Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-09
LUMBER OUTPUT INCREASES
Out for Last Year is Thirty-Four Per
Cent Increase.
OUTPUT OF LATH is GREAT
Department Of Commerce and Labor
Issues Figures showing vast In
crease in Production of
All sorts of Lumber.

All sorts of Lumber.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s-The lumber cut
IN the United States during the calender
year was A. 5S5 gOB0O feet board measure.
~ against 49, 22LO0C0O feet in 1903. and
E.256OOoOO0 feet in 1870. This was an in
crease OF 4.2 per cent over 1908, and 1Os
per cent over 1877. The output Of lath and
shingles during 1909 was 3u2OOQO0O and
149H0000OO. respectively. The increase I'm
the production Of lath in 1903 over 1908 was
2A3 per cent and over 1851 10 per cent.
while the corresponding Increases for shin
giles we're pa per cent and 264 per cent.
This information appears in a preliminary
comparative report covering 1909. 1893 and
1907, which was transmitted today TO Cen
Bus Director Durand by Chief staustician
William NJ. steuart under whose sper-
vision IL was prepared by J. l.. Whelchel,
expert special agent Of the division Of
manufacturer In cooperation with the
forest service OF the Department Of Agri-
culture the Bureau OF Census annually
collects and publishes statistics pertaining
20 the group Of lumber and timber indus
tries.
The substantial Increase over the two pre-
ceding years was general, few Of the in
dividuai states showing a decreased cut.
The figures for 1898 and 1867 were col
iectad by mail, and while including the
commercial mills Of the country, did not
in many cases cover the small neighbor-
hood mills whose output was consumed
locally. The relatively large increase in
the number OF mills reporting for 1893, to-
gether with the increase in the cut for
that year. was due largely 10 the TACT that
the field force Of the Census Bureau, which
ives engaged in gathering statistics Of all
branches Of manufacture throughout the
United States. secured returns from prac-
ticaly every sawmiu in operation during
the whole or any part OF 1899, without re-
gard to its size and I'm this way there
have been included many small mills not
covered by the mail census in the preced-
Ing years.
Increase in yellow Pine.
In the group Of coast states from Vir-
ginia to Texas, inclusive, together with
Arkansas and Oklahoma, there stands
probably not less than nine-tenths Of the
present supply Of yellow pine stumDage.
The proportion OF the total cut Of lumber
in the United States contributed by this
group, together with Kentucky and Ten
nessea, has been steadily increasing during
recent years. In 1907 their output was
17,S3AOOOOOO feet, or A8 per cent Of the
total; in 1903. 16O56.OOO,O0Q feet. or 45.S per
cent OF the total; and in 1909, 2,O57, 10000
feet. or A9.5 per cent of the total Yellow
pine, including the several species, long
leaf shortleaf loblolly, Cuban, etc, con-
stituted substantially the same per cent
of the total cut OF lumber in these states
in each Of the three years, furnishing u
per cent in 1909, 72s per cent IN 1908, and
IA per cent in 1907. The large increase
In the number OF mills reporting from this
region in 1909 over 1908, namely, from
12S24 TO 23,255 amounted 70 nearly two
thirds OF the total increase in the number
of mills reporting for the entire United
between these years. The Increases in
this group OF states, both in the number
OF mills and IN cut were due undoubtedly
In large part 10 the many small mills in
remote localities which were reached by
the agents In 1909, but which are difficult
20 canvass by mail The limited output
OF mills of this class and size, however Is
almost without exception consumed in the
Immediate vicinity Of its manufacture. and
hence exerts little or no influence on sup
My and prices in the general lumber mar
ket OF the country.
New York and New England.
The proportion OF the total lumber cut
Of the country contributed by New York
and the New England states did not vary
materially during the three years, being
Q per cent in 1907, 90 per cent in 1908, and
rs per cent in 1900
Although the wood-pulp Industry con-
tinues 70 make heavy and increasing draft
the supply OF spruce this tree still pracuc-
ally shares, with white pine the place OF
first Importance among the lumber umbers
of this region. In 1909 It's contribution to
the total lumber cut Of this group OF
states was S.S per cent, while that Of white
pine was 81 per cent.
The relative Importance OF the lake states
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin-in
lumber production continues TO decrease
steadily. as the supply OF white pine stump
age grows less, These states contributed
13.6 per cent OF the total lumber cut OF the
United States In 1907. S.2 per cent in 1908,
end l29 per cent in 1909.
Output in Coast states.
The Pacific coast states. with an output
eS.s per cent larger in 1903 than in 1903,
and % per cent greater than In 1907, never
theless contributed a smaller proportion
OF the total cut OF the country in 1903 than
IN either Of the preceding years the per
cent for 1903 being 1876, for 1908, 1862, and
for 1907. lSS Douglas fir was far in the
lead as lumber material In these states
during the three years, the production
from this species constituting 6S1 per cent
tn 1907, 661 per cent IN 1905, and $50 per
cent IN 1909. IL contributed 7s.2 per cent OF
the total production In Washington in 1903
and S28 per cent I'm oregon. while redwood
formed t5.6 per cent Of the total output ID
California
or the total production OF lumber In 1870
softwoods supplied $3.50. 10000 feet, or 2,
Per cent while hardWOods contributed
1888, OO0OOO feet. or "a per cent softwoods
contributed / per cent less OF the tota
production IN 1909 than IN 1905 and 1907 IL
each OF which years they formed a pei
cent OF the total
softvvooda and HRrdwOOdA.
The reported cut OF yellow pine in 1909
IGgT. 10000 feet constituted 365 per cen
OF the total lumber output This proper
tlon was substantially larger than IN 1876
ana 1907 in which years IL formed SIS pei
cent and 20 per cent. respectively, OF th'
total. Douglas Fir lumber. which rankes