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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1914)
15 THE SUNDAY OREGONTATf, PORTLAND, AUGUST 0. 1914. wnxrnFRT ANHD OF FACTORIES TO BE REVEALED TO J3UYERS JHJRING WEEK Plants Spread Over Wide Territory, Methods of Manufacture, Modern Shops, Reasonable Hours of Work and Wage, Extent and Scope of Trade and Value of Output and Investment to Be Explained. UTERS' week undoubtedly will prove a revelation to many visit ors in Portland who have not real ized the extent of Portland's manufac turing development. Tn many cities the manufacturing is centered in some particular section, while in Portland the Industrial estab lishments are widely separated. Sul livan's Gulch, the Kenton district, the Peninsula Industrial tract, the South Portland Furniture center, and the new industrial tract in Guild's Lake each is the center of industrial activity. That Portland is a good manufac turing center is evinced by the fact that 30 industrial concerns have lo cated In the industrial district within the past year. The buvers of the Northwest are loyal to its interests. They will be shown not only what is made here, but the conditions under which manufac turing is carried on in Portland. The contrast between wallowing cattle, knee-deep in mud in their pens, as seen from the Chicago elevated, with the concrete inclosures. washed clean every night at the Union Stockyards, Is but typical of the better conditions existing here. Food Products Well Handled. Food products are produced under better conditions probably, than any other place in the world. This is an part due to the rigid requirements of both state and city. Objection has been made that this increases the cost of government and production. This may be true, but at least it does make for a better article of food. Aside from material equipment and the gener al material conditions surrounding the factory condition, the ultimate element of humanity is the workman and work woman. The workers in the food products here receive a higher wage than in any other portion of the United States. Tki. i.ny thf securintr of the best I of their class and at the same time I makes for the pride or tne worKers. Many of the buyers will undoubtedly lw , ,.,-.) trt fltiH that as a wood- Iworking center Portland excels in the I use of hardwoods, as well as me io-ai woods. Gradually men are coming to ii. , it la . mistaken notion Ito think that the Oriental hardwoods i in anv sense inferior to me oiks I j hnnv from the East. No mill iiiaiiuaj - Imore magnificent interior finishings Iran be found in tne l nueu n. i . nf Portland's leading hotels and mercantile institutions. The furniture factories of Portland have achieved for the city the well-deserved name of "The Grand Rapids of the Pa cific Coast." , The humble ironing Doara is iubkiiib ...... rnr Portland throughout the United States, as well as abroad. Not onlv are the ironing boards made in Portland and shipped throughout the United States, but are finding a splen did market in Australia Honolulu and other islands of the Pacific and in Jamaica. San Domingo and other is- llands of the Atlantic. I rrk fniAr fnr thp most delicate wa iters and crackers in the United States lare made from the products 01 ron- I land's factories. Higher Wage In Paid. i whr, i-iit the factories and see the bright, animated faces of the girls at the looms, and the men at the forges, cannot but be glad to give their patronage to the enlarging r md,,.tri9i nlants that pay living Iwages during reasonable hours. Portland s future as an nmusuun center is assumea oy us cucm abundant power and the splendid cli mate, which makes for the efficiency of its workers. The buvers who visit the factories already here will go back to their in dividual communities determined that no hampering legislation shall throttle the industries providing employment for Portland citizens and, in turn, a market for the products of the soil lof each and every corner 01 ine nuim- Iwest. Fartory Product Varied. Tn the approximately 700 manufac turing establishments of Portland 17.000 persons are employed ana (.' loOO.OOO of capital is invested, and $50, Iada Ann lm ,ha uali, nf the annual out- Iput'. Among the varied products man ufactured are: lenis, arnncmi olvhc Ibaking powder and yeast, conee ana Icoffins. b.iskets and food preparations, Ibrick and glass, ice and macaroni. Ipaper and wood pulp, agricultural lm- I -.1 . ... n-nnlAn crnnris electrical 111 H - m j,i t- i I I ' 11 ' " w ...... . r. - Ichinery. gloves, boots and shoes, brass I and bronze products, rurniture, iurnisii Ings goods, cordage and cooperage. t t. ftllnwlii ri-pntlv inmnild bv lit. W. Raymond, secretary of the Man- Iufactuters Association, comprises a complete list of the articles manufac tured in Portland: rirultural implements, automobiles (bodies and parts!, Ibakina powders and yeast, boots and shoes, brass and bronse products, bread and other bakery producu, brick and til blacklna. cleansing and polishing prep arations, butter. cheese and condensed milk, till m.tal and solder, baskets (rattan and wIMowware). beet sugar, boxes (cigar). loxe (fancv and paper), brooms, card cutting and designing, cars and general shop construction and repairs by streetcar com rant and railroads, charcoal, coffee and iplces .roasting and grinding), coffins, burial cases and undertakers' goods, cord age twine, iute and linen goods, clothing (Including men's shirts), confectionery, cooperage snd woodenware (wooden goods), cooper, tin and sheetiron products, cutlery and tools. dairymen's. poulterers' and IatpisrisTS supplies, "Jciui . .-..-- textiles, electrical machinery, apparatus ana SUri'llfN. eii5ril.ini: ftHU UIHlllAIIIA, r and gristmill products, foundry snd machine shoo products, fur goods, furniture and re frigerators, fertilizers, flags, banners, re galia, society badges and emblems, flavor ing extracts, food preparations, furnishing goods i men's), gas and electric fixtures and imps and reflectors, gas (Illuminating and heatins), glass (cutting, staining and ornamenting), gloves and mittens (leather). areae and tallow, hand stamps, sten cils and brands. hair work, hats and caps (other than felt, straw and wool', hats (fur felt), hosiery and knit seeds. ice (manufactured), instruments (professional and scientific). Iron and steel (steel works and rolling mills). Iron and at f- (bolts, nuts and washers and rivets not made tn steel works and rolling mills). Jewelry, labels and tags, leather goods. m gammer itannea. curnru kiiu no,,. I liquors (malt), lumber and timber products, lapidary work, lime, marble and stone work. Imat' re!c3 and spring ows. moiitu anu p tertvs (not paper), matches, millinery and lace goods, mineral and soda waters, mir rors, mucilsge and paste, macaroni, oil din awed), oil, optical goods, patent medicines. eerop"unds and druggists prescriptions, printing and publishing, paint and varnish. paper anu ai'ifj puip. . j land fire-clay product), pumps ,'not steam). Ilena eiii,T,ununa tuutus . Ing). slaughtering and meat packing, steam packlnz. stoves and furnaces (gas and oil). rClcal appliances iiuuuqin BniiivtAi IHrnl, show caes. soap, sporting ana I 1 . . . , I my, mmAs Iai i : . 1 1. n " " - atare-rtvping and electrotyptng, tobacco man. ifacturers. to and games, type founding PROGRAMME FOR BUYERS' WEEK Briefly summarized the programme of entertainment arranged for by the Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association for Buyers' Week, Monday to Saturday of this week, inclusive. Is as follows: ' Monday Opening of reception and registration headquarters, seventh floor Commercial Club building. 8 A. M.; reception in honor of visiting buyers and families at Commercial club, 8 P. M.. with addresses by Mayor Albee Pres ident Ramsdell of the Commercial Club: President Averlil. of the Chamber of Commerce, and Nathan Strauss, father of Buyers' Week and chairman of the executive committee In charge of the event, and music by the merchants quartet and Commercial Club orchestra. Refreshments will be served. Tuesday Smoker at S P. M.. Commercial Club, with vaudeville and spe cial stunts followed by a Dutch lunch. Women and children accompanying visiting buyers will be furnished with tickets to "Cablrla," the stupendous historical moving picture production, which will be on all week at the Helllg TheWednesday Visitors will be guests St the Ad Club luncheon. Hotel Portland, where 0 of them will make one-minute speeches, boosting their home towns, in competition for three prizes. Music by Ad Club quartet; a vaudeville num ber and formal address on 'Bringing Customers to Your Store." by George D Lee- 8 P M., session of Pacific Northwest Buyers" League at Commercial Club, with discussion of store efficiency, credits and management, etc.. by prominent visiting merchants. Thursday Noon, luncheon at the plant of the Oregon Packing Company. East Ninth and Belmont streets; evening, jollification at the Oaks, with park and all concessions open to visiting buyers; 8 P. M.. banquet by furniture manufacturers and jobbers of Portland to outside furniture dealers at Hotel Multnomah, speakers to Include W. W. Cotton, general counsel for O.-W. R. & N Company E. G. Crawford, vice president Lumberman's National Bank, and' William Gadsby; instrumental and vocal music. W. H. Beharrel, toast- maprlday 12 to 2 P. M., luncheon aboard W. R. Grace & Co. liner Santa Cecilia which will be berthed at the big municipal dock, recently completed, at foot of Fifteenth street; S P. M., big banquet of the week In main dining room of the Commercial Club, with Edgar B. Piper as toastmaster. Saturday Sightseeing automobile trips to all nolnts of Interest in the city and environs. Autos will start from in front of the Commercial Club at 11 P. M. Theater tickets, giving admission to all houses in city, leading moving picture-houses Included, will be distributed as asked for throughout entire ween. E-ich buyer will be given a visitors' card entitling him to all the privileges of the Portland Press Club during the entire week. 1 als umbrellas and , work (including wire rope and cable), wood eri'als woolen worst- distillation mot turpentine and rosin), wood felt hats, wall plas- preserving, wood (turned and carved), wool and fixtures, wire- I scouring. and nrinting ' materials, umbrellas and , work ,. nnholstering materials, woole rult (.nnris and 1 ter. window shades SOME FACTS ABOUT BIG FIRM OF ALLEN & LEWIS Original Finn Founded by C. H. Lewis and General Allen As the City Grew, Business of the Finn Grew Finn Incorporated 1897. From The Oregonlan, Nov. 14, 1897. FOLLOWING the modern methods of conducting great business enter prises, the house of Allen & Lewis, im porters, wholesale grocers, shipping and commission merchants, is about to in corporate. The incorporators will be: L. A. Lewis, John C. Lewis, Mrs. C. H. Lewis and Frank A Spencer. The capi tal stock is named at $400,000, with the intention to increase the same if the exigencies of the business demand. In January of this year death took away the sole remaining partner, Mr. C. H. Lewis, of the original firm of Allen & Lewis, though General Allen, on his death some years ago, had been succeeded by his son, H. F. Allen, of San Francisco, thus virtually dissolv ing forever a partnership that had ex tended over a period of more than 40 years. The inception of this firm marked the beginning of mercantile life In Portland and the Pacific North west: even as this city was then but small, so was the firm of Allen & Lewis: as the city and the surrounding and tributary territory grew and began to be known of men, so grew and be came known Allen & Lewis. As years rolled by and this whole Northwest territory became peopled and throbbed with commercial life, Allen & Lewis still Increased, was still an integral part of that life, and was lndlssolubly attached to it; and when at last the head of that firm, Cicero H. Lewis, passed from our midst, it stood the peer of all commercial firms on this Coast, not excepting any firm even in San Francisco. And why was this? Because for all those 40 years, under the careful management of its great head, all that was honest, all that was honorable, all that was true, was rep resented by that firm. Forty years ago this whole coun try was practically a wilderness. Every little hamlet, every little town, and nearly every city north of San Fran cisco has been founded since that time, and no little hamlet, no small town and no city of them all but had one or more firms who dealt with Allen & Lewis, and knew, honored, respected and loved C. H. Lewis. No such record of long continued activity and vitality is shown anywhere on this coast. Thousands of firms have sprung Into existence, grown immensely, prospered and have fallen In that time The history of Mr. Lewis and the his tory of the great commercial firm of Allen & Lewis is the history of this city, the history of this far Northwest country. Is it any wonder, then, that, with this kind of a head, under this sort of management, Allen & Lewis should have reached the top, and, in fact, easily towered above all the houses in their line in elthe Califor nia, Oregon or Washington? But whan death came, what then? Must this great fabric, founded so long ago, reared so carefully, watched so assidu ously by its founder, crumble to ashes and dust at Its founder's death? Not so. Our works live after us. What is good must remain. What is worthy must be preserved. And so it happens that the old and honored firm of Allen & Lewis still lives; its good work is to be prosecuted. It is now known, as stated in our opening paragraph, that the firm of Allen & Lewis is to be incorporated. Upon the young men whose names ap pear as incorporators, then, has the burden fallen; to them is allotted the task of keeping up the high standard, preserving the untarnished record and name of Portland's great firm. Surely a great responsibility, a great task. As we grow old we become aware that, no matter how much -&pa.ce any of us fills in any sphere, our personality is not so great but that, if we were sud denly withdrawn from our realm of usefulness, another, or others, would soon step" In and fill our places, and as years slip by our fame would be forgotten. So it is, so it has been, so will It be always. It is then not a radi cal proposition to advance that the firm of Allen & Lewis will continue to thrive and to increase in volume the business handed over to It by the old house. The president of the new company, L. A. Lewis, a young man on the sunny side of life, has grown u'p in our midst, and is well known to all. Ever since he completed his education by gradua tion from Princeton College he has been by the side of his father, learn ing by' his precept and example how to conduct this great business. Since the early part Of this year the entire work has fallen on his shoulders, the time of Mr. John C. Lewis having been taken up exclusively with his extensive mining interests in Southern Oregon; and the manner in which he, L. A. Lewis, faced the difficult task and the ill. ' V ktl luy ' Brooms I l Wpr Mado by expert work- l fl M firm, straight and tough I FIeiscfoertMat)er& Co. PORTLAND, OREGON Importers and Jobbers Dry Goods, Notions Furnishing Goods Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Apparel Manufacturers of Mount Hood Shirts, Overalls Mechanics' Clothing And Made in Our Own Factory, of famous Oregon Mackinaw Cloths. Special designs, style and workmanship characterize this line as SUPERIOR. MACKINAW COATS In "Mount Hood" and "University" Brands, from the selection of ma terial to tlie finished garment, the greatest care is tukcii, to produce THE VERY BEST. . . i . . nerve, acumen and good judgment dis played under trying circumstances has been a source of most favorable com ment in the local business world. How ever, Mr. Lewis found that the neces sary close application to all the vast detail of so large a business was tell ing on his strength and he wisely con cluded that he should have the aid of some one else, some one with youth, vigor and vitality, and such a one is his assistant-to-be. Frank A. Spencer, but 32 years of age, an entirely self made man and one who in the brief space of eight short years has raised himself from the position of traveling salesman to that of the responsible one he will occupy hereafter with Allen & Lewis. A few short years ago Mr. Spencer commenced life as errand boy in the firm of Newton Bros. & Co., wholesale grocers, San Francisco. Shortly afterward he was employed by the well-known firm of Castle Bros., also wholesale grocers. San Francisco. With them he commenced at the very bottom of the ladder, occupied one po sition after another in their business, always with credit to himself and sat isfaction to his employers, until finally he concluded he should embark in busi ness for himself. Mr. Spencer selected Spokane as the most promising point, starting In the grocery brokerage business there In February, IS90. A friend showed him a valuable business combination with another brokerage firm, who at that time controlled a large line of business; the suggestion was accepted, the combination formed and the foundation of his business ca reer was laid. Mr. Spencer outgrew Spokane. went to Seattle, made further and more ad vantageous progress and combinations, formed the firm of Spencer-Clarke Company, covering Spokane. Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, moving to Port land in 1394. By foresight, intelli gence, push and vigor, aided by his associates, C. H.Clarke and his brother. T. F. Spencer, he so increased the sales of his company as to attract the at tention of the largest concerns in the country, and now he has outgrown the brokerage b-usiness, has sold his In terest to his partners and stepped up higher. Is It not reasonable to ex pect that, with his ability, joined to that of the Messrs. Lewis, the firm of Allen & Lewis will continue Its up ward course and still remain, as it always has been, one of the great houses of the day? It may be said in conclusion no rad ical changes are intended by the new company. They recognize they must have competition; that there are many other able firms in their line, and it will pursue a llve-and-let-llve" policy. It is the idea to maintain the old staff of employes, many of whom have been with the firm for a lnng period of time, and are favorably known and appreciated by the trade. Some ad ditions will be made to the force of salesmen, to better cater to the trade; new nd attractive Jines of goods added from time to time, and some changes made in the offices and sales rooms, to better adapt the same to the convenience of the firm's cus tomers. Frank A. Spencer Is chairman of th.' Buyers' week committee. Most of the defiance Is of the long distance variety, 80 to 86 First st. Established 1867 Z5e Geo. Lawrence Company Wholesale Manufacturers of HARNESS and SADDLERY Importers and Jobbers of SADDLERY HARDWARE, LEATHER, WHIPS. ROBES, ETC Sfcoe KlndlnBs, Shoe Store Supplies. Uloves, Baca, SiUteaaea and Trunks We cordially invite you, while visiting Portland "Buyers' Week", to call and inspect our building and stock. To the Oregon Buyers We welcome you to Portland and hope that each hour spent here may prove a happy and profitable one. Come to our place, make it jour headquartera. We have plenty of room and will be delighted to show you through. Marshall Wells Hardware Company WHOLESALERS, HARDWARE AND IRON MERCHANTS. Jay Smith, Manager. Fifth and Pine Streets. m