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THE WASHINGTON TDIE3, MONDAY; SEPTEMBER 15; 1919.
The National City Company
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Firestone Preferred Stock
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Firestone production is increasing so rapidly unde demand
horn our 42,000 dealers that this additional capital was required
AltKougfi tEe !wo great Firestone planfe at Ak'ronre turning
out daily 22,000 tires and 25,000 tubes, the demand from pas
senger car owners and truck operators continues to outstrip
production.
Additional equipment already ordered for Plant No. 2, which
is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of 3 inch tires and
tubes, will increase the output of this one manufacturing unit
to 16,000 tires a day; while in the parent plant increased equip
ment for the manufacture of Cords is steadily building the
output to its capacity . of 20,000 tires daily, which will give a
total capacity of 36,000 tires a day.
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.These equipment requirements and the need of a new steel
plant that will double the output of Firestone Rims, are being
met by an issue of $10,000,000 7 Preferred Stock, the en
tire amount being taken by The National City Company, the
world's largest distributors of high grade securities.
On the financjd page of this paper you will find an aHvertise
: .mentsignebThNatjonGi .-Gorqpany, which gives
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Firestone employes number 17,000
Firestone resources exceed $73,000,000
.Hie company's volume of sales last year was over
$75,000,000
Daily output of the factories at mis writing is 22,000
tires and 25,000 tabes
When equipment now ordered is installed, the output
will be 36,000 tires and 40,000 tubes daily
Firestone makes rims for over half the makes of passenger
cars built
Firestone makes demountable rims for 62 of the differ
ent trucks that equip with giant pneumatic truck tires
Firestone makes the tires on which over half the truck
tonnage of America is carried
Firestone maintains an organization in' the Far East at
Singapore, the rubber headquarters, to insure best
grades at lowest costs
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of sound business policy and is an index of the, character of k:V-'2:
the Company's products.
The National City Company is in the business of buying and
distributing through its many correspondent offices the securi
ties of corporations that are so well managed, so conserva-.
tively financed and whose products fill such a public need,
that they measure up to its exacting standards of whafc
should constitute a prime investment.
It is a high tribute to the quality of Firestone products and to
the great dealer organization through which they are dis
tributed that the demand for them should so increase as to re
quire this additional capital to meet it. And it is a tribute to
the character of the Firestone institution that the distribution
of this entire $10,000,000 Preferred Stock issue should be un
dertaken by The National City Company.
See that you get the values in mileage and service that are re- '
of the Company. Whatever type of tire you use, there is a 2t &
Firestone to suit your needs of a quality that assures you the ; i-i
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Firestone invested in a fabric mill to insure first quality,
steady supply and lowest costs
Firestone built a separate factory and designed special
machinery for it to make a big saving for users of
S-inch tires enabling the main plant to concen
trate on cord tires and truck tires
Firestone has branch houses in 63 leading cities of the
United States
42,000 dealers sell Firestone Tires
Firestone men have homes of their own in Fires u,nc Park
The Firestone Clubhouse is enjoyed by thousands of fac
tory workers
The Firestone Park Bank makes saving easy and alluring
The Firestone Insurance Fund gives confidence and sta
bility to workers
Over 90 of Firestone workers own stock in the company
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