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Show IIKE MILEAGE, A notable contribution toward the education of ""tire users in ihc care of their tires "Tiro Conservation," is a, series of bulletins dealing with various phases of I he tire situation, issued by the Goodyear Tiro & Rubber company of Akron, Ohio. "Strange as it may seem," says J. C. Kiley, local manager of the. Goodyear company, "the tire companies find that lOmpnratively few car owners obtain al! I ho mileage that is possible from tires, and cost per mile is thus higher than necessary. A knowledge and its application ap-plication cf tire conservation lowers tire cost per mile, and it is upon this basis that the Goodyear company has based its campaign of folders. Tho information in-formation tho leanets contain it, not confined con-fined to such subjects as inflation, pressure, pres-sure, etc., bat explains how mileage may be increased and tire lives prolonged through tho use cf accessories inside protectors, tiro dough, etc. "Tires, like human beings, suffer from ill-treu Intent, and in such circumstances do not. stand up under their work as rkev do if given proper consideration. Since tho Goodyear company began distributing its conservation bulletins, some remarkable results have already been obtained, sonio remarkable mileage mile-age records attested, and tho company believes thai in co-operating with tire users and educating them, through cooperation, co-operation, how to make- tires last longer, it 1ms taken another big step forward. "The Goodvcar factory reached the production mark of 10,000 tires per day this woek." |