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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



MATCHES 



The manufacture of matches is not a common industry in Ohio, 

 although a considerable amount of wood is utilized for this purpose. 

 White pine, the principal wood employed, constitutes 97 percent of 

 the total. Not a single foot of this wood was obtained in the State. 

 Within recent years Canada has supplied a large amount, and the 

 remainder is brought from California, Oregon and the Rocky 

 Mountain States. 



It will be noticed that spruce is another wood appearing in the 

 table following. It was not used for matches but was converted into 

 match cases. The Virginia report shows that yellow poplar, bass- 

 wood and soft maple supplied the match stick material. New York, 

 Pennsylvania, Maine, and Wisconsin factories consume white pine 

 and some of them a little basswood, while lawson cypress, usually 

 called Port Orford cedar, and sugar pine in large quantities are the 

 woods out of which the California-made matches are manufactured. 

 In Europe poplar, more often called cottonwood in this country, is 

 extensively used, and it makes an excellent match, many of them 

 being shipped to this country. 



Wood for match making should be straight-grained, easily 

 worked, and readily ignited and inflammable. A very important 

 consideration is to get a wood that will not retain the glowing ember 

 after the flame has been extinguished. A white, soft and long fibre is 

 also desirable. All match stock is obtained either in 2 inch or 3 inch 

 plank, or in blocks averaging 2x2 3-8 inches and any length. An 

 exceptionally good grade of stock is demanded. The veneer match 

 is growing in popularity but none of them were reported as being 

 made -in Ohio. They are cut from thin sheets and made into match 

 books used mainly as an advertising novelty. Soft maple is the 

 principal wood used. 



TABLE XLIV. Matches 



FIXTURES 



The classified products under furniture, sash, doors and general 

 millwork and fixtures are closely related and so of ten overlap that the 

 lines separating the industries are difficult to define. Fixtures 



