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Show Rubber Crisis Threatens America; Firestone Seeking New Sources of Supply S;p: .is;::;;;::;, J;; :" : v,.-, - -: ,?,-, :.,- r"-: IV' 7 ' : ', ...... .. ,.: :.....,v. ........... .,..,:...:,,..,,:,.,..,,v ' ' . ) ' ' 'i Left, Thmnas A. r..!!?.n nr.-1 Harvey S. Fir,s-.r... wutchinar n pla ir n t ion evj-rt taj. a rubber tree on the Edison estnt? in Fort Myers. Pla. Tiiht. Mr. K.li en nr.i .Mr. FIres:.-n. v.ith h rubber plantation expert, ex-pert, examining h youna rr.bl pr tree nn the IT-nry Foul Tin m m ar Lalwlie, Fla. IJAK t. u. t IKI-.t, l'( INK more than two years ngo predleterl a rubber shortage, nnd said the British crude rubber restriction act would cost the American people millions of d-'lhirs. The I'.ri:-Ish I'.ri:-Ish colonlnl possessions in the Far Fast pr -dure shout SO per cent of the world's supply of rubber, while American uiHr.ufaeturers consume about 75 per cent of the world's supply. Xlr. fires; one i.as just m;-., nd to A'.ir.n. chi after maklnc a o vp-- f p.ju.j.iij.? ..f cr.-w.ni rubber in I'b.ri.b,. m1i-i- h- v. a- a nipsr.'. .1 ; v 'rubber pbinxei..:: x--r-. i m of tl -- (!: Florida he wr.s a.--- -. ; ;:::: : !,v f. .i.mns A. rl .1 n. "ho Ulnae somo 1: : :i.: r i s;:S'b.: r-':'- to new r.iftl: ,.; - r .. ; rubber rr--;. ;.i-- ; ? : sin Fort M; w-v : " -,s .-. . . ; Ford est:, o :- 1' .' . 1".. 1 : ..-: : Labelle. F.a. a ; . . . -. the Gove: n-jem's 1',::: 3. :., n;..; 1 & ; i c !ir . , ... put Grove, Fla, wicre k-aiiy va:'.v.-:.;-s w rul Lr trees are bein? f.Town. Some of these appear to be very promising. "Rubber is of vital Importance to highway transportation." trans-portation." said .Mr. Fir, -st. ne, "end is largely re-sp.T.-dble for our business prosperity. The British restrict-;,. n act m-w limits productinn and exportation exporta-tion to nnc-half of normul production. Rubber today to-day is al.,.iit 2( r.-r c,-ni h'her than it was when the restriciinn act went in-o etTect. Rubber restrict:. re-strict:. this jar w!.I .-.ist American car owners nr ft So 1 1.. . ...el 'ii. !:lrj very iilcelv S.hoh.oiiii.iido. Fv.-ry o n-cen; id-cm ir, t'. price ,f -rude nib-be nib-be 1. -ens ri, s.lir'.m1 I I. ii f about S7o.mk.i,. " '' 'fr " .,' 1 nit'd States" Xir. !;: s'ic j i:i.-:ru.,i.-ii-;ii In i-avins Con- s-"'" -s :!''-' '::':':' :" a ! . '-' 1 1 : 1 b 1 lu.in.-s f.,r the j " r-a- s.. . - . 1 , . ,i :.. ; -ci.ply. and h" " ; ' ' ' i ' 1. - .o'.u expense " : ' : ':''- tro-ludihc lh ' "''" ' -' " and Africa, ' : .'.. :h- -.y-,! c,,i, st of -- ti c; e. at.ii' cl pian- l a c::j :...;.:.n- i.c::5 t.. .:c..ie rubber un an 1. U.-jl Vi; iaie. |