TIMBER DEPLETION, PRICES, EXPORTS, AND OWNERSHIP. 



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Fig. 8. — Saw-timber stands of some of the more important species in the United States. 



Table 8. — Total stand in cuhio feet on saw-timher areas and 

 cordwood areas in the United 8tates hy regions. 



LOCATION OF REQUIREMENTS WITH REFERENCE 

 TO PRODUCTION AND SUPPLIES. 



In the comparatively near future all of our eastern timber 

 regions which do not already import more lumber than they 

 export will begin to do so. 



The southern pine region as already shown is still a large 

 exporter, but within 10 years production promises to be little, 



if any, in excess of local requirements. In New England total 

 consumption probably passed total output between 1880 and 

 1890, and within a few years this section will meet half of its 

 total requirements from outside sources. New York has not 

 produced lumber in excess of its own needs since a few years 

 before the Civil War. The Pittsburgh district alone probably 

 uses more lumber than is. now cut in the entire State of Penn- 

 sylvania, and the State ceased to be an important exporter 

 shortly after 1890. The Lake States as a whole still produce 

 more lumber than they consume, but already Michigan and 

 Wisconsin are net importers and it is practically certain that 

 the Lake States as a whole will consume more lumber than 

 they produce within 10 years. Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois since 

 records have been kept have always imported more lumber 

 than they produced. West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee 

 were probably net exporters for about 20 years after 1890,' but 

 if thrown together with Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, they form 

 a group which has always used more lumber than it produced. 

 No lumber-producing region in the East can with certainty 

 be counted on to produce more lumber in 1930 than it will con- 

 sume. The southern Mississippi Valley and possibly the south- 

 ern Appalachian Mountains may produce more hardwood lumber 

 than is needed locally, but they also are likely to be net im- 

 porters if all classes of lumber are considered. 



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