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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 10. 1922 



GLU 



t'lctiiic Slioii's the Present Home of 



PERKI 

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TRADE MARK 



(Reg. f. S. Pat. Off.) 



Our progress has been made possible because the niajoritv of the glue using trade 

 was alive to the opportunity of PERKINS QUALITY and PERKINS SERVICE. 



Process and Product Patents covcrinir Perkins Glue were granted July 2nd and March 19th. 1912. and 

 have been held valid and infringed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Patents have also 

 been granted in Canada. Great Britain. Gerinany. France. Belgium. Italy and other foreign countries. 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 



Factory and Gen. Offices: LANSDALE, PA. 



Sales Office: SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 



Statement Regarding CL. Willey Company 



The following official statement is published by Hardwood 

 Record in compliment to the memory of the late Cameron L. 

 Willey, of Chicago, who, through exhaustive knowledge of his 

 business and unbending adherence to clean business practice, at- 

 tained the foremost rank in both quantity and quality production 

 of foreign and domestic wood veneers. The letter comes from 

 A. N. Cordeli. president and treasurer of the C. L. Willey Company, 

 and traces steps effected up to the present time for the purpose 

 of perpetuating the name of Willey in the veneer industry: 



For the purpose of going on record in the matter of facts 

 pertaining to this company, we are addressing you the following 

 statement regarding the C. L. Willey Company and plans for 

 the aggressive carrying on of this business along lines which will 

 perpetuate the policies of quality manufacturer and ethical deal- 

 !n?3 which hc.ve always characterized the organization. 



While we realize this statement at current date is not strictly 

 news, it is our belief that both the producing and buying trades 

 will be interested in securing the facts regarding the C. L. Willey 

 Company because of the important position its name has always 

 held in the industry. This statement has not been issued before 

 because there were several points which were not until now ready 

 for publication. May we express our appreciation of such space 

 as you can give us? 



Personnel of the Company. 

 The present personnel of the C. L. Willey Company consis.s 

 of A. N. Cordeli, a close personal friend of Charles B. Willey. 

 son of C. L. Willey, and a former official of the First National 

 Bank of Chicago, president and treasurer; H. B. McClain, who 

 has been associated with the company for many years, vice presi- 

 dent and production manager, and Mrs. Charles B. Willey, chair- 

 man of the board of directors. 



Thus the Willey name will continue in active association in 

 the business. Mrs. Charles B. Willey, for some time before the 

 death of her husband, was in close touch with the business and 

 after his death became actively interested. She is a woman of 

 remarkable business acumen and her presence in this official ca- 

 pacity is further assurance that the quality policy of the company 

 will be carried on. 



We wish to emphasize that this reorganization was effected on 



the soundest possible line, the company facing the future in splen- 

 did condition both as to organization and finances. 



Scrupulous attention will be devoted to carrying on the business 

 in conformity to the practices of its founder, who with tw^o gen- 

 erations of lumbermen behind him and an intensive personal ex- 

 perience, founded this business at Chicago in 1890. C. L. Wil- 

 ley s attention was first directed to the possibilities of the veneer 

 industry through his activities with cherry and walnut in his 

 former location in Pennsylvania. It is recorded that in 1882 he 

 filled furniture orders for some 8,000,000 feet of cherry, which 

 contract aroused his interest in the veneering field. 

 Judged Veneer Logs Unerringly. 



The establishment of the Chicago business thirty-two years 

 ago, was folio w^ed by rapid development in the purchase of for- 

 eign and domestic cabinet woods and their conversion into the 

 highest type of finished product, the plant ultimately attaining 

 a veneer cutting capacity of 100,000,000 feet annually with veneer 

 drying equipment for 200,000 feet daily. Mr. Willey very soon 

 came to be recognized as a man of almost magic judgment of 

 logs and how to best cut them. 



Mr. Willey's greatest achievement was the building up of an 

 organization, which is substantially intact, for the selection of 

 logs and veneer cutting. So thoroughly w^ere they schooled in 

 his methods that Willey veneers today retain the same high stand- 

 ard of quality. 



C. L. Willey died November 28, 1 9 1 6, the business being in- 

 corporated in April, 1917, at which time Charles B. Willey, his 

 son, became president. C. B. Willey continued in that capacity 

 until his death in November, 1920, being succeeded by Clarence 

 Ingalls, who served until March of 1921. 



We will very much appreciate such space as you can give to 

 the above announcement. 



(Signed) C. L. WILLEY COMPANY. 



A. N. Cordeli, President. 



Midland Buys Factory Building 



The Midland Furniture Company at Evansville, Ind., a few days 

 ago announced that they had closed a deal for the purchase of 

 the building where the factory is located, the consideration being 

 $15,000. The company had had an option on the building for 

 quite a while. 



