The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-11
] INV ETH4Ts FOR
 AUTCETCBT
 ON USE OF TIRE

Of course, Gra makers are in the business Of making and selling as many tires ss possible. but President John Nj Mcguire Of tf1a Midwest Rubber AssocaGo,. Is constantly en- Joining upon rz1a-lJ1fes r1t1zars the ne ceSs.tv Of unsa71zh cs-C77era ion Y-i-h consumers 3n -ba matter Of service for the better "a t7Szfa ct5on Of all par ties concerned He tflE-efore has ha q prepared by the Service Departra e1l [ of his own company. The Porta ge Rubber CO, the following expert ad- vice to tire users
 Anything which makes autorn obiIe ov-ners happier is good for the whole industry as well as for themselves, B says MT Mcguire '-If tire users take better care of their tires-and all it needs Is a little bit Of knowledge and thOrghrfulnes will get better service out Of them. more 7niIea age, and will have tn buy fEwe- tires
 Nevertheless, it is good b,Isfness for every nlanufac-u-e- 10 back up his prCdICi with se1-v=ce- W-tlt pays the consumer pays the mann fa otu.,er in the long ruJl- and as lire people that is what we are afIer
 Al the present time tires are guar anteeG by their makers usually for a certain number of miles arbitrarily fixed Nanifesrzy, this average has to be low enough to include users who are careless of their tires as well as users who are careful In the mat ter of the present admittedly faulty method Of guarantee.ng tires, the careful man has to buy tires for the careless man.
 The careful man has 10 help bear the burden until more fes,iIits f,Ia method Of guaranteeing tires on their quality Of workmanship rather than on the average life, which is affect e6 by all kinds of conditions over which careful asers and nlaufacturers allie can exercise no control IL be- hooves everyone to take as good care oI his tires as possible, and it Is so simple q process that I hope the fol- lowing suggestions will heIp-''
 Every piece Of material used in the consTucioc of 2 tire is thoroughly inspected il lt's raw sJaCe. in the pro- cess of milling and through every step. untt1 the tire is finished. h. soectors are cOn@tantIy looking for lrnperfections. Every tire built has mileage bUIlI into it-therefore, it is up to the driver to exercise due care and tlOuGhtfuIness to obtain every mile from the tire that has been put into it
 An automobile owner soon gets into the habit Of looking into his gasoline tank, or at his oil gaug ge. to see if he needs gas or oil, but gives very little thought tO his tires
 Tires are ali built or 2 core to give then a certain shape. and this shape can always ke maintained with T-'e 9E02e" amount Of air. h@v they bulge instead of being rounded This buIging throws the strain on one place ilste- of distributing it all over the tire. ---e result is a hirsfne ac- ton, which crea tes heat or friction eventually causing the layers of ia brIc to loosen from one another and 2 ''blow-out' is the result
 Tire nanufa ctu-erz have conDiled some very interesting figures regard in rz~0s Fhi-h have r;<saorae ,1ns.Ar- Ticeabie premature1y. One manu- Iac5uTer states the loss of tires. ruined i bRfore they become worn out 1 through carelassness on the part ot 1 own ars-a mounts to SI00, ,0G0.0 000 an | nually, which loss could almost be en. 1 tireiy eliminated Another manu. l lecturer makes a statement that ont | out Of every three tires used are or i wheels out of aIignm ment. or on wheeH 1 which are WObbly-causing the treat 1 tp aaT dov-n nni"7-7y due to ,ln. 1 natural causes. Still another state 1 that 90 per cent Of tires. which d,
 Eaot give complete sat:sfa ction to thei 1 owners are due to the fact that tn, ] owners do not carry sufficient ali:
 pressure, and do not have small cut
 repaired on time.
 Give as much attention to your tire : as you would any other part Of you | car. We should all realize that tire i bear the brunt of all driving, are sub 1 ject to bumps and bruises, glass cuts | nails. etc.
 For this reason they should be ire | quently inspected and taken care of. 1 Sunlight. heats rain and cold ar l clements destructive to the life o l ruhber-not so much while in service but that extra tire hanging on tn i rack will suffer if not properly GOV 1 cred. The rubber will crack and dr | out-this is known as weather , checking
 l Your tire bills can be cut almost T i half by careful driving, by maintain 4 ing the proper pressure at all tim :. and by using good. common sense