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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1925)
- it i M U I; u t u i t U it i h It , II u H n u v. TTTURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ,1. 192V- Ihe Oregon Statesman Iaaaed Daily Eieept Ifoaday. T ' THE ITATESiCAX nXlLUHTHO COMJUrT ; 31$ Soutfc Commercial Sfu, 8lem, Orefoa - ' X. J, Haalrieka Manager Fra4 J. Toi i - Maaatinf Editor Lm tt. MarruMU . . City F.diter N Laalia J. Smtta - TtlerrapB Kditor , Aatlrad Bnach - - - Society Eduvr W. H. Hendermoa - CfreaUtioa Manarer Kalph H. Kletaina; -Aavertiaiaf Maaacar Prank Jaakoakt - - Manager Job l)pi. E. A. Khotea - . -- Ljventock Editor W.C.Conner - - Poultry Editor v, , kouei or TEB ASSOCIATED FEES3 Taa Associated hm is txelaelvely entitled to the an for publication t all newe litpatcaee credited ta it r sot otherwlaa credited ia Una paper and aleo U local aw pabliiaed aereia. .- - . ; . mr. -... ..- BUSINESS OFFICES: ' ' - ATbart Bytre. 338 W'rrMter Bid., Portland. Ore. Tfeaaiaa t. Clark Co.. New Terk, 128-138 W. Slat 8t ChieafO, Vaiqurtte Bid p.: Doty Payae, Bkaroa Bide, Saa Francieeo. Calif.; Biggina Bldg., hot AngelM. Calif, - . TELEPHONES: .,;--. . , " Baalaew Offlea23 or 88S Cirealatioa Office 583 7 News" Ppartaent23-10 Society Editor , . , , ., ...loa Job Department ; 583 Eatered at tka Peat Office ia Salem, Oregon, aa eecond eloee antttt. 3 I December. 3 1935 SURE GUIDANCE: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and be shall directuby paths. Proverbs 3:6. c-rilt : 1 NOW WE HAVE A REAL MINT BOOM . , Salem district peppenhint oil is quoted now in the New I York market at $27 to $30 a pound. At such prices, mint growing here would be as good as a gold mine " There would be a small fortune of prof it in each acre j producing a good crop ; say about $2000 an acre with a crop r of around 70 pounds to the acre. But oil was selling at this - ".time last year at $6 to $8 a pound. Half those prices would ' ; make mint growing a profitable crop here.'; ,. ' ' t We have a real peppermint oil boom here and it is likely to' persist perhaps to the extent that there will in time jbe an over production, with low prices. - 'h-., f. J . But these things are to be consideredi I The finest and richest peppermint oil in fhe world is pro . duced in the Saleni district ' '.... ti An oil with 51per cent of, mentbol content, against the t 36 per cent of the oil produced "in Michigan, Indiana and New ' York, our! competitors In this country And an oil that ranks at the top for purity of iflavor il1 So that dealers pay more for our oil than for the Eastern oil. , And the Eastern oil must be mixed with the Oregon oil in order to give it the proper flavor. , - Besides, our growers get more pounds of oil to the acre. All these are tremendous advantages ? They give our growers what amounts to a franchise in the profitable production of peppermint oil, for which there is a rapidly growing demand, especially in the candy and gum trades of the United States. ; " . So we can produce peppermint oil' here at lower cost than it can be turned out elsewhere in this countryi because we get more to the acre ; because we get a higher quality worth more , ; per pound;; because our. overhead is. smaller . our. Jan.d being if cheaper for the principal thing. j If. ouXf people will prepare for it, they can make-their boom itf peppermint persist and become solid growth, Natural condition favor them enough 'id make this' a Vertamty.f , ' Sa taMhould have a peppermint refinery. . She can have It one, if all the growers will join the Oregon Cooperative Mint 4 Growers' Association r if they will organizeflOO per cent.':The advantages would be many. In the Iirst place, the full profits would be brought' here. In the second place, the product would be standardized, and higher prices would be realized. if u 0 B ' me m 4 p 4 p at' The writer repeats the following from Jast yearns annual mint Slogan ijumber: 7 ; Mint was used in medicine 400 years before the birth of Christ; nd perhaps a great deal longer, t. Bat it is only of late years that the demand has grown to enormous and erer Increasing proportions. . , ; ' .That the farmers of the Willamette valley are destined to supply the increased demand there. Is little doubt- because they can do this at a good profit. I - Every farmer of the Salem district having the proper kind of soil ought to read carefully all the matter In this issue of The 'Statesman on th$ .miht Irtdustry, and. he should considerthe'following tacts: .'Peppermint is a profitable crop: " " , Because it Is of hardy growth and lias fewer natural enemies- than almost any other farm crop; .-Vi Because it produces a good crop the first year that it is planted." Because it produces a good crop, for ererayeaj-s after the first year wan very mtie labor some growers say ten years; , Because It does not have .to be marketed immediately but.can be held without deterioration unUl market prices "are favorable; ' - Because the crop Is of such smalt bulk that the cost of hauling to market Is practically nothing and the distance of the grower from transportation facilities does not have to be considered;! t Because the oil commands a good price.;taking one year with another, which affords the grower a good margin where the land is properlyadapted to mint. "3 i'; -The-mint industry ia not likely to be xoon overdone, in view of the increasing demand and -the higher production and- quality of the Ore gon article ..-': "'-' 't'Z' . ' , " And in Some years it will be a bonanza crop- -,tl . . ,;,And during a series of years it will pay well, as has been the ex perience of all the older growers, who have been the pioneers of the Industry. ', .. . v. " A 2'-: Another thing, there are three distinct varieties of peppermint, the Japanese, the Black Michem and the White Michem. White Michem has. heen'produced successfully only la England. Saxony "aid Syria and ln.the(Willamette valley. ,It is the;supe.ri6r kind its oil formerly selling at double the price of the Black Michem. That is one of the pTiaies of "tho francnlse Nature has glvea our Salem district growers ' . Once more,, the Salem .district will attain its greatest prosperity when it produces fhe things capable of being grown here to the. great eat advantage and at greater-profit than they can be produced itt other sections and there are jnany of these. , Mint is one of them. This line of production will lift our -people above the dead level, of mero -competition, fir will put them In a" field all their' own.' Too much cannot be said about this. Too much cannot bo written about it till our people are' clear above mere competition, which position' their advantages or son ana showers and sunshine Jurnish them the. oppor- luuiues to attain. ... . 1 American Students in Paris Call- on Father's Banjk Roll .PAHIS. Those Amcrjcan stu dents In Paris who confidently ,told their parents that living here was so reasonable they could sure ly do two years work In one, al ready aro writing ; home tor "in. ereased allowances. In the famous Latin Quarter, prices of board and lodslag- ha.ve gone . up appreciably- Furnished apartments which' once cost -500 francs a, -month now are renting for thrice this sum. The long colored glass of ap petizing mixture that costs - the French student one francs and 70 centimes- leaving him the extra 25 of his two francs for a- tip- cost the obviously American. pat ron three francs fifty, wR the Implied obligation of tipping the ooy. -centimes. . .j-,.- i iflttWW y i?i sMrj-iv "i . . . i . . - . . . ----- . - - . . - - - - -. . ? . . - - - . . v - ' w AVt 'i'X JJ . , - .'ill4 X ' y , - - dv- JT lu h v v Sir.1 : ."f-t- ; 4iar ting j ' '"'"' WON DETONATING TlD-E;.P,':N-D A BL ;S E R V I C E - S TATIONS : " .
