The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
PAPER BY REV. |. E. Hall
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would have to go out of business.
Aside from this it is the one great
solvent, forming the basis of the
chemical and pharmaceutical industry
of this and all other countries. Every
food product or medical preparation,
of animal or vegetable origin, must
be prepared with double object in
view. 1t must be nutritious and pal
atable or remedial. When sugar is
not used as a preseryatiVe agent then
alchohol in some form is always used |
as such. In fact it is almost univer-
sally used in medical preparations.
Why should we continue to burn this |
yellow pine waste under the circum-
stances? 1t is morally wrong to !
waste anything, and any true expo
nent of the principles of political |
economy would admit that it would
be an economic error to destroy any
thing capable of being developed into
blessing the value of which would
exceed the cost of production.
To AnnuI Prohibition Law.
At present we cannot manufacture
ethyl alchohol for any purpose, no
difference how beneficent the motive,
or how important to the material
development and welfare of the coun-
try. We therefore, ask you gentle
/ me- to change the law so as to make
lit possible for us to convert our vel
low pine waste into useful CONNER
cial products, and we pray you to so
amend our statutes that ethyl alchohol
may be manufactured in Mississippi.
If you desire to do so, you may re-
strict this privilege with such meas
ures as win prohibit the sale of 1t
for any purpose in the state. n
We approve the principles 81 pro
Ribition. We would not approach you
with a request to do anything that
would mitigate or in any way change
the law which prohibits the manufac-
ture of Intoxicating liquors. We have
helped to make, and are proul of the
sentiment that dominates the public
, mind of the citizenship of this great
state. The request we make of you
/ will not increase the consumption of
, alcohol in Mississippi a particle. In
| considering the subject it should be
borne in mind that alcohol is not man.
ufactured to be used as a beverage. l
have been told that liquors known to
: be alcoholic, and used as a beverage,
) do not have alcohol added to them.
} That element is developed during the
f process Of fermentation and distilla-
! ton. The making Of alcohol is a sep
( arete industry, and the object of its
5 manufacture is for purposes entirely
t different.
| Company Ready To Enter Hattiesbure.
There is company standing ready
5 to enter Hattiesburg Immediately upon
5 our being able to secure the neces-
J sary amendment to our law. It is
z their purpose to erect a manufacturing
5 plant that will cost possibly $780,
000.00. This company will buy the
waste, similar to which has been
burned through the indefinite past,
and has left nothing but the ashes
They propose to manufacture various
products, and turn what has hereto
fore been of no use whatever into a
profit on the money expended and the
labor used. The plant to be operated
here, and others hat may be built
throughout the state, will give en-
ployment to scores of people, and
bring from all parts of the world the
money that will be paid as the pur-
chase price of these products. In
other words the result will be an in
crease in value, of every pine tree
standing, and will actually give value
to the stumps which have been a NUS
ance for ages. This is a practical
! undertaking. It is not speculative at
all AAoAS - q pidhe vi Ills KIM Sdiu
to be at Georgetown, s. c., which is
producing thousands of dollars worth
of useful commodities. 1t is also
stated that all the alcohol produced
by this immense institution is bought
by one firm, the Duponts, who have
for years been engaged in the manu-
4 facture of powder. There is now be-
ing erected similar plant at Fuller
ton, La, and 1t remains for Mississippi
pi to take but one step to secure a
i