The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-11-29
Expects a Rush Next Month
in Anticipation Of New
Law.
CHEAP ARTICLE is SURE
The Commissioner Hopes That Alcohol
Will Be Made Soon from
n Number of
Grains.


many Of the country's iistillers hav"
set applied 10 the bureau 90 internal
revenue for perfection of arrangements
under which dCnaturcd alcohol may be
produced. Commissioners Ycrkes. how
ever, Is not disappointed because OF the
small number of customers VINO nave
presented themselves ut his counter
ON the other hand, he does not cS-
pect that business viii develop activity
am December. The new law does not
take effect till January |. and month
viii give ample time 10 make any ar
ranEcmcnts that are required To be cf-
fectcd through the bureau.
II ~ explained that not many of the
whisky distillrries of IN" country max"
alcohol except as alcohol is a cnnstiiu-
put of their product ~ beverages.
Nbiskv NJ 100 proof g. about half wa
ter and half alcohol: while alcohol ~
produced az about ISIS proof. Under
the rules that have been adopted u
will be- allowed to be- dcnatured at
$50 proof or higher.
In and Outside the Trust.
Not over 30 per cont. az tic COM
mcrcial aiconoi 90 this country Ia pro-
duccd inside the trust Although IN"
total amount Of u " already very large
II comes from very few plants Most
OF IL * made nj Hammuni. Terra
Uautc and Ninccnncs. Ind: Peoria and
Pekin. III: Pcckstill. y. y. Ray CITY.
Mich and New orleans, ANA by two
plants In California. Perhaps half a
dozen distillCrs have called on COM
missioner Yerkcs thus far to- discuss
The question 30 complying with the law
so that they may become manufacture
crs Of the dcrlturcd product
Commissioned Ncrkcs hopes that In
the near future means VIII be dcvcl-
opcd to make alcohol from other prod
uris tran the grains now chiefly used.
In Bay city. Mich. there is one plant
that makes alcohol from IN" osinosa
water and other by products OF tn"
manufacture Of beet sugar. This la tho
only plaut of iis kind I'm the country
hut Commissioner Icrkcs believes that
In the near future the alcohol Will be-
a very important part of the output
" the sugar concerns at the beet sugar
cpnters. AZ New orleans the rcfuss
from the molasses establishments IL
turned into alcohol. About all the rest
az the country's output is grain alcos
hol. The department OF agriculture has
arranged for an investigation by eN-
merits OF the potatoes grown I'm Ger
many for use In alcohol manufacture.
Cheap Article Assured.
But even as matters stand. and
without the development OF manu-
facturc OF cheaper alcohol from other
articles. this country Will have about
tho cheapest alcohol In the world. II
Is strongly believed that tho sugar ter
rltory OF tho United States. cane a.
well aa beet, and inBular ns well as
,cohtlnental. will soon ind alcohol
profitable manufacture. and that from
the refuse OF the cane plantations In
Porto Rico. Hawaii. the Philippines
and Cuba there viii come an immense
supply OF very cheap alcohol for these
materials arc In Immense quantity and
productive OF alcohol at low cost.
Hawaiian alcohol can come into this
country without duty and free OF In
'tcrnai revenue tax. Porto Rico's situa-
,ion In different. and is anomalous. In
fact. the question OF importing alcohol.
under the new law, from the colonies
has developed another illustration OF
the curious diversity of treatment ac-
corded the colonies.
Yerkes Gives ID Up.
Porto Rico has free customs rights In
the United States. IL Is inside the union
so far az the tariff is concerned, but
outside OF IL rs 90 Internal revenue coli
lections The insulnr government has
itr internal revenue collections. and the
federal bureau has nothing To do with
them. the proceeds 20 to the Porto
RIcan treasury. not to- the federal. So
Porto Rican alcohol brought here would
have To- be subjected To- the same In
tcrnnl revenue tax as any other Inn
ported alcohol. though free from Gus
tom duties. cuba IL not even inside the
customs wall. though IL gets the benefit
OF the 20 per cent. reduction OF Dinglcy
rates granted To- cuba. The Philippines
arc In s;ill another status. and Hawaii
alone Is inside both the Internal rev
cnuc and the tariff laws OF the union.
"A gentleman from Porto Rico calling
on me some time ago" said Commits
sioner Nerkcs. spoke OF this and
asked: Can you tell me what We are
any how. we Porto Ricans"' | gave ID
up. Sometimes they seem to be Amer
leans. and at other times they plainly
aren't