126 



FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



To show what position we occupy as exporters of forest products the following tabulations 

 reproduced from the report of the Division of Forestry for 1887 will be of interest, placing the 

 United States fourth among the seven or eight great exporters; the general position having 

 hardly changed to date. Austria-Hungary should have been included in this comparison; it 

 would not, however, materially change the relations. 



Review of the timber export trade of the principal exporting countries, (a) 



Countries. 



Sweden 



Norway 



Finland 



Russia (imperfect) — 



Germany (official) 



Italy (oak staves) 



Canada (official) 



United States (official) 



Total 



1885. 



Cubic feet. 



119, 588, 040 



67, 600, 500 



46, 246, 860 



148, 691, 400 



62, 927, 700 



507, 390 



159, 658, 880 



127, 372, 930 



732, 593, 700 



1886. 



Cubic feet. 



113, 805, 285 



64, 812, 000 



39, 480, 725 



146, 352, 340 



54, 287, 000 



357, 400 



172, 910, 890 



122, 173, 650 



714, 179, 280 



1837. 



Cubic feet. 



121, 966, 020 



65, 455, 500 



42, 095, 625 



149, 609, 955 



63, 15 {,100 



717,850 



168, 028, 850 



114,074,370 



744, 901, 270 



Amount and p?'ices of hewn and, sawn xvood (erelusire of staves and furniture ivood) imported into Great Britain, and 



proportion furnished by various countries, (a) 



Year. 



1881 



18b2 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



Average 



Amount. 



Cubic feet. 

 276, 757, 300 

 309, 758, 350 

 322,811,900 

 299, 863, 750 

 308, 248, 950 

 268, 059 960 

 275,451,000 



294, 421, 600 



Price per 



100 cubic 



ieet. 



Approximate 1 percentages. 



Norway, 



Sweden. 



$2. 72 

 2 54 

 2 42 

 2.26 

 2.25 

 2.11 



36 

 30 

 36 

 37 

 37 

 38 

 38. 



llussia. 



20 

 24 

 20 



23 

 23 

 23.7 



2 38 



36.8 



22 3 



Canada. 



23 

 21 

 26 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 19 



21.5 



Germany. 



4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 3.6 



4.4 



United 



States. 



Other 

 countries. 



6 7 



8.3 



a These two tables have been compiled partly from reports given by the Timber Trade Journal, of London, England, and partly from 

 other sources. 



As to imports, the changes from year to year are also comparatively trifling, though, of course, 

 in the direction of increase, remaining also for the last ten years below $30,000,000 and ranging 

 within $10,000,000 to $14,000,000. 



In these imports about one-fifth represents materials which we do not or can not produce in 

 our country — such as certain cabinet woods, mahogany, ebony, etc., cork, and certain dye and 

 tanning materials. The other four-fifths is material which comes into competition with our own 

 products, and the bulk of this comes from Canada. Yet, balancing our imports with exports from 

 and to that country, we do not get more than about $10,000,000 worth from our neighbor, an 

 insignificant percentage of the one-billion dollar annual home product. This will appear from the 

 following tables: 



Value of imports of wood and wood manufactures from Canada to the United States. 



[United States Bureau of Statistics.] 



JTioru — 



Nova Scotia and IsTew BrunsTv ick • 

 Eree 



Dutiable , 



Quebec and Ontario : 



Free 



Dutiable , 



British Columbia 



Total. 



1892. 



$413, 536 

 742, 875 



1, 640, 804 

 9, 012, 215 



11, 809, 430 



1S93. 



$340, 680 

 888, 789 



2, 642, 094 

 9, 974, 274 



13, 845, 837 



1894. 



$334, 267 

 658, 806 



3, 415, 403 

 7,735,856 



12, 144, 332 



1895. 



$1, 972, 885 

 179, 489 



9, 240, 665 

 950, 778 

 108, 179 



12, 451, 996 



1896. 



$2, 762, 630 

 85, 056 



11, 700, 851 

 19,969 



14, 701, 694 



