I had occasion in my message of May 4, 1906, to urge the passage of
some law putting alcohol, used in the arts, industries, and
manufactures, upon the free list--that is, to provide for the
withdrawal free of tax of alcohol which is to be denatured for those
purposes. The law of June 7, 1906, and its amendment of March 2, 1907,
accomplished what was desired in that respect, and the use of denatured
alcohol, as intended, is making a fair degree of progress and is
entitled to further encouragement and support from the Congress.