134 STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT. 



State has steadily diminished since 1899, the values in 

 1904 nearly doubled those of the other two years, reaching 

 in that year S4,338,000, while the valuation for 1909 is 

 somewhat less than for 1899. The turpentine industry 

 in the State has steadily declined since 1909. 



The total number of persons engaged in lumber and 

 timber products in 1909 was 37,118, of which 90 per cent 

 were wage earners. The total number engaged in the 

 turpentine and rosin industry in the same year was 2,811, 

 of which 91.5 per cent were wage earners. 



In 1909 ownership of the 1,647 establishments in the 

 State engaged in the manufacture of lumber and timber 

 products was as follows: 



LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS. 



Average No. Value added 



No. of Wage Value of by Manufac- 



Plants. Earners. Products. ture. 



1909 1647 33,397 S42,792,S44 $28,586,246 



Individual 920 7,803 8,413,371 6,216,909 



Firm 507 5,612 7,540,.553 5,324,757 



Corporation 220 19,982 26,838,920 17,044,580 



Per Cent of Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 



Individual 55.9 23.4 19.7 21.7 



Firm 30.8 16.8 17.6 18.6 



Corporation 13.4 59.8 62.7 59.6 



From the above table it will be seen that the 13.4 per 

 cent corporation-owned plants employ nearly 60 per cant 

 of the wage earners engaged in the business, and their 

 products have a valuation of nearly 63 per cent of the 

 whole. It will be noted, too, that the efficiency of labor 

 is somewhat greater in the large plants than in the sinaller 

 ones, if the value of crude products is considered. 



Turpentine and rosin plants were owned in 1909 as 

 follows : 



Av. No. Value Added 



No. Plants .Wage Earners. Val. Products, by Man'f ture. 



Individual 15 242 $ 159,349 $ 118,976 



Firm 22 388 251..589 197,3(i4 



Corporation 27 1943 1,063,091 809,180 



Per Cent of Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 



Individual 23.4 9.4 10.8 10.6 



Firm 34.4 15.1 17.1 17.5 



Corporat'on 42.2 75.5 72.1 71.9 



Data with regard to size of the establishments show the 

 following : 



