Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-30
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The TogaEserefGt Atlfs OF tue IctD says
-..hs Gan Francisco market: The com
o. o. 80 inactivity which has characterized
IL nroduct for some time, not only
sl,s but in England, and in the east.
- veil has put the tenacity OF holders
ss~svbere to a very severe test, and in
w. y, two instances II has proven uns-
OLE s, a. The strain. II Is not the purpose
q9sht qsh;s article. nor indeed has 1t ever
o.. ~ 80 she intention TO cast lot with any
s-;ct;on not entirely and unmistake-
e. ~ nnsn 20 any one who will take the
s.y.,se 10 Investigate the circumstances.
Tss only safe way to a conclusion is
IL, The road OF reason, and in the case
os.as hou market this road Is beset by
cn.d many unknowable by-paths.
nIIr;on for the nonce is very prenounc-
and the issues in regard to the fu-
ss,s ~ the market are clear cut. Some
:ss;ss that the future is extremely dubi-
- ar. indeed, that there Is worse than
~ fn,nrs at all before this article.
Tt,.v aIao state that sales OF choice
hsvs heen made in England at Ell per
=. and that there still remains at
s.a1 200 bales Of hops on this coast.
Ths ether side calmly admit the i'm
..s.hment that surroundings are
Ecamv. Int maintain that this IL
ssomentary. and will cease when brew
no Il resumed, or rather commenced,
- ia Fast. They also show mail ad
vises giving GO to e2 per cwt. as the
anotation In England. with an extreme
r auiss market and considerable falling
of in actual consumption. 1t ~ also
heid that the stock here is not over 3OOO
haies. This Is brief resume OF the
csss A il stands. The Pacific Coast
cyop was placed bv conservative parties
a IL 0O0 bales. OF this amount 1864
bsIes had been shipped East by May lst.
about 300 bales were shipped to all
,Aher destinations and used for pack
ine In cases, making 1854 bales ac-
conuted for out OF 5000. Three hun-
ARA bales is che lowest estimate Of q
saason's consumption on this coast; al
lowing for the use of only half this sum
AN extreme hypothesis remain
univ adOO bales ON hand, and of this at
isast 1900 MOTE will be used by local
brevers before the season In over, leav-
ine Just 1000 bales to be spared for ex-
uort. and some insist that 1000 Is
ihe outside figure. Some more enter
usising than honorable individuals, not
directly In the hop trade, are collecting
ths spent material from breweries and
uuttinQ Il mp in cases for sale TO Rrocers.
This d contemplate piecs OF business,
and the public generally should frown
dovn 30 barefaced an attempt to divert
aood fertilizers from their proper uses.
IAtest adyices from New York repre-
ssul he market IA unusually dull. En-
nel Wdls estimates the stock in Amer
ics out Of brewers hands, at 5000
hals& Reports show imports of be-
tween 100 and 800 bales. There has
bssn one sale of nice hops at " cents.
For strictly choice, 10 cents is offered
without sellers. There is some talk and
speculation IA to how hop roots have
vintered. but nothing at all reliable can
b. said on that subject. The hops in
the United States, out Of the hands of
brsvers, may be fairly estimated as fol-
lows:
Otsego, growers, dealers and specula-
tors, 400 bales; other counties in the
hop district Of New York, 1900 bales;
California, Eastern and Western States,
1000 bales; dealers in the city Of New
York, 35OO. Total, 1850 bales. Num-
Der Of pounds. 100000; sufficient to
brew say 2.650,000 barrels of present
use ale and beer, as hops are now used
by brewers. Most OF the large brewers
have hops enough on hand TO carry
them through the summer, though some
Of than must buy more or less. The
great body Of small brewers, say 1000
In number, are buying about ali the
hops they use. Should they call for an
average Of nine bales each, they will
exhaust the estimated supply Of hops
unsold In this country. IL will require
however, either orders from England at
somsthing above tho present price in
New York, or the evidence that the next
crop IL 90 be a short one to give much
Of q start 10 the New York market. For
the following report Of the London hop
market 10 q recent date we are indebted
70 Mr.. SamuelJ. Thomas, hop factor, OF
Great st. Helen street, London, l.. O.:
"The stock Of hops has got down into
very narrow compass, and Of Amert-
can there are not over fifteen hundred
bales on the market, and some OF these,
held on account Of shippers, are con-
sequently above market value here. Or
European, Continental, II would be safe
70 say there arc not three thousand
bales and not as many English, but say
of--American, fifteen hundred bales;
German, ETC., three thousand bales;
English, three thousand packets; total,
ssven thousand five hundred packages.
Even II We get q good supply from
The 1898 crop, and IL Basa and other
large brewers have enough 10 last them
until they come in, brewers cannot 60
upun new hops alone, even IL they
should be able TO buy them at one-half
preaent currencies.'
Another point worthy Of considera-
ZION ID, that our brewers, in consequence
of the extravaeant prices OF hops, have
this season abstained from making
stock beer, and they cannot put this of
later than October next, 50 that prices
Ass not likely TO open low In any case.
Stocks In America l cannot judge of
with accuracy, not having any reliable
basis. but the following il worthy OF
consideration, and may be criticised By
any one 10 whom reliable sources are
Oman. In the season beginning Septem-
bar l. 1881, 70 March 16, 1852, the guam
tity brought into New York aggregated
1000 bales
During the Same period 1900 bales
vers shipped, leaving q surplus OF
tA000 bales. Foreign imports, l90o
bales, say eqasi TO 800 bales of Ameri-
ean. making q total OF 1900 bales on
hand In New York on March IL, iss2'
Between this date and August 18th fol
lowing there werc shipments amounting
10 500 bales. leaving $500 bales ts
rerrpsent New York consumption. Be
ginning again with September l, lsss
10 March IL, 1883, there were receives
In New York 67,o00 bales. During tbs
Nms period there we're shipped 1,o0
eAlss, leaving . surplus Of 81. 900 bales
fogsign imports tconsisting OF some re
turned American) 10000 bales, "a,
about equal 10 l2.o00 bales Of American
Tkh leaves an aggregate on hand u
Nes York on March IL, 1883, OF tS.0o(
baleA Strangely enough. Jon arrive al
The same quantity you presumably oon,
ouued last season Of lSsl-Sa. Now, vii
ysaf increased consumption balances
your brswcrs' economy and use Of sab
saitntes? II %, you viii have nothing
mere 10 send u, and our brewers mus'
manage on present stock. Roots n
England have not suffered, excspt per
haps In low-lying lands the mischief ol
exoeNive rains become apparent n
cropping time. The two or three weeks
fFus( and cold last month have dons
much good In palvcrixine the soil. II
plAntAsAons wherc 'lics' ravagsd las
ssason, they we're found this spring jus
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