The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-03

AKRON. Ohie-The transit
trenches 10 ne new strategy q
IN support has thrown he -
Rubber tires and faheeF tracks.
I'D moluFissd armies ~ ths hlHh-
81 spesas N military histeEy. a.
Tssesessaipfsa planes fef 80 nsN
"a feres prestss sesss - AasFtess
sasw~ss 10 ~ lgAtalas thrust =
say adversary.
hers FubesF y 80 bsln. sea=
samed IN ths msaufsesufs -
lfucts md - uFes than = ussd
= ths esnstfsctiea - pss-~nssF
ar tirss hilitaFy sna cemmsrxial
transport veaselss FeilinG - rub
h<r tirss vtn ssgah1l.a ne~ hlghs
Tor buth veiurns shd mileage dur.
"a iesi
nng - u uss - r4hnsr -
military purposes - pyramldsa
- has the demand Tor rubber =
kesp he preslasties Wheels turn
ing behind ~ military Amsrl-
esn Industry i rot sharply divided
between defense snd nor defense
Industries. TIE neeas are 10 vsss
and. at the same tlms. loo dstailsd
Many small stream. % Industrial
effort are being peursd lnto ths
flood - pFedaetloa for asfsnss.
and rubber helps g Keep nest =
these streams movsns
MILLIONS NEED IInKs
To eKT 10 sOns-
In addition. the rubber Industry
has The added responsibility -
providing tires 10 carry mlliious
u wesksrs 10 their iohs IN soms
instances % mites away Ths
ssaht a hug. parking lets filled
with workers ears flsaklnT ~
types - American factories = tn
visual proof ~ thl. fact,
Further presf ef ths insiisp~nss.
hlhty ef rubber u provided ~
Grosvsnor = clsrhzan, ferasr Al.
rector 81 thu council ~ naiinnai
defense. In hls review Il Tia werk
~ the war Industries board. In.
dustrial America ln the World
War he states that only 100 oo0
tons sf rubber were imported BY
thls country IN 1918. ana records
show that enly leo 900 tans n
rubber ~sfe consumed for I'll paf=
poses In the United states that
year
Last year slmest four times
that amount approximately ego. !.
600 tons vas consumed IN this
country. and the trend IL steadily
upward with an estimated con
sumption of nearly 20 600 tons for
last month alone. Despite the
tonnage required 10 gu the iadus.
trys defense orders. II 10 the over.
eli need 81 an Industrial moioriEsd
nation that accounts for These con.
sumption figures.
ONE CAR FoR EVERY
FIVE rERHONs-
roday's reliance upon rubber.
tired transportation can he seen IN
ear reEistrsnts for 1914 and 1910
In the year - the srmistles and
- that time the automobile indus
Try was third IN lmpoftanes. Aa7f +.
All passenger ears we're registered
In this country, ~ one for every
IA persons On July /. 1910. there
we're - $50. Tia ears registered. OF
one for every five persons
Truck registrations IN this coun.
iry during 1910 exceeded I 500 600
units compared with szs 600 Ia
1919 and zoos 600 In 1870
FROM such facts - These. al
who bay rubber proiuess ere com
ing 10 realize the fuli seriousness
Of the raw material situation faced
b. the pivotal rubber Industry
which normally obtains mofs than
~ per cent Of its natural rubber
supplies from the Yer Essl
DETERMINED efforts are being
made ~ the government and the
rubber Industry iisslf 10 assure. -
far 80 possible. uninterrupted sup
plies. ~ ths present rata - CON
sumption. vs have on hard az
afloat an eight months supply ~
rtibber n IL estimated that ss
have = thrss-nonths supply - I'm.
lshsd products en hand. giving >
rubber inventory 81 IA months.
nsinf a. . ysrsfstiek the sssrass
consumption rate for the first 90
days ~ this year. shieh sAs e..
900 tons monthly.
ALTERNATIVES FOm
MEETING POssIBI-g CRISIS
Inasmileh as sdequats planning
for national defense looks consider.
ably beyond a years rabbsr re-
auirsmsnts. sttsnlion 10 noN 70.
tussd on ths alternatives sssilsbis
foe meeting the crisis should sup
piles ~ natural rsblsr 10 smut OF
Many suggestions have bsen II.
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