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HOETICULTUEE 



December 5, 1914 



Ir©mi ©r Steel Posts — Wliiclhi? 



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FROM several of the letters that have recently 

 come to us. it is evident that there still exists 

 with some, a rather hazy idea of the difference 

 between steel side posts and iron. The disadvantage 

 of one. and advantages of the other. Some one 

 has evidently told them that "the only difference, is 

 the difference in cost." 



It has been stated that we use guaranteed wrought 

 iron posts, "because they were cheaper than steel." 

 This is not so. 



Regular commercial iron, which is really steel, costs 

 less than guaranteed wrought iron. 

 Steel used to be the most expensive, but the im- 

 proved process of smeiting has made building steel 

 the cheapest. 



VCe use guaranteed wrought iron for our posts; be- 

 cause after a 35 years' test, we find it will stand in 

 the ground with only a slight surface rusting. 

 Uugalvanized steel under similar conditions rusts 

 rapidly through and through. It "eats off at the 

 grounc, line," just as does steel pipe columns. 

 You can see when looked at under a ix)werful micro- 

 scope that both steel and wrought iron are of a 

 stringy texture, somewhat like a shredded wheat 

 biscuit. The shreds of the steel, lie closely together 

 with nothing between them to prevent the moisture 



penetrating and starting the eating in 



of the rust. 



nut wrought iron is different, due to 



its different process in making. Each 



one of the shreds is surrounded by a 



film of chemical cinder that keeps out 



the rust just like galvanizing protects 



anything. To say it another way; it's 



just like a wire rope, every strand of 



which has been painted before being 



made into rope. 



Take one of our poKtK iiikI put ftmr liiisk> 

 men pulling iteiiinst it cilet'wa.vs, on ii 

 lour rope liu-lite. uhirh woulil make the 

 struin e<iuul to tlie pull of Hi men; and 

 ,vou will find tlie.\ can't bend it a frac- 

 tion of nn inch. TIiIh will »,liow yuu the 

 |>rodit;iou>> streneth our poHt8 have, to 

 stand all eruss strains. 



All of whicli is not mere advertising talk, but simple 

 facts well known by all iron and steel manufac- 

 turers. 



We know that the guaranteed wrought iron we buy. 

 is exactly what we specify; because it is tested by 

 our testing department. If not up to specifications, 

 back it goes. 



If you will kindly read the notes under the cuts be- 

 low you will see why we sometimes rivet angles on 

 both sides of the posts, and at other times do 

 not. 



One thing is certain, about every certain thing about 

 our construction — there is absolutely no guess 

 work. 



We do not use a thing because some one else does. 

 We use it because we have proven it to be the best 

 thing to use. Tomorrow, for example, after the re- 

 sults of a series of tests and experiments, we may 

 prove to ourselves, that some other thing which we 

 are not using, is better; and it will promptly be 

 adopted. 



It may seem sometimes, as if we changed our minds 

 over night. When as a matter of fact, we may have 

 been making tests and slowly changing our minds 

 for months and months. 



Our salesmen know exactly why we 

 use the things we use, the way we 

 use them. If you but give them half 

 a chance, they can prove up to you, 

 step by step, why our materials and 

 construction are beyond a question of 

 doubt the very best in the market 

 today. 



When you are ready for such a talk 

 — say when and where and one of us 

 will be there. 



Tliifi eilgewise view of our 

 Hi<le post, shows you tlie 

 double f^usset plate which 

 bolts the rafter and post 

 tocetller. 



«>ne iii.tn can easily bend over a flat bar 

 post provided he pulls .■VGAINST ITS 

 I l..\T SIDE. instea<l of the edge. . It is 

 to overcome this lack of sideways rigid- 

 ity, that we rivet angles on both sides 

 of a certain number of posts in our 

 larire b<»uses and cross tie them to- 

 gether. 



Tord. 6f^ttrnham(o. 



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