ti o u s e & Garden 
Corrosion — the active 
enemy within your pipe 
-L throb of the big liner’s heart has suddenly ceased. 
A steward ventures the information: “Something gone 
wrong in the engine room, I fancy, sir.” 
But the captain, fuming on the bridge, and the chief 
engineer, directing repairs below, are using sailor lan¬ 
guage concerning pipes that spring leaks in mid-ocean. 
At this moment corrosion is probably working away on the pipes 
in your factory, your cellar, or behind the plastered walls of your 
home. Starting as a spot of rust, this deadly enemy is slowly 
gnawing through the pipe. You can’t see it. Corrosion works 
mostly from the inside. 
But some day those pipes will begin to leak. It may mean nothing 
more serious than considerable annoyance and a repair bill. 
Should the leak start at night, however, it may cause serious 
damage to valuable goods, costly decorations and furnishings 
or expensive machinery. 
I F an annual “corrosion tax” paid by 
manufacturers and home owners in 
the United States is ever figured up, 
the bill will amount to millions. 
It is only prudent, next time you 
build or repair, to consider Reading 
Genuine Wrought Iron Pipe—the pipe 
which offers two to three times greater 
resistance to corrosion than does steel 
pipe. The pipe which costs per year 
of service one-half to one-third the 
price of steel. 
Our interesting booklet—“The Ulti¬ 
mate Cost”—will be mailed upon 
request. 
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