The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-06
WOOL, HIDES AND PELTRIES.

The latest advices from Boston state that
in hides there has been no movements of
importance for several days past; prices
are unchanged, with Montevideo A. % l.2c;
dry Cordova at - TO 22tc. Cordova kips at
23c; heavy Texas at lie; Texas kips at
IL lie; dry western at 10 IL to Is lie, and
several lots of wet sailed western at o, for
prime bull and to 7lc for seconds; Cal
cutta hides have been quiet, and prices {, "a
nominal; in tanned goat skins sales have
been of 30 bales at 65 to zoe, and G5 bales of
tanned sheep at 81 IL to Coo, as to quality
The Sunset railroad has carried out of
San Antonio this season l $50 900 pounds
OF wool.
The Textile Record puts it briefly thu {:
IL is marvellous how sheep and wool grow
ing have increased in this country within
the last fifteen or twenty years. In 1850
there were only about 23,000,OOO sheep in
the United States. We now have nearly
5O.0OO,0OO, in 1860 the wool clip amounted
to only GO 100000 pounds to-day it is near
800 100000 pounds-an increase within
this period of over two fold of sheep, and
five fold in the production of wool, giving
unmistakable evidence of our advance in
this industry.
Extreme dizziness and prostration is re-
ported in the wool market at the east. The
New Yo'k Commercial Bulletin SAYS:
Advices from all primary points are tame,
and, indeed, it is the occasion of remarks
that so little has been done toward open.
ing negotiations and fixing the rates for
new clips. Neither the manufacturer nor
dealer appears to be represented, except in
Isolated cases, and speculation seems to
have become completely PROSTATE. Su, :
plies of domestic yools at this point are
quite limited, but il is expected that con
siderable quantities of foreign will become
available after June |, and from the pres.
ent outlook there is not likely to be much
demand for it,"
A wool-buyer of long Texas experience
and representing very high eastern connec-
tions said to-day: "rhere is one wool buy
er in Texas this season representing eastern
manufacturers and dealers in place of fifty,
as is generally the case. Such q drug OF
wool, attended by present circumstan
has not been known for nyears in Texas.
have within two weeks visited the leading
wool centers. Three hundred thousand
pounds have accumulated at Taylor, $4,000
at Abilene, 100000 at Colorado City, $50 600
at Albany, 500 600 at Lampassas, 100000
at San Antonio, and so with other points in
proportion to their Importance Us wool mar
kets"
To-DAY's QUOTATIONS..
WcoL-Mexican free of burrs, 10 to iic Mex
lean improved, IL TO lSc coarse, II to Zoe /;
coarse medium, 10 to 2Oc medium, 20 to bic !;
fine medium, q to 2Sc /; fine wool, according TO
dirt and condition, Is to 2Sc bury, 3 to loo. per
-. less. according to burrs.
Hinrs- Heavy hides II lbs. and up sound,
lSc: hight hides, under IL lbs free OF grubs loo
light hides, damaged or one grub or more, Sc !;
bulls, bad and damaged Sc dry sailed, loo !:
wet sailed. 10 green hides, IT,.
PELrsIss-p; or skins, 20 to 25c antelope, 10
to l6c goat skins, Is to $50 ; sheep pets, rs per
wool 20 to 6'c sheatling,. 10 to l5c.
TALLow-Prime tallow, Co; talow grease, 5 to
SIC; grease, yellow to brown, 4 to SC.
BkRswAx-Prime yellow, &c dark and adul.
tcrated, Is to 20c.