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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Glue That Is Appued Cold -, 



In Flush Veneered Doors 



The chief consideration is uniformly high- 

 grade glue. Manufacturers of this modern 

 type of door realize that its development 

 has been retarded because the unavoid- 

 able lack of uniformity in other types of 

 glue makes it impossible to know how 

 long a door will stay in condition. The 



Use 



Of vegetable glue insures absolute uni- 

 formity because of the very nature of pre- 

 paring it and because every pound of our 

 raw material is rigidly inspected. 



Vegetable Glue 



Is also a rigid and permanent adherent; 

 will not blister in sanding; has no dis- 

 agreeable odor; will not deteriorate in 

 standing — for a week if necessary; and 

 can be applied cold without any heating 

 application of any kind in the glue room. 

 In addition, the average saving over 

 former glue bills has been twenty per cent 

 where vegetable glue is used. 



A DOOR MAKER SAYS: 



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Tacoma, Washington, V. S. A., Sept. S9, WIS. 

 File B. 

 Perkins Glue Company, 

 South Bend, Indiana. 

 Gentlemen : The conve^iience and economy of the 

 use of Perkins vegetable glue, its uniformity and the 

 satisfactory results we have obtained, together with 

 the ccmrtesy we have been uniformly shown by the 

 officers and representatives of the company, prompt 

 us to express in this way our appreciation of the 

 Perkins Glue Company and its products. 

 Yours very truly, 

 THE WHEELER. OSGOOD COMPANY, 

 BHC-.S F. H. Clarke, Treasurer. 



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Perkins Glue Company 



Originators and Patentees 



805 J. M. S. Building, South Bend, Indiana 



The Glue That Runs Absolutely Uniform 



An Opportunity for Foreign Investment 



A recent consular and trade report Issued by the Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce, department of commerce, Washington, D. C, 

 contains a notice of an opportunity for foreign Investment In timber 

 under heading No. 12751, timber concessions. 



The report from an .\nierlcan consular officer states that a resident 

 of his district has furnished details regarding certain timber concessions 

 which he claims he is in a position to obtain. The timber includes 

 cedar, fir, larch, oak, ash, birch and walnut. This person states that 

 he will be willing to offer his assistance for the organization of a com- 

 pany to exploit the forests. He desires to hear from .\merican cap- 

 italists interested in this proposition. 



Joint Bates Suspended 



Freiglit tariffs published March 1 which were to cancel joint rates 

 made lietween the trunk line railroads and Industrial lines in all parts 

 of the country, have been suspended by the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission until July .30. The action was taken following the filing of 

 protests against the proposed cancellation by several industrial lines, 

 including two in the Chicago district. Several trade organizations also 

 protested. The contention on the part of the trade organizations was 

 that the cancellation of joint rates would increase the sum charged 

 shippers for handling freight. This increase would come under the 

 charges made by the switching lines of the roads along which the 

 factories are located. 



It seems that the suspension is not effective against certain industrial 

 railroads which have figured in investigations effecting the iron and steel 

 industries. Both of these roads are operating in the Chicago district 

 and do not come under the order, and the caneellntion of the Joint rates 

 is, so far as tbey are concerned, now in effect. 



Western Woods for Telephone Poles 



The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., has completed a 

 series of tests undertaken for the purpose of determining the suitability 

 of certain western timbers for telephone poles. The experiments were 

 made by Norman de W. Betts and A. L. Heim. The result has been wholly 

 satisfactory and shows that with preservative treatment enormous re- 

 sources of poles may bo made available on the western mountains. 



The rapid extension of telephone and power lines in the West makes the 

 question of pole supply one of increasing importance. Tests show that 

 both green and flre-killed lodgepole pine and fire-killed Engelmann spruce 

 will, under certain conditions, make suitable pole timbers. Western red 

 cedar has long been the st.indard pole timber in the western states. It 

 has held its place mainly on account of its durability in contact with the 

 soil, though its light weight has also been a very desirable feature. The 

 tree (Thuja plicata) grot^s principally in Washington, Oregon, and north- 

 ern Idaho. In addition to its wide use for poles, it is extensively cut for 

 lumber, and especially for shingles. In the states south of its region of 

 growth the cost of cedar is high, owing to the great distances over which 

 it must be transported. Moreover, the heavy drain on the available supply 

 must soon result in higher stumpage prices. There are at present in both 

 the Rocky Mountain and coast ranges abundant stands of lodgepole pine 

 (Piniis contorta), often called by local lumbermen "white pine," of little 

 value for lumber, but well adapted for poles. Lodgepole pine is not natu- 

 rally durable in contact with the ground, and for that reason has not been 

 able to enter the field as a competitor of western red cedar. The general 

 adoption of preservative treatments by railroad and telephone companies, 

 however, has changed the situation. At an additional cost for treatment 

 that still leaves the pine pole the cheaper of the two in most ot the 

 markets outside the region where cedar grows, the pine may be made to 

 last longer than untreated cedar. Lodgepole pine takes treatment readily. 

 Cedar, on the other hand, allows but a very shallow penetration. 



Another tree, Engelmnnn spruce (Picea engelmanni) also has a wide 

 distribution throughout the Rocky Mountains, although it grows commer- 

 cially only at the higher altitudes. It Is thus not so available as the 

 lodgepnle pine, nor In shape or in its ability to take preservative treat- 

 ment is it so well adapted for poles. It grows farther south, however, 

 and in many districts Is the only native timber available for pole use. 

 The relatively restricted range of western red cedar indicates the impor- 

 tance to the more southern mountain states of determining the value of 

 local timbers for telephone and power line poles. 



Forest fires in the Rocky Mountains have killed many stands of spruce 

 and pine, and tl'e disposal of this material, which, through checking, is 

 lendered practically useless for saw timber, has always been a trouble- 

 some problem. On many areas such material remains entirely sound for 

 a number of years after the fire, and, besides, is thoroughly seasoned and 

 thus ready tcr treatment as soon as cut. In some regions the mines use 

 all the available dead timber, though elsewhere there Is a great deal of 

 prejudice against the use of fire-killed material, under the mistaken assump- 

 tion that there is some inherent difference in wood that has been seasoned 

 on the stump and wood that has been cut when green. 



The Spring Fire Hazard 



The Lumbermen's tlnaerwriting Alliance, Kansas City, Mo., has Issued 

 its regular news bulletin for the information of its members. It em- 

 phasizes the warning that high winds of spring increase the danger of 



