control of raw materials held by U S rubber complete control of raw materials and of their processing through to the finished product is is necessary to perfection in tire building according to V C childs local service station owner the U S rubber co is advantageously situated in respect to control of materials and manufacturing processes mr childs said F for or ex am pipe ane company owns the worlds largest rubber plantations and last year it produced more than three times as much rubber as all other american rubber companies combined in three towns in the cotton section of this country hogans ville ga winnsboro Winn Vinn S C and selbyville Sel byville tenn the com company pany operates it its own cotton mills for the fabrication of its own h high agh standard tire cord and material at naugatuck atuck conn the co company m operates expansive chemical chemic a laboratories laborati ries where rubber chemicals are produced to its own exacting specifications in large quantities for its own use at passaic N J the company maintains one of the worlds greatest rubber research laboratories it was here that tempered rubber was evolved in detroit indianapolis eau C claire afre wis and los angeles the company owns and operates the most modern manufacturing plants in which every process to the finished product is made in in accordance cor dance with standards of the greatest efficiency because the company has complete control of its product from the rawest to the finished form it can build a tire that closely approaches pro aches perfection says mr air childs