Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 53

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Business Man Two Counties Pledged to Provide Half of Neede Signatures to Petition Organization of reality men'-'foif the circulation of a real estafe-tiijj -Initiative petition was', begun'' conferenrsYof California Resj'f'Es tate Association leadiki at wlca announcement was majrt of pKHgHI rrom two counties of jtne nearly half of 'Tthe necessary: 000 slgnaturjA) Circulation of- i. petition IMtt begin 1nl February, The petition will initiate sr irorA etitutional amendment transfsrrUig the entire cost of operation maintenance of public schools' frolS a direct tax on real estate-- S- charge against the state on a' basis to require the collection, of thnsi essary taxes on forms' of taxante wealth than real proper California Real Estate Association! representing all of i realty boards of the state Is pledged toW initiative constitutional ametttl ment petition by a resolution imously adopted at a state convent tlon held at Long Beach iitQja- tober. Ban Bernardino coiinty reaOdr dealers and property I owners, wa announced at the pledged themselves to procure 25,000 signatures to the! petition-it soon as it has been formally issued Representatives of jjhje Oakland, -Berkeley and San Leaxidro reab-jr boards immediately 1 pledged- viy procure a like number. It is bx-lieved that twice the requisfep number of (signatures can readily be procured as soon I as the 1982 registration has been taken, i The matter was presented to" tlip conference by D. 0.

Watsoif it Berkeley, president Califyrals. Real Estate Association, and tw secretary, Glenn WlllamaTi Los Angeles. Among those at tending the session were: Fred Wood, president, and 01ts manager of the Oakland Real Estate Board. W. 8.

Wallace. Herbert L. Breed, Fred E. Reed, Harry-O. Knight and Fred D.

Kaliser of Oakland; George A. Putnam of-Wat-' nut' Creek, Paul 8. Bomberger Modesto, Ben F. Wright of -Mmfi-terey, Charles D. Bharrow of 'Sin Leaudro, Kenneth Smitten: and Normal McFadden of San Francisco, A.

Ormeby Donough. i.prest- dent and John D. White, secretary of the Berkeley Realty "It is sound and saslbj fair and its operation- would go 'pit. toward relieving real' estate much of its unjust sharie of the tux. burden." said Watson in discussing the subject.

"It already has the support of several larsf and-porrf erful group and 1 gaming adherT ents daily. It -WH "The proposition, a thus ftfrtor mutated, deal with the transr fer of achoorcosts to the statT recommendation ha feen made by California Real Estate Association and Its constituent realty boards to method to be used by the'State in collecting other taxable Source the necessary money. Realtors held that such a suggestion should come fronc.th State Tax- Commission which. made a permanent bofiy at the hat session of the legislature by Ja)rs Instigated by.tb realtors and thfUf allies. v''v- ment for arsenate of lead.

Center A general view of the oil spray plant; an exterior view of the dry lime Sulphur plant, and the administration building housing the northern. California offices of the company. Lower- The filling department in the paint factory, and a section of the varnish fires. Shipments are made from this Eastbay factory to all parts of the Pacific coast and to Hawaii, the Orient, Mexico and South American ports. Year around employment it given 300 residents of the Eastbay cities at the model paint manufacturing plant of the Sherwin-Williams company of California located in Emeryville, a 10-acre plant, representing an investment of $1,500,000 is in daily Operation, producing a complete line of pain and Scenes at the paint show, from left to right: Upper The boilmg kettles in the dry lime sulphur plant; paint mills injhe paint.

factory, and the filtering depart Hoover Mortgage Bank ni: nt KB CO. ENLARGE PLANT rian lias ixeauy men Occupies Ten Acres of Ground at Emeryville Three hundred residents of the Eastbay region find year-round employment In the model plant of the Sherwin-Williams Company of California, which occupies approximately ten acres of land at. 140 Eherwin avenue, Emeryville. The, it contains numerous buildings, and the plant represents a total Investment of approximately SI, The annual payroll amounts to $1,000,000. The local company is striutly a Pacific coast organization in personnel.

Incorporated in California the establishment is an integral part of the Sherwin-Williams Company of Cleveland, Ohio. WORLD'S LARGEST. The company, and its affiliations. Is the largest paint manufacturer in the world, manufacturing a complete line of paints, varnishes, lacquers, dry colors, chemicals and pigments. In addition" to being the largest manufacturer of paints, the company is the largest producer of Insecticides in the United States.

The local plant specializes In the manufacture of a complete line of paints for all kinds of industry, including household use, buildings, railroads, steamships, etc. From the Emeryville plant ship-ments 're made to Pacific coast states, as well as to the territory of Hawaii, the Philippines, China, Mexico and various South American ports. These shipments made by railroad, as well as by trucks and steamships. MANY DEPARTMENTS. The Eastbay plant comprises the following departments: The paint plant, in which paints for all purposes and surfaces are manufactured; the varnish plant, which is "boused In a separate building; the plant, which also has its own building; the insecticide plant, which occupies several buildings In which Is manufactured a variety of insecticides, such as arsenic of leal, Bordeaux mixture and oil sprays.

In addition to this, there Ib a lartfe pray unit, comprising six acres, and buildings for the manufacture of dry lime sulphur. There are also several large warehouses, for the warehousing of these various products. The plant Is served by the main line of the Southern pacific railroad, and has spur line facilities Connecting all departments and Units. OFFICERS LISTED. The management of the Sherwin-Williams.

'Company of California oonsists of the following official: L. W. Wolcott, general manager and vice-president and director of the Ohio corporation; O. E. Cole, secretary' and supervising credit manager; A.

E. Hoist, district manager; A. L. Smith, general superln, tendent of manufacturingand 13. T.

Deasy, advertising manager. The company has its dwii zinc and' lead mines in New Mexico, smelters at Coffeyville, Kansas, and from the Chicago plant comes llth-ophone, dry colors, etc. The local company's practice is to purchase everything possible In the Eastbay and Pacific coast markets. PAINT EXPERTS. The company maintains a laboratory, in charge of expert paint chemist, where considerable research Is done for the purpose of.

improving the company's products. The company divides the technical division Into a department for production and one for research and development. In a recent review of the paint Industry the company points out: "In the past twenty-five years the paint Industry has undergone marked changes. New materials have been developed and the fialnt scientists have discovered many new uses tor both the old and the new products. Where formerly zinc, lead and oil was largely the base for all paints the discovery of llthopone and its commercial perfection have revolutionized the manufacture of flat interior paints.

LACQUER INDV8TRT. "An aftermath of the World war iwa the discoveVy of the method of using nitrated cotton as a paint, film, resulting in the rise' of the lacquer Industry. Modern lacquers are now for quick drying and hard surface finishes. An illustration of, what this means to the public generally Is to be found In the automobile Industry where under the did method of auto painting. It took approximately two week to paint an automobile with It various coats, the us of lacquer reduced the finishing time to on day; with a tremendous decrease In the cost." Beside the Emeryville factory the company has plants operating all over the world and in Cleve-land, Ohio; Newark, N.

Bound Brook, N. Chicago, III. Afflli-ated companies have plants at Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, Lincoln, Detroit, Boston, etc. r-r Will Have Largest 3 Industrial League hre' and seventy-five players will compete In the Industrial Athletic Association tournament, which will get upder way the first week in December. 'jTh tournament will consist of 1 24 classified teams in four classes, and a spettat league of six teams, making a total of SO teams, and '4H largest league in the country 'Composed, erttirely 'Industrial 'players.

will be played at McCly-1 ntond high school. University high school -and the the. final will heM In tft jewjucipaj uncriuni r--i A new building, with an area of 52,000 square feet, ha Just been added to the Rosenberg Brothers ds Company Oakland plant. The structure is but a street' width from a terminal where va eels load from every port, domestic and foreign, to which dried fruits are shipped. Rail shipments are loaded at the plant door.

Goods move by tractor and trailer from plant to dock. One of the huge grader in the plant is 78 feet long, and han dles 12 tons of dried fruit an, hour 1010 Knox iux. of securing facts which only a gov. ernment body can oltatnpand the exchange of Information regarding the best practices prevailing in individual trades and industries. Such Interchange of information, it is 'pointed out, has been particularly helpful In the broad problems of specialized trade promotion, balancing of production and consumption, the stabilization of employment, elimination of wasteful methods in distribution, and related problems.

At the present time the bureau Is actively cooperating with 142 trade associations on these and other problems. During the past fiscal year, the bureau cooperated in advancing the work of the President's commission on honsi. the President's committee on employment, the committee on recent economic changes, and many committees of private and public character sponsored by business organizations, COMMERCE SURVEY. Referring to domestic commerce surveys and studies, the report show that during the last fiscal year the bureau completed and published a comprehensive commercial survey of the Pacific southwest, and studies In connection with dry goods, cotton, petroleum and hardware in the gulf southwest. A commercial survey of the Paclfto northwest was completed and the results will soon be published.

Final reports on the Louisville grocery survey were prepared. Field wprk wa begun in St. Louis on a national drug store survey which will be conducted on similar line to the Louisville grocery study. A nation-wide Investigation ct the credit, practice of wholesalers, manufacturer and commission house was started and 1 now in progress. The bureau ha received hundred Of letter from business men and organization attesting to the value of this work.

Greater attenUon to the domestic commerce phase of the bureau's work is suggested by Director Feiker as one available means by which the federal government can assist in the recovery from the present depression. The staff of the bureau, he point out, constitutes a service organization for establishing In the United State the principles of economlo planning. It has already helped, he declare, to formulate with many Industrie specific program for their development and rehabilitation. trade: problems. For the purpose Of quickly the Information gathered by its trade scout abroad, as welt a to better cooperate with business men in the solution of domestic trade problems, the bureau maintain branch office In the large commercial center of the oountry.

During the last fiscal year new domesUo branch office were opened at Charleston, 8. E. Paso and Bait Lake city, making a total of 14 domestic branch office now functioning. That business men are availing themselves of the acuities offered by these trade "service stations" I Indicated by the fact 4hat last year the number of services performed by them showed a 10 per cent increase over the preceding year. In the localities where the bureau Is not directly represented cooperative office are maintained In- chambers of commerce and other trade organization.

There are now 47 of these cooperative of-f ioes throughout the country whose work, tt 1 pointed -out, ha mate rlally contributed to the effectiveness of the bureau' domestlo organization. Vice-President Will Be Board Speaker Vice-President Curtis will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Chicago real estate board to be held at the Palmer house on November 21. Curtis will WASHINGTON, D. Nov. 31.

In the face of a general decline in world trade, a new high record In foreign-trade promotion was established during the last fiscal year by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, the, annual report of Director Frederick M. Keiker made public reveals. American exporters according to the report, reported voluntarily dollai-a-und-cents results (dlreotly tracable to the bureau's aid amounting to $58,000,000 In the fiscal year 1931, an increase of per cent over the- corresponding figure for 1 930, and nbstanttally higher than the figure for 1929' a record export year. Another new record was established by the bureau Inst year in connection with the total number of specific serv ices rendered. These reached a total of 3,965,000 which was 10 per cent higher than the preceding year's record and nearly double thje total for 1926.

Exporters In every section of the country, the report discloses, shared in the foreign business resulting from the bureau's trade-promotive efforts. The following examples, chosen, at random from a lorig list of specif io cases will serve, to show the comprehensive Scope of the service rendered: SaleB of Alabama lumber In Brazil: Cal- lfrfrVik dried fruits in China; Con necticut hardware in Chile; Minne sota stoves in Czechoslovakia; Ohio stump-pullers in Rumania; Penn sylvania oils In Spain; Illinois ra. dloa' ln Egypt; Massachusetts shoes In Turkey; and New York wall board JW Australia. GIVES DETAILS, The direct trade-promotrve work of the bureau abroad, the report points but, Is accompanied by a larae and -ever-Increasing number of general service. Such services Include.

the supplying of current Information on specific markets; assistance in adjusting commercial misunderstandings: explaining for tariff classifications; aiding In foreign iraae-mara regisiraiions; advising of the financial standing of foreign buyers and agents, and various other- services wnose na ture precludes even an estimate of their value. Among outstanding examples of these intangible serv ices supplied by the bureau during the past fiscal year were: Supply ing an American association oi foodstuff manufacturer with foreign crop forecasts which resulted in the saving of pro curing documents which permitted the sale of American pharmaceu ticals in an near-eastern country; Intervening with authorities of a European country so that an American steamship company could maintain Us services without making heavy deposits'. Inducing a far-eastern government to provide an experimental farm for the purpose of trying out American power-farming equipment. In connection with the Informational phase of the bureau' foreign-trade promotion work, the report show that in the flseai year under review more than 17,000 reports on foreign markets were prepared, an Increase of 1000 over the 1910 period. During the fiscal year 1911, the bureau sent out Informational letter to American firm a compared with 40,000 In the preceding year.

At the end of the 1911 fiscal period, the bureau had In operation 59 foreign offices located in 47 countrie, the report Bhow. With increasing International competition, Director Feiker declare, It may be found advisable to extend certain of the bureau' aotlviUe abroad.1 BUSINESS COUNSEL. Referring to domesUo commerce activities, Director relker report shows intensified effort of bis organization resulting from the growing demand of business men for counsel and aid in solving their domesUo problems. Because of he fate;" new demand are being made on the bureau by organized trade and Industrie, and as a consequence it is- perforating an number rtimeir and raluablec services, or. Wtictllar -UniWrtaner IU fllU TO INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, D.

C. Nov. comprehensive activities of the federal government In the field of applied science are revealed In the annual report of Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the U.

8. bureau of standards, made public today. Notwithstanding the present business situation, the report shows that there was little reduction In the demands of industry on the bureau's services. During the fiscal year ended last June, there were 96 research associates representing 44 Industrial groups stationed at the bureau a compared with 96 and 41, respectively, for the preceding year. Many lines of testing, notably building materials, cement, thermometer and radium show large Increase.

Experiments were conducted covering practically all common building materials such a brick, cement, concrete, lime gypsum, terra cotta, slate, stone, and special combinations of these product. The volume of cement sampled, barrels, Is the highest on record, being 42 per cent larger than In 1930. This increase. It is pointed out, 1 to be attributed in the main to the government's enlarged building program. Klre of building material Included special fire-retardant wood partition and a new type of steel floor construction.

The bureau ha cooperated with the Federal Fire council and the National Fire Protection association on fire prevention in government buildings and on the preservation of records. Important investigation were conducted looking to increased safety of airplanes. Committee to Confer On Realty Appraisals Harry S. Kltsell, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will apolnt a committee of nine to conduct further conferences on a plan for the certification of real estate appraisers. Work on this matter ha been in progress for more than a year under the supervision of Philip Knlskern, New York City.

Many points of view have been expressed as to exactly how appraiser could be examined and graded to form a professional group, and the new committee will work out a final proposal for the consideration of member board. Architects Furnished With New Directories In aa effort to acquaint architect with product manufactured In this district, and to allow them to specify such product for use In local building whenever price, quality and service are equal to. article made in other states, sevr enty new directories of jobbers, manufacturer and wholesaler in Alameda and Contra Costa counties have been mailed by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce to local architect. mously stimulated and many people who never would have undertaken home owning at all, will be given the confidence to do so, Labor and all allied trades will benefit in the resumption of resi dential construction which will fol low the completion of such a system. "This Is the greatest thing that has ever happened In the real estate field, the greatest impetus home owning has ever had, and the announcement alone that Hoover is for this plan will at once tend to stabilize the entire real estate market." The OFFICES YOUR TRIBUNE is devoted leading firms Located in to all local light, fresh provides, this business home.

Your inspection further SPRINGFIELD, Nov. M. Describing the Hoover plan for creating mortgage banks of rediscount as the "first light on a dark horizon," Harry Kissell, president of the National Association of Real Estate Board announce that he ha called a special meeting of the Association's Executive Committee to aid In presenting this matter to Congress. The association's membership comprises real estate boards In (62 cities. Kissell telegraphed his officers In various parts of the country an hour after Hoover's statement was made public, and summoned them back to Chlcago to a meeting, although the regular quarterly session of this body occurred only last week, REALTY MEW PLEASED.

The president of the Realty Association was exuberent about the news from Washington. He said the Hoover recommendation culminated a long struggle on the part of the association to have the rediscount mortgage adopted as the solution for many problem. The Real Estate Association authorized a study of such a system last May and the board of directors passed a resolution approving such a plan November 7, Kissell said! "The lack of such a plan In the financial structure of the country has been one thing that ha retarded home owning. A family purchases a dwelling, take on a first and second mortgage for a period of year. The picture 1 perfect In many way up to the time when one or both of the mortgage run out and refinancing 1 needed.

Then if time are the leaat bit bad, and often even whn time are very good, the new financing can not be obtained, all that ha gone before 1 wiped out, and the home Is lost often forever. FINANCING PROBLEM. "Many financing companies have been powerless to meet this problem. If they did not have the funds, they- could not a much aa tep across the street to get money on this very good risk the American home owner, With money plentiful in some section of the country, other sections hare been in tha position of needing it badly and many financing Institutons literally have been dying of thirst with water all around. Thus, what have come to be known aa frozen real aetata credit have piled high on their counters, but these credits have been frozen only because of of proper financing machinery and not because any general collapse of underlying value.

"The. mortgage bank proposed by Hoover permit the easy exchange of residential mortgage between American cities and State SO that home financing money can be sent her it I needed. The capital funds of tb bank will provide a permanent fund not now in existence for this field and the bond of the bank, in quick time, will become a popular American investment AID TO "The Hoover announcement wilt bring peace to thousands upon thousands of people who have been greatly agitated about the fate of their real estate equities. If Congress make this new system possible home 'owning" will enor FOR LEASE offices should logically bo located In The Tower, a high-class- office building that exclusively to the office uses of Oakland's and outstanding corporations. the downtown financial district and close and suburban transportation, with all the air and sunshine that a Tower building' structure is the ideal location for your of our available suites is for information communtcatewith TRIBUNE TOWER Franklin at 13th Street ARTHUR J.

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