120 FOREST COMMISSION'Kr's RKPORT. 



lighter in color. Five hundred board feet of this wood were 

 reported as going into house finish. 



Spanish cedar is the favorite material for the niaiutfacture of 

 cigar boxes. Small quantities of it grow in Florida, but the 

 principal supply comes from Mexico and Central America. In 

 Maine small quantities were used by makers of caskets and 

 coffins. 



Cocobola is a Central American wood and is imported into 

 this country to be used for small handles. Two hundred board 

 feet were userl for ]:)arts of lx)at steering wheels. 



English oak is the common oak of northern and central 

 Europe. One hundred board feet were imported for special 

 .screen frame work. 



Hornbeam or ironwood is a tree which occurs occasionally 

 through the hardwood forests of this country. It is known to 

 woodsmen as one of the toughest hardwoods and is often cut in 

 the woods for levers. Small quantities were used in INIaine in 

 making pins for drop hammers to be used in machine shops. 



Industries. 



No raw material is in more general demand by A^aried indus- 

 tries than wood. To many of them an abundant supply is 

 essential to their continued i)ros])erity and this is especially tnie 

 in Maine where, becausue of the original timber resources great 

 industries depending on these resources have developed. 



Nearly 30,000 people, or over one-third of those engaged in 

 all manufacturing industries in the State, depend upon the 

 principal forest and wood-consuming industries for employ- 

 ment. Minor industries and the auxiliary use of wood employ 

 many more. 



The following table compiled from reports to the Bureau of 

 Census for 1009 indicates the importance of the principal indus- 

 tries in Maine which depend .upon the forest. 



