New Orleans, La., May 1, 1912.] 



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AVERAGE COST OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD USED BY EACH INDUSTRY. TABLE 23. 



Chestnut 16.01 19.92 11.06 



Cottonwood 31.00 9.25 9.00 42.43 



Cuban pine 9.00 17.70 10.83 



Cypress 14.44 15.09 15.20 



:!.-,. oo 



15.24 



Dogwood 14.20 



Evergreen magnolia 10.00 15.00 



Green haw 15.15 



Hackberfy 15.00 



11.67 



13.86 



23.26 22.5 



Hickory 40.00 



Ixtblolly pine 17.67 7.50 



Longleaf pine 20.00 10.00 16.72 13.14 8.00 22.50 



Mahogany 129.62 125.00 



Persimmon 15.00 15.00 25.00 



Pin oak 40.00 



Post oak 12.00 20 00 



20.00 20.00 



11.63 



20.20 11.77 13.00 12.94 15.00 

 160.00 



12.22 



16.3 



14.19 



Red Cedar 



Red gum . 



Red oak . . 



Shortleaf p 



Spruce pine 



Sugar maple 24.49 



14.88 



10.00 



Sweet magnolia 10.00 14.85 11.52 



Sycamore 10.00 10.00 



Texan oak 38 40 



Tupelo 10.94 9.10 11.00 10.00 11.00 11.48 



White ash 35.00 14.00 23.29 10.05 17.87 12.38 15.00 4'594 



White elm 14.00 15.00 is'oo 



White oak 35.00 20.94 14.99 25.00 15.96 17.79 14.38 21.01 15.00 26 60 



White pine 40.00 20.00 100.00 45.00 65.00 



Wild china 15.00 



Willow oak 14.02 14.00 43'l9 



Yellow poplar 25.00 12.16 20.97 25.15 16.51 9.80 17.66 12.83 20.00 15.37 



Average cost $20.11 $10.89 $9.44 $19.79 $15.69 $14.06 $7.97 $28.11 $13.90 $15.88 $23.89 $11.72 $13.50 $13.10 $15.10 $14.68 $23.26 $24.02 $11.4i 



ference. It may also be finished to resemble oak. 

 cherry, birch, maple and black walnut; and it is as 

 durable and as handsome. The use of the substitute, 

 which is plentiful and cheap, saves the small sup- 

 ply of woods scarce and costly. No one who is able 

 and willing to buy the genuine is prevented from 

 doing so; yet, if substitutes did not conserve the 

 supply, the scarce woods would soon disappear, and 

 no one could buy them. Substitution is in this case, 

 therefore, a measure of conservation, for It puts 

 plentiful woods into use and prolongs the small sup- 

 ply of costly woods; and it also brings fine articles 

 within reach of the many and saves money for both 

 the manufacturer and the buyer. In most cases 

 the chief difference between a plain plentiful wood 

 and a figured costly and scarce one, is 'beauty. In 

 the costly wood, nature did the figuring, tout man 

 has learned the art of staining, shading, and grain- 

 ing some of the plain woods until he has equaled 

 the best that nature has done in that line, and this 

 has led to a wider use for some of the woods which 

 we have in abundance, and is contributing much to 

 the solution of one of our most vexatious waste 

 problems. It never has been difficult to curtail the 

 waste of costly woods, for men will save when there 

 is money in it; tout the hard problem has been and 

 is to save the cheap and plentiful. If buyers cannot 

 be found for them in their natural condition, it is 

 economy to change and beautify them by science and 

 art until they can enter the markets which formerly 

 belonged exclusively to costly cabinet woods. Cre- 

 ate a demand for a wood and its waste problem will 

 disappear. 



Forest Conditions. 



The plow generally follows the lumberman in Ala- 

 bama; that is, when the merchantable timber has 

 been removed from a tract the land is cleared for 

 agricultural purposes. This rule has many excep- 

 tions, however, and more in the hardwood region 

 than where pine is the prevailing timber. When 

 land is cleared for farms, it is out of consideration 

 as a future source of lumber supply. In past time 

 much farm land was exhausted by tillage, was aban- 

 doned, and some sort of forest growth took pos- 

 session. That is not likely to occur in the future. 

 Farmers are learning better than to wear their land 

 out and abandon it. The timber of the future will 

 come from lands not suitable for agriculture, rough 

 tracts, swamps and poor soil. Land of that kind will 

 grow timber nearly as well as any other. It may be 

 expected that the owners of such land will see to it 

 that the best-paying kinds of timber will have pref- 



erence over poor kinds. Fast-growing, well-shaped 

 species will be encouraged, and small, ragged kinds 

 will not be. By following that method the yield per 

 acre will be much increased. Up to the present time 

 little attention has been given to matters of for- 

 estry in Alabama. The old stands- have been cut, 

 and if young trees can gain a foothold they have 

 been permitted to do so; but not much has 'been 

 done to assist the best species. A gradual change 

 in this matter may be expected. One of the first 

 and most needed steps will consist in 'better fire 

 control so that vigorous seedlings will not be de- 

 stroyed, and scruto growth enabled to take their 

 place. All kinds of pine in Alaibama grow from 

 seeds only, not from sprouts; and if seedlings are 

 destroyed and large trees have been removed, there 

 can be no renewal of the pine forest and hardwoods 

 too often of a poor quality -will gradually take 

 possession of the ground. 



The establishment of woodlots has not yet taken 

 much hold in Alabama. The woodlot is a piece of 

 ground set apart on the farm for growing trees. 

 Sometimes the trees are planted, but usually a nat- 

 ural stand is protected and allowed to grow. Such 

 lots are an important source of lumber supply in 

 some of the older states where the forests have been 

 largely cut. It may be expected that Alabama farm- 

 ers will soon give their attention to this matter and 

 will see that the rough corners of their farms are 

 set to work growing timber. Bach must decide for 

 himself what kinds will do best on his lands. In 

 most cases loblolly pine will do well. It grows rap- 

 idly, and thrives in dense stands. Several of the 

 oaks will pay. The willow oak is probably the fast- 

 est grower on land that suits it. Cottonwood In- 

 creases in size rapidly and makes good lumber. On 

 thin, rocky land, red cedar is probably the best tree 

 to grow for fence posts; but on fertile land catalpa, 

 osage orange (called mock orange) and locust might 

 pay better. 



DIRECTORY. 



Below is a list of Alabama wood-using manufac- 

 turers who supplied the data contained in this re- 

 port. Those manufacturing several products classi- 

 fied under different industries will appear in the 

 list, with their addresses, under more than one in- 

 dustry. 



Agricultural Implements. 



Continental Gin Company, Birmingham. 

 W. T. Sisson, Tallahassee. 



Boxes and Crates, Packing. 



Randolph Lumber Company, Birmingham. 



Keego Veneer Company, Brewton. 



Martin Veneer Company, Brewton. 



Bridgeport Woodenware Manufacturing Company, 

 Bridgeport. 



N. B. Hall & Sons, Decatur. 



Jervis Lumber Company, Decatur. 



Beavens-Jackson Lumber & Veneer Company, Ev- 

 ergreen. 



Huntsville Fiber & Veneer Works, Huntsville. 



Jerome H. Sheip, Mobile. 



D. M. Wheeler, Mobile. 



'Southern Sash & Door Company, Montgomery. 



J. H. Kibble & Son, Piedmont. 



Sylacauga Planing & Lumber Company, Sylacauga 



Southern Climax Basket Company, Troy. 



Troy Veneer & Crate Company, Troy. 



Boxes, Tobacco. 



Martin Veneer Company, Brewton. 

 Jerome H. Sheip, Mobile. 

 Jerome H. Sheip, Montgomery. 



Car Construction. 



Alabama Great Southern Railway, Birmingham. 

 Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, 

 Birmingham. 



Louisville & Nashville Railway, Birmingham. 

 Southern Railway, Birmingham. 

 T. H. Blake, Cortelyou. 

 W. R. Flowers Lumber Company, Dothan. 

 Twin Tree Lumber Company, Maplesville. 

 Western Railway of Alabama, Montgomery. 

 Lindsey Lumber Company, Pollard. 



Caskets and Coffins. 



Alabama Coffin & Casket Company, Birmingham. 

 Mobile Casket Company, Mobile. 

 Montgomery Coffin Company, Montgomery. 



Chairs. 



Block Spring Bed Company, Mobile. 

 Corinth Chair Company, Mobile. 

 I. B. Crowe & Sons, Wadley. 



Dressed Stock. 



Youngblood & Co., Adville. 



James Moore, Aldrieh. 



Empire Lumber Company, Andalusia. 



