The St. Mary banner., 1921-04-23

.r,,Ius gas In view Of the fact that
.hora ia no other market for gas In
that section at the present time.
"That is matter the governor re-
,,;od that can be left to the Depart
mont of Conservation. The State pro-
,oses to play the game fairly and
sorve the interests Of the whole peo-
MA and not any special class.
Governor Parker questioned Mr.. Carr
concerning the amount Of money spent
hv the carbon black interests in propa'
ganda work in Louisiana. He told Mr.
Corr that it had been reported the
carbon interests raised fund Of $780,
0OO while bills affecting the conserva-
t,on Of gas was pending before the
T egislature, and that only $4,000 OF
this sum was spent; that 100000 had
baen raised by the same interests IN
,ronaganda work to prevent action by
the Constitutional Convention and the
legislature. Mr.. Carr denied these re-
ports.
The governor said he saw state
ment published to the effect that the
carbon black interests owned $S,o0O,-
600 worth of property in Louisiana.
Then he produced the record OF the
Board Of State Affairs showing that
the combined assessment OF all the
carbon black companies operating In
the State totaled only S1.493,710 for
1920. OF this amount, the governor
said the Southern Carbon Company.
represented by Mr.. Carr was assessed
for only s426,920. Mr.. Carr said the
assessment of his company had been
increased and would total about ST.
10000 for 1921.
The question OF supplying natural
gas to New Orleans was discussed
Mr.. Carr expressed the opinion that 1t
would make gas expensive to New Or
leans if piped from the Monroe field.
He figured that a pipe line from the
Monroe district to New Orleans would
cost between $12,000,000 and SIS, ,OOO,-
900 and in addition to this pumping
stations would have to be built.
THE only source Of cheap gas for
New Orleans" Mr. Carr said, is from
the Terrebonne field. | say this be-
cause the distance is short, being only
abobut fifty miles. Gas will go from
the Terrebonne WELD to New Orleans
from the well pressure.
Our interests have secured options
on a considerable amount Of acreage in
the Terrebonne field, and we contem-
plate some development work there" "
Governor Parker told Mr. Carr htat
the Legislature would meet early in
any and all questions that may be pro-
pounded to him.
/ An ordinance fixing the minimum
| license tax on motor, steam-driven and
other vehicles was introduced by Mr..
Weber nf Ascension The ordinance
| Is intended as a companion measure
to the one introduced by Mr.. Weber
last week, segregating motor vehicle
| licenses into q road fund.
Election of members Of levee boards
by direct vote Of the qualified voters
of the various levee districts. after the
terms of the present board members
expire in 1924, Is required in an ordi.
nance introduced by Mr.. Gilfoil OF East
Carroll. The ordinance also author
ICES an increase in the interest rate
on levee board bonds from to 6 pei
cent.
| Mr.. Warren Of Lincoln introduced
by request an ordinance changing the
provision in the Constitution In regard
to the formation Of new parishes. The
present provision requires a terri
torial size Of not less than 625 square
miles, and not less than a population
OF 1000. The ordinance reduces this
to 500 square miles and 5000 popula
ton
Compulsory guaranty of deposits in
banks is contained in an ordinance
introduced by Mr.. Walker of Eas
Feliciana. The ordinance provides:
All persons, firms and corporations
doing, or to do, banking gbusiness in
this State, shall furnish solvent secur
lty for their deposits. The Legisla
ture at its next regular session shall
enact the necessary laws to carry this
ordinance into effect, to define wha
constitutes banking, to fix the guar
anty to be furnished. and to fix {
penalty for the violation Of the act
Monroe. - The Amalgamated Ga.