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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



September 25, 191 



HUDDLESTON-MARSH 

 MAHOGANY COMPANY 



Importers and Manufacturers of 



MAHOGANY 



Lumber and Veneer 



2256 LUMBER STREET 



Chicago, Illinois 



347 MADISON AVENUE 



New York City, N.Y. 



eliminate an existing evil and they will be able to realize better 

 profits. We do not want to be robbers, but we must live. Uncle 

 Sam expects every manufacturer to realize a reasonable profit. 

 If our prices are too high, we should lower them; if too low, they 



London Comment on Veneer Market 



An English lumber journal in commenting on the outlook for 

 veneer says that prior to the commencement of hostilities there 

 ■vas a fair number of firms interested in this wood, and since that 

 time the number has increased considerably, and it is extremely 

 necessary to keep their names well before the buying, and even the 

 selling, houses. The demand for plywood is not so universal that a 

 big demand in the future may be expected. All countries will be 

 wanting the wood, and there will be plenty of room for others 

 who have not yet taken kindly to this most useful manufacture. 



By the way, the cheap hardwood veneers of northern Russia 

 were formerly seasoned by passing the sheets between hot rolls. 

 It was a rapid process, and it was generally looked upon as satis- 

 factory, and sometimes that was all the seasoning the sheets re- 

 ceived before being put to final use. Perhaps the same process 

 is still in use there, if veneers are being made. 



Opportunity for the Built-Up Top 



Veneer and panel manufacturers will read with interest the 

 restrictions on the use of solid tops in certain items of furniture 

 as embodied in the new regulations coming from the War Indus- 

 tries Board governing style, size and other features of furniture 

 output. Referring to the manufacture of dining room tables, the 

 regulations specificaly, state that all manufacturers shall eliminate 

 all lines of table construction. 



This leaves the field clearly open to the built-up top which now 

 has an unusual opportunity for thoroughly establishing itself in 



Mahogany Apparently to Stay 



Allowing for over-lapping of authority and lack of unity in the 

 regulation of government functions, two recent official documents 

 chow either distinct inconsistency or definite evidence that 

 mahogany will continue to play an important part in furniture 



A short time ago 

 logs except as such 

 program. 



That the governm 



argo was levied on mahogany 

 jnsidered essential to the war 



nt recognizes that there will be a very sub- 

 work, that must find outlet in other directions, is evident from a 

 more recent order regulating the furniture manufacturers. This 

 regulation makes a number of distinct groupings of woods com- 

 monly used in furniture manufacture and limits each furniture 

 manufacturer to the use of woods in four of these groups. Mahog- 

 any is given as one group. Thus the use of mahogany in furniture 

 manufacture is permitted, and the inference is that a substantial 

 amount of mahogany will come into this country that will of 

 necessity find its way into this use. 



Rotary Box Material Exempted from Erbargo 



As noted in the general article in this issue regarding the gov- 

 ernment embargo on forest products, the government has issued 

 a modifying statement, dated September 24, which exempts an 

 extensive list of materials including wire bound box and crate 

 material and also rotary cut box and crate material. Walnut 

 logs and walnut lumber also are exempted. 



Solving the Help Problem 



The easiest solution of the help problem is through good de- 

 partment foremen. It matters not whether it is a veneer cut- 

 ting plant, a panel plant, a furniture factory, or a cabinet shop. 



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