The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-10
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Sales md Prices for tho Week Just Closed.
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Sales md Prices for tho Week Just Closed.
Wilson iii Interfering. b.
American ll'oo' and Cotton Reporter, Boston, Ftb. s,
Tho leading features OF tho week have
been tho ealo OF l,0l5,O0O pounds OF tinc
and fine medium territory woods to largo
Now England wors,cd, dress goods and
cashmere mills, tho saIo OF abou. III, 900
pounds OF NN Ohio to tho Providence
Worstod Mills and the purchase Of $50
bags high.grNde d supors OF Armonr &
Co., by leading wool house In this
market. Other sales OF smaller volume,
are alluded to farther on in this report,
show also how active wool has boon, and
that manufacturers have operated in u
liberal way.
While there have boon fully S,706,.
500 pounds OF domestic wool sold this
week, tho greater portion was taken on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, tho de.
mand having slackcncd considerably
since tho 4th. This period Of du,lness
may BIO attributed, in measure, to tho
trend Of affairs at Washington tho past
week, for there Is no doubt but that the
surprising largo majority who were
found to support the tariff bill on its
final passage in the house has had a
somewhat depressing effect on the mar
ket, many having lost confidence in tho
belief that tho pending bill would DO
defeated in the senate, but the market
is no weaker anywhere as yet, nor Is 1t
quotably stronger OH anything, despite
the liberal purchases. All arc firm
holders at quotations, but no ono is dis
posed to predict any higher prices for
wool for some time to come.
Almost all classes OF consumers have
been represented the past week. The
men's-wear worsted and dress goods
mills have been free purchasers OF fine,
and fine medium territories, on basis
OF from IS TO IS cents, clean, while the
cashmere and hosiery people have
taken the shorter selections. But tho
underwear manufacturers, who last
week we're purchasing secured woods
freely, have, most OF them, enough for
the present to use IN getting out their
samples, and have consequently not
visited the market. Secured territory
woods hnve been we'll cleaned up for the
time being. Another grade OF wool Of
which the market is almost bare is low
braid combings and stock Of similar
character. These woods are held by
one or two houses, and it is doubtful II
there has been time in years when
there was less on hand than to-day,
The principal movement in tleeces
this week has been the large sale of NX
Ohio, noted elsewhere; this wool was
taken by tho Providence worsted mills
ut pc, costing, secured, about 74c. Ohio
Nwools have sold in only small way
at 2lc, but delaines have been more &C.
tive, $4,000 pounds having changed
hands. in one instance, at Csc: 24,OOO
pounds at 24}c, and $4,000 pounds at
24c. Tho latter figure represents about
the market to-day. except it DO for
choice selection. Michigan delaine is
held at 22n23c, but &c is the market,
and ut that va.ue small amount of
wool has been sold. No. l clothing
woods which have so long been neglected
have received some inquiry tho past
week, and at 22a23c for Michigan and
2Sa24c for Ohio have moved in 4 limited
manner. Quartev-blood and three.
eiShth-blood unwasned combings have
been in fair demand, one.fourth-blood
at l9c and three-eighth at l0a2Oc. In
the wool growing sections OF Ohio
holders still continue firm in Interviews,
which arc far above this market. The
principal sale in the state this week was
10000 pounds OF fine. choice wool to a
leading wool dealer in Wheeling, W.
Va, at better than Zoe. s