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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



August 25, 1921 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



You WILL not 

 appreciate the 

 Mengel grade and 

 the Mengel serv- 

 ice until you have 

 tried "something 

 just as good." But 

 will you not tak^ 

 our Word for it? 



INCORPORATED 



Louisville. Ky. 



THE PAST AND PRESENT IN MAHOGANY 



Company Is Formed to Make New Adhesive 



Makers of veneers and of furniture have had their own troubles 

 with the glue problem. Costs were high and heavy losses were 

 incurred from irregularities in quality when the glue was applied. 



Messrs. Arthur D. Little, Inc., of Cambridge. Massachuseets, 

 were engaged by The Plywood Manufacturers Association to pro- 

 vide a method of standardizing the conditions so that they might 

 obtain the desired uniformity of application of glue in their 

 processes of manufacture. 



In the course of this work they found that they could do much 

 more than they had undertaken to perform as a result of a dis- 

 covery by Dr. C. K. Reiman, of their staff, who developed a new 

 glue of remarkable adhesiveness, stability, and evenness, and 

 which could be made at a cost which materially reduces the 

 burden of expense to consumers. 



The next step was to organize a corporation to manufacture it, 

 which is now^ in active operation under the technical supervision 

 of the organization that produced it. In other words, they made 

 the invention and then put it through. 



The invention is featured in their exhibit at the National Expo- 

 sition of Chemical Industry in New York. 



The factory of the Madden Woodwork Company of Waukesha, 

 Wis., was burned to the ground on July 18. A decision concern- 

 ing rebuilding is expected momentarily. This will require an en- 

 tirely new building and practically new machinery throughout. 



The Plymouth Furniture Company, Plymouth, Wis., which 

 closed its factory July I for inventory, balancing stocks, etc., has 

 resumed operations at about 50 per cent of capacity, which will be 

 increased as business conditions warrant larger production. 



