Arizona republican., 1921-06-26
RUBBER HISTORY IN GOODRICH BOOK

ss many Of the things that SO to make up the comfort and convenience of our daily lie are taken for granted that it is small wonder most of us do not realize the important things that rubber does for us ever1 day and how much tf has increased the comfort and happiness or our cxistences.
 The story Of rubber and the story of one of the biggest of the rubber companies run almost parallel in their interest and lf is with particular fn- terest that the pages of a booklet called The Golden Year Of Good rich" are read This is the story of the B. F. Goodrich company Of Aknon. 10 be sure. but it is also. none the less. the story of rubber and its de- velopment because ft was Dr. Ben tamin Franklin Goodrich who est&b- iished the city of Akron ss the center Of the manufactured rubber Industry of the world and the development Of this company is tho measure Of the importance of the rubber industry ss whole
 The closing Of 1920 marked the seth year of the B. F. Goodrich company. That half century has seen rubber take its place in the development Of the motor car industry and lf if had done nothing else that would bc an important and significant service to humanity.
 Without tires the nine million or 70 automobiles that this country rcgfs- ters could not be running today and In the development Of tires the Good rich company has played a very iua- portant part This is only section or it's work albeit a very important one and perhaps the one for which Cool rich is best known 10 the public
 Rubber. however. enters into SO many other things in industry. tn the home. in transportation and ln the activities Of war as well as Of peace that 10 catalogue the ll-t of things that rubber is and dor- would be roughly to give a picture of our daily lives from dawn Co evening. This i< interestingly told In tho booklet which the Goodrich eompany has is<ucd by way of introduction 10 the interest ing story of Dr. Goodrlch's life
 it was by accident. really. that the rubber industry got iir start Dr. Goodrich. who served ln the Cfrn War, started tn the oil business after he had lefr the service and then took up real estate He found himself soon the posse-~or of a small rubber factory on the Hudson river al Hast inEs
 Lack of funds handscapp~a sh~ de veioprnenf Of this plant and friend persuaded him to come 10 Akron where meeting of business men was held and the factory was established there in 1870. The bushes. wa- started with a subscription of sf. eo, each made. by 1f buxlur-r men ol Akron plus t5.opo borroued from Dr Coodrich's real estate partner. Nr Morris The original plant could U. mn nil rooms of the present factory When Dr. Goodrich went 10 Akron nls was the only rubber plant there Now there are enormous plants there and Akron has grown from less thar 10000 inhabitants to a city of clos. To one-quarter of million people Goodrich started with fire hose be-. cause Dr. Goodrich one time saw friends home burn because the hos. was SO poor that ir burst He d~. termfned 70 build a fire hose tha would stand up under pressure an, that was the first utility that h, manufactured Article after zrricl, has been added until today npprori mately 5000 different rubber rro ducts are made These are rourhi, divided into tires. mechanical ruhbr goods. rubber footwear. druggist. sundrte> and hard rubber rrodurs~
 One of the things for which Good rich is famous In the aufomoblI world is the development Of the cor, tire Originally this was A bscvci tire made of parallel threads or cord Tn place of a woven fabric This wa first shown by the inventor. D Palmer. nf bicycle show fn Phfs. deiphia in the ninetie-. Single tub tires Of Palmer cord oonstrucrfo
 were made by Goodrich for elecfr, automobiles as far back as 1900. m India Rubber company worked our
 clincher automobile tire empiorI- the same cord principle as the pairn. n bicycle tire and eventually the n.. U ent rights to this were acquired h n the Goodrich company in 1912. These and many other inserr..sr,
 things are well told fin the CoosrIc - booklet by Wilbur ID. N~xhIt q, author The booklet Is beausss.,f, Illustrated with four color prsn, painted by W. T. Benda and hss s, 6 tail piece decorations. virn~ft~~
 sepia- It is altogether a spiendId r,. III mortal Of the first half century of m Goodrich Institution. and as the san HI time tells the story Of rubber iu m