The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-08
BY JAMES TERAsHER
NEA stan Correspondent

Tlnried ltYp THAR dyfdq tha nkhAH s4at
Ana headed for meme II 'T T NJ NJ
come ~ Vrashinotnn ~ tsv' =, ~ IS.
| the rovernt6ert come IA, mn OG0 cci
Ions az raoIasses Far indi,striai airn.
hol. AIT ma arreeS,aerlt war reacISd
THE head ~ the deleraAlnn a.,
no,inced that cn,,farenrns wgifi. ~.
Dafense S,in,lies CnTn ana nti,e,
arencies had been discnntinuAd ~,
( cs,ise 1T was not noesinie a. ~,
| rh,han cnnn,nt.slo,, n, accssst ~,
hasis submitted ~ the rynited state,
| Commission for tfa n,,rchass ~ s,scl
! molasses > :, I'M,
That was n noiita and dinionoAf,.
wav az saving that cuha. vn,,i.
NOT sell moIasses Far A s.a cayts !
Gallon. when tl1e united Rtatas vnv,
ernnent had naid IL cents \ raiiS,
last wear Cuba's nffer was q M
tie better than the & cents 4 caiior
offered Ia Puerto Rican nrod,,cers
But il was a long wa. from the OBJ
ceilinr price of il cents On Sonnes,
ticailv produced nnolassea
SO an irnnortant ara nnorn,sine
conferences broke i,t, Ana fhe daads
| lock Is unfortu1ata for two raaso,,s
at least. one il that the less mo
lasses we Use to make inds,strial
alcohol the mora we n1,,st tan arr M
danperously dwndiinr wheat re-.
serve. The other q that the shipninc
shortage. long the nrincinai hnftia.
neck. Is ereaflv i,,nnroved ana ths
submarine danger. AZ ieast for the
present. IS banished from the rIarsh-
bean. -
The inning bottlenecN isn,t l,aaA.
en- vet. but government arencies
Confidently expect chat tankers wiij
become increasinrlv available There
are annie facilities and annie sin.
Div for our industrial alcohol needs,
The only trouble L that the Longer
we Continue To Use wheat tn distii
alcohol the less brad. Wa shsij
nave. and the less feed for meat
prodiIcinr animals.
Low PRICE
The government NAV have Soma
iustificstion for the low nrice n q
offerinr Cuba and Puerto Pico for
noissses since hIackstran norma NJ
sells for around q nickel = SALON n
peacetime, But there IL iustifica-
lion for having considarahlv more
even when the shinnino cost 70 AZ
cents a gallon from Puerto Rico,
somewhat less from Cubal IL con.
sidered.
ON a nurelv dolIars.and cents
basis of what ii, costs 10 distiIi Alcohol
from wheat Are gnvernn,ant co,,ld
paw as ;auch as Is cents a Gallon
for molasses, More iYnnortant is fire
fact that every fo1r husheis AZ
wheat saved Viii nrovidA one mar.
son WITH foodst,,ffs for q whole year.
or will nrovide enough food ~
produce az mounds AZ nork
Next wear We shali need nearly a
half billion Gallons Of industrial
alcohol 80 n VIII be imnorted
from Canada. MEXICO and Y,ossiblv
Australia Some VIII he made from
s,,rar ant more tnan fo,,r. a ths
must come from distiiIation az wheat
and rnolasses.
There Will be according TO Cow
eminent research. enough west In.
dian moIasses avs;iahle hv .I,ra an
I944. to make leo 0Oo 90 railons
Of that quota. II ali this could be
used. Il would save enough wheat
to give bread to 10000 do neonle
for the enire wear Canada has a
wheat surplus br,t its transnorta a.
tion confiicts with the movement
of ore from the Great. Lakes region
ACTION NEEDED
n IL ,rossible too that a Sood
deal Of industrial alcohol co,,Id he
made In hoth c,,ha and p,,erto
Rico. in niants now used IN distiI
lin,,or The resultant nrod,,ct ro,,Id
not be the reo,,ired 100 moot h,,t
IL could be redistiiled here The
point Is that somethinr should be