When we walk through the streets of any large city and consider the enormous area represented by the floor space of the large blocks of modern offices, stores, banks, insurance houses, hospitals end public buildings generally, writes a special correspondent to the "Financial News," we cannot fail to be impressed with the tremendous potential market which exists for rubber flooring.
The occupants of these buildings all subject to nervous strain, and in these modern days of noise and hurry, quiet, in which to work, is essential. There is no other material which can deaden the sound of footsteps, or reduce the echoes of the human voice and the rattle of the typewriter like rubber, and yet how few buildings have rubber floors!
The reason is probably not difficult to find. It is clearly due to the fact that the technical side of rubber manufacturing has been show to produce suitable floorings to offer to the public: that is to say, articles which combine durability with pleasing colour and design, at a price which is competitive with other floor coverings which offer these qualities. Perhaps we should add that, since rubber floorings were first offered on the market, the methods of distribution have varied greatly, and have not always been conducive to encouraging prospective,
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