Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-06
Claim Present Low Prices Are
Due to Manipulation Of
Dealers
SAY ORGANIZATION
Is ONLY SALVATION
California, Oregon and Wash
ingtOn Dealers to Form
One Big Association

At 10 o'clock tomorrow Saturday
morning the representative hop grow.
crs of the state of Oregon will assem-
BILE in the rooms of the Commercial
club in this city for the purpose Of
perefecting the organization of the
Oregon Hop Growers association, the
preliminary steps for which were TAX.
en- here week before last, with the
view of joining hands with similar or.
ganizations Of the states Of Washing.
ton and California in the forming of
the Pacific Coast Hop Growers asso.
citation.
At the first meeting, which was Mt.
tended by over so Of the leading hop
growers Of five counties Of the William.
ettc valley, representing over $4,000
bales of hops, every grower present
signed the agreement to Join such an
organization and to exert his influence
and efforts toward inducing other
growers to join the association, and
committees were named in each hop
growing section Of the valley to pre-.
sent the objects Of the organization
and to solicit membership for the
same. Temporary Chairman l.. II. Nc.
Mahan, who presided at this meeting,
has received encouraging reports from
several Of these subcommittee upon
organization aud the prospects are for
"a large and representative gathering
of growers ut tomorrow's meeting, and
the indications are, judging from the
sentiment, expressed favorable to the
movement, that an organization of a
permanent nature will be the result.
Is Growers Only Salvation.
II was satisfactorily shown at the
last meeting that, under the universal
law of supply and demand hops this
year should command much better
price than the grower is realizing for
his product (the present market price
being around 10 cents per pound, when
II costs the grower about nine cents
per pound to produce the hops) and
this condition Of the market was
charged to manipulation on the part of
shortsellers and the speculative inter
ests involved In the industry. II was
pointed out by the leaders in the move.
ment-the officers and directors Of
the growers association Of California,
who came to Oregon in body TO urge
cooperation on the part OF the Oregon
and Washington growers to make the
plan successful-that the only hope
the grower has in being able to cope
with and overcome the evil influence
Of these destructive elements to the In.
dustry was through prompt and effec.
tive organization Of all the growers,
or ut least So per cent Of them, on the
coost through which they could abso.
lutoly control the selling end Of the In.
dustry and purchase their supplies at
the minimum cost to the grower.
Up TO the oregon Growers.
The growers Of California and Wash.
ington who were only organized upon
n preliminary and experimental basis
prior to the Salem meeting Of Oregon
growers, have since perfected their or.
gnnizntions and Orc ready and only
awaiting the action Of the Oregon
growers at tomorrow 'slmceting TO co.
operate and make the movement cffec.
tive aud permanent The purpose Of
the meeting tomorrow, inside from
forming q permanent organization, Is
to select delegates representing the
Oregon growers TO confer with like del.
egatons Of the Washington and Cali.
fornin associations, nj some central
and convenient point to be decided up.
ON as soon ns possible, 10 organize
what will be known as the parent or.
gnnigatiou.
This central association will be com.
posed Of a set Of officers and board
Of trustees, representative Of the three
hop growing states Of the coast. The
board Of trustees will net as an exc.
cutive committee 10 transact an Of the
buslnese Of purchasing and dstribut.
Ing supplies NJ Wholesale rates 20 the
individual groweri employ expert
judges of the qualities of the different
grades OF hops aud TO establish stan.
dnrd Of grades Go do away with the
indiscrimiuute aud expensive evil Of
snmplng, which has been the practice
up TO the present and the source OF
much annoyance and considerable loss
TO the grower), fix minimum selling
price for each grade Of hops, handle
the selling end Of the organization alb.
solutely, aud TO gather and dissent.
nate reliable statistics regarding the
hop conditions Of the world, markets
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