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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1914)
TTTE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND. AUGUST 2, 1914. . - 1 1 FAMOUS WATER GRADE WAY MAKES PORTLAND GREAT COAST MARKET Larger Amount of Wheat Will Be Shipped Into and W of Columbia River Metropolis Than in Any Previous Year Figures Into Millions Flour Business of City Expands Exports Are Large. I j 2 m b mmssassL m m i ii wwmtm. j ' THE water grade route from the Interior has made Portland the largest wheat market on the Pa cific Coast. In the past season this city received as much wheat from the Inland Empire as all other North Pa cific ports combined, and that the same will be true this season is indicated by the large tonnage chartered by Portland exporters for shipment of wheat abroad. What is more, a larger amount of grain will be marketed here this sea son than In any previous year, as the Northwestern states will have a record-breaking crop. Last year Oregon. Washing and Idaho produced about 56,000,000 bush els of wheat, and 20.526.000 bushels of the crop were hauled to Portland. Tacoma received 12,473,500 bushels and Seattle 8.962,200 bushels of wheat. In addition to the grain brought to Fort land, there were large receipts of flour from the Interior, which reduced to wheat measure were equal to 5,180,000 bushels more. Portland was, there fore, the market for the equivalent of 25,706,000 bushels of wheat, or nearly half the entire crop raised in the Northwest, and it must be remembered that from the total crop must be sub tracted the quantity required in the country for home consumption, seeding and feed purposes. California was the great market last year for the wheat sold here. This year it Is probable the bulk of the shipments will go to Europe. The Aus-tro-Servlan war has already had a stimultaing effect on the trade, and not only have prices been sharply ad vanced, but sales of wheat running into the millions of bushels have been made for export to Europe. Even without the war scare. Europe would undoubtedly have been the largest buyer of Pacific Coast wheat, as the abundance of grain in this country and the shortage abroad would natur ally turn the movement of the cereal that way. A war that would in any way involvo Russia would naturally Increase the demand for American grain, as Russia's entire supply would be kept within her own borders, and the 'other countries of Europe would be required to purchase their needed stocks on thic side of the Atlantic. Importers in the Orient have up to date bought about 600,000 bushels of Northwestern wheat, and would no doubt be liberal purchasers now had not the European complication sent the price of wheat higher than the Japanese care to pay. California takes about 7,000,000 bush els of wheat out of Portland each season. The buying generally starts late In the year, and the bulk of the business is done in February, March and April. A prosperous flour season is also anticipated by distributors. Heretofore Japan and China have been the princi pal buyers of the North Coast surplus, and the larger part of the exports will again cross the Pacific. It is probable, however, that this year the Oriental buying will be late, as liberal stocks of old flour are being carried In the ports of Japan and China. The advance in flour prices, due to dearer wheat, will also tend to check Oriental purcheses, but sooner or later both the Japanese and the Chinese will be forced into the market and will have to pay whatever prices are ruling. A rapidly expanding market for flour has been found on the west coast of South America. The demand from t.iat quarter began to increase In the lat ter part of last season, and the north- ern mills disposed of about 250,000 sacks In the losing months. This sea son the quantity shipped from the Coast will be much greater. The open ing of the canal will also play a very important part in the flour trade, and not only are new markets expected to be found on the East Coast, but it is likely that shipments to Europe will be resumed. FURNITURE MAKERS TO MEET TRADE AT FEAST . Banquet Night of August 13 to Be Gala Occasion of Buyers' Week in Honor of One of Oregon's Pioneer Industries. EFFORTS being made by the furni ture jobbers and manufacturers of Portland to induce a large at tendance of furniture dealers from all parts of the Northwest to visit Port land during Buyers' week, August 10 to 15, promise to make the furniture trade banquet. Thursday night, August 13, one of the banner events of the week. On that occasion the out-of-town customers will be guests of the Portland dealers who sell them sup plies. Independent of the general publicity given Buyers' week by the Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association, of which practically all the furniture men are members, the jobbers and manufactur ers of furniture have sent out separate invitations to the trade, advising as to the banquet, which is to be a sumptu ous affair, and urging attendance. Many of these invitations have gone as far as Alaska. In addition the fur niture salesmen are impressing on their trade the importance of being present and reports from them to their houses indicate that many are coming. A special committee is at work ar ranging details of the banquet, which it is intended to make a memorable trade dinner. It probably will be held at one of the bigger hotels of the city. Portland, the premier furniture-manufacturing and distributing center of the Pacific Northwest, intends to do itself proud on this occasion. As nearly as can be estimated, there is invested -in furniture plants in, this city between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 and the in dustry, with its varied allied indus tries, gives employment to about 3000 oersons. The furnltnure payroll of Portland amounts to more than $3,000, 000 a year. Furniture Industry Is Ploaecr. Furniture manufacturing was one of the first industries of Portland and surrounding territory. As early as 1850 Richmond & Cleaver were manufactur- ing chairs and tables at Milwaukie They carried an advertisement In the Milwaukie newspaper. This was before Portland had a newspaper. John B. Garrison was another pioneer of the industry, at Oregon City. Early In the '60s, or possibly late In the '60s, the exact date not being as certainable, Emll, Loenstein & Co. opened a small furniture-making plant in Portland. They were burned out In 1872. and after this combined with Su gren & Shlndler, also pioneer furniture manufacturers, as the Oregon Furni ture Company. This company bought the location of the old Vaughn flouring mills at Front and Madison streets and established a new factory. A few years later Loenstein purchased Shlndler's Interests and Shlndler established a new plant of his own at Wlllsburg. F. S. Dorenbecher, now Portland's biggest furniture manufacturer, was brought out from the East to run this plant. It ran for several years, but was not successful and finally suspended. The Oregon Furniture Company con tinued In business till a few years ago, when it was purchased by the Carman Manufacturing Company, which also has plants In Tacoma and Spokane. Air. Doernbecher remained In the North west, going into the furniture-making business first at Tacoma and later at Chehalis, which offered him induce ments to move. But Portland wanted him, and a bonus brought him to this city and led to the establishment of his plant, now on Sullivan's Gulch on the East Side, and which employs sev eral hundred men. Finn Here 30 Year. Another big furniture establishment in Portland is Heywood Bros. & Wake field, of Gardiner and "Wakefield, Mass., a branch of which has been in this city for nearly 30 years. In addition to distributing finished product brought from the East, this firm does considerable manufacturing in Port land, having finishing, upholstering and cabinet shops employing about 60 men. Other big firms manufacturing in Portland are the Oregon Chair Com pany, the South Portland Furniture Manufacturers and the Parellus Manu facturing Company. Generally speak ing, South Portland is the furniture manufacturing center of the city. Port land furniture finds a market not only In the Pacific Northwest, but In Cali fornia and many other "Western and Middle Western states. Invitations for the big furniture trade banquet have nnA T-th Vavmla r'allfornla and 6"c iu.u . ...... - - , Other states not in Portland's regular jobbing territory but which are, how ever, purchaser of Portland-made furniture. PORTLAND NOW POTENT AS A LIVESTOCK CENTER nte Ta T.arirpat. fiatt.lfi Market Base West of Kansas City ana Business Records Yearly Increase of 10 Per Cent Modern Sales System Wins. THE livestock business of Portland is increasing at the rate of 10 per cent a year. This city has now become the largest livestock mar ket center west of Kansas City. This year the Portland Union Stockyards Company will handle $15,000,000 worth of stock, practically all of it grown on this side of the Rocky Mountains. With the establishment of the pres ent stockyards on the Peninsula in Sep tember, 1903, came a transition in the livestock industry of the Pacific North west. In place of the old methods of livestock selling the stockgrower found a market where competition and mod ern methods of buying and selling pre vailed. The change from selling by the herd, regardless of quality, and with the heavy shrinkage incident to drive and railroad haul, to the com paratively modern system of a stock yards feed and water fill met with Instant favor. A great impetus has been given t6 better preparation of cattle for the market. Buyers at the yards are pay ing for quality and a wide difference has been established between fat and thin cattle. The educational work instigated by the Portland Union Stockyards Com pany and ably carried out by Secretary O. M. Plummer, looking to an increased production of hogs in the Northwest, has borne fruit. A few years ago this market was dependent on Nebraska and other states of the Middle West for a large part of its hogs and it was no unusual thing for traihloads of swtne to be brought to this city from that part of the country. Now the North western states are producing all the hogs required here and In a few years there will be a surplus to ship to dis tant markets. Today livestock prices throughout the Pacific Northwest are based on the prices that prevail at the stockyards at North Portland. Shipments are not only made from the local yards to all parts of the Northwest, but a growing trade Is be ing built up in supplying the markets of California. Packinghouse products from Portland also are finding a wider market every year. This city is today supplying all points on the Coast and a steady ex panding business with Alaska is being done. Expert markets have also been secured and a great development along this line is predicted. The broadening of the knowledge among livestock men that a central market offers better opportunities for the realization of values than the old way of selling assures continued growth of the livestock market In dustry of Portland. ACCESSORY JOBBERS DO BIG PORTLAND TRADE Automobile Growth Develops New Business and City's Houses Rank Among Best Equipped of Those on Coast, Say Travelers. NO line of business unless It be the aeroplane supply business has been of more recent or rapid develonment than that of automobile accessories, and Portland has been one of the cities that was early in the irama and that has kept well in the front of the procession as a supply center for these commodities. The automobile accessories business Is a child of the bicycle supply busi ness, but a child that has outgrown its Darent as gigantically as automobile manufacturing has outstripped bicycle manufacturing. Ballou & Wright are pioneers in Portland in the automobile accessory business. They went into it about the time the first "one-lunger" automobile showed up in Portland, and Henry Wemme used to leave his machine out in front of their bicycle supply shop while he went to dinner, in a restau rant down on First street. That was about 1902. Since that time the firm of Ballou & Wright have moved twice Into more commodious quarters and now boasts one of the largest automobile acces sory houses on the Coast. Besides the pioneer firm there is the Keats Com pany, Archer-Wiggins and half a dozen other houses, to say nothing of the many factory branches in the city that deal in special lines of automobile ac cessories. Portland is said, by travelers, to have some of the largest and most WESTERN BAKING CO. and ALDON CANDY CO. OFFICE AND FACTORY 324-326 GLISAN STREET A cordial invitation is extended to our customers to call during 4 'Buyers' Week," whether they wish to purchase goods or not. You will be welcome. To the Visiting Buyers When in Portland you are cordially invited to call and be shown through our plant Albers Milling Co. Cereal Millers Front and Marshall Streets completely equipped automobile acces sory houses on the Pacific Coast. Closely alllled to the auto accessories is the distributing house for motor cycles and motorcycle supplies, which has reached as great a development in ivrtlani anuroxlmately as the auto mobile business itself. The territory served at tne present time from the Portland houses Includes Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Utah and Northern California. Sleep, according to two French sci entists, la due to a poisonous accre tion of the brain, which acts as an an titoxin for the poisons produced In ths higher nerve centers by mental and physical fatigue. gyL& THE UNION MADE Dont Fail to Visit Our Factory Make Yourself at Home in Our Office Dougherty Shoe Company Man ufacturers 65 Fifth Street Portland, Oregon BUYERS BUY "Quality-Plus" Goods at the Right Place EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE AUTOMOBILE. ARCHER AND WIGGINS OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH, Fishing Tnckle. Wright & Ditson Athletic Goodx. Wadhams & Kerr Bros. Wholesale Grocers and Coffee Roasters BRAND Canned and Glass Table Foods Visitors Invited to Inspect Our New Plant at 13th and Davis Streets, Portland