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but also for the making of gun-powder and ex- 

 plosives, in the chemical and metallurgical indus- 

 tries, for fuel as in jewelry manufacturing, and for 

 medicinal purposes. Charcoal alone could easily 

 become a drug on the market for there is any 

 quantity of forest and wood waste suitable for 



These and countless other products we owe to the chemicals obtained 

 from wood distillation. 



cheap manufacture to meet the limited demand. 

 However, it is produced in most sections chiefly as a 

 by-product of wood distillation, and since the latter 

 industry still maintains itself in the east near the 

 market for its product, while the principal lumber- 

 ing industry has moved to the south and far west, 



