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the abnormal effect of the current general depression and cannot be 

 interpreted as a change in the long-time trend. Per capita consump- 

 tion climbed from 460 board feet in 1899 to a maximum of 525 board 



INDEX 

 NUMBERS 



ALL MANUFACTURES ^-N, S 



V 



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'03 '07 Ml M5 '19 '23 '27 1931 



1. Lumber consumption trends, compared with trends of all manufactures and population. 



FIGURE 



feet in 1906, and then declined to 275 feet in 1929. The figure re- 

 ported for 1931 is only 130 board feet. 



TABLE 1. Lumber production, exports and imports, and consumption, specified 



years, 1809-1931 



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