Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-03-08
The GREAT VALUE
0EFR 4 ALCOHOL

rhe Removal of Revenue Tax 7
from Alcohol Will Stimu.
late Industries.
A measure introduced in the house
IF representatives by Mr.. Marshall of
North Dakota has for it's purpose the.
removal of the internal revenue tax
on alcohol, and it's. passage is Of vast
especially to such agricul-
tural states as Minnesota. Not only
will it benefit the farmer who pro-
duces the raw material from which
alcohol is made, but it will contri-
butte to his further advantage in a
cheap and safe motive power for use
on the farm as well as light and heat
for his: home. ..s,s,:s 5s :. 81. . !
At present alcohol for beverages
and industrial alcohol are subject to
tax Of more than 81 a gallon. In
dustrial alcohol, according to the de-
'lpartment of .ag lieu lture, could be
sold profit ably, were there no tax on
lit, for about fifteen cents gallon;
and under the increased demand that
would be sure to follow, it is possible
it could be sold proftably for 10 cents
a gallon. # Z. ss#.s 3, tsz,s n ...:.,s
F The use Of Alcohol as an industrial
material figures prominently in the
manufacture of nearly one hundred
different articles. These range from
articles of household use and necessi-
ty to electrical. machinery, annual
tion and firearms g..
Take the item of soap, for instance.
Alcohol is used in the manufacture
of soap, as a solvent for clarifying.
Transparent soap is made by mixing
fat and soda to form soap mixture
in the usual way. Alcohol is then ad-
ded and an emulsion formed by vio-
lent agitation, thus bringing the al
cohol into contact with every particle
of the soap. The alcohol is then al
lowed to evaporate and the now
transparent soap is run into moulds
and pressed into the shapes in which
it is sold.
The sales of transparent soap thru
out the world are enormous, the an
nual sales of one foreign manufacture
er in the United States alone being
about IA, 400,O cakes. Vrey little is
made in this country owing to the
fact that the manufacture is increas-
ed over IS a gross on account of the
internal revenue tax of S2.O7 per gal
Ion on alcohol,
/ What is true of soap<is in a large
measure true of smokleess powder.
The weight of alcohol required in
making the best smokeless powder is
Ia times the weight of the finished
powder. The internal revenue on
this alcohol is s2.08 a gallon, making
the tax on the quantity necessary to
use in making pound of the best
smokeless powder 81 cents. The re-
suit is that the sportsman must
either be satisfied to use an inferior
powder, with the danger of excessive
fouling and corroding, or pay an ex-
cessive price for the best.
The government secures the best
powder for the army and navy at the
lowest price allowing the manufac-
turers to use tax-free alcohol in man.
ufacturing powder for government
account. For all other parties tax
paid alcohol must be used.
The Importance Of cheap alcohol is
now so we'll appreciated in Europe
that in all of the leading countries
exhibitions to promote it's industrial
uses are held annually. In a special
report on the exposition held in Ber-
lin, United States Consul General f.
H. Mason referred to the use of alco-
hol for lighting and heating and
other domestic purposes as follows:
1.-THE department. Of lighting and
heating apparatus includes a vast and
varied display of lamps, chandeliers,
street and corridor lights, in which
alcohol vapor burns with an incande-
scent flame which rivals arc ligths in
brilliancy and requires to be shaded
to adapt it to the endurance of the
human eye. There has been a great
improvement in the lamps and chan
deliers for alcohol lighting, which
are up to the best standard of modern
fixtures for gas and electricity, with
which alcohol lighting is now COM
peting with increased success in this
country. ~
81. ''The ordinary shade lamp for
everyday use is made of bronze with
white porcelain shade and costs from
81. SO to $3.50, according to size and
design, giving. light of 30 candles
at cost for alcohol Of one-third of
one cent an hour, III
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