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" THE OREGON; STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY: MORNING, JANUARY 22. 1925 INDUSTRIAL OR PRODUCES QUALITY PRODUCT IGON This cut Is used by courtesy of the Associated Industries, of Oregon. Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman ,1, In Twlcca-Week Statesman Following Ihijr) ; ; , 1 (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 2 Prunes. October 9 " Dairying, October 16 Flax. October 23 Filberts. October 30 . Walnut, November Strawberries, November 13 . Apples, November 20 Raspberries. November' 27 Mint. December 4 Great Cows. Etc., December 1 1 Blackberries, December 18 Cherries, December 25 Pears,' January 1, 1925 Gooseberries. January 8 Corn. January 15 Celery. January 22 Spinach. Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 5 Potatoes, Etc., February 12 ; Bees, February 19 , Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 2 Goats'. March 5. . Beans, Etc. March 12 ; Paivedf Higliatyii. Krch 19 ; Head Lettuce March 26 Silos. Etc. AprU 9 Legumea. ApriV 9- ' Asparagus, Etc:, April 18 Grapes, Etc., April 23 t Drug Garden. Apr!) 30 THE CELERY DISTRICT IS OIi HAS BECOME A LARGE 0 I WAY TOWARDS BECOMING Started in 1909, in a Commercial Way, With 2Q00 to 3000 Plants, and Has Grown Till There Are; Many Millions of Plants, and Will Be Perhaps 500 Car Loads for Shipment to Outside Markets the Present Year . ; There were many people here In the doubting Thomas class when, ; some years ago, the Slogan editor of The . Statesman began saying this was the best celery country in the world, and that the celery Industry might be made, and was bound to become, a big Industry, , and finally a gigantic industry. , Because these people were In 1 the habit of thinking of, celery growing in terms of a few rdws in the kitchen garden; and, they did not realize that the Salem district could produce a better , quality of celery than is grown in the Kal amazoo district in Michigan, gen erally then supposed to produce the best celery in the world. ; ; ' 5 The Beginnings The beginnings of the celery in dustry on a commercial scale in the Salem district were made by Hoy K. Fultuda in 1909, when he experimented with some 10 rows, or 2,000 to 3,000 plants, in the La bish Meadows district, on the bea rer da ni land of Hon. M. L. Jones, some fire miles below Salem, be tween the Oregon EIetrlc and Southern Pacific,, railroad lines--; between Quinaby and Chemawa. .. The experiment., proved auo cess. Mr. Fukuda grew more cel-.-.-ery the folVwiag. year and-soon his neighbors began growing cel ery. In 1919. Mr. Fukuda ' had brought his planting to eight to nine acres: In 1922 the plantings ; in that district had been brought up to about 100 acres, and the growers shipped about 65 cars to points outside of Oregon, besides . 3500 crates by express. . ' . Big Increase In Year In the mean time the Labish I ' - ......... : - . , ... , ..... - .. - , - ? l r ! j, , " ' l l ' " ' ' i , - . . . . . . usiiiess MAM VALUE OF MIS HEALTH n i i r 11 I HEALTH . i. . - ..- . I f5" ""la MBC III l-j UUUl fep i - i r r . ; ; Bj. U l SCO ji 11 . 'i . ' . J .: lUgni . . " ..' ' . . Chiropractor, U. S. National Bank Bui3dingf Salem, Oregon, Office Phone 879 Residence Phone 82S-R. ' . 1 1 f I '.-.. .-. " " J 1J Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc,. J May- 1 4 : J r i f Water Powers, May 14 P Irrigation, May 21 4 H I " 1 Mining, Mav 28 j -! ! c Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 4 Dehydration, June 11 y$ J Hops. Cabbage. Etc., June IS I Wholesaling and Jobbing. June 25 - : r ? . - -if Cucumbers, Etc., July 2: I 'Hogs. .July 9: . ' f j $. ..jj City Beautiful, Etc., July 16 Schools, Etc., July 23 ! .; .:' Sheep, July 30 ! . ' I National Advertising, August 6 Seeds,' Etc., August 13 f : '. I Livestock, August 20 i t if Grain and Grain Products Au4 II guat 27 : t U '' f Manufacturing, September 3. ; Automotive Industries, Seyteml si ber 10 v t . I-; A - , Woodworking, Etc.." Sept.' 17 Paper Mills, Etc., Sept. 24 .-,'.'1. ji (Back copies of the Thursday editions of The. Daily Oregon Statesman are on band, 1 They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) ; ! - J s f IN THE SALEM 110 Meadows Celerjr Union was organ ized; with a few members. The members had grown -to .2 growers for the shipping season bf 1923. and the acreage had grown to about 150, and the total ship ments from this district that year U923) were about 20 a acres, in cluding express shipments. ' Big Growth Last Year t. There was a still larger growth last .year. , Mr. Fukuda alone, the! pioneer in the industry, put out $0 addi tional acres.. He had 40 acres In 1923. :' ;. ; . f ; -The Slogan editor predicted a year ago that our district would likely ship at least 250 cars of cel ery in 1924. The membership of the Union had increased o 26 or more, including some j American growers, who are welcome,' and one Korean. ! .. . . I . The Slogan, editor was far with in the mark. Over 300 cars of cel ery were shipped from this district last year, ; f j; . -;. . . . j i Irobably BOO xnisYear The number of members of the Union has increased to about ) 40 now, with numerous new pirospettf . i ne iana in gooa years wui pro duce two cars of celery: to .the acre, Th6rf will be 250 acres In celery this year; likely: somewhat more. So the number of ears may run as high as 500 this year. ;: .. , (It may be added in passing that these same people will have this year about 50 acres in head lettuce, yielding about a car to the acre.) Mr. Fukuda told the Slqgan edi tor that he expects to seq contin ual growth of the celery industry. i i i ; .' Have brought the science of f 'A KihiHlv nf w. I CMC "OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make our pay rolls they build our cities;; they attract pew capital and new people; they provide a market for the products of our farms. Oregon farms produce a wider variety of profitable crops of "Oregon Quality" food than any other spot on earth. . " CELERY INDUSTRY A COU FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST TO SURVIVE "As the Trade Knows This Markets Will Come This a Celery Business That May Exceed the Ideas of Even me mosi upiimisuc," oays rrou oouque the Oregon Celery Industry LI Editor Statesman: 3 - Developments in the growing and marketing of celery : in the statof Oregon have been unusual ly rapid In ,the past few years. WhiWJ f t ? harf been' iknown for a long timeth celeqr of very iex rellent , market ; qaHty could be grow,n iUi thej ftate4 pnly recentlv. during the past five seasons, has the business.' increased to such, ar extent that the distribution ! of many carloads to distant points has taken place. ' This is the legiti- nnel in which Oregon cel- ld move, that is, in fear ipped from ' those sections re naturally ; adapted by ue of climate, soil and transpor tation facilities to-grow sufficient quantities on a community basis to load cars. The function of the state as a whole should be to produce sutrt cient celery for our local markets throughout the state as well as to develop the shipping business to such an extent that the outside markets can be supplied with the high class product that Oregon is capable of growing. I T First Class Stuff .The increases in the demand for car lots of Oregon celery is suffi cient evidence that I the buying trade is beginning to recognize that the Oregon celery districts "are the ones from which to buy sup plies if they are in the market for first class stuff. The Troutdale, Multnomah county, celery district, starting with a few cars, has now built up a business to the extent of 85 cars or so in 1924, based, pri marily, on the superior quality ot the product. The greatest recogr nition from a national standpoint came to the Troutdale growers at the recent National Convention o Vegetable growers assembled at Louisville, Ky in September last. A Triumph for Oregon t : The writer" had the privilege of being the only Oregonian present at this convention. ? Of all the en joyments that could 1 be obtained from such a gathering, none gave greater delight than to hear an nounced during the annual ban quet of growers the fact that "first prize in the National Celery King contest was awarded to Oregon that .the second prize hoisors also was won by an Oregon grower and furthermore that the third prize went to, Uws same . state!" ;That was indeed-a-triumph. It was nn forttraateSaf'isbm'e or the; boys who .thus brought-such renown to the 'tate were1 not present to have be tbfmors, hpaped nthem. ;s From' this more or less unique manner of-advertising Oregon cel-- ery, much enquiry has come in the way of business, for the fact that the Oregonians captured all three premiums was heralded over a considerably wide area of the coun try.' - 1 '- increased greatly beyond the ex Tbe Salem producing area has - mate cha I lotasli I whffettxa CHIROPRACTIC j SPINAL ADJUSTMENTS health and happiness to thousands of people after they had health. It reaches the cause of disease and eliminates it. CHROPRACTIC SPINAL ADJUSTMENTS ' P10?? PP1 are kept well -because they have periodic examinations made by Chiropractors who detect, and eliminate the f ' S JtU u f ! becomes serious. By this practice many business men add many productive hours and days to their business activities 1; f Vny wait until warned by physical distress or pain when a few minutes' time four or five times a year may 'save you days or weeks ? of suffering and loss of time from your business? . ! ' , j . , fl t-. ' . . -' ; : " theIneurO I haye jnstaDed a Neurocalometer in my office for your benefit, This is a smaU instrument used to detect the locaUon of pinched nerves emereinrr from the spinal column. It is a thousand times more delicate than th human hand in Inmiinv h af' f th. rfionh9n t 1 human pm.r ir A.4i BM wvfru iv aval (Oregon) Product Better, the Way, and Oregon Will Have , Writing of pectations of those who have been instrumental in developing it. The markets of the south and middle west are- looking to this section now for - a considerable share of their supplies during the, fall ship ping Beason, and with the quality maintained to a high standard the business should continue to show a healthy increase. ' " f- i n V y . '': ; It Is Not Kasy j y .' i; ' Let no one be. deceived concern ing this Industry, however. Cel ery growing is one of the most' in tensive forms of vegetable garden ing in the state, lit requires the best of growing conditions, coup led with skill and industry. It is not an easily grown vegetable, as many of the other 'crop are. The growing of t the : crop to a proper state of maturity l-ready for mar keting is a continuous; succession of detailed operations requiring the most careful attention of -the grower, seed sowing, ; choice of ground and the fertilization of it, its preparation, : the transplants g of plants, . Irrigation, disease con trol, blanching and all of the var ious important steps In digging; trimming and packing, j- 1 j Must Uphold Quality It might seem &i If the publicity. t. i rii V I. 1 through the sections nbw growing' the crop had caused a generarln- icresi 10 De laxeq Dy iarmers in different parts ;of; the state. ' it, the writer may be allowed to issue1 a' word of Caution? along this line; it might be somewhat fas follows f First, the qualltyj of (the state'd celery must be maintained. The high standard of grade hnd pack of the crop thus fat" produced must and will be kept:t4 its 'present lev- el. Future business will depend on Oregon's celery - being" cleanf well blanched, disease free and up1 to marketj requirements for size and grade. Second, organized marketing and shipping is the only solution for selling problems that are bound to come up whenever the acreage of a crop? is considerably : M , ; i. . j . . (CoaUaned on pace 7) ; -... :j THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN s -t i .-.'!- . . S DID YOU KNOW; that Salem coming greatest cdery growing district in the United States; that we are already far ahead of any other section of Oregon or the pacific Northwest in the industry; that our growers j produce and pack here the finest quality of celery grown in IKe world ; that theygetH 'a crated abbye the price paid the California growers for their best celery; that this.' difference alone means a handsome profit f.o our growers, ahd must bf necessity result in the steady growth of the industry! here;, that, for the man with the right kind of land, some capital and a great deal bf industry, there is room andt certain fortune: here in celery: growing; that there is a welcome here for more and more celery growers, and that celery, growers in other sections can afford to abandon their places and come here, where they can grow quality celery commanding $1 r , ui iivuuia M f Bi n PROSPERITY FOLLOW THE TRADE ROUTES OF dregon Holds a Strategetic New Alignment of World Commerce Activities The Short Route to the Indies; Lost at San Salvador By Columbus, Has Been Picked Up Again at Portland (By EDWARD T. BARBER) The wealth of the Indies has attracted world commerce from the dawn of history. It has been the great; central source from which has radiated the trade routes, along which the great cities of ; history have been strung - as . pearls . and gems on a necklace, u . - ; The camel trains of the ancient world built - the great ' cities of those times. World commerce was always pushing westward, ever westward. It mastered the Mediterranean sea in those early days and built the great commercial cities along these shores. I : ; j ' ' - . j But always carrying the wealth of the Indies. . I was to find a shorter route to the Indies that led Columbus to cross the uncharted Atlantic when he accidentally discovered Ameri ca, j j : ' This discovery: halted the world commerce while "1 it revelled in a mass' of virgin wealth far in excess of that of the Indies, and the At lantic ocean became the great the ater jof world commerce activities for three hundred years. V But the wealth of the Indie had not been exhausted. In fact it grew amazingly during this period of rest.! !' j : ; J ; . The trail of the shorter route to the Indies which Columbus lost fat-San. Salvador -has been picked up in Oregon and world commerce i .again centering its energies on the wealth of the Indies by the shortest route which starts from (ur Oregon sea ports and reaches the jorient: by three . to five days sailing less than any other route. Furthermore, the ocean end of this trail is connected with the At lantic by lines of trans-continen tal railways which measure the short est distance' acrpss the continent. 1 In addition to: this strategic po sition occupied by Oregon on the greatest trade route ever known which gives Oregon the opportun ity to take a legitimate toll from the vast world commerce passing through her gates, i we have a re gion filled with greater natural is the market center of the a crate premium? been pronounced by other practitioners as hopelessly UL Chirooraetic is i - ! I r . . ., i . viiiiuiic 7 : WORLD CUBE Position of Great Power in the resources I than any other known spot of equal area. Furthermore, this world com merce now passing through our gates is but in its first smiling In fancy. Its possibilities for growth and development " are beyond the power of the imagination to con ceive, t !i.:r r ' -it I ' ; Seward sensed the situation when he uttered; the prophetic words "The time -is coming when the commerce) of the world will, be carried on the Pacific ocean, and Alaska will be its shipyard." That was but two short generations ago. Behold how these words have ceas ed to be a prophesy and have be come a concrete reality. Other men of vision have sensed the situation and prepared to meet it. Our railroads were built across hundreds of miles of trackless des erts and uninhabited forests i by men who saw the coming tide and prepared to meet it. j ; Wise ihen perceived the great natural harbors on our shores and in our rivers have builded docks and wharves of a size to astonish the rest of the world. Millions of dollars have been expended in pre paring our waters for the reception of this commercial tide approach ing, yet ine uae nas so nearly Kept pace with the building that the cry is for more room for world shipping. I j, 1 . Every .year. sees. . our . foreign commerce increase with a ratio which astonishes the most optimis tic enthusiasts. The orient is awakening to the miiuence j or western civilization and is eager to exchange its prod ucts for our finished materials, pur wheat and, flour, the products of our mills and mines and factories, as well as our farms and orchards. our milk products and poultry. For this they j wish, to exchange their silk and rubber and vegetable oils, their many,; products which they can produce more cheaply than: we, for the things which we are able to produce more cheaply and bet ter than they. . Two thirds the population of the earth faces our Pacific shores and we are in, a position to serve them by the "shorter route to the Ind ies" with the food, clothing. building -: materials, machinery. tools andj the "products of our fac tories farms and furnaces demand ed Jy J 2,000 million people who are just', beginning to desire our western world products. -' k sw-' European Trade Kor la; the new short route to the Indies tbe; enly source of world commerce at our command. Thu Panama canal puts' us? in'drfec4 Wa ter communication with. European markets which are eager for our products. ! j The writer recently visited a 15, 000 ton English steamer loading at the Portland docks. It had on board four thousand tons of ap ples from the orchards of Oregon, " " " This cut is used by courtesy of the . Associated Industries, of Oregon. Beginning about January 1, 1925, The Statesman will supple ment its slogan, articles on this page with a series of stories of Industrial ; Oregon from the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber who Is one of the most accomplished writers along these lines in the: Pacific ortliwest. -Mr. Barber is ia painstaking and careful investigator. His articles will be based upon the most reliable information obtainable &nd written from a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be included In these articles: ' - i - I The Willamette Valley, -Its Physical, Historical, Geographical and General Features, -Lumbering and; Forest Products. Manufacturing Industries and Market at Home and Abroad. Fruit Growing-i-Conditlons and Commercial j Nut Growing. Poultry and lia Opportunities. General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions.. :' j Irrigation. ! . '- Educational and Religious Resources. . . j Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. Taxation and Financial Conditions. . j - General Living I Conditions. ! Dairying, MilW and Milk Products. Mineral Resources. Commerce, -j Hydro-Electric Development DOMESTIC MARKETS STHGTHEID IF GROWERS STUDY WlflRKET DEHS Co-0peration of Growers With Strict Rules Governed By Market Demands for Variety, Quality and Quantity Would Revolutionize Domestic Market Consumer Is Judge and Jury The quality pt the products of Oregon farms, j orchards, flocks and herds dairies an d dreameries, ' has already been established as of the highest orders .Oregon fruits and berries have, prize winning rec ords. , Oregon i poultry products have prize winning records. So with Oregon dairy cows and prod ucts, hogs, beef, mutton, wool. Oregon farmers; gardeners, or chardists, da"irymeh, ' poultrymen, nut growers, bee keepers, -flax pro ducers, etc., have developed them selves along the line of producing both quality and quantity output until they stand in the lime light Of national publicity as being , pre eminent iff their class.- . If the mar keting end of their business were as well developed as their produc ing ability Oregon would present the most prosperous condition of any state in the nation.- : But mrketfng conditions are de moralized to such an extent as to re-act in a -most depressing man ner upon the producers. ' A recent interview with a dairy man illustrates' the point. This man has a herd of 15 pure-bred cows, some of them having high est records in their class. Their average production was above 700 pounds of bulter fat per year. , At the average price of butter fat this would bring an . income of near $300 per cow, aside from the value of the calf and mflk. This man claims to have barely broke even on his herd. In j sections of the country where marketing has de veloped along with production, a man with such a herd would have considered he Was milking pure gold into his milk pail, for large numbers of dairymen are content ed with cows giving less than half tne average of this herd. In this man's barn were feed Sacks bear -. t Bill .V - Opportunities. j Opportunities. and Possibilities. L. i ing brands from San Francisco, for beet pulp; alfalfa meal from Ida ho; corn! from Nebraska. That may be fine for San Francisco, Idaho and Nebraska, but of doubt fur value! to Oregon dairymen. - A well developed domestic mar ket is the best market for the pro ducer, market man and consumer. But to develop such requires an education in co-operation all along the line. - In a recent address . President Coolidge Isf quoted ,as saying thai co-operation must begin at the bot tom and grow upwards, not at the top and grow downwards. o "Oregon producers and Industri als have had some unfortunate and..-' disastrous experiences in co-oper- ative marketing which has checked the growth' of the co-operative principle but has not disproved its value. " V j As stated before, the consumer is the judge and Jury before whom the supreme test is to be tried. The market man must cater to the de mands of the consumer. The mar ket man and grocery man do not create the demand, they merely strive to 'discover what is wanted and then' supply it. This throws the problem back on the producer who must supply the dealer with the kind and quality of-merchan-dlserdemnded.,"Jlir:j:- :: This faces the producer with the problem 'of studying the' market demands , and. strfvingv,V produce the kind and quality of product best calculated to meet if. Three factors enter into this problem. ;- Kind, quality and quan tity of the product. There are cow carrots, and table carrots. Many growers fail to distinguish this fact and try to force the wrong kind on the market. A strict sys- (ConUnMd oa pan 5) If 7&