Show RUBBER BUSINESS SHOWS A VAST VASTIN IN INCREASE REASE Miller Company Advances to Total in Few Years Since the year 1913 the sales volume volume vol vol- ume of ot the Miller Rul Rubber ber company lot of Akron 0 O. has increased from a little over to to This Information has Just been re received received re- re by W W. S. S Tullis manager of ot the National Rubber company Social Hall avenue and local representative representative I of ot the Miller company Instead of or pearly pearl 60 50 per cent Inc In- In inc c cHiase ase In the 1919 sales volume compared compared compared com com- pared with the 1918 as predicted a afew afew few tew weeks ago by an official of or the company Mr Tullis says that the actual figures available now show that the company's selling growth g In 1919 amounted to more than 60 percent per percent percent cent over the 1918 mark BIG VOLUME POSSIBLE The Miller Rubb Rubber r company company's building operations In Akron have re reached ched the point where the Installation tion of ot comparatively little equipment will enable the company to do ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately worth o of business business business busi busi- ness in one year according to Mr Tullis Announcement had also reached Mr Tullis that the big growth In the production and sales of ot the company has warranted the increasing increasing ing of or the capital stock from 20 20 to Ten million dollars of ot preferred stock of ot this issue was placed on the market January 22 The new branch offices of ot the company company company com com- pany located at Albany N. N Y Cedar Rapids la Ia Charlotte N. N C. C El Paso Tex Erie Pa Great Falls Mont Jacksonville Fla Memphis Tenn Oakland Cal and San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco were opened in 1919 says Mr Tullis Since January 1 I 1920 branch offices have been opened at Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati and Phoenix Ariz There are twelve other cities where the opening of ot branch offices is being considered at present he said FACTORY IS CENTER The company Is following the line of ot reasoning that the factory must be the working point from which h to give the public a highly efficient service said Mr Tullis Where the demand Is of ot such a nature that the maintenance of ot a branch Is essential to the best I interests of ot the Miller users they always establish an office ottice This has been the policy in the past and It will wUl continue in force even on a wider basis during 1920 |