El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24
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TIRE SHORTAGE

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r. C. Manning OF the Manning &
Edmondson company arrived home
this week from a long northern trip.
In speaking OF his visit and tire con-
ditions in general, Mr. Manning said:
"A big portion OF the eastern
manufacturers have been laboring
under hardships and drawbacks that
we scarcely know nothing Of" said
Mr. Manning. Strikes, shortage OF
materials, unsettled and unskilled
labor conditions and slow transpor-
tation facilities are a few OF the
handicaps that practically every
manufacturer in the country is eX-
perienclng. These conditions are
naturally responsible in a large
measure for the recent advance in
tires. IN ny opinion there Is not a
commodity OF any description on the
market today that sells for more
reasonable price and actually
possesses q greater dollar value IN
than the recognized standard brand
automobile tire.
Last Commodity to Advance.
III the average consumer OF auto
mobile tires could see and under
stand the enormous amount Of work
to build extra tested tires, and could
follow the construction OF an auto
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ent operations from the raw mater
ials on the rubber plantation 70 the
finished product, he would wonder
how It Is possible to sell them 50
cheap, instead OF complaining at
their cost II must be remembered
that the automobile tire has always
been the last commodity to advance
in price
Manufacturing conditions are i'm
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facturers are overcoming obstacles
and increasing their capacity
THE Racine Rubber company has
found 10 necessary TO add approx
mately 200, 900 square feet OF floor
space TO its factory and Is installing
the most modern machinery built TO
take care Of the constantly growing
demand for tires and tubes An
other very notable feature about this
company is its stock rooms. Tire
manufacturers generally have i'm
meuse stock rooms or warehouses
for storing their finished product IN
til called for by their distributors.
This often has a bad effect by al
lowing tires 10 lay for months in
improper storage, and deteriate be-
fore they get to the consumer. This
Is impossible with the Racine Rub
Der company which has no necessity
for spacious stock rooms The com
pany admit that they are far behind
with their production.
Fabric Shortage Is Menace
zone Of the greatest menaces now
facing the tire industries IS the
shortage OF fabric This IS not mere
prophecy, or rumor, but Is an actual
condition and is not confined to any
one manufacturer.
This condition IS verified by the
Akron chamber Of commerce, Akron,
Ohio. under date OF February Is,
statistics show there will be a de-
mand for 100000 tires for pleasure
and motor trucks and the present
tire output OF the country Is only
45.O00.000.
This estimate Is based upon con-
servativs figures furnished by auto
mobile manufactures which indicate
that during the present year. there
viii be produced about 1.60o, 900
pleasure cars and between $4,000
and 100000 trucks. From these fig
ures one can readily understand the
why's and Wherefores Of the coming
shortage, which viii undoubtedly be
the greatest in tire history Con-
sequentiy we are earnestly advising
our customers TO anticipate their
needs for the coming season and
place their orders for tires immedi-
ately for future delivery, thus pro-
tecting themselves against the com
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