SECTION 2. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FOREST 

 INDUSTRIES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 



Contents 



Page 



Employment in the Forest Industries of the Pacific Northwest 59 



Wages and Salaries Paid by Forest Products Industries Gl 



The Importance of Forest Industries in the External Trade of the 



Pacific Northwest (Jl 



Importance of Forest Industries to the Railroads of the Pacific 



Northwest 66 



Importance of Forest Products Industries to Inland Water Trans- 

 portation in tiie Pacific Northwest 68 



Importance of Forest Products Industries to the Electric Power 



Industry 68 



Importance of Forest Products Industries to Pacific Northwest 



Communities 69 



Appendix — Tables A to U 71 



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