158 FOREST UTILIZATION INDUSTRIAL FORESTRY 



relatively low cost to the people of this country as well as to build 

 up a large and profitable export trade. It is believed that the 

 United States will always have available for export a surplus of lum- 

 ber and other forest products. 



In 1924 over 3,667,000 cars were loaded with forest products. This 

 figure had dropped to 899,000 cars in 1932, but there has been sub- 

 stantial increase since. This volume of business is a very important 

 factor in maintaining our vast network of rail transportation systems 

 throughout the country. Of all the forest products loaded by the rail- 

 roads, about 40% are composed of lumber, lath, and shingles; logs, 

 24%; pulpwood, 11%; railroad cross ties, 4%; posts, poles and piling, 

 6%; and the balance of 15% is composed of fuelwood, cooperage ma- 

 terials, boxes and crating, and miscellaneous commodities. 



The country's railroad freight bill in 1924 for transporting lumber, 

 timbers, and other forest products was about $408,000,000. The people 

 and the industries of New York spend approximately $40,000,000 an- 

 nually in normal times for lumber and other forest products shipped 

 into that state. Illinois pays about $30,000,000, California $20,000,000, 

 Pennsylvania $23,000,000, and Michigan $20,000,000. 



