WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF MAINE. 



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TABLE 44. 



Printing Material. 



Printing material manufacturers do not make up a large in- 

 dustry in Maine. Die blocks were manufactured from sugar 

 maple and print blocks from sugar maple and white pine. 

 Print blocks are pieces of wood, on which are placed thin metal 

 plates or cuts in order to make the face "type-high," or to 

 bring it up to the level of the surrounding type. 



TABLE 45. 



KiMDs OP Wood. 



Quantity Used 

 Annually. 



Feet, 

 B.M. 



Aver- 

 age 



cost 



per 

 Per 1000 

 cent. ft. 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. factory. 



Grown in 



Maine. 

 Feet, B, M. 



Grown out 

 of Maine. 

 Feet, B. M" 



Yellow poplar. . . 



White oak 



White pine 



Loblolly pine. . . . 



Yellow birch 



Mahogany 



Bald cypress 



African mahogany 



Sugar maple 



Basswood 



Red oak 



Sycamore 



Red gum 



Black ash 



Black cherry 



Totals 



61,000 



50.000 



50,000 



48,000 



34,000 



29 ,000 



26,000 



25,000 



21 ,000 



18,000 



10,000 



8,000 



5,000 



3,000 



1,000 



15 68 



12 85 



12 85 



12.34 



8.74 



7.45 



6.68 



6.43 



5.40 



4.63 



2.57i 



2.061 



1.291 



,77 



$56 85 

 66 12 

 26 20 

 29 98 

 46 12 



160 34 

 46 54 



150 00 

 21 19 

 44 44 

 20 00 

 60 00 

 50 00 

 20 00 



.26! 100 00 



389,0001100.00 



$59 24 



$3,468 



3,306 



1.310 



1,435 



1,568 



4 ,6,50 



1,210 



3,7,50 



445 



810 



200 



480 



250 



60 



100 



$23,046 00 



5,000 

 ,■50,000 



2,000 



21 ,000 



10,000 



3,000 



91,000 



61,000 

 45,000 



48,000 

 32,000 

 29 ,000 

 26,000 

 25,000 



18,000 



8,000 

 5,000 



1,000 



298,000 



Fixttires. 



The fixture industry includes the manufacture of store, office 

 and bank fixtures, lodge furniture, church furniture, bar room, 

 and pool room fixtures. The fixture manufacturers of Maine 

 are principally engaged in the manufacture of show cases, and 

 .'^tore, office and bank fixtures. Furniture woods are generally 



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