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Show Balloons Easy on Roads and Are Cutting Taxes I Balloon tires are saving taxpayers j hundreds of thousands ef dollars every ev-ery year by cutting down the shock of traffic on highways, and thereby prolonging pro-longing their life. The pounding of speeding wheels against obstructions in the highways delivers trip-hammer . blows which sooner or later break through the surface, and lend to the destruction of the roadway. However, If wheels are properly cushioned and Insulated against the constant shock of the road, this destructive de-structive effect will not be experienced. experi-enced. Not only that, but balloon tires with their greater road surface, distribute dis-tribute the load over a wide area, thus lowering the weight any given point must curry, with the effect that roads will not need repairs as,sooii as they otherwise would. t Balloon tires save roads under the wheels just as much as they save the car and passengers above them, tire engineers assert; for the shock insulation insula-tion not only is effective from below, but from above as well. Every person who rides, in automobiles with balloon tires knows that the roughness of the road Is Ironed out into velvety smoothness, smooth-ness, .that vibrations are minimized, and that rough roads are much less of a problem than formerly. He also knows tliat an automobile on balloon tires will wear longer, because its chassis and body and mechanics are not, subjected to the strains and jolts that make cars old before their time. |