THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1901.
FOREIGN COMMERCE
For Year Ending November
30, Was $10,001,683.
THE IMPORTS WERE $1,476,801
Merchandise of the-Value of $2,378,-
570 .Exported to Aaln. and the
Pacific Islands, a Heavy
Xacreaae Over 1899.
5.579
172,951
2.0S5.2S0
60
1,004
117,875
Imports at Portland for the year begin
ning December 1, 1829. and ending Novem
ber 30, 1900. were $1,476,801; exports, $8,624.
882; total, $10,001,683. The principal In
crease of the year was In exports to Asia
and the Pacific Islands. These were
$2,37870, compared with $L2S6,359 for the
12 months ended November 30, 1899. The
following statement of the commerce of
the year waB prepared by Collector of
Customs L Li. Patterson:
Principal Imports, by Commodities.
Quantity. Value.
Cement, pounds 32,327,077
Chemicals
Cigars and tobacco
Clays .
Coal, tons ,
Coffee, pounds ,
Earthenware ,
Enameledware ,
Glass, window, pounds
Iron, charcoal, tons....,
Jute, bags and cloth....
Liquor, malt, gallons...
Manila, tons
Matting, square yards,
oil
Rice, pounds 5.530,223
Salt, pounds 1,429.001
Seeds ,
Silk, raw, pounds 3,850
Spirits, gallons 11,507
Sugar, pounds 763,218
Sulphur, crude, tons 2,815
Tea, pounds 633,520
Tin ;..
"Whisky, American, re
turned, gallons 8,251
Wines
"Wool cloth
"Wool on skin, pounds... 117,143
And smaller quantities of cottons, met
al, silk, wool, toys, etc, to make total Im
ports $1,476,801.
I. T. shipments, to other ports In
the United States $996,622
I. T. shipments, to ports in Canada. 133,397
Exports, by Countries.
British Africa- $ 222,437
Chinese Empire 163.567
England 220,250
Hong Kong 1470.528
Ireland 5,703,625
Japan 711,544
Philippine Islands 33,037
Asiatic Russia 299,844
were $8,204,122, chiefly to Great Britain
and its possessions. Exports of lumber
were $121423.
Imports, by Countries.
Austria-Hungary , $ 1348
Belgium ... .' 64,9a6
Brazil a..., 44
British Australasia 243
British Columbia 81,433
British East Indies 491,495
Chinese Empire 17,725
Colombia 50
Cuba .-. , J100
Denmark .i 10
England .'. 116.308
France ,.,. 3.313.
Germany .. . r..... 128,63d
Hong" Kong 126.776
Trrfanfl 729
Italy -.... .-..:..:.:....,.'. 2.26T
Japan .' 266,565
Mexico
Netherlands
Philippine Islands
Quebec, Ontario, etc.
Russia Asiatic ..
Scotland
Sweden-Norway v..
Switzerland
40
550
180,856
346
130
13,909
2,714
55
$122,443
U.S87
16,922
9,635
17,373
15,503
56,092
4.192
47.406
2.714
410.S18
9,979
204,213
8.939
15,861
111,409
4,776
8,732
23,399
10,633
21.763
67,138
96,833
9,934
8,256
4,199
5.362
12.118
Total $1,476,801
Principal Exports, by Commodities.
Quantity. Value.
Barley, bushels 740,880 $ 311.938
Cotton, pounds 898,592 63; 633
I Fire arms and explo-
, aives 4 " 4,175
I Flour, barrels 801,356 2.1SS.831
iHay, tons 147 2,062
Lard. Dounds 29.900 2.573
Liquor, malt, gallons.. 89,805 36,352
I Lumber 122,423
Machinery and tools 6,354
Meat, canned and salt 1,826
Nails, wire, pounds.... 15,900 500
Paper, printing, pounds 2,834,516 61.094
Salmon, canned, pounds 43,200 3,500
Wheat, bushels 10,189.753 6.703.353
And smaller quantities of fruits, provis
ions, etc., to make total exports $8,524,882.
Vessels Entered and Cleared, Coast
Trise. Tonnage.
No. Sail. Steam.
Entered -. 253 159.144 202.534
Cleared 151 2,413 153,82a
Total 404 161,557 356,360
Documents Outstanding.
No. Tons.
Registers 4 3,959
Enrollments 84 26,373
Licenses under 20 tons 10 10S
Total 98 30,433
N&W OVER 1, 000,000
Population of OregorvWash
ington and Idaho.
LARGE INCREASE SINCE 1850
Thirty-seven Towns in the Pacific
Northwest "With Over 2000 Peo
plePortland the Metropo
lis of a Vast Region.
Fifty, years ago. Oregon, which then
comprised all of the present States of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, jart of
I Wyoming and a large part of Montana,
had a population of 13,294. According to
the census of 1900. Oregon, Washington
and Idaho contained 1.053,411 people. Ore
gon had 413J536, an Increase of 99.769. or
31.7 per cent, since 1SS0; Washington,
518,103. a gain .of 168,913, or 48.2 per cent;
Idaho 161,772, an Increase of 77,SS7, or 9L7
per cent. .
Oregon's population in 1900 with com
paiisoii for 1S90 and 1SS0 follows:
1900. 1890. 18S0.
Baker 15,597 6,764 4,616
Benton 6.706 8,650 6,403
Clackamas ....... 19,658 15,233 9,260
Clatsop' -........-12,765 10,016 7.222
Columbia . 6.237 6.191 2,042
Coos 10,324 8.874 4,834
Crobk ...;..:.... 3,98$-- ?,244 ....
Curry ,. 1.863 1,709 L2OT
Douglas 14.565 11,864 9.5S6
Gilliam i. 3.201 3,600 ....
Grant 5,946 6,080 4,303
Harney 2.596 2,659
Jackson .... 13,698 11.455 8.ini
Josephine .1. 7,517 4,878 2,485
Klamath ......... 3,870 .2.444 .-..
Lake 2,847 2.604 2,804
Xane 19,604 15,198 9.411
Lincoln -. -. 3,515 .... ....
Linn J. 18,603 16,265 12,676
Malheur ; 4.203 2,601
Marion 27.713 22,934 14,576
Morrow 4,151 4,205
Multnomah 103,167 74,834 25,203
Polk -9,823 7.S58 -6,601
! Sherman 3,477
.Tillamook 4.471.
Umatilla 18.049
Union 16.070
Wallowa 5,533
Wasco 13.177
Washington 14.467
Wheeler 2,443
Yamhill 13.420
1.792
2.932
13.381
12.044
3.661
9.1S3
11.972
10692
970
9,607
6.650
11120
7.032
9945
Totals 411535 313.767 174.763
population with compari-
1SS0.
"Washington's
sons:
Adams ...
Asotin ,...
Chehalls"-.
Chelan ....
Clallam ..
Clark .....
Columbia
Cowlitz ..
Douglas ..
Ferry
Franklin .
Garfield .:.
Island .....
Jefferson .
King
Kitsap ....
Kittitas ..
Klickitat .
Lewis
Lincoln
Mason ....
Okanogan
Pacific ....
1900.
... 4.180
.. 3.931
... 5,603
.1
... 7,123
... 7,877
... 4.926
... 4,563.
... 486
... 3.418
... 1.870
... 6:512
...110,003
... 6,767
... 8,704
... 6,407
... 15,157
... 11.969
... 3.S10
... 4.6S9
... 519S3
1890.
2,093
L5S0
9,249
m-
2,771 633
11,709 6.490
6,709 7.103
6.917 2,062
3,161
696 '"!
3,897
1.787 1.087
,363 1,712
63.9S9 6,910
4,624 1,738
8,777
5.167 4,055
11.-499 2.600
9.312
1,467
4,358
639
1645
VHHHMMMMHHMMMMMMMM, '' M t It M M -f-
Total $8,524,882
Grain and flour are Portland's principal
exports. Shipments of these commodities
JOBBING TRADE $110,000,000.
Pprtland's Business in 1000 Shows an
Increase of 10 Per Cent.
Portland's jobbing trade last year was
$110,000,000. an Increase of $10,000,000 com
pared with 1899. In some lines the in
crease was 25 per cent, but the average
for all branches was about 10 per cent.
Both wholesalers and retailers had a pros
perous year and In the case of some re
tailers Increases of 190 per cent were re
ported. Portland's large Increase In the
face of keen competition Is gratifying.
Portland has Seattle, Tacoma and Spo
kane to contend with on the north, San
Francisco on the south, and the Middle
West and Salt Lake on the east. The
Middle West Jobbers are especially ac
tive, and they have the advantage of
discriminating rates from the railroads.
Otherwise they could not invade Pacific
Coast territory. The growth of Port
lands trade Is directly attributable to
the growth of Its tributary country.
Vessels Entered and Cleared.
Entered. Cleared.
American l
British 19 83
Danish 1
French 6
German 1 23 .
Italian 1
Japanese 1 . 1
Norwegian 4 6
Russian 1
Total 27 126
Entered.
Tonnage.
Sail.
13373
2,003
15,376
Steam.
24352
1.343
7,307
33,002
Sail.
1.727
123,443
1,650
9,970
39.3S8
1,434
1,467
179.079
Cleared.
Steam.
25,136
2,083
i343
11.353
39.945
PORTLAND'S COMteRCIAL SUPREMACY.
Mercantile Capital of the Metropolis of the Northwest Nearly Equals That of Seattle, Spokane
and Tacoma Combined.
Portland's commercial supremacy In the Northwest Is demonstrated by the vast capital of her mercantile
Interests.- She has 1362 firms worthy of a definite rating. for financial worth and general credit in the .books
of commercial agencies. This Is an Increase of 283 firms sine January, 1S99. These 1362 firms represent finan
cial strength aggregating $22,472,000. Seattle has, 831 firms, representing $9,997,000. Spokane has 647 firms, rep
Benting $7,117,750. Tacoma has 605 firms, representing $7,405,250. Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma combined have
1983 ratable firms, with $24,550,000 capital. Portland aione has -very nearly as much capital as the three princi.
pal cities of Washington put together. An important point to be remembered in comparing Portland with the
Washington towns Is that a number of Middle West, Atlantic seaboard and California houses which .have
branches In Portland, but not in Washington, are not included lb Portland's mercantile capital. Reference
books of commercial agencies refer inquiries about these firms and corporations to the home offlceB to Chica
go, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New York, Omaha, Boston and San Francisco. There are 67 of these -firms.
Of them, 16 have branches at Seattle, four at Tacoma and nine at Spokane; total, 29. The remaining 38
transact all their business, from Portland- The business of. these houses helps .swell the Jobbing
trade of Portland, as the distribution Is done from here, but the capital employed is credited elsewhere. How
ever, the fact that these firms- are located in Portland shows that they know where the commercial metropolis
of the Northwest Is, and where the bulk of the business Is done.
The following summary sbows in detail the commercial greatness of Portland. Firms are classified ac
cording to their financial strength, beginning with those worth "over $1,000,000," and grading dpwn to those
worth "less than $500." The average for each class Is the mean h&tween the maximum and the minimum
worth accorded to the class, except those designated "less than $500," which are rated at $500:
Pierce 65,513
San Juan 2.92S
Skagit 14.272
Skamania 1,633
Snohomish ....... 23.960
Spokane 57.452
Stevens 70,543
Thurston 9.927
Wahkiakum 2.819
WaUa Walla ... 13,650
Whatcom 24,11a
Whitman 25.36q
Yakima 13.463
60.940
2.072
8,747
774
8.514
87.487
4.341
9,675
2.526
12.224
18.591
19.109
4,429
3.319
943
S09
1,387
4.263
1.245
3.270
1,598
8.716
3.137
7.014
2.311
Totals ...518,10?
Idaho's population, with
' : .- r i?oo.j
Ada 11,559
Alturas
Bannock 11.703
Bear Lake ....... 7,051
Bingham 10.447
Blaine U 4.900
Boise , 4.174
Canyon 7.497
Cassia 3,951
Custer 2,049
Elmore 2.2S6
Fremont 12,821
Idaho 9.121
Kootenai 10.215
Latah 13.451
Lemhi 3,44&
Lincoln 1.784
Logan
Nez Perce3 13,748
Oneida 8,933
Owyhee 3,804
Shoshone 11,950
Washington 6.SS2
349.390 75316
comparisons:
1890. -1830.
8,363 ' "4,674
2.629 ' 1.633
PORTLAND IN 1900
More New Buildings Than ii
Any Year Since 1893.
6,057
13,575.
3343
3143
2,17
1,870
2955
4,103
9473
1,915
4469
2.847
6,819
2,021
5.3S2
3,833
IMPROVEMENTS COST $936,68"
3,235
3.214
LH21
2,031
513
'2230
3.965
6,954
1.436
409
879
In the Ten Years Ending With 1000,
1 Buildings Representing an Out
lay of 13,372,015 Have Been
Put Up in the City.
-Portland ....
Albany ......
Asniana
Astoria
Baker City .
Eugene
Grant's Pass
La Grande ..
Oregon City
Pendleton ...
Salem
The- Dalles ,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
FINANCIAL WORTH.
Over $1.000.000
$750,000 to $1,000,000.
$500,000 to $750,000...
$300,000 to $500,000...
$200,000 to $300,000 .
$125,000 to $200.000..
$ 75.000 to $125,000 .
$ 50,000 to $75,000 ..
$ 35,000 to $50,000 ..
$20,000 to $35,000...
$ 10,000 to $20.000...
$ 5,000 to $10.000...
$ 3.000 to $5,000 ...
$ 2,000 to $3,000 ...
$ 1,000 to $2,000 ...
Less than $1,000...
Less than $500 ....
Total
Totals for 1899
22
I
1,000,000
875,000
625,00
400,000
250,0)0
162,500
100,000
62,500
42,500
27,500
15,000
7.500
4.000
2,600
1,500
750
600
Portland.
5
2
1
4
8
10
.20
31
28
63'
, 77
107
112
87
127
185
603
1362
1079
'5,000,000
1,750,000
. 625,000
1,600.000
2.000000
1.625,000
2,000.000
1,937,500
L190.000
1,540.000
1,155,000
802,500
448.000
217,500
190,500
' 139.600
251,500
$22,472,000
21.233,600;
Seattle.
0
0
1
4
3
8
11
17
13
29
65
75
61
50
68
92
344
831
728.
a
626,000
1,600,000
- .-.,000
1,300.000
1100,000
1,062,500
652,500
797.500
976.000
6S3.50O
204.000
126,000
102,000
69,000
172,000
$9,997,000-7,326.250
Spokane.
1
0
1
0
2
5
H
9
16
13
39
46
49
27
66
67
305
647
501
1,000.000
"es.'ow
eoo'ooo
812,500
1,100,000
662.500
680,000
357,500
6S5.0Q0
345,000
19d,000
67,500
84,000
60,250
152,500
$7,117,750
$3,107;0C0 f
Tacoma.
2
0
0
2
1
7
6
5
12
37
63
39
39
28
39
216
605
474
2,000,000
SOO.OOO
250,000
1,137.500
900,000
875,000
212.500
830,000
655,000
397.500
156,000
97.500
57,000
29,250
108,000
$7,405,250
$3,945,000
Total 161.773 84,385 32.610
Abolished In 1SS5. . j
Washington has 20 towns of over 2000 i
population. Oregon 12 and Idaho 5. The
population of these towns follows:
Oregon.
18S0.
17.772
1.S67
842
2,803
1.258
1,117
1,263
730
2,856
2.232
Washington.
1890.
46.355
3,079
1.736
6.1S4
2.605
4.111
1.432
2.583
3,062
2,505
5.721
3.029
Seattle 3.533 42.837
Tacoma 1,093 36.001
Spokane 350 19.923
Aberdeen 1.633
Ballard 1,173
Colfax 444 1.649
Dayton 996 3,868
Everett ....
Fairhaven 4,070
Hoquiam 1,303
Mo-nr Whntenm .
"North Yakima 1.535
Olympla 1,233 4,ess
Port Angeles ....
Port Townsend.. 917 4,554
Republic
Roslyn 1.484
Snohomish 1.409 1.993
Vancouver ... .... 1.722 3.945
Walla Walla 3.58S 4,709
Idaho.
Boise
1890.
.2311
Lewlston 849
Moscow
Pocatello .-
Wallace 873v
1900.
90.426
,3,149
2.634
8.3SI
. 6,563
3,236
2.290,
2,991
3.494
4,406
4.258
8,542
80.671
37.714
36.848
3.747
4.668
2,121
2.216
7.838
4.22S
2.603
6,834
3.154
4.082
2,321
3.443
2.050
2.7S6
2,101
4.006
10.019
1900.
5957
2425
24S4
4046
2265
Portland spent more money for netf
buildings last year than in any year since1
1S93. Up to December 26, City Englneei
Chase had Issued 3S7 permits, represent
ing improvements costing $936,635, an in
crease of nearly $300,000 over 1S09. In the
10 years from January L 1891, to Decern'
ber 26, 1900, Portland Invested $13,372,915
now buildings. While building in the'
early '90s was somewhat in advance of
the needs of the city, nearly all these
buildings are now occupied, and vacant
houses, either in tho city or In the sub
urbs, are scarce. The following table
shows the building record for months for
last year, together with comparisons with
the preceding nine years:
Months. Permits.
January 31
February 34
March 44
April 47
May 23
June 42
July 41
August, 33
September 25
October 31
November 13
December 18
Total- ". 387
Years. Permits.
INDIAN RELICS AND CURIOS.
v
Seen in One of the Mont Interesting
of Portland's Establishments.
One of the places well known In Port
land and visited by all tourists is the Cu
rio store of D. M. Averlll & Co., at 331
Morrison street. Here can be seen the
largest collection of Indian relics and cft
rlos ever shown on the Pacific Coast.
Tourists are surprised at the extensive
collection and wonder how the firm Is
content to stay In Portland. The Portland
buying public, however, contributes very
largely to its business, and its fame has
grown beyond local limits. Constant In
quiries and orders come from all the prin
cipal Eastern cities for articles whlcn
cannot be obtained elsewhere, and the
firm's Increasing orders testify if their
honorable method of business.
1899
1893
1S97
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
357
151
. 224
. 193
. 345
. 271
. 622
.1,078
CUT THIS OUT.
Valu s. 1
$ 170.(00 J
69.760 1
100.870 J
1U.2&LAMI
45.525H
96.200H
158.050 H
64.290 M
41.02SH
S0.265 H
27.150 H
32.000 H
$ 936.685
Values.
$ 643,390
640.415
418.795
184.143
677.100
374.505
2,161.
3.295.
4.245,:
We have purchased, at very low figures,
the excellent stock of furniture, carpets
and stove3 formerly owned by the Stand
ard Furniture Company, and are offering
the public exceptional bargains in every
department. Mr. Schmeer will start East
In a few days to purchase an entirely new
stock from the leading manufacturers,
and when these goods arrive no house In
i Portland will be able to show greater va
' rlety or a better selected stock. These
goods will be sold at a small profit, as It
will always be the policy of this firm to
, keep furniture moving, and the prices
' will accomplish this result. We will never
i allow competitors to undersell us. The
' latest designs, low prices and fair treat
ment is the foundation on which We will
stake our reputation. Taubenhelmer &
Schmeer Carpet & Furniture Company,
, 166 and 163 First street.
Nearly $10,000,000 of fruit Is Bent from
this country to England every year, yet
we buy vast quantities of Jam and pre
serves from London manufacturers.
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