El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-25
To make ONLY
STANDARD TIRES
Manufacturers VIII Cease
Tying Up Rubber in Off
Sized Tires.

As the first important step in 4
movement by the tire manufacturers
Of the country to bring about a con-
servation Of raw materials and a ben
eft 10 both dealers in and consumers
Of tires. the pneumatic tire division
Of the war service committee OF the
rubber industry has recommended the
Standardization Of tire sizes and the
gradual withdrawal from trade Of GER
tain sizes which are considered OBJ
solete OF unnecessary. The war ser
vice committee is selected from the
-ubber manufacturers Of the country
and is acting in this matter with the
conservative division OF the war N
dustries board at washington
while this is a logical measure Tor
the conservation Of -he stocks OF raw
and finished materials is the opinion
EXPRESSED TO D. c. Booth OF the QUICK
Tire service, in a letter from j. n
Gum. president Of the United states
Tire company, IT VIII prove on s SO.
est economy after the war because OF
the saving Il viii make possible 10
the tire companies and dealers Dy
greatly reducing the number OF sizes
and STYLES to be manufactured ana
carried IN the many branch ana ware
house stocks established throughout
the United States for the distribution
OF the product to the consuming pub
lie The consumer viii be greatly
benefited
To Get Makers to Act.
Relating TO the initial equipment OF
new cars, the plan has been presented
TO the directors Of the national auto
has voted TO ask all its members TO
adopt the new standard Of tires as
original equipment as rapidly as pos
sible. commencing this year.
Dealers viii no longer r eed 70 carry
the wide range Of sizes heretofore
necessary If their stocks were to be
considered at all representative, and
[ that portion Of the manufacture raw
/ material heretofore set aside for pro
|duction in sizes and types OF tires
which are known as Sow moving
] viii be available now for manuracture
D into sizes which move quickly
l Manufacturers OF passenger aulollo o.
bues are to be asked to fit their tu-
ture production with one Of the tol-
I living sizes Of rims 3OZ3 L. Sz1
Is1-2. s3x4 and 34x4 L.. These are
Ito take tires Of those sizes, with the
/ following respectively as over sizes
21v4. 3SxA 34Nf 1-2 and 35X5. For
trucks there are TO be three standard
sizes Of pneumatics- 36X6, 56xl and
E0xS The two sizes that fit the
smallest rims are designed 70 be OF
] cIincher type. all others to be OF
straight side type Both plain and
Inon-skfd types are to be retained
Time Given Tire Users.
In classifying sizes for present OF
future elimination from manufactur-
ling schedules, those which are TO be
dropped at once contain only tires
which sales records Of the principa.
companies show are no longer in de-
lmand anywhere
The next class embraces tires II
sizes which have not been furnished
as equipment for long time Tney
are practically obsolete, though sales
records still show a slight trace OF
demand for them. To take care OF
I this demand durin gthe coming sum
|mer. after which il IS calculated these
cars will practically cease TO be
factor in the market November has
been set as a date for disseminating
such odd sizes
A still large group OF sizes no longer
/ furnished as standard equipment with
any car. but still in service among
I many cars now running. is recognized
7 In another classification II is fell
that in setting a date in November
1919 TO drop these sizes, ample allow
4 ance has been made for cars which
use them, to outlive their usefulness