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Car Finish. 



Yellow poplar. 

 Loblolly pine. 

 White pine. 



Guide Posts. 



Yellow poplar. 

 White pine. 



Guide Strips. 

 White ash. 

 Sugar maple. 



Weight Jams. 

 Yellow poplar. 

 White pine. 

 Cork elm. 



Weight Boxing. 

 Loblolly pine. 

 Yellow poplar. 

 White pine. 



This industry does not depend on the forests of the State to any great 

 extent as a source of raw material. Less than one-quarter of the total was 

 grown in Pennsylvania because the lumber chiefly used in elevator con- 

 struction is of kinds that are rarely, if at all, cut in Pennsylvania. Long- 

 leaf, Norway or red, loblolly, and shortleaf pine, and cypress together 

 constitute over 52 per cent, of the total. Sugar maple and ash were the prin- 

 cipal home-grown woods demanded and from the average prices recorded the 

 upper grades were principally purchased. The available statistics are: 



Table 81. Wood for Elevators, year ending June, 1912. 



CANES AND WHIPS. 



The variety of woods used for canes, umbrella and parasol handles ex- 

 ceeds that reported by any other industry in Pennsylvania. Table 82 in- 

 cludes 72 species of wood. Because the raw material for these commodities 

 is most usually purchased in billet, pole or twig form, and very frequently 

 by the piece, it was impractical to reduce the amount of the material re- 

 ported to board feet except in a few cases when certain woods were used in 

 comparatively large quantities. The total of Table 82 does not, therefore, 

 represent the entire amount of wood that is used for manufacturing these 



