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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



May 10, 191 



The Dean-Spicker Co. 



Manufacturers of 



Oak— Mahogany— Walnut 



AND 



LUMBER 



22nd St. and So. Crawford Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



PERKINS 



GLUE 

 COMPANY 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 

 AND SELLING AGENTS 



PERKINS 

 Vegetable Veneer Glue 



(PATENTED JTTLT 



805 J. M. S. BUILDING 

 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 



is likely to increase as time goes on. As regards the supply of 

 plywooci it is very doubtful if same will increase, owing to the 

 chief sources of supply now being more or less cut off. We are 

 referring, of course, to Russia and Finland, from where in the 

 past so much of the wood has come. It may even now be possible 

 to get a certain amount from these unfortunate countries, though 

 owing to the great difficulty of getting the stuff to the shipping 

 ports the quantity availiable from there in the near future cannot 

 possibly amount to very much. Other countries will have to pro- 

 duce the shortage brought about by the war. At the present 

 moment .America is perhaps the largest producer of plywood, 

 though this country ought soon to be running her pretty close. 

 Bold efforts are being made in this country to make the wood 

 on a large scale, and thanks to the enterprise of certain firms 

 these efforts are likely to be crowned with s 

 today can take almost any class of material 

 is concerned, though those best in demand 

 gum and ash. As regards the quality the 

 anything below first and seconds, and the bulk of the require- 

 ments is for first quality only, owing to the severe tests the wood 

 has to undergo in the case of all wood that is bought by the chief 

 government depar'tments. The matter of the glue, or cement, 

 is, of course, all important for aircraft work, and if the wood is 

 to be sold for this purpose it is quite useless unless the manu- 

 facturer can produce a perfectly satisfactory mixture. It is, how- 

 ever, rather difficult to understand why the tests in certain re- 

 spects should have to be so severe. We are referring now more 

 particularly to the boiling test. Surely this is a little too severe, ex- 

 cept perhaps in one or two isolated cases. The cold water test for a 

 given number of hours should surely be sufficient in the vast major- 

 ity of cases. The immersion could be lengthened if the present 

 number of hours is not considered a sufficient test in itself. It is 

 indeed hard to estimate the number of cases where the wood has in 

 practice actually to withstand being boiled. 



ess. The market 

 far as the wood 

 birch, alder, red 

 is not great for 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefitea 



Veneer Tea Chests in India 



It is now proposed to develop the manufacture of tea chests 

 in India, and with this end in view factories using "three-ply" 

 machinery will in all probability be established. The Indian Muni- 

 tions Board handbook states in regard to this: 



Apart from the machinery used, which is almost entirely im- 

 ported, the tea industry depends very largely on imported stores. 

 The chief reason for this as regards chests was that exporters 

 greatly preferred the patent chests, either of three-ply wood (as 

 the Venesta and Acme chests) or of metal (as the Metallite chests), 

 because these chests weighed less, were more easily closed, and 

 would hold more tea. With high freights the advantage of a light 

 box is obvious. The big Russian buyers, in fact, would not export 

 except in patent chests and were in the habit of repacking in 

 these in Calcutta. High railway freights also were against the 

 Indian sawmills competing successfully with Japan and other coun- 

 tries in the supply of ordinary wood chests, and except in Assam, 

 where local boxes were largely used, the possibilities of Indian 

 supply had hardly been examined. 



The timber required for tea chests is of a very special kind. It 

 must contain no sap that would corrode the tea lead in which the 

 tea is packed; must be free from any odor, as tea will take this 

 up readily; and must be well seasoned, as the tea is usually hot 

 when packed, and unseasoned wood will warp. Examination of 

 the question has shown, however, that suitable timber exists in 

 India in large quantities, and that it is only necessary to put the 

 producer and consumer in touch with each other to secure its 

 acceptance. In addition the demand for patent tea chests will 

 mevitably drive this country to establish three-ply factories for the 

 manufacture of these. Bird & Co. are already establishing a three- 

 ply factory in Assam, and the Bengal government is negotiating 

 with another Calcutta firm for concessions in the forests of north- 

 ern Bengal with the object of supplying the demand for three-ply 

 tea chests in this province. 

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