34 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



CHAIRS. 



Table 11 gives statistics of chair manufacturing in North Carolina. 

 From the standpoint of the retail merchant and the consumer chairs 

 are considered furniture, but from the point of view of the manufac- 

 turer they are considered separate and distinct. Chairs of practically 

 all kinds are made in North Carolina reclining chairs, rockers, patent 

 rockers, diners, morris chairs, hall chairs, porch chairs, official chairs 

 for lodge-rooms, and stools of many kinds. Chair stock shipped into 

 the State in a knocked-down condition, to be assembled and finished 

 after its arrival here, was not included in this report, nor was any in- 

 formation turned in from upholstering concerns. See Plates III and IV. 



The chair industry is fifth in importance in North Carolina from the 

 standpoint of the amount of wood used, and, as in the case of furniture 

 making, is confined almost exclusively to the Piedmont region. Only 

 250,000 feet out of a total of 47,325,000 used by chair makers in the 

 State is consumed outside the borders of this region. Seven kinds of 

 woods are reported used in this industry. Oak, of the same species as 

 are used in furniture manufacturing, represents 97 per cent of the total 

 quantity of raw material demanded by this industry. It is one-third 

 of all the oak used by manufacturers in the State. Maple, yellow pop- 

 lar, and hickory, in the order named, follow oak in quantity used. Only 

 3 per cent of the chair material is grown outside of the State. Fifty- 

 eight per cent of the chair-making concerns buy a portion of their 

 raw material in the form of rough-sawed squares. This is of importance 

 to mill men, who can make use of waste by sawing it in squares of suit- 

 able dimensions. 



