Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-17
TWO TALKS BY TWO MEN
 That Tell Facts and Offer You Opportunity

ed in pfoduclng something good that should be manufactured in sufficient quantity to meet the demand
 Ny wife and have made, fairly and honestly, enough money to retire if l wanted to, but I would die if did not work and my wife and children would not have any respect for me if l 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 & Rubber Company should be put out at interest at per cent the annual return would be enough for us to live on it, and we live well, but not in the high-falutin style that SO many people affect who get hold of little money.
 ! had to have the Martin Cord Tire manufactured in Akron, Ohio, which is a good ways. from my home town, New York City, where was born and have lived all my life. The man who super vised the manufacture of my tire is so enthusiastic about it that when it was decided that should become the head of the Martin Tire & Rubber Company, with / factory in West Haven, a suburb of New Haven, Connecticut, he, said he wanted to come and join us. Of course, l was pleased to have him join the organi- zation, because he is an expert tire man. and glad to. say that am, 'honored by the confidence of great many very valuable friends and the ownership of the Martin Tire & Rubber Com glad to furnish you with the names of these good doks i in New York G ThG tn have @ a in me- that they have faith in personally and in my business ability
 By the way. I started~to write this letter Fri day, February Il. and stopped writing for while. I picked up an evening newspaper which printed an account of the celebration of the 74th birthday of ican.r As I read I reminded that l am my s1th year and that tI would be qultter if lived the balance of my GfA the interest of the money my wife and have accumulated. resolved then and there that would Keep on working that barring accident had 37 years uf uaru ahead of me, and the thought also occurred to what ineI the friu1nphs of success that win help others to N successful Mir Edison has gotten of his life: gain for myself the honor with which all Americans regard Mr. Edison. but can at least do my part and l am going to do it.
 So here ar at the threshold of the biggest under vested in Martin Tire & Rubber Company, and yet
 
 and I. will succeed. 7. Who my associates
 The stockholders in the Martin Tire & Rubber Company, every of whom look upon being essential to the success of the enterprise or as any other Of the staff of managers and execu- tives. Collectively the stockholders greater force than all of us put together and, furthefmore collectively the stockholders will own in the end s2 per cent of the business. l., The thing that appeals to me most in the Martin Tire & Rubber Company is that will be able to wages and that. we will be able to build 500 tires day. That will represent conservatiyely speaking, a business aggregating at Least $400eO00 annually.
 Of course business of $400oooo year is not 8 big business in the tire industry, but 1t is big enough to yield every sockhoder in the Martin Tire & Rubber Company good return his or her investment besides permitting the accumulation of surplus, which will naturally enhance the value of the stock.
 Do not, however, consider the foregoing as a promise. because will Ipot promise to any stock will not forecast profits. because nobody with any sense can do that and be accurate II want to be o us Sa M p woS n mony and with faith in our enterprise:
 The greatest industries in America have been built up on the confidence or some people who al- ways came to the front and stood back of them in a financial way and saw them through to success
 The present stockholders in the company are travelling along with us in perfect confidence but ] want more stockholders to join because win need capital to push this the top in big way. But we do not want anyoody to join us unless he or she is willing to take reasonable chance with us All can say about myself is that the familyf money is invested in the enterprise that have N unbounded confidence in the Martin Cord Tire and that there will be, as long as tires made, con. stantly increasing demand for this tire because il stands up and performs
 If had million dollars I would put every cent of it into this enterprise with every l would make another million within the next ter years.
 I am happy that Charles 1T. ,Bortell, Jr. Vice President and Treasurer of the Company, whose let ter appears alongside of mine in fhe newspapers his friends selected me to head this company Ant what Is more proud to be associated with thu company proud that it bears my name and I an willing to back it with all the money have ant every ounce of ability possess.
 (Signed) JAS. MARTIN,
 President, Martin Tire & Rubber Co