The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

dustry. and in twelve 1t was second In Inn
portance. The six leading States In the
Industry, with the value Of products manu-
featured in each, were, In 1905: Wash
ington. Al .572.512; Wisconsin, $4i.S9 1858
Michigan. $40, 500. 1876; Louisiana. $35, 1872. 374;
Minnesota. 1913, 1888, 1903, and Pennsylvania.
$31, e42. $3.50.
In 1905 returns were received from u, 494
logging camps with a combined capital OF
800, 454, 494. These camps employed on the
average lag. 500 wage-earners, paid sec, 9S9, 795
in wages. consumed materials costing $50,
Az, 1925, and manufactured products valued
at $2S6. 1S1, 04s.
OF the total number of logging camps
II, GA, or 9S.2 per cent. were conducted by
milling establishments, and $50. or 6.s per
cent, were operated Independently. The
dependent logging camps reported rs per
cent. of the capital, so per cent. of the
wage-earners, rs per cent. of the wages.
80 per cent. of the costs of materials and
SO per cent. of the value OF products.
While 1t is thus apparent that the bulk of
the logging industry is carried on in rom
junction with sawmills, the Independent
camps on an average are much larger.
These independent camps followed closely
the centres of heaviest lumber production.
In the amount of production. which can
most accurately be measured by the num-
Der of thousand feet of saw logs produced.
Washington ranke first, Louisiana second,
Wisconsin third, Pennsylvania fourth and
Arkansas fifth. in the value of products,
however, the five leading States were Wis
%consin, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota
and Pennsylvania.
A comparison OF the figures for 1905 with
those for 1900 show that growth In the in
dustry since 1900 has been most rapid In
the Southwestern States and in certain of
the Pacific Coast States, while a sub
stantial and, with respect to most Of the
items. uniform decline strawberries the
Lake States as a group, That logging Is
relatively declining In the Central States
is also clearly indicated, and this is due,
Of course, TO the practical exhaustion in
those States Of merchantable timber In
continuous bodies.
Throughout the country the value of log
stumpage is increasing. The average value
per thousand feet. board measure, for the
United States increased from S2.18 in 1900
to $3.50 in 1905, a rise of Al cents. or .g.g
per cent. This advance in the cost Of
stumpage added 81. Az 15 to the total
cost of sawmill material and Increased
the value of lumber proportionately. The
Increase is due not so much to n present
shortage In the supply of lumber material
In the country as a whole as TO the fact
that the available supply of log stumpage
is rapidly being bought up and with
drawn from the market.
TIL conditions In certain of the States
are noteworthy. In Maine, New Hamp-
shire and New York the great demand for
spruce to be used as a raw material in
the wood pulp industry has caused an in
crease IN stumpage values far above the
average increase reported for the country
as a whole. In Illinois. Indiana and Ohio.
where little m~erchantable timber remains,
the rise in stumpage values Is due directly
to the growing scarcity OF sawmill ma
terial for immediate use. In Kentucky
and Tennessee, where the supply is still
relatively large, the sharp advances are
due in large part to extensive buying for
future use. On the Pacific slope is still
to be found the cheapest h~Igh-grade
stumpage IN the country, though the
values in his region show substantial in
creases over 1900.
Practically all species Of merchandise
timber have increased in stumpage value
yellow pine, which was the species mott
used at both censuses, increased in val1e
per thousand board feet from $1.B to Kiss,
White pine increased from 1896 10 S462;
Douglas mr.. the chief species converted