Evening star., 1915-11-14
TIRE TRADE IN BRITAIN
NOT HURT BY THE WAR
Goodyear's Managing Director in
England Says Female Labor Is
in Great Demand.

| P. D. Saylor, managing director of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of
Great Britain, has just arrived from
London and is spending a few days
at the Akron headquarters in the in
terest of the European trade
.I came over on the Rotterdam, which
| has her name painted in very large
letters on both sides of the ship, IL
! lumined Al night, to obviate the possl-
| bility of attack through mistaken
identity. My trip was entirely deVoid
| Of any of the features which SO many
travellers have been reporting. All was
serene and tranquil
However the grim realities OF war
were brought home to us rather 1orc-
| IDLY on one of the famous AePpeiii.
raids when a. bomb was dropped put
half block from our London once,
damaging several buildings ana tear
| ing a great hole in the street BUSINESS
| is tranquil in London, and contrary ~
| the general opinion there is no siloit
ernment has taken and is recel'!he IN
now great quantities of tires from the
manufa cturers, but they have equipped
themselves to take care OF tne IliI i,
creased business, ana are aple " hi'
the government orders and at the same
time supply the trade. The tire man
ufacturers are pleased to get the gov
ernrnent business and seek IT,
Demand for Female Labor.
"On account of the departure of so
many thousands Of men for the front
there is an enormous demand Tor 1e-
male labor In our own office we nave
had to replace our men who nave JOIN
ed the a rmy with women.
THE advent of so many women INTO
the trades formerly occupied solely by
men at first occa stoned not a little ap-
prehension on the part of the trade
unions but this was amicably dis
nelled by the granting of mems wages
to the women All of the rubber COM
panies are making up the dlference
between their mems present pay as
soldiers and their former salaries,
left behind Consequently there is little
distress among the families of the men
at the front.
The 80 1-3 per cent duty placed on
automobiles has apparently had very
little effect on the flow of American
cars to England, as there is a strong
demand for the medium priced cars,
occasioned largely by the shortage OF
horses Many thousands of horses nave
been requisitioned by the government
however, has begun to be felt, as has
also the so per cent tax on the profts
of all business houses, over an average
of the last two years profits
Look for Trade After War.
That the censorship is effective and
far-reaching is shown by the fact that
our mail comes to US opened and bear
ing the official stamp of the censor.
But the effect of this has been only to
delay our mail. AS far as we know
all mail addressed to US has reached
us and We have suffered no incon-
venience.
I'VE are looking forward to the re-
construction period which must follow
the advent of peace. There is bound
to be a hard fight for business. The
additional equipment installed by the
tire manufacturers to take care of the
government business must be kept in
operation when the war orders cease
which means that competition will be
keener than ever. The companies hav-
ing the best organizations will be the
wiuners-to use common English ex-
preston. those who are steady and
can stick it,