The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-10-11

4 and Industrial Purposes and VIII be n
Competitor with Illuminating OIL.
Gasoline and Coai-Law Goes Into Ef-
feet on January First Next.
Washington, Oct s.-Mr. Yerkes.
commissioner of internal revenue.
with the APPROVAL OF the secretary Of
the treasury. Sunday issued the de-
partmental regulations controlling the
making OF denatured alcohol, the hand.
ling OF the same and its uses.
These regulations follow and render
effective law enacted by congress
at Its last session. and 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 ad.
mixture OF suitable donaturing mate
rails and for the use OF the denatured
article in the arts and industries, and
for fuel, light and power.
The law becomes effective January
1, 1907.
In discussing the new regulations
Sunday Mr.. Yerkes said:
"The prime object to be attained
by this type Of legislation is to fur
nish, for purely domestic uses, and al.
so for what might be called industrial
domestic purposes. heat, light and
power, cheap alcohol, with the hope
thereby that there will be reduction
of expenses in the departments.
This denatured alcohol will be
competitor with Illuminating oil, gas
oline and coal.
in determining on the denaturine
agents to be used the cost of the same
is Of great moment, for to render this
new legislation Of pactical use and
benefit, 1t Is necessary for the dena,
tured product to pass into the hands
of the consumer at as low a price as
can be secured.
Under the regulations now issued,
alcohol Of $50 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
adapted especially to the uses of
certain manufacturing interests. There
will, therefore, be two classes of de-
natured alcohol; first, that styled
completely denatured,' which will
pass into general use for general con-
sumption, can be purchased at stores
without limiting regulations as against
the private consumer; and second
specially denatured,' in which the
material demanded by the needs Of
manufacturing interests will be re-
garded. and with limitations as to the
use OF this class, combining 1t to the
special manufacturing industry for
which 1t Is prepared.
This specially featured alcohol
will be kept under strict surveillance
and governmental supervision.
For the completely featured ar
ticle, to everyone hundred gallons of
ethyl alcohol will be added ten gallons
Of wood alcohol and one-half gallon |
of benzine.
1.-THE denaturing process will be &C.
complished on the distillery premises,
where the alcohol is produced, in
special bonded warehouses designated |
and used alone for denaturing pur-
poses and for the storage of denatur-
ing materials. These buildings and
the operation itself will be under clos
est governmental inspection and con-
troll.
After the alcohol has been dena
tured 1t is removed from the distil- |
lery premises and then becomes a |
subject either Of general distribution,
II completely denatured, or for distri, |
button to the manufacturing establish |
ments whose special denaturing for
formulas have been approved by the |
government.
'Denatured alcohol will supplant |
very largely the consumption of wood |
alcohol for both domestic and manu-
featuring purposes, as 1t will be
cheaper.
while the price Of the completely
denatured product can not now be
definitely stated, 1t is believed 1t win |
not be more than 81 cents gallon.
The regulations number 152 and
deal in the smallest detail with ev.
cry part Of the process Of denaturiz-
Ing and consequently are extremely
technical.