The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-30

is IN SOLID POSITION
With Plenty of Rubber, Plenty of
Tires, and Plenty of Money,
Without Debts, It Obeys
Orders.

From a business standpoint the
city of Keokuk has benefited to some
extent by war orders. On the other
hand, the city has also felt the pinch
OF the great war crisis we are now
passing through. This pinch has not
seriously effected any of our indus
tries, but has really caused them ia
be placed on better financial basis
than before.
The war industries board during
last month issued orders curtailing
the production of all automobile tire
plants about fifty per cent. This or
der effects the Standard Four Tire
company Of this city. The Keokul1
concern is one Of the most enter
prising and successful business ven
lures our city has ever had. 1t had
anticipated some such move by the
government and was well prepared to
fulfill the orders and without any
damage TO itself.
To representative of The Gate
City, c. J. Kirch, the president and
general manager of the Standard
Four Tire company, said today:
Is Growing Fast and Well
Our company has experienced an
unparalleled growth this year. This
increase Of business continues every
day, and we believe is the result of
constant improvement of our goods
and the modern and conservative
business methods employed.
'On May 8, 1918, the United States
government, through the war indus
tries board, reduced the importation
of rubber more than fifty per cent
in it's effort to conserve ship bot
toms. Our company had anticipated
such move and had purchased and
stored previous to this date suffi-
cient rubber TO maintain it's produc-
ton during the whole Of 1918.
ION account of the waning rubber
supply caused by the lessening of
importations. the government. through
its war board, during the latter part
OF July issued sweeping order cur
failing the production of automobile
tires for the months of August and
September. in order to conserve ship
bottoms, capital and labor. The no
tice to our company from the war
industries board said we should cut
our production about fifty per cent
for the above period of two months.
Like good soldier, we have saluted
our Uncle Sam and obeyed the or
der, for we are anxious to aid our
government in it's conflict, and we
realize the Industries that best
survive the crisis we are passing
through will be those that are d.
rected along the lines laid down by
the government.
Winning the War.
'Our company has rubber; it has
tires and it has plenty of money.
There is only one calamity that could
affect it, the loss of the war; We
are going to win this war soon, and
the effect of winning on our COM
pany will be to make it the most
wonderful industrial success west of
the Mississippi river.
Our stock of rubber will keep us
protected against any emergency.
Our tires Will all be sold at good
price on account OF the great reduc-
ton in manufacturing throughout the
country And we have plenty of
money at this time to meet all our
dividends, interests and war taxes
for the year. We have no outstand |
ing obligations, and if you will par
don our apparent Boosting, we will
say there is no industry in the coun- |
try today better able to meet all war
requirements, and we will do it with |
the sordid spirit entirely left out and
purely from a sense of the highest |
The Standard Four Tire company
Is now making about two hundred /
tires day, but believes it will soon
increase this number on account of
the prospects of securing a war or
der by the efforts now being made.