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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



June 10. 1917 



Made in St. Louis by 



St. Louis Basket and Box Co. 



WE MANUFACTURE 



a complete line of Built-up Stock in most 

 any size or thickness, including Walnut, 

 Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak, 

 Ash, Gum, Plain or Figured Birch, Yellow 

 Pine, Sycamore, Cottonwood, etc. 



ESTABLISHED 1880 



WRITE FOR COMPLETE PRICE LIST 



PERKINS 



GLUE 

 COMPANY 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 

 AND SELLING AGENTS 



PERKINS 

 Vegetable Veneer Glue 



(PATENTED JULY 2, 1912) 



805 J. M. S. BUILDING 

 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 



has been rapidly advancing since your previous purchases, there- 

 fore you are in position to know what this increase means, and 

 if you have not foreseen your wants it will be entirely your loss 

 should a further increase occur. 



Note the interesting prediction that glue will be a 

 dollar a pound before the end of 1917. Probably 

 animal glue for veneer work will not reach this figure. 

 Some users have been quoted forty-six cents a pound 

 for recent requirements. Some of them have turned to 

 vegetable glue only to find that this also has gone up in 

 price, but not to such an extent as to make it prohibitive 

 when it can be obtained. 



Regarding vegetable glue, only a few years ago the 

 originator and recognized manufacturer of this product 

 was trying hard to induce veneer users to adopt it at eight 

 cents a pound, but the maker of built-up wood products 

 was so conservative or skeptical that in the beginning 

 new users of the patent product came slowly in spite of 

 the fact that quality work was guaranteed at low cost. 



That was a few years ago. Today the price of reliable 

 vegetable glue is higher. Why? Because of much the 

 same reasons as quoted regarding the animal product. 

 Properly made vegetable glue is put through several 

 processes, which means increased labor costs in each case. 

 Raw material is hard to obtain at a low price because the 

 best raw material is imported and ocean freight rates 

 have increased. Chemicals are also used during the 

 process. Thus increased items of cost must tend to in- 

 crease selling price. 



But in spite of advanced price, the former users of 

 vegetable glue seem to be "sticking" with it and the 

 tendency of former skeptics seems decidedly toward its 

 installation in their plants. 



It is of no particular credit to some of the present users 

 of the product that their equipment was not installed at 

 an earlier date, and those that are awaiting installation 

 know that they have only to look to their mirrors to see 

 who is to blame for their tardiness. As the output of any 

 factory is limited and cannot be expanded indefinitely, 

 this natural law has of course had something to do with 

 retarding the installation of the vegetable product. As 

 to this feature it seems safe to assume that increases in 

 plant facilities may be looked for. The company which 

 originated and patented the article claims with evident 

 justification that the products which have been put out 

 in imitation of the original have not stood up to the high 

 mark set by the patentees of vegetable glue. As the 

 company in control of the recognized and original 

 product is naturally not anxious to so over-burden its 

 order books that the needs of present customers cannot 

 be met, it is still a question as to how far the growing 

 demand can be taken care of. There is still uncertainty 

 also as to probable prices in the future. It is thought a 

 safe prediction that the use of vegetable glue in veneering 

 work will show constant expansion and there is every 

 likelihood that it will eventually cover practically all of 

 the veneering trade. 



Of course in the merchandising of vegetable glue. 



