Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-02

The T.ntter Not Specially In'urioug, bat
Very Cheap-.sorghuIn Threatening to
Usur2 tho Place of 7IoIasscs--Procoss
of Manufacture.
A prominent dealer in molasses recently
stated that there were very few if any barrel,
OF straight GolaSses ii this market. Evory
barrel is aduterateI with - or = per cent.
Of glucose. Glucose is not injurior-, in itself
in fact, somo people prefer tho straight
glucose to the straight molos5es-but the
fraud porpetratel on tho public in auditor
attn. the pure goods may he chased in the
same category with spurious butter, and
should be sold on its merits. Consumers know
that molasScs is being adultclatad, and the
| consequence is that they DO nos buy olle-ffth
as much OF it IS they did q yecr ago It Is
not claimed that any injurious drugs are used
| in adEltcrating the pure article any more than
chicory is il furious when added to coffee, but
! when - per cent. OF barrel Of so-callcd pure
no,l5aes is glucose, doesn't it begin to look IS
! ii the goods were approaching aiUlt2ration
/ from the Other ond--i. e, glucose IS bsing
adulterated with molassos9
! When the mixing of glucose with rnolasses
was first attempted the dealers hero did all
! t. ~ extent sufficient 20 cater to the trade
! requiring il. Now il is au mixed before it
reaches here, There Is, 10 douls, plainly Of
pure molasees II Louisiana, hut ~ long az
! dealers thora can make moro money out Of it
ly using ti,oi' stocks TO NIX viii glucose
they are rot lilely 10 sell any Of iturIe4s a5 a
very high price. and The trade here cannot Use
it ut tie figures wanted The crop reDorts
tbis season have heon enlarged hy reporting
m increase Of vo,Co0 barrels, tbs increase
being glucose or sorghum which Is added II
the pure molasses and tho output increased
III proportion.
WANT TIE PURR ARTIcIR.
There seems to lie a disposition now on tho
part q those who at frs. were so anxious to
g., hold ot lie mixed goods to return 10 their
first love, The Sjmon-pure article They are
getting tired Of the fraud and unless molassos
gets back into It's former channel straight
sorghuTnI VIII fiji the demand. and
::lolas-s Will 10 e thing e. TIE past There
ere good n,ny dealers who state t!ct lhey
decidedly prefer using pure sorghum 70
Inoas~sS mixed with IS per cant. Of glucose. .
and as sorghum Is made absolutely pure tLore
seems 10 be 4 desire 10 Use it instead Of the
mc.isssa. as it Is nov bcia. made
OF COURSE ths reason for mixing the goods /
Is spparent enough to any ordinary observer. !
When the practice first commenced mixers
would take barrel o. ordinary rolasses,
worth - cents per gallon, and mix It with /
barrel " glucose, worth % cents per
gallon. The effect Of the glucose upon the .
molssssS was 10 give il 6ne light color.
making Il appear IS superior grade Of I
hoiassss. and il would sal FOR ~ cents rar
gallon; bUt seCn as cher Gealsrs found it
oGt ami Tcsoyt@d 10 the same rractic- rs
profit was reduced g fast 70 i reasonable
whether the process IS profitable 81 81 or not
There is. however, reason FOR mixing tie
uolSSSss and glucose together. even i the re-
suit would ONLY seil Il ~ cents vcr rallcr-
taking 4)-ces.s molasses and Decent glucose Is
the basis 20 work ou-and that is that more
mixed goods can be sold IT ~ cents than
straight goods At - cents,
EErroDs OF MANUFACTURE
The manufacture n nlolasses M TO /. Ger
tain stage IS really the manufacture OF surar.
Some OF the methods OF Manufacture are
very sinlple In the simplest form the sugar
cane Is crushed II q mortar The juice t1us
extracted Is boiled in common open pcns
After boiling a certain length Of time !, bs-
comes q dark-coIored, soft, viscid mass, The
syrup Is expressed by pa.tinS
the whole into cloth bsgs and subjocting
hem TO pressure. This is Inolasss< Ia q cITlCs
ststs. 1t is further purified by reboiline il
with an addition OF an alkaline solution ard