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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Profit Sharing

We believe that men work best who have share in the earnings. And that owners of the business are apt to best serve it's patrons.
 So 134 of our leading men share in the Goodyear profits. And the Company has helped them acquire their stock.
 Our branch managers are stockholders. Thus our dealings with the public, the whole country over, are being conducted by partners.
 In our factories, building tires, there are 49 stockholders. In our office there are B.
 Ninety per cent of the Goodyear com mon stock is owned by the active men in the concern.
 Every voice in our policy, every factor in quality, every creator of Goodyear repu- tation, shares the results of his actions. We know of no better way to insure to our customers the service which we intend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
The Street of Other Nations

Julian Street in Everybody's Magazine. When one speaks of Broadway, one
 does not think of the steamship offices
 ir the canyon of lower Broadway; the
 wholesale shirt. cloak and suit feather and umbrella district above City Hall Park: the old department stores between Union and Madison Squares; but of that strange. sordid mble-and-a-half which is
 given over to amusement, and which with its unimportant buildings and it's general cheap look. only partially re-
 deemed by an occasional fine hotel-must
 be a bitter disappointment to those who,
 having heard Georse NJ. Cohans patriot
 ic songs about it, see it for the first
 time.
 Yet sthe street has interesting features.
 It Is the hottest. tawdriest street on earth at midday in the summer: the coldest. cruelest street at midnight in the winter. and if the inhabitants of
 other planets gazing at us through their telescopes. see brilliant flashes in the
 night and think that we are signaling
 to them. 1t is because commercial gen
 tlemen with goods to sell are signaling, not upward to the heavens. but down ward to the earth. For the rest what does Broadway offer us? Theaters named for other theaters in the European cap- | iials; European actors playing European plays in European clothing; restaurants called after famous Paris eating places; | French cooking. French cooks, French walters and French wines.
 So far as our restaurants are concerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

have a shoe string threaded through those
 eyelets. When this was done old Thomas
 II. was satisfied. and went away. tickled
 to death over his decorated narrative
 IT you fellows don't Nelieve this citn
 take you to the very place where they
 run the shoe factory in Memphis"
 ''I1h. Huhi" said the sheliff: Iohn Cot
 ton had mule that took evcry disease
 a mule could accumuate. He had the
 I,Stts. ant the spavin, and the glanders,
 the epizootic and appendicitis and fits.
 and he acted generally like n mule that wasn't in good health. John advised with his. uncle. old Peter Yancey. about the rules $ lnfirfnties, and old Pete told John
 to' eetqa cane--a hollow cane. about q foot long and to blow about four ounces of calomel down that mules threat, and 1t would cure him. When next Old Pete saw John that boy was looking like a cyclone had hit him. He had a broken arm. three teeth missing his ncse was cavod in, and he was walking on a ciutch. What's the matter. Johns?' asked old Peter. Uncle Pete, said John in a sick tone; Nou know you told me to blow some caIornel into that sick mule?' Y es said Pete !, 'W-a-all. drawled John sorter. sniffling-tlie blame mule blowed first !"
 A olamorous and insistent supper bell | here adjourned thp club, ,ieara of whom sought their respective homes, soothed and inspired hy thethought that they had wonderfully added to the mass af nfor- nation already acquired by an erudite
 woriu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Many motorists are familiar with the phenomenon of knocking in an engine when the load becomes excessive, says l.. L. Barnes, Birmingham's Oakland branch manager, but 1t is doubtful whether many could be found who could accurately point to the cause or even say whence comes the noise.
 Knocking is sometimes caused from ex- oessive deposits of carbon on the piston ard cylinder heads. This carbon becomes red hot and ignites the charge under compression before the piston has reached it's firing point, thus causing a kick which is sometimes called pre-ienition.
 Knocking, resulting from q loose con- meeting rod will be more noticeable when that particular cylinder fires. Crank shaft bearing knocks are about the hard est to locate, as sometimes it is only a faint rattle.
 Knocks which are caused by loose pis- ton pin or bearing of upper end of con- meeting rod, can be clearly heard and located by placing a stick or other sound conveying instrument on top of cylinder and ono end to your ear. This knock will be loudest on firing or power stroke
 Knocks are often caused by a valve litter being out of adjustment, causing clattering sound. On motors as the Oakland the filters should have four one thonsendth of an inch which will insure proper valve action without noise.
 Knocking caused by ignition out of lime This is not so common. since the advent of the synchronous ignition system, which Las displaced the old coll. vibrator and distributor in America, with one exeep- ton.
 Knocking in rare instances has been traced to loose fly-wheel. This is not so common where the fly-wheel is bolted to a fiange on the crankshaft. Some manu- lecturers key the fly-wheel to a tapered end of the crankshaft
 Knocking is caused quite lot by miss .rg" cylinder, i. e., one or more Cylinders net firing, causing the motor to thump and surge.
 Knocking may also be due to having the sparr advanced too far Some drivers seem to think they can drive any kind of road at any speed without shifting the spark lever. When negotiating hill if the motor begins to pound, the spark lever must be retarted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Races at the Fair

The automobile dealers here look for- ward with great deal of anticipation ana interest to the coming State Fair. Ihe races promised, both automobile and mo- torcycle, will find hearty interest indl- cated from the owners and racers Tn Blr- mingham. It is understood that several dealers in order to impress the worth or individual cars on the trade have request ed the services of expert racers Tor the fair from the factories employing them. Il is understood that several have Indicated that the racers will be permitted to come here. In that event racers of great merit and fine sport will be arranged In thls city. Robert Stubbs of motorcycle iarne is not going to race personally, but ne IS very much interested in the efforts that are being put forth to get up the motor cycle events.
 In addition to the races the automophe men will have exhibits at the fair this year larger and carrying more informa- ton and style than heretofore. The last automobile show was such a pronounced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
L. A. Whitehead Returns

After trip of several days to the fac lorien represented by the Highland Gar age. L. A Whitehead and B. M Braziel of the Highland Garage have returned to the city. They visited factories at De- troit, Indianapolis, Flint, Mich, Louisville and elsewhere.
 Mir. Whitehead is the agent here for the Buick, the Marmon, Oldsmobile and other cars. Te is very enthusiastic over the outlook and in recounting some of the Improvements to be noted thls year ead yesterday:
 '"Ihe Buick touring car will have cleo tric self starting device, electric lights and many other new features. That car has won It's place in the estimation of the diseriininaring buyers, and it's eharac- ter Is such as to make it unnecessary to enter into any descriptive details. We have orders in now for some Bucks which will be here this week.
 The Oldsmobile company will have a baby Olds which has an improved Delco starting devIce, which will be independ- ent Of the engine. In classical lines and body treatment the Baby Olds will be in every particular one of the most hand some automobiles that has ever been put out by the oldsmobile company. We have som" of this kind ordered. The Maroon car has the self starting device. They will put out a Big e with electric lights. The self starting device will weigh anly 60 pounds. This car will have q wheel base of IA inches, which vlli be specially designed. The front wheels will be arranged so they can turn in any 10 foot street or the same space as d roadster.
 "'rhe new Marmon will have the exact weight center worked out so fine that it may be driver with three fingers rather than with two hands, as is now the case with mast cars. In every respect that will be a classy machine.
 "Our company will have demonstrators here very soon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

The 1913 models of Cadillac cars arrived here last week. and immediately there after Hubert Drennen started out after new buyers His success during the past year has been very great, and he is of the opinion that the coming business will be even greater.
 The new Cadillac from the exterior is very much like the 1912 model. In con struction and new features it differs very much. The self starting device, according to the dealer here. has been improved upon to great extent, being of less weight and decidedly more efficient than was ever believed possible under the nv scheme. The local company wll have for show here a coupe, limousine and the customary line of roadsters and touring cars. The Birmingham company owns the state rights MT. Drennen and his assist ants are very enthusiastic for the coming year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
MT. Reed Returns

After a trip through south Alabama, "a part of Mississippi and Florida. c. c, Reed manager of the Birmingham branch of the Studebaker corporation, has re- turned to the city. He has been away several days during which time he closed several very important trades for the Studebaker make of cars. MT. Reed has been one of the most forceful men of the local dealers to pioneer and cause Bir- mingham to be recognized as tho logical point from which to buy automobiles. The recent establishment here of so many new agencies is one of the direct results from that work. N
 Mr. Reed said yesterday in speaking of the personal side of his trip that business vas exceedingly fine and that the season would wind up after having been one of the most successful of the local hranch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Modest Capitalization

We believe that high cost of living is largely due to the enormous volume of watered stocks.
 Fictitious capital, calling for dividends, compels prices out of reason.
 So we have clung to modest capitaliza- tion, though this is the worlds largest tire business. Not a. dollar of water in our capital stock.
 We count in our assets neither patents nor good will. We have no bonded debt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Complete Independence

We believe that active competition, better than anything else, insures justice to consumers.
 It makes quality essential, compels fair prices, induces square deal.
 Under free competition the best man wins, and that's best for all concerned.
 So owe maintain complete independence. We have no trade alliances, no gentle men's agreements. And consolidation, when proposed, has met our earnest oppo- sition.
 Even our patents are licensed to others, to avoid the slightest taint of monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

the French invasion is not to be deplored. No one who is civilized, or even semi civilized, will mourn the loss of the strictly American restaurant which fiourished in such numbers upon Broad way until a decade or So since. Gone are its checkerboard marble floors, it's heavy, plush-upholstered chairs, It's armored plates and side dishes, its Irish walters tseasoning the soup with their fthumbs),. it's unima ginative, uninviting bill of fare, set in type once for ali, when the estab- lishment first opened, and never changed save when dish or two was added In peculiar purple handwriting.
 Why I wonder, were all those ancient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Fairness and Truth

Above all, with these men we insist on, fair dealing, and on utter regard for ,thel truth.
 Faults and mistakes are sforgiven'byI all of us, but unfairnesssand falsehood are not,
 Here lies, we believe ythe Echfefest reason for the Goodyear growth.* Wher- ever you seek you'll find bound1ess faith in what the Goodyear people do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
All Young Men

We believe in young men, and 7odH organization consists of them. The mostl important man in it, in a manufacturing way, is 36 years old.
 Thus the Goodyear concern tyri6esthef activity, the enthusiasm, the -ambitions| the enterprise of youth.
 Each mans career lies mainly before him. So none rests onihis laurels, none is yet easing up.
 Goodyear men, whereverg youF meet them, are the kind you like to meet. They personify intelligent activity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

For our factories we pick the most promising men who come from great technical schools.
 Every year our superintendent visits the best of these schools, where he aims to select the very cream of the graduates.
 Thus we have gathered here, in the course of years, an army of trained and competent men. And the future of all of them depends on better tires. \
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
The Oakland Branch

A branch of the Oakland cars has been opened in Birmingham at 6l5 South Twen ticth street l.. l.. Bond, an automobile man of wide experience, is in charge. The company has placed demonstrators here and Mr. Bond has been engaged in getting ir line with prospective buyers auring the past week.
 The Oakland car has been a favorite in the larger cities for some years, and it's character is well known here among those who keep in touch with the various makes Mir. Bond says his company was forced to open offices and sales rooms here because of the rapidly growing im- portance of Birmingham as a distribut- ing point for automobiles. Birmingham, according to MT. Bond, has been picked out for some time for an agency of his company and he says every energy will be exerted here to make the Oaklands a go from the start.
 The sales rooms on South Twentieth street will be attractively furnished and there will be some of the most attractive Oakland models on display constantly.
 Pattill0 With Highland Company
 Ed PattIllo, one of the best known au- tomobie salesmen in the city, has been engaged by the Highland sales rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
NEWMODEL CARS ARE ARRIVING
 AND AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ARE I
 SHO WING THEM TO CUSTOMERS

He has been in the business for the past five years and is considered one of the best informed and most energetic sales men Tn the city. He was formerly with C. c. Nixon and later with the Drennen Motor Car company.
 He has been given work introducing the Aloo trucks and has been more than ordinarily successful in putting the good points of that machine up to the business men of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

And that in business where costs are cut to the minimum, by enormous output and modern equipment.
 In rubber tire business, with huctuat- ing materials, that's margin as small as one dares to accept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
FiguringHim Out

From the Washington Star.
 What makes you so sure that young fellow is good business man?' asked Mir. Cumrox-
 Well. replied his daughter, ''he doesnt t ride. shoot, play golf or tennis or write fer the magazines. There must be some thing he can do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

bills of fare written in purple and in the same ilIegibie hand? Ii is one of the tinsolved problems of our unlovely gastronomic past. Suffice 1t that the eat ing house of other days has gone to an unhonored grave in its own greasy gravy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Moderate Profits

We insist on moderate profits. Our eventual interests, we are sure, are best conserved in that way.
 Our profit last year on No -Rim-Cut tires averaged 8H per cent. That's half the usual in line like this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Factory Growth

Our original factory had 36,000 square feet. Our additions for the year 1912 alone will total 560, 900 square feet.
 When these additions are completed they will give us a total of 1,600,000 square feet
 Figure what this means. Were the factory fifty feet wide, and one story high, it would be over six miles long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Goodyear Popularity

Our monthly sales now just about equal our years sales in the year 1909.
 Last years output for the first six months was lS6, ,307 automobile tires. This years output, for the same six months, came to 4S5, ,9S3 tires. This has largely come about through what motorists said about Goodyeartires and methods.
 Those are eloquent figures to answer the ques- tion, Do ideals in business payf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
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The Human Side of Tires
 The Goodyear Code

After all, tire worth depends entirely on the men behind the tires So today let us cover the human side-the ambitions and principles, the men and the methods which underlie Goodyear tires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Not in a personal way mot boast- full way. We wish simply to show, in these days of complaint, that Big Busi- ness may still be guided by The Golden Rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Trained Men

College-bred men are employed here in large numbers. Their accurate training and breadth of view are evident in Good year dealings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Do ideals in business pay?
 Let us note theresult after 13 years. Good year tires now far outsell every other tire.
 The sales have doubled six times over in the past three years. They double now once in eight months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
New Republic Agency

Tho agency for the Republic tire has been secured here by the Robertson Tire and Auto company, of which J. E. Van dergrlff is president The other mem- bers of the firm are F. R. Minhinnette Jr. and w. W. Robertson ooth well known automobile men of this city The company will open up tomorrow morning at 1914 Fourth avenue. A large stock will be carried on hand and the work will be pushed energetically. The tire agency was formerly with Loveman. Joseph & Loeb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
The Drennen Cadillac

success as to impress upon the dealers the great value derived from those exhibits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Saving Blow-Outs

At the same time our experts took up the question of blow-outs, due to overloaded tires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

The Goodyear Tire Book based on 13 years of tire making-is filled with facts you should know. Ask us to mail it to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Rim-Cutting Ended
 Completely

Then sOfre or our expeTtS LOOK up tHe r11n- cutting question. They examined thousands of ruined tires, of nearly every make. And they found among all the clincher tires that 23 per cent were rim-cut.
 Then tire was invented to make rim routing impossible It is known as the Goodyear No- Rim tire.
 These tires now outsell every other tire made. They are used today on tens of thousands of cars. Yet never has one been ri1n-cut.
 By this invention alone we wiped out for tire users about g per cent of their tire upkeep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Nine tires in ten, when of just rated size, arc at times much overloaded. Sometimes by extras added to the sometimes by overweight passengers.
 It is figured that per cent added to the weight takes Is per cent from the tire mileage.
 Soswe made these tires-No-Rim-Cut tires 10 per cent over the rated size. And that 10 per cent oversize, under average conditions, adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage.
 These two features together - No-Rim-C and oversize Il have saved motor car owners many millions of dollars. For tens of thousandsl of men they have cut tire bills in two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
100000 Users

There are not less than 200 900 motorists now t,snq Goodyear tires. Wherever we have made a careful count-at shows and In showrooms- every third car is equipped with them. This year, l27 leading motor car makers con- tracted for Goodyear tires. Over 100 900 cars of the 1912 models were equipped at the factory with them. That is the present situation, with 25 competitors making tires.
 Now Goodyear sales are doubling every eight
 months. They are twelve times
 larger than three years ago.
 Judge for yourself what condi.
 tions will be when all men know
 these tires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
Engine Knocking

F. W. Brownell who has been visiting in Detroit, has been i'll there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Goodyear pneumatic tires are guaranteed when filled with air at the recommended pressure. When filled with any substitute for
 air our guarantee is withdrawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
A 6-Mile Factory Now Results
 Also Monarchy of Tredom

Trade came like flood as soon as men became acquainted with these tires. Now a monthly output of 100000 fails to keep pace with the call.
 Few business stories ever told compare with the Goodyear story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
How It Came About

'he ablest men we could find have, for ls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25

Every question that came up has been an- swered only by the mileage test.
 After 13 years of that sort of comparison we have brought Goodyear tires pretty close to fnality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-25
PattiIIo With Highland Company

Ed Pattlllo, one of the best known au- omobile salesmen in the city, has been engaged by the Highland sales rooms.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-19
Fifty Cures at Lourdes.

The great national pilgrimage has
returned from Lourdes, writes a
Paris correspondent. After the now
traditional religious service celebrated
in Notre Dame DIES Victories, in Paris,
Canon Tissier. of Chartres, addressed
the pilgrims. and. was able to tell
them that about fifty of those who
composed the national pilgrimage had
been cured and that the condition of
an even greater number had been
miraculously improved! The result
is undeniable. IT, as is probable, it
fails to convince the enemies of reli-
gion of their error, it must fortify
the belief of all Catholics. 1t is USE
less for human science to attempt to
deny patent facts, subjected to the
control of the severest tests of skep-
tical science. Not one, nor two, nor
ten persons suffering from what hu-
man science calls ''incurable" diseases.
but hundreds Of them, have within
the past few years returned from
Mary's Shrine at Lourdes restored to
perfect health! Even for those who
fail to obtain the much-desired cure
or alienation of their sufferings the
visit to Lourdes is blessing.