East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-29
LUMBER WORTH MORE
THAN HALF BILLION
OREGON OUTPUT EXCEEDED
BY SEVERAL STATES
Decrease in Years Output of Country
2S Per Cent-Yellow Pine of South
Maintains Supremacy-Douglas Fir
Ranks Second.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Washing-
ten, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas,
and Wisconsin in the order named
constitute the Big Five in producing
the country's lumber supply whose
valuation for last year runs far above
the half million dollar mark. Texus
Michigan, Oregon. Minnesota and
pennsylvania came after the first
five states and others followed in de-
creasing amounts down to Utah, the
lowest on the list, with Nevada and
North Dakota having little timbered
area, not rated at all.
While the total valuation of the
lumber, lath and shingle production
reached s541,545,640, this amount
represents a decrease of 23 per cent
under the previous years output. The
number of mills reporting was 81
2S1 and these manufactured 1924
$4,000 board feet of lumber, valued
at $510,575,S22 and 2,9S6,6S4, 900
lath valued at s6,971,S2S, while the
shingle makers turned out 12,106,-
$4,000 shingles valued at $24,17S,-
490. The average value of lumber
at the point of manufacture was
S15.37 a thousand feet, s2.27 a thou
sand for lath and 50 thousand for
shingles.
yellow pine of the south which has
been far in the lead in the lumber
production for more than a decade,
more than maintained It's supremacy
last year contributing slightly more
than thirty-three per cent of the to-
tai cut from all kinds. Douglas fir
Of the northwest ranked second and
white pine third. Practically all
kinds showed a marked decreased
cut. and for the first three kinds of
timber there was a falling of of fif-
teen, twenty-five and twenty per cent,
respectively Oak and hemlock main
! tained their relative ranks but showed
| decreases of twenty-five per cent in
amount produced, and spruce dropped
| eighteen per cent.
| Louisiana was the heaviest pro-
ducer of yellow pine lumber, supply
| ing nearly one-fifth of the total pro-
duction Texas, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas and Alabama followed in the or
]
ton, alone supplied more than three
/ fifths of the Douglas fir cut. while
the bulk of the remainder came from
! Oregon. Minnesota produced about
a third of the white pine, followed by
| Wisconsin with about fifteen per
cent and New hampshire with ten
per cent. An interesting feature OF
the report is that two New England
states, Maine and Massachusetts, pro-
duced more white pine than Michi-
gan, which for many years led the
country in producing this valuable
timber.
Oak lumber manufacture now cen
ters in Kentucky, West Virginia and
Tennessee. Wisconsin comes first ir
the production of hemlock, taking the
position held by Pennsylvania for sc
many years. Altogether the lumber
report bulletin which, is free; by the
way, contains fifty-seven pages, ant
gives detailed figures upon the quail
ity and value of forty-five kinds Of
lumber manufactured in the United
States last year. The work on 1t was
conducted under the supervision of 3
comm lttee of four, consisting of w
NJ. Stouart, chief statistican for man
ufactures and j. T. Welchol expert
chief of division, representing the bu-
reau of the census, and R. S. Kell.
ogg, assistant forester and A. II
Pierson, forest assistant representing
the United States forest service.