There would be no newspapers, magazines or books. Food would be very hard to find. New homes could not be built. Railroads could not operate. Fortunately for all of us, we will not run out of wood in the immediate future.
Trees are our only major renewable resource.
Unlike the oil and mineral resources of this nation, trees can go on forever. If we are intelligent enough as a society to grow, harvest and manage trees scientifically, we can count on a bountiful supply of wood forever. In the harvesting, sawing and processing of logs in the Appalachian region, thousands of jobs are created. People are needed to cut the trees, saw them into logs and haul them to sawmills. There the logs are cut into lumber.