The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-28
|aARC|TY OF Choice HOPS.
<.xuNERs WILL HAVE TO COME
no WASHINGTON FOR THEM.
~,escn Market Is short. aoa Ore
~sa. California and Eastern
oates Have hat Little EiFst-Class
osaIity-Prices Arc Advancing.

names Hart, 81 Christopher. one OF the
-, oostea men On nope 10 the state Of
U.xn.azten. gives - very encouraging re-
| -sx az The aop situation IN Washington.
y...srssy ae received the following self
.,,Isastory letter from ID. l.. Fisk. pres
-, of the New York State Hop Grow
=. Association. dated North Brookaeid,
x T., 0ct0ber Ia;
sNy Dear Sir: The hop market here ia
"a. interior continues 20 grow stronger
gywa.e.n cents ~ freely offered for extra
sssssre hops. Nineteen and twenty cenls
sskis.e. ~. h.s aeen,,. >. ..a
a. ueopse Tae growers uoia firm. IA
80 s,al. tS@1 oghJ there are d great
go seeond ard third raGe hops.
.-Yas s,4.ppU@ rl0ps are beg .nning ~ get
.,rre al any gr}ce. The brewers nave been
ssf.uafp ard tried 70 keep Prices DOWN.
- aBa NOT aant 70 give above IL cetrs.
rssy show more anxiety 10 buy as iae
rs:ket WARS on.
" FISK. afr Hart says. has been pres
sssat OF TIA. ASSOCIATION E3r the last seven
sszrx. ansi peiu1 thoroughly posted. is a
ssrv Conservative man. 50 that the grow
- in thgs state may feel absolutely cer-
an tha. tie information Is reliable.
sseaklne Of sne mop situation in this
r<is. M. Hart said.
.Tne rrtat BULK Of the hops In the White
ard Green river valleys has been sosd or
tArgaiaea for sale. About one-talrd Of
,fs crop IL Sill IL me growers hands. Buy
- are numerous and eudeavoFlng 10 make
ayr bases OF the balance al prices ranging
s0n fs 70 T. cents, Ia. cents having al
ready beer. paia
aThe growers generally now holding are
sa!tlng for Is and IL cents. and some ar=
6srossd - hold for the latter sigures.
sThs quality Of the hops grown in these
.z0 valleys this year X generally first
| lao ara worthy of being classed with
laps grown before the attack OF the hop
logss.
in reviewing the foreign market, Mr.
Ear; said:
Advises from England show beyond a
Ss.b, a great falling off In the quantity
a compared with former years. English
rexers VII fall short by nearly 1850 bales
a. last years crop. The greater proportion
| !, this years crop Is not OF first-class
eszI..y. English buyers invariably insist
gpon the choicest quality. and as matter
81 necessity they viii have 20 come to
America for the great bulk OF the shortage
THE German crop, according Ia latest
sayices shows considerable decrease In
essnlity with a corresponding increase In
| sgicss In Germany German hops are
worth 81 cents a pound today, which should
Eve American hops a6ou, - cents pound
LHng former years as a basis ef prices,
| "Cregon has not "A large supply of strict
b choice hops and the greater proportion
| Il .helr best quality has already been pur-
! esaseG at about II CONSTITUTIONAL large
ssan,ity was contracted for at 10 cents.
California has greatly decreased yield
| h consequence az the drouth. therefore
he entire outlook in the state OF Wash
agten for choice quality IL exceptionally
god. There is every probability that be-
. are spring. after the present PURCHASES
. sail have been delivered. buyers will
agaD be in the market To pick up the bal
| SAGE remaining AT the best prices possible
IN the meantime brewers viii not be
j. The fisld purchasers. having already
ssssned by contract and otherwise SUI
Scent quantity 10 enable them to run for
sme months without further purchases. -