The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
WILL ADOPT A HIGHER TEST.
NEW YORK METHOD TO DE AP-
Piled TO GEORGIA OILS.

This Is "A Far More severe Test Than
the One That Has Been in Use.
VIII Result In the sale of Better
oil in Georgla-snVannnh OIL Cam
not he Conhscated, hut Must Be
Brought Up to the Standard Be-
fore II Is/SoId.
Atlanta. July 1.-THE seizure of oil by
inspectors under the direction of State
Commissioner Of Agriculture O. b, Stev-
ems. promises to result in the sale of
better quality of oil in Georgia, if nothing
else comes Of II.
Commissioner Stevens held a long con-
ference with Attorney General Terrell this
afternoon, and acting upon MIR. Terrelrs
advice he will apply a higher test to oil
hereafter than has ever been used In the
state before. lie has adopted what Is
known as the New York test, the highest
known, and issued orders to all inspectors
throughout the state to this effect to-
night
Attorney General Terrell Informed COM
missioner stevens that the state could not
conhscate the oil recently seized in tanks
under the plan adopted by Commissioner
Stevens upon the advice Of Attorney Gem
eral Terrell win be stamped state OF
Georgia, rejected" The contents cannot be
sold unth brought up to the standard Of
quality. Then after another inspection,
which 1t must pass 10 the satisfaction OF
the inspector, it can be sold. The instruc-
tons ISSUED tonight as 10 the new test
are as follows:
The New Instructions.
"FNll the glass cup of the tagliabues in
strument with oil to be tested so that
the surface of the oil shall come within
one quarter of an inch of the level sur
face Of the cup. The water in the bath
must surround the oil cup to one-quarter
of an inch Of the surface of the oil. The
bulb Of the thermometer shall be just
immersed below the surface of the OIL
You shall make tests In a room with all
doors and windows closed. You shall avoid
breathing against the instrument while
making the test of the oil. In n'ling the
instrument with water use wat, & Of the
ordinary temperature of the air. Use an
alcohol lamp, small flame, and heat as
follows:
Raise the temperature until the ther-
mometer indicates 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
lnen remove the lamp until the residual
heat of the water carries the temperature
OF the oil to 95 degrees. Then try for a
fash with a small bit of fire on the end
of a string, passing the string steadily
ond with moderate rapidity once back and
forth on a level with the surface of the
cup just as nearly as possible, one-quar-
ter of an inch from the surface of the
oil. Now replace the lamp until the tenn
perature is 20 degrees. Remove the lamp
until the temperature Is 102 degrees. Try
for fash and replace the lamp, and so on,
until you reach ll6 degrees, when you
try for fash and replace the lamp. Then
test for flash or burning point at III de-
grees, at rs degrees and at 1l9 degrees
Fahrenheit. If the oil does not burn at
either of these points, remove the lamp
a l20 degrees and walt until the tempera-
ture reaches 1913 degrees, when new test
Is made and the lamp reapplied, and fol-
low this procedure at intervals of de-
grees until the oil burns, when the oil
is branded at the exact number of de-
grees at which it burned"
If the oil burns under 100 degrees II
will be condemned Whether the Stand
ard OH people will submit quietly TO this
new test Is not known