The Detroit times., 1916-10-28
Supply Cannot Last
Longer, Says Wash
ingtOn Report
SUBSTITUTES NOT
BEING SUPPRESSED
None of Any Value Has
Yet Reached Sow
eminent


ment officials do not agree with the
statement recently attributed to
Henry Ford OF Detroit. that big oil
magnates are doing their best to
suppress he development Of sub |
stitutes for gasoline II there are
such officials they cannot be found |
In the departments that ordinarily !
have 10 DO with investigating the |
production OF substances 10 take the |
place Of gasoline in combustion On.
sines
Thus far" said Van II. Man
ming director OF the bureau OF !
mines. the government has never
had submitted 20 il substance that |
will really do the combustion work |
OF gasoline, with the exception OF
alcohol and aside from benzol, naph-
tha and other near-gasoline prod
ucts All the products they claim |
Will do the work Of gasoline are |
manufactured mostly OF that natural |
product
The oil interests would have 1T |
ne cause 10 ny 20 suppress the DE- |
yclopment OF substitutes They are |
having a hard time supplying the |
market AZ present and are resortne |
20 patented me1hodsfor redistilling |
crude waste oils 10 take of add |
tional gasoline 10 meet the demand
A. the federal trade board IL wac
said no rumors had ever come TO
them thar oil interests were en- /
ploying unfair methods 20 kin of I
competition from inventors Of gaso /
line substitutes The only manner /
In which the oil magnates could o..
crate unfairly against the invention /
OF substitutes was said 10 be- thru
lowering the price OF gasoline 10
drive tho substitutes of the market .
Jr by brjb.rg those familiar with
trade secrets 10 give mp formulas
FOR any gasoline substitute that
wicht come on The market 10
Hr. have come 10 light r. was
a.3 haviue either of these couGI /
-9us 10 exist
The statement that denaturet al .
eohoI If used in place Of gasoline
would drive the latter of The
market was secuted by Or Alzberg.
chief OF the bureau OF chemistry Of /
the department Of agriculture.
Alcohol can be used very EN-
ciently in gasoline engines ." he said
This is generally known but # is
also known that the cost Of alec.
hol for use in combustion engines
is far in excess OF the price OF
gasoline Denatured alcohol Is very
easily made and tho formulas and
treasury department prescriptions
for making it are quite widely
known Nevertheless. il IL not gen
orally used in place OF gasoline. sim
ply because it costs too much"
In an interview recently printed
Henry Ford is said TO have made
the statement that those Interested
in gasoline were TO blame for the
nonuse of denatured alcohol in
place OF the product they were try
Ing 10 market
There is no need Of the oil in.
terests taking an active stand
against the production Of gasoline
substitutes or the use OF alcohol or
benzol in place Of gasoline said
W A Williams. chief Of the pc
troleum division OF the bureau of
mines.
Present indications are that our
gasoline supply may be cut on in
size OF 30 years AZ present the |
producers are having a hard time |
supplying the markets. There We're |
l072,0ooo0o gallons produced last
year This year there will Boz an !
Increase 10 billion and a quarter
gallons This viii hardly be enough |
/ OH renners will resort 10 redistil !
| lation az crude WASTES TO secure az !
least 5,00o 600 more gallons OF gas
| oliue Automobile manufacturers
tell M there viii be 10000 auto
mobiles operating this year. an in
crease OF "a million over the mum
Der operated last year
we have had hundreds Of gaso.
line substitutes sent Ms for investi
cation When we have examined
them We have found them to be
benzol and other light comburblcs !
treated with gasoline 10 give them
sufficient heat units to enable them |
20 produce motive power thru OK
plosion Many OF them we have |
found To be largely gasoline prod
ucts slightly tinted with coloring |
matter. and with instructions on
their containers that the user must
give this carburrtor plenty Of air 20
enable them TO explode These are
almost fakes and usually more ex-
pensive and less effective than gaso-
line in the long run
with regard to henzol. naphtha
and alcohol. they are all being used
abroad, particularly by The Germans
but this Is due 20 shortage IN
gasoline. and the use Of these com