The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-06-11

ing to the manufacture, beyond the
cost of constructing a room or build
ing, which, of course, need not be ex-
pensive. The small distillery will be
handicapped by greater economy in
manufacturing on a larger SCALE but
this would be largely offset by saving
in transportation.
"Distilleries could be established at
numerous points in Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, which would easily
compete with the big distilleries of
Illinois and Indiana, as we'll as the
molasses distilleries of the far east
and the gulf coast, as the country
distillery would be near the raw ma
terial and the consumers. In the
| west stock cattle and hogs are at
| hand to consume the slops and mash
/ from the stills.
In Interest of Farmer.
"This much is established clearly,
the law is framed in the interest of
| the farmer, and it is left to the in
genuity of the people to solve the
great problem of furnishing an mex
! haustible supply of materials to light
our homes, do our cooking, run our
| ing machinery, our motor wagons,
trucks and automobiles, and eventual
| ly warm our houses.
Whether alcohol can be made in
small quantities locally is more or
less problematical, and remains to
be demonstrated. There are more
than 5000 farm distilleries in Ger
many making denaturized alcohol for
fuel, light and heat. If the price is
high, alcohol can be made locally and
great benefit will accrue; if the price
is low, the benefit will come to our
people as consumers, while possibly
it may work benefit to our farmers
both going and coming A great deal
will depend upon the regulations gov
erning the amount ofdenaturizing ma
terials as this directly affects the cost.
Benefits to Accrue.
'The greatest benefit to the pro-
ducers will be as price regulator.
There will be no more burning of corn
in Kansas and no more potatoes in
vast quantities allowed to rot in the
ground. When raw material is cheap
it can be made into alcohol and stored.
uniform price, giving living profits
each year to our farmers, is much to
be desired, and is a much safer propo-
sition than a high price this year and
losing price next year.
Undoubtedly the first direct benefit
that will come to the whole mass of
the people will be in the use of alcohol
for lighting purposes. 1t has been
clearly demonstrated that one gallon
of alcohol is equal to two gallons of
Kerosene for producing light, and that
it is cleaner, safer and better. In view
of this greater efficiency, there ought
to be. no question as to its displacing
kerosene.
"One of the first effects of the law
will be to rehabilitate number of idle
distilleries in the country and to estab-
lish distilleries in connection with all
the beet and cane sugar refining plants
for the manufacture of alcohol. UP to
this time there has been but little sale
for alcohol made from refuse molasses,
as it has "a disagreeable odor and fla
vor and can be used only for low
grade rum and whisky, but such alco-
hol is entirely fit for the purpose of
heat, light and power
Alcohol From MoIasses.
Unquestionably the supply of alcohol
for use in the Atlantic and southern
states'WiH come largely from domestic
and imported refuse molasses, and the
hardest competition the western man
who makes alcohol from corn, pota-
toes or sugar beets, win have to meet
will be the alcohol produced from this
molasses. 1t is probable, however that
the east will consume all this class of
alcohol, and the cost of transportation
will operate in favor of the western
man.
Secretary Wilson said to Mr.. Mar
shall that in his opinion the south
would depend upon the refuse molasses
and cassava plant, and the north on
corn and the stock potato now raised
in Germany.
A New Yorker who visited Washing
ton this week assured several gentle
men that $50,000,O00 of New York
capital stood ready to see that all the
claims made by the friends of free al
cohol, as to it's being brought into
direct competition with gasolene and
kerosene, would be made good.
1t is agreed by all that the success
of the, proposition will depend on the
business being done on very small
margin, relying upon the volume of
the business to render it profitable.
implement Men Interested.
Manufacturers of agricultural imple-
ments all over the United States have
been greatly interested in this work;
the harvester manufacturing compan-
les particularly have been planning to
make internal combustion engines, the |
only drawback being the high price of /
gasoline. They are now pushing this |
work on large SCALE and will, there /
fore, become directly interested in
seeing that cheap fuel is supplied for /
them. The manufacturers of gasoline i
engines are in the same boat, and will |
be intensely interested in seeing alco-
1ol placed on the market at the lowest |
possible price. 1t has developed lately |
that the Standard Oil Co. has had |
agents visiting these manufacturers,
notifying them that 1t would be i'm |
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