Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-06
THE roRE1eE HOP MARKET.
Suggestions as - Samples and
Quality-Wsshfngton News


the following Dotes for hop shippers:
The Borough. LOidOn, b the grsst
centre of the bop trade, and the Lon
don hop market is the largest in % e
world, usually influencing al otEeF
maFkefA
Frvm an area Of about 57.OOO acres.
England pFodne.s 80 average crop Of
about 10000 bales. in addition to
which some IO5,OOO hales annually
have to be imported 10 provide tor the
consumption Of the United Kir gdOm-
America supplies = large portion Of
these imports, the nss Of American
hops by E1g'ish brewers having
greatly increased II late years.
There is no import duty on Ameri-
can or O.beF foreign bOpe; bat we may
note that the EDgIish growers are re-
y4rdiDg with increasing jealousy ard
di.favor the competition from Ameri-
80 boT@ especially, aud are azitsiiDg
.or prot-ctive import duty on fsr-
sIgn hops. Their ehsBee~ of sscesss,
h1WeyeE, spp<sr very doui tfBI
There arg three main routes hy
E3ich hops can be forwarded from
America TO London. These are urted
o rsS aud, 1iib t6e through freight rats,
~1ieh have beeu 10 operation during
e at seAsoD, when red1sgion- weIe
made 10 the ffeigbis frCn the Pacific
{ ass 10 London. Of - cents fr.m
Nortassst ps1nts. and - cents frCm
CAIiiorniA poisis. per I0) lie. We give
the following rates simply a. iDdica-
lIOns, aud As some basis for calculation,
bot beg to point cot that they are sob
ject TO alteration At any time.
Through bills Of LAding to London
can be obtained on the Pacific coast,
from the railroad companies.
SAMPLES AND QUALITY.
At or before shipment, sufficient
samples should be mailed to us to fully
represent the qualities of the separate
lots in the shipments. This enables us
to bring the hops to the notice Of buy.
eFs before arrival.
We are always also to receive from
growers and shippers samples of new
crops and other lots, with particulars
Of the quantities they represent, upon
which we will advise market values
and prospects Of sale.
All samples should be marked with
q name, initial or other distinguishing
mark, and with the number Of bales
they represent.
The best size for sample is the Eng
lish standard size of 5 in. by 4i in,
and In. thick when pressed.
Hops on spot are sold upon samples
--one from each bAle-the quality of
the bulk being verified at time Of de-
livery.
English buyers are very critical re
garding quality. Choice or good
medium hops are the proper grades for
shipping to London.
For low qualities the demand is
usually very poor aud uncertain, being
dependent upon the character OF the
English harvest.
We commend the following points to
the attentioa Of growers and shippers:
(a) Hops should be as large and full
budded as possible, and whole. They
are often unnecessarily broken up In
curing and balIng, which materially re-
:.uCss s;ielr value.
(b)A soft, glossy and elastic sample
IL desideratum, and Ia the outcome
OF Judlclous management
(e) In point OF color, golden yellow,
or delicate yellowish green ls preferred.
Hut for green hops there Ia scarcely
any sale. The color should be As nat
ural as possible. aud not producsd by
overriding OF excessive .suIphuring.
through which the vslus OF hops Ia too
frequently much deprecated.
ldl 10 condition hops should be
thoroughly sound. slAck-dFisd or
doubtful hops mus, never be shipped
here.
t0 Clean picking Ia also very lm-
porlAnt
ARousD PuYALLuP.
There are no shipments nor trans