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Spark-plug behind this project is

Thomas A. Pennell of Cyntliiana,

Ky., a young man of 41 who has

known the plant for 15 years. He

has had considerable experience in

the United States Department of

Agriculture. He is now staking all

his experience in the belief that

rubber production in Haiti cannot

only be a success on an emergency

basis, but that even in the postwar

period it can hold its own on a com

petitive basis with tree and syn

thetic rubbers.

Pennell has already spent four

years in Haiti, as agricultural ad

viser to the government, and as

president of the Societe Haitiano

Americaine de Developpement Agri

cole (Haltlan-American Corpora

tion for Agricultural Development),

better known as SHAD A.

At Oonaiives we saw large rub

ber plantations, the experimental

station at work, and sheets of rub

ber produced from latex. All this

has been done in a little over a year.

Pennell told us that Haiti will pro

duce 3,000 tons of rubber in 1044,

and 10,000 to 12,000 in 1045. He

figures that this rubber is now cost

ing about 65 cents a pound, but

thinks it can be lowered consider

ably in the long run.

Here Is the way the whole thing

started. A German ship captain

brought the plant from Madagas

car to Haiti in 1612. and planted it

for its pretty blue flower. It eventu

ally grew wild, so when the cry for

rubber went up after Pearl Habor,

it was easy to find plenty of seeds.

The peasants were paid to gather

the seeds, and SHADA, organized

the plantation and nurseries. It

takes only a few months for the

plant to produce latex—nothing

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The Waterbury Democrat. (1944). Waterbury, Conn., 1944-01-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014085/1944-01-11/ed-1/?sp=16

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Waterbury Democrat, 1944-01-11.