Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-04
stewart Says Brazil Offers
Unlimited Supply Or Rubbel

| Washington, Feb IL; Est Yam
kcc iuoDcr constance. u!C getting
| ousS on Brazilian gum. Native Nuvk-
CT" are beng SUnt INTO the I-tcrruI
III considerable ARMIES q. recruited
dioslS The upper Amazon L. collect
60 600 IrOm the wild tree, Why
"uf rubber professors were ~ low
III "$>Inriidtmis the IuCu tIt; ne stuff
Is dNIiIablc IL our hem. pnC.C in
! "hllmltcd quantities Is a mystery 10
me.
travelling up the South American
vd'' coast as tar DJCi. ~ the day.
immediately after World War |. |
put III AT the AmaIrn's muuth and
found rubber gathcru. already some
what developed. | won't say II VA.
t !-rINnG industry. Tor my rubber
ca Numcr$. Hike ours, scarcely mad
heard oi 1t: So the demand Gid not
amount Ia much. and The Portuguese
BrdIIlIauS, a mot overly cntcrp.I.ia.
dGSi cgallun. were not adv c.tIsIny
their resources 10 their own advan-
tagc.
nc SuppusItIon then was that all
rubber came from the belgian Con-
90 and the Dutch East Indies. I
would have supposed that our rub
Der industries. even. then. would
nave been pcckInc around tor fresh
source" OF supply. il only III the
interest 81 competition. Iucy re-
manned b"nchcadcd. however. clear
Up INTO the midst oi the current
war. ana quite 4 way up into it.,
al that.
Naturally, ii will take some time
for irce-iapping and gum gathering
10 he adequately organized. II Is
dhc /" come ancad pretty fast. though
now that the regions possibilities
ire beginning 10 be recognized. One
Complaint - that the Brazilian trees
lrc wild and do not yield sap a.
.rp!"u>Iy TS the cultivated kind. |
presume that Is true. Nevertheless.
! wild irCc does not require cy-
pcn>Ivc attention. as Il dumcStlcatcd
nc docs. Il pays Il, own expenses
nd cNudc| pure velvet" ii no cost
! %nJi"NCr-%NCcpt that of collection.
If course.
it probably viii hC 10 years. ca
, pert say. before Bra/il's wild growth
/ VIII yield 80 literally. per tree. a.
| ~" Belgian C"uGo's and the DlIcn
! 'a-i l"diCS' output. II will bc ara.
| us. n"WCN"r. CNCCpt for IaDur-und
| heap tor that.
How widely Latin American ruin.
| or growth nay Dc scattered l.,
| pTnhlcmatIC@. II docs not spread
| 'r /" the Sn3'HWayd. into tcmppr-
Itc regions and probably not To- the
'1c.'I". but Il De- thicl: in Brazil and.
| ncThaps. L. the nOrthward. The
| '1Ua/.u valley j. infested with If
| anyway, cN'"rdIng away back into
| Inc zig river basin. matter of some
| thousands of miles. Getting the goo
! 'pW' the river waters calls Gor God
-. "' human labor. which is rather
| i.nnpY. the population not being ST.
abundant. Nevertheless. il wants
i''c Jobs. The conditions half kill
Yankee. pltchforkcd in among
-. but Brr2ilian Indian is used
thCm. Tho difficulty is that there
| rrc not quite enough Brazilian In
'IJnS Ia ga around. And al the
-1icrirunt. We must have boat t.
Ing cur stuff down the long Anna
IN.
We'll liVCr bnHts are something that
SC should be able to provide. Tho
Nmazon is about like our Missis.
Ippi system waS-in oldcn rivcr-wl
~ DAYS. We need little education
deal with cast coast South Amer
' can geography.
| The Amazon's rubber output is
| through the AmaZon's east cuaSta
metropolis. The city'S designed a.
| 'Belem." I never heard il referred