The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1904, Page 13

=& J'OLVING THE PROBLEM OF FEEDING 8= NO PTULES — NO - < - > - — 4 this city. The package is hermetically sealed, the menu printed on the out< of sol m of feed- | the field. The tion of Dr. covery is particu- | | in view of the Rus- | | + 5 -+ EOULD your friend accost you with, “Have & tube with me?” you may know that it's a bona fide bid to dine, for full course dinaers are being put up in tubes in side and the whole business weighs five ounces—just abouc the weight of your Dally Call. And all this for 15 cents! Think of being able to carry a week's sustenance in your clothes without se- rious inconvenience. Imagine the relief to one confronted by the necessity of a sudden journey. This is Tehi son Deane has brought forth. The out- the surprise tnat Dr. come represents twelve years' unremit- ting research in the lore of foods. So interested did the doctor become in this work that about two years since he gave up his practice and has devoted himself entirely to it. ¢ 3ack of his residence on Russian Hill he has bullt himself a laboratory, and here burns the midnight oil grubbing away with ‘“grub.” Here, amid fish, flesh, fowl and cereal, he dces his think- ing and cooking, and it is cooking that is causing the civilized nations to sit up and take notiee. Already Dr. Deane is FXTIR PLER FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. 13 btz NEW TUEE RATION : FOQR ONE DAY CONTAINING GZEF; in communication with the English, German and lel“!!‘ ‘nvernme!u. who desire to encourage any solution of the vexed question of the army com- missariat. Lawton’s famous raid in the Philip- pines, where the soldiers had to live off the country, is a striking illustration of the energy and time lost in the quest for foed. Major General Young of the Philippines 1s interested in the evolu- tion of the food question, so that time and life may be conserved. If the ques- tion of provisions could have been ad- justed so that it would not have been a subject of constant worry for the sol- diers they could have concentrated their energy and taken the islands In one- third the time. L. Max Goldberg, privy counsellor of commerce to the Emperor of Germany, while touring this country in the in- terests of commerte, had his attention directed to the new dinner tubes. He had samples shipped to Germany and tried on the German army with the most satisfactory results in the condi- tion of the men. Mr. Goldberg, who is an enthusiastic admirer of American progress, declares that this American doctor has given to the world the best emergency preparation yet known. Sterilizing cooked foods has long since been accomplished, but the steriliza- tion of uncooked foods is the new claim and it bids fair to be one of the greatest forward steps in the interest of the human family. This Edison in food lore claims to eliminate 26 per cent of the waste mat- ter of corn, wheat, oats, barley and rice and to keep the same for fifty years or any length of time from the ravages of germ life, mold or smut. This makes them especially desirable In extreme climates. o Dr. Deane says: Twelve years ago I joined the United dtates army and was assigned to duty at the Sequoia National Park. It was there that I first saw the great neces- sity for portable food in small com- pass without the diminutionfof its nu- tritive quality. Pack mules had first fo make a trip over the mountain trafls for fodder and again make the same trip for sustenance for the men, which when it came into camp was invariably bacon, hardtack and beans. In my experiments I have striven to preserve the full food values and have at last made a success of it. I have endeavored to place in tubes the variety of foods craved by the sys- tem. One will contain cereal, beef and cocoa. Another fish, rice, coffee. An- other chicken, peas and tea, etc. Spe- cial dish tubes of fish alone or turkey or beef, mutton or pork, with a tube of bread, make & meal for two persons. Condensed foods, generally speaking. are stimulants. Condensation removes bulk. The human stomach, being a large vessel,grequires bulk In order to slitisfy it. A nut, for instance, will sustain a squirrel, for the stomach is tiny. But in a human being quantity as well as nutrition s essential. As an example of the stimulating effect of concentrated food, give a dog a pail of water; give another, one with a strong extract of meat. The dog which has drunk the water will lie down, while the other dog will rush excitedly around and finally drop from sheer exhaustion. The food that really beneflts the sys- tem is tissue builder; the food that passes in and out of the system, mere- ly a stimulant. Cereals are the most important of tissue building foods. Beans contain some of the elements of all foods. I therefore began my research with cereais. I found that to preserve them in their natural state they should be sterilized and hermetically sealed. It seems simple enough, does it not? Yet simplicity is the soul of art, not alone in the realms of higher art, but in the humbler flelds of domestic utility. Hitherto sterilizing a cereal involved cooking. This, however, does not leave it in its natural state. A cereal is composed of starch cells. Cooking bursts these cells. Popcorn, as an ex- ample. In the popped corn several times the original bulk results. Thick- ening of flours;” starch,-rice, etc., with water, ditto. How, then, to retain the original compact form and still sterilize wds the problem confronting me—to prevent, in other words, the burst- ing of the starch cells and at the same time submit the cereal to a heat suffi- cient to exterminate the germ. Ob- viously the first desideratum Is to get the product fresh, for from the mo- ment of its fruiticn, although intended for man, it is the prey of other living things. Microscopic germs, weevils, moths, rats, mice, etc., are man’s rivals in the quest for food. They usually get there first. Cereal products are usually groun, sacked, held in warehouses for months and ghen in the pantry for other months. Being dry, they absord mois- ture; every pore is saturated by the surrounding atmosphe A sudden change of climate or a warm spell sup- plies all that Is necessary for the pro- pagation of germs and animal life of any kind. Living on the cereal, the nourishing part is consumed, leaving for man the refuse only Of course, this devitalized food taken Into the system overworks it without results to its benefit. I have therefore sterilized a cereal, subjecting ft to a uniform heat and sealing it at once. When opened and put into water the bursting of the starch cells ensues. The product, being thoroughly dry, takes on twice the bulk usually ob- tained. Unbroken starch cells are not utilized by the digestive apparatus and only hamper the system. From the meats I extract the water, leaving the other properties intact. Sterilized, packed, sealed, then resoaked when opened, it is readily brought back to its original bulk and state of nutri- tion. It is dificult to preserve meats without robbing them of their nourish- ment. Submerging meats In salt brine, boracic acid, borax, etc., dissolves the albumen, leaving only the filber and fats. The new method of preservation solves the problem of conserving the al- bumen. While experimenting for tube beer I hit upon the bread tube idea. A tube of breadstuff mixed with enough water to make a thick paste and put In the oven or on a frying pan over & fire will in fifteen minutes result in & loaf of bread. I have already perfected gravy tab- lets, which, when used with the Deef, make a delicious stew. Opening a dinner tube has been com- pared to opening & prize package. Ia the bottom lle the folded directions. DIRECTIONS. There are fotir packages In sach tuda and a biue paper containing s little tablet. The largest package contains the veg- etable. Open this and put the contents into one pint of water. Cook for fiftesn minutes. The next size is the meat. Remove the paper covering and put into three- quarters of a pint of water. Cook for fifteen minutes. To improve meat soak in cold water for a few hours, cooking in the same water. Just before serving 2dd contents of package containing gravy, dissolved in a little water and bring to a boil The next package contains the bev- erage. Add one pint of water. If cocoa or coffee, boil for five minutes. If tea, add to the boiling water. The little tablet contained in the blue paper is the sweetening for the b erage. Use one-half or the whole, ac- cording to taste. | AMERICA'S IN T is & curious fact that, notwith- stand the great importance .. thig subject in relation to our busi- pess affairs, the business men of eur gountry up to a very recent time have shown but little interest in the tmprovement of this service. The legislation that has taken place upon this subject has been most crude and very faf apart in its passage. Our consular service was founded principal- ly under the acts of July 31, 1788, and « July 1, 17%0. From that period d6wn to 1856 there was practically no legisla- tion relating to this important branch of our service. The next legislation affecting this subject was enacted in 1885 which took away the cxcessive fees which then existed in regard to ow shipping. But it had the disad- wvantage also that In taking away those fees that were for the benefit of ship- ping it took away, to & large extent, the compensation of our Consuls, and from that day to this they have had very little and unequal compensation. 1 am glad to say that the people are beginning to take some interest in this subject. The boards of trade through- out our country and chambere of com- merce and business men have taken up this question and are now pressing it upon the Congress for its reorgani- zat 1 wish to treat this subject entirely in 2 non-partisan way. The consular service relates to the business interests of our country. It is essentially the business branch of our Government. Our Consuls are sent abroad to repre- sent the interests of our people, to protect their rights and to furnish citi- zens at home with reliable informa- tion, so that avenues of trade may be opened up and necessary information furnished to the merchants of our country. The tenure of office should be permanent, or for a long period of time. What incentive have Consuls in our service to-day for great and ade- quate work, when it is known that their tenure of office is limited to fous years, and that, even without a change in the political party, the Consul prob- ably will be removed at the end of four years? Just at the very time when he has probably learned the langauge of the country; just at the time that he has learned the trade requirements and the avenues for opening business to our people; just at the very time when he has learned how to report import- ant facts and valuable information, he is brought back to our country and a .novice, unprepared in any way, is sent out to replace a competert man, and he, too, is brought home when he has reached a similar efficiency. Now it is proposed to have examina- tions, and to have men pass such an examination in order to enter this ser- vice. But we are met with this ob- Jection: “We want business men. We do not want classic students from uni- versities.” Such examinations as are proposed may not, it is true, prove the entire fitness of the applicant for the post of Consul, but they are surely better than the requirements that the Consul should be skilled in manipula- tion of primaries and conventions in his own district. Permanent tenure is absolutely es- sential in order to secure energetic work on the part of our representa- tives. How could ypu expect a man to live in a tropical climate, where his northern nature is enervated by a warm atmosphere? How can you ex- pect a man that is enervated in this way to work hard in arder to furnish information when he knows that his endeavor will receive no response and no acknowledgment in the way of pro- motion, and that he simply will be re- turned home at the end of his four years? Gjve that man a hope that he will be promoted; give that man an incentive to work—that he will be moved both to a better climate and an increased pay— and you will give him an incentive to furnish our people with that informa- tion which is so essential to our devel- opment. DIFFERE By Hon. Robert Adams Member of Congress From Pennsylvania and Memb er of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House. 2 .}._ Then our Consuls should be allowed to be moved from one place to another. There is no reason why a fixed tenure should not be introduced in this regard. The President says in his recommenda- tion relating to the expansion of our trade—which 1s now the most vital question before our country, the one to which all our economic tendencies are moving, the one to which the genius of the American peaple has brought our production to such a point that it is absolutely necessary that we should seek new markéts—this service is one of the most essential vehicles in which to develop trade by furnishing the neces- sary information to our people. As to the qualifications of the men who should enter the consular service, they should have a knowledge of inter- ratlonal law, a knowledge of treaties, a knowledge of the laws relating to de- cedents, .and of the laws relating to shipping. They should know what are the rights of the American citizen abroad and be prepared to enforce them. This means specially prepared men. In addition to théfegamination before entering the servie® there should be some assurance to Consuls that when once in the service they shall be con- tinued for long periods. How can we expect the proper young men to enter the service unless there is some assur- ance that the time and money they have invested will be returned to them in a tenure of office covering some con- — N @ @ "WORTH WHILE"—-B; The ‘Parsou @ @ How this phrase has been creeping into the speech and thought of men during the last few years. If the popularity of a word or a phrase be any true index of the moral ideals of a nation, there is ground for encour- agement in the fact that Americans are using this phrase more often than formerly. The man who uses it thoughtfully and with_any disposition to guide his life by what it signifies is not far from the kingdom of God. Back of this simple phrase is an ap- preciation of the value and the ma- jesty of that silent, mighty force which we call time, as it sweeps stead- ily, ({rresistibly onward, connect- ing the eternities. Time, time, why, that ds, after all, one of the most precious of human possessions. And vet how men squander it. But when & man begins to use the phrase, “worth while,” instead of throwing away his moments and his days, he begins to do what the Roman sage advised young men to do, namely, to “seize the day,” or, as the Apostle Paul put the mat- ter, to “redeem the time.” Then, too, this phrase is rich with thought of the dignity and worth of man. It intimates that some things are beneath him. It sets one to think- \ ing whether feasting and foistering, whether long hours of idle chatter or malicious gossip at the clubs or the sewing socleties are indulgences quite up to the level of the man or woman who practices them. It puts in a new and unfavorable light the days and weeks spent in the endeavor to cir- cumvent a business rival or to prepare a toilet that shall totally eclipse the ladies of your set. On the other hand the phrase throws into bold and attractive relief certain great and perhaps hitherto unappre- clated factors in human lite. If one 'were to pick out three or four things really worth while where would he n? Most of us probably would start with friendship. Surely nothing better befalls us between the cradle and the grave than the acquisition of a few stanch loyal friends. Time spent in gaining and holding them is not wasted. Henry Drummond said: “It pays to take time to keep one’s friend- ships.in repair.” When you have takea a half hour out of your busy day to write to a friend on the other side of the continent, when you have gone out of your way to prevent the growth of misunderstandings and suspicions, you have made an investment that will pay you ere life is done many times over. Books are worth while—not all books, not one in twenty, perhaps, of the cur- rent output, but now and then’one comes along to read which it will pay to sacrifice an evening in fashionable society or the frittering away of ‘hours over purely ephemeral literature. One book that has come down out of the past has been a makeweignt in the his- tory of nations, and to-day, despite changed conceptions of Its origin and authority, still holds the reverence of millions. It may he worth our while to read it. In that book are sald to be the seeds of human liberty, the germs of the beneficent institutions which to-day alleviate the lot of the weak and the suffering. In it, too, are the noblest ideals of the way in which a man should live with his fellows and think of his God. Yes, the. old, much criti- cized, too much neglected Bible is stiil worth while. o A man’s good name in his community is worth while. He ought not to be indifferent to his reputation. What you can do, not pretentiously, but modestly, to gain the good-will and esteem of others you ought to do, It is far better te have your fellowmen biessing you instead of cursing you, loving you in- rtead of envying and hating you. Bet- ter a few less doilars in the bank and a few more smiles on the faces of every- day people as they meet you on the street, NCE TO ITS CONSULAR SERVICE — o siderable period? To improve the service, salaries should be readjusted and equalized. There is no set of men occupled in the same class of work that are paid so unequally as our Consuls. It is essen- tial that men doing the same service with equal energy should be paid an equal compensation. The necessity of trained men is everywhare apparent. Before the breaking out of the Spanish War it was necessary that our Government should have the most reliable informa- tion of what was taking place In the kingdom of Spain. How can a Consul who does not understand the language of the country to which he is" sent— who cannot read the papers—in what position is he to furnish his home Government with necessary informa- tion? What does he know of the temper of the press, if he cannot read the edi- torials? What does he know of the do- ings of the people, if he cannot speak their language and mingle among them? How can any man who is thus tied of tongue, living among a people whose language he does not know, gather information such as his home Government may require? This need is more pressing now than at any previous time in our history. ‘With the great development that is taking place in our manufacturing or- ganizations, the proposed development of our merchant marine, the extension of our colonies into all quarters of the world, it becomes more than ever es- sential that we should have a trained corps of Consuls. It may be asked where will such a body of trained men be found? Only last winter, when this subject was pending before the House, I received letters from two universities asking with regard to the probabilitiés of the passage of a bill such as I am advo- cating, and declaring their willingness to introduce a special course to pre- pare men for these positions. The wisdom of a system of this kind has been demonstrated in Great Brit- ain. When these positions there were thrown open to competitive examina- tion the number of applicants the very first year increased from 5000 to 15,000, showing that men were ready to enter the service—that they would gladly avail themselves of the advantages thus held out of permanent tenure, in- suring them of life service, if they de- sired it, in this peaceful pursuit, tend- ing to build up the foreign commerce of their country. If such has been found to be the fact in Great Britain, a similar condition will be found to ex- ist in our country. The young men of our country. are alive to the advan- tages such positions may offer them. Give them the opportunity, supported by the assurance that it means a live- lihood for life, and you will have our consular service filled with the best ability and energy that the young men of our country can furnish. Those who have been most famillar with the necesities of the case have Jor a long time been urging action by Congress upon this subject. All our Secretaries State, all our assistant Secretaries of State who have had this matter under their immediate super- vision have been pressing this meas- ure of reform upon Congress. Nearly, drery man who has been prominent in the consular service, though he may have felt that his mouth should be closed while he was exercising active officlal duties under the Government, has, on retiring from office, testified to the necesity for this change, and bas shown wherein the necessity lay. Let a system be inaugurated by which men may pass examinations; let salaries be equalized, tenure of office protected, and the men who do good work be retained and promoted, and the consular service of the United States will be vastly improved and be equal to the necessities of the phenom- enal growth of our commerce and the extension of the influence of our coun- try.