Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22

from Louisiana cane and that which Is
graduated among the beet fields Of Ne
braska, California, Michigan and other
northern and western states. II Is said
that a large proportion Of the sugar
used I'm chCago's COTE cups IL beet
sugar. and that Il goodly part OF the
square cakes sold as genuine maple
sugar never saw a maple tree. II Is
likewise insinuated that much beet
and cane sugar goes into the grocery
world branded as Vermont maple. and
that a few years ago. when beet sugar
men were working up enthusiasm over
sugar beets among Nebraska and Illi-
nois farmers many barrels of flne,gran-
ulated cane sugar were put IN circula-
tion I'm those states under the name OF
German beet sugar.
The men who throw out such insnu-
ations explain that the purpose OF the
beet sugar "boOmers" was to show the
agrleulturists that there Is really no
difference between beet sugar and cane
sugar, for they placed German beet
augar I'm cane sugar barrels and after
considerable "nim- namming' Of the
sugars advertised the trick and thus
proved that no one who Is not a sugar
expert could distinguish between cane
and beet sugars
There is wide difference In every
thing which can be seen between a
stalk of sugar cane, sugar beet and a
maple tree, yet the sugar from each Is
obtained by processes which are much
alike after the sugar bearing liquors or
Juices have been secured. The methods
thai are employed to get the liquor or
SAP. however, are entirely unlike, The
sugar beets are sliced, and the sugar
bearing LIQUID Is secured by process
of diffusion; the maple tree is tapped,
and the sweet sap flows from the
wound and is collected In buckets.
The old ways of making cane sugar
were interesting and picturesque, but
wasteful. Narrow guage railroads, cleo
tiic lines, expensive steam plants.
steam coils and vacuum pans have
pushed the mule cart, open pans and
wasteful steam engines aside. The
sugar planter today tests the juices Of
his growing cane In well equipped
chemical laboratory, and modern ma
chlnery. science and unromantlc labor
saving appliances have taken the place
of the old careless methods and pro-
cesses.
-
The beet sugar men, wheh they oesan
competing with southern cane helus,
were not handicapped ny traditions ana
Y time honored methods. Ihe best that
was new ana modern was none 100 good
for them. Inc experimental piants
i which attracted much attention lew
years ago, were not cheap, temporary
anairs, but We're complete sugar lac
4 tories equipped with expensive ana up
f to.date machinery and provided win
8 flne laboratories, manned by trained
h chemists and hlgh-priced experts The
+ beet sugar men were playing FOR high
stakes. They were after the sugar
Z trade or the world They were indus
{ trial 'puggers' who we're not afraid
10 FISK thousands OF dollars on single
experiment. The logical result was That
(. beet sugar fairly Jumped INTO the mar
4 ket ana the men who had faith IN the
~ gar beet as world sWeetener ac-
fcomphshed more In year. so lar as
'tJf0gress Is CONCERNED, than had been
&uone IN soutnefn states win cane sug-
far lot man century.
u -
~ IN we beginning OF the susar beet
41hdusuy the manufacturer mace pulp
~ 'he peets py kIatlile, CRUSHING or
#squushihg tneln. lneh the juice was
presseu Gown from the pup, ciarlnt
Eunu poied DOWN 10 sugar but IL dlu
t!iut axe the eiteIpilsiis eNPerinheh'eIs
@iohb W ulscoFer that'ney Were NOT get.
tt,hs all tnat pelongeu 10 theIil OUT OF
the sugar bearing roofs so they put
theN oheinisls ana experts 10 WoIk
3tsols were analyzeu' weather reports
se.sgea; the microscope was trained
4 OIL the DeetS, ana out or TINS research
ehu hVestlBation developed the anu
eioh process Whlch Is used 10 eAtracl
III w. sugar from huBe peets
sVse VINO III tne aeaueniy or conese
stuulN natural physics VIII recall 'ne
cApeUmeht IN Which soiutoh OF sall
uhu water or sugar anu wafer was
piacea IN bladder ana the pladder
Wa nuhg IN Nessel OF pure wafer
Ar. Whlle the water OUTSIDE OF me
piauuer was as sweet or as salty as me
solution inside. rms process OF ditu-
sion through a membrane was called
oslnQsH, students oil botany WIN also
IsVaIl the my WWn tiieS STUDIED the
pnAs"'oSy OF pants ana We're told that
P'ahN We're red from the sou ny osLno-
SIS OF Intrusion through cell walls The
cneullsts VINO were on the tran OF a BET
Yer process Tor extracting sugar from
peeh lound, by means OF the micro
soope, that the sugar bearing Juice was
cvu,alhed IN nttle sacs IN the beet, mat
al .,lai was necessary TO extract TINS
sNso, hquor readily was TO prepare me
pee, mat practical advantage could
,aheh OF the process OF dlnusloh
~ membrane Ana that IS the
% uone 'ouay'
M,
"a susar oeets' aiter belhg washed
49, NH "e a,H are ied 10 machine
MS s o,.ees .nenl mo INN sections
sa~os s',oeS ul'en ate AUTOMATICALLY con,
49, 49, W 'o' tauhs' each OF when hoid
80 U" " wv IONS OF sUces' There
tosa,hsr ,,I,h VI tnese TANKS connected
soeo, o,o WIN t s so Ihat the rauor
Az a., 80 sa' "SM 10 another' when
a. ,,,n "aa iul' ~ Deet slices' Wat,
Will ,ba " ,a,i, !" anu alloWea 10 stdnd
Win He 'anh next IL Is Milling with
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