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Show I CARE OF TIRES IS SAVING MONEY i m "It Is clearly evident that the words 'care' and 'economy' In auto- mobile parlanco aro synonymous," j says "Dick" Carroll, district manager I ot tho Goodrich Rubber company, 401 Mission street, San Francisco. "And yet," ho added, "a great many motor cars owners tall to recognlzo this In relation to their tires. Llko I all other tire manufacturers wo want our customers to obtain tho maximum maxi-mum mileage from tholr tires, but this Is only possible with very good care. ' "The short life of the tlro3 of tho careless motorist only adds mora business for tho manufacturers, but tho D. F. Goodrich company wants to ollmlnato this class of business. It breeds dissatisfaction an tho part of tho motorist and adds an unnecessary unnec-essary expense to tho maintenance ofthe cay. "Probably the best advice and ono ot tho most Important things for tho motorists to ,dp, Is to carefully, "maintain "main-tain tholr tlrosjit tho required pressure pres-sure for j tho, sfzo of tiro and, load carried.! j This can be accurately done wjth a, caliper gaugo. "A mtjch neglected 'care' Is tho examining ot tires for cuts nnd tears on tho trad and sdo walls. Too much attention, cannot be given for a single sin-gle neglected, cut will allow dirt and sand to soparato tho tread from tho fabric with the euro result of moisture mois-ture working in and rotting tho cotton cot-ton framowork of tho tiro. "To ompraslzo this point I might Bay that any two "ires of the samo' typo in our dally production are built exactly allko. From ono of these tires the careful motorist will get exceptionally long mileage, and tho other will bo carelessly worn away. In somo cases whero care was used we liavo had cases where as much as 35,000 miles of service has been obtained. On the other hand, tho motorist who is careless with his tiro may not oven got 1000 miles. "Isn't It obvious then that caro is Just as important aB the buying of good tlrc3? Wo build tho maximum service In to our tires but It Is entirely en-tirely up to tho user to get this mllo-age mllo-age out ot them. |