Canadian wood products industries . W. J. Anderson,Stratford, Chair Co.,Stratford, Ont., Director. other industries which offered ahigher rate of remuneration. Tocounteract this a special course oftraining for apprentices is being de-veloped. At the present time thefirst series dealing with cabinet-making is being worked out. It isbelieved that this work will be ofgreat benefit to the furniture in-dustry. While cabinet-making isbeing tackled first, if the course isfound to work out successfully, itwill be extended to other phasesof furniture work. (This schemewas outlined in the January Can-ad
Canadian wood products industries . W. J. Anderson,Stratford, Chair Co.,Stratford, Ont., Director. other industries which offered ahigher rate of remuneration. Tocounteract this a special course oftraining for apprentices is being de-veloped. At the present time thefirst series dealing with cabinet-making is being worked out. It isbelieved that this work will be ofgreat benefit to the furniture in-dustry. While cabinet-making isbeing tackled first, if the course isfound to work out successfully, itwill be extended to other phasesof furniture work. (This schemewas outlined in the January Can-adian Woodworker.) A short treatise on the variousadhesives used in the furniture in-dustry was presented by W. , of the Canada Glue. H. M. Snyder,Snyders Limited,Waterloo, Ont., Director. Co. Brantford, Ont. Mr. Feldkampdealt with animal, liquid and vege-table glues, [explaining- how theyare manufactured and used. In de-scribing the various processesthrough which animal glue passeSjhe showed samples of the raw mat-erial in different stages of manu-facture. Hide glue, which is thehighest quality animal glue made,is produced from the fleshings andcuttings taken from raw hides,while bone glue, is as its name im-plies, made from bones. To-dayglues are tested and graded ac-cording to certain definite stand-ards. The manufacturer of glue aimsat uniformity of grades so 4hat awoodworker buying a certain gradeof glue can be assured of the samequality in each batch received. Vocational or Part Time Schools After the noon adjournment thediscussion on technical trainingwas resumed and a motion approv-ing the efforts of the Labor Com-mittee was unanimously carried. Dr. Merchant, head of the In-dustrial and Technical EducationBr
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