Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
CUT DOWN TIRE BILLS
BYUSING HORSE SENSE
PAY SOME ATTENTION TO
DETAILS OF YOUR CASTINGS
Treat Your Tires as Humanely as
You Do Your Car and Produce
the Minimum of Cost
Up-keep

Among the several matters Ine
Herald has brought to the attention Oh
those interested in AUTOMOBILES
either as drivers or owners, none Is
of so much Importance as the matter
of education in the care OF tires.
Tires are-at least have been-the
most extensive part of the book ac-
counts against the up-keep of an auto
mobile, and this has been largely due
to the lack of understanding and, IL
understood, the direction of what the
real tire is, how 1t should be mann
tanned and how cared for. IL THESE
things had the same attention as
motors, transmissions, gears ana ine
What-not of automobile propulsion IL
would be simply astounding TO tno
owner of a machine the decrease III
exnense in maintainance, the principal
cost and mart of which is the tire.
And this lack of attention is all the
more astonishing when it is considered
that no part of the automobile Is more
essential to its propulsion tnan tne
tire itself Without the tire the ma
chine is as helpless of motion as hau II
no engine to give it power, Tor UP 10
this time no means have been pro-
ylded for the carrying of the machine
on its way better than the hard cas-
ings and inner tubes, of which hun
dreds of thousands are sold today.
Each day this all important eco
nomical question is impressed upon the
mind clearer and clearcr-at least
upon the minds of those who will think
al all and especially for those who
desire To operate machines with the
maximum Of pleasure or comfort at
the minimum of expense and never
was this so clearly demonstrated as
in one case personally known to the
writer in this city.
Charles r. Twitchell, inventor OF the
air gauge for which the little invention
is named, is the owner of his own car,
and on this car he has a complete set
of Goodyear Quick Detachable tires.
These have seen every day service upon
the streets Of Los Angeles and ON
the roads contiguous thereto until $500
miles have been Travelled by them, ana
only the last few days were examined
by the writer, their condition proving
that care of the tire Is a matter OF
education. Take these four tires of
this car, polish and clean them up,
give them the color dust which be-
longs TO the newly finished rubber,
and 1t is beyond the detection of the
veriest expert to tell whether they
had tust left the factory or not. and
handed across the counter of the
Newerf Rubber company tomorrow as
new tires, none would ever deny the
fact.
Observing the car of Mr.. Twitchell-
and his car is used i'm this instance
merely as an example-The Herald
man inquired: "How does II come, Mr..
Twitchell, using your car so much as
you do in your business, that you
do not carry one or two extra tires with
you? Don't you ever have tire
troubles?"
mo, sir" said the genial air gauge
man, II never carry extra tires. I
have n couple of extra inner tubes In
my kit. but have never had to use
them, and these four tires have
Travelled over $500 miles, without even
a puncture but once, when l picked up
a crooked nail, repaired the puncture
and drove on. / simply give my tires
the attention a costly thing like tire
deserves. l always carry the proper
and scientific amount of air in each
that they should have and according
to the roads / am TO use. I always
know the amount of air pressure there
is in each. If I aN to travel today on
Los Angeles streets use the pressure
the tires should have for that service.
If going out of the city on sandy
roads, where the pulling is hard, let
out or add air as the case may be,
and I have no trouble" and then
laconically added: "If you have an
expensive watch, you don't let it take
care of itself as you would a Water
bury, would you? Tires cost money
good money-then, why not treat them
as If they did, and not abuse them?"
The newspaper man could see the
point. wondered why there were so
many who did not do this very thing.
that he bade the air-gauge man good
day, wandered on, silently saying,
Certainly" In other words, drop in
and have chat on tires with w. d.
Newerf-not to buy any-just talk
tires to him, or better, have him talk
tires to you for a short spell, and
you'll wonder why your expense bills
have been so high in the past and why
you have cultivated the profanity
habit when your tires apparently
acted as though they wished you to
become the father of bad words.