The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
DENATURE ALCOHOL.
SURPLUS FRUITS AND VEGE.
TABLES AND WASTE STUFF

SURPLUS FRUITS AND VEGE
TABLES AND WASTE STUFF
Can Be Made Into Material for Eeat
ing, Lighting and Running
Engines.
The passage Of the denature alco
hol bill by Congress at its recent ses
sion Is one Of the best and most help
ful measures ever gotten through thai
body. Many persons do not fully un
derstand the real help that is to come
from this bill, but when they learr
that denatured alcohol can be use6
for the same purpose that gasoline Is
they will understand in measure thu
great benefits that We may reasonably
expect to derive from it," says Mr.
Sligo Meyers. OF Savannah, Ca, who
has given the matter great deal Of
thought and his views on the subject
are Of more than ordinary interest
I am reliably informed that dena.
tured alcohol can be produced at a
cost OF from 6 to 10 cents per gallon,
and I know that tine processes Of max.
ing it are not very difficult, and in
fact are in reach Of any farmer Of Or
dinary means. Though every farmer
has not sufficient quantities ct raw
material for making such an enter.
prise profitable yet in each neighbor-
mood there is plenty Of material
that is wasted every year to make
these plants paying from the very
start. D3natured alcohol can be made
from any fruits, corn and all grain,
sugar cane, potatoes, beets and doz-
en- other vegetables.
It has occurred to me that the best
thing to do with the large surplus
fruit and vegetable crops Of the state
would be to convert them into dena-
tured alcohol. When this is done va
have at hand the fuel for running our
automobiles, our small power plants,
and instead Of burning coal Or wood
at high price We can use our cheap
and inexpensive alcohol for cooking
and lightning, heating purposes and
for many other uses. I should not 60
further with this interview before
stating the tact hatGenatured sico-
hol is poison and cannot be used as q
beverage any more SO than gasoline OF
kerosene-in fact, a very small Qusn-
tity taken internally produces death;
hence it Is thai no one. no matter
how religious, could object to it's man.
ufacture as it positively cannot be
used as beverage.
1.-The passage OF this bill Was d.
rect thrust at the Standard Oh, which
fought Its enactment into law with
all OF the powerful forces at it's COM
mand. The farmers Ct the country
were behind the bill and when these
horne. handed sons Of toll gave the
word it went on the statute books.
Denatured alcohol, you see, is destin-
ed to rob the Standard Oh OF a good
deal OF the profits it is now making
on gasoline. Denatured alcohol will
be used in 3 thousand different lines
OF art, with which chemists and skill
ed artisans ara familiar and with
which the general public have little
idea. Even I know Of only few uses
it can be put to, even these few de-
monstrate the fact that it's use will
become general In the United States
in q short time.
II am of the opinion that it will be
nearly a year before the government
will be able to permit the opening Of
these plants. In the meantime the
real benefits that may be expected
from the passage OF this bill will be.
come the subject Of favorable COM
ment in every section Of the country,
and when the government is ready
for opening Of these plants there will
be a thousand OF them ready to begin
business. Commissioner John W.
Ysrkes Of the internal Revenue De
partment, has gone abroad where he
will study the methods Of handling
these plants By other governments.
Most, II not all OF the important for
eign governments do not tax denatur.
ed alcohol, and it is said that in Ger
many, for instance, that 1t has been
Of great benefit to the small manu-
factrrer, and that it has done great
deal towards making Germany one OF
the leading manufacturing countries
Of the world. I look for 1t to have
! much the same effect In the United
States, and l am certain that no sec
tion Of country will be benefited 80
much from the cheap power thus
made possible as will the South.
1t may be generally understood
but at this time the regular alcohol
now in use is taxed at the rate OF
about 81 gallon. Under the bill just
passed this tax Is entirely removed.
AS have stated it will admit OF the
farmer utilizing every spare ouncs OF
the fruit and vegetable produces Of
bis farm which under the old law Has
not permissible, as so few could afford
to pay the tax to manufacture. ln
addition the demand for denatursd
alcohol at the price it had to be sold
was 80 insigfcant that no one cared
to manufacture it. 1t is now worth
in the open market about 81. SO pei
gallon. When the present bill becom'
es OF force, say year hence, 1T will be
sold at retail around 30 cents per gal
Ion and by the barrel at much small
sr prtcs. I look for new and more
prosperous era Of industrial activity
all through the country, and the man
who Is going to be the recipient OF
the greatest benefits is the sturdy and
hard headed farmer, in every section
OF the country"
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