Discussion of Industries 65 
- Small steel vessels are stiff and vibrate so badly that they are 
much less comfortable for passenger service. 
The fact that 34 species are shown in Table 7 is evidence 
of the varied kinds of water craft produced in New York. Only 
one-ninth of the raw material is home grown, but this is partly 
accounted for by the location of the leading plants along New 
York harbor where shipments by water are very economical 
from South Atlantic ports, and the exacting nature of some of 
the requirements. It should be noted that this report was sub- 
sequent to the rush period of the World War, during which a 
much larger quantity of timber and lumber was consumed in 
construction of the wooden fleet of the U. S. Shipping Board 
and extension of docking. 
Musicat InstrRUMENTS 
It is not generally realized that New York is the leading 
State in the production of musical instruments, her consump- 
tion of wood for this purpose being about double that of her 
closest competitor, Massachusetts. In 1912 the relative stand- 
ing of the leading States was as follows: 
Feet 
PEPE 5. oe fas Sid «eein.|. . . = 58,816,550 
IMEI SereenVISeTIGR Et. at seat, +. «eiepso)- «= « 27,463,412 
I eg Ghee alee a ee re 15,582,316 
GEIRaSET +. lA eve HERP ER. « Gatco 3° 12,274,010 
a ouhie cin CE! Ai. soi oa A 11,811,927 
Ute Ar Sh: ee Se 8,643,000 
Jute, 1k nS ee 8,583,000 
eM AMIE. 6). We oom wt oo Bie ws yetene rs 2,945,000 
All other States are insignificant in output compared with 
those named. While the factories of New York produce many 
kinds of instruments, such as accordions, banjos, drums, flutes, 
guitars, harps, mandolins, music boxes, phonographs, and 
violins, the great bulk of wood consumed goes into piano and 
organ cases and action parts. New York City, Buffalo, North 
3 
