Table 1. — Tite cut of hardivood lumber, by kinds, 1899-1906. 



Wood. 



1899. 



Thousand 



feet. 



1906. 



Thousand 



feet. 



Per cent in- 

 crease { + ) 



or de- 

 crease (-). 



Oak 



4,438,027 



633, 466 



1,115,242 



285, 417 

 206, 688 



308, 069 

 132,601 

 415, 124 



' («) 

 456, 731 



269, 120 

 96, 636 



38,' 681 

 29,715 



208, 504 



2,820,393 

 882, 878 

 693, 076 

 453, 678 

 407,379 



376,838 

 370, 432 

 263, 996 

 275, 661 

 224, 795 



214, 460 



148,212 



47,882 



48,174 



- 36.5 



Maple 



-1- 39 4 





- 37.9 





+ 5i>.0 



Chestnut . 



-t- 97 1 





-h 22.3 



Birch . . 



-fl79.4 





— 36.4 



Beech 





Elm 



— 50.8 



Ash . 



— 20.3 



Hickorv 



+ 53.4 



Tupelo 





Walnut . 



+ 24.5 



Sycamore 





All other .. 



87,637 



— 58.0 







Total 



8,634,021 



7,315,491 



— 15.3 







a Not separately reported. 



The table shows clearly the three points already mentioned: First. 

 several of the most important hardw^oods are fast being exliausted. 

 Second, the cut has increased in less known and less abundant woods. 

 Maple increased 39.4 per cent and rose to second place in the list. 

 Red gum gained 59 per cent and advanced from seventh to fourth 

 place. Chestnut and birch have increased tremendously, and beech 

 and tupelo have been prominently introduced. Third, although 

 almost all possible new woods have been brought into use there has 

 been a shrinkage in the total output of 15.3 per cent. 



CONDITION AS SHOWN BY STATES. 



An examination of the figures for certain States in which hard- 

 wood production has centered in the past show^s a condition almost 

 startling. Ohio, with a cut of 918 million feet in 1899, had fallen 

 to 433 million in 1900; Indiana, with 97a million feet in 1899, had 

 fallen to 44G million, and Tennessee's 862 million fell to 535 million. 



The condition can be realized by a study of Table 2, in which the 

 hardwood cut is given by States for the years 1899 and 1906. 



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