The Forrest City times., 1906-07-20
ALCOHOL FROM POTATOES.
Oil Mill May Manufacture the De.
 uatured Article.

Immense benefits will accrue to Forrest City and St. Francis county if the proposition printed below is put into practice:
 In an address recently before the Georgia Crushers Association at Lithia Springs. Ga. ]. A. Spurlin. chemist of the Little Rock Board Of Trade, spoke on denatured alcohol in it's relation 10 the oil mill. MT. Spur l lin is the originator of the idea to utilize the oil mills during the DOT tion Of the year when they are idle. l He proposes to have the various con- panies operating oil mills take up the manufacture Of denatured alcohol during the idle months. The plan as proposed by MT. spurlin has been taken up by many of the trade pa- pers and oil mill men have been going into the matter with view 10 adopt ing the plan as outlined. In explain ing the proposition to the Georgia crushers. Mir Spurlin said:
 MT. President, Ladies and Gentle men: l am to speak to you today OH a peculiar subject. I have just been informed by friend that alcohol meant the devil, and he seems to re- gard me as one of his imps. l have put forth the proposition because it's economic features appeal to me At present the oil mill is idle half the l year. That is an economic defect that We all have to study. There has just passed bill in our national congress that is going to have a decided in- 1 fuence on the cotton oil industry one way and anotfer. l refer 10 the bill 1 for the manufacture of .denatured alcohol free of tax for industrial pur- poses. have made the proposition that the cotton oil mill can use it's plant during the time that it is idle | for the manufacture Of this alcohol 1 from Irish potatoes. Potatoes can be 1 grown in enormous quantities in the south. and as heretofore We have had no market for this product If the 1 farm. you will confer benefit 10 the community in which your plant is To- cated should you decide that the 1 proposition will pay.
 POTATOES TO BE USED
 There are several sources from which this denatured alcohol can be made corn. sorghum molasses. pota- toes, etc. You may say that there are only three economic sources-corn. potatoes and molasses For our pur- poses we will consider only potatoes There is any quantity of potato land and there will be ready market for alcohol. The alcohol can be made for 20 to , cents per gallon. It will have to be made for this to compete with the corn product. There are thous- ands of by-products of alcohol and it will be mainly with these that the cotton oil min will be concerned. The process of the manufacture of all al cohol is the same and l will not go into that.
 ''1he main part of my proposition was that if the oil mills were to go into the manufacture of alcohol they would have by-product that could be fed to hogs. The cotton oil mill has long sought to feed cottonseed meal to hogs with very limited sue cess. You have in the potato residue something that has been tried and been found successful. Potato resi- due contains what is lacking in cot tonseed meal. and that is starch"
 This will furnish home market at probably staple or fixed price for all the potatoes that can be raised with in convenient radius of Forrest City. It will furnish employment to a large number of workmen at the mill here during the summer months.
 It will he of immense value to the planters and merchants of this county.
 We note also that alcohol can be made from the fibre of the cotton stalk. If this is true, there is no limit to the possibilities of our mills and farms.
 A GUARATEED CURE FOR PILES