The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-25
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even very large increases. Actual de creases occurred In New York. Massa- chusetts, Montana. Rhode Island and Utah.
 The magnitude and wide distribution of the lumber industry Is shown by the fact that in 1909 eight states pro- duced more than 000000,000 feet of lumber each and 19 states more than 100000, 1000 feet each. The total pro- duction of these 19 states amounted to S2 per cent of the lumber cut of the entire United States.
 In 1909 the 65s active mills in Lou isiana produced an average of 5,40O,O0O feet of lumber each, and the 305 active rlills fin California an average of B. 100000 feet each. Extremely large mills are found in Louisiana, where yellow pine and cypress are sawed, and in California. where redwood and west ern pine are sawed. In contrast to these large operations, the 23OS active mills in New York produced an aver age of only 295,000 feet of lumber each in 1909. and the 3054 active mills in Pennsylvania an average of 41S,- 900 feet each. While there are some large mills in both these states, they gre compa ra lively few and many of the mills are small portable ones of very limited capacity. which frequently do only custom saving. In fact, the small mill Is the logical successor of the very large one. The large mill often takes only the better and larger timber and then ceases operations, to be fol- lowed by the small mill. which clears up the remaining and second growth timber as there is a market for 1t in each locality.
 The total quantity of lumber sawed in the entire United States showed an increase of 26.9 per cent in 1909 as compared with 1899. In all the states bordering on the Great Lakes mark ed decrease was shown. In Michigan. Wis consin and Minnesota the decrease was due to the diminishing white pine sup ply. Illinois and Iowa shared in this decline. as formerly considerable white pine lumber was saw ed in these states from logs rafted down the Mississippi river. In 1899 the five states named sawed s,490.7 1000 feet of lumber and in 1909 only 5.T7S, GOO feet, decrease of 30 i per cent.
 Between 1899 and 1909 the southern north Atlantic group-New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania-showed a de- crease of 32.9 per cent, due chiefly to tie increase in the supply of hemlocll and white pine in these states. New England increased it's production 21.1 per cent during the same period, owing to the heavier cutting of spruce in Maine and of the second growth of white pine in the ether states of this region. The centrally situated group Of hardwood states-Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee-produced slightly more lumber in 1909 than nine years earlier. Heavy decrease in Ohio and Indiana were off, set by increases in the other three states of this group.
 The 10 southern states-Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, Flor ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas-produced Il. .093 SS4, 600 feet of lumber in 1899 and 19,747- 092,OO0 feet in 1909 an increase of 7S per cent This was due chiefly to the great increase in the magnitude of yellow pine operations and to some extent to the heavier cut of cypress and southern hard woods. The Pacific coast and northwest group, comprising California Oregon Washington, Idaho and Montana, sawed 3,221, 653 coo feet of lumber in 1899 and 1859, ,S0OO00 feet in 1909, an increase of IA per cent.
 During the last % years no state has shown so high yearly production of lumber as was attained by Michigan dur ing the decade 1880 to 1890, and few years thereafter when the average an- nual output of that state was in excess Oi 7sUp,OV1uJU Ittt nat was III the DeriOu of the greatest white pine production, when white pine occupied as leading a position in the country's lumber supply as yellow pine does today
 The total lumber production of the state of Michigan since 1880 has been in excess of 100, 1000. 000.0OO feet, the bulk os 1t being white pine. The next highest record as reproducing state Is held by Wisconsin. whose total production during the last 30 years has been ap- proximately 80,000, ,O00, GOO feet the bulk of which was also white pine During the same period Pennsylvania produced co., o0o000,000 feet of lumber. chiefly white pine and hemlock. The total lumber pro- -duction of the United States in the last 30 years has been more than 900 900, ,000- GOO feet. The per capita annual pro- duction is now approximately 800 board feet, and was probably a little greater than this in 1907.
 Yellow pine has ranked in quantity of product since the output of white pine began to fall off decidedly in the middle nineties, and in 1909 the yellow pine out put amounted to 366 per cent of the total, or three and one-half times as much as its nearest competitor, Douglas fir Oak holds third place. with 9.9 per cent of the total production. while white pine has dropped to fourth place, and hemlock to fifth Spruce and western pine ranked. respectively, sixth and seventh in both years. In 1909, for the first time. a production of more than 1.000 900 ,,,0O feet of maple was recorded. The eight woods named furnished S2.S per cent of the country's lumber product in 19O9
 The softwoods contributed E,S96, ,959,- GOO feet to the total product in 1909 or 76,2 per cent, and the hardwoods 1o,6l2,- S02,O00 feet or 23.S per cent. These are approximately the same proportions that have existed for a number of years past