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THE MOBNESGr OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1902.
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PORTLAND'S jobbing trade amount
ed In 1901 to 5121.000.000. as against
$110,000,000 In 1900. a gain of 511.000.
000. This figure allows for an- Increase or
only 10 per cent during the year, and it
is very conservative. As a matter of fact
trade In few lines increased so little as
10 per cent, while in the majority of lines
the Increase as the subjoined letters from
leading firms will show, was away above
10 per cent. It cannot be said, therefore,
that Portland Is out of bounds In estimat
ing its jobbing trade at the extraordinary
figure of $121,000,000.
The year was the best in business Port
land has ever had, yet In the judgment of
business men, 1902 will beat all records.
The features of last year were the strong
financial condition of the buying classes,
the steady enlargement of the volume of
mercantile capital, the Increase In the
number of people who come to Portland
to buy, tlfe inquiry and orders from Asia
for the products of the Pacific Northwest,
and the revival of interest in the Iron
trade. Foundries and machine shops at
one time gave employment to a large
number of men In Portland, but the busi
ness dropped away down In the great
depression of the '90s. It is again on the
upgrade and many new firms are engaging
In it. While the Puget Sound towns and
Spokane keep reaching out for trade, San
Francisco and Portland continue to be the
chief commercial cities of the Northwest
field.
Portland's bank deposits, Portland's
hank clearances, the increased volume of
Portland' export trade and the regular
dealings of Portland's jobbers with the
vast trade of the interior districts, all
tend to show that Portland has made
great advancement during the past year
in the way of added prestige and standing
as a commercial and financial center of
prominence.
In the struggle for supremacy in the
field of the Pacific Northwest, Portland
during 1901 more than held her own. The
disinterested observer who has studied
the local conditions the most carefully is
more strongly entrenched in his view that
the relative Importance of Portland, com
pared with that of other leading cities ot
the Pacific Northwest, is unalterably fixed
for all time. Portland today Is the me
tropolis of the field embraced within the
limits of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Western Montana and British Columbia,
and the ramifications of Its business reach
out as far as the populous districts of
the great Middle West, and the countries
teeming with their millions of population
acrpss the Pacific Ocean.
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over 100 per cent, and conditions seem fa
vorable for continued gains.
A number of new iron working enter
prises recently launched may prove suf
ficient to seriously unbalance the stability
of healthy competition; It is probable,
"however, that the rapid growth of the
country warrants considerable encourage
ment for such enterprises, and the gen
eral situation may be said to be very fa
vorable. WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS
By W. H. Corbett, Vice-President.
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EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD RECORD.
Portland Increased Its Sales In Ter
ritory Close to Home.
Business with us has been exceptionally
good during the past year, showing an
increase of fully 20 per cent in sales
CRANE CO.
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ORDERS FROM THE ORIENT.
General Awakening In the Metal
Trades of the Metropolis.
The local aspect of the metal trades
industry was too much disturbed by
a number of exceptional conditions last
year to warrant a close comparison with
1900. The long-drawn-out machinists'
strike, both north and south of us, forced
a considerable volume of work into the
local shops, and was an appreciable factor
in the maintenance of a tatlsfactory
amount of business.
There Is, moreover, a general awaken
ing among the shopownere to the import
ance of the increased efficiency Insured
by modern tools, and an encouraging
amount of progress in the direction of
developing special lines of manufacture
suited to the local requirements.
The promised benefits to be derived
from Oriental trade are beginning to bear
fruit In the shape of orders and inquiries,
which only require proper attention to in
sure valuable returns. Collections are, in
general, satisfactory, and there is evidence
of prosperous conditions all along the
line.
Our particular business has been too re
cently rejuvenated to offer a fair basis
of comparison, but in answer to your
specific question, would say that the in-
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fully 23 per cent in the amount of goods
handled In Portland, although the in
crease In dollars and cents has only been
about 5 per cent, owing to the heavy re
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the choicest grades, which have remained
about statlonary-
The price of all spices have advanced
during the year 1S01, and are still further
advancing. Thla Is due to the fact that
the world's surplus stocks are being
largely reduced on account of the very
general enforcement of the pure food laws
In many portions of the United States.
Pure &plces .are the rule in Oregon and
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over the same timo compared with last
year. This Improvement has been created
right within our old territory, in fact
nearer to homo than ever before, as,
owing to the conditions arising, such as
the establishment of jobbing houses at
various points in the interior, which sup
ply the trade formerly covered By Port
land houses; also the poor protection of
fered by the railroad companies in fixing
freight rates in a satisfactory manner so
as to enable us to go Into all territory,
had the effect of driving us back into a
very small radius of country, and where
in the future ve must rely upon securing
the bulk of our business.
'Merchants In general appear to be In
easy circumstances; most of them are dis
counting their bills, which, as a rule, is
a good indication of prosperity.
The outlook for next year is encour
aging. If nothing unforeseen happens,
business should be fully as good as the
past two years were.
MASON, EHRJIAN & CO.
TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES.
Trade Good, but the Duty on Tea Is
n Drawback.
Portland carries the largest stock by
far of teas in the Northwest, but owing
to the duty on teas this business has
not been growing as It should. Very close
prices are made on teas by Portland
dealers, and the Importations and sales
are Increasing year by year,-and probabl
show an Increase for the year 1901 of 10
per cent. This, In view of the fact that
the sale of teas Is rather on the decline
than on the Increase In the United States,
is a very favorable showing.
Coffees were very cheap laet year, par
ticularly the low grades and medium
Qualifies. TWs has Jed jo an increase pf
tively speaking. "Were the duty to be re
moved on tea, this line would also revive,
and as It would largely increase business
between our country and the Orient, and
as the duty is unnecessary for the pur
poses of revenue, thte is a matter that
should be taken up by the public and agi
tated until the duty has been removed.
CLOSSET & SEVERS.
WILIi OUTGROW ALT. RIVALS.
Portland's Advantage Is Closeness
to the Food-Producing' Fields.
Portland is a jobbing center today for
largely the same reasons that existed
when the late C. H. Lewis selected for
this business this city, as a location that
presented greater natural advantages than
any other deep-water point in the North
west, though In. those days ships wera
smaller and there "was no Port of Port
land Commission.
Since then the commerce of Portland
has reached enormous proportions, and
Portland will surely continue to occupy
a commanding position as a Jobbing cen
ter, for It has the geographical advantages
of being the closest city of any Import
ance inland to the -great producing sec
tions, a business population of conserva
tive but pushing business men, and It Is
the terminus of great continental rail lines
that approach it on lines of gravity,
thus insuring most economical operation
with attendant low freight rates on the
products of the country. Just as sure as
Philadelphia, Liverpool, Hamburg and
New Orleans continue to grow and devel
op as business and jobbing centers, as
against rival cities, closer to tide water,
so surely will Portland maintain Its po
sition as against so-called rivals, whers
talk is cheap and paper plentiful.
ALLEN & LEWIS.
By F. A. Spencer.
SOAP TRADE PROSPEROUS.
Portland Enjoys a Large Trade Wltk
the 3Sortb-vetern States.
Judged by the volume of business, this
Industry has been prosperous during the
year just closed. Twenty-five per cent
Increase over 1300 Is no doubt a conserva
tive estimate of the output of the soap
manufacturers of the Northwest.
The number of factories is substantially
the same, only one new concern having
entered the field during the year. The
total number of soap factories in the
Northwest Is 11, three each in Portland
and Seattle, two in Tacoma, one each in
Salem, Eugene and Spokane.
About half of the increased output may
bp credited tp Increased consumption and