82 THE WFIITK PINE. 



resawing. The flooring, and even siding for the smaller markets, and for cheap coustructiou are 

 coiniuonly the selected i>arts of slieathiiig and other inferior grades, as classed at the mill, and it 

 is rare to find, in recent years, the best grades of White Pine in the smaller retaileis' yards. 



In the classitication of White Pine a great degree of finesse has been introduced, and the 

 clo.sest attention is paid here, as well as in edging and trimming, to the probable future use of a 

 given piece of material. 



From the enormous cousumi)tion of White Pine alone, and also from the great variety of ust-s 

 to which it is put, it is clear that any material diminution of supplies must attect extensively and 

 intimately the wood market and wood industries of this country. The common claim of 8ul)Sti- 

 tution of some other i)inc or conifer, and still more the belief in the use of liardw oods in tiie place of 

 White Pine, have but little in their favor. A shipping case of White Pine reipiires about half the 

 effort to make and onlj- 50 to 6.5 i)er cent of the effort to haul or handle as one made of Southern 

 Pine, its most natural substitute. Similarly, a White Pine lath nails with half the effort, shrinks 

 less, and thus is far more satisfactory than one made of hard pine. For a good door or for satis- 

 factory sash and blinds only the Cypress and White Cedar can enter as a substitute, and both 

 are too restricted in their occurrence, and the Cypress has too little chance of future regeneration 

 to deserve consideration as a general substitute. The transportation of Pacific coast timbers, 

 a small portion of which have the properties of White Pine, to tlie densely populated Eastern 

 United States is not likely to occur on a large scale, for the cost of hauling alone equals the 

 value of good grades of Eastern lumber. 



