Show I IFORD fORD FIRESTONE AND EDISON UNITE TO BREAK I RUBBER MONOPOLY NO NOW HELD BY THE BRITISH g r rM M e 4 Above Thomas Thoa Edl Edison n mid and II n s S nl tone In a 1 n Florida rub rub- rub rub- rubber rubber ber br tree Upper right JaneT Harvey S os as a lio ho looks lIh Iti n a mus mustache tache tahe Lower right on and In confer conference nC under palm tr Center Henry Ford C By NT-A NT AKRON Ohio April Three H-Three 11 great American minds are about to ac engage Great Britain In a trade war In an effort to save millions of dollars dollar yearly to those at bY the high prices of ot rubber They are ore Henry Ford Harvey Hane S FIrestone and aDd Thomas A Edison Ellson Two years ears ago 1 Firestone prominent nent tire manufacturer suggested that America should produce Its own on rubber In tn retaliation for the BrItish crude crud rubber restrIction ac which curtailed production and exportation of raw product TRY Thy CROWiNG GROttING IT This suggestion now has become ft a warnIng because became of the he further further- ln Ing of the th restriction act by Great Britain And to this end Ford Firestone and Edison are bending their ef efforts tf of- forts to produce rubber in this county on large I land d holdings tn in Florida restrictions this ear Rubber year will cost American car owners at least and It very like like- likely ly ly iy will be bo nearer Firestone says ays ays Every cent 10 I ad-I ad- ad ad van C tn In the tho cost cot of crude rubber I means an additional burden of I about loaded upon the tho American America t MUST MOST IX IN TIRES About 80 tO per cent of the worlds world's supply of rubber is grown In thi h bL British possessions possession of the Far East America consumes is 75 p per r cert cent of the worlds world's supply Eighty per cent of the rubber consumed consumed con- con In America goes Into auto auto- automobile automobile automobile mobile and truck tires p pA A t tL L s se e I I I Rubber was around 14 cents cenis a u I pound when the act nel bl- bl became came operative Toda Today It ll is per cent higher and indications point to further futher Ford Firestone and Edison have been carrying on extensive otI- otI gallons in Florida Florida- On the Ford FOId and I Edison estates In Fort ot ort 3 Myers Fla some somo corn very promising rubber trees are ar growIng On the Ford farm near Iu Labelle elle and on th the gov- gov government cov experimental farm arm near nc Cocoanut Grove some varieties o of rubber trees plants plant and shrubs are growing crowing In aver a very Iare m manner mannerS S Im During r g a recent conference of othe the three men in Florida Edison made several important uc e regarding legar new processes of extraction something different from the methods now In vogue inthe In inthe the Far F East ast Semi SErl NEW METHOD It is believed b by Edison that a greatly Improved method of tx cx- ex extraction traction Is possible and t that hat It may be he advantageous 8 In hastening yields of or latex and re-I re re- re reduce re reduce I duce cost COBI of or o production Firestone Is 1 determined that Americans shall produce their own rubber He Ito was Instrumental In having congress vote vole an approprIation appropriation tion two years ago giving to the department of corn como commerce merce for investigation of new I sources of rubber supply and to the department of ag- ag agI agriculture I for tOl experimental PUI- PUI pur purposes poses PLANTATION lI He Ho now flow ha has a complete org organisation nl- nl in Liberia on the west coast cf ci Africa operating a rubber plan plan- plantation tation tallon and preparing to plant rub rub- rubber rub rubber I ber her on an extensive C scale The British restriction act urn urn- lim limits I its lis production and exportation to Just one half the normal crop Firestone tone says ays Americans American must musi awaken to the necessity of doing tiding something to rp- rp rr lIev hero tho the grip grit now held by tr foreign n Interests on u commodity so Important nI I I tent lant to 10 our welfare and ami prosper prosper- prosperity lt Hy ity |