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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1915)
6 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION As Representative Men View Past and Future Business Northwest May Soon Look for Permanent Prosperity and the continual demand for Hour suitable horses for their armies and lines, whether Interstate or lnterna will bring a considerable sum of shipping them back to the lands tional money Into Oregon. Washington and where our foundation stock was pro- In British Columbia, to the same Idaho during 1915. cured from and thousands of head of extent as in the Northwestern States, Many small manufacturing plants, horses have been sold to these gov- the prosperity and development of the By J. w. Kahif. president dwcent Manu- that nav9 Deen idle for months, have ernments. The Belgian and Perch- community awaits upon tne return oi fucturin company. Seattle. resumed operation. eron horses in their native countries conditions which will allow of the IT WOULD be difficult to conceive The recent increase in freight rates are not plentiful enough to supply the profitable operation of timber indus or suggest conditions more favor- allowed the railroad by the Inter- local demand and the wastefulness of tries, able to an immediate and perm- state Commerce Commission has war is causing them to be still more "The present situation is due chief anent prosperity than those now ex- caused the railroads to place millions scarce. This condition gives a foreign ly to ignorance of the true value or isting in the Pacific Northwestern of dollars in orders for cars, engines, demand for our surplus horses at a the industry to the community, lg States. ties, etc., and many more will fol- fairly high price, and there will be norance of the disabilities under To our wonderfully diversified low. sale for the horses whicn we nave to wmcn luiuuer umnuimmeis uiiuiaw, natural resources we now have In this section there are several offer for some time to come added, it Is believed, a stable hundred mills manufacturing ties and financial system that will elim- heavy timber for general construc- inate the fear of recurrent money tion. These mills have been Idle, stringencies as well as the al- throwing thousands of men out of em- ternating periods of inflation and ployment. Year 1915 Shows Promise, Asserts Commission Man together perhaps with some failure on the part of lumbermen to meet competition in improvement of manu facturing and selling methods. If out of this lean year there develop the remedies which an analysis of the sit- reckresrspeculaTion; It is hoped that The resumption of railway In, -K'S tne new system win prove to De an provemeni nas aireaay causea a uig .i ,- rncn,ta for , ,. i TCI effective balance-wheel, resulting in demand for supplies, which should N summing up t he p rospe eto for year will earn a place amongst the a more evenly distributed prosperity, cause a great many of these smaller I prosperity during the year 1915, most profitable. and the consequent development of mills to resume operation at once. we are compelled to say that to us The paramount position of the for- the richest of our resources, agricul- This, coupled with the splendid price the future looks better than" it has est Industries here In the Northwest ture, stock-raising, dairying, horticul- and general demand for everything at any time in the past two years can,not D 8tated x9 0,ten nor ln t0 ture and allied Industries. that comes from the farm, causes us for a uIck revival ot DUSineSs. Poul- 5trjk,ln?. t.ermu- our com.mer:1la.1 Attention has been too long cen- to predict a general Improvement ot try pr,ceg are now firm and in our '"V1, . . warp aroun, tered on the development of our financial conditions throughout the "pinion will continue to be firm for ,tD? indf rleiaretw?hv!n;, ?rP! cities, to mining, lumbering and kin- Pacific Northwest. ,Be time to come. ductln of Iumber 18 the pioneer oc- dred quick profit-making industries No doubt some good has come w a receiving shipments fre- ?up?tion "Wch op?a up V0. D6W to the neglect of more conservative, from the agitation against the rail- QUenuy which Indicate to us that the rl;t8. brings employment transpor- but ln the end the more essential and roads and corporations ln general, but entire flock of poultry has been gath- at'on; clTs tn a ai'rl ? safer line of business, namely, the we believe the time has come when rom & farm and delivered eta for ,the ,BetUer and bring8 'nt production from the soil of the actual such agitation should cease and that . one shipment. Unless the farmer the cuntry ,tne weal,n UP0? wblch necessities of life. everything should be done to n- quickly realizls the handicap this Is other industries are supported. The greatness of the Pacific North- courage the railroads and every other oln t0 be t0 hIm we predlct that the Industry Ranks High, west is to be founded upon these prl- line of business to resume operation. p.lfll, vnrthwest will be short of "Measured In terms of annual pro- mary resources, to which manufac turing, commerce, mining and lunv bering are to be contributory but subordinate factors. The Individual Opportunity. The opportunity seems open to Livestock Industry Will Receive Impetus From War By D. II. Detcbon, Editor Livestock Reoorter. EW livestock men are complain- the year 1915 poultry. We attribute this class of duct'onf wa "h "i? ,1,mi1b,er lndU8" shipments to the high price of feed, try both in British Columbia and in No matter what the cause may be the the Northwestern States ranks high farmer should certainly keep enough boe Its nearest competitors agri- poultry on hand to supply his needs "? . for breeding and laying purposes for British Columbia of every dollar in the pocket of the wage earner, mer- every farmer, ranch man, stock- rjEVv livestock men are complain- lUDHl' " ' BelIlne tirm and we chant or financier, 33 cents Is from grower and orchardist, to make his I"" lng of their lot this Winter tJtS!'J"rl herfce will the forest. In Washington, Oregon individual business a paying one. By and tne new year come8 wlth 8.aIVrn 8aV,,fig afn t0 the hleh d Idaho the lumbermen are still oDfChiasSlcfoD X'TnteVnt ?a ul many thlngs tor tnem t0 be thankful of fced. dFo4fS countries are Productive- per cent of the of his crop, by intelligent, carerui t of u c0untrIe8 ln tne world . . . ouantltles of packe(J public wealth of Washington, 45 per grading of his output, and the mar- th t , , b t cocdlUon ag: S8bgeet "Snvemhlng laM- ce"t the public weath of Oregon bv nrodu t Z?ZTUStrol ad this Northwestern Zt H Vernand wHl continue and 31 per cent of the public wealth, bj-product, as well as principal crop, country l3 tne Dest section of the n ho erent for some time to come ot Idaho is derived directly from the the volume of food products imported whoe yountrye to e grea t to r sonv e t ime t 0 come vast yed ZtmVoJl paid We are no' on,y at peace wlth the The e is na shortage of vearand forest occupations JhwfM win m to increasing the whole wovld' but we are caIled upon we predict that there will be during "Wo in the Pacific Northwest pride therefor will go to increasing tne t he, feed half.world at war. tIle entire season of 1915. ourselves justly on the beauty and ""The suclll oi Iwh indW dual unit Prlces ot livestock are not aa blgh as ThS farmer ? ?the backbone of the ie of our cities, upon our growth in The success of each lndiviauai unit they have been, but they are remuner- countrv and to him and from him population, upon the magnitude and in our agricultural communities Is Uv' and there , arket f Bnttr'"r, come Land prices stability of our financial Institutions, essential to the prosperity ot the fnn, n..mal. tnnt . h., ?"BtF.Tp"i ty(.c' M lV'on factories and supply houses and upon Northwest as a whole, so hat pros- CattIe hog3 and sneep are readlly ' JJ pro'duet 0f he S0U re- our transportation facilities. These perity becomes a matter of individual tnlron tlf, m.rl.et '., . nrf,tnh,l PUA "lpro?"". tnT. institutions are the consnicuous or- I x lues aits miiici 1 rr.L ) years ago sans oi our coniuiemai uouy. 100 lng up the lurobe Industry is the. heart of that peruy Becomes a mauer 01 . taken at tnI market and a protitable mains the same Prices effort to turn to Immediate prof t he cash , , d f ferlngg. e 1 rices opportunities afforded by existing To"nroduce enouh meat anlmaU aL S, mi COIldltiOQS. . A ..mi u . 0 , nnran Uotlnn nnnetnnt lv n it in n I n s . i. l v ma . - v LU ouppij' luo vyuiiu a ucmauu win nrnsriCPtq from a CO III ull SB 1011 mer- v o"'-t ".....v... t- u ... F . 0 movement to build up the M f ft nejt or t ant point of view for the year through it the nourishing financial msiness as a business he and there , imi da th t tn cnant pointy oi vie y blood wUhout wMch )t could neyer inuld not lose sieht of the . . u "" "". t , j -,m,f ,-hiu if conditions. In the farming business, farmer fin : : . r .7 , ; umiiiBL lur uuu uuiiiiais wm reacu nlontlfnl fnr everv Iecltiniate nur- facto in ie farmer's success In- aVunprontable condition. At the chase that livestock is now a good could a factor in the farmer s success, in outbreak ot hostilities ln Europe. nri. nnd will continue to be a Rood ' steaa re- grown, and without which it not maintain even its present oi co-operauon amuug iue uru- nlf1 nnrt f.n(, ailImniH wfirn rnmntlv Z.. ,'' .a iniot. o Lnmborman's Wealth Travels. ducers for the purpose of elimina ng rohlDlted from exportation and the Suick' revival of business. "It is unnecessary to state here that the local merchant, the co-operation omQ j wag C0nBerTed for home aVapTthe best wwe could ex- the wealth brought Into the country ought to be between the merchant use Tne , . food anImala ""Knfidence in the future is by the lumber industry does not re- ad ufa,,.m?r f? a, concfrtd effortt 'l0 must be nearly exhausted before Lreay that w now buying and main In the hands of the lumber- rehabtl tate the local trading center comea 'd wn6n doe8 "X,,, "to bu? poultry" hogs, man. The lumberman's dollar Is one which in turn creates and promotes f , b d wl con ne 10 D a0faU00rny,as of the world's best travelers; of every the local social center. of ra'slng u the calve8f and etc.ior dolar Q centg goeg tQ tranaporta. Co-operation. lambs will be necessary to replace the tion companies, 35 cents to labor dl- Co-operatlon with the local mer- livestock on the European farms, i u r lndu.trv Should rectly employed in the industry, 15 chant in the assembling and shipment While the flocks and herds are being "mler "jausiry anouia cenU t0 merchants for equipment and to larger markets of much produce renewed in the European countries, l0e Uepression in 1310 supplies, 10 cents for Interest on cap now going to waste would afford a these countries will still need to buy I Hal Invested. This analysis of the f innnmo tn npnriv meat abroad. Wheat fields can be By Edward t. Alien, Forester, western lumbermen's dollar discloses the every farmer The study of Improved returned to full production with one Forestry nd con.enr.tioo Aocitio. B0UVCe ot our prosperity. JrliVT7M nd seeding, but food animals will not rrIE greatest Industrial activity of "The lumberman of this forest packing 'can as well or better be car- reproduce so abundantly the first I the Pacific Northwest forest In- gion may pay directly each year to ried on' through co-operation with year, and we shall have a foreign dustry has found 1914 a dls- transportation companies $80,000J local merchants as with asosciatlons market for food animals for several turblng year. Lumber has not brought 000, to wage earners $70,000,000, to manaeed by organizations in the years. the cost of manufacture and a par- merchants $30,000,000 and for the larger cities Not Expect Big Prices. ticularly hazardous forest flro season use of borrowed working capital 20, Local co-operative effort would be We shall probably not receive ex- involved great expense ln protecting 000,000. This money is later circu coupled with the larger marketing orbitantly high prices for the anl- the raw material. To some extent lated into every portion of the com organizations, but the more Import- mals we sell and it would not be to the depression has been caused by the munity and forms an Important fac ant feature Is the working together the best Interests of the livestock ln- war and other accidental influences, tor in the livelihood of those few peo of local factors whose Interests are dustry to have prices prohibitive so but a deeper-seated unsatisfactory pie who do not come into direct con Identical with the one idea of build- as to force consumers to curtail the condition seems also evident and the tact with the lumber Industry, lng up the business and prosperity use of meat or turn to substitutes, welfare of the entire community is Importance to Stntes. of the local center, and of the farmer. We shall have a market for every an- so dependent upon its great lumber- "I have outlined the Importance ot With a well-arranged and intelligent- lmal we raise at remunerative prices, lng industry that even the Govern- the lumber Industry at some length y-dlrected development of the natur- And the difficulties ln raising live- ment has recognized the need of study for a definite reason. You will have al wealth of our Northwest, pros- stock In the Northwest are less than and remedy. The United States For- noticed that in the distribution of perity cannot miss us in 1915. those confronting many sections of est Service and the Department of the wealth produced by this Industry, me COUUiry. ine UrcaUCU lUUl-aUU- l;umuici; uu uuuui die vu-uirnniiufi n uilu i &avc a iiiuiiiviit afiu, mere was mouth disease did not get a foothold with lumbermen in such a study. A no sum assigned to the lumbermen ln this section and the outbreaks of similar situation exists in British for profits. This Is true at the pres- hog cholera have not been as severe Columbia. ent time. There are losses but no as thev have been in some sections At a "forest Industry conference" profits. It is a point to be kept ln By a, it. Averin, rreident tiiamber of 0( ttle East Serum plants have been held a few days ago In Tacoma, un- mind when discussing this great In- tommeroe. established In our own part of the der the auspices of the Western For- dustry. It is an Industry which is WE have recently had a report country and clean, effective serum Is estry and Conservation Association, of far greater Importance to wage on the crop conditions of the supplied to the hog raiser at nominal representatives of Federal, state, Do- earners, merchants, communities, Pacific Northwest and we find cost, so that he need not fear the minion and provincial governments counties and states or provinces, than that these reports indicate that there cholera if it does appear in his local- met with lumbermen and timber own- It Is to the few men who happen to has been an Increase in the wheat ity. The sheep raiser who will follow ers from Montana, Idaho, Washing- be charged at present with the con acreage of about 10 per cent. We also the few simple rules of his business ton, Oregon, California and British trol of the timber lands, logging find that crop conditions were never will not have stomach-worms, grubs Columbia to discuss forest protection camps and sawmills, better in general at this time of year or foot rot In his herds in this coun- and lumbering problems. . Nearly a "The manufacture of lumber at the and there never was as great a try. The sheep business bids fair to third of the standing timber in the present time is the one great Indus foreign demand for wheat and bread- be a profitable Industry, too, with the United States was represented. One try of North America which is operat Btuffs, as at the present time. Sa!e3 consumption of mutton on the ln- of the most prominent speakers, the lng at a serious loss. The situation reports indicate that more than 80 crease and the price of wool at a Chief Forester of British Columbia, can be stated ln a few words. It per cent of the available wheat Is profitable level. summed up the situation as follows: costs. on the average $15. per thou now sold. This has already brought English and French buyers are "The present depression ln the lum- sand to produce lumber. This lumber millions of dollars into this territory scouring this country and Canada for ber industry respects no boundary is now being sold at $10 to $12 per Encourage Big Industries; Good Year Will Follow
