PULPWOOD CONSUMPTION AND WOOD-PULP PRODUCTION. 
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Table 4. — Pulpwood consumvtion: Quantity of wood consumed, by kinds and processes 
of manufacture , 1917. 
Total 
Spruce: 
Domestic 
Imported 
Hemlock 
Poplar: 
Domestic 
Imported 
Balsam fir 
Yellow pine 
Jack pine 
Tamarack 
Yellow poplar 
Whitofir 
Cottonwood (poplar) 
Gum 
Douglas fir 
Basswood 
White pine 
Sycamore 
Cedar 
Beech, birch, chestnut, and maple 
Slabs and other mill waste 
Aggregate 
quantity. 
Cords. 
5.480,075 
2,385,966 
681,4.50 
775,003 
313,955 
92,298 
382,036 
142,094 
75,382 
58,732 
41,155 
33, 181 
32,993 
32,513 
7,421 
3,807 
3,562 
1,212 
16 
183,317 
233,982 
Reduced by- 
Mechanical 
process. 
Cords. 
1,553,633 
,076,027 
264,570 
55,628 
21,009 
508 
98,225 
11,477 
6,001 
12,393 
2,646 
131 
212 
Sulphite 
process. 
Cords. 
2,892,322 
1,290,817 
415,870 
689,703 
1,748 
3,522 
262,478 
6,724 
Soda 
process. 
Sulphnte 
process. 
Cords. 
843,048 
4,784 
30,535 
68 
16 
'i87"067' 
4,890 
1,010 
11,069 
291,198 
88,268 
921 
50,816 
64,698 
41,155 
32,804 
32,513 
7,421 
3,807 
753 
1,212 
183,317 
27,193 
Cords. 
191,072 
14,232 
18,602 
20,409 
74,077 
4,683 
41,555 
2,597 
14,916 
Table 5. — Pulpwood consumption: Number of mills, quantity and cojt of wood con- 
sumed, with average cost per cord and quantity of wood pulp produced by States, 1909, 
1916, and 1917. 
Wood consumed. 
Year. 
Estab- 
lish- 
ment 
(num- 
ber). 
Quantity 
(cords). 
Average 
cost per 
cord (f . o. 
b. mill). 
Total cost. 
Wood pulp 
produced 
(tons). 
1917 
1916 
1909 
241 
230 
253 
5,480,075 
5,228,558 
4,001,607 
$11.10 
8.76 
8.62 
$60,815,057 
i 45, 785, 682 
34,477,540 
3,509,939 
3,435,001 
2, 491, 406 
1917 
1916 
1909 
33 
32 
37 
1,309,239 
1,198,753 
903,962 
11.31 
9.09 
9.15 
14,813,387 
10,891,247 
8,267,958 
898,798 
852,276 
603,852 
1917 
1916 
1909 
79 
95 
90 
1,056,556 
1,094,513 
921, 882 
14.45 
11.05 
10.45 
15, 270, 142 
12, 098, 608 
9,630,575 
798, 616 
787, 397 
686,323 
1917 
1916 
1909 
38 
38 
37 
805,490 
743,595 
576,019 
8.79 
7.70 
7.46 
7,083,173 
5, 729, 044 
4,294,229 
456,129 
451,651 
324, 509 
1917 
1916 
1909 
11 
11 
11 
416,553 
471,041 
349,997 
13.78 
9.81 
9.36 
5, 738, 883 
4,623,146 
3, 276, 620 
257,645 
341, 365 
212, 599 
1917 
1916 
1909 
14 
13 
15 
415,776 
423, 843 
295, 038 
11.23 
8.74 
7.25 
4, 669, 165 
3,706,081 
2, 139, 087 
215, 060 
216,964 
135,525 
1917 
1916 
1909 
6 
5 
7 
205,026 
205, 433 
47,373 
11.31 
7.34 
7.02 
2, 319, 833 
1,507,233 
332, 548 
140,353 
138, 799 
37,295 
1917 
1916 
1909 
11 
10 
8 
187, 117 
186,993 
132, 846 
9-30 
7.50 
6.29 
1,740,580 
1, 402, 245 
835, 861 
96,623 
99,601 
64,369 
1 Not including cost of ' 
Virginia. 
Slabs and other mill waste" in Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and 
