New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-27
MANY ARTS BENEFITED.
CHEAP ALCOHOL MADE FROM MOLASsEs.
FREE SUGAR UNDER THE MKINLLY LAW
REDUCES TIE COST or ALCOHOL
N THE ARTS

Ono curious feature OF the warfare OF StauS''N
which has characterized this campaign OF "d"cl'"h
has been the incOnvcnient manner In which AcH nave
knocked theories awry again and again Inc N'N'"
ley law must raise the price OF all nahullc'"i''
articles said the theorists but under IL" Se'i'h'
ugbt Of campaign Investigation it has appeared that
,n some manner unthought of by theorists ia" pi''9
OF manufactured articles have come down since '"c
law went into effect. fact which has not Deeh
developed before is that alcohol. when Is eh'In7
more and into the manufacturing artS every
day has been and will be further chcapened 10 con
siderable extent by the operation OF the present h'P"
lean policy.
one of the raw materials from which acohoi lor
these purposes Is manufactured is molasseS 'hd"r
the existing revenue law II Is not pIacucaU' 10 u.s.
the molasse, Louisiana sugar, ana the ''rl" o"
Cuban uolasscs formerly prevented It's importation
in quantity. The wise trainers OF the McN""'S
lavl seeing that sugarcane growing ana 'ne manu-
featuring OF sugar things in which this country
could not compel" with Others from na'uT@ ca"S'S'
took or the tariff sugar ana moIaSSeS' No"'ScS
can be- brought from Cuba now in TANK steamers
which have carried oil on their southern tHp' AT sue"
n low cost that New-YOrk manufacturers can pro
ducc alcohol for use In the arts al lower p'oo '""
could ever be done before
The bounty on Louisiana sugar has also stimulated
the growing OF sugarcane to degree suon 'n'' '"e
bprOduct, mOlasSes is drug on the hiIhe' III '"c
South. The planters have been running II l" waste
They will sell it for cent gallon II any one VIII
b,y II. and in fact, would he glad to give 1t away
T., any one WHO will remove II. They are now Try
ing 10 use il u fuel. The reason the American man
ufactIrer of alcohol cannot use American moias7eS
is because OF the existing revenue la"L passed. III
1-6s which fixes Il minimum limit of Is per cent
test for alcohol made from moaSses while the New
Orleans molas,es frequently runs down TO 80. As
tie revenue tax IS assessed basis OF the amount
OF raw mOaSses used the tax Is prohibtVe on u'e
domestic molaSSes. That is TO say, II ten thousand
gallons of mo.asscs which will Yield only product
OF so per cent test measured by the revenue
officers and taxed basis of Us per cent, the tax
Oh the missing Is per cent more than makes up iol
the saving of few cents in first cost OF iha'er"i
made by using the American mOlasscs. ii thl> pro
Vision OF the old law could be repesied the alGonoi
manufacturers would gladly pay the LVlsidla pli,V
and all that money could be p III me cpu" ,n
the first fruits OF the NC hiieS Jaw w. ,i'
direction OF stimulating the CONSUMPTION OF WolssvS
has been the erection Of Mrse plat at vi i
PrsT st. "a presi lent TIE several hundred thousand
dollars there invested have all been pad 10 iVVaI
"T the works may be estimated from Nj.
ME- statement that when they are running iul
tim they will pay the Government S3.OOOVoo
wear in revenue taxes. They are now paying about
tvohlrds Of tat amount Inc pant ca1 %S u SPJ ar
The perfection OF mechanism has been reac he'd IN
the designing Of the apparatus Eycryh'ns Is GoHe
by pumps and the process is continuous gr,ue
OF product which requires three Worlngs IN EuIolet
IS made directly in this plant without cessation OF
operations No manual labor whatever Is EXPENDED
on the material from the time 1t leaves the TANK III
Cuia uutu II appears as finished alcohol ready lor
The bo.ccI warehouse Everything Is done Nv power
uuu,ps The black molasses goes from vessel 10
storage tanks from storage tanks to ermentlhe VaS
and so on until II comes out OF the eacheIles me
u,rest whe,t alcohol coorless and almost odorlcSs'
ready to made into cologne ana TOT All lhe ustS
I'm the arts to which alcohol Is APPLIED. . ,.
MIR riggs is IL clear headed business man OF iort'
experience incidentally referring 10 the political
situation yesterday, he said; =" an baex " IN"
Eepublica1 fold | never could bring myself 10 vote
with The democrats. but for time Was hinged WIN
MIgwumpsm. ! thought things We're going wTohs,
and for the lest two Presidential elections dlGn
vote az all. Eut practical business men must
fndre bv results and Judging by results. the Repub
iIcaD administration has certainly come ont all rlsh,
Nv business is onry one illustration OF the dement's
resulting from the Republican policy, for my con,
vcrs on or redemption & Republican fith dat's ha'k
of the inception Of this enterprise me una ,cct
mon are the great BUYERS throughout the country,
and when they have plenty OF work and good wages
thev fuv freely ard things hum Under the Repub-
lcan Admins ration the condition OF the worlncmen
has been steadily Improving and the countrys pros
periiy has been uneaualled I'm going TO crop
theories therefore, accept the logic Oh Hcts ANU
vote for Harrison and Red"