Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-06-20
MAKING BALLOoNs FOR
THE GOVERNMENT
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Also Furnish Country With ri
Per Cent Of All Tires Used

AS makers Of speed records, ball
looms have never attracted any great
notice. But In Akron the Goodyear
Tire a Rubber Co IL manufacturing
immense dirigibles at cost OF $780,
900 each, which attain Q speed OF
a. miles hour.
These dirigibles are being built
for the U. 8. Government for war
purposes and will be used largely
In coast patrol work. They are fitted
up with q special Curtiss motor.
About three large balloons are being
turned out daily at the Goodyear
plant and production will ultimately
be brought MP to six day.
Some 1000 men and women are
employed In the balloon department
alone. The company has purchased
a large field near the plant, where
daily tests Of the balloons are made.
In addition 70 these immense diri-
giblea the company builds two small
Ter balloons for observation purposes.
one known as the kite" and the
other as the Free Balloon.
This is not the only form Of war
work being done by the Goodyear
company. More than 5000 gaa
masks are being turned out daily at
the plant there. The company IL
also a large manufacturer Of heavy
tires for army trucks.
At the start Of this week Good
year was more than SOC. 900 tires be-
hind orders. Inasmuch as the com
pany il working at capacity and
turning out 10000 tires a day. this
means anywhere from two and one
half to three months behind orders.
Sales OF Goodyear for the six
months ended May 1. the hrst half
Of the fiscal year, were In excess Of
see. 900, 900. This was an increase
Of about 40 per cent over the bust
ness for the same period in the pre-
Viouk year.
Inaamuch as the company did a
business in 1917 Of GIL 900. 900, a
continuance Of this rate Of Increased
business over the closing six months
will mean q business for the fun
fiseal year OF something like 1885,
900. 900. On this basis. Goodyear
is the second largest manufactures
Of rubber goods In the world. ita
business being exceeded only by that
OF the United States Rubber Co.
About is per cent Of the cons
pany's buAlness IL war business. 4
yaar ago the war business amounted
10 lssa than / per cent Of the total,
on the dollar basis. Goodyear's war
business Is ID excess Of $4,000 Co.
Most Of the eosnDAny's business n
en- the cost Plus basia.
| Another favorable k@ature is the
fact that the company is we'll sup
piled with crude rubber it's re-
quiremsnts in this line are taken
care OF for at least six months to
come.
This company. as wen as others.
is having great trouble securing la
Dor. Its Akron factories now em1
ploy 5000 women and within sixty
days there will be at least 5000. A
year ago the total number OF women
on the payroll was slightly over 500
War taxes WIN cost Goodyear
about $4,000. 900 a year. The COM
pany recently altered Its customers
about s1s.oo0.OoO OF new preferred
stock at par, More than $4,000 900
has already been subcribed for.
The Continental Company. one Of
Maryland's strongest financial and
investment institutions. whose adver-
tisemsnt Is appearing in this Issue. is
Offering the newly issued second pres
fsrred stock to the public and Will
send full particulars on request.