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Show Sugar in the Philippines Mr. N. K. Darlmi.', of Manning sends us a copy of Freedom, n paper sent to him by Ills foil John who it now in Manila. It contains 1111 nrticlo on the sugar Industory In the I'hllipplnes It Is made, from sugar cino which is crushed in rude mills of wood, atone or iron. In tliu l'ioeiico of l'nmpanifa where this Industry Is inuro advniocd tho juice is placed In tliu (list boiler and ft little llmo is ndded. The Julceis then heated and skimmed; it. then goes l' the second hollers, nnd mom llmo is added from time to time; it Is I. ere exposed ex-posed to n gicnt heat nml 11 kmuii nrltcs continually. Thomnu In cliare of the cokliig of the juice knows uh"ii it. has it sulllelcnt amount of lime because the skuin lakes on 11 clear yellow color mid the precipitates nml impurities ilsc,atnl tlic skuin t'liniiK'VB In color to 11 dlily whlto. When tlio syrup reaches n tern-ieratiuo tern-ieratiuo of '11 degrees fllaumc ) it begins be-gins to thicken nml biiomiH r. ehnr colfco color. It is placed next In n re ceplnclo "hieli is na.'d to leceivo the results of tho dtiy'if work In U it-eeptaclo it-eeptaclo the Impurities settle nni on the next dny tho julcuisdlppul out nnd cooked again until it thickens to n consistency con-sistency of sjrup nnd ft Is then pheed in n cooler, which is 11 wooden trough twoiuelriH wido by threu metres in length mid Boiiiu tweniy eeiitliuotres deep; in this thu syrup Is kept ntlted liy means uf n long spatula until the limes congenls into 11 powder formed of small dark crystals This powder is cm lo fiigar. containfng a largo itunnlty of molosees; it is next pluitdiu conical molds made of gravel nml each of these molds placed on gravel beds whero tliu molasses gradiuly drains oil. In order to haston this process of freeing the sugar from molasses tho nallv:s cover the top of the sugar in tlio molds with tho bark of tho trunk of tho bnnnna plant, jhiippcd up to tliu extent of some twoor thico centimeters. Tho dampness damp-ness imp.u led to the sugar liy this covering cov-ering ol btnniin bnik puclpltntes tho molasses nod rapidly bleaches tluvmaes, Tlicro nro to dny many well rcgulatid 8ug'iFrci1nurl)9 owned by Filipinos anil Spaniards, provided not only with good sugar mills operated with steam power, but vacuum pans, ceiiti Unguis, nnd nil the latest improvements 111 sugar iiinu-ufactmlng iiinu-ufactmlng iiiudiinciy. 1 |