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1 A . - - w , . m j ' -r '-"---- V J. JW a-aWf, "J, V1L' 12, lvJ. IT" i- if (Continued from Page Fifteen.) gregate f lO.eoo.c-OO annually. Oregon ts v today tpa largeat woolgrowlng etate In th union.' th annual output being from ' tO.OOe.OOO.'to Jl.OOO.OOO pound. Tha i etate la 'now using not to exceed 1. 000.- ,, 000 pounda Out of thla total. Tha raat . is'belng shipped to tha east, whara It a' la bought at low pttee, manufactured . "into good and raturnad to tha Paelfte ,.' northwest as high-priced Clothing. Wa haTa In this stata at praaant Mna woolen : nulla. Of this total wa hava only two . that ara making goods suitable for outer garments for men and woman. '-',. This outline of actual conditions aug gasts to the experienced person, an lm inenae leas to tha state. - The profit In ..manufacturing a finished' woolen prod uct Is much greater than for manufac i turlng a coarse j material. After the woolen mill Is establlshed, all money expanded in perfecting the cloth bring a higher percentage of profit than that ', used In putting together the raw' mate "''', rial in any ordinary rough fabric. By - r noting that only about . 000,600 pounds of tha total. Oregon wool clip Is used ' here at all, and of this work only two of the nine mills running are manufao ; turlng a highly, flniahed fabric It will f be seen quickly that tha state has an ' almost Immeaaurable opportunity In the , -J- una of woolen manufactures.". I would Ilka to hae the whole world v;1 know the rare. combination, of climate . .v and water en the western slope of the '" Cascades for woolen manufacture. This L water, absolutely derold of any trace of alkali, and carrying all the elements that maae-me ion, oeauiirui wooiena, muhoi be beaten In western England. Our sun fa another feature of natural conditions which Is often overlooked, but has a ! direct positive value In this manufacture Ing Industry. In cleansing and dyeing ' the water Is such as cannot be beaten anywhere. I can mane no better com parlson than- to say -that experts pro nounca this country Ilka that of tha ' Leeds district. In England, where the finest woolens are at present made. When you travel through England you -. will, find the - woolen mills- on - little v streams of pur water.. " Water cannot ' be pumped nor taken from artesian wells ; In woolen manufacture. It muat be T taken from streams which flow through v formation that purlflee it, , - For-iny "pertr the quIcker-we-get-JO 1 more woolen mills In this stat and com . . me nee manufacturing the finest of wool en products, the better It will be all v around. . .' , C. H. Mclsaac -V ' ':). v Secretary Manufacturers' Association. : f There" today In Oregon a demand for - Mora woolen mills' and a crying need for clothing factories. . The cUmatlo eondl ' o tlons of this stat are mora perfectly I adapted for the massstecture of woolens - than any other part of the United States. Thousands of dollars are spent by wool- . an mills In tha east la producing arti X flclally for their factories tha very con "t dltlons which exist naturally in Ore .', gon's equable climate 1. ., a bumidat i mospher without electricity, soft water, etc " , . . . ? Tha wool clip of" Oregon this year ia about 13.000.000 pounds, only 1,000,000 .' pounds of which la used locally In our woolen mills, tha . remainder being '? shipped east In the grease-and there .manufactured, in to. woolen fa brio-by the astern mills, rrom the eastern mills Oregon wool finda Its wax. as cloth to eastern clothing factories, where It Is road Into clothing, and then Is shipped back to i Oregon- to be purchased and worn by the pedple or this stat ana vv people f-4M-PscKl(wnorthwet'la ap- TtrnTlrh-.-aTannei-BlliM-l Wliail WS I' (Ml- k alder that from IJ.OOO.OOO to ItO.OOO.OOO worth yearly of -ready-to-wear clothing finds a' market. 1n thla section. ' The Items constituting this great loss to this section are first, the freight paid .on the wool ahlpped east In the grease; sec ond, the loss to the state la. the thou san)a of people employed In tb eaat manufacturing. Oregon's wool product into clothing to be worn hares third, re turn freights on the. manufactured ar ticle; fourth.-the eastern milt profit and factory profit and Jobbers profit. . Ta save all this Oregon needs not only more woolen milts, but clothing factories L to manufacture into ready-to-wear cloth jf Ing the product of the mills. Practically 3 the whole output of Oregon's mills Is sold In ths east, where an average prlc . of 13 per suit pattern Is obtained for ' cloths. The cloth manufactured in the . east Into a ault of clothing and returned - here sells for from 111 to IIS, showing ,' an actual loss to Oregon of from 111 to ' SIS per suit. With unlimited raw 'mate i: rial her and every possible cllmstlc ad ; vantage for the woolen mill Industry. It I certainly will not be long before this unexampled opportunity Is embraced by capital. ' "r i Ftu-oltur Taotorlea. -t ," There are but two large furniture fac . torles In Portland, and several more Of 'v medium capacity scattered over the state. . There are also a few factories . for the manufacture of upholstered fur- ' . nlture. lounges, folding beds, wire mat tresses and other articles Included In the furniture trade. . But the output of these ';- factories Is wholly Inadequate to meet " the Remands for rurnitur In Oregon, ' Washington, Idaho, California and Mon- '. ) tana. As freight rates breakHn Mon tana, that state, so far as the furniture .-. trad of thla section is concerned. Is In .' the competltlv field. " Th material used here is principally : Oregon ash. maple, " oak, ' and. In the cheaper grades of furniture, Oregon fir. If This Had Happened in San -Puncisco In ? ' stad of in PortlandJ ; More Than OneReadf er Slight DoubtIt . - Th average man la a doubter. Thla is not surprising th publjo hav been J humbugged so frequently they are skep-Ltlcal.- Proof Ilk th .followlhg.Xwill , atand investigation. It canrtot b (dis puted. ' . : , J . . "'aeorg Rutter, who is employed With the Oregon Railroad Navigation Co., and resides at it I Second street, lays: "I had more or- leas trouble with my ; kidneys for a year or more. My back ' bothered m with sore, irritating, peln. 'Poan s Kidney Pills wer recommended ' to me and I got a box. - I commenced to i use them aa directed and to my surprise v when I had Uken about half tha box ' the pain left my back. Every kidney enfTerer ehoul4 know about Doan'atKid- ney Pllla." - .. , ,f ; ' ror"sl by all dealers. Prlc 80 cents. '.' Foater-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.i sol agents for th United; Stale. 1 Remember th nam ' DOAN'lf and CANTDENY1T t ' ' eaasetaBWSBsBsssBawaaBta-B Uk no other. I .r-., ; i - " '-. V". ' -L. 4. Thaa woods ars to be had In the state In unlimited supply for years to come. There is an especially good opening here, for a factory that will manufacture a general line . of high-grade furniture which ts now shipped here from tha eaaC - A chair factory Is aiso urgently de- manaao. -mere are two small chair fao torles her, which do not supply more than par cent of th chairs In this territory. , . . , f . , VajuMrie aad Beet and boas. Portland haa on large tannery, and it product Is harness and saddle leather. Thla factory Is able to aupply the local demand for that kind of leather and finds In California a ready market for Its overplus. It can also profitably ship it output to tns east. There Is a field here for another tannery of even larger dimensions than ths present one. Several tanneries In th stat tan light and heavy calf hides, which find a market In Washington and California. aa there are in Oregon no shoe fsctorles of any sis.- Thar Is a splendid open lng for a. aole-leather tannery 4n eon nectton with tanning light and heavy hides. The tanbark used here Is shipped from -Humboldt county, California, and ts delivered by sailing vessels at the tannery wharves In Portland. Califor nia tanbark contains more tannic add than the . bark f ouird la Oregon, and. being located so near tha coast. It can be delivered by vessel much cheaper than by rail. . , , - Boot and shoe manufacturing Is prac tically not represented in Oregon, there being b.ut few amall factories, whose sol output consists of logging shoes and th heavier grades of shoes for farmers and mining - men. . Lighter and finer shoes for general wear, or ladles' shoes of -any, kind, are not mad bare. Tbla fact accounts for the few tanneries In Oregon engaged In tanning light bides. - - Portland, aa th Jobbing center of this vast territory, offers one of the bast openings In the United States for ths establishment of a shoe factory. . ' Th raw hide Are here In abundant quantity, and If thar was a demand for leather th hide would certainly be tanned. ' ' ' CatTia-s aaa Wagon. - Ther ar in Oregon no vehicle fac tories producing a factory produot; they make only carriages and wagons to order and -do repair work. While -w do not hav- here hickory and ; some" of the other hard woods used In th manufaor tur of heavy wagons and light ve hicles, these materials can be shipped from th eaat at much leas experts than th manufactured article, tha saving being so great that It- would leave a large margin of profit for tb Oregon manufacturer of vehicles. Eastern fac tories are reaping a rich harvest In sup plying th large and growing demand for vehicle In th Pacific northwest, and there la no reason why the money should not be made- by our own people. stave and fcaaaT. Local' foundries supply only about-f per cent -of th stoves and ranges used In th rapidly growing territory that Is tributary to Portland..' Th absence of Iron ore in tb vicinity of Portland is th reason why we hav not more stove factories. Several years ago a deposit of Iron or wss discovered within six miles of Portland, and- a blast furnace was erected to red Ac tha ore into pig iron.' However, the percentage of Iron In th or was so small that it did not pay to work it, and so the enterprise was abandoned. , In the manufacture' of toves by th foundries established her English-pig-iron and English coke are used. The ships which carry our wheat abroad, bring back in ballast a very su perior quality of plg-lron and coke. - Vtavk. ' " ' " ' '' " A very promising and wnoliy undevel orpedfnduafry",ln OregOnTathe" manu facture or linen. Soil and climate ar moat favorably adapted for tb growth of . flax, . and , it . Is quit - extensively grown In th state, , . The Willamette valley - Is especially-' well adapted, for flax culture, and a large ltnseed-oll plant In Portland baa Induced farmers 1ft this locality to .plant flax extensively. -.Th linseed -oil plsnt uses th flaxseed, but ther ar no linen mills' her to take care of the flax fiber, and aa -It does not pay to ship ths same east, th fiber is. at present practically wasted. - With proper facilities this . fiber could be I manufactured Into grain sacks. to take th place of th Jut sacks at present Imported .from Calcutta, Manila . and otheT'fr eastern points, to meet th demand for 16,000,000 sacks In which to ship our grain. Experiments mad dur ing th laat 10 years hav further proven conclusively that everything la In favor of . the manufacture of the very finest grade of linens from Oregon flax. Hosiery and Salt Crooda. This industry Is represented In Port land by only one small factory, doing a cuatom business, with "hand looms. In making special slses, sweaters, " etc. Thle class of goods, Is very largely shipped her from the east, and there la no reason why It cannot be manufac tured . In Oregon satisfactorily .and profitably. . Crowing- Bamaad, The Immigration to Oregon during the past few years haa been enormous. In 1S70 the, 'population of Oregon was 10,- 23. and In l0i it was 100.000. It is conservatively estimated that the popu lation, of the state win grow to 700.000 thla year; during th Iewls and Clsrk centennial exposition. Portland In 1ST had 4 population of S.lfl. while today (Including the suburbs' It hss 141,000 people. This rapidly Increasing popula tion need only be referred ' to to enow from whence comes th phenomenally growing demand In this section for fur niture, stoves, ranges, vehicles, clothing, boots. Shoes, bottles, trunks, valises, un- def wear, hosiery. et!., and the fact is that nor oniy vregon out me entire racino northwest. Is today offering capital an uiiequaled field for Investment In the manufacture of all the srtlirlas namnj find many others too numerous to men- on.,,,,.: .,, .,vVv.;,:-.,:;. W. H. Morrow- Late v - ... , T t President .Manufacturers' Association. i It is true that the great majority, of our factories are comparatively small In output and Investment, but let no one forget that thevmanufacturer - in Ore gon today Is but st the . beginning ' of things. . Wisdom dictates small begin nings and sound and healthful growth as resources ar developed and popula tion Increases. - Ther Is larger measure of hop for th sapling-wisely culti vated In the new soil than for the nearly grown tree ' Uprooted ' and transplanted. It behooves us to offer every encourage ment and extend a helping hand to the Incoming manufacturer who with limited financial means but with large Invest ment of enterprise end hopefulness seeks k location In our midst and ex pects to grow wltb bis elty and stale. The planting now within our stat of small factories, backed by energy and honest business purpose, will prove the best assuranc that w can glv of large and flourishing manufactories one or two decades hence. When Oregon baa manufacturing establishments in any line or 'in msny lines, covering, H may be, acres of territory, and involving invest ment of . millions, they will be plant that hav grown out of coniparatrvely small beginnings and from ths patient Industry of th pioneer manufacturer. Ther Is no harvest sea eon that - Is not preceded by lie seed-sowing time. The reaper cannot reap unless the sower 4bas J--., has gone before him. Ia the bulldlne-un , . Manufacturers and Wholesale Jobbers of Stoves and Ranges ' . - at gbsmMrtPr. STANDARD' ' FACTORY " NO. 2 sy,i.l eayea-aw lawajaa- m ,i ;isl a i lllf j-e. NEUSTADTER BROTHERS r'f " 1 i ri ii i i --f irri in "i - i i ii nip mi ii I, ii i i in i i ! in lm i Kv-'xi w;'-,:". f s ' -' . I - ' "l ; . . "y ;v J L 1 ill - r. yry 'tommmc u - f I i ': iy if ill ij 5jrtr:r : :i ''; - I 1' -;Jt:y , ,:ji--... -iv -jni-jm ; ' . tur-- . .' ' ', ' ' a ' ;'''."'' 1 - 77 - r t- .- - f - . --rr-1'"- ' ' "" ..j..':7"" . -:- 44M50-452 non STim-v-; -? : " glltli!l-lJLZ?I mu:m,tinmitf-...r. A ujJ?..rtm Uj-i.e; "Tw:'-jJ - I '"" " " ': - '- POrfleSSld, -OlC01 ; ''j-", .' 1 T' ' CORNER GRAND AVENUE AND EAST TAYLOR ' ST.PORTLAND, ORE. ' '". ' ":; PIONEER TANNERY THAT OF WEBBER BROS. V . v Which,; Like .Wfnc, Grows Better VltlT Increasing Age. Ons of the oldest arid most successful tanneries of the Northwest Is that of Weber ,Bros.,' ' situated In the '' suburbs of Portland, on the Macadam road... . , ' The tannery Itself ts" Well located," being on the fiver bank, where steamboat can bring In the. raw material and carry away the flniahed product at a low freight rate. Then, It la In close touch with, the live manufacturers ' of Portland, who consume great quantities of leather annually. These manufacturers know" that Weber Bros, pro ' duce ii good leather-as la to be found, anywhere, and consequently glv them a large share of their patronage. . ' In addition-to this, th entire Northwest sends to this popular tannery for goods, and their prompt shipments '' and fair dealing make H a pleasure for th men of the Northwest to buy of the Webers. ', -with the rapid growth of the' Northwest and ths opening for our' goods In th' Orient. . Weber Bros. tannery ' should in time become the greateet of its kind in the West. It ls surrounded by a country -that produces the raw material In sbundance,' and Is managed by . men who Understand their business, and are alive-to the times. - ' . 'Joseph and Frank I. Weber are the owners' of this tannery.- j-Tbey 'give the business 'their personal attention, and guarantee satisfaction to all who favor them with orders. . ' . .-" ' .,...' .- - ? -, ..: ' . ..! .. ,-. c, . Output 800 StdM Per Wek-Harneas, Collar and Lattffo v v L.ather Froduced Strldtly Oalc Tannvd Harnaaa . of th manufacturing Industries iof a great stat th Bam Invariable)- law holds true-rlTtfe Manufacturers' associa tion at c resent exists In ths seed-sowing tlm for manufacture In Oregon. Every letter sent out by our secretary, bearing Its pagea of useful - Information - In re sponse to honest Inquiry from abroad, will bring Ita result beneficial ' to Ore gon Industry. No .letter the tenor., of which Indicate - boneaty and purpose fade to receive faithful consideration. and a response conveying all the Infor mation aought by the Inquirer. --We seek the manufacturer who comes Into oor witdst under hla-ewn -steam. Mis moneyed cspltsl may not be great, but tha foundations on which to, build ar well laid In his mechanical aklll, his pluck and hl perseverance. No .Manufacturing plant, turning out useful and serviceable produot and ax aBHsnariug iJugiBjair m faar Ksarawsm lanaa ai PORTLAND. OREGOM - Manufacturers of Boss of the Road Ovieralls, Goats and Overshirts pending money for materials and 'labor, can be added to the Hat of our Industries without contributing In some measure to the publlo good. By all meana en courage the patronage of hom Industry and promote" th spirit of loyalty to th hom producer, but bear In mind that th publlo good la primary. There I no on who doee not realise that every addition made to th Indus trial wealth and working population of th elty and stat operates with 'reflex benefits t every individual' enterprise. Multiply the Industrial strength or tb atate teji-fold and you add proportional profit to Its manufacturing and commer cial Interests In genersl. Do you know any better way to proraei th patron age of hom Industry) than to multiply th Industrial forces of tb city and statT - - vv W atand In th broad gateway of f'v .. ; 1 w v '' J I ' i Villa . ---- : j SL B. Z-9wabwtr, 2d Vlce-Prea. J. W. Crolag, Sac y and Treaa. - - A splendid opportunity. Our stats has. In raw materials. In producing and market ing advantage, juat what a thousand manufacturers of experience, skill, en terprise and meana are searching fori Get the' facts before them. But, first of alL know the truth that we cannot open the eyes of others until we our selves ar bealed of our blindness. Th blind leaders of th Blind ar proverbial ly fated to fall In th ditch. No, man can! wax eloquent nntll he know bis teat and, become chock-full of hi subject. W shall do well If we make Oregon's industrial growth our theme. . Speak It out- from the hilltops "and await: th sure coming of that better day 'when we shall march In procession with that larger army of ma nufaeturera -occupying tbe Oregon of the future, . I WH.McMOiNIES & OO. lneoipotatecl :.", 'S WHOLESALE I Harness, Saddles, Horse-Collaro . i - Also Sol Manofacturera of th : FRONT AND ;'T,WMACTuniKG-cor.n?ArjY A Morne 'JOHN MONTAO, Proprietor 620 to.626 n00D.ST. MANUFACTURERS ' OF . ;'T STOVES. RANGES, FRENCH RANGES, AIR-TIGHT HEAT ING STOVES, STOVE REPAIRS. HOLLOW WARE, HOP DRYERS. SMALL, LIGHT AND SMOOTH j CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. WE NICXEL . I PLATE ANYTHING. ALL KINDS OF L , -; 1 . i - JOBBING WORK; DONE. -r The great advantages in dealine direct with the mane! so near to your place of business rather than sending east r apparent tp all,' both in- the matter of breakages "arid cLL;' pairs promptly, and the convenience of getting stoves t nearer home, and in as amall quantities as wanted, thereby i 'i MANUFACTURERS of ' IDEAL HAME FASTENER. 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