Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-03
Paul Furman Is Back
From Big Tire Center

p. H. Furman, manager of the
Sterling Auto Tire Co., the Harris
burg distributing branch for Miller
Uniform Tires, has just returned
from visit to Akron, Ohio, the
rubber center of the world. He
went to get first-hand information
concerning conditions as they exist
in the tire industry and he came
back brimming over with optimism
concerning tire prospects for 1919.
There is no question about the
demand for tires-it is going to
even surpass the most enthusiastic
anticipations," said Furman. 1T
took world war to demonstrate,
beyond contradiction, that the auto
mobile is an indispensable factor in
everyday life. With the demonstra-
tion of this fact, the approach OF
peace has set the whole nation agog
for newer and better roads to an
extent never reached in the past.
State after State is adding to it's
good roads appropriation. The en-
thusiasm shown for highway devel-
opment is apparent everywhere.
"All of which means demand for
more automobiles. Where there
are motor cars there must be tires.
There will be more cars this year
than in previous years, hence the
terrific strain on tire-manufacturing
resources.
"An actual shortage in tires eX-
lists to-day. But it is not due
simply to the fact that consumers
are now buying tires for new cars
and renewing old tires. 1t is be-
cause the production of tires was
almost nil, compared with the de-
mand for tires, during the last six
months of 1918. While the cut in
production was in effect, back orders
were piling higher and higher. The
result was that the tire manufactur-
ers not only faced a flood of new or
ders, but millions of dollars worth
of back orders had to be gotten out
with all possible speed.
ITO make bad matters worse, q
serous shortage of labor resulted in
Akron for several weeks after the
opening of the year, but returning
soldiers are rapidly filling the de-
pleted ranks of tire builders and the
manufacturers are really beginning
to catch up with the demand"
Furman spent considerable of his
time, while in Akron, in the tire de-
partment of the big Miller factory
He declares that he always finds
something new and more interesting
every time he visits the plant.
THE thing that impressed me
most" he said upon his return to
Harrisburg, was the remarkable
success that Miller has attained with
its policy of uniform workmanship
The first to actually undertake the
manufacture of uniform mileage
tires-the result of uniform work.
manship-the company has demon
strated beyond question, the wisdom
of that policy. 1t can be said truth
fully that every Miller tire is strictly
up to standard. If ever one of them
comes back because of poor work.
manship or improper construction
the man who built it is penalized.
The Miller tire builders are just as
proud of their success as are the
sharpshooters in the Navy proud OF
their skill in craftsmanship.
consequently, there is no hasty
slip-shod work in the Miller plant.
Uniform workmanship governs the
making of every tire. The result is
that the tires wear alike under like
conditions"
Furman was particularly enthusi-
astic over the performance of Miller
Cords. "The Miller Cord is the first
tire in the world to combine uniform
mileage with the geared-to-the-road
tread" he continued. THE combi-
nation has worked wonders in the
tire world and made Miller tires far
exceed what once were popular guar
antees. From the Miller standpoint,
the best part of the whole situation
is the fact that no other company
can take on these combined fea-
lures. The Geared -to-the-road tread
is a patented Miller article and no