Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-14 | Page 8 | All in a Jumble

JA AH Au 1 in in a Jumble 1 JA MERICAN automobile tires and J Filipino J politics are closely related Most of the rubber in the world is produced on British and andS S Dutch territory but consumed in America If the Malay peninsula Java and Ceylon do GO not I 1 j supply enough rubber or charge too much I f for r it America pays the bills or goes without i the ithe the rubber So the scheme is to raise it in inthe the the Philippines f J But rubber like sugar is a large sc scale le I s capit capitalized business And Aid the Philippine gay gov- OV- OV 1 eminent has passed laws limiting land holdings iri in i ithe the islands islands' capable of producing rubber for for the purpose of keeping out large scale American capitalism Now the the Filipinos Filipinos have I to to choose between sacrificing an opportunity for for an en enormously profitable industry or giving giving ing up up this cherished plan of keeping land holdings small and native They say say say-or or their political lea leaders ers say I for them them that that they prefer poverty with inde So rubber nationalism and politics poli poll politics tics are all in the jumble q 4