" 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
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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
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IN THE SALEM
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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.
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"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
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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 . ,
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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
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(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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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" 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
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Opportunities.
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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:-
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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-
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If
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