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stages to about 1/4 inch. There is only 7% of building material made up of [[strikeout]] Trind [[strikeout]] Trinidad Asphalt and to which a flux is added of socalled "blown oil" obtained by driving hot air thru residues of [[beans?]] petroleum distillation. Blocks are compressed in a [[strikeout]] machine [[strikeout]] hydraulic press of 300 tons pressure this pressure being exerted every 30 seconds. Drove back home discussed Bakelite with [[underlined]] Weger [[/underlined]]. took supper then drove to New York Central to take 9[[underlined]]39[[/underlined]] P.M sleeper for Rochester
March 29. Met [[underlined]] Frank Fessel [[/underlined]] & Jaeger [[/underlined]] at Powers Hotel after breakfast. Mr Nelson Sage of Rochester Button Co came with motor car to fetch us took us thru his works showed all operations of manufacturing vegetable [[underlined]] Ivory buttons [[/underlined]]. I am impressed with large amount of hand work required for this [[assorting?]] of nuts. Bird nuts 
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petrified nuts, etc. Then cutting more bad nuts, then turning on lathe then assorting buttons in five grades by hand then in dying function; many nuts do not take the color well; then polishing then lot stamping, drilling etc. About 70 to 75% waste of original nut. A certain Mr Kugelman in Hamburg controls the supply of the ivory nut which grows in Ecuador. I realize that people are willing to pay high price for fancy buttons and that one must strive to get a special affect with Bakelite more than to make Buttons cheaply. Some Buttons made with [[underline]] Protal . do not look well [[/underline]], rough and weak. do not polish well and have a common appearance. We went to Eastman Kodak where I met Lovejoy who took us thru offices and Camera plant. A certain Mr. Robertson is in charge now instead of Brownell.