Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12

rs ihere such II Thing MS Purc So,u,
II Is a very common practice with soan
manufacturers to claim for their nrodrn,
o ma IL Is pure or a given per cent pure"
IL real truth is that best soaps. toilet
OF laundry, are those in which tbe inyrodI
ents are most judiciously mixed ana ehsm
icaliy combined. The perfect soap IL a nor
iect chemical combination of numerous in
gradients. The manufacture of soan is III.
the making of bread, cake, or in fact like
books. SooN
In the hands of expert cooks soue NJ
the most delightful creations for the table
are produced from these cook books. while
otners' using the same ingredients, produce
results that are very inferior. The expert
COOK KNOWS how much time, temperature
ana care has to do with a successful bak-
ing; the same is true in the successful
manufacture or soap. 1t is true that in the
average kitchen comparatively little is
known about the chemical elements and the
sclentiic relation they bear to each other
In the culinary art, but the successful SOAP
manufacturer must know all about chem
icals, the combining and separating, the de-
grees OF temperature under which these
manipuiations can be properly conducted,
and the influence time and care have upon
every step in the process. 1t would never
do to leave these things to guess work or
chance.
To the student of household economics the
study of the scientific manufacture of soap
is extremely interesting. The writer, while
making a call at the office of the Cudahy
Packing company, was accorded by Mr., e,
Strauss, manager of the soap department,
the privilege of witnessing a batch" OF
Diamond &C. soar go through some of the
various processes of manufacture; and, right
here, let me say, that contrary to popular
belief a well conducted soap factory is not
necessarily an ill-smelling, dirty and greasy
establishment
Asked what the principal elements enter
ing into the manufacture of soaps, Mr..
Strauss said: THE most essential constitu-
ent is pure, fresh tallOw. Tallow that is
poorly saved sour, rank or rusty tallow,
while it will make soap, has lost much of
its strength, and, chemically speaking, the
mixture is 'tallow short or out of balance
resulting in a combination having too
much OF the alkali element and too little
of the tallow. Soap thus made cannot be
good; it washes poorly, or by reason of too
much alkali, Injuries the skin or fabric on
which 1t is used
unlike other soap manufacturers, we
have the great advantage of producing our
own tallow. Being one Of the largest pro-
ducers Of tallow in the world and having
unlimited cold storage capacity. We natur-
ally get 1t under the most favorable condi-
lions. Where tallow has to be picked up
from slaughter houses. meat markets, no
tells, restaurants and such places 1t is ut
terly Impossible 10 keep III IN the best, or
even fair condition. for 1t begins to de-
teriorate the moment 1t Is cut from the
animal. With us 1t is from the animal to
the soap factory and in the form of soap,
tallow never deteriorates.
1--WE manufacture a number of other
products OF everyday consumption and
have a very intimate knowledge of public
discrimination Soap appeals most p%articu-
larly to women; they are much more OBJ
serving than men, and a manufacturer who
fails to recognize this fact will find that
the popularity of his product will be short
lived. The successful manufacture of a uni
formly good soap. therefore, requires the
utmost care and the most painstaking at
tention always.
There is one other reason why we cannot
be too careful about the quality OF the ma
terials entering into our soap; ii Is on ac-
count of the tremendous competition. ours
must be superior or we cannot secure ~
creasing patronage. There are a great many
large producers of soap who have been IN
the business for many years. The consumer
has been used to buying these hrands-not
all of them good, but all advertised as the
best-almost anything can be sold by adj
yertising-but we have TO enter the market
against this great competition, do extensive
advertising and sell the best goods ever put
up in the form of a laundry soap as cheap
as the common run OF goods placed before
the consumer. II We could only speak In a
language that would impress every intelligent
reader Of our advertising sufficiently to give