The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-17

ern trade are doing scarcely anything
in the west, although keeping in close
touch with the course of affairs there.
stored in Boston, with the exception
of those grown in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, has resulted in a free out
ward movement of the raw material
and merchants have been quite active
in forwarding woods to their destina-
tons, which is reflected in decidedly
increased shipments.
London Sales.
The London sales opened up on
Tuesday of this week fully as favor
ably as was expected. 1t would not
have been surprising to some mem
bers of the trade if merinos had
shown some easing off, but, as a mat
ter of fact, the sales opened with
merinos unchanged and prices well
maintained as compared with the
close of the preceding series, and with
average to low crossbreds 5 per
cent lower. There was a good attend
ance at the sales and good competi-
ton, and the net available offerings
were about $50, 900 bales which were
very small as compared with the av-
erage of recent years, although not
materially less than those of 1902.
Texas and California.
Texas woods generally are not very
active las there is so little here to do
with; but some further sales of fine
short Texas-eight months growth
have been made the past week at the
prices previously quoted, 1S@1Skc,
equivalent to a clean cost of 53@55c.
Years growth Texas-what little
there is here's held at 19c. Fall
Texas is in short supply and firm at
46@47c, clean.
California woods continue quiet and.
featureless. A few small lots have
been disposed of, at prices ranging all
the way from a third of a dollar,
clean, for defective stock, which has
to be carbonized, up to SIC for a nice
northern fine wool. Middle county
wool has sold at 4Sc,, clean. Good
free fall is quotable at 45c, clean.
Oregon woods continue quiet, but with
prices nominally unchanged. Stocks
are small.
Territories.
In territory woods we have a some
what larger movement to report this
week. The demand has not been
very active and the inquiry has been
mostly for only moderate-sized lots,
but the volume of the sales made has
increased. Thus one house which
sold 100, 900 pounds reported that this
amount went to at least a half dozer
different consumers. Some fine and
fine medium Utahs, Wyomings and
Montanas have been disposed of, ane
some medium Idahos. Fine medium
Utahs and Nevadas have sold at 15H
@16c, a decline of Zee from the TOT
quotations reached. Medium Idaho:
have sold at 16@16kc, as compared
with previous sales at l6@l7c
Choice Montanas at 1S@19c for FINE
medium and medium. On the clear
basis, territorial woods have sold a!
follows: Fine medium clothing 4S@
soc; fine, 52@53c; fine staple, $40
55c, although some claim that tn
choicest staple woods have sold a
} slightly better than 55c; but it take
an exceptionally good territorial woo
to bring 55c. Medium territory sell
for 45@46c for clothing woods IN
demand has been chiefly for the cloth
ing rather than the staple woods Con
sumers show a disinclination to pa,
soc for fine medium, but some hole
ers will not sell for less.
The woods around Phoenix, Arizona
have been pretty we'll cleaned VI
Some of the early shorn fed woods a
st. Paul and Chicago have sold a
15h @16c in the grease, and occasion
ally for a little more money, beln
bought by a local mill, the woods be
ing sold on a basis which means 4St
clean. landed in Boston.
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts of wool in Boston TIL
week, last week and for the CORE
sponding week Of last year are a
follows:
This week, 1850 bales domestic
1882 bales foreign. Total, 14,6e
bales.
Last week, 1886 bales domestic
4,4S3 bales foreign. Total, 1871
bales.
4 Last wear. S.772 bales domestic