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MASSACHUSETTS WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES. 



TABLE 3. Boxes and Crates. 



FURNITURE. 



Furniture makers report the use of 23 woods, ranging in price 

 from $152.70, the average paid for their mahogany, to $11.31 for 

 hemlock. The average price for all, as shown in Table 4, was $28.36. 

 The State produced 20 per cent, of its furniture wood, and drew the 

 balance from many parts of the world, the mahogany coming from 

 Mexico, Central and South America, and different parts of Asia and 

 Africa. The showing for mahogany is high not only for furniture, but 

 in other industries. Massachusetts used about 5 per cent, of the ma- 

 hogany imported into the United States in 1908, and paid approxi- 



