m the Forest Service, U. S, Department of Agriculture.) 

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Recent statistics indicate a marked increase in exports of lum- 

 r from the United States- to the Orient. More than a quarter of a 

 ill ion feet of American woods are reported as being used in Samoa, 

 Hawaii, and the Hiilippine Islands. 



Heretofore, it is said, raw materials have been made up into 

 finished articles in the United Spates, almost without exception, 

 arid exported as such. With the discovery by American manufacturers 

 in the Philippines that they oould import United States woods .and 

 make them up with profit there, wood-using factories were "built* 

 I&cific coast wood-s, in consequence, are in many cases taking the 

 af the native woods .with such picturesque names as apitong, 

 , narra, land yacal. 

 Douglas fir, according to the information collected by the 

 forest service, is the principal wood, exported fron this country. 

 It is said to be the favorite wood among Insular manufacturers for 

 flooring, ceiling, siding, cornice, shelving, finish, and boat work, 

 Makers of furniture demand California redwood and sugar pine, south- 

 ern quarter-sawed :>akj eastern ash, sugar maple, and western white 



pine* 



Pour woods, principally conifers, and oaks, go infco the ce. . -'..no- 

 tion nf/ boats; for framing parts, masts, spars, Interior trim, plank- 

 ing, boat cro.ofcs, and tiller handles. Meat blocks are roade from sugar 

 maple , .which with aycattore supplies the entire demand in the United 

 States.. Wagon felloes are made of white oak, and other parts of ve- 

 hicles are manufactured from high -grades -of white ash and v^iite oak. 



