OF OHIO 55 



It is an admitted fact that there is a surplus of low-grade lumber 

 in all parts of the country, and here is where the box industry plays 

 such an important part in the closer utilization of wood. Grades of 

 lumber that could be used in no other way find their places in boxes 

 and cratings. 



Fig. 13. A lumber wharf on Lake Erie showing the white pine and hardwoods 



that are shipped from the Lake States and Canada to northern 



Ohio to be manufactured into planing mill products. 



It should not be understood in reviewing- the table that most of 

 the lumber reported under this head enters into box manufacture. 

 An equal amount, if not more, is required for crating purposes. 

 There has been a tendency within the past few years to crate prac- 

 tically everything, whether infrangible or not. Even construction 

 stone, stoves and ranges and some steel girders are frequently 

 crated. The carriage builders require large amounts of lumber 

 annually for this purpose; sheet steel and tin plate are marketed in 

 wood crates, and the furniture factories, even those making a cheap 

 article, have given up the old method of wrapping the furniture in 

 burlap and excelsior pads for the improved system of crating. 



