The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-19

We kissed again in tears
Sugar from the Chinese Cane.--The Qncs-
ton of Capitalization Settled.
From the Chicago Press.l
We have seen it stated that no less
than hundred thousand acres have been
devoted to Chinese sugar crnc in this
country the present season. The expert
meut Of manufacturing sugar and mo-
lasses from it, therefore, will be tried on
a scale sufficiently large to determine the
whole question of it's value for such pur-
poses. There are fields of it in every
State and Territory of the Union, and
from various quarters, both at the north
and the south, we hear that the crop is
approaching maturity, and that prepara-
tions are being made to manufacture
sugar. 1t has been extensively planted
in our own State, and some specimens
which have fallen under our notice ex-
hibit an extraordinary growth. a gen
tleman from Champaign County left Sc
veral thrifty stalks with US, from ten to
twelve feet in height, which were full of
Juice that to the taste was as rich In sa-
charine matter as that of the proper SUI
gar-cane, and of most delicious flavor
We have not the least doubt that it
would yield superior article of sugar.
We are also in possession Of several
stalks, full ten feet in height, from the
garden of Mr. Ii. O. Stone, on the lake
shore.
But while the grand experiment of
sugar growing in the temperate latitudcs
approaches its elimination, multitudes
are in doubt whether pure, well-crystal-
ICED sugar can be made from the juice of
the Chinese cane For ourselves, the
evidence in the affirmative is entirely
conclusive on this point. Such is the
verdict of the best French chemists,
whose testimony has been recently COM
municated to the patent office, and viii
be given to the public in the torthcon-
ing report of the commissioners. Some
of the results Of these experiments have
already appeared in the Press, and others
are lying before Us now, from which VIC
propose to draw few additional facts.
One class of chemists, among whom is
DR. Jackson of Boston. have assumed, as
the result of their hasty experiments,
that only glucose, or grape sugar; could
be made from the juice OF the sorghum !;
but more careful and thorough investi
cations show that the greater portion Of
its sacharinc matter is crystaliZabe. NJ.
Uerey of France contends that no UNI
crystalized sugar prc-cxists in the cane,
and that the formation of glucose sugar
is only owing to the action of the salts
contained in the liquid during the manu-
featuring process. " BE it as it may, J"
continues the report, "it is certain that
the greater portion Of the sAccharinc
matter of the juice is crystalizable, and
may b. obtained in the state of crystals
if, after rapid boiling and fltering, the
fluid be quickly eyaporated, the latter
operation being a condition Of absolute
necessity in SUGAR making, as by slow
boiling, at a temperature of ll2 degrees,
or even exposure for a considerable time
to temperature below the boiling point,
glucose may he formed from the finest
crystalizcd sugar dissolved in water
On the contrary, if the concentrated So
luton of sugar be heated beyond 80 de-
grees Fahrcnheite, it undcrgoes altcra-
ton, and is changed, at least in part,
into uncrystalizable sugar, or s&ccharine
mucilage.'
Mr. Wray, of London, who is now in
attendance upon the National Fair at
Louisville, anu who has perhaps more
experimental knowledge upon the sub
ject than any other man in the world. is
quoted as good authority BY the commits
sioner on the question of capitalization,
and We presume that the experiments
which he is now making from day to day
will be equally conclusive upon the pub
lie mind lie has devoted years to the
subject, pursuing his Investigations in
Africa and France, as well as in this
country during the present season, and
has obtained a patent for his process of
sugar making in England
Assuming, then, that superior sugar
can be made from the juice of the sor-
ghum, it is hardly possible to cxaegeratc
It's Importance as an addition to the crops
of the temperate lstitudes Its value was
discovered a: just the period when the
culture of the sugaT-cane at the South
had become a partial failure, and when
also the general consumption of sugar
began to outrun production. The world
demanded that by some means, if posi-.
bic, the supply should be increased, and.
In response to that demand, as if BY pro-
yidential arrangement, the country was
supplied with the seed Of the sorghum
and the imphee, from which we are to
have our first harvest Of free labor SUGAR.
1t Is great event in the politica! eco
Monty of this country, if not of the world.
We pay out annually many millions of
dollars for foreign sugar, the crop Of
Louisiana, at best, meeting but frac-
ton OF the demand Last year it was
estimated that the nation consumed not
less than 700, 100000 pounds, and this
amount, vast as it is, must continually
increase, # a sufficient supply eau DO ob-
tanned. la the Chinese sugar-cane we
are now confident we have the source Of
an almost unboundod supply. 1t win
flourish everywhere in the Union. and
can be raised at the west as easily and
cheaply as corn. Where, then. shall We
TX the limit of its culture save In the
demand for sugar and rnolas.os ? The
pratrles of Illinois, besides growing all
the breadstuifs they do now, might al.
most supply the markets Of the world
with those articles We shall be con-
tent, however, for the next two or three
years with enough of each to meet the
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