Arizona republican., 1899-04-29

liar product AIcOE0l Is not dear III itself M. c. Arachequesne, secretary general of the new Association pour IEm9l0i Industrie. de l'Alcohol-the
 great laague of distillers which in
 France is engineering the affair-has just been Selling me that a
 few y5ars ago in Cuba he
 made alcohol cut of refuse mo-
 lasses at an expense of less than 9 francs the 100 liters. This would
 amount to les sthan cents a gallon.
 It was only done as an experiment.. partly to find out what to do with tn, waste molasses The alcohol could not be exported in sufficient quantities
 to other countries because of the taxes.
 Tt is the same in Louisiana" said NJ Arachequesne. where the refuse
 molasses is dumped into the sea; and you can inlagi something of the cen dition of France and Germany-two countries which have no petroleum of their own-by casting a glance at the dilemma of the beet sugar agricultur- ists of California, Nebraska and Utah, forced to burn their waste molasses at an actual expense. There is no other way to get rid of a superfuity, which cannot be simply thrown away l these states" continued M. Arache- quesne, where they have tried best sugar raising successfully or unsuc | cessfully Kansas, Minnesota, Califor- mia, Nebraska. Utah, Colorado and l Virginia. it is a hardship to the farmer that he is not allowed to distill indus | trial alcohol from his waste material. But if this is hardship, how much great5r-in view of these new inve1- tiCns and discoVeries-must be the lot of the American farmer, with millions of bushels of Indian corn that he often finds impossible to sell?"
 The conclusion of this expert Is that sooner or later the United States must fall in line with the new European legislation.
 France, a country utterly without petroleum and importing coal enor- mously, sees nothing less than her az ricultural salvation in the new use of alcohol. For years they have been seeking in vain for the national light" and the national fuel" For years, cn the other hand. the farmers have bean struggling sullenly against the internal revenue laws. From beet root, from potatoes and from divers other products they have sought to gain profit, which they think ought to be theirs. All France may be cont pared tC a great moCnshine whiskey. district. watched at immense expense, where frauds and understandings take the place of violent resistance of auz thority The French farmer knows ali about alcohol He wants to be his own distiller He wants to make z1a double profit on his products, to have winter work for his sons, his daugh- ters and his hired help. For long years the result has been a gradual letting down of barriers against al ccholic drinks in France, until today in Paris, you cen have a satisfying slug of absinthe for two cents. EF
 Naturally, the secretary general of the Association pour TEmploi Indus triel de PAlcChol is proud of his Lnis- sion. TO at once satisfy the farmers and the distillers and give to France her long sought national light and fuel-all in removing a great stumD- ling block of morality and hygiene-is a task to be proud of Let French men make alcohol as they never made it befclre," M. Arachequesne has cried to the breathlessly interested chamber of deputies; "let France distill a hun dred liters where shs' distills one to- day-but not to drink! The time has comel France will have alcohol-to burn
 One of the chief factors in the new use of alcohol, and there are many, will undoubtedly turn cut to be tear burant," new discovery. As every body knows, alcohol when burning disengages heat rather than light. It burns a dGll blue The carburant is nothing less than a substance which, when mixed with it, induces alcohol to give out a light of great intensity and beauty. At the same time it is said that it has the quality of obviating every danger of explosion. It is this latter virtue thot is to make car bu- rated alcohol a safe, odorless, clean, economical and energetic fuel and motive power substance. When the carburant is added to the ordinary in dustrial or methylated alcohol, it changes its color, which in France is green, to dark yellow.
 The lamps resemble ordinary petro- leum lamps, with wicks and chimneys. Were it not for the softness and bril- liancy of the light you might imag zine you were burning headlight oil. There is no sweating, no smoke or odor, either during or after combustion, and s the lighting is instantaneous. The wicks never burn, so they need no trimming
 The Germans. it is said, are far in advance. They have their own lamps, similar to those of the French system. Burning alcohol is now retailed in Berlin at 7 cents a quart, and carbu- rated alcohol, at 90 degrees, will soon Ee retailed at cents a quart Uu- doubtedly the domestic petroleum lamp is seeing it's last days in Europe
 In Paris by far the greatest sensa- ton has been made by the incandcs- cent lamps. with which M Loubet is now lighting up the court yard of the Elysee. It is the same incandescent system that is used at PotsdSm and in the Berlin Thiergarten. Indeed. the rush for incandescent burner patents is a phenomenon of the hour in every European country. There are incan- q ls.Sce.l.t -c.,I,nI h.lrr u-it th Ez:cl:5