Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-03

9f.e3 sand-there was slight increase
OF tonnage per hour. He had often
felt sorry that be discarded the old
shredders for the Kraiewski cfusher.
Messrs. Kopke. ,Gartley. PuHar ana
Hagen continued the discussion. the
last named saying 90 degree sugar
could be made here as we'll as sc II
the refiners would offer price at
tractiye enough.
Waste in MolasSeS.
Mr. BodenheimeI of the Crockett
refinery. California, was introduced by
Mr.. BottomIey The first thing he
talked about was The damage to SUI
gar bags between the factory here and
the refinery. from which he proceeded
to give a description of the various
processes OF refining. Mentioning the
fact that some Hawaiian sugars show
led more discoloration than Others. h
said he would like to know whether
/, the practise OF burning the cane be-
fore cutting and grinding Il had any
thing to do with tiJat condition. Also
he told of sugars with high content of
iron which blackened the lips when
taken into the mouth.
Mr. Hagen said the eastern refIners
did not complain so much as the west
ern refiners about our sugar, because
they had a market for the syrup re-
sultlng from the cafining process.
Mr.. Bodenheimer said the waste in
molaSses was two per cent They
Could make as good a syrup as the
fasteners, but could not sell it ex-
cept at a very low price to distillerS
Sugar Bags.
Mr. Norris said one benefit from
the new. tariff was the enforced ec
nomy among other small ones of max
ing sugar bags at home. It was start
ed by the fertilizer works, which had
made some bags for sugar factories.
He was informed that Pioneer Mil
Company was making bags this year.
Manager 'Weinzheimer of the com
pany named stated that 1t was max
ing bags for three.auarters of its crop,
and he understood Maui Agricultural
Company was making fits own bags.
In reply to Mr.. Gartley, who said he
heard the sewing was defective, he
stated that the fault had been merely
In the style of stitch. This had been
rectified and there was no further
trouble. -a.
Mr.. .Renton asked IL the demand was
not large enough to make IA central
bag factory for all the plantations an
economical project. -
Mr.. Weinzheimer thought individual
MI of "a L.
cheaply as central factory. because
the latter would Involve the cost OF a
site and the employment of nanag-
er, bookkeeper, etc. Every planta-
ton now had its own bag warehouse
and the machinery was not costly. The
saving In home manufacture would
be in proportion to the price of the
Imported article, which was now high.
j. P. Cooke described the automatic
machine installed by Maui Agricultur.
al Company 1t was estimated home
manufacturing of bags would save the
company $4,000 on its crop of $4,000
tens Of sugar. n
! G. j.. Hedemann stated that planters
in Cuba were arranging to ship their
sugar In bulk. hut he could not de.
scribe the details. ..s.+ ~ zd
Z Mr. ,Bodeuheimer wanted to know
how the various grades could be def
ferentiated In bulk. He told of some
sugar received in comuressed blocks
at Crockett which were as hard as
rock. . ; :,
Mr.. Norris raised laugh by saying
that If the raw sugar producers found
II economy to ship their product in.
bulk the refiners would have to find
some way of treating it. -. Il
Qualification, the utilization of bag.
asse and the most economical DISPOSE
ton of molasses were topics that ellie:
tied technical remarks from Messrs.
Norris, Kopke, Wilcox. r. Baldwin.
Hagen, NOR, Eckart, Glib and 9th.
.ers. II
President Dowsett followed up d
suggestion by Mr.. Baldwin, urging
that all the theories regarding the uti..
lization of byproducts should be put
in concrete form IN a report, so that
the saving OF yaices alleged posi-
BILE might be made effective when free
sugar came into operation in 1916.
Mr.. Peck stated that nothing re-.
rlained to be done so far as laboratory
work was concerned Mr.. Agee fol.
lowed with a remark that the recovery
of potash from molasses was simple
matter. Mr.. Norris read a paper on
the subject handed in by W. j. Dyer.
Mr.. Dyer having given prices of
ether liquid and gaseous fuels to
show that alcohol would have to be
produced at a very low price to com
pete with them, Mr.. Norris said that
United States government tests had
proved that alcohol, in engines con-