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Show Medicinal Plants PlantsImported PlantsImported Ilnported Imported Should Be BeGrown BeGrown Grown in America Alnerica AmericaOmaha AmericaOmaha Omaha , , Neb - - - AmerIcan AmerIcanclgrICulture Americanagriculture Americanagriculture clgrICulture agriculture , seeking newcrops new newcrops newcrops crops to grow , might well wellconsIder wellconsider wellconsider consIder the production produt.t1on produtt1on . of ofplants ofplants ofplants plants which form the basIs basIsof basisof basisof of crude drugs and whichare whIch whIchare whichare are now imported unported to the theamount theamount theamount amount of over $8 8 $ 000 000 a ayear ayear ayear year , said Dr Perrm Perrin H HLong HLong HLong Long of the Johns Hopkmsuniversity HopkIns HopkInsunIversIty Hopkinsuniversity unIversIty before a meet meet- meetmg meeting meeting - ing mg of the fourth annual annualChemurgIc annualChemurgic annualChemurgic ChemurgIc conference hereCrude hereCrude here hereCrude Crude licorice from Russia beDrice hcorice beD lino linorice rice e extract tract from Spam Spain ma huang huangephedrme huangephedrine huangephednne ( ephedrme ephedrine ) from China Chma castor castorbeans castorbeans castorbeans beans from trom Braz Brazil and tragacanth tragacanthfrom tragacanthfrom tragacanthfrom from Persia all these are among amongthe amongthe amongthe the important crude drug Imports Importswhich importswhich importswhich which might be grown in the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States as far tar as climate cllmate and soil soilare soilare soilare are concernedLlconce concernedLicorice concerned concernedLicorice Licorice Llconce grows as a weed in the theSouthwest theSouthwest theSouthwest Southwest said Doctor Long andmay andmay and may have definite commerCIal pos Ma huang--ephedrme-IS huang ephedrme IS huang--ephedrine-is ephedrine huang - - - ephedrme - - is beIng beIngcultivated beingcultivated beingcultivated cultivated in North Dakota at the thepresent thepresent thepresent present time he pointed out . . Whether Wheth Whether er It will be commercially success successful successfur successful ful fur remains remams to be determined but butthe butthe butthe the attempt is a noteworthy one of oftrymg oftrying oftrying trymg trying to tree free the United states statesfrom Statesfrom Statesfrom from foreign factors which Influencethe lnfiuence influence lnfiuencethe influencethe the importation of this important importantmedical importantmedical importantmedical medical drUgDrug drug drugDrug drugDrug Drug ' Importers WorrIedCurrent WorriedCurrent Worried WorriedCurrent Current conflicts and past dlsas disas disasters disasters ters have worried the importers ofcrude of ofcrude crude drugs After the 1923 Jap Jap- Japanese Japanese Japanese - - anese earthquakes the price of ofcrude ofcrude ofcrude crude menthol doubled . . . Our sup supply supply supply ply plyof of ephedrme ephedrine has been serIously serIouslymenaced seriouslymenaced seriouslymenaced menaced since smce last August by the theSmoJapanese theSinnJapanese theSino-Japanese theSino Japanese Smo-Japanese Smo Japanese Sinn-Japanese Sinn - - troublesMain troublesMain troubles troublesMain Main disadvantage of Amencan American Amencangrowers Americangrowers Americangrowers growers of ot drug plants Is that 1f if 1fthey ifthey ifthey they use the hand cultivation meth methods methods methods ods handed down from the past pastand pastand pastand and used in foreign countries countnes the thecosts thecosts thecosts costs of the plant drugs are too toohIgh toohigh toohigh hIgh said Doctor Long What needs needsto needsto needsto to be done is to have science andindustry and andmdustry andindustry mdustry industry co operate and develop ma machmes machines machines chmes chines which can do the cultivation cultivationand cultivationand cultivationand and harvesting harvesbng job cheaply _ |