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THE SXXVDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAT), .TTTLT 31, 1910.
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tUKNKVKIv you entertain a vis-
itor in Portland, show him the
tity-s activities.
ills can't escape the busy shopping
district nor the natural beauty of Port
land, but unless bis attention is spe
cially directed to them, he is likely to
Sriias many things that furnish the
ibis la" roll and make Portland the
-leading: manufacturing- and distribut
ing center of the Pacific Northwest.
Sympathetic critics have more than
.ncc called attention to the fart that
Orrpon does not put her best foot fore--nost
when practical men. looking for
View 'locations or investments, visit this
'tate. Your successful merchant or
'manufacturer or capitalist from the
.Kast or the Middle "West admires our
Jrreat mountains and rivers. but he
"vants to know what else we have be
sides scenery. Ordinarily he sees very
-little of the rich farming: lands and
tairgin forests as he enters the state by
i ither of tho transcontinental lines. He
twonderg whence comes the support for
r so larpe, rich and prosperous a city- as
f Portland. Seldom is he invited to make
tour, ot .Western Oregon, and rarely
does he see the grain fields of the In
land Empire. What- he does not see
with his own- eyes, fails to impress
him.
And so il is with the city itself. The
visitor is certain to learn of our roses.
but does he know, for example, how
many million feet of lumber Portland
cuts and markets in a year? He infers
that there is considerable wholesale
business, but unless his attention is
specially called to it, he has no idea
that Portland jobs more goods than
any city West of the Kocky Mountains,
except San Francisco. Not a large
proportion of visitors hear of the new
and rapiiUy growing wholesale and
warehouse district.
While no one is permitted to neg
lect the incomparably fine ride to Coun
cil Crest, does any resident feel it his
duty to mention how much furniture
we manufacture?
Coming into town early in the morn
ing and leaving after dark, the visitor
has a vague recollection of crossing a.
bridge, but how many are at all famil
iar wtUi .the vast commerce et our
harbor? If some one does not teli him.
he will not know that Portland is the
second largest wheat exporting port
of the United States.
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And what proportion of the new res
idents of Portland really are cognizant
of the many and varied industries that
make for wealth?
It is worth while for all hands, by
making a comprehensive tour of Port
land, or several excursions each in a
different direction, to keep in touch
with the wonderful progress that is
rapidly sending Portland to the fore
front and which promises to make
Portland within -0 years, the chief city
of the Pacific Coast. Portland itself
is its best immigration agent.
For the benefit of those who do not
'get around" the mills, warehouses,
factories. terminal yards. packing
houses, the various wholesale districts
on the Kast and West Sides, the Penin
sula and the water . front, a series of
tours has been prepared so that resi
dents may be able the better to ex
ploit Portland for the stranger's in-tere-st,"
This is-the first installment.
When you want to show Portland to
your friends, take them to the busy
places first- Wall street is watching
this city andTallroad magnates are
vieing with one another in their ef
fort to get a foothold here and in the
contiguous country. Eastern news
papers are printing columns about this
giant among: Western cities, and there
is a reason for all this.
Everybody living in Portland is in
terested in its development; all can
help if they wilL Most of the many
Summer visitors have friends or ac
quaintances here or letters of introduc
tion. Many have read about Portland
and when they come they - will want
to see the things that made the story
possible.
When you are expecting friends in
the near future, prepare them. Send
them good literature, accompanied by
good pictures, and leave the rest to
them and the goddess of fortune.
Meantime, prepare . yourself to inform
them concerning: Portland. Every boost
helps. When your guests come, take
an automobile, if you can afford it, and
follow., the routes here indicated. It
the auto - is beyond your means, the
Josselyn line of electric cars is at
your service from morning until night,
and covers all the . territory you may
wish to visit. '
Go to the Sovth end of the city, be
gin at the corner of Macadam street
and Pendleton-avenue and work back.
Do not hurry, because you may miss
something interesting. The first fac
tories which you will pass, are a num
ber of farge concrete buildings where
furniture is made and before you for
get it, tell your friends that Portland
ranks first in furniture manufacturing
west of the Rocky Mountains. Every
thing is made here from the plain mis
sion type, to the costly mahogany and
much of it is specially designed. Hun
dreds of skilled workmen are busy,
turning the product of the foreBt into
things which beautify the home. One
may go to any large city west of th
Rocky Mountains --and find furniture
bearing the stamp of some Portland
manufacturer.
Just beyond these factories standi
one of the land marks of pioneer days
and was formerly the territorial pris
on. It is now occupied by Smith &
Watson Iron Works.
To the west are a number of saw and
planing mills, in fact they are to be
seen on both sides of, the river for
miles. Today Portland ranks foremost
in the United States as a lumber cen
ter. Last year 2,000.000 feet were
shipped daily and about half of it
went to foreign ports. The mill is one
of the most Interesting sights which
Eastern people see. The Northern Pa
cine and Eastern & Western Lumber
Companies have built public galleries,
where visitors can watch the various
processes through which the logs go
until ineyT-reaca the kiln and planer.
Quote these fig-ares to' your friends, j
for they show that last year's foreign
shipments were S5. 952. 610 feet and
valued at 1971,913. To the Coastwise
trade there was shipped 95,579,700 feet,
valued at $1,223,532, making a total
of JSl.502,210 feet, valued at 12,195.445.
The remainder . was used locally or
shipped by rail.
Also impress upon your friends that
300,000,000.000 feet, or one-sixth of all
the standing timber In the United
States is in the state of Oregon. This
is only a small part of the wealth of
the state and of which Portland is the
main beneficiary. -
The manufacturing of . boxes and
shooks has become an important in
dustry. Shiploads go to Alaska for
salmon and to foreign lands, besides
the large quantities which are needed
for local and state use. The lumber
supply is seemingly inexhaustible and
water transpor.ation cheap. These are
responsible for the growth in this line.
The making of sash, doors and win
dows has not been able to meet the
demands and many carloads are sent
here and reshipped to other points.
Continuing you reach the seed mar
ket. Since farming has been recog
nized as a science and a place where
brain counts for . more than brawn,
the selection of good seed has become
an important factor. No right-minded
person wishes to. have months of toil
and expense brought to naught be
cause an inferior seed was sold to him.
Consequently a demand has been made
for the best and Portland seed dealers
have been able to meet it. They have
made a specialty of seed which is par
ticularly adapted to this climate. Last
year thousands of tons -were handled
through Portland and this year Is even
greater.
t This brings to notice the fact that
Portland is the second larsrest wheat
shipping center in the United States. In
1908 there was shipped by water from
this port 16.481,148 bushels of wheat,
valued at 4. 761,683. There was also
shipped 93S.252 barrels of flour, valued
at 4, 232. 196. Tne Portland Flour Mill
Company, is first in size on the Coast,
with- Albers Bros. Milling Company seo
ond, and both are Portland firms.
Adjoining Albers Bros, is the wool
market of the Coast and a fortune is
stored in the warehouse -of the Oregon
Hide & Wool Company. Last year 20,
000,000 pounds of wool was shipped in
the state and this was valued at $4.
000,000. The greater portion of this
finds its way to Portland -and is then
shipped to the various woolen centers
in the Eastern States.
At the corner of Front and Morrison
is where the produce district begins,
and this is a story worth remembering.
It is the busiest place in the city.. Lairy
products are an important item and
owing to the limited supply, the prices
have remained at a profitable figure.
Last year the state raised J17.000.000
worth of dairy products. This shows
an increase from $12,000,000 in five
years. These products are divided as
follows: Creamery and dairy butter,
condensed milk, ice cream, besides milk,
and cream for family use. The commission-houses
of the city handled over
J6.000.000 worth.
Apples, the pride of Oregon, arc also
a large factor. The fruit grown in the
state is shipped all over the world, go
ing as far as England, Japan, Aus
tralia, China and Russia.
From this point, the Pacific Coast, is
supplied, with the pdssible exception of
a portion of California. If one will go
to Tacoma or Seattle, he will find 10
crates and boxes bearing the stencil of
some Portland house to one of any otfa-
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