Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-09
ARKANSAS RANK
As timber STATE

CVO' tOtiA value vi t}lo SdI ,
butput was 29,657,7S4. Arkansas
Eas sixth among the states OF the
United States in the amount of its
lumber output in that year and
FURNISHED 40 per cent of the lum-
Der produced in the entire country.
# These figures are officially furn
shed by the forest service Of the
XUnited States Department Of Agri-
t5&ulture Il q report just issued. They
eannot be taken as absolutely cor
Feet, however, as the actual output
Fsa slightly greater than is shown
In this report There are large
Number of large and portable saw
mills from which reports could not
We obtained, but their combined out
out is comparatively small and the
figures compiled by the government
IRE approximately correct.
"a How Statistics are Gathered.
8 The government bases its report
IN data furnished by 22,39S lumber
throughout the coun-
&ry. These reports show that the
otal lumber production in the
United States in 1906 was 1885,
5000 feet, with a mill value OF
1921 rs 1888. This was the lar
lest output ever reported for a sin
lie year an / the total value was
hush greater than in any other pre-
ous year. In addition to the lum
er, there were produced 1855
5000 shingles, valued at S24,
IS, and 3,S12,SO7, 900 laths, val
I'd at S11,490,5 $50. This makes
e total value of the lumber, shin
es and lath produced in that year,
56,796,513. Making due allow
Ice for the mills which failed to
cnish reports, the department es
hates the total annual lumber cut
the United States at present at
000,0 100000 feet and the total
value Of the lumber, shingles
laths annually produced at not
than 100000.
|hLsoorN m Neutrality-suspicious.
Increase of is Per Cent.
The total lumber output OF ar
sas in 1906 showed an increase
k15.2 per cent over the year OF
Is, although in the latter year
state ranked fifth in point OF
luction. The state of Washing
which in 1899 stood below
ansas, now leads all other states
a wide M frgin, having gained
5 per cenN since 1899. That
; alone in 1906 produced more
1000, 100000 feet of lumber.
siana SHOWS a gain of ISL per
in the seven years and now
is second on the list. Wisconsin
Michigan each lost more than
err cent in seven years, but ow-
to their former great output
hold third and fourth places in
st. Mississippi, which in 1893
heed les; lumber than Arkansas
gained So per cent since that
and now leads Arkansas by
million feet. The produc-
In Oregon has increased 118 per
in seven years, but that state
ranks behind Arkansas by a
margin.
@g ice 1899, the first year for
detailed figures upon the cut
o1aaS dividual species are valuable,
4A Oftwood cut of the United
has increased more than tour
b feet, while the hardwood cut
decreased more than a billion
@ Among the soft woods the cut
0&ANe llow pine has increased 2O.7
ent, that of western pine 46.9
p9 TENT, that of cypress 69.3 per
Cethat of red wood 1872 per cent
a$that of Douglass fir 1862 per
O4 The cut of the two most I'M
p4 PIT hard woods, oak and poplar,
decreased 1874 per cent and 1877
ent respectively.
fellow Pine Far in Lead.
low pine is still far in the lead
lumber -roducer, as it has been
~ n1e time. Over 81 per cent OF
th6a btal cut in 1906 was furnished
blow pine. The total output
WQa1 / ,661 ,O77,00O feet, valued at
NX4,k1 78,44G. Douglass fir is
Yg second, with a total cut of A.
96N4 3, 900 feet, valued at $780,
@671. Yellow pine also increas-
IA more in price than any other
humber during the seven years pre-
oeding 1906. The average value OF
yellcw pine advanced from $8.4S in
1888 to $15.02 in 1906, an adva"""