The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-09
WEEKLY WOOL MARKET.

Rcported exclusively for the NEWS by @. II. Good
hne g. Co. Providence and BostonJ
The wool market is quieter than last
reported. This is true in both domestic
and foreign woods. However. there is
much more wool selling than there was a
year ago, the sales for the week amount
ing to q 2174.000 lbs, against 1875, 12l lbs.
for the corresponding week last year.
There is one thing which must be taken
into consideration, and that is that this
is practically the end of the old clip sea-
son, as new woods are now coming for
ward, and of course there is but COM
paratively light stock of wool here TO
draw from. Dealers are making a special
effort to clean up their old wool, vet man
nfacturers but only what they need and
hold very steady and are probably on
bottom.
Fleece woods have not been in demand
this week. in fact there is not much
good stock to choose from. Ohio Y has
been purchased in small lots at % cents.
cents. The first was the ruling figure,
though. Combng and delaine woods are
both quiet and uninteresting.
There has been some demand the past
week for unwashed and understandable
woods at prices ranging from 10 to %
cents; understandable Ohio wools have
generally brought % cents. One OF the
most important changes in the market
this week has been the falling off in the
demand for medium and quarter-blood
woods. Actual sales have been made at
25 and 2516 cents. Sales of "a and II bloods
have been made at % and ~ cents.
There is very little that is new to note
in Texas woods. The markets have not
fairly opened there as yet and are not
likely to for some weeks Sales of spring
Texas have been made in this market at
IL to 20 cents, or about So cents cleaned.
California WOODS are quiet, some secured
spring have sold on a basis of 52l4 cents.
There is considerable wool on the way
from California to this market. Most
of it is middle and southern county woods.
Oregon woods are slow of sale. They are
heavy and shrink on an average 40 per
cent.
Thus at IS cents these woods woud
bring 60 cents secured, which is consid
cred high for them. New Oregon lambs
are here and are worth Is and 10 cents in
the grease or AS to 80 cents secured.
There has been no animation i'll terri
tory woods since our last report. Manu-
facturers as a rule prefer n choice fine
medium wool to fine grade. and would
pay 55 cents for the former without much
haggling. Some new Nevada woods have
been received on this market and are held
at Is and 10 cents. Equivalent TO 50 cents
secured cost. New Arizona woods have
sold from As to So cents. New Wyoming
is held at "A cost equivalent to 81 and 81
cents secured.
The past week has been fair one in
pulled woods. Ii supers and low medium
comburgs are well sold up, and are in de-
mand at AZ To 45 cents. Australians
have been quiet this week, that is, SEEM
inglo so, sales having been made in such
small lots. The total for the week has
been very fair. Most sales were effected
on basis ranging from % to az cents.
There ia not plnch wnpl tn he had unQar
65 cents. There is a fair reasonable de-
mand for carpet woods.
3 The receipts Of wool in Boston for the
past week we're 1880 bales, against 14.753
Daes previous week, and 6,053 bales for
the same week last year.
Total receipts since January have been
III, 7,732 bales domestic and S6, 100 bales
foreign, against l05 033 bales domestic and
90, 26s bales foreign for the corresponding
period of 1891