The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-09
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Ii"sion--Tho American Wool md Cotton 10.
porter VIII tly 10 morrow OF tho wool trade.
Tho market ruled quiet Now mud then n
tolind lot Of wool has been disposed Of, but the
transactions NJ tho rast week hnyo been iRUStly
Oi small pRtcClL Tho number NJ purchases In
tho mDfkGt has been Eninll, aud most Of those
who hnVO appeared have bought Eparlnyy III
foreign wool there lRN been less doing than last
week, Whllo IN domestic htOCR, except IN tall'
iothlh mud Montana woods, there have been low
tTdnSnCliOiN worthy OF note The wUnk open.
Ing of tho London sales nnIlIcsiOnaby ctprtrd
| M Influence on tho market, but lucSday's dis.
patches Indicated hardening tendency In tho
prices 81 good woods, which has somewhat
stllcncd the Ideas OF thOSp Interested In foreign
| stocks. A factor which has acted nniaTOrAbly
on the market has been the labor disturbances
IN OlncyvIllc, near Providence, Il !, The mills
affected By tho labor tfOubcS nto very large pllr'
| chaSets Of WOOL aud the withdrawal Of the lie.
| nnnd from this market has certainly exercised
| al nppfccIabio effect on tho weeks business.
Latest RdvlCcs from tho wool growing sections
Indicate that the purchasing fever has some.
what cooled OF, anu that nnaltA arc somewhat
| QuiCieF. There has been ds'cioped this season.
| however, a tendency among traders III tho In.
tetlor who are not regular wool buyers, 10 buy
wool GU account Of 10 top price. These outside
parties, who would buy any thing II II wa cheap.
| whether cotton, leather or iron. have been led
| 70 lay hold OF wool, bhsing their action on the
| theory that thcfc has been an advance IN other
lines OF stable merchandise and that wool will
lDiIuWt LUIS HItCNlhllNV uuIlIk NHOUg llONt
outside ri the wool trade hnS not as yet assumed
| large proportions hut II Il dlscGrnRble md
worthy Of note. There IL no speculative buying,
however, among members Of The wool trade.
| Tho result has bocn n quIcting down. Prices
| have ruled steady IN this market, aud trans
| actions have been mostly on the basis OF quota.
lions RS previously given. The sales Of the week
amount 10 lE9,SDO pounds Of domestic aud VA
| 900 pounds n foreign, mlElng total OF 2SI3 800
against tOtal OF SIC. 100 for tho previous week
| md II total Of l6jG,301 pounds for the CORE
| spending week last year
| Tho sales siucc January !. 1896. amount to s..
| %l.s5O pounds, against 10, 1850 pounds year
| ago. .'
Tho aggregate sales In Philadelphia have
| amounted 10 200 pounds.
L"nion-Thcrc was n good Attendance nj tho
wool auction nlcs to-day aud the demand was
| brisk, especially Tor better grades. American
| buyers bought superior greasy. The number OF
withdrawn. Tho following arc the sales In de-
| tail:
New South wacs-G.li7 bales; secured - IDA
| Is llil: greasy 3l,agEd.
| Quccnsland-5l bales: greasy 3idl7ki.
NiciohA-3.ii5 bales: secured sI:dalS ID:
| greasy y Inls ~
South AuStrAliu-JS bales greasy Ij,daG1,d.
| TANmAniA-25l bales; secured Jiidagd.
New Zenlnnd-l,GS bHles; secured Gj4dals I'd;
| greasy jItdagiyn.
CAPE OF Good Hope and Satal-GS5 bales;
secured Gt,dslldi greasy jlnid.
PuniA AFcnas-l66 bales; greasy Jitda6i.d.
| New iork-WOoi firm