Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-15
HANDLING HOPS
BY CORPORATION
Krebs Brothers Start a COmpre-
henSive Movement for
Marketing Oregon Hops

RfOWefb ana W 4 am OHeIluB
my services to the growers, and, with
their cooperation and good will, ! ex-
pect to benefit them as we'll as our.
selves. The next meeting will be at
st. Paul, on Saturday, June 18th, at
1880 p. M, where I expect to have the
pleasure Of meeting personally all Of
the growers in the vicinity of Cham
poeg, st. Paul and Fairfield, and the
intermediate country inclusive. / have
not yet set the dates for other meetings
to be held in various sections of the
state, but shall do so as soon as 1 have
completed my plans.
81 beg TO caution the growers again
against contracting. No matter how
alluring the offer may be, take your
chances in the open market and you
will never regret 1t. Bear in mind the
very poor crop prospects Of California
and New York, in addition to a prob
able partial failure in England. Don't
forget that the bears are watching the
crops Of the world and, whenever they
see the inevitable evidence of an up.
ward tendency, owing TO poor crop
prospects, they send their agent out to
visit you, pretending to be your friends
and advancing all sorts Of arguments
to convince you that they are trying
to protect your family and interests.
Their position is certainly comical.
"Judging from the action Of the In
dependence district, where 80 per cent
of the growers have signed the agree
ment, / am justified in predicting the
formation Of the hop growers corpor-
alton, which will include at least so
per cent Of the 1905 crop. OF course,
California and Washington will follow
in the footsteps Of the Oregon grow.
crs, and, after the three corporations
are completed, they can make some ar
rangement for united action and there
by protect the industry Of the entire
coast.
al understand Herman Klaber &
Co, Of Tacoma, Wash, are in the mar,
ket for consignment to England. Their
agents are out Offering a guarantee
Of 10 cents advance for the Oregon
and Washington crop Of 1905 for ex.
port to England. This move is due to
the bad crop prospects Of ngland,
New York and California.
"Any grower who consigns his hops
at any time is either a very poor bust.
ness man or mentally unbalanced, and
| think the court ought to appoint a
guardian for him. Consignments have
been made time and again and all
have proved failures, as far as the
growers were concerned. Two years
ago a firm secured consignments and
never made sufficient returns, notwith-
standing the market advanced 8 to s
cents per pound. The very fact that
the English buyers are in the market
at the present time ought to convince
the growers Of the terrible condition
the consumers are confronted with. /
would not be surprised to see a panic
in the hop market within the next 80
days,
Regardless of what the Washing
ton or California growers may do /
feel confident the Oregon growers have
been benefited by past experience and
they have not yet forgotten il. The
proposition TO consign is very alluring,
as they are offering to take the hops,
advancing 10 or 20 cents, and telling
the grower that the hops are subject
to sale upon his order, but the dealer
in England can offer the grower 3 or 4
cents below the market, and the grow
or has no remedy. OF course, he can
refuse TO sell and a little later the
London merchant will offer him less.
Possibly the hops are brewed into beer
at the time. What is the grower GO
ing TO dot Can he afford to go to
ngland aud sue the merchant I'm
doubtedly that is out Of the question,
as the costs would be larger than the
possible gain. l have a eablegram
from England stating the English mar
ket is higher, and likely to advance
much farther