The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-09-30
! INTERESTING INSTITUTION
b,.rt of w. r. Fuller g Co. Paint Man
fractures, Color Grinders and .
rorroders of White Lead
20 tba oldest firms an g,

ufaefureS, COiOF UrfnderS and
Corroders Of White Lead
One Of the oldest firms in San Fran
. .,sco Is the historic house of w. p.
sTller. & Co. Unquestionably the lead
m paint dealers this side Of Chicago.
vs. enc of the largest paint factories
Il America, and with thirteen branch
houses, scattered at strategic points
Fror, the Canadian line to Mexico. tax
ne IN the greater part of the Western
American Continent.
The output of the firm is enormous,
and its export range covers China.
Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand
Mexico, Central America and South
America.
The branch houses are situated in
4 The following cities. each fully stocked
with every variety of paints, oils. var
hishes and lead: Sacramento Oakland.
Stockton, Los Angeles, San Diego. Pas
adena, Long Beach, Santa Monica.
Calif., Portland Oregon, Seattle, Ia
coma and Spokane, Wash, and Boise
idaho.
This great firm is part of Californ-
Ia, one of its institutions that has
grown up with the state from early
days participating in its fortunes, and
sharing In the glory Of its achieve
ments.
w. p. Fuller & Co. Is not only old in
age, its existence going back for over
seventy years, but it is. also old i'm
Traditions, representing at its best the
creative spirit Of the great pioneers.
whose energy and brains built I'D the
West out OF the wilderness and the
desert. The founders of the firm be-
longed to the class of early Argonauts.
Products Saved in. Great Disaster
W. P. Fuller & Co., under which
name the firm has been known since
the incorporation in 1894, had only
been settled In their new home for a
few months. when it was burned to the
ground in the great disaster of 1906.
Still the firm was lucky in way. and
LIN much better position than many
another house, for 1t retained intact
bill its great stocks OF raw materials
bnd finished products at its factory
bite, several miles away from the
Flames Fortunately, its purchasing
gent had accumulated vast amount
of supplies, and these saved the day
FOR San Francisco in the first hours
BIZ reconstruction. w. p Fuller & Co.
even supplied competitors with raw
materials, and it is to their credit that
not cent was added to the previous
market prices.
The Fuller factory for the manu.
factrre of Pioneer White Lead, Paints.
Colors, Varnishes and subsidiary pro-
ducts is an immense institution It
III is situated at South San Francisco on
the Bay Shore Line and covers over
twenty acres of ground. Immense
warehouses are stocked to repletion
with manufactured goods and raw ma
terials.
Fuller Company Does Own Printing
The Fuller Company has its own
printing shop fully equipped with
printing presses, operated by an ex-
perienced staff who turn out most Of
the printing matter required by the
firm, such as posters cards, circulars.
colored labels by the millions. and all
photographic illustrated advertising
Even those beautiful color cards. so
widely distributed, with the different
shades Of glossy paints. are made at
this plant
Extreme care is exercised in pur-
chasing raw materials of the highest
quality. Every ingredient that enters
into the manufacture Of W. p. Fuller
Company Products, is thoroughly
tested in their up-to-date chemical lab
oratory insuring the superiority Of
the Fuller brands of Paints, Oils and
Varnishes.
W. p. Fuller & Co are the premier
manufacturers of White Lead of the
Pacific Coast, and their Pioneer brand
s without a peer for wilderness. opa-
city and spreading properties. 1t is
produced by the old Dutch process of
slow corrosion, perfected by years of
practical experience. scientific methods
and care, so that chemially pure and
mpalpably fine White Lead is the re-
suit
Varnishes
When 1t comes to the manufacture of
varnishes the same comprehensive
thoroughness is shown Take the lat
est achievement in this line the we'll
known Fullerwear Spar Varnish pro-
duced to solve an aeroplane problem
q the government during the war. but
which is now being placed on the gen
eral market in response to a nation
wide demand FuIerwear has given
complete satisfaction to the Govern
ment, and has excited the admiration
OF the trade
High Commercial Ideals of Managers
PRIMARILY this leading place of w.
I. Fuller & Co. in its various lines
q manufacture, has been due to the
high commercial ideals impressed up
ON the firm by its pioneer founders
and transmitted during the last seven
g years to those who now control its
destinies. 1t can be said that there is
no firm in California in which
there Is more perfect cooperation
between employers and employees than
exists in this great paint house Ger