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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1925)
OREGON PRODUCES QUALITY , PROD tz 7t ft. INDU STRIA yy"- V Y f ; : ' :!Xr.-':; J?-Milllir!v UCTS -VW-Sb. " J -lit I . Us fM t '.i il .This cut Is used by courtesy of the i' -Associated Industries, of Oregon. Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman .'..-.-..' , - ? . - : ... (In Twica-Week Statesman; Following Day) ' ' ( (Wtth a few possible changes) .Loganberries, October 2 (Prunes, October 9 Dairying, October 15 Flax, October 23 .- . ' Filberts, October 30 "Walnut, November Strawberries, November 13 .Apples, November 20 , Raspberries, November 27 1 Mint, December 4 ' Great Cows, Etc., December 11 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 6 Potatoes, Etc., February 12 Bees. February 19 Poultry, and Pet Stock, Feb. 28 City Beautiful, etc., March G. Beans, Etc.," March 12 Paved Highways, March 19 Head Lettuce, -March 26 , Silos, Etc., April 2 . Legumes, April 9 Asparagus, Etc., .April 16 Grapes, Etc., April 23 Drug Garden April 30 SALEM IS BEAUTIFUL, DECLARES HIE i FL0H1ST DF THE OHEGDW StATEHOSPITAL ' : r "'' i .Y ;' , i .63 Per Cent of Her Residents OWn Then Own "Homes, and the Rest Are Appreciative of Beauty-rrThere Is Very f General Cooperation in Efforts to Make Salem the City Beautiful to Both Facf and liame-Even the Babies and the Girls Beautiful Editor -Statesman: ; : Salem "has many thing that conspire to make her City Beauti ful. Salem has 63 per cent of her residents owning their own homes, and the other 37 per cent are thrifty enough, to know that property which Is kept up and beautified will either sell or rent to better advantage. . ,Salem folks grow less potatoes In their parkings, and less cab bages in their front yards, than you will find in most other towns, not because the ground won't produce them but because It is too valuable for. other purposes. Salem's service stations, situat ed on the most prominent corners, are spending' considerable money in making their places of business look attractive with paint, shrub bery, and banging . baskets. It's taighty -good advertising for them wsmx : 'Salem; Grown Nationally Known Our list to you for a pos tal or phone call to 1700. Many of our varie ties are rapidly , be coming' exhausted, some are already. Place rybur: orders now for delivery when you wish. Start planting .in April when ground is warm and mel- " low. Get the bulb , hobby youH like it. Perennials Plant them now Delphinium, Geum, ' Phlox.Galllardlas, . , Canterbury . Bells, Pyrethrums and . many others. Strong divisions, wintered outside, 20 cents each, 1 2 per dozen, i D. H.' UPJOHN 004 South. Liberty, Salem PHONE 1700 All bulbe'and plants sold at - -above address " DPJOHK . Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc., May 7 ! . Water Powers, May 14 Irrigation, May '21 , Mining, May 2- Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 4 Floriculture, June 11: .. r Hops, Cabbage, Etc., .June 18 Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 25 , i Cu1 cumbers, Etc.; July 2 Hogs, July 9 1 , , t Goats, July 16, i Schools, Etc., July 23 Sheep, July 30 t ) i National Advertising, August 6 Seeds,- Etc., August 13 - j Livestock, August 20: -Grain and Grain Products, Au gust 27 j-" . : ---j-. -Manufacturing, September 3, Automotive Industries, Seytem- ber ,10 ; i Woodworking, Etc.. Sept. 17 ; Paper Mills, Etc., Sept., 24. ! i Back copies of the Thursday editions of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand: They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.)- Y - , "I and .Women (of . Salem - Are as well as the. rest of us. Salem has got the habit (and it is catching); tf almost univer sally using plant tub and window boxes to make a" home appear homelike.""" The ' mild climate of course is responsible in great measure for this custom, y ' Salem property owners when deciding the , momentous; question "what to plant" on a small plot of ground generally decide on flowers rather than vegetables. Salem gardeners are proficient pruners. Very seldom does one see a winter killed or broken down tree or shrub left to "be ah "eyesore to the neighborhood and discredit to Its owner, However there are numerous branches over the side walks which are so low that they rake off one's! hat. ! Salem's school boards "have co operated , beautifully with the parents in the improvements of the various school grounds. The bark board also is deserving of Credit for their effort in j. beauti- fication and care of the various breathing spaces set apart for rest and recreation. ; r : The Salem Floral society and the Civic Arts club have had no small part in this achievement also."--' 1 i ' Salem is proud of its : florists and nurserymen, for how much would all this agitation, Informa tion and demonstration amount to if it were not for these folks, to furnish the material with which to make the city beautiful. Salem may, well be ' proud of her population. Not in quantity alone but in quality as; well. Just pause : a moment to think how much the bevies fof pretty girls and handsome women met with In every part of town en hance the beauty of the city. Host of them wear the smile whieh won't come off. Take lt , all;in ; all. we -snre have a beautiful city and grow ing prettier all the time, as the plants and shrubs, the parks and grounds, and the babies and girls get bigger and more, numerous. II. C. BATEHAM, Salem, Oregon, . March 3. 1925. ' (Mr. Batehanr la the florists of the Oregon state hospital (insane asylum), and is an authority in his line.- Ed.) , . Making love Is about like learn ing to drive hn atftb. Ybh lieter will learn Juet by watching some one else. . -. 'i ' v ' a Specialty j We have a comple'te stock - -t of Shrubbery, Plants, Bulbs ; and Cut Flowers-, .i. : , ; ARTHUR PLAUT i08 S. lThlrten& St. ' - Thone 1230 "OREGON QUALITY? products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make our pay. rolls they build our cities; Aeyattract new capital and new: people; they provide a market for the products of our farms. Oregon farm crops of "Oregon Quality" food than any other spot on earth. . BULB BUSINESS I SALEM SECTION : Mies o;i n sums ins Salem Now Has Three National Advertisers in This Field 1 Shipments Going to Every State and to Far Countries Bulb Growing Here Must Be Individual or Family Matter, and Expensive Stock Must Be Grown to Have Success (By D. n. rpjohn. Gladiolus CSrow"r.) During the past year tbe bulb business in the Salem section has taken on a surprising - impetus. Predictions made a few-years ago that Salem would some day be come nationally known as a bulb producing center are nearer to fulfillment than many of the prophets . themselves know. tAt least three bulb farms either immediately- in Salem . or within a few miles of it were nationally advertised this year and doing business on a national basis. These are the Oregon Bulb company, Mr. Lloyd .Weeks, .of the River, road, and our own business, the Upjohn Gladiolus Gardens, operating in side the city limits, i Probably Mr, W. C. Franklin of Polk county should also be included in this category. , Mr. Franklin has a rapidly increasing acreage of high class tulips and daffodils. . Our own success in our first year of real national advertising has probaly been duplicated by the others. Our. bulbs already j this year have ben shipped to buy j ers in every state in the uion, nearly every, province in Canada, ! to . the Bermuda Islands, to the Hawaiian Islands and to our ban ner shipment for distance . so far attained the " Phillipine Islands. This latter order went to a Span ish business man In Manila, being shipped to his mountain residence in a summer , retreat at the ex treme northwest corner of ; the Island of Luzon. After reaching the islands they were carried over mountain trails a long distance to reach their destination. The ship ment had to be split: into, four packages to meet postal regula tions. This may sound somewhat bombastic relative to a bulb ship ment, but for tbe interest I think tnav attach to the fact that bulbs which last summer were raised in side of the Salem city limits are how pushing themselves toward a flowering stage in an out of the way recess , on , this ' distant island in t he Pacific This fact Is merely indicative of the ful fillment of the dream that some day Salem's bulbs will be , grown around the world. 'Our. catalogues also, on request, have gone to points in England' and in Ger many. - 1 . "' - : ; ; - A Colony of Enthasiasts Others are interesting them selves in ' the bulb business. ; 1 might mention R. M. Cooley, mail carrier of Silverton. The reason for his Interest is manifest in the beautiful little home, with' beauti ful surrounding, which: indicate the Innate love of the beautiful on the part of himself and his wife. They have naturally gravi tated toward flowers, and his let ter head now indicates he Is In the business as a sideline, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Van Valkenberg also of Silverton, Mr. Van Valken berg himself 'a lawyer, are contem plating Improving a tract of acre age they own "with bulb and flow erg on a rather pretentious, scale. That lawyers love the beautiful as well as clients is further shown by the fact that Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Good e of Stayton are entering the game to some extent with bulbs and other plants and havt constructed a small greenhouse, forerunner of larger developments along that line. Lather J. Chapin, formerly 'county agent, has had a bulb planting of considerable size for some years. Here in town Mrs. W. W. Rosebraugh. Mrs. W. Culver, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ben nett on the Fairgrounds road, and Mrs. Breckenridge,. a neighbor of Mrs. Culver, all have been Impor tant factors in 4evelQpinjEJi deep? er interest in bulb growing here on a. commercial 'scale. In short Salem 1s building tip a colony of enthusiasts. ' ,.:' .. An Indlvidnal Effort ( It is too much to say that Sa lorn ever ; will become the bulb center of. the universe. - But n questionably the Industry, will dev elop here to a much larger extent than anyone 'believes possible at the nresent time. '., , And those who 'have had experi ence in the business here In Ore gon, either "In'Salem or Portland with whom I have talked, all agree that its success will be mainly depend upon indivindual effort. Or, to be more explicit, that such a plan as was broached by a visit ing Holland bulb raiser recently, is doomed to failure in this valley. His plan waa to organize a com pany and raise tnlips and narcisis on an immense scale, starting with 200 or more acres and growing like a mushroom with the wave of a magic wand. . The Personal Equation Those who have had personal experience in growing bulbs in the Willamette valley with whom I have talked da not dispute the young Hollander's knowledge of growing bulbs, but they do dispute the economic soundness of bis plan as it relates to this section. Labor conditions, growing conditions, in fact nearly all conditions, especial ly marketing conditions, are much different here than in Holland. We need merely to call attention to the many tombstones which adorn once seemingly flourishing apple tracts, loganberry tracts, peach tracts, prune tracts, all started in the glow Of youth, with great hope and promise. In these tracts, under community manage ment, was sunk the savings of clerks, stenographers, laboring people, as well as some surplus coin of doctors,lawyers,merchant coin of doctors, merchants and whoever heard The stfen 'callTThe community bulb proposition would go the same way, onjy much quicker, and with no scabby trees or folorn looking vineless poles and wires, to bear mute, but in glorious, testimony, to the rise and decline of glittering hopes. The personal equation 'enters into the 1 bulb (business probably more than;. In any other line of endeavor in this district. A bulb farm must handle scores . of dif ferent varieties, constantly chang ing, adding and discarding. - Each variety ; must be correctly labeled and correctly handled- through a score of different processes throughout the season. All of this means personal supervision by someone vitally interested. When varieties become mixed, and mis labeled stock is sold, business be gins to wane. v Is So In Holland Every large Holland enterprise is: a family .enterprise. It -may have a corporate name, but It is handled 'by a family. - Boys and gins,, uncies . ana aunts, fathers and. mothers, and- grandfathers and grandmothers are all per sonally interested. It is the life of the family. . Hollanders en gaged in the bulb game, talk, eat, sleep and dream, bulbs from one year's end ; to r the other. Every bulb lives and Is Bhipped in a very riot of personal supervision. . Mr. Kunderd, one of the best known 'gladidus "growers In "the world, told me a year or two ago when I visited his plantings, that he never would grow in excess of 30 acres of bulbs. "That Is H one man can personally super vise," he said. "And I will hand le no acreage to which I cannot give personal supervision,'1 And when I was talking to him he was in the midst of personal super vision of everything that was going on among a big crew of men. ... - ' .. Must Raise Expensive Stock .. It must be borne in mind that (ConWnwd on page 10) THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That Salem has miles of solid blocks of rosehedges; that hitter lc31ps can "he axifl are being grown here than in Holland; that the gray gladiolus, Salem's offi cial flower; waves its" banners in victory here; that our dahlias, are I spreading. -our fame far and wide ; that in annuals and perennials we can grow all the favorites to per fectidn, and we have glorious native flowers and shrubs; that, with our meandering streams through the city and bur wide streets and hills and rich soil and splendid setting, Salem is well on, the way. towards becoming the world's knost beautiful city, and, that; her progressive people have ambitions and plans to. make It such; and that devotion to the ideals of "Salem Beautiful" win 'enhance the value 'of all property here, and make Salem the Tcst hemeity pn earth;, and that thfe peoTa. here generally are now kwake to'the commercial valiie of making Salem annually iabre "teaunr iil? ' : . SEASOfMBLE EMPLOYMENT IN OREG IST M TUTMB OR PROBLEM Fishing, Berry, Fruit and Hop. Growing Demand Large Armies of Seasonal Workers Through Many Months Industries Well Organized to Handle the Problem (By EDWARD T. BARBER) . The farms and forests are the chief sources of raw materials for Oregon manufacturing institu tions;' operators using these mat erials paying out annually $88,388 for materials; $30,277,727 for wages to 26,683 employees and producing finished products to the value of $149,968,099.' It is claimed by federal officials in position to know the facts, that our forests may-be so handled as to not only produce a continual supply but may be made to in crease the supply very materially. That our forests may be "farmed" and not "mined." ! The fertility of our farms and the adaptability to various forms of diversified agriculture are such that we have scarcely advanced beyond the' experimental stage. We have only demonstrated these facts but not developed them. The sky is the limit when; it comes to estimating the possibilities of Ore gon farms to produce Taw. mat erials. . I ' " A. . Based upon these facts, it is not unreasonable to believe that Oregon manufacturing industries using the products of , the forests and farms have also this unlimited possibility of a prosperous future '(of a size to correspond with the availability of supplies. The figures at the head of this article, taken from the "biennial report of the state 'department of Ilor.JPlt.OAejRlready. strong tendency In this direction. t The employment 1 furnished by these Industrials is fairly steady fend well distributed throughout the year. f The number of persons employ ed in the, manufacturing end of the business, and the wages paid, are but a very small fraction of the number necessary to produce the raw materials. In the forests the employment Is fairly regular,, fluctuating with the market demands for the fin ished products. ! The farm employment is season al, but the adaptability of Oregon agriculture to a wide variety of products starts the season early and each succedihg ; crop follows the other so closely as to make even the seasonal employment period cover several months. Fishing, berry, fruit and; hop growing furnish the. chief sources of seasonal employment. All o f these lines are well or ganized for providing workers at the proper time. ; ? v The Columbia Tiver is the lar gest and ""most valuable salmon fishing Tiver in the world.' , Many thousands of persons are employ ed during the season on the Col umbia and adjacent waters., Port land is the outfitting point tor a larger number ' of the Alaskan fisheries and thousands of persons' are . engaged and . shipped : from there to those fields. .The Oregon state department of labor cooper ates with the Association of Paci fic Fishermen to eliminate as far aa possible : any unsatisfactory labor' conditions connected with these Alaskan fisheries. Pishing conditions In the home waters are well regulated by Ore son laws 'though a fish commis sion. .-.;' -.. ; The berry, "fruit and hop farms furnish, employment at good wages for a vmst army of workers from early in the season until late In the lalli Working Conditions on these farms are made as pleasant as possible. In many Instances en IIS 11 tire families go to the farms for the , season. Camp grounds are supplied with the most sanitary conveniences, schools are main-: tained in many of these grounds, for the smaller -children, nurseries for the babies. Some of the farms even have dance halls and picture shows for the entertainment of the workers. It is not unusual for groups of college and univer sity girls to be found . spending their vacations on these farms earning money for their next win ter's schooling. Employment Agencies A large portion of the worker's On these seasonal jobs are engaged through; employment agencies. The federal and state labor bureaus cooperate In maintaining free employment agencies at sev eral points. These, bureaus placed 80,235 workers during the season of 1924. Oregon controls the evils of the fee-charging employment agencies by licensing such agencies ; and placing them under the strict sup ervision of the state labor bureau. During the past two years these agencies placed 197,092 applicants for which they received in fees $358,706.44. This was an average of $1.82 for each job. . In order to the better handle the seasonal employment problem a volunteer commission of promin ent citizens cooperate with the state labor bureau during tbe height of the season. . . . ". The fluctuations of the seasonal employment Is . indicated by the fact that in January, 1924, the free employment agencies placed 1,867 workers; in August 4,660. At the same time the fee-charging agencies, placed 2,8 97. in January and 8,385 in August, j It is certain that a very small per cent of those engaged in seasonal employment are placed through either form of the agency. Most of 'the farmers engaged in berry, fruit or hop growing engage their help direct. '. Oregon has a very comprehen sive child labor la designed to protect children from being ex ploited by employers of labor and at the same-time the law is-flexible enough to enable legitimate employment Of children through permits . from the state labor bureau. ; The eight hour day prevails generally over. Oregon and most of the labor for wages i perform ed under the recognized rules of union labor, although the open shop prevails to a very , large ex tent in. all lines of industry. Labor conditions are well set tled and so satisfactory that but few conflicts; have occurred for a long time. About 75 per cent of the wage .workers of Oregon are home owners. They find .-conditions here so favorable to steady employment, climatic : and other conditions contributing, to their own health, and that of their fami lies, that they, decide Oregon is a most satisfactory place for the wage earner to become a home owner and eventually enter a busi ness of his own. The road to in dependence in Oregon Is a well blazed trail paved with opportun ity. rV,;. ;.;;. .. rw CL0VERDALE I 1 Mrs. Fred Schafferer's father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. Mades of Portland,--will arrive here at noon today to visit for a few days. dayS. -', ; .v- ' ' W. H. Wilson Is working in Sa lem this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooke moved back to the ranch Monday after spending the winter in Salem. I Mr. and Mrs. Schampierre are shopping In Silem today. v ; Mrs. Anna Kunke visited Salem Tuesday on business. , Miss , Q. Spicer attended the teachers' local institute in Jeffer son Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W.'-Butzky spent Saturday, in Salem, Mrs. M. Fliflet entertained for 'the WCTTJ Wednesday. . Everett Wo-id of Salem Is help ing his father on the ranch the past few days. - - Here It tnreeks after the first of the year and some of the movie stars using their '1624 marriage licenses. -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 llt.es in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Barber Is a painstaking and careful investigator. His articles will be baaed upon the moat reliable Information, obtainable and written from. a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be included in these articles: - The Willamette Valley, Its .Physical,' Historical, Geographical -and General Features. Lumbering and Forest Products. - Manufacturing Industrlce and Opportunities. Market at Home and Abroad; , '.: - ' "Fruit Growing- Conditions and Opportunities. Commercial Nut Growing. . Poultry and Its Opportunities. t ; General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions. Irrigation. . - ' : . ' Educational and Religious Resources. Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions.. Taxation and Financial Conditions. General Living Conditions. ; , f Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products. Mineral Resources. , ; Commerce. f ; . ; Hydro-Electric Development . and Possibilities. THElGICuF OREGON ' AROUSE THE GENII OF OUSTRY Oregon Raw Materials Supply Basis of Industries Which Have Attracted Millions of Capital and Thousands of Workers Development in Its Infancy (By EDWARD T. BARBER) Oregon is justly proud of the Industrial development within her borders which has taken place in a comparatively short space of time. It is the Industrial position she has already attained, together with, a knowledge of the fab ulously rich fields of undeveloped resources that'form the1 foundation or her belief In a' magnificent future. The last bi-ehnial report of the state bureau of ' labor re ports that on' September 30, 1922, there were 3725 industrial' plants operating in Oregon subject to the inspection 5 laws." These fig ures do not include the many hun dred small plants' not subject to the state inspection laws by reason of their operating on too small a 'scale. Sept 30, 1924, there were 4739 plants subject to the inspection laws and 3 58.1 not so subject. This is a total of 5097. . This Is ah Increase In the two yetrs of 1372, notwithstanding that during this period '63 plants were destroyed by fire and 734 plants discont inued business for various reasons. The importance of these various industrials is indicated by the "re ports of a few' of the leading ones: Wood and wood products plants represent a capital of $83,402,246. Their annual output 'Is valued at $86,258,744. They employed 20, 984 men and 508 . women,. The total wages paid was $23833.336. Food products ' stand next to wood products in importance wfth a capital Investment of $28,964,' 811. Value of output $63,709. 335. They employed 986 men and 4,204 women. Total wages paid $6,444,391. Textiles, clothing and furnish ings represent a capital of $5,420, 590,, with an optput of $7,547,763. They employed 849 men and 1,245 women who received in wages $2, 130,033. : Metal products"- represent , a capital Investment of $7,916,938, with a total output valued at $12. 336,002. They 'employed " 3,586 men and 107 women.. Total wages paid out $5,180,779. : Those engaged in the manufac ture 'of clay and stone products have 'invested $3,734,967. Their output was Valued at $1,042,863. They employed 375 men and 1 wo men paying In wages $383,193.' Other industries " represent a Pl'TT T"n "M A4.vr" ":--.' O I Y Bi&kU ii iiji a r Remember, .when, rhaking your .plans for spring planting that we will have a larse plarrting of the choicest beddmg' plants, . Also plants for $6ur window ; J . Bakes ah&Hariinfj Bzzlzztz In Season Cut Flowers and Plants Always StUi ' -C. F. 'BMtiiaust Salcn Tcliraph Florist r " say it witii fLOWinw ' v : RESOURCES capital of $41,295,959. having a total-output of $17,879,884. They employ 2,660 men and 254 women. Pay in wages $3,584,613. From the above it will be 'seen that the productive industries of Oregon have a capitalization- of $174,7S5,511. Their total annual ou'tput of finished products is the handsome- sum of $ 18 8.7 73,6 1 1. The number of men employed in producing this results was 29,640. They were assisted by 6,318 wo men. There was paid in wager the sum of $41,556,345. During the year these Industrial plants paid for raw materials $108,177,224! It is worth-while to notice thai the largest amount paid for raw materials in one line was $45,999, 596 by the manufacturers of food products. . With a small exception this vast sum was paid to Oregon farmers for their fruits, berries, grain, livestock and dairy pro ducts. ' ''. ' 'i , The wood .working plants came next with $42,930,792 for raw materials. Oregon forests sup plied the most of this material. Oregon la putting f ortn a united arid energetic effort to develop her industrial plants on a much J;. (Continued on bih 12) r , , We Specialize in and Potted Plants Greenhouse at 110. D Hirer t Cut Floors At Our Retail Ktbre 453 COURT STREET HECTOR AD AUS