Show CITES BENEFITS OF CORN SUGAR Declare Dextrose More Than Cane or Beet DES MOINES JOINES Iowa Jan By fly The A Associated An Press Press effective way out of the corn belt farmers recurring dilemma of big crop crops with low prices Is develop development ment of of or corn ug sugar r In the opinion Of many financial and leaders of Iowa The only l legislative e action sought ought would be be II a minor change In the pure food and drug w removing the present discrimination tion against corn sugar ugar which classes clae It a as an adulterant Tm principal advantage exponents point out Is that corn sugar would wOJ not seriously compete with any other American product but would create profitable employ employ- employment employment ment not only for the farmer but bul for a large number of American workmen Rep Cyrenus Cole and Senator A B D Cummins have hove prepared oJ amendments amendment to the food and drug r law which would Include In the definition of f sugar sug-ar permissible In preserved foods the word ord dex dex trose Irose corn sugar sut r In In addition to the pre present ent word sucrose C caise or beet sugar tug At present pr pro pro- products pro products duct ducts prepared with corn sugar must state slat that on the label Rep Cole reter refer to the report of government go chemists chemist chern lots that coin sugar Is more mor healthful than cane Cde c nor or beet sugar because It Is Identical cal with blood sugar and do not need ned to be changed by the stomach In digestion The legal definition of sugar ugar only as a sucrose w was adopted be- be before before tor be-tor fore the commercial development nt of corn sugar although the th process for tor making sugar from corn was dIscovered over a century ago chemist chemist chemist by a Russian I The Th present commercIal commercial process utilizes for production of corn sugar util- util utilIzes util izes ices the entire grain rain developing from a bushel huebel of corn the follow follow ing commodities Sugar 25 25 Ibs lbs Corn oil 1 lbs ibs t Molasses 11 16 15 lbs Ibs Ibs Gluten stock food and oil meal 14 10 If It we buy only fourth ono ot of our present prent foreign of corn sugar ugar from ourselves says Rep Co Coir Coli I we w 1 will eill ere at a market tor for a hundred million bush bushels els o of corn |