The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-20

mr.. as the case may be. depending
upon quality Of the cane Juice ana
the character Of the treatment u has
received. As sugars of this charac-
ter are only used In limited quaint
ties in the United States Il IL
necessary 10 refine most Of these
grades.
Refining II done by running all
these dark brown or yellow clarified
sugars first through the melter,
which Is a huge steam vat When
the sugar becomes liquid in form II
goes through several processes Of
fitering, mainly through Sweatlanh
presses under powerful pressure
These filters are made of rubber
and camel hair reinforced by Full
ler's earth. BY the time the sugar
LIQUID is forced thru these, practi-
cally all foreign matter has been re-
moved. But these processes are not
sufficient 10 make sugar absolutely
pure. II therefore goes through
what is called the "hone-black" pro-
cess. Comeback is charcoal Sc
cured by burning crushed bones. II
purifies the sugar liquid in the
same way that gravel filter will pur-
ify water, only much more thor
oughly. Indeed science Of filtra-
ton has not thus far developed any
substance superior TO bone-black as
filter, although other processes
are used with success. From the
bone-black filter the sugar goes
through much Of the same processes
described in the journey Of the raw
cane Juice. II is cooked in huge
pans until the proper grain Is de-
veloped.
II is then conveyed TO another
set of centrifugals of whirling cups.
Il enters these as yellow as gold and
within a few moments emerges as
white as snow, the yellow coat being
changed 10 one of white by the ac-
ton of air currents. II looks like
magic and the process used 70 bee
known as magic" 70 those who be-
lieved in magicians because they did
not know any better. From the cen
trifugals the sugar is conveyed thru
various drying processes to the
granulator, n huge revolving drum,
which gives the sugar the proper
grinding Huge fans blow through
the granulator to carry away the
sugar "dust" which in reality is pow
dered sugar, the highest grade
Cube sugar is made in molds
somewhat after the fashion Of mold
ing bullets. The Imperial refinery
is equipped with the Lamsos convey
ing system and with an automatic
package department, so that all sug-
ar IS handled without ever being
touched by human hands.
II may interest you 10 know rhat
refined sugar comes nearer TO being
absolutely pure than does any other
manufactured food product. II may
also interest you 20 know thai The
people Of the United Statcs use
about $1,000 tons Of sugar every
day in the year, and that while we
have one-sixteenth Of the worlds
population, we use about 1ne-fnurth
Of all the sugar the world makes.
There are two kinds of sugar m
general use. cane and beet. Louis
lana, Texas, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas raise cane; but the bulk Of u IS
grown in Louisiana. The annual
output of can sugar in the United
States is about 300.0O0 tons. or less
than one months supply for the
people Of the United State.
Beet sugar is produced IN the
middle western states and in Mich
igan and Ohio, primarily. The an
nual output is about 5000 tons
or three months supply for the peo-
pie Of the United States.
Porto Rico produces about AGO.
900 tons and Hawaii and the Phil
lipines about the same amount, a
total Of 100000 tons, or three
months supply for our people. IL
IS therefore apparent that for more
than five months each year We must
deperd upon foreign grown sugar.
most Of which comes from Cuba,
whose annual production Is 4 mil
lion tons. or almost enough for the
entire needs Of the United States.
Thus far we raise only half the
sugar we use we are fortunate In
having Cuban friends so close by 20