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Show DENATUREIZED ALCOHOL. In a recent Issue Tnu Rk.piiii.ican mentioned the fact that there Is now before Congress a bill providing that denaturized alcohol shall not be taxed. tax-ed. Dcnaturlcd alcohol will furnish power, light and heat and would be used for that If the government revenue reve-nue of '-' 08 a gallon did not make it tontniislve. This class of alcohol can b made from potatoes, corn, corn stalks, beet pulp, anvthlng that contains con-tains starch. A scientific article at hand says that it costs twenty cents to make a gallon from good corn, so it is readily seen how easily this would come into serious competition with the Standard Oil trust. Denaturized alcohol burns In an ordinary kerpscne lamp and a gallon of it Is said to make twice the llglit make by a gallon of kerosene. It burns clear and hot without smell or danger In a stove with a single burner. It can bo used in engines and .motors now-built now-built for gasoline, that is, by direct explosion, or It can be burned in a furnace fur-nace and produce steam the same as coal. It Is clean, safe and effective. There is a varied lot of Interesting figures and speculation in connection with denaturied alcohol, not the least of which is that an acre of potatoes, prolific potatoes that produce liOO bushels, bus-hels, will furnish 300 gallons of alcohol, and it is said that spoiled potatoes or spoiled corn and any other waste of starch or sugar produces alcohol the equal of any. When the lax was originally origin-ally made no know ledge was had of denatured de-natured alcohol. Now to get tills great boon we must go through the formality formali-ty of passing a law tcmovi.ig ttie tax. A bill is now before Congress and It lias the support of Secretary Wllon and all those who have Investigated ' the matter. It may be leadilcon- i celved that the great oil trusts will light the bill |