Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-01-09
OURLUMbEROUTPUT
STATEMENT BY UNCLE SAM
ABOUT HIS LUMBER, LATH,
AND SHINGLES.
ACCORDING TO 1912 CENSUS REPORT
The 2S,1O7 Mills Produced Over 81
O03,207 M Feet Board Measure
Less Than Previous Year
Yellow Pine Cut Mostly.

Washington, D. CA preliminary
statement of the output of lumber, lath
and shingles in the United States dur
ing the calendar years 1011, 1910, 1909
and 1908 was issued this week by Gen.
sus Director e. Dana Durand. 1t was
prepared under the direction of Will
liam M. Stuart, chief statistician for
manufactures, by Jasper E. Whelchel
The data were collected in cooperation
with the Forest Service of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, and form one of a
series of annual reports regarding the
lumber and timber industries.
The reported production of lumber
in the United States during the calen-
dar year 1911 by 2S107 mills, was
37,O03,207 M feet board measure, as
against 40,018,2S2 M feet board meas
ure reported by 31,934 mills in 1910;
44,5O9,761 M feet reported by 4S,112
mills in 1909, and 33,224,369 M feet
reported by 31,231 mills in 1908. The
figures for the four years covered by
the showing are substantially compar-
able, with the exception of those for
the year 1909. The information COW
ering this year was collected by special
agents OF the Census Office in connec-
ton with the regular Quinquennial
Census Of Manufactures, and hence
covered, theoretically, every lumber
producing establishment which was in
operation during the whole or any part
OF that year. The data for 1911, 1910,
and 1908 were gathered by correspond
ence, and while including the cut of
practically all of the larger or COM
mercial plants for these three years,
do not cover the operations of many
OF the neighbOrhood or custom mills. 1t
shuld be pointed out, Furthermore, that
the totals for 1911 and 1910 do not
include the output of any mill which
reported a product of less than so M
feet during these years. Returns for
about $500 mills of this character
were secured in both 1911 and 1910,
but omitted from the tabulations. The
decreases in 1911 as compared with
1910 OF about 1000 mills and three bill
lion feet board measure of lumber
were doubtless due in part to delay
of about two months in mailing the
schedule cards to the manufacturers
in 1912.
Leading States and Centers.
While the industry OF lumber manu-
facture is widely distributed through
out the United States, a production
during the calendar year 1911 having
been reported from every state but
one. namely, North Dakota-it is in
teresting to note that nearly SO per
cent of the total cut was reported from
the five states of Washington, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Oregon, and North
Carolina, ranking in the order named.
Furthermore, it will be observed that
two of these five states are located
on the Pacific Coast and three in the
south, which regions have in recent
years become the principal centers Of
lumber production in the United
States, their combined output in 1911
forming 6S per cent of the total cut
for that year.
SoftWoods and HardWoods.
The reported cut OF softwood lumber
in 1911 was 28,3S8 M feet board meas
ure, or 1871 per cent of the production |
from all woods, while that of hard |
wood lumber amounted to 8,1OO,S19 M
feet board measure, or 21.9 per cent.
The slightly larger proportion of the
total production supplied by softwoods
during 1911 as compared with the
figures for the preceding year is a
logical result of the drift in the lum-
Der industry to regions which are
chiefly coniferous or softwood.
The five leading species cut in 1911
were yellow pine, Douglas fir, white
pine, oak, and hemlock, ranking in the
order named, the aggregate output
from these woods being 26,S35,2S5 M
feet or 72.5 per cent of the total pro-
duction from all species. Yellow pine
alone supplied 12,S96,706 M feet board
or 349 per cent of the total,
while oak, the leading hardwood, con-
tributed 3,09S.444 M feet, or S.4 per
cent