Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-09
DENATURED ALCOHOL LAW.
Governing Its Making, Use
and Handling.

and Handling.
Mr.. Yerkes, commissioner of inter-
nal revenue, with the approval Of the
secretary Of the treasury, has issued
the departmental regulations controll-
ing the making of denatured alcohol,
its handling and its uses.
These regulations followed and rem
der effective law enacted by the con-
gress at it's last session, and which
provides for the withdrawal from
bond, tax free, Of domestic alcohol
when same is rendered unfit for bever-
age or liquid medicinal uses by the
admixture of suitable denaturing ma
terials, and for the use Of the dena-
tured article in the arts and indus
tries, and for fuel, light and power.
The law becomes effective January
1. 1907.
This legislation Is in harmony with
similar enactments adopted by nearly
all foreign countries. Great Britain In
1855. legislated on this subject along
the same lines of our own law, and
France, Germany, Austria and virtual
ly all the continental powers now fur
nish their subjects alcohol free OF tax
for the uses above stated. In discuss
ing the new regulations today Mr..
Yerkes said:
by this type of legislation Is to fur
nish, for purely domestic uses and also
for what might be called industrial
domestic purposes, heat light and
power, cheap alcohol with the hope
that thereby there will be reduction
of expenses in these departments.
This denatured alcohol will be a
competitor with illuminating oils, gas
olene and coal.
'It will also furnish to manufactur-
ers who use alcohol in the products OF
their factories, alcohol free OF the
heavy internal revenue tax now levied
on same. This tax amounts TO ABOUT
50 per wine gallon on alcohol at lSO
degrees proof.
ut is believed great benefit will be
derived by the people from this legis-
lation and this certainty was In the
mind of congress, for few public meas
ures received such hearty and unani-
nous support as did this.
I'm preparing the regulations 1t was
essential to adopt rules that would
prohibit as far as possible, perpetra-
ton Of any and all frauds against the
revenues Of the government by the
reclamation and republication OF de-
natured alcohol through Redistribution
or other processes, through the remoV-
al of the denatured ingredients ADDED
and restoration of the alcohol to Its
original condition for beverage and
potable purposes.
"To secure these ends 1t will be
necessary to use articles for denatur-
ing purposes that render the denatur-
ed product unfit for drinking purposes,
and also use such ingredients as are
the most difficult to separate from
pure alcohol by chemical or other
processes.
IN determining upon the denaturing
agents to be used the cost OF same is
of great moment, for to render this new
legislation of practical use and beneht'
1t is necessary for the denatured pro-
duct to pass into the hands or the
consumer at as low price as can De
secured.
Under the regulations now issued
alcohol Of 1S0 degrees proof Is freed
from the tax Of $198 per wine gallon
after being denatured by the use OF
either some general denaturing mate
rial or some specific material adapted
especially to the uses of certain manu-
featuring interests. There will, there
fore, be two classes Of denatured alco-
hol: First, that styled completely de-
natured," which will pass into general
use for general consumption, can be
purchased at the SlOTeS WltllOul Hiiht
ing regulations as against the private
consumer: and, second specially de-
natured," in which the material de-
manded by the needs Of manufacturing
interests will be regarded and with
limitations as to the use Of this class,
confining 1t to the special manufactur-
ing industry for which 1t is prepared.
"This especially denatured alcohol
will be kept under strict surveillance
and governmental supervision.
For the completely denatured arti-
Gle ten parts of wood methyl alcohol
and one-half part Of benzine will be
added to one hundred parts of ethyl
alcohol: in other words, to every one
hundred gallons Of ethyl alcohol will
be added ten gallons Of wood alcohol
and one-half gallon Of benzine.
1.-The denaturing process will be ac-
complished on the distillery premises,
where the alcohol is produced, In spe-
cial bonded warehouses designated
and used alone for denaturing pur-
poses and for the storage Of denatur-
ing materials. These buildings and
the operation itself will be under clos
est governmental inspection and con-
troll"