Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1906 — Denaturized Alcohol. [ARTICLE]

Denaturized Alcohol.

Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Department has the following to say in regard to the beuefits to occur from the free alcohol bill. “The free alcohol law will work out a revolution in the end. I know some are asking to discredit the law, but the world will know its benefits in due time. There are 150 gallons of alcohol in every acre of corn of good quality and almost as much more in the stalks that are now allowed to rot on the farms. The process of extracting the alcohol denaturing it is cheap and simple. In Germany the prices run from 12c to 18c a gallon, I believe. We can probably make it as cheaply in this country, for while our labor is higher than in Germany our land is cheaper. With 300 gallons of alcohol on every acre, why send to the moan tains of Pennsylvania for fuel! Alcohol can be used tor lightning purposes, for heating and for power. It is used for all those purposes in Germany aDd we can do as well as the Germans do. It will work a revolution. I would not be surprised in due time to see a denaturized alcohol factory in every township in the corn State. Throughout the country everywhere there are enormous quau tities of fruits and vegetable that go to waste. Some day they will be converted into heat, light and power.’ ’