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Show i DELISSER SEES PROSPERITY FOR QUALITY MANUFACTURERS AJax Rubber Company President Decries De-cries Crisis Talk and Advises Full Speed Ahead. Interesting observations nnd reflections re-flections on buslnoss conditions of tho day nro contnlnud In u statement rccontly Issued by Hornco DoLlBser, prosldont of tho AJax Rubbor Company, Com-pany, Inc. Mr. DoLlssor, as head of ono of tho groat automobile tiro manufactories, Is known ns n keen observer, a thorough analyst and a conservative forocastor. Hwico his vlows and predlctlosn uro of more thnn common Imporinnco. "Thoro seoms to bo an nlmost universal uni-versal tendoncy," Mr. DoLlssor assorts, as-sorts, "for tho helmsman In buslnoss to worry to cast omlnoim glnncos skjward nnd wonder from which rmnrtor tho wind, If nny, Is coming next "Carrying out tho yachting motnphor, isn't It hotter to head Into wbntoor wind thoro Is with nil sales sot7 I'll answer my own iiuostlon and decidedly in tho nfllrmntho. "Tho manufacturer of a quality product, bo It nutomobllo tiros, whirl-l-glgs or whatnots, hns llttlo to worry about so long ns ho maintains the quality ulnndnrd on which his sue- coss 111 lliu past huh uoou num. "In soino lines of American manufacture manu-facture slnco tho war, thoro has been a marked effort to maintain a low prlco nt tho uxpoiiho of quality. This of course Is dnngorous, for poor quality Is romomborod long nftor tho prlco Is forgotten, and goodwill Buffers Buf-fers Immeasurably. When goodwill suffers, buslnoss goos bad. Thnt Is an nxlom. Good will It the mot enduring en-during asset In all business, If properly prop-erly safeguarded. "It Is tho soul of buslnoss, the tnnnlble result of sorvlco rendered. It Is tho foundation on which gigniitlc industry hns been built and Innumerablo fortunes tilled up. "Tho present year." Mr. DoLlssor contltiued,"s(i far as tho tire buslnoss Is concerned, hns boen an uuusnt one. Tho hoavy selling season has boon somewhat delayed by unfavorable unfavor-able wnnthor conditions In most locnlltJoH Unseasonable woathor hns held back the nutomobllo tourist, nnd consequently dolnyed the big tiro purchases of tho car owners. "llowovor, wo aro looking forward to n most successful season. Don't forgot thnt moro cars nro running today thnn over bofore in tho nntlon's history. Hundreds of thousands moro will bo running next year. So conditions con-ditions point to continued good buslnoss busl-noss for the manufacturers of quality tiros." o |