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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, MAT 5, 1913. in ' ' - ,ll CITY INDUSTRIES SHOW BIG GROWTH Census Report for Oregon Gives Portland 649 Fac tory Establishments. CAPITAL NEAR $38,000,000 Valuable Table Are .Made Port of FihauMive Apendli; Great Re source In Lumber, Agriculture and Shipping Cited. Portland In 1909 had 49 manufac tnrlna; establishments, capitalised at IST.9.00O. and employing 12.114 wage rirnrri and 1314 salaried employe, ac. cording to the bulletin on Manufac ture In Oregon. Ju't l-sued by the Cen u Bureau. Tie numbnr of establish ment Increased from 437 In 1904. and the total number of persons encaged tn industries. Including proprietors. In creased from 9S94 In 1904 to 14.891 In 1909 The capitalization In 1994 was $19 713.00ii. Th bulletin wil! be reprinted with out ehanse as a part of the compen dium of the census for Ore iron, and In the final reports of the Thirteenth Cen sus. It represents tables In which the statistics for the state as a whole and for a few Important Industries are claa slfled by character of ownership, size of establishments, number of wage, earners and prevailing hours of labor. Waivable Tables Appended. At the end of the bulletin are two general tabiff. tlie first Klvlng for 1')9. 104. and 199 the number of es tablishments and of persona rniaK'il In the tn-Iuetrtes. primary power, capital, salaries and wacea. rost of materials, value of products, and value added by manufacture reported for all Industries combined and tor certain Important In dustries, for the state as a whole and for the City of Tortland. It also gives for 1909 the same Items for all Indus tries combined for Salem, the only city bavins; In 1918 a population of over I".oi. but less than io.ooo. The bul letin as: Oregon, with a ro area of 96. (99 square miles, of which l3i represent water surface, ranks ninth In size anions; the 49 states and territories of continental United ttntes. Its popula tion In 1910 wa 67J.7C5. as compared wit'i lll.i: In 1900 . and 317.704 In 1X90. It ranked 35th anions; the 49 states and territories as regards pop ulation In 1910 and 3th tn 1900. The density of population of the state was seven per square mile in 1910. the cor responding figure for 1900 being 4. J. Irtlaad'a Adraataae t iled. "Portland, with a population of 107. !lt. and alern. with a population of 14.094. are the only cities In the state having more than 10.00 Inhabitant, of the entire population of the state. 4J.6 per cent reside In cities and In corporated towns having a population of ::3'o or over In 1910. as against 32.2 per cent in 1900. "The northern and western parts -f tho state are traversed by trunk line railways with terminals at Fort land, from which city the Willamette and foliimhia Rivers afford deep-water communication with the Pacific, mak ing Portland one of the leading ports of the Pacific Cuaet. The Columbia Illver. which forms about three-fourths f the northern boundary of the state, affords cheap transportation for the products" of the fertile valleys of the northeastern counties, and Is the scene of extensive salmon fishing. The large arid area of southeastern Oregon la sparsely settled, lacks manufacturing Interests of any Importance, and Is very deficient In transportation facilities. The slopes of the Cascades and sec tions of the northern counties are heavily wooded with an excellent qual ity of pine and fir. The waters of the numerous mountain, iirtuii of. the state have been utilized to some extent for the development of power and for purposes of irrigation. "Although Oregon Is Increasing In lm- STOP if your TEETH NEED' ATTENTION THIS WILL INTEREST YOU DR. B. I- WRIGHT. . Everybody desires the very best dental service at the most "reasonable price compatible with the highest grade of skill. Very cheap work is dear, even if it costs you nothing. We give you the best dental work in every line at a price only possible to secure from dentists who enjoy a large practice. ' If you give us your work you will save time, mone pain and po'ssibly escape bungling work at the hands of less experienced men. CALL AND SECURE OUR PRICES Mi AND ASSOCIATES 3422 Washington Street, Corner Seventh Phones: Main 2119, A 2119 OFFICE HOURS: 8 A.M. to 6 P.M.. Sunday, 10 to 1 SEVENTEEN YEARS' PRACTICE IN PORTLAND UK.0.L Will In 1909 the state of Oregon had 224C manufacutrlng establishments, which gave employment to an average of S4.722 persons during the year and paid out $23,949,000 In salaries and wages. Of the persons employed. 28. 760 were wage earners. These estab lishments turned out products to the value of I93.00i.000. to produce which materials costing $:.0.552.000 were util ized. The value added by manufacture waa thus $42,453,000. which figure, a explained In the introduction, best rep resents the net wealth created by man ufacturing operations during the year. Marked Kranlk Shews. "In general, this table brings out the fact that the manufacturing Industries of Oregon as a whole showed a marked growth during the decade 1899-1909. the greater development having taken place during the five-year period 1904 3 909. miring this period tho number of establishments Increased 40.2 per cent and the average number of wage earners 512 per cent, while the value of products Increased 67.5 per cent, and the value added by manufacture 70.3 per cent. It would be Improper to Infer that manufactures Increased tn volume to the full extent Indicated by these figures representing values, since the Increase shown Is certainly due. In part, to the Increase that has taken, place in the price of commodi ties. The relative Importance and growth of the leading manufacturing Industries of the state are shown la the following table: areas of the state for Its raw mate rial. Because of the comparatively simple process Involved In the Industry and the extent to which these pro cesses are carried on by machinery, the number of wage earners employed and the value added by manufacture are not commensurate with the gross value ' of products. This classification does not include custom ' flour mills and gristmills. "The slaughtering and meat packing industry includes wholesale slaughter, lng and meat-packing and the manu facture of sausage. It does not Include the retail . butcher shops, which slaughter a large number of animals. In 190 the industry gave employment to an average of S66 wage earners and turned out products val ued at $5,880,000. The value of prod ucts shows an Increase over 1904 of 102.3 per cent. "The printing and publishing industry In Oregon Includes book and Job print ing and publishing of newspapers and periodicals, bookbinding and blank book making, steel and copper plate engraving. Including plate printing and lithographing. The increase In the val ue of products from 1904 to 1909 was 81. per cent, aa compared with an In crease of 85.8 per cent from 1899 to 1904. The average number of wage earners employed increased during the decade from 840 to 1459. or 73.7 per cent. Although this Industry ranked fourth among the manufacturing In dustries of the state In value of prod- INDCSTRT. 3 5 Carners. 55 C-3 -i ? i Valua of products. C 3 Value added by Manufacture. C3 - - C 3 All Industrie! Lumber and timber products ..... Kl"ur mill and jrulmlll product .. Iauhtrln and meat packlnc rrl-itinj aiktl puMlahins Butter. chee and condensed milk t'anntnrr and preeervlng Koundrr and machine shop products ............. Hr-a.1 and other bakery products Liquors, malt Leather good - opper. tin and sheet-Iron product t'ontectlonerv Cars and general shop construction and repairs QT railroad eompaiil, Clothing, men s. Uicl'idltig shirts Furniture and refrigerators Woolen, worsted and Ilt goods and wool kata .... Brick and Ule m Shipbuilding. Including boat building Tobacco manufactures Stoves and turnaces. Including gas and oil atovaa Mattresara and spring beds Marbia and stone work Ice, manufactured leather, tanned, curried and finished All other industries steam -I :.24i 71:1 114 14 C-J4 !." 71 h2 151, m 4S IV SI 1 I tUll 1 .-..-, 3 "si Sti 11 7. 2 15 N SOS; :i.-.3 s M4 is.-.:! 4U ill! 1ST' 7ti AIM 4'.' 8:.i 3.7, 3-11 0 7, 1.2, 4 f; i.oj 2.7' 1.9 19 1 l. 7, 0.6 0 3 0.3 0.3 0.21 oX 13.8 M.l.n.Y0O4 do.-.'oo.ikxi 14 HHl.t.M .VSM.0l 5.041.M0 8.1V7."0 S.13.VOHO 2.S-9.0iH l.s.-.T.OnO' LtTJtf Oio l.Oll.U'SI 1.2I5.0WI J.163.0O 1 oi4.rMi; :.0o 477.000) a ,s.twi SM.noo 3:.o.ooii J7.lo S.i7.tai0 S44.1KM 12 1 OS. o.s, 0.4 0 4 OS 0.3 n.s, flH.174,H0 16 8 (42.4.Vt.lKH: 17."7.tMsi, 1.2J4.imi to."i."il 3.l:i.lHMt l.t2lt.OIHM 1.IU1.1.0IMI l.aa.00ii 1.40.I.OIMI 640. OOO "76.000 601.000 eM.oooJ 817.0O BlO.fMNll f.L'O.ooxl 373.O0O; S03,O0 L'll.OO"1 1.19.000 l4.0tN)! lNl.OOOl ta.txM), 6.37S.OOOI 1IHI.0 4 U 2.S 4.3, Percent of Increase. Value of VaLadded products. by M Te. 1B04I 1S1I! 1!0 1U04! 67.51 St. 7 t..-,.! 39. 1 .r.(l 3S.(l 102.3 14I 1KI mo!i i!i4 70.31 4.a,,iui:ii .. . ii: si. oj bs.s r. . 2.4i 10.21 46.01 P7.4I 7.:t 66.1 76.1 f Mi 1.8 1.6, i.b' 0 9 1.4 0.9 220. tV -8.1 93.1 56.1 4J.3I 81.3 23 3 S0.O 7 C7.3! t3. 6 2. 3 lli.7 S.V3 Su.l 3S.5164.21 Mo.21 lfi.l 1.2, 114.3 SS.8 O 6 I 60,6; .7,1 19.7,171.2 0.5"1S2..V 0 3 '141 4 .4 0.4,1 18.4 0.2 -4B.7 14.7' 87.1 S4.0 03 40.1 7I.O Kl 7 W3.ll 1 S lOli.fl; 27.4 67.1 46.7 i'79'.s iibi -23. 64 62 2 '38.0 2S2.4 -2.1.31 24.6 1ii6 8 82.6 66U 39.6 1SJ 8 83.71 133.6, " VrI's'i'i r-46.6! KB 7 I- f.- ..nt r irrrMH is ba"d oa tlgnres la Table the figures are not rnmpiblr , 1. and minus sign (-) denotes a decrease. Where the percentages are omitted. portance aa a manufacturing state, the growth of Its manufacturing Industries during the past SO years has not kept pare with that of Its population. In 1S49-50 the 52 manufacturing establish ments reported at the census of that yrar gave employment to an average of 285 wage earners, representing 2.1 per cent of the total population of the state. In 1909 an average of 28.730 wage earners, or 4.3 per cent of the total population, were employed in manufactures. During this period, how ever, the gross value of products pet capita of tne total population decreased from $18 In 1849 to $138 In 1909. al though the proportion which the man ufactures of the state represented of the total value of the products of the manufacturing Industrie. The following table glvea the most Important figures relative to all classes of manufactures combined for lo. 104 and 1899. together woth the per centage! of Increase from census to census. "It should be borne In mind. In con sidering this table, that the value of products In some of the Industries In volves a certain amount of duplica tion, due to the use of the product of one establishment In the Industry as material for another establishment.' "Although a few Industries greatly predominate In Importance, there Is, on the whole, considerable diversity In the manufacturing activities of the state. I. amber Ranks Hick. "Oregon ranked ninth In the total cut of rough lumber in 1909. The industry gave employment to an average of 15. 066 wage earners, or 52. 4 per cent of the total of the state, and the value of Its products amounted to $30,200,000. or 32.5 per cent of the total value of all manufactured products. -The flourmll! and gristmill Industry, which Is second In Importance among the Industries of the state when meas ured by value of products, is largely dependent upon the extensive grain Number or Amount. Per Cent of Inc. I Numb-r of establishments J jvr-ns er.g-d In manufactures..! Proprietors and firm members. . . Salaried emploTe ! .. ... .....n lateraca number.1 I'rlmnry hoTSepomer "HM.5 1"4 j V246' 22.01 1 72 1.'7i H.523 isro 1 1 1 :i4 -l ioo "i sja-i tQ4 1.4IH' 8.4.722 2 4V! 3.473 2v7.-,o 17.1 0t c.nllal tsH-nw S-TV lrs ..........- talari Usees Material Miscellaneous .4 . . a tin 14.4.MI I r. t1 oi" Oi. 4 4.024!'00 $C.S.-4 "O - . . ........ .A..,. fVMl " Vw.on..' 13..77XXV H.O44.0O.I 4.4r.'.ol 2 1.tso.ioi i.;.-2.o.i l'li:, 1 1.444 ooo 6 S.-2.ooo r.o :.J2 l 30.:.7.oool 20.7-9.O.W t3;.H.;-,.'o.M, ja.i25.ooo 803.ooo i40.2 87.7 44.8 PH. 3 M.2 11T..1 102.3 611. S ; -.4 ' v 7 i 73. P s. a 82.1 67.3 70.8 13. 9 84.8 28.1 .1.6 i.2 B. O . 74.. 1 67. 47.2 111.3 61.7 8T.T ucts In 1909, It ranked second when measured by number of wage earners and by value added by manufacture. Batter. Cheese and Milk, Factors. "Improvement In machinery and In methods of handling the raw materials have resulted In Increasing the aver age alse of the establishments and In the centralization of the Industry In the larger business centers. Tbe sta tistics shown for this industry for 1904 do not Include the entire product of the Industry, as It was necessary to omit two large condensed-milk estab lishments to avoid disclosing the oper ations of Individual concerns. The 95 establishments reported tinder this classification In 1909 may be grouped according to their chief products as follows: Butter factories, 65; cheese factories. 83; and condensed-milk fac tories. 7. "The development of fruit growing and truck gardening In Oregon has greatly increased the activity of the canning and preserving industry since 1904. While there has been a consider able decrease since 1904 in the tiah products, which represented about two thirds of the total value of the output of the canneries In 1909, the rapid Increase In the drying of fruits, espe cially prunes, so Increased the total value of products that the Industry as a whole showed a gain of 10.2 per cent during the live years. "The average number of persona en gaged in manufactures during 1909 was S4.722. of whom 28.750 were wage earners. . Of the remainder. 3719 were proprietor and officials and 35S were clerks. "The cut cf rough lumber Increased J-- -Jai- At Edwards' $2.50 down on $2ET worth of furniture $5100 down on $50 worth of furniture $7.50 down on $75 worth of furniture $10 down on $100 worth of furniture If these initial payments are not entirely satisfactory, come in and "MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS." Wo are determined to double the number of names on our books and nothing can stop us. We want YOUR order. Come and see us. 111 $1.25 Cash 50c a Week Great Table Bargain Solid Oak, Like Illustration Six-foot when open, 42 inches diameter when closed; claw feet, and large pedestal. This is what everybody is looking . , . i j lor a gooa lame ior s reas- ferwa Q onauie price. I mm 'u3 s i NewMarried Couples Should Start Housekeeping: With a MONARCH Cash MALLEABLE RANGE Let Us Tell You Why: It will mean shorter hours in the kitchen for your sweetheart. It will mean less work and drudgery for her every day for years to come. It will mean always satisfactory results in her cooking and it will mean much less fuel to do the same work. $1 a Week or $5 a Month Sends to Your Home .the BEST RANGE IN PORTLAND Morover, in 10, 15 or 20 years from now, the Monarch will do tho work with Just aa littl work. In Just as little time, and with Just as little fuel as it did at first. Come in and lot us show you Just how tho Monarch is different than any other ranKe Just how the. triple well construction, the Duplex Draft and the Hot Blast Firebox operate to make perfect baking" and small fuel consumption. Iet us show you tho Polished Top and show you how it needs no black ing. There are lota of other good things that we can show you, and you owe it to yourself and your fam ily to investigate. We can show you a bljr saving and how you can better afford to have a Monarch right now than you can afford to try to do with out it. Don't think that because the rang you have Is pretty good that you can let this go by. You will quickly see the difference if you come in do l. Investigate b ring Mrs. Sweetheart with you. Tou will be surprised at the many Improvements you can havo the use of, and have them at a great saving- of time, work and fuel. "Make Your Cooking a Daily Pleasure' SENT HOME AT YOUR OWN.TERMS Be Sure and See Edwards' Attractive Three-Room Outfit $187 Keepiu- young folks in special mind, we have included this three-room outfit among this week's specials. And we will make special easy credit terms . In selecting spec Lis in individual Furniture, Rugs and Carpets, we have kept m mind usefulness and economy; and you will f.nd these artTcL afways a "Little Better for a Little Less." Young couples who want to be on the safe side should deal With a big reliable firm like EXadsTthat has a reputation of 30 years of honorable merchandising behind it. Then you'll be sure of goods and credit "fit to use.'MN e mark alfprices in plain figures and sell you goods on a 30 days' free trial in your own home, thus absolutely guaranteeing you a square deal. $2.95j75' Sale of Library Tables SPECIAL 'Walnut Li brary Table, top 24x36 ins.; regular price. $12.50. Sale price, $7.25 SPECIAL Golden Oak Li brary Table, top 24x42, with drawer; regu lar price, $11; sale price only $6.90 H j GO-CARTS Medium Carts like above., with reclin ing bask and adjust- foot... $2.95 W also sell e o 1 1 a pslble carts and offer 20 sam ples for your approval. Kl A Good PlaceTbTrade BATHROOM CABINETS in oak or white enamel, with or with out mirror. Special sale Wit hout mirror., With mirror .$2 $3 1.164.457 It feet board measure, or 16S.5 per cent from 1899 to 1909; that of shin gles. 262.4SS.000. or 841.6 per cent; and that of lath. 119,733.000, or 2S6.6 per cent. Fir Is Important. "Of the total cut for 1909. 1.895.950 M feet, board measure, was softwood. Of this amount, 1.581,621 51 feet, board measure, or 83.4 per cent of the total for the state, was Douglas fir, and 169,592 M feet Western pine: among; other varieties are spruce, cedar, hem lock and larch. There were only 3045 M feet of hardwood lumber produced, of which maple, Cottonwood, ash and oak were the principal varieties. In 1909 Oregron was second amona; the states in the production of Douglas fir, reporting 32.6 per cent of the total. But two states, California and Oregon, reported sugar pine, and Oregon re ported 8.6 per cent of the total cut. During the decade the output of fresh beef in Oregon increased 2792 per cent, and that of fresh pork 444.7 per cent. Fresh veal, fresh mutton, lard and hides all show large in creases in quantity during the ten years. Salted or cured pork shows only a small Increase, while salted or cured beef decreased considerably during this period. "This Is comparatively a new indus try in Oregon. Since 1S89, when there were only 12 establishments, with a total value of products of J66.426 classi fied as butter, cheese, or condensed milk factories, the industry has grown until In 1909 there were . 95 establish ments reporting a value of products amounting to nearly 36.000.000. "The quantity of butter produced in creased 3.392,061 pounds, or 66.8 per cent, from 1904 to 1909, and 8,105.243 pounds, or 157.2 per cent, from J899 to 1904, and the quantity of cheese in creased 1.963.361 pounds, or 87 per cent, from 1904 to 1909, and 1.060,028 pounds, or 88.7 per cent, from. 1899 to 1904. Of the 4,218.963 pounds of cheese made in 1909. 4.166,038 pounds, or 98.7 per cent, was full-cream cheese. "Although the output of canned salmon decreased both In quantity and in value from 1804 to 1909, It Is still the most important prod-'ct of the can ning Industry in Oregon. In 1909 tho state produced 13 per cent of the total output of canned salmon for continen tal United States." ROADS GRANT CUT RATES Fare and One-Third Announced for Centralla Meeting Fares of one and one-third for the round trip have been granted by the lines in the Northwest for the South western Washington Development As sociation meeting at Centralla May 30, 31 and June 1. A delegation from the Portland Com mercial Club probably will attend the meeting. Since this organization was formed the trade relations between Portland and the various . districts of Southwestern Washington have de veloped to a marked degree. The chief ua of tobacco In New Zealand Is for smoklnr In pipes. Cla-ars and elkar ettes are smoked to an Important extent, but not nearly so much as tobacco in pipes- GNITION IS PERFECTED ENGIXKERS FIND MAGXETO IS USED 99.9 PER CENT. Dual System Adopted With Battery Current Distributed Through Timers and Wires. Ignition, the bugbear of the early motorists, because in the first motor cars it was more productive of trouble than almost any other part of the power system, has at last been per fected. Originally the Igniting spark was supplied by dry or storage batter ies only, and, aside from th difficul ties which grew out of the Imperfec tion of the early timing arrangements, there was frequently annoyance caused by batteries becoming exhausted at in opportune times. When the. magneto was first applied to the motor car it was by no means completely dependable, and was always reinforced by the inclusion in the sys tem of batteries. Practically all the higher-priced cars have recently used two complete sjstems, battery and magneto, with two sets of spark plugs, two timers, and two sets of wires. Last year the engineers of the Peer less Motor Car Company made a care ful study of the double Ignition system employed on' their cars and discovered. that the magneto was in use 99-9 per cent of the time, and the battery sys tem one-tenth of 1 per cent of the time almost solely for starting. In other words, the modern mag neto was found to have been perfected. Engineers have considered it impos sible to build a piece of mechanism of this sort that would be more than 99.9 per cent efficient. Under such circumstances the inclu sion of the second system of ignition was considered almost useless dupli cation a complication of which the advantages did not compensate for the extra parts and extra weight. This year on Peerless cars, the dual ignition system is employed. The bat tery is included for starting purposes, hut the current from it is distributed through the magneto timer and wires. For racing purposes, when it is nec essary to maintain for Ions periods a speed of 80 miles an houY or more, there is an advantage in having two sparks in the cylinder at the same time, but this is a contingency that never comes to the ordinary motor car user. Contractors Seek Vancouver Work. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4. (Spe cial.) If there are as many bidders as there are persons who have called to look at the plans and specifications for Improvement work to be done by the city this Summer, the City Council will do nothing but open bids at the reg ular meeting Monday night. Contracts will bo let for street improvements and sewers, to cost J45,fi54. Many bidders ara from Seattle and Portland. caimt iixl a.ailaiila.