51 



Table 33. — Consumption of Black Gum., year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Poxes and crates, packing 



Mine equipment, 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Baskets, fruit and vegetable,.. 

 Pulleys and conveyors 



Instruments, professional and 



scientific, 



Eollers and poles, 



Ship and boat building, 



Fixtures 



Car construction, 



Patterns and flasks, 



Total, 



381,800 

 20.000 

 14,000 



12,000 

 6,000 

 3,000 

 1,000 



500 



4,957,160 



62.33 

 32.85 

 3.67 

 .41 



100.00 



$15 36 

 24 37 

 37 57 

 22 00 

 33 71 



52 83 

 20 00 

 70 00 

 28 00 

 58 00 



24 00 



$19 34 



$47,463 

 39,678 

 6,831 

 440 

 472 



634 

 120 

 210 



28 

 35 



$95,923 



219,216 

 31,500 

 20,000 



3,089,800 

 1,409,244 

 150,300 



10,000 

 6,000 

 3,000 

 1,000 



500 



272,716 ! 4,684,444 



Cotton Gum (Nyssa aquatica). 

 Most of the cotton gum or tupelo lumber came from Virginia and the Caro- 

 linas. It grows only on the swamps and lowlands and in lumber can be dis- 

 tinguished from the black (sour) gum by its darker yellowish hue, its ten- 

 dency to split straight, besides being soft and more easily worked. Nearly 

 6,000,000 feet of this wood is demanded by eight industries. The box makers 

 use most of it. Cigar box material also claims a fairly large amount. The 

 two industries together consume 92 per cent, of the total. 



Table 34. — Consumption of Cotton Gum, year ending June, 1912. 



Industi-y. 



Quantity. 



Grovi^n in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 





3,458,722 



58.05 



$14 



13 



$48,873 



Boxes, cigar 





2,043,917 



34.31 



63 



37 



129,519 



Furniture, 





236,500 



3.97 



33 



54 



7,933 



Planing mill 



products, 



151,648 



2.54 



26 



55 



4,027 



Agricultural 





35,000 



.59 



36 



00 



1,260 



Instruments, 





20,000 



.34 



25 



00 



500 



Woodenware 



and novelties, — 



6,900 



.12 



20 



00 



138 



Toys, 





5,000 



.08 



20 



00 



100 



Total, 





5,957,687 



100.00 



$32 



29 



$192,350 



3,458,722 

 2,043,917 

 236,500 

 151,648 

 35,000 



20,000 

 6,900 

 5,000 



5,957,687 



