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'able 74. Wood for Baskets and Veneer Packages, year ending June, 1912. 



Kind of Wood. 



Beech, 



Sugar maple, 



White pine 



Basswood, 



Red and silver maple, 



Red oak, .. 

 White elm, 

 Chestnut, . 



Birch 



Ash 



Black gum, 

 Total, 



Quantity. 



1,079,000 

 549,000 

 230,000 

 220,000 

 145,000 



125,000 

 115,000 

 100,000 

 70,000 

 30,000 



20,000 



2,683,000 



40.22 

 20.46 

 8.57 

 8.20 

 5.40 



4.66 

 4.29 

 3.73 

 2.61 

 1.12 



.74 



100.00 



$18 62 



18 15 

 21 00 

 20 18 



20 00 



23 00 



21 87 



19 00 



22 43 

 21 00 



2200 



$19 44 



$20,093 

 9,963 

 4,830 

 4,440 

 2,900 



2,875 

 2,515 

 1,900 

 1,570 

 630 



440 



$52,156 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



949,000 

 549,000 

 230.000 



220,000 



125,000 

 115,000 

 100,000 

 70,000 

 30,000 



20,000 

 2,408,000 



130000 

 1 5 00 



275,000 



FRAMES AND MOULDINGS. 



Woods used in Pennsylvania for picture frame mouldings plain, enameled, 

 embossed, and carved, electric wire moulding, and frames for school slates 

 and blackboards, are listed in Table 75. This industry excludes all mould- 

 ings employed in the interior finish of houses except those which are put 

 in place by the paper hangers for drop ceiling work and for picture hanging. 

 Furniture, casket, and fixture moulding are grouped with the material 

 respectively for the industries making these commodities. 



Twenty-one woods are called on for the manufacture of the commodities 

 mentioned above and scarcely one-fourth of the total quantity was cut from 

 trees that grow within the State. Basswood is the principal material used, 

 exceeding three times the total of all others. It went principally for fancy 

 finish such as gilt, enamel, and embossed mouldings. Basswood not only 

 holds paint well but keeps its shape and is easy to work and to cut, nail, 

 and fit to place. Yellow poplar met part of the demand but was consumed 

 in relatively small quantities. Frames displaying the figure of the wood 

 are usually the highest priced moulding. Mahogany, white oak, black wal- 

 nut, ash, and chestnut are called on by the Pennsylvania manufacturers 

 for these lines of work if they are finished in oil or wax to bring out the 

 natural beauty of the wood or else are darkened by stains or ammonia 

 fumes for mission effects. Red gum is an important wood in this industry. 

 It stood third in a similar table in Illinois, second in Michigan, and fourth 

 in New York. It answers with sweet birch for the imitation of expensive 

 woods. 



Considerably over half a million feet of lumber each year is demanded in 

 Pennsylvania for mouldings to conceal and protect electric wiring on walls 

 and ceilings. Shortleaf pine and red oak were used in small quantities, but 

 basswood met practically all the demand. Slate frames, except those covered 

 with cloth, were entirely of beech. Basswood answered for the felt-bound 

 ones and to^'ther with spruce supplied the material for blackboard frames. 



