The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20

TIRE AND RUBBER
COMPANY. RECEIVES
NUMBER CONTRACTS

Arunore, through one or Its most
important business enterprises, is
about to be favorably advertised in
every town, village and hamlet be-
tween here and Kansas City. Very
shortly five car loads of Arimore-
Akron Tire and Rubber Company tires
win roll along the Santa Fe tracks.
each car bearing on its side a big
white banner with the legend: Tires
from Ardmore, home of the Ardmore-
Akron Rubber Company.
This rush five-carload shipment is
TO fill a contract recently closed by
the Ardmore-Akron company with the
Storms Auto Supply company, sup
ply house with three big stores in
Kansas City.
The Ardmore company reports an
unprecedented demand for castings and
tires. w. B. Pifer, salesman, has clos
ed a contract with the Schaefer Rub
Der company which has a yearly busi-
ness Of about 100000, with a chain Of
81 stores throughout Kansas and Ne
braska This company has sent In a
rush order for five hundred Ardmore-
Akron company castings.
The Stephens Rubber company Of
Kansas City also has made the follow
ing inquiry of the Ardmore-Akron Tire
and Rubber people:
Are you in. position to submit a
proposition on fabric and cord tires
made in our special brand or your
own brandt" The letter goes on, I'VE
can use 500 to 1000 tires a day and
are manufacturing approximately 600
tires u day now, but our sales are
greater than our production, because
we are operating Wholesale and retail
stores throughout the west and south
west, and can assure you that the
above volume could be readily in
creased as we intend to open more
stores right away"
Mr. Harris, sales manager, writes
urging the necessity of increasing the
output Of the company's Ardmore fac
tory In order to take care Of the in
creasing demand for its product. He
says "the writer Is very desirous that
an arrangement be made whereby the
factory can turn out not less than
25o castings per day. Later we shall
The amount Of contracts recently
closed by the Ardmore-Akron Tire and
Rubber company is in addition to the
$4,000 that the company already
had on hand, making the sales, for
delivery in 1921. considerably over the
million dollar mark.
Officers of the company feel that
there is a market for a good deal
more of the company's product than II
can possibly manufacture this year
even running both plants at full ca
pacity.
The company has another plan for
advertising Ardmore by linking its
name with that of q country-wid ne
cessity. Every tire manufactured al
the Ardmore plant will have on 1t in
big letters, the words:
Made In ArdmOre, Oklahoma.
Ar1more-AkrOn Tire & Rubber Co.
Guaranteed Tires"
A mutually beneficial form Of ad.
vertising. this-the company being
, proud of Ardmore, and Ardmore being
proud Of the company's plant and out
put, 1t is quite fitting that whenever
the public thinks of first rate tire
1t should at the same time think ol
Ardmore--a first rate town. q.
The telegram to Fox Wood of Ok
lahoma City, president Of the Ardmore'
Akron Tire and Rubber company, rela.
tive to the new contracts was a.
follows.
"W. p. Pifer closed contract with
Shaffer Rubber Company. Kansas
City. who have 81 stores throughou
Kansas and Nebraska. Their bust
ness is around 100000 year. Rusi
order for 500 castings also close CON
tract Stroms Auto Supply Company
Their business about $50,000 q year
Our back orders are increasing daily
Make some arrangements for increased
production while In Ardmore."