62 Wood-Using Industries of New York 
material and to work upon completed or semi-completed furni- 
ture imported from other States. This was an instance illus- 
trating the effect of the war combined with the excessive price 
of hardwoods, which cost almost 100 per cent more in 1919 than 
in 1912. A few months later, in February, 1920, gum was 
sold at $195 per M. and quartered oak at $400 per M. whole- 
sale. Yet there was no great decrease in the demand for luxury 
products. The main problem of the dealers was to obtain the 
goods. 
TABLE 6 
FURNITURE 
Quantity Usep 
ANNUALLY pee Tota cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Kinp oF Woop per 1,000 fr105j02 New York. | New York. 
Fane factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent = 
Motaliweries ss see 76,963,000 | 100.00 | $80 52 | $6,197,300 | 15,828,000 61,135,000 
White oak........ 14,484,000 18.82 |$104 92 | $1,519,661 $435 ,000 14,049 ,000 
ed puims fee se-iec.cis 12,530,000 16.28 81 65 102370700 |0 shoe tater 12,530,000 
SIR CH. ese stew ronnie 10, 393,000 13.50 52 48 545,525 4,944,000 5,449 ,000 
G@hestnitterct ete 9,297,000 12.08 49 06 456,111 94 ,000 9,203,000 
Beechs a--rke se eee | MD sio 000 8.02 29 86 184,385 4,689,000 1,486,000 
Hard maple........ 4,987,000 6.48 52 23 260,471 3,242,000 1,745,000 
Mahogany......-.- 4,398,000 5.71 | 204 96 QOLGATA || akan.c tegen oete 4,398 ,000 
Yellow poplar...... 4,250,000 5/52 52 94 224,995 22,000 4,228,000 
Black walnut....... 2,512,000 3.26) |) 205) 7 541,864 2,000 2,510,000 
Basswood .2t.%. .-h 1,534,000 1.99 57 62 88,389 890 , 000 644 ,000 
Southern red cedar..| 1,000,000 1.30 | 125 00 2 5; OOOM |. neva 1,000,000 
SDIENCEse eeeteelaysutee 931,000 1.21 43 47 40,471 331,000 600 ,000 
Soft maple......... 820,000 1.07 43 91 36,006 183,000 637 ,000 
Dt ene am Ha eitee perc 812,000 1.06 46 46 37,726 271,000 541,000 
Wihite pines*.ade.: 730 ,000 .95 45 02 32,865 378 ,000 352,000 
PAS Wy seeae reuctorexseiedotas 574,000 515) 67 50 38,745 186,000 388 ,000 
Southern yellow pine 560 ,0CO 13 65 00 S67 400" |) ds. 5 eee 560 ,000 
Redioakiey oss 4iene a 543,000 ola 68 39 37,136 100,000 443,000 
Cherry (black)...... 223,000 -29 92 12 20,543 46 ,000 177 ,000 
Witch hazel........ 60 ,000 .08 | 475 00 DS sDOOS <4 ces aaereers 60 ,000 
C@YPress terest neck oes 53,000 07 Weel Bic OPE Baek lace 53,000 
Buckeye: sos .8. 37 ,O00 05 45 00 ft (G6 5mlat tebe eee 37,000 
Hemlock RSNA E ashe 15,000 02 27 50 413 155000) i>. cee ete 
Arborvitae......... 12,000 .02 91 66 TETOOR MEE 2s abo 12,000 
Circassian walnut... 11,000 .O1 | 475 00 SE QZOIVE Tee tae: ok 11,000 
Loblolly pine....... 10 ,000 .O1 65 00 GHSOAIE.S.. Wetec 10,000 
Butternuts:. oe. 8,000 .O1 | 180 00 Pe eee & Bee a 3 5 8,000 
Mele enc: ae 2,000 * | 900 00 1, S000}: 2. ees ae 2,000 
English oak........ 2,000 * | 980 00 1960) echoes 2,000 
* Less than one-hundredth of one per cent. 
