Arizona republican., 1921-10-09
RUBBER CHIEF SAYS
 CONDITIONS SHOW B|G IMPROVEMENT
Goodyear President Pays Compliment To Arizona On Comeback" Spirit

Edward G. Wilmer, president of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, Akron, Ohio, has just completed a swing around the Goodyear circle in which he studied the company's production activities outside of Ak ron. according to Paul Bennett
 Summarizing operations in the rubber industry during the past half year, MT. 'Wilnler has declared in an interview-which has been released by A. F. Osterloh, vice. president of the California Goodyear company to- day-his conviction that the foun- dations are being soundiy laid for future stability and progress. Our sales during the summer sea- son have exceeded our expectations of last spring." he said. There was larger use of automobiles than we had thought there would be. com | polling our production of tires to go within as high as S5 per cent of its peak volume. Part of this was due undoubtedly to the fact that there | hadn't been the normal buying dur ing last fall and winter. Neither consumers nor dealers did any stock ing up this summer. and they are still buying carefully. from hand to mouth.
 We can reasonably expect. based on the summers experience, that the | volume of business in postwar years. \ should exceed this years business And this summers business ha been all things considered, very satisfac- tory.
 At the Canadian plant at Toron to-" he reports. They have com pleted their readjustment to new conditions and are moving ahead
 Progress is being made in the do- mestic field and even more encourag- ing progress in export
 "All along the Pacific coast We found business conditions were bet | ter than inc the country generally. They have felt the establishments | much less than we have in the east.
 T was more than pleased over the Goodyear factory at Los Angeles. It is a wonderful plant, physically. ideally adapted to serve its purpose and 1t is serving admirably d most wonderful territory
 The California factory reached 3 peak production of 400 tires a day this summer. 4 larger volume of business that will use proportion ately more of its facilities will great ly improve its showing. but already it is meeting the demands upon it.
 both from the standpoint ofproduc-
 ton and current earnings.
 Tn Arizona, where the company ' mas US cotton plantations. l found a
 section of America which had gone
 through great reverses during last
 winter and spring. but which is now
 showing real signs of revival.
 They had in the Salt River valley 1s0,000 acres in cotton last year. ' They had only been in the business
 of raising long staple cotton for three
 or four years, and were not prepared
 to carry them through a year in which the prices of their product
 siumped substantially Under the cost of production.
 Although much of last years crop was hypothecated. and a great deal of it is still unsold, they planted 65,000 acres of cotton this year. along with other crops, convinced that the market would turn in time. and that cotton had come to stay in the south ? west.
 T was passing through there just about the time that the recent rise
 occurred in the price of short staple cotton, and a corresponding rise in
 the price of long staple cotton. to-
 gether with actual buying and sell ing contributed much to a generally
 better business tone in the valley
 Tt is very reasonable to expect
 that the first substantial movement
 of our crops may be expected to pro- vide healthy stimulant to general business throughout the country