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Show IIS IE CHEAPER TODAY Till EVER. ON MILEAGE BASIS Quality Gives Longer Life Than Early Ones, and Offsets Advance "It's a far cry from the days of the old trouble-loaded one lung automobile automo-bile to the efficient, distinctive, almoat fool-proof machine of today. But in nop articular branch of the industry has this advance boon mado marked than in tires," oald K. E. Smith, manager man-ager of tho Utah Tiro & Repair company, com-pany, distributors for Miller and Kel-ly-Sprlngflold tires. "Tho reason Is that those embryo days of tho auto and tire Industries mado careful, oxhauetlvo study of au-tomobllo au-tomobllo and tiro troubles necessary if tho auto industry was to continuo. And this study, especially In tho mat-tor mat-tor of tlron, has led to a Btato of perfection per-fection that makes tiros today ahoap-or, ahoap-or, figures from ovory angle, than thoy woro ton ycara ngo. "In tho mattor of plain prlco advance, ad-vance, there is not such a difference botwoon tiro prices today and ton years ngo. Dut thoro in a dooldod dlf-foronco dlf-foronco In tho charactor and quality of tlren. Incroasod mllcago galnod from Urea today alono moro than offoot any Increase In prlco, to nay nothing of tho elimination of thoso back-breaking back-breaking troublos charaotorlstlc of tho old Btylo tlrco. "In a word, I bollovo It might bo said truthfully that tho automobile tiro is at loast ono thing that has not boon affected by tho high coat of living. Tho cost-por-milo is bo much lower than evor beforo that tires are actually cheaper today, Judged by service, than over before. - |