The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-15
torial woods has not been large, cor

torial woods has not beer large. con-
sumers are, If anything, more interest
ed than they were, and at least one
large line is under negotiations at this
writing, which may involve the sale
of a few million pounds. Another line
of half a million pounds is under me-
g~Otiation, some of these woods grading
fine medium and some of them being
strictly staple. 1t is possible that on
the fine medium woods buyer and seller
may come together, but if SO, the seller
may have to make a slight concession.
AS yet, however, we do not feel war
ranted in qouting prices appreciably
lower than they were a week ago.
Some claim that it is possible to o.
tain average fine medium on the clean
basis of 48c, but others report sales
at SOC, and some cain that sales of
fine and fine medium Idaho and Mon
tana have been made at SIC. These
were, of course, nice woods.
For the quarter blood territories
there has been more call at 42@43c,
clean. Half blood Montana is re-
ported to have sold at 47@48c, and
fine medium Montana at SOC.
Prices as quoted by the different
houses, vary somewhat, due partly,
probably, to differences in ideas OF
shrinkage, some mills shrinking their
woods more %serevely than others.
Sales of Utah and Idaho fine and fine
medium have been made at SOC, clean,
and WI note sales of two So OO-pound
lots at that quotation. Strictly fine
territory has sold at 52@53c and Ne
vadas at sac, clean.
Among the sales of the week was
n of $4,000 pounds fine Montana at
52@53c, and $4,000 pounds of fine sta
pie Montana at 55c. The bulk of the
woods sold the past week grading
higher than medium, have been of
fine and fine medium together at a
clean cost of a half dollar. Medium
WUOlS Sell dI 10 " WfOC.
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-Domestic, 1902 bales;
foreign, 1,4S9 bales; total, 1851 bales.
Last week-Domestic, Fl ,544 bales;
foreign, 1903 bales; total, 28,847 bales.
Last year-Domestic 22,123 bales;
foreign. 2,2S9 bales; total, 24,412 bales.
The total receipts since January L
have been sol, AGO bales domestic and
157,774 bales foreign, against 594,320
bales domestic and 121 ,143 bales for
eign for the corresponding period OF
1902. This is a decrease of 92,860
bales domestic and an increase of &c.
GOA bales foreign.
Shipments of the wool for the week
ending Sept. Z are as follows: Tues
day, Sept. 1, 1919 ,220; Wednesday,,
Sept. 2, sos, 80; Thursday, Sept. 3,
$40, 1888; Friday, Sept. 4, 997,615; total,
3,795,23 8
This shows a decrease of 234,767
| pounds over the shipments of 4.030,015
pounds for the previous week. Since
January ! the total shipments amount
to 1877, 972, 1920.
Sales.
The sales of the week amount to
100000 pounds domestic and $4,000
| pounds foreign, making a total of g.
515, 000 pounds, against a total OF q
9S2, 900 for the previous week and a
total of 3,23O,O0O for the corresponding
week last year. The sales since Janu-
airy / amount to 1905 3 900 pounds,
against 14o, SCI 900 pounds for the cor
responding time last year.
Fearful Odds Aoainst Him.