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handled in rafts while other material has to be transported on 

 scows. The greatest efficiency in manufacture and the closest 

 utilization of the log in the Puget Sound region now occurs with 

 timber cut in the Puget Sound cities. The good of the industry 

 requires that manufacture in these cities continue to increase in 

 the future. 



For the other parts of the country where the industry is not so 

 well organized as in the lumber regions proper, the building of 

 large mills in industrial centers would be an advantageous de- 

 velopment. A steady market for logs would make it possible for 

 any farmer or other small holder of timber to ship to such mills 

 whenever a carload of logs was available. This would result in 

 the higher utilization of some timber now used for fuel, since, 

 where transportation is available, timber could be utilized by this 

 method where there is not enough for even a portable sawmill. 



I conclude that the type of sawmill indicated to supply general 

 market demands of the future will be the large mill located in an 

 industrial center or center of population and that mechanical, 

 chemical, or other equipment for the utilization of by-products 

 either will be an essential part of the plant or such products will 

 be disposed of to other plants especially adapted to their utiliza- 

 tion. 



