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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1914)
r -M THE SUNDAY OREGONIAy. PORTLAND. AUGUST 9. 1914. COMPACT MILL AREA GIVES PORTLAND PRESTIGE AMONG BUYERS OF LUMBER Local Plants Handle Larger Orders Than Those of Washington Ports and Coastwise Business From Here Also Leads Cities to Northward Bail Shipments to East Are Normal. Statistics Show. i , . 1 (jp5 I PACIFIC HARDWARE & STEEL CO. THROUGH the fact so many saw mills are assentbled here, held In an area eald to be the' most com pact of any lumber manufacturing cen ter In the Northwest. Is largely atrrlb uted Portland's prestige among buyers of large orders. That the city holds Its own from an export standpoint is proved by the fact that of between 00,000.000 and 6U0.UO0.00O feet of Doug las fir that went abroad last season 40 per cent wan floated here, about as much from Puget Sound and approx imately 20 per cent from GrayB Harbor and Wlllapa Harbor. As a rule. Portland mills handled larger export orders than plants In Washington and a much larger coast wise business is curried on than in the north. For the flscaj year ending June 30 Portland exported a grand to tal of lT7.84ti,ai3 feet, valued at JJ,18, 824 and sent to domestic ports 216,687. 500 feet, both columns showing a steady growth, for In its 1911-12 sea son exports were 88,244,430 feet and the domestic shipments 164,923,600 feet. Portland enjoys practically all of the lumber exportation to China, which last season aproxlmated 100,000,000 feet and on parcel shipments usually carried to the Orient and Manila this city Is cheaper, largely because logs are handy and are all sent to mills by water, while In the north there are many places where the timber regions can be tapped only by rail lines. Value here aro good, though prices are somewhat low und the season la generally regarded as an off one, but that may bo accounted for largely through overproduction. An advantage enjoyed by Puget Sound firms In the matter of handling small orders and what are termed purcel shipments lies In the fact there are more steamship lines between there and ports across the Pacific Portland -depends at pres ent on the Hamburg-American and Koyal Mall fleets and except when auflclent material is ordered to war rant u vessel being chartered to move It, space for parcel shipments is often limited. Portland lumber finds Its way In large quantities to Australia, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, West Coast of South America and Kurope, with occasional cargoes to South Africa. With W, R. Grace & Co. op erating a line of steamers down the coast to Valparaiso, this city is in a position to make regular shipments and in that service they are heavier than from other Paclflo Coast ports. In the Australian trade the principal buying Is done on the Columbia River and at Grays Harbor, and It Is fully expected the same will be the case with the Panama Canal lumber movement, though there will be a greater division with Puget Sound than Is now the case. In plans for handling growing com merce here Is provision for the estab lishment of lumber terminals so ma terial cut In the Interior and the Wil lamette Valley can be transported to tidewater and loaded on vessels for domestic as well as foreign destina tions, thereby placing millmen outside of Portland on much the same basis as those now enjoying all facilities here. Considerable tonnage is being assem- iVsgT r free W LjlSlsfc Wholesale Distributors FULLER & JOHNSON GASOLINE ENGINES. LEAD EE PNEUMATIC PBESSUEE SYSTEMS. HOOSTEB PUMPS AND CYLINDERS. PHOENIX HORSE AND MULE SHOES. COLUMBIAN ROPE. FAIRBANKS STEAM SPECIALTIES. KUCKriVr! AND BLUE RIBBON FENCING. PHOENIX TOOL STEEL. LOCKWQOD BUILDERS' HARDWARE. Twenty-Second and Nicolai Streets Phones: Main 5600, A 6651. Take 16th-st.. car. J shutting down of stock exchanges In New York and other cities caused no alarm throughout the East, as it was considered that only precautionary measures were being taken to prevent the dumping of securities on this coun try and the draining of our gold sup Ply." r ma til la Man to Speak. IN his capacity as president of the Commercial Club of his city and a merchant cf Umatilla, Or., Arthur G. Means, a buyer, who will be in Port land for Buyers' week, August 10-15, will be one of the speakers at the Ad Club luncheon Wednesday. August 12. A letter received from Mr. Means yes terday sets forth that he wishes to be one of the 20 who will be allowed to make "booster" talks on their home towns. This is the fifth application of the kind to be made so far. Among the acceptances received yes terday at the office of C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Buyers- and Manufac turers' Association., to the invitation to visit Portland during Buyers' week ensfrivj? jLzzstt&er? & JVb7-7 73c:'c J?SSs. bled for Portland loading in the off shore trade and there is reason to expect an increase In the California movement during the FalL Rail ship ments from Portland to Eastern terri tory are normal and construction work In the city and adjacent territory is holding retail trade fairly well. TEXTILE MILLS SEE NEW FIELDS OPENED BY WAR Nathan Stranss Predicts Heavy Increase in Trade for American Products With Advances in Prices Caused by Demand. THAT the textile mills of the United States will reap an enormous har vest of increased business In both foreign and domestic markets as the result of the war in Europe is the as sertion of Nathan Strauss, managing partner of Fleischner. Mayer Sc. Co., who has Just returned from a month's stay In New York. Mr. Strauss shortened his Eastern trip and hurried back to Portland in order to be in the city during the buy ers' week, August 10 to 15. He is chair man of the general committees of the Jobbers' and Manufacturers' Associa tion. In charge of that event. "The American textile mills soon will be called upon to supply foreign mar kets, such as South America, China and japan, wmcn ercwiw c wave oecmtru goods from European manufacturers." eald Mr. Strauss. War Closes Mills In Europe. "The war has caused the shutting down of mills in Europe. The extra demand upon the mills of the United States will mean an advance In prices to both the domestic and foreign con sumers regardless of the cost of raw material. There will be an increased demand for home consumption, due to the stopping of foreign importations. ' Nathan Strauss. j . . .jt 4 "I presume that the same will be true of other manufactured articles." Mr. Strauss left New York last Satur day, before the' European war had be come as general as it has now, but he says tliat the business men there be lieved that the struggle would involve the whole of Europe. He says that the feeling in the East Is that America ii bound to reap great commercial bene fit from the struggle between European nations. "If we get a foothold in foreign mar kets now controlled by European na tions we should be able to retain a good portion of the trade after the war is over." said Mr. Strauss. "Our greatest handicap is the lack of an adequate merchant marine. The conditions which confront us are the best evidence of the necessity of having a strong mer chant marine under the American flag, and. if we are unable to take full ad vantage of the opportunity to acquire foreign business now afforded us. It will be on account of our lack In that line and on that account only. Conflict to Benefit West. "As to the effect of the war upon the Pacific Northwest it Is certain to bring us an era of great prosperity. This cannot be otherwise than true when our prolific crops and the high prices which Europe will have to pas for our food stuffs are considered. The shutting oft of exports will soon be removed, as Europe requires supplies from us, and the Inconvenience will be temporary only. Foreign and American bankers will find some means of arranging for exportation. "The steps taken by the Government have effectually relieved apprehension as to a financial stringency In this coun try, and the commercial prospects of the United States are splendid. The 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 "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 were those of D. M. Averlll. Bandon. Or.; Lunaburg. Dalton & Co., Burns, Or., by Curtis Smith, and I. Schwartz. Burns, Or. Ira C. Boyce. of John Day. Or., sends a letter expressing regrets that he will not be able to be present, but writes that he will be in town the first w.-. k of September to make his purchases. "If the wholesalers have anything ten. Me would like tn make a on I minute talk before the Ad Club k proxy, if It were possible. In that even! Mr. Boyce says the text of his orstlml would be about as follows: "Nine and a half years In luislnrlnl Started on a shoestring. Never had book In the store. Off tn the kooiI $30,000. and we still have It. Hurt.. I for John Day and Orant County!" BUYERS BUY "Quality-Plus" Goods at the Right Place . . KVERYTHINO GOOD FOR THE AUTOMOBILE. j ARCHER AND WIGGINS 5 OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH. . I!shlns Tackle, Wright AL- Iltion Athletic Goods. THE UNION MADE Don't Fail to Visit Our Factory Islake Yourself at Home in Our Office Dougherty Shoe Company Manufacturers 65 Fifth Street Portland, Oregon Wadhams & Kerr Bros. Wholesale Grocers and Coffee Roasters Canned and Glass Table Foods Visitors Invited to Inspect Our New Plant at 13th and Davis Streets, Portland i