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Douglas Fir No. 1 Common 2 X i; IS' 



Price per Price per 

 Year M. ft. Year M. ft. 



1905 122.00 1919 ?53.57 



1910 23.00 1920 67.73 



1915 24.73 1921 38.20 



19-18 44.35 1922 42.10 



Oak, Clear, Quarter-sawed White 2%" 



Price per Price per 

 Year M. ft. Year M. ft. 



1900 $66.00 1919 $190.00 



1910 83.00 1920 360.00 



1915 92.00 1921 182.00 



1918 113.00 1922 165.00 



Oak. Plain-sawed White SVt" 



Price per Price per 

 Year M. ft. Year M. ft. 



1910 $57.00 1920 $260.00 



1915 63.00 1921 137.00 



1918 80.00 1922 125.00 



1919 138.00 



Chicago prices for mixed Iwmier up to 1910 were: 



Price per Price per 

 Year M. ft. Year M. ft. 



1860 $ 8.26 1890 $15.16 



1870 10.95* 1900 14.04 



1880 12.70 1910 24.49 



,♦ Gold. 



SUMMARY CONCERNING PROPORTION OF WOOD PRODUCTION TO WOOD 

 CONSUMPTION IN ILLINOIS AND CONCLUSIONS THEREFROM 



Referring to the table on page 53 we see that the wood-lots of the 

 state have depreciated until at the present time two thirds of their entire 

 yield is fire-wood only, which supplies fanners with one fourth of their 

 fuel, so that for this inferior purpose alone the output would supply 

 but half the quantity burned; and a ready substitute exists in the form 

 of coal. The veneer industry, especially for low-grade materials used 

 for fruit packages, can not afford to import logs from long distances 

 hence it imports less than -40 per cent of its logs, and the local supply is 

 rapidly disappearing. About sixty per cent of the post and mine ma- 

 terial, which can be filled by products of small sizes, is still obtained 

 from local timber but with increasing difficulty, while the supply of cross- 

 ties has dropped to about 1.") per cent of consumption. In the case of 

 lumber, but 2.4 per cent is produced locally, although of hardwoods the 

 state supplies 8 per cent of the consumption. This means that trees of 



