THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1928.
NO MERGER
PACKARD WILL NOT SUR
THE CHINA MAIL
MOTOR TYRE DUTY. SUNBEAM PRODUCT
SAFEGUARDING" HOME INDUSTRY.
COTTON YARN IMPORTS:
[By Reginald Moseley, Governing Director of David Moseley & Sons.]
London. The Safeguarding
| TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ON THE
-ROAD
BRITISH RELIABILITY.
That considerable interest has been shown in the early
TYRE SIZES.
RUBBER INDUSTRY WILL PUT : DREAM TO REALITY
RENDEN POSITION.
STANDARDIZATION
RUMOURS DISPELLED
Standardization of tyre sizes, long Recently there has been a great the dream of the rubber industry, deal of discussion in the press re- garding combinations and mergers ja rapidly merging into reality in of motor car companies. Most of
of motor cars is evident by the fact the United States through steps that these rumours and newspaper arti Indusries Act, as far as several competitions have been have been taken by various rubber eles have mentioned Packard as It concerned ⠀⠀iny own In- organised for cars which have been organization leaders, national auto-one of the companies to be com-dustry, came into being in on the road for a quarter of a mobile and rim manufacturers in bined or merged. Mabak April, 1927, I feel, therefore, it, reducing the number of sizes on bal- loon tyres.
While no immediate benefit will be derived from this movement, ex- cepting its convenience to dealers in stocking and consumers in obtain ing tyres, ultimately it will result
of
Some of the cars entered in these!
"Our position-ays Mr. Alvan may be rather too soon to be able century or more. Macauley, President of Fackard to give concrete examples us to Motor Car Company, Michigan the actual results, beneficial or events are very wonderful examples (Detroit), U. Shas been and 1s, otherwise, to the British india-rob- of early automobile engineering, that we will not merge or consoli ber manufacturer.
but few of them have been running Speaking broadly, I think that regularly since they were originally date with anyone. We have máda our own way from the beginning the Act can be of great benefit to put into service.
in the reduction of the coat of tyres / We have created a position for oural! manufacturers in the long run. One car which has figured In
selves and a reputation that is dis- but in its early stages it is bound
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gular use for the past twenty-five years and as some indication of its present condition it may be mon tioned that Mr. Cocks frequently drives over 100 miles in a day,
to the automobile user, it is declared.tinctive and unique. We do not to be difficult to trace any result, several of these events is a 1903
The standardization programme intend to surrender either.
in view of the fact that the for-four-cylinder Sunbeam, owned by tras effected as a result of long study
"The personnel of the company algn manufacturer was aware that Mr W. H. Cocks, of Weybridge, by officials of the Goodyear Tyre from the beginning was made up the Act was likely to come into be- Surrey. This car has been in re- and Rubber Company and other rub-of men who knew and loved fine ing ber organizations, working in con- things, mechanically and artistic- junction with the National Auto ally. So the company was born mobile Chamber of Commerce, the to occupy the Rubber Association of America, the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Tyre and Rim Association of America. By this programme the new American tyre and rim stand- ard has, been reduced from 82 "The history of fine things to 18 sizes, ranging in cross section throughout the world shows that from 4.50 to 7.00 inclusive, the pre- they are produced by men and or sent 6.20 and 6.75 sizes being re-ganisations that have no other branded 6.50 and 7.00 respectively, thought, no other ambition, and no
The present method of marking other ideals. tyres hy overail and cross section diameters will also be dropped by Goodyear in favour of marking with the cross section followed by the rim diameter on which the tyre is to be used. This mothod will give em-
Consequently enormous stacke of fine ear field. It motor-car tyres were shipped into this country by the foreign manu- reputation has been made in this facturer immediately before the field, so it is natural that we should, feel that we can serve the Act was put on the Statute Book Mr. Cocks took part in the run public best by confining our efforts This was done for two reasons from London to Brighton last and development to it.
(1) to avoid paying the duty:
phasis to the main factors involved in determining tyre sizes-cross sec. tion and rim diameter. For instance the size known as 30 x 4.50 will be marked 4.50-21.
and
(2) to enable the foreign manu- facturer to have large stocks
November and was awarded a Gold Medal, and also, received. Third Prize at the Coventry Hospital Carnival Iast June.
in this country during the No engine gear parts have ever time he would be building or been replaced on this car. It has equipping works suitable for the original body, hood and up- the manufacturer of his holstery, although some modern special article.
'fitments, such as magnoto ignition
"We do not build to a price and we do not cater to the world. Our clientele knows us well and we
In view, therefore, of the fact and electric lighting, have been them. They are dis-that enormous stocks know.
of dumped added by its present owner. The criminating and we
try never tyres were sent into this country car will still attain a speed of 80 to lose sight of that fact, immediately before the Act, itm.ph. on the level and will keep up We know that the single stand-means that up to date the British a steady average of 20 m.ph. ard of high quality will pro-manufacturer has not materially
duce better mator cars than were benefited, owing to the fact that
This is not only an instance of
we to attempt to secure the bus-it is necessary for these stocks to reliability of British cars in general, ness of the world by building to be liquidated, but it has had the but is a very remarkable testimonial Until the new method of mark-all the pocketbooks in it. The pub- enormous advantage of the follow to the quality of Sunbeam products.
lic has appreciated standard of quality ideals and we this country for the manufacture our single ing Arms establishing works in shall stick to them.
ing has become familiar to the auto mobile user, however, the nominal overall and cross section size, in accordance with the old method of designating tyre sizes, will be placed beneath the new marking of cross gramme will be manufactured and section and rim diameter. Present furnished as long as a reasonable de- tyre sizes made obsolete by this pro- mand exists, it was said.
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WE HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT
NATIONAL
BATTERIES
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give the biggest value at the most Reasonable PRICE.
Type.
Car.
Price:
611RF Auburn 4, Buick, Ford Chrysler 4, Chevrolet, Whippet 4, Plymouth
$22.50
611SF
Chrysler 62, Essex, Jewett, Graham, Erskine, Whippet 6, Oldsmobile
$25.00
std., 6, Gardner, Willys- Knight
$27.50
613SF
613RF Buick, Studebaker, light änd
Auburn 8, Buick M,6, Chandler, Hudson, Packard
of tyres:-
Goodrich.
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co. Michelin Tyre Co
paid in this country, and a large reduction of the heavy tax of the dole, it is bound to have its effect in the future. The more Indus Pirelli (this firm was establish- tries which are safeguarded in this ed in this country for cable way, the sooner we are likely to making, but not for making regain our supremacy tyres, prior to the Act).
Firestone.
A Moot Point
world's trade.
the
If you take the figures in 1927,
India Tyre & Rubber Co. of it is shown that 1,054,025 motor Great Britain, 96; St. Vincent covers were imported into thin street, Glasgow, - C.2.
country, of which 643,783 were im ported up to the end of April, f.e., Now this, of course, means keen before the Budget; over 60 per competition in this country by cent. of the total for the year. these foreign firms, firms which, Out of 639,771 motor tubes im- being established, intend to make ported for 1927 some 404,884 were good. This increases the trading imported before the end of April, competition actually in this coun- namely, over 60 per cent of the try, and this means, of course, total imports for the year. These that there can be no possibility of figures alone should be sufficient an increase in the price of com-to show the ultimate benefit which modities owing to this measure of will accrue to this country by com Frotection. Naturally the foreign-pelling manufacturera to manufac er who establishes himself here ture these goods in this country, means, if he can, to capture the The figure is surprising when market, and to recoup himself for one realises that there are sup the capital he has expended. posed to be somewhere about Looking at it, therefore, from one 1,000,000 vehicles in use in this point of view, it is a moot point country, and in view of the large whether the British manufacturer mileage put up by tyres to day. benefits.
At a generous estimate, a car uses Nevertheless, he is bound to three tyres a year, as actually benefit in the long run, in view amongst private users the average of the fact that he is competing car does not use two tyres a year with the foreign manufacturer at the present day. In other on the same basis of wages, rates words, apparently half the con and taxes, and other items of sumption of this country has al- this nature.
[ready been shipped from abroad, Now, on the other side, we see, whereas in the future, we hope the or hope to see, in the future tyres used in this country will be very material advantage, in view manufactured here. This is borne of the fact just stated, namely, out by the following figures of that we are on the same basia. covers Imported into this country.
1927 It is bound to cause more employ-1925 1926 ment in this country, so reducing: 1,039,272 1,256,689 1,054,025 our rates, taxes, and, more, es- The monthly figures show that specially, the dole. Therefore, as since May 1, 1927, only 400,000 our rates and taxes are reduced, tyres were imported; for the last or will be reduced in the future, eight months, which means that so we shall be able to manufac- already there has been a reduc ture more cheaply and compete tion of approximately 50 per cent. with our foreign competitora in on the import of foreign tyros the, markets abroad.
since the inauguration of the Over a Million.............
duties on motor tyres, and this Mr. Churchill in his Budget has, must, mean a-considerable benefit gone one step further, with a view to the workpeople of this epuntry, to reducing, if possible, the rates and, in its tura, to the tax-payer, on industries, Industry provides in view of the extra employment 20 per cent. of the total rates in found for
this country, without taldag inte dole,
5 The Exp
at present on, the
Furtherase manufa rera of tyres
other classes, but come under our own fabric
dwelling-houses, shops, offices, and and buyers of large quantities
other classes of property not me
This class No. 20, accounts for greatest
account shops, and offices, which
$32.50
are not included in the various
615RF Chrysler 72 & 80, Stude-
baker big and Spec. 6, Packard 8, Nash, La Salle, Cadillac
tloned in the preceding- headings.
$40.00
70 percent of the rates of our
very large
$45.00
amount ma
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