IMPORTANT NOTICE to LUMBER USERS: 



THE SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION HEREBY 

 INFORMS YOUTHATALL CYPRESS NOIFAND HEREAFTER SHIPPED 

 BY MILLS WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE 



IDENTIFIED 

 BY THIS MARK 



Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat.Qffice 



This registered trade-mark, will be, henceforth, 



YOUR INSURANCE POLICY OF QUALITY. 



It will appear stamped (mechanically and ineradicably) on 

 one end, or both ends, of EVERY board and timber of 



CYPRESS 



"THE WOOD 

 ETERNAL." 



CYPRESS FLOORING, SIDING, MOULDING AND SHINGLES, 

 which come in bundles, will bear the same mark on EVERY BUNDLE. 



The legal right to apply this epoch-making symbol of strict 



RESPONSIBILITY IN LUMBER MAKING AND SELLING 



is, of course, restricted to those Cypress mills which, by their membership in the Southern 

 Cypress Manufacturers' Association, attest their devotion to its Principles of Service to the 

 Consumer and their foresighted appreciation of its open and progressive educational methods. 



Only mills cutting "Tide-water" Cypress (within about 200 miles of the coast) are eligible 

 for membership. (Cypress grown elsewhere has less of the "Eternal" quality.) 



Only mills which subscribe to the Association's standard of scrupulous care in methods 

 of MANUFACTURE, INTEGRITY OP GRADING and ACCURACY OF COUNT can 

 belong to the Association. These responsible "A-1" mills the Association now licenses to 



^VTinrflfl^'^ TU17YD /°^VDR1?Ck6 ""^ applying the registered trade-mark 

 l/ljl%lir I 1I1I!<II% \/ I A MLiSiS with their identifying number inserted. 



BY THIS MARK YOU KNOW THAT 

 IT'S CYPRESS, "THE WOOD ETER- 

 NAL," AND WORTHYOF YOUR FAITH. 

 IT IS WELL TO INSIST ON SEEING 

 THIS TRADE-MARK ON EVERY 

 BOARD OFFERED AS "CYPRESS." 



TflAOE Mark Reg. U.S. PAT.Qrnct 



Tbade Mabk Reg, LI.S.PAT.OrncE 



Let our ALL-ROITOD HELPS DEPARTMENT help YOU MORE. Our entire resources are at your service with Reliable Counsel. 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association 



1251 HIBERNIA BANK BLDG., NEW OKLEANS, LA., or 1231 HEARD NATIONAL BANK BLDG., JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 

 INSIST ON TRADE-MARKED CYPRESS AT YOUR LOCAL LUMBER DEALER'S. IF HE HASN'T IT. LET US KNOW. 



