PUERTO RICO: Island Workshop

Two lines will meet and cross on a graph in Puerto Rico this week, and thereby touch off a great celebration. The crossed lines mean that, for the first time in history, manufacturing has edged ahead of farming as Puerto Rico's major source of income.

To hammer home the point, no fewer than 20 new factories are to be officially opened. Heading the list is a $2,000,000 General Electric plant to make circuit breakers; other factories will produce such goods as coils, rubber buckets, screen wire, photolithography, saber saws, frozen foods, billfolds,...

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