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W.st.rn Wst.rn Wstrn " . .ter ter . . Newspaper N.w.pap.r Nwpap.r Nwpapr . . . U Union UnionepyrIghI4 ioll iollC C epyrIghI4 fIII ! ' ' 117 by N Nafional .Ilo Ilo . al G.oraph/c G.oraphc G.oraph Goraph c Giegtiphi G.oraphcit1trtldllrtOIl Giegtiphiifl4)Vashfniton . , / / DC D C ) it1trtld/llrtOIl it1trtld llrtOIl ifl4)Vashfniton ifl4Vashfniton ) . ; tjand y fund d which wbtCh ! 50 yeara years ago was c a clit ae lit e i ; "tIger'lKtested tIgerlKtested "tlger-ln1ested "tlger tlger ln1ested tiger.infested tigerinfested " - ' . j jungle ungle planta plants plantatlwner plantsQWners pluitaE " ; tlwner QWners < iiwner . In hi 1 the British Uritish protected protectedjStates protectedgiatea protectedtiy1 ; jStates ; . , ; States giatea of o ! southeastern AsiaOducing Asia AsJa Asiap p OducIng uclng more than a third ofWOrld'S ofworldis of ofWtld'a Wtld'a Wtlda WOrld'S WOrldS worldis ' ru-ber ru ber rubber - supplyl supply supplywti \wti wti \ \l l \ ; li " of the output is sent to the thetell theteit 'thetel thetel ' tell teit States State . , . tor for this country Is II i ' Itle jl t > le l to erow grow the rubber whichlact which lact # { actories actOrles rJes turn into Urea tires hose hose hosets . , | fa ta . balloon balloons * , . and a thousand and andJtpther andLOther andlather Jtpther LOther : . arUcJesdoes articles arUcJes articlesThy Thy ' does rubber flourish ourish in the thetay theitty tay a1 peninsula Peninsulageography ? 9raphy , rapbY fivea gives ua us the answer answertrees answerkber t ! , trees oeed need plenty of ra rain in and andl andeather and5athex and.leather andleather . eather 5athex The Tbe Malay Malgy Ma y States are arefr aren9rth arei l fr 9 n9rth north of the Equator , . and their theirlw lw 14 is fs Gne ene n * of the hottest and andp andKipest ; p pest 8t la in n the th * world . . . Similar cll cli clit ellta ; t * niakes fUakes makes rubber robber production prbduction profvRso prof l4 4 vRso * I so < o In bJ the near nearby by Nether Netheri Nether.g .g g . " , Indie IndJe Thdie * . , . ' II " r SupplJ Supply Wlj ' Jlrom fre 'rem rem ' BraxU llra.U llraU flrazli llra.UIt flrazlie . It e * ! first flrst rubber plants were wereuBJJt wereu1t wereUjrtt uBJJt u1t to ) the Malay State States * trom from fromabout froniOil'about froniOilabout ' about 00 60 CO year Tears years * ago a Co . , , and it itJlecame itlecame itK became Jlecame ; lecame evident that they would wouldweU wouldw wouldW w well weU there thlfe ; ! NowJb Now Now- NocP - th Jb ilia Mala Malay ) ' re- re reta.r re- re refar re-l re l - - - far ta.r tar . .urpus urpus surpastaBzafl . surpiiMa .urpusn'azM . /n'azM n'azM nazM ! / Brazjtf { ' : In rubber rubbertput rubbertPUtf rubberIput tput tPUtf , , pal'U14bec palU14bec parti3o4iecaUs&i1s parti3o4iecaUsi1s partl ' tbecatuf-'tis tbecatuf 'tis tis tu & - ' tts planta pianta piantaprb plantajl plantajljaf . $ } jaf , f't ft prb ' ' relfKUy rewm rejtfily . , * , . accessible to rail * - " , . ' - " - laKeaports eaports while Brazil Brnzil I a aS IS siq9M9Bkes | | S are far Inland in wIld wildo wildzt wild.lUOtry wildlUOtry wild.lUOtryj ; ; o . . untr ) ' j 1M ttVas Xt tt zt Ws \Vas Vas WAs \ * no easy job to clear mUe mile mUefitter milelatter fitter fter mile of ot underbrush wlderbrusb and 0-foot 0 foot 60-foot 60 60foottrees 60foottrees - - ' ; trees from ( rom the Malay jungles 80that so 80 0 0that , that planta piantati tl tins os > ) ns could be developed developedSnakes developedSnakes developedSnakes Snakes and w Id animals-tigers animals tigers animals - tigers elephants elephants el el"phant ephants < "phant phant " buffaloes and rhinoceroseswere rhinoceroseswere rhinoceroses rhinoceroseswere -were were - were a constant menace and ab ab- aborlgmal ab- ab aborigmal aboriginal - - original orlgmal origmal savages threw poisonousdarts poisonous poisonousdarts poisonousdarts darts at UI tie U ti e I ' workers Large jungle jungleareas jungleareas jungleareas areas however howLvcr howiver never have been beencleared beencleared beencleared cleared s a me parts have not even evenbeen evenbeen evenbeen been eXll ex vxi 1 ndLong rdLong red nd rd redLong Long bef bP ( < re plantations were laid laidout laidout laidout out to grow rubber pineapples and andothE'r andother andother othE'r othEr ' tropical trollcal trol icai farm products vroducts the theMalay theMalay theMalay Malay ICI 1 I er CI r sula was an important importantsource importantsource importantsource source of ot t I n From its mines stIll stIllcomcs stillcomes stillcomes comcs comes a about bout a third of the world s stm stin stin tm tin supply Some of the tin cans cansin cansin cansin in yoi yot r kitchen cupboard were weremade weremade weremade made from this Malayan Maiayan ore for forthe forthe forthe the United States mines mmes virtut virtu virtui ! . . . y no notm notm notin notinTil tm tmTin tmTin Til Tin Freaa From Mountains MountainsThe MountainsThe MtaiBiThe The tin tm ore is found In the heavily heavilywooded heavilywooded heavilywooded wooded mountain ranges which rise riselike riselike riselike like a backbone along the Ualay Malay , Peninsula The ore is dredged from fromtremendous fromtremendous fromtremendous tremendous open p ta ts 13 Along with withUn withtin withtin Un tin miners dig di tor for smaller amoWlts amounts amountsof amountsof amoWltsof of gold Iron manganese lead and andtungsten andtungsten andtungsten tungsten The litter btter i-stter i stter - is vital for formaking formaking tormaking making the filament tlIament 6lament used in electric electriclIght electriclight electriclight lIght bulbsThe bulbsThe bulbs bulbsThe The laborers v . vho , ho first mined the thetin thetin thetin tin and who did much of the work workof workof workof of clearing clearmg the jungles jun les were not the thenative thenative thenative native Malays but Chinese ChinesC The Tbe lat- lat 1st- 1st latter 1stter lat latter - - ter came to the region In large num nuns numbers nunsbers numbers bers and now make up about two twoI twofifths twofifths ' fifths of the M Malay a lay S States ta tea popula populatlon populalion population I tlon lion of some 4 4000000 4000000The 000 000 000The 000The The Malays Malaya short ihort brown skinned skinnedand skinnedand skinnedand and thick set wJ w tl \J J ii \ straight black blackI blackhair blackhair ' hair are a clever people , . but like likemany likemany likemany I many residents of hot countries countriesI countriesthey countriesthey countriesthey I they are not virly vlTiy industrious One Onereason Onereason Onereason reason is tha that t food clothing and andshelter andshelter andshelter shelter are not hard to obtain Many Manyot Manyof Manyof ot of the Malays Malaya wear only a . jacket jacketand jacketand jacketand and a skirti slurtl ke sar g live in clus clust clusta clusU t ta . rs ra of ot bambu bamb u 0 or U atched atehed huts built builton builton builton on piles and eat I 1 ttle tUe besides rice riceand riceand riceand and fish sh fishBritish shBritish British ) Jevl"lopme Jevllopme Icveiopment IcveiopmentDevelopm I Ivl ) -v-l v l - " ( - me t tDevelopm t tDevclopin Devclopin Developm nt at t f the lh Malay States Stateshas Stateshas Stateshas has been in tl tI Ii e hands of the BrItIsh BrItIshever Britishever Britishever ever since S < ; r Stamford Raffles Rames flames an anEnglishman anEnglishman anEnglishman Englishman who envisioned envIsioneda eriviaiorie a great greatfuture greatfuture greatfuture future tor for the reg on aD founded the theport theport theport port of ot Singapore in Kil 1819 Its site siteon siteon siteon on an island isJand 8 at t the southern tip ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the peninsula was then part of the thejungle thejungle thejungle jungle but I i ow Singapore Smgapore has grown growninto growninto grownInto into a colorfulcosmopolitan colorful cosmopolitan city cityone cityone cityone one of the world s I a leadin leading . portsIts portsIts ports portsIts Its Importance as a shipping sblpplng cen cenI center center center ter is der ved from its situation aituatiOlJ I Ships traveling between the Pacitlc Paciflc Pacitlcand Paciflcand Pacificand and the Ute he Indian oceans pass it it Il . Singa Singa- Singapore Singapore Singapore - - pore s B a wharves handle not only Ma Ma- Malay Malay Malay - lay rubber and tin-the tin the tin - the latter is . issmelled lasmelted smelted smelled in the city-but city but city - but the riches riehes rlthes of ofthe ofthe ofthe the N Netherlands etberlands Indies Indici and ThaI ThaIland Thailand Thailand land The British baV have hate , fortified fortifted the theport theport theport port as their larg largest 8t torclga foreip foreign naval navalbase navalbase navalbase base |