Utilisation at Menominee Indian Mills. 481 



stock. Slabs, edgings, and any defective logs which when sawed 

 will hold a nail are used after first being picked over for lath and 

 picket material. The average cost of manufacturing, yarding, 

 shipping, etc, etc., including sale expenses, depreciation on ma- 

 chinery, etc., is $1.65. The average price received is $2.00 per 

 thousand pieces giving a net profit of 35 cents per thousand. No 

 charge is placed against stumpage since that is taken care of by 

 the lumber obtained from the logs. The annual output of the 

 mill is about 4,000,000 pieces of box board material, which vary 

 in size according to order. 



Basszvood and Popple Bolts for Excelsior. Basswood bolts cost 

 $3.00 per cord to cut, make, peel, and pile in the woods. A cord 

 is considered a stack 4 feet high, 8 feet long and 54 inches wide. 

 It costs 50 cents to $1.00 per cord to haul out of the woods and 

 load on the cars depending upon the length of the haul which 

 varies from i to 3^ miles. The price received is $7.50 per cord 

 f. o. b. at Neopit, giving an average profit of about $3.75 per cord. 



Popple bolts are made for $2.50 per cord unpeeled, of $3.50 per 

 cord, peeled and delivered at the tracks for these prices. These 

 bolts come in two lengths, ^y and 54 inches. $5.25 is received per 

 cord for the 54 inch stock and $4.75 per cord for the 2>7 if'ch 

 stock. Both lengths are sold on the basis of 54 inch face cords. 

 The average profit per cord is about $1.50. 



Pine Bolts. Pine bolts for pail stock cost proportionately 

 about the same as Basswood bolts delivered on the cars but are 

 made in lengths of 13 inches or multiples thereof. These bring 

 about $3.00 a face cord f. o. b. at Neopit. They are made from 

 both Red and White Pine, and the profit is much less than from 

 the Basswood bolts, the average being about 55 cents a face cord. 

 A face cord is considered a stack of wood 4 feet high, 8 feet long 

 and 52 inches wide. 



Railroad Ties. A standard tie, that is, one 8 feet long, 6 inches 

 thick and having at least a 6 inch face cost 12 cents to make and 

 land at the tracks. This work is all done by contract labor. It 

 costs 2 cents to load and a stumpage price of 6 cents per tie which 

 is at the rate of $2.00 per thousand board feet, is charged. These 

 ties bring 32 cents f. o. b. Neopit which leaves a profit of 12 cents 

 per tie. Hemlock constitutes 90 per cent of all the ties. Tama- 

 rack and Red Oak, Elm and Cedar ties bring 42 cents a piece. 



