The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-23

make d LTGUC, anu IL COu0uAASA - ~.
receiving the business which he con-
siders he should be receiving, he will
be a very moderate purchaser OF wool
He also realizes that from now on the
stocks of woods in the market will be
increasing. In the next month or SIX
weeks there will We large arrivals OF
wool in the Boston market and selec-
tions will, in all probability, show a
decided. increase, and until the man
ufacturer has a more definite knowl-
edge than he now possesses as to the
character and size of the demand for
lightweight goods, he will probably
be in no hurry to lay in large lines OF
new woods, especially if he is obliged
to pay materially higher prices than
he has been paying for wool. The
course of the goods market, as we
have before remarked, will be a de-
! termining factor in this matter.
Quieter in the West.
In the west, except for the transac-
| lions in Oregon referred to, things
appear to have quieted down recently
and some houses have taken their
buyers out of the field. Here and
there some of the growers are report
ed as being somewhat easier in their
ideas as to the value of wool, but
prices as a whole are we'll sustained
and such transactions as are reported
are at or very near the top figures
of the season. Abroad the situation
continues to be characterized by
strength and latest advices are to
the effect that the next London sales
will open up firm on merinos n
probably slightly higher on cross
breds. M
Texas, California and Oregon.
Texas vols in this market are quiet
for the reason that the short woods
are all cleaned up and the IL months
woods are in small supply. Prices
here are unchanged. In Texas a lit
| Tie LIZ mOuLuS WOOl II "
have sold at Kerrville and other
~places at 16@16Ac, to cost 52@53c,
clean, landed. Along the line OF, the
Southern Pacific 8 months stock has
sold at 14@15c, to cost, clean. 4@
48c, In one instance 14kc is report
ed to have been declined for s months
woods. In most localities there is
still a deadlock between the buyers
and sellers, the latter wanting in a
number of cases 16@17c for s months
stock and TIC and upward for II
months. ia
In Oregon the markets are opening
up at extreme prices, the general
run of woods selling at 13k@15c, the
woods costing 50@52c, clean, landed
!, Woods could be bought IN this marke1
fully as cheaply as they have been II
Oregon. ....5 ...
In the California woods there ha'
been but little business put through
: in this market. The new woods ar
coming in and Red Bluff woods are of
fered at 21c, but with few takers
Some sample bales are reported t.
have been taken for consumers &C
= count, to cost, clean, between 30 am
55c; some of the woods will cost clos
to 55c, it is claimed.
3 Territories.
D The demand for territorial wool ha
= improved. Manufacturers have show
:" more of an inclination to take hol
y and a few good sized sales have bee
y made, besides which quite a numbe
% of the smaller mills have taken Q
10 moderate sized lines. The large mil.
IL have not as a rule been free buyer
u of territorial woods, and the larg
~ mems wear worsted mills have scare
ly figured in the business at all. TT
y wooden mills have been the principt
. buyers. We have already alluded
the sales of new territorial Wools-
y largely Arizonas and Utahs, wit
~ some Wyomings. These woods we
As secured in the early part of the sc
son in the interior, and, being
z light shrinkage, were turned over t
past week at a relatively good pri
in the grease, the party making sor
- of these sales claiming that he {
tanned 1871 @19kc for mediums, II
an lSc for fine mediums and 16@17c t
fine, although these are higher pric
" than woods of average shrinkage "
bring today. The demand has be
if --.-e..u- ~. e.o uod,no .
the medium, and for the cloth
ne woods. the demand for combing Wo.