PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN ‘1917. 
TABLE 38.—Reported production of lath, 1915-1917, inclusive. 
Number of active mills 
37 
Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
reporting. 
1917 1916 1915 1917 1916 1915 
United. States. .....-.-.-..-: 1,456 | 1,770} 1,689 | 2, 281, 738, 000 |} 2, 754, 683, 000 | 2,745, 134, 000 
LEP ISR: eee Se Sere eae 68 69 66 348, 806, 000 354, 551, 000 418, 554, 000 
WaStNeLON.. 2 5 2 sci Sone loa 58 64 7 230, 194, 000 264, 690, 000 389, 995, 000 
WIBS OLAS See oe ce Some ones 45 53 54 213, 092, 000 267, 788, 000 230, 686, 000 
IWHSCOMSINia tose se ose occa eee 113 121 116 185, 074, 000 218, 598, 000 179, 193, 000 
PAP RASAS SS oe occ os /saiastooswan sees 31 30 48 147, 578, 000 78, 157, 000 97, 185, 000 
7. 5 SS ge See 106 139 122 142, 488,000 | 1215, 112, 000 172, 346, 000 
MERSSISSIUPI eof anos Stes Se coe seco 33 30 29 133, 925, 000 162, 689, 000 123, 011, 000 
Orprone sf cet bee 32 46 28 132, 418, 000 142, 352, 000 95, 801, 000 
ee ete Noo oe Sa eserne 20 28 23 97, 954, 000 85, 187, 000 89, 860, 000 
MG RNO Rea aca cei coceas OSes 22 24 29 86, 264, 000 117, 365, 000 85, 672, 000 
1 ATP a 2 ee or ee 62 80 74 84, 352,000 | 1109, 323, 000 124,543, 000 
ONDER AN oa ak el de 18 20 19 47, 654, 000 42, 686, 000 40, 698, 000 
SPT Os Begs eee ee eee 25 46 36 46, 889, 000 49, 316, 000 34, 969, 000 
WeESiiVvintinia. ~~~ soo - esc eccs os 54 80 70 44, 233, 000 96, 665, 000 82, 561, 000 
Ter Ged Vee See ee ee Se 158 187 196 43, 928, 000 63, 016, 000 70, 877, 000 
All other States (see Summary, 
Tif) Se aS eee 2 ea ee ae 604 753 708 296, 889, 000 487, 188, 000 509, 183, 000 
1 Corrections have caused a reduction from the figures previously shown. 
PRODUCTION OF SHINGLES. 
With building operations throughout the country adversely affected 
in 1917 it was to be expected that the production of shingles would 
decrease. The reported cut was 8,696,513,000 pieces, a decrease 
of 7 per cent from the 1916 total manufacture. Washington, 
in which State are made 73 per cent of all the shingles reported 
cut, produced 6 per cent less than in 1916. Oregon, Louisiana, and 
Michigan totals are larger for 1917 than for the preceding year. On 
the other hand, California’s output was diminished by 25 per cent. 
Other details of production are given in Table 39, which shows the 
number of mills operating and the cut in each of the last three years 
in the leading producing States. 
TaBLe 39.—Reported production of shingles, 1915-1917, inclusive. 
= pee one mills | Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
1917 | 1916 | 1915 1917 1916 1915 
poo rr | | 
United States...........---. 1,619 | 1,932] 1,648 | 8,696,513, 000 |'9, 371, 333, 000 | 8, 459, 378, 00 
Washington 230| 238 | 239 | 6,313,364, 000 | 6, 739, 388, 000 | 6,313, 335, 000 
Oe rae 42 50 48 | 481,353,000] 471, 762}000 | 336, 652; 000 
siana.... 55 53 45} 453,819,000 | 4047 263,000 | 385, 610, 000 
California... 41 52 25| 261,434,000 | 34876227000 | 200, 755, 000 
a i eae 69 69 63 | 203,907,000 | 201171000 | 250; 640; 000 
150} 200] 187] 166,101,000 | 1 217,543,000} 268, 004, 000 
73 73 77| 151,726,000] 175,455,000 | 122° 8827 000 
49 51 31| 143; 792}000 | 131,795,000 | 116; 054; 000 
16{ 148{| 111} 1123 430,000] 1313 763,000 | 69; 308, 000 
110 35| 125} 73,703,000) 123,959,000 | — 74, 773,000 
39 42 33 | 61,011,000] 32, 749,000| 22, 245, 000 
44 42 311 59,927,000} 45,411,000 | — 20; 501, 000 
94 113 82| 54,735,000} 181,414,000| — 67,629; 000 
i 9 ll 52, 631, 000 79, 960, 000 49, 512, 000 
7 TASS sips ena cae ge 32 29 18} 39,261,000 | 25,196,000} — 11, 950, 000 
All other States (see Summary, 
AOE a EL 463 | 628] 522} 67,319,000 | 160,882,000 | 149, 528, 000 
1 Corrections have caused a slight reduction from the figures previously shown. 
