FOREST POLICY. 



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The Forest Service insists that we consume in the United 

 States three times as much timber per annum as we produce. 



The lumber prices, f. o. b. mill, in the period 19001908 

 are illustrated by the following table taken from Kellogg: 



Mill Values of Lumber, 19001908. 



Species 





00 

 O 

 On 



O 

 On 



/0 



Walnut 



Cherry 



Hickory 



Ash 



Yellow Pop. 



Cypress 



Oak 



Basswood 



Elm 



White Pine 



Cedar 



Sugar Pine 



Cottonwood 



Birch 



Maple 



Chestnut 



Spruce 



Redwood 



Western Pine 



Sycamore 



Balsam Fir 



Hemlock 



Beech 



Tupelo 



Red Gum 



Tamarack 



Yellow Pine 



Douglas Fir 



Larch 



White Fir 



$56.49 



Average 



8.78 

 5.84 

 4.03 



3-52 

 3.78 



2.84 

 1.47 

 2.69 

 0.91 

 2.30 

 0.37 

 2.50 

 1.83 



3-37 

 1.27 



0.12 



9.70 



9.98 



9.63 

 12.48 

 8.461 



S.67! 

 8.00! 



$45-64 



23.94 



18.77 

 18.99 

 17.50 



17-51 j 

 16.86! 



14.45 



14-93 

 14-35 



14.92 



15-44 

 14.94 

 13.78 

 14.03 

 1 2. S3 



$42.25 |$43-3i:$ 

 . . . j 33.99 I 



29.59! 



25.01 i 



24.91 ! 

 22.12 i 

 21.23 1 



I I.QI 



10.87 

 12.42 

 9.96 I 



9-51 

 8.94 



30.42 



24-35 

 24.21 

 21.94 

 21.76 

 18.66 

 18.08 

 18.32 

 18.12 

 16. II 

 17.15 

 17.24 



15-53 



17-49 



17-53 

 16.64 



14.01 



j.ji 

 14.05 

 44.13 

 13.46 

 15.63 

 1 5.02 

 14.20 

 1 1. 91 

 12.91 



20.03 



18.45 

 19.41 

 49.14 

 19.84 

 1S.42 



17-37 

 16.S4 



17.04 



17.26 



17.70 



15.67 



14.58! 



16.16 



15-5 5 

 14.30 



14.48 

 14.10 

 15.71 

 14.02 

 ij. 1 2 

 13.07 

 15-45 



42.53 

 30.36 

 29.66 

 25.51 

 25.30 

 21.30 

 21.23 

 0.50 

 8.40 



8.17 

 8.03 



7-78 

 7.76 

 6.42 

 6.30 

 6.27 

 6.25 

 5.66 

 5.03 

 4.67 

 4.56 



3-65 

 3.50 



3-36 I 

 3.08 

 2.86 

 2.66 i 



1-97 

 1.81 

 1.38 



II. 13 I 12.76 I 16.54 i 16.56 



16.6 



57-9 

 61.0 



80.3 



59-9 

 54.1 



59-7 

 60.4 



43.2 

 65.3 

 44-6 

 71-3 

 51-4 

 37.8 

 21.7 

 44-2 

 54-7 

 54-9 



36.8 



35-8 

 3-0 

 49.6 

 38.1 , 

 47-6 I 



1.8 

 10.7 



-5 



2.0 



1.6 



3-7 

 0.0 



2-3 



3 



6.4 



5.8 



10.4 



3.6 



5-5 

 3.2 



4-5 



5-9 



II. 5 



4.1 



.6 



II. I 



12. 1 



5-6 



7-7 

 7.2 



18.1 



9-7 

 15.2 



9.6 



26.3 



5.37 I 38.0 I 7.2 



t means increase instead of decrease. 



