Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-09-04 | Page 10 | Lumber Goes to the Orient

LUMBER GOES j TO THE ORIENT Washington. Sept. 4 Recent statistics statis-tics Indicate a marked increase in exports of lumber from the United States to the Orient. More than ,t quarter of a million feet of American woods are reported as being used In Samoa, Hawaii, and the Philippine! Islands. Heretofore. It is said, raw materials : have been made up into finished articles ar-ticles in the United States, almost without exception, and exported as I such. With the discovery by Amerl-1 tun manufacturers In the Philippines that they could Import United States WOOdl and make them up with profit there, wood using factories were built Pacific coast woods. In conse quence. are In many cases taking the place of the native woods with such picturesque names as apltong. toak, narra. and yacal. Douglas fir. according to the information infor-mation collected by the forest service, is the principal wood exported from this country. It Is said to be the favorite wood among insular manufacturers manu-facturers for flooring, celling siding, cornice, shelving, finish and boat work Makers of furniture demand California redwood and sugar pine, southern quarter-sawed oak, eastern ash. sugar maple, and western while pine