Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-28
HOP GROWERS

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convenient central point to be attended
by delegates duly selected by each of
the county associations of Washington,
Oregon and California.
"At the organization of the Pacific
Coast Hop Growers association so at
tended by these delegates, principal
place of business shall be selected and
agreed upon, and ways and means will
be devised for the proper handling of
the hop crop at fair and just price, all
the details of which will be worked out
and settled at that time by this asso.
citation, and it is understood that the
principal functions of this association
shall be the sale of the Pacific coast
hop crop to the best advantage"
Sub Committees Are Named.
Following the signing of the organ.
i2atiOn agreement the meeting settled
down to business again and the next
step in order was the appointing OF
committees for all of the counties rep.
resented, and this was accomplished
partly by the naming of growers who
were present to solicit sgners of the
agreement in their respective counties
while in some instances growers who
were present volunteered to assume the
responsibility in their counties, and, IL
this manner every grower in the state
will be invited to sign up until the
greater percentage Of all the growers
Of the state are enlisted in the cause
which will insure its success and eff
fectiveness.
Some Of the committees who will ac
in the work of soliciting membership
are; Yamhill county-W. G. Miller ant
Tom Rogers, of McMinnvlle, and w
r. Kirkwood, Of Amity. Washington
cOunty-Robert Porter Of Forest Grove
and John Hester, of Galesburg. Poll
county-W. W. Percival, will select hi
own assistants. Lane county-E. +
Morrison and George h. Knight, o
Springfield, Benton county-Fred Ire
land, Of Corvallis. Marion county
William Roy, Of jefferson. Brooks dis
trict-M. l.. Jones. Silverton district
Marian Palmer; Waconda district, W
-. Egan. Chairman McMahan will an
nOunce committeeman for the other hO
districts Of Marion county later,
Method of Procedure.
After the major portion Of the grow
ers Of the different counties Of the Wi
lamette valley, the southern Orego
counties and Wasco county have bee
signed ZIP the county organizations wi
either attend the next meeting in Salel
Saturday, November Z, in a body o
select delegates TO represent then
when a permanent organization of th
Oregon growers will be effected an
a set Of state delegates will be chose
to represent the Oregon association q
a joint meeting of like delegations frol
Washington and California, to be 'hel
at some central point most convenier
for all, when the Pacific coast associs
ton will be formed and the centri
or parent body organized and inco
porated. This central corporation wi
be composed Of board Of trustees rel
resenling every hop growing section {
i the three Pacific coast states, aud Il
, duties will be to purchase all Of tl
, supplies for the members Of the coa
organization at wholesale rates, to !
furnished the members at cost, and
handle the selling end Of the associ
J., tion, which will place the growers upC
an independent and solid basis Of bus
ness and will clfectnally eliminate u
destructive speculative aud shortsellil
, clements from the industry and the ma
, ket absolutely.
Organisation for Protection.
The Keynote of all OF the address
, preceding and during the work of q
a ganiaation was the utter helpessness
= the hop grower under the present 60
! ditions, when all Of tho informant,
: he has at hand regarding the market
what he gets from the dealers, aud
ia guided almost entirely by the di
!, tntcs Of the dealers, The present go
ditions of the market, when hops u
selling Mt less than 10 cents per poun
whereas all nva, able statistics indica
that the prices should he much high,
and these conditions, II was assert
Y hy he spcakcts, were brought aba
through the manipulutions of the shO
sellers. As a means Of combating u
s deplomhlc state of affairs which
q proving ruinuus to the grower, al
N as was declared by Mr.. MeMohon q
Is Others. the present low prices had
u luced the value Of the hop land of I
10 valley more than Sl0U per acre ollrcat
g W. w. pcrcNal of Independent
h and other growers who spoke at
meeting, declared that the only sul'
It tion Cor the grower was the forming
IA d permanent association through viii
N all Of the business of all of the grc
0, ors could be transacted, and the grow
10 were appealed to to stick togeu
through thick aud thin until the
,c ieets of the association wcrc fully re
1t iacd, which would be IN tho course
rr another year., aud IN the meantime
Vi growers were advised9to hold their h'
10 from the market until the hops VIII
m were alrady sold and delivered W
" consumed, when rise In the mar
\ would be swift and inevitable
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