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THE FORESTER. 



June, 



except to prove that at last the closing 

 years of the White Pine industry of the 

 Northwest, as one of great magnitude, are 

 at hand. With such results it must be 

 admitted that the product will decrease 

 annually until it reaches a point where by 

 the adoption of preservative forestry meth- 

 ods it can permanently be maintained. 



" The decrease is not confined to any 

 particular part of the White Pine territory, 

 but is seen in Minnesota as well as in 

 Michigan. In the comparative statement 

 it is seen that west of the Chicago district 



" The mills in the Chicago district 

 including those on Lake Michigan and in 

 the upper peninsula of Michigan cut 

 1,056,810,000 feet in 1900, against 1,150,- 

 721,000 in 1S99. The heaviest percentage 

 of decrease was naturally found with the 

 mills on Lake Huron waters. 



" The grand total of stock on hand at 

 the mills or primary points on December 

 31st last was 2,839,705,000 feet, against 

 2,728,271,000 at the same date in 1S99, 

 1,494,739,000 in 1898, 3,915,558,000 in 

 1S97, 4,053,937,000 in 1S96 and 4,iSo,- 





A WHITE PINE FOREST IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



the total for 1900 was 4,077,000,000 feet, 

 against 4,401,000,000 in 1899. This in- 

 cludes the mills west of Lake Michigan 

 except those along the Green Bay shore 

 and the upper peninsula of Michigan. 

 Every district in this territory but two 

 shows a decline. Even Minneapolis and 

 upper Minnesota cut less in 1900 than in 

 1899. The Mississippi River below Min- 

 neapolis, however cut ^62, 000, 000 feet 

 against 504,000,000 in 1899, and the Wis- 

 consin valley 613,000,000 against 542,- 

 000,000. 



360,000 in 1S95. It is to be noted that there 

 was a decrease of 58,000,000 feet west of 

 the Chicago district, where is produced 

 three-quarters of the entire output. There 

 is thus shown a heavy falling off in ship- 

 ments for 1900 compared with 1S99, and 

 yet stocks are nowhere near the old time 

 standard, either in actual quantity or com- 

 pared to the output. 



" The total shingle output of the pine 

 and hemlock mills of the Northwest for 

 1900 was 2,400,000,000, against 2,899,- 

 000,000 in 1S99. This reduction followed 



