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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



family. The true mahoganies shipped to this country come from 

 Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. Mahogany is 

 not only consumed in large amounts in Ohio but it is quite widely 

 distributed among the industries as is shown in the following table: 

 TABLE XXXIV. Mahogany 



Spanish cedar in quantity, nearly one-half million feet, follows 

 mahogany. Except a small amount reported for boat building all 

 went to the cigar box manufacturers, the supply usually comes 

 from Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. It is a broad 

 leaf tree in no way resembling our domestic cedars. 



Circassian walnut was reported by six industries in varying 

 small quantities. Owing to its high cost it was used principally in 

 veneer. In 1911 more Circassian walnut veneer was cut in this 

 country than ever before. It is a native tree of Russia, growing in the 

 Circassian Mountains and in adjoining countries near the Black Sea. 



Padouk is better known as vermillion wood and is so named from 

 its natural bright red color. Like ebony and teakwood it is shipped 

 from Oriental Countries. 



English Oak is cut in the territory surrounding the Caspian 

 Sea. It is the highest priced of any of the foreign woods reported 

 by the Ohio manufacturers. Rosewood is a product of the forests 

 of Central America and the northern States of South America. 



INDUSTRIES 



The various woods demanded by the Ohio manufacturers 

 irrespective of their uses are listed and discussed on the preceding 

 pages. The industries and the extent that they call for these differ- 

 ent woods, their uses, and the qualities which make them valuable 

 will next be considered. There are thirty-six industries in Ohio. 

 The following table shows them in the order of the quality of wood 

 they consume. 



