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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 25, 1922 



LONG- KNIGHT 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA 



WALNUT © HARDWOODS 



VENEERS 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 



Manufacturers (Si Wholesalers 



Plan for Veneer and Panel Merger Prepared 



A detailed plan has been worked out for the proposed merger 

 of the National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers* Association with the 

 Plywood Manufacturers' Association. The merger committee 

 recently met in Indianapolis and went over this plan wth M. Wulpi 

 of Chicago, commissioner for the Plywood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



This is the plan which will be presented at the spring meeting 

 of the two associations in Chicago at the Auditorium Hotel on 

 March 14 and 15, the National meeting on the fourteenth and the 

 Plywood association on the fifteenth. It must be approved by both 

 associations before the merger can become effective. 



The committee which w^ill present the plan was created for that 

 purpose at the last annual meeting of the National in Chicago in 

 December. It comprises H. Brooke Sale, Fort Wayne, Ind., presi- 

 dent of the National; H. J. Barnard, Indianapolis, Ind., and H. E. 

 Kline of Louisville. 



The plan comprehends the formation of a strong central body to 

 be known as the National Association of Veneer & Plywood Manu- 

 facturers. This central body \vill have two divisions, one devoted 

 to veneers and the other to plywood or panels. Each of these 

 divisions will have officers and its ow^n peculiar functions, but will 

 be a definite and closely related part of the whole. Over and above 

 the functions of the two divisions certain functions, such as ad- 

 vertising, will be reserved for the association as a whole. There 

 will be one commissioner, who will be the practical administrator 

 of all division and central activities. 



The principal officers of the central body, outside of the com- 

 missioner, who will be a paid agent of the association, will consist 

 of a president and three vice-presidents. A vice-president will rep- 

 resent each of the two divisions of the associations and the third 

 will be a vice-president at large. 



Outstanding motive behind the merging of the two organizations 

 is a desire to create a strong, compact association of veneer and 

 panel manufacturers to collect the funds and conduct the proposed 

 $50,000 national advertising campaign, which has languished 

 since it was authorized at the annual meeting of the National 

 Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association and the Plywood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association at the annual meeting inaugurating the year 

 1921-1922. 



Nelson Company Sold at Receiver's Sale 



The M. L. Nelson Furniture Company at Seymour, Ind., was 

 sold recently at a receiver's sale for $60,000. The company went 

 into the hands of a receiver several months ago and the property 

 was ordered sold by the Jackson circuit court. W. H. Gehm, su- 

 perintendent of the plant, said that seventy-five men are employed 

 and the plant is running on full time schedule and has enough 

 orders on hand to keep the concern operating for almost a year. 

 The Nelson company w^as purchased by Hyman Rash, of New 

 York, and this plant w^ill be one of a chain of ten owned and op- 

 erated by him. Mr. Rash had previously bought the lumber and 

 other materials in stock and had operated the factory during the 

 past few months under the name of the Fancy Furniture Company. 



Veneer Traffic Case Up in March 



March 9 has been set for hearing in Louisville, Ky., the argu- 

 ment of the veneer case of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- 

 ciation, postponed last fall. The argument is for reduction of plain 

 veneer to lumber rates, with figured veneers at 1 5 per cent over 

 plain. 



