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THfc BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA ****** —— “ THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928. THE FUMBLE FAMILY That’s Different! By E. Courtney Dunkel t! ; * », A C ,H /* QTQANGE? WM£N HE^P THOUGH; IT GOUNDS^ PUAVING ip.^. TO ME-/ IT. 5UC2E- r-'fer ■ y\A -3UT JES' AP S'OON 'A<2 I GO TO ^ING VITM IT ~ SUE" -r/ GETS' OFF THE KEY/ X ‘Africa and America Linked World X Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Sends First Message From Liberia To Rubber Company*s Own Station In Akron—Daily Reports On Rubber Growth To Follow . Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Fjxe^ itone, Junior, now in the African jungles, today broadcasted the first message sent from the special ra dio station recently erected on the Firestone rubber plantation in the interior, of Liberia, on the West portation, and they all want to gineers, soil experts and foresters. Now that the Liberians, for the first time in the history of the country, have a system of good roads, they are suddenly beco'ming enthusiastic about motor trans- Coast of Africa. The message was received at a similar station on the roof of the Firestone fac tories at Akron, Ohio. This marks a new era of com munication with the interior of in accessible countries. Heretofore, the method used was to send foot messengers through jungle trails, taking days to get in touch with the -outside world. Broadcasting by radio direct from one continent to another thus gives the Firestone Tire & Rubber Go. a great advan tage in developing its million acres of rubber lands that were secured from the Liberian government. Although these properties are lo cated over 5,000 miles from the Firestone headquarters at Akron, Ohio, it will now be possible to send reports eveVy day by radio . from the Liberian plantations to Akron. 100,009 Acres Laid Out Mr. Firestone, Jr., has been in Liberia since* early January. In his first report by radio today, he said that the Liberian government officials were enthusiastically co operating with Firestone in the compan/s great undertaking to make Liberia one of the important rubber-growing countries of the world. Mr. Firestone said that during the first year two 50,000- acre plantations had been laid out, one on the Du river and the other 150 miles south of the Du on the Cavalla river. Firestone engineers in the same time had constructed over 75 miles of roads and had built and estab lished headquarters on the two plantations, with housing facilities for the resident staffs of .118 Americans. Power plants for the development of electric power, light and refrigeration had been built, as well as hospitals and trade stores for the benefit of the Americans and also to supply the needs of the 15,000 natives who are employed in clearing the jun gles and planting rubber trees. 1,500,000 Trees Planted During the past year, according to Mr. Firestone’s first radio re port, over 1,500,000 rubber trees nave been planted on a total of over 15,000 acres of cleared jungle lands. This is a record in rubber plantation work. It is the largest number of trees set out and acres planted by any single company in the same length of time. And Mr. Firestone stated that the rate of progress in clearing titnd ~arTd~ planting rubber trees is being con stantly increased. Mr. Firestone reported that the^ steamship sent over for service had been placed in commission along the Liberian coast and is now linking up the Firestone plan tations and the coast towns of Li beria. He expressed the hope that Firestone will soon have its own vessels operating directly between New York and Liberia, making the Atlantic passage in less than two weeks. Wtyen this is done, it will not only give Firestone an advan tage of from two to wrecks in time as compared with other rub ber-growing countries, but wi*k also greatly reduce the cost of transportation. Teach Natives Trades Great progress in the develop ment of the Firestone trade schools was also reported. Mr. Firestone said that the natives were very anxious to lea,m under the instruc tion of the Firestone technical staff. The dark-hued Liberians are being taught to be carpenters, blneksmiths, plumbers, electricians, aotomobile mechanics, sanitary en- ride in automobiles, trucks or tractors. As a result, Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, has estab lished a traffic squad to police the traffic on its principal streets. When the Firestone company went into Liberia, There were no roads in the country, and only one auto mobile. This was owned by the President of Liberia, who had very little occasion to use it because of the absence of good roads.’ When Mr. Firestone arrived at the Du, river plantation, he was greeted as the “Great White Chief” by many thousands of Fire stone native employees who had erected a great arch of leaves and ferns at the entrance of the prop erty and lined the road-on both sides as he drove through eleven miles of th^ plantation to head quarters. $5,000,000 Loan to Liberia Mr. Harvey S. Firestone, Sr., has successfully arranged a $5,000,000 loan in America for the Lioerian government.' This places Liberia on a firm financial oasis, and permits the development of roads, schools and public buildings. The 118 Americans comprising the Firestone technical staff are nelp- ing to organize the 2,000,000 or more native Liberians and give them remunerative employment which had not been hitherto avail able in their own country. The na tives are proving very adaptable and willing to work in an organ ized way. This has made possible the clearing and planting of such a large acreage during the past year and has undoubtedly had a very appreciable effect in the re cent, reduction in the price of crude rubber. European newspapers have car ried mai.y articles deriding Fire stone for going into Africa to plant rubber. They claimed the soil was poor for rubber growing and that the natives would not work. ^ The British^ government now realizes that Firestone’s Li berian enterprise is anything but Wm Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. mi KODAKERSt / o - ^ Send your films to us for develop ing and printing/ One day service. Write for prices. 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Barnwell, •- * s. c. 7 / ;W-swung Radio Operator Receiving mils ftecSIVing^ First # • • » *» Aerial/Atop Firestone Factory—Akron a folly. It is conceded by every body that Firestone has made the greatest rubber development ever accomplished by any single com pany in the same length of time. Liberia confronts the British Dutch rubber growers as an in creasingly important competiwr. And now the British Parliament is seriously considering the question of abandoning or at least jnodify- ing the rubber restriction policy. le British colonies in the Mid- East have vigorously expressed iemselves along this line. Cey lon has voted to abandon rubber restriction entirely. In Singapore, Straits Settlements, 47 out of 72 rubber growers have voted to abandon rubber restriction or to modify it so it would not be ef fective. u . When Premier Baldwin brought up the question of modifying rub ber restriction in the British Par liament, rubber was selling around . 42 cents a pound. 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