The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-08-03
DENATURE ALCOHOL.
SURPLUS FRUITS AND VEGE-
TABLES AND WASTE STUFF
Can Be Made Into Material for Reat-
Ing, Lighting and Running
Engines.

ing, Lighting and Running
Engines.
The passage of the denature alco
hol bill by Congress at It's recent ses
sion Is one of the best and most help
full measures ever Cotton through that
| body. Many persons do not fully un.
derstand the real help that Is to come
from this bill, but when they learn
that denatured alcohol can be used
for the same purpose that gasoline is,
they will understand in measure the
great benefits that we may reasonably
expect to derive from it," says Mr.
Sligo Meyers. of Savannah, Ga, who
has given the matter q great deal of
thought and his views on the subject
are of moro than ordinary interest
II am reliably informed that dena.
tured alcohol can be produced at q
cost Of from 6 to 10 cents per gallon,
and know that the processes Of max
ing 1t are not very difficult, and in
fact are In reach of any farmer Of or.
dinary means. Though every farmer
has not sufficient quantities of raw
material for making such an enter
prise profitable yet in each neighbor.
hood there is plenty of material
that is wasted every year to make
these plants paying from the very
a I'm oil l. !
from any fruits, corn and all grain,
sugar cane, potatoes, beets and doz-
en- other vegetables.
1t has occurred to me that the best
thing to do with the large surplus
fruit and vegetable crops of the state
would be to convert them into dena-
tured alcohol When this is done we
have at hand the fuel for running our
automobiles, our small power plants,
and instead of burning coal or wood
at high price we can use our cheap
and inexpensive alcohol for cooking
and lightning, heating purposes and
for many other uses. l should not 20
further with this interview before
stating the faot that dcnatured aloo-
hol Is poison and cannot bs used az q
beverage any more so than gasoline OF
kerosene-in fact, 3 very small quan,
tity taken internally produces Death;
hence 1T is that no one, no matter
how religious, could OH joot to It's man
ufacture as it positively cannot be-
used as q beverage
The passage Of this bill was a d..
rect thrust at the Standard O i, which
fought Its enactment into law with
all Of the powerful forces at It's COM
mand, The farmers of the country
ssoiS ~ @.iist. Jssts8 bl,i S&ad " tiStl :slness
hornefhanded sons of toll gave the
word III went on the statute books.
Denatured alcohol, you see, is destin
cd to rob the Standard Oh Of q good
deal Of the profits 1t Is now making
on gasoline. Denatured alcohol will
be used in q thousand d.fferent lines
OF art, with which chemists and skill
ed artisans are familiar and with
which the general public have little
idea. Even l know of only few uses
1t can be put to, even these few de-
monstrate the fact that It's use will
become general In the United States
In q short time.
Il am Of the opinion that 1t will be
nearly year before the government
will be able to permit the opening Of
these plants. In the meantime the
real benefits Gha6 may be expected
from the passage ii this bill will be-.
come the subject Of favorable com
ment In every section Of the country,
and when the government Ia ready
for opening OF these plants there will
be thousand OF them ready to begin
business. Commissioner John w.
Yerkes OF the Internal Revenue De
partment, has gone abroad where he
Will study the methods Of handling
these plants by other governments.
Most, If not all Of the important for
eign governments do not tax denatur.
ed alcohol, and 1t is said that In Ger
many, for instance, that 1t has been
OF great benefit to the small manu-.
facturer, and that 1t has done a great
deal towards making Germany one OF
the leading manufacturing countries
of the world. l look for 1t to have
much the same effeot In the United
States, and am certain that no SOC
tlon OF country VIII be benefited &c
much from the cheap power thus
made possible as will the South.
1t may be generally understood
but at this time the regular alcohol
now In use Is taxed at the rate OF
about 81 q gallon. Under the bill Just
passed this tax is entirely removed
as l have stated 1t will admit OF the
farmer utilizing every spare ounce OF
the fruit and vegetable produces O!
his farm which under tho old law was
not permissible, as 80 few could afford
to pay the tax to manufacture. In
addition the demand for denatured
alcohol at the price 1t had to be sold
was 80 insighcant that no one careC
to manufacture it. 1t Is now worth
In the opel' market about 80 90 pei
gallon. When the present bin becom.
eB of force, say year hence, 1t will be-
sold at retail around 20 cents per gal
lon and by the barrel at much small
ef price. look for q new and moro
prosperous era OF industrial actiyit,
all through the country, and the mar
who is going to be the recipient OF
the greatest benefits Is the sturdy anC
hard headed farmer, In every seotior
OF the country"
Both S.ot.
Mrs IL. A. Lsaptrot was shot ant
instantly killed and her husband
probably fatally wounded Thursda,