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BULLETIN 1241, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 28. — United States imports from Canada 1 of pulp wood, wood palp, and 
paper. 
[Quantity in tons of 2,000 pounds, and cords of 128 cubic feet.] 
Year. 
United States paper 
Imported from Canada. 
consumption. 
Total. 
Pulp wood. 2 
Tons. 
Pulp wood 
required 
(cords) . 
Pulp wood 
required 
(cords). 
P.ct. 
con- 
sump- 
tion. 
Cords. 
P.ct. 
im- 
ports. 
1922... 
8, 003, 000 
6, 054, 000 
7,861,000 
6, 493, 000 
6, 387, 000 
6, 256, 000 
5, 496, 000 
4, 224, 000 
3, 050, 000 
2, 158, 000 
9, 148. 000 
6, 649, 000 
8, 300, 000 
6, 806, 000 
6, 366, 000 
6, 783, 000 
5, 886, 000 
4, 420, 000 
3, 259, 000 
3, 374, 000 
2, 378, 000 
3, 149, 000 
2,741,000 
2, 523, 000 
2, 063, 000 
1, 630, 000 
1, 025, 000 
763, 000 
37 
36 
38 
40 
40 
30 
28 
23 
23 
22 
1,050,000 
817,000 
1. 099, 000 
1, 032, 000 
745. 000 
774.000 
830,000 
794,000 
574, 000 
369,000 
31 
34 
35 
38 
29 
37 
51 
77 
75 
88 
1921 
1920. 
1919 
1918 
1917 
1914. . 
1909.... 
1904 
1899 
1,950,000 
420. 000 
Yea'". 
Imported from Canada. 
Wood pulp. 
Paper. 
Tons. 
Pulp wood 
required 
(cords) . 
P. et. 
im- 
ports. 
Tons. 
Pulp wood 
required 
(cords) . 
P.ct. 
im- 
ports. 
1922 
645, 416 
402, 846 
655, 144 
519,212 
571, 675 
438, 986 
316, 735 
164, 404 
1 13, 585 
31.511 
1, 120, 000 
681. 000 
1, 129, 000 
853, 000 
973, 000 
629, 000 
422, 000 
204,000 
183,000 
51, 000 
33 
29 
36 
31 
39 
31 
26 
20 
24 
12 
926, 977 
675, 136 
720, 439 
674, 963 
606, 132 
497, 276 
282, 279 
16, 941 
11,879 
88 
1,204,000 
880,000 
921,000 
856,000 
805,000 
CfiO, 000 
378,000 
27,000 
6,000 
36 
37 
29 
31 
32 
32 
23 
3 
1 
1921 
1920 
1919 
1918-. 
1917 
1914 
1909 . 
1904.... 
1899_ 
Includes Newfoundland and Labrador. 
Imported pulp wood consumed by American mills. 
Table 29. — Rate of increase of imports to meet the United States paper consumption, 
1899-1 9 J 2. 
[Wood pulp and paper converted into cords of pulp wood.] 
Pulp wood grouped by 
pulp processes. 
Total pulp-wood require- 
ments. 1 
Domestic pulp wood. 2 
Total imports. 
Cords. 
Yearly rate of 
increase. 
Cords. 
Yearly rate of 
increase. 
Cords. 
Yearly rate of 
inch 
Cords. 
P.ct. 
Cords. 
P.ct. 
Cords. 
r.ct. 
All pulp 
9, 148, 000 
313,000 
16 
4, 498, 000 
125, 000 
8 
4, 885, 060 
3,916,000 
10ft. (K)0 
192, 000 
a 
Mechanical, sulphite .. 
Soda 
7,169,000 
759, 000 
1, 220, 000 
237. 000 
23, 000 
110,000 
14 
10 
32 
3,391,000 
606, 000 
501,000 
87,000 
16,000 
49,000 
(i 
152, 000 
7.000 
67,000 
35 
28 
Sulphate 3 
44 773,000 
28 
Imports from— 
Pulp wood grouped by pulp procet 
Canada. 
All other countries. 
Cords. 
Yearly rate of 
inert 
Cords. 
Yearly rate of 
incn 
Cords. I P.ct. 
Cords. 
P.ct. 
All pulp 
3, 374, 000 
128,000 I 30 
1,511,000 64,000 
168 
Mechanical, sulphite 
2, 853, 000 
180 000 
341. (MX) 
107, 000 27 
1,063,000 , 45,000 
16. (KM) 891 
432. 000 36. (KM) 
145 
Boda 
7. (KM) 
88 
Sulphate ' 
' 
1 Pulp wood required In the manufacture of the exports of wood pulp and paper not included. 
; includes pulp wood required In t he manufacture ol t he exports of wood pule and paper. 
Increase be ed upon 1914, when the use of sulpha! 
significant , 
wood pulp in the United states fust became 
