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CLTITCTMN'OVS advantages con
tribute to make Portland the
manufacturing center of the Pa-
ciflo Northwest, and the wonderful de
velopment of the Tut area which l
tributary to her. and to her alone,
will serve forever to maintain her m
premacr the largest producer of
manufactured articles in the Pacific
today Is supporting more
factories than any other city on tha Pa
cific Coast with the exception of San
Francisco. The city to the south has
a great lead over Portland In the
Tolume of her manufactures, but In
recent years the lead gradually has
been cut down, and another decade
will nnd the two cities more evenly
matched and perhaps even vlelng mora
closely for the honor of harlns; titls
to the fame of bains; the largest manu
facturing city on the Pacific Coast.
Portland's supremacy over her neigh
bors to the north, however. Is beyond
question. Portland Is the natural ship
ping point to and from an area esti
mated at 340.000 square miles, including;
large portion of Washington, nearly
all of Oregon, a largo portion of Idaho
and Montana and in fact the entlra
Columbia River Valley, the richest re
gion In the United States, and just
stow entering upon an era of develop
ment the result of which. In tha neat
ten years, will startle the world. Mil
lions of acres of rich lands, heretofore
unproductive, are coming Into bear
ing; thousands of square miles of rich
timber lands await the coming of the
logger, and the va.t mineral wealth
of the Columbia River regions has.
comparatively speaking. not been
scratched. All this territory, and all
these resources Just now are enter
ing upon a period of development which
will serve to secure for Portland a bet
ter and closer grip upon the reputation
of being the greatest manufacturing
city In tha Pacific Northwest, for all
this territory must be served with tha
"thousand and one" articles of manu
facture which Portland can and will
produce.
All of Southern Washington, all of
Oregon, and a vast productive area in
Idaho are being grldlroned with rail
roads, and curiously enough, Portland
is the natural center for this rail
road traffic, because of the geographi
cal location, and the facility with
which goods can be shipped In and out
of the wonderful territory which la tri
butary to her.
The water grade of the Columbia
River gives to her the vast business
of that territory, which only Just now
Is being opened up to commerce, and
practically all the business of the rich
Willamette Valley must go through
Portland. Situated, as la Portland, at
the confluence of two mighty rivers,
with their connections with the freo
highways of the Pacific and the oceans
beyond, her market for manufactured
articles practically Is unlimited.
Portland's formidable position as a
manufacturing and distributing center
is being more hrmly established each
ear. The value of hor manufactured
products In 1911 will approximate S.-
00.000. an Increase of 110.000.004 over
the year of 11.
Portland eventually will be a city of
a million and a half or 5.00.000 people,
but she will not grow to these pro
portions alone. All the vast territory
tributary to her will maintain, un
doubtedly a ratio of growth equal to
hers. What this will mean to tha
manufacturer and to the gathering In
Portland and the small surrounding
towns of hundreds of large factories
can only he hinted at. Industries of
all klnris will center here, and with
the development of the rich resources
of the wonderful "Portland terrltury"
the market lor "MaUe-in-Oregon" goods
will be extended to an extent that can
not be foretold at this time.
Looking ahead, several Industries ap
pear to me to have special promise. I
look forward to marveloua growth of
the packing Industry for Portland. With
the certain growth of sclentinc cattle
talstng In the great Pacltlc Northwest
will come a stupendous Increase In tha
number and volume of output of pack
Ins plants. Already Portland baa a
considerable name as a packing center.
Home of the largest packers In tha
country have Invadrd the field with
splendldlv-equlpped plants, and. as time
goes on. these plants will be Increased
In slse and others will come In to help
make this city a second Chicago and
(SC. Louis.
Incidental to the development of the
rattle and sheep Industry necessary to
the maintenance of the big packing
plants which are centering h"re. will
come also the development of the wool
Industry, and with It the establishment
cf wool and worsted mills on a large
basis. Oregon, situated much as Is
England, whose wonderful woolen
mills are second to none in the world,
will some day be as well known for
the superiority of her wocjens and wor
steds. Oregon has the pure mountain
water necessary to the successful oper
ation of woolen mills and to the pro
duction of woolen and worsted products
of the first class, and with cllmatle
conditions peculiarly favorable to tha
development of the Industry, aha will
forre ahead as one of the principal
textile manufacturing centers of tha
world. General conditions for the de
velopment of the Industry In Oregon
art not surpassed anywhere In tha
I'nited States, and with the completion
of the Panama Canal, and the conse
quent better supply of labor from tha
Eaat and European countries will coma
tha rapid development of this industry.
Allied to our great lumber Industry."
the greatest revenue-producing- Indus
try In Portland s vsrled field of com
merce Is our furniture Industry. Port
land today Is the principal furniture
manufacturing center of the Pacific
Coast. Tha wonderful Increase In the
output of her furnttura factories and
tha vastly Improved quality of their
product warrant the title of "Portland
tha Grand Kaplds of the Pacific
"iiat," by which she la becoming
known In tha furniture trade. With
tha supply of hardwoods In tha East
ern States grsduajly disappearing, tha
great furniture manufacturers of the
East must turn to the Pacific Coast
for their supply. We have an almost
unlimited supply of msny of the hard
woods used In the manufacture of tha
cheaper and medium grades. In tha
past year or so Portlsnd has become
the hardwood Importing center of tha
Pactfio Coast, oak and other hardwoods
being brought here by the shipload
from the Orient, mostly from Northern
Japan.
With the supply of native hardwoods
being sufficient for several generations
of furniture manufacturers, and In tha
Increasing development of the bard-
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wood Industry across tha Pacific must
come the Incresse In tha number of
Portland's furniture factories.
I might write on and on telling of to say that the P0b!"e hre
t-.i.h . -t rutura aa a manufac- unlimited. PorUand la destined to be
turlng city, but It Is sufficient for ma tha big"
manufacturing center of tha
Every natural advan- ation of almost every kind of manu- I.. h.r. and the to .b;
tagai.hers. Portland haa the climat. Jacturing Pjfv"? he water Is here. Who or what can stop her?
for the successful and continuous oper- here, the railroads are here, me water
Pacific Coast.