The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-15
WOOD EXPORTS OF
OVER 100 MILLIONS
Whole World Demands Products
Of the American Forests

Washington. u c., July l6-More
than 100 million dollars worth of the
products Of the forests of the United
states was sent out of the country
in the fiscal year just ended against
less than half that sum in 1903. "A
decade ago, according To official fig
ures of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. The total value of
wood and manufactures thereof ex-
ported during the fiscal year 1918
amounted To approximately 120 mil
lion dollars and the bulk of this was
in y crude or semimanufactured con-
nition. Hevn and sawed timber APP
proNimatcd II million dollars for the
year boards deals, ana planks, over
go million and shocks and stavcs, over
- Million while the higher grades
of manufacturers. such as doors, sash,
blinds, trimmings. woodenware, and
furniture formed little more than 10
per cent of the total exports of wood
aud manufactures thereof. These fig
ures IF forest products exported do
not include naval stores Ctar. tur-
pentine. and rosin)," Of which the
exports amount to over % million
dollars annually.
Pine and Oak Popular Bbrosd.
Pine and oak are the principal
classes of timber being sent out of
the country. OF the approximately
20 million dollars worth of wood and
ma anufactures thereof. exported in the
year Just ended 81 million dollars
worth was pine timber and lumber,
ana approximately IL million dollars
worth was oak OF that going out in
the more completely manufactured
form. furniture amounted to approxi-
natelS I million dollars.
The whole world seems to he de-
niandng the products of the Ameri-
can forests. The oak lumber export
ed in 1912. tor which full details are
available. was distributed to "A dozen
countries i'm Europe: about 20 coun-
tries in North and South America
and i'm smaller quantities To Asia,
Oc,ania and Africa. The other class
as of lumber exported went To more
than - countries and colonies, in
Guiding a score OF countries in Eu-
rope. more than a score of countries
IN North america; practically every
country n South America dozen
countries in Asia a dozen islands in
Occania. and various countries ana
colonies on the eastern, western and
northern coasts of Africa.
Products Widely Distributed.
Shocks and staves ready for use in
making boxes or barrels find a wide
distribution, and aggregate about IL
million dollars value IN the exports
of 1872 BOX shocks go i'm large guam
titles To the countries and islands ot
North America and in considerable
quantities to South America. Asia and
Oceania: while Europe was by TAR the
largest purchaser of the approximate
ly b million dollars worth of slaves
exported. Doors. sash, and blinds go
largely to British territory-the Unit
ed Kingdom Canada. the British
West Indies. Australia, aud Britlsh
south Africa: though Argentina, Mex
leo Cuba and Santo Domingo are nm
tied purchasers of this class. Amerl-
can furniture is also very widely us
tributed, going to more than ~ score
Of countries in Europe, an edual mum
Der of countries and colonies III Asia'
u dozen in Oceania and more than
dozen countries, colonies and depen-
dencies in africa.