The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-12-31
Lumber Produc ion
of Northwest
States.

A. IN the two previous yeara, Wash.
lsgton ranked first ia lumber produe.
uen In 1907 with 3,7T7 600 900 feet. se.
s@s<ing 70 q builotin Of the department
e. commerce and labor Just issued IN.
der the caption Of ssThe Lumber Cut Of
Ne united States for 1907. .
Although leading the nation, Wash.
inxtoa . cut Vas a decrease Of i2.3 per
ssai from The production In 1905, due,
according 70 the department = conelu.
slons. 70 car shortage, the panic and
tha attempt BY the transeontinentai
railroads 20 Increase freight rates.
lsonislana rAnked second for the
ys@r. ss before. with = small increase,
nkiio Texas advanced from eighth
pl&ea In 1905 70 . third place il 1907,
this advance being duo to = consider.
sisia ektent 90 the fact that reports
ffom more than tNiee a. many mills
IN that state were secured for 1907 As
Ter 1905. Mississippi rAnked fourth
- eomparcd with dfth for the previous
yesF. while Wisconsin, dropped from
skisd 10 afth place. The total cut IN
tAeae Gfo states was over II 900 600.
coo foot, or almost ono.third Of that
Of tho ontiro Unifed States These
states arc also The only ones reporting
product ~ excess Of 1000. 900 900 feet
each. Arkansas stood sixth. ~ In the
preceding year. while MichigAn dropped
FROM foarth place IN 1906 70 seventh
place Ia 1907. This Il the hrst
ame IN almost 40 years that an annual
eat Of ieas thau 100000. 900 feet has
bren reported from Michigan.
Notwithstanding an increase Of near.
n rs pcF rent Ia the numbcr of reports
roeaiscd from The lake states Mime.
sola, Wisconsin and Miehigan) 10 1907,
fle decrease IN the reported cut was
III per cent. This emphasizes strongly
The constantly decreasing lumber pro.
saeiion Of the region. due 70 the ox.
kzssiion Of the white pine supply. There
una . falling Of even In Minnesota,
which now contains the largest amount
81 standing white pine timber.
Ia 1907, as IN previous years, yellow
Pine ranked arst IN point Of prodnc
lian, The reported cut of that wood be-
ing i1.3 per cent greater than In 1906
snd constituting jas per cent Of the
total Douglas ar ranked second, as in
the two preceding ycarn. although Il
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81 1905. due 70 adverse conditions In
the producing territory. White pine,
although showing decrease Of IS per
scat over the cut Of the preceding
roar, rankcd third, while oak displaced
hemiock from fourth place. There
vas = marked increase IN the reported
production Of oak. due 10 the much
greater number Of reports received
from small hardwood mills, while
here was a slight falling OF IN hem.
eek. Spruce and western pine showed
increases.
Those sevcn woods, Of which over n
,illion feet each were cut In 1907,
rieldcd 32k billion feet Of lumber. or
our-afths Of the entire cut. Among
AZ woods manufactured in smaller
particularly heavy increases
~ shown for yellow poplar, red gum,
hezfnBt and beech, which are I'M
oubtedly due, as In the case Of oak,
o the larger number Of reports from
ks smaller mills. The softwoods as a
rsup furnished 1901, POS. 900 feet Of
amber, or " per cent Of the total,
nd the hardwoods e,ess ,eee 900 feet,
r 81 per cent Of the total.
Nearly two-thirds OF the Douglas fr
,mbcr manufactured In 1907 was cut I
the state Of Washington. Oregon
sported 2o.f per cent Of the total,
klIc the remainder came from Cali.
,rnia, with small quantities from the
oeky mountain states. The total n
,snfity reported for 1907 was 4,74s, I
n. 900 feet, valued at s67,047, 1s1, an :
veragc Of si4.i2 per 1000 feet. This /,
ssrage was a little less than that re.
,rted for 1906, which was Si4.2o, but !.
ueh greater than the values reported
n 1900 and 1904, which were 1897 and 9
|.sf, respectively. Many large mills
. operating exclusively upon Doug
. ar. The average output per mill a
1907 was 100000 feet, much q