The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-05
BIG PLANT WILL LOCATE HERE
PROVIDED STATE LAW IS
CHANGED ON ALCOHOL.
WOULD EMPLOY 500 men
monthly Pay Roll Would Be 100000
And Hall Million Dollars Saw
Mill Waste Would be Used Each
Year Contract is Secured.

100000 ethyl alcohol plant to
manufacture ethyl alcohol from saw
Gus. Hill slabs and other saw mill
waste; to employ 300 men, to a large
e~-~lt skilled and high-priced labor.
IS one OF the big things The CONNER
usl Club is working on for Hatties-
bsTg
The contract has been signed for
this plant and it needs only an amend
ment of the state law on the manufac-
tura Of intoxicating liquors for this
plant to become reality. The state
law at present prohibits the manu-
faeture of ethy) alcohol within the
state, though th@ manufacture of wood
alcohol and denatured alcohoho,is per-
msted. The special secret process to
b employed by this ethyl alcohol
usnt IS the only known process
Whereby ethyl alcohol and not wood
alcohol Is manufactured from wood.
A bill has already been introduced in
los legislature for the purpose Of
amending the present law, the bill
stating u3cincslly that the alcohol is
10 be mar Ifactured from wood waste
under government supervision, and
that the manufactured article is to
be selG only without the state, except
within the provisions of the present
state law, which permits the sale of
ethyl alcohol to hospitals and drug
gists.
The Hattiesburg Commercial Club
is deeply interested in the success of
this measure for not only is no in
vtsment or the gift of even a site
asked by the manufacturers, but the
establishment of the plant would add
largely to the taxable resources of
the county, and the employment of
approximately 300 laborers would
mean an increase in the monthly pay
roll Of over 100000.
but there is another side to the
matter The plant would use approx
imatey 500 tons of mill waste a day,
worth about 81 500 or a total for the
year Of about half a million dollars,
and now largely unutilized The plant
would furnish a market to the saw
mills in this section of this waste
and would thus preserve that much
OF the natural resources of the county.
Endorsed Commercial Club.
At meeting of the Commercial
Club Friday night this subject came
us tsr full and comprehensive dis
cussion. There were about one hun
dred and fifty members of the eh1b
preHent and among the number were
prominent ministers, lawyers, doc
tors and basiness men. DR.. A. F.
watkins. v. N. Seaman, S. e. Travis
c T. stevens, T. 8. Jackson, N e.
gasR syA others spoke In favor OF the
o,pvosltiop and the amendment OF
IN, state law, and when vote was
f,hsp it was unanimous in favor OF
b. ~, The subject was arranged
s.r further discussion at the banquet
% the members Of the legislature at
-. Hot.I Hattiesburg Saturday, but
~. Normal school proposition took
-. or much time, that the only as
..;ou Of the matter was in paper
- N. subject read by Mr., Frank
roote Members of the Legislature
wv ..,oD however, to the ]. ]. New
aor mill and we're shown the large
) .n.o,,rt of waste at that plant anu
tno subject was discussed prlvately
-, a,.nv of the visitors, and from
w., WV .omarl,s made by these visitors
m ~. sentiment, after seeing the MIL
' hearing the explanation OF the
anu .ition was practically unanl-
p'opo - favor of the proposed amend
~t D0 The Commercial Club VIII sens
nen', ton tn Jackson to further
0elPe nPonosition, and if possible the
W. a. committees of the Senate anu
House House will be brought here at 'ne -