DflCBMBHt 17, 1014. 



'Dae Horis^' Review 



101 



Iron or Steel Posts— Which? 



IROM several of the letters that have recently come 

 to us, it is evident that there still exists with 



some a rather hazy idea of the difference between 



steel side posts and iron. The disadvantage of one, and 

 the advantafires of the other. Some oae has evidently told 

 them that '"the only difference is the difference in cost." 



It has been stated that we use guaranteed wrought 

 iron posts "because they were cheaper than steel." 



This is not so. 



Regular commercial iron, which it really steel, costs 

 lest than guaranteed wrought iron. 



Steel used to be the most expensive, but the improved 

 process of smelting has made building 

 steel the cheapest. 



We use guaranteed wrought iron for 

 our posts because, after a 35 years' 

 test, we dnd it will stand in the ground 

 with only a slight surface rusting. 



llngalvanized steel under similar 

 conditions rusts rapidly through and 

 throuieh. It "eats off at the ground 

 line," just as do steel pipe columns. 



You can see when looked at under a 

 powerful microscope that both steel 

 and wrought iron are of a stringy tex- 

 ture, somewhat like a shredded wht-at 

 biscuit. The shreds of the steel lie 

 closely together with nothing between 

 them to prevent the moisture penetra- 

 ting end starting the eating in of the 

 rust. 



But wrought iron is different, due 

 to its different process in making. 

 Each one of the shreds is surroun led 



This edgewise view of our side post shows 

 you the doable gusset plate which bolts the 

 rafter and post together. 



by a film of chemical cinder that keeps out the rust just 

 like galvanizing protects anything. To say it another way; 

 it's just like a wire rope, every strand of which has been 

 painted before being made into rope. 



All of which is not mere adverlisitig talk, but simple 

 facts well known by all iron and steel manufacturers. 



We know that the guaranteed wrought ir"bn we buy is 

 exactly what we soecify; because it is tested by our test- 

 ing department. If not up to specifications, back it goes. 

 One thing is certain; about every certain thing about 

 our construction— there is absolutely no guess work. 



We do not use a thing because some one else doe*. 

 We use it because we have proyeo it 

 to be the best thing to use. Tomorrow, 

 for example, after the results of a ser- 

 ies of tests and experiments, we may 

 prove to ourselves that some other 

 thing, which we are not using, is bet- 

 ter; and it will promptly be adopted. 

 It may seem, sometimes, as if we 

 changed our minds over nigLt, when, 

 as a matter of fact, we may have been 

 making tests and slowly changing our 

 minds for months and months. 



Our salesmen know exactly why 

 we use the things we use, the way we 

 use them. If you but give them half 

 a chance, they can prove up to you, 

 step by step, why our materials and 

 construction are beyond a question of 

 doubt the very best in the market 

 today. When you are ready for such a 

 talk -say when and where and one. of 

 us will be there. 



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BINKS No. 22 



A ComprerBed Air 

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 an equal 



No florist's equip- 

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 complicated. Cata- 

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No. Dlam. Each 



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20 18 in. 1.30 



80 16 in 



40 14 In, 



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60 10 In 



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