Although a complete shift to pulpwood production 
at the expense of lumber production would not be 
desirable or probable, the pulp and paper industry 
FOREST 
INDUSTRY VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE 
LUMBER AND PRODUCTS 
10 
PERCENT 
Ficure 1.—Percentage of the total value added by all man- 
ufacture, by major forest industry, Florida, 1939 and 
1947. (Source: Bureau of the Census.) 
in Florida does provide a desirable stabilizing influ- 
ence in the forest industries, which neither the old 
large “‘cut-out-and-get-out” band mills nor the pres- 
ent small sawmills have been able to give. 
TaBLE 2.—Number of employees, salaries and wages, and 
average yearly earnings per employee for selected manu- 
facturing industries, Florida, 19471 
Salaries |Average yearly 
Industry Employees and earnings per 
wages employee 
Million 
Thousands| Percent | dollars Dollars 
Food and kindred products__ 19.6 25 43.0 2,197 
Lumber and products____-_~_ 15.7 20 25.8 1,642 
Tobacco manufactures _____ 8.7 11 13)-2 1,510 
Paper and allied products___ Said! 7 15.5 2,726 
Furniture and fixtures______ Drak 3 4.7 2,296 
All other industries________-_ 26.9 34 66.6 2,476 
All-industries= =o 25 = 78.7 100 168.8 2,146 
1 Data from Bureau of the Census. 
6 Forest Resource Report No. 6, U. S. Department of Agriculture 
