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Show ; "OPERATION BOOTSTRAP" ft - ,., ' ) "J' UX mar , m', - "j ir.-..i. j ki T .'- ' s. 1 sir: - , " x i ."". 1 - ' " 1 . , l:. 1 ' " " unci s. " S' "V.. 8iv.j ' I O Faced with economic difficulties five years ago, Uncle Sam's "Little Nephew," Neph-ew," Puerto Rico, has followed fol-lowed a master plan of economic recovery that has brought 50 new industries to the island. It is one of the most spectacular achievements of its kind in post-war history. Photo above shows new Las Casas i housing development. These five- to seven-room modern apartments rent for from $2.50 to $14 a month almost al-most unbelievable figures to rent-dizzy Americans. Sugar is one of Puerto Rico's traditional f: :taple products. The little island ships nearly 4- million tons of raw sugar to U. S. refineries h year. In photo above, truckloads of if:i sugar cane roll to the centrales for grinding fcj -o caravan of sweetness for Puerto Rico's Kinomy. ,vU-w f ' ' M'v :-: ill Pvl-XJ f ",TjF" TV '1fWTW7wT5W lte:I I " J "s HZ- ,5 - -H . xii :; Not all ot Puerto Rico's new in-dustries in-dustries are large. This girl (above) s?sv i ? works in a small weaving shop which ssi i! 4j creates its own original designs espe-cially espe-cially adapted to the American 4 market. Photo at left shows a lime-v,N lime-v,N stone quarry near San Juan, where drillers produce materials for cement s Jj a major product in t h e current ' tsl home and factory construction pro-gram. At right is a six-million-dollar investment j r'wto Rico's future. Workmen put finish- ;3 touches to the Caribe Hilton hotel which l' :s December 9. The hotel is a large-scale :,oro 15-million-dollar annual tourist in- : v -: 4v jl-iti r . ... ji 2 i. i' j . i fi1i y:Ljrt J i i till - ; ill L " ' ' ' " ' t : y. A V vvl . Symbolizing Puerto Rico's hard J working population, here is a typical 7 .J salt worker (left) at Cabo Rojo, where -- I sea water is dehydrated under tropical " j sun to produce a valuable crop ot salt. |