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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Having stood the rigid 

 test of time and been pro- 

 nounced ideal, 



Perkins 



Vegetable 



Glue 



now Rains still further dis- 

 tinction by being pro- 

 nounced by United States 

 District Court "meritori- 

 ous and valuable, nnd a 

 distinct advance in the art," 



The Perkins patents were 

 sustained in a decision by 

 the court. 



The Perkins Glue Com- 

 pany is the only company 

 that has made of vege- 

 table glue a perfect prod- 

 uct 



Competition Stimulates Quality 



A buyer's market invariably results in quality com- 

 petition in manufactured goods — for obvious reasons. 

 Quality competition without added quality to back it is disastrous — 

 requirinp more ripid ,i;uarantcc of goods it means that the man not 

 able to improve his product here and there to approach 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 Perkini Clue and mnke your guaranter tafe for you 



J. M. 5. Building 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 

 SOUTH BEND, IND. 



Originatori and Patentees 



Tbo Abonli'cn l.iiiijl.. i- ri.iii|iaiiv aiiii.mno'.s tlial wliilr ili.r.- Is a llitli' 

 more iictlvlt.v In eiini nnil cottonnond It has nni nncluil llii' I'liiliuslnsili' 

 stage yet. The tendency, however, is toniird hirgcr orders iind hlahi i- 

 prices. 



The West IVnn I.iinil>er Company has heen doing a very satlsfnctory 

 buslnes.s this fall. Its offlclnls report higher prices and a mneh stronger 

 demand for hardwood. 



=-< BALTIMORE >^ 



.< BOSTON >.= 



On November lit. Walter Moore, a veteran Iiimbeniian of Itoston. 

 while contending with the storm In hi.s effort to reach home, was 

 stricken with an attack of heart failure, resulting in almost immediate 

 death. He had bifn a familiar figure In the local trade for over thirty 

 years, and is survived by his son, Arthur M. Moore, secretary of the 

 Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Association, and his grandson. Myron 

 E. Moore. 



.Vrrnngements are being made to transfer the business of tile I'aciflc 

 foast Lumber «'orapany of Medford to G. W. Ulanchnrd & Co.. linving 

 large yards In Medford. Arlington. Winchester and Stonelinm. The 

 Paciflc Coast LumlK-r Company, finding itself in financial dlflicnltles 

 recently, suspended business to form some plan for the protection of its 

 creditors. 



On .Innuary 17 and 18 the .\merlean Forestry .\ssoeintlon will hold 

 Its thirty-fourth .innuai convention at the Copley-Plaza Hotrl. Boston, 

 the first day being devoted to a Joint meeting with the New England 

 Forestry Association. 



The Webster & liasley Company has been incor|)ornted at Walthniu. 

 Mass.. with ,1 capital of $.-iO,000. The principal ineorpornlor." are \Vm. 

 A. Webster and Wm. .\ Webster, Jr.. both being well known In the 

 trade In their connection with the Web.ster Lumber Company of Water- 

 town and the Wm. II. Wood Lumber Coiopauy of Cambridge, respectively. 

 Other flrm.s which have been organized for the lumber business arc 

 Geo. A. Verge Lumlxr Company at ProvUlence. I!. I., capital SU.'i,000 : 

 the Harry F. riills Lun)i)er Company. Manchester. Conn., capitalized at 

 $30,000; the Freedom Lumber Company at Freedom, Me., capital $10,000. 



A number of lumber consuming industries have commenced opera- 

 tions in New England. Among them are the New London P.uUders' 

 Finish Company, .■\ugusta. Me., for $8.5.000: the Klmberly Woodworking 

 Company, New Haven. Conn., for $20.000 : the National Wood Products 

 Company. Angusta, Me., for $1,000,000. and the Ozark Construction 

 Company, Bridgaport. Conn., for $.in.f)no 



llill & Mount, lumber dialers uf .Niwark. N. J., have leased the 

 building laiS Eastern avenue, containing about .■!,",000 square feet, and 

 will manufacture boxes to fill a large war order for the Bartlctt-Ilay- 

 ward Company for shipment of munitions. 



The statement of building |iermits issued during November Is out 

 and shows new improvements of an estimated value of $024, 08,*!, addi- 

 tions worth $7,'>,010 and alterations of $10,1,420 more, a grand total 

 of $l,lo:!,41,". This brings the total for the first eleven months of 

 the year up to about $10,700,imo. Should December be fairly active, 

 the total for the year will not fall far short of $12,000,000, which will 

 be several millions less than In 1014. but comes entirely within the war 

 period, and Is therefore to be regarded as very satisfactory. 



It. E. Wood, president, and G. L. Wood, general manager of the It. E. 

 Wo(k1 Lumber Company, have gone to their former liouie in I'ennsylvnnin 

 for a few days. 



=-< COLUMBUS >•- 



According to the reporl "i lb- r..l,inibiis biiilding department for the 

 month of November, there wei-e 24.*» permits Issued for structures estimated 

 to cost $.147.:i,">0, ns compared with 141 permits and a valuation of $;177,- 

 :t85 in November, 1014. For the first eleven months of the year the 

 department Issued 4,7.17 permits having a valuation of $4,778,08o, as com- 

 pared with 2.,"),'i0 permits and a valuation of $.".s7i),8t5.") for the correspond- 

 ing period In 1014. The Issuance of a permit for the erection of the 

 neshler hotel to cost more than $1,000,000 In 1014 caused a better show- 

 ing In that year as compared with lOl.'i. 



.Taini's <;. White of Gailion. Ohio, a member of the I'nion Association of 

 Lumbennen an<I Sash and I>oor Salesmen, died suddenly th<* latter part 

 of November. 



William F. (;alle. doing business as William F. Calle & Co.. 1202 Budd 

 street. Cincinnati, against whom Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were 

 instituted reeentl.v, filed In the United Slates District Court his schedules 

 showing liabilities amounting to $128.2.13.64 and as.sets $20,840.10. The 

 assets consist of cash. $7.">4 : bills. $400; stock In trade, $2.".2S0.02 ; debts 

 due on open accounts. $2.8ri0.7.'} ; insurance, $97.'3, and personal prop- 

 erty. $312. 



The .Teffrey Manufacturing Company of Colnmbus. Ohio, manufacturer 

 of the well-known .leffrey conveying machlner.v. has recently opened a branch 

 ofHce In the M. & M building. Milwaukee. Wis. This offlee Is in eharg.t of 

 .\. Q. Pufonr. Till' establlsbiii'-iil of Ibis office makes tlie eleventh sales 



All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



