42 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



INSULATOR PINS AND BRACKETS. 



Makers of insulator pins and brackets bought all their wood in North 

 Carolina. This industry stands ninth on the list for quantity of mate- 

 rial consumed. Only three woods are reported, white and chestnut oak, 

 and yellow locust. The 3,000,000 feet of oak utilized is 2 per cent of 

 the total amount of this kind of wood used in this State. The average 

 price per M feet paid is less than that reported for this wood by any other 

 industry. This is because raw material for making insulator pins is 

 bought as logs and bolts. The yellow locust recorded in Table 15 con- 

 stitutes the whole of this wood reported in the State, and the amount 

 consumed was 2,600,000 feet, the price paid being $14 per thousand 

 feet. 



TABLE 15. INSULATOR PINS AND BRACKETS. 



COFFINS, CASKETS, AND CASKET CASES. 



Notwithstanding that many of the coffins and caskets sold in North 

 Carolina are manufactured elsewhere, this industry stands tenth on the 

 list in quantity of lumber used, the amount being 5,000,000 feet annu- 

 ally, at an average cost of $17.09 per M. This is one of only eight in- 

 dustries considered in this report which pays more than an average of 

 $17 per M feet for raw material. North Carolina pine is highest in 

 quantity used, as is shown in Table 16, which records the use of seven 

 other woods. More than 10 per cent of the pine is grown outside of the 

 State, and is reported shipped from South Carolina. This industry 

 paid 73 cents more for yellow pine than was paid by the makers of 

 sash, doors, and blinds, and $1.26 more than the average paid by the 

 manufacturers of floor, ceiling, and siding. North Carolina pine is 

 used in making all the produc.ts of this industry, while chestnut, follow- 

 ing next in importance, is utilized only for making caskets. The total 

 chestnut used was 1,300,000 feet, which was 17 per cent of all the chest- 

 nut manufactured in North Carolina. The sound wormy is the grade 

 most commonly desired. The average price of this delivered at the fac- 



