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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Srpt.-mli<-r ID. I'.ti:.. 



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Having stood the rigid 

 test of time and Iicimi pri>- 

 nounced ideal, 



Perkins 



Vegetable 



Glue 



now gains still lurther dis- 

 tinction by being pro- 

 nounced by United States 

 District Court "meritori- 

 ous and valuable, and a 

 distinct advance in the art." 



The Perkins patents were 

 sweepingly sustained in a 

 broad decision by the 

 court — The Perkins Glue 

 Company now being the 

 only company that can 

 legally manufacture this 

 type of glue as well as the 

 only company that has 

 made it a perfect product. 



J. M. S. Building 



Competition Stimulates Quality 



A l)iiycr'> iiiaikcl invariably rcbull.s in quality com- 

 petition in manufactured goods — for obvious reasons. 

 (Jiiality C(inii)etitioii vvitlioiit added quality to back it is disastrous — 

 ri'(iuiriii.ir iiMrc ritjid i;uaraiitcc of tjoods it means that the man not 

 able to imi)r()ve liis ijrothict lierc and there to approath perfection is 

 merely betting with himself on whether he will or will not have to 

 make good on stock which, to get the order, he guaranteed. 



Perkins Vegetable Veneer Glue 



In All Panel Work 



allows you to make any reasonable guarantee with impunity. It does away 

 entirely with blistered work, and can be shipped to any climate without fear 

 — thus vastly increasing the sales field. 



Perkins Vegetable Glue 



is guaranteed to be uniform, requires no hot, obnoxious glue room, will not 

 sour, costs 20 per cent less than hide glue. 



U*e Perkins Glue and make your guarantee safe for you 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 



SOUTH BEND, IND. Originators and Patentees 



Tlie Standard Ilnrdnood Lumber Company lias had in some large stocks 

 of bardnoods from tbe Soutb this summer, mostly oak and chestnut. 

 Trade is fair and seems improving slowl.v. 



G. Klias *: Itro. have had in a number of lake cargoes this summer, 

 most of them in white pine and hemlock. A good demand for milhvork 

 is reported, but hardwoods are only fairly active. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company reports trade in hardwoods hold- 

 ing about steady, with little change in prices. Mr. Mct^can has returned 

 from a dshing trip to upper Ontario. Canada. 



.lackson £: Tindle are running their sawmill at .Tackson Borough. (Int.. 

 on full tinio and cutting poplar and spruce. Tbe I'ellston, Mich., mill 

 is now running ou lienilock. 



•< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



New building work started in this city during the month of .Vugusl 

 reached the total of $.>.92t),'J15. This is $1,287,105 greater than .\ugust 

 last year, and ?2G9.U7o better than July, 1915. The total for the lirst 

 eight months of the year is $2,000,000 less than during tbe same pi riod 

 In 1914. when tlie operations reached $2S,(>42,600. 



The Smith Lmnber Company, of Boston, has added another nunn to 

 its suite in the Heal ICstatc Trust building, this city. 



Frank B. Codling, who recently started in business at 201 South Fourth 

 street, under the name. Codling Lumber Company, reports trade en- 

 couraging. 



,7. Howard Kecly. president of S. S. Keely & Sons, who died August 

 4, left an estate of $97,000. According to the terms of his will, which 

 was admitted to probate last wiek, bis sons inherit tbe business. His 

 wife and daughters are provided for by the personal property. 



F. R. Whiting of the Whiting Lumber Company has removed from this 

 city to Port Huron where he will superintend manufacturing. His fulher 

 will look after the riiiladelphia and eastern end of the business. 



At the annual midsummer outing of the Philadelphia Wholesale Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association, held at the Huntingdon \'alley Country Club. 

 Frank Buck carried off the golf sweepstakes and J. li. McFarland, .Ir.. 

 won the honors for low net score. 



.John M. Dennlson and Beverly E. Barksdale have formed the Den- 

 nison Lumber Company and opened offices at 1414 S. Penn square. Mr. 

 Barksdale was formerly a manufacturer at Hartsvllle, N. C. 



The McFarland Lumber Company has removed from the Crozer build- 

 ing to the new Widener building. .lunlper and Chestnut streets. 



The Sawdust Club, an organization of lumbermen who belong to the 



Iniun League, recently bad a Ibreedays' trip to the F.gypt .Mills Fish- 

 ing Club. Twelve were in the party which made the run in motor cars. 

 Howard Ketcham caught the largest fish and Horace A. Reeves, .Tr., 

 won tbe golf championsbj]) wbii-b was pla\<«i over the Shawnee links. 



:< PITTSBURGH >.= 



Til. fr.'uiij.ton I''(istcr Coini»any. large \\ bol-.-saler of b.-irdwootl iimljers, 

 piling, posts, poles and ties, is looking for a pretty busy fall. Hs sum- 

 mer shipments, although not up to last year, have been fairly satisfac- 

 tory considering the general situation. 



J. N. Woollett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, has been 

 in the South two weeks looking up hardwood stocks and the condition 

 of the gum and cottonwood market especially. Inquiries arc sligbtly bet- 

 ter with this compaus' tlian a few weeks ago. 



\V. D. Johnston, president of the American Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, returned recently from a trip among the southern mills. He 

 believes that if Ibc price of cotton Is fixed right there will be a big 

 boom in tbe South this fall. 



A. Rex Flinn, president of the Duqucsne Lumber Company, has been In 

 military training at Plattsburg, N. Y., the past two weeks with hundreds 

 of other business and professional men. The company's orders are coming 

 in fairly well, although there is no boom at present. 



The Soutluvcstcrn Lumber Company, which deals in hardwood timbers 

 and railroad stocks largel.v, reports good Improvement in conditions and 

 especially lu inquiries. Its August trade was the best of this year to 

 date. 



The .\corn Lumber Company report general Inquiry about the same 

 as last month. Manufacturers in some lines, especially in the glass trade, 

 seem disposed to put off buying as long as possible. 



The Federnl Lumber Company is liquidating owing to the death of 

 Charles A. Jamason of New York City one month ago. Mr. Jamason 

 owned practically all the stock in the company and it is now liquidating 

 in order to settle his estate. E. E. Gregg was president of the company 

 and James K. Fawcett sales manager. 



The Satler Munsell Lumber Company docs not look for any big gain 

 in business in the Pittsburgh district for at least another month. Mr. 

 Satler is of the opinion that next .vear is going to be a banner year in 

 this district, especially if tbe steel business keeps up its present pace. 



The Adelman Lumber Company has been doing a good business this 

 summer in hardwoods with the yards both in the East and in Ohio ter- 

 ritory. President A. Adelman reports that the market at present is not 

 so brisk and many seem disposed to wait for fall developments. 



