The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-13

nor have fallen. THAI tat desire a.. some ia l-N-T
TO erect li,r;Herlss was founded upon the small loss
in sGEmmfpg~- But proposed 10 examine As NSas
on sugar. AM I have iigre>~ei into bis very f'H
ideas
Is.ii tl.. lis E rugr i~a-yat.0Us on suEar-boilnS
were contrary 10 ali practical experience. | intended
+ TO say las viii plainly Be- seen by nay not denying
that sugars were boiled in the West Indies as stated
. bv hfml that they were contrary 70 all practical eS-
per.sase founded upon a correct idea Of the principles
Of Concentration and crys,a,jzation-
His ideas Oh su-ar-bci,ug remind me Of those Of
Louisiana planter. enc Of class OF whom am happy
10 say that there are very few in that State one OF
the old school. opposed 70 the innovations introduced
by scientific men. On my asking him what possible
objections he could have to boiling IN vacuo. at a To-"
degree Of temperature, as he must plainly perceive
the increase in quantity. and improvement IN quantity
ofthe sugars thus made, he answered that, in his ogin-
ion " the sugars were not cooked enough t' P'siieas
seem 10 be Of the same stamp. He also reminds me Of
q remark made in my hearing by the late DR. Andre"
IRE Ito whom the resuers are much indebted for the
results of various important experimen'sl- lie sad
that "tle West India planters were not satisfied
with the decomposition unavoidable IN t5i.'4S under
the pressure Of the atmosphere, but they actually
res1rtei 70 still further means Of decomposition, they
fried tsei~ sugars" In speaking Of the open kettles
he invariably styled them the " sagar-frying apPa-
lltu>, showing the tAlLStc S-AsS-E~ IA "--- '
method Of manufacture Is viewed by scientific men.
p. states that he has seen the sugars carried of IN a
: green state. not half cured" &c, &c. viii ask
him in relation to this Would not those sugars, if
they had been boiled somewhat lower, 50 that the
mo'asses might have been rendered sufficiently
:. free to allow Of their more rapid drainage from
the sugars, have cured thoroughly IN the same time
thar 1t took them 70 arrive at that halEcurel state,
an would they not then have been better able to
undergo transportation: Most a~ssureily. He then
remarks thut had they not been boiled up 10 a high
heat, the one-half would have been pumped up Is
bilge-water. From this remark, and giving them
: such a body" &c, the only conclusion l can come
to is. that the sugar was boiled in such a manner
that the mo!asses, in their cured state, would not
drain from them. I ask any one in the least con-
yersaut with the matter, Is this practicable: say
not. Such sugars on being placed in the high tenn
perature Of a ships hold will inevitably drain enor-
mously. and not only will the nolasses drain from
them, but these molasses viii carry with them a con-
siderable portion Of the semi-crystalized sugar. This
would be unavoidable, especially when We take into
consideration the kind Of containers used by the West
India planters for the transportation Of their sugars,
which are barely fit to hold well-curei sugars. l
have served in every department of a sugar-rehnery,
ami when acting as warehouseman, it was my duty
to weigh some Of the raw material IS it arrived /
nave llNarlaDLy IUQEll the loss II nel-Hl Ol AZ west
india sugars as most enormous showing that the
Atlantic ocean hai received a large proportion Of the
West India produce in the shape Of bilge-water.
I beg to inform P. that the point to which alluded
as that to which concentration should be carried, IS
far beyond the granulating point, which he will
easily ascertain if he will take a little pains TO in
quire the graduating point is the next degree be-
yon1 slturation.
His remarks that "every planter On the islands,
&c. &c, Is altogether superduous. 1t Just amounts
To the simple assertion that every man has q right to
DO what he lkls with his own-which no one doubts.
But that does not remove the right Of everybody else
to question the policy of his so doing. He evidently
has but a small opinion Of the Theoretical talent
published in books" beg leave to assure him that
the works to which I have referred are emineutly
practical, but we're they merely Theoretical I think
would be actioug very foolishly in not enieayoring
10 conform my practice as much as possible TO theory,
especially when observation proves that theory TO
DC correct. "uen theory and practice are at varI-
ance, I think it speaks very unfavorably for the
latter. The senses TO which he alludes are. Of course,
sight and smell. When concentrating cune-iuice, I
do not wait till my olfactory nerves are affected, ex-
cepting in unavoidable eases. I am too well aware
that sufficient decomposition Is effected before that
time. Sight is all-suficient. By the way, when P.
was writing about his "buraiag Ju55Ie,'' was that
not sufficiently suggestive Of decomposition to him
In boiling good juice to the - cork screw point, the
coolers are full OF sugar, they crystalize to the sur
face, and there Is barely sufficient molasses to allow Of
their convenient working in the centrifugal machines.
In that case, what would We gain by boiling higher
He speaks Of re-boiling molasses as if it was an ex-
pensiye and inconvenient operation, and thus shows
that his ideas on the subject are extremely limited.
It IS neither expensive, nor is it attended By any
great loss OF time or extra labor it does not require