The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07
The LUMBER CUT
Receivers From tbs PanIc aad Is
Again On Deck
INTERESTING FACTS

w S00 o0S&NSSc AA-sS ~ 49, S>FS "
Where Mos: OF tho LameeT Comes
From asd Who WI So Eene-
atted b. TaS Put On ;e By tas
Ta<aE.
During the yea. 1908. s,.23, saw
mills in the Co!,ed States naausac-
eu,ed ss.2ss.sss.ooo Feet OF lumber.
according TO preliminary report
Jus. issued By the bureau Of The cen
sus. These mills also GU. ,-..es.-
eco shingles and 2.sSs.sS@.oto lssh.
Lumber manufacturing. like every
other Industry. felt the effects OF the
business depression which began IN
October. 1907. Consequently the
production in 1905 was below that
sos the previous year. II 100. the
cut Of cS.s5o saw mills was 4o.25s.-
$4,000 see.. the highest production
ever recorded. Notwithstanding.
therefore. ,ha: II 1908 reports were
received from eight per cent Gose
mills ,hao II 1907. the decrease n
lumber crt reported oy them was
slightly over seventeen pc. cen:.
Washington. as for several years
past. SILL ranks ara: amoas the
States n lumber production. Its cut
81 1905 being 2.si5.s2s.oeo feet
q decrease Of 22.S pc. cent over the
cut OF 1907. Sea1iy a!i the lumber
naaufacc1,ed n Washington Is
Dus!as sr. the market for which was
seriously affected By the panic.
Louisiana second. with e.72c.isl.-
GOO feet. a decrease OF eso.e0o.ooo
feet o. g.. pes cent owe. tie Gu. IL
1907. Louisiana Is srs. N the pro
auceson OF both yellow pine and cy-
press-
Cypress Is particularly usefcl
and valuable wood. and apparently.
tie manufacturers OF II did not suSes
as severely from dull! Zines as d!d
the manufacturers OF yellow pine and
Douglas a-. Mississippi was the
third state in lumber production In
1905, with total Of l.ssl.0eo feet
IA decrease Of eleven per cene from
the cut II 1907. Arkansas ranked
fourth, with l.s5s.ssI.oo0 Seet-a
decrease OF nearly seventeen per eeae
over the previous years output. and
Wisconsin atth. with l.SlS.aIs.eoo
feet aga!ns. 2.oes.27s,ooo feet IL
1907.
IN Teas. where tie lumber !adus-
ery is confined siuos. exclusively 20
yellow pine. the falling OF wss rrry
neavY. The total cut OF the State IN
1905 was t.5e4.eos.aoo :eet- de-
crease Of SIS per cent ore- shc cat
n 1907.
E.sse o.se. States Manufactured
moro than one oi,,ioa sees each os
.nnoe. last yeay. In the order Of In
por.snce, they were: Michigan. Ore
soa. Minnesota. Pennsylvania. VIZ
stn.s, Alabama. North Carolina aat
wes: Virginia California ana
maine, o:he: States which reported
more tha, one billion feet each n
1907. went Jus: below that figure IN
1905. The. totals Coz few States
were grease- I, 1908 than n 1907.
but this was chiefly due 70 the larger
nrmbe. OF reports secured IN those
States IN 1905. In Georgia. 70. In
stance, a particularly close canvass
increased the number OF mills report
Cd nearly one-th!rd. while the result
Ing increase in reports OF toca! pro
duction was only SIX PEE eeas- II
Massachusetts. SO mile reported q
Gu. OF ss4.52S.0eo feet & 1905 as
compared With cut Of SSi.23l. 900
feet By SIS mills in 1907. In feet
:o 1908: while in 1907. $50 mills
ca. s1.23s. 900 feet 4 particularly
large gain sa mills reported vas
made II Oklahoma In 1907. l2s
mills !c .ha. State cut I4o.olS.eeo
sess. wh!se IN 1905. 21i mills cut
1sS.75s.oee feet
While there are many very large
saw Mills IN the United States. the
smal! mills far outnu@ee7 ;ss large
oses. and i. Is particularly Interesting
20 cote how many Of these ssna!!
,,,,s there are IN the States which
are not now Of arsc rank N lumber
production. The statistics 90, New
York were collected by the Forest
Fish aud Game Commission o. ;aa'
State and show there are 2.cs!
mills. In Pennsylvania 2.2ci rai"s
reported to the census. and Il VIZ
s.n!a. 1887 mills. IN North Ca:'
DINA reports cane from l.sso Uias
and IN Kentucky from 1.s20 mills
The oumoe. Of mills reporting f:o1
Tennessee vas only so.ty less :aa.
from Kentucky. IN Wes: Virginia
Missouri. Ohio and Indiana be;we-:
1000 ard 100 mills each were 60
gagged u cutting lumber las, y-a!
The average outpu. per mill was $50
coo fee. IL New York. and s.2t0.oe'
feet In Louisiana. these TWO S'ate
presenting nearly the extremes 0
production by small, and large nils
Yellow pine. Douglas a.. whit
pine. oak. henlcck and spruce. ~ "a
order named. were the woods Gu
into lumber n the largest cuane:ss
Yellow pine has ranked S'st s!oe
!. surpassed white pine In ;ss late
n!neeies. and it Is still sas n -
lead. More recently. white Pie ia
also eeeu superseded BY Douglas a
so eha.now I: occupies ta!:d place.
Washington has been the 2-sae:pa
sh:ug.e producing State since sne as
o. red cedar shingles became genera
and 4 supplied .h-ee-torcths o: te
total output cf shingles list yea
Among The other st!nc!e p-ocrctc
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