The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-03-13
FACTS ABOUT
OREGON'S FOREST
(From State Forester's Report

fFrom State Forester's Report
Oregon stands fourth in the list OF
lumber producing states, having ad-
vanced from twenty third place IN the
last ten years.
The last census shows "a, 122 people
engaged in manufacturing Industries
in Oregon, Of whom l6, S33 or 5O per
cent are employed by the lumber III
dustry. ..-.---.-,
Out of a population Of 672 755 people
in Oregon, $4,000 or one-eighth Of the
total population is directly Dependent
upon the lumber industry. No cthei
manufacturing industry in the 'tSte
employs oue.tenth as many men as lH's
one. .o, COO
Oregon's mills in 1910 cut 2. 0s4 6S8, :
600 hoard feet Of lumber; 3l96 65i, ,VVO
shingles; and 100. $50, 600 lath. ,,o
The value Of the above was S3O, ZVV
600 or 81. 8 per cent Of the total value
of manufactured products in the state.
Over $4,000 Of outside money IS
each day brought into oregon py Tue
lumber industry.
Over 80 per cent Of the value Of ore
pon's timber products is paid out Tor
labor. taxes, rent, etc The lumber
industry paws out for wages a greater
proportion of the value of its products
than any other industry. s-r
rbe last census shows that out oil 30
manufacturing establishments IN ore
pon EMPLOYING over 100 wage carriers,
33 we're engaged in the lumber lndos-
try. =
Oregon's timber pays a large part OF
the taxes of the state, in some couhtles
the bulk of them.
Eighty per cent Of our outgoing
freight is lumber. H..
Oregon has one-ffth Of the standing
timber in the United States, or 0lo'-
500. 600 board feet.
The value Of this standing timber IS
not Jess than $3.50, 900, 600 and when
manufactured it will bring into the
state for circulation at least Sb,o ,ozS'-
SOC, 600.
Already the revenue derived from
Oreeon's timber exceeds that from
wheat. fruit. vegetables and fish com
bined, and cutting has hardly begun.
Oregon's timber area is approx
mately 25, 900, 600 acres, of which about
one.half is publicly and one-halt prl-
vaiely owned.
The 1910 census shows the value OF
all farm property in oregon, including
land, buildings, implements, machih-
cry, livestock, poultry and bees to De
S52S. .2l4, 600. The stumpage value OF
our timber is conservatiVelV placed at
$3.50, 900, 900. and when manufactured
Sc, 800, 0OO,00
Timber owners spend each year to
protect their property against ires
from $l50,000 to 5000, 900 and employ
about 24O patrolmen. The state eX-
pends $50, 600 yearly and received IN
1912, $40, 900 from the federal govern,
ment for patrol work, and employed
98 patrolmen. This emphasizes the
fact that the present forest laws slim |
ulate expenditure by private timber
owners to an unusual degree. The |
number of privately paid patrol men IN
1912 showed an increase of 81 per cent
over the previous year.
A few of the states that spend each
year large sums for forest work are
Maine, $ds, 600; Minnesota, $50, 1000;
New York, $4,000 Pennsylvania,
S3l3, $50; Washington. S38, 600. /
Approximately 4,000 600 acres OF
Oregon timber. or 100 600, 900, 900 board
feet, has so far been destroyed by hre.
This timber, if standing, would be
worth at least S240, 900, OO0
Oregon streams, now unused, are
capable of producing $500, 900 electri-
cal horsepower. Steam engines would
consume 36, 900. 900 tons of coal annu-
ally to produce the amount of power
going to waste in Oregon's streams.