Show TIRE PRICES LESS THAN THOSE OF 8 YEARS AGO U. U S. S Tire Co Statistics Show Remark Remarkable ble Decrease Decrease De De- Den crease in in n Cost I De Despite the tact fact that automobile tires ha have ve recently been Increased 10 per cem cent cemIn In price because of war conditions the United States Tire company compan pointy point out that these high wartime prices price are substantially substantially sub sub- less than thin tire ul users rs paid eight 01 or years ago for tires which wl were ro roIn In construction an and materials much inferior In- In to the tires of or today tOllay The Time records J of tho the United States Slates Tire company compan says says Sid bid Id Theobald local loc l branch ilia i na JC 1 show that in 1910 the company's s s plain tread tire the size 4 34 which Is tho the standard of comparison for Cor tiro Uro prices cost tho the consumer 30 II and amI that the thc same st style stylo lo of lire tiro reaches the consumer tOday for 33 OS This I 1 means ans that tho the tire of oC 1910 which would today be Le considered antiquated cost the consumer about 46 6 per cent more than th the tho splendidly constructed tire lire of lJ to today a The Improvements in tire lire constructions construction have taken place along alonS' three essential lines materials tho the preparatory treatment treatment treat treat- ment of the thc materials and the process s b by which the treated mn materials are brought ht together into tho the final product A great deal of progress has been made mado wIth respect respect re r to each tach one of these e essentials The rile materials which enter Into the construction of or plain tread tires are arc rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber compounding Ingredients and cotton colton fabrics The Iho 1 e rubber rubber especially especially planta planta- plantation plantation tion rubber rubber rubber-is is conning coming on the marl market l In Inn Inn ina n a much more uniform uniforms condition which mak makes s It possible for manufacturers to turn out a lire tiro of more uniform quality With respect to compounding Ingredients n a number of new and better materials have been bell dl discovered co Cotton fabric Is also greatly superior to that which was Va used in III n 1910 because better constructionS constructions construe construe- of the fabric have been developed dC to suit the tho sl special needs of oC tires In ad addition ad- ad these fabrics two are now how built accord accord- ins t to toNCO vcr c. carefully II drawn specifications Continued on page 2 2 r f II TIRE PRICES LESS Continued from pa page c 1 which arc are very and insure a j uniformly high grade material The Tho preliminary treatment of oC materials materials mate mate- rials bas been h en Improved through the In Introduction Intro In- In tro of KUx superior methods method of ot drying and mix mixing In crude rubber and through tho the cl development of new methods method of or storing drying and rubber coating the cotton fa fabric c. c The processes of or assembling the different different dif dit- ferent parts pirtH of the article and md of ot vulcanIzing vulcanizing vulcan vulcan- izing the tires o ha been n t so HO o greatly 11 Improved improved Im im- Improved Im- Im proved since 1910 that the progress made might be considered revolutionary rc Further ImI Fur m I they ther labor saving machinery and appliances ances have ha greatly aided In bringing down I the Hie price pf pC tires |