The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

J. J. r. Short, of the irm OF Thomas X ghort,
commission merchants, of 7 Crosby square, Lon.
don, 10 at the Arlington. "There il a London
cable got @ few hours ago." he said last night,
holding in his hand a telegraph blank with
some letters ON it which conveyed no meaning
to the ordinary observer "That means" he
added, "that the hop market in London Is firm
but quiet I have also a New York dispatch
which conveys the tame thing in different
words. have seen great many hop samples
here; some good, some bad. MY observation
leads me to think that the bad samples, tbs most
of them may be, are the result Of early picking.
1t Is fact that the last few weeks of the growth
OF the hop blossom are the most important, for
ii seems to do its mos. active work then. crowd
Ing growth very fast into very short tinne. It
will thus be seen that picking little 100 early
may vitiate the hops most entirely. Spraying
Is the regularly accepted method in Eng and
and does not hurt the vines at all, in my judg-
ment As to the louise, it Is difficult to say
much. We always have more or less OF these
parasites in England. I believe that the cues
ton of lice Is one OF degree; that they always
present in some quantity other. and that
only when they are bad are they especially
ia ked about. MY own ex erience was quite
unique. In my home IN London plan, ed some
hop vines for ornament. They were crowded
with the parasites the first year though am over
thirty miles from the Kent fields, the nearest IN
England. 1t would seem to me that damp and
warm weather ought to be best for the parasites
and that hot dry spells should kill them. Your
growers here speak of black blight. This Is
something don't know In England: there we
have what wa call red rust In England tho
market is about the same in quantity, quality
and price as last year. Judging by what bear
from the New York growers 1 should say that
the same would likely be true of this oountry.
In England the brewers are the only custom ers,
practically, and they are constantly on their
guard against the possibility of being COM
PEELED 10 pay famine prices As TO prices here
feel that prices are not likely to be any higher
than at present They may, indeed, be lower
than at present before the buying SEASON 10
over"
". ". Brlson, OF San Francisco, who IA Inter
terested in the salmon cannery at Blaine and
several other cannerles III Alaska and along the
coast, was In the city Yesterday with Man sger
Il. Drysedale, Of the Blaine caunery. III a. i'll
teryiew with PosT-lNTELLIGENCER reporter
Mr. Brtson ssid: ~ am just ont on a tous OF
inspection of Ghe canneries IA which / are in
terested. Prices for canned salmon this year
are Il little better than they were last, aud the
demand is much better. This is due To tie CHA
bine limiting the output The pack this sea-
son will lie about 100000 eases as against 100
001 last year. The heavy stocks carried ever
have prevented very much advance IN prices.
Tho demand is always better when prices
are firm and high enough So the
Gamers make something than j.
10 on falling market Eyeryb sdy
is afraid 10 buy when the market Is weas Itis
very peculiar business. and we have to depend
largely on the forei en- demand. The comtdns
vii have 10 Re kept up next year aud the eat
put limited, everything Will go TO pieces
Trade In San Francisco is very active now. I Eat
line OF clipper ships Is helping US out wondsr-
fully. Water transportation is the thing fas
people on tlis Coast must look TO FOR develop
ment in commerce Why, even now We can
ship salmon 10 ~. Louis by water cheaper than
by rail, and If that Nicaragua canal vas
tarough, iu-t think OF the advantage ii volzId
be. The people do not give that canal the st.
tention it deserves Ii should Re the all abs b
ing cue ton all along the Coast Ar. Dryse-
ds!r said the run of salmon was not very hsATy
al Blaine. AMI his pack would be light"