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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



competing- with chestnut are yellow poplar, white oak, red oak, 

 mahogany, basswood and red cedar. The last named wood comes 

 from the Pacific Coast and is graining- in popularity with eastern 

 casket makers. It resembles and is quite similar to the southern 

 red cedars which years ago were extensively employed for making- 

 coffins on account of their excellent durability. The absence of 

 cypress is somewhat surprising, as this wood in a number of states 

 is quite prominent in this line of manufacture. The hig-her price 

 caskets are not cloth covered but are finished naturally with a high 

 polish like that used for pianos and in cabinet work and some are 

 richly carved. Red and white quartered oak, mahog-any and black 

 walnut were the woods used. 



Only two factories in Ohio reported the manufacture of coffins. 

 They do not make all of the coffins used in Ohio, because man^y are 

 made by hand by the cabinet makers throug-hout the State, statis- 

 tics of which are not included because it was impracticable to 

 g-ather them. Yellow poplar is the principal coffin wood throug-h- 

 out all the states. It takes stain readily and is finished in imitation 

 of more expensive woods, principally mahog-any. Walnut and 

 mahogany are sometimes used for hig-her grade coffins, while per- 

 haps the cheapest coffin is made from chestnut with only a varnish 



finish. 



TABLE L. Caskets and coffins 



WOODENWARE AND NOVELTIES 



Woodenware is the caption selected to cover articles useful to 

 the household, such as chopping- bowls, biscuit boards, - potato 

 stompers, pails and buckets, ice cream freezers, step ladders, roll- 

 ing- pins, ironing- boards, etc. The Ohio manufacturers report 

 making- only pails and buckets, ice cream freezers, mop wring-ers 

 and wring-er tubs, hose reels and ladders. A portion of the pails 



