Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-01-20
full published by request of President
ness Mems Club of Portland.)

lufacturer has right at his doors. Do
we not owe a little loyalty to concerns
like the Oregon City Woolen Mills that
employ $50 people, the Salem Woolen
Mills that employ nearly half as many,
the Oregon City paper mills that en-
ploy 1000 people, and manufacturers
like Neustadter Brothers, Fleischner,
Mayer & Co., and scores of factories
that advertise Oregon to the world?
How to Encourage Investment.
Can we encourage investments in
Oregon any more substantially than to
give them a solid home support the
moment they begin to turn out articles
that we can use? 1t is said that the
Buffalo-Pitts thresher could be made
at Portland for nearly one hundred
dollars less than the machine can be
made for in the east with freight add
ed Has not Stockton, Calf, shown
the world what may be done in har-
vester machinery on the coast. 1t is
we'll known that the best harness and
glove leather in the world has been
made in Oregon. When we take a
stand for support of Oregon industries
we will not only extend the industries
we now have but say to others, come
where you will be appreciated and
supported by loyal home constitu-
ency
How to Develop Rapidly.
"An intelligent discussion of the
subject assigned me, Made in Oregon,
involves consideration of every prob
lem affecting Oregon manufacturers
A state having such wonderful natural
resources as Oregon can most rapidly
be developed by promotion of its in
dustries. Back of all successful de-
velopment of our manufactures must
be development of the home market
Protection to our industries can be
most effectively promoted by educat-
ing the domestic consumer to demand
the domestic product. If the output
of our factories is not appreciated al
home, how can we hope to have it ap'
preciated abroad?
Is a Home Advertiser.
Addressing a convention of adver
tising men, / emphasized the state
ment that it is their first duty to give
preference to the Oregon manufac
turer in their individual capacity as
consumer. Why? Because the Ore
gon manufacturer the Oregon distrib
utor, and the man who is putting Ore
gon brands on the market, is an Ore
gon advertiser, while the foreign man
ufacturer and foreign jobber nine
times out of ten is not going to spent
a dollar Of advertising in Oregon
Hence the Oregon Ad Mems league
should wear the products of Oregon
wooden mills, buy Oregon furniture fol
their homes, rock their babies in Ore
gon cradles and be laid away to res
in caskets Made in Oregon
Adopted by the State.
"The Made in Oregon Idea is no
new and has been successfully ex
pounded by the Manufacturers asso
citation of your city. 1t has beer
enacted into law by the Oregon leg
islature in the instructions for bid
. ders for furnishing state supplies. l
is stated that preference will be Civ
en- Oregon firms and producers, "con
ditions, quality and prices being
equal" In the bids recently opened
at Salem for supplies for state insti
tutions the following articles Mad,
in Oregon" were successful competi
tors: Brooms, roasted coffees, driet
, fruits, fresh meats, dried meats, fish
, flour, soap, washing powders, wool
ems and harness.
= Make Demands On Retailers.
3 The Oregon manufacturer mus
, not only be given the preference b,
| the commonwealth which he is sup
5 porting with his taxes, but we mus
e systematically educate the rank ant
( file of consumers to demand the Ore
a gon made products at the hands of tn
4 retailers. The doctrine of protec
: tion to American industries has beel
s the slogan of the dominant politica
t party for half a century. But hoy
j many members of that party stan
e for that principle and carry out thi
: doctrine in their daily living? l
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