The sun., 1916-11-12
GOOD TIRES FOR $40
CANNOT Be FOUND
Consider the Cost Of the Fabric
Alone and You Will
Understand.
ny BURTON =. brown.

Unusual interest has been shown b,
reputable tire people and the motorinr
public In THE suns exposure of cheaI
imitation tires and dishonest tire dealers
who have been giving automobile owners
so much troublc. And the honest iir,
manufacturers are mighty glad motorists
are Interested. because the indifference
Of the latter has made possible the ready
sale OF bad tires.
As was pointed out IN the other stories
the big manufacturer spend much cash
to give motorists their monev's worth %.
mileage, and therefore can be trusted To
offer the very best there Is IN the line Of
automobile footwear. They have the In
c,ination and the facilities to do what is
right. Therefore why should there be
any doubt about the kind Of tires 10 buy?
Tires that have n good name to live M
to will always he our best buy.
Clyde s. Thompson of the Miller Rub
Der Company presents some interesting
Information on the subject of manufIc-
turing costs. lie writes as follows:
81 read with considerable pleasure the
highly interesting and instructive story
in THE SrH entitled Beware OF the
Cheapest Tires
II don't blarro the tire dealers who sell
shoddy tires quite SO much as ] 40 the
man who buys the tires. ANY man who
has capacity enough TO earn money Ia
buy an automobile should have sense
enough to know that he can't get some
thing for nothing. III trouble is that
most OF these men who are strong for
buying SO tires are wise guys. who
think hat they cau scent Il tire bargain
q mile of. They are prone to feel that
the average tire made 10y p Tire manu-
facturer OF stability sells FOR too much
money.
1.-THE average man doesn't give his
tires any credit ~ all. In the first place,
he believes that they cost him too much,
and In the second place he Is certain that
he doesn't get enough mileage out q:
them. Usually after he has abused his
tires and has had long service he goes
back to the tire adjustcr and romanccs
like n gentleman about the mileage he
has received. often wondo Il the pa
thence of the tire companies.
IF a man would stop 10 think Of the
price of the materials hat 70 into the
making up of the tire he would under
stand that $40 will rp' 90 very far In
purchasing u tire. In the frs, place,
there are several pounds of sea island
cotton required In the frs; grade tires
Sea sian cotton is selling on the mar
ket to-day for forty cents a pound. Fig
ure then what this cotton must cost by
the time It goes through the ginning. bal
ing. cleaning. carling, comhing and other
processes before II Is woven into a fabric
and put into "A tire.
'"This cotton goes through fourteen
different processes a. the fabric mill be-
fore It IL ready TO be built into a tire,
Each one OF these processes naturally
costs money, with the result that the
fabric part OF Il tire alone costs a very
pretty penny. Rubber H. not so expen-
siye to-day IA I, was. but u still costs 4
very definite sum per pourd-and a good
many pounds mus; be used in every cas-
ing.
mo man has a right to buy n chear
tire, because IN doing so he not only
risks his own life but he also jeopardizcs
the lives OF others. The man who
bought IA ten dollar tire and had a blow
cut In ten minutes was fortunate. sup
pose. for instance, M. tire held out lo0l
enough for him 20 take his family out
for n Sunday afternoon drive and Ia
should be bowling merrlly along tn,
highway when the tire blew out and
tSo,'S them all into tho ditch. with per.
haze 4 loss OF life. SUCH things happier
every day. In these days Of congcs'"d
traffic no man has a right to buy a tir.
that Is apt to blow out any minute and
is liable to cause an accident u the mar
driving n car behind him.
81 have been connected with the rub
Der industry for a number - years, and
] can say positively that the reputable
tire manufacturer to-day IS using every
effort to build a tire that is worth every
cent thai he asks for It. Consider the
resources that the rubber companies OF
Akron have. Here at the Miller we hay,
a score or so OF chemists who do moth
ing all day long but experiment witt
.r,IAAs ,,IA taut AL ,,n1,a 9n.A .I. ,At
ton fabric In every conceivable way
Every inch OF fabric tlat comes into
this mill and every ounce OF rubber use,
In the construction OF "A Miller tire Il
put 10 the severest test and subjected
to the most careful scrutiny by experts
Tho factory superintendent knows eN'
actly the quality of gun n fabric tina
he II working with, and furth-'. he hH
the assurance that both the fabric anc
rubber measure up to the specification,
decided upon by the engineering depart
ment.
THE reason sea island cotton t. usoC
and Ia the Ideal fibre for the construction
Of tires Is because OF the extreme length
OF Its staple. which ranges from one AM
a half to two and n half inche long
Ordinary upland cotton has a staple tina
10 perhaps a half inch or SO in length
You can readily appreciate that "A Abr,
TWO ana a nan lncneS long can ID
twisted into a thread and yarn OF create
tensile strength than can a fibre that /.
only half an inch long. The supply o
sea island fabric is not sufficient to GO
around. and further. the price Is Yer,
great, and as a result a large percentag.
Of fabric Is a mixture of ordinary up
hnd with a little sen island cotton useC
20 bin The mixture together. This re
suits In a fabric that does not have IN,
tensile strength possessed by TIE fabri,
made entirely OF sea island cotton.
Tn this factory we have chemists VIII,
have studied the subject OF cotton fab
ric TO u an extent that they can tell
almost at a glance. a piece OF fabric tina
10 made up OF short staple mixed witt
long Sea Island cotton staple. and natur
ally, they reject every ounce Of fahri,
that comes into this mill that shows al,
short staples. Some manufacturers ar,
not 30 careful or so critical, and in
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