Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1919 — Cheap Alcohol. [ARTICLE]

Cheap Alcohol.

While the demand for gasoline is still increasing so rapidly in America, the,, problem of motor-fu4 shortage is ever becoming more serious in many parts of the world. Alcohol is the substitute fuel most considered, but the British committee of inquiry finds that home vegetatiop offers little hope of aid, for such products as pot a toes and artichokes yield only 20 gallons of 95 and subtropical plants are more promising. The most encouraging source of alcohol so,far brought to notice appears to be the flower of the’mahua tree, so/ommon in parts of India, as this material can be dried, packed and exported, and supplies 90 gallons of 90 per cent alcohol per ton. It is suggested that if the aerodromes for airplane routes be established near production areas of this tree, the tropical chemist should be able to provide alcohol at a cost not exceeding 14 cents a gallon.