The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-11

creased 90 l-S per cent and a greater In
crease Will certainly come in the future.
Increase in Consumption.
In 1850. when alcohol was free OF tax
In this country, the consumption for In
dustrial purposes was one gallon per
ternal combustion engines and automo-
biles and motor boots. Today there are
10000 such engines in use IN the uplted
States. and we are manufacturing 10000
annually.
Will Make Radical Change.
Under these now conditions, with the
present prosperous times; tho eonsump-
ton in few years should reach 2coOoo,-
900 annually, In the opinion of the ex-
perts The greatest benefit to the pro
ducers Will be as a price regulator. There
will be no more burning Of corn In Kan
sas and no moro potatoes In vast guam
titles in Michigan allowed to rot IN the
ground. When raw material Is cheap "
cnn be made into alcohol and stored. y
uniform price, giving living Prohts each
year to our, farmers. Is much to be de
sired, and Ia a much safer proposition
than a high price this year and losing
price next year
Undoubtedly the nrst direct beneft that
Will come to the whole mass Of the peo-
pie Will be In the use of alcohol for light
Ing purposes. IT has been clearly dem
onstrated that one gallon OF alcohol is
equal 10 two gallons of kerosene for pro-
ducing light, and that II is cleaner, safer
and better. In view of this great eff
f1ciency, there ought 10 he no question as
to It's displacing .-croscne.
Starts Up Distilleries.
One of the first effects OF the law win
be TO rehabilItate a number OF Idle dis
tuerics in the country, and the estab-
lIshment OF dstilleries 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 mo-
lasses. as II has a disagreeable odor and
flavor, and can be used only for low
grade rum and whisky. but such alcohol
is entirely At for the purpose of heat
light and power.
The resident commissioner Of Porto
with great interest, and Keeping posted IN
regard thereto, with the result thnt the
authorities OF Porto Rico have recently
been making inquiries with view TO
finding n market Mt some price for the
enormous quantities OF moasses, refuse
from the manufacture of sugar. which
at the present time amounts TO a posi-
tive nuisance it's disposition being dead
expense
for use In the Atlantic and Southern
lasses, and the hardest competition that
the Western man who makes alcohol from
corn, potatoes or sugar beets, VIII have
TO meet Will be the alcohol produced from
this molnsses. 1t Is probable however.
that the East will consume all this class
or alcohol, and the cost of transportation
VIII operate IN IaNoT Oh tHe NcStei II IMAM
Boon to Manufacturers.
Manufacturers OF agricultural imple-
nents all over the United States have
been greatly interested I'm this work, the
harvester manufacturing companies par
ticularly have been planning to make in
formal combustion engines, the only draw
back being the high price Of gasolene.
They are now pushing this work on a
large scale. and will therefore become
directly Interested in seeing that cheap
fuel is supplied for them. The manu-
same boat and VIII be intensely inter
ested In seeing alcohol placed on the
market at the lowest possible price.
II has developed lately that the Stan
dard OIL company has had agents visit
ing these manufacturers. notifying them
that Il would be impossible. in view, OF
the Increased demand, TO supply the gas
and warning the manufacturers that they
would have TO adapt their engines to the
use of kerosene, winch Is not nearly as
suitable a material for the purpose.
Railroads Interested.
1t Is known that a large gasoline en-
sine manufacturing concern has been
making careful inquiries and gathering
all the dato available, In order TO be pre-
pared TO meet new conditions II Is also
known that a prominent railroad man
representing one of the roads traversing
iect with q view to establishing dlstil-
leries along the line OF his road, 1t is
said that this gentleman has been In
terested in the manufacture OF alcohol
and that he believes that II can be made
at price which would compete easily
with gasoline and kerosene
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