Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-02
Hop Interests Divided
Between Bulls and Bears

Apparently two opposing interests are
furnishing yield statistics to the press
of the valley. First will appear set
of figures showing the increase IN
certain yards over the yield of 1914.
Next will appear other figures show
ing the decrease in other yards, from
the yield of last year. 1t is apparent
that certain "bear interests" are try
ing to make the yield appear as large as
possible, and the opposing interests are
trying to make the yield appear as
small as possible. zelOw are given
''bear" figures and the "bull fig
ures:
Small Crop
Hee Chung, last year 75O bales, this
year 250 bales.
Mahoney & Breed, last year 1896 bales,
this year 173 bales.
Kennedy, last yea. go bales, this
year l25 bales.
Ditmar, last year $40 bales, this year
l20 bales.
sohn, last year $50 bales, this year
100 bales.
R. Gouley, last year 2SO bales, this
year 100 bales.
Ed Cayanaugh, last year 1O3 bales,
this year 60 bales.
Marty, last year 129 bales, this year
IS bales
Gus Aral, last year 6 bales, this
year 81 bales.
Ed Wort, last year 81 bales, this
year So bales.
Some of these are small crops but
they are taken merely to indicate the
outlying yards throughout the state
and this is believed will lower the state
yield to considerable less than 100, 900
bales for the year.
Large Crop
L. C. Horst, this year, 5000 bales,
last year, $500 bales.
Frank Mintona, this year, 400 bales,
last year 1900 bales.
c. A Mclaughlin, tilis year, 1850
bales, last year 1857 bales.
George Rose, this year 1400 bales,
last year 1900 bales.
w. w. Percival, this year 900 bales,
last year $50 bales.
Wigan- Richardson Co., this year
25O0 bales, last year 1900 bales.
John Roberts, this year 900 bales,
last year 450 bales.
George Lewis, this year 1000 bales
last year 600 bales.
julius Pincus, this year 750 bales
last year $50 bales.
Sperling Brothers, this year $50
bales, last year 420 bales.
Ike Patterson, this year 800 bales
last year 800 bales.
r. A. Livesley, & Co., this year, 500
bales, last year 1900.
John Cooper, this year $50 bales, last
year 400 bales.
julius Wolf, this gar 1400 bales
last year 1000 bales.
The Oregon Hop Growers association
insists that $4,000 bales will be the
maximum limit of this year crop, with
a small figure probable. Salem and
Portland dealers declare these figures
at least 10000 bales too low. They
believe that the 1915 crop will fall but
little short of last years crop, which
was 10000 bales.
While the Independence section shows
at least normal crop, the upland hoI
districts, like Silverton, Mt. Angel, Ball
ston, sheridan, Aurora, etc, are from
80 to 80 per cent short of normal crop
Lane county is about normal, and the
average crop in the other hop dis
tricts are decidedly short.
Though the local dealers have receiv
ed orders, there is little or no activity
in the hop market, 10 cents being tn,
maximum price buyers are willing t
offer, The entire world IS hop trade i
almost at standstill, though in New
York there has been some demand a
20 to 27 cents for choice New Yorl
hops, for export to England through
that country is taking no Pacifics.
The hop situation is very peculia
this year, said grower today who ha
been in the business Is years. Eng
land has less than half a crop, and il
addition to this, is shut off from th
German markets. The crop in thi
country is also short, and according t.
estimates now to be obtained, tn
world s crop this year, is the smalles
it has been since 1882. Yet in spit
of all these conditions, the price of
tered now is very little above tn
price of production, which is estimate,
at ii cents.--Aurora observer.