The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
The Somth Lcads.

The Southern States were the lead
ing producers in 1905, with 3g1 per
cent. of the total for the United states.
The, lumber industry IN the States
south of the Ohio and Potomac is not
new. In 1850 they contributed more
; than ne-seventh of the entire output
of the country. The ware of the in
dustry in the lake region lent addi-
tional stimulus to its development in
the South. The largest percentage on
increase was from 1880 to 1890, during
which period there was gain of 1866
per cent The gain during the follow
ing decade was 1929 per cent.
These States increased their lumber
output from 1900 to 1905 b. S50,GO6,-
$50. or 27.9 per cent. and indications
are that the maximum has not yet been
reach&d. TIE increase in the value OF
iulsDer" products in tire Southern States
III the five years alone, l9G0-l9O5, was
nearly twice the entire lumber produce
ton Of the South in 1870, The value
Of the lumber output Of the South is
now more than equal 10 that of the
entire United States in 1850,
The total capital employed In lum-
boring in the United utates in 1900 was
st00,s5L33T IN 1905 it was S5l1,224,-
126, an increase Of $116.36s,T91.
Capital Invested.
The total capital represented in lum-
bering enterprises in the Southern
states in 1905 was 1926, 63S.Ss5 in 1905
this had increased TO 20,0S0935 ar
Increase Of nearly a hundred million II
five years.
In the Southern states tho increase
was 751 pcr cent, In five years @
lhe increased capital in lumber produc
ton in the entire country the South
share was Sill per cent.
Differently stated Of all the none,
put in new numbering projects durni
The five years from 1900 TO 1905" 81
ter cent was invested in such enter
priscs in the South.
Louisiana, which, in 1900. was mint
In the United states in point of pro
faction rose to tourth in 1905, an
first among the States of the Soutl
Mississippi advanced from twelfth t
eighth place; Alabama from nlnetpcnt
20 thirteenth and Tennessee froi
!onth TO ninth
Washington ranked first in 1905
the value of lumber produced, closed
followed by Wisconsin with l.oulsian
second in point OF actual Increase
tEis item between the two censuRes.
table giving the increase in yalt
Of timber products between 1900 mr.
1908 shows Louisiana first, ,gtA an II
crease Of 1875 per cent; Wushlngto
1919 per cent; Oregon 65S per ccnl
Alabama, g per CONT California, 81
per cent West Virginia, lG1 per cen
Maine, 5o,5 per cent arkansas, 4l.3 u
sceht. Twenty three other states al
territories showed IN 1905 m incroa
IN lumber productions, while srycntc
showed decreases. Ohio, Pennsvlyan
Indiana Michigan ANA Wisconsin
showed material dcereasea The lo
leaf districts Of mississippi Alabar
and Louisiana have received much
the capital which hra heretofore be
employed IN these former pre-einnle
lumber States.
s"r,h Carolina IN Front
North Carolina has l,lS0 sawnil
more than amy other state, Penns
ennla next; Tennessee with 10
third Texas has fewer than any OIL
Southern STATE 26t
The capital of tbs average shwn
plant IN 1903 was 720,SSO, employ
twelve wag learners, paving out 50,
IN wages, spending Va 437 for i
tnrials ana turning Out a prod
worth s2a So
.,labama, ArlInfaS Texas, Geort