The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-12-21
new SOURCE OF RUBBER IN
annual CROP REPORT
Science Unlocks New Doors After
Years of Experimentation With
Guayule, Mexican Plant.


New York, Dec. 20.-As the pro
phcts of evil, disaster and the fam
inc of ess3ntial things are croak
ing it is a c6mfort to come into con.
tact with real wisdom.
Are our natural resources on the
verge of their exhaustion? They
are not Especially the motorist
need not fear exhaustion of rub
Der for his tires. Read and learn
from the words of DR.. d. T. Mac
Dougal, one of the worlds most
distinguished scientists, upon the
subject
Especially this most eminent stu
dent in the world of plant life tells
me that we need not worry about
rubber-that product which the
pcssimsts have been declaring soon
would be SO scarce without i'm
mense expenditure the automotive
industry would perish from the
earth. That is, we need not worry
if we work.
"We shall have rubber in sufli-
cient quantities to meet our needs
he said, without the slightest hesi-
days to come our needs will be ten
times, hundred times, as great as
they are now.
eff it should be decided in the
cities, for example, that rubber
pavemcnts for the streets, which
can be taken up when worn, as
blankets might be moved, and re-
placed by new ones between mid
night and daylight will be worth
the effort, | believe that we shall
find the rubber out of which to
make them.
"And such is my instructed faith
in nature that feel sure that rea-
sonable wisdom will supply our
other future needs as generously"
1t is to rubber ana It's production
from plants other than the gener-
ally known caoutchouc that Prof
MacDougal has been giving his at
tention recentlyo under the entirely
noncommercal auspices of the
Carnegie Foundation.
The man who owns Il hvvcr, the
other chap who rides in limou-
sine, as well as the innumerable
and growing host who have come
to depend on alternative vehicles
for the expansion of their business
will be cheered and fascinated by
his optimistic views and special in
formation.
Treasurers in Waste LaIids
Moreover he is certain, now, be-
cause Of recent experiences, that
the worlds supply of rubber can
be drawn from lands which now lie
waste, thus actually adding this
vast new asset to the worlds total
wealth, and, if necessary, releasing
such rich lands as now are used in
rubber cultivation for other pur-
poses.
This first announcement of these
facts gives this interview much
added interest.
Daniel Trembly MacDougal is
one of the most distinguished of
American scientists, Indiana claims
has been world wide. He began
his distinctive career as assistant
director Of the New York Botanical
Gardens, but in 1906 was called to
Washington to take charge Of the
researches Of the Carnegie Insti-
tuition in the field OF botanical sci
encc.
For this work the Desert Labor
atory had been established at Tue
son in 1903. Later coastal lab
oratory was set up at Carmel, Cali
fornia, and arrangements .wcrc
made for full collaboration with
researchers in various parts of
America and Europe
In all this work Dr.. MacDougal
has played a part which is found
to be Of paramount importance
when another tells Of it, but which
as sure to seem extremely modest
when described by him, himself
With his staff he has carried out
desert research work wherever
desert areas occur in America and
also in NJ Algcria, Egypt, Australia
and South Africa.
"Whcn the English settlers came
to what is now this nation" said
hr MacDougal, they found tenn
Pcrature and soil shat would pro
ducc corn and game, and these
were all the natural resources that
they looked for beyond the spread
ing forests which would give them
wood and fuel and shelter.
"lhc SpaniardS came here to find
gold--amd found it.
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