Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-10-02 | Page 3 | Rubber Plays a Part

rubber plays playa a part tho the increasing demand for or rubber makes the congo state a center of in terest crest to the world but no one wants rubber extorted by the lash and by mutilation no one believes bel levea that any such system la Is necessary it Is a mistake to think that the african negroes are lazy says the inquirer after their fashion they are energetic but roost most of their labor la is in vain efforts it seems reasonable that a mild and intelligent will produce much more rubber and will mill not only benefit the h natives but cheapen the article the american concessions stand and these are vast but they will be under the supervision of the belgian govern arient anent and we me shall have no more biu bin utility by wholesale the Belg belgians glans are an intelligent race fully competent to solve this great problem