Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-18
New Regulations Ready.

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New Regulations. Ready.
Whether there will be q greater de.
mand for the denatured alcohol when
the country becomes better acquainted
with Its use, Is, of course, matter
Of opinion. The internal revenue Of
ficers who are in touch with condi-
tons, however, are not looking for any
very marked increase II production
in the near future. The legal depart
ment of the bureau of internal rev.
enue is at work preparing regulations
for the carrying out OF the denntured
alcohol law as amended by the last
session Of congress These regula-
tons will be out about July i. Tho
amendments to. the law viii have the
effect OF making the presest regula-
tions practically useless. 1t Is the
purpose of the bureau to make the
regulations as liberal as they can be
made consistent with safety to the
governments revenue. AS is we'll
known, the purpose Of the amend
ments to the law last winter was to
facilitate the manufacture Of denatur-
ed alcohol by farmers, enabling them
to use up Various waste products in
such manufacture. The internal
revenue officials say they do not look
for the farmers of the country to I'M
dertake the manufacture OF alcohol to
any great extent, since they believe It
will be found by the average farmer
that the big establishments can turn
out the alcohol more cheaply than,
the small producer. One OF the ques-
tions the bureau of internal revenue
Is considering Is how the alcohol made
by the farmer or small producer shall
be denatured and favorable consider
alton Is being given to rules that win
require central denaturing plants in
stead of permitting the denaturing to
proceed wherever the alcohol is manu-.
featured.
Believe VIII supplant OIL.
Optimists on the subject Of ienatur-
ed alcohol continue to predict that it
will soon supplant oil hit 1t is plain
from the figures on production that
no great strides are being made in
that direction, and that before it will
be worth while for the farmers OF
the country or anyone else to man
ufacture any large amount of 1t a
demand must be created much greater
than the present demand
A sample Of the extreme hopeful
| ness of the denatured alcohol advo-
Gates is> shown in an interview with
Representative Ell. Hill of Connecti-
cut, one of the men instrumental in
| getting the denatuei alcohol law
| enacted. and who accompanied In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes
i to Germany to study the subject. Mr..
Hill says:
II know of no reason why private
stills should not be eventually in as
general use as they are in Germany.
In. that country last year, 10000, 900
bushels of potatoes were used by the
farmers for manufacture Of 100000
gallons, of alcohol. This was used
for light, heat. and fuel. practical up
planes being In a high state of per
lection. In this country, with the in.
telligence Of the farmers and their
native industry, believe alcohol will
largely supplant oil, as far as the
farm Is concerned"
Wilson a Believer.
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture has from the beginning
Of the agitation of this subject been
a profound believer In the great future
of denatured alcohol No man in
the government service is doing more
4 than he TODAY tn make the denafured