RED ALDER OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 19 
Table 8.-— Woods used by furniture industry of Oregon and Washington, 1923 
Quantity used 
Price i 
Source of supply 
Kinds of wood 
Washing- 
ton 
Oregon 
Total ' 
Oregon 
and Wash- 
ington 
Other 
States 
Red alder 
Bd.ft. 
4, 010, 000 
3, 686, 000 
763, 000 
495, 000 
519, 000 
270, 000 
208, 000 
Bd. ft. 
5, 643, 000 
2, 646, 000 
816, 000 
107, 000 
Bd.ft. 
9, 653, 000 
6, 332, 000 
1, 579, 000 
602, 000 
519, 000 
407, 000 
278, 000 
•240, 000 
173, 000 
160, 000 
106, 500 
105, 000 
54, 600 
40, 000 
30. 000 
20, 000 
15, 000 
7,000 
Per 
cent 
48 
31 
8 
3 
3 
2 
1 
1 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
$33. 08 
15.91 
35.17 
44.40 
38.07 
36.85 
96.26 
36.11 
26.30 
69.47 
176. 41 
106. 47 
162. 81 
19.00 
120. 00 
30.00 
110. 00 
331. 43 
Bd. ft. 
9, 653, 000 
6, 352, 000 
1, 579, 000 
602, 000 
519, 000 
407, 000 
Bd. ft. 
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) 
"Western yellow pine (Pinus 
137, 000 
70. 000 
160, 000 
278, 000 
80 000 
240, 000 
173, 000 
160, 000 
"Western red cedar (Thuja 
173, 000 
160, 000 
58, 500 
105, 000 
41, 600 
Tanguile (Shorea polysperma) , 
red lauaan (S. negrosensis) , 
and almon (S. eximia) 3 
48, 000 
106, 500 
105, 000 
Black walnut (Juglans nigra) __ 
13, 000 
40, 000 
54, 600 
40,000 
Japanese oak (Quercus daimio)- 
30. 000 
20, 000 
15, 000 
1,000 
30, 000 
20, 000 
Red cedar (Juniperus virgini- 
15, 000 
Mahogany (Swietenia sps.) 
6,000 
7,000 
31.30 
Total 
10, 635, 100 
9, 686, 000 
20, 321, 100 
100 
19, 725, 000 
596, 100 
i Average price per thousand board feet, f. o. b. factory. 
2 Less than l per cent. 
s "Philippine mahogany" is a trade name applied to these three woods. The name mahogany should, 
in the opinion of the Forest Service, be confined to the genus Swietenia. 
FURNITURE 
Each year the furniture industry of the Pacific Northwest is 
becoming increasingly important not only in the quantity of material 
used but also in the value of the products manufactured. In 1923 the 
total quantity of hard and soft wood consumed by the industry in 
Oregon and Washington amounted in round numbers to 20,322,000 
board feet, with a total value delivered at the plants of $636,000. It 
is estimated that the furniture industry of these two States, not 
including factories engaged in chair manufacture exclusively, in that 
year produced articles valued at $9,500,000, gave employment to 2,500 
persons, and had an investment of $6,450,000 in land, buildings, and 
equipment. 
The relative importance to the furniture industry of the 9,653,000 
board feet of alder consumed in 1923 is shown by Table 8. The 
combined consumption of other local hardwoods — big-leaf maple. 
Oregon ash, western birch, and black cottonwood — amounted to 
2.019,000 board feet; that of imported hardwoods to only 581,100 
board feet. 
Of the total quantity of red alder consumed by the furniture 
industry proper here classified, not over 5 per cent is used in the 
manufacture of chairs. Furniture includes some overstuffed chairs, 
but mostly as part of furniture sets. The production of chairs is a 
more specialized industry, and for this reason chairs are dealt with 
under a separate heading, 
