THE old fashioned, large saw mill is passing in Minne- 

 sota. No one questions this fact although there is much 

 misinformation published regarding the rapidity of the 

 passing. 



While it is true that the large saw mill is going, it is also 

 true that small saw mill is taking its place. Minnesota will 

 never be without saw mills, government reports to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding. The small saw mill is coming rapidly. 



Misinformation Often Published. 



Every once in a while statistics are prepared by some 

 bureau or other in Washington showing that the lumbering 

 industry in Minnesota is on a rapid decline. Some of these 

 figures actually try to show that within a few years there 

 will be no more cutting in this state. The falsity of such 

 deductions is clearly demonstrated to anyone who will but 

 make a serious study of the increased amount of ties, poles, 

 posts, mining timber and pulp wood that is being cut. The 

 mines in northeastern Minnesota take a tremendous amount 

 of lumber, for instance. This is all being supplied. Every 

 year there is an increased demand for this kind of timber. 

 Yet Minnesota is able to supply it. 



Then there is a northern Minnesota vast forests of poplar 

 and other woods. Every year sees more of this cut. The 

 smaller saw mill is cutting it. The large saw mills may be 

 closing down but the small saw mills are finding more than 

 they can do. As capital is brought into the country there 

 will be more of these small saw mills and more of these 

 woods cut. 



Fewer Men are Employed. 



There are, without question, fewer men employed in the 

 saw mills than there were years ago. But that fact ought not 



