Utilisation at Menominee Indian Mills. 



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planning to turn out a special stock of maple and birch for wooden 

 ware material, and to utilize the slabs and waste of certain species 

 for paper pulp. In addition, it will dispose of all kinds of hard- 

 wood material for chairs, tools, furniture, and special wooden 

 ware manufacturing. 



The above figures are intended to show the excellent profits 

 possible from utilizing by-products of a large lumber operation. 

 Neopit is on the Wisconsin Northern Railroad about 20 miles 

 from Shawano. Here it connects via the Chicago and North 

 Western Railroad with the wood markets in the larger cities of 

 Wisconsin. However, much of the above material, besides the 

 lath and shingles, is consumed outside the State. Several markets 

 have been developed in Chicago and even as far away as the 

 central prairie states and New York, proving that the transpor- 

 tation and market problems are not prohibitive. The labor used 

 on this operation is about equally divided between Indians and 

 Whites. The latter have proven to be the more ancient of the 

 two classes. 



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