440 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 255. — Index of relative consumption of pulpwood, 1916-52 





Estinr 



const 



tion 



pulpw 



Per 



tio 



capita consump- 

 n of pulpwood 



Per capita 

 consump- 

 tion of all 

 physical- 

 structure 

 materials, 



index ^ 

 (1926=100) 



Relative consumption of 

 pulpwood 



Year 



lated 

 imp- 

 of 

 ood 1 Quar 



itity 



Index 



(1926 = 



100) 



Index 



(1926 = 



100) 



Index 



smoothed 



by 3-year 



moving 



average 



(1926=100) 



1916 -- .. - - 



Thousand 



cords Co 

 6 656 n 



rd 

 065 

 066 

 064 

 065 

 077 

 061 

 082 

 088 

 089 

 093 

 103 

 103 

 107 

 110 

 107 

 097 

 084 

 097 

 099 

 108 

 124 

 142 

 115 

 133 

 136 

 161 

 165 

 150 

 153 

 164 

 178 

 197 

 207 

 191 

 222 

 234 

 226 



63. 1 



64. 1 



62. 1 



63. 1 

 74.8 

 59. 2 

 79. 6 

 85.4 

 86. 4 

 90.3 



100.0 

 100. 

 103.9 

 106.8 

 103. 9 

 94. 2 

 81.6 

 94. 2 

 96. 1 

 104.9 

 120. 4 

 137.9 

 111.7 

 129. 1 

 132.0 

 156. 3 

 160.2 

 145. 6 

 148. 5 

 159.2 

 172. 8 

 191. 3 

 201.0 

 185. 4 

 215.5 

 227. 2 

 219.4 



95.9 

 102. 4 



94. 2 



83.3 

 104. 1 



67. 1 



81. 2 

 98.3 

 92. 1 

 98.6 



100. 

 89. 

 94. 5 

 97.3 



82. 5 

 79.8 

 56. 5 

 58.2 

 49.7 

 70. 5 

 77. 7 



106.2 

 80. 1 

 91. 4 

 104. 5 

 126. 

 126. 7 

 111. 6 

 116. 4 

 102. 1 

 106. 2 

 109. 2 

 128.4 

 113. 4 



116. 8 



117. 1 

 129. 5 



65. 8 



62. 6 



65.9 



75.8 



71. 9 



88.2 



98. 



86. 9 



93.8 



91. 6 



100.0 



112. 4 



110. 



109.8 



125.9 



118.0 



144. 4 



161.9 



193.4 



148.8 



155. 

 129.8 

 139. 5 

 141.2 



126. 3 

 124. 

 126.4 

 130. 5 



127. 6 

 155.9 

 162.7 

 175. 2 



156. 5 

 163. 5 

 184.5 

 194. 

 169. 4 





1917 



6 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 6 

 9 

 9 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 10 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 15 

 18 

 14 

 17 

 18 

 21 

 22 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 25 

 28 

 30 

 28 

 33 

 36 

 35 



835 

 566 

 752 

 240 

 621 

 022 

 957 

 194 

 778 

 106 

 206 

 928 

 989 

 188 

 075 

 487 

 240 

 549 

 810 

 966 

 286 

 902 

 387 

 026 

 450 

 259 

 455 

 150 

 976 

 127 

 318 

 297 

 464 

 659 

 158 

 419 



64. 8 



1918 _- . ._ -_ - 



68. 1 



1919 - ..._-_ 



71. 2 



1920 



78 6 



1921 .... - _-_--- _ _ 



86. 



1922 - ._-__-. -_ _ - 



91. 



1923 



92 9 



1924 - ___.____-_-. 



90. 8 



1925 - - ----- 



95. 1 



1926- _ --- 



101. 3 



1927 -- -- -_ 



107. 5 



1928 



110. 7 



1929- - - - -__ - 



115. 2 



1930 ----- .- _ 



117. 9 



1931 



129. 4 



1932- .. _ --- 



141. 4 



1933 - - ------ 



166. 6 



1934 - --- -- 



168. 



1935 ----- _ _ - 



165. 7 



1936 - - -- 



144. 5 



1937 -- _- _- - 



141. 4 



1938 - -- -- - _-_-_- 



136. 8 



1939 - - - 



135. 7 



1940- - - 



130. 5 



1941 -- - --. 



125. 6 



1942-- -.- - 



127. 



1943- -- - - - 



128. 2 



1944 



138. 



1945 - --- _-- _ 



148.7 



1946 - - ----- 



164. 6 



1947 - - - _ 



164. 8 



1948 -- -- . _- --- - 



165. 1 



1949 



168. 2 



1950 .- - - - -- - _ 



180. 7 



1951 .- -- ------- -__ - 



182. 6 



1952 - - - --- - 













1 Includes pulpwood equivalent to net imports of wood- 

 pulp and of paper. 



2 Source: Bureau of the Census. Raw Materials in the 

 United States Economy, 1900-1952, p. 60. Washington, 

 D. C. 1954. 



