FOREST POLICY. 



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The output of the saw mills was valued in 



l8so $1,123,000 , 



i860 1,608,000 



1870 2,745,000 



1880 1,627,000 



1890 1,225,000 



1900 . .' 1,859,000 



The cut in 1900 consisted of: — 



Yellow pine 27,000,000 feet b. m. 



White cedar 10,000,000 feet b. m. ' 



Other conifers 4,000,000 feet b. m. 



Chestnut 10,000,000 feet b. m. 



Oak 19,000,000 feet b. m. 



Other hardwoods ... 3,000,000 feet b. m. 



Total 73,000,000 feet b. m. 



Logs on stump are worth $3.93; at. mill, $7.56. 197 saw. 

 mills exist, of $4,357 average investment. The miscellaneous 

 wood industries furnish only $157,000 worth of stock. The con- 

 sumption of forest products, other than lumber, is said to con- 

 sist of 800,000 cords of wood for fuel, 1,250,000 railroad ties; 

 14,000 telegraph and trolley poles and $365,000 worth of fencing. 

 The usual rotation in coppice woods and pineries is from 35 to 

 SO years. 



Leather industry: "jy tanneries produce $13,700,000 worth 

 of leather and consume 4,016 cords of hemlock bark, worth 

 $39,600; 15,150 cords of oak bark, worth $170,830. In addition, 

 large amounts of gambier, quebracho, sumac and chemicals are 

 used for tanning. 



The paper and pulp industry works in 34 plants, produ- 

 cing - $3,200,000 worth of paper. No cord wood, however, is 

 used. The raw material consists of rags, straw, pulp and. fiber 

 obtained from outside the State. 



6. Forestry movement: Public opinion is well aware of 

 the benefits derivable from a sound forest policy. Forestry bills 

 are contintfously introduced and continuously fail of passage. 



The Geological Survey of New Jersey, since 1885, deals 

 with the forest problem, and, under a law of 1894, has issued, in 

 1899, a very good report on the forests of the State. No action- 



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