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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 2t, 192&
LAXINDU HERE. OFFERS SOUNDLESS POSSIJBTLI
, I . m
State Making Marvelous
Strides In Development
of Flax Raising Industry
Crop Projected For Next Year Will Come From. 4,500
Acres With Yield of 8,000 Tons All unaer tonxraci
to Oregon's Own MKIs
ARVELOUS developments are takinsr place in the flax
industry of Oregon. The state's flax industry was
w The macninery wa arcnaic, cumpAicu wiw w v .
tv mothnda wprp eomiarativeiv cruae. i ex tne in
stalled at the penitentiary in 1915, with 370 acre of flax
contracted for. It had its ups and downs; more downs than
dustry persisted. Despite the
destruction or tne scuxcninj?
plpnt by fire, there was
" marked progress, compared
wlfh former Deriods. for the
- foiur years preceding April 1,
1027, when the pressnt aamin
istration of the penitentiary
began under H. W. Meyers as
superintendent and Col. W. B.
- Bertram in charge of the in
dustries. Since that date there have been
marvelous developments. The de
tailed list of them would take
pares beyond the available space
' for this article.
! I On lis own
Tirst is the fact that the flax
industry has been put on a deftn-
. . Ji . n i n n nrlnv husia The
legislature of 1925 made an appro
priation of ?100,000. when th
present revolving: fund law was
passed; but this represented a
Baking of the cost or maintenance
off the two yearB previous, nd the
$i)0,000 was all used ; &I capital
investment: in new buuuibs u
machinery and equipment.
Mn 127 toe legislature auueu
1X00,000 to . the revolving fund.
bift about $84,000 has been put
lnfto buildings an dequlpment since
a "year ago last April,-and a great
oqal more man toe oaimc imu
the crops of the farmers.
jlA few weeks ago, after figuring
oft the total cost of the crop of
1128, Including the part of It that
was taken over from growers,
mostly in the Aurora, and Canby
districts, who had not contracted
wXh the state, there was still a
tfjrplus of cash in the revolving
fund of over $12,006; and with
fljtx on hand tn the sheds that, in
the process of manufacturing, will
be! turned into scores and hun-J1
drds of thousands of dollars
worth of products.
jNew money is now being turned
Irito that fund at the rate of over
liOOO for each week day. Thi
fUnd is piling op so satisfactorily
that it is now thought there will
b enough to pay for the 192
eipv of flax on 4500 acres of land,
More Efficiency
A humidifying' plant has been
put into the .scutching room, so
that work may go on in the.dr,
months of July and August. Thete
is a balanced all the year around
operation.
The local linen mills at present
are taking all the fiber products,
paying 28 cents a pound for firr.t
quality line fiber, 26 for second.
24 for third, and several grades
still lower bringing'smaller prices.
Paying 15, 13 and 12 cents a
pound for different grades of spin
ning tow. All based on New York
market prices. (There has lately
been a small advance.)
There is accurate grading of all
fibers at the state flax plant. Ev
erything is done according to the
rules of the trade. The whole
thing requires the entire time of
a bookkeeper. Everything has
been or is being systematized, ac
cording to the practices In the
high class manufacturing plants
of this country. Sheets are pre
pared so that in the office there
is a record- of.Hpry worker and
every Item of i&v material or
manufactured producC Nothing
at ail is guessed at. '
Heads the List
Col. W. .B.- Bartram Is now
making a tour of the east, getting
every new slant of the marketing
and manufacturing details of the
flax and linen industries In the
United States. He will be home
about the first of November. He
writes In one of Ills letters Just
received
Oregon Is now producing one
of the finest flax fibers In the
world. Oregon Is producing yarns
that are meeting a ready market
everywhere In the manufacturing
districts of the country." ,
There Is no other district in1 the
entire world that is as up to date
in flax growing and fiber manu
facturing as Orgon's own. No
other section that employs all the
latest machinery and equipment
With the contemplated improve,
ments for 1929, the end of the
coming year will witness an oper
ation that will be a model for all
nations. The state flax industry
LIB INDUSTRY
BEING STUDIED
Aurora Man in Ireland Gives
Interesting Interview to
Belfast Newspaper
The Belfast, Ireland, Telegraph
tells of a talk. with E. G. Robin
son, who ae has been stated in the
columns of The Statesman, Is mak
ing a study of the flax and linen
industres in Europe, with a view
to entering those industries in
the Willamette valley. Mr. Robin
son owned the electric light and
power plants in the Aurora - and
Can by sections, but sold them last
year giving hjm the opportunity
and neans to take the course he
Is pursuing. The following Is part
of the article from the Irish news
paper: That there is still a big market
in America for Ulster linen is the
definitely expressed view of E. G.
Robinson, of Aurora, Or., who,
with his wife, is spending sever
al months in the North of Ireland
State Flax Industry Has
Definite Contract Policy
On September 13, Immediately
after the state board of control
put Its O. K." on the increase of
the flax acreage from .3000 to
4 BOO. the state flax industry, H.
W. Meyers, superinten'dent, by W.
B. Bartram, manager, prepared
and sent out to the farmers of this
seetlon the following burleun. un
der the" heading, "1929 Fiber Flax
Contracts:"
"To enable our flax growers to
prepare the program for their fall
and spring crops, the question of
the flax acreage for naxt year has
been taken up by the manage
ments here as early as possible.
"The Oregon state board of
control has authorized 4500 acres
for planting this year. This is
1500 acres more than was planted
last year. In order to handle this
acreage we must start planning
and organizing our work now.
"The flax crop this past harvest
was not as good as last year,
largely due to a very unfavorable
spring. You will agree with us
that this is a condition controlled
only by a supreme power.- The
flax crops in a large part of Eur
ope were also the poorest that
they have experienced in, many
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
If lit IUU niiun uiai vuia la iuv ucb iuuhuj iu uic
nrnrM fn, 4 tin nrwf iut inn hf ffav for- ita fihpr for thp
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making of yarns, twines, thread and linens; that our
water, being "soft," is just right for the treatment ef
the flax straw, and taking it through all the processes
of manufacture, from the retting to the weaving of the
1 cloth; that our climate and elevation are just rijht;
that, when these facts become universally known, the
flax industry .win be fully developed here, and tftatjt
grill bring'to cr valley a Kunjjxjed miliion d o liars lit Ha -'
ally; that we care now in successful operation ouHfirst
mills for making flax yarns, twines and threads and
the woven linen fabrics of commerce, vand that Salem
is; already the fiber flax center of the United States,
with an immediate' future that is most promising?
ly in our spring crops.
. M3. A scheme of rotation i
field crops must be adopted that
will materially assist in bringing
about objectives number 1 and
number 2.
"4. The. following rotation is
suggested as a guide: Clover, flax,
fall wheat or barley or oats, cul
tivation crops; the flax to follow
the clover with late fall or winter
plowing.
"5. In selecting fields for a flax
crop we recommend clover sod or
old pasture land or new land that
has one or two cultivation crops
on it, all of -the land to be well
drained and' known to be free of
noxious weeds.
"6. The worst type of weeds we
have to contend with in the flax
crop so far are wild oats, Canada
thistle, several varieties of the
mustard plant and wild black
berry vine. The other" common
varieties of weeds are more or leBs
easily controlled under normal
spring conditions and by rotation.
Outstanding Problems
, "One of the outstanding eoatly
problems confronting our flax
growers has been the question of
pulling the crop. We: have not
been unmindful of this and be
lieve the following will reduce the
Cost of pulling 50 per cent; after
studying, this question for some
years so as to hand on to eur
farmers a definite plan that would
solve this to the satisfaction of all.
The state has for years been pull
ing flax at fixed, charges each
year, adding improvements to the
flax pulling machine and also re
ducing the cost or purchase price
of these machines. The first ma-
tons of it with
and more with
perhaps 8000
nfcmal crop;
bumper crop.
The reader will realize the im
portance of all this fhen he knows
tniat the flax crop (the raw ma
terial supplies) of the state flax
pfent must be bought and paid
fair-one year, and cannot be turned
lijko cash for another year, and
milch of it for two years. The raw
materials must be taken in and
paid for a year or more in ad
vance. f' The Industry is now "on its
n," or nearly so. That means
m great deal. It means a very
l4fge capital investment in build
ings and machinery and equip
ment, and in raw materials. ,
; j. . Thi May Go On "
jThla may.' go ?on, without : f ur-
tfcen 80.00, and on up to 10.000,
without legislative appropriations.
And after 10.000 acres of flax can
bit taken care of,, the Institution
. will be self supporting forever
and a dav. And a small win ntd
t. every inmate worker, as is the
case now in the flax industry. To
siy nothing of a large free labor
pay rou.
. jjAt-the state flax plant, there
are many products; line fiber of
per stock, upholstering tow, drug
aiid reseedlng seed, drug meal.
stock food and . seed for the oil
nfills the shires being used- for
Iel.
- i Stat Own MHtn.
?;Tfce state rjwna- 31 flu aniif-
njaciunes. ii win amid -1 S -more
res cn next cron. It bnilda n
questionably the best pulling ma-
cnine in the world; the 1929
model.
As high as 158 bags er 16 busl
els of flax. seed Is threshed here
If a day, selling at $2.23 a busherH
-r"er t wo wortu in a day. Vast
improvements in efficiency of
wprking foroes have been made
In the threshing or deseeding; the
same in scutching. The efficiency
cd a scutching shift has been run
up from 700 pounds a day to 3000
'pounds.
H ill then be on a basis of approach.
ing $2000 every week day for its
products. And with a certainty
of doubling this within a few
years; or more than doubling it
with all available inmate labor em
ployed, and a large force of free
labor in all departments.
:.The J. W. S. Seed
The state started with less than
an acre planted to the J. W. 8.
pedigreed seed in 1926; five acres
in 1927. and about 30 acres this
year. There will be about 150
acres next year. 750 acres in 1930.
and 3750 in 1931. Then, begin.
nlng with 1933. Oregon's flax will
all be J. W. S., producing fouf tons
of straw and 1000 pounds of fiber
to the acre. (Sooner, perhaps, if
suitable additional seed can be se
cured from ether countries.) -
-Tnis wui mean an advance that
win be epochal. It will mean that
Oregon wHL ba? producing flax fi
ber cheaper than cotton fiber can
be produced anywhere. It will
mean that the state will have to
hare more-and more linen mills.
it will mean that Oregon will -be
well on lis way towards the $100.'
000,000 annual industry that is
surely coming to this district the
largest ' permanent industrial' op
eration in this state. Old as his
tory. Stable as wheat. .Mounting
into ; uncomparable final firurei
for every acre employed the final
figures being, for the-fine linens.
tapestries." races, pte.? etc Na
ture has laid the sure foundations
ncreln advantages), possessed by
no, ineryaewiens of the New
WorlaVj..J
in : reglone 'f. where i parasite In.
terfere with .sheep -raising, It" is
best ' to breed ewes in time to
lamb early, and market before the
parasite share the profits.
-
his main object being to study the
flax-growing and linen manufac
turing industries. In addition to
making his own personal investi
gations throughout the province,
Mr. Robinson is taking a course
In spinning, wearing, etc., is the
textile school of the Belfast Muni
cipal Technical Institute. He Is by
profession an electrical engineer,
being a graduate of Stanford uni
versity. His daughter has . also
graduated at his .alma mater, and
his eon will, enter his third year
at Stanford this fall.
Market Growing
The market for Ulster linen in
the states, declares. Mr. Robinson,
is growing rather than decreasing.
The Oregon Statesman, in Its
farming and industrial magazine
section; recently stated that he
'has for a number of years been
quite active In the promotion of
the growing and production of
flax and linen in the Willamette
valley, and has spent considerable
time and money in this work.' Mr.
Robinson has made an exhaustive
study of the whole industry, a
summary of the results of which
has been published. He intends to
develop the cultivation and scutch- j
ing of flax throughout the W11-!
lamette valley (western Oregon),
which is 130 miles long, 60 miles
wide,, and every, foot fertile and
arable, p -
rit.i pointed out by Mr. Rob
inson in anarticle en the import
ance of flax 'culture and the Tar
lne of eeuiehlng ' mills to towns.
that, In Belfast in 1911 there was
Invested Tln the linen -H factories
about 4 1 13,000.000. According to
Che Utest data aecured from the
department of commerce, ine un
ited States receives from 47 to 51
per cent of all the manufactured
linen in the United Kingdom.
'In Ireland during 1913 the
acreage under flax was 64,917.
Russia in U10 planted 3,216.265
acres, and was at this time produc
ing-about 75 per cent of all the
fibre in Europe.-But; Russia ' now
Is down and out as. far as flax
prdouction is concerned. The Rus
sian flax is an inferior grade, and
is not used for the i best linens.
Ireland does not by : any " means
produce 'enough flax for its fac
tories. .Flax Imported JLo" 1113 in
to Ireland was 84,270 tons, valued
at that time at about $21,000,000,
and at ' the price now . prevailing
for fibre In Oregon about $144,
000,000. In If 12 Ireland - grew
14,413 tons of flax. In other wofdsn
years, we have had enough ex
perience with this crop in Oregon
to know that In a normal season
it is a very profitable cash crop
and that it demands good farm
ing. This last feature is of con
siderable Importance to western
Oregon because the lack of good
farming has accounted for most
of our agricultural troubles up to
this time. We believe that the
time is not far distant when sev
eral nundred thousand acres of
this flax will be grown in western
Oregon, with many small cooner
aure nax mills located through
out me Willamette vallev. To
reach this desirable situation we
have to master many objection
able conditions that now exist.
1 Orarse of Action
"1. We must build Un nnr anil
to a high state of - fertility and
maintain them in that condition,
"2. The question of weed' cea
trol must be mastered, partlcular-
sixm or tne fibre consumed In the
factories. Nearly all the flax - in
Ireland is grown In Ulster.
it is -producing only about one-
lx Jjand Here
"According to soil TnM,
there are more than 100,000 acres
of land in the Willamette valley
that are adapteable to flax grow
ing, so we have vast possibilities
for the raw material. We hare
proved beyond all doubt that
we can raise a superior srrade of
flax. It is a profitable crop to the
farmer; the most profitable of all
non-eultlvated crops. Flax does
not deteriorate the land: ft is
a good rotative crop. We have a
uumoer or instances of from $50
to $80 and more per acre net. We
also have. In Oregon, a depend.
awe and amply supply of . fihr
from. the state scutchlnr .slant.
which is being excellently man.
aged. I am Informed that fibre is
oemg shipped to Belfast at a good
price and profit.
"Dealing with the tariff on linen
goods Imported In to the Unit
ed States, Mr. Robinson says it
ranges from 85to'IO per - cent;
giving the local manufacturers ' a
margin of $11,577,500, or, about
47 per cent. This does not. take
iransponaiion cnargea into ac
count. ti ' tn.
. . f
the freight to. Oreenn.
1 "The operation of thft tsLX rn'
lave now become so large, and a
these machines can now be oper
ated much . cheaper and more ef
ficiently than . in years past, the
board of control have decided tn
fsell the flax pullers to our flax
growers at less than half the or
iginal cost of these machines and
accept flax in payment of them
These machines will be sold as
follows:
"The first machines will be thor.
oughly overhauled and recondi
tioned and sold at $1,000 each.
The 1928 and the 1929 models
are to be sold at $1250 each. The
1929 models have no engines on
them. They are operated from a
power take-off on the tractor and
this model operated very success
fully this past harvest.
"It "has been suggested that one
grower or a group of eight to 12
growers may purchase a machine.
We are. willing. to consider either
proposition.' -
Unit Plan Adopted
"We desire and expect to let
ail future flax contracts in units
that is to. say. a number of
farmers located within an area of
i . . . , ... , -r dent cultivation to destroy the
fir re ClnA nr all nT fhPA Tarm-i"vvu v"
MID OCTOBER BEST
Fill SEEDING TIME
. '
iThemost faverable period to
plant tall'gTain is usually be
tween. jOc to ber 10-20 in Oregon,
finds the O. A. C. experiment sta
tion. Op land that is planted
much before this date there is of
ten little opportunity for snffi-
fall sown wheat is treated for
smut with copper carbonate after
it is cleaned and freed from smut
balls. Oats and barley are treatee
hwith liquid formaldehyde. Grair
so treated is planted as soon a:
the grain is dry in order to pre
vent killing a certain amount ol
the seed.
ers comprising that unit could
purchase a flax pulling machine
from us. The Idea of letting out
flax contracts by units is to avoid
having to move the flax pulling
machines by motor truck from
farm to farm, which ' we have
found very costly In every way.
"The state is going to stock and
furnish all spare parts required
for the flax pullers and also would
consider servicing them for the
first year, by our experienced me-.
chanics, at reasonable cost,"
The main advantage
in delaying seeding an early plow
ed land lies in the opportunity for
weed destruction. When planting
is delayed until after November 1,
unfavorable weather may prevent
the plants from becoming well es
tablished In the fall, and this will
reduce yields the following year.
Growers get best results when
progressive farmers are now
cleaning out surplus runs and out
let ditches and connecting these
with "dead" furrows to provide
surface drainage before the heavy
rains come. Recent rains have
provided a good moisture condi
tion in most Oregon soils for
plowing. The fall seed beds need
not be worked down line, as a
moderate proportion of the small
lumps tends to prevent the sur
face from "puddling" or running
together, says the O. A. C. experi
uent station.
A cover of winter crop is desir
able for planting on ground on
which potatoes or other row crops
are harvested. Clean cultivated
lan dis subject to leaehing or loss
of plant nutrients. A good cover
crop such as vetch will help pre
vent this. Winter crops of west
ern Oregon usually' yield best on
soils which have fair to good
drainage. Vetch can be broadcast
by hand, after the potato harvest,
if rains prevent the use of a seed
ing machine. O. A. C.
Cracks in slate, soapstone. or ce
ment laundry tubs can be made
water-tight with litharp-ft anH
chines cost $2260 plus the cost of glycerin, mixed and stirred to
m a smothf (heavy paste which
mid be wrcttedf:h& the cracks
Wth a casettfifejrA paste of
Portland cement and water, or
the whke of an egg and fresh
lump lime, also' can be used suc
cessfully for this purpose.
The new practice of putting a
high finish on grass-fat cattle by
feeding them a supplement to
grass is increasing rapidly in cer
tain sections of the middle west
and the Appalachian regions. The
supplements usually are corn and
cottonseed cake or meal.
Our Flax Industry
THE dreams of the dreamers of .a great flax and linen in
?liaTvVT iw Avawsm A ' A m .
-7- uo" j " vxcjswii are turning true me iounoations are
iirmer ana ine nope or realization clearer than at any time
Dime mcy were -ursi sensea, over a nail century ago. Why?
Because all experts now know definitpiv thaf Mn
produce here as fine a fiber as the best in the world ; because
'-'"V" " HUi- Jarfl i"ier in quality tnan can be had else
where in anyjaarket; because the state flax industry, upon
which all substantial nrofirress has hmn huiif horo ; a
lmtely on a paying basis, and set for growth from 370 acres
v ire t,wv acres mis vear. m a.tiMi arm a nf fio
next year;juod 10.000 acrea within thx .
ij- re 14 w, u" l"e Dasi 01 j. w. a. pedigreed
ocw, jrieiuuij? inree w iour times iopaer per acre tonnages
and a still larger proportion of line fiber
Set to four tons or over of straw to the acre, and 1,000
pounds or over of fiber? against around 260 pounds an acr
of cotton fiber to the acre.
. These things are epochal; the larger production of fiber
to the acre will make linen manufactures "price sellers."
VU7.WUI uc cneaper man cotton, and four to ten times as
good in quality, in wearability and durability
We are-definitely set' towards the realisation 1ier of a
fetm, ?dU empl0yin dtly ind2
rectly a milhon people. How soon? It. may become very
soon. We are inaking for more progress each year now
in all the years of the past. j Ul a
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Dates of Slogans in Oregon Statesman
Wlth a few possible changes)
loganberries, October 7, 1928.
Prunes, October 14. :
Dairying. October 21.
iTlax, October 28.
Filberts. November 4.
jjWalnuts, November 11. .
Strawberries, November 18. v
, Apples, Figs, etc, Nov. 25.
l.Raspberries, December 2.
; Mint, December 9.
0eans, etc., December 1 8.
Blackberries, December 23. .
; Cherries, December SO.
tiPears, January f, 1929.
Gooseberries, January 13.'
porn, January 20.
!: Celery. January 27.
liSpinach, etc., February JS.
,iTjnlons, etc., February 10.
Fotatoes, etc.. FebruanMl7.
';Bees, February 24.
fPoultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 3..
.'City Beautiful, etc., March 10.
iUreat Cows, March 17. -Paved
Highways, March 24. ,
Head Lettuce, March 31.
!SUos,.etc, April 7.
i Legumes. April 14.
Asparagus, etc., April 21 "
Grapes, etc., April 28.
Drug Garden, May 6.
Sugar Industry, May 12.
Water Powers, May 19.
Irrigation, May 26. .
Mining, June 2.
Land, Irrigation, etc., Jane t.
Floriculture, Jane 18.
Hops, Cabbage, etc. Jane 23.
Wholesaling, Jobbing, Jane 30.
Cucumbers, etc, July 7..
Hogs, July 14. , .
. Goats. July 21. - - -
i Schools,. July 28.
Sheep. August 4.
, Seeds, August 11. .
National Advertising, Aug. 18.
Livestock, August 25.
Grain A Grain Products, Sept. 1
. Manufacturing, Sept. 8. -
Woorworking, etc., Sept. 15. '
Automotive Industries Sept. 22.
Paper Mills. Sept. 29. ,
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It's not a Question of who vffl be Our Next Kt3sident
Capitol Eargciin and
Junk House
105-145 Center Tel. 398 ' t
All Kinds of Junk
$ Bought and Sold
1 Anything from aNecdle , ,
- to a Steam Elngae " : ' '
CASH PAID FOR RAGS, BOTTLES, BARRELS, OLD
PAPER, CARPETS, IRON, WOOL, PELTS, GRAPE .
ROOT, CHITTAM BARK, PEPPERMINT OIL, ETC,
That concerns us just now.
tires.
With
us its service to -your
Seiberlingr Tires are protected against all road hazzards
for a year. New treads will also protect you against skid
ding on wet pavement. If your tires are old and slick bet
ter see us at once, "r -2 V $ -' '
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198 S. CommercialAcross from Marion Hotel on Ferry