The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-07-02
WOOD USED IN THE MANUFACTURING
Il. INDUS TRIES.

INDUS rRIES.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20. 1914.
Statistics have been compiled by the for
est service which show for the first time
precisely how the lumber produced in
the country is utilized About as billion
feet of lumber of all kinds is the annual
production in the United States; of this
nearly .25 billion feet, board measure,
are further manufactured, the other por-
ton remaining for rough construction
lumber and for similar purposes. This is
exclusive of material which reaches its
final use in the form of fuel, railroad
ties, posts, poles, pulpwood, cooperage'
wood distillates, and the banks and ex-
tracts demanded by the tanning industry.
The work of collecting and compiling
the figures extended over considerable
period and was carried out State by
State; but as one full year was made
the basis of statistics in each State the
total is fair average of the use OF lum-
Der in further manufacture in the whole
country. Between so and 60 per cent OF
the lumber produced is subject to further
manufacture. In preparing the figures
in this way, however, it should oe re-
membered that considerable material
reaches shops and factories in the form
or logs. bolts, and billets without having
passed through sawmil!s, and while this
material is included in these statistics
this fact should be remembered IN com
pairing statistics with those of lumber
production.
Nearly or quite 100 different wood + are
used in this country under their own
names, while an unknown number find
their way to shops and factories with
out being identified or separately listed.
except under general names. In guam
tity the softwoods, the needle-leaf or
coniferous trees, are most important, but
there is a greater number of species
among the hardwoods, or broadleaf trees.
Yellow nine comes first with more than
8 billion feet, followed by white pine
with 3 billion, and Douglas fir with a
little more than 2 billion. 1t should be
understood, however, that the term 'yel-
low pine" includes several species, the
three most important of which are long
leaf, shortleaf and loblolly. Oak, includ-
ing all species, has nearly 2 billion feet,
and is the most important hardwood.
Maple comes next.
Dogwood comes about halfway down
the list with more than million board
feet, and of those species mentioned
Turkish lockwood comes last, with less
than 80 thousand feet, followed by many
others too insignificant to list but max
ing a total of all kinds of more than
million feet. Of the native species,
laurel, holly and yucca fall very near
the foot of the list in relative quantities
used.
Fifty-five principal industries use WOOD
as raw material. Their relative import
tity alone is not in all cases criterion
of value of an industry to the commun-
ity in which it is situated, nor to the
country as whole.
More than one-half of the total con-
sumption consists of planning mill pro-
ducts, the largest items of which are
flooring, siding, ceiling and finishing.
The next industry, in point of quantity
of wood used, is the manufacture OF
boxes and crates. Nearly four times as
much wood is demanded by makers OF
boxes and crates as by the builders OF
steam and electric cars, which come
next, and five fold the amount that goes
into furniture. which in turn leads vehicle
manufacture. Vehicles demand surprls-
ingly large supplies of wood, and much
of it must be of high class IN order to
meet requirements for frames, gears,
and bodies.
Chairs, listed separately from furnl-
ture. come after novelties and supplies
for dairymer, poultry keepers and aplar-
lists, and just before handles, and musi-
cal instruments. About midway down
the list come pumps and wood pipes.
Among the products important enough
to list separately are canes and umbrella
sticks, brooms, firearms, artificial limbs,
and tobacco pipes.
The apportionment of wood among the
various industries, grades from planlng
mill products, which take most. down to
aeroplanes and dry kilns, at the bottom
of the list.
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