The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-08
Dsnatured Product Costs About
 35 Cents a Gallon
GUARDING AGAINST FRAUD
New Alcohol for General Commercial Will Contain Wood Alcohol and Small Percentage
 of Benzine.

Washington, October 7.-Mr. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue. with the approval of the secretary of the treas ury, today issued the departmental regu- lations controlling the making of dena- tured alcohol. it's handling and uses.
 These regulations follow and render eff fectlve a law enacted by the Congress at its last session, which provides for the withdrawal from bond, tax free, of domestic alcohol when the same Is re- garded unfit for beverage or liquid medic inal uses by the admxture of suitable denaturing matter and for the use of the denatured article In the arts and indus try and for fuel and light and power The law becomes effective January 1, 1907.
 The legislation is in harmony with sim liar enactments adopted by nearly all the foreign countries Great Britain in 1885 legislated on this subject along the same lines of our own law and France, Ger many Austria and nearly all the con- tinental powers now furnish their subjects alcohol free of tax for the uses above
 
 stated
 In discussing the new regulations MT. Yerkes said:
 Will Reduce Expense.
 '"rhe prime object to be attained by this type of legislation is to furnish for purely domestic uses and also for what might be called industrial domestic pur- fats nd phpan al- cohol with the hope thereby that there will be reduction of expenses in these departments.
 This denaturet alcohol will be com- petitor with flu ninating gas oil, gaso- line and coal.
 Tt will also furnish to manufacturers who use alcohol in the products of their factories alcohol free of heavy internal revenue tax nov levied on the same. This tax amourts y. g per wine gallon on alcohol at ig aegiees Of proof. 1t Is believed great benefit will be derived by the people by this legislation, and this certainly was in the mind of Congress, for. few public measures received such hearty and unanimous support as did these.
 Must Guard Against Fraud.
 ''In preparing the regulations It V--s esS sential to adopt rules that would prohibit as far as possible perpetration of any and all frauds against the revenue of the gov err rment by the reclamation and repurlh- cation of denature1 alcohol through re- distillation or other processes through the removal of the denatured ingredients ad- ded and restoration of the alcohol to It's original ccndition n for beverage and pot able purposes
 "T1nder the regulations now issued al- cohol of 1s0 degrees proof Is free from tax of sl9S per wine gallon after being denatured either by the use of some dena- turing material, or some specific material adapted especially to the uses of certain manufacturing interests. Therefore there will ,a two classes of denatured alcohol:
 '1 That styled completely denatured, which will pass Into general use for gen eral consumption, can be purchased at the stores without limiting regulations as against the private consumer; and
 '.2 Specially denatured, in which the material demanded by the needs of man. ufacturing interests will be regarded, and with limitations as to the use of this class confning 1t to the special manufacturing industry for which 1t Is prepared
 "3 Specially denatured alcohol will be kept under strict surveillance and gov ernmental supervision
 Wood Alcohol and Benzlne.
 ''For the completely denatured article to every one hundred gallons of ethyl alcohol will be added ten gallons of wood alcohol and one-half gallon of benzine
 "The denaturing process will be accom- plished on the distilery premises, where the alcohol is produced In special bonded warehouses designated and used alone for purposes and for the storage of denaturing materials.
 After the alcohol has been denatured if Is removed from the distillesy premises and then becomes a subject of either general distribution if completely dena- tured. or for distribution to the manu- featuring establishments whose denatur- ing formular have been approved by the government.
 "Denatured alcohol will supplant very largely, the consumption of wood alcohol for both domestic and manufacturing pur- poses as 1t will be cheaper.
 About 35 Gents Gallon.
 '-While the price of the completely den- atured production cannot now be definitely stated, 1t is believed 1t will not be more than 35 cents a gallon
 with regard to specially. denatured alcohol prices of that will naturally vary according to the cost of the denaturing Ingredients selected to meet the necessl ties of the manufacturing industries.
 'These special agents will only be used where it is made perfectly apparent to the department that the interests involved cannot use completely denatured alcohol by reason of the presence of wood alco- hoi or benzlne In that case some other agent or agents which will accomplish the purpose of destroying as far as possible the potable or beverage qualities of the alcohol and at the same time adapt the denatured article to the special ends desired, will be determined upon.
 ..The manufacturers will be required to furnish the desireed formula together with a sample of the denaturing agent produced. according to the formula. and a sample of the pure alcohol denatured with this special agent These will all be examined in the departmental laboratories, and If It is desired that the requirements of the law are met, then their use will be permitted.