The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-01
THE WEEKS ACTIVITIES ON THE
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
WILL NEED ALL GROWN
Prospects for Lively Trading Decid-
eddy 1rieht-Lisht Stocks Make
Commodity Good Property.

Sales of wool for the week on the
Boston market aggregated 1887, 900
pounds. OF this amount 2,12O,O 900
pounds was territory. which sold at
from Ice to 21c a pound.
The market has been quieter the
past week, following the large bust
ness previously consummated.@ Still,
there is q very fair inquiry for the
medium Glasses of wool, and sales are
being made right along, though not as
q rule in large amounts, says the
American Wool and Cotton reporter.
The big mills have been represented
in the market, but they have been
busy mostly in proving up woods AL
ready bought, though in some cases
they have taken on a little more wool,
and quite a number of trades on ter
ritorial woods are said to be pending.
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the trade who are quite confident that
in the course of the next three or four
weeks there will be some quite large
purchases of wool made, as there are
not wanting indications to their minds
that certain large consumers are about
ready to operate.
Doing. An Average Trade.
Be this as it may, there is an aver
age trade being done at present, and
those who are buying generally need
the woods and they want them shipped
Immediately, for manufacturers as
rule r not heavily stocked. The de-
mand is still for the medium woods
than other grades, and there is a
growing belief that the former are
going to be scarce. The demand or
the other side OF the water also, is
for the same class of stock, prices of
which continue very firm. Territorial
medium woods are in especially good
request, and holders find no difficulty
in selling such stock.
OF course, if the present tendency
continues, it is only a question OF time
when the price of medium will get so
very close to the price Of fine medium
that onsume who, under ordinary
conditions, would use fine medium will
switch off to the latter. The bulk OF
the clip of this country runs to fine
medium and fine, and it will not take
consumers long at the pace which
they have been following in the past
few months, to S up the available
supplies of medium woods. Already
some houses report a somewhat better
inquiry for fine and fine medium.
Very fine woods go with a fair readi-
ness and have sold with a fair degree
of freedom all Through the season,
woods grading Xxx, or very fine Ne
vada, or fine Australian, but it is ordi-
nary fine territory grading around an
x, that is and has been slow.
Prices Continue FIRM.
Prices continue quite firm. although
some claim that on fine and fine me-
dunn territory a purchaser may be
able to operate slightly more to his
own advantage than a few weeks pre-
viously, but there is no lowering OF
quotations on anything. Holders real
ize that stocks of wool at the sea-
board are light as compared with a
year ago, and are not inclined to make
any material concessions in prices.
A very steady market seems to be
anticipated by the members OF the
wool trade, and consumers who come
into the market, hoping to wiring con-
SESSIONS from holders will find that
they are up against a pretty firm sit
uation. Whatever curtailment of con-
sumption has taken place will, OF
course, be Offset to some extent, at
any rate, by the reduced yield of wool
this year, and by the decrease IN the
supplies carried over from the pre-
vious clip, supplies of foreign woods in
Ill quarters, as we have repeatedly
shown. being considerably less than a
year ago
plenty Mill Orders.
The mems wear wooden mills are
ven supplied with orders as a rule
and 6heir agents are feeling we'll ove1
tha sit,ration. A number of the dress
eoods mills have also received salts
factory orders, but the business OF th*
mems wear worsted mills is in many
4nstanoes reported as comparatively
slow. and representatives OF the lat
-. = : rule, do not talk very en-