HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 2B, 19ir>. 



J. GIBSON McILVAIN & COMPANY 



CROZER BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



Manufacturers of Lumber 



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OVER 100 YEARS 



OF 



SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS 



Small and Large Inquiries Solicited 



The Ford Joke Is Possible Only Because the Ford Car Is Cheap 



Tlic >aine i?. true ol i^uiii lunibtr — il lias l)ccii kickc(l ami cussed 

 ;il only Ixjcause its producers allowed it to be called a cheap wood. They 

 refused to put enough money in it to brin-i uiit its true merit — have let it be known 

 ' - "necessary evil" — a side issue to the end that it has never commanded respect. 



THE 



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A New Era in Gum 



is l)eini4' dcvcUjpcd 1)\' tis. W c have 

 adopted GUM as our MAIN PROD- 

 UCT. \\f ha\c studied it and know it. 

 Knowini;- it we have had the I'aith to put 

 a gdod deal of money into its correct manu- 

 facturing and liandling. 



Todav our stock rejiresents more real 

 heauly, UKjre ada])tability, more genuine 

 merit than any other .American hardwood. 



If you have any prejudice against gum, see 

 some of ours. It rcallv has a distinct character. 



THE 



Kraetzer- Cured Lumber Co. 



MOORHEAD, MISS. 



