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The white pine bought for this industry cost $8.73 per thousand 

 less than cypress and was used for the same purposes. In a number 

 of industries, white pine has lost chief place because of its high price, 

 but in this instance a more costly wood has gone ahead of it in quan- 

 tity. The price paid by tank builders for white pine was more than 

 twice the average run-of-mill cost for the whole country. 



The use of white cedar was about one-fifth that of white pine and 

 its cost per thousand was $3.10 less. It is usually regarded the equal 

 of any wood for tanks, provided clear lumber can be had, but it is 

 much more difficult to procure clear cedar of large dimensions than 

 cypress and white pine, and for that reason it serves chiefly in tanks 

 of smaller sizes. The same observation applies to red cedar, of which 

 only a small quantity was used by Maryland tank builders, and it 

 was next to the highest in price of all they used. The lowest in price 

 was longleaf pine. 



TABLE 10. Tanks and Silos. 



The white oak demanded by this industry was of the highest class 

 and cost more per thousand than the white oak used by any other in- 

 dustry. The average price paid for the 50,000 feet used exceeded the 

 price paid for any other wood grown in the United States and re- 

 ported by Maryland manufacturers, except for a single 1,000 feet 

 of black walnut listed by the makers of office fixtures. The next below 

 the white oak was holly at $102. 



CIGAR BOXES. 



Six woods were made into cigar boxes in Maryland, but the industry 

 used less than 1 per cent of the total amount of lumber manufactured 

 in the State. Two of the species reported are veneer woods, and the 



