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HARDWOOD RECORD 



|- The Glue That Is Applied Cold-j 



In Flush Veneered Doors 



The chief consideration is uniformly high- 

 grade glue. Manufacturers of this modern 

 type of door realize that its development 

 has been retarded because the unavoid- 

 able lack of uniformity in other types of 

 glue makes it impossible to know how 

 long a door will stav in condition. The 



Use 



Of vegetable glue insures absolute uni- 

 formity because of the very nature of pre- 

 paring it and because every pound of our 

 raw material is rigidly inspected. 



Vegetable Glue 



Is also a. rigid and permanent adherent; 

 will not blister in sanding; has no dis- 

 agreeable odor; will not deteriorate in 

 standing — for a week if necessary; and 

 can be applied cold without any heating 

 application of any kind in the glue room. 

 In addition, the average saving over 

 former glue bills has been twenty per cent 

 where vegetable glue is used. 



A DOOR MAKER SAYS: 



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Tacoma, Washington, V. S. A., Sept. SO, 1913. 



File B. 

 Perkins Glue Company, 

 South Bend, Indiana. 

 Gentlemen: The convenience and economy of the 

 use of Perkins vegetable glue, its uniformity and the 

 satisfactory results we have obtained, together with 

 the courtesy we have been uniformly shown by the 

 officers and representatives of the company, prompt 

 us to express in this way our appreciation of the 

 Perkins Glue Compar-y and its products. 

 Yours very truly, 

 THE WEEELES, OSGOOD COMPANY, 

 RHC:S B. H. Clarke, Treasurer. 



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Perkins Glue Company 



Originators and Patentees 



SOS J. M. S. Building, Soutli Bend, Indiana 



Tbe G^^"^ Tbat Runs Absolutely Uniform 



disaster, the most serious of wliicti would be in the large run the loss 

 of a long tried and valuable customer. .\ cheerful feeling as to the 

 eventual steady income of business from foreign countries now com- 

 promised by the great war prevails everywhere, and business much or 

 meager is conducted in the same spirit. Price quotations at this time 

 cannot be counted on as a reflex of the actual condition of the market as 

 some small man in need of money may be induced to unload, while the 

 average substantial dealer declines to part with his stock as he knows 

 at the first sign of activity be will realize a larger profit. 



-< BOSTON >.= 



There has been no change in conditions since last report. The most 

 noticeable cause operating to influence the market is the constantly in- 

 creasing otters of southern aud western hardwoods, representing a very 

 large amount of lumber. Tlie effect on prices is not yet proportionately 

 felt, although there are a number of the items being sold under recent 

 market prices. The curtailment reports are no doubt responsible to a 

 considerable extent for strengthening both quotations and actual selling 

 prices. General business here is quiet, although the facts do not dis- 

 close anything that should have serious results on the hardwood trade. 

 .\side from prevailing conditions tbe powerful influences of opinions and 

 "outlooks" are having more than their share in guiding many operations. 

 Naturally, the severity of the war and the practically complete stoppage 

 of foreign trade from the ports of New England have produced unusually 

 depressing conditions but most of the lumber dealers regarding the situa- 

 tion as only temporary are simply planning to operate conservatively for 

 the time being with very reasonable grounds to expect much better values 

 and volume of business as soon as returning activity necessitates replen- 

 ishing the present low stocks. 



Quartered oak and ash are but very slightly off from normal figures ; 

 plain oak has declined to a somewhat greater extent in all grades. .Poplar 

 remains at the rather low lo\el reached in llic summer. Ulrch, beech and 

 maple are in moderate demand with only a few cuts reported. The call 

 for cherry and walnut is quiet, but values are well maintained. Quartered 

 sycamore Is in good demand and brings full market prices. 



^-< BALTIMORE >-- 



No important changes have taiten place in the hardwood trade within 

 the past two weeks. Nor can it be said that a definite gain in the volume 

 of business is to be recorded. Orders come in in a decidedly irregular man- 

 ner, and tend to affect the views of the hardwood men as to the state of 

 business. P>uyers place orders only as tbe stocks are actually needed, 

 and it is frequently up to the seller to make the buyers realize that Ihcy 

 have wants. This disposition to liold down is even more pronounced than 

 it was during the lirst months o! the war and its cause can lie found in 

 the financial conditions tbat have developed by reason, primarily, of the 

 conflict. Notwithstanding all talk at Washington about forcing the banks 

 to meet the needs of their customers and preventing financial pressure 

 through publicity, the fact remains that the banks have tightened their 

 cash boxes to an appreciable degree. Credits have been narrowed fifty or 

 even seventy-five per cent, the banks refusing to discount paper or make 

 loans, and the manufacturers who use hardwoods feel the effect of this 

 curtailment of accommodations. Tlio buyers are not in a position to 

 take advantage of bargains in lumber, and the domestic movement Is halted 

 to a considerable extent by the suspension of virtually ali speculative 

 business. Hence it is, too, that the demand varies with the different sec- 

 tions, one of the latter purchasing with some freedom, while another is 

 quiet, this state of affairs being reversed in a short time. Furniture 

 manufacturers and other consumers are having a fair amount of work 

 in hand and must take care of these needs. And thus it happens that 

 some days the sellers get a volume of business which makes it appear 

 almost as if an actual revival had taken place. Some of the hardwood 

 men here, lor instance, report that of late No. 1 common chestnut has 

 been in fair request at figures that are little. If at all, lower than those 

 that prevailed some time ago. Oak is about holding Its own, and the 

 same can be said for most of the other woods. 



As for the foreign trade, that leaves much to be desired. September 

 proved to be less satisfactory than .August had been, a further recession 

 in the movement taking place. On the other hand, it is also to be said 

 that the British buyers seem to have reached a low ebb in their supplies, 

 and tbat they have been taking stocks of late in increased quantities. 

 Poplar has been called for especially, and the prices offered are fairly 

 attractive. Of course, the foreign buyers in a position to do any business 

 at all have no unusual requirements to take care of, and they make no 

 provision for the future, but tbe depletion of the stocks none the less 

 brings out orders, many of them for heavy lumber, and tbe United States 

 is at present the main source of supply. This state of affairs may before 

 long be expected to bring out a very fair volume of trade, and there Is 

 every prospect that the foreign movement will Increase, with some im- 

 provement in the range of prices. 



=-< COLUMBUS y- 



The hardwood trade in Columbus and central Ohio has been ruling 

 fairly steady during the past fortnight. Demand has been fair when the 

 business conditions are taken into consideration. Buying which has been 

 the best on the part of the retailers is now switching to manufacturing 



