OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS 



More than one billion board feet of timber is harvested 

 annually in Montana. The vast majority of this volume is 

 shipped from the state as green or seasoned lumber, or it is 

 shipped as plywood, pulp or paper. Any additional processing 

 that takes place in the locality of origin is of direct eco- 

 nomic benefit to that locality and to the state. Studies in 

 other states have indicated that the stumpage value of a 

 standing tree can be increased by 20 times this value by 

 being refined to consumer goods. The process of this refine- 

 ment will generate 7 times the stumpage value in local wages 

 and salaries. For example, if we would place an average 

 stumpage value of twenty dollars per thousand board feet on 

 one billion board feet annually, the dollar value per year 

 would be 20 million dollars. If we were to refine all of 

 this resource into consumer products, it would have a net 

 value of U00 million dollars. The process of this refinement 

 would generate lUO million dollars in wages and salaries 

 scattered through many localities within the state. This 

 would more than double the contribution of the timber indus- 

 tries to Montana's economy. 



It is, of course, not possible to take complete advantage 



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