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properly include equipment for offices, stores, lodge rooms, saloons, 

 banks, hotel lobbies, court houses, churches and cabinets for dentists 

 and surgeons, account registers, cash registers and index files, besides 

 other special work of similar character too varied to mention. These 

 are distinguished from the class of material going into high grade 

 inside finish, mantels, and house cabinet work, included in general 

 millwork by the fact that when in place the latter are stationary, while 

 fixtures are movable. They are separated from furniture accord- 

 ing to the uses of the finished products. Office and store desks, 

 tables and book cases belong under the heading fixtures, while simi- 

 lar commodities for the residence are put in the furniture class. 

 Practically the same woods and grades are employed for fixtures as 

 for furniture, and they are generally speaking of two classes, one 

 for outside work, the other for interior parts not intended to show. 

 For the former veneer stock is largely used and rapidly growing in 

 favor, chestnut being the favorite wood supplying the backing or 

 core material. Solid woods for finish are probably given preference 

 over veneer work, which largely accounts for the high average price 

 as shown in the table. 



White oak furnishes 30.30 percent of the total fixture woods and 

 about one-third of the supply is obtained in the State. In every 

 state oak is a great favorite in this line and will always be one of 

 the principal woods for exterior work. Included with the amounts 

 of this wood is a large quantity of quartered oak. For high-grade 

 fixtures quartered material is preferred to plain wood, since the 

 beauty of the grain can be shown to a better advantage. In price, 

 however, quartered oak averages about $12 to $20 per thousand feet 

 higher. 



Birch is ahead of any wood for imitating mahogany, which 

 accounts for its use among the finishing woods. While yellow pop- 

 lar in considerable quantity is made into panels for painted and 

 enameled work, the greater part, with basswood and maple, is 

 utilized for backing, shelving and hidden work. The average cost of 

 red oak is lower than white and a notable difference is found in the 

 quantity used. It being more porous, requires a greater amount 

 of filler in the finishing, which, in part, tends to offset the variation 

 in price. Three foreign woods are included in the requisition 

 of the fixture makers. They are mahogany, Circassian walnut, and 

 teakwood. Practically all the Circassian walnut is used in veneer 

 form, and is lower in average price than that shown in the other 

 industries reporting it. The small amount of teak used comprises 

 the entire amount returned for the State. It is a very hard wood 



