Show A NEW n vOAR BEET INDUSTRY The SI ie fttory at Lehi has proven prov-en a success and in time It may be expected that other factories will be established in other parts of the territory terri-tory In the manufacture of sugar there is I a good deal of waste from the molasses mo-lasses made and which cannot be converted con-verted into sugar When this molasses can be profitably utilized for any purpose pur-pose the value of the sugar plant becomes be-comes enhanced and it will tend to make the growing of sugar beets more profitable profit-able A use has been found for this I I i molasses It is the distillation of spirits I i from it I The experiment has just been successfully i success-fully made at the Columbian distillery of Omaha and this distillery expects to i i use a carload of beet sugar molasses every day for this purpose j i The molasses used In this test was I I obtained from the Oxnard factory at I I Grand Island Neb In its raw state I it Is a deep red color and Is ot the consistency of the ordinary ryrup When applied to the tongue a sweet taste Is at first noticeable but this is immediately followed by an alkaline flavor which is undesirable for any culinary purpose I The first thing to do is to neutralize the alkali This is done by adding about 10 per cent of malt and yeast I and a quantity of chemical preparation prepara-tion which is depended on to convert the salts 1 It is left in the vat for a short tim until the alkali is transferred transfer-red when the process of fermentation I I begins and it is then pumped into one I of the large fermenting vats where it i lies for not more than seventytwo I I hours until the process of fermentation fermenta-tion is complete After the fermentation J i i fermenta-tion is complete the vats are drawn off i I and the high spirits are carried through the refining process while the slop is run off into the sewer The refining > j I i j re-fining process is simply a charcoal 1 filter the spirits being carried through vats of pulverized charcoal until all the impurities are removed and the pure white product is ready to go Into the cistern from which It is drawn off into barrels stamped by the government I govern-ment guager and locked up in the bonded warehouse The experiments were under the personal supervision of Mr E E Bry selbout the superintendent of the Oxnard Ox-nard factory and who was brought to this country from France by that company 1 com-pany He has had several years experience ex-perience as a chemical engineer in continental con-tinental factories and is lone l-one of the best beet sugar experts in the country All this means a great deal to Utah Last year the product o f molasses from the factory at Grand Island was 177000 gallons As the output of sugar from the Iiehi factory was much greater great-er than that of the Grand Island factory I fac-tory so the product of molasses at Lehi must nave been much greater I And all this molasses is an absolute I waste save an infintismally small j I quantity that is used In making vine J gar If this molasses can be converted I into spirits it will be an industry second sec-ond only to that of sugar making Itself The proprietors of the Lehi factory realize what a waste there is but sofa so-fa l have been unable to prevent it This Omaha experiment seems to offer a solution of the problem that has heretofore confrpnted them It is at least worthy of their consideration and is very likely to receive it Its adoption adop-tion and success would mean the saving sav-ing of a hundred thousand dollars or so annually |