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of the process. The different steps are no more delicate than average present methods and the pantones can stand much more rough handling than I dared expect. We saw the whole process from the making of the blanks which consist of a thin sheet of copper backed by laminated Bakelite by means of iron & rubber [[strikethrough]] bou [[/strikethrough]] intermediary bond. These blanks would be what we sell to the public - [[strikethrough]] a new [[/strikethrough]] probably a new enormous outlet for laminated Bakelite thus bringing us definitely in the field of laminate mfrs which I have always advocated expecting some day or another our laminate customers to break loose from our varnish as raw material  These plates can be kept in stock, at different sizes.
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Easily stored and shipped Then the printer or electrotyper who buys these blanks, uses them by going thru a succession of simple operations involving no expensive outfit and then in a few minutes gets the final pantone ready for printing The demonstration was entirely successful and C. P. Townsend as well as myself are entirely convinced about the merits of the process. Furthermore the whole demonstration plant exists at present and ^[[2]] workmen sufficiently skilled in the art. [[strikethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]] This latter point was also the source of my hesitation. The question now is to push and accelerate the search for validity of the patents. C. P. Townsend tells me Barret, Rafferty & Curin were favorably impressed with their visit yesterday to our laboratory and factory
[[left margin vertically]] Back at office 4 P.M. [[/left margin]]