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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



January 10, 1917 



PERKINS 



GLUE 

 COMPANY 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 

 AND SELLING AGENTS 



PERKINS 

 Vegetable Veneer Glue 



(PATENTED JULY 2, 1913) 



805 J. M. S. 

 SOUTH BEND, 



BUILDING 



INDIANA 



vantages of the system is overwhelmingly in favor of 

 quantity production. 



Up to this time nothing has been said about the cus- 

 tomer. But if the system is an advantage to the panel 

 manufacturer, it is an even greater advantage to the con- 

 sumer, who instead of being required to wait for weeks 

 while the slow and — to him — painfully tedious process 

 of manufacture is completed before shipment is made, 

 can have delivery made almost on receipt of order. 

 Under normal conditions the panel user will be separated 

 from the panel maker only by the time required to pull 

 a freight car that distance, whereas at present the buyer 

 of panels constantly is confronted with the delays and 

 disappointments incident to having his work made a 

 special order for the panel factory and put through in 

 its turn. 



Many of the defects complained of by purchasers of 

 glued-up stock are the result of haste, the manufacturer, 

 in his effort to give quicker delivery than customary, cut- 

 ting some of the corners and taking a chance on the 

 work standing up. He may not have allowed a long 

 enough time for his veneers to dry; he may have used 

 lumber for corestock which had been taken from the 

 kiln too soon; he may not have permitted his panels to 

 remain on sticks in the dry-room long enough to elim- 

 inate excess moisture from the glue; and while he may 

 plead that he was working for the good of the customer, 

 the latter seldom takes this into account. 



Some considerable users of veneers have gone to the 

 expense and trouble of putting in their own equipment 

 because they found that during busy seasons they were 

 compelled to hold back shipments to their own customers 

 on account of delays experienced in getting goods from 

 the panel manufacturers. Under the plan of quantity 

 production by the panel men, a stock can be accumulated 

 during quiet periods sufficient to carry the plant through 

 the busy season, and prompt shipments can continue to 

 be the rule. Thus the greatest disadvantage of having 

 panels made by panel experts will be eliminated. 



The manufacturer who has adopted the quantity plan, 

 and whose enthusiastic endorsement of the idea is 

 quoted above, has not said anything about it to his cus- 

 tomers. That is, he has not told them that their orders 

 are no longer being put through individually. Perhaps 

 he thinks that if they understand that the goods are made 

 up in advance and shipped from stock, they will want 

 to buy them for less. If they, for their part, cannot 

 appreciate the advantages which they receive from the 

 system, their own heads are not very long. It's a plan 

 that benefits everybody, and really deserves the applica- 

 tion of the over-worked and often abused adjective, 

 efficient. 



lu veneers, as in drygoods, you can get real bargains sometimes 

 by buying remnants tliat will fit in with your needs. 



To lose veneer through staining is about the worse form of loss, 

 because it is preventable and often due to carelessness. 



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