Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-03-31
How ats, Resin, Soda or Lye
Are Mixed and Make
Ready for Market.
REQUIRES HARD BOILING.
Greasy Mass Is Cooked for Days in a
Monster Tank, Then Is Add
Cd the Perfume and
colorine.

ingredients that compose soap, this
very necessary article OF our daily life?
The tommon yellow brand, or, as IT
lis termed in the trade. family soap
depends for its success in the market
on It's color that Is. The lighter and
clearer the shade OF yellow the I'm
ished article has. the more ready it's
sale. To attain this color the makers
each have a method OF thair own OF
boiling. and. ~ that fails. Of bleaching
20 bring out this color" sch-ine. Toilet
soap goes through a much different
process IN its manufacture. and TO
show the different process each grade
goes through l VIII give the evolution
OF each from the raw material TO the
finished product.
In and about Greater New York are
several Of the largest soap works In the
world, a fe~ OF them catering to both
the family and toilet trade. In the
making OF family soap these factories
uze immense kettles Or tanks. open at
end and holding from $1,000 TO 150.-
900 pounds OF the liquid soap. Into
these kettles is first dumped the grease
or stock, as II Is called: steam Is then
turned on the mass through a system
of coits OF two-inch pipe in the bottom
OF The kettles. Some Of these coils are
called open" coils on ccoun of their
surface being punctured 10 allow the
live steam TO p%crcolate through the
soap 70 faSilitHte rapid boiling. AS
sorn as the stock hay cached the boil
Ing point the cauHtic soda or lye is then
added the mass being allowed TO boil
thoroughly for five or six hours. after
which the rosin IL added the proper
ton OF the stock In the kettle now be-
tug 80 per cent. grease. 30 per cent.
rosii and 20 per cen soda or iye.
Hard Boiling.
Nov comes the real boii)eq. which
goes on without interruption for three
or four days, by which time the mass
has thoroughly saponifed; salt Is now
added. steam shut of and the mass al
lowed to settle for about three days
after which il lis pumped into a sort OF
mixing machine resembling "a large
drum. with a shaft running through It's
center. on which are rapidly revolving
blades, This Is called the .'crutcher."
The sediment hat remains in the bot
tom or the kettle after the soap has
been drawn OF was until a few years
ago run off into. "a sewer as waste. bit
NOW, IL Is run into tanks and used IN the
manufacture of glycerinc. II Is az the
t'c~ruieher's the real doctoring OF the
soap takes place; III the rosin the soap
maker has been using Is OF an inferior
dark grade, on his stock was extra
rancid. he gets TO work on this churn-
ing mass IN the ''crutcher' and pro-
ducex a bleach that many an old maid
would give a fortune 10 know the secret
OF. It is here the perfume IN added.
and, N the market price Is low. he can
and does swell and weigh his stun
while az The ''crutcher1 by simply
adding silicate OF soda. soda ash. slick
or whatever pet preparation he may
have.
After being "doctored'' and stIfgened
by the scruteher' the 0 il run OFF
into adjustable iron or wooden frames.
and allowed TO. cool and harden prepar-
Ht0ry TO being taken to the cutting
tables, where the frames are run
through guages set To cnt the different
Eizes OF bars or cakes the trade may
demand. From these tables the bars
and cakes are placed In drying roonls,
where they are subjected 10 d high tenn
perature. which puts a gloss on the
1iuisnad article and enables the press
man. 10 whom II goes after leaving the
drying room, 10 stamp clearly the var
tou designs and trade marks upon its
now even smooth surface. IL Is then
wrapped in cleyerly worded circulars
and gay wrappers and dumped upon the
goods goes through "A much different
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boiled.
The tailow, and la high grade goods.
the. eocuanut oil used AZ stock are
heated sufficiently 10 mix well with soda
or I've and then poured iu 20 frames.
where 1t is '~.crutchedf' by hand. i
wcoden dasher. the same AS those used
I'M the making OF buttermilk, being
1sed IN this operation. After being
sDrastched" 1T Is allowed to- cool and
harden. and when IL has grown Arm
enough 10 handle the frame or mould
III stripped away and then II resembles
- ~ a. - MN MI LtAAtr
is then taken into a chipping machine,
by which 1t liz Clipped. the anle as As
mill pianer woui chip a board. These
chips are placed on trays and left In
che drying rooms until they are
thoroughly dry and crisp.
CoIoring the Soap.
A small box trunk. carrying about 1850
pounds or the now dry. crisp chips.
conveys these to a mill where are rum
ming three heavy granite rollers. The
coioriug liquid and perfume are now
added 70 the chips. and the whole is
passed backward u forward through
these rollers until the coior has thor
oughly permeated every particle or the
now. long, silky ribbons into which the
chips hav been rolled. pink. green.
yellow and heliotrope are the standard
colorz used In toilet soap
Let ms suppose that the batch just
passed through the mill has been coll
ord green and is now a beautiful.
shade Of ehaerald. It Us then placed In
q nAsshinA called a platter" In which
II Ia heated and worked UP until Il Is
u sQfr mass. about the consistency OF
putty. the end OF the platter Us then
ppeped and this soft mass Is pressed out
through q small. circular hole. after
which i y cut into small sections 70
be pressed.
II here the funny part comes II.