The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
UNlBER AND TIMBER PRODUCES
CENSUS BULLETIN 7z.

- I|il1<fin n. just published by the
 SSSS<s Of the Census. contains a sta- |l*6<7tsl report on lumber and timber &&dl6<s hy Jasper N. WheicheL expert s<3Sx cf the division of manufactures, .&z24 &r article on the timber regions << xhs Ifnttna states by Henry Gan T 4ff. 8soxx&pher of the United states |351Ioe{eaz ss1fvess The bulletin was nxeuHx1d under the supervision of Will I aft N etenart. chisf statistician for 5H1 1<ectures
 xsy>rnner Rnd timber products, as der 48H by tne Bureau of the Census, are z<Isufectured in three classes of es- <HnzI Is1xnen logging or timber campa, >.Su55Y}a. and planting mills The raw rz2<erial Of the logging industry IS Ssandinx timber, and it's leading pros f31&< 7z saw Iogs. Among the other &rI1<<pSl products are shingle, stave 16 4ez1sna bolts, cooperage and ex- 2'6i<EHx nfock. fense posts hop ana hoop I55<< 6nndge stock. tan bark. piies, .S'<5x stock. railway ties, rived or S1<f sn3n&1eS, masts and spars. ship 1<9s felogrnph and telephone poies, I K 1S&l xfoeh, and charcoal Logs and fsIf4, prcdncts of the logging camps, <5H4<1}ute the raw materials of the &Aw mills. and rough lumber is their fb~- ..<2&4fF coYnprises all sawed products <s663<6d in thousand feet, board meas zs<A s4ch a& blanks. boards, scantlings, EHfA5<1ire stock. carriage and wagon @<.<zk nerfcuifural Implement stock. ]s.14kss, ana spool stock, and dimension 60..& Among the other principal pro- #1&f* of the industry are shingles; ss.4,s3sraxa materials; yeneers. cut, &1&&ea And sliced. and laths. Tn the <,'$n{x& min industry rough lumber fxx1na tho principal material with h&xdware. glass. glue, etc. as other ma zsrza1s; while chief among its products AgS halshed lumber. such as ceiling fiS1xInx. etc. and sash, doors, blinds 1Aa interior flnish.
 2hesa three aindustries are so closely rssna4tea that often Q single estab- 3<lzAnaSnt Includes a logging camp. g ShM mall and a blaming mill The Bu- xzaM Of tho Census recognizes this 5 sinsA connecfiom and. though 1t treats &xhn branch aa d separate industry, a1 s13xes fl,a figures for the lumber and &{fsshsr ii5dustry as q whole Since, hass ewer. some Of the products of the tnanhsT camp are 4hs raw materials of fh8 snw mIlL and some of the pro- ss,,aza Of tho saw mill. the raw materials &f kha blaming mill, a correct total for tEE lNEAb&x ana ttuDer sHUWS%y Sn&, ssff bn obtained by adding the figures 40r khe three branches. Special nEures Sxk therefore given for lumber and &7f4sb6k produets. In determiping these Sf1NFas. moreover. blaming mills not Nnnnecxnd with saw mills have been emitted because the products of such &n141N nxe not, accurately speaking, afsnhsg and timber. Flaming mills eozsnscfad with saw mills would also nsxa b6ea omitted had it been possible se aIStrfbnke accurately the costs of operation between the products of the naw and the products of the pianer-
 Ksumhex nna Timber.
 T.ht figures given for the lumber and ttlhher Industry as a whole show that X6.1gF establishments. with combined capital of sBi7s224, 12ss were nanufae- fursnm lumber and timber products at tks census Of 190E. These establish Sf,entA employed on the average 404.- gzs wage parneTa' and they paid slSs.- D1H,fa9 in waes&, consumed materlaLs naalinE &18S,TSe BIO, and manufactured nf6drcfs vailed at s5S0, ,0zz,690
 Ta eetabiishments were widely dis- erfbuted. for In 1905 lumber and timber nroducts were manufactured on com snarciaf scale in every State and Ter- rtfnrv except North Dakota. In nine Bkakas the production of lumber was .I#E UI1HcAQal lAuU6Skf eettN v '~-s v ls w6A second in importance. The six ieMdinR States in the industry. with me value of products manufaetured in &a1h. vera, in1so6: Washington. s4s,- H11k1x; Wiae0nsin, S44,ss5.7e6; Michi- Nan. 440. ,ss5s Louisiana, ss5.is2.- 3{z Minnesota, S3s.lss,S0 and Penn Y4lVania. @s1, ,6A2. .390.
 L0wgHnE Camps.
 xn 1905 returns were received from 42 4sd lowgings camps with combined Hapifal os S9O. O.4S4.4s4. These camps nssnIoyed on the average l46,bse wage r&fiasra. paid ses s,s8s.7s5 in wages. con- &sssnax materials costing sS0.412.S2s. and inAnufacfnred products valued at sz5s'- 4S1 e4s
 oz the total number of logging xe1apg. n .e44. or ss2 per cent, were .senducted by milling establishments; md $50, or ess per cent. were operated 5nAepondentiy, The dependent logging s2sz,ps reported 7s per cent of the capi- Ksf so per cent of the wage-earners. gf nor cent of the wages. 90 per cent Ss xhe cost of materials, and s6 per ~znf of the value of products. While s& sN ehus apparent that the bulk of 4ks logging industry Is carried on in .sf1ncfion with sawniills, the inde- zssn6ent camps on an average &e much