Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-20
DENATURED ALCOHOL
USED
Hat Makers Employ LiquOr-It "
Play part Also I'm Manufacture o
Vnrnishes, Dyes. Lacquers, and
for Heating md Iixbtiux.

Or HeatlnE ana B1KntfnR.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Yert
and Congressman Il. J. Hill Of COINED
cut recently returned from Europe, Will
they made an examination Of the work.
or regulations for free denatured alcoI
in Great Britain, France and Germa
and have furnished some interesting
formation on the subject.
Representative Hill SAYS that. spur
on by the keenness Of German comp@
ton, Great Britain has found II ~necessi
to make much more liberal provision
the Use of free alcohol than heretofd
Where a N per cent, denatured had Id
used formerly, only 3 per cent. will he|
after he used. thus materially reducI
tho cost. Besides that. the cost of surI
vision, which has heretofore been thro|
upon the consumer, will. under the ted
or the bill, he hereafter paid wholly
the government The investigators d
found that Australia had taken the nj
ter up and that every probability ex1
for p law being passed very similar|
that adopted by our Congress at its j
session. France is paying a bounty
hve cents n gallon on all completely
natured spirit.
USED IN HAT FACTORIES.
Mr.. I'LL says that in Manchester TIL
are two large factories where denatu|
alcohol is being used in the manufact|
OF hats. At one factory the proprid
said Wat he paid from 30 TO go cents
gallon for denatured alcohol. TT
brought their spirit on printed requisid
forms and were under bonds to the 81
eminent for its proper use. A COVE
nent inspector came into tho fact
whenever he chose to do So. The ma
facturers use the spirit. recover 1t and
distill the product in their own fact
and use it over again until It is used
The only restriction PLACED upon them /
that they were not allowed to sell ell
the original or recovered spirit, put al
from that used it as they pleased.
BIG DENATURING ESTABLISHMENT
Mr.. Hill tells of visiting an extend
establishment near London for denatud
alcohol. On the ground floor were n
large iron tanks holding about $500 gall
each. on the next hooor were 81 casks
Fi'i a. "iiA' nav bNtI w
from the bonded warehouse. on the u
floor were the wood alcohol tanks, and
the fourth floor cans of m~ethylated
~terials. on the fourth floor the covers
the wood alcohol tanks We're reno
these tank covers We're flush with {
floor and the contents gagged and ties
The quantity 10 be put into the tanks
the first floor was run off through pi
connecting with the first foor tanks
the upper tanks relocked. Then COINS
the second floor, each cask Of the q
spirit was gagged and tested and the {
covers. which were flush with the a
We're removed and the casks of the 81
spirit We're run into the tank below.
mixture was then stirred with lc
handled wooden paddles and the t
covers replaced, and tho material
ready for sale free Of tax, The mix;
was % per cent. wood alcohol and 90
cent. ethyl alcohol made from molas
and was what Is known as the ordin
m~ethylatinE spirit used for manufac
ing purposes only and used under bond
The completely denatured spirit is m
by adding to the foregoing three-eigi
Of l per cent of benzine.
INDUSTRIAL RESULT OF Low
COST.
The strongest alcohol Of
the United States is usually 81 per q
alcohol. and the price varies from |
70 s. 20 per gallon. showing that the gr'
er part Of the cost IS due to the reve
levied by the government. The gre
part of the GO, 100000 gallons Of ale,
consumed in the United States is ,
.. in the manufacture of whiskey and o
beverages. The revenue tax prevents
use of alcohol to any great extent in
industries of the country. The bill pa.
at the last Congress, designed 10 prom
the use OF untaxed alcohol In the
, and as fuel. takes effect January !,
The first effect of free alcohol will b.
is said. 70 %supplant the 10000 gal
: Of wood alcohol which are used in
manufacture OF paints. varnishes. shell
=, and other purposes.
Another use that Is expected Of
natured alcohol is In the manufactur
certain products. such as dyestuffs
chemicals. which cannot now be mi
featured In his country because OF
, "a tpSA W va ~ iiiNi !
, ported largely from Europe. A very r
development of the industry of mani
turing chemicals as a result of free a
hol is looked for.
In the production Of alcohol there
always formed as a by-product a GER
amount Of fuel oil, which is very US
in the manufacture of lacquers which
used on metallic substances, II h;
, ware, gas fixtures and similar articles.
industries manufacturing these wares
undoubtedly receive great stimulus a
, result OF cheaper fuel oil cased by
, increased production of alcohol.
| A SAFE FUEL
The use of denatured alcohol as a
has yet to be fully developed. Altho
, alcohol has only about half the hea
power of kerosene or gasoline. gallon
gallon. yet II has many valuable pro
ties which may enable 1t to compel
cessfully in spite Of its lower fuel va
In the first place II Is very much SO
slcohol has a tendency TO simply
the surrounding Vapors and produce
. rents of hot gases which are not usu
brought into high enough temperature
inname articles at a distance. 1t car
! easily diluted with water, and when
! diluted to more than one-half It cease
be intiammable. Hence II may be rea
distinguished; while burning gasoline
floating on the water, simply spreads
fame when water is applied TO It.
Although alcohol has far less hea
> capacity than gasoline, the best exp
believe that II will develop a much hi
percentage of efficiency in motors
does gasoline. Since gasoline repres
only about 2 per cent. OF the petrol