174 A VISIT TO RUBBER PLANTATIONS 



on the place with him, and they seem as happy and healthy as if they 

 were running a farm in a northern clime. 



After looking over the Sim Iron plantation, we visited Daytonia, 

 now the Rubber Grove plantation, where there were some very good 

 trees, although it was explained that the man who started the planatation 

 sold something like two hundred thousand dollars of stock, and spent 



IN THE SHADE OF A RUBBER TREE. 



[Named from right to left : Sim Iron, S. W. Sinclair, J. A. Belanger, 

 Charles H. Arnold, Arthur F. Townsend, The Cook, Henry C. Pearson.] 



only thirty thousand dollars in planting. He was later prosecuted for 

 fraud and was sent to jail in some one of the United States. The planta- 

 tion was then taken over by a local company, who are getting it into 

 good shape. 



After leaving Daytonia, we visited some small private plantations. 



