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WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS. 



BOATS. 



The boat industry in Arkansas consists largely in the manufacture 

 of a single commodity — oars. Practically all of the ash, which 

 meets 87 per cent of the whole demand, is made into these, and finds 

 its way to all the principal markets of the country. Every foot of 

 the wood is supplied by the State. Much of the best comes from 

 the White Kiver and the northern streams. 



Table 15. — Annual consumption of wood for boats. 





Quantity. 



Average 

 cost per 



Total 

 costf. o.b. 



factory. 



Grown 

 in Ar- 

 kansas. 



Grown 



Kind of wood. 



»*»•»• ISKS? 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



out of 

 Arkan- 

 sas. 



Ash 



1.050,000 ! 86.78 S18.00 



S18. 900 



1,200 



960 



Per cent. 

 100.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 



Per cent. 



Shortleaf pine 



100. 000 I 8. 26 

 60,000 4.96 



12.00 

 16.00 





Cypress 









Total 



1.210.000 1 100.00 17.40 



21,060 



100.00 













TRUNKS. 



More than a quarter of a million feet of lumber is used annually 

 in the manufacture of trunks in Arkansas. Nearly all the wood 

 listed in Table 16 is home grown. The exception is elm used as 

 three-ply veneer, 25 per cent of winch comes from without the State. 



Table 16. — Annual consumption of wood for trunks. 





Quantity. 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Total 

 costf. o.b. 



factory. 



Grown 

 in Ar- 

 kansas. 



Grown 

 out of 

 Arkan- 

 sas. 



Kind of wood . 



Feet b. m. 



Per cent 

 of total. 





186, 000 

 40,000 

 38, 000 

 20,000 



65.49 

 14.09 

 13. 3S 



7.04 



S15. 32 

 12.00 

 20.66 

 18.00 



$2,850 

 480 

 785 

 360 



Per cent. 



100.00 



75.00 



100.00 



100.00 



Per cent. 



Elm 



25.00 







Ash 









Total 



284,000 



100.00 



15.76 4.475 96.48 



3.52 













MISCELLANEOUS. 



Table 17 gives the woods used for miscellaneous products, such as 

 wheelbarrows, spools, shuttles, bobbins, lasts, beehives, pails, toys, 

 golf heads, and excelsior, no one of which is manufactured in suffi- 

 cient quantity to entitle it to the rank of an industry. Excelsior con- 

 stitutes a large part of the total, and the cheapness of the wood which 

 reaches the excelsior mills is responsible for the low average cost of all. 

 Shortleaf pine and cottonwood are most important woods in the manu- 

 facture of excelsior. All of the persimmon reported by manufac- 



