Mill products, lumber, shingles, implement and furniture 
IO GIR, CuOeaiie ts o1b's Etc e oicel Oreo craetoet ero Meroe ee ae aera $450,000,000 
TROON! COBMUCUOMN osccocosvasdcoocobotoosobouoolunobeue 45,000,000 
IEG OOM WUENJOEI, cooccocsgoedsour aigO.0.di4 ola moc coleaaRDe aoe 5,000,000 
Wool pull) oscasecabcdwenkoooogoodoom do: os ancummdG moran tet 5,000,000 
Miscellaneous bolt sizes.............. PL ORD eRe woke eee eS 50,000,000 
Total materials requiring log and bolt sizes........... 555,000,000 
Kuelvam dite cing yards vers ois sales) aioleis a fois, dsithans shia etaersiagenel std 450,000,000 
Olnghgooeillis dd als olowsa cau boon Gnd ccon Bamoe cn GMnn rocaaa Habe Gree 7,000,000 
Dyewood and gunpowder. ............. ...... Tee ae 500,000 
INA AESTONES RY ryt ns acisilsesnt: iste oelecrraans auctemena eran gta anaveuamemetrel ave 8,500,000 
Wioodialcohollandiaceticiacidh ee ates: Geese nie erie 2,500,000 
Manian orm a tert a lUy ceva ely setsieis sie sjeven cee sicttvsleretatinate Genaeeelae 15,000,000 
Wey SoatyD BING! SOEBP oc coanoasancoacavvacccdcccpdunndodns 5,500,000 
Grama aco taller eres avs eines she aie Atbreverel ey Neowten marae 1,044,000,000 
The imports of wood and other forest materials amount to between 
twenty and thirty million dollars annually, about 25 per cent of which 
consists of materials which do not grow on this continent. The balance 
comes mainly from Canada. 
The exports of forest products and partly manufactured wood materials 
varies between twenty-five and thirty million dollars, with twelve to 
fifteen million more of manufactures in which wood plays an important 
part. 
Although many of the great staples have in some regions been entirely 
exhausted and in others approach exhaustion, prices of lumber have not 
advanced in proportion for various reasons. Competition, stimulated 
by active railroad building, opening up of virgin fields of supply, 
improved machinery, systematized methods of logging and of handling 
-and marketing material have tended to keep the price down. 
Meanwhile stumpage has increased rapidly for such kinds as show 
rapid decrease in supply. Thus white pine stumpage more than doubled 
in ten years, while walnut, tulip poplar, and ash stumpage has increased 
manyfold as the supply has grown scarcer. 
{n the markets, while the average price for lumber has advanced but 
little, the better grades have appreciated disproportionately. From the 
carefully collected statistics for shipbuilding, which requires all first-class 
material, the average price per 1,000 feet, B. M., for the country at large 
for the following kinds appears : 
Kind. Average. Lowest. Highest. 
DVWARCERO SU Ke ee eed scent int as. $30.70 |$19.00 (radiana) Bats Ayo ele $125.00 (Calitornia). 
‘ ndian: , ; 3 A 
Othenloalksp eee reer 34.90 20.00 { oa See 102,00 (California). 
Vaan pin Cy eee sey sacteseucee 24.40 | 12.00 (Alabama) ............. 42.00 (Iowa). 
White pine. 34.70 | 20 00 Rae ..| 100.00 (Georgia). 
He ee eer 2100 | 15.00 (Washington). ..| 80.00 (Mass). 
SOMO Ss Sans acdssobedontee beuHoE 20:00} 12.00 (Delaware) .............| 50.00 (Washington). 
(OG hye oaeengaahouceooceaptores 40.00 | 17.00 (Missouri) .............. 55.00 (Connecticut). 
GY VESS py a een eh paaeeoiaaceicals 31.60 | 18.00 (Mississippi) ........... 50.00 (Delaware). 
Asverageotalle ee seeseeeeeee 30.00 
Firewood, even in the densely settled parts, remains stationary in 
price, on account of abandoned farms and culled woodlands producing 
it in abundance; in fact, in many sections its value has decreased, com- 
petition of coal aiding in its reduction. 
Census statistics of the employment of capital, persons employed, and 
wages paid in the minor forest industries are absent. The fact that 
