Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-09
PRODUCTION Of PULP
IN THE UNITED STATES
Statement Showing the Con-
sumption of Wood Each
Year Since 1908.

A preliminary statement showing the
| consumption of pulpwood in the United
States during the calendar years 1911,
1910, 1909 and 1908 was issued today by
Census Director f. Dana Durand 1t was
prepared under the direction of William
NJ. Steuart, chief statistician for manu-
features. by Jasper f. Whelchel. expert
special agent. The data were collected in
Department of Agriculture, and form one
of series of annual reports regarding
the lumber and timber industries.
The steady growth which has charac-
acterized the wood pulp industry for sew
eral years continued during 1911. The
total consumption for that year by 26S
active mills was 4,32S,O 52 cords of pulp
wood of all species This was an increase
| over the total of 1910 reported by 212
| active mills Of 233, 746 cords or 81 per
cent; over that of 1909 reported by 25:'
active mills of 326, AS cords. or 81 per
cent, and over that of 1908 reported by
251 active mills of 9S1 ,O93 cords, or 90
| per cent.
States Report Gains.
The increased consumption shown for
1911 as compared with 1910 was general,
nearly all of the individual states report
| ing gains. New York, Maine and Wis
consin, which, in the order named, were
the leading producers of wood pulp in
both 1910 and 1911, showed increases in
the later over the preceding year of 90
| per cent, Al per cent and 1870 per cent
respectively. The individual states show
ing the largest percentages of gain, how
ever, were Texas. with 1921 per cent;
| Vermont, with 1S.5 per cent and Massa-
chuSetts, with 800 per cent. Slight de-
creases as between these two years were
noted in the figures for New Hampshire,
Ohio. Pennsylvania, Delaware and South
Carolina, ranging from Ill per cent in
| Ohio to 10 per cent in Delaware, and in
volving $4,000 cords of pulpwood
| OF the total increase in pulpwood con-
| sumption in 1911 over 1910, 23S, 746 cords,
nearly 80 per cent was contributed by
| spruce alone the remainder of the in
crease being distributed between balsam
! fir. pine, white fir and mill waste. A
peculiar feature of the showing with re-
spect to spruce consumption is that the
| increase in the total quantity of this
wood reported was confined almost en-
| tirely to domestic spruce, the quantity of
| imported spruce consumed in 1911 forming
$50 per cent of the total of spruce, as
compared with 80 per cent in 1910.
Marked Exception Shown.
Because of the fact that the bulk of the
| increase in pulpwood consumption in 1911
| over 1910 was supplied by spruce, the
| showing for the later year furnishes a
marked exception to the tendency dis
closed during the past few years, of re-
placing spruce as a pulp material with
other and cheaper woods. Spruce formed
5S.1 per cent of the total of all woods in
1911, as against IS per cent in 1910. 600
per cent in 1909, 64.5 per cent in 1908 and
6S.2 per cent in 1907.
The reported consumption of slabs and
other mill waste in 1911 namely 12n
cords, was an increase over the preceding
year of 6.8 per cent, rate of gain
greater than that made by the total con-
sumption of all wood in 1911 over 1910.
The reported production of air-dry pulp
the output in 1910 by 152, tons, or s
per cent. and was distributed by method
of manufacture as follows: Mechanical
1.229. TO TONS sulphite. 1.126 498 tons;
soda, 81. 764 tons; sulphate, II, los tons.