The Independent . occupation. He goes from case to bale marking therubber. His wonderful skill rejects or accepts therubber according to its fitness, and the bestof it goes to 47 factories of the United StatesRubber Company, the largest rubber manu-facturer in the world. The man on the dock is the outpost of ascientific organization, a magnificent body of260 chemists, engineers and other technicallytrained men, who, with 841 inspectors, standguard over the integrity of the rubber goodsmade by the United States Rubber Company. When the rubber moves from dock to factoryit meets the advance guard
The Independent . occupation. He goes from case to bale marking therubber. His wonderful skill rejects or accepts therubber according to its fitness, and the bestof it goes to 47 factories of the United StatesRubber Company, the largest rubber manu-facturer in the world. The man on the dock is the outpost of ascientific organization, a magnificent body of260 chemists, engineers and other technicallytrained men, who, with 841 inspectors, standguard over the integrity of the rubber goodsmade by the United States Rubber Company. When the rubber moves from dock to factoryit meets the advance guard of these men. Theysample and test it by the most exacting methodsknown to the chemistry and physicsof rubber. They divide it i nto classesaccording to the varying characteris-tics of its parts. They blend and treateach huge class to make it uniform. They select and mix these differ-ent classes of rubber to get just thecombination of desired properties. This is because each kind ofgoods made—tires, shoes, garden. hose—demands its own peculiar group ofspecialized characteristics. As these various products move through thefactory, they pass at every step under the keeneyes of inspectors, alert for flaws and faults. But not yet do they reach the selling finished factory products are tested re-peatedly to see that they conform to the qualitystandard set for strength, elasticity, softness,resistance to wear, and the effect of heat andlight. They are run on special machines thatin a few hours duplicate the wear and tear ofmonths of use; and finally pass the last ordealof severe actual service tests. The consummation of all this skill andcare is found in every product you buyunder the United States Rubber Companystrade-marks. From the forest tree to the purchaser, thisscientific control shines out in all our enormousproduction—all styles of rubberfootwear; canvas rubber-soledshoes; weatherproof clothing;tires for automobiles, motortrucks and all other vehicles;druggist
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