USES OF THE FORESTS. 13 



were directly employed. Probably five times that number de- 

 pended on it for support. 



If to this we add a fair proportion for the materials used in the 

 making of boats, spars, pumps and blocks, / 32,391 dollars ; 

 " " scythe-snaths, scythe-rifles, &c. g 44,736 " 

 " " brushes, brooms and baskets, . h 289,512 " 

 " " carriages, wagons, sleighs, har- 

 ness, &c i 679,442 " 



" machinery, . . . . j 1,235,390 " 



" " ploughs, k 54,561 " 



" " saddles, trunks, and whips, . I 351,575 " 

 11 " shovels, spades, forks and hoes, m 264,709 " 



making, in all, the sum of 2,952,317 dollars; 



giving employment to /. 53, g. 88, h. 350, i. 945,/ 1399, k. 73, 

 l. 758, m. 284, — 3950 persons, and support, to doubtless, five 

 times as many. If the wooden materials be estimated at 1-1 0th 

 part of the final value, we have . . 295,231 dollars 



to add to the 1,881,589 " 



found above ; 



making, in all, the sum of . . . . 2,177,820 dollars 

 besides the value of the proportion of wooden materials enter- 

 ing into the building of ships. 



The effects of the wasteful destruction of the forest trees are 

 already visible. A very large proportion of the materials for 

 ship-building, house-building and manufactures, in the towns 

 along the coast, are now brought from other States. The man- 

 ufacture of wooden bowls and other vessels made of a single 

 piece, has in some towns in Berkshire diminished, and in others 

 been given up, from the failure of ashes, beeches, lindens, and 

 other suitable trees large enough for the purpose ; and in the 

 western towns of Worcester county, materials less valuable 

 than heretofore are necessarily in some cases used in the im- 

 portant manufacture of chairs. The same thing is taking place, 

 almost imperceptibly, in all parts of the State. Every mechanic, 

 who works in wood, looks every year more and more out of the 

 State for his materials. Every year we are more dependent on 

 Maine and New York, and some of the southern States, not 



