The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-07
WOOD ALCOHOL
men GIVEN BLOW
AUSTIN FARRELL TAKES A HIGH
LY PESsIMISTIC VIEW.
Wood Alcohol Plants and the Industry
They Have Created in Northern
Michigan Will Be Seriously Crippled,
He Says, by the New Free Alcohol
Law. Is If.
Special to The Journal.

special TO The journal.
Calumet, Mich. June THE enactment by
congress Of the so-called free alcohol law Will
be felt in Marquette and the upper peninsula
with greater effect than in any other section
OF the country, and may ultimately result In
depriving that city of its chief industry. the
Pioneer Iron company's chemical plant. It 10
impossible at the moment to estimate the
tent of damage that will be worked by the
measure, but 1t is the opinion of the charcoal
manufacturers that the industry will be perma-
nently crippled, IL not destroyed, the output
curtailed and the industry relegated from a
position Of yielding fair remuneration on capital
invested to the ranks Of an Improbable busi-
ness. z = r'-
Austin Farrell manager Of the Pioneer Iron
eompanys charcoal furnaces in the upper penin-
sula says his company VIII be permanently
crippled by the new law. Until the wood
alcohol manufacturers have had opportunity to
meet conditions that will be shaped to conform
with the new Law, 1t will be impossible to tell
just how badly the industry will be crippled
he says. ut may be said with certainty, how
ever, that business will be permanently
impaired, and perhaps entirely destroyed. The
Pioneer Iron company has over 200 men in
Its employ in the furnace department, and more
than 100000 invested in its business. 1
cannot give even an estimate Of the probable
damage that will result by the enactment of the
law, but 1t is certain that the curtailment Of
| output. which in turn means the employment
Of smaller force Of laborers. will ensue.
Says "Standard" Not Interested.
D.
interested in the killing Of the so-called free
! alcohol bill Is buncombe. Standard OIL had no
interest In. the bill whatever, as the removal of
| the tax on grain alcohol would have nothing to
/ do with the price Of gasolene.a Notwithstanding
! the friends of the free alcohol bill insisted
| that denatured alcohol would substitute 1t. Gas
olene will not be affected In price. or fall into
diguse by substitution.
| Congressman Young Of this district is the
one Michigan congressman who had the courage
to stand and fight for the protection Of one Of
the record Of his colleagues who lined up against
ed It," --.gss
Convict Labor Proposition.
| Horatio s. Earle, state highway commissioner,
| will pay visit to the upper peninsula for the
| purpose of Investigating the advisability and
practicability Of utilizing convict labor in pre-
pairing material for highways." The commits
sioner Is now at Lamont, ILL.,, On the Chicago
drainage canal. Inspecting large stone-crushing
4 to Michigan Will visit Joliet for the purpose
/ Of gathering Information relative to how the
prison officials expect to carry on the operation
Of stone crushing plant now being installed.
j The commissioner expects to visit Houghton
i county and Isle Royale and spend a few dayi
/ in the vicinity of Marquette. .sEz
! Job for Mining Graduate. L
Enoch J. Henderson, who was graduated from
the Michigan College Of Mines a few weeks
1 ago. and was president of the class of 1906
has been placed in charge of the operations Of
the Copper Crown Mining company Of st. Louis
which IS opening the Hamilton and Norwich
mines in Ontonagon county. fairly goot
showing Of copper is in evidence. ,5
.s,'...g l., Lost Man Is Found.
Charles Goulette of Laurium, aged 81 years
was found near the Franklin Junior mine, afte
having been missing two days. He had lef
home In search of COW and became lost in th
woods. Several searching parties looked 70
him. He did not suffer from exposure.
wooNsoCKET, s. D.-The annual camp meet
ing of the Adventists of South Dakota is bein
held in the City park, and will continue unit
June 1s. ,--.7 -.-r .sr