December 10, 1917 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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concerning the manufacturers and supplies of veneers, but 

 were anxious to get in touch with producers of this article. 



Mr. Lord discussed at considerable length the duties 

 of the war committee to be appointed to look after veneer 

 sales for the association. He warned against the scalper 

 who will get contracts and then go among veneer manu- 

 facturers to buy the stock with which to fill his orders. 

 The committee should get in contact with the mills. 



F. F. Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, had just returned from Washington, where 

 he has opened headquarters for his association, and he 

 gave an entertaining account of conditions there, from 

 the lumberman's viewpoint. In common with all the 

 other speakers he emphasized the necessity of better 

 organization in order to deal with wrar problems. 



EFFICIENT CO-OPER.ATION 



Kenneth P. Gregg, St. Louis, Mo., spoke as an expert 

 on the fundamentals of efficient co-operation. He based 

 his argument on the assertion that unless efficient co-opera- 

 tion between all members and all divisions of an associa- 

 tion is maintained, the association cannot be wholly suc- 

 cessful at this time when the watchword is organization 

 and co-oper °'''on everywhere. It is up to the veneer and 

 panel manufacturers to show the government what they 

 are able and willing to do in the fight now going on. 



R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association, was recently in Washington on 

 business for his association, and he brought the same class 

 of message which others have brought from the National 

 capital — organization and still more organization. It 

 must be brought about or there will be no success. The 

 government has bought a billion feet of lumber for war 

 purposes, and all has been bought from organizations, 

 none from individuals. Formerly, the government looked 

 with distrust and suspicion upon associations and organi- 

 zations, but that day is past. The organization is now 

 welcomed because it is needed. 



Mr. Kellogg was followed by an earnest talk from Mr. 

 Lord, who gave further ideas bearing on the absolute 

 necessity for perfecting an iron-clad organization. He 

 laid stress on the character of the war service committee, 

 made up as it is, of members and non-members represen- 

 tative of the two industries all over the country. 



The association then went on record with an undivided 

 vote as agreeing to provide the committee with necessary 

 money to carry on the work it was organized to do, the 

 assessment to be made on a basis of class, according to 

 the value of production, the maximum assessment per 

 month being $25 and the minimum $5. 



E. E. Hemingway then submitted the report for the 

 committee on reorganization. The report was received 

 and filed and the committee discharged. 



H. E. Kline, reporting for the special grading rules 



committee, submitted suggestions for grading rules on 



veneer in the different v/oods. The suggested rules were 



adopted as the official rules of the association. A copy 



All Three of U> Will Be Benefited !f 



of these will appear in the next issue of Hardwood 

 Record. 



The nominating committee then reported with recom- 

 mendations for the election of the following officers: 



PRESIDENT— A. E. Gorham, Goshen, Ind. 



FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT— J. D. Maris, Indianapolis, Ind. 



SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT— J. T. Home, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 



THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT— N. M. Willson, Jamestown. N. Y. 



TRE.-\SL'RER— E. H. Deffebaugh, Chicago. 



SECRETARY — Howard S. Young, Indianapolis, Ind. 



B. W. Lord was re-elected as delegate to the Chamber 

 of Commerce of the United States. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Strength of Panels Compared with Lumber 



A pane! made of sheets of veneer with the grains of the different 

 layers crossing at right angles is considerably stronger than a 

 board of the same thickness all in one piece. That is because 

 wood splits more readily than it breaks. In a board, the grain all 

 runs one way, and by splitting along that grain the board parts 

 and becomes two pieces; but that cannot happen with a panel 

 made up of sheets with the lines of cleavage at right angles. If 

 one sheet splits, that next to it must break across the grain. Not 

 only is such a panel more difficult to split than is a board of equal 

 thickness, but it offers greater resistance to tendency to warp. 

 The sheets with grain at right angles counteract each other's 

 warping stresses, and the panel remains true. 



Red Gum's Value for Veneer Cutting 



More veneer is cut from red gum than from any other three or 

 four woods in America, and most of it is cut by the rotary process. 

 Two or three reasons may be assigned for the high place held by 

 red gum. It is abundant, and its inherent qualities give it value: 

 but there is another reason why the rotary veneer cutter holds it 

 in esteem. The symmetrical form of the trunk makes it an eco- 

 nomical wood to work on the rotary lathe. Little need be cut 

 away and wasted In making the logs round, they being naturally 

 round. Perfect sheets are produced almost from the first turn. 

 That is an important matter in the course of a season's run, 

 for the heaps of waste and of imperfect sheets are reduced to a 

 minimum. 



That would not be the case if red gum bales were lopsided and 

 ribbed, as some of the cedars, birches and maples are. It might 

 be necessary to cut away nearly half a log before a perfect sheet 

 of rotary veneer could be obtained. There are other ^voods as 

 symmetrical in form as red gum. Among such are yellow poplar 

 and tupelo gum. The cutting of rotary veneer is more exacting 

 than is the ordinary sawing of lumber; for a log may be repeatedly 

 turned, if of irregular form, in order to get the best lumber, but 



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