Show Goodyear Man Explains Explain's Tire Shortage t IE if i IE E i. i t W. W to f 3 W. W IE Depletion of Manpower Is Responsible His Factory Alone Gives Up Skilled Men MenT T- T o of the nationwide E EXPLANATION H aut automobile m bHe tire Ure shortage Is ip sm- sm pie le The great tire Ure making fact factories factories fac fac- t tories of the United ted States have ve been forced to reduce their their- comm commer commercial r- r cia cial out output ut b because cause o of the depletion of manpower r diverted to the b front This Is the statement of L L. L L. L King advertising manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company Mr King who attended the recent convention of ot ad clubs bt bf the w world rd r at S San n n Fran Francisco recently passed through Salt Lake on hl his return trip to Akron r O. O rn of makers While the inability t tire to tomeH mett commercial demands in th the United d States has been attributed to the fact that th there re are re no ships available to carry raw rubber and other materials from the therod producing rod sources to the factories said Mr 1 King 1 do not believe bellev that is the thereal Teal real reason It Is true that we are not getting In supplies from the rubber plantations plantations plantations plan plan- of the orient but that does not create the present shortage for the principal principal prin prin- cipal tire manufacturing companies s have stocks on hand sufficient for their needs The labor shortage is the cause of deficiency deficiency deficiency de de- de- de I In the tire output LOSE MEN Take ou out own factory for Instance 1 We have loit men who have joined the army navy and nd other war making branches of the he government These men taken out Of a total working corps of l left lert ft a I. gap in the working force that has hu not been filled The e men n who went to war w practically practically tI fI fIe all nU U unmarried I dt and to fill i their places we would have to employ married men We can not get married men be bec because be be- c cause use there are re no housing fa facilities in Akron and there are no laborers to build houses even if we could get et the lumber II at ft rUtt this t time t to build with fh I On i the top of this depletion depICtion In the laboring personnel Of the Company comes I I balloons the heavy Yal airplane government g e accessories so demand gas a for o masks tires II i j Ij etc and nd besides this we have a he heavy VY i Increased demand for tor our products all aU allover allover over the country I One of the results of these conditions has been a remarkable Increase in the I number of f women employed o by our fac fac- fac r tory r beW We now have veng on our payrolls y sf six I Ie Ir the times e war as sc r m. m many The wOmen women gl as make ak we e gas had masks before rs I Inner tubes tube II rubber bands and other articles arti artl- I des cles the making of which does not tax tu the strength gT Of or F a woman o I AIDS AMERICAN AMERICAN FARMS Mr King Is of the opinion that the war I has brought about a condition that will make Americas America's farms 1000 per cent more efficient within the next two years The inexorable demand for more food to J keep Jeep the fighting forces of the allies In condition condition condition condi condi- tion to push the war to a speedy conclusion conclusion sion he says has brought about a revo revolution lution in farming methods Thousands of ot trucks and tractors are being made every week where before the output was by scores The motor truck said Mr MI King has solved the problem of transportation from I the farms and I believe the m motor tor truck of th the future will be one with pneumatic tires In lit order for the motor t truck uck to tomake tomake tomake I make the tho most moat of Its advantages s it must malts make higher speeds and the Imm immediate step to achieve this Is the adoption of the pneumatic m tire r followed 0 by changes in 18 Ifs truck design g which will necessarily e en en- en sue The greatest e t st speeds can be obtained d at night when the roads are relatively free from other traffic The or organization of large com companies anle capable of ot covering the traffic problems problem of large huge blocks Of terrItory territory terri tern tory tony will wUl follow cutting out the wastes and eddies bring about the scientific organization or- or of the traffic on economic lines EFFICIENT FOR ARMY I Another use of the pneumatic tired truck c which h Is of Immense I importance e at atthe atthe the h present moment is Its efficiency m r t ton for military the lt safe re Pr purposes running r s speed Doubling bl of gt the and truck tripling II as against solid tires cutting down dead loads increasing carrying capacities multiply the mileage per day and lessenIng lessening lessen lenen- ing ing- the time of the truck in the repair shop This will make possible performances performances perform perform- ances even more effective than parts parta played by the mol motor r Vehicle at the battle battle bat bat- tle tIC of the Marne l and supplying the French army at the siege e of Verdun The success Of an advancing army is de dependent dependent de de- pendent on the speed with which its supplies supplies sup sup- plies can be moved Any form of transportation which saves eaves time shortens distances elasticity of operation makes for r economy and n re re- re te JI JIn liability Surely he pneumatic tired truck possesses these elements I 1 I I II i j Ij I i I I I I I I I I Says War Will iVill Aid American Farms Farm I II a S I t t 1 4 A r 7 tp A il 0 z- z 5 r I 4 f fir r ir m a t J 7 tW Jv- Jv L q ti JY fr ir r te 5 p 4 p 4 t 1 a a w ft 4 r L. L L. L KING Goodyear Tire and Rubber company's advertising head who during a visit in thi this city last Week f talked inter interestingly on the tir tire problem I |