The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-30
MUCH NATURAL
GAS WASTED
MILLIONS oF'cUslc FEET COULD
BE coNsERVED-WAsTE is AP-
FALLING.

Kansas City, May 2Y.-Untold mil
lions OF feet OF natural gas are
being wasted in America daily. In
the Kansas and oklahoma fields
alone tens OF millions OF feet of fuel
and light are flowing away-enough,
say some of the men in attendance
J at the seventh annual convention o.
the Natural Gas association OF Amer
lea. to supply Kansas City's utmost
needs. This startling report wa
I brought in by the associations com
m.ttee report branded the waste as
: criminal Its principal causes arr
the neglect TO shut on street anu
private lights. when not needed, and
the refusal OF the lessees of land for
oil purposes to cap wells which pro
duce gas II has been the practice
throughout the natural gas regions
to permit lights 10 burn all the way
round the clock il being considered
cheaper to pay for the nominal cost
OF the extra amount of gas used than
70 pay the cost of shutting of and
relighting the jets Gas is much
cheaper in the producing regions
than elsewhere.
Considered Private Property.
The principal difficulties in the
way of legislation have been constitu-
tional As one member put il, gas
j. considered a farm product ami
il is mighty hard TO frame law
that will compel a man TO conserve
the products OF his farm" There is
d fairly satisfactory statute IN In
diana which has been enforced, but
a Louisiana law modelled upon tn"
Indiana statute has been declared
unconstitut onal by the courts and
thus rendered ineffective.
The appalling waste in the CaddO
region is unabated,' says the report
The waste in Oklahoma still con
times. Tens of millions of cubic fee
OF gas are lost daily. This loss is
now principally from wells drilled
for and producing Oil Seventy-five
per cent of this gas should be util-
lied. The condition in the older
West Virginia fields is somewhat
improved but in the new oil pools
recently opened no attempt is being
made to save the millions Of ree5
OF gas escaping daily"
Eight Possible Remedies.
The great problem in the opinion
OF the committee, is to educate the
people against the wanton waste OF
natural resources. The committee
recommended eight possible remedies.
education being the eighth and most
emphatic. Another recommendation
which will probably rouse the general
public is that already recommended
by the Kansas City Commercial CLUB
an increase in the gas rates. The
gas men argue that il gas costs
more, nobody will be ready to waste
it. Other recommendations were:
Precaution in casing and drilling
wells. saving gas from oil wells, prop |
er care of gas wells. improved meth
DDS of consumption, prevention of |
leakage and legislation upon the sub |
ject. The gas men want laws which |
prevent producers from permitting
wells to 90 uncapped
New officers of the organization |
are: President, H. 3. DAILY, Cleveland. :
vice president, E. l.. Brundett, Kan !
sas City; secretary treasurer, Thorn |
as Give Jones. Delaware O., re-elect- |
ed assistant editor OF Wrinkle de |
partment,' F. F. Shower, Kansas |
City. The convention closed with the .
morning session. The visitors spent /
Yesterday afternoon motoring about !
the city