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Show Nature's Adjustment While hot w;iNr bnltlcn huA Hijto-rriohil? Hijto-rriohil? tifK fire rmi'h' from rubbff IrofIiif(l In many partH of Hit; world, ns of tho tiox of tio rulbr trerra was well known to thf? Amazonian In-fllans In-fllans loritf bffon Ihe tlm of Orr-1-lano, the fln-t white man to navlato the Amazon, tirconWux to Dor tor I ahlf?rcn, famous ethnologist, De-Kpito De-Kpito the fiirt that runner h In no t-ense a food, ItH importanro to mankind man-kind Is no threat that It deserves honorable mention arnon the many vegetable products which were unknown un-known to the Old world prior to the discovery of America hy f'olumbuK. "The rubber tree was discovered alon the Amazon," states Doctor Dabiren, "but Is little prown there today. It seems poetic Justice that South America, having lost rubber, gained through Introduction of the coffee tree from Kurope. Coffee has become the full eiual of rubber In economic Importance." |