The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-13
WELSH OIL a RICH LUBRICANT.
President Scott Ia. ks interestingly OF
the Local Product aud Refinery.


Lake Charles American: S. M.
Scott, OF Beaumont, Tex, president 9
of the refinery company OF welsh, {
La. was in this city Saturday and )
pave out a, most interesting interview
upon the subject of Louisiana pro-
ducts, and especially those OF this
section of the state and Calcasleu
parish. He stated that he had very |
high appreciation of the wonderful
resources of Calcasieu parish.
Lumber, rice and OIL" said Mr..
Scott. "are bound to make this very
rich parish. Few people reallZe the
possibilities of this part OF Louisiana.
Everybody knows something of the
wealth that can be obtained from
lumber and rice, but perhaps less
/ often has it entered the mind OF the
business man that Calcasieu mas
i veritable gold mine within her bord-
|.ers.
ga placer mine in Colorado or Cal
ifornia is considered a most excellent
proposition if the pay dirt or ore VIII
yield a. net return to the miner CT
from So to ST per ton.
"While Calcasieu parish has no
placer mines she has u raw materlai
that is produced in vast quantities
and at this time is being sold as raw
material, vet which, at cost OF man
ufacturere not exceeding So per ton,
! will yield net profit to the manu-
} facture of over $40 per ton. have
h reference to the most excellent quality
\ of oil produced in this parish
y 1.-THE refinery at Welsh will have a
~ capacity of about 100 tons or 600 bar
rels. We expect to be running by the
N first of July. The product OF the
J. Welsh fields is gradually increasing
f. While we may not be able to take care
,o of the entire product at the present We
,r expect to increase our capacity iron
e. time to time.
wv "with running only 600 barrels pc
a. dav the returns will be very CRAFTY
r. ing"
at Mr., Scott had samples of oils mao
C. from the Welsh product, showing
70 very hirh grade of all kinds of OIL.
, 1--WE have,'' he continued, 'wha
nd we cali q pony refinery that-we use t
,ot test, any oils sent to us. The Wels
of oil is very rich with high grade er
ac- oine and cylinder oils as we'll q
rs watcr-white illumip ating oil. Mr. j
,a IT. Childs, our superintendent. ha
er- been engaged in refining work 1e
nv twenty-five years and TO- only unoe
,us stands the practical work OF rehnln
-, Int also the science of marketing 81
en-, product.
IL iDly h a
en- MoSt people 0Lliif- 0ii''s wy
"a Mating oil is the most valuable VIII
ain the fact is the by products sell for t
the most money. Twenty-Five per cent
,,e all the oil used in the trade is rehn
ION bv independent companies and her
49, the old idea of ~ monopoly interf
No inp with the legitimate trade is
ince error.
81 sWe have received inquiries fir
6 a large distributing companies who
sire to purchase our output for tn
non, wears. The independent refneries
,mes increasing every year
~ =. s"The oil here is purchased for w
is q tits worth on u fuel market, ana
the Goods are sold as finished produ
7o,.- Every barrel refined is worth from
,,.isb to $50 per barrel, while the raw
from terlal cosIS less 'n"n
tered cit is not expected that home
49, nle would invest to a very large
will tent in a mandatory of this k
Jen- although several parties of this
,,o.i- ish invested with us. Being b
eo+ed industry that will bring large retu
there will be no difficulty in my O
have ION IN interesting - 80
would to 90 so ior 'ne pun
every our plant
und a -
er of Neid-Perklhs case neiV'' w
It on. A dispatch from Baton Rouge
On of urday says: Governor Heard
IN the received from Attorneys Sompa
ons and Toomer of Lake Chaeles w