FOREST POLICY. 



The output of the saw mills was valued in 



1850 $1,123,000 



1860 1,608,000 



1870 ... 2,745,000 



1880 1,627,000 



1890 1,225,000 



1900 1.859.000 



The cut in 1900 consisted of: 



Yellow pine 27.000.000 feet b. m. 



White cedar 10.000,000 feet b. m. 



Other conifers 4,000,000 feet b. m. 



Chestnut 10,000,000 feet b. m. 



Oak 19.000.000 feet b. m. 



Other hardwoods . . . 3,000,000 feet b. m. 



Total 73,000,000 feet b. m. 



Logs on stump are worth $3.93; at mill, $7.56. 197 saw 

 mills exist, of $4.357 average investment. The miscellaneous 

 wood industries furnish only $157.000 worth of stock. The con- 

 sumption of forest products, other than lumber, is said to con- 

 sist of 800,000 cords of wood for fuel, 1,250,000 railroad ties; 

 14,000 telegraph and trolley poles and $365,000 worth of fencing. 

 The usual rotation in coppice woods and pineries is from 35 to 

 50 years. 



Leather industry: 77 tanneries produce $13,700,000 worth 

 of leather and consume 4.016 cords of hemlock bark, worth 

 $39,600; 15,150 cords of oak bark, worth $170,830. In addition, 

 large amounts of gambier, quebracho, sumac and chemicals are 

 used for tanning. 



The paper and pulp industry works in 34 plants, produ- 

 cing $3,200,000 worth of paper. No cord wood, however, is 

 used. The raw material consists of rags, straw, pulp and fiber 

 obtained from outside the State. 



6. Forestry movement: Public opinion is well aware of 

 the benefits derivable from a sound forest policy. Forestry bills 

 are continuously introduced and continuously fail of passage. 



The Geological Survey of New Jersey, since 1885, deals 

 with the forest problem, and, under a law of 1894, has issued, in 

 1899. a very good report on the forests of the State. No action 



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