Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-01-20

is the highest patriotic duty of every
man and woman who wants to be a
booster for Oregon prosperity to give
first place to the products of Oregon
industry.
CallfOrnians Are Loyal.
l was in Klamath Falls recently at
the dedication of new hotel that
cost $150,000. Not only all the wood
finishings in that building, the hard
ware, all the furniture, the fixtures, ,,
and even the viands on the table, the
liquor served at the bar, and the
ofwers used for decorations and the
printing and advertising matter were
brought from California. For what Is
the state of California most admired
of all it's qualities? Absolute loyalty
to California climate, California pro-
ducts, and California interests. We
can hardly blame the klamath Falls
people for going to their nearest and
most direct market city for their
supplies, but when the railroad is
completed from 'Natron to klamath
Falls we will proceed to capture
that market for Made in Oregon"
Home Manufacturer Handicapped.
The manufacturer and distributor
of Oregon can today supply every ar
ticle that can be supplied ON the Pa
cific Coast in price and in quality.
The Oregon manufacturer has SER
ious problems confronting him in
matters of transportation, but for the
home market in Oregon he can have
no successful competitor. He is
deeply interested in lower freight
rates and lower import duties on raw
materials from the markets of the
world. But even on interstate freight
rates the home manufacturer has the
advantage of his competitor outside
of the state because freight rates on
raw material are far below freight
rates on the finished products COM
ing into the state. We must give the
railroad credit also for putting into
effect commodity rates to encourage
Oregon industries in many instances
The clay and brick industry of Will
lamina and Newburg are instances in
point.
Eastern Factories Advantages.
The establishment of distributive
freight rates in the interest of the
Portland manufacturer has been one
of the greatest elements for the up
building of Portland Industries. The
greatest necessity exists for Oregon
newspapers, commercial bodies. and
organizations like the Ad Mems
league to boost made in Oregon
products because the eastern manu-
facturers and mail order houses have
some advantages over the domestic
industries. They employ cheaper la
Dor, get the use of cheaper capital
get lower freight rates for a ten-fold
larger home market, can give longer
credit to the retailer and is always
disposed to dump his surplus over
production on the most remote mar
ket.
Are Local Taxpayers
We should do all in our power tc
make market for the products Of
home indsutry because it is paying
our local and state taxes, and gener-
ally higher taxes than are imposed
on factories in the East. He must
pay higher freight rates and higher
wages to labor in Oregon than in the
East. He must pay higher rates oI
interest on capital employed and has
far more thinly settled communities
in which to market his goods. Hence
in order to succeed against all these
handicaps the Oregon manufacturer
must be given the preference in the
home market
Printing Made in Oregon.
Let us consider what it woult
mean if each of us would make him
self a committee of one in his owl
home to see to it that Oregon brands
were given the preference. Many O
us are not consistent in applying thii
principle. We talk MADE in Oregon
but we dot not act MADE in Oregon.
was recently shown the slogan o
one of the large Oregon industries
which read as follows 'WesterI
men will promote their home bust
ness interests by patronizing West
ern institutions. Yet on the sam,
advertising matter that contained
this splendid sentiment were tn,
words, Printed at Roanoke, Va
Now If we Oregonians are proud O
anything it is of our lithographint
and printing establishments and / an
safe in saying that all the printing O
this large institution could have beel
done Just as we'll at Portland or a
Salem as 1t was done at Roanoke
Va, and the firm getting the print
ing done probably does not get sin
gle dollar of business from Virginia
We Must Be Consistent.
One Of the largest manufacturing
establishments in Portland and whicl
lprides itself on furnishing supple
to hotels in hundred thousand-dolla
lots, bears the imprint of San Fran
cisco on all its advertising matter
One of the largest newspapers in tn
state had splendid editorial recent
ly urging people to patronize Mad
in Oregon" products and on the sam
day that the editorial appeared
gave an order for thousand dollars
worth of printing ink rollers to
manufacturer in the Bay City.
When We Buy Supplies.
/, myself, bought a supply Q
canned goods for my family recent
and was surprised when l reache
home on having ordered nearly al
Eastern made goods, when from &C