Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . of privatelyowned timber in Washington (outside the national forests), billion feet was growing west of the Cascades and billion feet east of this range. Classified as to variety, theamount of privately owned timber in the state, in billions ofboard feet, was as follows: Douglas fir, ; white pine, ;western ])ine, ; cedar, ; hemlock, ; spruce, ; allother species, DEVELOPMENT OF LUMBERING INDUSTRY. The development of the lumber industry in this state beganas a localized business with small mill com
Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . of privatelyowned timber in Washington (outside the national forests), billion feet was growing west of the Cascades and billion feet east of this range. Classified as to variety, theamount of privately owned timber in the state, in billions ofboard feet, was as follows: Douglas fir, ; white pine, ;western ])ine, ; cedar, ; hemlock, ; spruce, ; allother species, DEVELOPMENT OF LUMBERING INDUSTRY. The development of the lumber industry in this state beganas a localized business with small mill companies owning and log-ging their own timber and supplying the demands of the com-nnuiitv or shipping the product by water. The growtli of railtransportation and the improvements in mechanical equipmentliave made possible larger milling operations, and concentrationto a certain extent. The very nature of the industry, however,sets a limit on this concentration and the small mill not onlypioneers the field but comes back after the large mill is
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