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tion for 1910 to 1919 was 395 feet, and 
for 1920 to 1929 it was 315 feet. 
Because of this decrease in the per 
capita consumption of lumber, some fear 
has been expressed that in the not too 
distant future we shall have little need 
for wood. Wood consumption statistics 
show that there is little or no basis for 
this fear. The tremendous per capita 
consumption of lumber between 1860 and 
1906 was due to a combination of several 
factors; namely, abundant forests, cheap 
lumber, a rapid increase in population, 
the settlement of rich agricultural reg- 
ions in which no other building materials 
were available, the expansion of rail- 
roads, and lastly the expansion in man- 
ufacturing industries. The decline in the 
per capita consumption of lumber in the 
United States was inevitable, and does 
not indicate that the use of wood is dis- 
appearing. Modern industry    and  the 
maintenance of American standards of 
living demand, and will continue to de- 
mand, ample supplies of wood. An an- 
alysis of lumber consumption in Euro- 
 
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early became characterized by a very 
high rate of wood consumption. In fact, 
no other people and no other civilization 
ever consumed such prodigious quantities 
of wood as did the American people. Until 
recent years, America consumed nearly 
half of the world's lumber, more than 
one-half of the world's paper, and about 
two-fifths of the world's wood in all 
forms. 
According to the most recent figures, 
the value of our forests and primary for- 
est industries is estimated at something 
over 10 billion dollars, and the gross 
value of forest products averaged close 
to two billion dollars a year prior to 1929. 
The United States cuts about one-half of 
the total annual lumber cut of the world, 
and uses nearly 95 per cent of it at home. 
In 1929, the forest and wood-working in- 
dustries employed directly one million 
three hundred thousand workers, or about 
2  per cent of the gainfully employed 
persons of the United States. In each 
of 20 states, more than 30 thousand work- 
ers were employed directly by the forest 
and wood-working industries (including 
pulp and paper). In ten of these the 
number exceeded fifty thousand, and in 
Washington and Oregon one hundred 
thirty-five thousand, or one-eighth of all 
those gainfully employed were engaged 
in these industries. 
During the past 100 years, the per 
capita  consumption  of   lumber  has 
changed greatly. Between about 1860 
and 1906, it more than doubled, reaching 
an all time high of 525 board feet in 
1906. Since 1906, the per capita consump- 
tion of lumber decreased materially. The