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Havine stood the rigid 

 test of lime and been pro- 

 nounced ideal. 



Perkins 



Vegetable 



Glue 



now gains still further dis- 

 tinction by being pro- 

 nounced by United States 

 District Court "meritori- 

 ous and valuable, ^nd 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. 



J. M. S. Building 



Competition Stimulates Quality 



A buyer's market invariably results in quality com- 

 petition in manufactured goods — for obvious reasons, 

 ijuality comi)ctition without added quality to l>ack it is disastrous — 

 requiring more ripid >;uarantcc of goods it means that the man not 

 able to improve his i)roduct here and there to approach perfection is 

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

 make pood on stock which, to pet 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. 



Use Perkins Glue and make your guarantee safe for you 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 



SOUTH BEND, IND. Originators and Patentees 





cijr.-u "n hj.^ own l<l<:\ nv .Mr. i;'i..in. wh" ^^■;l< l"ri!itTl.\' :ll tin- tujiil ni 

 the Booth Colamn Compnny, from which orpanlzatlon he withdrew some 

 months ago to give his entire time to the new project. 



The Skinner Bending Company Is now In the midst of Its annual In- 

 ventory. The factory was not closed for the occasion, but Is running 

 right along. Conditions are much better with this concern than they 

 were a year ago and It Is stated that there arc plenty of orders ahead 

 to keep the factory busy for some time. 



The Gotshall Manufacturing Compnny reports business generally quite 

 promising, both In hardwood and in cooperage lines. This firm runs a 

 large heading mill which Is doing n flourishing business. Mr. Gotshall Is 

 looking for a general Improvement in the lumber trade and predicts higher 

 prices In the near fntnre. 



The report from the Toledo lending Company Is that the Inventory 

 which was completed a few days ago shows a highly satisfactory condi- 

 tion prevailing at this plant. The factory Is running full time and has 

 a nice lot of orders ahead. The call Is largely for carriage and auto 

 rims, the wagon trade being quite modest at present. 



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The Talbcrt-Zoller Lumber and Veneer Compnny has arranged for the 

 purchase of pracUcally five acres of ground at the Intersection of Spring- 

 grove avenue and Cbickerlng street, the purchase price being announced as 

 $18,2,'>0. The company has been occupying the ground for some time and 

 is arranging to give more attention to veneering. Plans are under way for 

 the construction of a second veneer mill. A veneer sllccr will be installed 

 in the near future. 



The Cincinnati Car Company has been enjoying great prosperity all fall 

 and winter and, judging from the manner In which the winter business is 

 shaping up, the cold months will see no let up In activity In this car build- 

 ing plant. A substantial order was received last week from the Princeton 

 Power Company, Princeton. W. Va., for interurban cars. 



The Kentucky Stave and Heading Company recently was incorporated at 

 Calvin, Ky., in the sum of $.';,000, with E. W. Miracle, J. il. Turpln and 

 W; A. Wilder comprising the firm. 



Christian Schumacher, aged seventy-seven years, died suddenly at his 

 home on East Third street recently, suffering a stroke of paralysis. For 

 many years he was engaged in the manufacture of furniture and was well 

 known in local lumber circles. He Is survived by a widow and four children. 



United States District Judge Holllster last week entered an amended 

 order on the application of Receiver H. H. Haines for the New Decatur 

 Buggy Company, Hamilton, O.. as to a supersedas bond as of the d.itc of 



tiio iiri;;ii]Mi "lO'-r .l.'iniiary r.i, i:il."p. Tlie acllun 1< In the cn'^r. ot llfnry 

 W. Quackenbush against Harry H. Elwood and other creditors of the 

 buggy concern. The entry of this order Is for the purpose of clearing up 

 the record in the case, which now is pending In the United States clrcolt 

 court of appeals on petition oi Itecelver Haines for a rehearing. 



The final meeting of the special stockholders' committee of the rehabili- 

 tated Barney & Smith car building plant, Dayton, of which Cincinnati 

 cnpitallsta arc heavy shareholders, was held here last week and adjourned 

 slue die. The special committee was formulated to consider plans for 

 the reorganization of this concern and the outcome of Its deliberations 

 was the lifting of the receivership. Notices were sent to Btockholders 

 who had deposited their shares under the deposit agreement of last 

 Fobruary. tliat the stock would be returned to them upon presentation 

 of their certlGcate of deposit. 



The Ohio Spoke and Bending Company, at Bodkins, Ohio, recently was 

 incorporated In the sum of $40,000 to manufacture and deal in wheel and 

 vehicle materials. The concern will be an extensive consumer of hickory, 

 elm and ash. The Incorporators are : H. E., F. S.. Clara, Helen B., and 

 Phillip Sheets. 



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Ora E. Gone of North Manchester, Ind., has sold his Interest in the 

 North Manchester Lumber Company to the Knudson-.Murphy Lumber 

 Company of Chicago. M. K. Wells of Gary, Ind., will be In charge of 

 the North Manchester plant. 



Word has been received at Andreon, Ind., of the death of James Hugh 

 Mcllwralth, fifty-four years old, who with his brother, J. G. Mcll wraith 

 of Anderson, own six large box factories. Factories are owned by the 

 two men at Elwood, Ind.. Sluskegon, Mich., and Newcastle, Pa. They 

 have been extensive manufacturers of wood products for the last twenty 

 years. 



The .\dvancc-Rumely Company formally took over the property of the 

 M. Ilumely Company at Its home olllce in Laporte, Ind., last week. The 

 new company will he capitalized at $20,000,000 and will continue to 

 manufacture grain separators, steam and oil pull tractors and other 

 farm machinery. Flnley T. Mount, who served as receiver for the M. 

 Ilumely Company before the sale of the property was effected, has been 

 elected president ot the reorganized company. The plants at Laporte, 

 Battle Creek. Mich., and Toronto, Canada, will be operated, while the 

 plants at Stillwater and Richmond, Ind., will be sold. 



The C.nswcII-RunTnn Company of Huntington, manufacturer of chests. 



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