Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-08
ALCOHOL WILL Be
MUCH CHEAPER
REGULATIONS FOR DENATURE
ARE MADE PUBLIC
Product VIII Sell ss Low a. s5e
Gallon, Cutting Expenses In Arts,
Industries, Heat Light
and Power
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7--Commis-
sfoncr OF Internal Revenue Yerlxes,
with the approval of the secretary of
the treasury today issued the DEPART
mental regulations controlling the
making of denatured alcohol, the
handling OF the same and its uses.
These regulations follow and render
effective law enacted by congress
at its last session. which provides for
the withdrawal from bond tax free,
of domestic alcohol when the same
is rendered unfit for beverage or LIQUID
medicinal uses by the admixture of
suitable denaturing materials in the
arts and industries and for fuel, light
and power.
The law becomes effective January
1, 1907.
This legislation is in harmony with
similar enactments adopted by nearly
all foreign countries. Mr. Yerkes 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 domes-
tic purposes, heat, light and power,
cheap alcohol, with the hope thereby
that there will be reduction of ex-
penses in the departments.
This denatured alcohol will be a
oiine and coal.
1T will also furnish manufacturers
who use alcohol in the products of their
factories alcohol free of internal rev.
enue tax now levied on the same.
This tax amounts to about 81 per wine
gallon on alcohol at 1S0 degrees proof.
1t is believed great benefits will be
derived by the people by this legisla-
tion. and this certainly was the de-
sire of congress.
Under the regulations now issued,
alcohol of 1S0 degrees proof is freed
from the tax of $1.9S per wine gallon
after being denatured by the use of
either some general denaturing ma
terial or some specific material adapt
ed especially to the uses of certain
manufacturing interests. There will,
therefore, be two classes of denatured
alcohol; first, that styled completely
denatured,' which will pass into gem
eral use for general consumption and
can be purchased at stores without
limiting regulations as against the pri-
vate consumer, and, second, specially
denatured, In which the material de-
nanded by the needs of manufacturing
interests will be regarded and with
Limitations as to the use of this class,
combining II to the special manufac-
turing industry for which it is pre-
pared.
This specially denatured alcohol
will be kept under strict surveillance
and governmental supervision.
For the completely denatured ar
ticle ten parts of wood or ethyl al
cohol and one-half part of benzine will
be added to 10 parts of ethyl alcohol;
in other words, in every 100 gallons
of ethyl alcohol will be added ten gall
Ions of wood alcohol and one-half gal
Ion of benzine.
Denatured alcohol will supplant
very largely the consumption of wood
alcohol for both domestic and manu-
featuring purposes, as it will be cheap
err.
While the price of the completely
denatured product cannot now be def
initely stated it is believed 1t will now
be more than thirty-five cents a gallon.
THE manufacturers will be required
to furnish the desired formulae, to-
gether with sample of the denaturing
agent produced, according to the for
mulae. and a sample of the pure al
cohol denatured with this special agent.
These will all be thoroughly exam
ined in the departmental laboratorie:
and If it is decided that the require
ments of the law are met then their
use will be permitted"