Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-18
ALCOHOL A BENE-
FACTOR TO man

MUUIlUL A DLNE
FACTOR TO man
Continued from Page 81
processes so simple as to be within
the reach OF every farmer, a vast
quantity of raw alcohol. Under these
conditions spurious, as it is known In
Germany, became one Of the standard
and and imp ortant products OF agriculture,
and every effort has been made by
the imperial and state governments to
promote and extend its use for do
mestic and agricultural purposes. A
law was passed in Germany which
maintains a very high tax on alcohol
intended for drinking, but exempts
from taxation such alcohols as are de-
naturated' and used for industrial pur-
poses. Since the passage of the above
law, inventors and scientists have
been busy In the improvement Of
processes and the manufacture Of dis,
tilleries. New perfected motors,
lamps, and cooking and heating am
paratus have been devised and put
In use until crude alcohol is becom-
ing one of the most widely utilized
products of German industry.
For lighting purposes, as alcohol
gives nontluminous fame, chemi-
cal mantle ds used similar to the
Welsbach burner, which produces a
very bright, intense and economical
light, costing but one cent per burner
per hour for u candle power. For
the productions OF heat generally it is
simply perfection, and nothing has yet
been found to equal ethyl alcohol for
this purpose, owing to the fact that
1t produces perfect and complete com
bustion.
Alcohol once denaturated is made
not only repugnant to the taste, but
is being used as an incandescent light.
Instead OF being drunk it is being
burned. It propels the farm motor.
the automobile and the launch, and
the simple fact Of obtaining denatur-
ation permits each private citizen to
light his farm or factory, to heat his
home, do farm work or transport him
self. One of the neatest OF the many
new devices used In Germany SIS AN
alcohol fiatiron with small reservoir,
which being filed with alcohol and, lit
heats the iron for two hours work
at a cost Of less than two cents. The
cleanliness and economy of these Ak
lures to the 'housekeepers are obvious.
For farm motors alcohol is a perfect
fuel because of its complete comblls-
ton, the absence of noxious odors, Its
uniform quality and its unlimited and
universal sources. While it Is true
that the heat OF combustion Of alcohol
Is practically only half that Of gaso.
line. yet twice as large percentage
Of heat can be converted into useful
work as in gasoline, and hence point
for point alcohol is as efficient as
gasoline. 5s X III
Only slight notifications OF gasoline
engines adapt them to the use Of
alcohol fact which is Of much In.
portance since an engine to be .f.
ficient and practical for general use
must not be too highly specialized.
Because Of the great elasticity Of the
charge after ignition. the stroke on
an alcohol engine to be most efficient
eight to be about double the bore 1T
the cylinder. A high COMPRESSION and
comp rativedy cool mixture should be
ata.Led, and a good spark, complete
Taporization and a complete n,ixture
5of the charge secured. Alcohol of so
per cent strength with 10 per cent 81
water ss usually employed. wherever
small engines can be used and power
safe IN every respect Is II value, the
alcohol motor can be adyanxageously
employed. It's spread during the few
Years Of its existence in Europe has
attained quite unexpected proportions
and will doubles continue.
Since 1896 the law III Belgium has
exempted from. taxation alcohol for
industrial purposes. Since that time
this has also been done In France.
Austria, Hungary, Belgium. Italy ana
Russia.
Special documents show that ii the
United States alcohol was used for
hghting, cooking and Industrial pur-
poses IA the early sixties Before the
war Of secession, the manufacture 81
spirits was free from all special taxes
ana Supervision a. mach On the part.