Escutcheon Eutruordinorie!

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With the adoption of this emblem by the Millwork Institute of California, there has been presented to us an opportunity which we have lon$ awaited.

With pride, we subscribe to the sentiments and obligations attached to this "si$n of the $uild".

Over eight hundred years a$o, in Burges, Flanders, -this device was the sign of the Guild of Charpentier, whose purpose was to promote skill in architectural woodwork. Should the horizontal adze, a tool used by skilled artisans, escape your notice, and the square, denotin$ accuracy, be overlooked, your attention will sur-e-ly--bg arrestid by the Latin word " perite",. meanin$''skillf ully" but in a more elaborate sense-"okill throup,h accurate knowled$e and exPerience".

We consider it an honor to pled$e ourselves to this educational organization of indePendent and, cornpeti\g operators of Califqrnia, to do our part in elevatin$ the status of the industrY.

We further pledge ourselves to deliver to the consumer' the highest-quality of product at the mosf economical cost.

In specifyin$ goods made under this srgn, You are assure-d of suPerior qualitY.