The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-19

dease tgrett marshes are stan millions
ei magnificent rubber trees waiting 10
b tapHed4 Buk 10 the economist Il Is
merely another Illustration that care
~ business methods ~ favorable en-
Htfoament ~ heavily IN tie race for
success
Namerous causes have esautbutsd to
BraEifb failure Il kssp " with the
ttfiae. emShg them being 3 failure 20
tTtak away irOn pHmiuys methods Of
haHaiaE the crop. l~HHufdctent labor
supply y high cost 81 living 81 the
rabbsr section ard lack % i~ntefAgsnt
leadership The eruae rabhef u there
@sd mere n abundance bet The eost
q gstlihg u 70 the market Il % great
and b%ustneAs esbdtishs " ebstAbts aud
trAEtsa.
Amsrlca has had lie part 10 the as.
yesopmsht or the plantations 20 the
orient In the Dutch Island 81 SUE
aaAtrA at a point Just absSe the eaua-
10 "a the plantation Of The United
statss Rubber company, which hae TO-
eusea the attention Of the rubber world
by its Vastnsss. Thee empahY has etss
PLAYED typical Amshcan energy N cels
tectihF Gtaffa OF tschhfeai end praea
tiea4 rubber ana horticultural sNpsrtA
lhht are without equal ia the plantation
nsids
iHe W the teFBsbk W Tue
world More than 70 square miles u
trees growing In stately rows make a
picture that stirs The Imagination. Al
though Of h Banne species A. the trees
In BraEH, none 81 the trees ID Wild,
careful cultivation marking every step
Of growth. Day after day the tapping
goes on, each tree adding Tie few drops
crude rubber for the great FAC oTlsa pI
the Enited States Rubber company In
America Every tree Ia carefully nuT-
turkd, even the seeds coming IN for
close treatment and study 70 as to Lake
sure 81 producing a rubber Of h nigh
Fourteen thousana AslAties and
many whites IND employment on the
plantation and suffer no III effects from
working under tropical conditions. Their
welfare In The Source Of constant con
alteration, and seieHtists are giving at
l%tntion TO the special problems OF the
workers welfare which mHet be nftt
to keep them well and happy IN q land
where heat and hurriHity make coRdt-
tons hard TO cope with.
Much Of the JtHeatiOn has been re-
claimed from gin jungle. Civilization
vii In time drive away the Wild life,
but tho section would today furnish
great sport for the hunters Of big game.
NAVIGATING tigers frequently make their
presence known, and elephants are stu
numerous, wandering about singly Or in
herds. The tigers are a boon, for they
eat the wild pigs that feed on growing
rubber trees. But the elephants are a
pest at timer, for they SHOW a fondness
for pulling up the growing trees, Things
thai crawl are present In abundance,
from the harmless little lizards up TO
the big deadly cobrss and huge pythons.
The labor supply Is inexhaustible with
the amounted millions Of Asia to draw
from, and the cost Of native living Is
very low. These conditions, coupled
with efficient business methods, assure
the continuance Of the supremacy OF the
Oriental field In crude rubber produc-
ton.
BY growing its own crude rubber the
United States Rubber company IL IN a
most advantageous position, II handles
the crude product from the moment 1t
lea veH the eRae and Ii able 10 develop
a quality u uniformity generally lack
ing IN rubber picked up In odd lots In
the OMEN market, and Ia also able TO
prepare the crude product so as to be
heat adapted 10 the special uses TO
which IL is to be put in the manufac-
ture Of tires and the long list OF other
rubber goods.