EXHAUSTION" OF THE FOREST. 



267 



creasing. The hardwood cut of 1900 of 8,634,000 M feet diminished 

 in 1904 to 6,781,000 M feet. 



A still further evidence of the decreasing supply, is the rising 

 scale of prices. White pine, which sold for $45.00 per M during 

 1887-1892, sold for $100.00 f.o.b. N. Y., Jan. 1, 1911. Yellow 

 poplar went up in the same period, 1887-1911, from $29.00 to $63.00. 

 Yellow pine rose from $18.00 in 1896 to $47.00 in 1911, and hem- 



Yellow Pine r^rr 

 Pouglas fir r-=- 

 V/hite Pine =-=■ 

 OaK r— 



HemlocK rr?- 

 ^pftJce =-=-: 

 Western Firit^^. 

 Maple rr^ 



fop/a r STT' 



Lumoer Froducttcn by ^pecjes 



— 1907 

 -- I 9o5 



/ 2. 3 _4 5 



£>y Ope 



a 



C 



'f^l 



■press 

 ,eJ Uu r, 



Qhe^Tnut z 



i\edwood T, 



Beech r 



BiTch = 



5oS5 = 



Cottbnwotxl sz 

 Elm 



Cedar r 



torch 

 hicHor y 

 VJhiU Fir ■ 

 Oubor Pine: 

 TomarncK - 

 Tupelo 

 ■^leamoTe • 



vie 



Jclnut 

 All others T. 

 n/i^ed 



dillict,!. of board feet 



9 10 II II li 14 



Fig. 117. 



lock, the meanest of all woods, from $11.50 in 1889 to $21.00 in 

 1911, Fig. 118. 



It is to be remembered, moreover, that as the timber in any re- 

 gion becomes scarcer, the minimum cutting limit is constantly low- 

 ered, and the standard of quality constantly depreciated. Poorer 



