, 1877-01-27
GOOD TIMBER.
Such Arc tho Men and Firms
Written OF Below,
Buch, Also, Is tho Excellent Staple In
Which They Arc Interested.
The Lnmber.Kings Of Tho Wcst...Thclr
Business and Enterprise.


lie lumber interest IL ono Of the chief fac
tcFs III thH commercial Importance t,f Ch!vuro
In grain, rroslstt'ns, and lumber the young
city leads the markets Of the world. Drop tic
lumber interest fronl tic enumeration, aud,
While Chicago would still occupy'a pre-cmincnt
ratc in commerce, her Importance would be
considerably lcstcncd. II nc cease to be the
great market for the prtr1ucc Of the vass miner.
les Of Michigan arl Wsct,nstn, a cftcYous fail.
fng~of In tho aetivty OF our river would he
noticeable Tho lumber-arryIng bottoma,
which arc 10 large portion Ut o,ir lake fnariuet
would f1nl other ports. The miles and
miles Of riycr:'ront with vas. Hips i,ow
tenantlesa. The railroads to tic North and
Southwest would lose one nrt,yr demand for
transportation. Our merchants would suffer
the oss Of the return trade which the traffic Il.
lumber brin2s to this putut, ald we would lose
!hotNl it, anil aflut thu numerous ynftls needed
Tor the stnrn. and al,llngof the innuI.craiit
caEt;ncs which, luriug the season Ut lake t,aYI-
sattot', asc ~ constantly arriving a our Iort.
nortanec Of tl,c lum.er trade to Chicago.
Without It we would still he d great cIty, Iut
we woui,l Inevitably sink In population nf1l re.
sonrrrs ;, w below y. Louis, and even Cincinnati.
would still enjoy nfl the varied interests wh!cl,
accompany tl'c.n, hut Our SUPREMACY wpui,l Lc
gone; ,Suppotc, Us VIC mag without VIOLENCE to
tratsfcrrrt 1orrc,v H. sI.s,taa ,a,'. .au osen
mart would have grown into Importance Hhlle
We. In danger frnnl this very fact Of losing our
grain and provision tralc. and With them large
share Of our jobltng Of every kind, would have
An fdca ri tkr cYirnt ~ n,r ,rnr-.,.t. .
lumber may be gathered iron, the statIattt~ of
receipts anu shipments for tho past year a.
.lsea BY the Luulbcrman's Excbungc. Tho re-
Lumber. N fec. ......... OF. IL
INC shipments were:
Lumber NJ fcct,." t,."...................... 544, go
shnx'cs' m.'.::...''......'.. ri. 414
lhls Is falling uH from the preceding year.
Lumber. III feet. liza. 3o7
Shingles, cs,m..,.................. Gus. nln
But In the mast wear the tr,,,c sufrrrtt, win,
the Lcprchsio.t IN ail other branches Of CON.
were re,,ly to aid ihc prolucrrs In oT,]er % thaf
their inills might mol be c,,u,nrltc,l n I'M
down and thus throw out Of cmnlnvmcnt mi
almost the su1c means OF tiyclfknfI liz thn,,.
sn,ltfa nj I,tc ,yJ,n work II, lin ntrortns rh.
yessrjs have pjjct, t,ccs,a,ltly intwcem c,,i,ma,
AMI tic numerous lunberipi. rn,rts nj yisrmnsn
aud Michigan, ind stored pi,r t,,sts ar, var,s
With am extraordinary sIDpjy of tIc prtd;,tt of
T6a, Ci.j,aeo .uioy. the v,., on1 v,rtea ,on-
Gifts which flow iron, her rrcut lumber tranc l.
tuc tn thc nl,rk. cmerTv sn farnai,.i,, 10 ~, ~
firms engaged In lie lu,ninrs.. trhcr Rav.s+ti s
by Ch!cs.t, through gt,o.l md iii rc,,utr, mi
ayg contributed ii no TtnuIl dc1rcr t., icr {r".
rcrIty, III taking accuunt ri th,, In.tnns,
nrurress wc hnye flr. tI'rr eh,ro n hsIr!t,,,ss
It at,out Should not be forgotten. A. rinsaNk
WHEELER manufacturers vic nuke Chisaso IIr,r
sarxrour,. s0 Ia sncak. or lncai eo.i.,rr 49,,
suy rargucs upu,l The Exchange u tl,cynrrtv"w NV
thcy IRA utInntrmsiyr@ h,,t ir m sEtti t,,},z-
n,cis, enterprise, and integrity ti'cy aTc
second 10 none in tbis rrcat
mart, whose influence IL felt throughout the
cou,t,urcial worlu. They hayc cxncricn'cd trv. .s
inc times: tic uns AMI t1nwns NJ hrs,nc.a ~.
iluvc been ~ t,,tnuun to them as To any otier
dealers fu the harvest Of ills rrrut sc"ilon ~
VIII such un!forn chccrIutcss M r uner ises asrrss
,frr1,n,stu,trs ,,r 1,avc rSi,,r.T n h1,.hnr sn. 1
commercial hulor. The ia,iurrs in Mi ihrsn W.
irving years have hccp few mud far brtw"cf,.
Tkcir credit las becn rxcrltcnt. Yy fair
dealing add ENTERPRISE they l!ays i.nintaI,;.xl tl,c
good ,.nne Of Chjcayo's tucrcIIants whcs,l mi
wit|lvut cause, It hay bccn ussaicIl ic1,,,sc ~
the sl.arp uni scllis practices % Of men S enttareI u
in t,fhrr ilnus OF conn,er.r. ~''@"os"
Tl,at Chicaro cUn,nrs to cutov liz, r,r .c,,t.
ncncc as lumber i,art Is due IL tlis Excellent
cIaractrr Of tAr int, ,yllt,sr fnrtu,,rs mr,. nm,
burke,l il, lumber trade. Tllrir ioyalty md d".
yutit,n Il, the interests OF Chirnso hnI ncvcr
been sufficiently appreciated. TIsrc harr hcen
Is eycr present, wicn strong diversion tninls In
le nulr IN fnyor uf su,ue ttrr af;c ,,nrf via.
bly, ~ We have hlnte.!. milwaukee,, IT, llrr nor. % II
uut I,ur r,lrpa1 facilities nr. NJ f-col os .,'rs
anti il our lumberuen were not possessed J1 u
character fur hcr1l,nl!uua honesty a,ui tu,,..
fateabIu tnipr1risr' tic nrjze-for Wien we c%'',.
silcr all tile bCnutitt to whlrI Ii rlyca rise ~,
may we'll Gull Il d przc-n,ighl bc WrestcI frpt,,
our grasp, ''
Tia Tribune has pleasure In presenting the
nam,n n,mj inrotio. ri fl,s r"r;,t,. r.,,,,sti
ds,ns o,gayrd In tho lumber business in li,js
city III rcsollrets uf cppltal, as wcil NJ IN thnsc
ol Reputation, su,.a.Ity i,rusnp,luIe and e,,cr.
nrisr thrsc t1lrn arr 1nt .urhassei l,v tI,os" ~.
saged IN uny ntl,er Of tls conl1pcrsI1l llucs
which llaye tila1p tlle ,,nnr Of thjracu knnwt
and n,aryc!cl at iii over thc world. They a,v
1ne1, in whasc honur innllrt ,,,utis,.nrc |
may bc PLACED, alui In tier kcrpin'-
Chicago is certain thut hcr lutuber Interests |
will not suifer, Frou tic ntucrjfs n
tho lake restun tllrr relations viii! commerce
stretch urrt,s3 tho continent md they Inv. The
utility to gtusp completely, u tlsey Understand
nil thu yart.,i wo1kfn,;s ~ r., wosr
luns,cr Interest: ''''
TUr I.uplyuroN. WILLS & VAN Scu.,cx
Co., curncr 1oo,ls mud Twenty y-ssroI.t, ~
YiIE rYs1rt0o Co, Ntrt1I Wtnfrr- ErrtI, 1,,.-
TIs klNBr CAkrnN1En Co, Looulls, near
West tTwrnty.so,,,ud. "~"'
MEAns. iftrEs Il In. "A ne,ch-