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was cut in South Carolina to supply mills in adjoining 
States. 
With the completion of two new mills in 1937 — 
the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company mill at 
Charleston and the International Paper Company mill 
at Georgetown — pulping capacity per 24 hours jumped 
from 100 tons to over 1,000 tons. Subsequent expansion 
of these two plants more than doubled pulping capacity 
so that the total in the State in 1949 was 2,184 tons 
of pulp per 24 hours (4). In addition, out-of-State 
mills drawing part of their pulpwood from South 
Carolina now have a daily capacity of 3,170 tons. 
This growth in the pulp and paper industry in South 
Carolina and adjoining States meant a rise in pulpwood 
drain from 49,000 cords in 1936 to a current drain of 
around a million cords a year (fig. 55). The 980,000 
cords (5) of pulpwood drain in 1946 represented 20 
percent of the total drain in the State, 70 percent from 
sawlog-size trees and the remainder from pole timber. 
The pulp and paper industry represents a more stable 
element in the drain outlook in South Carolina than 
the lumber industry. Production, of course, still fluctuates 
with changing prices in paper products. With present 
mills operating at capacity it is possible to predict a 
pulpwood drain of around a million cords a year unless 
there is a significant change in the wood-procurement 
pattern of the industry. 
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arrangement which in some respects resembles the 
arrangement between concentration yards and sawmill 
operators (fig. 56). The areas from which the pulp 
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