Show raising our own rubber HARVEY ARVEY S 8 firestone the tic tire who has said he would be glad to wil inan int the rubber raising business in the ph philippines it if conditions politic il made it safe is rep reported arted to 1 have ave arranged for the production of rubber on a large sea in liberia the african republic in the congo district A loan of has ha been arranged for the black republic public rt in exchange for which a great rubber conc concession esmon has been granted him the liberian republic a sort of of 0 uncle sum sam 1 is considered a safer place in which to invent american capital in such alich tin enterprise than the philippine philippines this in is surely an anomalous and undesirable situation the philippines have tho the of hate safe good and pro lection from foreign through the ownership and con irol by the united state states we have no such relation to liberia Lib crA why then this hesitation of Alme capital to invest in the dubber rubber business here there ie is no question that it is of tremendous importance for the united states to produce aa as ranch much ae as possible of her own rubber at present great britain controls nearly all the product we pay her hundreds of millions of dollars annually for it and its transportation we aro are iu danger of losing our total supply in any war which might arise either by england being hostile to us or by her ener enemies nies cutting off her commerce vast tracts in the philippines arc are suitable for rubber culture wo might grow our entire sul supply ply there development of huge rubber production there would be a blessing to the an I 1 their people it would give them the they badly need for better go Kov vern emment ment and raise the average condition of tile population every thing seems to make it highly deal i able everything evory thing but politics cg the constant agitation for ln independence dependence which waid mean rule by a small minority clique of intellectuals under whom invested capital would not be safe is the whole trouble what the philippines need is u a settled status politically for half balf a century and stable government ern ment under which its rich might be developed for tho the benefit of their people thin this they can have under continua conti nud american control only it is a sid sad comment on conditions ahen firestone prefers to put his money into a black republic in africa than in a land the control of the united states |