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Show SUGAR FACTORY OPERATIONS ATTRACT NATIONAL NOTICE CUTLER'8 IMPROVEMENT ON O8M0SE PROCESS WILL MEAN . GREATER RECOVERY AND ECONOMY FOR BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. Sugar technologists from Colorado, Michigan, Idaho, California, and othor leading sugar states have made spoclal visits to tho plant of tho Sprlngvllle-Maploton Sugar Com pany, and declaro that tho now Cut ler Osmoso procoss which Is bolng worked thoro Is ono of tho loading Improvements in tho sugar Industry, nnd prouilsos to revolutionize tho op eration oi ucoi sugar piuus wumu u very short tlmo. Tho Cutler procoss is an Improvo-mont Improvo-mont on tho regular Osmoso procoss, which was practiced for years In "tho beot sugar Industry, but was Anally discarded In favor of the Stoffens process. In the past, tho nverago ylold of sugar per ton of molasses worked was In tho neighborhood of 240-250 pounds, but this sugar has always al-ways bocn brown sugar which was saved until tho regular boot com-palgn com-palgn and worked over with tho boot juice. Tho Cutlor procoss actually makes whlto sugar, which is put out onto tho markot without apology, and sell as first grndo sugar in open competition with tho flnost boot and cane sugars. As to yield, present Indications point to a rocovory of approximately ap-proximately 350 pounds or over per ton of molasses, a clear gain of fifty per cent. Ueet sugar molasses is tho final syrup remaining- after all tho sugar possiblo to extract has been taken out of tho julcos; this residual syrup contains all tho non-sugars present in tho boot julcos, and bocauso oi chemical combinations between tho sugar and non-sugars, a considerable, amount of sugar cannot bo recovered. recover-ed. In tho regular Osmoso procoss, tho syrup Is passed through a specially devised apparatus which contains a number of parchment shoots stretched stretch-ed tight bptweon frames; on ono flido of this framo tho molasses circulates, whtlo on tho othor sldo a stream of hot water passos in tho opposlto direction. di-rection. Duo to a roaction known as "osiribsls", tho non-sugars have a tendoncy to pass through tho parchment parch-ment Into tho water boyond, whllo tho sugar In tho molasses does not pass through so readily. Consoquontly a considerable amount of non-sugar Is taken out of molassos, changing tho proportion between sugar and non-sugars. non-sugars. Tho resulting syrup is ovnp-orated ovnp-orated down to a heavy liquid and then boiled In tho regular manner, going thru tho procoss of filtration and purification, finally resulting in tho production of sugar. In tho Cutlor procoss, a small porcontago of hydrochloric acid is added to tho molasses boforo It Is passod through the Osmoso pressos; tho acid addition scorns to break up tho chomlcal combinations com-binations botwoon tho sugar and non-sugars with tho result that a greator purification Is brought about, and tho resulting sugar is flrnt grndo whlto product, lnstoad of tho brown sugar formorly producod. About 40 tons of molasBcs is worked work-ed each day at tho factory, but In the ordinary procoss tho equipment Installed would only work 30 tons. About 20 men aro required to conduct con-duct the operations. Last week tho production of sugar nearly roached the thousand bag mark; in tho early stages somo slight dolays woro ox-porlcnccd ox-porlcnccd duo to shortage of parchment parch-ment papor and acid, but supplies aro now lined up bo that ovorythlng Is oxpocted to run along smoothly until tho boot season. Present operations oper-ations will extend until about October Octo-ber 15th, when thoy will bo suspended suspend-ed until tho closo of tho beet run, (Continued on pago C) n I m' Sugar Factory Operations Iff. Attract National Notice f B ' r K (Continued from pago 1) I m Ths process Is tho discovery of Hobor Rib C. Cutlor, for twenty yoara tho gon-(W" gon-(W" . oral chemist ot tho Utah-Idaho Sugar ffl Company. In working on a process 12 to make a palatablo tablo syrup from H molasses ho devised tho preaont Im-H Im-H rrovemonts on tho osmoso process; H tho mothod Is patented, and patent H rights are hold by tho United Statos R Syrup Company, a Utah corporation. Iff Tho procoss Is being worked for tho H' syrup company by tho Sprlngvlllo M Maploton SUgar Company, who own M a portion of tbo stock. H Tho oporatlons nro In chargo of H Nophl Oledhlll, superintendent of the H local factory, who Is an expert In tho IS osmoso process. H Jlr. Qlcdhlll wag In chargo of opor-I opor-I it ntlons at Saattt Ana, California, whon III whlto sugar was first mado by tho mm osmoso process, and ho had six years K oxperionco In this branch of tho sugar ffln Industry boforo coming to Sprlngvlllo. Jul Oporatlons at tho Sprlngvlllo fac-HB fac-HB tory have attracted national atton-Iff atton-Iff Hon, and famous sugar mon from tho IB largo corporations are froquont visit-HI visit-HI ore at tho local plant. If tho procosa uU proves as succossful as prcsont ro-HI ro-HI suits seems to Indicate, tho now M mothod of sugar rocovory will no m doubt bo Installed In ovory sugar m J plant In tho country, and should revolt revo-lt s lutlbnlzo tho industry bocauso ot tho Iff Additional yield of sugar at tho email m t cost Involved.- In addition to tho M ' sugar recovery, patonts aro also hold ilij on a procoss for tho production ot a f lj tablo syrup; this will nlso add to tho JUj valuo ot tho mothods, and will short-I short-I b ly bo tried out locally. 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