480 APPENDIX. 



And referring to the low condition of stocks in the yards-. 

 "The reason of this decrease in stocks seems to be that the 

 demand can no longer be satisfied by drawing stocks down, 

 but that the demand must in a measure remain unsatisfied or be 

 supplied with other woods." 



With due allowance for differences in manner of collating 

 statistics, failures in securing information, and differences of 

 values in money and price, the following figures of the vari- 

 ous censuses may be used at least to show the tendencies of 

 increase in the lumber output, giving the per cent of increase 

 over each previous decade. 



185O. I860. 187O. 188O. 189O. 19OO. 



Number of establishments, 



thousands .... 18.8 20.7 25.8 25.7 22.6 33 

 Per cent increase . . 10 25 0.5 12 46 



Capital, million dollars . 41.4 74.5 143.5 181.2 557-9 611.6 



Per cent increase . . 80 93 26 208 10 



Laborers, thousands . . 55.8 75.8 150 148 312 283 



Per cent increase . . 36 98 1.4 in 9 



Cost of materials, million 



dollars .... 28 44.6 103.3 I 4^ 242.6 317.9 



Per cent increase . . 57 132 41 66 31 



Value of products, million 



dollars .... 60.4 96-7 210.2 233.3 43^ 566.8 



Per cent increase . 60 117 n 88 29 



Population, millions . . 23.2 31.4 38.6 50.2 62.6 76.3 



Per cent increase . . 36 23 30 25 22 



From this it would appear that while the population in the 50 

 years grew by 228 per cent, its lumber bill during the same 

 period grew by 840 per cent, or from $2.60 per capita to $7.43, 

 an increase similar to that of the European nations as noted 

 on p. 453 et seq. 



Exports of wood, its manufactures, and other forest products 

 have also increased lately at a rapid rate, namely, as follows : 



Million dollars. 



I804 27.7 



1895 27.1 



1896 31.9 



