The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1643 
TIRE CONSERVATION 
COURSE 
LESSON 5 
How to 
Increase l ire Mileage 
By Proper Care 
of Tubes 
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Copyright. 1919, by 
The Goodyear Tlr* & Rubber Company 
Akron. Ohio 
A Few Hundred Yards May 
Cost 10,000 Miles 
MAN with a new car had 
one of his tires blow out. He 
didn’t have a spare, so he decided 
to run a few hundred yards to a 
friend’s house. When he got there 
he discovered that neither the 
tire nor the tube was worth re¬ 
pairing, for running on the rim 
had fractured the casing fabric. 
And the tube was riddled with 
holes caused by being pinched 
against the rim. Those few hun¬ 
dred yards of running on the rim 
probably cost him 10,000 miles — 
miles that could have been saved 
by properly caring for the tube. 
Proper care of tubes saves miles 
in many other ways—not only in 
emergencies, but all the time. Ask 
your Goodyear Service Station, or 
write to Akron, for Lesson 5 of the 
Goodyear Conservation Course — 
telling how to increase tire mile¬ 
ages by proper care of tubes. 
P ROPER care of tubes in¬ 
creases by thousands of 
miles the life of even the best 
of tires. For whenever a tube 
fails, the casing is seriously 
damaged by being run flat. 
Only a few hundred yards of 
such running may utterly spoil 
the tire; and even if the tube 
merely has a slow leak the tire 
will suffer the inevitable injuries 
due to under-inflation. 
Take care of your tubes, if you 
wish to get the most from your 
tires. 
Tubes inserted in the casing 
without being properly talced, 
either stick to the casing and 
tear because of the lack of 
French Talc or—when too 
much of this lubricant is used— 
they are injured because the 
talc collects in puddles and 
hardens. 
Tubes must be properly in¬ 
serted in the casing; otherwise 
they will be pinched against the 
rim, or—if the valve stem is at 
an angle—they may be torn. 
Lesson 5 of the Goodyear Con¬ 
servation Course gives simple 
but detailed directions for mak¬ 
ing your tubes serve your tires. 
It also tells how tubes can be 
repaired permanently and in a 
few minutes with the Goodyear 
Tube Repair Kit. 
Ask your Goodyear Service 
Station to show you one—and 
ask also for the other lessons 
of the Goodyear Conservation 
Course. 
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 
Akron, Ohio 
The tube repaired and ready for talcing 
Repairing a tube with the Goodyear 
Tube Repair Kit 
