Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-25

Stock I'm SiHht.
Stoc III StSht
ri OF receipts at the four principal mar
OVER A MILLION POUNDS A DAY.
Sales of Wool for the Inst Week
Mcrc Llrgs for the SruSnu.

BOSTON, Jan, 2L-The Amcricin Wool and
Cotton Reporter says of the wool trade:i'Al-
though the market has, oNtoriorly, presented
n quiet aspect. the evidence of a strong UNDER
current is found in the fact that over 1901, 900
pounds of wool CAS-, $50 pounds have this
week been sold In the three principal markets.
a good share Of which was domestic stock. The
sales In the corresponding period of 1895 amounted
to 6,909, 800 pounds. The STRENGTHENING of prices
Of foreign VIC seems at length to have conf
mcncod 10 divert attention to some kinds of do
mcstic which have been rather slow OF Into.
We think we see evidence of this In the Larger
sales Of territories and other sorts this wceS.
The fact of the disposal Of moro VOL THIS week,
when business generally is hs-ot with the grave
nnnoyaace, not to my danger, with which the
current financial condition rs disturbing IL, seems
Ia us good pirsumptive evidence that with the
currency question out of the way, the Wool and
erabiy better condition than II was a year ago.
The statistical position Of the staple is such as
to render q belief in u good future value cf wool
a highly rational one. The sales since January
!. 1896. have amounted TO ., isS, $50 pounds, as
1885,
amounted to l,S9S. 900 pounds. OF which 1880
pounds were domestic, and l,605. 900 foreign, maxi
ing a total sincc January of $685. 900 pounds;
amounted 10 / ,7o5,eoo pounds. Dealers are Offer
ing woods much more freely, and. aided by the
enabled to obtain very satisfactory prices.
we're ,,T"H s sa ,5se at pou ms,i'a II 'p@ San tf the a nS'' s Ms .seS
pounds of foreign wool. making a total for the
w wee -, Of f. l AZ i So,, pounds sr s ;5e cs s,nss Jangsly no. J..
Rod last year. 2,367. lG5 pounds. The domestic.
some merchants. while others who have had
a fair amount of wool out on sample tests
hay !!Ths s'o ssies SU "e G fhi e soS' % N aggregate close
upon a half million pounds The s,rsnsth OF the
mills freely paying tho advance. and orders
from the cast are given beErndgiaslyS;,
though sh'f sales have BEEN again fully s5O.dS to
100000 pounds, with offers refused on several
nSosroN' Jan. 2A.-rhe Boston Commercial
Bulletin Will say tomorrow: only ~ per cent
Australian is being sold In big blocks and on a
slowly advancing market, the 70 quality sellmS
woods are most injuriously affecting the sale,
of American; a pound of this SECURED stock
greasy American wool. 1t is charged that these
woods are not natural woods washed but that
lean stock by Il carhonizing process. The sule,
Of the week arc: l,5e2, 900 lbs. domestic and
nestle and 1876 900 lbs. foreign last week, and
%9,3is.ooO lbs. domestic and Log. oaa lbs. foreign
date show an increase of S,ss5. 600 lbs. domestic
and 2!G 500 lbs ,se- foreign Tt9d over we the sales to the
an increase of 2,sSS bales domestic and 1i.747
bales foreign.
LONDoN, Ian. 2i.-At the wool auction sales
today 1i,Gs2 bales were offerrd, of which 500
We're Withdrawn. An '%excellent selection was Of
lerci. including a lot of better merinos, suitable
full prices. Germany was a large buyer of
merinos, while the bulk OF cross breds were
taken by Yorkshire. There was n good Russian
demand for super secured. while the tendency
for medium and course cross BREEDS was not so
Following are the sales in detail: New South
Wales, 4,192 bales; secured, od@1s lo+ad: greasy,
SHisGmis' rr 9nsSnSi I1GIs i;i$t h vic,ar; sGoe ! sd; laid 81
greasy, 5a9Ad. swan River, ITO bales: s]courei.,
secured ,5@Ge,5d. New zealanI,, ,a,as, bales;
secured; S,4a@ls' greasy Gagoio'sd; Cape of
Is I'd; greasy, Olad.