The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-03
new INDUSTRY FOR
NORTH DAKOTA
POSSIBLE
Denaturized Alcohol May Be
Manufactured Very Cheaply
in This State.

More or less has been said and
printed within the past two months of
the denaturized alcohol bill which was
recently passed by congress.
That denaturized alcohol is destined
sometime to become a heavy COMPETE
tor of gasoline, it being excellent tbs
said for the furnishing of motive
power, and much cheaper than the
other, Is agreed by experts and those
who have investigated the subject all
over the United States.
That the denaturized alcohol manu-
featuring industry will ultimately be-
come an established business in North
Dakota, there seems no doubt. And
that in the not far distant future. /.
81 expect within three or four years
at the outside" said N. B. FELTON,, the
we'll known banker and townsite pro-
moter, member of the North Da-
kota Development company, a day or
two since, ito see several factories
established at different points in the
state for the manufacture of denatur-
lied alcohol. 1t can be produced very
cheaply, being made principally from
potatoes. though in the south it is
made from black strap, corn and
other vegetable products. may
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In the business myself and l have in
mind at the present time new town
site in an excellent potato growing
would thrive"
According to Geo. R. Ebersole of
Peoria, ILL.,, superintendent for the
Mound Distillery company of st. Louis,
the biggest thing in the business world
today, but one about which there is
still some uncertainty, is denaturized
alcohol.
1.-TWO points in favor of denaturized
alcohol" said Ebersole, "are that there
is more power in a gallon of 1t than
in gallon of gasoline, and that 1t is
not SO dangerous. 1t can be manu-
featured in unlimited quantities from
corn, sugar, potatoes and other pro-
ducts of the soil, and sold at IL to IA
cents a gallon. In Germany about
all the alcohol is made from potatoes,
and the industrial progress Of that
country is due in large measure to
its cheap alcohol for manufacturing
purposes. We are making alcohol now
in New Orleans and Brooklyn from
. black strap which is the formerly al
most worthless sugar cane after the
sugar has been extracted. BY new
process the rum taste which such al
cohol used to have Is eliminated and 1t
/. now sells right along with corn alco-
e hol, but at about one cent gallon
Mess.
"Since the automobile arrived the
#Standard OIL company has announced
Ethat the demand for gasoline has eX-
S2ceeded the production. Whether or
u not this Ia really SO, we know that an
automobile, or any other machine or
4 machinery, can be operated at less
expense with alcohol than with gaso-
aline. Alcohol will also be a competi-
d tor of the Standard Oil company's
Mother products, for it will be used for
@smaking gas and all lighting purposes.
What the Standard will do in the case
is a question. 1t may try to buy up
all the distilleries and control the
business, and 1t is credited with hav-
ing enough money to do SO. Or 1t
may. increase the production and de-
crease the price of gasoline. Our COM
pany, the American Spirits Manufac-
/ turing company, which is mistakenly
called the Whiskey trust, owns distil-
leries all over the country, and Is In q
position to start up number OF them
which are now shut downcand manu-
facture denaturized alcohol on large
I scale. The law. which goes into effect
/ January 1, next, prohibits the making
/ of alcohol for drinking purposes and
denaturized alcohol in the same dis
tilleries. No arrangements have yet
! been made, that know of. for manu-
i featuring denaturized alcohol, for the
a commissioner of internal revenue, who
y Is now in Europe investigating the
d matter, has not yet decided what
\ poison 1t must contain. His decision
Y may have an important bearing on
re- the cost and also on the product from
s which It can best be made"
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