Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-07-23 | Page 4 | Rubber Tree Industry

RUBBER TREK INDUSTRY A rubber craze is upon the country rubber companies are organizing and big dividends are promised to those who baythe stock utah has one or more of these companies and the es ore certainly most alluring to the possessor of a few dollare not profitably invested the of activity in the growing of rubber trees is given as the southern part of where a tropical climate matures the trees within ten years up to a few years ago alie rubber supply of the world came from tropical jungles where the rubber breo grew wild but of late has attended the efforts made to cultivate the tree in elections where it is an exotic but it lias been supposed that aly in a low lying tropical region could the tree bo planted and cultivated with success in such sections the white man is almost unable to live and is therefore almost excluded from engaging in the industry bitic experiments boado in ceylon prove that the tree can bo grown in cool healthful climates at an elevation of 1000 feet and over and letter results obtained than in the low districts if this is so rubber trec awill bo planted elsewhere than in southern mexico and the spread of the industry will be rapid and scoon equal the requirements quire ments of the trade