Through the closing out of these large industries 

 the State has lost millions of dollars a year in wages. 

 Lumber that formerly could be purchased in a Min- 

 nesota mill must now be brought from Oregon and 

 Washington, or some other distant point. Minnesota 

 is even importing large quantities of her pulpwood. 

 Minnesota could and should produce all the lumber 

 she uses and still have a surplus for exporting. 



A long haul from the west coast to the Minnesota 

 transfer point costs $16.50 per M. for heavy dimen- 

 sion timber such as fir, etc. From the Inland Em- 

 pire to the same Minnesota points the freight on 

 heavy lumber is $11.25 per M. 



The average rate from Minnesota mills to Minnesota 

 points of consumption is $2.00 per M. From these 

 figures it is seen that a consumer in Minnesota could 

 pay freight on 5000 to 6000 board feet of home timber 

 for every 1000 feet of timber imported into the State. 



For every thousand feet of lumber we pay freight 

 on from the west coast in excess of the freight 011 

 lumber from our own mills we could pay for the 

 planting of 1500 trees. 



We have enough land now lying idle that is un- 

 suited for agriculture that if put under forestry 

 practice would assure us a continual timber supply 

 for all time. 



Minnesota once cut seven billion feet yearly, today 

 that figure nearly represents the available timber that 

 is left. About one-half of the timber manufactured 

 in this state is held here, the remainder goes to other 

 states. During the past fifty years Minnesota has 



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