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material largely derived from the forest: Naval stores, bark and tanning extracts, ashes, ginseng, sumac, together 

 with matches, agricultural implements, carriages, cars, and musical instruments. 



During the last two years a notable increase in exports lias taken place, which brings the 

 figures for wood products and wood manufactures, with nearly $G0,000,000, to more than double the 

 amount often years ago, and 40 per cent more than five years ago, when the exports amounted to 

 nearly $43,000,000. This increase unfortunately is mostly in raw materials, logs, and lumber, and 

 is probably due to a very active export trade, especially in oak, with Germany. The naval store 

 industry has also considerably increased in exports. 



To show how the various articles of export compare the following table will serve, in which 

 the exports of 1890 and 1897 are recorded: 



Exports of wood and wood products from the United States for the years ending June 30, 1890 and 1897. 



Products. 



1890. 



Quantity. 



Agricultural implements : 



Horsepowers 



Mowers and reapers 



Plows and cultivators , 



All other, and parts of 



Bark, and extract oi for tanning 



Carriages and h orse ears 



Cars for steam railroads num ber. . 



Ginseng pounds . . 



Organs number.. 



Matches 



Eosin - ...."barrels. 



Tar do.-. 



Turpentine and pitch. do... 



Spirits of turpentine gallons. 



Firewood cords. 



Boards, deals, and planks M feet. 



Joists and scantling P do... 



Hoops and hoop poles 



Laths , M. 



Palings, pickets, and bed slats M. 



Shingles M. 



Shooks : 



3,662 



22J, 113 



11, 490 



1, 601, 377 



28, 806 



18, 327 



11, 248, 920 



7,048 



612,814 



26, 684 



Value 



Box 



Other number . 



Staves and headings 



All other lumber 



Timber : 



Sawed M feet. 



Hewn cubic feet. 



Logs and other round timber 



Doors, sash, and blinds 



Moldings, trimmings, and other house finishings 



Hogsheads and barrels, empty 



Household furniture 



"Wooden ware 



All other wood manufactures 



10, 491 



2,981 



36, 527 



534, 190 



270, 984 

 732, 701 



$3, 



2, 092, 



878, 



884, 



263, 



2, 050, 



2, 089, 



605, 



750, 



62, 



2, 762, 



56, 



35, 



4, 590, 



16, 



9, 974, 



381, 



59, 



24, 



30, 



111, 



474 

 038 

 874 

 238 

 754 

 980 

 698 

 233 

 583 

 284 

 373 

 105 

 037 

 931 

 746 

 888 

 640 

 978 

 951 

 653 

 920 



1897. 



Quantity. 



179, 573 

 33,725 



118, 557 



766, 607 



2, 476, 857 



1, 355, 141 



3, 384, 



1,381, 



1,080, 



320, 



HO, 



425, 



3, 088, 



360, 



847 

 747 

 340 

 840 

 295 

 278 

 902 

 535 

 815 



Total 1 46,006,781 



2, 429, 116 



17, 640 



18, 920 



17, 302, 823 



Value. 



876, 689 

 36, 253 



58, 508 



698, 858 



391 291 

 6, 406, 824 



$3, 127, 415 



590, 779 



1, 522, 492 



241, 979 



1.955,760 



990, 950 



840, 686 



799, 132 



70, 988 



4, m, 163 



34, 878 



44, 366 



4, 447, 551 



(a) 

 13, 076, 247 

 423, 875 

 (a) 

 (a) 

 (a) 

 103, 231 



529, 492 



597, 600 



3, 922, 931 



3, 102, 470 



4,036,214 



1,236 112 



3, 945, 100 



857, 401 



197, 934 



267, 345 



3, 785, 143 



531, 480 



3, 253, 110 



59, 329, 936 



a Not specified. 



While undoubtedly increase in prices influences somewhat these figures, the following diagram, 

 showing the range of prices for export materials, would indicate that this influence has not been 

 appreciable, the prices remaining remarkably even, with the exception of the period after the war, 

 and lately showing even a sinking tendency, although probably only temporarily. 



Annual average export prices of wood and certain wood products for each of the ten years ending June 80 from 1882 to 1891, 



and 1S97. 



Articles. 



1882. 



1883. 



1884. 



1885. 



1886. 



1887. 



1888. 



1889. 



1890. 



1891. 



1897. 



Wood, and manufactures of: 



Boards, deals, and planks 



Mfeet.. 



$16 90 



$16. 78 



$17. 06 



15.44 



2.43 



2.96 



3.58 



11.17 



.16 



1.83 



2.10 



2.23 



.34 



$15. 93 



14 06 



2.13 



2.90 



3.20 



10.50 



.15 



1.73 



1.77 



1.85 



.30 



$15. 20 



13.97 



2.71 



2.45 



3.15 



10.82 



.16 



1.74 



1.90 



2.48 



.34 



$15 38 



14.67 



2.39 



2. 63 



3.10 



11.79 



.16 



1.69 



1.94 



2.08 



.34 



$16. 39 



15.16 



2.57 



3.07 



3.32 



12.41 



.17 



1.53 

 1 96 



1.74 

 .34 



$16. 99 



13.37 



2.44 



2.89 



2.72 



12. 38 



.18 



1.49 



1. 99 



1.81 



.39 



$16. 28 



14. 30 



2.38 



3.06 



2 27 



12.49 



.16 



1.72 



1. 95 



1.91 



.41 



$16. 17 



13.70 



2.61 



2. 75 



3.41 



11.88 



.18 



1.94 



2.26 



2.01 



.38 



$14. 90 



Joists and scantling 



.......do 



11.70 



Laths, palings, pickets, bed slats, 

 Tim ber, sawed 



etc M.. 



M.. 



M feet.. 



"ToY 

 3.99 



""3." 04 " 

 3.60 



1.76 

 10.30 



Timber, hewn -- 









.19 



Naval stores : 



Rosin 









1.96 



Tar 



do.... 







1.98 



Turpentine and pitch 



do. ... 







2.35 







.47 



.44 



.25 



We find also by inspection of trade journals that, although many of the great staples have in 

 some regions been entirely exhausted and in others approach exhaustion, prices of lumber have not 



