Show tIRE MANUFACTURERS ARE GRATIFIED BY RECOGNITION When Undo Uncle Sam Bam gives 1 his official sanction to an nn automobile tire that article ar- ar article article ar ar- nan has to como come up to such rigid re requirements requirements re- re th that t the company whose work la Is thus commended feels proud of the tho practical recognition of the government In The rho Goodrich official magazine of ot the B B. F. F Goodrich company t o 0 following following follow follow- ing article appears aTS which tells of or tho the national na national national na- na government o entering Into a n. contract contract contract con con- tract with this firm Jn n our last nu number ber we wo gave an account ac- ac C count of th the new Goodrich contract with the tho th Un United ted States and w we hoped to havo shown also in that number a a number of ot illustrations of ot motor ve ye- hides s used by various government de departments departments do- do which were also Goodrich equipped t 1 In Ine this ue we we have hao J been een cn able to got get together a fairly r representative line of or photographs which show that Uncle Sam Is amon th most mont appreciative II users users' of ot Goodrich Goodrich tires Uree t oth solid saUd and 1 S pneumatic We e aro arc tempted to enlarge somewhat on this feature for this reason Tho United Unit Unil- ed Stat States s government departments are well known as among the most exact exacting ing purchasers of or stores of ot S Jail Sall kinds kind Here Hero price does docs not cut ail any allY real figure as a against quality and wile while all bids are competitive It b by no means follows that thal t the tho e lowest bidder gets gels the bust busi ness nelS The government go standard Is set at Dov a Do avery avery v very ry high point on the scale and the slightest deviation from their requirements requirements require require- ments is hI enough to place pl the bidder hors do combat or In plain English out of or orthe the market In other words they are buying not only goods hut but service butas butas but butas as service has always been ono one of tho the Goodrich watchwords there therefore foro neither the government bro buyers nor nor ourselves have havo nay nap cause for tor on n that t score Another point wo we 0 wish to make snake clear clearIs Is that we supply all government requisitions requisitions' from our regular ye stock and inmost In Inmost Inmost most instances direct from tram our nearest ne-arest branch or depot depoL This means that Un Uncle le Sam gets Just what our other customers are getting no getting no better and no worse Therefore we feel eel that we are entitled to emphasize this point and to Lo bring It to th the thA especial attention of all dealers In and users Usera of or Goodrich tires There he e cannot be bo an any better recommendation recommendation dation than this A straightforward bid hid made mado and accepted in tn good faith by both parties without an any special efforts on our part to do more than live up to our tation That Is 19 what these government go orders mean to us and to all parties who ho hoare are any Wl way Interested d In buying the best equipment obtainable The worlds world's largest rubber factory has haCi been built up to Its present standard by this good will servIce services otherwise It would be today ju just t tan an all ordinary manufacturing concern with 1 a a. a r reputation ut Uon probably extending over a a a radium of or a a. few hund hundred M d 11 miles II Instead of or this wo we Goodrich products are known and esteemed tho far corners pf ot the th earth from China and Japan to Australia South Africa and tho the con confines of northern Europe to say ay nothing or of our own country and our neighbors In Canada and Ll L America The Goodrich safety tread tire Ure has hils built bunt up a large circle of friends friend for itself and Created 1 n en n entirely now no to the th winter r tra trade Q 1 e c In to t tires It e a to so that there thore Is hardly ack B season n- n I tho the Winter motoring becom is lag ing mor nd morn more the not of kings but of ot ordinary e daY overy citizen one who finds nd that by the use nse use ot of safety tread read tires they can obtain three three- or or 01 four months months' extra pleasure ever every year ear from their car Times chan change and wn we have to con COli con con- look hook ahead for future futura development development develop develop- ment |