U. S. War Department's Suggestion of Where Plantations Can be Set Up Washington, Jan, 21.
Impressed with the gravity of the crude rubber situation from the! point of view of national defence, the War Department has charted four areas where they advocate the setting up of plantations, namely, Central America and Porto' Rizo, South America, East Africa and the: Philippines.
American Inquiry Concluded:
Jan, 23.
The special committee appointed by the House of Representatives has ¢oncluded its investigation: of the British rubber monopoly, the last witness heard being the Secretary for War, Mr. Davis, who, in a closed session, discussed the problem from the standpoint of national defence.
Previous to this witness, Mr. tion of Américi of more rubber British restrictions" if the world's needs are to be met—Reuter's American Service.
Mr. Firestone Coming East i Seattle, Jan, 21, Mr, H. 8, Firestone, son of the} American tyre magnate, is leaving for Africa on January 22 vid the Far East for the purpose of superintending rubber plantations in Liberia, He recently said that rub-Ber could be produced in Liberia fat a cost of 20 cents per pound—Reuter's American Service,
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