Show MEN LAID OFF I BY RUBBER i MAKERS Demand l State i tors I Dropped o id Dealt Dealers v f I I Overs Overstocked toe k e ec d c S 'S r sUlO SI TO 5 I Dl II I r r ct i J 1 c thou md d I 0 Sept to have hL oft Akron n v.- v. art result or f the do n IOU Jost 1 pp 81 robber rabber s workers fro I of al or of tM the ell ellI city 19 OJ Ida fi pd or tho Akron Akre n r th tho I S pc S1 11 le ii I deP r sudden upon pon It Ite In- In the U tt son n a cro crop e 0 l rl rumors Two hi t f aorL mills are re T Tr preparing Nan g d tU tire at greatlY ro- ro t I back q fe men wll r I 3 its and that thal tire lire prices J of oft t rd vice president f. f 0 F Goodrich j comp company in one ODe of theL the t 6 i r i me th the rubber men mens men's s L t c save conditions ons which 1 led lede i a 1 eb of sr the e of ot of ot the al J I aL borer horci tho Industry Is b r Ic a F hole OW he told me that there thero therein Pith tt e s Jt JI t change ange in tire titer prices nc 5 i d oo co tee few months and d that l noi no ud tilt I unI un could bo be expected x i Is h economic nt conditions conditions In the theIn I ti Ih are ar In a J. J prewar status stR FUI t. t v it CR Under government o control durin during g I tho the war Rutherford told mo me mo commercial com corn mercial tiro liro production was wae so 80 greatly restricted that when the armistice wa was s sl signed nud dealers dealers' stocks everywhere o were depleted Then Than all 11 rubber manufacturers en entered entered en- en an era of oC enormous production Vo Wo ran our plants twenty four hours hour houra a L day Spring and summer are ere our bt big rolling felling I seasons In warm weather th tho automobiles of at tho the country are arc bus busy thy y wearing out tires This spring was cold and wet wot Demand Dc De mand fell off Demoralized transportation transportation tation conditions had their effect UT UP STArE Suddenly tho the banks b shut down 1 on o n credit It Is 18 the aim of oC au all rubber lubber manufactures to enter tho the fall tall season with tho business of ot the tho spring an and d summer settled and the tho mane money in to tho the banks There Thoro or orthe a was nothing to do then In Inthe the tho face of or the thc loaded loadell shelves of oC the dealers and tight bank banle monc money but t to curtail production I called his attention to the price o of oC f credo crudo It Is Js soling for tor 20 ZO conk cents a a. pound against 80 odd cents cent not long ions ego ago That That s what t will keep kep tire fire prices I tho same ho ht said Tho three big lg elements of ot cost are aro labor rubber and ami fabric Labor cost will remain tho the I seine same rubber lubber is down own but cotton fabric I Is 00 per cent higher his Tho The ru rubber and cotton collon will offset effect el themselves and thus we will continue present tiro prices until the tho general return of oC all business busi busl- ness Hess to the tho prewar pre basis balls Then o of course tires will come down |