Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1937 — Page 17

Hlen~day"" gjfoer 15,1937

iN THREE.

LW. McMILLEN BENEFITS COMMUNITY

fl re Employed As Result Os Dale W. tdcMillens Efforts

Intel''"ls Aid In | (its Best In--41 jl ' !l ’ lli; ' linilx In lie West. |l Sr Hit. IMAMS fl Jfl Hom tin- north on ■ S si| ico thn open—fl, n ( fl. sugar beet ram- ■ Tt.nwM i of windows outline fl nflive factories in as im-i ■ressive u sky line as that, of any ■f the ’ cities. [jWlfaiJt'l’" -si"' than the vil ■> Pecttr and this area, however. ■ the Ait that back of the lights i<Ad in th t'a-iles Along the St. ■ary's"pu' ii are at work. ,fl Ever Site •> Dale W. McMillen ac■aired Bi? sugar mill in 1933. a ■rew of t eii lias been kept almost flnstanlh aisy constructing new Additions building new plants, re■odsllttg old plants and making ,fle aeojt y repairs to the build These addi■ion to tie s. <,u regular shifts at Soya Company, the ifleutrallsiig.ii company, the Me Millen Feed Mills, the M< Millen flrtilizi plant, and the large off Bee stub Take Up ■ Each lyear the Central Sugar ■ompanj has taken up the usual employment. The ■other mnts have operated on a flat- round basis. ■ The ■(■Millen plants have been fceicoM additions to the moveflent wiich has been gaining moflentnmi rapidly in the last few HlTl.1) DECATUR. They to round out the diver■ifkatioti of industry in the city. in of labor has meant ■ncrefli volume of trade to the flerehsnt of this community. This ■has in turn meant more employ- < b-rks in the stores and ■business; houses. employment has been among truckers, transworkers and many others ■not oat! payroll of the McMillen ruction men have been ■busy St work building new homes. ■ for families brought into the city ■by thßplants.

County Agent Archbold Tells Os Development Os Soy Beans

(By I. E. Archbold, Adams Ctiuity Agent.) At tt < time when the United Statesfcs a whole and farmers in 11 are trying to develop Plant for a “parity of income" for il it is well to give more ppO passing thought to the .ji SoyiMean.” t* is not a surplus i» grows we 'l 011 any ‘-orn rtf even though the lime K content <>f the soil may be too low jtd ® r tte successful production of thrives well in either a *" year: ’’an be plantc<! as I cash crop at a much later 'lateMan most any other crop; ' J 8 ® thlre is a ready cash market • thij beans. It enjoys freedom and insect injury to « 1 ®®er extent than any other l can be mentioned. ' ®®®ans were known in the f least 3,000 years B. C. |> been to a g,. Pat extent ' for meat, milk • ami HBin the diet of China since The soybean was introthe United States as a legume crop of Agriculture, not assume importance until about the time ' Var ' 1,1 1,1< ‘ last fit ‘ " the increase of the soy , l6 *Wg< ri >p tn the Corn Belt has W Perhaps one half million ".*• '» beans; in 1933, 3% milU 1934, 4% milliol U in 1935. 6 million acres; in 1936, .WO,0( > acres and in 1937 over m ®l<m acres. During this time

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

EMPLOYMENT IS CAUSE OF NEW HOUSING NEED Industrial Expansion Brings Housing Problem To City . I Decatur is presented with its most accute housing shortage in , years by the rapid expansion of . the McMillen plants and other in- ! dustries in the city. In spite of the approximately 100 , ! new’ homes constructed here in the last five years houses and apartments are at a premium. Many houses have been remodelled to [ permit their use for apartments. It is believed that the first three i quarters of 1937 were all-time record breakers in the amount of employment in Decatur, possibly greater than in even 1928 and 1929. although there are no accurate figures available. Almost all of the industrial plants in the city have expanded j to some extent at least during the last five years, bringing more families to the city and giving more 'employment to the Decatur residents. Vacant lots “insidA the railroads” I are almost gone while the residen--1 tial section has been pushing out i in all directions except north where 'lt is bounded by the St. Mary's | river. Even furnished rooms are scarce in the city as was shown when many of the men who recently worked several weeks in this area laying pipe were forced to sleep in their cars or find lodging in surrounding communities The Homesteads development was the largest single addition To the city. It was located here by the government because of the city’s diversified industry. Fortyeight families are now living in these government constructed homes which are being sold on monthly payments. FHA loans enabled others in Decatur to finance a building program. Several FHA houses are nowunder construction. The housing problem is now being investigated by several agencies and construction firms. A progressive building program is expected to continue each year.

Cl L. E. Archbold of increase in this remarkable ■ crop, industry has been able to absorb the crop and Is continuing its efforts to find new uses for the beans. The Central Soya Company! plant at Decatur is but one of a! score of new institutions for the! processing of this crop. Today soybean products are used in the manufacture of synthetic j milk, vegetable shortening, paints, | varnish, soap, linoleum, printers' ink, animal food glue, casein and plastics. Soybean meal as a source of protein ranks quite high, and we in the corn belt who produce soybeans should insist that this source of protein be used in balancing the: rations of our cattle, hogs andj poultry.

STATE OFFICIALS HEAD McMILLEN DAY GUEST LIST ' i 1 ' <> :, r rr”’’ r ■ ■ > 111 C fl® flk? ir* _> mH A A L JMM Governor M. Clifford Townsend Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker Governor M. Clifford Townsend and Lieutenant Governor Henry F. Schricker lead the party of state officials who are attending the McMillen Day program in Decatur and Fort Wayne today. Other distinguished guests include bankers, transportation officials, leaders in agricultural organizations and industrial heads. Governor Townsend will make the principal address at the banquet to be held in the Catholic Community Center in Fort Wayne this evening.

SOY BEANS ARE GOOD IN FEEDS University Experts Recommend Soy Beans In Rations Urbana, Idd., Nov. 15 — Soy beans are an important ingredient in successful feeds for dairy cattle, according to C. S. Rhode, of the dairy department, college of agri-| culture, University of Illinois. Because of the present relation-1 ship between feed and dairy prices . farmers have a chance to increase their income from forage and grain I by marketing them in the form of; milk or cream, Rhodes believes. "To be successful in marketing I grain and forage in the form of! dairy products, however, it is ne-| cessary that the farmer have good ‘ cows and give them plenty of the| right kind of feed combined into a | balanced raffpn,” Rhode said. Balanced Feed “In following a careful feeding program to get the most out of their cows, successful dairymen give them all the hay and other roughage they will clean up. In l addition they give the cows a balanced ration fed according to production. “Holstein and Brown Swiss usually are fed one pound of grain for each four pounds of milk produced daily. The rate for Jerseys and-' Guernseys is one pouqd of grain • for each two and one-half to three pounds of milk a day.” Good Ration When legume hay and silage, or clover and timothy without silage are fed. a satisfactory grain mixture is 700 pounds of corn and cob meal, 400 pounds of ground oats. 100 pounds of cottonseed meal. 100 pounds of soybean oil meal and 100 pounds of bran. Another grain mixture is 400 pounds of corn and cob meal, 200 pounds of ground oats and 100 pounds of soybean oil meal. If the hay and roughage rations include plenty of alfalfa, clover <sr soybean hay but no silage, the grain ration may consist of 400 pounds of corn and cob meal, 400 pounds of ground oats and 50 pounds of soybean oil meal or ground soybeans. Another mixture is 600 pounds of corn and cob meal. 300 pounds of ground oats, 100 pounds of dried brewers' grain and 50 pounds of soybean oil meal. Salt should be added to the grain mixture at the rate of one and onehalf to two pounds of salt to each 100 pounds of grain. Special bone meal may also be added at the rate of one to one and one-half pounds of Bone meal for each 100 pounds of grain. Successful balanced rations are manufactured by leading feed companies of the nation. Soy beans (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 15, 1937.

Tribute From Schricker As Commissioner of Agriculture and also as Chief Administrative Officer of the Department of Commerce and Industries for the State of Indiana'. I am happy to acknowledge with gratitude the great service of Mr. Dale W. McMillen in the establishment and successful operations of several outstanding industrial plants at Decatur, Indiana, and to join witli his many friends in paying an official tribute to his courage and vision on a day especially set aside by his neighbors and friends for that purpose. It is always in order to make acknowledgment of any individual contribution to the welfare and prosperity of our people, and especially is this true in the case of a citizen like Mr. McMillen. who lias given so much of his life in advancing the best interests of agriculture and its allied industries in our state. The development of the Decatur industries under his personal supervision and direction has attracted nation wide attention, and in itself constitutes another glorious page in Hoosier history. It is a privilege at this time to extend to Mr. McMillen our sincere appreciation for his contribution to the welfare of our generation, and to join with the people of his community in wishing him the greatest measure of success for the future. HENRY F. SCHRICKER. Lieutenant-Governor. Secretary Os Agriculture Is In Favor Os Corn Limitation

(By Henry A. Wallace, U. SSecretary of Agriculture.) Recent declines in farm commod- 1 ity prices, notably those of corn and cotton and potatoes, have focussed attention of fanners upon the unsolved problems of agriculture. Recent declines in prices of j other commodities and of stocks | have focused attention of business I and of labor upon their unsolved j problems. It is to consider these | related problems that President | Roosevelt has called Congress to convene in special session one week from today. The well-being of farmers is so important in *tself and farm buy-| ing is such an important factor in | the general welfare that I want to, make my contribution toward meet-1 ing the agricultural part of the problems now besetting the nation. Today I want to outline, for what | ever it may be worth, what I consider to be the most constructive future course for the Corn Belt. The corn problem today is a four-sided one. Decreased Demand One side is the decrease in demand for corn. During the last 20 years, you have seen many of your markets disappear. You have seen the number of horses go down from 21 million head to less than 12 million. This has destroyed the market for 200 million bushels of corn. You have seen Germany, your second greatest lard market, refuse to buy from you any more. You have seen England give you only 8 percent of her pork import ■ < quota, instead of the 20 percent of her pork imports you used to have | > in the pre-quota days. The closing! of export markets has destroyed < the market for 140 million bushels j i

I * * Henry A. Wallace I of corn. You have seen vegetable ' oils competing more and more with lard for cooking. As they have come into use the market price for lard has been depressed andj the demand for corn felt the ectYou have seen improvements in feeding methods make possible the production of as much pork with five bushels of corn today as you used to produce with six. These improved method s, adopted by many farmers, have cut down the amount of corn needed for feeding to hogs by 100 million bushels. You have seen the dairyman cull out his “boarder” cows and improve his feeding methods until the same quantity of butterfat can be produced with considerably less corn and other feed than he need-, ed a few years ago. Producers of

PLANTS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Decatur Industries Complete Additions This Year The year 1937 is seeing Decatur's industrial development continue at I an ever increasing rate. Two of the city's major industries have made large improvements to their plants in addition to the rapid expansion of the McMillen plants here. The Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. during the spring and summer extensively remodeled its plant to conform witli its policy of keeping abreast of the improvements and technical advance of the dairy industry. A new cheese plant was constructed and the machinery added [ to the butter department which | has increased its efficiency. It is now one of the national leaders ini dairy products manufacturing. Late this spring the General Electric company completed a completely equipped recreational building at the Decatur plant. This j has been, donated and dedicated to the employees. Two additional wings are now under the course of completion at the Decatur plant. New machinery and equipment to be installed in the wings will greatly increase the possibility for employment. Others of the city's many industries have made additions and improvements to their plants to increase production and efficiency. beef cattle and poultry are gradually doing the same thing. While these reductions in demand for corn have been offset in part by the increased needs due to new uses and growth of our population, you have good reason to wonder what is going to happen to the demand for corn in the future. Better Yields The second side of the corn problem has been brought about by better methods of growing corn. From a strictly scientific point of view, it will be possible, in my opinion, to increase the average yield per acre in the Corn Belt by 10 bushels, or more. This can be done by the use of lime.phosphates, clover and hybrid corn. I hope that every efficient method that really helps produce more with less labor and less cost will be used. Still we must recognize that the higher yields make the corn problem harder to solve, in view of the reduced demand for corn both at home and abroad. The severity of this problem has been hidden by the low yields of 1930, '34. '35. and '36. While increased yields can be produced by better methods, there (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

McMillen Plants Aid Agriculture In Decatur Area

REMINISCENCES OF JOURNALIST TOLD IN STORY Impression Given By Reporter On Re-opening Os Sugar Mill (By Robert H. Heller) Memories of a reporter during the depression and post depression days: • it was in the blackest days of the depression that A. R. Holt-; house, now mayor-of Decatur, wrote a story, humorous in intent but significant in implication. It concerned the opening of a one-man horse radish factory here, its seriousness can only be realized when I it is remembered that this story attained state-wide recognition, i Today, the opening of a 1,000 man factory would not receive as much publicity. The horse radish story was written when M. Clifford Townsend, as | lieutenant governor and commis-| sioner of agriculture, was touring the state telling his famous story of the man who sent his hogs to market and then received a bill from the packing company for the difference between the sale price and the higher freight charge. It was while conditions wer«| , going from bad to worse that on January 14, 1933, black headlines screamed across the top of the Decatur Daily Democrat's front page '"DECATUR SUGAR BEET PLANT 1 SOLD.” Exactly one month later. ’ February 14. 1933. an even bigger, headline in the Decatur Daily Democrat told the world “SUGAR FACTORY TO OPERATE". These' words electrified a state. It was impossible to supply the' press services and metropolitan newspapers witli sufficient details on the re-opening of a "dead" industry in the state. The name of Dale W. McMillen, the Van Wert county boy, who made good, was j on every one's lips. Day by day details were released; as re-development of the Indiana ! sugar industry sped on in an otherwise dormant area. Thousands upon thousands of dollars were I poured into the remodelling of the! plant, which had been rotting away! under receivership. Men went back to work from relief rolls. New ma(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

‘Wo Sugar Beet Surplus” Says Growers’ Leader E.]W. Busche

(By E- W. Busche, president Central Beet Growers Association.) The Central Beet Growers’ Association, consisting of approximately 1,400 beet growers, wish to express their appreciatiori to Mr. j Dale W. McMillen for providing a j market for a profitable and nonsurplus producing crop. It was during the time when agriculture, as well as all other business, was: in the throes of the worst depres-1 sion this country has ever known, I that Mr. McMillen, with dauntless I courage and faith in the ultimate j soundness of American Agriculture purchased the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Plant. A modern storage yard was erected, equipped with two dumps, capable of hand-j ling 400 to 500 truck loads daily, or approximately 2,000 tons or betj ter. The plant had not been in operation for some time and a large amount of money was spent to modernize the antiquated equipment. This modernization has been in progress ever since, until at this time we have the most efficient plant in the Eastern area. The slicing capacity has been stepped up from 800 to 900 tons to 1300 or 1400 tons per 24 hours, making it possible for the beet growers to market a large sh#re of their beets during the nice weather of early fall. The per cent of sugar extracted per ton of beets has been greatly increased due to the up to the minute equipment and the united effort of the men in charge. The efficiency of the plant is evidenced by

McMILLEN DAY November 15,1937

SECTION THREE.

New Markets Are Given To Farmers, Replacing Those Ruined By Over Production. BUILD UP AREA Recognition was paid Dale W. McMillen today by farm leaders for his services in developing old markets and furnishing new ones for agricultural crops. This was significant in that Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agricultural, in a speech made last week in Indianapolis told leaders of the | problems which are facing corn i farmers. Changing conditions in agriculture with the resulting greater use 'of machinery and better technical methods have both decreased the demand and increased the supply of corn. The necessity of new crops has been increasingly evident in recent years. Buys Sugar Mill In 1933 Mr. McMillen’s purchase of the sugar factory here rel opened q market for sugar beets, which has ever since been one of the major cash crops of this area. Sugar is one of the few agricultural commodities in the United States which is not produced in surplus. Soybeans are ancient in their history but modern in their use by industry. More new uses have de- ' veloped for soy bean products than any other farm crop in America. The Central Soya company found--1 ed here by Mr. McMillen and his associates after the successful re- ; organiation of the sugar mill has I become the most important and the largest in the industry. Helps Farmers In paying tribute to Mr. McMillen, farm leaders recognized the fact that the McMillen plants are putting dollars into the pockets of the farmers not only in Adams county Imt for many miles around. One of the less obvious but nev-er-the-less important contribution of the McMillen interests to agriculture of Adams and surrounding communities lias been the donation of lime loaded free on trucks to all farmers who have sought it. Much of the soil in this area is acid and. without lime, will produce only inferior legumes and other crops. A near source of feed is of course valuable to the farmers, many of whom exchange their farm products for Master Mix feed at the plant.

E. W. Busche the fact that the growers for the Central Sugar Company have received a larger amount per ton for their beets in the last several years than any other growers in the area. This fact is very much appreciated by them. We feel that this locality has a distinct advantage in having a market for an additional cash crop; one that is definitely a nonsurplus crop. Therefore it is not affected by violently fluctuating prices like other crops. Sugar beets fit well into the crop rotation of this locality. Being a deep rooted (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)