April 25, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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dimension and the labor involved in matching and taping. 

 He knows that the manufacturer must make a profit on 

 these operations, if he is to attend to them, and because 

 he objects to paying somebody else a profit if he can 

 avoid it, he will do this work himself and thus rule out 

 the middleman. 



"Cutting veneers, especially figured veneers, to dimen- 

 sion is not a game that appeals to me, because the waste 

 is too hard to figure into the selling price. If the busi- 

 ness were established on a dimension basis, and con- 

 sumers were educated to pay the high prices which are 

 necessary, the thing w^ould be simplified." 



Some veneer men appear to feel that offering to fur- 

 nish veneers in the form suggested is a type of "unfair 

 competition" from concerns which are working along this 

 line, since, in their view, it is undertaking to do something 

 which falls entirely outside of the scope of a veneer 

 business. Others assume that it offers too many oppor- 

 tunities for price-cutting under cover, though they do not 

 insist that those using the plan are necessarily doing so as 

 a means of artistically shading quotations on their veneers. 



The proposition has many angles, and, as suggested, 

 is one with possibilities. Whether it would benefit the 

 trade to have these possibilities developed is the question 

 on which opinion is definitely divided. 



G. D. C, Jr. 



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Light On Veneer 



Broadly speaking, veneer is best preserved in a dark storage 

 room protected from the sun. It is in this respect similar in its 

 requirements to sash and doors and other woodvs^ork in the white 

 which to be kept fresh must be protected from the light, and pref- 

 erably should also be protected from dust and dirt. A few woods 

 are improved in their coloring by being exposed to the light, but 

 they are exceptions rather than the rule. And generally speak- 

 ing, either veneers or panels keep better and remain fresher and 

 brighter if stored in dark places. 



A dark storage place may mean either a tightly enclosed ware- 

 house, a basement or a corner in the factory. Many prefer base- 

 ment storage, and this is good, too, provided it is not damp. 

 Damp basements are naturally bad. If, however, the basements 

 are comparatively free from dampness and the veneer is kept up 

 off the concrete floor it will keep better in the cool dark of the base- 

 ment than in storage rooms above ground and will remain in a more 

 normal condition as to moisture. This is simply a thought in 

 passing, the main thought for consideration right now is the 

 subject of light. Veneer and panels should be protected from 

 light when stored. 



On the other hand, light is desirable for selecting and inspect- 

 ing the veneer, because it is difficult to see the minor defects and 

 to comprehend the texture and figure properly without a very 

 strong light. So the grading of veneer and the selecting of veneer 

 for use call for conditions contrasting with that required for 

 storing. 



Fortunately in this age we have splendid electric lighting sys- 

 tems which can be installed in basements and dark stock rooms. 

 No electric light is as good as the outside daylight, but by looking 

 properly after the electric lighting system one may get light 

 enough even in the darkest storage rooms to select veneer for 

 use. The best time to inspect veneer is before it goes into dark 

 storage. 



VENEERS AND PANELS 



iia^iSE ;* a icti j lEi 



PLAIN OAK 



BROWN ASH 



GREY ELM 



MAPLE 



""ASSWOQ^ 



WISCONSIN VENEEER CO. 



MANUFACTURERS 



RHINELANDER, WIS. 



Those who let pessimism become too much of a habit will miss 

 lome fine opportunities to do good for themselves, and lose some 

 trade to the cheerful persistent hustlers. 



