Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-14
MEMPHIS SOAP.
The Celebrats d Cotton Seed OIL,
Colo water washing soaps of Lat.
ting q Co.

iacture OF soap IS q simple process; but
1t Is scientific in many particulars, and
this fact renders the soap made by GER
tain manufacturers in great demand be-
cause they make better soap than other
manufacturers. In Memphis as good
soaps can be aud are made as in any
city in the United States. Messrs.
R. G. Latting d Son, a firm
composed Of gentlemen thoroughly
understanding the business, haye estat-
lished large and extensive soap boiling
works in the Bradley block on Water
street, near the river, at the foot Of
Adams street. The soaps are manufac-
tured out Of cotton seed oil-all vegetable
matter-no animal matter being used by
the firm in the manufacture. The soaps
are boiled by steam pipes running
through immense kettles.
MONSTER KETTLES.
In the basement two immense kettles
are seen. They are each twenty-five feet
deep, eighteen feet vide at the TOP and
their capacity is to make Que thousand
boxes Of soap per week. The cotton seed
oil and other materials are steamed end
boiled in kettle No. for four days; then
the contents are transferred to kettle
No, 2 for one day. The soap is then
poured into lanes which hold one thou
sand pounds each, which ames are
transferred by means Of an elevator to
the second story.
CUTTING AND BOXING.
The ssap in the Games is transfe. ed
to the cutting machines, which rapidly
transform the big one thousand pound
mass into bars OF any size. The bars of
soap are then packed into boxes ready
for sale and shipment. The different
kinds Of soap manufactured by Latting
q Son are as follows. Refined Oil, Ger.
man, LAund Z and Dixie. These brands
range from the elegant toilet soar down
to the plain washing soap, and the
brands are sold at the ptices charged By
soap manufacturer in other cities, with
the advantage of ,.eight charges in favor
of Latting & Co., and The merchants and
consumers who purchase the soaps. All
the merchants and other dealers keep
the celebrated soaps Of Latting & Son
for sale. II is home manufacture, equ5'
if not superior to the best Of any other
city. The soaps wash 10 either hot or
cold, hard or soft water. No washing ma.
chine is necessa !, the air, soap and Geld
water doing the work e~ffectually. The
many good qualities of ''ese soaps may
be stated as follows:
WHAT u SOAPS VII. DO.
First-It is not only the best, but tie
cheapest yet offered to the public, quail.
ty considered, being Zee r,om the vile
authorizations used in cheap soaps, which
iujure the soap and destroy the clothing.
Second-The p%eculia ..ty of this soap is
that the cleansing or washing is done by
the atmosphere tie l.nsing in water
being Necessary to remove the dirt and
auds, a. .er the soap has done its work
Hence the inst actions to place them on
O table or in q d.. vessel for an hour or
two. It matters moi whe Ter the water
used be h d or SOL.
Third 1t so mobiles the action Of
water on wooden goods that their fbers
do not contract under IL influence, and
the & -ment is lei. bleached, SOL, and as
large as o. ginally made.
Fourth-It N.l not destroy c%1lors; on
the contr' =, renders ''iem bright and
beauti. Il.
Htth-The goods do not require any
dashboard or washing machine all that
is necessa. J is soaping and l.nsing a
little rubbing 81 \ the hands may be
neeesSa4 ! where spots appear, the soap
not having dissolved them. Boil if you
choose.
Sixth-It II not iuj4re the hands;
on the contra renders them soft and
smooth. 1t is also q superior toilet soap
Tor the fl ,sh-t. it as such. 1t VII re.
move dandruff ON the head, and cure
sores not chronic. 1t may be us | as
other soaps, and prove super ,or to any
made in the limited States