The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-10-11
TAX FREE ALCOHOL
Regulation Governing the Process
Of Denaturing Issued by Inter-
nal Revenue Department.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST.
Product VIII be Used for Heat,
Light and Power Purposes
Wood Alcohol and Ben
zine to He Added.

washington, Oct. 9.-Mr YerkeS
commissioner of internal revenue
with the APPROVAL of the secretary OF
the treasury, Sunday issued the de-
partmental regulations controlling the
making of denatured alcohol the hand
ling Of the same and Its uses.
These regulations follow and render
effective law enacted by congress
at its last session, and which provides
for the withdrawal from bond, tax
free, of domestic alcohol when the
same is rendered unfit for beverage
or liquid medicinal uses by the ad-
mixture of suitable denaturing mate
rails and for the use of the denatured
article in the arts and industries, and
for fuel, light and power.
The law becomes effective January
/, 1907.
In discussing the new regulations
Sunday Mr.. Yerkes said:
"The prime object to be attained
by this type Of legislation is to fur
aish for purely domestic uses, and al
so for what might be called industrial
domestic purposes, heat, light and
power, cheap alcohol, with the hope
thereby that there will be reduction
If expenses in the departments.
This denatured alcohol will be
competitor with Illuminating oil, gas
oline and coal.
"In determining on the denaturins
agents 10 be used the cost Of the same
is of great moment, for to render this
new legislation of pactical use and
benefit, 1t is necessary for the dena
tured product to pass into the hands
Of the consumer at as low a price as
can be secured.
Under the regulations now issued
alcohol Of $50 degrees proof Is freed
from the tax Of $1.9S per wine gallon
after being denatured by the use G
either some general denaturing ma.
terial or some specific material
adapted especially to the uses Of
certain manufacturing interests. There
will. therefore, be two classes of de-
natured alcohol; first, that styled
completely danatured,' which will
pass into general use for general con
sumption, can be purchased at stores
without limiting regulations as against
the private consumer; and second
specially denatured,' In which the
material demanded by the needs OF
manufacturing interests will be re
gardad, and with limitations as to the
use of this class, combining it to the
special manufacturing industry for
which 1t i3 prepared.
This specially featured alcohol
will be kept under strict surveil ance
md governmental supervision.
For the completely featured ar
ticle, to everyone hundred gallons Of
ethyl alcohol will be added ten gallons
Of wood alcohol and one-half gallon
Of benzine.
"The denaturing process will be &C
complished on the distil'ery premises,
where the alcohol Is produced, in
special bonded warehouses designated
md used alone for denaturing pur-
poses and for the storage Of denatur-
ng materials. These buildings and
be operation itself viii be under clos
EST governmental inspection and con-
trol.
After the alcohol has been dena
tured It Is removed from the distil
lery premises and then becomes a
subject either of general distribution,
If completely denatured, or for distri'
button to the manufacturing establish
ments whose special denaturlng for
formulas have been approved by the
government
"Denatured alcohol will supplant
very largely the consumption Of wood
alcohol for both domestic and manu-
featuring purposes, as 1t will be
cheaper.
while the price Of the completely
denatured product ca1 not now be
definitely stated, 1t Is believed 1t will
not be more than 35 cents a gallon.
The regulations number 1872 and
deal In the smallest detail with ey-
cry part of the process Of denaturiz
ing and consequently are extremely
technical.