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IH U ffI e's'R esolutions OTS?were adopted by the tjOf the P a in t and V a r ying held at A tlantic City inclusive : ^Service' Committees of the Paint " T hat we recommend the passage Vsarovding for the incorporation of L ^ i orts u n d e r fed eral c h arte r, sub- v fcV ^ ied eral agency; such associations their charters, to prevent unfair jM S B ^ ffio r in a te trade abuses. 2 ; '.rL L f.c tn re rs of Paints and Varnishes, ass0ciations, shortly after the i* T T iS d States into the war voluntarily sug- S ."/^M tereial Economy Board certain meas *** V a in n r " 1 econom y fo r th e se in d u strie s, into general practice through the * S ^ r of th a t B o ard , and <J*X* R * o en e n c c has dem o n strated th e gen eral ,* S e * TM * * tn'M' w' th o u t " ju r y to m anufac- rt nr consum ers, . / T h a t these economies, insofar as they have and desirable, should be perm anently by -operative consent of the industries con- :r.. - 3 A by the War Service Committees of the Paint Industries, T hat the Capital Issues Com- rtild be continued as a fed eral agency, w ith its wirfly limited to the supervision of new issues of > t h e protection of the investing public against t *nd irresponsible enterprises. '4 as T h e organization of related local in d u strie s rfion&l C hairm en, has proved effective in th e .ition of inform ation an d in the prom otion of sd^^That these organizations should be continued loped u n d e r the guidance of trad e associations, the general supervision of a properly authorized nt agency. ^ as, A p roper cost a cco u n tin g system is th e only a for the conduct of any business and the only restraint for ignorantly destructive competition. d by the War Service C om mittees of the P aint ish Industries, T h a t th e F ed eral R eserve B anks isist on proper cost a cco u n tin g m ethods as a te to financial credit. d by the War Service Committees of the P aint wish Industries, T h a t o ur U . S. P a te n t law so revised as to require the m anufacture in try within a reasonable period of items for which s been granted. d, T h a t e arnest effort should be m ade to secure nal uniform ity and reciprocity in patents and ks. 7 as. T he im m inent necessities of the w ar proe deferred the inception, m aintenance, improveextension of all public utilities and buildings, and national, and as. T he necessities of labor as well as th e comty and convenience of th e public dem and iniresumption and expansion of activities in this d by the War Service Comjnittces o f the P aint ish Industries, T h a t th e prom pt an d e x ten siv e n of such activities is a national dutv and a -essity. 8 d by the War S ervice C om mittees of the P aint ish Industries, T h a t th e atten tio n of th e F ed eral mimission should be specifically directed to th a t >' u n fa ir form of com petition involved in th e mmodities at prices below the cost of production. 9 d by the War Service Committees of the Paint ish Industries, T h a t in th e cancellation of con- government departm ents full consideration given to th e rights and interests of contractors ontractors. acceptance at contract price of all goods comm process u n d e r legitim ate o rd ers and in corilth contract stipulations. proper a d ju stm en t to provide in full ag ain st loss latenal on hand or u n der contract to meet govrequirem ents. acceptance at full cost of such m aterials which been purchased to meet government require- \ for which the ow ner has no use in th e con 's regular business. Provj^ 'n g_ in concellation notices, form s to be ,;e r. affidavit, w ithin a given period, of state'ering the foregoing items. ihe issue within a reasonable time of shipping is for m aterials specified u n d e r p aragraph ( d ) ; 1S10T1 *or prom pt p aym ent of claim s a risin g ^ j aP" s (b) and (c), when approved by authorted for the purpose. -^ claim s sub-contractors' claims, ertified with the claims of direct contractors. ' S iegle Co., color m anufacturers. Roseaten Island, N. Y.. has been reorganized `P'tal stock of $1,500,000. T he incorporaW. E. Coffin, M. J. M urphy and F . B. SH Gums will he handled at Buffalo, N. he Synthe-Copal Co., incorporated with ,,stock of $50.000 by H . 'F . Morloch, E dward J. Co r n ish , President, N ational Paint, Oil and Varnish Association. E dw ard J oel C o r n is h , who was elected P resi dent of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish A ssociation, is a w estern man, having been born in Sidney, iow a, on December 15, 1861. H e was graduated from the State University of Iowa, collegiate departm ent, in 1881, and the law de p artm en t in 1882. H e practiced law in Omaha, Neb., until 1906. F rom 1903 to 1906 he was attorney for and acting president of the Carter W hite Lead Co. of Omaha. F or a short time he was A ssistant City A ttorney of Omaha. W hile president of the C arter Co. he built the lead corroding works in Canada at M ontreal, but later sold his holdings to the N ational Lead Co. Since 1906 M r. Cornish has been in the service of the N atio n al Lead Company-- from 1906 to 1908 as president of the C arter W hite Lead Com p an y ; from 1908 to 1910 as a m em ber of the B oard of D irectors and m anager of its Chicago branch, and from 1910 as vice-president and m em ber o f the Executive Committee, with offices in N ew Y ork. In 1916 he succeeded W . W . L aw rence as president of the N ational Lead Co. He has had general charge of manufacturing and is on the directorate of all the subsidiary com panies of the N ational Lead Company and is thoroughly conversant with all its varied activities. T h e A ssociation is to be congratulated in choos ing a m an of M r. C ornish's ability to guide its affairs at this critical period, a period fraught w ith m any dangers. Mr. Cornish promised to give the Association his best, and those who have the privilege of intimate acquaintance with Mr. Cornish know that this promise means a great deal. A t a M eeting of representatives of paint manu facturers and painters, held at the Hotel Astor, New York, on December 9th, the following reso lution was formed. The resolution was adopted by the P aint M anufacturers' Association and the National Varnish M anufacturers' Association at their annual m eetings: WHEREAS, T he ch aracter of public advertising affects the public regard for the paint and varnish m anufacturer and the m aster painter, we believe it to be imperative that the public advertising properly represent these joint interests; be it Resolved, T hat the best interests of this Asso ciation will be prom oted by constructive adver tising, selling to the public the necessity and fundam ental economy of painting and varnishing, with due emphasis on its protective as well as its scrupulous care be observed in avoiding m isrep resentation either as to the quality or w ear of the product or as to its ease of application, lead ing to the elimination of duly skilled labor." R e m o v a l s f r o m C o n s e r v a t io n L i s t .-- T h e W a r Trade Board announces the removal of the fol lowing products from the export conservation list: T in chloride, tin bichloride, tin oxide, all tin salts, China wood oil, m uriatic, form ic and hydrocyanic acid, bismuth salts, cobalt com pounds, copper salts, epsom salts, ether, bleaching powder, blanc fixe, cadmium compounds, man ganese and its components, sal soda, sodium com pounds, strychnine, varnishes, zinc oxide and zinc salts, menthol, sugar of milk, tolu balsam and barium peroxide. R e s a l e P r ic e s .--T he F ederal T ra d e Comm is sion has submitted a report to Congress recom mending legislation perm itting m anufacturers to fix resale prices with certain lim itations. c /' l y ( A c / ?> ^ _______________________________ 2 1 O scar R osenberg Oscar Rosenberg, President of the Standard Cooper-B ell Co., Chicago, died at H enrotin H o s pital on N ovem ber 30th, 1918. M r. R osenberg w as born Ju n e 10th, 1857, in L afayette, Ala. W hen he was quite a lad his parents moved from the South to N ew Y ork City, w here he was raised and educated. H e attended the public schools and later was graduated from the Uni versity of New York. He was then taken into his fa th e r's business, D. Rosenberg & Sons, in the m anufacture of varnishes, where he soon developed rem arkable ability as a salesman. He thought of the great possibilities and future of the W est and soon established the large western branch of the Standard Varnish W orks, of which he was head for many years. U nder his guidance this branch grew by leaps and bounds. In 1907, Mr. Rosenberg became vice-president and general m anager of the Standard Varnish W orks, was m ade presid en t in 1914 and retired from that office in 1916. H e then bought the plant of the Cooper-B ell V arnish Co., which he operated successfully. In April of this year Mr. Rosen berg merged the interests of the Cooper-Bell V arnish Co. w ith the western business of the Standard V arnish W orks, the new institution be ing known as the Standard Cooper-Bell Co. Mr. Rosenberg was a natural leader; possessed great business ability--a man among men--loved and adm ired by the business fraternity, were they associates or competitors. He was ever ready to help the less fortunate and never turned down an appeal for assistance. His high integrity, lov able characteristics and unusual devotion to his friends were among his numerous sterling quali ties and a host of friends deeply regret his death. H e was a member of Sinai Congregation, Stand ard Club and Lake Shore Country Club. H e is survived by a widow and three sons, the eldest of whom, Richard D. Rosenberg, has been asso ciated w ith him in business fo r a num ber of years, being at present vice-president of the iJ % ... .. a , 9* DRUGS, OILS AND PAINTS J f z Z ), Clean-Up and I'aintwnn me co-operaiion 'epartm ent as a result nice ol lle a ltn Uomopeiand. nner assistant manau., ban r rancisco, nas m anager to succeed account ol ill-health. associated w ith tne leveland, about tw enty Jan u a ry 1, 1914, to r ol tne fo r e s t City also ol Cleveland, anil my to r ale to the became general sales Co. in ban `rancisco B ass-rieuter Co. Mr. ough practically every and varnish business : ol' the F a in t Manuthe United States, nibers ol the N atioanl Association have been Alendian Faint Manu. M iss.; M organ Co., d ^ all Paper Dealers' City Club in order to ing this city the pro- Members of the Committee spoke for is m ovement, and a t nt W allbrunn, a $115 ie Chicagoan m aking e opening campaign, weeks lrom A pril 24. ar East Reliei, spoke ealed for liberal sup!'d this w orthy charity , vton, 122d Field A rtil- humorous talk dehis "outfit," which as the F irst Illinois fo r continued support peeialiy the N ational form er advertising o.. P aint and V arnish ry of the Associated >n of Construction Inhe following officers: >t; . S. H ays, secreD. K. Boyd and E. J . IC- New York City, manufacture of paint factory will be estabN- ^ . H. A. and H. :c tt compose the firm. .. Chicago, have pracag a t 2100-2110 W est y " 'ill remove shortly mises, a t 154 W est `aul P aint, Oil and lar m onthly m eeting '.he Hotel S aint Paul, `ion of officers took W* B. H ardcastle, Paul, president; C. nry & Sons, Minned Hunter, Twin City cretary; N. C. Bein, IVV> and C. W. Reny company, auditor, based on the re p o rt `ting in Indianapolis, re decided upon and th A. W. Ludwig as to the Golf Coma farewell address I hiladelphia, where e Linseed Co. and ixbee was m ade an her with Charles iphite Co., who has position in the E a s t 1 York, has I hilhps was elected is m anager of the A. Campbell, also inted W estern Di- in Chicago, under the ion. " WRIT '* l'ain t-U p '1 ime This Y ear in Chicago." A ssist ant Ally C om m issioner ol Uie iie a itn D ep art ment ueiivered tne message an declare m at tne D epartm ent was soliuiy benind tne move ment to make anu to keep Chicago nealthy an sanitary. i he Cleveland Paint. Oil and Varnish Club has gone on record as enmu.siasttc supporters oi tne Clean-Up and P aint-L p and "have tne buriace Cam paigns. At a meeting ol tne club, held on A pril Is. a: tne Hotel Wir.tuii: " in e Community B etterm ent Council, neaued by R. B. R obinette," says Mr. i'aim ei. "nas m apped out an extensive cam paign wilier: will bring the m a tte r Pel ore tne entil e city a telling way. Radio speeches, exm bits in store windows, organization among the various school children, window displays, truck and automobile advertising, newspaper publicity, and numerous otner means oi accomplishing tne desired end will be brought into play." P resid en t Guy G ardner introduced K. b. Wesseis, form erly Southern Zone Regional vice-chairm an, who has succeeded J. J . `la n y a n as representative of the Pittsburgh Piatt Glass Company in the Cleveland district. The club, through Charles T. D raper, president of the Draper M anuiacturing Company, also ex pects to publish a history of mixed paints. To this end. Mr. D raper presented a paper on the organization of the m ixed-paint trad e anti the relative im portance of the position Cleve land occupies in the development of the in dustry. C ongratulations: News has been broadcasted to tne effect th a t H erb ert E. W hiting has be come the proud la th e r o: a new household addition who bears the portentious patronymic of Eileen Reniie. Although a blight youngster with a prom ising future, the aforesaid proud paternal parent adm its th at "she favors hei la th e r (a t least in a p p ea ra n c e)." which should prove no g re a t handicap. Mr. W hiting has also just recently severed his connection with the E. R. Smead Company to become associated w ith the Bisbee Linseed Oil Company. Jam es A. Dowdy, sales director for the Ana conda Lead Product? Co., Chicago, recently re turned from a business trip in the E ast. The M in eh art-T ray lo r Co.. Denver. Colorado, expects to be fully established by June I. E. J. Cornish, chairm an of the N ational Paint. Oil and V arnish A ssociation's S tatistical Committee, speaking before the Trade Asso ciation's Conference, which met with Secretary H erb ert Hoover and C hairm an Gaskill, o:' the Federal T rade Commission. W ashington, on A pril 13, presented the following survey of statistical service which ap p ears below, in p art: "W artim e Needs Responsible. In the great mobilization of industry during the war. many m an u factu rers found them selves, in company with their competitors, arguing that theirs was an essential in dustry, properly entitled to coal and transportation. They also found them selves su b m ittin g cost sheets on form s approved by governm ent officers, and re p o rt ing location and capacity of their plants, an nual output, stock on hand, sales and prices. There was no preconceived plan to form a trade association--it simply took form and became. Every one's secrets (if any one had any secrets) w ere of necessity communicated to his com petitors--the only one from whom he desired to conceal them. Every one was surprised to learn that his com petitor was not a liar or a crook (as he had frequently been rep resen ted to be by salesm en i but. on tin* contrary, was a gentlem an imbued with the same ideals of business ethics as himself, and very companionable by reason of their mutual ity of interests. What was more interesting and surprising was. that they found that the disclosures of th e ir innerm ost secrets did not prove to be dam aging, o r ra th e r they found that secrets of real value were already known to their competitors. "At the close of the war, the associations were naturally continued because they had proved injurious to none, advantageous to all. The advantages of the associations are: " F irst:--It enables each one to know the basic facts of his own and kindred industries, so th a t in fo rm ing his own business policies he may act intelligently and safely. "Second:--It raises the standard of trade ethics. No man ever does th a t of which he is nclm niffl if M , ........... r ........... Judge C arpenter expressed it, `It enables one to sieep oi nights. J his is not as the result oi an agreem ent or understanding, but because --where all of the im portant facts are know n- reasonable men are not likely tu draw there from radically different conclusions as to wnat th eir business policy should be. " F o u rth :-- It perm its tlio.se countless econo mies and advantages possible to voluntar\ co-operation where each one retains complete ireedom of action. Among these are research and educational w ork; gathering o: trade sta tistics and inform ation, co-operative tram promotion and advertising standardization products and containers, co-operative insurance, reformation of trade practices, transportation and classification charges, protection of indus try lrom the evils ol adulteration, deceptive advertising and other frauds, etc., etc. "The criticism of these associations has been th a t they resulted in higher prices, tending to increase the cost of living, and th a t the guou features of the association were mere camou flage to hide illegal combinations in restraint of trade. "Of course, insofar as the associations brought com petitors into each other's presence, they created an opportunity to make illegal agreem ents or understandings. The same would be true of a convention or dinner, or any other occasion where com petitors meet. Prob ably the number of illegal combinations has been greatly exaggerated. Such illegal agree m ents are not a t all necessary to the usefulness of the associations. The fa c t th a t most of them invited attention and criticism by sending m inutes of their m eetings to the Federal Trade Commission, indicates a belief on their part in th eir own innocence." J. A. Keefe, Philadelphia district manager fo r Spencer K ellogg <k Sons, linseed oil, with offices in the D rexel Building, will attend the annual sales convention of the company, to Inheld in Buffalo, N. Y., from June 8 to 10. II. F. Bouse, form erly secretary and treas u re r of the W eigle Co., is now associated with the E. R. Smead Co.. Cleveland, Ohio. The N et Income of the New Jerse y Zinc Co. fo r the q u a rte r ended M arch 31 was $1,080,080.37. A fte r a deduction of $030.807.00 fo r dividends and in terest, the surplus fo r the q u a rte r w as $155,773.87. The Philadelphia "Save the Surface" Com m ittee. w ith S. R. M atlack. P resident of the Paint M anufacturers' Association of the United States, and J. Sibley Felton, President of the Philadelphia Paint Club, were guests of Ernest T. Trigg. Reports of progress of the "Save the Surface" Dealers' Association and meeting with the M aster P ainters' Association were made. The com m ittee showed th at it is taking its job of increasing the consumption of paint and varnish products in anti around Phila delphia seriously, by reporting a visit with V ictor Rosew ater, a ssistan t to the President ol th e Sesqui-Centennial Exposition to be held in Philadelphia during 192(5. Mr. R osew ater stated that he was very glad to discuss plans tor getting Philadelphia citizens to dress-up their homes, stores and public buildings, in prepa ration for the welcoming of the F air visitors in 1926. The te n ta tiv e plans are for an ag g res sive cam paign during 1924 and 1925. to repaint the city from one end to the other. The com mittee reported that new investment contracts had been secured from Philadelphia manu facturers and jobbers, and expressed their will ingness to continue until one hundred pel cent, of the Philadelphia paint trade are ad eq u ately supporting the industry's co-operative advri- tising campaign. Paint Trade A dvertising Men to Mcel m Septem ber.-- A t a m eeting ol the Naim.i.w " Save the S urface" Committee, held a; U" Hotel Astov, New York City, on A pril U ' a plan for holding a conference ol me" m charge of advertising was approved. m it tee composed of (). t . lla rn , chairm an. W erheim and H. M. Clark was appointed tak e charge of the program and the c Inm of such a m eeting during the first "'eek i September. It was felt that plans of a non competitive nature could be discussed, espe cially in view of the fa c t th at the paint trade is conducting a five-year cam paign w ith a view to doubling its volume of sales. 1923 " Save the Surface" C alendar.--The com mit,.,. .,1c....... ...............' *1,.. ........ and colors, showing seven historical shrines dear to the heart of every real American. On the reverse side of each page will appear the de scription of the p a rt which each shrine has played in history, and has showed how the timely and proper application of paint and varnish has kept it fo r posterity. The calen d a r will sell fo r $7.50 p e r 100. The contract j | for m anufacturing and selling same was let to Liverm ore <t K nig h t Company, of Provi dence. R. 1. A recent poll w as m ade of dealers as to w hether they favored a prize contest in connection w ith the calendar fo r 1923, and 97 out of 100 favored it. One thousand dollars in prizes will he offered fo r the best story and photograph describing how a local or national shrine or landmark has been preserved by the use of. or lost to posterity because of the lack of paint or varnish. Details of this contest will he announced later. The use of the "Save the Surface" advertise m ents by individual investors w as also dis cussed. and the following policy adopted: "Save the Surface" advertisements are de signed to benefit the entire paint and varnish industry, but they are not the property of any individual "Save the Surface" investor, and th eir value and effectiveness would be lessened if some means of protection w ere not adopted for preventing the misuse of these advertise ments. The "Save the Surface" Committee, therefore, established the following policy: 1. E very "Save the S urface" consum er ad vertisem ent shall be copyrighted by the " Save the Surface" Campaign. 2. N'o subscriber or o ther firm or indi vidual shall be perm itted to reproduce or pub lish a "Save the Surface" consumer advertise ment in any national m agazine, newspaper or trade periodical until a fter such advertisement has been published by the "Save the Surface" Campaign in a consumer publication. 3. A fter a "Save the Surface" advertise m e n t has been published in a consum er publi cation, an individual investor in the "Save the Surface" Campaign may, by applying to the "Save the Surface" H eadquarters, get permis sion to reproduce the advertisem ent in space bought by the investor, under the following . con(ad)itioTnhse: advertisem ent m ay be reproduced in (abn)y Tshizee.advertisem ent m ust be reproduced entire, without changing any detail of text, illustration or signature. Section (b) does not apply to use of adver tisin g copy in local co-operative advertising cam paigns w here the advertising is signed by local P a in t Clubs, M aster P a in te rs' Associa tions or a group of individuals. In this case, permission will be given to use illustrations with change of copy and signature to meet loc(acl) condAitiocnrse.dit line shall be printed in re a d able type beneath the reproduction, reading as fol"loRweps:roduced by courtesy of Save the Sur face C am paiUgnse." W ithin the Trade 4. Investors who w ish to secure the m axi mum benefit from th e ."Save the Surface" ad vertisements by sending to their trade may. by applying to "Save the Surface" Headquar ters. get permission to reproduce any or all "Save the Surface" advertisements under the following conditions: (a) "Save the Surface" advertisements are available a fter they have been released to the tra d e generally in such form as the 1922 ad vertising portfolio, and prior to their appear ance in publications providing such use of advertisem ents is strictly confined to literatu re fo r use w ithin the trade. Use in tra d e press advertising previous to appearance in national publications is not perm itted. If desired for use in window displays, o r in lite ra tu re directed to the consumer, they m ust not be posted or mailed (as the case m ay be )until date of their release in national publications. (b) The advertisem ents may be reproduced in any size, w ith or w ithout color, accom panied by th e investor's own copy re la tin g to his products, services or plans. But the ad vertisem ents them selves m ust be reproduced intact w ithout changing any detail of text. illu straRtivo nsnoecr iasliganraratunrgee. m e n t w- i-Jt-h...t+h:e,"vS*nanvtes 350 DRUGS, O ILS A N D P A IN T S / y S ' ( tf 'fl'icfr, / f j a ) R. J. Clem ens; Save the Surface, A. D. G raves; S u s ta in in g M em bersh ip , D. W . F ig g is ; T ra d e m ark, C arl H. Black; W estern Zone Executive Com m ittee, J. G. Reynolds. A m erican P ain t and Varnish M anufacturers' A ssociation. C onstitution and By-Laws, F ran k P. Cheesm an; Cost A ccounting, Clare H. H all; Educational Bureau, E. T. T rigg; Fire P reven tion, G. D. W h ite; L acquer and S y n th etic Gum Products, L. H. Conklin; M em bership, E lm er F. H opper; N aval Stores and Petroleum Prod ucts, E. W. F asig; P lant M anagers, Ralph H. E v e re tt; T ung Oil, L udington P a tto n ; U n fair Com petition, Ludington Patton. Joint Com m ittees. A rbitration, E. J. Cornish; C ham ber of Comm erce, U. S. A., S. R. M atlack and R. McC. B ullington; Clean-up and P a in tup, R. A. Plum b; Code of Ethics, H. S. Chatfield; E x p o rt and F oreign T rade Developm ent, Ralph E. Plow m an; Flax Development, L. P. N em zek; L eg islatio n , A. S. S om ers; M an ag e m en t D etails, H. S. C hatfield; R osin M ark etin g M ethods, R. C. W a lk e r; S im p lificatio n , C has. R. Cook; T ariff, E rn est T. T rig g ; Traffic, E. A. Leveille; Tim e and Place, 1930 C onvention, H. S. C hatfield; Vocational E ducation, E dgar S. M cKaig. The U nited S tates Shellac Im porters' A sso ciation, a t its annual m eeting held a t the D rug and Chem ical Club, New York, elected the fol low ing officers: W illiam Z insser, p resid en t; L. J. C alvocoressi, of Ralli Bros., vice-president; L. W. B abbage, of H e n ry W. P eab o d y & Co., were also chosen: Jam es W. B yrnes Shellac secretary-treasurer. The following directors Co., Inc.; A. F. L erden, of A lfred K ra m e r & Co.; M orris Rosen, of the M antrose C orpora tion; R alph W. McClintock, of the M ac-LacK asebier-Chatfield C orporation, and Guy Carleton, of C arleton & Moffat. T he Ohio V arnish Co., C leveland, h as opened a Pacific C oast branch a t 480 H oyt St., P o rt land, Oregon, w ith J. E. Haynes, who has been w ith th e com pany for tw elve y ears, in charge. W illiam s-Lew is Bowling M atch. John T. Lew is & Bros. Co., P hiladelphia, on F e b ru a ry 22d, sent twelve of its representatives to E as to n, P a., to te s t th e sk ill of C. K. W illiam s & Co.'s, bow ling team . In th e firs t g a m e , th e to ta l n u m b e r of p ins knocked dow n by C. K. W illiam s' m en was 3111 a g a in st 2997; in the second gam e, 2543 ag ain st 2498, and these scores w ere m ade by d iffe re n t te a m s. T he C. K. W illiam s team s not only p u t up a good gam e but w ere generous in th e ir h o sp itality , and good fellowship reigned suprem e during the dinner which followed the afternoon gam e. N aval Stores Statistics. According to the B u re a u <jf C h em istry an d Soils, in d u s tria l comcerns in 1928 consum ed 5,304,099 gallons of tu rp e n tin e and 947,387 b a rre ls of rosin. The paint and varnish industry was the largest con su m e r of tu rp e n tin e : 4,306,483 g allo n s in 1928 a g a in s t 4,701,166 d uring the previous year. The to ta l consum ption of rosin w as 245,157 b arrels a g a in s t 228,776 in 1927. The p ap er tra d e con tinues as the larg e st consum er of rosin, with the p aint industry second on the list. E xports of both turpentine and rosin declined: T urpen tin e 13,859,322n 1928, and 16,494,551 in 1927; rosin, l,2 7 8 ,JjW ag ain st 1,373,411. e x p e rt, B a ss-H e u te r P a in t Co., S an F ran cisco . "The sole reason," he says, "a sailor seeks a blonde, when he reaches port a fte r a long cruise, is because he is sa tia te d w ith th e blue an d , blue-green of the ocean and his nerves dem and a re s t in the form of so fter, rich er colors." Now th a t this problem , which long baffled th e o rd in ary psychologist, has been solved, perhaps we shall soon learn why " Gentlem en P refer Blondes," but W ho as a rule, m arry brunettes. We m ay also procure some needed inform ation as to why it is th a t over seventy-five per cent, of the inm ates of insane asylum s are of the blue-eyed blonde type. It will hardly be possible to blame the sailors for the predicam ent of all of these un fo rtu n ate people. The U nited C arbon Co., C harleston, W. Va., h as opened a n office a t 250 P a rk A ve., N ew York, and has appointed W illiam W. H iggins as sales m anager. It will h ereafter sell direct instead of through sales agents. Mr. H iggins is well known in the p ain t and rubber tra d e s, having been identified w ith the Binney & Sm ith Co., a n d th e K osm os C arbon Co. fo r o v er tw enty-five years. T he N a tio n a l Lead Co.'s P ro fits in 1929 w ere g re a te r th an they w ere in 1928 and as a consequence the directors a t a m eeting held on F eb ru ary 19th, declared an ex tra dividend of $3.00 on the comm on stock. The an n u al re p o rt showed a net profit of $10,222,897, equiv alen t, a fte r p referred dividends, to $25.49 a sh are earned on the 309,831 o u tstan d in g com mon shares. The earnings w ere slightly less than double the $5,872,496 reported fo r 1928, which was equ iv alen t to $11.44 each on the common shares. The net profits were the larg est in the history of the com pany. The non-recurring profits w ere due to the sale of th e co m p an y 's in te re s t in W illiam H a rv e y & Co., Ltd., of E ng land, and the lending of money in the call money m ark et when in te re st rates were high and the sale of one of the co m p an y 's su b sid ia rie s a t a good p rice, a f te r it had been w ritten off on the books as a bad asset. President E. J. Cornish said th a t the m anagem ent is of the opinion th a t cu rren t decreased in terest rates will stim ulate build ing and react favorably upon business. The directors continued the usual quarterly divi dends on the comm on stock of $1.25 a sh are in view of the exceptional earnings of the com pany last year, and the strong cash position, also declared the extra dividend. L ast year the com pany purchased about 20 per cent, of the outstanding stock of the A ssociated Lead M anufacturers, Ltd., of England, and organized the N ational Lead Co., of C anada, L td. It also form ed the Shaw inigan Products C orpora tion and the M idwest Carbide C orporation and consolidated its foreign holdings for the m anu facture of titanium products, under the T itan ium Co., Inc. An A n ti-S pray Bill has been introduced into the K entucky legislature. Its adoption would Best For Structural prevent the use of the spray gun for api paint, lacquer, etc. The C arlisle P ain t & V arnish Co., has form ed a t Boston, M ass., by F ran k and E L. Carlisle, of Newton and J. E. Hoop' B rookline, w ith a c a p ita l of $50,000 f< purpose of dealing in pain ts, etc. The E arnings of the Com m ercial So C orporation, T erre H aute, Ind., in am ounted to $3,667,402 a g a in st $2,929, 1928. The P et A rgum ent used so often th a t tria l alcohol is being diverted fo r be purposes is refuted by W. R. C arnegie, dent, B erry Brothers. In a D etroit new ap p ears a defense of th e u sers of ind alcohol by Mr. C arnegie in connection w argum ents in Congress of Congressm an ton, of M ichigan, and Dr. Sirovich. The was made that the industrial plants wer sources of supply fo r alcohol fo r d purposes. He points out in the artic fo rty per cent, of all industrial alcohol for anti-freeze solutions, eleven million by the paint and varnish industry, a 44 million gallons goes to various in m anufacturing products requiring a form ula. In pointing out the carefo upon use made by the Federal Comn Doran, it was added th a t the charges the larg e firm s in the in d u stry , ir P a rk e , D avis Co., B e rry B ro th e rs, For m an, Devoe & R aynolds, etc., of boot a contention which w as absurd. He fended the charge th a t industrial a' poisoned by its d n a tu ra n ts . In.c drinker of such products would be ethyl alcohol, norm al raw alcohol } long before he could consum e enoug up a fatal wood alcohol poisoning, he m The Mandis Society, composed of : tu rers' and distributors' representati its annual m eeting a t Minneapoli the convention of the Internationa P ain ters' Society and elected the officers: P re sid e n t, J. G. C. Me N air, Lead Co.; vice-president, W. L. Prin; Gypsum Co.; se c re ta ry and treasu r W a rn e r, W a rn e r M fg. Co. D irector S chum ann and C. A. W oolson. I t w: to continue the g ift idea for attends: furnish an entertainm ent a t the vention. T ru e 's P ain t P ro d u c ts w ill be ina: a t 5211-- 5th Avenue South, Birm ing1 by th e Robertson P ain t Mfg. Co. Save the Surface on the air. On 1 th e first of a se rie s of ta lk s on in exterior painting w as heard '.fro W RNY, a t New York. T here will 1 furnished by the Save the Surface in this attem p t to m ake the public scious." T he C. W . H ess Co., p a in ts ,'o il moved its office to 6434 A nste D etroit, Mich. If Steel Painting The L u c :fll'ire . Two buildings of the paint and color nranufacturing plan t of John Lucas & Co. a t Gibbsboro, N. J., w ere destroyed by fire re c e n tly , th e loss a m o u n tin g to $400,000'. T hree cars loaded w ith p aints and varnishes, w hich w ere standing on a siding, w ere also . burned, r Twenty-five engine com panies from . neighboring towns brought th e fire under contrb l a fte r several hours of fighting. nt Co., Provi- HI . O X ID E. ...V, J" U-A iri -r n yDRUGS, OILS AND PAINTS* ( 5 ^ / f ^ J s To Paint or Not to Paint. (This story comes ora Ireland, of course, by w ay of the "Irish il & Colour Trades Review." ) A t a previous m eeting of Clare H ealth oard, Miss Murphy, M atron of Raheen Hosital, reported th a t the ambulance driver, lichael Tuohy, knew nothing about painting, nd it would be necessary to engage a m an > do some pain tin g and o th er jobs of th a t laracter about the institution. The Board len pointed out th a t nothing very elaborate as required and th a t Tuohy should be asked . "try ." A further report was now received from le M atron statin g she had again asked uohy to do the w ork b u t he declined, s ta tin g hat when he w anted his own ambulance ainted he put his hand in his pocket and paid m an to do the work. Mr. Garry Burke asked if it was p art of le duty of the am bulance driver to do the ainting. The secretary said th a t each ambulance riv er was supposed to fill in his spare tim e y doing odd jobs about the hospital with hich he was connected. The chairm an said th a t any "gom " a t all juld handle a paint brush the w ay they w anted . All he had to do was to dip it in a paint o t and rub it over some article or other. The secretary thought th a t the real reason f T u o hy's re fu sa l to u n d e rta k e p a in tin g w as oat he did not w ant to tu rn out bad work nd have the local people lau g h in g a t him. Mr. F ahy-- If he g ets off, all th e oth er d riv ers w ill refuse to p ain t, too. M r. H ayes-- H e w on't know w h e th e r he is good painter or not until he tries. He m ight e a good painter fo r all he knows. Chairm an--He m ight be a regular Leonardo a Vinci or Raphael. L et him m ake an effort nyway. Mr. Hayes said th at Tuohy was a good man it his w ork and th e B oard w ould not be too ritical of his w ork as a painter. An order was made th at the M atron request Tuohy to make a really earn est effort to paint he woodwork, etc., of Raheen. NEWCOMERS T he Crown D iam ond P a in t Co., Lim ited, has ieen incorporated a t M ontreal, C anada, w ith a cap ital stock of $50,000. The McDonald P a in t Co. recently purchased he plant a t O m aha, Neb., th a t w as form erly ip e ra te d by th e B a rk e r-E v a n s P a in t Co. and is m o v ing fro m K a n sa s C ity to O m aha. The om pany expects to produce about eight thou sand gallons of paint a day and will employ fifty persons. T he M errill P ain t Co. w ill deal in paints, etc*, a t O shkosh, W is. I t h a s been in co rp o rated w ith a cap ital of $5,000. Incorporators a re : O. H. A dam s, I. P a rk e r, J r., and O. A. K ellner. Changes Hands. The paint business con d u cted fo r th irty -th r e e y e a rs a t 100 E ig h th Ave., A ltoona, Pa., by W . M. M cClure, has been purchased by W. Floyd and T. B. Seese. T he Lewis P a in t & G lass Co., W ashington, Pa., has been sold by Frank. Lewis to Russell stock of $10,000 fo r th e purpose of m anufac tu rin g paints. Those interested are A. R. H. H e w e tt, E d n a H e w e tt a n d H. 0 . F la k n e . Offices have been opened a t 539 E a st L iberty S treet. The Fond du Lac P ain t Co. has been or ganized a t Oshkosh, W is. Orlo H. Adams, W illiam K eilberg and Ira P arker, Jr., are the in c o rp o ra to rs . The N ew London P a in t Co. has been form ed a t O shkosh, W is., a n d w ill m ake and handle paint products. Orlo H. A dam s and Ira P arker, Jr., are also interested in this concern. CURRENT LITERATURE T ariff A ct of 1930 R elatin g to the P ain t and V arn ish In d u stry , Compiled a t the G regg Me m orial L aboratory and published jointly by the A m erican P aint and Varnish M anufacturers' A ssociation, Inc., and th e N atio n al P aint, Oil and V arnish A ssociation, Inc. This is a very tim ely and valuable bit of service for the industry, and w ill avoid m uch w aste of time in th e search th ro u g h the bulky schedules of the A ct fo r item s in which individual m anu factu rers m ay be interested. The only pos sible im provem ent w ould be th e addition of an index. C onstruction and O peration of Pyroxylin M anufacturing P lan ts -- R egulations of the N ational B oard of F ire U nderw riters, effec tiv e J u ly 1, 1923. C opies m a y be obtained from th e B oard, 85 John St., New York. U seful Publications. A P aint Catechism for P a in t M en, by G. B. H eck el; A V arn ish C ate chism f o r V a rn is h M en, b y G. B. H eckel; P a in t an d V a rn is h S e lle rs ' C atech ism , by G. B. H eckel; W hy P a in t Peels, by G. B. H eckel; The M a te ria ls o f P a in t M a n u fa c tu re , by G. B. Heckel; P ainting w ith P repared Paint, by G. B. H eckel. P ric e p o st p aid , 25c each. R e duced prices fo r q u a n tity lots. DRUGS, OILS AND P A IN T S , 1002-04 Public Ledger Build ing, P hiladelphia, Pa. "W hy W e M aintain Our P lan ts on the Sher w in -W illiam s S ta n d a rd iz a tio n P la n ," by R. S. Howland,, o f th e K endall Co., "m ak ers of Curity P roducts." This, though an advertisem ent, is an exceedingly in te re stin g and suggestive pam phlet. It is the best argum ent we have seen fo r stan d ard ized p ain tin g practice in in d u strial p lan t m aintenance. N ot only every plant ow ner but every paint m anufacturer sell ing in d u strial paints will find it full of sugges tions as to the rig h t w ay to go about such things. INTRODUCING "D utch Boy W all P rim er." This new produc. of the N a tio n a l Lead Com pany is "a walk p rim er m ade w ith a special long oil vehicle of v a rn ish ty p e ." I t is offered as a decided ip p ro v em en t on "th e old-tim e w hite lead and boiled oil prim er, m aking possible, when re qu ired , a s a tis f a c to r y tw o coat job w ith whiti lead ." The p rinciple is certainly rig h t and th product w ell w orth investigation. S o lv e n ts fro m R ye. The C om m ercial So v en ts Co., T e rre H au te, Ind., has developednew process by w hich rye is used to replaq corn in the m anufacture of solvents. The new process, which requires only th r per cent, m ore ry e th an corn to produce! sim ilar q u an tity of products, has been place! in successful o p eration a t the company p la n ts a t P e o ria a n d T e rre H au te. Although the com pany h as benefited by the low prie of corn prevailing in the first half of tlii year, th e u tilizatio n of rye will effect furthe im portant econom ies in production costs. Ryi is se llin g a t a p ric e t h a t is 30 p er cent, le in the p rev ailin g m a rk e t th an corn. R esins from S u g ar. The In d u strial Sug P ro d u c ts C o rp o ra tio n h a s been form ed und D elaw are law s fo r the purpose of utilizing process by w hich plastic resins will be mang factured from sugar. The bulk of present-day resinous m ater are m ade from phenol and formaldehyde,/,, the quest fo r cheaper raw m aterials and pr esses has been pursued w ith energy in o t lines. T he e x p a n sio n o f th e sy n th etic re sin ind try in th is co u n try w ithin th e p ast few ye3 is show n b y fig u re s re c e n tly issued by U nited S ta te s T ariff Commission. These th a t sales of synthetic resins rose iron 084,000 pounds in 1927 to 20,778,000 pound/ 1928, and th e n to 30,263,000 pounds last L a s t y e a r 's p ro d u c tio n w as 31,471,000 pou Butyl Alcohol and A cetone from Po: Pulp. The m anaging director of the m i| biological dep artm en t of the Dutch agricult experim ent statio n a t G roningen has perf and patented a process for the utilization the w aste pulp of potato-flour factories J raw m aterial fo r the bacteriological produ of b u ty l alcohol and acetone. I t is stated th e D u tch p ro c e ss overcom es th e diffic* cau sed b y th e f a c t t h a t th e p o ta to pul{j putrescent, usually strongly soured resi product of v ary in g composition. As Best For Structured Steel Painting Agl S Tengblad 1-