The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-06
Will Work Revolution.

Murdoch rose to champion the So
called free alcohol bill.
viii Work Revolution.
Mr.. Murdoch made the assertion that
if the tax is taken off denaturlzed alco-
hol, it will work a revolution In the
field of fuel, power and illuminants. he
said:
- This will be accomplished partially
thru known methods, but greater de-
| velopment will come thru methods to be
discovered, for there is no industrial
avenue closed to the open sesame Of
I American genius. BY known methods
the same volume Of alcohol burns nearly
twice as long as kerosene and gives q
than gasolene.
By methods that are to come, be-
lieve that alcohol will advance far be-
this this because &c this country, the chief pro-
Queer Of corn which is the best source
of alcohol, has for nearly fifty years
held Industrial alcohol in leash.
cal products and fuels and illuminants
have been free. Burnable alcohol, for
industrial use, has been held back. Re
lease it, let American genius have hold
Of it, and it will open the door to a
chamber of marve}s. r.
Would Combat Oil Trust.
"The most important effect of re-
moving the tax on denaturized alcohol
would be it's regulation of the present
cratic price Of kerosene and gasolene.
cities at cents a gallon and in some Of
i the western states at 80 cents a gallon.
Kerosene has a similar range. The
price of, both is arbitrarily fixed.
+" Actual tests have demonstrated that
alcohol at 30c a gallon is cheaper for
light than kerosene at Is cents a gallon.
Twenty cent alcohol would drive 10-cent
kerosene down in: price or out Of the
| market. For internal combustion en-
cent gasolene down to 20 cents, and
would in time -supplant it perhaps, be-
cause gaso1ene, Of which petroleum
/ yields but . per cent, is increasing in
= price, because of it's increased use in
q engines. y +
J Is Adaptable Everywhere
! s4The internal combustion engine is
making a conquering march thru the
land. Light in wei ght, small in size
easy to start, requiring a minimum Of
attendance while in operation, it is
everywhere bringing rev economies Il
is turning the weekly newspaper press
the town feed mills, the lathe Of the vii
lage blacksmith, the belt of the local
elevator, and in some sections it bales
the farmers hay, shells his corn, shreds
the fodder, pumps the water, separates
the cream, saws the wood. -.
With the tax removed from de
natured alcohol the use of the interna
! combustion engine will increase BY
leaps and bounds. Experts estimat,
that the output will reach 100000 ALEC
hol engines year. .-- -: :. 4
GIN 1860 this country produced 90,
100000 gallons Of alcohol. This wa.
Wells, a special commissioner, reportel
to the fifty-third congress that in hi
opinion 33 per cent Of the whole pro
\ duct, prior to- the imposition Of an,
taxes on alcohol, was consumed in tn
arts and industries. Consequently wit
a population of 30,000,000 in 1850 w
used industrially and for fuel and ligh
! 30,000,0O0 gallons, that is one gallon 0
alcohol per capita. r. -<.-. +. 1911. s
g Leaving out Of consideration til
great inventions which have come sine
1860, other new uses and improve
8 methods, the same proportion woul
y bring our use of denatured alcohol tt
: day up to 100000 gallons annual,
s It will be far greater than that =