1919. Forest Products Consumed in the Manufacture of Veneers
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON FOURTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES FOREST PRODUCTS: 1919 f FOREST PRODUCTS CONSUMED IN THE MA.NVF ACTURE OF VENEERS, DYESTUFFS AND EXTRACTS AND IN TANNING AND WOOD DISTILLATION Compiled in· cooperation with the UNI'fED STATES DEPARTMENT. OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE CONTENTS Page. Page. Introduction...................................................... 3 Forest products consumed in tanning-Continued. Wood consumed in tho manufacture ofveneers.................... 3 Consumption of tanbark, wood, etc., by states................. 7 Compamtlvo consumption of wood, by states................. 3 Consumption of tanning extracts.............................. 8 Comparatlvo consumption, by kinds of wood .•........... ·· .. · ! Wood consumed in distlllatlon................................. ••• 8 Consumption and cost, by kinds or wood ................. ····· Comparative consumption of wood.............. .. • . • • . 8 Consumption of wood, by method of manufacture............. 5 Hardwood distlllation.. •• • .. • ... • . • . • . .. • . • • . • . •. 9 Forest products consumed in the manufacture or dyestuffs and Consumption or wood, by states........................... 9 extracts......................................................... 5 Products.................................................. 9 CJ011sumi1tlon otrnw forest products, by kinds ................ 5 Softwood dlstlllatlon... •• • • • . • • . • .• . • . .. .. • • .. .. • •• • 9 Constunptlon ofmw forest products, by states................. 6 Consumption or wood, by states........................... 9 Forest prodmits consumed in tanning ................ ·............. 6 Products.................................................. 10 Comparntlve consmnptlon of vegetable tanning materials .. · .. · 6 Equipment................................................... 1U 'WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1922 . FOREST PRODUCTS CONSUMED IN THE q MANUFACTURE OF VENEERS, DYESTUFFS AND EXTRACTS, AND IN TANNING AND WOOD DISTILLATION. INTRODUCTION, statement, which gives the cost at the place of con . This report p:esents sta.tistics for 1919 of the quan sumption of materials used during 1919. tity and cost of wood and other forest products con With the exception of veneers, these industries do sumed in the mn.nufocture of veneers, dyestuffs and not make a very great drain on the forest resources extracts, and in wood distillation; also of the quantity of the United States. The wood used in distilla and cost of vegetable timning materials consumed in tion in a large measure comes from slash.ings, mill the Unitecl Stntes during tlrnt year. Comparable sta waste, and timber not suitable for lumber. Vari tistics for other specified years are shown for all in ous barks are used to a great extent for tanning dustries except for the manufacture of dyestuffs and materials, and considerable quantities of forest-grown extracts. Figures showing the consumption of forest products used in the industry are imported, as are products in that industry for previous years are not also large quantities of those used for dyestuffs and available, as detailed data pertaining thereto have not extracts. been collected heretofore by this bureau. 1J.'he statistics of capital, employees, wages, and other items for these industries are shown in census WOOD ANil OTIIE!t FOREST PRODUCTS USED FOR- Cost. reports under separate classifications. 'I'he manufac ture of veneers is classed ·with the lumber and timber Veneer~ ............................................................. : $25, 104, 164 DyestulTs und oxtm('ts .............................................. I 12, 133, 79!l group, and those for wood distillation and for dye Tanning 11111 t<1rlals ••..........•••.•....•..............•...•........ , I 12, 027,687 Wooc\ dlstlllutlon ................................................... : 9, 559,046 stuffs and extracts are presented in connection with ! the chemical group, while such data for the tanning The relative importance of these industries in the industry are included with those for the leather use of crndo forest products is shown in the preceding group. WOOD CONSUMED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VENEERS. In the. t'arly history of the industry, veneers were received from 34 states and in.1911 from 33 states, all manufaetun"d from the best grades of cabinet woods of the principal timber sections in the United States nml used. for covering or veneering inferior woods, : being represented in the statistics. The data relate the species generally used being those that possessed a ! to 362 esta11lishments in 1919, 522 in 1911, and 637 in pleasing grain n.nd took a good finish. The tendency 1 1909. in the industry in more recent years, however, has , While the number of establishments shows a. de been to produce veneers from the more common crease for both of the periods covered, the quantity woods and to extend their use to cover a much wider of wood used increased 2 per cent from 1909 to 1911, · field. Veneers are known as rotary cut, sliced, or and 29.6 per cent from 1911 to 1919. The quantity sawed, according to the process by which they are of wood consumed in 1919 was greater than that for made. 'l'he process chosen is determined largely by ' any other year for wh.ich records are available. the kind o:f wood and the particular purpose for which The center of production has shifted according to the veneer is to be used. the available supply of timber, as for most other The schedule used in collecting these statistics for industries depending upon forest products. In 1909 1919 called :for the average cost of wood delivered at illinois was the leading state in the use of wood in the mill per thousand feet log scale, in addition to the the manufacture of veneers, while Arkansas led in quantity consumc~d. The average cost was generally 1911 and 1919. The principal reason for the promi reported, hut in n. few instances it has been necessary nence of Arkansa:i in th~s industry. is no doubt its to supply an average cost derived from other reports. large supply of srutable timber, .particularly red gum. Comp~rative consumption of wood, by states In 1919 th.i~ wood contribute~ 82.2 ~er cent _of the (Table 1).·--The veneer industry is widely distributed I total quantity of wood used m the mdustry m the in the United States. In 1919 i:tncl 1909 reports were state. (3) 802115 "22 4 FORE~T PUf)DUCTM. '1',un,1> .t .-QUAN'l'JTY oF \Voo1> l.'11NHUM1m IN Tim MANlH'A<'Tmrn ol!' VrrnrrnHH, HY :"TA'I'I·:H: I!ll!l, l!lll, ANl> l!lOO. (.!llAN'l'l'l'Y 01" \VOO(l 1•g11 CICNT lllS'.l'HI· llllAN'l'l'l'Y 01" Wnn11 (M ~·1rnr). BUT!llN. (M l"Im'l'), PF.ti CENT DISTRJ S'l'A1'Ji:, l\:INJJ 01" Wtll)}l, llUTION, --~------- llJlll !IHl 10011 10111 Hill 1009 llllll lllll IOOU tu HI 1911 1909 UJ1itocl States ..... _..... _... IOU. O 11Xl. 0 'l'Otl\J. ............ lllll. ll 100, 0 100. O "·""·"·'~~''··"'"''~"' Arlmnsns ...................... l:l.•l 8. H 0.0 Domost;ic: == = Wisconsin .... _............... .. ~. 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