Show Liberia feria Uncle Sams Sam's I II I Tightens Bonds with Sponsor y 43 f i Ar e 4 Y n 1 fe k drY e. e A Mf f M b i q egl f i s Cx Prepared Ir pred by National Geographic Society Washington D. D C. C C. Service Another link in Uncle Sams Sam's bond with Africa's only independent inde inde- independent independent pendent republic was forged recently with the signing of a anew anew anew new treaty of friendship commerce and navigation I with the Black liB lack Republic of Liberia Colonized by freed slaves of the United States some 40 years ears before the Civil war Liberia has long been a of the United States Stales Although established as a free and independent republic in 1847 this West African country has in its Us turbulent history rr more than once turned to the larger re reo republic republic public for aid and comfort Its flag constitution and government are patterned with certain reserva reservations after the U. U U S. S model while an American receiver heads the commission in charge of customs duties Zebra Antelope Size Site of Small Goat A ragged patch i of 01 land hind on the under side aide of the great west African r shoulder that bulges into the Atlan Atlantic tic ocean Liberia Is about the size of Ohl a population estimated at more than a million and a half halt Christian Moslem and pagan Ne Ne- groes As the last stop of the con con- continental continental curve on the sea lane be be- between between tween Europe and South Africa this state occupies a strategic geographic ic position Furthermore the Grain Coast time one-time called iso from its trade in pepper or Grains of Para Para- Paradise dise disCo not only boasts one of the themore themore more healthful climates for this part of the world but a II wealth of nat nat- natUral k Ural Ual ral resources and some of natures nature's best show sWe-show show oddities r t i A general vine view of the main street reel of Monrovia capital of the e African republic of o f Li Li- beria during the Ie military pa pa- parade parade rade rode featuring the he inauguration lion tion of oj President Edwin Bar liar Barclay clay early in 1936 Found In hi Liberia for example is the zebra antelope no bigger than thana a small goat and made up in prison garb of broad black stripes on a abright abright abright bright brown coat Two species of Liberian shrew a creature with velvety fur are peculiar to the country while out of Alice in Wonderland Itself is a local version of the dormouse a small rodent whose habit of going torpid in cold weather may have had something to do with his sleepy characterization at Alices Alice's famous tea party Untapped Economic Wealth Liberia has been called the Garden Gar Garden den dc Spot of 01 West Africa blessed with the good earth dense trop tropical teal ical forests mineral deposits deposits and and that modern essential to a world world-on- world an- an wheels rubber Its well-watered well soil is capable of producing a lush Ius growth of 01 coconuts a good grade of coffee considerable cocoa cotton and rice Its pasture pastureland pastureland pastureland land is well suited l to the raising of ot goats sheep and cattle Gold and diamonds are found I fO d there as s well as copper zinc and Iron Yet with the exception of 01 the vast rubber plantations worked under concession to American interests much of this potential wealth is il as sterile as burred burled treasure In an anarea anarea anarea area of some ome square miles mile there Is no railway and only onI about miles df of f motor road I |