The Olympic Peninsula--An Esta6lished, Growing Industrial Section 
 
 
    The Olympic Peninsula is divided into four 
counties. They are Grays Harbor, Clallam, Jeffer- 
son and Mason. The cities of Aberdeen, Hoquiam, 
and Cosmopolis, commonly referred to as Grays 
Harbor, are located in the county, and on the shores 
of the harbor of that name. The largest city of 
Clallam County is Port Angeles; of Jefferson 
County, Port Townsend; and of Mason County, 
Shelton. 
 
 
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Grays Harbor County .... 62,600 
Clallam County ................ 22,000 
Mason County     ..........10,900 
Jefferson County ..  8,700 
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15,683 
5,452 
2,664 
2,312 
26,111 
 
 
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1,449 
1,220 
13,867 
 
 
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10,854 
2,161 
1,886 
1,126 
16,027 
 
 
TOTAL WAGES (1930)     TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTS 
    $24,752,227.00             $100,191,810.00 
  (Figures taken from U. S. Census of 1930 when employment 
       was approximately 50 per cent below normal) 
 
 
    The present population of these communities 
is dependent wholly upon the forest industriesin 
which the manufacture of pulp, paper, furniture, 
plywood, veneers, doors, lumber, shingles, boxes, 
pails, interior finish, cabinets, etc., is the principal 
business. Without these forest industries these 
communities would revert to their original state of 
wilderness, because no industrial development has 
yet been found possible except such as ties in with 
the forest crop. 
    The forest industries payroll in these commu- 
nities comprises about 90 to 95 per cent of the total 
industrial payroll. In addition to the industrial 
communities which comprise about 75 per cent of 
the total population on the Olympic Peninsula, the 
balance of the population in the rural districts is 
 
 
largely depenuent dirLCLly 
upon the forest industries, 
or indirectly through fur- 
nishingsupplies and agri- 
cultural products to them. 
  It will be noted that upon 
the Olympic Peninsula as 
elsewhere in the P a c i f i c 
Northwest, there is being 
made a comparatively rapid 
transition from I u m b e r 
manufacture to the more in- 
tensive wood-using indus- 
tries, such as paper pulp 
and rayon pulp plants, pa- 
per manufacture, veneer, 
plywood, etc. This allows 
 
 
tne more complete and proi-         The Roosevelt Elk ar4 
itable utilization of the log  ruination on the Olympli 
and also results in greater    al protection will be gi' 
use of labor for the same      because the principal el 
number of board feet of raw    boundaries of the prope 
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     On a sustained yield basis the entire peninsula 
can maintain a continuous cut of one billion board 
feet annually, suitable for all purposes. With such 
an annual cut it is possible to employ directly in 
the forest industries and in the service industries 
about 35,000 persons, capable of supporting a pop- 
ulation from 130,000 to 140,000 people. 
     It is not difficult to understand that the with- 
drawal of approximately 17 billion board feet from 
the total of 80 billion feet (over 20 per cent) con- 
tained on the peninsula, will seriously disrupt the 
integrated program of selective cutting and refor- 
estation, if it does not make it entirely ineffectual. 
     From the standpoint of future development, 
the establishment of a national park of the area 
proposed, would result in the loss of employment 
to about 7500 employees engaged directly in the 
forest-industries and the service industries, with an 
annual loss in salaries and wages of from 8 to 10 
million dollars. The reduction of available com- 
mercial timber involved would mean the loss to the 
national government in stumpage values of about 
$340, 000 annually. In addition, it would result in 
the loss of $85,000 annually for school and road 
funds to the four counties in which the Olympic 
National Forest is situated and which share 25 per 
cent of the national forest income. 
    The possibilities inherent in a two-months 
tourist season (approximate period of fair weather 
in Mt. Olympus region) cannot compensate for the 
loss of income resulting from a breakdown of the 
basic plan for the perpetuation and growth of our 
industries. 
 
OLYMPIC ELK PROPERLY SAFEGUARDED 
    The Roosevelt elk are not in danger of exter- 
mination on the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic 
elk herd is estimated as consisting of between 7,000 
and 8,000 head, of which 5,500 range in the Olympic 
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I~atonal F orest. Eacn wa- 
tershed is occupied by 
one or more bands, a n d 
several watersheds are seri- 
ously overpopulated. Over- 
grazing by elk has occurred 
on the Hoh, Queets and 
Quinault watersheds consti- 
tuting a serious food hazard 
to the game population. 
Once bushy jungles covering 
extensive areas now have a 
park-like appearance where 
this damage has occurred. 
A large portion of this bver- 
grazed area lies within the 
proposed Olympic National 
Park. Further increase in 
 
 
not in danger of exter-  the elk population in these 
Peninsula. No addition-  depleted areas is un11    ir- 
n by the Wallgren Bill able and   should  not--be 
ranges are outside the sought. 
d national park, where 
protected by state law. The remedy for these ex-