14 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS. 



Table 4. — Annual consumption of wood for boxes and crates. 



Kind of wood. 



Quantity. 



Feet b. m. 



Per 



cent of 

 total. 



Average 

 cost per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. 

 factory. 



Total cost 

 f. o. b. fac- 

 tory. 



Grown 

 in Ar- 



Grown 

 out of Ar- 



Red gum 47, 363, 000 



Shortleaf pine ! 27,035,000 



Red oak ' 17, 500, 000 



Cottonwood 7, 901, 000 



Cypress : 2, 910, 000 



Elm 1 , 293 , 000 



Sycamore 1, 000, 000 



Ash 520, 000 



Longleaf pine 30, 000 



Total : 105, 552, 000 



44.87 



25.61 



16.58 



7.49 



2.76 



1.22 



.95 



.49 



.03 



$9.92 

 12.10 

 10.43 

 11.63 

 12.22 

 10.06 

 10.00 

 18.00 

 12.00 



S469,800 



327,200 



182, 600 



91,880 



35,550 



13,010 



10,000 



9,360 



360 



Per cent. 



98.84 

 100. 00 



78.86 

 100. 00 



98.97 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 

 100. 00 



50.00 



Per cent. 

 1.16 



21.14 

 "i."03 



50.00 



100. 00 



10.80 | 1,139.760 



95.93 



4.07 



VEHICLE STOCK. 



The manufacture of vehicle stock is one of the most important 

 industries in Arkansas. The factory which turns out vehicle stock 

 may be quite separate from the factory which makes vehicles. The 

 manufacturer of stock does not, as a general thing, make finished 

 vehicles, but parts only, such as spokes, rims, hubs, axles, and poles 

 or shafts. He ships these to other factories which turn out com- 

 plete vehicles by assembling the parts and ironing and painting 

 them. Table 5 presents statistics of the manufacture of vehicle 

 stock, and Table 13 the manufacture of vehicles. In Arkansas the 

 former class uses 76,000,000 feet of wood, the latter 3,500,000. It 

 might seem that the same material is listed twice, first when it 

 leaves the vehicle-stock factory, and again when another establish- 

 ment assembles the parts. Nearly all the vehicle parts considered 

 in Table 5, however, were shipped to northern factories to be put 

 together, and thus do not appear in Table 13. Enough vehicle parts 

 are reported in the State to make twenty times as many finished 

 vehicles as are produced in Arkansas. Some part of the 3,500,000 

 feet of wood used for finished vehicles may be material listed in Table 

 5, but every effort has been made to prevent duplication. Arkansas 

 is rich in vehicle woods, and contributes material to most of the large 

 vehicle manufacturers throughout the country, particularly those of 

 Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Memphis. 



