Evening star., 1922-03-04
YEAST FIRM FACES
PUZZLE IN ALCOHOL
Unavoidable BY Product,
Method of Disposal of Ban
ned Liquid a Problem.

Disppsa1 of industrial alcohol manu-
factured by the Fleischmann Com
pany. Inc. for which the prohibition
department permit was revoked last
night by commissioner Haynes to-
day assumed the proportions of a
problem noe. only in the offices of the
company branch factory, at Langdon.
but also at the prohibition bureau.
At the prohibition bureau there WAS
no definite statement TO be had on
the details of the enforcement of the
order 1t was learned that no drastic
action was planned for today and
that, since the Lansdon plant was
under the supervision of the govern
ment already, the way would be clear
at that location for the enforcement
of the order.
Although officials of the prihibitIon
group in the cities where agencies of
the company are located have been
ordered to seize supplies of industrial
alcohol in the plants, no move along
this line had been planned today 10"
the Langdon plant The Other
branches of the company are at Ieek
skill. y. Y: Ionkers, " y: Brooklyn.
y. y: Scranton, Pa: Philadelphi.i.
Jersey City, Cincinnati. Bridgeport
Conn: Cambridge. Mass, and Lang
don. ID. e.
At the plant in Langdon. however.
officials We're awaiting the ofhcial
statement of the prohibition bureau
and the direct orders which viii fol-
low on the banning of the permit.
Go Hand I'm Hand.
AS to its effect, one high official OF
the Fleischmann brajich hero stated
THAI it would be Impossible, virtually.
under the existing scheme TO manu-
facture compressed yeast without
manufacturing alcohol at the samr
time.
Yeast is manufactured in it's pri-
mary stages as liquid in which
there is alcoholic content compres-
sion sepa Sates the alcohol from the
yeast cake. If the permit b1ns the
manufacture of the alcohol. ask the
yeast company attaches. how will the
manufacture Of yeast be possible"
This is the problem confronting them
today, and an answer 10 this will h''
sought by them from the prohibition
bureau.
1t was thought. however at tn,
prohi bition bureau that alcohol mar =
ufactured with yeast could be allo" 70
ed to evaporate instead of being cor. =
served as heretofore.
The Langdon plant officials, how
ever. point out that ii would be diJ-
ficult proposition to allow the Loo
gallons of alcohol which is the dali
by-product of the factory to eyaporai' .
If they dump the alcohol into sew e
it is believed that unScruDulouS per
sons might lind some manner OF sal
vaging much of that product by d.
vious methods. As result they al
| awaiting the definite orders of ih'.
rohibition bureau as to the disposa!
of the alcohol.
An increase in the price OF yeast il
was stated. may be one of the results
; Of the order. The alcohors cost o:
, manufacture. since il is a hy-product.
was estimated by high official of tho
/ local branch TO be approximately -
cents per gallon. The tax paid to tlss
government on every gallon manufac
tured is s4.1S. and the selling price Is.
S46j, out of which must come the eA-
| penseS for barrels. distributing agents
and transportation. The amount
1 of revenue which the government would
lose through the revocation of permit. II
| was pointed out. will approximate $4,000
per day. The Joss to the company ~
| the wiping out of the by-product II Wa
! added. will probably force the company
| to make up the deficit by An IncreAse
, in the price of yeast.
Grounds for the revocation of per
mits were given as follows by Mr..
! Haynes:
{ Diversion of non-beverage alcohol
for beverage purposes: disposed al
! norlbeverage alcohol on forged per
; mits and without permits TO pur-
chase Gept and maintained false reG-
ordS and. at times, no records what
ever OF receipts and disposition az
non-beEerage alcohol; failed to I'll"
| transcript of records with the col
! lector of internal revenue. and other
wise acted n utmost bad faith with
respect 10 conforming with the ma
i tionaI prohibition acss and the reeu-
/ lations in carrying 'on business un-
der it's several permits'
! Officials declared they had no in
| formation as to the amount Of indus
| trial alcohol now on hand in the
f, F'Ieischmann agencies. which haN..
+; been ordered seized, but it was be
J lieved that the quantity was con
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