90 



WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 



MACHIINE CONSTRUCTION 



All machinery that does not belong- to electrical equipment or 

 agricultural machinery and that requires wood for making- some of 

 its parts is grouped under a separate classification. Table L/IV 

 therefore represents parts of sawmills, steam shovels, cranes, hoists, 

 well machinery, folding- machines, dredges, attrition mills and 

 crushers, brick presses, engine skids, etc. Nineteen species are 

 reported and the total amount gives this industry a standing- next to 

 the groups of chair makers and ahead of ship builders and trunk 

 manufacturers. 



White oak takes the lead, furnishing: 23.38 percent of the total 

 of the -woods called for. Red oak in the other industries can com- 

 pare favorably with white oak as to the amount used, but here it is 

 reported in only a minor amount. A larg-e part of the material 

 listed g-oes for construction of frames, braces, platforms, skids, etc., 

 where great strength, toughness and durability are the important 

 factors, and which accounts for white oak being the leading wood. 

 The other species are listed in the table in the smaller amounts 

 but for a variety of uses in connection with machinery of all kinds. 



The available statistics are as follows: 



TABLE LIV. Machine construction 



CIGAR BOXES AND TOBACCO CASES 



Distinct from the firms manufacturing crates and boxes, as 

 noted under that heading, are those engaged in the cigar box 

 industry. Ohio stands well up in the list of states engaged in this 



