The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-07
MAKING OF TIRES
Fur AUTOMOBILES
PROCESSES or MANUFACTURE
WILL BE SHOWN BY MOVING
PICTURES At THEATRE IN
FARGO NEXT FRIDAY EVENING
mo CHARGES.

Al unique demonstration will be
given at the Fargo theatre on Friday
night by the B. F. Goodrich company,
Of Akron, Ohio, in order to familiarize
the motorists of Fargo with the
methods employed in the collection.
n manufacture Of rubber for motor
tires. The demonstration is under the
charge of f. M. Tiliiseh and will take
the form OF aemoving picture display.
during the course of which the var
ious processes through which the rub
Der passes from the time It IL collect
ed from the tree until 1t is~turnedAout
! the shape of a completed tire will
be shown and carefully explained by
Mr.. Tillisch, who is an expert in the
historical part of the business. The
performance will commenceHat $3.50 o.
M, and anyone wishing to attend can
obtain complimentary tickets on appli-
cation to any of the local automobile
dealers.
The B. F. Goodrich Co. is sending
Mr.. Tillisch about the country at great
expense in order to give every owner
of an automobile and the prospective
buyers Of cars the opportunity to be-
come thoroughly familiar with the
production of rubber and the way In
which 1t is handled from the soil to
the tire.
Something of a. picture trip has to
Fbe taken from the tropical jungles of
Brazil to the busy factory of the COM
pany in America in the telling of the
story and the way in which Mr.. TIL
lisch handles the subject makes the
evenings entertainment thoroughly in
teresting and enjoyable.
No industry is as interesting as the
procuring of rubber and its manufac-
|ture. The picturesque natives make
extraordinary pictures. and the var
.ious processes are so unusual as to be
something to be remembered for years.
Thesfirst picture shows scenes in the
jungles OF Brazil along the banks Of
the Amazon river and its tributaries.
Mr.. Tillisch explains that the various
districts In which the crude rubber is
gathered are rented from the Brazilian
government by contractors. Then they
fit out their expeditions, comprised Of
natives with their overseers. The
force is divided into gangs, each of
whom Is given a district to work"
The tools employed by these natives
are of the very crudest kind. The in-
|tcision In the tree Is made with a ma
chete and an earthen gourd is fasten-
ed under the %ineisions into which the
Juice Is allowed to flow. The native
method of working the juice into crude
rubber biscuits will then be shown.
These biscuits are transported down
the Amazon to tidewater and the rub
Der markets. They are then carried
in large coastinE freighters to the
United States and then brought to the
Goodrich factory at Akron. Cotton
and other products being also very
important factors in the Manufacture
Of auto tires and rubber garments Of
various kinds the different methods
of obtaining these products are also
shown.
Scenes in the big factory covering a
floor s~pacerof4 80 acres and employing
$500 people will be displayed. The
entire process. from the time the crude
stun is turned out will be shown and
explained to the smallest detail. Are.
cent added feature will be the begin
ming of the making Of the universal
demountable quick detachable rim.
The closing pictures show automo-
bile races, all the exciting starts and
finishes being pictured on the canvas.