Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-11
.E,E. BAHELLE TO LAUNCH LARGE
CORPORATION TO HANDLE PROCESS
Local Chemist Has Process
That Is Expected To Revo-
Iutionize Sugar industry
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ICudINtOlts 014d ~ RS aGhlAhOiy
later. is the process patented by Bat
telIe declared doubly fortunate.
But in plain words IL undertakes to
put white sugar on the market at a
price far better than can be done by
the refiner. II aims to cut him out
of business. Figures are given below
to show exactly. how much cheaper
the plantation, by. use Of the process,
can produce white sugar than the
refiner
Battelle's process is purely chemi-
cal, and calls for the use of lime
produced In rotary kiln from coral
beach sand and the use of fuel oil as,
a heat medium. It is somewhat along
the same line as the Steffen process,
which came into prominence in the
sugar beet industry about 1885 when
the two cents poDnd bounty on beet
sugar was removed. f..
At that time the beet sugar men
were thrown upon the process as a
means Of saving their industry By
it they eliminated the refiner. Now
with the reduction Of the tariff, Bat
telle declares that the cane growers
are in precisely the same position as
the beet sugar men In 1885. and that
they will be Obliged, in order to cope
with the tariff reduction. to do away
with, the refiner.
There are at this time three lead
ing processes, the defecation-sulphi-
tation in use on the Reserve Plantar
ton of Louisiana, the cold carbona
ton process used in Java, and the
Battelle. OF these three, by the fig
tres of the Hawaiian Experiment Sta.
ton, the last far excels. 1t is shown
that of 100 tons of raw sugar, Battelle
produces 81 tons more than the de-.
neutrality-suspicious. process; and
that, selling on a basis of $85 a ton,
q gain of $4T6I06 for the Battelle pro-
cess Is made. In the case of the Java
method, using the same basic figures,
q gain of $527,39 is shown for the
Battelle. These Figures are set out
at length below.
In outlining the pecessity of the
plantations adopting some process to
eliminate the refiner in order to be
eble to successfully meet with the re-.
auctions in the tariff, Battelle has
written d statement which follows.
He gives three sets of figures, allow
ing for the Increase of the cost OF
lime from So to IS to IS. For instance,
he shows In these figures that If a
ton Of raw sugar is worth SCI, with.
lime at So, in order to make. q white
sugar the extra expense would amount
to s$4.26. representing the additional
operation costs. and So cents, taxes
and brokerage. With sugar at the
same price, he shows that the re-.
finer must add 1890 to the raw sugar
figures as his costs of refining it. In
other words, while the cheapest price
the refiner can put 1t out to the con.
sumner Is 1880, with the Battelle pro.
cess II can be produced at $72.20, or
Sz.SS less than the refiner.
Facts and Figures: $685..
The following is taken from his
statement: 'E i.s
Some efforts have been made to
produce white sugar from sugar cane
juice without the expensive bone
char refining methods, a little has
been written and said on the subject,
but great deal more thinking has
been done by raw sugar manufacture
ers on this very important subject
than has been enacted or expressed.
"The raw beet sugar producers in.
the United States at one time we're
more or less in this same mood but
when the &c bounty was removed
they were forced to change their
mood into determination which. re-
suited In these people removing the
yoke of the refiner" and demonstrate
ing that IL was no longer necessary to
contribute to the maintenance of
that industry. s....-.... h.. -
"A very similar situation to these
pioneer beet people now, with the
duty reduced and eventually to be re-
faces the cane sugar people,
and the question arises, naturally,
will they be able to rise to the occa-
sion? Have they the implements to
compete directly with the beet sugar
rather than continue the burden of
paying the refiner well to compete
tor them! ~
The success of such change
can only come about IL cane sugar
can be produced that will compare
in color and kpurity with the white
sugar produced in the beet sugar in
dustry and can be produced at cost
below that. Of the refiner. win the
additional cost to make white sugar,
over the present cost to manufacture
raws, exceed the cost to manufacture
raws plus the refiner's costs of REIN
ing and marketing?
Looking over the report of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters experiment
station. on the Battelle process, it
will be seen-on page 27-that the
estimated profit by this method of
producing white sugar with lime at
SO, IS and IS, is 1897, 1892 and 1884
Adding to these figures
the differential of SIS per ton under
the market price, allowed in the re-
port above referred to-, it shows
s1497, $14.32 and 1884 per short.
ton margin that the raw sugar pro-
ducers have to market, sell below the
refners quotation and derive his
profit over and above the profit he
now makes on raws.