Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-07
WOOL MARKET.
APPLE ARRIVING HERE IN
FAIR QUANTITY.
X kfrOm the Boston, New York and
Markets---MOre
Shipments From
Here.
GREAT FALLS, July 8.

49,
Il quantities. No efforts are be-
L by wool-growers to force sales.
Dlers and buyers are disposed to
while and let business develop
!. The possibility that the Mills
Il may be disposed of in some
1ny moment, for the session, causes
nty in the wool trade and accounts
r. the disposition to defer transac-
Meanwhile this market continues
Nj satisfaction to growers. Their
stored free of charge in new
n 1rehouse provided with scales, as
4 with every security against fire.
X lroad track adjolns the platform,
h& the wool can be shipped with
|Ay expense for loading direct to
Sastern market. All this is a
Nh improvement on the old
W. and is much appreciated by all
he'd. The First National bank is
Y attention to the wool business and
transactions. The first con-
" mt Of wool from here is now near
Ibston. 1t was forwarded by Zim-
" IN Brothers to Luce & Manning Of
v and will undoubtedly arrive
xStly in good condition and give that
= a good opinion Of this years Mon
|1lip.
y &direct shipment of wool will be fa-
I'd by the arrival at Duluth Of the
er Northern Light. This splendid
H er has been built for the Manitoba
Ia and will be followed by others.
trade between Duluth and Buffalo,
orming with the railroad direct
from Great Falls to the head of the
canal, as we'll as the net work of
las that have their focus at Buffalo.
advices from the eastern markets
the sSth ult.: According to the
ban Wool Reporter the Boston mar
Is very quiet. The past week had
pne Of the dullest that the present
A period has witnessed. Compare
4 few manufacturers have been in
ket, and these indisposed to buy but
bdicum to piece out their present
OPENING PRICES.
Ito the movement of the new clip,
Receipts of domestic wool at Boston
lhe story, showing as they do a de-
1eof 55,7s4 bags over the correspond
beriod of 1887. In Maine 10 to 20
! is asked, and some Vermont medi-
: being taken at 20 cents. Wools IN
Sigan are more active; % to 23 cents
Ing paid for average woods, while %
has been paid for choice light clips.
and Pennsylvania are still dormant.
! wool is being held at 20 to 30 cents,
lin the fine wool sections, but such
taken sells at 25 cents. These prices
bio and Michigan are regarded as
tents above safe operating basis.
Thought that more eastern manufac-
IS than usual are operating in these
this year on account of the small
Is Of these woods at the seaboard. In
ma little is doing, wools being held
to 25 cents. In Texas only fair
is doing at the present. In Mon
this Boston report says, very little
is off yet, but the wet, cold spring,
the good feed, is expected to rather
pve the lightness and strength of the
e. Considerable new wool is on the
from Wyoming and Utah, and also
Oregon.
A STEADY TONE IN NEW YORK.
pm New York better report comes.
market continues dull in everything
y the new Texas woods. The de-
for these woods can not be called
but the receipts are SO limited that
are taken up about as fast as they
i'll, Very little has come In this
week, and the large sales during the
Fortnight have pretty well cleaned up
stock Of these woods. The market
Shows steady tone, with prices bet
sustained than on any others, and very
Y shading has to be done in order to
ct sales. The high prices which have
n paid for some Of these woods in
as and the comparatively small arri-
In the, northern markets thus far
9 made buyers rather disposed to pay
asking prices, which, however, are
! low.
Philadelphia the market has been
quiet and there is little improve
t. 1t is impossible to interest manu-
lrers enough to induce them to buy
IS, except to supply immediate needs.
experience Of years which has been
lulated into what might be called an
'e OF the trade, that "when new woods
'ar, buyers appear" has been set at
5ht this year and proven to be false.
re is a scarcity Of buyers, and it can
be said with truth that there is a