Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-11-20 | Page 8 | Much Business in Congo State

IN COmGO STfll if ' KEW TORK. Nor., to. The annoincaent : from EniMl jMtcMar that eoneewlona had hea (ranted to the eompaniM to exploit. India rubber resource,' to conduct mining ; operaUona, and to conatniet a road .ia the Congo Frea Sutas wu reined. The concessions, it was uid. were probably prob-ably the most raloabl erer granted in the world. The rubber business is to bi handled by the Amartcan-Congo company, which was in-corportd in-corportd at Albany about a wk ago. . The chief stockholders are Thomas F. Ryan, the Guggenhelms, John D. Rocksfsllar. Jr.. and Eowsrd B. Aldrtch. son of Senator Aldrtch. The details of the management of the mining business in the Congo Free Stat win pot be mad known until the Belgian Par-Uament Par-Uament take action, but a separata company, com-pany, in which Harry Payn Whitney will .7. v,a totereet with the already named, organised for mining operation. The concemlons mean. It I mid her, the ' entlr exploitation of the Congo Fre Bute by Leopold, which mad the King and many of hi sabjact wealthy. Th oonstderatlon to King Leopold per- . sonaUy and to th Belgian Oorernment. as well as th method of psyment by th con-cessionalros, con-cessionalros, 1 withheld for the present. BBHBlBSBlHHBlBHEBBBBBBBBBBaBSBWni