Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-18
PRODUCTION OF
THE AKRON TIRE
SHOWS INCREASE
Estimated 100000 Will
Be Turned Out This
Year.

1t is estimated that the Akron
tire factories will turn out 32,OOO,-
600 tires i'll 1926, and the tire statis-,
ticians are busy figuring out what
that means in various ways, accord
ingto statement issued by the
General Tire 4 Rubber company
One man has estimated that if the
100000 were rolled out at the
rate Of one Il minute it would re-
quire SO years for them to roll away.
Another has it that they would con
tain, if built to General Tire stand
ards, the enormous total of 64O 900
600, 900 tire miles-cnough miles to
cncircle the earth 2,560,0O0 times at
the rate Of 10000 miles per tire.
Another mathematician and geo
graphcr arrives at the conclusion
tEat if Akron 5 1926 tires We're to
be stacked in one ncap, tire on tire,
at Akron, and the pile were then
tipped over, the peak would fall at
Miami, Fla.
Time waS-n0r so many wears
ago either, when it was figured that
every car required six tires u year.
That was the days of the cross wov-
en- fabric. when $500 was consider
cd good mileage and tires cost twice
what they do today. Cord tires
have frightened the picture remark
ably. 1t was i'll Akron that the
multiple-ply cord casing was deVel-
oped,, which is the standard now.
To 90 back to statistic for u
moment; the 32,0OO,000 Akron tires
Of 1896 Nill have 242,00O miles OF
tread surface. When it is rcmcm-
bcrcd that this thread rubbcr--all
high grade rubber in fact--has for
its baSe Il liquid that issues SLOWLY,
drop by drop, from a wounded tree
lavrrage yield per tree is ; II
pounds Of rubber Il YEAR some esti-
mate of the inImensity Of crUde
rubber horticulture can be made.
Since tires - good tires - have
been so greatly improved, the esti
mated requirement now is little
over one tire per ear per year. Thus
il will be seen that Akron 5 mann
moth production of 1926 will easily
be absorbed, especially when one
remembers that several million new
ears are being turned out by the
car factories at Detroit and else
where, some millions OF which will
take four and even five Akron made
tires each.
The General Tire X Rubber com
a. tn tA a
car equipment, but does all of IFS
rapidly growing business, through
the dealer, with the car owner him
self. General 5 production this
year will be fifty per cent higher
than last. recent completion of scv-
cral new factory additions making
larger output possible.
General representatives and deal
crs are proud of the fashion i'll which
their business is growing, and main
tain that the original equipment
sircs ON new ears have all the best
ot it. so far as 1.-the breaks . are
concerned. When the cars are new
wheels are true; bearings are tight;
drivers 20 slowly, breaking them
m and low speeds are the rule dur
ing the life o. the usual equipment
tires. Generals usually go ON Il
car when the equipment set is
through, bearings are looscncd,
wheels have a chance to get ont of
line and drivers make their greatest
speeds, 50 that when Generals make
their mileage records they hay"
none Of 1.-The breaks in their fav-
or.
At the beginning Of 1926 business
prophets were usually cautious in
their predictions for the