. Railway age . .PA 5 6<*o *^0 6 25o 6 5<7o 2 /^o I e^o ;^o .9<^o S-^o .J_A. Relative Lumber Production of Nine States in 1880 and 1906. May 22, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 711 15 states which cut over one billion feet In 1900 supplied nearlythree-fourths of the total production. Another diagram shows theproportion of tlie total lumber production from nine states in 1880and In lOOfi. These nine states produced of the total in 1880and in 1!)0G. These proportions are about equal, but thechanges in the output of individual states aro very striking. Mich-igan, for insta
. Railway age . .PA 5 6<*o *^0 6 25o 6 5<7o 2 /^o I e^o ;^o .9<^o S-^o .J_A. Relative Lumber Production of Nine States in 1880 and 1906. May 22, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 711 15 states which cut over one billion feet In 1900 supplied nearlythree-fourths of the total production. Another diagram shows theproportion of tlie total lumber production from nine states in 1880and In lOOfi. These nine states produced of the total in 1880and in 1!)0G. These proportions are about equal, but thechanges in the output of individual states aro very striking. Mich-igan, for instance, cut 23 per cent, of the total in 1880 and per cent, in 190G. Louisiana cut per cent, of the total In1880 and per cent. In 1906. In 1880 Washington furnished per cent, of the lumber production of the country, but in 1906it furnished per cent. The cutting of the virgin timber in theNorth and East has been followed by greatly increased drains onthe forest resources of the South and West. The hardwood and softwood lumber production in 1906 is shownIn another f
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