percent of all that invested in manufacturing enterprises. 
These facilities for converting wood to finished products 
furnished employment to 11 percent of all workers 
engaged in manufacturing and accounted for 18 percent 
of all profits derived from such activities. The forest 
industries further provide 30,000 jobs (table 1) and 
furnish the major means of livelihood to at least 
100,000 people. 
TABLE 1.— Salaries and wages, employment, and average annual 
earnings per employee, by major industry group, 19477 






| Annual 
Salaries | Number | earnings 
Major industry group and | of | per 
wages |employees| employee 
Million | Thousand| Dollars 
dollars 
Mextileiproducts iy ca ttcsac eens nities 261.0 124.6 2,095 
Lumber and allied products................. 229) PATE 1,378 
Raperandualliedsproductss-tactc. shina aiven ae 15.8 5.8 2,706 
Food and kindred products.................. 5.1 7.8 1,937 
Hurnitureranasixturessy | anes ee 4.5 2.5 | 1,840 
AllWothersindustriessetpac cen eirisierniens Cate es 50.7 26.2 1931 
Alllsindustriestryractecmeiei cision daciereens 377.0 | 188.6 1,999 
FOREST INDUSTRIES 
ca es ee | 
NO, FIRMS 
PLANT & EQPT. VALUE 
EMPLOYEES 
PAYROLLS 
INCOME 
PROFITS 





30 40 ie) 
PERCENT 

FIGURE 7.— Relation of forest products industries to all mann- 
facturing, 1948. (Source: Manufacturers Record Publishing 
Co.) 
Forest products industries provide an increasing num- 
ber of jobs. According to the Census of Manufactures, 
the number of production workers in all industries 
increased by 39 percent from 1939 to 1947 (14). How- 
ever, employment in the three forest products industries, 
lumber, pulp and paper, and furniture, increased by 
63 percent (fig. 8). 
The rise of the pulp and paper industry has opened 
up many new opportunities for employment. The num- 
ber of production workers in this industry increased by 
Timber Supply Outlook in South Carolina 

PRODUCTION WORKERS 
See aes ee ee a 
INDUSTRY 
PULP & PAPER 
LUMBER PRODUCTS 
FURNITURE 
TEXTILES 

20 40 60 
PERCENT 
FIGURE 8.—Increase in number of production workers in 
selected manufacturing industries, 1939 to 1947. (Source: 
Bureau of the Census.) 
over 100 percent from 1939 to 1947; the increase in 
lumber products industries was less than 60 percent. 
Pulpwood production and pulp and paper manufacture 
provided nearly 40 percent of the forest industry employ- 
ment in 1944 (16), or almost as much as that furnished 
by the lumber industry (fig. 9). The pulp and paper 
industry not only means more jobs in South Carolina, 
but it also means better paid jobs. The annual earnings 
per employee exceed the average for all industries in 
the State by 36 percent (table 1). 
PRODUCT EMPLOYMENT 

woods 
PULPWOOD 



SAWLOGS, VENEER BOLTS 



POLES, HEWN TIES, ETC. 
PLANT 
LUMBER 




PULP & PAPER 



VENEER & PLYWOOD 




OTHER PRODUCTS 









15 
PERCENT 
20 


25 30 


FiGurE 9.— Distribution of employment in the forest products 
industries, 1944. 
Forests NEEDED TO SAFEGUARD WATER RESOURCES 
Forest values are by no means confined to timber 
products. South Carolina’s cities and major industries 
particularly require huge quantities of water. Just to 
mercerize a yard of cotton, for instance, requires about 
30 gallons of water. The pulp and paper industry needs 
50,000 to 120,000 gallons of water for every ton of 
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