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resiiwiiig. Tbo flooring, and even sidint; lor tlio sniiillci' niiirkets, and for cheap construction are 

 coininonlj' the selected i)arts of siieatliin<;' and other inl'crior grades, as classed at the mill, and it 

 is rare to liiid, in recent years, the best grades ol' White I'ine in tlie smaller retailers' yards. 



In the classification of White I'ine a great degree of linesse has been introduced, and the 

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

 given i)iece of material. 



I''rom the eniirinous consumption of White I'ine alone, and also (Vom the great variety of uses 

 to which it is put, it is clcai' that any material diminution of supplies must alfect extensively and 

 intimately the wood market and wood industries of this country. The common claim of substi- 

 tulion of some <»tlier ]tin«' or coTiifei', and still more tlie belief in the use of hardwoods in the place of 

 White I'inc, have but little in their favor. A shipping case of White I'ine reipiiies about half the 

 effort to make and oidy 50 to 65 per cent of the effort to haul or handle as oae made of Southern 

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

 less, and thus is far more satisfaetory than one made of hard piii(\ I''or 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 (!yi)ress has too little ciiance of future regeneration 

 to deserve (tonside.ration as ii general substitute. The transportation of Pacific coast timbers, 

 a small i)ortion of which havi! tlie i)roperties of White I'ine, to the densely pojjidated Eastx^rn 

 I'nited States is not likely to occur on a large scale, foi' the cost of hauling alone equals the 

 value of good grades of Eastern lumber. 



