The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 20

THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81, 1919. 1—Transpacific steamer discharging Oriental ofl and loading American steel at Rogers Brown & Co. pier, Harbor island, 2—A teniniond of oll being loaded from steel storage tanks at Seattle terminal owned and operated by Rogers Brown & Co. S—Interlor view of cargo shed and warchouse of East Waterway Dock and Warchouse Co. A mags of merchandise from the seven seas, om eto: Manchurian Soya Béan Ol! cargoes unleaded at Fast Waterway Teck (Harber island terminal) on East Waterway, Seattle. “Several Millions of Dollars” in one eyefal. “THE HOUSE THAT BROWN BUILT” HOGE BLOG SFATTLE .WASH CABLE ROGRRO™ IMPORTERS INTERNATIONAL MERCHANTS EXPORTERS All Seattle is, and ought to be, proud of the extensive world-wide trade activities, the pep and prestige, of Rogers Brown & Co. The “I-remember-when” people delight to recall that the now great institution, a few years ago, was a modest firm dealing in whale oil and other Pacific coast fish oils on Vancouver Island and in the Grays Harbor country. Then came the world war, and a world starved for fats, oils, glycerin. The trickle of Shark Oil from Japan became an avalanche of the Soya Bean, Peanut, Cocoanut and other vege- table oils of Manchuria, Japan, China and the Philippines. The House of Brown, technically informed, financially secure, courageously active, rose to every occasion, steadily expanded its organization and power. Where others timjdly wrote let- ters, the House of Brown sent cables, dispatched telegrams. Opportunities were found and * deals closed between suns. In consequence, Rogers Brown & Co. today maintain extensive buying and selling organi- zations in j 4 Shanghai, China. Dairen, South Manchuria. Additional branches overseas are soon to be éstablished at Liverpool, England. Vladivostok, Siberia, Soerabaya, Java. a Manila, Philippine Islands. American branch offices are located as follows: New York City—46 Cedar Street. Chicago—Insurance Exchange Building. San Francisco—Oceanic Building. Los Angeles—949-51 East Second Street. Rogers Brown & Co. own and operate through its subsidiary he gupta the East Water- way Dock and Warehouse company, the largest and most completely equipped terminal in Beattle—the docks, freight warehouses, steel storage tanks, open piers and storagé areas, rail- way yards, tugs, barges, ete.—covering more than twenty acres. Rogers Brown & Co. also own a complete line of tank cars, making deliveries of Oriental oils from Seattle to all parts of the United States—a fleet of over 400 tankers owned outright or controlled by lease. oS Ce Rogers Brown & Co. likewise own and operate the Chicago Oil Storage and Warehouses Company, at Clearing, Illinois. Rogers Brown & Co. Import: Vegetable Oils Soya, Peanut, Chinawood, Perilla, Hempseed, Sesame, Cottonseed, Linseed, Castor, Cocoanut, Palm. idk Othe: asec itl Shark, Herring, Cod, Sardine, Whale. Fertilizer, Stock Food. Oileake, Oilmeal, Guano, Fish Scrap, Maize, Kaoliang. Foodstuffs Beans, Peanuts, Walnuts, Rice, Egg Products, Cocoanut, Crab Meat, Tapioca} Starch, Spices. Fibers, Hides......... Gunnies, Hemp Cloth, Rubber, Skins, Pelts, Furs. Rogers Brown & Co. Export: Iron, Steel, Machinery, Tools, Rails, Electrical Supplies, Mine, Factory and Plantation Equipment, Canned Salmon, Smoked and Pickled Fish, Preserved Fruit and Vegetables, Canned, Evaporated and Powdered Milk, Drugs, Industrials, Lubri- cants, Paints, Oils, Dyes, Lumber, Shingles, Barrels, Box Shooks, Flour, Cereals, Table Staples. Rogers Brown & Co. References Include: Bradstreet’s and Dun’s Commercial Agencies, First National Bank, Seattle. First National Bank, San Francisco. Commercial and Continental National Bank, Chicago. Security Trust and Savings Bank, Los Angeles. _, Rogers Brown & Co, control a complete Foreign trade service chain from producer to distant cone: si ample financial resources, commercial prestige, widespread organi- zation, distance is annihilated, and buyer and seller, by the magic of electric communicati virtually brought face to face. a