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-jjj- Vehicle Making in the United States -£§ 



Till' iiinmtfnrHirpr* of vrliirlp)i for liornoti ninl imitors in tlie Unitoil 

 Slatm ii~ 'ft of nooil ii vriir iiml iiioro tliiiii fifty kili'l" 



an> r«>|nji' K>«<1» nil otliom iiiitl in i-lowly followp<] \>\ 



oak. Thestf two vrootls conntittitt* iiiorp tliiiii Hixty |>or <>eiit of nil 

 the woo<l conmiiiiivl by the vi'liirlo imliiiitry in tlu> wliolo poiintry. 



Though hiokury IoikIn nil othpr* in <|inintily nnil in total cohI. 

 vovrnit otiicrti runt nioro by tlio thonmuxl fi'<>t. AhIi iinil ino|>li'. 

 nhirh nro conunon wchmU in Uiis imliintry, nro more cxiK'nitivc tliiin 

 hickory. So is birch. .\s nii^ht l)o px|ipct«"<l, sonio of tlu> foroinn 

 wood!) arc quite oxpiMisivo, but they are <leniiiniU>il in ri>ni|inrntivcly 

 nmnll iiuantitie.s. Anions these nre ninlio);nny, verniillion, 8|inni!ili 

 cellar, doncella and Circus-sinn walnut. They are \i»ecl ehietly as trim 

 for fine carriages and nutoniobile;!. The nioxt expensive American 

 wood consumed by this industry is black walnut. 



The table which follows gives the various vehicle woods, the quan- 

 tity iiM'.l annually, and the average cost of ciicli per thousand feet 

 dclni'ri'.l at the factories: 



Veiiiclf. Woods Consumed Anxuai.ly 



Kind of Wooil Ft. 1«. M. .^vcracp Qnst 



lllrkory . . i;;m.4Vil,!ilM J .",S.'J2 



Onk 212,ftlS,3i;i .•',4.02 



Yellow Poplar ■ts.tW.'..!M!o .-.i:.!i.-. 



Asli 4:t.l>74.rtr>K 41'.7T 



Mnpic :ir.,stw,-.'ti7 --".i.m; 



t'ottonwood .•t:t,27R.ll."iS :'.>n.44 



Kini 3i.2nr!.ni;2 •ji;.71 



Y.llnw Pine .T1.20.';,47.s •J4.."i:t 



it...i i;«in *ji!.n.-iO.:ii4 22. .-.i 



Itlr.li 14.227.12r. 44. TO 



Itn—wood «I,41S,:iOS :!:',.44 



I! h .".4!)7.74:: iii.r.-.' 



Willi.- Pine I.rt7.".277 34. 54 



Cvpr^ss 1.:t20.!i."il r.sMS 



Tiip«'io i.nn7.r.oo 24.i;7 



Chestnut 1172, KOn 211. li; 



noueias Fir iisn.oin :(s.20 



Spruce .S."55.er)0 37.24 



Malioennv 40ri..'!!ii> 1 37.03 



Il.mlock" 448.«7S 23.40 



I is:if Ornuee 4.30.020 Sci.«4 



Black Walnut 300.4.50 01.44 



««Hl»ood 2.">0.ni)0 3S.40 



Wcslorn Yellow Pine 1.S2.300 33,72 



llornlioam 126.000 27.14 



Locust 110,3.-)" 28.12 



Hacklwrry lOO.OOO 1 4.r.0 



Buckpve <J3.410 22.30 



Svcamore «2.<;oo 21.o:', 



Eucalyptus 40.0.50 , 00.43 



Chcrrv 30,0.50 .53.or. 



rircasslan Walnut 16.S20 273.72 



Butternut 11..500 41.22 



Macnolia 0„50o 19.70 



Lodgcpole Pine 8.000 fi.5.00 



Suear Pine «.000 ,50.00 



Blue Beech .5,000 12.00 



Cucumber 3.800 25.00 



White Fir 3,000 20.oo 



Cedar 2,500 32.00 



Pecan 2,000 ,50.00 



Rosewood 1.100 205.45 



.\pplewood 1,000 20.00 



Balsam Fir 1.000 ,30.00 



Padouk 1.000 IC.o.OO 



Catalpa 500 20.00 



China Tree 500 25.00 



Spanish Cedar -500 1 •.'n.ciip 



Doncella •'{30 203.O3 



Total 739,124,483 $ 30.74 



The foregoing table has particular value because it shows the kinds 

 of woods used and the average cost of each. The total cost of all 

 is $27,15o,.3.'?6 a year. 



The woods listed differ greatly in firoperties. Some are remark- 

 able for strength, others for toughness; some are selected because 

 they take excellent finish, among such being the foreign wooils pre- 

 viously mentioned. To these might be added yellow poplar which is 

 unexcelled as material for fine panels and carriage and buggy bodies. 

 It ranks among the best also as beds or boxes for farm and roa.l 

 wagons. It wears well, takes a smooth finish and possesses extraordi- 

 nary painting qualities. Owing to the high cost of poplar it has been 

 replaced as wagon box Vioards to some extent by cottonwood, red 

 gum, basswood, and buckeye. 



Use of Vehicle Woods by States 

 Though some vehicles arc made in every state, some greatly ex- 



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ce<>d others in the quantity of output. That is shown in tlio ful 

 lowing table: 



i^iiantlt.v l'i»'<l 



.\nnuiilu .Vveraue CiMt 



Suite ht. n. >f. ixr l,(KHi FL 



Iiiillnna '"' '■ ' "~" $ 43. h4 



ohlii . . 30 02 



^rkanHii> 20 31 



^ll^hl|Inn •■ . . . 40.02 



Kentiick.\ ..n,44.'j..*.oii 30,31 



Illlii.l- ^ " 41.40 



Wl- 40.02 



Mi- 34.02 



Teliii.— ■ 24.00 



PennH,vlvnulii :il,HUl,:<ii:i 42.n:i 



Xew Y'ork .. :!«io:!:'..l'Hi 43,05 



VlrKlnln 17 I'T l ■" 27.30 



lowii IT.iiln,- 42.70 



Nnrth <'anillnn l.'..ii:ii>.i>iMi 20.04 



MiNHlSKlppI . . 10,277,0011 20.N5 



.Miilinnin 7.5>>.". '""' 24.02 



Mlriii.'«.iiii . . .;,'.|M :•■" 34 ,37 



l/iiil»liinii . . . .; ..II " .M 10.4<t 



W.sl Vlrulllla .5,.-.iiii,i.Mi 28.07 



Massachusett,- 4,073..5oii ,50.58 



Cciriilii 4.845, 2.-.II 31.44 



t'linneptlcut t..i:'2.iiil>" 48.,55 



Cnlifnrnia :i.15k.i:i5 S5.20 



Xew Hampshire . . 2.»N3,.i:wi 27.73 



•New .lersey 2,740,750 02.01 



Mnrvliind 1.050.300 30.00 



K:lll.ills 1.201,11111 20,82 



Vermont 1.112..Mni 20.72 



Maine 1,054.5011 24.31 



Waslilneton S85,0o0 7.3.82 



Oklahoma 7S7.!ioo 24.0,5 



Smith Carolina ... 7s4.:;i'ii 27.14 



Texiis 721,f.:u 43.00 



Ithode Island 302..xoO 42.48 



Nebraska 280,500 30.40 



Colorado 220,550 78.73 



( lieaon 108,200 104.74 



Pelawaie 171.550 48.06 



Florida 107,005 50.02 



District of Culumblii 100,1WI 07.50 



I'tah .57.500 70.01 



Montana iii.iimi 04,75 



Idaho 5.000 114.40 



All others 1,038.100 38.15 



Total 739,124,483 $ 30.74 



There is a remarkable difference in the cost of woods purchased 

 by vehicle manufacturers in different states, as the preceding table 

 shows. The average cost in Louisiana is $19.40 a thousjind feet, and 

 in Idaho $114.40, or nearly five times as much as in Louisiana. Kven 

 in Oregon, which grows thirty-seven per cent of its own vehicle wood, 

 the average cost, delivered at the factory, is $104.74, 



Measured by the quantity of wood used, the vehicle industry is 

 fifth in this country, the industries above it being planing mill prod- 

 ucts, boxes, railway cars and furniture. 



Big Foreign Order for Gum 



The Lamb-Fisli Lumber Company, Charlet-ton, Miss,, has advised 

 the correspondent of the IIakdwood Recohd of the sale of sixty- 

 cars of red gum which were shipped April 21, via Gulfport, Miss. 

 This is the largest foreign order ever receive<l for red gum and is 

 accepted as a quite encouraging indication of the expansion in the 

 call for this particular lumber. Photographs have been made of 

 this lumber after it was loaded on cars at Charleston and these 

 will be available for use in the next few days. There is a vast 

 amount of red gum in the Mississippi valley and every manufac- 

 turer is making an effort to create new markets for this material. 

 The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company has received numerous compli- 

 ments from the trade on the lan.ling of this splendid order. 



This company reports a somewhat broadening inquiry for hard- 

 wood lumber as a whole and believes that the outlook is more 

 favorable now than at anv time this season. 



The fewer sins the saws commit the lighter the burden for the 

 planer to carry. 



