PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 
37 
LUMBER VALUES. 
The compilation of average lumber values by species emphasizes 
a number of differences, such as might be expected to exist, between 
large and small mills, efficient and inefficient equipment and manage- 
ment, good and poor timber, proximity to and distance from impor- 
tant markets, and other factors winch go to make up the individual 
operation. Not all of the mills which reported their cut for 1916 
included average prices, but approximately 50 per cent of the report- 
ing operators provided information used as the basis for Table 39. 
Mills operating under every condition in every section of each State 
contributed the figures from which the average for each species was 
determined, so that the figures can not be literally applied to the 
value of the product of a particular mill. 
It is worthy of note that the average value of all species for 1916 
is $15.32 per 1,000 feet, whereas it was $14.04 in 1915. Each one of 
the softwoods listed, with the exception of cedar and sugar pine, 
shows an increase in value over that of the year before, with which 
the 1916 figure is directly comparable. The same generally higher 
range of values applies to the hardwoods, among which the recessions 
are also limited to two — yellow poplar and walnut. While certain 
variations may appear to the lumberman as contrary to the figures 
of any one operation in which he may be interested, the values given 
are unquestionably typical. 
Table 39. — Average value of lumber per thousand feet, b. m., by kinds of wood, for speci- 
fied ijears, 1899 to 1916. 
Kind of wood. 
1916 
1915 
19121 
1911 
1910 
1909 
1907 
1901 
1899 
All kinds . 
$15.32 
$14. 04 
$15.35 
$15.05 
$15. 30 
$15.38 
$16. 56 
$12. 76 
$11.13 
Softwoods: 
Yellow pine 
Douglas fir 
White pine 
Hemlock 
Spruce 
Western yellow pine. 
Cypress 
Redwood 
Cedar 
Larch (tamarack) . . . 
White fir 
Sugar pine-. 
Balsam fir 
Lodgepole pine 
Hardwoods: 
Oak 
Maple 
Red gum 
Chestnut 
Yellow poplar 
Birch 
Beech 
Basswood 
Elm 
Ash 
Cottonwood 
Tupelo 
Hickory 
Walnut 
Sycamore 
14.33 
10.78 
19.16 
15.35 
17.58 
14.52 
20.85 
13.93 
15.24 
12.49 
12.25 
16.77 
16.49 
15.13 
20.06 
18.24 
14.64 
17. 05 
21.89 
19. 59 
16.20 
21.05 
19.46 
23.85 
17.42 
13. 00 
23.84 
42.38 
14.65 
12.41 
10.59 
17.44 
13.14 
16.58 
14.32 
19.85 
13.54 
16.10 
10.78 
10.94 
17.40 
13.79 
13.57 
18.73 
15.21 
12.54 
16.17 
22.45 
16.52 
14.01 
18.89 
16.98 
22.15 
17.36 
12.25 
23.35 
48.47 
13.86 
14.36 
11.58 
19.13 
13.68 
17.02 
13.62 
20.09 
14.13 
2 14.45 
3 11.96 
9.86 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
19.63 
15. 56 
12.60 
16.62 
24.06 
17.43 
13.51 
19.26 
16.87 
20.27 
6 20.44 
13.61 
23.29 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
13.87 
11.05 
18.54 
13.59 
16.14 
13.62 
20.54 
13.99 
13.86 
11.87 
10.64 
17.52 
13.42 
12.41 
19.14 
15.49 
12.11 
16.63 
25.46 
16.61 
14.09 
19.20 
17.13 
21.21 
18.12 
12.46 
22.47 
31.70 
13.16 
13.29 
13.09 
18.93 
13.85 
16.62 
14.26 
20.51 
15.52 
15.53 
12.33 
11.52 
18.68 
14.48 
14.88 
18.76 
16.16 
12.26 
16.23 
24.71 
17.37 
14.34 
20.94 
18.67 
22.47 
17.78 
12.14 
26.55 
34.91 
14.10 
12.69 
12.44 
18.16 
13.95 
16.91 
15.39 
20.46 
14.80 
19.95 
12.68 
13.10 
18.14 
13.99 
16.25 
20.50 
15.77 
13.20 
16.12 
25.39 
16.95 
13.25 
19.50 
17.52 
24.44 
18.05 
11.87 
30.80 
42.79 
14.77 
14.02 
14.12 
19.41 
15.53 
17.26 
15.67 
22.12 
17.70 
19.14 
13.99 
15.45 
19.84 
16.16 
( 4 ) 
21.23 
16.84 
14.10 
17.04 
24.91 
17. 37 
14. 30 
20. 03 
18.45 
25.01 
18.42 
14.48 
29.50 
43.31 
14.58 
9.96 
9.51 
14. 93 
11.91 
14.03 
11.30 
17.50 
12.83 
14.35 
11.39 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
( 4 ) 
17.51 
14.94 
10.87 
13.78 
18.99 
15.44 
( 4 ) 
16.86 
14.45 
18.77 
14.92 
( 4 ) 
23.94 
45.64 
( 4 ) 
8.67 
12.69 
9.98 
11.27 
9.70 
13.32 
10.12 
10.91 
8.73 
( 4 ) 
12.30 
( 4 ). 
( 4 ) 
13.78 
11.83 
9.63 
13.37 
14.03 
12.50 
( 4 ) 
12.84 
11.4 
15. 84 
10.37 
( 4 ) 
18.78 
36.49 
11.04 
1 1912 values based on limited number of reports. 
2 Western red cedar only. 
8 Western larch only. 
« Data not obtained. 
5 Southern cottonwood only. 
