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CIRCULAR 471. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



A umber of 



persons 



Resin products 13, 772 



Canes and umbrellas 12. 553 



Mirrors and picture frames - 10. S51 



Miscellaneous wickerware, etc 9. 674 



Toys S. 530 



Matches 5, 694 



Miscellaneous 17. S91 



Total 1. 571.410 



According to the 1925 census of occupations, 966.000 persons were 

 engaged in the lumber and timber industries in that year. These 

 included: 



Xumber of 



Engagement or industry: persons 



Wooden-building construction 472, 000 



Sawmills and veneer plants 129. 000 



Sash, planing-mill products, etc 104. 000 



Wbodenware, etc 82, 000 



Containers 44. 000 



Miscellaneous 135, 000 



Besides these. 127.000 were employed in the paper and pulp industry 

 and at least 30.000 in the timber trade (9). The above classification 

 is different from that of 1907 and probably does not include all of the 

 industries listed in the earlier year. In comparing the figures the loss 

 of territory by the Versailles Treaty should be taken into consideration. 



Fragmentary data from a few sawmills and other plants indicate 

 that yearlong employment is given to one person for every 250 cubic 

 meters (8.800 cubic feet) of logs sawed, 14 and one for every 150 cubic 

 meters (5,300 cubic feet) of wood made into pulp. Veneer and ply- 

 wood plants employ one person for every 40 to 50 cubic meters 

 (1,400 to 1,750 cubic feet) of logs manufactured into veneer and 

 plywood. 



Table 25. — Employment in wood-using industries in Germany in 1925 



Industry 



Employees 



Establish- 







ments 



Total 



Per estab- 

 lishment 



Xumber 



Xu mber 



Xumber 



9. 2 . y 



126. 500 



14 



1.142 



15.400 



14 



66, 524 



203,400 



3 



29,325 



179.400 



6 



6,62S 



50,600 



8 



IS. 224 



77. 30 ] 



4 



14.212 



30,100 



2 



1,466 



19. 200 



13 



38, 563 



103.800 



3 



952 



7.200 



8 



2,924 



15.000 







153 



7.300 



4S 



18. 264 



47.500 



3 



7.089 



3%6C 







1. B85 



5.100 



3 



1.151 



117.200 



102 



9.112 



64.400 



7 



2. 165 



10.400 



5 



2.415 



30.600 



13 



Sawmills and planing mills 



Veneer and wood preservation- __ 



C arpentry and interior finish 



Furniture manufacture 



Other cabinet work 



Wbodenware 



Cooperage 



Wooden boxes, crates. excelsior__ 



Wooden vehicles and parts 



Turned goods, sports equipment- 

 Canes. umbreUas. whips 



Pencils and crayons 



WiDowware 



Brushes, brooms, paint brushes. . 



Wood finishing. . 



Pulp and paper 



Musical instruments 



Wooden toys 



Miscellaneous-- 



Total. 



231.403 



1, 150. 000 



" This figure checks closely with employment in 9 State sawmills in Czechoslovakia, which normally em- 

 ploy 1,740 workers and saw 465,00*0 cubic meters of logs, or 267 cubic meters (9,425 cubic feet' per worker (8). 



