The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-02-23
We NEER
Material Outlay in the United
States is Increasing
Very Rapidly.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The out
LAY for veneer material, both domes-
tic and imported woods, during the
calendar year 1909 was $S,977516, as
against $7,S9l,431 in 1908 and So
436,237 in 1907. The number of es-
Establishments engaged in the manu-.
facture OF veneers during 1909 was
637, an increase of 235 and 267 over
the number reporting in 1908 and
1907, respectively.
This information appears in pre-.
liminary comparative report cover.
ing 1909, 1908. and 1907, which was
transmitted today to Census Director
Durand by Chief statistician William
NJ. Stewart. under whose supervision
1t was prepared by j. Z. Whelchel,
expert special agent of the division
IF manufactures. The cooperation
J with the Forest Service of the De.
partment of Agriculture the Bureau
OF the Census annually collects and
publishes statistics pertaining to the
group of lumber and timber indus
tries.
The rapid rate at which this in
dustry has grown during recent
years continued through 1909, the
showing for that year disclosing moi
only substantial increase in the
number of mills, but also the fact
that in point of geographical dis
trlbuton the industry has extended
from 80 states in 1907 to 81 states
IN 1909
States Leading In the Industry.
Although veneer manufacture was
engaged in during 1909 in practically
every state in which lumber timber
occurs in commercial quantity, near
ly three-fourths of the material con-
sumed during the year was reported
from the II states of Illinois, Michi.
gan, Florida. Indiana, Tennessee
Missouri, Arkansas, New York, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky
ranking in point of quantity con-
sumed in the order named. Further
more, of these states, the group com.
posed of Illinois, Indiana, Florida
aind Michigan alone contributed
nearly one-third of the total, show
ing that the industry is still to some
extent localized.
A point of interest in this con
nection is the fact that although the
three states, New York, Illinois and
Indiana, reported but 2O.9 per cent
of the total quantity of material con.
sumed during 1909. their contrlbu.
ton formed 42.S per cent of the total
cost of all veneer material consumed
during hhat year. This showing is
due directly to the fact hiatt the man
ufacture of veneers from imported
and high-prized cabinet woods, &C.
pecially mahogany, is to large OK
tent conferred in these three states,
Illinois alone reporting more than
half of the mahogany consumed dur
L ing 1909 and New York following
with nearly one-third.
New York led in the consumption
of both Spanish cedar and Circassian
walnut, reporting more than three
ffths of the total of each Of these
species.
! For many years the manufacture
of reneers was mainly from the i'm
ported cabinet woods and to limited
extent from such domestic woods as
walnut, oak, and bird's-eye maple
! The extension OF the industry has
been more in the nature Of the de.
velopment of new Industry, the
large increase in the total annual
consumption Of material being made
/ up chiefly of domestic woods which
are converted into veneer stock, from
which are made baskets, berry crates
packing cases of various kinds, fur.
niture, material for laminated lumber
barrels, etc. 1t is this branch of the
industry which is widely distributed
and in which the growth is mos
rapid.
Among the materials reported az
consumed during 1909 are founl
thirty-six species of domestic wood.
and eleven Of imported woods, max
ing total practically equal to thu
number of wood species utilized dur
ing the same year in the United
States as lumber material.
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