i 12 ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. , PORTLAND. . SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 18. 1911. , JUi ILLl RAISINS IN SPAIN AND CALIFORNIA For OatsjrW th World Xooked to Spain for Iu Ilalslne, Writet'Oeorte W.NBurtn-Of I Ate lean Call- ' foroia Km Come to the ont m Material rralncer or TW T&oUiapnie urop. j ; L . ; 1 J - . - i. ..'J , I i tr J I '' r -i ..... .. ..Ill -..f if. .V uAiltr ' ' -Wi. V'.w - .'J .:..)!?!.- 'ill I ' E fit . ,.,- T ...1 .; " .' ; . . 1I "1 V. , - i - ..I II .. ii.i I II I lili.illllltlllli-i'.4r-at'i f Grape rina at Carpenter!, Cal., aald to be the largeat la fre world : " Br Oorca W. Burton. 5 Dnla, Spain. ror eanturiea tha whou world looked to Spaia for raiaina. Th EnrUih Dlutn cudcUna la a mia nomar.. Ions ago it w made of dried pJuma of home arowth; but when cora meroe began to blees huma llffl Spain aent England dried frapee. or the rate to of commerc. and after that plum vuddina- ahould hara changed ita name to ralaln pudding. Aa the United Statea grew and flourished and Americana be came the rlcheat people of . the earth end Uved the beat, our country waa the beat market for 8pantah raiaina.:: Spain la thoee palmy daye of . the lnduatry uaed't ahlp from the port of Malaga alone more than ' 2,000,000 boxea of raiaina, each box holding St pound a .of fruit, aa now, and weighing 28 pound! groaa. More than half of these crop came to the United BUtea, and we took elx tlmea aa- many raiaina from Malaga aa want to Great Britain. Malaga waa then aa now the great rat-In market of Europe. And aa In the paat the United Statea took the largeat part Of the out put, ao it took the beat gradea ; The lose Ol ine American mmrimv um pivvnu a great detriment to the Industry. In those timee we paid at Malaga an aver age of $1.4S per box for looae Muscatel raiaina, The cluatera and other choice gradee naat two and three, tlmea aa much. The province of. Denla In paat tlmea rivaled Malaga In the amount of 1 raiaina rroducSd, but not In the quality. The TVnla crop uaed to run at about Z.uo,u Doxea a year, ana tneae -were valued at the place of production at $ 100,000. Aa la the caae of Malaga ae of Denia. the United Statea ceaaed to take toearly half the crop, from both porta our country took aa . high aa t.000,000 boxea, or. about half the prod uct of ail Spain. The eoat of Denla raiaina In thoae daya of low tarlffa was more than ft a box for the Efenla prod uct, an average price, -end nearly 11.60 for loose Muecatela from Malaga, ' The coat in the United Statea waa fully twice that price, and the consumer paid 60 eente to ft a pound for what went In his Chrlefmae pudding or to be taken with: the port wine' at the end Of the dinner..' The importa were a total of nearly 100,000,000 pounds.1 The coat at shipping ports was more than 14,000, 000, and conaumers paid probably 1$, 000,000 for the raiaina. - ,o California Output Oreater. The output of California raislna is now a little larger than the Importa of SO years ago, and the first cost Is not much more than 15,000,000, and that to the consumer less than 98,000,000, so Pacific much, more than IS, 000,000, so Paclflo coast people are getting more and bet ter raisins than when we' Imported the crop,, and saving to the consumer some $1,000,000 nearly half of the money at one time expended oq a luxury, now a common comfort of life. That the Cal ifornia raisin Is better I am sure. The Malaga fruit la usually sun dried, with out processing. It is a sweet and pala table food, but the skin Is thick and the seeds many and very hard. When mas ticated, the best refuse to be reduced to a pulp, but leave a residuum aa dry as sawdust which must be rejected by any one who haa respect to hla health. The Denla raisin la more palatable and more tender. But It la because it goes through a very careful proceae of prep aration. s Batatas aa Viet, ' .' . Since we arrived at Bilboa four months ago up to this moment here among the vineyards where raisins 'grow the fruit has been literally pressed on us. thrust Into our facea. Not only at the dinner table have we been almost begged to eat raiaina, but at some places a great dish of them has graced the breakfast table dally.. WhyT Be cause they are so cheap. The clusters may be had by the single pound at any shop for 10 cents. The loose ones by the 100 kilos do not cost a "nickel" the pound. The people know the virtue of thin excellent fruit If you ever come Into the house ' exhausted from any cause, do not take a glass of ardent spirits to evlve you, or even a glass Of the lightest wine. The spirits will excite for a moment, to force you back into a greater state of collapse after a short time. . The wine will prey on tat costing of your empty etomam. , irr a handful f raislna. ,,The effect Is el most electrical.' The refreshment is nearly Instantaneous , and v the offset lasting.' In fact, a handful of ralaln revives fslllng vital force . about a nromDtly and effectually, as any , food. As a regular diet they are the best regulator or the internal ' system -.ever known. They are as strengtnenlag as meat, more so than bread, and produce none of the evil effects in the ali mentary canal tout come from too free us of bread or meat. ' Tn grape in He various forms Is one of the greatest blessing f the people of countries Ilk Spain, where these products ere.su cheap as en offset to the high cost of bread and meat , .' ' ,,' Method of OeJtifetioa, ... i , There 1 not much Irrigation applied to vines in Spain. At most places th rainfall Is liberal, the moisture In th air high, and ,the evaporation low. This with hh cultivation results la 'good crop of grapes. To look at the slender vines with few prongs and to note th thinness of th soil one would say a ton an acre of ripe grape .would be th usual crop. Yet I am told that two tons la a small crop, and four tons and mor than that an exception. In Pe- cemlier the virirg are pruned, leaving prong on and a half to two inches. Then ' the main,. aUm la exoaed to th air for a depth of 10 to II Inches. In this way ths vineyard 1 left unttl A prlj, when the roots are carefully covered, not a weed er a apear of graas being iefc nor a "sport" from below the fruit beerlng prongs. This Is all don by hand, and the soil la, thoroughly atlrced. I aaw vineyards . in January actually "trenched" to a depth of from on, foot to two feet, all by apadlng. The clays are full of coaree gravsl in moat place. It aeem a If th vine feed from th air and the rocks of th valley a much as from any other kind of vegetable food. Th vine stand ss inches to a foot apsrt The vines take eight years to come to full bearing, and tby do well for nearly haif a century. Th insect peata are here and many vlnea have to be taken out from year to year. The vineyard la watched with the eyee of a lynx, and when a vine looks "sick," out it cornea and a new cutting is put in th place. Many of these vineyards yield four and a half tonS'Of grapes a year, which make 180 arrobaa, about 8000 pounda of oured grspes. The loss of the American market has been a great blow to the Spanish ralaln lnduatry. The output at the present time Is much less than formerly. New markets have, been developed aa in the case of oranges, but in apite of all ef forts the growers have been forced, to let their old vineyards go to decay, then root up the vinee and replant with other fruit. This haa been particularly true of Malaga, where almond orchard- have taken the place of vineyards for raisin purposes. Others simply turn their grapes Into wine or distill ) the poor kind Into alcoholic products.' For the paat three year from Malaga there have gone to the United States an av erage of a little more than 6000 boxes of raisins. In these same years the al mond have been run to an average of 1000 boxes. The value of the raisin has been 8114.000 to 8186.000, while the al monda have been worth at ahlpping port 9607,000 to 88(6.000. Coal of Production. But aa to cost of production, here are the facta.. These vineyards are culti vated twioe a year only. They are' not Irrigated at all as a rule. The cost .of labor la not more than 25 to 86 centa a JJ'iJT- J day. '1 estimate that a man should do on acre In two daya and that th coat would be aa low ae 60. eenta for each treatment, of 81 for , the jrear., s For gathering the crop I allow 60 cent a ton, and for curing about th same. making the total actual eoet of labor for four and a half tone but a little ftver 98 an acre. Above I have put thle at twice whet I work out here In aa ef fort to be fair, and la It not enough? How much will it eost In Fresno, CaL. to cure the crop from an acr of vines In roleing ' grape T Will it coat 80T If so. then I am right, for tabor here is worth 28 to 86 centa a day, and there It costs at least 9160, or six times as mucn. .. ai mil rat me rresno man would pay out t0 an . acre (for -culti vation and gathering and curing a good crop, I , am not figuring Irrigation, which her ooeta nothing; If It Is don the expense is too small to distribute over the crop, . Nor do-1 figure taxes. which er not much higher, if any, thsi in California. '.Neither do I pat In the Interest on th Investment. Money Is worth here 4 per cent, there per cent If an acre there and here Is worth 8104, the difference for this is only that be tween 840 and 9(0, and when distrib uted to ,8000 pounds of cured product nomes'o only about half a cent, ana dill in lavor or ine rpanisro. , i , A 'late government report i put laat year's export of raislna in Spain at a value of 88.T14.800. ' Freeh grape sent abroad were valued at 82.012,200. The vines of the country .were valued at 918,810.000, ' which ' would make . th product of the grape In all forms come to probably not less than 828.000.000, As to prices, a reference to the valu of vines as given in an aHfofe on these will . confirm my low, estimate ae to .the cost of raislna For if wine can be turned, out at a market, price of less than eenta a quart racked off of the lees, sorely the cost of dried grapes (ralaln) cannot be highv The price of grape to make win at 8 centa quart or. 8 rents a gallon would be less than half a cent a pound, probably not more than a -quarter of. a cent , The curing of three pounds of grapes Into one of rajeina where labor la as low aa 10 cents to. 20 cents for women and not over 60 cents for men. Is small. Again I must warn the reader of the fact that all kinds of fruits and all their products In ' Europe are commanding prices much above the average of five years. They are twice aa high aa for the year 1908. when the crops were ex oe salve, and at least a third above the average . Diplomas fciyenvto Class 'at St . Mary's3 , Progreaa on Coos Timber Cruise. Marahfleld, Or.. June 17. Dennis Mo Cejrty, who haa charge of cruising the timber of Cooa county for the purpoee of a more equal aeaeaament, haa com pleted the work on one township and will begin on anotner. He is aaaisted by Malcom Poble of Portland, William Keating, Jacob Cabe, Frank Stevens and James Cowan. MoCarty worked all last season but the county' commissioners decided to push the work and this year hired assistanta. , A. W. L, Chapter House Affected. Illllsboro, Or., June 17. HiUsboro Is Interested In the . suits against K. O. Lewis of th American Woman's league. there being, a. large chapter In the city. A site for a chapter house was recently purchased and the deed turned over to Lewis, but aa It contains a elause that unless used for the purpose specified the land shall revert to the former own er it may not prove a loss In the event that Lewis' - concerns prove Insolvent Reading, left to rlgil. Binding AHce-Huitheg,. Pearl Klnitibury. Mabla Kingsbury; glttlnr, Loolae WaUon.. ' ' A unique feature of this year's pro gram of the fifty-second annual com mencement of St Mary's 'Academy and College Thursday evening, was the grad uation from th college department of four young ledlea namely,- Misses Alice Hugh, Mary Louise Watson, Mabel Kingsbury and Pearl Kingsbury, upon whom Archbishop Christie conferred" the degree of B. A. ,.,.:."'.'...!' Academlo graduating honors . . were conferred upon Joaephtn -Marie All e hoff, Heles Margaret ; Buckley, Anna Sophia Clemona, Olga Margaret Fisher, Mary Olivia Thompson, Margaret Oen evieve Canning, Marguerite Agnes Don egan. Helga Louise Hansen,. Gertrude Clotilda Hogan, France In be 1 Houck, Marguerite Anna K earns, Evelyn Ruth Nutting, Genevieve Catherine Ryan, Cer met Marie Sullivan, Irene Elisabeth Sweeney.-' ' Mtnle graduating honora were con ferred upon Florence Hughes, Carmel Sullivan, Myrtle Johnson and r Mabel Kingsbury. ' ; :i i Alice Autaen received a diploma for Junior mnslo course; planaforte. Anna Clemona and Ruth Maginnls, diplomas or Junior musio couree, vjoloncello. ' y . Medals ' were " t awarded as ' follows: Knights oil Columbus Medal for His tory to Anna Clemona, '11; Margaret Canning and Helga Hansen honorably distinguished;' Alumnae medal for Prose Composition to Marguerite Kearns, '11; I Gertrude Hogan, Josephine Allehef f and ' Anna Clemona honorably distinguished: Christie medal for general excellence to J Agnea A 1 hers, '18.- ,,r ,; 1 .'-s The exercises were held In Christen-, sen's hall with a large attendance.' The speaker of the evening, John ' O'Hara, gave a splendid add re a on "The Purpoee of Education.' Following the program 4 very Interesting musical program was . glvn. r- , .... . . , : , , s Jnstico McBrlde July .4 Orator. - (Sreial OlipatiA ta Tb JoaruLk HlUaboro, Or., June 17 Supreme Court Justice T. A. McBrida will be the orator at the Fourth of July cele hratlon in HiUsboro this year. The cele bration will cover two days, the feature on July 2 being a racing meet at the fair grounda On the Fourth there will ' be a parade of floats representing local Industrie, decorated automobiles and civic organizations, ; In the morning.. patrotlc exerclaes, games and amuse ment at city park In the afternoon and elaborate display of firework in th evening. - t- Oar Decorated Service Will Beautify Yonr Home for Sammer Experts Will Call and Estimate on Any Work, Without Extra Charge See Regular Ad, Back Page, Sec. I Custom Window Shades Lowest Prices FurnitureUpholateringShop New Summer Wall Papers Sterling Silverware 1 0 Off uxxxm raAjncm-amurr noom OBSZB BT MAXL. FOR tomorrow, our entire stock of Sterling Silver Flatware is offered at a discount of 10 per cent. This includes all rich, plain and fancy, designs, such as John Winthrop, Avalon, La Rochelle, Florence, Pansy and others. A chance to fill your set with tea spoons, dessert and table spoons, knives, forks, spreaders, and so on, at these splendid savings: Tea Spoons, set of 6, reduced to $4.50, $5.40, $7.20; Dessert Spoons reduced to $8.00; Table Spoons at $10.80, and all other 1 A(T wares piacea on saie ivionaay ana oiierea ar savings 01 x v . ; ; S Gotten Camp Blankets ! $ 1 .55 asxxn rKAjrxv xiju nooa OBJ) SB MX BCAZXi 300 fjSE THEM for? camping blankets or in the home. - Just v pairs in this spedally purchased lot Good, full size, of cotton with neat colored borders. Just the blankets for ! ff your camping outfit. Get them Monday at, per pair aji.OD Silkolirie Comforters $ '13? . Reg. $2.25 quality Comforters.- Covered with silkoline t1"t - OA vi picasing coiors.- riiica wiin wnue iamDamatea cotton, Jj JLeU7 V. - : S 4 ISsigte ' IFwriiter Yesterday Tin Reas! Amazing Sale of Portieres $20 and $21 Grades $12.35 raAwx-s tkxbui nboB .oboes bt kazzi NEVER before have we made such reductions as these on hicrh crade Portieres! it's a remarkable offering for those who delight in artistic draper ies for the home. Over 50 patterns in Portieres at $12.35, including those of embossed, double-faced velour, brown armures with embroid ered borders, olive green rep with illuminated leather bor ders ; $20 and $21 Portieres at $12.35 $30 to $38.50 Velvet Portieres with borders of velvet . appli que ; on Turkish ! satin. Rich patterns in gold, brown, blue, green and myrtle. Also dou ble faced Velour Portieres in plain green or green with fac ing of brown. Pleasing em bossed borders. Special, pair, $19.65 To $65 Portieres $37.65 Artistic, indeed, Is the effect pro duced in the hanging of these beau tiful Silk Velour Portieres. Soft, rich, lustrous and drape so grace fully. Have. both silk and, metal embroidery and galloons. Hand some colorings, in soft tones of brown, mauve, champagne, blue and greert. They're beautiful. Regularly $5t to $65, CQT'CC To $55' Portieres $2 9.95 . Beautifullly artistic are these double-faced Jute Velour Portieres with the wide Oriental, and neat floral borders, 8. different patterns in col ors of brown green, olive, blue, gold, red, nile and rose. See, too, the lovely Velvet and Silk velour Portieres appliqued. borders of self material. . Also Metal Galloons and illuminated leather- trim minus. Regularly $45 cJOQQC to $55, tomorrow, only v a ) is readily apparent, when you note the unusual offerings riven here! And it is just so all through our entire stock of Furniture the s savin m ! it- i M . ii rt a - i J i i J . i .. t .. . . ... . ' ef . , - . . 7. are worm wnnei wno dui a great aepanmeni srore, sucn as mis, couia maKcsucn unusual orrers? Ana we ve two floors ot high-grade Furni tureeverything you could wish for. See, too, our complete line of all that's new and best in Summer Furniture Grass, Wicker, Reed and 1V4U4U. 1J11UC3 Will UU WCH IW IIUIC UIC3C MU4 dCUdld IU1 iYlUUUilJ. -Monday at only, pair $6:50 Oriental Couch Covers at $3.95 Oak Table for $11.29 It's seldom that Solid Oak Dining Ta bles can be purchased at this low price. Made Just as shown here. Heavy claw foot, round Extension Table, 6-foot size. Ihese handsome tables selldfc jf reg. at $16 ; special, 3 days j) 1 1 $11 Oak Dressers at $8.75 Splendidly made Dressers, just as pi c t u r e d here. 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