THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, ' DECEMBER '31, 1908.
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OREGON IIIDUSTRIES.
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. MANUFACTURING. .
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OBEGOIUIIDUSTEES
WOOL; SHIPPING. I
MACHINERY I
AGRICULTURE. ,
HORTICULTURE,
TRANSPORTATION,.
PAPER MARINO.
WOOD PULP. "
WATER POWER.
DAIRVINO.
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FISHING. XI VESTOCK.
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OBBING TRADE
" be left to the wholesalers of cities
nearer them. Thus, Chehalis is as
, vfar north as the Portland jobber can
operate except at a loss. He can go
no . farther east . than irHuntiojrton,
V. ; . 7 where he comes in competition with
P . -: fy 1 ' C X 1- tn Salt . Lake City jobber, who has
ortlands Liommercial . Supremacy Attested the benefit f more favorable freight
. . . . rates to Idaho points and beyond. To
by the Enormous .Business or Wholesalers
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an
$100,000,000 Annually
s-There are 60 Jobbing houses
in Portland, r -
The value of the business dona
by the wholesalers! and Jobbers
number of them engaged in the busi
ness and the variety, of the products
handled by them. , But the closest ap
proximation that can be made gives
a result of something like 5100.000.000.
the south Portland reaches; beyond
the state line, down to Weed and Sis
sons in - California,' which is as far
north as the San Francisco wholesaler
can ship his goods at a profit to him
self. : V -n- v , ? - V rd '
New Territory or Portland Jobbers,
Within the year a new territory has
been opened up to the Portland trade.
This is the Klamath Falls district In
that section the jobbers of Portland
city and they will be freighted to him.
The brooms that are handled by the
Portland jobbers are made right here
in Multnomah county, as are a great
variety of the goods sold to the re
tail trade of the territory : covered by
the salesmen representing Portland's
jobbing bouses. . ' . -(
All these jobbers are banded to
gether as the transportation commit
tee of the chamber of v commerce.
This is a compact body,' the aim of
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-V 'p Portland amount annually to than this.'
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jtea-f freight shipped by them
oi.Ylorth. east and aouth runs far
V ifnto the millions.
i'tr Almost everything needed and
The real figures may. be even larger and those of San Francisco now ope-
Pa '
man Is aold by the
wholesale trade of Portland, and
It largely supplies the retail
trade. of the great district em
braced under the term "the Ore-
gon country,? an empire of200,
000 square miles." . ': v rv
Portland has the distinction
having the- only" wholesale- dry
goods house in the Paclflo north
west, that operates en
Hs -.own capital, - th
Flelschn.r, Mayer. & Co.
authorised capitalisation
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?Ttie transportation Question as
Its effect the jobbing trade. '
rate on an equal basis, on account of
.l ' r .i. ; . the now railroad that Has been DUilt
A ner ine ' urst or me year, wnen .- ' r."'7 IC .
J the new railroad law goes into effect,-into the d'stnet within, the year.
it will be possible to arrive at.the-x- Other new territory will open up to
4 act number of tons of freight carried Portland wholesalers shortly - in a
t by the railroads,, and figures may be similar r manner. A number, of new
.obtained that , will show ." just how . roads are projected,, and every mile
, many, tons of merchandise the Port- of tracks that is laid in this state means
.land jobbers " handle. At , present, more business for . Portland , mer-
however; this is impossible,, and only chants- ; . - t , v i-
in certain . lines -can these; figures be . But' the hope of Portland, jobbers
.obtained.-, : But. theC,. transportation for increasing business lies:not ' ao
.committee.-. of ,tho .chambef i)f com- much-in the extension of .their terri-
merce has , obtained - partial figures torv for beyond a certain point, they
w viih.u eiiuw iiaj, inc annual lumu-jc - cannot KO out in. increasing tne Pmi-
tireiy.ttpon .of goods shipped by Portland .whole- ulation and " therefore the " require-
nrmrot salers .runs far into the millions. ?Ments mf the territorv that is -already
With an tj.jri TkKfi'tJ' .'. t).4ij :v'tliiri ; Th tnnrt nennle there are in
oi - . firfiii the a'reater will be the volume
- ' 4 ,incrc; arc. auout 3U argc jopoing - - . rrtuA' t.l.
houses doing business in Portland, be
sides a large number of smaller firms
engaged in the wholesale trade. The
' large jobbers sell each year goods val
I.
Jf NCT other way is the commercial
supremacy of Portland, the chief
city of the Pacific northwest, bet-
t ter snown uian uic nnmcnuc.
volume of her wholesale trade. To
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ued at from $2,000X30 to $10,000,CXX)
each, and many;of them are supreme
in their , lines ; within . the territory
wherein they operate. -, . . ,
Portland's t wholesale territory is
rigidly prescribed by the railway
freight rates. Beyond a certain dis-
arrive at an exact figure representing "lance the differential makes it ftripos-
the value of the merchandise disposed sible for the Jobbers of this city to
l of annually by Portland jobbers would do business, at a , profit, and points
tbe an impossibility on account of the outside this radius must of necessity
sale merchants. Colonization not ex
pansion, is their aim, as it is the aim
of men in ;other lines ef business in
Oregon;,;Vt "f,-:,.'
, ; The Scope of the Trade.
.- The jobbers of Portland deal jn
everything. There is hardly an ar
ticle that any one can need or, wish
for that cannot be obtained by the
retailer from some of the wholesalers
in this city. Does the country mef
chant-need in a case of needles, he can
get it from Portland. Or is it a car
load of pianos, he can send to this
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'-"AND' OILS.','"" '
;i1 The above cut shows our-new .warehouse on East Salmon' street, between Water5 and First
j rty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor space, .equipped with .electric pumps, steel fanks,
I M easuring appliances and latest improved "method of handling oils cheaply.'
filanafaclnrcrs, Iraporlcrs & Jobbers Front sod Morrison Sis.. Portland. Ore.
which is the good of alt' The indi
viduality, of the members is sup
pressed and they pull together for the
good of the -wholesale trad? and of
the city -of Portland. ;;-.'" ' v
The Transportation Question.'
Naturally the most serious prob
lem that they have to face is the
transportation quftj.0n. , O. late
years there has been a disposition on
the part of the railroads to limit Port
land a wholesale territory, and the re
cent raise in freight rates has fnade
the problem even more serious than'
before. The jobbers realize that as
long as. present conditions continue
to exist they cannot hope to do busi
ness any farther from home than they
now Operate. They know that the
only way for them to supply a larger"
trade is to increase the population of
Oregon, bring in more people to con
sume things. And they are accord
ingly devoting much of their energies
to that end.-. 'This not only helps
them, but it tends to the upbuilding
of the state and innures to the beneht
of everybody who lives within the
area tributary to Portland. ;
; Portland's jobbers ; and Portland
are necessary to one another, and
the jobbers and wholesale merchants
are wise enough to recognue this and
are doing what they can to make this
a greater and greater city, and Ore
gon a greater and greater state.
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CUm;TnrnA.frillAn fAmnint'c Cf-nnmnrc : . Five Staunch Steamers Kept Busy ToWg IxgsTrom
JIIQYCI I IQII-3UUI IUUUII VUlllUailY O -JLCaillCI-3 Lumber tamps to Portland Mills tne year Kouna
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' Away back in 1881 Captain Charles Bunseu established the People's Freighting Company, and. a few years after J. Wi Shaver entered the firm and
has seen the one-boat concern urow into the fikient Bhavep Transportation Company, with five staunch steamers, Shaver, Sara Dixon, M. P. Hender
son, No Wonder and JVauna. The old MansaniUo. with which the company started, is now out of commission, and the company's five fins steamers are
kept busy towing- logs from the logging campn on the Columbia river to the lumber mills of Portland. The company is composed of Delmar Shaver, pre8"
dent; Lincoln Shaver, vice president; J. W. Shaver, secretary treasurer; Qeorge M. Shaver and Mrs. 3. W. Shaver, widow of the late O. W. Shaver. The
Shaver -boys were all born and raised in Oregon, and are well known and popular men. By strict application to business they have built up a splendid trans
portation business and are keeping time with the growth of their country. The dock and offJc-e of the company are at the foot of Davis street. .
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Fleischner, Mayer & Co.
Portland, Oregon r
Iinjorfers and Jobbers of Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery; and Furnishings
Manufacturers of
Mount Hood Brand Men's Furnishings
510.Tirst;Avenue,?Spokan:Wask J; : Cor. 1st and G St&, Eureka, Cel.
Room C, Pacific Block; Seattle, Wash. R mr Alexander Young Bldg Honolulu, T. H.