The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-21

instead Of gasosene and kerosene stoves.
eliminated, The fuel cannotssbe corr
riered, as you grow it annually. s; a2s
The farmer should raise non edi-
BILE potato, one that contains more
starch than the ordinary potato.
GERMANY tpFovld ess for saving the
|potato during sa wet season, when pos
sihility Of q crop failure By rot Is
averted. Potatoes are -. n,it into =
dryer and the water forced out. by hot
air process. 1t is estimated that pota-
toes contain 72sper cent water. With
this water elinHnated, potatoes viii
keep any number of years, az neither
frost nor heat sswills affect them. IL
placed in drNsplaceY they will keen
like strawssor hay This system is o
new idea, only put IN use in Germany
Of late years, and is being adopted by
other European, countries The potato
then can be stored away. for future
use. s5 s5 81
20 st' New, if the N orth Dakota farmers
had some of this stuff stored away. thew
could readily convert it into alcohol by
hauling a load of it to town and ex
changing the same for alcohol. Thus
averting a coal famine, such as has been
threatening many towns in that state.
Build Stills Now.
AL those figuring on building. stills
should begin now, at the present mo-
ment, and | fear they will encounter
not a little difficulty in getting infor.
nation regarding the installation of
the independent distilleries and some
body has bought up The. whisky trust,
and also nearly all the manufa cturing
companies that make distillihg ma
chinery. We will be forced to buy part
of the machinery from Germany and
pay Is per cent duty on it, and freight
on it from Germany.
Why not request or petition con.
gress to put all alcohol machinery on
the free list, and that, too, at once9
At the same time, when congress is re.
pealing or amending the present law.
put it in the present bill. That will
benefit nearly 90,000O0O people, while
at present it benefits only few,
Not SO Gloomy.
Congressman Marshall takes . less
gloomy view of the situation than Mr..
O,Connor. Instead of depioring, with
Mr.. O Conner, the fact that all matters
Of technical regulation have been left
ternal revenue, he rejoices in it as one
OF the strong features Of the bill.
s"rechnical matters, are always best
left in the hands Of experts, y said Mr..
Marshall while in Minneapolis yester-
day. We thought it best in drafting
the free alcohol bill to place the mat
ters of regulation and manufacture
where they could be easily changed to
meet changed conditions and improves
methods in manufacture Of denatured
alcohol.
"Mr. Yerkes can change the existing
regulations with a stroke Of the pen and
he will change them, I am sure, if it
appears that the method of; denaturing
is not the cheapest possible. I propose
to look into this matter further upon
my return to Washington and if it ap-
pears that unnecessary burdens have
been placed upon the manufacture of
denatured alcohol 7 will make every
effort to have them. removed. Forth
nately this can be done without enact
ing new bill or amending the exist
ing one. Mr.. Yerkes will doubtless re-
spond to the representations Of con-
gress, which probably will have the
backing of the president. =