116 Discussion of Industries 
cherry are popular in the manufacture of hand mirrors where 
both the facing and backing must be highly ornamental. The 
industry is rapidly growing in the State and the consumption 
is far in excess of the amount reported in any other State for 
such articles. 
The amount of wood reported as consumed has decreased 
only 11 per cent since the previous report, but the amount of | 
raw material supplied by the State has decreased by 90 per 
cent. 
In 1912 the State imported two-thirds of its picture frames 
and moldings. In 1919 it imported thirty-three times as much 
of the “tied as it supplied, though 77 per cent of the vee 
is of species indigenous to New York. 
TABLE 27 
PictuRE FRAMES AND MOLDINGS 
Quantity UsEepD 
ANNUALLY safe Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
SESS ® Op WYO. eee iy 000 f. 0. b. New York. | New York. 
Pp J factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent 
Motels «crane bloke 6,647,000 | 100.00 | $83 57 $555 , 474 186 ,000 6,461,000 
Yellow poplar....... 1,784,000 | 26.83 | $63 29| $112,909] .......... 1,784,000 
BasswOOGs,- scecre 1,401,000 21.07 64 66 90 , 590 135,000 1,266,000 
EUR UT. foiet-) sreiehar- > 902 ,000 13257, 88 13 UOvAOS alt Peas. eee 902 ,000 
Wihite Oak..ecc26 cc. 900 , 000 13.53 93 42 84,078 15,000 885,000 
(Cif a boo obras 465,000 7.00 76 87 BD MAD .6 eete ee 465,000 
Birches... seit tases eke 262,000 3.94 } 185 14 48,507 28,000 234,000 
Witch hazel........ 240 ,000 3.62 62 00 py: Tarot) UI Whaesee ete Sete 240 ,000 
White pine..:...... 208,000 3.12 80 31 16,704 5,000 203,000 
Hard maple........ 144,000 2.18 | 136 44 19 ,647 3,000 141,000 
C@hestnutija. 44--bek 140 ,000 Palit 56 78 Ta QA9 | kteetd ce deae 140 ,000 
Mahogany. . a re 134,000 2.03) 277. 07. Ol pee A erscte cae 134 ,000 
Ashi. ester 50,000 15 80 00 4;000 | 2.2820 eea 50,000 
Black walnut....... 16,000 24 | 228 33 30581 new oct toes 16,000 
Cherry (black). . 1,000 .O1 98 00 OSA **8. nee eee 1,000 
PiumrReERS’ Woopwork. 
A few firms specialize in the production of woodwork for 
The industry includes 
toilet tanks, seats, washtray frames, drain-boards, bathroom 
cabinets, and general plumbers’ 
the plumbing industry in the State. 
equipment. 
Formerly the 
