The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-08
WORLDS HOP MARKET.
What is Said Of the Vine 10 All
Countries.
PLAN FOR BENEFIT OF LOCAL GROWERS
Oar Merchants May he Called Upon
60 Protect Them This Year, ne
They Have I'm the Past-Market
Quotations, Etc.


1t may be possible-although THE HER
AID disclaims all intention OF prophecy
ing it--that picking money will be rather
hard to get this fall at least that 10 q
tenable conclusion il one remembers
that but few, If any, buyers seem anxious
10 make any deals before September l..
Should money for curing and picking not
be 30 easily obtained as In years past,
growers must be protected in the indus
try~-and this city must fnd the means
for that protection.
All OF this talk about hop culture being
dead letter, and statements to the
effect that Yakima will perhaps have to
discontinue the vocation, are hurtful 10
the extreme to this valley and Its inter-
ests and are not based upon logical as
symptoms. Because last year Was an
"off" year, and because '95 bids fair to
trudge along in the train Of '94, il does
not necessarily follow that all future
years are to be equally unfavorable. Hop
culture is the life-blood Of this valley, as
The HERALD has frequently stated; and
it seems most puerile to suggest the use
of lancet which will forever free that
fluid and kill the chief industry OF the
country. Yet such is the actual meaning
of any advise which implies abandon
ment of our yards. 1t should not be liz
tened to-certainly not followed.
But there are certain steps which can
be taken to assist the hop growers of this
county, should assistance become neces.
sary. The merchants OF North Yakima
have hetofore carried" many a grower,
in the way of providing him with such
groceries and supplies as he needed, and
taking his hop tickets in payment there
for. Suppose that conditions were even
more uncertain than they are, this year ;
it would nevertheless be comparatively
easy for the local merchants to form an
organization and est ablish method Of
dealing with this particular branch. The
merchants' association could accept
tickets from all growers, in lieu Of
wares and merchandise; could ask from
all pickers, employed by any grower
whose tickets were taken in exchange, a
release OF the cured and baled crop from
all attachments under lien laws; could
receive, temporarily, the hops of all
growers so dealt with, storing them
ready for transportation in the various
warehouses here; then, upon their be-
ing sold, the tickets could be accepted by
the growers as virtually first lien upon
the product, payment could be made
and everybody would be thus benefited.
OF course the matter of securing release
from attachment on the part of laborers
would be the chief difficulty; but unless
these laborers were outside or Wis
ting workmen, here for the picking sea-
son only, this would not be hard mat
ter-because the workman, also, could
secure merchandise for the tickets given
him by the grower. II the 1aborers were
not local people, some provision might
be made in the way of "psrt trade, part
cash." However, this would be q mat
ter to be determined by the merchants.
As above said, such course Of proce-
dure may not become necessary this
year; but If it should THE HERALD as
an m On th Of kha ~, ov,h nc and bro;raaa
men in this city will step into the breach,
and permit the curing and the picking to
20 forward as usual. Hops have come
to stay In Yakima. 1t is unwise to
think otherwise. That being true, let rs
remember that perhaps on the people Of
this city proper rests some responsibility.
John Holder, Puyallup man, seems
to have "lost his grip" according to the
Puyallup Citizen, which says of him:
"John Holder has plowed up his yard
and has planted it to oats. Mr.. Holder
has yard also in the Yakima country
which he intends blowing up and will
plant the acreage in fruit. He will con-
tinue to raise oats and other varieties OF
grain on his ranch at South Prairie and
will go out of the hop industry entirely"
II 10 hardly probable that Holders ex-
ample will be extensively followed.
Mr.. Timothy Lynch and son, as well
as his daughter, are this year resping the
result Of wise forethought three years
ago. This year and in '96 they will re-
ceive Is cents for their hops-the result
Of five-year contract made with Charles
Carpenter for Hanson & Co., Milwaukee.
Thomas Nelson OF the Natcheez, has
several acres Of early hops which he pro-
poses picking within q few days. His
yards are in fine condition.
The Hop Gro,oer, Wolverhampton, Eng |
land: There is no change to note in
present values. The consumption de-
mand continues, and this just suffices to
keep the market firm. The continued |
hot weather supplies a further induce
ment to frmness, as the general tone OF
the reports from the various hop growing |