The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-26
WOOL, HIDES AND PEI TIRE.

The Boston Bulletin SAYS the wool mar.
ket has been rather more active at easier
prices Tor all except worsted woods. The
sales of the week have been Hl ,7C0 pounds
domestic and 402, 900 pounds foreign, or g.
733 800 pounds in all, against l,240, 600
pounds last week and |, 1913 $40 pounds tor
the corresponding week OF last year. In
cluded in this weeks business is about 1 \.
600 600 pounds of new California wool
which has been bought to arrive at l6 to "a
cents.
The state of the goods market does not
encourage manufactures TO buy beyond
immediate requirements except in a few
special instances Fine delaine is as firm
as ever, and three leading worsted mills
have cleaned up the best there was in Bos-
ton and Troy. N, Y, at 45c since our last.
Some "soggy" lots are offered at less than
that figure. This scarcity of desirable
grades of combing wool explains the opera
tons OF II western Massachusetts worsted
mill, which has been buying southdown
clips in country districts of Kentucky at
&c. Asa whole, the advices from the
interior points are conservative, though n
more active market IS reported in San
Francisco, with one purchase OF
| 800 600 pounds for Boston account, An
| invoice of 10000 lbs secured new clip
! California has just been received here, and
there is also reported sale of 30 900 lbs
new middle county spring at 2ic. An ap-
Proclamation Of the prices at which such
| wool must be bought to meet the neces.
sites OF manufacturers NAV be gained
from the fact that Michigan X can be M.
chased here to day at 74c secured Adyices
from Oregon are to the effect that the clip
OF Eastern Oregon will be 1000. 900 lbs larger
than last year, or 100000 lbs in ALL
Beside the California, about the only new
wool yet received comprise small invoices
OF inferior grades from Kentucky, a little
hne from Texas, and some fat sheep's VIC oil
from Ohio and Missouri. Medium Missouri
fat sleeps fleece sold at 2S and Ohio do. at
SOC. Advces from Kentucky report some
purchases in the interior of that state at
25l to 26c and up to PC for The grade
above alluded to. This Z selection IS the
most salable wool in the United States 10.
day. But for the regular run of Kentucky
wool there is no demand here which will
warrant purchases at above Doc in Louis
vile for wool in understandable condition
free OF bury, black and COTS. A full
quotation for oRe-iourth. blood, unwashed
combing and clothing IN Boston to-day
Is 2Sc, and for coarse combipg % to Nc
There is no change in Texas, the San An
tonic market being reported Quiet at o5 &c
26c for the best wool of twelve months
growth.
The receipts Of foreign wool continue tt
as onish everybody. There have been som,
further large sales at Montevideo at about
Si,, and Australian at As to 46Ic duty paid
One OF the mills from whom Australian
wool was bought at the last English sale
nave Just landed 3OO bales at Il price equiv
slent to 40c duty paid after the LIST of July
| Vhpn tha wool 10 N hn tak - A.
the forthcoming reduction OF duties, ant
the consequent expectation of an America,
demand, is perhaps one reason why tn,
auction sales in London opened this weel
stronger than was anticipated. Our cabl
advices from there salt: Attendance an,
competition good. Fine clothing wool
steady at March quotations All cross
breds except the finest are weak Coars
AMI deep-grown cross-breds 10 per cent low
er."
The total receipts since January LIST noy
amount to liz 097 bales domestic and 20 30
bales foreign, against 107 .5l5 bales domesti
and - 9io bales foreign for the same tim
, in 1882. an increase of l. $50 bales dome sti
and 1886 bales foreign.
The total sales reported since January
! 1883 have been 81, 0l6 $40 pounds, aVains
4l,OSS,O5 pounds an increase of 4, Slt 80
pounds.
To-DAys QUOTATIONS
WooL-Mexican free of burrs, - to 1ic Mex
lean improved, IL TO lSc; coarse IL TO lQc
coarse medium 10 to 2nc medium 20 TO Ole
fine Medium, u to 2sc; fine wool, according
dirt and condition, IL to 2Sc bury, TO lOc. D,
10. leAs, according to burrs.
, HIpks Heavy hides II lbs, and up SCUM,
lSc: light hides, under II lbs, free OF grubs, 10
light hides, damaged or one grub or more, ~
bulls, bad and damaged, Sc dry sailed, lOt
wet sailed, &c green hides. g..
PEiral.s-D, er skins, 20 TO 25c antelope
to loo goat skins, Is TO 25e; sheep pelts, as p,
i wool, 20 to CSC; shearling'. 10 to l5c,
TALLow-Prime tallow, &c tallow grease, 8
n 5.o; grease, yellow to brown, 4 TO Sc
BkrswAx-prime yellow, go dark and adu
terated, 10 to 200