The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02

larger. VncSN fnuepenuent camps kpt1 low closely the centers or heaviest lumber production.
 In the amount of production. which can most accurately be measured by the number of thousand feet of saw logs produced, Washington ranked first Louieiana second, Wisconsin third, Pennsylvania fourth, and Ar kansas fifth. In the value of prod ucfs. however. the i've leading states were Wisconsin. Washington Michf- gan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
 A comparison of the figures Tor 1905 with those for 1900 shows that growth in the industry since 1900 has been. most rapid in the Southwestern States and In certain of the Pacific Coast States. while e substantial and. with respect to most of the items, uniform decline characterizes the Lake states as a group That logging ie relatively declining in the Central States Is also clearly indicated, and this is duesS of course to the practical exhaustioE in those States of merchantable timber in coutinuous bodies.
 Increasea Cost Of Tamber.
 Throughout the country the value of log stumpage is Ancreasing. The av- craze value per thousand feet. board measure, for the United States increas- ed from ,s21s in 1900 10 3259 in 1905. a rise of fl cents. or 1s.s per cent. This advance in the cost of stumpage aded s1i.472.1iK to the total cost of sawnill material ana increased the value of lumber proportionately. The increase is due not so much to q present shortage in the supply of lpnar ber material in the country as q whole as to the fact that the available supply of log stumpage is rapidly be- ing bought up and withdrawn from the market.
 The conditions in certain of the states are noteworthy. In Maine, New Hampshire, and New, York the great demand for spruce to be used as C raw material in the wood pulp industry has caused an increase In stumpage values far above the average increase reported for tho country as whole. In Illinois Indiana and Ohio where little mercantile timber remains. the rise In gfumpage values is due direct- Iy to the growing scarcity of saw mill material for immediate use Tn Ken lucky and Tennessee. where the sup ply is still relatively large. the sharp advances are due In large part to ex- tensive buying for future use. On the Pacific slope is still to be found the cheapest high grade skumpa@e in the country, though the values in this re- gion show substantial inrreases over 1900.
 Practically all species of merchant able timber have increased In stump age value Yellow pine which was the species most used at both censuses. increased in value per thousand board feet from s1-12 to $l-6s. White pine increased from $8.es to s4.s2: Douglas fir, the chief species couvSrted into lumber. in the states of Washington and oregon, from 77 cents 10 Si.06: henIock. from s2.5s to, $s.sf: oak. from ss.1s to sssss spruce, from s2.2s to ss7o: and cypress, from $1.5S to $s.42. Redwood. found only in California, ad- vanced in value from sl.0s to $1.h5. or 46.2 per cent
 Increased Value of Saw Legs.
 The increased value of log stump age is reflected In the increased value of the products of the lumber camps. Saw logss the principal product of the industry. increased in quantity from 25,279.7O2 feet In 1900 to 2T.- sse.7eS in 1905, q galn of 10s7 per cent: but they Increased i'd value from $15s,- sSos52 to $210.o74.4ss. gain of s2.2 per cent. The number of railway ties reported increased from 22.524,640 to 36,445,S0S. or 61,S per cent; while their value increased from $6.277.439 to s12.- 41s.7sS. or SIS per cent. The aver. age value of q tie rose from 2s cents in 1900 to 3E cents in 1905. In this connection 1t should be noted that tho figures are for hewp ties. Sawed ties are forming an increasing p6fcentage of the total production of railway ties in the country. and they are reported by the mills in thousand feet under the heading of rough lumber. The other products of the lumber camp generally show an increase both in quantity and value. Hemlock bark, however, de- creased in quantity from 471,s02 cords to ss1,69f cords, but 1t increased in val ue from $1.94o.O57 to s2.347,46a. Char coal decreased both in quantity and value sssSs0 -ts
 Saw AIflis.
 At the census Of 1905 tEi@ nafYsber of saw mills reported was 1S,2F7, and theif. combined capital was $331. .e2l ,IS4. They furnished employment on the average to 223,674 ge-earneers, paid 31OO, : 31O,S91 in wages, consumed materials costing $263. 1885, ,101, and manufactured products to the value of 9491, 1,524, ,662.
 In this industry Wisconsin ranked first according to the value of prod ucts. Washington second. Michigan third. Louisiana fourth. and PennsyI- vania nfths h 1900, sWiseonstp was second. Washington sixth. Michigan first. Louisiana eleventh. and Pennsyl- vania third A classification of the mills accord