The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
OF LUMBER.
Statistics Show How Product l,
Utilized.

Annual censumpttsn Of Wood by Weed
Manufacturing industries In the
United statss 10 Very Large
100 p~iffsrsnt Kinds.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have been
compiled by the forest service, which
show for the FIRST time precisely how
the lumber produced In the country 10
utilised. About forty-lvs billion feet
Of lumber OF all kinds 10 the annual
production In the United States; Of
this nearly twenty-five billion feet,
board measure. are further manufao-
tured, the other portion remaining for
rough construction lumber and. for
similar purposes. This IL exclusive Of
material which reaches its final use In
the form Of fuel, railroad ties. posts.
%pulpwood, cooperaSe. wood di%stillates.
and the barks and extracts demanded
by the tanning industry.
The work OF collecting and oompil-
Ing the figures extended over q con-
siderable period and was carried out
state by state; but as n full year
was made the basis of statistics in
each state the total 10 a fair average
! Of the use Of lumber in further man
faoture in the whole country. Be-
tween 80 and 80 per cent Of the lum.
Der produced is subject to further
manufacture. In preparing the figures
In this way, however. 1t should be 70
membered that considerable material
reaches shops and factories In the
torn of logs, bolts, and billsts with:
out having passed through sawmills.
and while this material Il included in
these statistics this fact should be re-
: membsred In comparing statistics
with those OF lumber production.
Nearly or quite 100 different woods
are used In this country under their
own names, while an unknown mum.
Der ind their way to shops and fac,
tories without being identified or sep.
arately listed, except under general
names. In, quantity the sottwoods, the
needleleaf or coniferous trees. are
most important. but there is . great
or number Of species among the hard,
woods, or broadleaf trees. Yellow pine
comes first with nor than eight billion
feet followed by white pine with three
billion. and Douglas nr with . little
more than two billion. 1t should be I'm
derstood. however. that the term "yel
low pine" includes several species thu
three most important. OF which art
l~ongleaf. shortleaf and loblolly. Oak
including all species, has nearly two
billion feet, and Ia the most impor
tant hardwood. Maple comes next.
Dogwood comes about halfway down
| the list with more than seven million
board feet and OF these species men
toned Turkish lockwood comes last
with less than thirty. thousand feet
followed by many others too insignin
cant to list but making a total Of al
kinds Of more than a million feet. o
the native species, laurel. holly an,
yucca fall very a the foot Of the lie
IN relative Quantities used.
Fifty.nve principal industries US,
wood as raw material. Their relativ,
importance Is hard to indicate, be
AUS quantity alone IN not in al
cases a criterion Of value Of an in
dustry to the community in which /
10 situated. o to the country as F,
whole.
More than one-half OF the total con
sumption consists OF planning mill prod
ucts. the largest items Of which ar
flooring. siding, ceiling and finishing
The next industry. in point OF. guam
tity OF wood used. is the manufacture
OF boxes and crates. Nearly fou
times as much wood is demanded b..
makers Of boxes and crates as by tn
builders of steam and electric carr
which come next, and FIVE fold tn
amount that goes into furniture, whicl
In turn leads vehicle manufacture. We
hicles demand surprisingly large sur
plies OF wood, and much of 1t must b
OF a high class in order to meet re
Quirements for frames. gears an.
bodies.
Chairs. listed separately from ful
niture, come after novelties and SUI
plies for dairymen, poultry keeper
and apiarists. and just before handles
and musical instruments. About mic
way down the list mn pumps an
wood pipes. Among the products In
portant enough to list separately ar
canes and umbrella sticks, broom,
firearms. artificial limbs. and Tobacco
pipes.
The apportionment OF wood anon
the various industries. grades fros
planning mill products. which tax
most, down to asroplanes and DR..
klns. at the bottom OF the list.