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i. - V. . FRIDXTTJORNING, JANUAlTrir 102G- THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON Oregon's Manufactured Products for Year Valued at $4OOfflW0M tYear Just Past Declared. Most Satisfactory Since the World War Distribution Has Been Greatly Extended and 2: MUtlook Is tJccellent-iXventy Croups or Manutacturers hinng Large Revenues bix Carry the Name ot Uregon High on the National List Marion County Ranks Third in State List of Manufacturing Values, $1 5,000,000 Yearly FREEMAN O' REG O N is pro pressing safely and substantially in manufac turing. The m a nufactur ed products for 1925 will total close to four hundred million dol lars. The yea r Just : past has al together been jthe most satisfac tory of any year since the world .war. -.- , i Distribution of manufactured commodities is being extended in to fields never before touched and the outlook is excellent. Produc tion is good and steady and the markets are taking practically all .that our manufacturers are turn ing out. The volume of miscel laneous commodities being made ffn'tho state and going into eastern dtid foreign markets shows splen did increase. ''Thanks to the Panama Canal, !th industries of the Pacific north west reach the great centers' of distribution; they are able to vis- inalize a splendid future. While i Jthje immediate tributary popula tion Is relatively small, as com Spared with other sections "of the ,yiiited States, there are eleven imlllion people in eleven mountain a,nd Pacific Coast states with the jitehest purchasing power of any jpeople in the world. The people of Oregon them . selves scarcely realize the extent !' which the manuiacturing indus tries of Oregon are responsible 'for our prosperity. The rnanu ffbetures are the counter-weight to 6repon's economic balance sheet. The vast volume of money Oregon ?eiids East for automobiles and ac fcessories alone, to say nothing of 'many other classes of merchan dise, would make staggering to- itals. ' '"J. graphic illustration of the 'high purchasing power of the peo- !ple of the. Oregon country is the fact that the entire state popula 'tton could move-out in its own Automobiles, there being a ma cjjine to about every seven per femv. . j '. - ::- "f ': i Twenty groups of mannfactnres tkrine large revenues, six of the twenty groups carry the hame of t Oregon high in the list of national ly known proaucis. inese are limner and wood by-products, trfachinery. wool, cloth and knit- 1 Wear, furniture, paper, canned frpts, vegetables and fish. Top ping the, list are the' wood com- japrtities, beginning with lumber lifii the by-products, ranging from iveoeers and shingles to apple box- doors and factory-cut houses. ere are more than 2,."00-other I mscellaneous producing establish jin'etits, putting : money into com ,jnuniiy pocKeis, ialem and Mai . silion in the state munity pockets. j rion County's po- state column in man- tifacturing is third as to the value tot, products, Marion county's total $ing in the neighborhood of fif fOrfi million dollars,- the district 1 being second only to Clatsop tpfunty. This amount of Salem Jahd Marion county's contribution :tohe commonwealth means that tout six million dollars Is created ty, '.manufacturing process in this district. This-is value added to aw materiols jby manufacturing processes payrolls. Illarion county disburses about Jfottr million dollars in wa$;es an jpuaJly in manufacturing and there f a few more than one hundred ; manufacturing" industries in Sa jidr, 'according to recent survey onducted by the Oregon Mann faAurers Association, assisted by . ' the-Salem Chamber of Commerce. t ' "6regon manufacturers are snc-jl-l&Bfully competing in the natioir- tnl markets in staples that are na- liave neen oerore tne puoiic ror a generation. The state has taken fTrtmt rank in the production of ; woolen goods, knitwear, and many of foods not forgetting the , dairy . products.! In Portland, the ' ' faetropolis, the manufacture of I matter occupies! tenth -place, ac- cording to value of output ,VjThe twenty group of manufac- flares referred to in the introduc- t tion are either nationally or semi I fictionally distributed some of , iue,m exportea.s utners are na j tlpnaliy advertised, v This group floes not by any means' represent they comprehend a big vol ,t ume and they ! demonstrate con 4 thfcively the diversity of the man ufacturing resoarces. This is the trrinmoer and wood by-proaucts; ; ; sijiugui, ihisu, awrs, eiteisiur, , panels. Teneers factory-cut hous- es. 'Machinery, logging locomo- mail general machine shop' prod- products; cloth; upholstery cloth, - i yarn, blankets, knitwear, clothing. H F,,n Paper, paper, products. tiietal furniture. Meat packing and processed f raits and Tegeta bles.. Butter, "cheese evaporated ! b'iJkT.V Stores, furnaces, 'hoose- beating equipment. Rubber prod ucts, heels, soles, auto tires, bumpers,- buttons. Vegetable oils and fish oil. Paints, varnishes, chem icals. Fixtures for stores and banks. Shoes, saddlery and leath er specialties. Soaps, cleaning compounds. Work clothing, rainproof cloth ing, canvas Koods. Women's clothing. . " Toilet preparations, drugs. Anepoeh in Oregon's textile in dustry was marked in Septemher by introduction 'of thefirst com- pleted product from Oregon-p'rowu j flax in Salem mills. This was! salmon twine exhibited at the Pa cific International Stock Show In dustrial section. Flax manufac turing, therefore, is an established fact in Oregon and much may be looked for from this industry in the future. industrial develop - Other big ments reflecting confidence of in vestors of large capital is . the Hawley paper mill project at St. Helens," which will involve a mil lion dollars, and establishment of a number of smaller industries in the other leading cities of the, state, Salem. Kugene, Marshfield. Albany and Astoria. Twenty-five new manufacturing plants started in business during the year in Portland. NEW 8 STORY BUILDING Georjje C. Will Kstimates Af SI 00,000 Cost Erection of an eight-story store and omiee building on Liberty street,; between State apd Ferry streets is to be commenced next summer by (JeHge C. Will, Salem music store man. The building, according toMr. Will, is to eont in the neighborhood of $100,000. Mr. Will ftow owns the prop erty on which lie contemplates constructing this building. The structure will he higher than any building now in Sulm. Concrete construction will be used through out. Phil Eiker's garage now occu pies the building on the prop erty. Mr. Eiker, it is understood, will remain on the location when the new building is erected. He will, probably occupy the corner rooms. It is very probable that several studio rooms may be put in by Mr. Will, j At the present time there is no! place in Salem where people can rent a small auditorium seating from 100 to 200 people, for the?" purpose of patting on musicales and programs. Call after call is received a( the Salem Chamber of Commerce for use of the chamber's auditor ium. Officials are constantly asked where such an auditorium can be obtained. But the cham ber auditorium is used only for civic enterprises and is not for rent. Disclosing of plans to build, the eight-story structure is significant of the rapid development of Sa lem in the Liberty street section. With the exception of one lot on the east side of Liberty street be tween State and Ferry there are nothing but buildings of concrete construction. Oregon I A V Vi In others and sPrvicP miickpr And -f t A v ite m milk j pe-r ' DAN C. FREEMAN, Mgr. M 3tLJL yiir' 608 Oreeon Building I 'A' , - 1 - :'t , ! - . r . . ... i - ' ' - - - - i - - FUEL DEALERS FEEL DUTY TO CO Prohloms of Individual Buyer Must be Analyzed by Modern Salesman TlK' fuH bill, next to Hk food and clothing bill, is the largest paid by the people of Salem. In spending; this portion of the fam ily budget, the same care and wis dom should be exercised that is normally expended in the selec tion, of a suit of clothes, a new ! dress, or in the choosing of tfood that contains the greatest num ber of food, units. Fuel units are equally impor tant; Fuel means not only fam ily comfort but family health. Correct buying of fuel means an initial savins. It moans a nee- ondary saving, no less important and fretiently amounting to u larger sum, the saving of doctor bills through the guarantee of health brought by warm rooms and adequate protection from the coldj The day when the fuel dealer was just an order taker is past. The fuel dealer today has a gen uine! responsibility toward those who buy from him. Every Christ mas presents a problem by itself. The real fuel dealer must now be an authority on the merchandise1' he srll, must analyze the needs of the family nun-hasine fuel and inu,stj furnish them, not merely j J anything, but the best tiling for their individual needs. The fuel situation in S:ilem is changing. As wood is cut from adjoining country, ami the sup ply Kots further away, more of the hard and concentrated fuels are being used. The demand for wood holds up. and its effective ness is not to be underestimated, but it has its limitations. As homes become larger, requiring the uniform heating of automat ically controlled plants, when the probleiju of making office build ings, lodges and stores comfort able, other fuels give better re sult?. . Here is where the increased re sponsibility rests upon the fuel dealer. His background of ex perience enables him to analyze; individual problems and recom mend the best fuel to meet each need. For continuity of business, his advice must be such that his customers increase their faith in the product he has offered to them. To build this buyer confidence is the chief aim or the Hillman Fuel company, dealers in all types of reliable fuel, dealers in nothing that will not live up to claims made for it. Made Commodities Outstanding Quality stamps Oregon manufactured com modities. They readily win their way in he markets. The list of nationally known Oregon made goods grows rapidly. Oregon people, workers, capital ists, farmers, professional men-- everybody serves self-interest by buying Oregon made. They get f more fpr their money in Oregon: goods, price and quality being equal to others, and service quicker better. Why pay high Freight Rates from the eastern Jnany sta ples produced equally as good or better here ly our wage earners? Keep the money, also 'your insurance and invest ments, working in Oregon. Oregon Made gives you more for your money! .; Dealers who stock, and customers who remember to spec ify, Oregon brands are Payroll Builders. List of Oregon made goods FRE on request. CROP REPORT FOR 19?5 IS REVISED BY BUREAU ron CROP VAMTATIOX IS PLACED AT !M, ft5-t.no I. .194 Wheat Crop Is 77 Per Cent and Oat Crop OK Per Cent of It-II Figure WASHINGTON (fly Associat ed Press.) Revised estimates of this year's crop production issued by the 1 depnrtmt nt of agriculture showed a numhr of changes from the preliminary estimates an nounced last month. Reductions were reported in the size of the corn, wheat and white potato crops, while- increases were fchown for oats and tobacco. The changes from the prelimin ary estimates, the department an nounced, represent readjustment, based on later end fuller informa tion, particularly the preliminary figures of the United States cen sus for 1924, now becoming avail able. The total value of the crons was not announced but unofficial cal- illation, based on the December 1 farm prices as given hy depart ment of agriculture placed the value of this year's corn crop at $1,954,991,594, the wheat crop at $947,820,840, cotton at $1, 337.541,276, with cotton seed val ued at $191,489,920 additional, the white potato crop at $60 5, 110,896. and the tobacco crop at $246,987,780. "The relative sizes of the crops of 1925 and 1924 are not greatly changed fronvjthe relation shown by preliminary figures previously published th crop reporting 1 oard stated. "The 1925 corn crop is now es- Imated to ht about !1 2 5 per cent j as large a.s tbe crop:1 of 192 4. the , wheat crop 7 7 per cent and the oat rop !'S per rent. The preliminary 'estimates published- a I harvest Jjine. Mad 'indicated that the corn crop was about 124 per cent wheat NO per cent and oats 95 per cent us much as la.st year." Crop estimates include: Hay (tame) S6, 474, 000 tons; hay (wild) 1.1,041,000 tons; all hay 99,515.000 tons; clover seed 1. 029.000 bushels; beans (drv edi ble) 19,100.000 bushels; white lotatoes 323,241,000 bushels; seed potatoes 62:4 29,000 bushels; sugar beets G, $32. 000 tons; beet sugar S95.000 tons; sorghum sy rup 25,4 92,000 gallons; maple sugar and syrup (as sugar) 29, 946,000 pounds; broom corn 28, 900 tons; hops 28.573,000 pounds; apples (total) 164,613,000 bush els; apples (commercial) 31,909, 000 harrels; peaches 4 6.565,000 bushels: pears 19.S2-A.000 bush-1 els: cranberries 530,000 barrels; asparagus 6,4 42,00(1 crates; snap beans 136.812 tons; cabbage 869, 200 tons; cantaloupes 14,013,000 crates; cauliflower 3,4 52,000 trates; celery 6,757,000 crates; sweet corn 993,000 tons; cucum bers 11,886,000 bushels; lettuce 16,171,000 crates; onios 17, 173,000 birshels; green peas "242, 300 tons; early potatoes 29,594, ,000 bushels; spinach 101,088 tons, strawberries 209,586.000 quarts; tomatoes 2.188,200 tons, and watermelons Stf.SSS cars. and mj Oregon Manufacturers Association (INCORPORATED) A Clearing House of Informa tion and Service for Oregon Manufacturers STATE LABOR HEAD SEES BANNER TEH Lumber, Building, Business To Keep! High Level; Food Prices Good A spirit ofoplimlsm pervades everywhere inl industry, according to a statemenst 'ssned by C. II. Cram, state labor commissioner. "There is every reason to be lieve," said the statement, "that the lumber industry will produce as much manufactured product in 1926 as in 1925. For several months, operators contended, lum ber was sold below cost of pro duction. "Regardless of these conditions, however, wages have remained stable. This was due, no doi)t, to a realization that wages are now at a level that will not per mit further reductions in view of the costs of livings The lumber operators have faith that 1926 will be a big building year and that production will increase to meet the demands of a depleted market and stocks caused by cold weather in some of the producing sections. "The consensus of opinion now seems to be that structural build ins in Oregon in 1926 will equal that of this year. Although a few estimates place the volume of building for next year slightly under that reached in 1925. The erection of 40 millions of dollars worth of new buildings in Port land this year has lo u consider able extent provided employment for r. killed mechanics and build ing laborers. The prospects for a like amount of building - activity in 192C and a proportionate amount in other parts of the state augur well for general business conditions and related employ ment. "Highway construction in Ore gon in 1926 will not exceed that (Continued on page 8) "HAS. EC SPAULDHMG v Js JE X-sJ" , " 1 1 11 in, I...,, 1, ' - - ,S : .. -.,17 -4 - .-, v-. H. t , ... , .. . . , l-,at.--ft.l,,,,,l :i - ..: L""" "" " "T' "I' I II II ' I iiiln ir iiIIiiiii.iiiii 111 in 1 ij.iiiniiilui.il ' i. .1,' 11 mini ii. 111 11 i.hi .. in. !'L 1, " "" AkD ARE ENDEAVORING TO BUILD AN XOR- GANIZATION ABLEO RENDER THE UTMOSJ SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY . -. 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