THE LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL 



[New Orleans, La., June 15, 1912. 



already partly manufactured. All of these factors 

 must be known before the cost of a particular wood 

 in a certain industry can be intelligently accounted 



for, or the cost in one industry compared with an- 

 other. The costs of the woods in Table XVII hold 

 only a very distant relationship to market prices. 



SUMMARY OP WOODS USED BY INDUSTRIES IN TEXAS. 

 TABLE XV. 



INDUSTRIES 



Planing-mill products . . 



Miscellaneous 



Sash, doors, blinds, and 

 general mill work 



Boxes and crates (pack- 

 ing) 



Car construction 



Furniture 



Agricultural implements 



Fixtures 



Tanks 



.ehicles and vehicle 

 parts 



Handles 



Trunks and valises 



Patterns 



Quantity used 



annually. 



feet, Per 



B. M. cent. 



587,872,500 77.12 



47,348,800 6.21 



41,492,000 



35,762,125 



35,460,093 



7,059,000 



2,755,000 



1,685,000 



863,000 



721,694 

 547,000 

 495,000 

 274,900 



Totals 762,336,112 



5.44 



4.69 

 4.65 

 .93 

 .36 

 .22 

 .11 



.09 

 .07 

 .07 

 .04 



100.00 



Average 

 cost 

 per 



1,000 ft. 

 $11.79 

 12.61 



26.77 



13.76 

 19.27 

 17.92 

 25.92 

 49.04 

 43.20 



43.99 

 34.36 

 22.42 

 25.27 



Total 

 cost 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 

 6,929,280 

 597,095 



1,110,774 



492,059 



683,302 



126,501 



71,400 



82,639 



37,285 



31,748 



18,794 



11,100 



6,948 



$13.30 $10,198,925 



Grown In 



Texas, 



feet, 



B. M. 



98.24 

 54.29 



69.49 



86.02 

 65.93 

 88.14 

 96.37 

 49.82 

 3.48 



90.42 

 34.73 

 26.26 

 82.36 



91.51 



Grown out 



of Texas 



feet, 



B. M. 



1.76 



45.71 



30.51 



13.98 

 34.07 

 11.86 

 3.63 

 50.18 

 96.52 



9.58 

 65.27 

 73.74 

 17.64 



8.49 



USES OF WOOD. 



Manufacturers and others In Texas report the uses 

 for the different woods as follows: 



Basswood. 



Bank fixtures, cigar boxes, dust guards for cars, 

 store fixtures. 



Beech. 

 Furniture. 



Birch. 



Bank fixtures, bar fixtures, blinds, car finish, 

 church pews, desks, doors, door screens, drawer bot- 

 toms, molding, office fixtures, sash, store fixtures. 



Black Cherry. 

 Car finish, furniture. 



Black Gum. 



Beds, boxes, dressers, extension tables, kitchen 

 cabinets, kitchen tables. 



Black Walnut. 

 Car finish, coffins, furniture. 



Black Willow. 



Chestnut. 



Crates. 



Coffins, fixtures, furniture. 



Chinquapin Oak. 

 Mission furniture, vegetable crates. 



Cottonwood. 



Bed springs, boxes, car sheathing, cotton gins, 

 couch frames, crates, drawer 'backs, drawer bot- 

 toms, egg cases, excelsior, fruit crates, kitchen cab- 

 inets, sample cases, siding, trunk boxes. 



Cypress. 



Blinds, boats, book cases, butchers' supplies, car 

 finish, car frames, car siding, church altars, cisterns, 

 colonial columns, columns, doors, door screens, fix- 

 tures, flooring, kitchen cabinets, models, moldings, 

 refrigerators, sample cases, sash, sign frames, ta- 

 ble tops, tanks, troughs, trunks, windmills, window 

 screens. 



Douglas Fir. 



Car siding. 



Evergreen Magnolia. 



Bed-room suites, blinds, boxes, cabinets, china 

 closets, doors, dressers, egg cases, interior finish, 

 kitchen tables, molding, panels, sash, tables, wash 

 stands. 



Gambel Oak. 



Gears for wagons. 



Hackberry. 



Boxes. 



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



TABLE XVII. 



