The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-22

talking less QlSCOuFaSluSly OI inc SlI-
uation.
The cold Gather which we are ex-
~periencing at this writing is benefit
ing the o~vercoating business, and, ii
we have ~seasonable winter weather,
the opening of the heavyweight sea-
son, it is expected, will not be an
u~nfavorable one, as far as the vol
ume of the demand is concerned.
The wool trade derive some encour
! agement, also, from the more favor
| able reports received from abroad.
According to cables received this
week, the market in australia has adj
vanced I'D on both merinos and cros
breds, and the South American mar
ket is reported as being slightly more
in favor of the seller.
Texas and California.
The felt makers, kersey and car
riage cloth manufacturers and others
have been buyers of Texas woods this
week, taking quite a good-sized line
of fall Texas wool which is reported
to have amounted to not far from
a half million pounds, and some eight
months wool. A large felt oncern is
reported to have taken both fall woods
and eight months stock. Fall woods
have sold on the basis of about 45c;
and the eight months wool On the
basis of about 4Sc, clean, the fall
woods bringing in the grease about
15c, and the eight months 17@18c.
sized line of IL months wool, which
brought as high as 55@57c, clean,
and which cleans up the stock OF
years growth Texas on the market.
A renewed interest has been shown
in California woods and about half a
million pounds have been moved, in
Guiding middle county woods, which
sold on a clean basis of 47@4Sc, and
some nice northern woods, which
brought zoe in the grease. or soc,
clean.
In Oregon wool some interest is be-
ing shown and ONE sample bales are
reported as having been taken out,
although no business worth reporting
has yet been put through.
Territories.
There is a continued good call for
territories, although the demand is not
quite al sharp as it was, but nego-
tiations are in progress at this writ
ing which are likely to result in some
very good business before long. The
demand, the past week, has extended
from the fine to the low woods, fine
and fine medium receiving proper
tionately more attention than was a
case a month ago.
Two or three Philadelphia concerns
have been in the market, one OF them
purchasing low territory woods, and
another %half-blood territory.
Fine staple territory has been in
better request, and some very choice
stock has sold as high as 55c, clean.
Fine clothing has sold at 50@52c.
Fine medium has sold all the way from
As to SOC, clean, an everage price
for good wool being 46@48c, though
some high fine medium is reported
as having sold at 48@49c. Stubby
fine medium has sold at 45c. Some
New Mexican has sold at 43@44c,
but it was Of inferior quality. Quar-
ter-blood territory of good grade has
sold at 42c, and three-eighths and
half-blood at 43@45c.
The sales have included Montanas,
Wyomings, Idahos, Utahs, C%olorados
and Dakotas within the range OF the
quotations given. Fine medium Idahos
have sold at 16@16hc in the grease,
and Wyomings at 16@16kc, a con-
siderable amount of strictly fine wool
moving at soc, clean, which is the
ruling price for strictly fine clothing
wool.
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts of wool in Boston this
week, last week and for the CORE
spending week of last year were as
follows:
This week-S,605 bales domestic;
1904 bales foreign. Total, 10,5O9 bales.
Last week-S,S36 bales domestic;
1862 bales foreign. Total, 11,798 bales.
Last year-13,296 bales domestic;
1851 bales foreign. Total, 1854 bales.
The total receipts since January l.
have been 65::,?65 bales of domestic
and 180,878 bales of foreign wool,
against 755,465 bales of domestic and
1892 bales of foreign wool for the
corresponding time last year. This is