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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



March 25, 1922 



SPECIALISTS IN 

 -DIFFICULT ITEMS- 



We Manufacture 



ROTARY CUT VENEERS 

 THIN LUMBER SPECIALTIES 



BIRCH DOOR STOCK 

 MAPLE PIANO PIN BLOCKS 



YEARS OP EXPERIENCE BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS 



— MUNISING WOODENWARE CO. — 



MUNISING. MICH. 



Rotary Cut 



Northern 

 Veneers ^ „,„..„ 



Maple Flooring 

 Manufacturen' 

 Association 



FURNITURE manufacturers and factory buyeri who insist on 

 having high quality veneers should send us their orders. We 

 we specialists in Northern Veneers. , , ^ j 



We also manufacture Northern Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Cedar 

 Posts and Poles, Lath and Shingles, which we ship in straight 

 caiy and cargoes or mixed with our "Peerless Brand" Rock 

 Maple, Beech or Birch Flooring. Gf( Our Prices 



The Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



Chicago Offices: 812 Monadnock Block GLADSTONE, MICH. 



WATERPROOF GLUE 



For Jointing and Veneering 



STRONG— UNIFO RM 



USED COLD EASILY PREPARED 



ECONOMICAL 



"CASCO" uniformity is assured because 

 vire manufacture our own casein 



THE CASEIN MANUFACTURING CO. 



Largest and Longest-Established Manufacturers 

 of Casein Products in America 



15 PARK ROW NEW YORK CITY 



Branch Offices in Principal Cities 



IVrite for "CASCO" Red Book— 

 a manual on Veneers, Panel' 



Making and Glue. 

 Samples of "CASCO" on request. 



{ i'oiitiiiKcd frotn jHnif 30 1 



rate on plywood from Memphis to New York City at present is 

 $485 per car; this should not exceed $270 per car. The present 

 rates from the South and, I believe, from other territories on ply- 

 wood and veneer, less than 115", are from 75 per cent to 150 

 per cent more than on lumber. Can manufacturers of panels or 

 built-up wood compete v^jth manufacturers who bu}' the lumber 

 and make their built-up-wood? 



"I am firmly of the opinion that had this industry been thorough- 

 ly organized, we would have had into effect the lower charges per 

 car that I have mentioned; and 1 am thoroughly convinced that un- 

 less we perfect a strong organization that can see this situation 

 through we will be from time to time confronted w^ith ever-increas- 

 ing transportation costs, which will prevent us from meeting the 

 keen competition which I have referred to. 1, therefore, recom- 

 mend that you take suitable action to see that there shall be no 

 backward step in the carrying out of this important work." 



E. V. Knight On Trade Extension 



After reviewing the history of the proposed nation-wide adver- 

 tising campaign he said: 



"As the situation is today, the members of the Plywood Manu- 

 facturers Association have, with a few exceptions, paid their as- 

 sessments as agreed. The veener cutters have only a few of them 

 paid up their subscriptions, but in explanation of this I think it but 

 fair to them to say the same effort was not made until recently to 

 collect from the veneer manufacturers as was made to collect from 

 the plywood manufacturers. 



"At this time, the Central Bureau, Mr. Wulpi, Commissioner, 

 is empowered to make collection from all parties who are subscrib- 

 ers to the Trade Extension and National Advertising Campaign 

 fund. Mr. Wulpi will make a full report of all moneys collected, 

 all bills paid to date, and the balance on hand. 



"And in conclusion. I think 1 am not overstating a fact when I 

 assert that in my opinion the manufacturers of veneer and of ply- 

 wood have in the data already collected and ready for use, and in 

 the advertising campaign already planned and ready to launch in 

 the pages of magazines and in the pages of trade periodicals, etc., 

 a greater medium for expanding the veneer and plywood business, 

 for creating new uses for both veneer and plywood, and for the 

 general and permanent building up of our industries as a whole 

 than is offered to any other line of industry." 



Benefits of Uniform Costing 



Mr. Ward discussed briefly the benefits to be derived from a uni- 

 form cost system. He began by saying that business men general- 

 ly do not know enough about their business. The woodworking 

 industries have been especially slow, he said, to adopt efficient 

 costing methods. One thing that has retarded the introduction of 

 a cost system, he said, is the prevalence of the impression that a 

 cost system will turn a business upside down and rip it all up. 

 Old methods, Mr. Ward, said, were cumbersome and so involved in 

 red tape that perhaps they cost more than they were worth. They 

 interferred with the duties of the workmen and often threatened 

 to absorb all the energies of the organization in which they were 

 practiced. But the new method, he said, does not interfere with 

 the workmen and while it takes time to install, functions thereafter 

 w^ith relatively little friction and effort. One man, he estimated, 

 can operate a cost system for a $1,000,000 business. He declared 

 that there is no guessing about the system evolved by the plyw^ood 

 association. "You can go to your books at the end of the month 

 and find out the mistakes you have made," he said. "It is a great 

 comfort to know your costs and if your competitor knows his it is 

 a greater comfort." 



During the course of the meeting William Clendenin of the Con- 

 over-Mooney Company spoke on the proposed advertising cam- 

 paign and urged the value to be derived from following closely 

 with the national advertising campaign the large amount of free 

 publicity that has been secured for veneers and plywoods from 

 trade and other publications. 



Following this statement E. V. Knight explained that the matter 

 of the national advertising campaign would be held in abeyance un- 

 til all details of the merger had finally been settled. 



Text of Constitution And By-Laws 



The follow^ing is the text of the Constitution and by-laws adopted 

 by the merger, with the exception of ".Article I," which applies to 

 the name of the association: 



