Wood-Use SurveY 1928

Published

Under the specific authority of ^section 9 of the McS*"."i.y-fr'i.N"i'y F.tt"tf Research Act' the Forest Service ii'tn. t"ited Siates Department o^f Agriculture has 'com;i.;;;, i"-..op"tuuon-wiin the U' S' Dlpartment.of Com;;;;;. stt."i of the bltttttt, its investigation of Pttt:lt arrd oto.p.ative forest requirements, cohstitutlng'.one pnase ;i';#;;,il"r-*ia. For'est Survev, recentlv initiated'

The set of statistics, in booklet form on lumber used in -;""f;; 1i tgil,'consists of three tables' showing il;;;;t.t ,rr"a uy;";;;t of mattufacture' bv kinds of wood, and bY states.

There is also a condensed summary sheet' Tlle. g^r11{ t"Gi'.il"Lt..-"t.a i" manufacture is-put at 18'698'440'000 ?;.;.i-tii tgzs. irtit- tig"t includ-es' howe-v91'- !{F'; $i,d;d f;;i ;;;i".ing mirT products and 3'317'3a6'00p of sash, doors, blinds ""i gt"ttif m.ill work' Crediting these two items to building ?onstruction'.the actual industrial "l;iir"ti"" of lumber -is approximately 10'000'000'000 feet' ii ;iii ;; seen thaf -s"Lsili,tialty half, or a little more, of the annual lumber p-toaottio"'of the United States is i"t,t,.i'i"rti;;i;J b.f;; it gets into the hands of the ultimate,consumer.

In a letter of transmittal R' E' Marsh, in charge..of. the Ofi;" .f F"rest Economics, Forest. Service' says: "These statistics constitute ffi'"tit-Jtp in the inveitigation of ;h;';;ii;";t ,teed, for w"ood and fbr forests which' in turn' bears directly upon ih" l""a-"tt angle of our forest pr-oblems. They must be-supplemented-by additional studies "i'""ti"*-i.irrat' fl is rroi to be inferred from this state;.;;'ih;; ltt" ".tio";t iequirements for forests are to be J.i"t*i""a wholly, or even mostly' by what might--be ;""t;; ;;;modity t"quitttnt"ts, since the more intangible

;"t.rrh"d-p=t"Poses, and for recreational'--inspir.l-i"Li-""a. in geneial, social uses are very great.''

Copies of these summary tables *"i !,: obtained from the N. L: M. A. upon request of its members'

Russia Now ExPorting Doors to En$land

Russia is now exporting doors-of " g99d q-uality to EngdA;;t"; report'from J"*tt Some.rville' Jr'' trade com- ttOnly the Piston moves"

Lon^don, to the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.

"We are reliably informed that doors of ^a g.ood^quality are now coming on the market from the Soviet Russta'" *tit.r IvIr. SomErville' "These doors are made in a factory near Petrograd from Archangel pi.nt'" '^-i" lfr. op-i"io" of one age'ifoiAmerican doors who has e*a-irr.d ^Russian doors] they compare favorably with ".*. "i the Scandinavian pine doors owing,. it is -said, to itr"ii et..t.r freedom from knots and other imperfections' Wt if.-tt. sales of these Russian doors have so far not been .rr.i.,n t.r*.. it is believed in British circles that their sale r,r'ili be iutn"a since it is rumored that the selling agents have ma-'de it known that they are prepared to reduce their prices substantially. It is not thought that any development '*ni.ft may take place in sales of these Soviet doo-rs qilt -cu! into the American door trade. Scandinavian trade will feel the competition of Russian doors most on account of the similarity of material employed by Scandinavia and Russia' The opinion of the London-trade is that it is the intention of the Soviets to manufacture these doors on a mass production basis-the factory in Petrograd having been equipped with the latest American machinery.

Yz to 2-inch Drilling CaPacitY.

Verghts 1o to 20lbs.

Priced at t100 and up.

Eleccrlc ltrllltr All 8-lzcr

Portablc Gr{nder and Bench TY?cr

Goncrete Surfaccm

Strand Fledble thaltr and EqulDmcnt

Electrlc lland 9awr