Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-02

R. R.sAaeSteWart's New Process
For defreati,,g md clarifying cuae juice, sy'u,
n,ohvsses, and sarctari,.e u,attcr qeueralIv
Patented by United Sfutes Government. Jaq,-
~ary II, 1859. 95~'@..
To Sugar Planters and Re6ners Having
had so many calls on me in various ways for
explanations in re lation to my new process
in defeating and< clarifying cane Juice,
have for the benefit ofthose who may feel an
interest in the subject, core ',tded to place be-
fore the Planting Public. succinct state
ment OF facts relative to this important dis
covery. In doing so, | wish it distinctly un-
delstood, that Edo not seek to quarrel with
others who may in,agisc. that they have in
their hands a better agent to drircate and
clarity cane juice: than the one | have dis
covered and used in making my crop. and
with which | have produced such beneficial
results. In justice to truth, however, may
be permitted to say that have given as
much. personal .attention to my sugar house
operations, many years, as Planters
generally do; that have a pretty thorough
knowledge of the agents and chemi. ais nsed
in making sugar; and think can confident
ly recommend my discovery as superior to
any heretofore used: as being simple, cheap,
convenient and doing its WORK pe,jeriiv. Every
sugar maker in the State is fully convinced,
that the first and great object sought to be
obtained iu order to insure succc IS in making
good sugar, Is to geta good deiecation and
cIarficatiorso6h his juice, without which he
can never produce large, bright, free grain
sugar. " I~sa
. All extraneo,1s mixtures and coloriug mat
ter must be separated from the Juice The
agents that have been used by sugar makers
to effect this object, are too numerous to be
mentioned in this publication. | shall there
fore content myself by simply noticing few
that have been most relied upon Lime has
ever been considered the planters old and
best friend. Bone Black, as "a dscoIoring
agent is justly, as is universally considered, :,
preferable to any heretofore muse. Carbonics
acid gas has its advocates, and strong reasons
are assigned for its preference ove.,Bone
Black. 1*confess, however, batEWhifeI Ihave
found tia better ne,tralizer, have not been
prerossessed#in its favor as discoIorer
Alumi1ra, when considered simply as
'clariiier, has it's advocates; but opuc If it
ever hal day that would have crowned it
with success, that it is numbered with the
past. Bi-sulpbite Of Lime is now in general
use, and the success that has attended it is so
universal that it now enters the list as an
indispensable agent in sugar making. Not
Wlthsta1ding the unsuccessful efforts to in
trod'ce it among the Planters for many years.
its intrinsic merits, However, baff1ed all op-
position, subdued universal prejudice and
forced it into every sugar house. The prop
critics Of sui phur has long since been under
stood
But how to obtain, and at the same time
secure the delecator and cIariier when APP
piled to cane juice, has been subject Of no
little study to others as well as myself. All
admit that Bi-Sul phte Of Lime, like Bone
Black, entails a heavy tariff on the sugar
Planter 1t was to rid myself Of this heavy
tax that induced me to work with the hope
that ! might be able to discover an agent
that would secure to me aIlsthe advantages
derived from Bi-Sulphte Of Lime, while at
the same time reduced the heavy expenses
incurred by its use. @ In this think that I
hatc most perfectly succeeded; and in order
.ha my discovery may be fully understood
and Judged of by the Planters interested in
producing first class article of sugar, will
state the sum total in the process of making
Of Lime. First remarkng that |
have the only doubIe-acting hydraulic stand
and pump for making Bi-Suphite OF Lime in
The United States, and in every other res
pect probably as good machinery for making
bi-SulphIte as is to be found in the State,
which is rendered worthless in consequence
Of Bi-SuIphite of Lime being superseded by.E
my new discovery. 1t is we'll known, that
until very recently, the making of Bi-Sul-
phite Of Lime has been Chinese secret.
up in the hands Of the few; nor do |
now make public this sccret~ for any other
purpose han to afford an opportunity, to all
Interested Of Judging how vastly superior my
invention is to any heretofore employed in
defeating and clarifying cane-juice. ar.
The proce IS of making Bi-splphite Of Lime
n simple, and consists in injecting Sulphu-
Gus cid gas into cisterns OF lime water, ETC.,
~ which it Is" held III solution and becomes
for transportation Now, l ask
avery rejecting man what property there. is
n B-Sul phite Of Lime that produces such |
beneficial effects upon the sugar crop Of Lou
siana 1t is not the Lime; for that is CO.
extensive with the making Of sugar. It can
Tot be the chemical formation pl odnced by |
he ulion of Sulpburous Acid gas and Lime,
because in the union of any two chemical
bodies. where any results are produced in the.
ormation Of a new chemical substance, you
necessarily change the position of atoms and
of the originals. Now, ask the
of Louisiana, if it has ever been
ontentcd that in making Bi-Sul phite Of Lime
'ou change the properties of the Sulphurous
Acid gas. 1t is true, you may use one agent
o control another without expecting TO de-
i've any benefits from the controlled, and for
his purpose, lime. chalk, &c, are used as
,ase in making Bi-Sulphite of Lime, &C. {.
Professor MeIsens, the discoverer of BIZ
;ulphite of Lime, assures us that Sulphurous
Jas in the hands of Prof. Proust, was found
perfectly successful in preventing fermenta-
ion in the saccharne matter Of grapes, estab-
ished clearly that Sulphurous gas4was not
dependent uponsa union Of one or more agents
0 insure its success when applied to liquids:
}ut he states that he found it less successful
when applied to beet-ro pulp 4s See De