The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-31
INSIDE SECRETS
OF MAKING
How Fats, Resin, Soda or I've
Are Mixed and Make
Ready Tor Market.
REQUIRES HARD BOILING
GREASY Mass is Cooked for Days in a
Monster Tank. Then is Add
ee the Perfume and
cc%iorins.

s.ar Of Hope. How many people. a.
fshe2 hard.e daily ;he finished article
snow Lie process through which it ha:
SCI before i reaches them and the
ingredients thas compose soap, this
Very necessary article OF our daily life.
The common yellow brand. or, as il
Is termed in the rade. family SOAP
depends for its success in the market
on its color" that is. the lighter and
clearer b shade of yellow the fin
shed article has. the more ready It's
sale. To attain this color the makers
each baVc a method of their own of
boiling. and, If that fails, OF bleaching
TO bring out tins color" scE-,ne. Toilet
soap goes through Il much different
process In its manufacture. and to
show the different process each grade
goes through T 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
"orid, a few of them catering to both
Che family and toilet trade. In the
maxim of family soap these factories
Use immense kettles or tanks. open at
one end and holding from 1000 to 150.-
wv pounds of the liquid soap. Into
shese kettles is first dumped the grease
or STOCK, as II is called: steam is then
aurned on the mass through a system
S1 COILS or two-ilTch pipe in the bottom
OF fhe kettles. Some of these coils are
called open colts on account of 1heiY
surface being punctured to allow the
ave Steam TO parcoiate through the
Soap TO facilitate rapid boiling. AS
soon as the stock has reached the boil
ing point the caustic soda or I've is then
Sdded, The mass being allowed to boil
tnoroHsniy FOR five or six hours, after
Which inc rosin is added; the propor-
.lon OF lhe stock in the kettle now be-
Eng 90 per cent. grease. 80 per cent.
Sosin and 20 per cent. soda or lye.
Hard Boiling.
wow conles the read boiii.g, which
goes on without Interruption for three
or four days, by which time the mass
mas thoroughly saponitied; salt is now
added. steam shut off and the mass AL
lowed to settle for about three DAYS.
after which IT is pumped into a sort of |
sinking machine resembling a large
Aruifi. With a shaft running through it's
center. on which are rapidly revolving
blades. This is called the .cr,itcher.'
The sediment tina remains I'm the hot
tom of the kettle after the soap has
drawn off was until a few wears
Z run off into a sewer as waste. but
s1oW ft is run into tanks and used in the
manufacture Df glycerine. 1t is at the
Icrutcher' the. real doctoring of the
soap takes place. Ii the rosin the soap
o1aker has been using Is OF AN inferior
aark grade, or his stock was extra
fancid. he gets to work ON this churn-
ing mas in the "crutcher' and pro-
uuces a nieach that many an old maid
WOULD give a fortune to know the secret
or II liz here the perfume is added,
and. II the market price is low, he can
y Goes sweii and weigh his stuff
while al the "%crutcher'' by simply
adding silcate of soda. soda ash, slick
n whatever pet preparation he may
After being "doctored" and stiffenea
the "crutcher' the soap is run off
into adjustable iron or wooden frames.
md allowed to cool and harden prepar-
atory TO being taken to the cutting
tables. where the frames are run
through guages set to cut the different
Gizes OF bars or cakes the trade may
From these tables the bars
and X are placed in drying rooms
where they are subjected to :. high tenn.
perature- which puts a gloss on the
nhtshed article and enables the press
man, to Whom 1T goes after leaving the
lryAss rooin- to stamp clearly the var
lous designs and trade marks upon it's
TOW even smooth surface. 1t is then
" MOIueQ CIIClllarS /
IND gay wrappers and dumped upon the
suntble public. The toilet brand of
goods goes through a much different
process OF manufacture. 1t is not
The taiicw. and in high grade goods.
ne eocoanut oil used as stock are
aeated sufficiently to miy well with soda
pr I've and then poured in to frames,
where it is ''crutched" by hand. a
wooden dasher. the same as those used
N the making of buttermilk. being
In this operation. After being
,,~crutcbedN II is allowed to cool and
arden and when 1t has grown firm
.nough TO handle the frame or mould
$ stripped away and then it resembles {
! mock OF dirty marble. This block !
3 tneE taken into a chipping machine,
which it is Clipped, the same as a
mn pianer would chip a board. These c
MD are placed on trays and left i'll {
dry and crisp. I
Coloring the Soap. '
a small box trunk, carrying about l5o :,
ohnds of the now dry, crisp chips. =
onveys these to n mill where are rum !.
three heavy granite rollers. The !
oloring liquid and perfume are now g
oded TO The chips, and the whole is i
assed backward and Onward through
hese rollers until the color has thor i,
ssShiy pernleated every particle of the =
long, silky ribbons into which the
hips have been rolled. Pink, green. c
elbow and heliotrope are the standard "
oiors used in toilet soap. 1,
Let us suppose that the batch lust
assed through the mill has been col
red green and is now a beautiful
OF emerald. 1t is then placed i'm
machine called n platter in which
IS heated n worked up UNTIL it is
soft mass, about the consistency of
ltts: the end of the platter is then
'ened ard his soft mass is pressed out
rough a small. circular hole, after
itch it is cut into small sections to
2 pressed.
:. is here the funny" part comes in.
batch has been cut into between
'Sr and FIVE gross of blank cakes. and
le press1nan has an order for one
.oss OF Or. Fakem's freckle soap. He
ms this off and picks up the next or
er. which reads. "One and a half
'9ss of DR.. C--'s wonderful skin
an He takes the DR.. Fakem die out
the press and puts in DIR. C--'s w.
soap die. presses this order out
The ann batch as the last T,he hal
OF the original four or five gross
~ possibly be pressed up in one-half
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