Show U. U S. S Looks Southward Rubber supplies must stretch like rubber itself This was forcibly I brought home to American motorists motorists motor motor- i with the recent rationing regulations regulations regu regu- I lations for automobile tires The I United States is the greatest consumer consumer con con- i sumer of rubber in the world I British Malaya and the Netherlands Nether Netherlands lands East Indies long have been the United States' States chief source of ot rubber rubber rub rub- ber ben with large shipments also from the island of Ceylon French rench IndoChina Indo Indo- China and other eastern sources for fur War Vm Rubber Supplies says a bulletin from tram the National Geographic society Th The The- department of ot agriculture has estimated that rubber can be produced produced pro pro- in tropical America at hat hall the cost of synthetic rubber guayule rubber goldenrod rubber or other substitutes even with large scale production of the latter To promote rubber production legislation now pending provides for tor the planting of acres of guayule and for establishing establishing es es- es extracting facilities |