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furniture as South Carolina, Tennessee twenty-five times as 

 much, and North Carolina sixty times. The furniture manufac- 

 turing business in South Carolina may, therefore, be considered 

 as only in its infancy. 



The State supplies every foot of the lumber used. Yellow 

 poplar goes into drawer bottoms and sides, mirror backs, veneer 

 backing panels,- and various other places ; white oak is the most 

 expensive of the woods and is used in the best positions, as in 

 bureaus, chairs and dressers. White ash is used for bed slats, 

 though a cheaper material would do just as well. Tables are 

 made of red gum and bed rails of pine. 



TABLE) 9. FURNITURE. 



VEHICLES AND VEHICLE PARTS 



Table 10 presents statistics of the vehicle manufacturing busi- 

 ness in the State. Repairs are included. Repairs perhaps call 

 for nearly as much wood as new vehicles and this business is 

 carried on all over the country. A few wagons are made and 

 many are repaired in small shops which cannot be called fac- 

 tories. Some of these small shops are represented in the accom- 

 panying table, but not all of them, since they were too widely 

 scattered. The result is that Table 10 shows part only, but 

 doubtless the largest part, of the vehicle making and repair busi- 

 ness in South Carolina. The table is, however, as nearly com- 

 plete as similar statistics collected in other States. 



The average cost of the material is rather high. Yellow poplar 

 is largest in amount. It is made into wagon beds and bodies of 

 other vehicles. One of its highest recommendations is its prop- 

 erty of holding paint. Hickory's chief use is found in small 



