Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-21
Congressman Marshall Designs
Measure to Remove the
Present Bans
OIL TRUST AS AN ENEMY
Propaganda Against tn, Denstured Al
eohol Rill Inspired By the Standard
company-J. J. Hill, Railway Mag
nate, Oppose. Pending Ship Subsidy
Bill.

committee Of the National Grange hAs
been In Washington fer several Gays
looking into the working OF the free
alcohol law, and has indorsed o bill IN
tended to permit the production OIL
denatured alcohol by farmers and otn-
ers who may want to establish smal'
stills. The bill agreed upon has been
introduced by Representative Marshall
OF North Dakota, who was one OF the
pioneers in the agitation for the pass
age OF the law enacted asst winter.
The salient feature OF the proposed
amendment is the provision that In lieu
Of bonded warehouses the commission
er Of internal revenue may permit, In
connection with distiIleiies manufact-
uring only alcohol to be denaturizeo'
the use OF distillery cisterns or tanks,
of such size as he may deem expedient,
designed to be locked ami sealed by an
authorized government officer, and ne
may prescribe. the time which aloonoi
may remain in such locked and sealed
clsterns or tanks, and the manner and
process OF denaturing OF. the distillery
PREMISES the alcohol contained In sucn
tanks or the manner Of transportation
cf such alcohol from the cisterns or
tanks to some denaturing bonded ware
house, there to be denat,rsd. The bill
further provides that deraturing bond
ed warehouses may be designated ana
set apart for denaturing purposes I'M
der conditions prescribed by the COM
missioner, upon the application OF any
registered distiller, any manufacture
licensed to use denatureG. alcohol, any
licensed wholesale dealer In denatured
alcohol, or any other person in the dis
erection Of the distiller
MI. Marshall says he Is satisfied
that the propaganda against the de-
natured alcohol law is in!spired by the
standard Oil Company, which natur-
ally doesn't want to see II succeed, for
fear OF its effect upon the demand for
gasoline. He says that the agents Of
the oil monopoly have b'sen very in
6ustrious in spreading information
tending to give the farmer the impress
sion that the establishment Of . distil-,
lery Is an expensive proposition, and
also that under the regul atoms q dis
tillery of less than 500 gallons daily ca
paoity cannot be operated Mr.. Mar
shall has been informed by Commits
sioner. Yerkes that there Is no mini
mum fixed upon the capacity Of a still
either in the law or regulations.
! Commissioner Yerkes has made a
IA Art a. n ynyoy re q nd
committee Of the house on the Marshall
bin. Mr.. Yerkes took the Marshall bill
and added to it certain ideas OF his
own, and has told the committee that
the legislation is wise.
Mr.. Marshall hopes to got the bill up
in the short term, and says he sees no
reason there should be no legislation
at this session. He is espe cially pleas
ed at the very lively interest shown by
Mr., Yerkes in favor OF doirlg something
Tor the small distillers.
The report that James j. Hill will
participate In any subsidy which may
result from the passage Of the pending
subsidy bill is without warrant. Men
in both houses Of congress, who have
been acquainted with Hills position for
years, say he would not tolch the SUBJ
sidy-=n fact could not afford to do SO
and that efforts to creae sentiment
against the legislation by bringing in
Hilps name are the result either Of
malice or ignorance.
On account of the size of Hilps ships,
crews of 500 men are required to man
them. These crews are Chinese, and
under the pending bill the crew would
have to be American, resulting in
greatly increased cost and labor com.
plications. There are other restrictions
In the bill to which Hill would not con-
sent. He, in the last session of con-
gress, and previous to that time, APP
peared before committees Of congress
and stated, positively, that he would
not qualify for the subsidy should the
bill pass, He has not changed his
0ind.