Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-05
THE new " VOICE

THIS TEMPERANCE ORGAN FAv-
oRs REMOVAL OF TAX FROM IS
| DENATURlzED ALCOHOL. e.
The New Voice, the leading tenn
perance paper of the country, says:
In the foregoing pages is given a
somewhat comprehensive survey of
the movement for untaxed alcohol
for use in the arts and industries
The Prohibitionists, as a rule, have
Epaid no attention to this movement,
neither fayoring nor opposing IT. /
But would not such a policy be Of
material advantage to the prohibit
ton cause? 81. -s.t 7.:4.s
| Our war is not against either alco-
hoI or the proper use of alcohol.
We have no quarrel with the man
who wishes alcohol to pickle snakes,
T to Light his house, to drive his auto
mobile, to manufacture hats, var
nishes. shoes, enamels, dyestuffs,
Ishellacs, lacquer, finish for pianos
land organs, and a thousand things
(which enter into the manufactures Of
everyday life. >.'5 + 2s..5 MN 4
We have no objection to any use
full thing that can be done with alco-
ihol. We place alcohol on the same
plane with poisonous drugs and i'm.
pure meat. We have no objection to-
the sale Of poisonous drugs for
proper purposes. We have no objec-
tions to the sale of impure meat for
making soap, or fertilizer. But when
poisonous cocaine, morphine,
arsenic, etc.-are sold indiscrim-
inately for improper purposes, Tor
when the butcher attempts to market
impure meat for eating, how quickly
| do the war dogs of justice swoop
down on the offender. Why should
we single out alcohol as an exception
to this rule? 5s :1 n - . NJ
ne Germany is now producing nearly
10G, 100000 gallons of alcohol annu-
| ally for Industrial purposes. The.
United States has practically sup
pressed the manufacture Of alcohol
for proper purposes, and only pro-
duces about 1900 900 gallons for all
purposes, save In the form of whisky,
beer, etc, and only about 1000, 900
gallons of this is used in manufac-5
turing. :s IL ~ y y
We import our finest soaps, and
many similar articles, because we
have suppressed their manufacture
here by our prohibitory tax on one
|of their inpo rtant ingredients. s+t
The policy would not cause any
Iappreciable loss OF revenue because.
owing to the prohibitive tax, we get
practically no revenue out Of it any
how. 3.5. 5s ss'3$
BY allowing free alcohol, Germany
has become the chemical laboratory
LOT the world. 3s. h
Remove the tax on alcohol, when
properly denaturized, and we shall
not have to argue any more about
what to do with the distiIlers. Tell
them to 60 ahead and make alcohol
for proper purposes and quit selling
1T to make fools Of men
There is probably not d distillers
in the country who would not rather
make alcohol for legitimate and
useful purpose than for a market
| that brings down on his head the.
bitter maledictions Of half the human
race. 55s43
The proper way to cure a bad boy
Of his meanness Is TO kill the mean
ness and not kill the boy
We do battle against the saloon
and mot against the proper legiti-5
mate use Of alcohol.
The United States has suppressed
the use Of alcohol for proper pur-
poses, and gone into partnership with
scoundrels who wax fat, drowgy and
wicked by marketing 1t for destruc-
tive and confessedly Improper pur-
poses.
This policy needs reversing sup
press the irnproper use Of alcohol and