Word: davises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mr. Davis made a trip to the Orient & South Sea Islands. Among the Sunda Islands he recognized ideal climate for rubber tree cultivation. In Sumatra he developed rubber plantations. Others, notably Firestone Tire & Rubber, have followed since.*
In the Orient, Edgar B. Davis, U. S. businessman, became Edgar B. Davis, mystic. Eastern religion had touched his imagination; mysticism satisfied his soul.†
Mr. Davis became a rich man-although not so rich as Mr. Seiberling. He sold his interests in U. S. Rubber, and with his money prospected for oil in Texas. He lest all except faith in Texas oil. He called on his friend for a loan, and promptly got $57...
In 1920 the business depression which jostled William Crapo Durant out of General Motors jolted Frank A. Seiberling out of Goodyear. He retained his stock in the corporation, but had no money. As many men did, Edgar B. Davis knew of the wreckage; as few men did, he went to...
With the "comeback" of the rubber industry, Prudential Securities has made money on the Goodyear and Seiberling rubber company stocks, which it held. But Prudential Securities was created to help Mr. Seiberling, not to profit. Therefore, slight Mr. Seiberling and bulky Mr. Davis met in the Cleveland lawyers' office...