| Show tf t TES ITS TWENTIETH I WENT Will t ANNIVERSARY t Plant Grows s From o y Small Shop I ISmall in n Year 1898 r p A ANY NY D DIFFICULTIES e AVE AVE VE BEEN OVERCOME IE uch Work rork Now Being Beina o i Done on Behalf of Government I In the worlds world's bus busy whir of or these hese tenuous t days of or Industry with theiron their on instant tant call caB for speedier and greater Auction there Is but scant time to tose reminiscence Nevertheless eless for cause se r of ot note that August 23 ins ins' tr worthy orthy nuked irked ked the twentieth anniversary annl of or of or the tho Goodyear TI Tire e h h feu founding lubber tubber company Akron 0 O. O of ot this big growth The e story stor of or tho the of libber company is a verification Mighty U ht oaks from h be old saying that acorns grow for the little rube rub- rub company of or two two decades a ago o has hns er e prune rung ng into into a mighty might monument to and efforts of ot Its founders b. b be bV faith faith against n heavy hen odds from beginning of Ae J highest type and financial genius and kind were f a a. bold in squired to keep the concern eq lon The he Goodyear story reads much like hairy Airy tol tale unfolding gradually an ec of ot heroic endeavor or fighting winning a I. I wn way to success from li and humble beginnings The Tha he company compan was started in August who during UI i by F. F A. A career has been its guiding sad and The original l plant represented of ot but with a floor loor pac pace ici of only square feet One ample to hanie han han- andred workmen were l ie Industry's Initial Indus- Indus lal tal activities 1 Initially nit I all a 3 small carare car- car are age tire tiro and bicycle tiro concern it has s grown to be one Industrial wonders of or tho the age id nd Its products are used In every corer corer cor- cor world v er er of the thc ut J But the early carly days das were full of or hard hard- and the company compan was kept goS go go- gos I S only through the expenditure of useless energy Credit was waa almost because of or the lack of or Ith on the part of or the public that the tie the company compan could withstand the orm and crude crudo rubber at times was purchased us in ht l lots ts of or a few undred pounds for cash fe On Overcome rom I B But t herculean labor and good tood e eta ew Judgment overcame o all js ond permitted tho the rapid advance ance lent ent of or the company After twenty c raTS ra cars of or as eventful o lifo at afi that of or orrt rt ny N other kindred Industrial ilio it stands today In volume of r the first ten Industrial of ot the world It occupies dant which offers otters five eighty el acres rf space pace for Cor manufacturing oper- oper tl Hons ioas ns Twenty thousand workmen Tarm rm to and from the factory dally daily l If of or whom have llave a n part in the production of or goods nn- nn 1 i illy ny lIr During During- the two decades l of ot Goodyear tory lory man many of or tho the modern Improve Improve- ent enta which wl are arc appreciated toda today by came from the laboratories ld id the tire lire developing developing- departments this company Originally all tires In all factories t ere re constructed b. b by hand The adit ad- ad nt it of tho the Goody Goodyear ar tire building er about ten years 0 o o. o revolutionized re the the- theart art of ot tire tiro gilding BO so that a hotter butter quality IlU lIty of ot r ro ro is now made mado possible with less bor than before For or many years ears tho the only available tm rm of ot pneumatic tiro was of ot the tp typo Tho The Goodyear Goodear commy com com- my Inaugurated tho the no hook hooe or raight side tire which Is now v us used 97 i per percent cent of or the automobile users the fth world This Invention was at by man many tire s who actually spent mone money to ad ad- against it It So it was only after nt nual plugging that tho the new typo type nit tire found round Its market and ancl became Ie e worlds world's standard ard r The e cord tire tiro which Is b now enjoy- enjoy g I such great popularity is also a dG development As early as Oi of this company comp put out its first re of ot this thU type I f. f Achievement Th The Th latest pioneer achievement nt o of II de com company pan is the tho cord pneumatic re re for tor trucks truck s which promises to rev rev- tho the transportation methods tho Country U tt has h been tho this company's policy polley to toP e P abreast of or the tho development de of ot re It e automobile and in fact tact to antici Ue Ste i its Us requirements And as ns' ns a ro- ro ot of this operation Co-operation more than a If t f the ine v. v automobiles manufactured lost to- to to-I to st ay o havo as their orl original equipment tires It t fa significant that the twentieth ot of this big organization h find It U devoting Its full Cull running twenty four hours day dart J. J to the speed production of ot those thoe lJ obber Jj ber supplies 3 s that are aro essential In Inning mil the war r for tor r both civilian and I II t ry use N. N Ste Without dirigible balloons to patrol ta and harbors hunting for tor subS sub sub- S kite ball balloons ons to observe the tho s ts tires t of ot the enemy o on n the b battle and rubber bumpers for tor fors for's 4 a. a S nes es that scout over tho my ns s 's ii lines tire lines trU k for mo mo- Pd id ui transports dispatch hearing bearing machine 14 gun motorcycles and otera of- of era cars Cara- e gas masks to withstand Ki terrible lore t for tor 1 the poison gas Bas attacks altas air pneumatic hamE hamra ham- ham riveting ra In tho the construction of ot ships E fibber liber ber d nn docks and mechanical goods a for Mi sea e I M for multitudinous war II fling nn f there would bo be 11 HI 0 hope ot of n ot of nG the tho War An And 1 In ln tho Ir vV these thue e supplies to b back ck up our tary horn forces no concern Is playing a aIe arit Ie rit r important important Part than tho ho Goodr Good- Good Tire iro Ru f com company any i In n addition n to these activities i front o v service flag that hangs Clo of the tho th factor factory boars boa mute eloquent r evidence c that 00 of C the theton p ny y a former m ton y 5 have ha Joined ora oh r to f u t i Cj s fight th the Hun monace |
