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
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