, 1921-10-31
Taking the Governor to Task

rturs declares It unlawful 10 use ns
for manufacturing carbon black .un-
less the heat Is fully and actually ap-
piled" which Is. Of course. a physical
impossibnity. Consider the proposi,
ton: any other Industry using natur-
al gas. can. under the law. use eli the
gas they wish. and though only utl-
king perhaps one Or two per cent OF
the heat are considered by the law as
conserving gas. yet. should any com
pany presume &c first extract the
carbon black before using b h~.e.
then they must fully ana actually ap-
ply" all b heat. II this IL conser
vation.. then siias Mariner was a
spendthrift- However, we gain some
hope again from the United States
supreme courts decision in h case
of Walls versus Midland Carbon com
pany. which says.
AS we have seen. many affidavtfs
were addressed to the impossfbility Of
complying with the statute; that is,
OF utilizing the heat of natural gas to
ths extent OF the words Of h statute.
because we think h statute must be
construed with reference to the facts
of nature and its possibilities. and
that all that vas intsnded by the
words employed was to require A
practical and possible use Of the heat,
as in other fuels. and by the existing
Observation-Disclosures. and II this should
be done. 1t was a legal use OF the gas
was ar application and utilization
Of h heat contained in it,"
Now. the question arises@cau the
Midland GORDON company. run one
third of Its plant. utilize the heat In
the d~ehy6rsting plant. and come with.
In h Wyoming s~tatutes7 Believing II
could. wa as citizens address our Hon.
orable governor asking his consent
and Assistance in getting the deny
drafting plant started. ard win en-.
deavor to set forth IN what way you
could have helped.
Roaiizing the u~nfriendiy. not TO say
hostile. attitude our honorable gov.
ernor has always taken towards this
company. las indicated in your let.
ter Of October 11th). the ~dehydratIns
company could not be expected 10 buy
large quantities OF potatoes unless
they had some assurance that they
were operating within the law. and
! would not be closed by injunction al.
lowing the potatoes bought to spoil
lin the bins.
We presume. of course, that the
courts are the place TO have the mat
ter interpreted. but in the present
case. and under conditions we have
mentioned, surely there is some one
at tho state house having the author
ity or desire to act and to lend all ef-
forts in aiding the farmsrs" to at
least express an opinoion as to wheth-
or the d~ehydrating plant car DO OPP
Grated under the present law, with
the Interpretation the supreme court
places thereon. In your letter 10 Mr..
Brimmer you express your desire to
help the farmer" We give you cred
It for that desire. though you have
let one grand opportunity pass.
From our position on the bleach,
ers." we do not know all the facts. nor
iare we acquainted with all the CORE
spondence concerning II, though we
do know that about August 10th the
Wyoming Dehydratins company adj
dressed a letter to the State Oil and
Gas inspector. setting forth that the
d~ehydrating plant was constructed
with the idea OF utilizing the heat
from one unit of the carbon plant,
and requesting permission to oper-
ate the n unit in conjunction with
the dehydrating plant-pointing out
that II granted permission. they would
first extract the gasoline content.
On August 18th. 1921. Mr.. White