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HARDWOOD K i: C O K n 



I I. (■•}>, r In l!tl.'. 



Having stood the 

 test of time and h'-- 

 nounced ideal. 



rigid 



Perkins 



Vegetable 



Glue 



now gains still further dis- 

 tinction by being pro- 

 nounced by United Slates 

 District Court "meritori- 

 ous and valuable, and a | 

 distinct advance in the art." j 



The Perkins patents were 

 sweepingly sustained in a 

 broad decision by the i 

 court. ' 



The Perkins Glue Com- 

 pany is the only company 

 that has made of vege- 

 table glue a perfect prod- 

 uct. 



J. M. S. Building 



Competition Stimulates Quality 



.\ buyer's market invariably results in quality com- 

 l)ctition in manufactured goods — for obvious reasons, 

 ijnality competition without added quality to back it is disastrous — 

 rc(|uirinp niori.' rigid guarantee of goods it means that the man not 

 al)le to improve his product here and there to approacli perfection is 

 merely betting witii himself on whether lie 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 yoii 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 f^eld. 



Perkins Vegetable Glue 



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

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Use Perkins Glue and make your guarantee safe for you 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 

 SOUTH BEND, IND. 



Originator* and Patentees 



T. Sullivan & Co. rpport a better demand for hardwoods and are 

 looking for an exceptionally good October. Elm and maple are being 

 brought In to replenish yard -stocks. 



Davenport & Kidley state that September was the best month the firm 

 has had since Its ori;auization. The demand has been largely for maple 

 and a.sh. in handling which the yard has been quite busy. 



E. J. Stunn has been making a business trip to New York, Philadelphia 

 and Boston during the past few weeks. Uc has sold quite an amount of 

 stock, much of it maple. 



Blakeslce. Perrin & Darling state that business is improving in volume, 

 but that prices show room for improvement in some hardwoods. Thick 

 maple has been selling well recently. 



The National Lumber Company has been selling maple flooring in North 

 Carolina and Georgia to some extent lately, an unusual feature of the 

 flooring trade. Business shows some improveinent. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company has had quite a good trade recently, 

 finding a pretty steady demand for hardwoods in New England. Maple 

 and chestnut have been among the leaders. 



Anthony Miller reports the hardwood trade fair, but more or less 

 spotty. The tendency is toward improvement, but there are numerous 

 quiet periods to make an Interruption. 



G. Ellas & Bro. have had in a number of lake cargoes this season and 

 another of hemlock is expected snnii. 'I'lilck maple and birch are among 

 the hardwoods most in demand. 



=■< PHILADELPHIA >- 



More money was spent for building work in this city during the mouth 

 of September than in any previous September in tlic history of the 

 Bureau of Building Inspection. The activity of September more than 

 covers the deficit of ?1.S00.000 which prevailed in the first eight months 

 of Uie year. The building work in September reached the unprecedented 

 total of $4,501,700. In September, 1914. the total was Sl.SOS.lo.'j. lor 

 the nine months of 1915 operations costing S.'il, 221,745 have been started. 

 In the corresponding period last year the total was $S0.450,815. 



A fire, believed to have been caused by sparks from a locomotive, 

 damaged several thousand dollars' worth of lumber in the yard of 

 Charles F. Felin & Co.. York road, mar Butler street, on September 25. 

 The blaze was discovered by a watchman at 2 a. m. He summoned fire- 

 men, who confined the flames to the four plies of lumber. 



The Wyatt-Prock Lumber Company has succeeded the .lackson-Wyatt 

 Lumber Company. For the present the old offices in the I'ranklln Hank 



building are being used. New ofilces will soon be oj)ened in the Wldeiier 

 building. Harry A. Prock. the new member of the flrm. has for five years 

 been associated with the Owen M. Bruner Company. \Vm. A. .Tackson, 

 former member of the flrm, has not made any announcement concerning 

 his plans. 



The Wm. B. Lukens Lumber Company has removed to the Wldener 

 buildiug from the Real Estate Trust building. 



Tlie monthly meeting of the Lumberm-^n's Exchange was held on 

 October 7. The proposition to reduce the number necessary to make a 

 quorum to fifteen was the most Important matter considered. The ques- 

 tion of subscribing .$100 to the National Lumber Manufacturers* Asso- 

 ciation for trade extension work also came up. After the meeting the 

 members hustled out to the Whltemarsh Valley Country Club, where 

 dinner was served. 



George C. Burkholder has entered business under his own name and 

 opened an ofllce at 721 Land Title building. lie will act as sales agent 

 for the Bristol Door & Ltimbcr ('ompany. .Mr. Burkholder was formerly 

 associated with the .1. W. Turnbull Lumber Company. 



E. C. Strong has been appointed Philadelphia manager for the Paxton 

 Lumber Company of Bristol, Va., and will make his headquarters at 

 5828 Webster stiiel and will sell hardwoods and white pine only In this 

 city and adjacent eastern territory. He was formerly connected with 

 the Fenwick Lumber Company of Fenwlck. W. Va., and the Lewis Lumber 

 Company. .Vlbright. W. Va. The I>!wis Lumber Company Is Identified 

 with the Paxton company. 



John .1. Itumbarger. who has been connected with the Philadelphia office 

 of the Babcock Lumber Company, has been transferred to the Chicago 

 office of the flrm. 



Hallowell & Souder. Harrison building, have placed A. K. Borda in 

 charge of their new department wiiich is handling dressed red gum, 

 flooring and cypress. The flrm 1ms also engaged Wm. E. Howes to cover 

 New York state, with headquarters at Utlca. 



Robert F. Whitmer of Wm. Wliitnier & .Sons. Inc., has been succeeded 

 as president by .Tames G. CamplM-ll, former vice-president of the company. 

 Owing to poor health. Mr. Whinner has temporarily retired from all 

 business activity. The flrm has removed its ofllces from the Franklin 

 Bank building to the Finance building. 



Harry A. Russell, who is widely known in the local trade, has formed 

 a partnership with .1. Sumnierfleld Smitli and the flrm la making a 

 specialty of parquetry flooring, with storage rooms and offices at 1212 

 Sedgley avenue. Mr. Smith entered business for himself in 1914, after 

 having spent several years as superintendent of the hardwood flooring 

 department of the Uaney White Company. 



