The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20
LUMBER CUT SHOWS
A LARGE INCREASE
Few States Report Decrease,
but Pacific Coast Output
Proportionately Less

The lumber cut in the United States
during the calendar year 1909 was
1855. 100000 feet, board measure, as
gainst 33,224,OO0.0Oo feet in 1908. and
.256,000.O00 feet in 1907. This was an
crease of S4.2 per cent over 1908, and
10.S per cent over 1907. The output
Iath and shingles during 1903 was
712, 100000 and 1895. 600, respect
rely. The increase in the production
Iath in 1909 over 1908 was 24.s per
,ent and over 1907 Is per cent. while
The corresponding increases for
5hingles were 23.4 per cent and 20
)er cent.
The substantial increase over the two
preceding years was general few of
the individual states showing a de-
creased cut. The census bureau Sc
cured returns from practically every
saw mill in operation during the whole
or any part of 1909. without regard to
its size, and in this way there have
been included many saw mills not coy
cred by the mail census in the preced-
ing years.
CUT OF YELLOW PINE
In the group of coast states. from
Virginia to Texas, inclusive, together
with Arkansas and Oklahoma, there
stands probably not less than ine-
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 entucky and Tennessee
has been steadily increasing during re-
cent years. In 1907 their output was
1884, 100000 feet or 44.3 per cent of
the total; in 1908, 5,056, 900, 900 feet,
~ 4
1909, 22057, 100000 feet, or 49.5 per cent
of the total Yellow pine. including the
several species longleaf lobloly, Gu
ban, etc, constituted substantially the
same per cent of the total cut of lum-
Der in these states ini each of the three
Years. furnishing 72 per cent in 1919,
rs per cent in 1908, and 72.4 per cent
1907. The large increase in the
lumber of mills reporting from this
segion in 1903 over 1908, namely, from
1884 to 23 255, amounted to nearly
two-thirds of the total increase in the
number of mills reporting for the en-
tire United States between these years.
PRODUCTION BIZ STATES
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 per cent in 1907, 90 per
CCiit III 1JVc, ana 10 per cent IN 1913.
The relative Importance of the Lake
states-Michigan. Minnesota and Wis
consin-in lumber production contin-
ues to decrease steadily, as the supply
of white pine stumpage grows less.
These states contributed 1916 per cent
of the total lumber cut of the United
States in 1907 1872 per cent in 1908
and 1913 per cent in 1909.
The Pacific coast states, with an out
put 2S.3 per cent larger in 1909 than
In 1908, and % per cent greater than
in 1907, nevertheless contributed a
smaller proportion of the total cut of
the country in 1909 than in either of
the preceding years. the per cent for
1909 being 15.5 /; for 1908, 1872; and
for 1907, 16.S. Douglas fir was far In
the lead as lumber material in these
states during the three years, the pro-
duction from this species constituting
6S.1 per cent of the total production in
Washington in 1909, and 1872 per cent
in Oregon. while redwood formed As. 6
per cent of the total output in CaIifor-
MIA.