. Europe and other continents . ne; and wood pulp for the manu- 491 REVIEW OF NORTH AMERICA facture of paper. How is maple sugar obtained ? Recallsome of the facts about lumbering in different sections. Most of the cities of Maine are engaged in handlinglumber. Bangor is the most important port for its ship-ment; Portland haslumber mills, etc.; andBath is noted for itsshipbuilding. There isalso manufacturing ofdoors, blinds, and otherarticles of wood in manyNew England cities, asBurlington, Vt. Papermills are found alongthe rivers of Maine,New York, Pennsyl-vania, Wisconsin, Min-nesota, and ot
. Europe and other continents . ne; and wood pulp for the manu- 491 REVIEW OF NORTH AMERICA facture of paper. How is maple sugar obtained ? Recallsome of the facts about lumbering in different sections. Most of the cities of Maine are engaged in handlinglumber. Bangor is the most important port for its ship-ment; Portland haslumber mills, etc.; andBath is noted for itsshipbuilding. There isalso manufacturing ofdoors, blinds, and otherarticles of wood in manyNew England cities, asBurlington, Vt. Papermills are found alongthe rivers of Maine,New York, Pennsyl-vania, Wisconsin, Min-nesota, and other , Mass., is acentre for making paperfrom rags. , In the South, Georgiapine is shipped fromCharleston, Savan-nah, Jacksonville,Mobile, and smallerports. Memphis is a centre for hard wood ; and themanufacture of doors, blinds, furniture, etc., is exten-sively carried on in Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile,Chattanooga, Nashville, Little Rock, and manysmaller places. The lumber business is also important in many of the. Fig. where ocean fish are found. THE UNITED STATES 495 Central States. The water power at Minneapolis haslong been used for sawmills; and the excellent position ofDuluth and Superior for shipping lumber by lake, hasgiven rise to an important lumber industry at these pointsalso. Many cities within easy reach of the northern for-ests are engaged in the manufacture of furniture and otherarticles of wood. This is true, for example, of Chicago,of Lacrosse and Oshkosh, Wis., and of Saginaw, BayCity, and Grand Rapids, Mich. Iowa Illinois Missouri. Texas $â¢58,649, $49989,951,,810 $41,777501151,731,486 $35,^14,478105,336,700 $34,926,02 7158,754,666 Fig. 370. Corn production, in dollars and in bushels, in the five leading corn-produciug states. Tacoma and Seattle owe much of their importanceto their great sawmills and planing mills ; and Portland,Oregon, also has extensive lumber industries. Locate thesevarious places on the ma
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