January 25. 1918 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



35 



The question is thus narrowed to the following propositions: 

 (I) Was the glue of the patents new? (2) Does the process con- 

 <<titute a valid invention? 



It is true ( I ) that the adhesive of the prior art patents, although 

 adverted to in those patents as glue, was never placed on the mar- 

 ket as a substitute for animal glue or otherwise; (2) that prior to 

 the patents in suit, while its location on the line of starch adhesive 

 products was pointed out, nobody actually rescued the glue of the 

 patents from its undeveloped state. 



From the evidence it appears that there was a demand on the 

 market for starch glue as good as animal glue and suitable for 

 veneering, and that appellee had built up a large business in that 

 article: that the claims of the prior art patents, except the Brueder 

 Krench Patent No. 114,978, aforesaid, all were in fact limited to 

 pastes, sizings, mucilage and other weaker forms of adhesives; that 

 appellee's process was not so evident as to be discovered by ap- 

 pellants without subsidizing appellee's employees; that there seems 

 to have been great difficulty in getting at the correct formula; that 

 Perkins labored years to get the latter just right; that, as stated 

 by his expert, Carmichael, "He proportioned the various steps to 

 one another according to the selection of raw^ material, in the con- 

 version of the raw^ material and in the solution of the material, be- 

 ing particular about the various sub-steps by which, in the main 

 step execting the solution, hs obtained a uniform and homogeneous 

 product." All these, considered in connection with the presump- 

 tion arising from the grant of the patent, lead us to hold, though 

 with some hesitation, that the claims covering the finished glue 

 product as well as the process claims for that article are valid and 

 should be sustained. 



We hold that appellant, the Solva Glue Manufacturing Company, 

 was a contributory infringer of the final product and of the final 

 process. The rule of law in such case is that one who makes and 

 sells one element of a patented combination with the intention and 

 ror the purpose of bringing about its use in such a combination, 

 is guilty of contributory infringement, and is equally liable with 

 him who organizes the complete combination. 



Hydraulic Press Company Moves into New 

 Building 



The Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company of Mt. Gilead, 

 Ohio, repoits the completion and occupancy of its new factory. 

 The new building puts the company again in full operation. The 

 new equipment represents the most advanced types of metal work- 

 ing machinery available and is especially adapted for the building of 

 hydraulic presses, pumps and valves. 



THE AMERICAN ARMY ARRIVES 



The Kaiser stands on stormy banks 



And casts a curious eye 

 Across the fields where planes and tanks 



Spread over earth and sky. 



He says to Hindenburg, says he: 



"I guess we better scoot 

 Before dot million men we see 



Come close enough to shoot." 



"Yourself und Gott iss strong enough," 



Von Hindenburg replies; 

 "Shvell up your chest und give a puff 



And blow dem back like flies." 



"Puff and be damned," the Kaiser apoke 

 In wrath; "Now vot's der use 



To make dis business out a joke, 

 Ven hell iss all broke loose?" 



MAHOGANY 

 LUMBER 



About ten carloads 1" No. 1 Com., 

 also other thicknesses and grades of 



MEXICAN & HONDURAS 



MAHOGANY 



dry enough to put in a kiln 

 with safety. 



If at any time we can 

 serve you better by 

 telegraphing kindly 

 wire at our expense. 



We are carrying a nice stock of 

 SAWED VENEER, 1/8", 3/16" 

 and 1/4" Mexican; also several 

 MILLION feet of SLICED 

 1/24" and 1/28" Mahogany, and 

 AMERICAN WALNUT veneer 

 ranging from plain to highly 

 figured. May we send samples 

 to you? 



Huddleston-Marsh 

 Mahogany Company 



2254 Lumber Street 

 CHICAGO 



33 West 42nd Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



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