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Show TRUCK IIS SM US 8IGGUR SILLS Thre is a clo?e analerv in the development de-velopment of automobile t.res and cava! thells in relation to i.T.rrove-nenti m the surfaces against which they are used. As fast "as the -h-!lmnke'r has progressed in his art. the armor manufacturer manu-facturer has been' forced to greater efforts ef-forts in the furnishing of prvte-'.ion to battleship. Kach increaia m toe penetrating pene-trating power of armor i iercm shells . has called for a correr.riou-'hn';.' improvement improve-ment in the duality of the armor steel or an added thickness of the prott-cti . e belt. It has been a cr'm race in which death held the stakes of naval supremacy. suprem-acy. tn tha more peaceful prob'ni of motor mo-tor transportation there are jrcitnt si! the elements nf this situation, except th'it the prire is !.:':! - d'-ve lopment. The ini'veas'.cj sit of motor cars equipped with rubber t!rci has forced tb-i rojd nsineer to endles fxi-'ri-nienU in an effort to prodin e a. road surface that will stand up under the terrific uuuhiiicut cau-ed bv" inci-s.-nnf demands for speed, 1or.ni2e mid still more speed. And the '".hi build. t hns been driven to inrrei.-e the weicht and Urentftb of his eliif le to withstand the road Bhoeks and ibration. Hers the analogy ends. The lion has lain down with the larub. The tire en-nneer en-nneer has seen his great opportunity for serine and has rasp'd it. Henee T-'rcaiina tijht tire 'Ihe Dr'adnatii'ht Tire i.unpnny has placed on the market a pneumatic tire in sizes larjre ennuph to enrrv the henvi. -t commercial loads at speeds equaling those de'elopc'1 by pfieniier autojno-! autojno-! bi'.es, and with no more dnnije to roads than is c-nused bv thp lighter vehicles. ve-hicles. Throiuh this ichirvemen I the car maker can now build a much liphtnr car. and the total we'pht. on the io:.d is made up of a far greater percentage of useful load than heretofore. The rare between tire builder and run I builder hiiH been called off on n-eount nf 1'nlted States pnoiimatic trucli tints. This tire is distributed from Salt. Lake b- the Strevcll-1 'atcrson Hur'hrure com. rnn-v- |