July 25, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



27 



Picture No. 7 is full of action. It shows the receipt of a car- 

 load of quartered white oak, flitches and loading a carload of 

 mahogany veneers. Their plant has fine shipping facilities over 

 the C. B. & Q. and Belt lines. 



The last view^ shows the w^arehouse and offices, this building 

 being 100 by 200 feet. On the first floor are stored all sawed 

 and sliced selected Indiana growth oak, and on the second floor 

 w^alnut and mahogany. 



At the bottom are shown pictures of Julius Spicker, president, 

 and J. Richmond Dean, vice-president and treasurer. Mr. Spicker 

 was with C. C Mengel & Bro. Co. for nineteen years. He was 

 manager of their export department, and w^hen they went into the 

 mahogany field he became their sales manager. He has spent a 

 good deal of time in Europe and is thoroughly familiar w^ith all 

 phases of log importation. 



Mr. Dean began his wood career with C. L. Willey of Chicago, 

 serving from the bottom up. He bought an interest in the Black 

 Lumber and Veneer Company plant several years ago, and was 

 vice-president in charge of sales. 



W. L. Hammond is secretary of the concern and in charge of 

 the office. 



Maxw^ell P. Spicker, son of Julius Spicker, has been active in 

 the sawmills and yards for the past two years, and is now^ also 

 assisting in the sales. B. M. Minigus, one of the most competent 

 and best known men in the veneer trade, is connected w^ith the 

 sales department. 



The plant is under the superintendence of P. Lynnes, w^ho ha^^ 

 had a good many years of experience in the manufacture and 

 cutting of fancy w^oods. 



Of course anybody with good equipment can turn out good 

 veneer and meet the needs of the average buyer wth reasonable 

 satisfaction. How^ever, as in any line, the more harmonious are 

 the internal workings of an organization, the better that institution 

 can handle the needs of its trade. Thus, in The Dean-Spicker 

 Company the realization by each member that all the others are 

 w^ell qualified for the work they are handling gives just the right 

 spirit of working together for the benefit of the man who buys 

 Dean-Spicker goods. 



This w^orking together does not take the form merely of good 

 natured harmony. It is based upon the fact that each man's 

 study and experience has enabled him to lend just the right type 

 of practical benefit in the every day working conditions. It is 

 evident not only in peculiar or unusual circumstances, but makes it- 

 self felt in the every- 

 day run of the busi- 

 ness. This is true in 



every department 



in the office and sales 

 forces and through- 

 out the manufactur- 

 ing end it is equally 

 evident. 



In summing up the 

 spirit of the Dean- 

 Spicker sc-vice, it 

 might be said that 

 they aim to provide a 

 careful selection ot 

 stock to specifically 

 meet the needs of 

 different manufactur- 

 ers, and this effort 

 is backed by the best 

 equipment money 

 can buy, and the 

 most careful supervi- 

 sion obtainable any- _^ kuIIMO.ND I.EAX, VICE-PRESIDENT, 



"'"^''e- DEAX SI'ICKER 



