Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
From Fridays Boston Journal.

The business of the week shows some
increase from the small transactions of
last week. but the market is still dull and
unsatisfactory. Holders of old stocks
are anxious to close up and prepare for
the new wool that will be on the market
during the next three months. but buyers
are Indifferent and have evidently made
up their minds to make haste slowly, as
from the present outlook the supplies of
both domestic and foreign wool will be
quite equal to all their wants. The bust
ness for some weeks past has been of We
ry small proportions compared with pre-
viOus years. and it has been seldom that
we have had such a lifeless market to re-
port. Labor troubles. tariff agitation
and the large receipts of foreign wool
have forced manufacturers to move eau
tiously, not only in making contracts for
goods but in stocking up with wool, and
we see no prospect of any immediate
change for the better. The fact is new
domestic will soon be arriving from all
points, and buyers will soon have a much
better assortment to select from. The
market is already well supplied with fine
foreign wool. and the entire clip of the
the week amount to l,GS5,00O pounds of
all kinds.
There has been no movement of any
Importance in the new clip of California
nd Lot Of
been sold here but the price was not
named. The receipts of Southern and
Middle country wool at san Francisco
have been large. Northern will not be
The sales of wool in the grease have been
all the way up from II - to 10 l-2 cents
per pound and secured at As to 81 cents.
These prices are considered altogether
too high. and when freight and other eX-
penses are added they are more than cur
rent rates here. The lower rates of
freight have so far been of no benefit to
Eastern buyers, the farmers realizing all
the advantage. Quite IA number of BDs-
ton buyers have started for Texas this
week and that market has not opened as
yet. Further sales are reported on the
sleeps back, and it is said that as high
a. % cents has been paid for very choice
light stock, but these prices are far above
the views of parties here and are likely to
settle down considerably. In the terri
tories Is to 20 cents is asked for wool that
sold last year at - to Ii cents per pound.
1t is evident extreme prices cannot be sus-
tanned and that wool is opening too high,
The market for combing and delaine
fleeces has been quiet, and nothing of any
; consequence has been done. Prices of
, No. | combing are nominal and the arti-
Gle is scarce. Fine delaine is easier, with
! sales of 1900 pounds at 81 to 80 cents
, for Michigan and "a to "a cents for Ohio
In unwashed combing nothing of any
consequence has been done and the sales
4 have been confined to small lots, includ
, ing 800 pounds one-quarter blood Ken
lucky and 1900 pounds delaine on private
terms. The business is unwashed wool,
+. has not been to any extent, comprising
1919, 900 pounds of all kinds The sales OF
territory have been $4,000 pounds at 10 tC
% cents, and 3400 pounds Montana at Is
to % cents. In Georgia sales of 25,OIt
= pounds, and in Oregon sales of 45,OO'
pounds on private terms. The sales OF
unwashed and understandable have beer
, IS 800 pounds, and include 1900 pounds
at "a to 26 cents, $4,000 pounds at p
cents, 700 pounds medium at 26 cents
5000 pounds at % cents, and $500 pounds
at 81 cents per pound.