Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1919 — SECRET OF NEW MOTOR FUEL MADE PUBLIC [ARTICLE]

SECRET OF NEW MOTOR FUEL MADE PUBLIC

" After an announcement heralle d over the country last fall to the effect that a new and cheaper motor fuel has been discovered, followed by a statement that it proved a failure, comes the announcement from Washington this week that the fuel is about ready to be placed on the market. A dispatch from Washington says: . _ , x From the records of the United State patent office has come the carefully guarded secret of the as yet unnamed super' fuel, invented for driving war planes and now tyeing developed to supplant gasoline wherever motors run. The formula utilizes alcohol as a basis, with 25 per cent of gasoline and a heavy mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons. It develops a propelling power nearly as great as some of the high explosives. It is the property of the U. S. Industrial Alcohol company, which with the U. S. Food Products Corporation, owns- and controls about 9!> per cent of the alcohol capacity of the country. Black strap molasses, the refuse from the refining of sugar, : is the source of the alcohol in the blend. i The invention means that the j available supply of gasoline is mulI tiplied four times, it is said. At the j same time immeasurable units in ■ power are obtained. It is free from all sediment, practically odorless and absolutely smokless. What the market price will be—the thing motorists will be interested in—is still a matter of speculation. To date figures on the cost of production are still a secret, though it is known to be much cheaper than gasoline.