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Show FISI0IE GIIS A CUT TRUCK EXPENSE Double Bae Width and Large Single Tread Are . Proved Advantages. Firestone (Jiant tires are malt i up: reat inroads in the local territory. It is becoming be-coming generally known that good olre? Rive good traction, and the Firestone 'Giant is the most effective tire thus fur devised for this purpose. It is economical economi-cal and saves vast sums to tiie truck owner in wear and tear on his car. Trunk operators are beginning to see the advantage of single-tread solid tires over tiie duals. Proper base width has long been recognized as a fundamental requirement re-quirement in solid-tire construction. Tests have shown them that this proper wi.lth has been found in the Firestone Giants. Grooves are placed in the tread to relieve re-lieve the internal stresses and displace- merit and to prevent skiddiner. The rub-m rub-m ber Itself is especially compounded to give the maximum mileage, with tiie necessary nec-essary resiliency for the absorption of road shocks. All these tilings are the result of patient experimenting on the part of Firestone engineers and represent the "gift of a specialized science." |