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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



July 25, 1921 



THE OLD IDEA OF 



PERMANENCE 



On llif I5a'-k of Your Vencorcd 



T(i|js and Panels 



Miiuis Guaranteed Quality 



TIME was in old Egypt, 3000 years ago, that the big idea 

 was not bigness merely — but permanence. 



Permanence — and perfect finish. 



This old picture of a restored fragment tells the story. 



In like manner, we think, does the plywood manufac- 

 tured by this institution of ours here at New Albany tell a 

 similar story. 



Here is a plant built like a battleship, clean-cut at every point, 

 orderly, trim and efficient to the N'th degree. 



And — as is the plant so is the product. 



Our products are the last word in Plywood-Perfection. 



New Albany Veneering Company 

 E. V. KNIGHT PLYWOOD SALES CO. 

 SALES AGENTS NEW ALBANY, IND. 



Woods That Go Into Veneers 



A preliminary comparative report on the quantity of wood con- 

 sumed in the manufacture of veneers in the United States for 1919 

 has been issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of 

 Commerce. 



The report vyas compiled in co-operation vi^ith the Forest Service, 

 Department of Agriculture, and shows the quantity of wood used 

 by principal states for the years 1909 and 1919. It covers the 

 consumption of both domestic and imported woods in the manu- 

 facture of true veneers, as well as the grades used in the manu- 

 facture of barrels, baskets, boxes, crates, and "built-up" lumber. 

 Red gum furnishes about 4 1 per cent of the total quantity used 

 in 1919, as against 30 per cent in 1909. 



The figures for the year 1919 are preliminary and subject to 

 such changes as may be necessary from further examination of 

 the reports. 



1919. 1909. 



Quantity Quantity 



State. (Feet B. M.) (Feet B. M.) 



Arkansas 77,096,000 26, 1 1 6,000 



Delaware 61,000,000 3,657,000 



Wisconsin 50,502,000 31,737,000 



Florida 43,936,000 33,293,000 



Alabama 42,342,000 14,565,000 



Mississippi 39,061,000 7,563,000 



Tennessee 38,895,000 30,574,000 



New York 38,571,000 24,218,000 



North Carolina 30,423,000 19,984,000 



Illinois 24,367,000 35,646,000 



Indiana 24,254,000 31,472,000 



Kentucky 22,971,000 19,356,000 



Missouri 18,103,000 



Georgia 14,863,000 



Washington 14,329,000 



Michigan 12,647,000 



Maine 11.562,000 



Louisiana 1 1,407,000 



South Carolina 11,151,000 



All other states 50,040,000 



Total 637.520,000 



27,365,000 

 6,980,000 

 5.419,000 



33,455,000 

 3,637,000 

 3,164.000 

 2,944,000 



74,836,000 



435,981,000 



Those High Cost Logs 



The veneer industry has before it the problem of working off 

 and realizing on some logs that cost them more than the present 

 replacement cost, and ho%v to do this without excessive loss is an 

 interesting problem. The best answer which suggests itself is that 

 of making material from the logs bring more by taking more pains 

 in working them up so as to get them in a higher class in point 

 of quality and value. When one cuts high priced logs up into 

 veneer carelessly and indifferently made and handled and must go 

 out and meet competition in price on this for the cheaper uses it 

 means a loss in profit. On the other hand, any timber fit to make 

 veneer is good timber. By considering it as such and by taking 

 pains in the grinding of knives, the setting and operating of 

 machines, and in piling and drying veneer, it can be made into 

 a product worth more than if handled carelessly. This seems to 

 be the plain way for those who have high cost logs; take more 

 pains in working them up to get a higher grade veneer, then keep 

 the veneer so flat, clean and nice that it will bring the price in the 

 market on its quality. In this way one has a chance for profit 

 even though the log did come high in price. 



