The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-14
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
Paris to Have n Unique Exposition
in November.

in November
Paris Is TO have an exposition Of Alec
. Understanding apparatus. according 10 aG-
vices just received at the State Depart
l mcnt from John G. Covert. the United
Z states Consul General at Lyons. France
The affair is to be Of considerable import
/ -'nce- Writing about the exposition NIr
Covert says:
The enormous production Of alcohol I'm
France has led NJ Jean DUpuy. Minister
OF Agriculture, TO offer a series Of prizes
for any kind Of apparatus OF machinery
that VIII open "A way for its greater con
sumption An exhibition of inventions for
the use of alcohol for Illuminating OF
heating purposes OF for motor power viii
be given in Paris in the grand palace of
the exposition. Champs EIysecs from No
N"mber Is % p II is proposed TO apply
motor power TO agricultural implements.
under the direction of the Department Of
Agriculture The prizes awarded will con
Slst of a series of medals.
ne exhibition and experiments will be
divided as follows: First-Stationary mo-
tors, motors for navigation. IocomobiIes
ana motors for working pumps. automo-
Dies under twenty-five horsepower. insu-
lated carburetOrs- Secoud-Iucandescea
lighting. divided into two classes. On An
pdIdlGs using pure medicated alcohol: %
gPPdLalu5 using carbureted alcohol
ihtiu-heating apartments. lighthouses
ono hCthouses for flowers. chatting dishes
uISh warmers. fiat iron heaters, curling
IRONS, lamps. etc
The minister does not state whether
lht cltlzeS OF other countries viii be per
lnllIea TO compete for the prizes. but in
any case the presence Of Americans in
Paris with their apparatus for tbe CON
sumption Of alcohol would furnish a good
NFPgI llhlty Tor the Introduction Of their
goods into the French market
n recent law has entirely removed
from VINE and beer the high tax formerly
ieNieu upon those drinks when they were
pI"uShl INTO a city. One Of the means
ADOPTED 20 make up for the deficit caused
ly lhe abolition Of the gate tax was the
imposition Of tax Of So 20 per 26 III gal
-yIS OF alcohol. in place Of the old tax OF
S 80. per OH gallons There is an ad-
dltlonal tax In the cities. according 10 the
P'paidI'H- IN Lyons IL is So. 80 Der u az
EdHonS- making Sts25 which goes 10 tba
STATE BESIDES this. there is a gate tax I'm
l-s onS OF 1913 per 26.flT gallons which
goes 20 the municipality. making 4 tax OF
$2I on every 26-4l7 gallons OF alcohol
II Is declared that this new tax on al
cohoL mas caused a dimiEution OF 80 per
cent IN the consumption of rum. and a
smaller falling or IN the CONSUMPTION of
oLher alcoholic liquors But the output
OF alcohol augments. and il is contend
ed that the increased volume is the work
OF fraudulent producers. what we would
call moCnshlners. who declare but q
small part Of what they produce They
are mere called boilers OF grOWths' They
have a license from the Government 10
produce alcohol but their reduction in
Nariably exceeds the quantity reported
and upon which they pay the tax The
market IS IN some way or other flooded
with indicated and other alcohol for all
OF which II is desired to find a means Of
consumption.
"A report on this subject presented to
the French Parliament and published in
the journal Ot1ciel two years ago. gave
a tabulated statement of the quantity Of
in 1897
The production in France was reported
70 be %. f5,lH gallons of legal alcohol II
stated that the Illegal product Of the boil
ers Of growths could not even be approx
mated For the year 1893 the pr0duc-
ton for all Of France was 50 .2165So gal
Ions When / applied 70 the Office Of the
internal revenue collector. ne could only
give me data for the two years here men
toned He assured me that the excess
Of stock consisted largely Of the unre-
ported production 81 the boilers or
growths- OF 80 distuleries. fifty produc-
ed nearly the entire quantity reported as
given above
The striking feature in these figures.
says the report, lis that alcohol is an in
dustrial product furnished by our agri-
culture and by Importation
Tine production Of alcohol In Germany
In the year 1897 was 81. 532 200 gallons. two
thirds OF which WAS derived from potatoes
Of domestic origin j was produced in
lZ.5p, Of which 5-2-6 produce only from
254 70 2.52 gallons.
THE report submitted 70 the French
Parliament says that Frances best Gus
toner for sugar, the ulted states. viii
soon become an exporter on account OF
its relation to Cuba. ana II therefore urges
the enactment Of "A law that Will eEcour-
age the manufacture Of alcohol as "a con-
sumner OF the supposed future surplus i'm
the beet crop The present annual sugar
product Of France is $4,000 tons Of which
The United States buys more than any
other country. Should American UIT-
chases fan of, the JeetS now worked up
into sUgar would go 10 Increase the out
put Of alcohol for which there Is now
connection with the projected exhibition.
IL is observed that alcohol enters bat very
little into use Tor lighting, while In Ger
many IL IS the great ilIumiuant for parks
and public places.
Il would suggest to Americans who
may attend the coming exhibition that
lighting heating, and cooking apparatus
tiOu here. where coal is dear and oil pays
a high customs duty. as well rs freight
over .. 1ul OF ( 00G miles OF land and sea
II is possible that a small handy cooking
apparatus. heated by alcohol would fU
n want. All over France there are thou
IStcnCC In one room. Up -FOUR or six flights
OF stairs, who would prepare their first
meal OF coffee OF chocolate and their
evening SOUP on such a cOutuvaDce- The
national custom. especially among the
poor and middle class. IS 90 take these
two meals In a cheap restaurant, but Gus
toms change. and the effort 10 introduce
breaking up this habit-above all. If Il Is
IA harmony with ideas Of strict economy. 90