The Firestone Company now consists of two tyre plants, a steel rim plant and a battery plant in Akron, 79 a plant in Hamilton, Out., one near Buenos Aires, and one in France. Firestone cotton mills in Pall River, Mass. and Firestone rubber planta: tions in Liberia, West Africa are In addition to his executive position with the rubber company and its subsidiaries, Mr. Firestone was chairman of the board of the Firestone Park Bonk at Akron and was head large land development company in Firestone Park.
'He ruled his domain with an iron hand, but was loved as much as he was feared by his employees. "His plant was among the first to adopt plan of sharing profits with ployees' stock.
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