Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-03
Balance on hs;ad


The cost IL vAriotaly estimated from
9 20 iSc. per pound, according 70 the
Iooality grown. AsliiRh ~ wy poana'
a the acre have besil obi ained ~ WASH
inston Territory, foD0 pounds being
about an average, while 10 Caiiforeas
the Weld ranges srool IsS1 70 80
nounds Der acre; AMI ~ VI per pouno
and more vas paid IN lssZ, u ~ clearly
eeen the gains we're simply ENORMOUS
and 1, 4 also evident that the f4,eina
ton thus presented 10 engage ia hop
raising must hAve bteu almost itfesist'-
bis 10 those who wire AdF"ntaRtohsly
sltuate1. Bnt the Ieason OF lfNS1 w
nsasaA more rapid iiscllnes tnan tneis
had been sdsances. befOte TIE foisov-
i,o crsyp VS. on tnt martei hops wefs
seiltng ii Is eents.5 HE succeeding year,
l8e9, prsces did noe rule niRn, neither
ala hes 20 20 LOO ~ not 70 hnord grow
era 4 reasonable profit. Before the open
inc Of lat season there we're serious
fears Of another bad crop IN EAEope.
anaeuIative dealers aud growers alike
became excited. C1ntFaets were made
before the hops hed aaasuFed nc pfiess
ranging from 10 90 Bic, many being
purchaaed rs 271f(dSlc., aud more could
have bseu sold al Sbe Hipe hgures II
Sarmsn, bad been wiling 20 accept. IL
the lIcht Of later dsvslcpnepta those
who aid not sell Eae.i their action. sind
those VINO purchased during the excite
rnent had an equally sorry experience.
The fsseiqn crop soon gave evidences oi
being In 4 very fair condition, and did
moi change for the worBa. The mar
let beam 20 droop tefore the new sea.
son fairly opened, and has shown no
hrmneks aince.
TEs hop crop Of the Pscifc cosst fer
lapsA waa The largest fsver harvested, az
oreeatiwu about 72O01 bsl,s, as aRairst
t2000 bales In lek3. or this California
preAnced ls.0eO Oregon 500 and WASH
lrctos Tsrritors 81 ODD bales. The iafe-
sst proportiouate intreass, In any one
section OF the coast Is In Washington
Territory, which only produced $500
bales In 1883. The entire shipments
from ali necsioils Of tse eolist. both eest.
vard and ,sest card, up 10 Jan. lat, az
Ifeoated about ~ Ol0 bales. 80 that,
allowing 5000 bales fer hoUe ,copsnmp.
zion during the year lsS4-s. aud ont OF
ghe crop Of 1884, ve have a saTplus 0n
hand for eapoEt Jan. 1, 1856, Of 5000
bales. The quality oi tbs crop has been
aboat a fair average, although the ex
tremely large pfoduastion indicated a
large proportion Of inferior grades Of
hop., natural In q erep Of the sizs bar.
vested in 1894, yet NUT prop"r,i0naiely
larger than in previous years. Prices
early 10 the season, say In May and
jane. 1884, were So for the new 0fep 70
he harvested. based uIon asuppoaed de
fieienoy in England snd Nee York State.
Bat n vas not taken into confederation
that the German CROP might be better
and larger than last year, vbieh pfosed
TO BE- the faeir and fran which Enilland
largely sepplisd tts deficiency aG the
outset Of the seas0n. As sesult urlc' :
declined. and Atneric&s hops are largely
In the hands Of prodneers. The outlou h
for the aomips scar " not q promtsinR
one. particularly az lshers viii In Ill
probability BE 4 iarcs anount Of 'sFs
carried over into the new season. Unless
thers should be q efOp failure in Enes
lana, 0esmany and Nsw York, . eoade
ton rather unlikely, conasderina the
open winter that has been ENJOYED all
over the world.
Pricea earrsnt in Nan FRANCISCO for
The fofioYfn2 years. extremes being