The Census of Manu- 
2,600 vu T aa ] factures for 1929 lists 23 
- PULPWOOD CONSUMPTION ; 
pcre Mis 4 al aie =I Ei iias pulp mills and 20 paper 
mills in the region. It 
| 2,200 gives the total number of 
| 5568 workers as 7,700, salaries 
and wages paid as $12,- 
1,800 000,000, and value of 
ip) 
2 ne products for 1929 as $70,- 
: 000,000. Figure 30 shows 
: 1.400 clearly an approximate 
S 1366 doubling of pulp produc- 
8 tion between 1929 and 
= poe 1937 and a 35-percent in- 
800 crease in paper produc- 
tion. The present invest- 
oe WE ment in pulp and paper 
ine — plants is estimated to 
| 4 ate ee dies 1 a lee a | | exceed $125,000,000 
= -—o-" ee NC Neat I) 5) 0 
200 t= c | = 
Sl | | | es Fees ee Shingle Manufacture 
1,600 « 55 
+ WOOD - PULP PRODUCTION Monulacurc ot ceday 
1.400 =a shingles is among the 
= more important of the 
@ al ee other primary wood-using 
miiood a industries. The total pro- 
S = duction in 1935 was 4 
g eerily million squares, or about 
| 3 600 eee 3% billion pieces. Dur- 
as fa ing 1934 there were 232 
OO. tases active and 37 idle shingle 
200 mills in the region. The 
active mills had 782 
: shingle machines and a 
e 800 total installed capacity of 
© 600 2315 million pieces, per 
$ 8-hour shift, and the idle 
| g eae mills had 42 machines 
| g 200 and a total installed 
5 | capacity of 965,000 pieces 
e 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 | per 8-hour shift. Ap- 
Douglas RipReaien | proximately 85 percent 
| . . 2 
Uv Wastern Waeringlone meee Weetarmroreqon | of the installed shingle 
| 
J 
mill capacity is in western 
FicurE 30.—Pulpwood consumption and wvod-pulp and paper production of the Douglas-fir region \Nashington. 
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