The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-09-05
THE LESSON OF HOPS.

Our esteemed, but youthful, contem-
porsry, the Times, objects TO the words
Of wisdom anent the condition of the
Yakima hop yards which appeared in
the last issue of THE HERALD. We are
quoted a. saying. "THE HERALD says the
Times 10 wrong" In this The HERALD
IL, a. usual, right and the Times is as
wrong as the times are. A quotation
from the local columns Of this publica-
ton regarding the probably superior
quality Of this years hop crop is an indi-
cation that this new Don Quixote is fight
ing nineteenth century windmills, for IL
fails TO see that the hops referred to are
the hops that get into the bale. OF course
these will be good, for there is no market
for any other kind. The Times article 10
all fuss and feathers and fails to touch
the real warning given by The HERALD.
The Times wakes sarcastic latter its man
ner) and crushingly observes, 1.-THE fact
that THE HERALD man is q pioneer in
Yakima county does not necessarily
prove that the hops are lousy" In this
position it is unanswerable, but nobody
claimed that THE HERALD mans being a
pioneer did make the hops lousy. Neither
are the nimble fleas which occasionally
cause an itching charged up against these
new Times people, who hail from the
land OF sand and sawdust. THE HERALD
will not say the artiice lie characteristic,
for this new representative Of the "art
preservative" is almost too new to have
any character, and is like the aforesaid
insect, almost too nimble to know where
to put your hand on it; but when it de-
scends from persilsge to plain assertion,
and says the Yakima yards are practi-
cally free from lice," It gets where it can
DO met. The Yakima yards are not
practically free from lice, and the daily
distributor knew they were not when the
words were written. To save its veracity,
1t undertakes to give Yakima q new die
tionary meaning Of the word "prscti-
cally," and throws the photographers
one and all. behind it's back while pro-
ceeding to cast new and lurid light on
our common tongue, through which the
discovery 10 made that practically"
means compared with other places"
The Times asseveration, viewed in the
light of explanation, therefore, simply
means two blacks make one white, and
though some Yakima hops are lousy,
they are not so bad as they are in Puyal-
lup or elsewhere.
Now, from outside lenses, through
which our recently arrived journalistic
authority views our yards, they may be
free from lice; but brewers and buyers,
upon whom we must depend, do not 30
consider them. The HERALD does not
refer to this matter except for the best
interest OF all. 1t takes pride in Yak
lima, for the upbuilding Of which it has
long and faithfully labored. and the pros
perity of the producer means the pros
perity Of The HERALD. It has simply
sounded the warning note that the break
ere ahead, for those who fail to properly
cultivate, are as dangerous as the Scylla
and Charybdis Of the Mediterranean
Last year, through careless cultivation
and curing, hops were put on the market
which proved serious injury to the rep
utation of Yakima. and this is shown
when dealer feels impelled to telegraph
his representative at Yakima that he il
not authorized to buy unless he goes to
Oregon. Now, Yakima has hops this
year, az she has had in all past years,
which are the peer Of any grown in the
United States. They are free from YER
min, of good color and rich in the essen.
tials, but all have not these characters
tics. Fortunately, however, for the good
name OF this country. only the choice
hops will be picked, and we sadly fear
not all Of these. But In the future guam
tity must give the right-of-way to quail.
ity, and yards should either receive
thorough and Intelligent cultivation OF
be abandoned entirely.