Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-07
Production of Lumber,
Lath and Shingles.


thpeetnt c"FFrspnuarnrp ~ ths nsraIsg
washington. ID. g.. Jan. 6-A pre-
iiminary gtateu.cnt ut the OUTPUT Of
lumber laths anc shingles IN the Unit.
cd states during the calendar wear
1911. 1919 1898 and 1905 was issued
todas by Census Director T. Dana
4 Dufand. u Was prepared under the
direction ct WILLIAM " steuart. chirr
riatistician Tor manufactures. hy
4 Jasper y. Wclchcl ne data was coli
lectcd Ia cooperation with the forrs,
service OF the department at agricui-
tufe. and form one ot series ct an.
nuai reports regarding the lumber
Z and timber Industries
The reported production ct lumber
I in The United States during the Calcn-
/ dar year 1911 rs 2StO7 mills. was
31.033.20f NJ feat board measure. az
, against lo.0IS.2S2 NJ feet board meas
urc reported hy ai.sJf mills in fgtOs
I h.50e.16i N feet reported by iS.iIg
mills in 1903, and 32,2si.3Ge NJ feet
I reported by 3i23l mills Ia 1905 Ths
/ figures Tor the Z wears covered by the
showing are substantially comparable.
With the exception of those for the
year 1903 The Information covering
/ this year was CullcrCd hy special
agents Of the census office in conncc
tion. theoretically, every lumber pro-
ducinR establishment which was in
operation during the whole or any
part uf that year. The data for 1911
J 1910. and 1905 was gathered by cor
| rcspoudencc. and while including the
cut Of practically all Of the larger or
commercial plants Tor these three
years does note over operations Of
many of the neighborhood ur custom
mills. Il should he painted out. tuc-
| hermorc. that the totals Tor 1911 and
1910 do not include the output OF arv
mill which reported a product oi less
than so VI feet during these years.
I Returns Tor about $500 mills ot this
| character we're secured IN both 1911
and 1910. bat omitted from the tabJ-
lntious. the decreases Ia 1911 as con-
pared with 1910 81 about 1000 mills
and 3 billion feet board measure uf
lumber were doubtless due ~ part 60
delay 81 about months In mating
the schedule cards to the manufav.
turers in 1919.
j Lending sta,s.s and Principal "cntcis.
| while the industry OF lumber mann
facturc Is widely distributed through
| NNA INC NNtf'W fAthNhNH Ct lfhNNhf
during the calendar year 1917 having
beon r,port.a from every state rut
one. namely North Dakota. o. Ia
t,rcsting Go note that nearly 80 p"r
| cent of the tutu cut was reported
| from M. g states oi Washington.
! Louisiana Mississippi oregon AMI
! Norih Carolina, ranking 10 the ordef
named Furthermore 10 viii Zoe un-
7 -. .H
I Gated on the Pacific coast aud ~
| tho south. which regions have in re-
cent Years become the principal cen
! tiers of lumber production IN tH'
! United States, their combined output
ln 1871 forming GS per cent OF 'h'
total cut tor that year
soft Woods aud Hard Woods aud
Leading species.
The reported cut of soft wood luW-
| bcr BOO 1911 was 2N,9o2,5Ns NJ .gvl
I board measure. or 7s.l per cent "i iNr
! production from am woods. while ih''
I OF hardwood lumber amounted q" Sc
/ l0O.sls NJ feet board measure. "r -lJ
1 per cent Tho slightly larger prup"l
! tiuu uf the total production Fupp'''h
/ %, soft woods during 1911 as COM
! pir,d with The figures Tor the ptcc"l.
/ ing year i- logical result az ~" am
| iu the lumber industry q" tvgt"n'
which are chiefly ,oni'rr'u. CO.. SOFT
I wood
! m, uNc leading -p,DDs '1t no 1871
| were yellow pine. Douglas itr hiie
/ pine. oak, and h'ml",k, ranking n
IA, order named, the aggr'g gate ou,.
put from these woods being 26.S3J,s3'
! NJ foct ur T2.5 per cent ut the total
production from an spcri"- yellow
| pine alone -uppllvd l-.so6.5o NJ t'"'
| board measure. CO., 3tH ucr cent ui Co.,.
/ total while oak. tho leading hard
wood contributed s.o9s.lil NJ feet. CO..