FORESTER AND DIRECTOR OF CENSUS 

 WILL COOPERATE IN COLLEC- 

 TION OF ANNUAL STATISTICS OF 

 FOREST PRODUCTS. 



AST year the Forest Service un- suits, is better fitted than the Forest 



Lj dertook to gather statistics of Service to handle this part of the 



forest products, with the purpose of work. The Forest Service, through 



publishing, annually, data to show as its technical knowledge of wood-pro- 



closely as possible the drain upon the ducing and wood-using industries, is 



forests. In this work it had the co- in a position to advise concerning the 



operation of the National Lumber kind of information to be obtained, the 



Manufacturers' Association and, as interpretation of reports, and the form 



regards timber used in mines, also of presentation of results. Therefore, 



that of the U. S. Geological Survey, the Director of the Census and the 



In this manner statistics were gath- Chief of the Forest Service mutually 



ered on lumber, shingles, lath, pulp- agree as follows : 



wood, slack and tight cooperage stock, I. In conformity with the letter of 



veneer, tanbark, railroad ties, wood the Secretary of Agriculture of Au- 



used in mines, and wood used for dis- gust 31, and the reply of the Secretary 



tillation. Recently an agreement has of Commerce and Labor, dated Sep- 



been made between the Chief of the tember 25, the Bureau of the Census 



Forest Service and the Director of and the Forest Service will co-operate 



the Census, Department of Commerce in the collection of annual statistics of 



and Labor, by which these two bu- forest products, beginning with the 



reaus will together collect and handle year 1906. 



the data in the manner described be- 2. The collection of the annual sta- 

 low. tistics will be done chiefly by corre- 

 The Bureau of the Census takes a spondence, and as far as possible in 

 census of the manufactures of the co-operation with associations of lum- 

 United States every fifth year, and of ber manufacturers. The letters trans- 

 agriculture every tenth year. Statis- mitting the schedules shall be over 

 tics of forest products are included in the joint signature of the Director of 

 these censuses so far as represented the Census and the Forester and shall 

 by the products of timber camps, explain the joint arrangement under 

 sawmills and pulp mills. Information which the work is carried on. Sub- 

 upon the consumption of these and sequent routine correspondence in 

 other forest products is essential to connection with the work will be over 

 the work of the Forest Service and it the signature of the Chief Statistician 

 has organized a system of collecting for Manufactures of the Census Bu- 

 the data annually. Every fifth year. reau. The Forest Service shall also 

 the work of the two bureaus will be a have the right to carry on correspond- 

 duplication, causing unnecessary ex- ence in cases where such action will 

 pense to the Government and annoy- increase the efficiency of the work, 

 ance to the manufacturer who will re- All data will be tabulated by the Bu- 

 ceive two requests for the same infor- reau of the Census. In cases where 

 mation. The Bureau of the Census, satisfactory returns cannot be secured 

 through its general knowledge of sta- by correspondence, or when other rea- 

 tistics and its excellent equipment for sons it may be necessary to engage in 

 tabulating reports and computing re- field work, such work shall be done 



