The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-19
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS.
DENiTURED ALCOHOL BILL DIS
APPOINTING.

APPOINTING.
Cha rIes E.. Duryea Hints at IT'S Advocates
Have Been Gold Bricked -stipuIatiOns
Exclude Farmers From Benents Rail.
roads Now Open 70 Motor vehicles.
Charles f. Duryea Of Reading. Pa. chair
man Of the Standardization OF
the American Motor Car Manufacturers As
ISOLATION, has written as follows 70 Alfred
Reeves. general manager Of the A. M. c. M.
A., concerning an item which appeared In
the Pioneer Press of st. Paul about the de-
natured alcohol bill: Il am enclosing clip
ping regarding denatured alcohol which ex-
plains itself. l do not know anything about
this alcohol bill. but II IL In true. as claimed.
that we have been gold bricked, and that
the business falls into the hands OF the
whiskey trust. l think IL would be well for
this association to getJnto toucn with other
associations interested and work along the
line OF an amendment making 10 possible,
as they do in Germany, for a farmer or any
one to own a still, which Is sealed by a Gov
eminent officer, and when filled with alcohol
can be opened and the alcohol removed
then denatured under the eye Of the Gov
eminent Inspector"
The clipping referred to by Mr.. Duryea
reads as follows: The congressman who
voted for the so-oalled free alcohol bill did
not intend that 1t should be converted by
the manipulations Of the internal revenue
bureau into a gold brick for the farmer.
They thought they we're bestowing a boon.
the benehcence of which would be felt on
every fsrmstead. But some flaws were left
in the bill which have enabled the Internal
revenue ONCE, which actively opposed its
passage, to rob it of every cent OF value as
providing a cheap material for power. light
and fuel. The lowest cost at which IL can
ha furuiahad under these Official mAniDula-
tons. is said to be IS cents per gallon. This
makes it impossible OF use in competition
with gasolene, coal oil and other fuels and
illuminants.
The only benehciaries Of the bill are the
manufacturers who were previously handi-
capped in CO mpetition' with their European
rivals by the 81. rs tax. The chief tools used
by the internal revenue officials In cheating
the farmers out of the benefits expected from
the law have been the requirement OF the use
of a large percentage OF wood alcohol as a de-
naturizer. the requirement OF a separate in
spector for every distilling plant, and the
limitation OF the privilege of manufacture to
distilleries having a capacity OF not less than
500 gallons OF alcohol per day, This last rule
makes impossible the manufacture even by
small groups of farmers cooperating together,
as in the case OF cooperate creameries.
Every one OF these requirements ts shown
by the experience of Germany and Cuba to be
InonS - DeunOGnS
80 IaaJou,. S~Ssno. oananS.sI
'naphthaline' and tformicaD aldehydro. used
at the rate of 90 cencigrammes per litre. and
claimed to cost only forty-seven-ten thous-
andths OF a cent per gallon OF alcohol. The
,.o,iad ~, a 80, maL.s ,La oost - dsnsr-
To- - osn.s q rauoD n. 70. ~..du -.
shoun bou aasiIv a ain o., . inansc,or In 90
49, o,,ands 80 ,araa nnuh.r - di.,ui.St~.
40 tho, tbsre the cos, of irsosc,ior 40 n.nh
ohlv M, mors thar a ,wsntis,h nar, -, 49,,
irposed by our astuts American revenue
on,ciaIs And for tho limit atom Of tbs nr;yi-
49," a 49, ~
eye Oh uis'ilia'ion to large CONCERNS tnere Is
no adequate excuse whatever, once the in
spection il made to conform to German
methods. Congress il sure TO have this busi-
ness again brought to it's attention At the com
ing session, Never dio an american execu-
tive bureau. apparently. so hasrantly defeat
~ in,arnsI r.veDra h,ra.n da,a.,e s
y 49, ue.ooteu; ~ Che
time oelns'Ms gooo intentions toward Ameri-
-
When c. J. Glidden. the globe girdling
Boston motorist. made a trip on railroad
tracks ui,h bis automobile aho,, - -
ago through the western part OF Canada to
the Pacific Coast his novel journey aroused
ST nrss. Gsa he OF !. comment .naa ssH a. AL over the world
- 81 IT. - a.
TRIP. TINS Time from chicago to the City of
Mexico. and his method OF travelling seems
to hav aroused a spirit OF emulation for ~
appears likely that his example ia ~ h. 81
49, W oo ioi-
lowed oy a hansas wy automobiles. He
desired TO travel to the Pacific coast for the
holida vs. md accordingly applied To one of tbs
railroads running into that tsrritorv ~, wse
.ons $500 y'INoiS 70 use
It's rals' onerlns TO pay a fair price for the
privilege. This request was placed before
the proper authorities, and az a result the
raiIroad man ha Va made a r,lin. - a..
that any one Wishing 10 drive a motor car over
their lines can do so upon payment Of 7 cents
a mile, the car to run the same as A tra In on
schedule and with a conductor on boar
This is the first time any railroad has ynaL.
such a rate. This action Of the -railro.d ~
rcisIs in throwing their tracks onen ~ Ou,
automobilist willing to paw their prics ha..
aroused the following conmen from Cha L.
"Wr Glidden will no down 70 f,roa n. a..
man reeponsibie for having one ned The sran,
railroads. OF the country 10 motor cor !. y
which NAV ultimately prove the means - !.
Wholesale benefit in the hiRhWays ~ ~
country This quoting Of = tsTif mossnnes
Nat ne ra iiroads are competirs wth HtSesanMi
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