HARDWOOD RECORD 



LOUISVILLE. 



THE HARDWOOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH 



Wars and Rumors of Wars 



-li<«\\ that the I'lL^htiiiL;- >piril and tlic ri.nhlini; iiu-n haw iioi -one (»ut 

 >)\ t'xistfiuT with the |)r<>i4-rc'ss ol' the centuries, and that modern 

 civilization ha^ not >o much to boast of. compared with the so-rnllcd 

 dark ai^jes. a>^ we have been pr(»ne to imagine 



llowever. if \ou are lookini^' for a scrap, don't come around 

 i.ouisville. \i>u can't ,^et it. 'Idle hardwood lumber ^.dd here is nr)t 

 the kind you can raise a row about. The ^rado and mea>urement 

 are alwa\> riLiht. and in addition lumbermen in this market have a 

 lial)it ot hndint^dut wliat tlieir customers want and o^ivins; it to them, 

 so that a ])articu]ar vhi])nient fits the need-- of the u^er like a 

 tailor-made >uit. 



Uon't let the war scare bother you. It cost> too mucdi nione\- 

 to keep an arm\- on a war footing- in \')]4 to permit -ucli a conflict to 

 last verylon.^-. Xapoleon said sometliin.!.^ abont an arm\ traveling- fjn 

 its stomach: nowadays one could >ay that it travels on its hank 

 account. The dove of peace ma\- l)e in hiding just now — but the 

 bankers of the world will sib-nce the machine gun- Ijcfore long. 



W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Company 

 Norman Lumber Company 

 Stemmelen Lumber Company 

 Churchill-Milton Lumber Company 

 Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company 

 Booker-Cecil Lumber Company 

 North Vernon Lumber Company 

 The Louisville Veneer Mills 



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