WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



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Pattern makers pay a higher average price for their wood than 

 any other manufacturers in the State. 



TABLE 15. PATTERNS AND FLASKS. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Table 16 presents statistics of wood consumed by miscel- 

 laneous industries of minor importance. An article made by 

 only one or two persons or firms in the State, though manu- 

 factured in large amounts, is not tabulated as a separate indus- 

 try. This would reveal the individual operations of manufac- 

 turers, which is contrary to the policy pursued in compiling State 

 wood-using reports. In accordance with assurances given when 

 statistics are solicited, figures submitted by individuals are not 

 revealed. 



Cigar boxes are included in the miscellaneous table. All of 

 the Spanish cedar reported was worked into this commodity, 

 which is pre-eminently the chief use of this wood in the United 

 States. The cost, as given in Table 16, is uncommonly high 

 because it was computed from veneer prices, which include allow- 

 ance for waste and cost of production. 



A large part of the yellow poplar in the table was cigar box 

 material, and much of it was converted into cores or backing for 

 the cedar veneers. Poplar is an all-round wood and most indus- 

 tries use some of it. More than three-fourths of the wood listed 

 under "Miscellaneous" is yellow poplar, and none of it grew in 

 the State. 



Sawmill machinery, which is made wholly or partly of wood, 

 is listed in this table; likewise looms and other textile machines 

 and appliances (except shuttles). Tanks, silos, kitchen furni- 

 ture, safes, excelsior, and a number of other articles are included. 



