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Figure 22.—Gizant squares being loaded for shipment to Japan, where they will be manufactured into lumber 
TaBLE 30.—Logs1 exported from Douglas-fir region, Scribner 
rule®, 1928-37 
Species 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 
M board|M board|M board| M board M board 
Seet Jeet Jeet Jeet feet 
Douglas-fir ae 9, 388 | 27,225 | 29,939 | 18, 385 5, 509 
Western redcedar___________- 70, 938 | 56,897 | 31,373 | 33. 826 3, 869 
Port Orford white-cedar_____ 35, 306 | 28,776 | 14, 208,| 12, 658 5, 298 
Western hemlock_____-_____- 26, 468 | 35.119 | 24, 633 | 31, 215 23, 797 
Balsamaifirs sess es see 110 489 1, 955 5, 707 4, 889 
Northern black cottonwood _ 40 150 1,062 | 7, 245 4, 132 
Sitkatsprucesaseeekee ee 1, 846 2, 380 1, 982 1, 309 447 
SATO th ernest ne ee rane 332 237 191 1, 346 | 269 
ET 0 al] aslo sere tn 2 144, 428 [151,273 |105, 343 {111,691 | 48, 210 
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 
Douglas-firs =. ee 14, 299 | 24,688 | 37,059 | 53, 943 25, 409 
Western redcedar______-_____ 5,807 | 8, 243 | 10, 990 7, 190 1, G51 
8, 691 9,171 7, 480 6, 404 3, 647 
22,277 | 29,185 | 40,369 | 32,521 12, 705 
4, 143 1, 570 2, 657 4,099 1, 944 
Northern black cottonwood_| 4,257 | 3,862 | 2,349 | 6, 461 2, 631 
Sitkasprucess=ss5 >a t 580 | 2,805 7, 083 3, 245 1, 497 
PAN(o ther. sate ee 175 1, 611 4, 290 1, 965 544 
Motal==*=s eis 60, 229 | 81,135 |112, 277 |115, 828 50, 028 
1 Data include small quantities of bolts. Source of data, summaries of 
United States customs records compiled by Seattle and Portland Mer- 
chants Exchange. 
2 Original Brereton-scale data converted to Scribner by dividing by 2. 
3 Includes so-called larch, actually noble fir. 
years exports have been half the total production. 
In addition to logs, considerable quantities of Port 
Orford white-cedar lumber and sawn timbers are 
exported to Japan, and remanufactured there. The 
supply of Port Orford cedar in private ownership, 
about three-quarters of a billion board feet, will 
last only 15 years at the present rate of cutting. 
In the vicinity of Coos Bay the manufacture from 
Port Orford white-cedar of products such as battery 
separators and venetian blinds has developed into 
an important and successful industry. This indus- 
try employs an unusually large number of laborers 
for the volume of forest resources used. Exporta- 
tion of this ‘‘cedar’ in unmanufactured form 
deprives this region of considerable income and 
outlets for labor and hastens the end of this industry. 
Western redcedar, the supply of which is limited, 
is being exported in considerable quantities. How- 
ever, offsetting the exports, a large volume of this 
species is imported from British Columbia. 
Logging 
Types of Organization 
Logging in the Douglas-fir region is a highiy 
specialized and mechanized operation. This has 
