The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-12-25
Lumber Production
of Northwest
States.

> - the two previous years, Wash
FAesen ranked first. in lumber produc-
|dea IN 1907 with 3,777, COG 900 feet, &c
'cerain0 - . bulletin of the department
It commerce and labor just issued un-
der TIE caption Of "The Lumber Cut Of
TIE Unitea States for 1907
Although leading the nation, Wash.
iA0tsnrs cut was a decrease Of 1913 per
ceat frsn the production in 1906, due,
according to the department y conclu
sioas, ~ . car shortage, the fanie and
he attempt by the tra1 n~tinental
raslss:as to incEealerfsS lates.
Louisiana mixed second for the
yecs, = g Re, with q small increase.
whiae ok&s advanced from eighth
ItDu4n 1906 to . third place in 1907,
Nhis ,a1vance being due to q consider
able extent to the fact that reports
srsn mere than twice al many mills
in that state were secured for 1907 as
fer ICES. Mississippi ranked fourth
~ ssnpared with fifth for the previous
year, while wisconsin dropped from
third - 9Th place. The total cut in
these Ave states was over 5000, O00,-
80 . fsot, or almost one-third of that
Of ~ entire United States. These
states are also the only ones reporting
q product in excess Of 2,0OO, DOC, 900 feet
each. Arkansas stood sixth, as in the
sprsCa1ing year, while Michigan dropped
frsn Ssurth place in 1906 to seventh
place bin 19O7. This is the first
time in almost 40 years that an annual
cat e less than 1000, o0o, 900 feet has
been reported from Michigan.
Notwithstanding an increase Of near
" 9S per cent in the number of reports
received from the lake states (Minne-
sofa, Wisconsin and Michigan) in 1907,
tho decrease in the reported cut was
III par cent. This emphasizes strongly
tho constantly decreasing lumber pro-
duetisa Of the region, due to the ex-
haustisn of the white pine supply. There
was . falling off ever in Minnesota,
which new contains the largest amount
If standing white pine timber.
In 1897, as in previous years, yellow
pine ranked first in point of produc-
Mo-, the reported cut Of that wood be-
iae 13.3 per cent greater than in 1906
81 asastituting 1913 per cent of the
ktslnl Douglas fir ranked second, as in
TIVE preceding years, although it
shGNs6Aa small decrease over the cut
Of 1891, due to adverse conditions IN
tho producing territory. White pine,
sltheaah showing q decrease Of SIS per
csat sver the cut Of the preceding
wear. ranked third, while oak displaced
was . marked increase in the reported
Prolustisa Of oak, due to the
greatw number Of reports received
4 fran snail hardwood mills, while
thors wss q slight falling off In hem
Nesk. Spruce and western pine showed
cNxiasRahle increases.
Nksss seven woods, Of which over a
bilisA feet each were cut in 1907,
yisldsA 32H billion feet Of lumber, or
fe1r-AfAs Of the entire cut. Among
the weeds manufactured in smaller
saaatities, particularly heavy increases
are shown for yellow poplar, red gum,
chestaat md beech, which are I'M
dsshAelly due, as in the case of oak,
to 10 larger number Of reports from
-Nhw~Nf nSfA. The softwoods as a
Essp led 31,OO1, s25 900 feet Of
Rnker, q IT per cent Of the total,
aaA tho hardwoods 9,254,929,0O feet,
e. ~ pr cent Of the total.
Nearly two-thirds of the Douglas fl
lumber manufactured in 1907 was cut
in the state Of Washington. Oregon
reported SOL per cent of the total,
while Tie remainder came from Cali.
~fornia, with small quantities from the
Rocky mountain states. The -
quantity rer6rted for 1907 waelEl4 S,
Sv2, zoe feet, valued at $67bDE.;1S1, AZ
average Of $14.1s pera1oCd feet. This
average was 4 little lsss than that re-
ported for 1906, which was $14.2o, but
much greater than the values reported
for 1909 and 1904, which were $s.67 and
$s.sl, respectively. Many large mills
are operating exclusively upon Doug
Jas AZ. T2e average output per mill
in lsey yas $4,000 feet, . much