26 



Natinnal EfRovrces Committee 



VOLUME OF TIMBER BY SPECIES 



IN 



COLUMBIA BASIN STATES 



5 70-. 





it' 



■25 ■ 



,-,■.■12 



15 , 



22 



26 



20 



79 



^^- 



114 



40 



267 



28 



36 



22 



-1 1' ■ ■ r ' ■ I \ r-^n 



20 30 40 50 60 70 BO 90 

 PERCENTAGE OF SUBDIVISION VOLUME 



/ 



EASTERN 

 MONTANA 

 VESTERN 

 -MONTANA 



IDAHO 



FASTERN 

 —WASHINGTON 



EASTERN 



OREGON 



WESTERN 

 WASHINGTON 



WESTERN 

 OREGON 



1D0UGLAS FIR 



jHEMLOCK 



PULP SPECIES 



PONDEROSA PINE 



IDAHO WHITE PINE 



MISCELLANEOUS 



^ 



AREA OF SQUARE REPRESENTS TIMBER VOLUME OF 

 REGION OR 935 BILLION FEET LUMBER TALLY 



AREAS OF RECTANGLES REPRESENT VOLUMES OF 

 SPECIES ACCORDING TO ABOVE LEGEND 



NUMERALS ARE VOLUMES IN BILLIONS OF FEET 



Fir.lLE 4. 



Importance of the Forest Industries 

 to the Region 



The forest resource furnishes tlie raw materials for 

 lumber, pulp and paper and many other wood-using 

 mdustries. These are of vital importance to the 

 Region. Wliile only 10 percent of the Region's gain- 

 fully employed are on the pay rolls of these industries, 

 they constitute 56 percent of all manufacturing employ- 

 ment. Yet both these figures are misleading. In 

 addition to those directly employed, forest industries 

 support indirectly and in varying degrees a large num- 

 ber of allied or service industries. For example, in 

 many a sawmill town a major proportion of the mer- 

 chants and professional people depend substantially 

 on the sawmill pay roll, while nearby farmers find an 

 increased market for their produce because the sawmill 

 workers are there. 



The interrelationships between forest industries and 

 other economic activities of the Pacific Northwest are 

 so complex that an accurate and comprehensive 



appraisal of their importance is impossible. However, 

 in a few striking instances reasonably exact information 

 has been analyzed and can be cited.^ 



This analysis shows that the Region is far from being 

 a self-sustaining economic unit. It is dependent on the 

 remainder of the United States and on other nations 

 for a great many commodities which cannot be raised 

 or economically manufactured within the Region. 

 If these commodities are to be imported, they must, ot 

 course, be paid for with credits derived from exports. 

 Of the total net exports of the four States, 71 percent 

 (by weight) are forest products. Expressed on a 

 value basis, the corresponding figure is 41 percent, a 

 difl'erence which reflects the fact that forest products 

 are, on the average, less valuable per ton than are 

 many farm aiul mineral products. 



The forest industries are of great importance to the 

 railroads, as is illustrated by the fact that about 63 



s From sec. 2 of this report, Economic Imparlance of the Forest Industries of the Pacific 

 Northuesl. by Blair Stewart. 



IMPORTANCE OF FOREST INDUSTRIES 

 TO COLUMBIA BASIN STATES 



DIRECT EMPLOYMENT 



10 PER CENT 



DIRECT EMPLOYMENT 



MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ONLY 

 56 PER CENT 



NET EXPORTSaONS) NET EXPORTS (value) 



71 PER CENT 41 PER CENT 



FREIGHT TONNAGE HORSE POWER INSTALLED 



ORIGINATING IN REGION manufacturing industries only 



63 PER CENT 64 PER CENT 



Figure 5. 



