The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

creased from 2. 10 thousand pieces 70 H.
$50 thousand pieces. or a slight gain OF
$50 thousand pieces. OF - per cent. but
the average value advanced from S4265 70
S50.0S Per thousand
Hewed stock. including French claret.
pipe and similar grades. which requires
a high quality Of white oak timber es ma
terial. and which is manufactured largely
for export. showed an increase in the
quantity produced from s.1sl thousand
pieces 10 l2.737 thousand pieces. a gain Of
2.s56 thousand pieces. or 3).2 per cent.
which was accompanied by an advance in
average value from Ss3-62 10 Sl1Ss0 per
thousand.
Heading Nearly Doubled
In heading the total production reported
was g7.6e2.sst sets. with a value al the
mill Of S5s54.s'5. as against I7.77s575 sets
IN 1915. with mill value OF S.sss53l an
increase OF sgIs.5Is sets. OF 55S per cent.
IN quantity. and S2.S5fS5 or 7l.6 per cent,
IN value. the advance in average value
per set being from 0215 10 S01fs The
fact that the average value Of heading
has not materially changed. while that OF
all classes Of slaves has advanced IN
some cases sharply. IS worthy OF note
Owing TO the rapidly growing scarcity OF
oak from which originally both tight
+
". other and cheaper woods are. where
possible. being introduced as substitutes
Cypress. red gum. and Eastwood are
thus in a measure suppIsntng oak head
ing. and the fact that the production OF
1907 Included a much larger percentage Of
these woods than that Of 1875 accounts for
the relatively low average value per set
in the later year Beer and ale heading
which formed only G. per cent Of the
i total production in $780, and which was
made exclusively from selected oak. aJ-
} vanced in average value from s0Z3 %
I s. % per set. an Increase 1f lil6 per cent
Little Change in Locality.
+ Little change is noted in the geograph-
I icaI distribution Of the industry Of tight
stave manufacture from that Of former
years. Nearly - per cent OF the produc-
t.on IN 1907 was reported from the FIVE
States OF Arkansas. Kentucky. Tennessee.
T West Virginia and AIabaua- which. in
respect TO individual output ranked IN the
I order named
( Arkansas alone contributed more than
I Zs per cent Of the total OF all classes Of
t tight slaves and nearly - per cent OF the
/ production Of bucked and split stock
[ Kentucky. while producing only Is per
cent Of the total OF su slaves reported
/ ~ per cent OF tire bUcked and split stock
and 5Ss per cent OF the beer and ale stock
( production Tennessee ranked next 70
/ Arkansas IN the output Of sawed slaves.
with 14s Per cent Of the total of this
class, and contributed Z.6 per cent Of the
total Of the beer and ale slaves reported
Bourbon Stave Production.
/ The bulk OF the Bourbon stave produc-
ton for 1907 was reported. as previously.
from Kentucky and Tennessee. with g-5
and Isl per cent Of the total respectively.
Almost the entire product in West Viz
/ ginia consisted Of sawed slaves. by far
the major part Of which were classed as
oil Alabama supplied - per cent OF the
total tight stave production. 143 per cent
/ OF those classified as bucked and split.
and rs per cent Of the hewed stock re-
ported In certain other States where the
! aggregate production OF tight slaves was
/ comparatively small, one or more Of the
/ four classes OF stock was manufactured
in relatively large quantities
I Louisiana contributed more than % per
/ cent and Texas 1S4 per cent Of the total
/ production OF hewed stock. and owing %
I the fact that the average value per thou
sand OF this grade of slaves is much
! higher than any other. the relative prom
! inence of these States In the industry IS
/ greater than their totals Of production
would indicate
/ As in 1906. the leading States in the man
ufacture Of tight heading were Arkansas
and Tennessee. in the order named. the
combined production OF these two States
/. forming approximately twO-thirds Of the
/ total output in both years. Not only Is
the best grade Of Bourbon and beer and
ale heading still prduced in largest quan-
/ tItv IL Kentucky. but the production OF
tight heading Of all kinds in this State
in 1907 was substantially larger than II
the preceding year, the increase being
from 2526.617 sets 70 3.S24617 sets Other
States producing relatively large guam
titles Of tight heading in 1907 were West
/ Virginia, Mississippi. and Texas