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Table 5. — Consumption of poplar pulpwood and of all pulpwoods in the United States 
for years 1899 and 1905 to 1910, inclusive. 
Year and process. 
Domestic 
poplar. 
Imported 
poplar. 
Total 
poplar. 
All pulp- 
woods. 
Ratio 
d j-mestic 
poplar 
to total 
poplar. 
Ratio 
total 
poplar 
to all 
pulp- 
woods. 
1910.1 
Cords. 
11,613 
2 703 
303, 401 
Cords. 
1,834 
Cords. 
13,447 
2 703 
346, 926 
Cords. 
1,180,598 
3 2, 257, 881 
655, 827 
Per cent. 
86.4 
100.0 
87.5 
Per cent. 
1.1 
.03 
Soda 
43,525 
53.0 
315,717 
45, 359 
361,076 
4,094,306 
87.4 
8.8 
1909.1 
17, 905 
2,930 
282,041 
3,025 
20, 930 
2,930 
304, 638 
1,246,121 
« 2, 183, 984 
571,502 
85.6 
100.0 
92.6 
1.7 
.1 
22, 597 
53.3 
~ 
302,876 
25,622 
328,498 
4,001,607 
92.2 
8.2 
1908.1 
16, 734 
3,734 
259,096 
2,168 
3,023 
17, 462 
18, 902 
6,757 
276,558 
1, 117, 428 
1, 739, 282 
490, 243 
88.0 
55.3 
93.6 
1.7 
.4 
56.4 
279, 564 
22, 653 
302, 217 
3,346,953 
92.5 
9.0 
1907.1 
16, 903 
1,536 
333, 703 
2,620 
19,523 
1,536 
350, 881 
1,361,302 
2,059,496 
541,862 
86.5 
100.0 
95.0 
1.4 
Sulphite 
.1 
Soda 
17, 178 
64.7 
352, 142 
19, 798 
371,940 
3,962,660 
94.7 
9.4 
1906.5 
10, 475 
2,129 
12,604 
1, 197, 780 
1,958,619 
504, 777 
82.8 
1.1 
.0 
Soda 
300, 445 
15, 421 
315,866 
95.1 
56.5 
310, 920 
17,550 
328, 470 
3,661,176 
94.6 
9.0 
1905.6 
8,592 
2,800 
11,392 
1, 096, 794 
1, 630, 393 
464, 936 
75.4 
1.0 
.0 
Soda 
290, 583 
20, 083 
310, 666 
93.5 
66.8 
299, 175 
22, 883 
322,058 
3, 192, 123 
92.9 
10.1 
1899.7 
Total . 
s 236, 820 
8 20, 133 
« 256, 953 
1,986,310 
92.3 
12.9 
i Bureau of the Census Circulars, Forest Products No. 1, Pulpwood Consumption (for respective years). 
2 Includes 78 cords reduced by the sulphate process. 
3 Includes 10,188 cords reduced by the sulphate process. 
4 Includes 38,000 cords reduced by the sulphate process. 
5 Forest Service Circular 120, Consumption of Pulpwood in 1906. 
e Forest Service Circular 44, Wood used for Pulp in 1905. 
7 Twelfth Census Bulletin 99, Manufactures: Paper and Pulp, Sept. 30, 1901. 
8 Used exclusively by the soda process. 
