Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01

phur treatment and mechanical filtra-
ton the chemical part Of the manufact-
ure ceases, and the liquid, now called
thick juice, Is ready for crystalliza-
ton,
This syrup Is boiled in the vacuum
pan, receptacle containing a copper
coil heated by steam, until the proper
crystals are obtained. which, with the
uncrystallized sugar, forms the "masse
cutie, an unprepossessing mixture,
which the centrifugals are able to rem
der into white sugar in the brief space
OF few minutes. These machines make
about thousand revolutions q minute,
the centrifugal force driving the molas-
SEES through the porous walls of the re-
ceiver, leaving solid layer of crystals
cllnging TO the side. After being sprayed
with water, the damp sugar is released
and conveyed to the drier, an immense
tumbler whose heated walls remove all
moisture. 1t gradually works to the
other end, the crystals falling like spray
from mountain waterfall as they
make their rough journey, and, arriving
there, drop through various-sized sleeves
into chutes under which yawn the open
mouths OF sacks. These are filled, and
the sugar is ready for the market.
The entire process of converting the
raw material into the finest grade of table
sugar has thus gone on under the same
roof, and the beets which were yester-
day in the farmers wagon are to-day
sacked and branded extra fine" and
loaded in cars for shipment. Not all
beet-sugar factories refine their prod
uct, but in America IL is stinct adj
vantage, partly because of their re-
moteness from the great refineries and
| partly from commercial reasons. There
| are now in this country six plants, the
locations being Alvarado. Watsonville,
and Chino, in California; Grand Island
and Norfolk, In Nebraska; and Lehi in
Utah; the last four of which were es-
tablished in 1890 and 1891. All have
been able thus far TO cope with the dis
advantages that lie in the path of the
industry In the way of the solution Of
the agricultural problem, and the BUSH
ness may be said to have gained al
ready strong foothold
When 1t Is considered that more than
half thousand OF such factories, each
costing several hundred thousand dol
lars, would be required to supply the
sugar that we consume annually, it is
not difficult to see that millions Of dol
lars now sent abroad year after year
would be retained here, to say nothing
of the labor afforded to thousands OF
workmen, the advantage to communi-
ty of possessing a factory that uses raw
material whose production Is benefit
to the immediate neighborhood, and
last, but not least, the improvement in
general agriculture that must necessa-
rily result from the pursuit of the very
| careful methods required in the culture
Of sugar beet.
But though still in its infancy In
/ America, the manufacture OF beet
sugar is not new departure for US; it
/ is only its success that is recent. The
long list Of failures dates back as far
/ as 1880, which Is about the time that 1t
was placed on permanent footing in
/ France, and for nearly half a century
| its pathway was strewn with wrecks
| Eight years later an attempt was made
| OF Mortified, Mass, the experiment
of drying the beet being tried, but the
/ endeavor was unrewarded with success.
Two decades and a half then passed
before any move toward revivng the in
dustry was made, when plant was
located O. Chatsworth, Ill. II managed
/ 10 struggle along several years, but
/ finally went 70 the wall. II was moved
I % FreepOrt, and later to Black Hawk.
I Wis, with only failures az the result.
/ At last Il found Itself in Fond du Lac.
I In the same State. Here ltil establish
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success. but the enterprise being ham
I perei By insufficient "a ltai, and the
I opportunity occurring 90 Increase the
+ latter. lt vas once more removed. this
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