slab and waste v/ood brought on an average $1 a cord ; hence its sale 

 was a considerable source of revenue to many mills. 



The percentage of sawed logs which were cut from holdings of saw- 

 mill operators is shown in the last column. Considering only the 

 important lumber-producing States, it is interesting to note that the 

 proportions of output reported as sawed from logs cut on the lands 

 owned by the sawmill operators range from 97.4 per cent in Cali- 

 fornia to 34.5 per cent in Washington. The lumber companies in 

 California do their own logging largely on their own holdings, and 

 get but a relatively small quantity of logs from other sources. In 

 Washington most of the logging is done by firms which buy stumpage 

 and deliver logs to the sawmills for a fixed contract price, so that in 

 this case the operator of a mill may own little or no timberland. 



Sawmill statistics, 1905. 



Approved : 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3, W07. 



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