August 23, l!in 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Supplies for Furniture Makers 



THE manufacturers of furniture in the United States require 

 approximately one billion feet of lumber a year from their 

 factories, and this is made up of more 'than forty kinds of 

 wood, domestic and foreign. Some of this material is plain 

 and cheap, other is fine and costly. 



It is not possible to say exactly how much of it comes out 

 of the territory tributary to Memphis, because all the ship- 

 ments from that district cannot be traced to their final desti- 

 nation; but it is safe to say that nearly or quite half of it origi- 

 nates in that region. This illustrates how much the furniture 

 manufacturers are dependent upon this district, and how well 

 they are supplied. The following figures show the amount of 

 wood used annually for furniture in certain states which draw 

 a considerable amount of the material from the Memphis 

 district: 



OHIO 41,226,000 feet 



INDIANA 99,541,000 feet 



ILLINOIS 1 14,370,000 feet 



MICHIGAN 84,069,000 feet 



KENTUCKY 11,198,000 feet 



IOWA 6,267,000 feet 



MISSOURI 28,165,000 feet 



The southern states within reach of Memphis depend upon it largely for 

 furniture material, while the large manufacturers in Pennsylvania and 

 New York receive large shipments from the same source, and some 

 Memphis lumber for furniture goes to Canada and even to the Pacific 

 coast. The chief furniture woods supplied by the Memphis region are 

 oak and gum, but nearly every other wood that grows there is in more 

 or less demand. The timber resources of the region are attractive be- 

 cause it is known that they can be depended upon, and the lines of trade 

 once built up, need not be abandoned for want of supplies. 



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