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A. 141Ci:".:014 8ily , . 4, a , ' J-- --t!- , 0 ' - "r r,', ,--, - , ., g , I' e - -- ' , - 1 ri ., - , , 0 , a, ac sta e - 11111111111111.1lwal a, 4, .. , ... . . 5411 7ohle A - 11 I ai it . 1,1'11 , !I-- : ....., ' J...I I - ' 4: k- - ' . -, , t t I ! :' I IASI GORDON from if ; - r s, , ' :,' ,' I - -- . th c 4fit i -.-,.- 1 f,.' , li "i ,,- v .1' ' " ' -- 7, ,,,4,4 g - HANDFUL of rubber planters, game hunters, and coastwise skipA' MERSCAN MAGAZINE pers knew prewar Liberia as a poor, and READER'S DIGEST drowsy country on Africa's west coast, an 1822 as a home for freed Negro slaves. But in established America that oddity during World War El thousands of uniformed Americans went there. Today we know her as a country potentially rich beyond dreamsan almost untouched treasure house, with gold, diamonds, pearls. hardwoods, and rich iron ore. But it is not a paradise, or a place of refinement rather it is a place for nev) frontier with opportunities hanging from pioneers who can take every bush. During World War II, the late Edward R. Stettinitts Jr., then Secretary of State. stopped on the shore of this country and be heard of the natural resources. He was so impressed that he talked to Admiral Halsey, Joseph C. Grew, Philip Reed of General Electric, itrid others, and as a direct result, the company for major development has the Liberian government for a partnerowning one fourth of the stockhas a charter permitting it to develop anything it pleases, except rubber, until the year 2027. The Stettinius projects include not only vast developments but small businesses also. The many services for modern needs are nearly all lacking at this time. Good highways and railroads are most needed now, and their building is coming fut. Baggage and parcels and numerous necessities are carried by native men and boys. The biggest thing in Liberia is the Firestone Company. Harvey Firestone Sr. started rubber plantations there in 1926 to get away from the Far Eastern monopoly. They were almost abandoned during the depression, but paid off handsomely during World War II, furnishing one fifth of all th2, rubber the Allies used. Today there are 10.000,000 rubber trees and a labor force of 25.000 natives, bossed by 140 Americans. You can drive for hours and never leave the plantation, set off by barriers from the rest of Liberia. Its roads are the best in the country. Native workers average 23 cents a day for wages, which is fantastically low by United States standards, but high by Liberian standards. The Firestone Company has had a hard time with floating workers, men who come to the plantations only to earn enough cash to enable them to move on into the upper country to become loafers. In an effort to keep men the year around he set out to make plantation life attractive. He built not fewer than 10,000 new homes, he provides medical care, runs Seven schools, and provides free vocational training to workers' children. His plan is a success, as shown by the fact that twice as many workers as formerly have brought their families to the project and now live the year around on the plantations. Firestone has given large sums toward health worklargest gift, $250,000 to found an Institute of Tropical Medicine, and a mission from the United States Public Health Service is on the job. When World War LI came, we discovered that the closest African land to South America is Liberia. and she became a vital link in our defense system. The United States built a $5.000.000 air base there, and Berlin-boun- d bombers base. The United States built also an $18,000,000 stopped there as a halt-wa- y harbor at Monrovia. the capital and principal city of Liberianow the best harbor on Africa's western coast nil J.J7717.171r11 It V , NEW NOTE a - jL Stoll Photographer: , RAT 13. , CREAMER Kediedial - JON3 le- - WOODIVAltik Lc. IllogreendisAiri Advertising i! Inamme, volsgoromoommmwej , -,- .., - f .. . , Mrs. John Jeffs Burley, Idaho THE COVE this week a scene Typical of autumn in the Mountaib West- The photo, taken in Logan. Canyon, is by Ray G. Jones. (P - -1 . , , 2 , , - - . t . DISIM NEWS MAGAZIN!! WI INCI aly ;St VIM |
