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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



TABLE XL. Car construction 



*Less than 1-100 of one percent. 



FURNITURE 



The manufacture of furniture is one of the oldest industries in 

 the State, and at the same time one of the most important, twenty- 

 seven woods being- required to meet the demand. Chairs and kitchen 

 cabinets are not a part of this industry, but have been considered 

 under separate classifications. Commodities grouped in the follow- 

 ing- table are bedroom furnishings, chiffoniers and bureaus, dining- 

 tables and buffets, parlor outfits, including frames for upholstered 

 furniture, hall racks, desks, china closets and bookcases. Many of 

 the woods reported are used only in parts that are not visible, such 

 as cores for veneering, frames, and brackets and table slides. In 

 such places beauty of finish is not required, and the cheaper woods 

 are employed. The other woods are selected for show and must be 

 of high grade without defect, having- a pleasing figure and capable of 

 polish. The use of veneer in this line of manufacture and the artful 

 staining- of inferior woods enable the furniture makers to turn out 

 the attractive products at much lower prices than they could other- 

 wise afford. Indeed it is a rare occasion when the expensive woods, 



