Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-01 | Page 49 | Tire Makers Plan Educational Stunt

TIRE MAKERS PLAN EDUCATIONAL STUNT LocaJ Tonvalk Casing Dealer Discusses Scope of Proposed IsationaJ Campaign. "A nation-wide campaign soon will be launched by tire manufacturers to educate edu-cate automobile makers axid dealers in the economic importance of equipping cars with tires of the proper s;s. At tho same time an effort will be made to check the wasteful practice of carrying too m:uiy 'spar?,'" f-aid the manager of the Guarantee Tire and Rubber company, local Xonvalk tire driers. "This movement was inspired by reports re-ports of the commercial economy board to the effect thai out ofi twenty-one cars examined in a. test, oniv seven were equipped with tires of the sizs rt:om-iner-'l'd by rubber nv nufa cturers. "Car makers rspidiy are recognising the principle that t:re mi.ige is governed gov-erned almost as m u c h It t '.' e " ' t; i gh t of unsprung parts that bear directly on the tir as by the total weight of the car. "Tire manufacturers will end?a-r to drive home to the makrrs and distributors of cars that the thing of iirt importance in the selection cf tires is size in proportion pro-portion to the weight of a ioaded car ; and, second, sire ir pro'roron to the distribution dis-tribution of weight between sprung and unsprung parts. ";nce- the report of the commercial economy boari3 was mace public, ;- era! tire manufacturers are 2;Iver:-y.r.z their casings as 'oers17f ' The real pioneer in the production of 'oversize' tire ie the Xorwaik compar.v, t ery r.; ture of .orwa.;k tires necessitates an ov?rsire. i "Selection of tires m s:?es reronur-nd-d by manufacturers will reduce the number num-ber of spares r.e.cess.ary to carry on extended ex-tended tours. ThiF .-!!1 Ve -emphasized in t'.ie crlnaiioir-il c-nvonc:i of thp n;an'J-lacturer.''