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it is a iiietty generally known fact that rcil giiin was recognizeil 

 years ago aliroaJ as a most exoellent wood for various jnirposes and 

 enjoyeii a favorable reputation in those j)arts long before its 

 merits were realized on this siile of the water. In fact, the foreign 

 ileniaud for red gum has always been a decided feature to be reck- 

 one<I with in the production of that wood, and this demand seems 

 to hold up consistently even during such times as prevail at present. 



The market abroad has not been a local one, but has rather em- 

 braced all of Eurofie anil in fact has branched out a great deal, so 

 that gum is now a recognized wood as far south as Egypt. In fact, 

 one of the most remarkable, if not the most remarkable, shipments 

 of reil gum which has ever been delivered, has just been consigned 

 by the Lamb-Fish Lumljer Company to parties in Alexamlria, Egypt. 



At the bottom of this page is reproduced a photograph showing a 

 trainload of thirty 40-foot box cars containing 541,000 feet of rea 

 . gimi. This train was made up at the Charleston, Mi.ss., mill of the 

 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, being loaded expeditiously and finally 

 left that point at " p. m., April 15, via the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 railroad, arriving at Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, April 16, at 4 a. m. 

 Here the train was shunted arouml and finally taken away via the 

 Louisville & Nashville railroad, leaving Memphis at 1 p. m., April 16, 

 arriving Nashville at 7 a. m., April 17, leaving same day at 8:85 

 a. ni. for Pensacola, Fla., where it arrived at ?, o'clock in the after- 

 noon of April IS. 



The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company had chartered a special steuiner 

 to take care of the shipment which was immediately loailcd and 

 cleared for Alexandria, Egypt. 



This is the largest single shipment of this kind of lundicr ever 

 made, and the unique features whi.-h it rci)resented were iluly appn-- 

 ciated by the daily press in the various cities through which it 

 passeil, such as Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Pensa- 

 cola and others. 



An order of this size and character cannot but have a beneficial 

 eflfect upon the re<l gum trade as a whole, as it constitutea excep- 

 tionally valuable advertising for red gum lumber. The shipment 

 seemed so uui(|ue in character that Hakowooo Rkcord secured tlie 

 phdtograph i-prbduceil below in order to give a more ilefiuite idea 

 as to just how much this batch of lunitier represented in actual 

 cubic contents. 



American red gum lumlKT is gaining much |>opularity in Fleirut 

 and its importation is increasing, but slowly. Rc<l gum preferred there 

 is of a pure reil color, cut from old trees. The desired thickness 

 runs from one-half to two inches. The prefcrre<l wi<lth seems to be 

 from ten to twenty-two inches while lengths of from ten to eighteen 

 feet are commonly used. The prices paid there range from $60 to 

 1(165 per 1,000 feet c. i. f. Beirut, payment < asli, against bill of lading, 

 with two iicr cent discount. 



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