WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



toiy is $18 per M feet. All the chestnut used was State grown. Higher 

 grades of white pine are demanded by this industry than by any other 

 in the State, and its average price was $22.02, while the price paid by 

 the sash, door, and blind manufacturers was only $17.95. Of the pop- 

 lar consumed by the coffin and casket makers, 20 per cent is grown out- 

 side of the State, and comes from Tennessee. Red cedar is used for 

 manufacturing both coffins and caskets, while black walnut is used only 

 for coffins. The prices paid for these two species are higher than any 

 of the others in this industry. Black walnut averaged $31.60 per M 

 feet, and red cedar $25. 



HANDLES. 



The kinds of handles manufactured by this industry in North Caro- 

 lina are, axe, pick, maul, sledge, hammer, tool, and machinery. Hickory 

 alone is used in the making of these handles, being the only available 

 wood possessing the necessary qualities of flexibility and strength. As 

 shown in Table 17, the handle makers consume 3,595,000 feet annually. 

 This is purchased in the form of bolts and billets, and represents one- 

 third of the hickory used in manufacture in the State. All of this ma- 

 terial was grown in North Carolina, and its average price was $17.30 

 per thousand feet. 



TABLE 17. AXE, TOOL, AND MACHINERY HANDLES. 



SHUTTLES, SPOOLS, BOBBINS, ETC. 



Statistics of this industry include shuttles, spools, bobbins, skewers, 

 and picker-sticks. These articles are not all made in the same factories, 

 but they have been grouped together for convenience of compilation. 

 The raw material was purchased in the form of logs, bolts, billets, and 

 sawed squares. The average prices given in the table are for so many 

 forms and sizes that they are of little value for comparison and study. 

 Seven woods were reported, the list being headed by maple, which totaled 

 2,160,000 feet. Dogwood and persimmon were reported for this indus- 

 try alone, and are used almost exclusively in making shuttles. Dog- 

 wood stands second on the list in quantity. Two per cent of the hickory 

 used in the State goes into the products of this industry, principally 



