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April, 19 2 3 
C\yhat has pipe corrosion 
cost you in the last ten years? 
T HE night watchman failed to notice that one of the 
overhead pipes in the stockroom had sprung a leak. 
But in the morning there was an item of several thousand 
dollars’ worth of water-soaked goods to be written off 
the books. The bookkeeper set it down as loss from 
water. He really should have debited the loss to “Cor¬ 
rosion Account.” 
If every industrial plant manager and every householder kept a 
“Corrosion Account” over a period of years they would be star¬ 
tled by the the sum total of this unnecessary waste. 
Every leak in a water pipe means a plumbing bill. In the case of 
concealed piping in the home it means an additional expense for 
new plastering and wall paper. But the repair bill may very well 
be the least part of the expense. Even fire can hardly do more 
damage in a shorter space of time than water. 
I F you are thinking of build¬ 
ing, remodeling or pipe re¬ 
placement, specify “Reading”— 
the pipe that endures. Send 
for “The Ultimate Cost,” a 
booklet that proves why first 
cost should be the last consid¬ 
eration in pipe buying. 
If pipe leaks were a necessary evil we could disregard them, but 
they are not. 
By specifying Reading Genuine Wrought Iron Pipe when you 
build or renovate, you buy the cheapest and most effective pipe 
service. At little more than the installed cost of steel pipe you 
procure a pipe that resists corrosion (rusting) two to three times 
as long. Figured on a “cost per year” basis, “Reading is two to 
three times less expensive. 
“ ‘'Reading on Every Length” 
READING 
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