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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 4. — Wholesale price indexes of selected timber products and competing materials, 1926-1972 



[1967=100] 



Year 



All com- 

 modities 



Lumber and wood 

 products 



Lumber 



Softwood lumber 



Hardwood lumber 



Mi 11 work 



Softwood plywood 





Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive i 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



1926 



51.6 

 49.3 

 50.0 

 49.1 

 44.6 



37.6 

 33.6 

 34.0 

 38.6 

 41.3 



41.7 

 44.5 

 40.5 

 3>. > 

 40.5 



45.1 

 50.9 

 53.3 

 53.6 

 54.6 



62.3 

 76.5 

 82.8 

 78.7 

 81.8 



91.1 

 88.6 

 87.4 

 87.6 

 87.8 



90.7 

 93.3 

 94.6 

 94.8 

 94.9 



94.5 



94.8 

 94.5 

 94.7 

 96.6 



99.8 

 100.0 

 102.5 

 106.5 

 110.4 



113.9 

 119.1 



26.5 

 25.0 

 24.1 

 25.0 

 22.9 



18.6 

 16.0 

 19.0 

 22.3 



21.4 



22.4 

 26.5 

 24.1 

 24.8 

 27.4 



32.7 

 35.6 

 37.7 

 40.6 

 41.2 



47.2 

 73.4 

 84.0 

 77.7 

 89.3 



97.2 



94.4 

 94.3 

 92.6 

 97.1 



98.5 

 93.5 

 92.4 

 98.8 

 95.3 



91.0 

 91.6 

 93.5 

 95.4 

 95.9 



100.2 

 100.0 

 113.3 

 125.3 

 113.7 



127.0 



144.3 



51.4 

 50.7 

 4S.2 

 50.9 

 51.3 



49.5 

 47.6 

 55.9 

 57.8 

 51.8 



53.7 

 59.6 

 59.5 

 62.3 

 67.7 



72.5 



69.9 

 70.7 

 75.7 

 75.5 



75.8 

 95.9 



101.4 

 98.7 



109.2 



106.7 

 106.5 

 107.9 

 105.7 

 110.6 



108.6 

 100.2 

 97.7 

 104.2 

 100.4 



96.3 



96.6 

 98.9 

 100.7 

 99.3 



100.4 

 100.0 

 110.5 

 117.6 

 103.0 



111.5 

 121.2 



25.2 

 23.5 

 92 7 



55! 6 



21.5 



17.5 

 14.8 

 17.8 

 21.2 

 20.6 



21.9 



25.1 

 22.0 

 23.4 

 25.8 



30.8 

 33.4 

 35.5 

 38.5 

 38.9 



44.7 

 71.5 

 81.2 

 74.3 

 86.6 



93.7 

 91.3 

 90.5 

 88.9 

 94.5 



96.5 

 90.9 

 89.5 

 96.4 

 92.2 



87.4 

 89.0 

 91.2 

 92.9 

 94.0 



100.1 

 100.0 

 117.4 

 131.5 

 113.7 



135.5 

 159.4 



48.8 

 47.7 

 45.4 

 48.1 

 48.2 



46.5 

 44.0 

 52.4 

 54.9 

 49.9 



52.5 

 56.4 

 54.3 

 58.8 

 63.7 



68.3 

 65.6 

 66.6 

 71.8 











30.0 



30.0 

 29.9 

 30.1 

 28.4 



23.8 

 23.4 

 24.6 

 25.6 

 25.3 



27.2 

 32.6 

 29.3 

 28.8 

 31.4 



35.8 

 39.2 

 39.5 

 40.7 

 • 41.0 



46.3 

 59.4 

 71.7 

 73.4 

 78.2 



88.7 



86.5 

 89.6 

 88.9 

 87.7 



88.0 

 87.4 

 87.3 

 92.6 

 93.1 



90.8 

 90.7 

 92.7 

 96.7 

 96.0 



98.0 

 100.0 

 105.6 

 117.8 

 116.0 



120.7 

 128.4 



58.1 

 60.9 

 59.8 

 61.3 

 63.7 



63.3 



69.6 

 72.4 

 66.3 

 61.3 



65.2 

 73.3 

 72.3 

 72.4 

 77.5 



79.4 

 77.0 

 74.1 

 75.9 

 75.1 



74.3 

 77.6 

 86.6 

 93.3 

 95.6 



97.4 

 97.6 

 102.5 

 101.5 

 99.9 



97.0 



93.7 

 92.3 

 97.7 

 98.1 



96.1 

 95.7 

 98.1 

 102.1 

 99.4 



98.2 

 100.0 

 103.0 

 110.6 

 105.1 



106.0 

 107.8 







19 9 7 















1928 















1929 















1930 - -- 















1931 















1939 















1933 















1934 















1935 - -- 















1936 















1937 















1938 















1939 - - 















1940 - -- 















1941 - - -- 















1942 















1943 - -- 















1944 .. 















1945 - -- 















1946 



71.7 

 93.5 

 98.1 

 94.4 

 105.9 



102.9 

 103.0 

 103.5 

 101.5 

 107.6 



106.4 

 97.4 

 94.6 



101.7 

 97.2 



92.5 

 93.9 

 96.5 

 98.1 

 97.3 



100.3 

 100.0 

 114.5 

 123.5 

 103.0 



119.0 

 133.8 















1947 



72.5 



82.8 

 75.8 

 88.1 



95.6 

 95.2 

 93.2 

 91.8 

 97.7 



98.5 

 92.6 

 90.8 

 98.7 

 92.7 



87.9 

 90.1 

 92.1 

 93.3 

 93.1 



97.7 

 100.0 

 120.6 

 134.4 

 113.4 



141.0 

 167.7 



94.8 

 100.0 



96.3 

 107.7 



104.9 

 107.4 

 106.6 

 104.8 

 111.3 



108.6 

 99.2 

 96.0 



104.1 

 97.7 



93.0 



95.0 

 97.5 

 98.5 

 96.4 



97.9 

 100.0 

 117.7 

 126.2 

 102.7 



123.8 

 140.8 



68.3 

 76.6 

 69.6 

 82.1 



88.2 

 81.2 

 82.8 

 81.0 

 85.7 



91.1 

 86.3 

 86.3 

 89.9 

 90.8 



86.2 

 86.0 

 88.8 

 92.2 

 97.4 



108.7 

 100.0 

 104.3 

 120.1 

 114.7 



113.5 

 126.2 



89.3 

 92.5 

 88.4 

 100.4 



96.8 

 91.6 

 94.7 

 92.5 

 97.6 



100.4 

 92.5 

 91.2 

 94.8 

 95.7 



91.2 



90.7 

 94.0 

 97.4 

 100.8 



108.9 

 100.0 

 101.8 

 112.8 

 103.9 



99.6 

 106.0 



114.6 

 147.6 

 128.0 

 148.0 



157.5 

 143.5 

 144.0 

 139.3 

 143.4 



131.2 



118.6 

 119.5 

 127.3 

 113.2 



110.0 

 106.3 

 108.9 

 105.6 

 105.7 



106.2 

 100.0 

 129.2 

 139.1 

 113.6 



127.2 

 154.9 



149.8 



1948 - 



178.3 



1949 



162.6 



1950 - 



180.9 



1951 - 



172.9 



1952 



162.0 



1953 



164.8 



1954 



159.0 



1955 . _ - 



163.3 



1956 



144.7 



1957 



127.1 



1958 - --- 



126.3 



1959 - 



134.3 



I960 



119.3 



1961 



116.4 



1962 



112.1 



1963 



115.2 



1964 



111.5 



1965 _ 



109.4 



1966 - 



106.4 



1967 



100.0 



1968 -- 



126.0 



1969 



130.6 



1970 



102.9 



1971 _ 



111.7 



1972 



130.1 







See footnotes at end of table. 



