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MASSACHUSETTS WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES. 



TABLE 6. Musical Instruments Concluded. 



INTERIOR FINISH AND STAIR WORK. 



Stair building is sometimes considered distinct from interior finish, 

 but in this study it was not practicable to present separate statistics. 

 The combined industries stand fifth in the list, on the basis of amount 

 of lumber used. They head the list in the number of species. 

 Twenty-eight appear, only three of which are foreign, and one of them, 

 Italian walnut, appears in no other industry. Massachusetts supplied 

 20 per cent, of the wood reported, and 78 per cent, of it was white 

 pine. This species constitutes 38 per cent, of all the lumber manu- 

 factured into interior finish and stair work. Some of the woods were 

 of high grade, as indicated by the average prices shown in Table 7. 

 This applies particularly to beech, mahogany, black walnut, cherry, 

 sycamore and black gum. However, the average price paid for all the 

 woods employed in this industry was considerably less than averages 

 paid by makers of boats, horse vehicles, automobiles, cabinets and 

 store and office fixtures. 



The total number of feet shown in the table is clearly not the total 

 used in the State for finish and stair work, certainly not one-tenth 

 of it. The table shows that part only which was manufactured in 

 Massachusetts. This study, as was explained on a preceding page, 

 was not concerned with products fully manufactured before they 

 reached the State. The largest item in that class is flooring, of which 

 a single firm reported the sale of 200,000,000 feet, all of which was 

 manufactured ready for use before it came into Massachusetts, and 



