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value of $14.80, or only 2 cents higher than Arkansas, where no 

 longleaf occurs. Below is shown the average wholesale mill-run value 

 at the mill for southern yellow pine lumber from 1899 to 1914, in- 

 clusive. 1 Shortleaf was a heavy contributor and its fluctuations have 

 doubtless been quite similar. 



1914 $14.19 



1913 15. 76 



1912 14. 36 



1911 $13.87 



1910 13. 29 



1909 12. 69 



1908 $12.66 1904. 



1907 14. 02 1899. 



. 1906 15. 02 



$9.96 

 8.46 



From 1908 to 1913 a gradual advance in price occurred in common 

 with nearly all coniferous woods. From an average value in 1901 of 

 approximately $9 the price rose to $13.87 in 1911, an increase of 54 

 per cent in 10 years. The advance in price was strongly upward to 

 the year 1906, when the values reached a high point. Between 1908 

 and 1913 the advance in price was steady but more gradual, with 

 rather marked variation during 1914 and 1915. 



Table 12. — Cost of longleaf, shortleaf, and loblolly lumber used by the wood- 

 manufacturing industries of 16 States. 1 



Group and State. 



Average cost per M board feet 

 f. o. b. factory. 



Group and State. 



Average cost per M board feet 

 f. o. b. factory. 





Longleaf. 



Shortleaf. 



Loblolly. 



Longleaf. 



Shortleaf. 



Loblolly. 



Northeastern 

 States: 

 Connecticut — 



Dollars. 

 36.10 

 31.46 

 35.12 



33.70 

 31.49 

 31.91 



28.04 

 28.69 

 26.26 

 20.23 

 20.26 

 25.26 



Dollars. 

 23.32 

 18.08 

 31.00 



28.86 

 27.34 

 36.50 



29.05 

 26.07 

 25.75 

 16.18 

 13.26 

 21.99 



Dollars. 

 27.00 

 15.56 

 29.71 



29.99 

 20.77 

 28.21 



27.45 

 27.72 

 18.32 



Southern States: 



Georgia 



Mississippi 



Dollars. 

 11.66 

 13.30 

 11.66 

 12.71 



33.30 



24.79 



12.33 



Dollars. 

 11.60 

 13.03 

 11.66 

 12.64 



27.52 



22.05 



12.23 



Dollars. 

 11.77 

 10.03 

 11.24 

 11 51 



New H amp- 



Average for North- 

 eastern States 



Average for Cen- 

 tral States 



Average for South- 

 ern States 



Average for all 

 States represent- 

 ed 



25.21 



New York 



Vermont 



Central States: 



21.49 

 11.14 







Ohio 



23.47 



20.60 











12.77 

 21.20 



19.28 



West Virginia. . 







1 Compiled from various State wood-manufacturing industry reports in cooperation with the Forest 

 Service. Figures must be considered as approximate since there is no accurate separation of the species in 

 the market. 



The lowest average price of pine used by the wood manufacturing 

 industries shown in Table 12, occurs in the large lumber-producing 

 Southern States, where most of the big sawmills manufacture plan- 

 ing-mill products, obtaining their supplies without transportation 

 charges ; also a number of these industries use logs, wholly or partly, 

 and reported cost on these instead of on lumber. An increasing 



1 Prices for 1913 are based upon average prices during the last three-quarters of the 

 year from large representative mills in the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- 

 sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The 1914 figures are based upon reports of similar 

 representative large mills in 10 States from Virginia to Texas for the complete year. The 

 earlier prices represent reports submitted by miscellaneous operators, both large and 

 small. A question whether these prices are legitimately comparable with the 1913 and 

 1914 figures may properly be raised. 



