W(>OI> CONSUMPTION. 



121 



Amount and mint of fnmt iiroilwl* nxcd darinij Hie ITUXH* year 1S!)t> < 'ontiniied. 



Classes of products. 



Kstimated cubic 



COIiteutsot'tiirest 



growniinitcrial.il 



Value. 



III. Exported timber nut included in Subdivision l-.b I'uhic /(. 



Hewn timber, 6,900,000 cubic feet 9,000,000 $1,230,000 



1 .ogs anil round timber 2, 500, 000 2, 000, UOO 



Hived staves, stave aiid bolts 1 500, 000 1, 500, 000 



Total .. 12,000,000 4,730,000 



IV. Wood pulp: a 



300,0110 tons ground paper pulp | 



80,000 tons soda pulp 'I 



00,000 tons sulphite pulp liber |5,000,00( 3, 550, 00( 



50,000 tons pulp for other purposes 



V. Miscellaneous mill products other than lumlM-r manufactured djroctlj* from lo^ r s or 



boltse 80,000,000 ! 20,765,000 



Total materials requiring liult or log size 5,327,000,000 418,029,024 



This last figure of " miscellaneous products " is a very considerable underestimate, baaed 

 upon census returns, and we are entirely safe in rounding ort' the total of sizable 

 timber used and its value to .' 5, 500, 000, 000 450, 000, 000 



VI. Fuel in the shape of wood if 18,000,000,000 4.50, 000, 000 



In the shape of charcoal 250. 000, 000 7, 000, 000 



VII. Wood used for dyeing extracts and charcoal for gunpowder c i 16, 200. 000 437, 000 



Total amount ami value of wood consumption 23, 766, 000, 000 907,437,000 



Value. | Total valne. 



VIII. Naval stores : c 



Turpentine barrels.. 346,544 $5,459,115 



Kosin do 1.429,154 2,413,757 



' 7, 872, 872 



IX.e Wood alcohol gallons.. 2,000,000 1,750,000 



Acetic acid in acetate of lime 360, 000 



1 2, 110, 000 



X. Tanning materials :c 



Hemlock bark cords.. I 1,056,000 6,925,000 



(Ink bark do 322,150 2,783,500 



Hemlock and baric for extract do 64,200 307,500 



Sumac leaves fur tanning tons.. 3,300 198,000 



Sumac leaves for extract do S, 750 11 2, 000 



Various, not accounted for 74,000 



1 10, 400, 000 



XI. Maple sugar pounds 32,952,927 3,300,000 



Maple sirup gallons*.. 2,258,376 2,200.000 



5, 500, 000 



Total value of forest by-products -. ' 25,882,872 



Total value of all forest products j 933,319,872 



Add 10 per cent for omissions and underestimates o , 93, 331, 987 



Total value of wood and forest products at original place of production, estimated 

 to have been used during census year 1890 1,026,650,859 



a Estimated by the Division of Forestry. 



b From returns of Iiure.au of Statistics, U. S. Treasury Department. 



< ISased on figures of the Eleventh Census. 



d Based on figures of the Tenth Census and canvass of Division of Forestry. 



Making allowance for the increase in business and values and rounding off the values given 

 for 1800, we may estimate the present conditions about as follows: 



Mill products, lumber, shingles, implement :iud furniture stock, etc $450, 000, 000 



Railroad construction 45,000,000 



Export timber 5,000,000 



Wood pulp 5,000,000 



Miscellaneous bolt sizes 50,000,000 



Total materials requiring log and bolt sixes 555, 000, 000 



Fuel and fencing - 450, 000, 000 



Charcoal 7,000,000 



Dy ewood and gunpowder 500, 000 



Naval stores 8,500,000 



Wood alcohol and acetic acid 2,500,000 



Tanning material 15,000,000 



Maple simp and sugar 5,500,000 



Grand total M>44, 000, 000 



It should, of course, be understood that all such figures are mere approximations to the truth 

 based upou careful consideration of the partial information obtainable for the single items. 



In comparison with these enormous amounts and values expressing home consumption and 

 home production, the amounts of imports and exports become quite insignificant. 



The imports of wood and other forest materials amount to between twenty and thirty million 



