Evening star., 1907-07-26
D ENATURED ALCOHOL
REGULATIONS WHICH TAKE Eff
Feet SEPTEMBER / NEXT.
Notifications Of Old Regulations
Necessary Because They Were Too
Stringent in Some Points.

The denatured alcohol regulations just
completed to take the place September /
next Of the regulations heretofore issued,
are made necessary by the amendatory act
passed by the last Congress. The old regu-
lations were found to be unnecessarily
stringent at some points and the new regu-
latiOns have liberalized materially the gov
ernments method of handling the dena-
tured alcohol industry.
Under the new regulations, as under the
old, regularly registered distilleries may
construct denaturing warehouses on dis
tillery premises In addition to denaturing
warehouses on distillery premises, central
denaturing warehouses may be constructed
and operated at such points as in the
opinion Of the commissioner Of internal
revenue the business interests Of the coun-
try may require.
Proprietors of central denaturing ware
houses may transfer thereto for denatura-
ton other alcohol produced at their own
distilleries or alcohol purchased by them.
Alcohol of $50 degrees proof, or rum Of
1ov degrees proof, may be transferred in
barrels direct from distillery cisterns or
from distillery bonded warehouses either
to denaturing warehouses on distilery
premises or to central denaturing ware
houses. or alcohol for denaturation may be
transferred through pipes or by means of
tanks direct from cistern rooms to denatur-
ing warehouses or distillery premises or to
storage tanks in distillery bonded ware
houses and thence by means of pipes or
tanks to denaturing warehouses the
premises or to central denaturing ware
houses.
Likewise denatured alcohol may be trans
ferred from denaturing warehouse by
means Of tanks or tank cars to consumers
of, manufacturers using or dealers in de-
natured alcohol.
The method Of gauging either alcohol or
denatured alcohol transported in bulk-that
is to say, through pipes or by means Of
tanks or tank carS-under the new regula-
tions is by weight.
Weighing tanks may be established either
In cistern rooms, distillery warehouses, de-
maturing warehouses, or on the premises of
manufacturers using denatured alcohol or
dealers in denatured alcohol.
Modification Of Old Regulations.
The following are some of the important
particulars in which the old regulations
are modified, to wit: Manufacturers using
completely denatured alcohol are not re-
quired to set aside a storeroom in which to
keep the denatured product, but may keep
1t stored In locked tanks anywhere on their
premises, or they may keep IT in such
rooms on their premises as can be secured
by locks, when the factory is not In opera
tion.
Dealers in denatured alcohol are not re-
l.,
and a permit when secured continues In
force until revoked, and will not therefore
have to be renewed annually as heretofore.
Retail dealers in denatured alcohol are
not required to keep a record of any kind.
They may purchase alcohol in stamped
packages of five gallons or more or from
tank wagons in quantities of five gallons
or more, or they may purchase 1t in guam
titles of less than five gallons. provided
it is taken from stamped packages July
authorized tank wagons.
The provisions of the old regulations
whereby druggists, who are also dealers In
beverage alcoholic liquors, but who do not
sell such liquors to be consumed on their
premises, are permitted to sell denatured
alcohol on their premises, is extended to
grocers. The effect of this provision will
be to permit druggists or grocers who do
not operate regular saloons to sell de-
natured alcohol
One of the most important features of
the new regulations is that relating to the
construction and operation of Industrial
distilleries. Industrial distilleries may
produce alcohol from anything that con-
tains fermentable matter Under the regu-