Evening star., 1923-03-25
LIFE Of AUTO1RES
IlSINSURED BY CARE
Advertised Mileage Can EaS-
| lily Be Gotten From Any
M, Good Casing.
TROUBLES ARE RELATED
Almost Half of Those Produced in
United States Last Year
Were Wasted.
TROUBLES ARE RELATED
BY JEROME II. SHAW,
Editor Tires.

Some day, Mr. Motorist. when you
are laid up at the roadside awaiting
the arrival of the service car with n
new tire or are indulging in that
popular little pastime, entitled MAX
ing use of the spare" give thought
to the tires on your car! If you are
the average car owner that Will DO
the only time that tires, the indts-
pensable equipment of your motor
vehicle, will receive any consider
alton from you. And then, nine times
out of ten, the consideration Will be
in the nature of condemnation of the
particular tire responsible for the
interruption of your trip or of tires
in general.
Bearing in mind that tires are con-
structed entirely of vegetable mat
ter, crude rubber and cotton fabric,
and that as the average motorist you
have failed to give them more than
passing attentions in fact. have neg
lected them entirely. you really have
no grievance to register when they
fail to render the service you eX-
pect.
Consider the Real Tire.
OF course. if you have been un-
fortunate enough to place your faith
and your money in what the repu-
table tire dealer calls Sip tire
the situation may be different. But
let us consider the real tire, that
made by responsible manufacturers
and sold by dealers whose interest in
YOU does not stop when they ring the
cash register. This real tire, and II
is made carrying the brand name or
quite 4 number of companies, if given
Droper attention. will return a service
in mileage that cannot help but sat
isfy even the most economical mo-
torist
proper attention is the answer to
the tire situation How this advice
from the tire dealers and manufac-
turers is given little consideration
from motorists is indicated by the
statement made by one tire com
pany to the effect that not so per
cent of the tires sold in 1921 We're
sufficiently cared for TO per.mit them
TO deliver half the mileage built INTO
them by the makers. In other words,
of the approximately 35,00O.000 pneu-
matte tires made last year, about
100000 were wasted. Working on
the basis that the average tire would
give 1000 miles. which is putting II
conservatively, there were more than
1OO0OO000 miles of service thrown
into the junk pile. When figured on
q dollar -andcent basis. this waste is
startling.
Make Certain of Imitation.
One does not have to be an expert
equipment. If any. major injuries
develop. pass the job Of repairing
them on to the man who makes that
work his business; II you make GER
tain that the imitation is according
to the schedule set down by the man
ufacturer YOU will be insurinS, your
self against virtually all OF the Ills
that can hefall d tire. Care in drlT-
ing also is essential TO high tire
mileage. II you persist in running
in car tracks. bouncing over curbs
and demonstrating how quickly your
brakes work when there is no emer-
gency to warrant quick action. you
can set yourself down as mileage
-and-dollar waSter.
Here. in a sort of reverse OF cause
and effect. are some OF the abuses
to which tires are subject:
Some Tire Abuses.
Bruised blowouts and stone bruises
are the result of coming in contact
with an object which causes the fab
ric to stretch beyond its elastic
strength; such objects jrdsd NAY h,;ct IN os s
against the curb, rounding corners
and causing the rear wheel to strike
the curb, etc.
1t is not always true that when a
tire gets a stone bruiSe it Will neces-
sarily blow out, due to the fact that
the break caused may be sufficiently
small to avoid pinching the TUBE TOT
some time. The tread may be OF SUI
ttCtent strength 10 Holu IHt hii ~ 60
sure tire run underinftated Is
more subject to a stone brute or
bruised blowout than one properly
inflated, due to the fact that the in
dentation or stretching of the fabric
will take place much easier when the
tire is soft.
Should Avoid Chafing.
Chaffed fabrics results from run
ming with an unvulCaniZcd blowout
patch or from running underint1at ed
and allowing the tube to chafe. The
latter Is especially true in cord tires.
An unvulcaniZed blowout patch is
manufactured only to give tempo
rary relief, and If a patch is to be
used permanently it should be vul-
canized to avoid any possibility of
friction being present.
Cracked fabric is the result of un-
Termination or overlooking. Every
manufacturer has recommendation
as to the maximum load to be car
ried and a specific air pressure. This
should be observed strictly by the
motorist.
It is only natural that the aver
age motorist, realing that car runs
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