The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-09-15
The Wool Trade.
From the Ohio Farmer.l

We have given elsewhere the reasons
for the faith that is in us in regard to the
| futnre prices of wool The transactions
of the present are significant, so that he
who runs may read. The large auction
sales in New York have raised the sum
mer blockade, and a review of the bust
| ness of the last three months has revealed
the fact that under the quiet exterior of
affairs, there was an active nDder cOfrent
in the right directionY Even the editor
of the Economist, who is an adroit tide
| writer between the Scilla aud Chaysidis
of manufacture and products has die.
| covered turn in the waters, and now
indiies the following significant para
graph -,
1T is now considered that the dull sea-
son of the wool market is closed aud MT
nv are now anticipating lively times 1t
| is a question with some whether we have
not been doing more than an ordinary
| business for the months of june, July
md August Many have been cOmpar-
| ing these months with those OF last year,
when everybody was rushing into the
market to purchase before the tariff took
effect, aud the supplies they then laid in
| and the large amount Otlnachinery stop
ped OH account of the eXtrepie drought.
destroying The tone or The market, which
il has not vet rogaimed; but if we conf
pare the business done the last three
months with that done In the correspond
inp three months in ordinary years, WE
shall find that the balance would be i'll
favor of those just ended.
And if we take the average of every
month in the last twenty years, we shall
find that the month of February heads
the list So that now we are returning
to the regular habits of trade, we ought
not to be surprised that we are having
rather quiet times, particularly when We
consider that there has been such deter
mined efforts to prevent an advance In
price, and also when the condition OF the
currency has forbid speculation. Yet
there have been some of our very quiet
and cautions dealers who have been op-
Grating very shrewdly in tbuyiDg cheap
lots, AID are confident that they will
have fIir rctu Tor theii' investment.
Notwithstanding the snail amount of
business done, stocks accumulate slow
w. No places we are aware OF are crowd
ed. and many houses are selling about rs
fast as it arrives and is put upon the
market. There is no alteration in prices
since our last Our Quotations are as
follows:
Entire lots of Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Virginia 81, 70, 73 to 75c; entire lots of
Michigan, SO, S., 81 to 79c; entire lots of
Western, 50, 81. so to65e; Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia common, 6Oc; one
quarter blood, CSC; oue-half blood, zoe;
three-quarters blood, 75c full blood 30
to e2c; Michigan common, SIC; one
quarter blood, &c; onehalf blood, &c;
.three-quarters blood, re; full blood, 77c;
state, common, G9c onsquarter blood,
65c; one-half blood, Goo; three-quarters
blood, 65c full blood, zoe; Western com
mon, SOC; medium, 60c !. fine, Csc; comb
ing, 60 to 7Oc Mons de laine fieeces,
very scarce The fact is that medium
llceces, from which a large portion OF
this class of feeces are taken, are in such
good demand, few would be willing to
have the delaine taken from them except.
at a price which is not yet defined" ~