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Show RUBBER CO. SEES BETFER TIMES COMING Akron, Ohio., March 10 This city which was one of the first cities in the country to sense the approaching period of business depression last summer and began reducing production produc-tion accordingly, will be one of the first to feel tho effects of a return1 to normal conditions. I Uuslness In the tlte Industry already al-ready is showing improcmcnt. Kach week sees a quickening of tho business busi-ness pulse. Orders for tires are being be-ing received In larger numbers. The open winter has been a 'God-send to the Industry, creating a demand forl (tires greater than In any other year. jTlic effect of this demand la now becoming be-coming apparent. I Rubber manufacturers here feel t.hat the depression will' ultimately react to the benefit of Akron's ln dustilal life.' They believe that the future growth of the rubber Industry will bo gradual and healthy. They k expect no suddeii leap back Into' the "peak" activity of a year ago, nor Will there be over night expansions Which brought thpusands of laborers 1 ' r 9 to this city utf In the past. jIri announcing that the number ol employes would undoubtedly be materially ma-terially Increased within tho next , three months, tire company executives execu-tives emphasi7o the point that only Akron men will be taken back first. 'Men who liavo their homes here will be given first chance at the -jobs. I Many months will probably elapse before men fiom other cities can find wotk here. In commenting on the prospects for the future the II. P. Goodrich Rubber copany Issued the following ' statement . "Kach week Is showing improre.- (mcnt over the week before. How long It will be beforp a normal status returns In merely1 a matter of conjecture, con-jecture, and one. person's guess la as good as another's. It la certain, how- 'ever, that spring will bring with It an Increased demand for tires. We confidently bcllcre that tho las six tmonths of 'the year will be normal. I "In considering what the future has In store, ono fact must be taken Ipto consideration. That Is that the tiro Industry differs from other Industries In-dustries In respect to the certainty of he demand for its products. Over a period of time, two years for Instance, In-stance, the demand eau be cstlmatea to a very accurato figure. Tho number num-ber of tires needed during that period per-iod will not fluctuate greatly regardless regard-less of business condllona of tho country. "Por a timo motorists may stop buying tires, using their spares nnd their old casings until they are worn to ribbons. The cessation of buing, however, cannot exist over a long period of time, simply becauso without with-out tiros passenger cars and motor trucks, are useless. Sooner or later new tires must be bought, and tho longer tho period of non-buying the greater the 'accumulative demand. "The Qoodi'lrfrcnnipany which has been, affected less b tho biiBlnest) lull than probably an other Akron rubber rub-ber company, sees nothing but better timet In tho 'outlook for he future," mm |