The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-23
pENATuREp ALCOHOL

A year or so ago the whole country
was talking about the wonderful bene-
tits that would accrue to the farmer
following the enactment of the de-
natured alcohol law. but none Of these
benefits has thus far been sighted by
the farmer himself The trouble ap-
pears to be that hardly anyone has
taken advantage of the provisions Of
the law. Nobody is using waste ma
terias in making It. and the few peo-
pie who have thought of using it find
that It is still 100 high for general
use.
Congressman Murdoch was one OF
| those who was most instrumental in
pushing the denatured alcohol law
through congress. and his paper, the
| Wichita Eagle has been looking mp
| some new facts about it's manufac-
| ture. II Is every day. says the Eagle.
| becoming more evident that the dis
dllation Of alcohol for industrial pur-
poses will soon become a very inn
portant industry in this country. The
denatured article Is limited in supply
and the demand IS growing. Alcohol
not denatured and rendered unfit for
drinking now sells at wholesale for
S2.Sl per gallon druggist in this
city remarked the other day that the
price that consumers had to pay is
lpretty much all tax, and there is no
tax on the denatured article.
The government has become so
impressed with the importance OF de-
natured alcohol that it is urging dis
ltillers whose business has teen in
Iiured in some Of the states by proifi-
ibitory legislation TO engage in the
manufacture of denatured alcohol as
very little expense will be required
to change their distilleries for this
purpose. When the denatured alcohol
bill first passed congress it was fear
ed that the expense of maintaining a
government storekeeper and inspec-
tors would make the expense too
great for small distilers to pay. but
an explanation is given in a late gov
emmeat circular which fully explains
this point.
1t shows tnAt industrial distilleries
are those in which not more than 100
proof gallons of spirits can be pro-
duced in twenty-four hours, and in
whish alcohol for denaturation only
can be produced. The distiller must
give bond equal to the tax upon the
spirits that can be produced at still
in thirty days, operating at its full
capacity. The proprietor of the in.
dustrial distillery is not required 10
produce so per cent of the spirits
called for NY his statement: II he
accounts for all the material used and
!. all the spirits produced he cannot be
!, held for deficiency He can operate
his distillery at such times as suit his
convenience One or more persons
, or an association of persons may sci
up, register and operate an Industrial
= distillery that Is to say, IL may be
| operated by one farmer two farmers
or dozen farmers. The operator,
of the plant may have all or part o
the product denatured at the distil
cry for their own use or for local con
= sumption, or may sell it to a centra
y denaturing bonded warehouse. Alec
y hOl, before or after being denatured
!, may be transferred from the distill
cry in tanks or tank cars.
Regular distillers do not need am
q Instructions as TO the value of differ
a ent materials from which alcohol 4
. obtained. but for the benefit of far
s mers and others the government cir
r cular gives this information:
e The splrit-yielding material in veg
II etable matter is its fermentable con
T. tents. II has been demonstrated b
'e experiment that 100 pounds of tn
e following products of the farm wi
d. produce alcohol In the foIlowin
y quantities. Rice. six wine gallons
1870 degrees proof; rye, barley. smell
IN corn and sorghum seed, five gallons
IN irish potatoes, I l-2 gallons: casav3
e. l'2 gallons; turnips. four ffths ga
ie Ion; artichokee, ] IA gallons; suga
N beets, two gallons; sorghum or suga
D. cane, one gallon; waste molasses.
gallons; grapes, - gallons. banana
= ] four hfths gallons, and other fruit
from I TO ] ~ gallons
1T viii be seen, concludes tt
Eagle that If corn costs ffty-si
cents a bushel the corn to make fiy
gallons Of alcohol would cost SIC
or twenty cents a gallon, which is
good deal less than S2Sl This
course, does not include the cost
grinding and distilling the grain
which Is not very great II does NJ
cost very much to run q small di
tlllery. Two men can handle H."