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112 Market Street, San Francicco Phonc Suttcr 39t ison, Wisconsin, discussed Glues and Veneer Manufac,turing and Drying. He ou,tlined briefly the use of glues which dates back rto 1C0O years, B. C., and showed the various uses of glues today. H.e explained the use of each, as relating to the wood making industry. He illustrated his talk with slides showing the results of the various glue experiments carried on at the Governmen,t labratory at Madison. He discussed thoroughly the various methods of making veneers; the makin,g of veneers from lumber, sliced veneers, and rotary cut veneers and also spoke on the vari.ous methods employed in drying veneers. He said that great care should be taken that the wood is properly prepared and to get the best results the use of the proper glue is always essential. He mentioned that the western woods like fir, spruce, hemloc!, redwo,od, and Port Orford Cedar are all adaptable for use as veneers and panels and take glue easily.

William,llobart, of the Wheeler, Osgood Company, Tacoma, gave an interesting talk on a foremanship study ,that ,they recently carried on at tha't plant, in co-operation with the state of Washington vocational educational departmen't. The class was made up of fifteen men and twelve meetings, each of two hours duration, were devoted to working out this study.

D. O. D,ruffle, of .the Planing Mill Listing Bureau of San Francisco, was unable to speak and was represented by N{r. Nutting of the same concern. He pointed out the advantages of Listing Bureaus to the wood working trade and that one of the big features of the Bureau was tha't it stabilized prices.

W. P. Flint, Secretary of the \{illwork Cost Bureau, with headquarters at Chicago, stated that their organization was a strictly co-operative bureau with a membership of 500. He said that the necessity of a Bureau in the Mississippi \ralley was due to the great variation in bids. He also explained fully the workings of his concern together with the costs and services rendered to the 'trade.