Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-02-02

every state IN the Union producing SolI
mercial lumber.
IN the year 1914 there was estimated
a total stand of timber equal to two thou
sand eight hundred billion feet of llln-
Der. board measure This il divided into
districts as follows: Pacific Northwest,
states of Washington and Oregon, 'J-,-
100000 600 feet; southern pine states,
which includes practically all ct the
southern states, GA 100000 feet; the
Inland Empire. embracing the states OF
Montana and Idaho. 3C.0WVO,oot leet,
California. "a 900 900 600 feet; New
England states 2i2 0O0OOO,0o0 feet: the
lake states. embracing Minnesota, Mich
ican and wisconsin ! 1 900 .OOo.0O teet;
all other states. 800 600 .0O0.OO feet
"As unit. the state of Washington
leads both in standing timber and IN the
production Of lumber. Ihe flve ehlet
lumber reproducing states. IN the order of
their Importance. are: Washington. Loul-
siana. Mississippi, Oregon and Iehas'
Of the total stand Of timber IN the !, ~
ed States of twenty eight hundred bhnons
board feet, rs per cent is owned ey prl-
yate parties: 81 per cent IS included ID
the national forest and : per cent Is VI
der government, state or municipal con-
troll.
Glasses of Timber Cut.
with approximately 10000 mills r.
norting. we are cutting annually about
$4,000. 900 900 feet of lumber OF when
45 ner cent comes from the southern
pine region The wood yellow pine iuf-
nishes about 40 per cent OF All our iulli- Il
Der, and Louisiana supplies more OF tHls
wood, as we'll as Of tunelo ana csp[ess'
than any other state. Douglas flr CON
stitutes l. per cent of our annual cut;
and Washington leads in this wood ana
in western red cedar. MISSISSIPPI cuts
the most cottonwood. Arkansas the most
hickory and red gum. Wisconsin the
most basswood, birch and hemlock; Mlch.
gan the most beech, elm and maple " 80
Virginia the most oak, yellow poplar ano
chestnut, and Minnesota the most Wihte
pine. but in this state the annual cul =
rapidly on the decrease.
Montana's Annual Cut.
"At this time it will be well &C frler
to our own state Of Mantana ana sna"
what we have in the way OF standlhs
timber, and what we are producing an
nually in lumber. Our forest area Hea
practically all west Of the ROCKY lhoAl-
tain range. Our stand Of timber IS tstl-
mated at IS 0OO. 900 600 feet and consists
of assorted soft woods as follows. Lodge
nola pine, Douglas fir, larch, western
yellow pine, white pine, spruce and cedaF.
We are cutting annually about 5oV,V"t.
Onn feet of lumber and the greater pafL
of this total Is larch ana western plhr.
In 45 lumber producing states III I'h',
Montana, with 103 mills reporting was
first in the production q lafeh lailLGaa. l.;.,a
fifth III the production Of western pune,
and o5th in the total production of lum-
Der that year.
Some of the Uses.
'sThe use Of lumber in normal tunes
in this country is about as foiloWS. J.
Forty-two per cent in building and coh-
struction. Is per cent in mill products. ~
per cent in boxes and crates, 80 per cent
in furniture and fixtures. three per cent
in car construction and less than one
per cent in any other one class. in one
wear we use 9o,00000o cords OF IRE.
wood besides over 0oo.W0,0Uo board
feet Of lumber. one hundred tMrty-flY
million cross ties are needed every year
by the railroads for extensions ana re-
placement Our mines use IN year
165. 900 900 cubic feet of timbers, and onr
telefone and teIegraf companies secure
3.500, 900 new poles every year. Ihese
are only q few of the larger users OF
lumber besides the initial uses of lumber
in building construction, which show now
the industry is related to practlcaiiy all
other industry.
As il customary il many industries,
ution of lumber to the ultimate con
su1ner are. generally speaking, divided
between three agencies: the manufac-
turer the wholesalers and the retailer.
But in the lumber industry there are
many exceptions 10 this rule. In many
III the soft wood species of lumber, the
wholesaler is practically eliminated rs
separate agency, the manufacturer deaf
ing directly with the retailer or large
consumer In many Of the hardW00ds on
the other hand, the wholesaler Is often
the dominant agency, buylng up tne
annual c1lt of number of small mills
and selling d large proportion of the
lumber direct to the large manufacturing
consumer. The part which each of the
above three agencies plays in the dlstrlb-
ution of any given species of lumber
is determined chiefly by the pecuhaf
conditions surrounding its production
whether IL occurs mainly in forests af
practically pure stand of timber, ~ Is
tho case with several of the soft woods,
and is manufactured by mills Of large
capacity which cenfine their production
To ona snecies. ar whether it occurs,
usually in forests of mixed stands Of
several species, as is the case with
most hardwoods and III manufactured.
together with other species by mills Of
small capacity. The nature Of consuming
trade also varies. In general thc lumber
needed for building as raw material for
manufacturing plants which do not con
sumo large amounts individually, is dis
tributed to the consumer thru the re-
taller. The lumber used BY large con
sumers such as railroads, car-construc-
ton companies, shipbuilders, large scale
manufacturers of furniture, wagons ant
agricultural implements, and consumers
of large quantities of box lumber, goes
direct to them from the manufacturer OF
wholesaler.
Lumber and Its Centers.
TN the wholesale. and in some in
stances the retail distribution Of lumber
there are number Of cities i'll the
United States which are prominent II
the lumber industry. Portland, Oregon
Spokane and the Puget Sound cities il
Washington, situated in the midst o.
lumber producing territory, in addition
to their function Of distributing lumber
il that region, are supply markets for
the rest of the country. Similar IN their
function are Norfolk, Va, for Nortf
Carolina pine: New Orleans for cypress