The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-31

- 1,se,a WAY 70 HOP e,GLos.


pnole VINO visited the docks ana
unneveD yesterday witnessed Z remarkable
Strange ~ Il may seem, they saw
- = hnndred clean, WeIl-dressed s.wash
&ln end squaws. not clean and we'll
pod according 70 the standards Of the
&1nHnn, but from the white mans point
40 ySew. Tattsss. Dirt and vermin have be-
80 synonymous With the ono word 81
80 even - In the south coast states
80 ths Digger Indian Hence to 80 20
1oeo . number Of Indians IN % good .
nlatton caused surprise.
- Indians were passing through Seat
- a route Tor the hop fields Of Washing
- They are tho advance guard Of .
At army Of hop piclgers that md ena-
1oWD1ot krom two 70 four weeks each
+ 1oGg e1 hop picking and incidentally make
seo non6y In THAI period than they make
{SSHK Tho<psckers were under the COM
nad of . bead man, who each year WIS.,
- certain settlements. where no has his
u1Ar hands, and brings them over 70
! yards which contract with him for the
ne pGeherS are Of all ages from boys
81 girls Of Ana 10 years up to men and
klomen Of - and even moro than 80. In
n.ng WITH the chief ma. he said: No
EWA9es very good. Hop men. al Of them.
z1oy q Z box tor picking. and my siwashes
&NlD any Of them pick two and half to
tire 6oxes. 80 to 80 pounds. Of hops
80. Some q my pschers viii pick four
s1oseo Z day. 10 pounds Of hops. Four
@oIInss . day - eood wages, big wages.
s1be awash. Why do 70 70 far for my
IN woman and girls Ind boys7 Well.
= ssos hops. 1--we too too near s n many sis
.5oWna ThA hop men don't want them. for
as1ey work one Or two days, then quit and
sDo9 drunk. These people work until the
- Ma'ds are cleaned and then ct asuns
sgomorrow. In III win bring 700. mebbe
SmorA but 10 sure"
words 81 . Hep GrewsP.
One ct the lafYest hop growers ID the
Ssea4e. IN discussing the matter, said:
THE majority 81 the hop pickers are 81
INV. comparatively speaking. the white
sS1ged in more difiicuit but less laborious
SU1kk. and besides siwash will pick more
sAcps than a white. Why we particularly
me tho west coast IndiarA a. pickers
10 because there are 30 many women and
seifls among the bands, and the females
hat the male sfwass at hop picking. and.
scr that matter. at any other kind OF
WORK. guess. Another reason In that the
ElndtAns on the west coast have .ntermin-
selsd with other races. especially the Chi
ness. and the haif-brecds are far better
workers. than fun bloods. They work
|ssd consequently they are rated Al a. a.
sTne price for picking this year txed
sey all the growers II very liberal. every
Thing considered. We all pay alike. u per
s1ear Will be only about 1900 bales In this
.o1atet II II reaches that numher~~that ~
about tWO-thirds. OF crop. The weather
II 20 blame for the shortage. - No have
Z tn tEnafef vvhtnh AAatPnv
Wo|l under control.
"AoAln. prices are low this year, run
NM from IL to Is cents. but as against
= e shess crop and low prices IN: washing.
It's year. The drst one In our hops will
~ Of = superior quality. what there IL Of
them. and command the top market price.
escond the demand prom.ses TO be good.
% almost total failure Of tho hop crop IN
Oregon In going to create local demand
eeE our hops. Oregon 10 having no end or
tsvuhle With the pests. and IT. output has
ooeu largely cut down.
Hop Indsstry DecliniaG.
There II an average OF about 10000
a4lps OF hops grown In the United States.
Lndon fxes the market pr.ce for the
world. except where local conditions such
- have just mentioned exist and then
e price IL governed by tho local demand
Uysrs are now offering II cents. but mos,
the growers are holding or expecting
beeter figures
with a continuance Of the present
Weather We will be picking early In Sep
sember, when We had calculated on not oe-
me- able 70 do much until the middle OF
shat month. That II the reason we ore
hurrying up the pickera 20 AZ to take adj
ventaEs OF the good weather
rs the hep industry growing In WASH
ingtong No. II - not" said the grower
TT has declined rapidly during the past
t1ensy years. great many men have
failed q the business because they could
not realize that to be successful in hop
erovinE one must use hts head more tnan
IA hands But l look for the business
Se oniid up. In the old days when the
pcce 81 hops ran m high an 81 q pound.
eno sven when from Is TO - cent per
pound Was paid there was big money sn
nops. Al Is cents per pound. with a fair
NOW from weather and insects, a little
0cney. say tso 10 so an acre, can be made
new discoveries IN pest sxterminators.
IN machinery, etc. have made the hand
ing ~ hops much more profitable and
auch easier than IL used TO be. and for
snAt reason expect the industry TO re.