Liberia and Rubber.

Focuses on the inferior economic and social conditions of Liberia, with reference to the deal between Secretary of State of Liberia Edwin Barclay and Firestone Plantations Co. Reasons cited for treating Liberia as an inferior country; Attitude of other countries toward Liberia; Establishment of Liberia at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution; Coincidence of the development of Liberia with the spread of the New World and the rise of economic imperialism of Europe in Africa; Problems of transportation in Liberia; Economic changes over which Liberia had no control; Negotiations between Liberia and the Firestone Co.