FUTURE DEMAND FOR TIMBER 



431 



Table 249. — Apparent annual consumption oj paperboard by principal grade classes in the United States. 



selected years, 1899-1955 

 [Thousand tons] 













Other 





Total 



Year 



Container 



Bending 



Nonbend- 



Building 



paper- 



Total < 



paper and 





board ' 



board ^ 



ing board ^ 



board 



board ' 





paper- 

 board < 



1899 













394 

 560 



883 

 1 292 



2- 168 



1904 













3 



4 



5 



6 



6 



6 



7 



6 



7 



9 



9 



10 



11 



11 



0?9 



1909 













103 



1914 













395 



1917 













1 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 



775 

 904 

 850 

 264 

 718 

 156 

 805 

 857 

 299 

 641 

 754 



054 



1918 













?!75 



1919 













253 



1920 













640 



1921 













0?!7 



1922 













865 



1923 













194 



1924 













?81 



1925 



1,777 







83 



102 



81 



333' 



417 



1926 - -- 







584 



1927 



2, 100 



796 



444 



925 



1928 



1 



985 



948 



621 



80 



385 



4 



019 



12 



451 



1929 



2 

 1 



256 

 915 



991 

 1,013 



600 

 653 



137 

 108 



319 

 229 



4 

 3 



303 



918 



13 

 12 



411 



1930 



319 



1931 



1 

 1 



904 

 592 



906 



887 



562 

 465 



107 

 65 



250 

 207 



3 

 3 



729 

 216 



11 

 9 



354 



1932 



734 



1933 . - 



2 

 1 



021 



882 



958 

 966 



572 

 591 



47 

 59 



375 

 479 



3 

 3 



973 



977 



10 

 11 



916 



1934 



289 



1935 



2 



358 



1, 121 



624 



65 



415 



4 



583 



12 



758 



1936 



2 



756 



1, 272 



701 



88 



525 



5 



342 



14 



651 



1937 



3 



168 



1, 289 



720 



98 



403 



5 



678 



16 



028 



1938 



2 



631 



1,221 



609 



109 



397 



4 



967 



13 



542 



1939 



3 



318 



1,360 



865 



102 



299 



5 



944 



15 



949 



1940 



3 



334 



1, 416 



899 



163 



329 



6 



141 



16 



757 



1941 



4 



149 



1,842 



1, 239 



623 



436 



8 



289 



20 



421 



1942 



3 



712 



1, 712 



997 



882 



570 



7 



873 



19 



780 



1943 



4 



065 



2,047 



829 



907 



737 



8 



585 



19 



437 



1944 



4 



197 



2, 116 



750 



936 



934 



8 



933 



19 



445 



1945 



4 



093 



2,270 



721 



890 



886 



8 



818 



19 



665 



1946 



4 



291 



2, 708 



603 



977 



903 



9 



432 



22 



510 



1947 



4 



896 



2,758 



705 



1,064 



930 



10 



313 



24 



761 



1948 



5 



029 



2,672 



702 



1, 266 



1,056 



10 



706 



26 



082 



1949 



4 



630 



2,613 



753 



837 



1, 081 



9 



906 



24 



694 



1950 



5 



770 



3, 135 



876 



1, 227 



1, 249 



12 



259 



29 



Oil 



1951 



6 



188 



3, 272 



877 



1, 276 



1,297 



12 



873 



30 



565 



1952 



5 



673 



3, 144 



783 



1,315 



1, 217 



12 



109 



29 



022 



1953 



6 



629 



3, 567 



957 



1,379 



1,336 



13 



736 



31 



358 



1954 



6 



284 



3, 525 



926 



1, 513 



1, 337 



13 



521 



31 



235 



1955 



7 



355 



3, 931 



1, 029 



1, 662 



1,546 



15 



341 



34 



521 



1 Prnrliir.tir.n nnlir fr.r vaar^ T-vn'nr tn 



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cfYlnks fr.r 







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- Production only. 



' Production only for the years 1945-55. All other years 

 represent a residual between the sum of the columns for 

 other types of paperboard and total paperboard con- 

 sumption. 



* Data for individual years may not add to total because 

 of rounding, statistical discrepancies, the inclusion of 



data for some classifications. 



Source: 1899-1938 and 1940-41, American Paper and 

 Pulp Association, Statistics of Paper, reporting statistics 

 of the Bureau of the Census. 1939 and 1942-55, U. S. 

 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



changed quite radically in recent years, interpre- 

 tation of the statistics is rather difficult. ^''■^ Con- 



'" The historical series measures building board con- 

 sumption on a tonnage basis. The high-density hard- 

 boards, produced in rapidly increasing quantities since 

 the early 1940's, greatly outweigh other types of building 

 board on a cubic-foot or square-foot basis and introduce a 

 bias in the total tonnage figure which limits their signi- 

 ficance. Thus tonnage data tend to overstate the increase 

 in consumption of hardboard and understate increases 

 in consumption of the low density insulation boards. 



sumption of hardboard having a density of more 

 than 26 pounds per cubic foot increased from 216 

 million square feet {)i-mc\\ basis) in 1939 to 1,226 

 million square feet in 1953.'*^ The 1953 output 



"' U. S. Tariff Commission, Hardboard Report on In- 

 vestigation Conducted Pursuant to Resolution by Senate 

 Committee on Finance, p. 34. August 9, 1954. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 1955; and Bureau of the Census, Facts 

 for Industry, Pulp, Paper and Board Summary for 195S. 

 Washington, D. C. 1954. 



