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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1903)
Portland a City of Manufactures (By Max M. Shlllock, secretary Of'th Portland Board of Trade.) T T THILB PRIMARILY a com Wmerclal center, Portland la rapidly taking rank among the foremost cities of the Pacific pma)t in the matter of manufac tures. As a shipping port, distributing point and financial stronghold, Portland Is known far and wide. Not so much has been made known to the world of Portland's contribution to manufactures. But Portland's produc tion has kept pace .with her commerce and trade. The products of her mills and factories have become a consider able factor in her supremacy. The hum of industry has added materially, not onlv to the wealth of the city, Wt also to her stability. Portland today has bucket brigade and pay roll that would make the city's future assured regard less and Independent of her enormous Jobbing and foreign trade, The city's productive activity, how ever, Is not to be wondered at, for when one takes into consideration Portland's advantages in location and -motive power, transportation facilities and the wealth of raw material that the de velopment of the state Is making avail able for the mill and factory, the manu facturing life of Portland follows as a natural corollary to her growth and ad vancement. No city on the Pacific coast is more favorably situated as rf1tHhiit fnir nnlnt' nnnA nonsenHefl su perior transportation facilities. . Birth of Horn Industry. The expansion of the city's jobbing , trade and foreign commerce has brought with it an increased demand for articles that can be manufactured as cheaply at home as in the East and even more cheaply. This demand has given birth to home industry, and many products that a few years ago -were brought to Portland from Eastern factories, for dis tribution, are today made at home Cheap motive power, and superior raw material and the' nearness of the raw material to market, have been potent factors in stimulating home production and giving Portland a .prominent place among the manufacturing centers of the Pacific coast, According to conservative estimates the value of Portland's production will this year reach nearly J50.000.000. The value of Portland's manufactures last vear Was. estimated at $30,000,000. This shows an increase of approximately 125 000,000. or 60 2-3 per cent in a single year. Perhaps few other cities in the United States can make as good a show ing. There are about 2,000 manufactur ing plants of various kinds in the city with a capital investment or 132,000,000. The number of wage earners is esti mated at 23.000. and the total wages paid at $9,000,000. Flgors Will Talk. Below are given the estimates: em some of Portland's principal manufac tures for the year 1903: Lumber and timber products 35, 300,000 Packing house products 3,600,000 Flour, and grist mill pro- Foundry . and machine shop products 1,500,000 Furniture and cabinet shops. 1,500,000 Masonry, brick and stone .... 2,000,000 Newspapers and periodicals.. 1,400,000 Saddlery and harness 1,500,000 Ship and boat building 900,000 And -yet the manufacturing Industry of Portland may be said to be only in its Infancy. What Is . being done now .is only an Indication of what can be done, No city offers greater opportunities for profitable investment in manufacturing lines than Portland. No state is richer In undeveloped natural resources than Oregon. Smelter Ifuoh treaded. Oregon is making giant strides in the development of her mining Industry, and there is a demand for a large custom smelter In the city of Portland today. AH of the smelting ores from her rich mining camps are now shipped to the smelters at Everett and Tacoma, Wash., and Denver, Colo. A smelter in Port land would not only retain all of this business for this state., but prove the means of more rapidly developing many properties that are now kept back in conseauence of their distance from the nearest smelter. A smelter is but one of a score of manufacturing plants that could be operated at a profit In Port land. O HAITI, GOOD woax. ducts- Cars, and shOD construction. . 1.700,000 The work being accomplished by the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers In Portland and vicinity cannot be too highly commended. This organization has a very simple plan of - operation, by means of which people of small Income can buy their own homes at rates not "exceeding the amounts monthly they have been pay ing for rent. ' Many co-operative loan associations, and the like, have from time to time held out apparent inducements to home seekers, and have done a good deal in building up communities of household ers, but the system, in 'the main, has proved too cumbersome and .clogged with details to be of lasting and prac tical' value. The great drawback has been the In terest charges on deferred payments. which pile up fast and overburden the home-seeker. Often he has been unable to carry the undertaking' through, and loses his house. This Order of Fraternal Home. Buy ers is modeled on the plan of similar organisations in the Eastern states, which are making great Inroads in re forming the immense multitude of rent payers. It Is estimated that there are at least 50.000.000 rent payers in the United States alone. This is a stupen dous population, open to real chances for owning their own homes. This or der receives monthly deposits from its members, giving each a contract obli gating the order to advance money enough to build a house, buy land, pay off a mortgage, or advance the money in cash for some BDeclfted investment. the amounfr6f the face of the contract regulating the monthly dues. For ex ample, aside from the registration fee of $5 at the outset, you have to pay $2 per month on a thousand dollar con tract, and the contracts mature In reg ular order. The organization estimat ing that the home-seeker will not have to wait over 20 months. If he or she desires to begin building immediately. on his own lot, provision is made for this. There are so many new members com ing in all the time that there are am pie funds for building the houses as fast as the members want them. The order reserves a fee of 60 cents a month on each thousand-dollar contract, which is a reasonable ancrvery small payment for services. We recommend this Order of Frater nal Home Buyers to all who are seeking homes for themselves. It is thoroughly responsible, and seems to have solved the problem of building a house for a man who has no capital to start with There is no doubt that anyone can go to this order and obtain a home at once at no more cost to himself than he Is at present paying for rent. The funds of the order are' amply safeguarded by proper restrictions, and the company's officers are bonded by surety companies. The risk to the member who buys a home by the means of this organizayon is reduced tp practically nothing. Aitnougn tne noma ouuaing plan is the most conspicuous arid ' important part of this order's work. It has other interesting features which are attract ing special attention. It offers a ready way of paying off a mortgage without any interest. It offers very attractive inducements in Investment bonds. People who are desiring a home ' of their own, or who wish a safe way of making a little money should go to the officers of this order in the McKay building and obtain full information as to any part of the work that seems particularly interesting., One thing is sure, and that is. that this order has gotten right down to the true way of actually helping poor men to own their own homes. And that alone is enough to make its promoters merit a high place In Heaven. A. H. BIRRELL Real Estate, General Insurance, and Financial Agency 202-1263 McKay Bldg. (CiveJIe a CU) Phone Main 232 I ' 1 : : ' . 1 ' . , " a vvw ftphtc WAVTisin nEWEs tm Tim hwav mmmMr n il.1i x xxviiXk' xxn, t xiivj ui x xvl.iJ m liii m iViAi MUiLiniiT i 1 : ; III PORTLAND OPPIPTS OP THE II - I II! TfiTPrrmtirtnol II iorresnnrmence i i III X f II - Ill i'I3tf... . I N.W. Kallawav) . f .. or II u t Agents r . ... . i . C. D. WILLIAMS. President. 'Mf " H J YSf I I OTTO PARKER, Vice-President. . 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