expand market production.State and county fair boards did a greatdeal toward promoting soybean interestswhen they included them in their exhib-its. The Staley company worked with allof these agencies, and still does, for it,perhaps better than another organizationor group, realizes that the soybean indus-try is still just in its early stages.

Seek New Fields

To be sure af ter five or six years farm-ers knew soybeans were a good crep, sothe Staley company was able to ease upon its work of encouraging their plantingthem. Feed mixers and their customersknew the value of the beans, so thatphase of the sales department's work didnot have to be so intense. The next step,as Mr. Staley had early known it wouldbe, was to develop new uses for soybeans,and find new channels for the productsalready being made.AUGUST, 193?

The company's laboratories had longbeen carrying on experiments looking to-ward new soybean uses. About four yearsafter the mill first started semi-refined oilwas produced. By 1933 an edible soy oilwas refined and virgin soy oil was firstsold.

Develop Bean's Possibilities

Another product of the almost-magicbean, which has been given much atten-tion by the laboratories, is soy flour.First regarded purely as a health flour,the Staley product was put on the marketin 1926. Results of further experimentsbrought out flours suited for various pur-poses, and designated No. 1, No. 2 andNo. 3 and sausage flour.

In 1933 Staley chemists released forthe market a product upon which theyhad been working for some time. Thiswas soy sauce, a product of soybeanswhich had been regarded through theages as one of the things which probablywould always be manufactured best inthe orient. The Staley made sauce is nowthe acknowledged equal of the importedvarieties.

New Products Stable

Another and later development is saus-age grits which the company first intro-duced in 1935. This, like practicallyevery other soybean product which hasbeen brought out, has found a steadymarket. Unlike many things which areintroduced to the buying public, soybeanproducts are not novelties. They aretested thoroughly before they are put onthe market and their use increasesthrough the years.

As long -as the laboratories find newuses for soybean products, or new prod-ucts, the Staley company will continueits educational work. Manufacturers andconsumers now know the versatile char-acter of soybeans, and when a Staleysalesman approaches with a new productto sell, they give him an interested ear.

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NEW PLANT IN OHIO TO BE READY

FOR FALL CROP OF SOYBEANS

H. D. Egly, well known in the soybeanindustry, is in general charge of the newOhio plant.

\Yithin the next few weeks the Staleycompany expects to make its first testruns in the new soybean plant nearPainesville, Ohio. The plant and ele-vators there, at Fairport Harbor, wereacquired last spring from the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad, and ever since havebeen undergoing extensive remodeling.The work has been rushed so that themill will be ready for the soybean cropin the fall.

The property is composed of a millionbushel elevator, four warehouses andtwo marine legs housing machinery forloading and unloading at the company'sdock. The warehouses cover an area ofmore than 26 acres with 1,400 foot front-age on Grand river. These buildings areof steel and metal sheeting while the 135PAGE 14

foot high elevator is of frame and metalsheeting. The marine legs, one 135 feethigh the other five feet higher, are of all-steel construction.

Originally built and operated by theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad, the ele-vator has been more recently used as astorage place by the Quaker Oats Co.The warehouses have not been in uselately. Both elevators and three ware-houses are being remodeled to suit theneeds of the modern soybean mill whichthey will house. The fourth warehouse,known as No. 1, has been dismantled andthe site it occupied is to be used as park-ing space.

Water and Rail

Transportation facilities at the newplant are unusually good. Situated at

Howard ]\'inings, with 18 years' experi-ence in the Staley traffic of/ice, will takecharge of that department in the Ohio plant.

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Richmond, about two miles east ofPainesville and 26 miles northeast ofCleveland, the plant is on the south shoreof Lake Erie, Fairport Harbor. It is atthe mouth of Grand river, which makesa natural harbor for lake and sea-goingvessels, where grain and other suppliesmay be unloaded, and products shippeddirect from the Staley company's owndocks to customers in various parts ofthe world. In addition there are about25 miles of switch tracks with a carcapacity of 250 cars. Three railroadswhich service that community are theBaltimore and Ohio, the Nickel Plateand the New York Central.

While the company's present plansare for a compact, not too large unit, itwill be possible to expand it and increasethe grind as rapidly as the supply ofbeans in Ohio is made available. In spiteof the rapid growth in the acreage ofsoybeans in the last few years the sup-

Thomas J. Longbons, for 20 years withthe Staley company, has taken charge of theoffice of the Ohio plant.

Lee W. Taylor will continue as managerof the elevator in Richmond, a position heheld long before the Staley company tookit over.

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ply has never yet been sufficient to meetthe demand of the crushers. It is hopedthat with the establishment of a mill inOhio the acreage in soybeans in thatstate will greatly increase.

Egly Named Manager

In general charge of the new plant theStaley company recently named H. D.Egly, a man who has devoted most ofhis life to the grain business and who hashad extensive experience in growing andmarketing soybeans. Mr. Egly comesfrom Fort W?ayne, Ind., where for manyyears he was with the McMillan com-pany, a feed concern which later mergedwith 'another company to form AlliedMills, Inc. Mr. Egly was executive vicepresident of Allied Mills until 1932 whenhe left and organized the Central SoyaCo., Inc., in Decatur, Ind. '

For a number of years he has beenactive in promoting the soybean indus-try and has served as a director and as

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At top is a view from the lake side t>f the new Ohio plant, showing the Staley iluek. Thepicture at the bottom is a view of the plant from the other side.

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The office and two views of the plant interiors, showing some oj the extensive remodelingwork, in the Ohio plant.

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an officer of the National Soybean Pro-cessors association. In Fort Wayne hetook an active interest in civic and Ma-sonic affairs. This summer he and hiswife are moving to Painesville wherethey will make their home.

Taylor Stays On

The man who is to have charge of theelevator at the new plant is also a new-comer to the Staley organization butone who has been in the elevator busi-ness most of his life. He is Lee W. Tay-lor. He has worked at the Painesvilleelevator since 1922 and the change inownership simply means that he ischanging bosses instead of jobs. He wasborn in Painesville and has lived mostof his life in that town.

Several weeks this summer Mr. Taylorhas spent in Decatur becoming thor-oughly familiar with the various stepsin processing beans. He also spent sometime in our big elevator, learning com-pany routine, and something of the meth-ods used in handling beans.

In Charge of Office

One of the company's best office menhas been given the task of organizingand managing the office in the new plant.This man, Thomas J. Longbons, hasbeen in charge of our consignment andorder department, but is thoroughly fa-miliar with general office work and willhave charge of that in Painesville.

Tom Longbons came to the Staleycompany just twenty years ago in Julysoon after his discharge from the armywhere he had been in the finance officeof the quartermaster's office in Ft. Wil-liams, Me. He had started his businesscareer shortly before his enlistment, byworking in a bank. His first job withthe Staley company was to assist thepaymaster but after a short time he wasput in charge of the consigned stock rec-ords and on that job he continued dur-ing the next twenty years.

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But the job grew considerably in thattime and his department increased froma set of books, to a corps of clerks, andgeneral supervision of consigned stocksin warehouses all over the country. Later,because he showed such marked abilityas a calm and efficient organizer, he wasgiven charge also of the order depart-ment. Thus when he left the Decatur of-fice he stepped out of a job which he hadbuilt up from a clerkship into a smoothlyworking, highly necessary department.

When he went to Painesville, in July,Tom was accompanied by his familyand they have already established theirhome in the Ohio town. The family con-sists of Mrs. Longbons, their son, Ben-ny, and a very tiny young daughter.

Winings Traffic Manager

Also going from the Decatur plant isanother man who has been with the com-pany a good many years. Howard L.Winings, who has been in our traffic of-fice since 1921, is taking charge of thetraffic office in the new plant. He, hiswife and son left Decatur in August tomake their home in Painesville. How-ard, like Tom, came to the Staley com-pany after he had completed his patrioticduty to his country during the WorldWar. He had been in the navy, but be-fore enlisting he had worked in railwayfreight offices and it was natural that heshould follow that same line when peacewas declared. He has been in charge ofour export division in the traffic depart-ment.

While Mary Weesner, order depart-ment, was on her vacation in Indiana inJuly she received from Decatur an un-signed post card with a picture of theStaley office on one side and the message"Wish you were here" on the other. Nowshe wants to know—was some swain pin-ing for her, or was the order departmentneeding her?

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YELLOW SOYBEANS BRINGTOP PRICE FROM PROCESSORS

Four Sueh Varieties Suited to Central Section

Soybeans have a faculty of being ableto grow on nearly all types of soil, butbest results are obtained on mellow fer-tile loam, or sandy loam. In general, thesoil requirements are about the same asfor corn, although soybeans will makea more satisfactory growth than corn onsoils low in fertility, provided that in-oculation is present. If soybeans areproperly inoculated they will build upthe nitrogen content of the soil. Due tothe mellowing effect which the soybeanplant has on soil, experts do not advisegrowing them on very hilly land unlessthe fields are terraced to prevent wash-ing.

Another strong point in their favor isthat soybeans will stand drought muchbetter than most commonly grown graincrops. Yields will be much reduced un-der drought conditions, but soybeans willcome nearer giving a good account ofthemselves than most other crops. Oneof the outstanding features in growingsoybeans is that they are immune tochinch bugs.

Prefer Yellow Beans

While there are almost endless vari-eties of soybeans, processors prefer theyellow seeded varieties and will payhigher prices for them. The reason forthis preference is that the yellow beans

The magic little beans look about like a very common garden vegetable which appears atits best in soup. The resemblance stops at the looks. The soybean seems to have unlimiteduses.AUGUST, 1939 PAGE 19

are of higher oil content and lower oilrefinery losses. Black and brown beansmake an unattractive meal which mustusually be sold at a discount.

Three yellow varieties which are ac-ceptable to all processors are the Dun-field, Illini and Manchu. All three areideally suited for conditions in Ohio, In-diana and Illinois. There are other goodvarieties but these three have stood thetest well over a period of many years.They are hardy, they mature fairly rap-idly, and over a period of time will showthe most satisfactory oil content. Anygrower is playing safe by planting anyone of these three.

Dunfield was introduced from Man-churia in 1913. The plant is stout, erectand bushy, flowers both purple andwhite. It matures in 110 to 120 dayswith pods 2, 3 and 4 seeded. The seedsare straw yellow with light brown hilum.There are about 2750 seeds to the pound.

Illini was developed by the IllinoisExperiment Station. The plants arestout, erect and bushy and the flowerswhite. It matures in 105 to 115 days.The pods are 2 to 3 seeded and theseeds are straw yellow with brown hilum.It runs about 2750 seeds to the pound.

This variety has the characteristic ofshedding leaves and foliage and retain-ing pods.

Manchu was introduced from Man-churia in 1911. It has the stout, erectand bushy plants which characterize theother two varieties, and the flowers areboth purple and white. Beans maturein 110 to 120 days, and pods are 2, 3and 4 seeded. The seeds are straw yel-low with black or brown or slate hilum.There are about 2400 seeds to the pound.

The best results with soybeans are ob-tained on a well prepared seed bed. Ingeneral the land should be prepared asfor corn. Soybeans, like corn, respondto any extra preparation of the soil.

Fall or early spring plowing permitsdiscing and harrowing the soil just be-fore seeding and thus killing weeds juststarting in the surface soil. This prep-aration just before planting is very im-portant.

Several different methods of plantingsoybeans have been used. In the largesoybean growing areas of Illinois, themost popular method has simmereddown to planting with an ordinary graindrill. This is generally termed "DrillingSolid".

Ground for soybeans in big Illinois fields is broken with tractor-drawn plows.

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1. Bean yields are about as good aswith any system and better than some.

2. Beans quickly shade the groundand check the growth of weeds, and alsograss.

3. Less cultivation is necessary.4. No special bean planting or cult i -

vating machinery necessary.Soybeans should not be planted until

after the danger of a killing frost is over,and the soil has become sufficiently warmto germinate the seed quickly. In Ohio,Indiana, and Illinois, planting should bemade during May. In case of an unus-ually wet season, planting can be madeto June 15. Most farmers plant soy-beans immediately after finishing theircorn planting. Plantings made afterJune 10 ordinarily will show somewhatdecreased yields.

The depth of planting will vary somewith different soils. Beans should neverbe planted deeper than two inches insandy ground and not over \/2 inchesin heavy soils.

Seeding should be just deep enough toprovide enough moisture for quick germi-nation.

In drilling solid, about V/2 bushels

per acre will be required if seed of medi-um size (Dunfield, I l l ini , Manchu) isused.

Cultivation of Soybeans

Proper cultivation in the productionof soybeans cannot be over-emphasized.Most effective cultivation will usually bedone before the beans are planted.

If weeds get started more rapidly thanthe beans, a light harrowing before theplants are up will be of great help. How-ever, this is seldom necessary if the seedbed is properly prepared before planting.

Plants are easily broken off just asthey are coming through the ground, andfrequently, unless given assistance, will"break their necks". This is the mostcritical of th» cultivation processes andmust be done just as soon as possibleafter the crust forms. A light harrowingonce over with a spike tooth harrowshould be sufficient.

If the weeds get a start shortly afterthe soybean plants come through theground, the field should be gone overwith a weeder or rotary hoe. The rotaryhoe with a tractor speed of 10 to 15 milesper hour is the best procedure. To theinexperienced grower, this may appear

The second process in preparing the ground for the beans is the discing. With the aid ofa tractor a great deal of ground is turned at once.

to be very destructive to the young soy-bean plant. If the stand is fairly thick,the treatment will not seriously injure it,and it will greatly reduce the weeds.

The afternoon is the best time to cul-tivate since the plants are less likely tobe snapped off than in the morning.

Harvesting

Soybeans should be harvested whenthe pods are brown and fully matured,and when the bean is past the hard-dough stage. At this stage of maturitymost varieties have shed practically allof their leaves. Harvesting earlier willresult in shriveling of the beans on dry-ing, and a tendency to mold in the bin.In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and othercorn belt states, the bulk of harvestingis done during October and early No-vember, or generally just ahead of cornpicking time. Sometimes Illinois farm-ers pick corn in the morning and com-bine beans in the afternoon. This is donebecause soybeans do not thresh wellwhen the stems and pods are damp.

The two usual methods of harvestingare: First, combine harvesters; second,grain binder-thresher.

The combine has the advantage in effi-

cient harvesting and saving of labor andtime. It is used almost entirely wherelarge acreages of soybeans are grown orwhere the combine can be used on small-er acreages of beans along with othergrain crops, such as wheat. In somecommunities several farmers with smallacreages of soybeans buy a combine to-gether. With the combine the completeharvesting job is done at one time, andbeans can be hauled directly from thefield to the grain elevator for shipping.

In the grain binder and thresher meth-od, beans are cut and bound with a reg-ular grain binder, or cut and put intopiles. The grain is then threshed, or insome areas where the climate is dry, theshocking or stacking operation is omittedand the beans threshed directly from thecutting through a grain threshing ma-chine.

In combining or threshing care mustbe taken to prevent excessive splitting orcracking of the beans. The chief causesof splitting and cracking are:

1. High cylinder speed.2. Too many concave teeth.3. Concave and cylinder teeth bent or

improperly spaced.

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Special thin concave teeth are some-times used to reduce splitting and crack-ing, but the use of fewer teeth with aconcave blower give almost as good re-sults.

Soybeans are sold on grades just thesame as our other grains. The Federalrequirements for yellow soybeans, greensoybeans, brown soybeans, black soy-beans, and mixed soybeans are as fol-lows:

Soybeans are purchased and paid foron basis of 60c per bushel.

MinimumTest

"7-:~u*

U. S.Grade

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

Condition andGeneral Appearance

Shall be cool, of naturalodor, well screened, and ofgood natural color.Shall be cool, and of nat-ural odor and mav beslightly stained or mottled.Shall be cool, and of nat-ural odor and may bestained or mottled.Shall be cool and mav bebadlv stained or mottledand may be slightly frostedor immature.

PerBushel Moisture

Lbs. %

56 15.0

54 15.0

52 16.5

50 18.0

M A X I M U M LIMITS OF

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1.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

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3.0 2.0

5.0 4.0

8.0 6.0

OtherClasses*

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5.0SampleGrade Shall be soybeans which do not comply with the requirements of the above grades.

or which have any commercially objectionable foreign odor or are sour, heating.hot. moldy, infested with a live weevil or other insects injurious to stored soybeans,or are of otherwise distinctly low quality.

* The maximum limits here given for "other classes" shall not apply to the grading of"Mixed Soybeans."

Weeding soybeans is not such a back-breaking task when it can be done in this fashion.

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Few farmers use this old method of cutting and then stacking soybeans.

AUGUST, 1939 PAGE 27

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/!/ iVi Decatur plant the Staley company stores soybeans in this 3,000,000 bushelelevator, just east of the mill. Bottom—Staley's supply of beans comes from such countryelevators throughout Illinois. At harvest these elevators are busy spots.

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Soybeans may be sold to country grainelevators direct from the combine orthresher or stored on the farm. In Illi-nois, about 75% of the soybeans aresold and delivered to the country eleva-tors during October, November and De-cember.

Many farmers do not have bin roomto store beans on the farm. In wet har-vesting seasons or when the moisture inthe beans exceeds 15%, relatively fewbeans are stored on the farm because oflack of facilities for proper drying andstoring.

Staley's plant at Painesville, Ohio,will have storage for over 1,000,000bushels of soybeans and ample dryingequipment to properly handle beans un-der all conditions.

No difficulties will be encountered inmarketing soybeans, but it should beborne in mind that mills want and willpay more for yellow soybeans.

Charley Hood, assistant fire chief, is soproud of this grandson that it is rumored heburst the buttons of} his shirt when he heardthis picture was to be published. The boy isthe son of R. J. Hood, basement foreman ofour boiler room. The other picture of Char-ley—the relaxed one—was supposedly takenon Father's Day after he had enjoyed hisgift from his family.

The modern way of harvesting beans with a combine.

AUGUST, 1939 PAGE 29

GROWING INCREASEIN ACREAGE SHOWN IN REPORTS

While Illinois is always greatly in thelead among the soybean raising states,in bushels produced, the acreage and pro-duction of commercial soybeans is great-ly increasing. Below are the annual pro-

duction figures, in bushels, of soybeansgrown in the United States since 1924.The figures are those of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture:

The government report issued July 10

Year

1924192519261927192H192919301931193219331934

1935

1936

•1937

•1938

Illinois

1,120.0001,450,0002,392,0003,069,0003,842,0006,970,0007,704,0007,760,0005,415,000

13,756,00059.56'X

24,012.00054. ll'/,

17,216,00058.13'/,

27,040,00059.73'/,

31,866,00055.26%

Indiana

884,0001,000,0001,425,0002,114,0003,115,0002,256,0001,800.0002,960,000

12.826,970,000

15.703,948,000

13.335,797,000

12.808,404,000

14.57

Iowa

276.000357,000576,000

1,023,000790,000936,000

1.615,0002,070.000

8.966,600,000

14.872,483,000

8.384,236,000

9.365,733,000

9.94

Missouri

504,000722,000736.000700,000954,000890,000

1,188.000737,000

31.90889,000

2.00245.000

.83513,000

1.13609,000

1.06

Ohio

304,000360,000347,000434,000940,000527,000528,000697,000

3.022,604.000

5.872,092,000

7.063.249,000

7.185.313,000

9.21

NorthCarolina

1,200,0001,080,0001.050.0001,164,0001,485,0001,155,0001,045,0001,176,000

5.191.282.000

2.891,475,000

4.981,560,000

3.452,015,000

3.49

Six Lead.States

5,560,0006,588,0007,976,000

12.405,00014,988,00013,524,00011,591.00021,396,000

92.6442,357,000

95.4527,459,000

92.7242,395,000

93.6553,940,000

93.54

BalanceU.S.

1.378.0001,292,0001,422,0001,066,0001,745,0001,451,0001.556,0001.699,000

7.362,021,000

4.552,157,000

7.282,877,000

6.353,725,000

6.46

TotalU.S.

5. 190. 1)01)4,875,0005,239,0006,938,0007,880,0009,398,000

13,471,00016,733,00014,975,00013,147,00023,095,000

100.0044,378,000

100.0029,616.000

100.0045,272,000

100.0057,665.000

100.00

*While the last government estimate was 57,665,000 bushels of beans for the 1938 crop, it is generallyconceded that the final estimate will be nearer 60,000,000 bushels.

1939 Soybean Crop ReportSOYBEAN ACREAGE GROWN FOR ALL PURPOSES (Thousands of Acres)

Year193619371938

Ohio330380445

Indiana748812828

Illinois1,8872,1832,118

Iowa560762950

Four States3,5254,1374,341

U.S.5,8116,1716,858

1939

Year193619371938

Estimated for 1939—Government report of July 10668 1,201 2,542 1,083 5,494 8,119

SOYBEAN ACREAGE CUT FOR BEANS (Thousands of Acres)Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Four States U. S.132 299 1,076 182 1,689 2,132171 341 1,352 229 2,093 2,549253 431 1,356 294 2,334 2,898

YIELD PER ACREYear193619371938

Year193619371938

Ohio15.5 bu.19.0 bu.21.0 bu.

Ohio2,0463,2495,313

Indiana14.0 bu.17.0 bu.19.5 bu.

TOTAL YIELDIndiana

4,1865,7978,404

Illinois16.0 bu.20.0 bu.23.5 bu.

(ThousandsIllinois17,21627,040;U,866

Iowa14.0 bu.18.5 bu.19.5 bu.

of Bushels)Iowa2,5484,2365,733

Four States

Four States25,99640,32251,316

U.S.14.1 bu.17.8 bu.19.9 bu.

U.S.29,98345,27257,665

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gives the first official estimate of soybeanacreage. This report gives the acreagegrown for all purposes. To estimate theprobable yield of beans it is necessaryto make allowance for the acres harvest-ed for hay and plowed under for landimprovement or to comply with the gov-ernment farm program.

The four leading soybean producingstates show a very large increase in acre-age amounting to 1,153,000 acres morethan last year. The increase in percent-ages is:

Ohio 507.Indiana 45%Illinois 207rIowa 14%U. S 18.47,

The percent to be cut for beans cannotbe known at this time, but it will prob-ably increase as we plant more acres.Weather conditions have been excellentover the soybean belt and present indi-cations are for a large crop.

Segcr-StarkGladys Seger and Jesse G. Stark were

married in the parsonage of the CentralChristian church, Saturday morning,July 22, by Rev. C. \V. Flewelling. Thebride wore white chiffon, while her at-tendant, Mrs. Harold Seger, wore bluelace. Harold Seger was best man.

Following the ceremoay a weddingbreakfast for fourteen guests was servedin Mrs. Carr's tea room. Later the cou-ple left for Cuba, Nassau, Puerto Ricoand Haiti. They are living at 1504 EastMain street.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Henry B. Seger, and has been em-ployed at Block & Kuhl's. The bride-groom, son of Mrs. A. R. Jackson, is inour M. & L. department.

Bill Stark, sales, and his wife spentthe last two weeks in July enjoying thescenery in the Great Smokies.AUGUST, 1939

H. L. \\mderberg was in a mellow mood(lie day this was taken. He was attending aconvention of paper mill superintendents inWashington, D. C., and had evidently takena jew of the boys on for a successful gameof golf. Mr. Vanderberg is one of our tech-nical men in the paper mill field.

It's funny the things some people bringback from their vacations. Bill Bishop,chemical engineer, for instance, cameback from a fishing trip with a funnylittle decoration he called a mustache.He didn't keep it very many days, al-though there were those who thought itquite enhanced his appearance.

Qiiindara ColeenEmert, 6 months old,has been brought up onStaley's Golden Tablesyrup which is one rea-son, her dad thinks, thatshe is so sturdy. Herfather is Cal Emert, 20building. Her motherwas formerly LillianHowerton, of Atwood.

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Jfrom (! l̂b Journal Jf tiesSTALKY FELLOWSHIP JOURNAL

August, 1919Dorothy Baker, editor

The new machine shops were aboutfinished and some of the mechanical de-partments had moved in. Walter Bishopwas master mechanic, C. D. Fletcher,machinist foreman, and J. B. Fletcher,millwright foreman.

A rather new addition to the Staleyforces was Harry X. Stadler, who wastaking over the purchasing office suc-ceeding C. L. Bunting. Mr. Stadler wasalso drawing cartoons for the Journal.

Helen Harder was on her vacation andduring her absence her work was beingtaken care of by Alice White.

Hal Sherman, former employee, re-turned from army service in France.

Under Laboratory News: HowardFile's favorite sentence, "Keep that doorclosed."

It has been found that wet spots onthe laboratory ceiling are caused by theGill brothers bumping their heads on theceiling just after coming out of theshowers.

THE STALEY JOURNALAugust, 1924

Ruth Cade, editor

Lake Decatur, built chiefly becausethe Staley company needed a better wat-er supply, was offering an ideal summerplayground for central Illinois.

Red Owens was a new truck driver inthe plant.

Sangta Nee, young Chinese engineer,was working with Staley engineers for awhile to learn something of Americanmethods.

Leslie H. Newman was a new engineerwith the company, G. E. Govier and B.M. Shinn new chemists.

Bessie Neihard, sales, wrote from Cal-ifornia that she was enjoying the westthoroughly.

A. E. Staley Jr., who was to be a sen-ior at the University of Pennsylvania inthe fall, was working in the sales depart-ment for the summer.

THE STALEY JOURNALAugust, 1929

Ruth Cade, editor

The twelfth annual Staley picnic washeld in Nelson park and was attended by5,000 people. Bobby Fields umpired abaseball game that ended in a score of50 to 2. H. P. Dunlap was the winnerin the men's golf play and KathleenStarks in the women's. Ross Alversonwas the winning horseshoe pitcher.

Ed Liebe and Ed Liebe Jr., of Phila-delphia, visited the plant.

Marjorie Hodgins, sales, and FloydMuirhead were married in Springfield.

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Ed Takes a TripAs usual when Ed Smith, time keeper,

left for his vacation this year he refusedto say just where he was going. He talkedabout Canada and California. New Eng-land and North Carolina, Minnesota andMexica, but would name no definite des-tination. But the boys did some snoop-

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ing and think they know where he went.He had heard that the King was in

Canada this summer, but he had notheard that he had returned to England.Kd left Decatur headed straight for theCanadian line, and with, his friends aresure, the expectation of seeing the Kingand maybe having tea with him. Ofcourse he would be disappointed, so then,the boys think, he would head straightfor North Carolina to visit his son andhis brother.

Cliff Moore, VeteranStepping over the line into the old-tim-

er class this month is C. A. "Cliff"Moore, bulk division sales manager inthe southwest division. On Aug. 1 thisyear Cliff celebrated his fifteenth anni-versary with the Staley company and hewrites, "I am proud of the fact that I

have been with the Staley company 15years today."

Born and brought up in the broadstate of Texas, Cliff joined the ranks ofStaley salesmen in the package division.He was so enthusiastic about syrup andcorn starch and sold such quantities thatsomeone decided he should be given a tryin a department where things had to besold in bigger quantities to make a show-ing. Undaunted he stepped over into bulksales, and the southwest knows Staley'sstarches and corn syrup, unmixed, large-ly because of his efforts.

Cliff still makes his home in Texas buthe travels much of the time over thatstate and other sections of the south andwest. A few times each year he gets toDecatur and those are always special oc-casions for his many friends with thecompany.

For the first time in five years the seven Williams brothers, four of whom work for theStaley Co., were together recently and celebrated the occasion by having their picture made.At the rear are Martin, who works in the packing house; Delmaus, who works in our lab;Racie, who works in the engine room, and Arlin, who is a barber in Tennessee. In the frontrow are Wallace who works in 16 building and has been with the company 18 years; John,who works in the post office in Kansas City, and Ben, who is a preacher in Kentucky.

AUGUST, 1939 PAGE 33

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~REQUIRES YOUWEAR A RESPIRATORMAKE SURE IT FITSTIGHT TO YOUR fACI

IT WILLDO YOU NOGOOD IF YOULET AIR LEAK.IN AROUNDTHE SIDES

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ujfes d HesDiHdfor

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YOUR RESPIRATOR SHOULD BECOMFORTABLE IF NOT BEAUTIFUL

Respirators, for the protection of thelungs against dust and fumes, have beenknown since the middle ages. It is onlyin the last fifty years, however, that theyhave been made both comfortable andefficient. New machines and processesdeveloped during that time have pro-duced dust hazards that did not existbefore and those hazards began to takea toll of life and health that demandedimmediate action. For example, pneu-matic drills and hammers replaced theold hand tools in use in the rock quarriesand silicosis (a lung disease caused frominhalation of silica dust) showed an in-crease of 200^ in five years time.

In 190S a prize of twenty pounds wasoffered in England for an acceptable"dust-arresting respirator" and it is in-teresting to note that, although over six-ty models were submitted, none of themwas considered good enough to win theaward. Twenty years later, however, theUnited States Bureau of Mines was in-terested in the subject and has since setup rigid standards of design and per-formance which must be met by the man-ufacturer before he can offer for sale arespirator bearing a Bureau of Minesapproval certificate.

Only Approved OnesAt present practically all manufac-

turers of safety apparatus offer approvedrespirators for sale and none are pur-chased for use in our plant which do notcarry the United States Bureau of Minespermit. The respirators which we buyare those approved for use in Type Adusts ("mechanically generated dusts re-sulting principally from the disintegra-tion of a solid") and they are used most-ly in grain dust and filter material dustand other "nuisance dusts" which areAUGUST. 1939

not particularly dangerous to health butwhich are irritating to the throat andlungs.

Occasionally someone complains thathis respirator makes breathing difficultand no one can deny that it does causesome breathing resistance. It should beremembered, however, that the Bureauof Mines will not approve any respiratorwhich has a resistance to inhalation morethan the amount necessary to raise acolumn of water higher than fifty milli-meters or a resistance to exhalation morethan the amount necessary to raise acolumn of water more than twenty-fivemillimeters. That amount of breathingresistance is very small and if you findthat you are having difficulty in gettingyour breath while working with a res-pirator on you had better bring it in tothe Safety Office and let us check itover.

There are several things you shouldremember about respirators and the firstis that it must be worn all of the timeyou are exposed to dust. It will do youno good if worn half the time. The sec-ond thing to remember is that your res-pirator is not a gas mask. It was designedonly to filter out particles of dust presentin the air and is of no use in gas. Thethird point is to keep it clean. After ithas been used the filter should be cleanedor replaced and the facepiece should becarefully washed with warm water andsoap and rinsed in a mild disinfectant.

Last, and most important, be sure thatthe facepiece fits tightly against yourface and does not allow any leaks. Facescome in all shapes and sizes and it isnot possible to have respirators tailor-made so you will probably have to makesome adjustments. Draw the headbands

PAGE 35

up and bend the facepiece until you havesealed it tightly against your face. Leakscan easily be detected after you removethe respirator by the presence of duststreaks on your face in the area whichshould be covered by the facepiece. Ifyou find such streaks on your face yourrespirator needs adjustment.

We are buying and using good res-pirators in our plant. There is only onething that can keep them from protect-ing you and that is ... your failure towear them.

Watch For ThisSoft-ball as it was never played before

will be staged for the interested publicon Staley Field, Sunday, Aug. 20. At thattime, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Greatand Venerable Old Timers of the Staleyplant will play the Staley City Leagueteam. And the G. and V. O. T. are goingout to win.

This game was their idea and also theiridea was this proposal. The losers willbuy a 16 gallon keg of beer to treat thecrowd. The G. and V. O. T. want itknown that they are not going preparedto buy the beer—but the other fellowshad better pass the hat right now.

The old timers who are so sure of vic-tory are—Beanie Smith, Sam Williams,Bill Brumaster, Bob Koshinski, BusCoulson, Nick Chervinko, Charlie Xeuhs,Johnny Hanson, Johnny Wyant, JimCozad, Charlie Fitch and Harry Gep-ford. The last two names were ratherprovisional. They will play if the physi-cians in charge think their rheumatizisn't too bad that night.

George Walker, special products sales,put his wife and two daughters into thecar in July and they all drove to Califor-nia. It was his first trip west and hisfirst time to drive through the moun-tains, but they all had a swell time. Theywere gone about three weeks.PAGE 36

Oil Foreman DiesSamuel Louis Martina, for twenty-

four years an employee in our corn oilhouse, died in St. Mary's hospital, July30. He had been ill for many months,but at intervals had been able to returnto work. Some weeks ago his conditionbecame much worse and an operationwas necessary. This was performed, buthe died two days later.

Born in Italy in December, 1889,Sammy came to the LTnited States in1912, and to Decatur in 1915. He wentto work soon after his arrival here, inour oil house, and has worked there eversince. He was jolly and cheerful and wellliked by everyone who knew him. Thatincluded nearly everyone in the plant,for Sammy had a quiet little way of get-ting acquainted with people.

He leaves his wife, whom he marriedin 191S, his mother who lives in Italy,six children, three brothers and three sis-ters. Two brothers and sisters also livein Italy, but the third, Emil, works inour oil house. Sammy's son, Emil, worksin our laboratory, and his daughter,Minnie, works in our packing house. An-other son, Frederick, works on the extraboard. The other children are George,Eugene and Lucile. A brother-in-law,Frederick Feriozzi, works in the millhouse.

Funeral services were conducted fromSt. Patrick's church, and were attendedby a large number of Staley employees.

Staley people weregenuinely grieved whenSammy Martina died ashort time ago.

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Ellars-King\Yhen she returned from her vacation

the first of August, Juanita Ellars wasflashing two new rings on her left hand.Both had been given her, she explained,by Richard C. King, the band ring whenthey were married in St. Charles, Mo.,Saturday evening, July 29. The marriagewas performed by Rev. Mr. Scarboroughin the First Methodist parsonage there,with Isabel Jordan, also of our sales of-fices, and Thomas McNamara as the at-tendants.

The bride wore pink and white andher attendant wore white. Following theceremony the young people drove to St.Louis for the wedding dinner.

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The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Earl Ellars, of Decatur, and hasbeen for some time employed as assistantto our telegraph operator. She plans tocontinue with her work. Mr. King is theson of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jeffrey, ofDecatur. He is local bulk plant agent forthe Mid-Continent Petroleum company.

The girls with whom Juanita spent thetwo weeks just preceding her marriagewere as surprised as the rest of us whenshe announced her wedding. Isabel (who

Juanita Ellars was married in a surprisewedding in July.

probably was in on the secret), MarianFletcher, also of sales, and JeanetteSchiminski had been with Juanita for avacation at Lake Lawn, Wis., but shenever mentioned her approaching wed-ding. For which secrecy, the girls mutterdarkly, she will pay.

Herman Herbert, mill house foreman, and Mrs. Herbert, were extremely proud of theirhome in Decatur, and of their garden. One day last summer they were photographed in it,as shown at the left. Then they built a new, small house out across the lake,-on the Williamstreet road, and now they think they like it best. Although they moved into their new homejust last February, it already looks cozy, because both Herman and his wife work in tin-yard every moment they have. The new house is shown at the right.

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Boys in Staley's Boy Scout Troops 9 and 21 recently enjoyed a trip to Shelbyville,•where their tents and other equipment withstood the storm better than that belonging tosome of the troops.

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Van Swats a Costly FlyThere were probably two reasons why

\V. R. Van Hook didn't tell his wifeabout all the glasses he broke in a tav-ern recently. For one thing, he didn'twant her to know that he has the fly-swatting habit, because he has said somuch about her living with a fly swatterin her hand. And then he didn't wanther to know that part of the family bud-get had to go for glassware he brokewhen he swung too lustily at a fly. Butthose things get about and she finallyheard about it.

IN NORTH WOODSJean Scheiter, daughter of our vice

president E. K. Scheiter, will long re-member the two weeks she spent thissummer as one of the special group ofgirls from Camp Minne-Wonka, on acanoe trip over far northern lakes andrivers. The girls in the group were se-lected after passing rigid tests at camp.Accompanied by a counselor and a guidethe girls were entirely cut off from theoutside world for the time they wereaway, and found practical use for someof the things they have learned throughtheir summers in camp.

Larry Yunker, store room, reportedthe birth of a daughter in July—hisfourth. Evidently his baseball team is tobe made up of girls.

Gets Teaching PositionEarl Smith, son of Ed Smith, time

keeper, has been named to the faculty ofRaeford High school, in Raeford, N. C.The school, near Fayettevijle, N. C., isin the eastern part of the state. Earl willteach some history, will direct the physi-cal education work and will coach box-ing and basketball. He will assist thefootball and baseball coaches.

Graduated this year from AppalachianAUGUST, 1939

IEarl Smith lias already gone to North

Carolina where he will start his teachingcareer this winter.

Teachers College in Boone, N. C., Earlhas been in the south most of the summerdoing extra work. He was prominent inathletics in college, as well as in his highschool days in Decatur when he was co-captain of the local football team.

He will be the second member of hisfamily to be teaching in North Carolina.His uncle, Claude Smith, who at one timeworked in the plant, has been teachingand coaching for some time in the highschool in Winston-Salem.

There was quite a commotion in a lo-cal restaurant one Sunday this summerwhen Bob Urfer dashed out with hisyoung grandson held at arm's length infront of him.

We greatly appreciate the kindnessand sympathy of Staley friends and theFellowship club, at the time of the deathof our husband and father.

Mrs. James Johnson and family.PAGE 39

Chemists Bearing Gifts\Yhen most girls have flowers given

them they are delighted and let it go atthat. Kathryn Sheehy, secretary to thetechnical director, has learned that evenbeautiful flowers, particularly when sentin by one of the boys from the labora-tories, must be regarded with suspicion.And the last time she was right. CharleyLong came in bringing her a beautifulglad one morning. He said Glen Hottsent it, which seemed queer. After sometime and considerable questioning, Kath-ryn learned that Glen did send it, but to

do that he had taken it from Ralph Mar-mor when Ralph was not around.

Incidentally, Kathryn kept the flowers.

Helen Harder, cashier, and RubymaeKiely, secretary to the auditor, took avacation motor trip to northern Michi-gan late in July.

Norvel Smith, traffic, his wife and hissister-in-law, Javais Cochran, of thegrain office, drove through the GreatSmokies and up the coast to Wilming-ton, Del., on their vacation.

Sam Ray, candy technical man extra-ordinary, and the 350 pound shark he reputedlyhauled in out of Chandeleur Sound, near New Orleans. The story of the battle—accordingto our friend (and evidently Sam's) B. H. Goldsmith, "This tremendous shark measured14 feet and weighed 350 pounds. Take my word for it, it was a sight to see old Sam battlingthis monster for two hours and forty minutes (he forgot to add the number of seconds).For a while we did not know whether the fish was coming in or Sam was going out. But,as usual, Sam Ray won." And we add, Goldsmith, you're a friend worth having.

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Credit Union

Staley Credit Union balance sheet,June 30, 1939, as submitted by the treas-urer, L. H. Hiser:

Debits CreditsCash on deposit $ 1,821.39Personal loans 289.020.22Bonds at cost 13,028.42Furniture and fix-

tures 316.30Prepaid expense .... 356.79Xotes payable $ 17,500.00Accrued interest on

notes payable 106.74Accounts payable.... 746.76Shares 258.400.38Accrued dividends.. 6,960.65Guaranty fund 12.795.53Surplus 8.033.06

\2 $304.543.12

Note: Dividend listed above declaredJune 30. 1939. on outstanding shares as ofJune 1. 1939. declared payable as of De-cember 31, 1939, except to those memberswho through discharge or resignation findit necessary to cancel their membership inthe Staley Credit Union prior to that date.(Dividends on such shares to become pay-able on date of severance of membership.)

John "Fancypants" Kuhn says hebought those aqua tinted garments sim-ply to assert his independence of femi-nine rule. His wife didn't like them.

Vic Trolia, laboratory building man-ager, says he thinks he has been verygood to his son. He bought the child abicycle this summer and lets him haveit to ride most evenings and every week-end. In the meantime Vic rides it towork.

Lucile May, plant nurse, galloped offin her new car for a vacation in Michi-gan the first week in August. She tookonly a week at this time, planning totake the remainder later when she thinksup ano_ther_ place to drive.AUGUST. 1939

When Guy Hudgins, right, asks his help-er, Tony Fratina, left, to do something,Tony probably does not question him. Forall the difference in their sizes the big boilermaker and his tiny helper get along verywell and are a much more peaceful pair thanthe picture would indicate.

Dentist—"Stop waving your arms andmaking faces, sir! Why, I haven't eventouched your tooth!"

Patient—"I know you haven't, butyou're standing on my corn."

William W. Bass wasgrpduated from Deca-tur High school thisspring, at the early ageof 16, but he is goingto college this fall de-spite his youth. Heplans to enter JamesMillikin university, andhopes to study medi-cine. He is the son ofR. S. Bass, who hascharge of our insurance department.

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Mr. and Mrs. Becker were married inMissouri in July.

Vaughn-BeckerAmelia Vaughn and J. J. Becker were

married in St. Charles, Mo., July 8. Theceremony was performed by Rev. GeorgeHart. The bridegroom, who has worked

for the company 17 years, is employedin starch grind.

Attendants at the wedding were twosisters of the bride, Mrs. Orville Mullisand Mrs. Stroyeck.

Former Employee DiesJohn Englehardt. for twenty years a

Staley trackman, died in his home in De-catur, Aug. 5, after a long illness. Hewas 82 years old and had been retiredsince 1935. Born in Germany he hadlived most of his life in this country. For30 years he worked for the Wabash butabout 25 years ago he came to the Staleycompany.

His wife died four years ago. Sincethen he has lived with a daughter, Mar-tha Englehardt. He leaves three daugh-ters.

Representing Staley's in the City Softball League are these more or less handsome men:Top row—Carl Grant, Larry Kuhl, Bill Artze, Chet Boyle, Irv Smith, Don Hall and NormSchultz. Front row—Clarence Koshinski, Albert Smith, Larry Withrow, Joe Hilberling,Red Thornborough (who does not play but is a godsend to the team), Harold Sapp, EmilMartina and Bob Siweck. The mascot is Jerry Leaser Jr., the young man in front.

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Mary Clark, 16, and her sister, Opal, 14,are both in Johns Hill school. Their fatheris Ralph Clark, of the extra board.

Credit Union ReportBalance sheet of the Staley Credit

Union for July 31, 1939, as released bythe treasurer, Luther H. Hiser:

Assets LiabilitiesCash $ 1,340.34Personal loans 294,413.05Bonds... 13.028.42FurniturePrepaid expenseNotes payableAccrued interest on

notes payableAccounts payable....SharesAccrued dividends..Guaranty fundSurplus

314.50322.65

$ 17,500.00

145.55750.83

261,378.426,960.65

12,795.539,887.98

$309,418.96 $309,418.96

We wish to thank the boiler room forthe flowers sent at the time of the deathof cur mother and grandmother.

Mrs. Clarence Chapman,Mildred Stickels,Clarence and Stanley Harless.

We wish to thank the men in 16 build-ing and the Staley Fellowship club forkindness to us at the time of the deathof our son.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Spent.AUGUST. 1939

Although we watched the papers care-fully we saw no story about any casesof food poisoning at Camp Grant inAugust. The reason we were watching forsuch a story was that we knew FloydLenover, of our extra board, was cookin charge there at that time while hiscompany of Illinois National Guard—Headquarters Company—was in camp.

Harry Walmsley, assistant plant su-perintendent, and his family, drove tonorthern Michigan for their vacation inJuly.

Frederick David, left, and his cousin, Vir-gil David, right, were guests of honor at asurprise birthday dinner in Nelson park,July 2. Frederick, son of Ernest David, 21building, was 22 on July 1, and his cousin,•who works in 13 building, was 29 July 3.There were 38 guests at the dinner.

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HERE FOR FIRST TIME

Mrs. S. E. Coble, a sister of Mr.Staley, visited the plant for the first time,this summer, and gave her brother theextreme pleasure of being her guideabout the plant and offices. Mrs. Coble,whose home is in Guilford College, X. C.,was accompanied to Decatur by herdaughter, Clara Coble, and her son anddaughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. CharlesCoble. Mr. Coble has been in our pack-age sales division for some time and isnow moving to Decatur.

Salesman Dies

Harry Wessels, belting salesman whohas called at the Staley offices for twen-ty-five years, died following an operationJuly 31. Mr. Wessels, who for the lastfew years has been living in Bellevue,Ky., near Cincinnati, has recently beenwith the Manhattan Rubber Co. Formany years he made his home in Chicago.

Mrs. James NanceMrs. James Xance, wife of our black-

smith, died in her home in Decatur, July30, after a long illness. She was born inFayette county in 1890 and was marriedto James Xance in 1908. They havemade their home in Decatur most oftheir married lives.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Xanceleaves her mother, Mrs. Harriet Richard-son, of Cerro Gordo, two daughters, Mrs.Martha Housel and Mrs. Bessie Vander-vort, both of Decatur, one grandchildand several brothers and sisters. She wasa member of East Park Baptist church.

It's Farmer Cobb now, since our pur-chasing agent has bought a lovely homeand some acreage near Harristown, a lit-tle village some miles west of Decatur.He expects to be all moved and ready toentertain mobs of Staley friends everyweek-end this fall.

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One man who went on a fishing tripand really brought back some fish wasour mechanical superintendent, LynnDavis. Lynn brought back pictures ofsome big fish he caught, and even a fewfish which were small enough to get intohis car.

Ruth Lake, advertising, spent her Julyvacation on a motor trip which includedvisits to Canada, Xew York, Baltimoreand Washington.

Lovell Bafford, assistant extra boardforeman, and his wife, Evelyn, of the in-surance department, are busy peoplethese days. They have bought a homeand now every spare moment goes to get-ting it into the perfect condition theythink it should be in.

Xeil Young, chemical engineer, whohas gone to Painesville for a few months,took his family with him. He says theyhave only one car and it was too muchof a problem to decide who should haveit. It was easier to take the family withhim.

Child DiesGeorge Edgar Hartman, 9 years old,

who had been ill since last March, diedin St. Mary's hospital, July 7. He wasborn in Decatur and had lived his entirelife here. He was a pupil in Roachschool.

He leaves his stepfather and mother,Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Spent. Mr. Spent

works in 16 building.

George Edgar Hart-man died in July afteran illness of severalmonths.

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H. A. ''Mac'' Jagusch, yards, and hisson. Bob, drove up to northern Minne-sota in July "where fish are fish/' Macis one of these boys who breaks the icein Lake Decatur to fish in February, sonaturally by July he is ready for otherfields.

"There's an office boy called JohnSimpson working here. May I see him?I'm his grandfather."

"You've just missed him. He's goneto your funeral."

Young Thing in a stationery store:"Please give me a pound of floor wax."

Salesman: "I'm sorry, Miss, but wesell only sealing wax."

Young Thing: "Don't be silly. Whywould anyone want to wax the ceiling?"

A backwoods hillbilly found a mirrorwhich a tourist had lost. "Well, if itain't my old dad," he said, looking in themirror. "I never knowed he had his pic-ture took."

He took it home. That night while heslept, his wife found the mirror.

••Hum-urn," she said, looking into it,"so that's the old hag he's been chasm1."

Son: ''How many beats are there tothe bar in this piece of music, dad?"

Mother: "Fancy asking a policeman aquestion like that. If you asked yourdaddy how many bars there were to thebeat, he might be able to tell you."

A wife is to blame for most of the ly-ing her husband does. She will ask himquestions.

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"Does your wife play cont rac t Q—What has become of the merchantbridge?" who used to give his customer a cigar

"Well, judging by what it costs her, when he paid his account in full?I would say she plays toll bridge." A—What has become of the customer

—McGill News. who used to pay his account in full?

IN X »3-tCrHINGi SOiT ISHANDSOME. PERSON-

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Stubblefield: "My dear, I've just fin-ished reading a book on 'The Wondersof Nature.' It's a remarkable work; itmakes me think how insignificant manis."

Mrs. Stubblefield: "Huh! A womandoesn't have to wade through 500 pagesto discover that."

Landlady (in hall talking to a gal)—"I thought I saw you taking a gentlemanup to your apartment last night, MissSmythe."

Miss Smythe—"Yeah: that's what Ithought!"

First Neighbor: May I use your tele-phone?

Second Neighbor: Certainly! Is yoursout of order?

First Neighbor: Not exactly, but sis-ter is using it to hold up a window, Ma'scutting biscuits with the mouthpiece andbaby is teething on the cord. (Corditis.)

—McGill News.

T. HONEST LIZZIEILL DO MY BEST

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A roustabout died in Illinois and theytelegraphed his widow: "Your husbandJohn, died today. Advise as to disposi-tion." In a few hours the answer came.It read: "His disposition was mightyornery."

New Yorkers bitterly resent a storythat they left their names out of thephone book to dodge relatives visitingthe Fair, meanwhile wondering why theydidn't think of it.

A cute little lass approached the floorwalker and asked, "Do you have notionson this floor?"

The floor walker looked her over, andthen remarked, "Yes, madam, but wesuppress them during business hours."

Girl Friend: "What does 'davenport'suggest to you?"

Boy Friend: "A city in Iowa!"

A man who can quit smoking can quitmost anything—except talking about it.

IWOOLO HAVE BEEN " V" ITISNT YOUR BUSINESSINTO SEE VO" YESTERDAY I To PASS ON TfcAT-SOT I DIDNT TMINK.IT / IMTHt ONE.T' Bit

AMooNTcg J»K xx. THE. JOD&E.-THATS

Ace: 'What's the best hand you everheld?"

Spade: "It belonged to a blonde inHollywood."

An angler who had been trying tohook something for the last few hourswas sitting gloomily at his task when amother and her small son came along.

"Oh," cried the boy, "Let me see youcatch a fish!"

Addressing the angler, the mother saidseverely, "Now, don't catch a fish forhim until he says 'Please'!"

AUGUST, 1939 PAGE 47

White Overalls Made of

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The Pacolet Manufacturing Company specializes in

white heavy duty fabrics for work clothes. All

Pacolet's vast experience and equipment are con-

centrated on this one job. That is why Pacolet is able

to make a cleaner, whiter, stronger fabric than mills

making drill as a sideline. Look for the Pacolet label

before you buy white overalls.

P A C O L E T M A N U F A C T U R I N G CO.

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THE PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER

like all Staley customer's business must be

won and retained on a merited basis of quality,

service, fair dealing and reliable source ofsupply.

STALEY PROTEIN FEEDS(PRICES — LITERATURE — SAMPLES ON REQUEST)

Soybean Oil MealPeasize Soybean Oil MealSoybean Oil Meal Pellets

THREE SIZES — Plain and Mineralized)

Corn Gluten FeedSweetened Corn Gluten FeedCorn Oil MealALL IN ONE CAR AT CARLOAD PRICES

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The Staley Customer NEVER GUESSES-He Knows!

BIG NEWS FORCONFECTIONERS6 Reasons Candymakers are Switching to SWEETOSE

No wonder big confectioners are soenthusiastic about Sweetose—the newtype corn syrup that's sweet enough totake the place of both corn syrup andsugar. Check these 6 points, then seehow Sweetose fits into your picture:

1. Cuts manufacturing costs — re-places all corn syrup, all or part ofsugar

2. Saves time and lowers costs becauseit permits faster cooking and fasterwhips

3. Makes for easier handling in stor-age tanks, pipe lines, kettles. 3 timesas fluid as ordinary corn syrup

4. Improves taste of candies—pro-vides needed sweetness—accents otherflavors

5. Improves texture — with properhandling it is impossible to make atough piece of candy with Sweetose

6. Lengthens shelf-life of candy—re-duces loss from return goods

Sweetose Made by

A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.Decatur, Illinois