10, 1918 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



35 



planing mills throughout the country. Those located at crowded 

 industrial centers should show an enlarged call for veneer while 

 those in towns and cities in which the population has not, been 

 increased by war activities will require very little. Meantime, how- 

 ever, there should be a big volume of requirement from the stock 

 door factories which make up quantities of doors, because the 

 housing being undertaken for industrial workers colls for doors 

 even though it does not create a demand for interior paneling. 

 The door business should call for its full quota of veneer and 

 panels. There will likely be much less interior paneling because 

 building operations in the industrial centers are carried on with 

 such feverish haste that not much thought or lime will be given to 

 beautifying the interior by the use of panels. The veneer trade 

 for this work from present indications is centering around the 

 factories which are producing doors in quantity, and among the 

 planing mills in those industrial centers where extensive new 

 house building is necessary to take care of the increased popula- 

 tion. This means curtailment in some directions and readjustment 

 all around, but if the signs read right it should mean a fairly good 



The Meaning Misunderstood 



.A recent issue of H.ARDWOOD RECORD'S veneer section 

 contained an article entitled "No Economy in Cheap Glue." The 

 article emphasized the desirability of knowing the standard and 

 quality of the glue used and refraining from purchasing glue purely 

 on the basis of price. 



The article has called forth a number of comments, most of 

 them favorable, and seems to have stirred up quite a bit of interest. 

 One of the last letters comes from a prominent user of vegetable 

 glue, who has been employing the Perkins product practically 

 since it was successfully started some twelve years ago. 



This user is a Perkins vegetable glue enthusiast and took ex- 

 ception to the article because to him it seemed to indicate that no 

 glue need be considered for wood-working factory purposes other 

 than animal glue. 



It is true that the article did not mention vegetable glue, but 

 the absence of any reference to that glue was rather a compliment 

 to that article than otherwise. In the first place, vegetable glue 

 as put out by the Perkins Glue Company, South Bend, Ind., pat- 

 entees, is so standard and uniform an article that the same prob- 

 lems should not afTect its users as must be considered by users of 

 any one of the many brands of animal glue. 



It was presumed that this fact was so well known and Perkins 

 vegetable glue was a necessity so widely recognized that it would 

 not be necessary to explain that vegetable glue was not mentioned 

 because it is not subject to the same conditions. As a matter of 

 fact, Perkins vegetable glue has been in use, as above noted, for 

 the past twelve years and a large majority of all plywood for all 

 purposes for a considerable number of years past has been glued 

 up with vegetable glue with very satisfactory results. In fact, it is 

 authoritatively stated that at least ninety per cent of the glue used 

 by panel manufacturers for all woods and for all panels, to be 

 used for all purposes, has been Perkins vegetable glue for a 

 number of years past. 



Sumac Wood for Veneer 



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Sumac is one of the smallest .American trees 

 often exceed six inches in diameter. The regular veneer mill 

 would not care to bother with wood of that size. Yet, veneer has 

 long been made of sumac, used partly as inlay and partly to over- 

 lay small surfaces. The stock is generally sawed, it might be 

 sliced, and probably is never rotary cut. There is no American 

 tree with stronger or more striking contrasts of color in the 

 growth rings. The colors are rare, being yellow, brown, and 

 black, with plenty of intermediate tones to give variety. Articles 

 that might be made with veneer of this wood must necessarily be 

 small, such as jewelry boxes, pin trays, measuring rules, picture 



The Superior 

 Figure and Color 



(it "I.ouisx illc" I"i<^ur(tl Util (iuni 

 Will ^tand (li^criminatin}^ foni])aris()ii 

 of \aliic and price. 



Our inrroilmrion t(» rlic rratlc of this 

 now well known ami aj)])ro\(tl cahi- 

 mr uootl tiati's haik to icjll. This 

 h)ii^ cxpcrii'iire and .spetiali/inf:; — 

 from the sclcttion of the tree.s in the 

 woods ro the tuttinj^ of the \eneers 

 — certain!}' (juahfies us to serve your 

 re<]uirements to best advantage — 

 thoicest figured veneers at reasonable 

 prices. 



To enable }()u to select the character 

 of wooil that is best suited to your 

 particular work, we recommend that 

 you permit us to submit for your in- 

 spection, full sized samples, which 

 are sent express prepaid. 



The demand for Figured Gum furni- 

 ture is sure to considerably increase 

 now- that the Government is needing 

 all the Walnut and Mahogany timber 

 available. 



]]'//]' not investigate the 

 Figured Gum proposition? 



THE LOUISVILLE 

 VENEER MILLS 



LOUISVILLE, 



KENTUCKY 



All Three of U» WUl Be BannfiUd if Vou Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



