Evening journal., 1906-12-03
DENATURED
ALCOHOL AS FUEL
Cheap Fuel Likely to Dis
place Gasoline After
January ISt.
ADAPTED TO ALL MOTORS

A great new industry will be launch
ed in this country on January 1, for
which preparations are being made on
vast scale Congress removed the
tax Of s209 per gallon on alcohol when
used for fuel, light, heat and power or
any Industrial purpose other than as a
beverage II is expected that at least
100, ,OOo. 900 gallons OF fuel alcohol viii
be required for 1907, and that automo-
biles and other machines will discard
gasoline for the cheaper material AL
ready the Whisky Trust is trying to
secure a monopoly OF the new product
The Whisky Trust comprises all Of
the corporations held by the Distillers'
Securities Company and the Industrial
Alcohol Company, a concern organized
by men in control Of the former. II
is expected that there will be on Janu-
airy / at least 1000 small stills ready to
engage in the new industry.
Meantime, at Columbia University,
the government commission has been
lengaged in testing engines in which to
use denatured alcohol as fuel. Pro-
fessor Lucke's tests show that many
lengines can use alcohf as fuel without
without cost for changes.
Professor Lucke thinks any one
can make denateured alcohol out OF al
lmost anything. such as corncobs, vege-
tables. fruit. sugarcane, etc. He sees
mo reason why the farmer cannot make
alcohol under permit and inspection by
government agents and denaturize Il
with simple poisons, such as petroleum
lbenzine. etc, and run his farm engines
Irrigation machinery and pumps viii
lit at a nominal cost He believes th'
trust viii start the prices at about 81
cents per gallon, to equalize It's cos
with that Of gasoline. and thereby opei
the way for the Independent American
citizen to make his own fuel and 70
Iinnumerable small companies or indi
vlduals to make it for their respective
localities at small cost TO small users
Professor Lucke sees no necessity 10
manufacturers making special alcono
engines.
Boomed BY the Kaiser sts a
To Emperor William It seems "
/ are really Indebted for the new indus
{ try Not that he discovered the fue
but that ne forced its use on Germany
. The Kaiser was enrdged at the o.
E Trust. and offered prizes and assist
5 ance to boom denaured alcohol 4
e lGermany and adopt Il to use IN the IN
( dustrios AS a result Germany to-da
is using the new fuel In every forf
{ of engine, and the German-Austria
! oil Trust has been lattened out
e In Germany Industrial alcohol ha
e displaced Kerosene as an illumindn
the expense per burner being only two
thirds OF that of kerosene, besides giv
ling a light equal 70 gas.
Under strict Supervision
Internal Revenue Commissions
Young says.
\ "This bureau Will 'endeavor TO at
minister the denatured alcohol law
the same manner II has heretofore az
lministered the law relating TO di
a titled spirits. II farmer or 9TH
t. person desires TO manufacture deni
II tured alcohol at plant howevl
= small ne will be required TO constru
Il his plant in the manner prescribed
e the general laws and regulations. I
e will be required to give a bond to pr
"a vent him from defrauding the govern
n ment Of the tax on any distilled spri
produced by him.
q "He viii also be required to estal
e lsh a distillery warehouse, to depos
n the spirits produced by him in q
[ warehouse. to establish a denaturii
N lbonded warehouse and to taxpay
a denature just as he may wish the a
cohol produced by him. All Of this W
be done under government supervisio
but the government pays for the supe
vision. There Is no objection TO a IA
mer manufacturing alcohol in his ha
yard provided he wants to establish
y distillery there
The interests Of the government al
the manufacturers OF and dealers
y taxpaid distilled spirits will aiwa
ie necessitate such governmental supe
on OF the manufacture OF spiri
y as will prevent frauds.