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Show federal ie head visits wi merc. The Motor Mercantile company, Salt Lake exclusive wholesale auto accessory concern, report that business for the past month has practically doubled that of the previous month and that the prospects for a very large fall business is most encouraging. en-couraging. With the arrival of D. W. Shattuck, district dis-trict manager for the Federal Rubber company, makers of the famed Federal brand of fabric and' cord tires, from Kansas City, Mo., where his headquarters for the central and southwestern distribution distribu-tion district. Is located, the M. M. company com-pany is making a special drive on this tire. Mr. Shattuck will spend some time In the local territory. He will endeavor to call on all the trade and personally explain the leading features of the Federal Fed-eral cord, which is a tire made entirely by hand process and built up scientifically scientific-ally from the inner to the outside ply. This cord tire runs uniformly 10 per cent or more oversize. This is on account ac-count of the extra large cords and the extra plies that are used in budding the carcass. More rubber necessarily enters into the construction of such a casing to properly cover the la rye cords and the extra thick thread accounts for considerable. Resiliency has been secured In a greater measure than usual in cord tires by moulding the carcass over a ?as bag instead of the usual steel mandrill. |