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Letters of transmjttal 



Effects of scarcity and high prices of forest products upon rep- 

 resentative industries 



General building and construction 



Farming 



The railroads 



The furniture industry 



The veneer industry 



The handle industry 



The vehicle and agricultural implement industries 



The newspapers 



The sitaation summarized 



Abnormal conditions in relation to present scarcity aul high 



prices 



Steady progress of forest depletion 



Forest depletion and migration of the lumber industry 



Basis for data 



New England 



The growth and decline of the lumber industry 



Original and remaining forests 



Area 



Stand 



The annual drain upon the forest 



The annual growth 



Growth compared with cut - 



The life of the industry 



Present and future consumption of lumber in New 



England 



New York 



Pennsylvania 



The Lake States 



Growth and decline of the lumber industry 



White pine 



Hemlock 



The northern hardwoods 



Original and remaining stand and rate of cut 



Lower Peninsula of Michigan 



Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan 



Minnesota 



Condition of the remaining supplies 



The annual drain upon the forest 



Lumber cut compared with total cut 



Deterioration of the forest 



The annual growth 



Growth compared with cut 



The life of the industry 



Present and future consumption of lumber in the Lake 



States 



The southern yellow-pine region 



The growth and decline of the yellow-pine industry 

 The original and the present pine forests of the South 



Total merchantable stand 



Annual drain upon the forests 



The annual growth 



Cut and growth contrasted 



Deterioration of the forest 



Change to inferior species 



The lesson of the South Atlantic States 



Life of the yellow-pine industry 



Reduction of the output 



Present and future consumption of lumber in the South- 

 Cypress regions 



The Rocky Mountain region 



Development of the lumber industry 



Original and present stand 



The annual drain upon the forests 



Annual growth 



Cut compared with growth 



Local needs 



The future of the lumber industry 



Pacific coast 



Growth of the lumber industry 



Original and remaining forests 



Growth and depletion 



Life of the industry _ 



The Southern Appalachian hardwoods 



Growth and decline of lumbering 



The original forest 



The remaining stand 



Lumber cut and total cut 



Deterioration of the forest 



The duration of the cut of old growth 



Effect of depletion upon selected industries 



The annual growth 



Growth compared with cut 



Importance of the Southern Appalachians in the future 



lumber supply of the country 



Hardwoods of the lower Mississippi Valley 



Area and stand 



Development of the lumber industry 



Growth and depletion 



The future of the region 



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Steady progress of forest depletion Continued. 



Newsprint supplies 



The facts as to depletion 



Alaskan supplies of pulp wood 



The movement of prices 



Naval stores supplies 



Development of the industry 



Remaining supplies 



Methods of exploitation 



Depletion and prices 



Original and present forests of the United States 



Original forest area 



Present forest area 



Saw-timber stands 



Total stand 



Location of requirements with reference to production and 



supplies 



Future trends in requirements 



Depletion and growth 



Present depletion and growth 



Possible growth , 



Forest depletion and lumber prices , 



Price changes and regional depletion 



Eastern softwood markets . 



Middle western markets 



Eastern hardwood markets 



Plentiful and depleted species 



Prices in depleted or nonforested versus forested re- 

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Prices and costs of production and distribution 



Mill prices and production costs 



Pacific coast 



Inland Empire 



Southern pine States 



Wholesale costs and profits 



Transportation 



Retail prices and costs 



The upward movement of prices 



Distribution of price increase 



Retail profits 



Lumber prices unjustified by production and distribu- 

 tion costs 



Price control 



Some specific effects of regional depletion on prices 



Summary of principal price conclusions 



Lumber exports and timber depletion 



Lumber exports before and during the war 



Probable developments in lumber exports 



Effects of exports upon domestic timber supplies 



Imports of forest products , 



Export trade policy 



Concentration in timber ownership, manufacture, and marketing. 



Concentration of timber ownership in 1910 



Timber ownership in the Northeast 



Ownership of softwood timber in the Southern States 



Ownership of hardwood timber 



Timber ownership in the Lake States 



Timber ownership in Idaho 



Timber ownership in Washington and Oregon -_ 



Timber ownership in California --- 



Changes in timber ownership from 1913 to 1918 



A summary of the present situation as to timber owner- 

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Concentration tendencies in lumber manufacture and mar- 



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The "creation of farge operating groups of afliliated 



sawmills 



Greater financial strength of the lumber industry 



Concentration of lumber marketing 



Development of trade associations 



Effects of timber depletion upon concentration 



Forest depletion the fundamental problem 



Cumulative effects of timber depletion 



Timber depletion and lumber prices 



Idle forest land 



A national forestry policy 



The Federal legislation needed 



Cooperation with States in fire protection and forest 



renewal 



The extension and consolidation of Federal forest hold- 



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The reforestation of denuded Federal lands 



A study of forest taxation and insurance 



The survey and classification of forest resources 



Current appropriations for forest research 



The State legislation needed 



Fire prevention and reforestation of private lands 



State and municipal forests 



Taxation of forest lands 



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