The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-01

years, and as to the mills themselves
who r buying wool, many Of them
are discounting their bills who, in
previous years, have not been in the
habit of doing so; notably the wooden
mills, which testifies to the solndness
of their financial condition.
Texas, California and Oregon.
In Texas wool there is only a small
business to report. Eight months
wool is in moderate stock and sells for
about SOC, clean. Years growth is in
very limited supply and inactive. II
here in any amount it would sell at SIS
@57c, clean:
California woods are still very quiet.
They appear to have moved with I'M.
usual slowness SO far this season
Some sample bales have ben taken
out, but no sizeable business has been
accomplished. Best northern is worth
52@53c, clean; middle county, 4S@5oc.
Fall woods are out of stock.
Oregon woods, likewise, r quiet.
There has been no very large bust
ness put through since the 100000
pound sale referred to some weeks
ago. A large Philadelphia worsted
concern is reported to have taken
about one-third Of the eastern Oregon
clip. The valley woods went quite
largely to local mills. Oregon sta
pie is worth 53@55c, clan, or about
17kc in the grease; clothing woods
sell at 15@16c in the grease, accord
ing to what they are, costing clean
about SOC.
Territories.
While territorial woods r not as
active as they were, medium terri
tories, as we have before observed,
sell readily, and there is no haggling
over prices for such stock. Sales are
being made steadily of medium woods
on the basis of 45@46c, clean. The
going prices for good stock in the
grease are 10000, and at those quo
tations quite a number of sales have
been made, though not individually in
large amounts. Dakotas and ldahos
have sold freely at zoe. Quarter-blood
territories sell at 1917 @21c, transac-
tions in Idahos, Utahs, Wyomings and
Montanas having been contaminated
within that range, the woods costing
about 43c, clean. The range of price
TO rstrictly threeleighths and half
blood territory has been 1917 @20c, or
44@47c, clean. While medium terri
tories have been selling at 45@46c
fine medium woods have been moving
at 49@50c. Fine and fine medium TO-
gether as the woods runs, have sold
at soc; fine at 50@53c, and fine staple
at 53@55c. We note sales OF fine and
fine medium Utah at SOC, clean, and OF
medium Utah at 45c. Some houses re-
port that they have been doing more
in fine and fine medium woods than
previously and claim that sales have
been made at a price which means
50@52c, clean. One sale OF about
1O0,O 900 pounds of fine and fine medium
is reported to have been made at
about soc. Some of the big mills have
been looking over piles of territory
with a view to purchasing, and it is
quite possible that Within the next
week or two a larger business will be
put through.
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts of wool in Boston this
week, last week and for the correspon'
ding week of last year are as follows
This week-Domestic, 28,277 bales;
: foreign, $3.50 bales; total. 1861 bales
Last week-Domestic, 1856 Daies;
foreign, Abs bales; toJal, 29,S5l
bales. Last year-Domestlc, 3l,1St
bales; foreign, 4,53S bales; total
35,724 bales.
The total receipts since January ]
have been 463,714 bales domestic and
1882 bales foreign, against 554,941
bales domestic and 1867 bales for
eign for the corresponding period o.
1902. This is a decrease of 91,22&
bales domestic and an increase OF 80,
1926 bales foreign.
Shipments of wool for the week end
ing August "a were as follows:
Tuesday, Aug. IS, 127,950; Wednes
day, Aug. 10, 637, 900; Thursday, Aug
20, GIG, 1881; Friday, Aug. 81, 1,053,9SO
Saturday, Aug. %, 690,376; Monday
Aug. "a, 1882. Total, ~3,9O6,419.
This shows a decrease of 2,813,54l
pounds over the shipments of 6,719,95: