The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-17
BORROWERS, HOLD YOUR HOPS,


The Advice OF James Hart, the Apostle
Of Combination.
James Hart, the well-known hop grower, Of
Auburn, who has been trying for Q long time to
induce the hop growers OF the White river
valley to form themselves into an associatlan
for mutual protection, has written q letter to
hop growers in which he holds out encourage
ment to them to hold their hops, asserting that
the present duliness of the market is In conse-
quence Of . combination OF buyers to bear the
market The letter In ~ follow:
To Hop Growers-Gcatscaen: For the past
month or thereabOuts l believe every possible
plan has been in operation to ''bear" the price
OF hops and try to induce growers to believe
that prices were falling generally, and uniess
sales were made Immediately great loss would
b the result and to q considerable extent, l
think, successfully.
On this Pacific coast. regret to say. there 10
no combination or association of hop growers
OF such strength - to be OF any practical SER
growers have not been in . position to render
to each other much. il any, assistance, nor to
furnish each other with any reliable informa-
ton az to the actual condition of tho hop mar
ket, with the result that many became dis
couraged and disgusted. and sold their crops at
about IL cents.
They havs been working mp powerful associa-
ton, with headqusrters at watervilie, Oneida
county, and for the past month these growers
Out QUIT the ssa;e Of New YORK. and By meeting. at
Utica, which were largely attended by growers
from all parts OF that state, have obtained q
to the stock OF hops in growers hands, aud as to
the quantities sold, ETC.. and they now have
withdrawn all their hops from offer sale.
and they do not intend to offer them for sale or
for sampling until there IL . very different
price offered than % cents, which has been
freely paid for choice there.
have been fully informed for some time of
what was going on, and during the past few
days some OF the buvers there have detected
something strange" and have bson offering 2lc
for almost anything, but were refused.
This morning l received q telegram direct
from the association which means something to
holders OF hops here Ii they will only embrace
the opportunity ana not throw their hops awsy.
Ii reads:
Combination complete success Now you
can spread the news"
Growers. the English market 10 not "glutted"
with hops, rs some persona would have You be-
lisve. That market must buy some thousands
of your bales TO fill up their absolute needs.
Their imports this year to date are Y, 600 bales
less than last year At this time, and their re-
aurements, bassd only on lass years brew OF
beer. will still make call for 5000 bales more.
TIE consumption OF beer In the United States
to Christmas last showed 1900 barrels more
made than the preceding year. Last year hops
were 80 to IS cents IN May and June. The year
before not less, and in the face Of the short
YOU into the belief that "the bottom has dropped
out" aud that present prices will 20 lower.
The Brewers and Hop Dealers Association,
est0biisneu TWO years ago IN new 1ork lWhen
the prices were 10 ceBssl. saw a prospect OF high
prices and they set to work to ahead 1t off," aud
so far they have been very successful.
If you growers will only keep posted on what
other people are being paid for hops. and act in
unison with the New York growers. you who
have held ON will have the satisfactiou of being
well paid for your pains, and this county viii
have . much larger sum placed to the credit OF
her growers' bank account than you will osher-
wise
In unison there 10 strength. 1t 10 your duty.
Your labors and the amount invested demand
all that the market viii pay for your product
With n stringent money market, and with many
needed improvements yet To b mate, with tine
extra labor and expense now demanded TO raise
your crop, and with the great impetus in value
that high prices will give your farms, II 10 the
duty of every hop grower TO band together TO
maintain the action of your brother growers in
New York aud thus assist each other in obtain
ing such advantages that q short market aud q
strong demand will give you.
The New York Homestead has done great ser
vice this past year In obtaining and publishing
all the latest reports from all parts OF the world,
and il 10 still continuing its efforts and every
hop grower in the Cnited States would bc q sub
Gerber to that splendid agricultural paper dad
they know the value and contents OF It.
In helping yourselves you are berefting your
selves Your county and our loved state OF Nash-
iuy,ou the ssQueeu OF the West"