Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-16
&c MILK coNoeNslNe MOueTnN
"Crazy Uueio CARS" Idea and what
Came of ID.

conceived the idea that milk could 10
boiled down in a vacuum till from tho
unnid condition n beco,no substantially
solid and In that state. presorycd bv
mems of another Yankee invontion-th
eenled tin can't could be kopt for any
lop,tb Of time. Mr. Borden lad lived
much In the south. particularly in Texas,
md no Ind aeon the great need of such
an nriicle a. his invention would pro.
duce IL his idea was practicable. Hc
hogan cxporiiuontinq on this and other
i,lens tbat tcemed in his overilowng
binin.
Eighteen years no experimental with
the milk condensing. llo made sue.
cess Of tho condensation. but he could
not make 1t financial success. lie
spont all the money he rot on his new
ideas. for thoro were 80 many of them.
People who know him. especially tho
ncighbors. made merry over the mill;
condousing notion. They would have
believed a man could take wings and ily
TO heaven bodily ns citily ~ he could
condense milk and ship It all over tho
world. The man who would think OF
such n thing was nothing less than Oh
his head. SO thoy called him crazy
Uncle Gail" those kind neighbors.
hut Uncle Gail had n son, John G..
No man except perhnps Edison ia at once
inventor and nnancicr. Gail Borden
had to wait till his son John was grown
before the milk condcnsing became
financial success. Gail was an inventor.
and Providence kindly sent him son
who wns q iinnncicr, the only trouble
being that uuclo Gail had TO wait eight
cen years I'll tho son was old enough 10
take hold Of tho financial end Of tho
business. Thon It became ono Of tho
greatest successes ON record.
The elder Borden waited patiently and
hopefully. At last. when II began to
look as II tho enterprise would 10 a 20,
Unclo Gail said ono day. "lf thought
tho condonsory would over consume ns
much as 5000 quarts OF milk day,
should DO satisfied and happy"
Well. there arc now six great Borden
milk condcnsng plants In various parts
Of tho country. Two OF them are in
Illinois. Not long since visited ono Of
tho Now York factories. II was not ono
of the largest, yet 1t alone consumes
81. 900 quarts Of milk day, mnnufactur.
ing daily 10000 pounds Of tho finished
product. Whnt tho whole nix factories
consume may be calculated from this.
The condensed milk goes all over the
earth. Poary took II to tho north polo
with him. Explorers flavor their coffee
with 1t undar tho equator in Africa.
Best OF all. Cray Uncle Gail" lived to
SEQ tho enterprise no had set his heart on
assume almost It's present colossal pro.
portions: then he rested from his labors
with theswoot consciousness that no had
helped mankind.
Visitors arc allowed In every part Of
tho Borden condenserics. Tho tall and
good looking superintendent Of the ono
visited In Waikiki valley, Mr.. Smith,
himself conducted mo through the de.
partmonts Of tho factory and gave mo
every facility for obtaining information.
Tho milk, with granulated sugar stirred
into 1t, Is boiled down in vacuum in
great shining copper tanks. am proud
that tho invention belongs TO America.
The first thought of one visiting tho
condonsery is that no ono need over
DO afraid TO use condensed milk. The
factory "a absolutely tho cleancst place
1 ever saw. Tho floor OF tho machine
shop where the cans nre made is scrub.
bed every Saturday; ditto the engine
room. Gail Borden, ofblessed memory,
had a sort Of craze for cleanliness, a
bonellccnt craze which his son held after
him. The firm make their own tin cans
at tho factory, and you viii be surprised
TO know that girl machinists do the
work. They arc cleaner and more deft
with their fingers than boys would DO,
and making the little cana requires neat.
ness and precision. They make excel.
lent wngcs, was told.
Atyafious conspicuous places this sign
I'm biz lettors meets your eve: mo Smok.
ing. Splitting on Floor IL Prohibited.
Road tho Othcr Side" When you turn
It over tho other side says oxactly Tia.
same thing. IL requires nearly five
pounds Of milk in the natural state "a
mako one pound OF tho condensed prod.
net.
Tho condonsery has Its own set Of
milk farmers. who deliver tho yeal
round. They must obey strictly certair
rules laid down by tho firm. One oil
those IA that no onsIlago sbnll Ina used
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80 ~ ~ '".'',Vs N'1 e"I''"so n M
ior ilHN,hs ,no oVnuol'ou prouuet' iheI
ueciaro iu'ther tiat ieeulhs cows on en-