The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-13
WELSH OIL A RICH LUBRICANT,
President Scott Talks interestingly or
the Local Product and Refinery.

the Local Product ana henhery.
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Scott, OF Beaumont, Tex, president
of the refinery company of Welsh,
La, was in this city Saturday and
gave 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 avery
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 realize the
possibilities of this part of Louisiana.
Everybody knows something or 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 has
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 will
WELD a net return to the miner CT
| from So to 81 per ton.
''While Calcasieu parish has no
pl acer mines she has raw material
that is produced in vast quantities
and at this time is being sold as raw
material, yet which, at a cost of man
ufacturere not exceeding So per ton,
will yield net profit to the manu-
facture of over $40 per ton. l have
A. on a l T.
of oil produced in this parish.
tThe refinery at Welsh will have a
: capacity of about 100 tons or 600 bar
rels. We expect to be running by the
first of July. The product of the
Welsh fields is gradually increasing
While we may not be able to take care
: of the entire product at the present we
. expect to increase our capacity from
time to time.
' ssWith running only 900 barrels PEI
: day the returns will be very crafty
: ing"
t Mr.. Scott had samples of oils mad
: from the Welsh product, showing
, very high grade of all kinds of oil.
q 1--WE have" he continued, ''wha
49,
It test any oils sent to us. The Wells
# oil is very rich with high grade en-
: CINE and cylinder oils as well a
:; water-white illuminating oil. Mr.. II
= H. Childs, our superintendent. ha
>, been engaged in refining work TO
y twenty-five years and not only under
IS stands the practical work of refinins
, but also the science of marketing II
!, product.
\ "Most people think that the illum
4 mating oil is the most valuable viii
in the fact is the by-products sell for ii
Ne most money. Twenty-Five per cent
. all the oil used in the trade is refine
m by independent companies and hen
nj the old idea of monopoly interfe
"a ing with the legitima ate trade is
ce error.
at GIVE. have received inquiries fro
a large distributing companies who d
sire to purchase our output for thr
I'm wears. The independent refineries
es increasing every year.
q ssI1he oil here is purchased for WI
a it is worth on fuel market, and
he goods are sold as finished produc
,r- Every barrel refined is worth from
ISL to $40 per barrel, while \the raw n
ON terial costs less than 81.
ed cit is not expected that home p
ar pie would invest to a very large
yil1 tent in a mandatory of this XII
on although several parties of this
,ei- ish invested with us. Being be
ted industry that will bring large retur
there viii be no difficulty in my OF
ave ion in interesting others if we de'
Md to do so for the purpose of increas
cry our plant.
d
of Reid Perkins Case Before GOyern'
on A dispatch from Baton Rouge
of urday says: Governor Heard to
the received from Attorneys Sompay
9. and Toomer of Lake Chaeles wrl
protest aginst the issuance OF
mission to D. J. Reid s sheriff