The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-05-31
Benefits OF Cheap Alcohol.

The passage by Congress of the bill
relieving denatured alcohol from in
ternal revenue taxation promises vast
benefit 10 the country, Such law
will have important results in stimu-
lating industries which are now handi-
capped by the cost Of alcohol required
for mechanical purposes, and will add
enormously 10 the prospective profits
Of the agricultural community, be-
cause Of the increased opportunity for
making alcohol from farm products
and the impetus that will be, given 10
many lines Of manufacture.
Some important testimony was given
during the hearings before the Ways
and Means Committee preliminary 10
framing and reporting the free alcohol
bill. One Of the witnesses was the
representative Of great manufaetur.
ing company Of Lyons, France. who
said the corporation, with a capital Of
nearly 81 ,ooo. 900, had been formed for
the purpose Of making artificial silk,
provided ethyl or grain alcohol, essen
tial 10 the treatment OF the fabric.
should be freed from taxation, and
the establishment Of the plant here
would mean the employment Of 100
or 100 hands and the consumption Of
5000 gallons OF alcohol daily. In this
one enterprise vast amount would be
paid ont as wages 10 American work.
men, while the large quantity Of alec
hol required would provide a good
markc. for n big proportion Of farm
products, for ethyl alcohol can be
made from various kinds Of grain.
The height Of all absurdi,y was
reached in the las, IS months in i'm
porting from the Far East nearly
100000 gallons Of gasoline 10 meet
The ever.iucrcasing demand for power
purposes, when We might have grown
the corn which would have made a
better. cheaper and safer fuel upon the
very farms from which the demand for
power came.
The alcohol released from tax under
the provisions OF the bill il essential 10
the production Of smokeless powder,
and the alcohol al low cost would en-.
able the United States 10 compete
against The world for supplying the
marked al home and abroad. The |
same grade Of alcohol is used in the |
manufacture Of picture frames and
mouldings, and the export business il
handicapped by the excessive prices Of
alcohol here. the result being that the 1
American frames and mouldings are
sen, abroad In an unfinished state, TO
have the work completed where the
expense will be less, Ethyl alcohol
figures very prominently in the coal
TAR dye industry, Al almost every stage
Of The processes employed. Exemr.
t.on from the high cost Of alcohol
should give The business here great
Roadway, and there appears 10 be no
good reason why our manufacturers
cannot successfully compete with those
o. other countries. Oar output of these
dyes is about s2,too.coo annually, !
while GertnAny's exports alone amount
10 50. 90 900 worth.
Cheap denaiurd alcohol may be
largely used A. fuel. ard this will make
possible big saving. In scores 81
ways needless 10 enumerhis bat which
enter directly into the industrial and
doFnes4ie life 81 ihe coaulFy economies
wall be effected by freeing from taxa
ticn alcohol ~ The class in question.
and the wisdom 81 Congressional
action IN This direction is apparent.
--Tvy TiInes.