THE SUNDAY OREGOISTAX, PORTLAJTO, JULY 13, 1919.
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TRULY IK IS
STORY OF GOODYEAR
Great Plant Rises From Bor
rowed $3500 Investment.
30.000 TIRES MADE DAILY
In Only 2 Years Factory Has De
veloped From Little Place to
ITIncty Acres.
The story of the automobile tire,
now a part of the daily life of mil
lions of pcoiM all over the world, fur
nished one of the greatest of all indus
trial romances.
Although originally invented by an
transferred them into tbe class of high
speed transportation agents.
In the manufacture of tires of high
quality, only the finest of cotton fab
rics can be used, for if a tire is built
up of fabric containing; tbe slightest
defect, its deterioration In actual ser
vice Is bound to originate at the point
of defect, however emalL The Good
year Tire Rubber company has long
had Its ideas as to what to expect from
cotton fabric
Oftentimea it was unable to buy on
the open market the kind of fabric that
had the tensile strength consistent with
the Goodyear ideals of manufacture.
So a few years ago it secured its own
cotton mills In Goodyear, Connecticut.
and by developing Its own processes of
tire duck manufacture was able to con
struct a fabric or canvas stronger than
any other tire fabric on the market.
To carry out the idea of perfecting
to the greatest possible extent the raw
materials that go Into their tires. Good
year later opened up an immense cot
ton plantation in Arizona, developing
a !".0u-acr. project In the Bait river
valley, on which a long staple cotton
haa been produced that Is better than
the long staple cotton of any part of
the world.
The output of the Goodyear factories
Is now 25.000 tires a day. tnd it will be
30.000 tires after July 1. The company
recently developed and announced a
new plan of factory management which
Involves a broad and comprehensive
principle of an employer's council of
industrial relations in keeping with the
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WHITE COM PAX X )LXAGEE DIS
CUSSES COXDITIOJfS.
New Heavy-Dnty White Truck, With I
Doable Redaction Gear Drive,
Giving Great Service.
Conditions throughout the northwest
In the automotive Industry are better
than ever, and the demand for trucks Is
enormous and growing fast. So de-1
Clares R. A. Parker, wholesale manager I
of the White company of San Francisco, I
following a tour of Oregon. Washing
ton. Idaho, Montana and British Co-1
lumbla.
'Mr. Parker found the demand for I
trucks so great that orders are being
booked far in advance by the dealers.
says C. W. Cornell, manager here for I
the White company. "We find that I
trucks are coming through in faster I
time now and the factory is shipping
more of them, so we will be able to
make deliveries more rapidly in the I
near future.
The farmers are buying trucks In
increasing quantities and they are buy
ing high-grade trucks such as the I
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
The Ford ear can well be called the People's Car, became tfaer are more than 3,000,000 of them in dairy
operation. That is about seven to one to the nearest follower in the motor car industry. This would not
be so if the Ford car had not for sixteen years proven its superiority in service, in durability, and m the low
cost for operation and maintenance; this would not be so if the Ford car was not so easy to understand, so
simple in construction that anybody and everybody can safely drive h. It is everybody's necessity became
it doubles the- value of time, and is the QuicJc, convenient, comfortable, juod cccsaQinical4&cthodf tcsnportaa
tioa. . Leave your order with any one of the dealers list! frfVa.
Francis Motor Car Co.
E. 13th and Hawthorne
Palace Garage' Co.
12th and Stark
Wm. L. Hughson Co.
Broadway and Davis
Robinson-Smith Co.
6th and Madison
Rushlight & Penney
. 3d and Broadway
Talbot & Casey
E. Ankeny and Grand
Araela C.hea. at tbe helm, la gtvtag Eaad C. a lei da. grarral attoraey of the Olds Motor Works, aad party a drive
Ibreaak Wsaui(t Park prellamiaary ta tiaaia Kim mgawar mp.
Edmund C Shields, general attorney for the Olds Motor Works, Lansing. Mich., was a visitor In Portland
last week. He arrived here at Just about the same time as the new Oldsra obile Eight, and Arnold Cohen of the
OldamoMIe Company of Oregon took him and his party on a drive about town and out the highway. Mr. Shields is
In the front seat beside Mr. Cohen, who Is driving. Others fn the party are John O'Rafferty, Miss Nellie Shea, Miss
iMlia Shea, Miss Anna Shea and Miss Margaret Tuberty, all of Mr. Shield's party.
Englishman, the modern tire Is truly
and typically American In its develop
ment and chief features. It has brought
rubber from a lowly place among the
modern industries to the rront rank,
so that today it stands only a little
way behind steel in the Industrial
affairs of the world.
Only a few years ago the motorist
nuld not start out on a Sunday after
noon's rid. with his family without
fear aad trembling for his tires. The
comic papers were filled with tire
troubles. Now all this has been chsnged
and the old difficulties are practically
eliminated. The motorist of today may
format hia tires and give himself the
peace of mind necessary to an enjoy
able trip. Le raima. ine speao
drove one set of Ooodvear tires at Day
ton. Florida. 400 to 600 miles in offi
cial tests at speeds exceeding ISO miles
an hoar, breaking all the world s speea
records from one to twenty miles. The
tires at the end of the trials showed
no signs of wear. This shows what the
tires of today will do.
Ceadyrar Grwwtb Asaaslag.
A large part of this tire development
lias been due to tbe Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company of Akron. Ohio, the
largest single rubber concern in tbe
world. The name of the Goodyear com
pany has come to be as Indelibly asso
ciated with the automobile tire as the
name of Charles Goodyear is linked
with tb. vulcanisation of rubber. The
Goodyear company towers among the
wonders of American industry.
So amaslng haa been the company's
development double in three years,
fifteenfold In the last decade that it
Is difficult to keep pace with its tre
mendous growth. These factories stand
as a symbol for the service and quality
of product that has made the company
a leader in the rubber Industry of the
world.
Its rarely paralleled expansion Is
truly spectacular. From less than
15.000 square feet of floor spare to
Its present area of 95 acres, exclusive
of its branches: from 100 employes to
aoproxlmaiely 30.000 this is the story
of 30 years.
From an Insignificant little enter
prise In a straa board factory bought
with borrowed capital to one of the
world's largest manufacturing corpo
rations It has rapidly forged ahead.
The mammoth plant which bears the
Inventor's name, although he had no
part in Its inauguration, was estab
lished in 1899 during the period that
bicycle tires and carriage tires were
the most prominent rubber product.
The growth of the automobile indus
try to sisable proportions a tittle later
waa responsible for the greater expan
on of th. plant.
modern trend of the times. During the
present year the company is looking
forward to a business of approximate
ly tl7S.000.000 gross, with reasonabla
assurance that this will be accom
pushed.
NEW BODY FOB TRUCKS
MAXY AUVWTAGES CLAIMED
FOR LATEST DESIGN".
Commerce Truck First to Equip
With Everyway Body, Made
for All Kinds of Jobs.
An all-purpose truck body designated
as the Everyway body la announced by
the Highland Body Manufacturing com
pany of Cincinnati and one of the first
truck manufacturers to add it to Its
body equipment line is the Commerce
Motor Car company of Detroit.
The body haa been designed to meet
the rapidly increasing demand for
motor truck body that will enable th
farmer to use his truck economically
TICK I Sl'DI TRY THIS WAY
TO (,KT OLTl
Just remembering that the
slower a wheel turns the more
traction it has will enable many
motorists to avoid the. terrors of
a self-dug grave when stuck in
mud or sand.
Nine owners out of ten. when
stuck In the mud, will put their
cars in low gear and then race
their engines for dear life, short
ening the life of both tire and
motor. With the wheels going
at such a pace it is impossible to
get any traction, even if straw or
twigs are placed beneath the
treads, and tire chains will be
slipped around idly. The effect
is usually to dig a deep hole and
increase the difficulty.
The correct wsy is to pack
cloth or twigs below the wheels.
ow gear and only speed the
motor sufficiently to take the
tea without tailing. Above
all things, .don't race the engine.
! cloth
use lc
motor
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la Debt Far First .130O.
The growth of the company has been
f a sturdy and enduring kind. Start
ing with an Initial investment of only
1 12.500. of which only $3500 was In
cash, and that borrowed, the plant is
Bow valued at nearly $30.000. noo. with
an output In 1911 of $121,000,000.
But no sooner had the new Goodyear
company started than it became
volved In patent litigation, which
greatly handicapped Its progress.
The complaining company in this
litigation was a million-dollar concern,
with plenty of money for carrying on
tbe suit, while the Goodyear Tire at
Rubber company was 'practically with
out funds fur this purpose. After a
long battle, hoa-ever. the smaller com
pany a on its case and in the victory
eeieoration which followed the entire
City of Akron participated.
Then cam. financial troubles and the
whole situation appeared hopeless. But
again fortune was on the side of the
struggling young company and the
aturm waa weathered.
In 191 th. output of th. Goodyear
company in value had increased to
toet.)i0 from a bumble stsrt of less
than 1500. 000 its first year. The Good
year company waa the pioneer in the
development of many of th. types of
tires that are now serving to make
automottv. transportation a success.
Among these, the most conspicuous
are the straight-side automobile tire
and the pneumatic "cord' tire, both of
w hich were brought out in 1904. Good
year pneumatic cord tires for motor
trucks have taken motor trucks out
to haul a load every way. It Is so con
stituted that It will also find a market
with city truck users because of the
diversified loads It will carry.
The body is made in three eTxes as
follows:
Truck capacity. Load space. Cuhie ft. Welirht.
V to 1 ton e-Jx 9S 96 8O0
IS Ml tons 8?xt2t 7?-lL- ..(!
2 to x tons S:xl44 S3-144 10O0
The body is self-contained: all parts
that, go to make up the various designs
into which it can be converted are on
the truck at all times, thus making it
possible to change the body to suit any
load at any time and any place. It
la well within the limits of weights
recommended by automotive engineers
and sufficiently rugged to withstand
resign usage in country or city service.
All sills, floor boads, alata and stakes
are of well-seasoned oak: joints In
floors being tongue and groove and
panels being rabbeted into floor: all
Joints are made up with white lead.
This gives a grain tight body, one that
it is claimed will not absorb moisture
and deteriorate. All reinforcements
have been designed to give maximum
strength with minimum weight. When
merchandise must be protected against
the weather provisions are made fot
the nse of a paulin.
The truck for farm use will haul
grain In bags, bulky produce, farm
produce in crates, cement in bags, barn
yard fertiliser, poultry in crates, farm
machinery, dressed meats, fence posts,
fruit and vegetables In baskets, boxes
or crates, baled hay, wheat, oats or
corn stalks, coal. dirt, gravel, hogs.
cat lie. sheep, cotton, sugar cane, appiea.
potatoes, melons, cabbages, etc, etc
For citv use It can be used to trans
port the raw material on one trip and
bring back the finished product. It
ran be used as a passenger ous, serv
ice pick-up wagon, carrying bottles,
baggage, expreas, grain, wood, ice. fur
niture, hardware, fruit, dairy produce.
White In prefereno. to cheaper ma
chines! Many of the farmers and mer
chants in tbe northwest formerly
owned c'jeap trucks and . they have
found that first cost matters not at all
in the purchase of a motor truck, but
that performance does. They find that
a good truck will pay for itself in a
short time while a cheap truck will
be In th. repair shop so much of th.
time that the profits are eaten up in
garage bills.
"Farmers and merchants are being
educated along a dollars and cents
basis. They are learning that Initial
expenditure must be commensurate
with the returns on the product, or
they are not getting their moneys
worth. Therefore they are getting
good machines, working them long
hours, caring for them properly and
making money.
"The demand for trucks In Oregon
and Washington is particularly great
because of the huge business boom.
Logging camps are using Whit, trucks
to haul lumber and rough logs long
distances. The good-roads movement
means further Increase in track fleets
and truck purchases because good roads
and truck transportation go hand in
hand.
"There lc a great reclamation project
underway in southern Idaho which will
cost millions of dollars. Most of the
material and much of the supplies will
be hauled by motor trucks. This will
open up a rich farming country which
will support several new cities and in
crease the demand for trucks.
l he new double-reduction gear
drive, heavy-duty White truck is caus
ing favorable comment throughout the
northwest as well as In other parts of
toe Facirie coast. A few have arrived
and are In th. hands of users. Invari
ably they give great satisfaction. Tbe
new truck is proving economical and
reliable and a money-maker for the
owners because Its trips to the repair
snop are few and far between."
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WAR ENDED JUST IN TIME
JkO CARS SOW IF IT HAD CON
TINUED LOXGEB. ,
business and the great accomplish- I bile Importers that no increal on 1m
ments that are possible are due as ports could be allowed at present ow-
much to the aid of the automobile as l ing to the necessity of guarding the
Head of Paige Organization Says
Even Another Month Wonld .
Have Had Dire Effects.
SORREVTO FLATS ARE SOLD
Ralph W. Wilbur Makes Purchase
for $23,000 Cash.
Ralph W. Wilbur, attorney, has pur
chased the Sorrento flats at Bast
Twenty-eighth and Washington streets.
in Sunnyslde, from Mrs. W. S. Toole.
The consideration was $25,000 cash.
Th. Sorrento flats are of brick con
struction, and were built In 1912. Mrs
Toole is removing to a new home she
has bought at 1111 East Washington
street.
National Park for Maine.
At last the east is to have a na
tional park. Congress has created In
Maine the Lafayette national park.
comprising a tract of more than 10,000
acres on Mount Desert island, on the
coast of which lies the city of Bar
Harbor, long a Mecca for motorists and
"resorters" generally. All the land was
donated by public spirited citizens for
the express purpose of founding this
national reservation.
The present shortage in passenger
automobiles offers a clear indication
of what the aituation would soon have
been had the war continued another
year or so, in the opinion of Harry M.
Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit
Motor Car company.
"Had tb. great factories continued
to devote their energies more and
more to production of munitions and
equipment essential to the war it
would have soon become impossible to
obtain passenger cars, he says. "Thou
sands of automobile dealers would
have been forced to close their doors.
No doubt it would have taken years
for the manufacturers to get back to
the pre-war basis and to resume manu
facture of passenger automobiles in
anything like sufficient quantity.
"Few realize that had the war con
tinued even a month longer many bust
nesses in other lines than the automo
bile industry would have been forced
out of the game. Had the supply of
passenger automobiles been shut off.
the slowing up effect on business in
general would have been Immediately
apparent.
"The conditions would have approxl
mated those that would follow if our
railroads ceased to run. What would
have happened in this country is lndi
cated somewhat by the situation exist
ing in England due to the fact that
factories were obliged to stop manu
facturing automobiles. Rolls-Royce cars
that cost when new $6000 have been
sold at prices ranging from $21,000
to '124.000. and 1913 and 1914 models
of cars of any make sell now for more
than they brought when new.
"I believe the rapid pace of modern
Dont race th. engine. Ton cannot
abuse th. engine worse than by allow
ing It to race at high speed without s
load
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BUICK REPAIRS
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32,000 sq. ft floor space.
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Cheap rates.
PARTS SUPPLIES
PORTLAND BUICK
REPAIR CO.
X. W. Cor. Sixteenth and
Jefferson St.
5 Portland, Or.' - Main 3419 I
TIRE;
Odd Sizes
34x3
35x4
. 36x4
37x4
37x4
See us before you have your
wheels cut down we have
all the odd sizes in both
types Straight Side and.
Quick Detachable.
Bargains in AH Standard
Makes of Tires
Portland Tire Co.
331 Burnside St.
Portland, Oregon
Phone Broadway 2275 -
to any one thing, possibly excepting
the telephone and the telegraph. If
one could appreciate the aggregate of
time which is saved In one day by the
use of the automobile, the realisation
would be staggarlng.
BRITISH COXTIXUE AUTO BAN
Import of American Cars Still Is
Strictly Limited.
LONDON, July 12. The automobile
section of the American chamber of
commerce in London has made repre
sentations to the British board of trade
to have the import restrictions on
Arerican motor cars further relaxed.
If not entirely removed. At present the
importation of motor vehicles and parts
thereof is limited to E0 per cent of the
1913 imports up to September 1. 1919,
in proportionate monthly quantities.
Sir Aukland Geddes, president of the
board of trade, informed the automo-
future of st rling exchange on America.
Sir Aukland said the board of trade
could not consider any one trade or
industry by itself, but must look at
everything with a view to the best in
terests of the nation. From this point
of view maintaining Great Britain's
financial position and therefore the po
sition of her exchanges was the es
sential consideration, he declared.
The American chamber of commerce
here announces, however, that the gov
ernment has promised to review the
entire import and export position on
September 1, and that the board of trade
has agreed to a concession in favor- of
importers not represented in 1914 who
have since established sizable busi
nesses dependent on automobiles from
America.
Dirt Causes Missing:.
In tractor operation, a frequent
cause of engine missing Is the forma
tion of fine particles of metal that have
flaked off the motor on the segments of
the high-tension distributor, forming
a fine dust, which short circuits the
distributor. The remedy is to clean the
parts with a slightly oiled rag. The
trouble is not frequent in tbe later
types of magnetos.
A Walnut Road.
Recently in an Indiana city engineers
were Installing a concrete foundation
along a main thoroughfare. In excavat
ing they came upon a corduroy road.
buried several inches under the street
surface. The road was constructed of
black walnut and extended, they found
later, for a distance of nearly a mile.
The logs were in excellent condition.
. Missing.
When missing occurs in one cylinder
at slow speed, while the firing is all
right when the speed is raised it is
a pretty good guess that the fault
lies in too wide a spark gap in tbe
plug- of that cylinder.
the car
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that sell.
and stays sold on merit
$1450
at Portland
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Open to
Lire
Dealers
' Ease of control power strength, beauty and standardization
of parts are the features that have made the New Olympian a
national favorite.
from 3 to 50 miles on "high" and very economical
McCraken Motor Company
Distributors
490 Burnside St.
Phone Broadway 93
eX the alow apeed. heavy duty daaa aad tuv. ' "