The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08
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gPRELlMIEARY CO htsG ATIvE se.
PORT FOR / 1909 lSsUED BY
THE cENs US alREkU.

PRELIMINARY CO hJPRRATlvE ne
PORT FOR 1909 / ssJ Ed BYs
THE Gems ss SURE 81.
WASHINGTON II; ID. 6. Nov. .,rht
lumber cut In the 4 United sta ties dur
Ing the calendar year 1908 was IA
5S5s million feet, board measure. 4 Sls
I against Z SO PA million feet In 1908
; and a, 256 million feet In 1907. This
was an increase OF s34.2 per cent over
/ 1903, and of 10.S per cent over 1907
Z The output OF lath and shingles during
s1909 was Q. Tl2 million and 1885 mil,
I. lion, respec tiyely. The increase IN the
production OF lath. in 1909 over 1905
Was 24.3 per cent and over 1907 /. g
per cent, while the corresponding in.
creases for shingles We're 2S. A per- cent
and 26.4 per cent. n MI!
This information appears In nSpre.
liminary comparative report covering
1909. 1908 and 1907. which was trans
United today to Census Director Dur
and by Chief statistician William NJ
.Steuart, under whose supervision II
was prepared by j. Il. Wheichel, ex''
Tpert special agent Of the Division oil
Manufactures. In cooperation With the
| Forest Service OF the Department OF
Agriculture. the Bureau OF the Census
annually collects and publishes the
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 a
decreased 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, neighborhpod mills
whose output was consumed locally
The relatively large increase in the
number OF mills reporting for 1903
together with tho, 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 gather
ing statistics OF all branches OF the
manufacturing throughout the United
States, secured returns from practij
cally every saWmill In operation dur:
Ing the whole or any part Of 1908,
without regard to its size, and In this
way there have been included many.
small mills not covered by the mail
census in the preceding years.
Large Increase In 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 nine
tenths. of the present supply OF yellow
pine stumpage.. The proportion of the.
total cut Of lumber In tile Unisd
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 44.3 per cent OF
the total; In 1908, Is O5B million feet
.or.I4o.3 per Gent Of the total; and in
!l9os.s 22,O57tmillIoni feet, orr 49.5 per
cent OF the total, Yellow pine. .includ
ing ptlle several Species, LONG, QleafJl
short leaf, loblolly, CubahS etc, con
lstituted substantially the sameiG per
centpof the total cut Of fsImberf lin
thesesstates in each 81 the three. Year,
furnishing 72,rper cent in 1909, .72s
perGcent; in 1905, arb TIA per centin
l90E!The large jpcfease in the lumber
ofGmiAs Fepprtipg, from this region in
1909ftoyeru 1898, namely, from 1881
toLi23,2b5i amounted to- ,nearIyptwo
thirds tofsthe total increase)Gln the
number Of. mills, reporting for tthe
entire United States betweenptthest
years. The increases ID thisg grouplof
states!s both in the, 5niimberz OF MILF
and in cut, were due undotiBtedly5in
large part to, the, many small millsldr
remote localities which were reached
by the agents in 1908, but which are
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
exerts little or no influence on the
supply and prices in the general lum
Der market OF the country.
Production In New York and New
England. .tst
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 tire.
years. being 9 per cent In 1907, SO
per cent in 1908, and rs per cent in
1909 & 7
: Although the wood.pulp industry
continues to make heavy and increas
ing draft upon the supply OF spruce
this:htree! still practically shares witt
white pine the place of first import
ance among the lumber timbers. Of
this region. In 1909 its contribution to
the total lumber cut Of this group o.
states was 2S.S per cent, while tina
Of white pine was all per cent. Il
The Output In the Lake States.
The relative Importance of the Lake
states-Mlchlgan Minnesota, and
Wfsconsin--ln lumber production con
tinues to decrease steadily. as Il the
supply OF white pine stumpage grows
less. These states contributed 1876
per cent Of the total lumber cut OF
the United State in 1907. 1872 per cen /
in 1908, and 1913 per cent in 1903. !
Output In California, Oregon, and In
Washington. st
Tho Pacific coast with an output OF
2S.S per cent larger In 1909 than In
1908, and 90 per cent greater than in
1907. nevcrthelefi contributed
smaller proportion OF the total cut Of
the country In 1909 than either of
tho. proceeding years, the per cent for.
1909 being 15.5 for 1908, 1862 and for
1907 16.s. Douglas fir was far in the
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