New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 9

CITY ITEMS. Vietrola style latest design. C. L. Plerce Co.—advt. Milstoin of §27 Chestnut street eported to the peolice last night that xir! she had befriended earlior in the day by giving her employment, had stolen $7. The police were notl- ad at the time, but the girl made o escape by jumping from a win- w. Polo dvt. Rackliffe Brothers have brought it for $760 to recover on a bill of $33.96 from Peter Baba and FPaul d Real estate on Horuce and yman streets bas been attached. The t Is returnable in the city court n the first Monday in March. Harold Lloyd in “High and Dizzy,” Sunday night at the Palace.-—advt. The Swift and Upson company has rought suit for $145 against Thoman kowski to recover $93.12. Prop- ¥ on Farmington avenue has been tached. THe suit is returnable in he court” of common pleas on the prat Tuesday in March. ®olo tonight, Professional R Professional tonight, hall. hall.— H SHOOL BOYS DEBATE TOMORROW artford, New HBritain, New Maven Verbal Duel Will Be Waged At Local Mall, Infermation from various practical ources has been obtained by the lo. al High sochoel debaters which they xpect to use to goeod advantage in ho triangular dedbate tomorrow n- ng In which the New Britain High shool, Hartferd Public High s:hool hnd New Haven High school will par- The subject is, “Resolved, That lonneoticut should adopt the direct rimaries for the nomination of party ndidates for state offices.’” The debate in this eity will be held n the Grammar School hall, at § ‘olock, and New Britain’s affirmative m will oppose the negative team of Haven High school. The affirm- team oo s of Harold Eisen- ocaptal Hareld ¥. Lipman, ydney Allison and Truman W. Camp, ternate. New Hritain's negative team will kO to Hartford to oppese the afMrm- tive team of that city's high school I'he negative team is composed of dney M. Raphael, captain; Hyman , Judin, Leroy C. Fleischer and Jue- b Putterman, alternate M. H. Camp, assistant corporition unsel, will preside at the mee!ing ® and the judges will be E. W. Pel- on and . T. Burr of this city, and rof. W. C. Gertish of Wesleyan uni- pernity. A wilver cup is awarded yearly by Wosleyan university to the winning am, and this cup is permanently ined after three straight victor- Last year the result was a te, d the year before New Britain took [he cup after winning tho debates for ree gonsecutive years. Willam C. Kranowitz and A 8. Hancoek of the local high school fac- 1t asginted the debaters here. JONS TOST IN LIQUOR REFUNDS, Washington, ¥eb. 17.—Anywhere rom $1,000,000,000 to 34,000,000~ 90 may have to be returned to dis- Wers, liguor dealers and former sa- (oon-koepers under recent rulingd of e treasury department, Senators ot of Utah and Frelinghuysen of lew Jorsey told the senate. Senator moot estimated the probable total of jwoh repayments a $1,0004000,000, hile Senator Frelinghuysen sald at, according to estimates furnished the amount would certainly be 2,000,000,000, and might reach $4,- 00,000,000, — PALACE — SUNDAY HAROLD LLOYD e “HIGH AND DIZZY” ginning Tomorrow Lot of $8, $10 and $12 HATS $5 each ilson’s » FOX’S PRESENTS For Four Days Only Starting Sunday Kvening 10D TIC TRIUMPH i , — - e TWO TALKS BY TWO MER That Tell Facts and Offer You Opportunity James Martin says: I suppose every man has an ambition to be- come a big factor in the business world, par- ticularly after he has had a little taste of suc- cess. | admit to an ambition to build up a big business bearing my name-—not that I want to pile up money for money's sake, because if I had millions I could not get more out of life than [ am now getting, so far as the needs and desires of my family are concerned. If one has talent im any particular direction I think he owes it to the world to use it so that many will be benefited by it. Fifteen years ago I became interested in automobile tires. 1 used to watch the wheels of automobiles go 'round and 'round, know- ing that they and the cars themselves and their occupants depended upon the tires for comfort, certainly, and for safety to a great extent. 1 suppose tires fascinated mec the same as music or art or enginecring or politics or the many other things in the world fascinate other people, so I started to scll tires, but I did more than that, I investigated the quality of the tires before’ I recommended them to my customers. There are many good tires, but 1T got the idea after experimenting and testing for sev eral years that I could design a tire that would be more nearly a perfect non-skid tire than any tire I ever saw. The young woman who worked with me in my office became greatly interested in my ambition to design a tire of this kind and in the manufacture of it. A smart, loyal woman is a great help to a man if he has the sensc to appreciate her. U This young woman took so much interest in me that 1 began to take a great interest in her, but frankly I took in her a very differ- cent kind of intérest. As a matter of fact | fell head over heels in love with her and told her so and asked her to marry me—and she said she would. We are married and have three ‘children and are partners in the true sense of the word. For several years now we have saved a good part of the money we have carned and all we saved we kept putting back into the business, knowing that it would grow if we pushed it harder. Then my dream about de- signing the non-skid tire came true. I gave it the name “Martin Cord Tire,” which is known favorably by the trade all over the country. If there is a better tire I do not know where it can be found. 1 have absolute faith in its quality and its endurance and es- pecially in its non-skid feature. It is made in all sizes and retails from £19.00 (the price for the smallest tire) to $121.00 (the price for the biggest tire used on trucks.) Although the Martin Cord Tire has been on the market for a short time only, it is being used by thousands of automobile owners who prefer it to any other tire. That is but natur- al, however, because every automobile owner thinks his car is the car for him and he thinks the same about the tire he chooses for it, It is human for all of us to think that the things that we like are the best. There is such a gencral liking for the Martin Cord Tirc that over 500,000 of them are already in usc, which justifics me in claiming that it is a success. I know that I can scll my share of tires and make all the money I shall ever need, also all that my wife and children will ever need. But that is not the thing. Who wants to go along with the sole idca of serving only his family, particularly after he realizes that he has succeeded in produc ing something good that should be manufac- tured in sufficient quantity to meet the de- mand ? My wife and I bave made, fairly and hon- estly, enough money to retire if 1 wanted to, “but I would die if I did not work and my wife and children woald not have any respect for me if I did not“work, . Do not get it into your heads that we have I had to have the Martin Cord Tire manu- factured in Akron, Dhio, which is a good wi from my home town, New York City, where I was born and lived all my life. The man who supervised the manufacture of my tire is so enthusiastic about it that when it was decided that I should become the head of the Martin Tirec & Rubber Company. with a factory in West suburb of New Haven, Con- necticut. he said he wanted lo come and join Haven, a us. Of course [ was pleased to have him join the orgahization. because he is an, expert tire man. I think 1 am pretty well known in New York City, and I am glad to say that I am honored by the confidence of a great many very valu- able friends and acquaintances. If you should decide to join me in the ownership of the Mar tin Tire & Rubber Company—and I hope you will so decide—I would be glad to furnish you with the names of thesc good folks in New York City who have confidence in me, and if vou write them I think they will tell you that they have faith in me personally and in y business ability. By the way, I started to write this letter on Friday, February (1, and I stopped writ- ing for a while. I picked up an evening news paper which printed an account’ of the cele bration of the 74th birthday of Thomas Edi- son, that wonderful man and great American. \s I read 1 was reminded that 1 am in my 37th vear and that I would be a quitter if I lived the balance of my life on the interest of the money my wife and I have accumulated. 1 resolved then and there that I would keep on working, that barring accident I had 37 years more of hard work ahead of me, and the thought also occurred to me what a fine thing it will pe after all if T can get a much out of the triumphs of success that will help others to be suc- cessful as Mr. son has gotten out of his life. Of course 1 never expect to reach the heights nor gain for myself the honor with which all Americans re- gard Mr. Edison, but I can at least do my part. and I am going to do it. 8o here T am, at the threshold of the biggest under- taking of my life, with all the family’s money invested in Martin Tire & Rubber Company, and yet I ap- proach it with abiding faith that my associates and I will succeed. Who are my associates? The stockholders in the Martin Tire & Rubber Com- pany, every one of whomn I look upon as being as ssential to the success of the enterprise as 1 am as any other of the staff of managers and execu- Collectively the stockholders are a greater than all of us put together and, furthermore, colectively the stockhbolders will own in the end 92 per cent. of the business. The thing that appeals to me most in the Martin Tire & Rubber Company is that we will be able to give steady employment to 500 workers at good wages and that we will be able to build JUU tires a day. ‘That will represent, conservatively speaking, a busi- ness aggregating at least $4,000,000 annually. Of course a business of $4,000,000 a year is not a very big business in the tire industr, but it enough to yield every stockholder in the Martin Rubber Company a good return on his or her inve: ment besides permitting the accumulation of a sur plus, which will naturally enhance the value of the stock. Do not, however, consider the foregoing as a promise, because 1 will not promise to any stock- holder a fgbulous return on his or her money 1 will not forecast profits, because nobody with ar nse can do that and be accurate. 1 want to.be accurate. But 1 believe that there is sure success ahead of us all if we pull togther and work in harmony and with faith in our enterprise. The greatest industries in America have been built up on the confidence of some people who always came to the front and stood back of them in a financial way and saw them through to success. The present stockholders in the company are tra ing along with us in perfect confidence, but 1 want more stockholders to join us because we will need more capital to push this *‘over the top’’ in a big way. But we do not want anybody to join us unless he or she 1= willing to take a reasonable chance with us. All I can say about myself is that the family’s money is invested in the enterprise and that 1 have unbound- ed confidence in the Martin Cord Tire and that there will be, as long as tires arc made, constantly in- creasing demand for this tirc because it stands up and performs. If I had a million dollars I would put every cent of it into this enterprise with every assurance that 1| would make another million within the next ten years. I am happy tI Charles H. Bortell, Jr., Viecc President and Tr ', whose let- ter appe: his friends selected me to head thisx com; what is more, T am proud to be associated with the company. proud that it bears my name and I am willing to back it with all the money I have and every ounce of ability 1 possess. (Signed) JAS. MARTIN, President, Martin Tire & Rubber Co. i Charles H. Bortell, Jr., says: You know there is always a measure of sat- isfaction in succeeding with what one sets out to do. 1 feel very good about getting James Mar- tin to become the President of the Martin Tire & Rubber Company, and to have him say that he is glad to be the head of the company and to manufacture the Martin Cord Tire in the factory now mnearing completion in West Haven, Conn., which, while a separate town, is rcally a part of New Haven. It has been a long struggle for me to bring about the present satisfactory situation in the company’s affai I have lived in New Haven since February, 1919, and have been on the job day and night, planning and build- ing a factory which will be a credit, I am sure, to this prosperous Connecticut community. The hardest part of my job, however, was to find a lcader for this tire enterprise. I became interested in the tire business through a personal friend, who intended to go along with me in organizing a company, but his health broke and I had to go it alone “practically. But I was in it and I made up my mind to go through with it. No man ever had the backing of more loyal stockholders than I have had, and I think it is only fair to myself to say that no group of stockholders ever had any man more willing to honestly represent them by making every dollar count, than I have been. All the stockholders are mightily pleased that their money has been used in the build- ing of something that is a tangible asset. The whole enterprise has been free from usual promotion methods, which take people’s money by wonderful promises and then give them nothing back for their money. Less than a million dollars has been in- vested in this enterprise, but there is some- thing to show for every dollar subscribed by the stockholders. Personally I take as much satisfaction in making this statement as I do in telling you about the factory now nearly ready for business. It is confidently expected that we will be able to start manufacturing tires by the mid- dle of March. Contractors have assured us that they will be ready by that time. We will be very glad to get started, because we have fide orders on our books right now for to the amount of $750,000. I doubt if any other company engaged in the manufacture of tires ever booked orders to this amount months in advance of starting the factory. There is a recason for our booking so many orders in advance of starting operations, and that reason is due to the confidence reposed in Mr. James Martin, the President of the company, who enjoys the reputation of be- ing not only a very square man but one who knows the tire business from the ground up— who has built up for himself a big trade among the dealers of the country, all of whom know that he gives them an honest deal and always makes good when he promises” to deliver them tires. He has established a ready- made market for his tires and, I believe hon- estly, before our factouy has been running six months we will be working night and day to fill our orders. . Are You Interested in Sharing With Us the Ownership of This Business? There is only one kind of stock issued and that is common stock, Which represents actual ownership. There has been no issue of pre- ferred stock and there Will not be. There has been no issue of bonds, and there will not be. There are no debts, but there are obligations to contractors amounting to approximately $£100,000 which are net due until their work has been com- pleted and until our engineers, Monks & John- son of Boston, have O. K'd their work and their bills. We will be ready to meet these payments [t 8 WO have been reac L0 SDCE 9 > PLEASE FILL OUT THIS COUPON Martin Tire & Rubber Com v gNew Haven, Conn, e . ientlemen: Please forward me circular showin views of your factory, together with all the other facts about your enterprise which you mention in this advertisement. Frankly. I am interested in t prel;cntnuon your Mr. Martin and Mr. Bortell made, Name Instead of mnnufl\t(xring 500 t as we are sure we will be comp I think we will have to manufac tires a day, which we can do by w@ shifts, cach of them working 8 hod We have not gone into the ti without “knowing our book™ pretty; We know, for instance, that no facturer can e> of 300 tires a day—so we built a* sufficient size to make 500 tires a we are going to make that many e without a shadow of a doubt. We have been most think intelligent, in the spending entrusted to us by our stockholders. more we are going to be conserw: use of advertising space in the n tell about our company and to giw an opportunity to become investo: 000 additional shares of common sto the share. ;\\nother million dollars will be develop the business on the big scal already assured by orders already in orders that are promised. A great many of the old stockh buying up this new issue, becau: that their faith in the enterprise Justified as the result of the careful money-they put in before even a sif selected for the factory or ground broken for the building of it. As an illustration of our conserw: ing of money we will mail to you, quest, a circular of about the same space we are using in this newspaj On one side of this circular will two views of the factory—one approach to the factory from the hill on which it is built, and the o ing its location on the main line o York & New Haven Railroad. The pictures were taken on' Fl ruary 11, 1921, On the back of this circular w ed a story of what the folks of M and West Haven think of our There will also be printed on it a tractors and manufacturers who and equipped the factory, togeths amount of money each has thus £ from the company. I think you will agree that this w ting before you in a straight, way just what has been done for have already invested and what for those who will now invest. Let me tell you how very gen feeling that the Martin Tire & Rx pany is managing its affairs on soi ples of business. We are doing business—quite too—with the Broadway Bank & pany of New Haven. Up to a few days ago neither of this strong financial institution his directors had ever visited the I said to the President one day: to be satisfied with what we are da West Haven, for you are ce us well; you loan us money whea and while it is true we pay b promise, nevertheless I would fe isfied if you and some of your di; come down and look us over.” The President said to me: “I a very good idea. At the next me directors I will ask them to visit you Whereupon I said to him: “We ident, if you and some of your dj come down I will appreciate it. let me know when you will come' avtomobiles call for you.” The President telephoned me a few d was all right about visiting the factory, down to the bank and 19 of the 23 gi down and inspected the factory. he: themselves as being very well pleased ress we have made, and they seemed we are really building a strong business You might write to this bank if you find out what they think of us. I do n the president and directors will tell you than that which will redound to our i 1 subscribe heartily to everything thas has told you in this letter. 1 don't thing, either, that is not based on sou mnt. I refuse to paint a rainbow of} ous profits, but if you want my cg ment, I'll tell you frankly that I bej money legitimately hy joining hand coming partners in a business chance of winning substantial s I married to a haysea, fine son. “’*"’ uadly, st without making a} conservative