Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-07-08
THE LUMBER CUT
Receivers From the Panic and Is
Again on Deck
INTERESTING FACTS

mere MOSt OF the LumDer Comes
From and Who Will Be Bene-
fitted by Tax Put OH it by the
Tariff.
During the year 1908, 1921 saw
mills in the United States manufac-
tured 33,2S9,369,0 1000 feet of lumber,
according to a preliminary report
Just issued by the bureau of the CEN
sus. These mills also cut l2,106,-
600 shingles and 2.986. $4,000 lath.
Lumber manufacturing. like every
other industry. felt the effects Of the
business depression which began in
October. 1907. Consequently the
production in 1908 was below that
for the previous year. In 1907 the
cut OF 2S. $50 saw mills was 40,256.-
10000 feet, the highest production
ever recorded. Notwithstanding,
therefore, that in 1908 reports were
received from eight per cent more
mills than in 1907, the decrease in
lumber cut reported by them was
slightly over seventeen per cent.
Washington, as for several years
past. still ranks first among the
States in lumber production. it's cut
in 1908 being 2.915, 5,92S,00O feet
a decrease Of 22S per cent over the
cut of 1907. Nearly all the lumber
manufactured in Washington il
Duglas fir. the market for which was
seriously affected by the panic.
Louisiana second, with 2,722. .42l,
600 feet. decrease of 250.000.00O
1907. Louisiana is first in the pro-
duction of both yellow pine and cy-
press.
Cypress is particularly useful
and valuable wood, and apparently.
the manufacturers of 1t did not suffer
as severely from dull times as did
the manufacturers of yellow pine and
Douglas fir. Mississippi was the
third state in lumber production in
1908. with a total OF 1861 900 feet
"a decrease of eleven per cent from
the cut in 1907. Arkansas ranked
fourth, with 1865. .991, 900 feet--a
decrease OF nearly seventeen per cent
over the previous years output. and
Wisconsin fifth, with 1.613.315.0 900
feet against 2,003.279,OO0 feet in
1907.
In Texas, where the lumber indus
try is confined almost exclusively TO
yellow pine, the falling off was very
heavy. The total cut of the State III
1908 was 1924, 900 feet a de-
crease OF 31.6 per cent over the cut
in 1907.
Eight other States manufactured
more than one billion feet each OF
lumber last year. In the order OF i'm
portance, they were: Michigan, Ore
gon, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vir
ginia, Alabama, North Carolina and
West Virginia. California and
maine, other States which reportet
more than one billion feet each in
1907, went Just below that figure in
1908. The totals for a few States
were greater in 1908 than in 1907.
but this was chiefly due to the larger
number of reports secured in those
States in 1908. In Georgia, for in
stance, a particularly close canvass
increased the number OF mills report.
ed nearly one-third, while the result
ing Increase in reports of total pro
auction was only SIX per cent. Ii
Massachusetts. clio mills reported
cut OF 3S4,S26.000 feet in 1908 a
compared with cut of 364. .231. .oO'
feet by SIS mills in 1907. In fee
in 1908: while in 1907. 230 mill
cut 1877 1000 feet. A particular,
large gain i'm MILLS reported wa
made In Oklahoma. In 1907, 12'
mills in that State cut 140.015,00
feet. while in 1908. PA mills CT
15S.756.O00 feet.
While there are many very lare'
saw mills in the United States. tn
small mills far outnumber the larg
ones, and it Is particularly interestin
to note how many of these sma
mills there are in the States whic'
are not now OF first rank in lumbe
production. The statistics for New
York were collected by the Forest
Fish and Game Commission of tina
State and show there are 2.29l
mills. In Pennsylvania 2,224 mills
reported to the census. and in Vii
ginia. 1897 mills. In North Car
olina reports came from LAO mills
and in Kentucky from l $50 mills
The number of mills reporting from
Tennessee was only forty less thar
from Kentucky. In West Virginia
Missouri, Ohio and Indiana betweer
1000 and 100 mills each were en-
gagged In cutting lumber last year
The average output per mill was $50
600 feet in New York. and $4,000
feet in Louisiana. these two States
presenting nearly the extremes o
production by small and large mills
Yellow pine. Douglas fir. white
pine. oak. hemiock and spruce. In th'
order named. were the woods Gu
into lumber in the largest quantity
yellow pine has ranked first sine
IL surpassed white pine in the late
nineties. and it is still far in tn
lead. More recently. white pine ha