. Manpower use in the wood-products industries of Oregon and Washington, 1950-1963. Lumber trade Oregon Personnel management; Lumber trade Washington (State) Personnel management. 1950 '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 1950 '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 Figure lumber output per man-hour in sawmills and planing mills reporting to Western Wood Products Association, by subregion, 1950-62. In the Pacific Northwest, the proportion of ^sawmill production workers to all sawmill employees was 90 percent in 1958.— Thus, these output data are higher than if all employees were included. EMPLOYMENT IN THE VEN
. Manpower use in the wood-products industries of Oregon and Washington, 1950-1963. Lumber trade Oregon Personnel management; Lumber trade Washington (State) Personnel management. 1950 '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 1950 '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 Figure lumber output per man-hour in sawmills and planing mills reporting to Western Wood Products Association, by subregion, 1950-62. In the Pacific Northwest, the proportion of ^sawmill production workers to all sawmill employees was 90 percent in 1958.— Thus, these output data are higher than if all employees were included. EMPLOYMENT IN THE VENEER AND PLYWOOD INDUSTRY Plywood Employment Up 75 Percent Oregon gain greatest Veneer and plywood employment increased by 80 percent, from 18, 300 workers in 1950 to 33,000 in 1963 (fig. 2). Oregon plywood employment in- creased sharply and steadily from 7, 000 to 24, 000 but, in Washington, employ- ment dropped from 11^300 to 9,000 (fig. 9). Plywood production increased at a much greater rate — than employment, going from 2. 4 billion square feet, — Bureau of the Census. 1958 census of manufactures. 1961. — Production data in Oregon from Bureau of Census, "Current Industrial Reports, Softwood Plywood and Veneer, 1959-1962," and "Census Facts for Industry, Softwood Plywood and Veneer, 1953, 1955-58, Softwood Plywood ; For Washington, American Plywood Association figures were used because Census data include Idaho and Montana with Washington production. -19-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Richard Chandler, 1913-; Gedney, Donald R. cn; Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or. ). Portland, Or. : Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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