Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-05-09 | Page 21 | Vacuum Cup Tires Given Endurance Test

VACUUM CUP TIRES GIVEN ENDURANCE TEST Certified Results by Automobile Automo Automo- bile Club of America Amelica Show Big Mileage Records In connection with their advertising ad campaign on vacuum cup tires based on the certified results of or the official tc test t conducted 1 last year car on hea heavy cars carsby carsby b by the Automobile Club of ot America President H Ii W W. DuPuy of oC the tho Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania I anla Rubber tubber company made malIc tho the following statement All mak makes R of or tires tires tires-if If one accepts one accepts the arguments advanced In the advertising advertising adver adver- HainS' HainS of ot tire manufacturers manufacturers are are best This claim of or superiority Is constantly made I If not directly through Infer Inter ence enco As As a result the tho average consumer Is Is In a quandary wh when n the tho time comes to renew his casings He Ho has the al alternative al- al o of ot accepting tho recommendation dation of some well meaning dealer or being Influenced b by the tho advice advice of ot some friend who had good luck with some certain brand or ur make malc While we had the utmost faith In Inthe Inthe inthe the wear resisting antiskid qualities of ot jour our product wo we felt that we wo Wo would ld prefer to to base our future advertising on actual performance rather than I upon mere claims and unofficial generalities gen gon- It Jt was with a view to obtaining for tor the guidance of or the tire user tangible tangible tan tan- gible authentic mileage service statistics statistics statis statis- tics that we asked tho the Automobile Club of ot America to make lee an endurance test of or strictly stock Pennsylvania oil- oil proof vacuum cup tires Ures Tho The results wore extremely gratl- gratl f Individual mileage records of ot 89 were run up one ono casing for casing for good reasons officially noted In detail in the tho clubs club's report report- scoring but 2660 miles The certified average of or nine stock tires was GiGO miles and not once during this severe day 14 test did a single tiro tire show tho slightest evidence of ot defective c materials materials mate mate- rials or workmanship J