48 WOOD-UTSING INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



STORE AND OFFICE FIXTURES, MANTELS, ETC. 



There is a class of work for inside trim for buildings which is of 

 a higher grade than described under sash, doors, blinds, etc., and con- 

 sists chiefly of carved moldings, mantels, grills, and cabinets. Twenty- 

 two woods are used, as shown in Table 23, and it is the largest list of 

 woods reported by any industry in North Carolina. Highest grades of 

 lumber are used, and it is due to this fact that the manufacturers of 

 fixtures pay more for their raw material than is paid by any other of 

 the woodworking industries. The cheapest wood reported was hem- 

 lock at $12 per M feet, while Circassian walnut was the most expensive 

 at $200. 



Furniture makers paid $26.71 per M more for mahogany than was 

 paid by this industry. Twenty per cent of the lumber used was grown 

 outside of the State. The average price of the home-grown wood was 

 $5.42 less per thousand feet than of that shipped in from other States. 

 Hemlock, buckeye, butternut, and Circassian walnut are not reported 

 used in any other industry. 



