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As will be seen in the notes to Chapter XI, the census of 

 1900 places the value of the mill products, including an 

 uncertain part of the rest of bolt and log size material, at 

 $566,832,984, to which at least the wood pulp with round 

 $28,000,000 must be added, increasing this most important 

 portion of forest products by about 10 per cent. In the minor 

 forest products the naval store industry has increased to over 

 $20,000,000, the wood alcohol industry to nearly $4,000,000, 

 the tanning materials being slightly reduced and the maple 

 sugar industry slightly increased. 



The present value of all forest products, at places of first 

 manufacture or consumption, may then be safely placed at 

 round $1,100,000,000. The value of the wood manufacture 

 has naturally also increased, increasing by so much the eco- 

 nomic significance of our forest resource. To gain an insight 

 into the importance of the forest resource in our industrial 

 world the following comparison will serve, in which the manu- 

 factures requiring wood as an essential part of the manufacture, 

 including sawmills, etc., are placed in opposition to all the 

 manufactures of the country. In this comparison the reduc- 

 tion for wood value only as given in the table on p. 427 has 

 not been made. 



