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...first civilian products to disappear after Korea was the white-wall tire, that symbol of what economists*call "conspicuous consumption." Last week NPA told rubbermen they could make whitewalls again, a sign that conspicuous civilian production was almost back...
...Government has now begun to listen to the truckers' plea for materials with a more sympathetic ear, has started to funnel more scarce materials away from light trucks to heavy truck & trailer makers. (By diverting rubber from civilian tires, rubbermen increased truck-tire output last month to 360,000 from 317,000 in March...
...ordered rubbermen to cut their overall use of new rubber by about 16% for the balance of the year, or back to the pre-Korea level. (This means that tire production will have to be cut, and that there may be shortages in some other rubber products...
...tons a month for the rest of the year-about 13% below July's consumption. Since natural rubber (at 51? a Ib.) is almost three times as expensive as synthetic, manufacturers are expected to cut down chiefly on natural, thus leave more for the national stockpile. Rubbermen said that consumers would hardly notice...
Tires & Refrigerators. The upturn in business was not yet general, but it was spreading, thanks to a seasonal boost in some industries. Hot & heavy summer driving, for example, had finally resulted in an increase in tire sales, which made rubbermen revise upwards their 1949 output and earnings estimates. Part of the upswing resulted from special reasons. Example : the fear of a steel strike was partly responsible for the increased demand for steel which had boosted production to 86.3% of capacity (Weirton Steel Co. was back...