Show United States Looks Southward for Cor War Rubber Supplies I Rubber supplies must str streich ch like rubber itself This was forcibly forcibly brought home to American motorIsts motorists motorists motor motor- with the recent rationing regulations regulations regulations regu regu- lations for automobile tires The United States is the greatest consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer of rubber in the world British Malaya and the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Nether Nether- lands East Indies long have been the United States' States chief source of rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber with large shipments also from the island of Ceylon French IndoChina IndoChina Indo- Indo IndoChina China and other eastern sources says a bulletin from the National I Geographic society I The department of agriculture has estimated that rubber lubber can be produced produced pro pro- in tropical America at half hall the cost of synthetic rubber guayule rubber goldenrod rubber or other substitutes even with large scale production of the latter To promote rubber production legislation now provides for tor the planting ol of acres of guayule and for establishing establishing establishing es es- es- es extracting facilities |