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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



May 10, 1919 



WATERPROOF 

 GUM PANELS 



Built under C. B. Allen for- 

 mula and passed Govern- 

 ment inspection at Forest 

 Products Laboratory with 

 high average. 



ALLEN -EATON 

 PANEL CO. 



MEMPHIS 



TENNESSEE 



KANE VEGETABLE 

 VENEER GLUE 



Quality — None Better 



We guarantee that the process used 

 in the manufacture of Kane Vegetable 

 Veneer Glue, and also the dissolving 

 with water and caustic soda in the 

 usage of same by the consumer, do not 

 infringe any patents, and particularly 

 the patents recently construed by the 

 Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit 

 or the Decree of the U. S. District 

 Court at Chicago, signed Aug. 5, 1918. 



Manufactured and sold exclusively by 



KANE MANUFACTURING CO. 



28 E. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO 



Veneers and Panels Favorably Affected by New 

 Classifications 



A sweeping reduction in rates on lumber and particularly on 

 lumber products will follow the decision of the interstate com- 

 merce commission on reclassification of lumber and products 

 made therefrom, according to J. H. Townshend, secretary-man- 

 ager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. The decision 

 clears the atmosphere materially and has been received with gen- 

 eral satisfaction by lumber manufacturers and operators of wood- 

 working plants in the South. In addition to effecting large sav- 

 ing, through the reduction in freight rates, the decision w^ill mean 

 distribution of built-up w^oods, veneers and related articles over a 

 much larger territory. The high freight rates, resulting directly 

 from the classification imposed by the carriers, made it necessary 

 to inarket these products in a rather narrow territory. 



The committee's decision provides for a sweeping reduction in 

 a great many rates on various wood articles. For instance, it w^as 

 held that agricultural implements, such as spokes, double-trees, 

 reaches, etc., when sawed, planed, turned bent and bored but not 

 primed, painted or ironed, should be included in the lumber list. 



Built-up wood, whin made from unfigured veneer or from w^ood 

 not classed as of value, should be 1 per cent higher than the 

 lumber rate, and built-up wood made from figured veneer or from 

 woods of value, should be I 5 per cent higher than the lumber rate. 



It is further held that veneer sliced, rotary cut or sawn — from 



any w^ood, when figured, should take a rate I 5 per cent higher 

 than lumber and w^hen unfigured should go at the lumber rate. 

 Trunk slats should be I per cent above the lumber rate while 

 all articles such as staves and box and crate material, which 

 formerly took the lumber rate, are to continue on the same basis. 



Native w^oods of value w^ere held to be cherry and walnut. 

 Foreign woods of value include Spanish cedar, mahogany, etc. 



Panel Company Enlarges Quarters 



Great expansion in its business has resulted in the Wisconsin 

 Cabinet & Panel Company, New London, Wis., making arrange- 

 ments for a considerable expansion of its manufacturing facilities. 

 Space has been leased in an adjoining building, which gives the 

 opera chair department of this immense plant an additional 16,000 

 feet of floor space. This w^as made necessary by the securing of 

 a number of exceedingly large orders by sales manager J. M. 

 McLaughlin. 



The woodworking department is very crowded and plans are 

 being made for the immediate installation of several new^ machines. 



The company, which manufactures cabinets for the Edison 

 phonographs, is now working on several new styles and it is antici- 

 pated that the cabinet factory will be crowded to its utmost 

 capacity for the next year or two. 



Thus the additional facilities were required and some nev*? 

 machinery w^ill be installed in the near future. An option has 

 been taken for the outright purchase of the additional plant and 

 it is expected that if this materializes and adequate power is 

 available, considerable further expansion will follow. 



Using Fine Quartered Oak 



Finely figured quartered oak is deserving of more thoughtful 

 treatment than it sometimes gets in the glue room. It should be 

 matched and used so as to get the very best results. For example, 

 the expert in crotch mahogany gluing will likely prepare his face 

 veneer with a thin sizing of glue as a preliminary. This treatment 

 will be found beneficial with quartered oak, especially when the 

 splash line is conspicuous, for it will make that line take and hold 

 glue better and insure better bonding. 



Oak has become so popular in the cabinet world that the de- 

 velopment of some unusual figure combinations and make-ups may 

 be expected. Oak deserves as much attention in developing figure 

 and face appearance as has been given to mahogany and walnut, 

 and the present is a very good time to develop the habit. 



