The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-11
PRODUCTION OF
LUMBER GAINING
Substantial Increase IN Lumber Cut
is shown IN the Preliminary Re
port Of Thirteeoth Census.

AAi4UEL Cut AA kAE G~A+NNA $780, 49,
ing the calendar year 1909 was 44,5S5
million feet. board measure, as against
9s.224 million feet in 1908, and 4O.256
million feet in 1909 This was an in
crease Of 34.2 per cent over 1908. and
during 1909 was 3.712 million and
1895 million, respectively. The in
crease in the production Of lath in
1909 over 1908 was 24.3 per cent over
1907 1.3 per cent. while the cores
ponding increases for shingles were
PA per cent and 264 per cent.
This information appears in a pre-
liminary comparative report covering
1909, 1908, and 1907. which was trans
mitted today to Census Director Dur
and by Chief Statistician William NJ
Steuart, under whose supervision it
was prepared by ]. r, Whelchel. ex-
pert special agent Of the division of
manufacturers. I'm cooperation with
the forest service Of the department
of agriculture, the burea Of the CEN
sus annually collects and publishes
statistics pertaining to the group of
lumber and timber industries
The substantial increase over the
two preceding years was general, few
OF the individual states showing de-
creased cut The figures for 1908 and
1907 were collected by mail, and, while
including the commercial mills of the
country, did not in many cases cover
the small neighborhood mills whose
out put was consumer locally The rel
atively large increase in the number
Of mills reporting for 1909, together
with the increase in the cut for that
year, was due largely to the fact that
the field force of the census bureau,
which was engaged In gathering stats
tics of all branches of manufacture
throughout the United States, secured
returns from practically every sawmlll
in operation during the whole or any
part of 1909. without regard to its size.
and in this way there have been in
cluded many small mills not covered
by the mail census in the preceding
years.
In the group of coast states, from
Virginia to Texas. inclusive, together
with Arkansas and Oklahoma, there
stands probably not less than nine
tenths of the present supply Of yellow
pine stumpage. The proportion of the
total cut of lumber in the United
States contributed by this group, to-
gether with Kentucky and Tennessee
has been steadily increasing during
recent years. In 1907 their output
was 1884 million feet, or AS per
cent of the total; in 1908, 1906 mil
lion feet, or 452 per cent of the total;
and in 1909, 22,057 million feet. or
495 per cent of the total yellow
pine, including the several species
longleaf, shortleaf. loblolly Cuban
etc. constituted substantially the
same per cent of the total cut of lum
ber in these states in each of the three
years, furnishing az per cent in 1909
72S per cent In 1908, and 72.4 pei
cent in 1907. The large increase in
the number of mills reporting from
this region in 1903 over 1908 namely
from 1884 to 23.255. amounted tc
nearly two-thirds of the total increase
in the number of mills reporting fol
the entire United States between these
years. The increases in this group
of states, both in the number of mills
and in cut were due undoubtedly IL
large part to the many small mill;
i'm remote localities which were reach
ed by the agents in 1909 but which art
difficult to canvass by mail The limit
ed output of mills of this class and
size. however. is almost without ex
ception consumed IN the immediate
vicinity Of its manufacture, and hence
exert title or no influence on supply
and prices in the general lumber mar
ket of the country,
Production in New York And New
England.
The proportion of the total lumber
cut of the country contributed by New
York and New England states did not
vary materially during the three years
being 9 per cent in 1907, 9.6 per cent
in 1908, and rs per cent in 1909.
Although the wood-pulp industry
continues to make heavy and increas
ing draft upon the supply Of spruce
this tree practically shares with white
pine the place of first importance
among the lumber timbers Of this
region. In 1908 il contribution to the
total lumber cut of this group of states
was 2S.S per cent. while that of white
pine was 311 per cent
The Output in the Lake States.
The relative importance of the lake
states-Michigan Minnesota, and Wis