HARDWOOD RECORD 



One Carload 



or a Dozen — 



Eitlier order will have such attention as will insure shipment on 

 the date promised. 



With nearly fifty shipping points we are often able to save con- 

 siderable on the transportation, besides securing prompt delivery. 



Besides, there is the satisfaction in knowing the quality and price 

 are sure to be right. 



"Everything in Lumber — 



Hardwood a Specialty" 



J. Gibson IVIcIlvain & Co. 



1420 Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA 



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Take a Look at What 

 The World is Doing 



Include in your siu-vey the timber field of the Lumber is now being shipped from the Pacific 



West. In the great out-of-doors on the Pacific Slope Coast to the Atlantic Seaboard by rail, the freight 



and Inter-mountain country- are millions of acres of charge being about $20 a thousand feet. After the 



the finest timber that ever grew. It can be bought Canal has been completed and opened for trafific it 



at low prices. can be carried at a cost of $6 to $8 a thousand feet 



Your survey will show great fleets of cheaply and the voyage will not take any more time than the 



operated steam schooners engaged in carrying lum- transcontinental rail trip. 



ber to the world's markets. The timber you buy during the next eighteen 



Broadening the scope of your vision you will see months will share in the great rise in value that will 



the builders of the Panama Canal are completing follow the completion of the Panama Canal. 



their work, the greatest engineering feat of history. Now is the time to repair previous neglect of 



There is a connection between the forests of the western opportunity. We are convinced an investi- 



west, the lumber carrying vessels, the Panama Canal gation by you will be followed b\- an investment, 



and the world's lumber requirements. We will help you investigate. 



JAMES D. LACEY & CO. 



TIMBER LAIND FACTORS 



CHICAGO PORTLAIXO SEATTLE 





