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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Jmiiiiirr 2S. ItilU 



HavinK stood the rigid 

 test of time and been pro- 

 nounced ideal. 



Perkins 



Vegetable 



Glue 



now gains still further dis- 

 tinction by bein^ pro- 

 nounced by United States 

 District Court "meritori- 

 ous and valuable, and 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 tnadc of vege- 

 table glue a perfect prod- 

 uct 



J M. S. Buildinf 



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 — 

 requiring more ripid truarantce 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 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 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 plue. 



Use Perkin* Glue and make your guarantee mfe for you 



PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 

 SOUTH BEND, IND. 



Originatorg and Patentees 



A petition Id bankruptcy haK Ikh-d fllod by the Johnson Kurnlture Com- 

 pany, Wnrren, Pa. 



A creditors' commit ti-o U reported to have been appointed for the Macey 

 Company. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



John H. Brucckner and A. .\. Bcndlg have formed the Badger Show 

 Case Company at Green Bay, Wis. 



With a capital stock of *C0,0O0, the Ralston Furniture Manufacturing 

 Company has been Incorporated iit Omaha. Neb. 



The style of the KceelondWist Lumber Company, Lugervllle, Wis., 

 has teen changed to the West Lumber Company. 



An Increase In capital stock hns been made by the .\merlcan Parlor 

 Frame Companj-, Sheboygan, Wis., frnra Ji20.000 to ?100,000. 



The Montgomery Vene<T. Basket and Crate Manufacturing Compnny 

 bas been Incorporated nt Montgomery. Ala., the capital stock being $2,100. 



Contract has been let for rebuilding the La Belle box factory which 

 was recently burned at Martins Ferrj-. Ohio. The new building will be 

 larger than the old and will niearure 80x176 feel and It will emplny 125 

 men. It will be ready for occupancy In about three months. 



The Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company's big mill at Webster 

 Springs. W. Va., will, according to announcement In the local papers of 

 that town, resume night work al the plant and will employ several hun- 

 dred ndiUtlonol men. The night shift was taken off almul two years 

 ago. 



The Kendall Lumber Company expects to peel an enormous i|uantity 

 of tanbark on Its limber lands In Pocabuntas county. West Virginia, next 

 summer If the report Is true that It will have 400 peelers at work from 

 April till September. The company's holdings In that region Include 

 9.000 acres of virgin tlmlier. 



A deed from the Gauley Coal Ijind Company to the Meadow River Lum 

 ber Company has Iwen recorded In the county clerk's office at Mont- 

 gomcr.r. W. Va. A little more than 10,000 acres are affected by the 

 transfer of 4.000 acres In fee and fi.OOO atTes of timber. The considera- 

 tion is $o02.6.'i2.fi.-.. of which $r.2.G.-.2.tS5 has been paid in cash, and notes 

 given for the remainder. 



It Is reported that the town of St. Paul. In southern West Virginia, 

 has Iwen cho.sen as a site for the location of a larger hnnlwood distilla- 

 tion plant, and that surveys for the construction of buildings on a thirty- 

 acre tract on the bank of Clinch river have been completed. The surmise 

 has been advanced that Swift & Co. and the American I^-ather Company 

 are backing the enterpri.se. One of the> outputs will be tannic acid. 



The Blue Oak Manufacturing Company has been Incorporoted at Kansas 



City, Mo., with a capital of $C,Oi)ii. .\ud a ill miiiiufacture wooden articles. 



At Ludlngton. Mich., the Ludlngton Woodenwnre Company has In- 

 creased Its capital to ?1,')0,000. 



The Marlon Bench and Cabinet Company, Marlon. Ind., has increased 

 Its capitalization from JT.'i.OOO to $100,000. 



The Boner-Mills Lumber Company. Inc.. announces the opening of 

 offices at .\sheville. N. C, to manufacture and wholesale hardwood laoiber. 

 W. J. Slills Is president anil C. II Honer. secretary and treasurer. 



The Otalgn Toy Company has started business as an Incorporated Arm 

 at South Bend, Ind. 



The Mackle Lumber Company, Piedmont, W. Va., having dissolved, the 

 Wllllans Lumber Company will carry on the business. 



=< CHICAGO >■ 



Nelson C. Brown, professor of forest utlll/.atlon. New York Slate 

 College of Forestry, Syrocuse, attended the convention of wood pre- 

 servers In Chicago, January 10 and 'JO. and later visited mills and fac- 

 tories at Cadillac, Mich. Mr. Brown Is making a comprehensive stud.v 

 of the h.nrdwood distillation Industry, which Is at present reported to 

 be In a prosjierous condition on account of demand for products created 

 by the European war. 



James V.. Dewey, sales manager of the Stearns Salt and Lumber Corn- 

 pan}-, Ludlngton, Mich,, was In Chicago for several days of last week 

 attending the meeting of the Association of Sled and Special Furniture 

 Manufacturers. 



S. J. Olanton. secretary of the Chicago Veneer Company, nanvilie, Ky., 

 spent several days In Chicago lost week conferring with Mr. Webster, 

 the local representative of the Arm. 



I). E. Kline, Louisville Veneer Mills, r»ulsvllle, Ky., was in Chicago 

 for a couple of days recently on business. 



G. II. Ilolloway and J. B. Utiey of the Chicago Arm of Dtley-Holloway 

 Lumber Company both spent considerable time In the Sdutb during the 

 last couple of weeks looking up connect ions for hardwood slocks. Mr. 

 rtley attended the gum meeting at Memphis on January 15. 



George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess, inc.. Memphis, Tenn., was In 

 Chicago for a few days of last week. 



W. A. Ransom, president of the Ga.vo8o Lumber Company. Memphis, 

 Tenn., left last week after having spent several days In Chicago In the 

 Interest of his Arm's hardwood stocks. 



.V. c. Wells of the J. W. Wells Lumber Company, Menominee, Mich., 



All Three of Ut Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



