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PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK SHOW " 1
GREAT FACTOR IN DEVELOPING NORTHWEST!
Growing Importance Strikingly Illustrated in 1921 Exposition, When Herds and Flocks From
Far Points Try for Ribbon Honors Entries Numbered Above 3000.
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nr Mrs. W. P. Strandsor.
k NB of the most far-reaching and
I effective factori in the develop
ment and upbuilding of the great
fertile northwest country U the Pacific
International Livestock exposition,
held each November at Portland. Dur
ing the past two years, since the com
pletion of the immense pavilion which
now houses tho thousands of pure
bred animals which come from alt
over the west to compete for Pacific
lnternationtl honors and premiums,
this big annual stock ahow ha
grown phenomenally, and has at
tained a standard of excellence, uni
formlty and scope of representation
which gives It rank among the great
leading livestock events of the United
States.
The growing importance of the Pa
cific International was strikingly
demonstrated at the 1921 event, held
November 5-12, Inclusive, when herds
and flocks came from as far east as
Vermont and Massachusetts and from
as far to the south as New Mexico and
Texas to vie with the finest the Pa
cific slope and lntcr-mountaln coun
try can produce, for the Pacific In
ternational ribbons, trophies and cash
prizes. Among1 the notable entries
from far-distant points were 33 head
of blue-ribbon Ayrshire cattle, en
tered by the Alta Crest farm of Spen
cer, Mass., and 14 champion Guern
seys sent from tjie Appletree Point
farm of Burlington, Vt.
Entries for the 1J21 Pacific Inter
national Livestock exposition num
bered above 3000 beef and dairy cat
tle, draft and show horses, sheep,
goats and swine. T.is great assem
blage of blue-ribbon breeding stock
when settled in their stalls and pens,
occupied nearly eight acres of ground,
The total given does not Include many
carloads of fat stock, which were not
housed In the pavilion proper, but
were shown and judged at the nearby
stockyards. Also not included, were
some 2500 pens of fancy poultry and
pedigreed rabbits, comprising the
western winter poultry show, now a
permanent part of the Pacific Inter
national, and adding to Its varied ap
peal. Many new features were added the
past year to this great livestock
event of the west, which has been
termed the "court of last resort" for
the determining of first honors In the
westecn livestock world, and also the
"show window for livestock breeders
of the Pacific slope and intermountaln
country." '
So scheduled that It comes at the
.close of the annual season of county,
district, state and interstate fairs
and stock shows, the Pacific Interna
tional, through a process of elimina
tion, draws only the finest flower of
the herds and flocks of the great
western country. Pacific Interna
tional winners, therefore, represent
the highest attainment of western
breeders and are sent on to the in
ternational livestock show at Chi
cago and to the national dairy show
to vie with champions from other sco
tlons of the country.
The share of honors taken by Pacific-
coast entries at these pre at na
tional competitive events has begun
to attract attention from breeders
throughout the country, who now ree
ognfte the Pacific coast region, par
tioularly the northwestern etates, as
the leading Mvestock section of the
future. Indicative of this interest and
recognition by the leading breeders
of the country, was the excursion
made to Portland and the Pacific In
ternational In November by a special
party of 12 wealthy Holsteln breeder
of the eastern states, among them be
ing Frank O. Lowden, ex-governor of
Illinois, who has an extensive Hoi
stein herd on his "Slnissippi" farm
at Oregon, III., and who is the presl
dent of the Holsteln-Welslan assocla,
tion of America. The visiting breed
ers, many of whom are captains of
Industry, conducting model stock
farms as an Incidental business and
pleasure, were unanimous In express
ing astonishment at the size, scope
and Importance of the Paclflo Inter
national Livestock exposition. They
were also unanimous in freely pre
dieting that, with such an educational
institution and competitive stimulus
to develop It, the livestock industry
of the northwest wll inevitably, in
the very near future, reach a mark
that will make this section a dls
tributing center for breeding stock
second to none on the continent.
Favorable climatic conditions, plus
the great fertility of the soli and the
vast expanses of as yet undeveloped
territory, comprise an outlook for the
northwest, according to the eastern
visitors, which is unsurpasied
One of the new features of the 1921
Pacific International was the two-
acre exhibits section. To nouse tne
extensive educational exhibits and
the scores of Industrial displays ad
vertising the wares of local mer
chants and manufacturers, a new ex
hibits annex was built, this extension
as well as a number of additions to
the beef, dairy, horse and swine
barns being made possible by a 1100,
000 building extension fund appropri
ated by the Oregon legislature at Its
last session.
More than 150 merchants and
manufacturers of Portland and north
western points took booths in the
new annex, vying with each other in
the Ingenuity and artistry of their
many and varied displays. The great
stock show crowds which swarmed
through the whole ten-acre structure
throughout the week of November 1-S
found much entertainment and In
struction In a trip through the long
aisles of the industrial exhibits sec
tion, and the merchants and manufac
turing concerns exhibiting have re
ported a very substantial stimulus to
the volume of business as the result
of the effective advertising of their
products.
An outstanding feature of the ex
hibits hall, also, was the educational
Dairy Products show, the Oregon
Land Products show, and two great
government exhibits, one of these be-
ng a dairy products exhibit as
sembled at a cost of approximately
125.000 from every part of the United
States by the United States dairy di
vision. This latter display is a per
manent exhibit, constantly renewed
by dairy division experts, and was
hipped to the coast for the first time
for the 121 Pacific International
event No less Interesting an,d In
structive was the United States dairy
division's animal husbandry exhibit,
with a forceful and effective educa
tional lesson as to the part the pure
bred plays In ths profits of he pro
gressive farmer.
Some Idea of the immensity of the
Pacific International Livestock expo
sition can perhaps be gained by a
summary of the entries of breeding
stock. In the various sections. In the
dairy division some 330 cattle were
exhibited. Of these there were 300
Hols te Ins 420 Jerseys, 190 Guernseys
and 100 Ayrshlres. The beef division,
because of unfavorable conditions
and uncertainty of railroad transpor
tation preceding ths show dates, fell I?
off somewhat from Its splendid 1020
showing of 650 animals, there being
a total of 416 animals In the beef
barn, comprised of 120 Hereford. 200
Shorthorns (Including milking Short
horns), 75 Aberdeen Angus, and 15
Red Polled. There was an Immense
"hog congress," the swine numbering
nearly 800, and the sheep and goat
section comprised 7 head. There
were ISO draft horses and 175 show
horses. -
The total of cash premium awards
ran abovs $75,000 at ths 1921 stock
show, and. many thousands of dollars'
worth of trophies and cups were also
hung up. Notable among the beauti
ful trophies was a solid silver loving
cup costing $1000, donated by the
Carnation stock farm of Seattle, and
a graceful solid silver vase, costing
$250, donated by ths American Guern
sey Cattle club.
Following the close of ths 1121
stock show, a complete checking tip
showed the total of stock-show visi
tors throughout ths week of Novem
ber $-12. 1921. to have run slightly
above the 100.000 mark, a gain of
nearly 40,000 over the high mark made
the preceding year, according to O.
M. Plummer, general manager.
WOOLEN INDUSTRY IN PORTLAND TRADING I
I RADIUS DEVELOPS GREATLY IN 20 YEARS
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Change in Marketing Conditions Brings About Betterment in Business and Enterprise of Ore- 1
gon Manufacturers Results in Great Expansion Some of Largest and Best Plants in Oregon.
IN THE last 20 years the woolen
manufacturing Industry of ths trad
ing radius of Portland has grown
so that this has become one of the
most Important wool centers of the
country. It to now larger in every
particular than any other trading
center west of the Mississippi river
and perhaps greater than all others
together. In this comparison there Is
taken Into consideration capital In
vested, wool consumption, variety of
oroducts and Talus of production.
whii this development ' of ths
prosperous period of tho wool Indus
try has beea la process of growing,
out of the wool Industry In this sec
tion has grown. In fact, tho nucleus
nf the manufacturing life of this
community.
The depression here In the wool
(national textile industry center here
I Oregon Has Greater Number of Plants Than Any Western State and Portland Is Logical Point
i From Which Management Is Directed Wool onamons Are net tonn.
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fey Theroa K. Fell.
ATTJRAL conditions on ths Pacific
coast are so much more favor
able for development of textile
industries than are those In the east
that the number of such plants will
be Increased by competitive necessity
of mills to secure the most advan
tageous location.
Successful operation of woolen and
worsted mills depends to a great ex
tent upon the ability to secure and
retain trained employes. Mills may
be conducted best where there are a
number of the same class in an Imme
diate vicinity, developing efficiency
as a work of a character In which all
members of , a family may obtain
permanent employment. '
A greater number of textile plants
on the Pacific coast are in Oregon
than in any other state. Portland Is
the logical center from which man
agement Is and will be directed not
only In city plants, but those situated
near by, where local conditions are
favorable.
Hydro-electric power is becoming
increasingly less expensive, and the
cost of fuel Is much below that pre
vailing In eastern mill sections. In
bleak New Kngland mill towns com
fortable heating and ventilation of
textile plants is a costly luxury, in
dulged in only to the extent of atmos
pheric conditions essential to proper
working of wool. If a systematic
presentation of superior conditions
under which woolen mills may be
operated In the northwest was made
throughout the east, many excellent
plants could be moved to Oregon.
There are mills badly located and
insufficiently financed which could be
relocated profitably in the northwest
by local companies Joining in the
movement. This could be done by fur
nishing part capital for new organ
izations sufficient to provide site and
expense of removal of machinery, and
stock in such companies could be made 1
a profitable Investment If promotion
was honestly executed.
Some years ago the writer found an
unprofitable mill located In Rhode
Island. This plant was the nucleus
of one of the best small mills now
on the Pacific coast the Pendleton
Woolen mill. When In eastern mill
districts selling Oregon wool it fre
quently happens that good plants are
found which could be moved west
with advantage to all concerned, by
co-operation.
Two quite large, and five, two and
three such woolen mills are prosper
ously operating in Oregon at full
capacity at the present time. ' One
worsted yarn mill, comparatively re
cently organised, has been successful
from the start. These mills consume
in grease and scoured wool what Is
equivalent to over 12,000,000 pounds
of fleece wool annually.
The entire northwestern clip should
leave this territory in the form of
blankets, clothing and fabrics, instead
of going east In bags of wool laden
with grease and dirt, returning with
excess rreight both ways added, and
leaving the cost expended in trans
forming it Into merchandise in the
east.
This desirable movement of eastern
plants to Oregon can be accomplished
by co-ordination and co-operative ef
fort of those interested in seeing the
northwest, and particularly Portland,
become the textile manufacturing-cen
ter to which she is Justly entitled by
her many favorable natural advan
tages. R. A. Ward, manager of the Oregon
Wool and Mohair Orowers' Co-oper
ative association, said:
There are a number of Valid rea
sons why Portland Is destined to be
come a wool and textile manufactur
ing center, and It should be the object
of every loyal Oregonlan to assist in
bringing this about.
At the present time Portland
stands among the leading grease wool
ports of the country and, due to Its
opportunity for water shipping. Its
exports of wool have Increased greatly
during the past year. On account of
favorable freight rates and marine
facilities, wool can be shipped to Bos
ton from as far east as Mountain
Home and Rupert, Idaho, through the
Port of Portland cheaper than It can
be sent east by rail direct from those
points. In fact, wool can be shipped
from Salt Lake through Portland and
thence to Boston for 12.71. as com
pared with $2.(1 H from Salt Lake
direct to Boston by rail. This Is a
tremendous advantage for Portland
and has resulted this year in millions
of pounds of wool starting for the east
coast from this city.
During the first seven months of
1921 there was moved from PorPiand
via water to eastern points 3.870,000
pounds of grease wool, and by rail
east 3.021,000 pounds. This was a
total of 12,991,000 pounds in seven
months. It was also brought out be
fore the interstate commerce com
mission at a hearing held In Portland
In August that on July 30, 1921, there
was in storage in Portland 13,650,000
pounds of wool in bales or sacks. This
would 'account for something over
25.000,000 pounds of wool handled
through Portland as of the dates
given, which Is sufficient wool to en
title the city to recognition as a
grease wool center.
The Pacific states, including Wash
ington, Oregon and California, pro
duced last year over 36,000,000 pounds
of wool, while our own fair state of
itself produced 14,435,000 pounds.
Wool production in Oregon since 1910
as given by the United States depart
ment of agriculture, bureau of mar
kets and crop estimates, as follows:
Pounds.l Pounds.
1910 14,438,0U0il916 13,200,000
1911 15.3UO.0OOI 19 17 12.000.000
1912 18,270,00011918 13.500.000
1913 16,675,00011919 14.040.000
1914 15. 76 3.000 1920 14,040,000
business prior te 1900 was brought
about by changes In marketing con
dltlons, limited territory and strong
competition from the east. This east
em competition was In the from of
Inferior goods mads by mors up-to
date machinery which made a mora
attractive article.
About this time mors up-to-date
methods of marketing were estab
llshed hers. Better equipment was
Installed In the plants. This caused
betterment of conditions In all
branches of ths business such as the
establishment of a large wool mar
ket hers In Portland. Ths plants
became better organized.
Previous to 1900 mills of this sec
tion were In strong competition with
one another In certain lines of flan
nels, blankets, macklnaws and cloth
for ths limited demand on the Pacific
coast Ths product was good, but
the market was not broad enough to
consume the combined output of all
the plants.
When it was at last realized that
the answer lay not In local competi
tion for limited demand, but in the
enlargement of the consuming terri
tory, the expansion of the wool In
dustry became very rapid. Since the
mills have been competing directly
with eastern manufacturers and tak
Ins advantage of local conditions,
they have enjoyed a contlnuously-ln
creasing prosperous period.
The woolen mills manufacturing
products In Portland's trade territory
in the Columbia basin are:
Oregon City Manufacturing com
pany, established .1862 by L and R.
Jacobs; Thomas Kay Woolen mills,
established 1889, by Thomas Kay and
C. P. Bishop; Portland Woolen mills,
establisbed 1901, by E. L. Thompson
and W. P. Olds; Eugene Woolen mills.
reorganized and reestablished 1906,
by Emil Coppe; Pendleton Woolen
Mills, reorganized and reestablished
1909 by C. M. and Roy T. Bishop;
Washougal Woolen mills, reorgan
ized and reestablished 1916 by'C. M.
Bishop; Stayton Woolen mills, reor
ganized an& reestablished 1920 by J.
W. Creath; Oregon Worsted com
pany, reorganized and reestablished
1918 by E. B. McXaughton, H. L.
Corbett and Roy T. Bishop.
The capital invested In these mills
in Portland trade territory is fixed
conservatively at (5,000,000. They
consume 12,000,000 pounds of wool
annually. The wool manufacturing
production of the Columbia basin for
1921 has a conservative value of 37,
500,000, arrived at on the present
market. This does not Include the
manufacturing plants which make up
the fabrics into garments.
The Oregon City Manufacturing
company is the oldest mill in the
northwest now in operation. It was
established In- 1864 by I. and R. Ja
cobs. Those pioneers furnished wool
ens to the pioneers of the northwest
and weathered the depressing times
around 1900 when other mills were
compelled to reorganize.
A vast selling effort on the part of
the mills has placed Oregon City
woolen products In dealers' hands all
over ths nation. Successful competi
tion with ths sastern garment manu
facturers has. meant "putting Oregon
on tho Industrial map of ths country."
Even greater efforts will be put forth
this year.
Among ths articles manufactured
by ths Oregon City woolen mills are
virgin wool overcoats, macklnaws.
bath and lounging robes for men and
women, flannel shirts, loggers' shirts,
wool pants, Indian robes, motor robes,
blankets and bolt material for flan
nels, dress goods and coatings.
. Rapid growth of the company has
necessitated ths removal to larger
quarters of a garment finishing plant
located at Portland. Here, mackl
naws are worked up from the cloth
woven at Oregon City. All other gar
ments are manufactured complete at
the home mill at Oregon City.
The Thomas Kay Woolen mills Is
ths second oldest now In operation.
It is manufacturing a staple line of
men's and women's fabrics, blankets
and flannels and is selling' through
the Jobber.
Tho Portland Woolen mills is the
largest mill in point of production and
perhaps as complete In equipment,
and the details for ths convenience
and comfort of the help as any mill
In the United States. E. L. Thompson,
manager, has Installed a cafeteria,
rest rooms for men and women, a li
brary, a theater and first aid hospital.
All are as well equipped as can be
found In any manufacturing Institu
tion in the country.
The Eugene Woolen mills Is the
fourth mill in output and fourth in
age. In it . la manufactured the same
superior woolen fabrkes as in the
other mills of the Columbia basin.
The Pendleton mills were original
ly started In 1895 and taken over by
the Bishop family, C. P. Bishop and
his sons, C. M. and Roy T., la 1909.
This mill has a national reputation
for fine fleece wool blankets and In
dian robes, both of which are sold
generally throughout the United
States. The product Is of such an un
usual character In point of quality
and design that it sells to the exclu
sive white trade as well as to the In
dians. The Washougal Woolen mills are a
part of a chain operated by C. M.
Bishop, Including the Vancouver
Woolen mills of Vancouver, Wash.,
and ths Eureka Woolen mills, Eureka,
Cat., manufacturing a hlgkrgrade line
of men's suiting, sweater cloth, fancy
blankets for the oriental export trade
and a general line of blankets and
shlrtjnff flannels.
The Stayton Woolen mills manufac
ture a large line of blankets and wool
batts. It Is one of the re-established
and reorganized mills of this terri
tory. The. Oregon Worsted company is
the latest addition to the woolen in
dustry In the northwest and is the
only plant of Its kind on tho coast.
It differs from all tho other woolen
Industries in that In the process of
manufacturing it separates the long
wool fibers from the short ones and
combs the former parallel with each
other so that a very fine, smooth
PORTLAND
The window through which
America views the problems
of the East. The point to
which the Far East turns to
learn the pulse of America.
From it radiate the rails of
commerce and the ships of the
sea, carrying the products of
the Northwest to the markets
of the world.
The hub of the lumber-producing
section of the Pacific
Northwest. The clearing house
for the distribution of the for
est products of this vast dis
trict, in the marketing of
which, the International Lum
ber Company is a prominent
factor.
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Portland in
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Oregon
thread or yarn is thereby produced.
They manufacture a very fine line
of hand knitting yarns sold under the
name of "Maypole" and used for mak
ing sweaters. Jackets, scarfs, socks
and the like; also plain and fancy
suiting and serges for men and wom
en as well as a line of machine knit
ting yarns for bathing suits, Jorseys,
sweaters and other knit garments.
The presence of this plant com
pletes the chain of woolen and
worsted manufacturing in all its
branches so that Portland has In its
trade territory a complete woolen In
dustry from the flock-master In tho
beginning to the production of prac
tically all woolen products, with
every phase of the Intermediate
branches of financing and warehous
ing completely covered.
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U. S. License No. 25
Warehouse and Mill Office, St. Johns PORTLAND, OREGON Executive Office, Title & Trust Bldg.
The warehouse is of reinforced concrete
mill construction, equipped with sprin
kler system, securing low insurance. Gov
ernment inspection guarantees safe stor
age. The building was especially planned
to furnish upon the third floor perfect
lighting effects for grading, sorting and
sale display of wool erected under speci
fications meeting government approval.
This warehouse is operated under a system
recommended by the United States Bureau of
Markets, conditioning the larger proportion of
wool grown in western Oregon for the Oregon
Wool Growers' Co-operative association, which
is principally disposed of direct to mills by their
sales manager, Mr. Ward.
Wool as shorn from any but evenly bred
bands of sheep cannot be definitely valued in
original bags. Clips from cross-bred flocks con
tain such a variety of grades, quality and shrink-
This Trade-Mark on U. S.
Grade Certificates, and on Wool Bales
Guarantees Reliability
OPERATION
age that entire clips are frequently unsalable
at full value to manufacturers requiring only
those suitable for the fabrics they produce.
In this warehouse growers and dealers may
have their wool Correctly graded and properly
scoured to condition it for sale to mills direct.
This plant is now also scouring for manufac
turers who purchased wool in the grease. The
facilities of this plant are at the service of all
who handle wool in Portland.
The cost of scouring is not an added expense
The scouring mill, plant installed by Sar
gent Sons corporation, including their
most recently improved "maximum ca
pacity" wool-washing machines. The
dryer is the largest built. For quality of
work and capacity these have no supe
rior. They are operated under manage
ment with established reputation.
upon wool on the contrary, it reduces freight
and storage charges by eliminating weight of
grease and dirt. The value of wool is propor
tionately increased by its preparation for im
mediate use in mills; work done upon it, better
and cheaper than many are equipped to do,
after buying in the grease.
This is particularly true in the east, where
few have the abundance of soft water, the use
of which characterizes Oregon woolens and
Oregon scoured wool.
F. W. FALCONER, President