The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-17

JUNtCS INUTLLH S(EyS.
 I suppose every man has an ambition to become a big factor in the business world, particularly after he has had a little taste of success. 1 admit to an ambition to build up big business bearing my name-not that l want to pile up money for moneys sake, because if I had millions I could not get more out of life than am now getting, so far as the needs and desires of my fam fly are concerned.
 If one has talent in any particular direc- ton think he owes it to the world to use it so that many will be benefited by it.
 Fifteen years ago I became interested in automobile tires. 1 used to watch the wheels of an automobile go round and round, knowing that they and the cars themselves and their occupants depended upon tires for comfort, certainly, and for safety to a great extent.
 I suppose tires fascinated me the same as music or art or engineering or politics or the many other things in the world fas- cinate other people, so 1 started to sell tires, but I did more than that I investi gated the quality of the tires before I rec commended them to my customers.
 There are many good tires, but got the idea after experimenting and testing for several years that could design tire that would be more nearly perfect than any tire I ever saw. The young woman whc worked
 
 ested in my ambition to design a tire of this kind and in the manufacture of it. A smart, loyal woman is a great help to a man if he has the sense to appreciate her.
 This young woman took so much inter est in me that began to take great inter est in her, but frankly took in her a very different kind of interest. As matter Of and told her so and asked her to marry me--and she said she would. We are mar ried and have three children and are part ners in the true sense of the word.
 For several years now we have saved a good part of the money we have earned the business, knowing that it would grow if we pushed it harder. Then my dream about designing the non-skid tire came true.
 I gave it the name Martin Cord Tire,' which is known favorably by the trade all over the country. If there is better tire I don't know where it can be found. have absolute faith in its quality and it's endur- ance and especially in its non-slid feature. It is made in all sizes and retails from $500 (the price for the smallest tire) to S121 .OO (the price for the biggest tire used on trucks).
 Although the Martin Cord Tire has been on the market for a short time only, 1t Is being used by thousands of automobile owners who prefer it to any other tire. That is but natural however, because every automobile owner thinks his car is
 am and he thinks the same about the tire he chooses for it. It is human for all of us to think that the things that we like are the best. There is such general liking for Martin Cord Tire that over $5O0,- GOO of them are already in use, which jus tifies me in claiming that it is a success.
 Iknow that can sell my shares of tires and make all the money shall ever need, also all that my wife and children will ever need.
 But that is not the thing.
 Who wants to go along with the sole idea of serving only his family, particu larly after he realizes that he has succeed ed in producing something good that should be manufactured in sufficient quantity to meet tho demand?
 My wife and I have made, fairly and honestly, enough money to retire if 1 want ed to, but would die ii I did not work and my wife and children would not have any respect for me if I did not work.
 Do not get it into your heads that we have accumulated lot of money, for we have not, but if the money which we have invested thus far in the Martin Tire & Rub- Der Company should be put out at inter est at per cent. the annual return would be enough for us to live on it, and we live we'll, but not in the high-falutin style that so many people affect who get hold of a tlo