Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

! 6,7O8, 1874 shipments, and an in
ventory of 1881, ESQ.
Inner TubeS.-For March, 1880,
the production was $40, $50; S.
042, 1886 shipments, and an inven-
tory of 14,057, 800. For the previ-
Gus month the production was
4,942,755; 4,626,559, and an inven-
tory of 1905, 291. For March,
1929, the production was 1906 1855;
7,466, 1892, shipments, and an inven-
tory of 1880, 180.
Solids and Cushions. - For
March, 1880, the production was
25,772; 1895 shipments, and an
inventory of 1929. For the pre-
vious month the production was
9,736; 28,007 shipments and in
ventory of 170,391. For March,
1929, the production was 47,250;
So, GOT shipments, and an inventory
of 189, 200.
The associations estimates are
based on reports furnished by
manufacturers who produce ap-
proXimately rs per cent of the to-
tai for the United States, but
which have been adjusted to 100
per cent in the above tables.
Tire Values Increase.
AS with the automobile indus
try, the figures show decline over
last year and a slight gain over
the month preceding of this year.
Such similarity in averages is
not surprising, as the tire indus
try is in every way dependent
upon the output of automobiles.
The tire dollar today is worth 80
times as much as in 1918. This
declaration, by the general sales
manager of the tire department of
another rubber company, is based
on figures supplied by the devel-
opment department figures
which contrast the descending
scale of tire prices with the up
ward trend in commodity prices
during the last II years.
Seventeen years ago crude rub
Der cost $1.13 pound. Today, al
though it is subject to consider
able variation, a rough average
would be 20 cents pound. In
1913 small sized tire cost $25, as
compared with $1,000 in 1880. Al
tire of 1918 would deliver around
$500 miles; that of today $4,000
to 10000. The 1918 tire gave 100
miles per dollar. The 1880 tire
gives 1,400 miles per dollar.
Another industry dependent
somewhat on the automobile in
dustry, but in much lesser extent
than the tire manufacturing. Is
the oil production. On this pro-
duction the Automotive Daily
comments as follows:
From estimates of the United
States Bureau of Mines, in Wash
ington, we find that 1929 was the
first billion-barrel year in this
country, as regards the produc-
ton of crude petroleum. The &C
tual estimate of production is
1000, 100000 barrels. This huge
production total amounted to
67.6 per cent of the worlds out
put of petroleum. OF our domes-
tic production, three States, Tex
as, California and Oklahoma, pro-
duced 81 per cent.
Foreign Production Grows.
During 1929 foreign countries
increased their production of pc
troleum to considerable extent,
but the great Storehouse of this
modern necessity is still the
United States.
"The really interesting point in
this announcement is the fact
that in 1929 A per cent of the
total production Of petroleum was
turned into gasoline. This COM
pares with Al per cent reclaimed
in 1928.
"On"a percentage basis. the pro-
duction Of crude petroleum in
creased IL per cent over the out
put for 1923. On the other hand,
the production of gasoline In
creased Is per cent. The chem
lists are digging deeper and deep
er into the crude petroleum for
motor fuel. Every year equipment
and methods improve, and 1t will
be only short time when more
than half the crude petroleum
that comes out OF the ground ac-
tually becomes gasoline"
Speaking Of gasoline brings to
mind the man who had bought
many devices for his automobile
in order to increase road mileage
per gallon. One device promised
Is per cent increase, another 20
per cent, and so on. Finally, the
story goes, the man was not able
to drive his car at all.
His gasoline tank kept over
flowing.