REASONS FOR CREATING A DIVISION OP FORESTRY. 



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Leading indu,strie$ (Otnparcd. 

 jl)ata trom Census IsOO, hi round mimlxrs.] 



Capital 

 involve <1. 



Employees. 



Wages 



A «.«.«. ,ix Million 



grieultnro •.■••»•«■••••••...... r, 



Forest products, total , ' ' 



Forest industries, enmnerated \Y. .'.'."".'." '. 



Forest products, not < numei.ited (estimated) "......* 



Manufactures nswu, wood (sec t/ble below) 



Forest products and ^\ ood man uiaetures, total '.".'".'.'.'.". 



Mineral products, total 



Coal 



%2 



Gold and silver , 



Iron and steel [ 



Manufactures of iron and steel. 



Leather , 



Leather nunufaotu res '.. 



Woolen manufactut es 



Cotton maim tart ui es , 



+ 



502 

 513 



343 

 48(! 

 41-1 



SO 

 102 

 IIS 

 207 

 334 



rhuu 



8, 280 



Million*** 



Jtaw ma- 

 terials. 



Millions. 



34b 

 513 





102 

 204 



245 

 "442' 



300 

 57 



170 

 00 

 48 



1st? 



219 



A9.9, 



10$) 

 40 

 00 

 .12 

 25 



55 



77 



70 



327 

 79 

 130 

 153 

 203 

 155 



Products. 



Millions. 

 2,400 

 1,044 



4!G 



508 



007 



1,031 



010 



IGu 

 90 

 479 

 131 

 178 

 289 

 338 

 208 



111 the following table the industries using- wood in part have been classified according to an 

 estimated per cent of wood values entering* into the finished product, and a proportionate allowance 

 has been made in capital, number, wages of employees, and raw material. Since probably more 

 labor is employed in shaping wood than metals, the figures relating to that portion are probably 

 under the truth. 



Forest huluxirie* and manufactures usinu wood. 



Articles. 



Capital 



Forest industries enumerated- 



Lumber and mill products 



Timber pioducts not manufactured at mill. 

 Naval stores 



Total. 



Manufactures practically all wood : 



Cigar boxes " 



Packing; boxes 



Carriage and wagon stock 



Carpen tering 



Cooperage 



Furniture factory products 



Kindling wood 



Lasts 



Planing-mill product s 



Matches . 



Wood, turned and carved. 



Wooden ware 



Wood pulp 



Wood carpet 



Thotisands. 



$490, 340 



01, 541 



4, 003 



Employees 



Hun duds. 



2, 802 



'401 



153 



Wa<ios. 



Thoitbamh. 



$87, 784 



3 1, 354 



2, 933 



Haw 

 material. 



Thousands. 



$231, 550 



11, 007 



3, 506 



Value 

 of product. 



Thousands. 

 $403, 008 

 34, 290 

 8,077 



Total. 



Manufactures in which wood represents about 50 per tent oi the raw 

 materials: a 



Total 



Wood percentage 



Manufactures m which wood represents about 33^ per cent: b 



Total 



Wood percentage 



301,943 





102,071 



245, 109 



44G, 034 



3,374 



55 



2,134 



3, 567 



7, 092 



13,018 



140 



6,477 



14,215 



25, 513 



13, 028 



109 



5, 208 



1, < 88 



16, 262 



81.513 



1.409 



94, 524 



137, 847 



281, 195 



17,81? 



247 



11, 065 



2, 037 



38, 618 



06, 394 



039 



34, 471 



38, 796 



94, 871 



1, 300 



18 



772 



1,187 



2, 402 



907 



8 



572 



331 



1,239 



120, 271 



809 



48, 970 



104,927 



183, 682 



1, 941 



18 



344 



935 



2, 194 



7,826 



84 



4,267 



3,947 



10, 940 



2, 712 



31 



1,237 



1,499 



3, 598 



7,455 



28 



1,229 



2,005 



4, 628 



333 



3 



155 



214 



512 



337, 908 



3, 050 



212, 027 



331, 523 



(572, 750 



109, 983 



I 1, 356 



714, 460 



114, 383 



229, 408 



89, 991 



1 678 



35, 730 



57, 192 



114, 704 



Manufactures in which wood represents about 10 per cent c 



Total 



Wood percentage 



Manufactures of wood : 

 Total 



321, 059 

 107, 619 



2, 143 



714 



123, 588 

 41, 196 



148, 578 

 49, 526 



318, 218 

 106, 072 



76, 841 

 7,684 



915 

 92 



46, 854 

 4,685 



49, 291 

 4, 929 



131, 820 

 13, 182 



543, 402 



5, 134 



293, 638 



443, ro 



906, 708 



a Includes carriages and waaon iactorv product, children s carriages and sleds, steam and street cars, coffins and burial caskets, chairs, 

 wheelbarrows, sewing-machine cases, artificial limbs, and refrigerators, and shipbuilding. m 



b Includes agricultural implements, billiard tables, railroad and street car repairs, furniture repairs, washing mr dunes and wringers, 

 organs and pianos. , , , ,. J _, , . . . . .„ , , 



c im ludesblacksmithing and wheelwrightmg, bridges, brooms and brushes, gunpowder, artists materials, windmills, toys and game*, 



sporting goods, lead pencils, pipes and pumps. 



While these values are produced by the mere exploitation of the natural resource and their 

 conversion into useful articles, it has been believed, predicted, and feared that, under the treatment 

 which this resource receives at present, the natural supplies would sooner or later give out, and 

 without attention to regrowfch this large line of industries would find it difficult to secure the 

 raw material and would thus be crippled, and hence the work of the Division was called for, in the 

 first place, to investigate the truth of this assertion. 



