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TI OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. CUNDAY MORNING. OCTO"ZH f. 1CC3. Jl CLIQUE fM EMSPJE T ; TO REAL HOP - GROWERS Dy FftUe Reports to Cain Tim to ' Unload Speculators Have Hurt Prices. WHAT BRITISH GROWERS', SECRETARY BELIEVES Letter From Thomas Ironmonger, Who Fears That England's Crop la v. 300,000 Hundredweight '; Greater Than Bulla Estimated It j Preaent low prices and ths weakness " In the hop market may be attributed ; to the- followins reasons: Heary overproduction durinc 1S0. ' Orowers sre bold I its tbs crop of 104. ' Eastern snd ' western . trsders sre ' j nshttns-. . . ! ' .. ," ' t Brewers tisvs organised to punish I (rowers. - ' " v That ths hop market is weak Is not v now dented even by those who were per sistent In billing the market a short time s(o.. Today choice hope are sold In Oregon ss, low ss cents a pound snd some sales are reported even at lower ' figures. When the hop market opened ' brewers- showed sntacltnatIon to pur ( rbsse freely arounoTlS cents hut grow ers braced by bullish reports In some ; papers refused to" sell. ' A few shorts - who. became scared bought . a - small -, nmount of hops around It cents. These .-. . were'' to f iU orders for Immediate da- livery. - , .. ' ' Bagtaad'a Si Ores. The heavy crop In England during ths .; present season,- amount Ing to ' nearly 709,009 hundsedwf Ight caused brewers l to hold off theJV'purchaees. More bull- Ish ireports of the crop in New York, t'al Ifornliv Oregon snd Washington ton i jilcted the stagnation of ths trade. For i. three years brewers of ths world hsvs . kw at the mercy of the growers snd ' prloes hsve been very high. The last ' af the three' years, last season, found the . , lirewers organised snd practically j. ngreed to pay a certain price -for hops. This price did not meet with the views of the owners of hops snd they eon .. tinged to .hold. . , : ., . '.,. . As a result of ths holding by growers 5 snd speculators there were left about i 3 4.004 bales In" the three hop-producing states ef . thus Pacific coast- when the ! present rtop , wss ready for - market At one period of ths former season thsss lions could have been sold st 30 cents a ; jKrund In fact one sals was recorded In '1 this city aa high as 31 cents. j.Tbess I hops cost ths growers about cents' a pound to produce. Up to the time thst J 1 he present crop cams on ths market, t brewers seemed willing to purchase the ? "Ida at price that ranged between -IS "j and It cents a pound. ' ,. - The growers did not aell their hops at , a handsome profit because of persistent bulling of the market by several large I speculators -. - "V.'v t ' Sow tke Brewers itaaaree. ' ' ' j Brewers' supplies at that tlms wars at r low ebb and peddling was resorted to by them to keep buyers out of tbs Air ket snd keep the price from, rising. few sales were made, small lots being purchased here sna mere at the mar ket. These hops wars distributed amon the entire brewing fraternity, the entailer receiving one bale and t,he larger two oaiea. in mis way in qrewera worried through the remaining season, snd thus st tbs opening of ths 106 season brew ers were still busy and did not appea anxious to buy at any figure. Thus bull speculators caused IS.tvs bales of 1(04 hopa being held over. . 'To keep the growers still In line false reporta fteurdlng the siss of tnevCrow log crop, Vere sent to tbs various or gans controled by ths bull clique. Ths reports ran that England would not pro- auce over r wv.vuu nunareaweignt and that' there would practically be not more than 26,009 bales raised In Now York. The California crop was wiped out si- most every day and there was -to be nothing left of the Washington crop. Ths yield of the largest hop-producing section In th world. Oregon, wss placed at 80,000 bales by these ssms authori ties, in' reality the crop In New York Is about (0.000 bales this sesson. Cali fornia's snout ths same, and Washing ton ruiiy a third larger than the grow era were made to-, believe. In Onion the crop in al probability Is 110.000 bales. some professing to believe st this time thst It will reach 110.000 bales. . With a crop of nearly 700,000 hundredweight in England and heavy yields In other hop producing sections of Europe, there was an increase In ths production this season in ths world of more than the entire crop of the. United - States. . . 'eemlesot' Wicks. "Wash ssles" at high prices were like wise recorded In order to keep ths still trusting grower In line and enable ths bull leaders to gispoee of their own holdings. All transactions st low figures were entirely Ignored In the bull organs, only those few actual transactions made at an advance being recorded. . . t It has been ssid that England will buy so many bales of hops In the United States whether thst country hss a record-breaking crop or not. . The following table, compiled at New York, ahowa the fallacy of this reasoning: . .v '.v --v.; :.;" ' Bales. Receipts for week. ...... 1.024. Receipts since September 1....... 7.74t Receipts earns time year ago.... 11,882 Exports to Europe for week.,..,. too Extorts from September 1....... 1.080 Exports soma time year ago 10.128 Imports for week...:."..,.....,.. 203 Imports from-September 1....... 1.0B0 Imports sama tlms year ago. , r. ; . tit This, table shows euits clearly that Europe Is buying a very small amount of hops this season, 1,080 as . against 10.128 bales the same period last season. Ths United States la buying more hops In Germany this season than previously because of the very low prices there. Thus It will be noted thst the Imports from September 1 smount to 1,060 bales. aa against 748 bales a year ago. "Trices to Vow Torav'' Another factor that la keeping down ths price cf Oregon and In foot the hopa of the iactflc coast Is that eastern deal ers are jealous of the strides msde in hop culture on the Pacific slope.- New York haa alwaya held ths banner for hop production until the last few sessons snd the fact that Oregon beets the world in production adda to the' feeling. Therefore- the Tollowing table of prices In 4 ( 1 ",' 4 ; Chauncey Wlnslow devotes much of his tlms .out of business hours to amateur photography. The picture -of the airship City of Portland ho secured while - Lincoln Beachey was making making ons of bis flights from the fair grounds. .' , - ; -. ' -. ' : . ; ,;-;.. : t i New York does not seem so strange: . New York prims to choice per lb 30O3I New York common to fair...... -lltylt Pacific coast prims to choice.... If Q18 Pacific eoaat common to fair,... 1491a Although New Yorkers seldom . agree that' the products toother states srs eejuel' In quality to those grown In ths Empirs stats be it ssid thst acknowl edged hop authorities In Nsw York agree that Oregon produced the only strictly choice hops in the country st present season. Prims to choice hops are sell ing .today in the Nsw York msrket" at 33 cent a a pound while the best Ore- gons sre quoted at but 18 cents. Hopa srs quoted In the Portland market at and 10 cents a pound for ths sams goods. There is a cost of slightly less then cents a pound, attached to hops between this city snd New York. This. Includes rail chargea and commissions to handlers at both ends of the -j4lne. On a basis of New York prices this would maka ths Portland price of choice hops 10 cents a pound but the price ruling here today lssllghtly over half that sum. - Where ths wide range comes in none Is prepared to say. . 'Brtttak Orowers news. There has been some discussion con cerning a cable printed In Ths Journal some time ago from Thomas Ironmon ger of London telling, of heavy produc tion of hopa In that-. section;' 'The fol lowing extracts from- a letter' received here a few days ago from Ironmonger, who baa for 30 yeara been secretary of , the National Association of English Hop Growers, explains conditions serosa ths AUsntlct . ' "Our syndicate wss dissolved as ad- j vised you by cable. . Ths committee held out as long aa they could but ths big crop coming forward was too much for i them. : They passed by several oppor tunities . of sellinr out - at reasonable prices, being confident they would eventually win, but ths liquidation will entail Heavy losses. The outsiders did better '-than ' ths poolers ss they were able to allpTiut at much better figures thsn our meq were sbls to realise. I cabled yon pn, the 10th Inst., .aa aoon as official returns were published, that the total English crop wss officially aef at f 88,043 hundredweight Thia large rec ord figure Is sven supposed by some to be under - ths actual . yield, and from what I havs personally heard from growers I am afraid that ths crop wilt not be short of 710.000 hundredweight Crops hsvs come down In every direc tion much heavier than anticipated, and with all the talk of thousanda of' acrea. being left to blow away, I am Inclined to think this waata can only, be reckoned by a few hundreds snd that', ths harvest haa not been materially reduced. Kent shows 443.470 hundredweight, against 318,807 hundredweight last year. Here fordshire. 38.803 hundredweight against .14.101 hundredweight -a year ago; Sur rey Is nssrly flvs times In sxcess; Bus sex, 60,068 hundredweight, against 27, 728 hundredweight, and Worcester, 81. 081 sgalnst 11.738 hundredweight The average thia year per acre la fl.Il hun dredweight against. t.ll hundredweight In 1904. Very low prices prevail." , RARE JAPANESE PRINTS LIST SPREE TK - FATAL o;;e , ... I ,- . Old TotVi Lewiston, Qnce Popu- .' lar Man About Towp, Is Run Over by Train. LIES BY TRACK TWO ' HOURS BEFORE FOUND la Early Youth an Owder of Fine Equipage and .Royal Host, He It Deserted in Old Age by. Former Friendsv . ' ;'''" ";" " -""V1-- I ON VIEW AT MUSEUM A large 'collection of rare Japanese prints, many of which . are over . 200 years, old. ars on exhibition in the up per galleries bf ths Museum of Art Thsy have taken the places of ths water colors and aketchea which) were In the museum during the exposition. . : Id the collection are -more than 300 prints, made by the greatest masters of the art In fine impressions, and are In a splendid state of preservation' They show ths qualities of color and design distinctly, although of great age. "Such an opportunity to see and com pare the works of the various masters and schools of Japanese color printing ,1s rare. Indeed," said an enthusiastic art critic yesterday, "and-will undoubtedly be appreciated by -those who know their beauty and charm. - Many who have not It ' la probable- that the final chapter In the life drama of poor old Tom Lew iston soon will be written. ' Lying In a drunken stupor across thratl of sj ear track at the Pettygrove street crossing last night, be waa not seen by an en gineer and the wheels of a locomotive and several cars passed over his right leg, amputating It at the ankle. His plight was not discovered for two hours, snd wheat taken to Good Samaritan hos pital be bad lost so much blood that his recovery from the Injury Is doubtful. Lewiston Is a character In Portland annals. At one time his fsther ownsd two ' local hotels and bad considerable other property and money In bank. Dy ing, he bequeathed his property to his children. Tom s share was Isrge enough to allow him to gratify his longing for nns equipage a, blooded : horses and costly banquets and wines. . While his money Issted he had plenty of friends.. Daily hs waa aeen driving along the principal thoroughfares with a party in a costly turnout But when his money -wss gone , and-ha was , de serted tjy friends of ths days of his opulence, he took to drinking herder than before and aoon became a physical wreck. -A year ago ha had to go to the poor farm, but was 'soon abls to lssvs that Institution. Since thst time he has been sent to ths city prison many times, as he bad become a victim of epilepsy. - Recently old Tom haa been working aa- runner for a hotel. Last night hs wandered along ths railroad track op posite the cold storage plsnt at ths Pet tygrove street crossing and lay down. He fell Into a drunken slumber, with his light ankle. testing across a ralL After his foot was amputated, by the switch engine snd cara ha lay moaning besids the track until an employe of ths cold storage plant, passing along . the track with a lantern, discovered him. , 375 Washington Strctv; 1 Q ,: The Exclusive Ladies' Furnishing Goods Shop Novelties in Ladies', Misses' and Children's' Bonnets' and Hats. Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Uutrimmed Hats. . felt their value can learn for 1 them selves the -r fined and exquisite quali ties thst have called forth such enthus iasm In ths western world of art." The exhibit Is - chronologically ar ranged from ths 'earliest black and white, or hand-colored prints of ths lata seventeenth century, down' to Its latest development the landscape art of the .early nineteenth century. . The museum Is opsned dsily from a. m. to 8 p. m. Sines the closing of ths fair admission is free on Thursday and Sat urday afternoons only. . YOU KNOW The advantage of reliable goods at reliable prices. WE KNOW That we will gain your trade by supplying you with 'such goods. V We anticipated your demands and" are In a posi tion to supply them at short "notice. 'i. ; v LADIES', MJSSES AND CHILDREN'S; CLOAKS. SUITS AND. WAISTS W respectfully beg to call your attention to the fact that in addition to our large line of Cloaks and Suits, we have, a lar era llnjs g$ . nvaw1tia In "'' .- . --;'-r'V , wot oaataav BW w a t . atast Goods to suit every class op trJide Monday Specials . DRESS SKIRTS A Bargain 'Counter? Skirts, values up to $6.50. AO AP : Your choice. .$0.9 9 V LADIES' SIJITS ? We have a large assortment of up-to-date styles. ' (M rj PA r; See our specials value at..;.' ,..-v... eDU Just Received Some Beautiful Opera Coats, Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Ettv at Very Moderate Prices. SILK WAISTS Great Bargains These Waists are made of a good quality of chiffon taffeta 'silk, tucked front and back, deep cuffs; $5. dQ nr . values. Special. . ...... , . .......... . . ...... . . .$JeV() 'Just in, a large line of Mohair and Albatross " (J() rjr tj . Waists; values up to $4.50. ; Your choice. . . . .' . $Ul D ' ! :iM?Im : UP AROUND THE HOUSE They want everything to look just so. ' A'man';is apt to be forgetful of the little things that help to beautify the home. But there-is no excuse now. Here is your ; t , - uppuiiuun iu ucLurtic micnor ana exienorai one-nan : price rui on your Donnei ana nurry 10 tne ' ' seaesBBassff' W '-- CiNaS COINTEtNTS a I OUR E1NTIRB STOCK WAS DAMAGED BY WATER AND SMOKE-THAT IS. THE OUTSIDE OF THE A. ' "I t JUST AS GOOD AS EVER. WE QUARA1JTEI EVERYTHINQ WE SELL. PRICE I-AT'S RE A D THE IilST WHAT TALKS ! NEW ERA HOUSE PAINTS All shades for all kinds of buildings 1 mixed ready for use ; a certificate of purity attached to every gallon Was ' "$1.75 now .........:.v...;...........:i GALLON PAINTER'S WHITE LEAD Perfect condition and ' as fine a ' lead es you ever usedrj- 1; : PER POUND mm v y BLACK JACK HARNESS OIL The very thing, for .'.wet ' wea-;! i fk'L JUMBO' HARNESS 011- r aI. 5 i ther, keeps harness in prime condition; was 75c gal., now only; ftUL ' - Former price, quarts, 40c, now, quart ....... L..:.. ';.....v. LMC SALE NOW GOING ON AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ENTIRE STOCK IS DISPOSED OF granite floor paint ' ' v ; r TJ--e Jkind that stays on your, floor;, Aft . former price $1.75 per gallon. Now.' sj) I aUU CRESOLENE SHINGLE STAIN ; , Wears well, won't ' fade ; former price 7AL - $1.25 per gallon. Now. ..i.i lUC NEAL'S INTERIOR ENAMEL - ' ; - '"Jf'S, That smooth finish, so easy to keep clean for- I s mer price $2.50 per gallon. ; ' ' , ; , DAVIES' VARNO-LAC ' - -! Makes your pine floor look like mahogany; for mer price $2.75 per gallon. gjQ NEAL'S BATHTUB ENAMEL .7 " ; Transforms the old zinc tub to porce- -TCe . ' lain ; former price quart $1.40. Now. .. l uw , NEAL'S ALUMINUM ENAMEL For steam pipes, radiators, gas ranges, QA etc.; former price quart $1.85. ;Now..,.yUC NEAL'S CARRIAGE PAIN.T, v v ; ; . . . The Old Original; former price, quart iA. :.' ?5c Now... ..4UC LUBRICATINQ OILS AT HALF PRICE. NEW ERA PAINT AND YARN COMANY 208 Front Street Betvseen' Taylor and Salmon
