Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-11

quite a trade IN Hour and breakfast
cereals The incident is well worth
noting because our state, which is one
Of the greatest milling states in the
union, is also the dumping ground of
enormous quantities Of eastern flour
notably the Washburn flours of
Minneapolis advertised on the cover
pages Of the magazines and the La
dies Home Journal and the Saturday
Evening Post-where a single page
costs $4,000 week. The eastern man
ufacturer is thus able to force his
products into thousands of homes
where the head Of the family has not
given the Made -inOregon idea any
consideration. Portland manufactur-
ers of rolled oats, wheat and other
breakfast foods, and eastern and
western Oregon flour are certainly
worth giving the preference when this
state produces the wheat and the oats
from which they are made-and Ore
gon flour is from one to two dollars
n barrel cheaper. But the price of
the eastern products have to pay for
the thousands of dollars spent weekly
for the hlgh-colored advertising.
Made-in-0reg products enrich the
home people and the home manufac-
turer Is learning to advertise.
Made-ln-0regOn Washing Powder.
! It is the little things looked after
that make a state great, rich and
| prosperous. How many persons read
ing this paper ever took the trouble
to inquire whether soap made in Ore
gon was being used in their homes
or not? How many ever consider that
so small an item as sapolio, Dutch
Cleanser and washing powder used
in their families was made in Oregon
| Yet all these articles are manufac-
tured here, as well as they can be
made anywhere, and yet we send out
annually hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars. The Pacific Speciality com
pany, 245 Grand avenue, Portland, put
up the Five-Minute Washing COM
pound, that is sold in nearly every
store in Salem and how many of our
readers ever thought to call for It?
Perhaps their attention has not been
called to It, This product has been
endorsed by the Grocers and Mer-
chants association and the Manufac-
turers association. and the firm has
Joined with the Made-in-Oregon move
ment and are entitled to the support
of Oregon people
They believe they have absolutely
the best washing powder on the mar
ket. It is a concentrated, camphor-
ated product, contains no lye, acid,
rosin or ammonia, does not iniure the
hands or finest fabric and will go a
longer way than puffed-up look-big
powders Same is handled by all the
wholesalers OF Portland recommended
and pushed by them. 1t is a product
that Oregon has right to be proud
Of. They have piece Of ground al
Kenton, whereon they expect to build
a larger factory in the near future
This is one of the industries that ev-
eryone should encourage and become
educated to calling for the product
OF this factory in our midst.
Manufacturers Annual Banquet.
The annual banquet of the Manu-.
facturers Association was held at the
Multnomah hotel and was attended by
about $50 members Of the organiza.
tion. A feature of the affair was the
fact that the furniture and many oi
the furnishings Of the hotel, and the
bill Of fare, excepting the wines, were
made In Oregon factories.
Mr. A. F. Biles of the Central Door
and Lumber company was one of the
speakers aAd referred to the fact that
the Pendleton asylum was being bull
by a Montana contractor and nearly
all the construction material had come
from outside the state. State Trea.
surer T. B. Kay said in letting worl
to the lowest bidder such was OTTER
the case. but the state board hat
decided that all the furnishings a!
far as possible should be given Ore
gon manufacturers A letter was reaC
from Secretary of State Ben w. Olcott
saying that he was cooperating witt
the state purchasing agent to give
preference to Made-in-0 Oregon products
In every instance. AS the Oregon man
ufacturers were the heaviest taxDay
ers 1t was no more than right to give
their products preference, price ant
quality being equal.
Just before President McMonies de-
livered his address. considerable in.
terest was aroused by display of d
MADE In Oregon" substitute for rub.
Der, which was passed around the
tables for the inspection of the guests
To all appearances the composition
Is rubber, and 1t is claimed that It car
be used for 20 per cent of the pur.
poses for which rubber is now EN-.
ployed. The Portland made substitute
which will be turned out In local fac
tory under a locally-organized com.
pany, Is said to cost only about 25 pei
cent as much as real rubber.
The following directors were elected
for the ensuing year: Dan Kelliher, II
5, Mann, f. l.. Knight, d. NJ Dunno
John Montag, w. II, McMonies. A. N
Holton, and w. +. Scott, A number OF
guests at the banquet before the bust.
ness session was closed sent In appli.
cations for membership.
President McMonies read a very
liable annual address, reviewing the
progress Of the "Made-in- Oregon pro.
gram, He said It was the duty of all
manufacturers and their wives and
employees to demand Of Oregon retail.
ers that they keep Oregon products
President McMOnies' Address.
ut Is with considerable pride that
! call this meeting to order in the Ho.
tel Multnomah," he said, "for the rea-
son that In the construction OF the
hotel the owners have observed the
'made-in-0regon' slogan and pur-
chased vast quantities OF 'made-in- Or
egon materials and goods, and because
the lessee in furnishing and eQuippng
this magnificent hostelry, bought all
the goods he consistently could from
Portland manufacturers
"As YOU know, the membership NJ