Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-29 | Page 1 | Tire Company Takes Mexico Rubber Land

I I Tire Company Takes Mexico Rubber Land AKRON AKRON O O. Oct 29 P Fur hP-Fur- Fur Fur- ther hep expansion of American rubber manufacturers into the production field became known yesterday Harvey S. S Firestone president president president dent of Tire and Rubber Rubber Rub Rub- ber her company compan announced the leasing ot of acres of rubber plantation land and In the states of Tabasco in I Mexico At At the same time Mr 1 Firestone Irestone said raid he was considering the he advisability of entering the ber bel area In the Amazon alley valley t V The announcements yesterday follow tollow closely the recent lease of a million acres acre In Liberia for rubber plantations The Tabasco lease i ifor Is Isor for or only two years owing to the unsettled political conditions of oC the state I Mr 11 Firestone also told of research research re- re search earch work in the sap of the c cal cal- cas- cas s- s tree which is Js at present at-present con considered con cori- a source of low grade rub rub- ber ier Several thousand acres of the he new leasehold are planted with this his variety of ot tree