The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-20
WOOL AND BIDES .

THERE is still fair business done here In
wool but the season has advanced so far that
the greater quantity of better grades Is dispos-
ed of, and what is left is generally OF coarser
quality Hides are in active demand, and green
bring iull quota tons and are readily taken. Dry
hides are also very firm and the receipts heavy.
The following are
Fire spring per ID, % to &c; medium spring
per lb., q to 2Sc !; Mexican improved per ID, II
10 lSc: bury of all grades. TO &c. off
Hides-Dry flint sound and heavy y 10 iac;
ditto light, 10 to l2c; dry salt heavy, lie; ditto
light IL to Ice; wet salt to l-2c; green,
butchers, IL to &c; all damaged. wet or dry,
half price Deerskins 20 to 22c sheepskins, Is
to 5Oc shearlings, TO l5c.
BceswaY-l4 TO lSc per pound as per color.
Tallow-In barrels. s: in cake,6c per pound:
Mauger u Avery's last Boston WOOL circular
says there is no apparent change IN me wool
class of stock that has been in good demand has
been choice Indiana and Virginia strictly graded
half and three -eighths blood unwahhed. other
classes of medium have been in fair request, put
close discrimination has been made in price.
Fine woods of superior staple or condition II I'M
washed have met with moderate demand atYery
low prices, so low in fact that they must nave
paid loss to shippers, unless the invoices con-
tanned enough medium to pay the expenses on
the entire shipment For fine washed WOODS
there has been scarcely any inquiry, and 2ld
woods can be purchased at less price tnan inc
new clip can he laid down FOR.
Quarter blood or low medium unwashed mas
been saleable at low figures. Washed WOODS OF
same grade have accumulated. Coarse woods
have rot recovered their position at all and con-
| tinue to be neglected. For comDlng WOODS ths
demand varies Fine delaine is weaker, Me-
dunn combing in good request and. quarter
| blood as wei. coarse coMDlnB saleapIe olii! ~
In Inc west the bulk of the woods still remain
| In farmers and second hands with the eXCep-
ton of Michigan where lar proportion d mas
been taken for manufacture or for shipment
at prices which must be very satisfactory 20
| growers, who are posted on the SITUATION III
| the east In other states there has been more
| or less of struggle between farmers and buy
| ors as to price but in Michigan with less thsn
| the usual amount of excitement buyers have
| fixed the price at about the views OF ono
sagscity IN that section, improved their oppor-
tunity and sold freely. in Wisconsin, Onlo
and other sections marketing washed WOODS the
clip has moved but slowly In lndlsna. MS
| souri and the trans- Mississippi sections the
/ woods nave passed generally mao second hAnds
l at full prices and so remain.
! Inlut need probably by the high values Of
grain etc, western buyers have paid prices y,
| the seaboard markets, and II becomes sefl9u,
question now what the future OF the market
! is likely TO be. with the bulk OF the clip mar.
! keted Il remains 10 be seen whether 1t is likely
that the wool buyer will get his money back OF
not.
supposed early in.ihe year, the ample supplies
| that there is a surplus grown herel Several Of
! the larger mills have for various reasons STOP
/ ped all or portion OF their machinery, ana THIS
| of coune restricts the consumption ,oi wool 70
/ greater or less degree. II very likely that be-
/ lore long all the machinery will again be run.
i ing but It becomes question OF endurance
| between the buyer and seller, In which the
holder has very little to hope for at best
! Teias woods have been in fair request. stocks
have been measursbly reduced. he bulk oil
| the present offerings arc held above the ylewi
! OF buyers. 60.
| The Abilene Reporter says Wool shipments
| to date, 926, 236 pounds; in store Al warehouse
1000 O. total recei PTS Oh, 81 pounds The snip
ments this season Will probably reach one ana
/ cfartsr ruflfian uouuds