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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



November 



25, 1918 



Be Prepared 

 for Peace 



Now that the war 

 is over — 



Governnienla! restrictions cur- 

 tailing the ])roductinn of furni- 

 ture, talking- machine cabinets, 

 etc., have already been modified, 

 again allowing manufacturers to 

 operate to nearly full capacity. 



Are you prei)ared to meet this 

 condition by having 

 materials on hand? 



condition bv having good stock of 



Don't allow your operations to be 

 interfered with by failure to have 

 raw materials in your factory 

 when you need them. 



Isn't it also good policy to get 

 your orders placed and shipments 

 moving before the usual winter 

 railroad embargoes become effect- 

 ive? 



\A'e manufacture from the log, 

 and can ship promptly — first 

 grade at reasonable prices: 



VENEERS 



FIGURED AND PLAIN 



Tops & Panels 



Buying in coml)ination carload 

 lots will save considerable in 

 freight charges, and expedite 

 delivery. 



THE LOUISVILLE 

 VENEER MILLS 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



VENEERS FOR 



AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION 



A SPECIALTY 



WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE 



BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. 



hogany is a reddish wood, which helped some in locating ma- 

 hogany as long as the mahogany was finished in its natural colors. 

 When the mahogany was stained brown, however, it w^as con- 

 fusing, and there w^as always confusion between mahogany and 

 stained birch. 



It would be a splendid idea to have all furniture on display in 

 stores labeled, the label telling not only the kind of a face wood 

 used but al:o indicating the specific classification as to figure and 

 finish. 



Whatever plan is followed there is a great work here and one 

 which should be handled by the furniture manufacturers and deal- 

 ers w^ith the co-operation of the veneer and panel manufacturers 

 who supply the wood \vith which the furniture is made. There 

 is room for a general getting together and a federating of efforts 

 with a view^ to waging a country-wide systematic campaign of edu- 

 cational exploitation which will have for its slogan, "explaining 

 the woods." 



AU Three of Us Will B^ Benefited 



What About Quartered Oak? 



Quartered oak has been a prominent item in face veneer prac- 

 tically ever since we have had a face veneer industry, and it has 

 made such a place for itself that the question of the day is, not 

 how much favor it may still find, but how and where are we to 

 get enough of it to supply the needs? And there is another ques- 

 tion of what about cost and price? 



War's demands and the airplane business have almost played 

 hob w^ith the oak supply that ordinarily goes into flitches for 

 quartered oak veneer. The shipbuilders, the wagonmakers and 

 those making propellers for airplanes have been demanding the 

 good oak, and paying some prices for it that make one w^onder 

 about the veneer prices of the future if this keeps up. One quar- 

 tered oak veneer man when asked about this, shrugged his shoul- 

 ders and said: "With prices of $185 for propeller stock in quar- 

 tered oak eight inches and up, what do you think the price of 

 veneer flitches should be?" 



It is interesting in this connection to go back into the earlier 

 days of the industry just to see what has happened to prices in the 

 past, and it is a peculiar fact that there have been very few^ changes, 

 and none of them radical, in the quartered oak veneer prices up to 

 the time of the war. Recent investigation of price lists on this item 

 in veneer, some of them going back nearly thirty years, show^s how 

 little the changes have been. Back more than twenty-five years 

 ago 1-20 inch quarter-sawed oak was listed at twenty dollars, a 

 price fairly comparable with prices of the later days up till the time 

 war demands upset all previous values and calculations. 



Oak stumpage had been making some advances meantime, and 

 the wonder is that the veneer prices did not advance along with 

 the increased timber values. That they didn't is fairly good evi- 

 dence that the oak veneer manufacturers were v^rorking on pretty 

 close margins before the war period. And now the question is, 

 what about the future? How much higher will w^e find stumpage 

 and lumber values when it is all over? How much higher in cost 

 will the flitches come, and what in the way of prices will be neces- 

 sary on quartered oak veneer for those making it to come out 

 with a margin of profit? Also there comes the other question of 

 how much a sharp advance in price may curtail the use of this 

 veneer, but as that involves the possible substitution of other woods 



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