TIMBER FOR 



Relative The price of lumber has fluctuated in accordance 

 Cost with trade and economic conditions but has never 



reached an excessively high figure. A comparison 

 between certain species in an abnormal year, such as 1895, 

 with a year of marked business activity as in 1905, would show 

 marked differences in cost. An analysis of prices over a term 

 of years shows, however, that low prices have prevailed over 

 longer periods than the maximum costs, and that even at the 

 peak lumber remained the cheapest building material. 



The following tabulation, compiled from the Report by the 

 Census Bureau and Forest Service, shows clearly the course in 

 lumber prices during the last decade. 



Average Mill Value of Lumber Per Thousand Feet Board Measure, 

 by Kinds of Wood, for Specified Years: 1904 to 1915. 



HAEDWOODS. 



Oak . 18.73 



Maple 15.21 



Bed gum 12.54 



Chestnut 16.17 



Yellow poplar.. 22.45 



Birch 16.52 



Beech 14.01 



Basswood . . 18.89 



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