The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-11
GREAT THINGS ARE
EXPECTED FROM ii
Rules for Denaturins Alcohol Are Pro.
mulsated-Avai!able for 35
Cents = Gallon.

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Washington, D. c., Oct. 10.-Mr. Yerkes.
commissioner OF internal revenue, with the
approval of the secretary of the treasury
has issued the department regulations
controlling the making of denatured al
cohol handling Of the same and its
uses.
In discussing the new regulations today
Mr.. YefkeS said:
The 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 purposes,
such as heat, light and power, cheap ala
cohol, with the hope thereby that there
will be a reduction OF expenses III these
departments.
This denatured alcohol will be a CONF,
petitor with illuminating oil, gasoline and
coal.
1t will also furnish to manufacturers,
who use alcohol In their products, alcohol.
free of internal revenue tax now levied
IN the same. This tax amounts to about
81 per wine gallon on alcohol at $50 der
grees proof. 1t is believed great benefit
will be derived by the people by this legis-
lation, and this certainly was in the mind
of congress. for few public measures re-
ceived such hearty and unanimous support
as did this. +;
In prepa ing the regulations it was es-
sential to adopt rules that would prohibit,
ali al i frau ID AGAINST against the revenue Of t a"s cow cow
nj by the and puritica-
ton of denatured alcohol through redistil,
latlOR OF Otner processes through the re-
nova! of the denatured ingredients added
and the restoration of the alcohol to it's
original condition for beverage and port-
abln purposes.
to use articles for denaturins purposes
and also use such ingredients as are the
most difficult to separate FROM pure all
'pOhol by or other processes.
In determining on the denaturtng agents
to be used the cost of the same IS of great
moment, for to render this new legislation
Hf ynsoN q stca 81 nd 1nf,nft 4 = 4 6 nnncCu rNp
for the denatured product to pass into the
hands of the consumer at as low q price
as can be secured.
Under the regulations now issued alco1
hol of $50 degrees proof is freed from the
, tax of $1.9S per wine gallon, after being
%denatured by the use of either some gem
material adapted especially to the uses of
certain manufacturing interests. There
will, therefore, be two classes Of dena-
pletely denatured,' which will pass into
general use for general consumption and
can be purchased at stores without limit
sumner: and, second, specially denatured.'
in which the material demanded by the
needs Of manufacturing interests will be
regarded, and with limitations an to the
use of this class, combining it to the special
manufacturing industry for which 1t is
prepared.
kept under strict surveillance and gov
ermental supervision.
For the specially dcnatured article
ten parts of wood or nethyl alcohol and
one-half part of benzine will be added to
100 parts of ethyl alcohol. In other words,
to every 100 gallons of thyl alcohol will
be added ten gallons of wood alcohol and
one-half gallon of benZine.
The denaturing process will be accom-
plished on the distillery premises where
the alcohoI is produced, in special bonded
warehouses designated and used alone for
d~enaturing purposes and for the storage
of denaturing materials. These buildings
and the operation itself will be under the
closest government inspection and con-
troll. :.
After the alcohol has been denatured II
is removed from the d.stillery premises,
and then becomes a subject either of gen
eral distribution, if completely denatured
or for distributor to the manufacturing
establishments whose special denaturins
formula have been approved by the gov
eminent.
Denatured alcohol will supplant very
largely the consumption of wood alcoho
for both domestic and manufacturing pur
poses, as it Will be cheaper.
While the price of the completely de.
natured alcohol cannot now be definitel!
stated, it is believed it will not be more
than So cents a gallon. With regard t.
the specially denatured alcohol, the prict
of that VIII naturally vary according tt
} the cost of the denaturing ingredients Sc
lected to meet the necessities of the manu-
, featuring industries.