. India rubber world. re chief, is said to have expressed himself asquite satisfied with this test. THE GROWING POPULARITY OF TIRE HOSPITALS. By Our Cincitiiiati Correspondent. THE tire hospitals which are growing very rapidly in num-ber—at least through the Middle West—have given a greatimpetus to the high grade tire trade. Formerly many auto own-ers were disposed to adhere to the cheaper grade of tires, on the ^^^^^^^v^%i The Inner Tlbe Needs theory that it didnt make very much difference what the tirecost it was bound to get stone-bruised and the more expensive 544 THE INDIA RUBBE
. India rubber world. re chief, is said to have expressed himself asquite satisfied with this test. THE GROWING POPULARITY OF TIRE HOSPITALS. By Our Cincitiiiati Correspondent. THE tire hospitals which are growing very rapidly in num-ber—at least through the Middle West—have given a greatimpetus to the high grade tire trade. Formerly many auto own-ers were disposed to adhere to the cheaper grade of tires, on the ^^^^^^^v^%i The Inner Tlbe Needs theory that it didnt make very much difference what the tirecost it was bound to get stone-bruised and the more expensive 544 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [July 1, 1914. the tire the greater the loss. If they wanted to have the tirerepaired they had to resort to the country blacksmith, whotinkered up autos. as a sort of side line and graded his chargesfor this sort of work by the tourists general appearance of finan-cial prosperity. But now the tire hospitals have taken over all this sort ofwork and do it on a regular schedule of prices, so tliat the autoist. Removing the Tire. has learned just what he ought to pay for a certain repair; andthe prices being reasonable and fairly standard, he has been en-couraged to invest in better tires than was formerly the case,knowing that it is worth while having them repaired in case ofaccident. .All sorts of tires come in to these hospitals, from the verycheap to the most expensive. The proprietors of tliese repairshops say that as between non-skid and plain tires they find thenon-skid variety gives a little more service, as a rule, but nota .great deal more service, many of the plain tires, if properlycared for, being good for 3,500 miles, and even more. The primesource of trouble is the stone bruise, which results in a this sort of repair the Middle West hospitals charge from$3 to $5. THE RUBBER TRADE IN TRENTON. By Our Regular Corrcsl^ondcxt. I HE Luzerne Rubber Co., whose main offices and works are■*■ located in this city, is increasing its plant by the erec
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