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principal woods used by trunk manufacturers, but lately they 
have tried yellow poplar, cottonwood, cypress, and other simi- 
lar woods. Manufacturers are now having difficulty in getting 
poplar and cottonwood of proper dimensions, while basswood 
is becoming very very hard to get. Although not reported in 
time for inclusion in the table it is known that large quantities 
of three-ply built-up panels of red gum and also of western 
yellow pine are used for trunk construction. 
Over 90 per cent of the wood reported came from outside 
the State, all of the species mentioned (except gum) being 
native to New York forests. The high average price of $82.16 
per thousand results in part from the freight charges on long 
hauls. Why not grow basswood at home? 
TABLE 31 
TRUNKS AND SUITCASES 
Quantity UsEep 
ANNUALLY Average Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Kinp oF Wood = |———_- er 1,000 fn: New York. | New York. 
peri. factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent 
TROGAD, tefe's ,5,0%0-s 3,984,000 | 100.00 | $82 16 $327,430 185,000 3,799,000 
IBaSSWOOG. -.2-).....-t- 2,244,000 56.32 |$104 30 $234 ,049 130,000 2,114,000 
WintterpIne/<c 1.65... - 1,620,000 | 40.66 52 76 ST LAO | ont cco cece 1,620,000 
PNT rete rae cs suchas oo) olay: 90,000 2.26 68 33 6,120 30,000 60,000 
IBSINGH fetta aciants alot 25,000 .63 60 00 1,500 255000) [ere rete: 
1 1 Se CO 5,000 .13 58 00 PANY || Saeocen sce 5,000 
Cigar Boxes. 
The cigar-box industry is one that consumes a small variety 
of woods. Spanish cedar, as will be noted, supplies 57 per 
cent of the 3,295,000 feet consumed. Cotton gum or tupelo, as 
it is sometimes called, is the only other wood of importance 
from the standpoint of quantity. Spanish cedar is generally 
converted into very thin lumber or veneer and used as an out- 
side material with other woods as cores or backing. <A very 
small amount of cotton gum and yellow poplar are made into 
boxes without being overlaid with cedar. Generally the 
