Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-23

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VITA q Po1z-lHzxxz1anHCua FspuFtaF
sid: There b 10 aoffvity In kops q
present. and shs car Iaad I bganht ~as
en- . apegiAl order. fhfmk that af&sf
TIE bolidays there vii Be considerable
mossmecs aud aaassfty In hops, hat ou-
! d n0t expss1 g - munh adsanss Il
priees-S
1zn HuR UDUzEEE.
To spsaking q tha general ouilouk. q
vel ka0Wn man. who requests ths With--
holding q hi8 name for The present,
sid. AZ understand there Is expsct
Cd % b q large fnsss4se 10 the bop
acreage on TIE Pasi6e Coast lbe oom6nu
season, Cur farmers and Pseaena hop
growers w0uld DO veil 30 stop and oon-
sidsg what ne rssalt Of tina expoeled
Increase viii Be. Thsre h &c resent
acreage enOaGh ea this Ooast = pro-I
daee eo.0o0 bales thGt b absai thal
amOunt grown IN 1854. and there ara
fully 81 many vines today 90 there waEs
thsn. For ths past two yeaEs hop
yards have bean litfie cultivated, whiah
noduee1 ne erop fully o1e-half o. What
= rs 10 ISL, b1t present psisas will
have ths eject 30 stimulate growers 20
fully snitivate their pEsasnt yards, a.
veil s. 70 increase their aefeaee, and
we cas- sertainiy eoaut On 5000 bales,
o MORE 10 1887. The usual cFop Of
AeW YORK htsse ia over 90 90 balos;
other States. 1000; or, approximately.
10000 bales 10 tbs United states
Probably one bali Of this quantity will
be used ID tkis connkry; what disposal
land and Germany have plenty OF hoDs
70 spare. See the ssy they are feeding
Our market ~ the presens time Whils
payine . duty e eight cents per.
po@nds what would they II We.
bad No pfotecsion, a. q is in
EnQland? Had it act been for
the failure Of NE hop crops in New
YORK State this year, hops u0aid nos
Be worth I'VE cents per pound today.
knRiand EsQaifes Done. and Germany
484t1s A4F44 8NE - EA4IIUs GMW84tV We
hava 3 maEkes in EaRlnud for cur aur-
Plus. but the tables are turning. and Il
b very probable that England viii have
. protective tarid, 10 FeeipFoaats 9ith
other Nations hefaEs Ions. This wiil
close her yates 10 the Americas hops, "a
cell as other pr0dn ,tiona. Hon man
who have invested thar moneV u Varda
and baildinGB. uiii oertainly stay with
~ - t4sra.s - Hk. -
1881 may Be q profitable ons for men
who are satablished II the business. bat
IA 1855 look out again for lower prices
than ever. Il is almost q osFseinty.
There is no doabt there will be Q large
coming season, and one aoro here ID
equal 80 thges IN New York Stats OF
EaFepo. Oar laao In western wash.
Ing ton 10 profitable for stock raising, for
cereal ar0pa. or Zoe daiFyina. Beef and
mutton are equal 20 casa at any time,
and With COCO pFGdfs. Tbs great stock
FaisinQ valleys Of Yakima and Kittitas,
are rapidly being dsaimatsa Of theif
beef fee Eastern markets. Beef ID year
" advancing ID prices, aud will continue
20 do 80 while she population increases,
with mines and manufacturing indus
tries. The question Of hop picksrs b
an important one % the grower. The
acreage Of Washington Territory will
pTodRce q present, with q fair yield,
q. 900 bales. aud oeuntieR 12.000 for in
crease the following year, makes 1000
bales ta pick IN 1858. Ten bales repre-
seHt ton. Il takes -four Piokefs 10 pick
. ton during the season. Of twentY-hve
10 thirty days The picking season ID
during the month Of September, and
hops PICKED before or after this month
are net merchantable. AZ fonF piekers
will pick BAT one ton. 10 pick the eros
will take sixteen thousand piekers.
From whence will these piokers eome7
White men will not ~ q rule pick hops,
they can ind more profitable enpl0y-
ment. White women and children,
who are old enough, and that will do
this kind OF work, are very scarce, and
20 We hsye TO obtain Indians, they are
our main stay. and ! thiRk IL is CUES
ti0nable II there can be eight thousand
Of them 81 be got this side Of sitka, in
Alaska. % the whole, the bop growers
prospects are anything but bright, and
men who rush into the business daring
the next tw0 or three years will regret
IL. No doubt will BE- criticized a. Sci
fish, being hep grower myself, bat
speak IL q general way for others inter-
est as veil - my own"