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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



June 10, 1921 



IVE .IKF. TELLING THE 

 PUBLIC: "HE SURE YOUR 

 WALNUT IS IVALNUT." 



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''The Cahinct-wood Superlative." 



WE ARE TELLING THE 

 PUBLIC: "BE SURE YOUR 

 WALNUT IS WALNUT." 



WALNUT — "T///^0(/G// and THROUGH'' 



PUBLIC INTEREST in genuine American Walnut furniture— 

 '^IVahiut Thfvugh and Through'''' —\^ rapidly increasing, due to the beauty 

 and exceptional qualities of this historically superior cabinet-wood. 



This Association is constantly receiving evidence of this from many 

 sources. 



Information of this sort provides a Valuable Guide to profitable business 

 for the makers and distributors of fine furniture — doesn't it? 



Our National advertising — extended and strengthened 

 • — is carrying to the consumer this message: 



'•BE SURE YOUR IVALNUT IS IVALNUT." 



THE AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



ROOM 1024 616 SOUTH MICHIGAN BOULEVARD CHICAGO 



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 should be stored in a cool dry place as excessive moisture and 

 high temperatures cause deterioration. 



Strength and Water-Resistance 



Casein glues when properly mixed and applied have good 

 strength and water-resistant properties. These qualities are well 

 demonstrated by the tests imposed on plywood manufacture for 

 use in airplanes. To be accepted, samples were required to show 

 no separation of the plies after boiling in water for eight hours 

 or soaking in cold water for ten days. For shearing strength 

 in plywood the requirements were at least I 50 pounds per square 

 inch, but most of the plywood tested at the Forest Products 

 Laboratory showed values considerably higher than this minimum 

 requirement. Tested wet after several days soaking casein glues 

 commonly have from 20 to 40 per cent of their dry plywood shear 

 strength. If, however, the glue is redried after being soaked the 

 original strength of the glue is very largely recovered. 



As a joint glue casein is as strong as the wood of our common 

 species. Tested on blocks of maple with the grain running in 

 the same direction, shearing strengths are commonly obtained 

 ranging from 2,000 to 2,500 pounds per square inch with a large 

 percentage of failures in the wood. The progress which is being 

 made in developing new formulas and improving the methods of 

 manufacture is constantly increasing the strength and water resis- 

 tance which can reasonably be demanded of casein glue. 



head until a few years ago. 

 survive. 



A widow, two sisters, and one brother. 



New Italian Process for Fabricating Bent- Wood 

 Furniture 



An approved system of manufacturing bent-wood products pro- 

 duced by an inventor in Naples is reported by Consul Byington, of 

 that city. The system is said to be used extensively in Czecho- 

 slovakia, and is now in use by a firnn in Naples which w^as engaged 

 during the war in manufacturing wood parts for airplanes and is 

 now making bent-wood products of various sorts. It is claimed 

 that by this process 25 pieces can be handled at one time and 

 delivered fully dried and ready for use in final form in two hours. 



Retired Furniture Man Dies 



Word has been received of the death of Julius Joseph, age 

 seventy, a retired furniture manufacturer of Shelbyville, Ind., after 

 a short illness, at his home on May 26. Mr. Joseph was born in 

 Germany but went to Shelbyville more than forty years ago and 

 established a manufacturing furniture company, of which he was 



Wilke Joins Williamson Veneer - 



The Williamson Veneer Company, Baltimore, Md., announces 

 an addition to its selling force which will undoubtedly be interest- 

 ing to the trade. H. F. Wilke of Chicago was for many years 

 associated in a selling capacity for George W. Stoneman & Co., 

 of Chicago. One of the most valued lines of veneers handled by 

 the Stoneman company was that of the Williamson V^eneer Com- 

 pany, with which stock Mr. Wilke was personally very closely 

 associated. With the establishment of direct sales offices six or 

 eight months ago, the Williamson product is now being marketed 

 in the middlewestern territory through its Chicago office, 28 East 

 Jackson boulevard. Thus in associating himself with the William- 

 son company, which move has just been announced, Mr. Wilke 

 really returns to his old love and places himself in position to 

 capitalize on his long experience in handling the Williamson 

 product. 



Mr. Wilke will be one of the middlewestern representatives, be- 

 ing associated in this territory with R. J. Cavanaugh and C. S. 

 Connor. 



