The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-31
1NSlDE SECRETS
Of MAKING
How Fats, Resin, Soda or Lye
Are Mixed and Make
Ready for Market.
REQUIRE HARD BOILING
Greasy Mass Is Cooked for Days in a
Monster Tank, Then is Add
cd the Perfume and
Cclorins.
REQUIRES HARD BOILING

Star OF Hope: How many people. as
they handle daily The finished article,
know the process through which it has
gone before ii reaches them and the
ingredients that co,npo soap, this
very necessary article OF our daily life?
The common yellow brand. or, as il
is termed in the trade, family SOAP
depends for its success in the market
on its color" that is. the lighter and
clearer the shade of yellow the fin
ished article has. the more ready its
sale. To attain this color tine makers
each have a method OF their w OF
boiling. and. If that fails. of bleaching
to bring out this color sch-ne. Toilet
soap goes through 81 much different
process in its manufacture. and to
show the different process each grade
goes through | Will 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 few of them catering to both
the family and toilet trade. In the
making of family soap these factories
use immense kettles or tanks. open at
one end and holding from $4,000 to $780,
900 pounds of the liquid soap. Into
eness heesies - iiiSe Iu!hoea the slease
or stock. as it is called: steam is then
turned on the mass through a system
of coils Of ,Wo-inch pipe in the bottom
of the kettles. Some of these coils are
called open coils on account of their
surface being punctured to allow The
live steam 10 percolate through the
soap to facilitate rapid boiling. AS
socn as .ae stock has reached the boil
snS point the caustic soda or lye is then
added, the mass being allowed to boil
thoroughly for five or six hours. after
which the rosin is added; the proper
ton OF the stock in the kettle now be-
Ing 80 per cent. grease, 80 per cent.
rosili and 20 per cent. soda or lye.
Hard Boilinq,
Now comes the ron, hn;i,.c wr;cb
Ioes on without i~,terruntion fo, th,aa
~. four. ,iays nv whic,, time Tho ,o,.s
thoroughly saDonified: salt is nov
added. steam shut off and the mass al
lowed In settle fo,. abo,It three DAYS
ufta,. v.l,ic, n is n,,,,,nod int - Govt 81
mixing Machine rcse1,1h;inx large
drum. with a shaft INN thro,eh ifs
center. on which are andy revolving
hlades This ,s called TIC ..crI,tcher"
The sediment that remains in the hot
tom of the kettle after the soan has
heen drawn off was until a few, ye,,.s
e run off into a sewer as waste. bpt
now If IS RIM into tanks and ,,son in rhr
manuracture Of rlvcerine III is at The
..crnfcher" The real doctorinp Of tho
soan takes place. Tf ther osin the soap-
maker has been using is of an inferior.
lark grade. or his stock was extra
rancid. he gets 10 work on this cblIrn-
ing mass in the ..crl1tcher" and nro-
duces a bleach that many an old maid
would give a fortune TO know the secret
of. II is here the perfume is added.
and. IL he market price is low. he can
and does swell and weigh his stuff
while nj the "crrtcher" by simply
addinr silicate of soda soda, ash siley
or Whatever pet preparation he may
have.
After heiile "doctored" and stifsened
by the ..crutche,., the soap is run off
into adiustable iron or wooden frames.
and allowed TO cool and harden prepar-
atory to being taken to the cutting
tables. where the trames are run
through guages set to cut the different
sizes of bars or cakes the trade may
demand. From these tables the bars
and cakes are placed in drying rooms,
where they are subjected to a high tenn
perature. which puts a gloss on the
finished article ana enables the press
q to whom 1t goes after leaving the
drying room, TO stamp clearly the var
ious designs n trade marks upon its
now even smooth surface. 1t is then
wrapped IN cleverly worded circulars
$500 So
gullible public. The toilet brand of
goods goes through a much different
process oil manufacture. 1t Is not
boiled.
The ,ailow, and in nigh grade goods,
the cocoanut Oil used as stock are
heated sufficiently to mix we'll with soda
or I've aud then poured in to frames,
where it is "%crutched" by hand. a
wooden dashef, the same as those used
in the making of buttermilk. being
used III this operation. After being
"crutched' it is allowed to cool and
harden, ana when it has grown firm
enough to hanile the frame or moulc
is stripped away and then it resembles
a block of dirty marble, This block
Is then taken into a chipping machine
by which 1t is Clipped, the same as g
mill Dlaner would chip a board. These
chips are placed on trays and left II
the drying rooms until they are
thoroughly dry and crisp.
Colorinq the Soap.
a small box trunk CARRYING about IL,
nnnnds NJ the now div crisn chins
conveys these TO a mill where are nm
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