The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26

up as high as lac at Casper and Raw
Inns and some woods arcsheld at high
OF prices. The owner of one big clip
Of wool says that heswill not sell it
for less than 14hc. On the other
hand, some woods have been sold In
Wyoming at 11hc, 12c and 12hc, and
good average wool in Wyoming may
be quoted at 13013hc, which is 40
1c above last year. The early shorn
Nevada woods are practically all gone.
Very Fine WOODS in Request.
While the demand in the local mar
ket the past week hastbeen principally
for quarter.bloods Or Tor woods grad.
ing closely around q quarter, there
has been a very fair inquiry for fine
woods, especially very fine woods of
| the Nevada order, and II stocks Of
the latter had been larger the volume
OF business done might have been con-
siderably increased. Buyers Of fine
woods are not looking so much for sta
pie, as for high woods spinning high
counts. The fne Montanas have sold
fairly we'll. The fine short Utahs have
been pretty we'll cleaned out.
Territories.
Territory woods are quieter. A few
stable lines have been moved, but
the business has been mostly of a
piecing out character, possessing no,
special significance. The business OF
the week has been made up largely
of several small sales put through
on the basis OF 47@4Sc for fine me-
dunn clothing, 50@52c for fine and
fine medium staple and 53c and per-
haps a little more for strictly fine
Montana or Nevada. Medium Mon
tana has sold within the range OF
44@46c. Prices have ruled steady to
firm. Brokers are around looking for
soft spots or bargains, but they do
not succeed in finding many. A few
new Arizonas have been selling. The
woods are Of lighter snrinkage than
last year and are worth 17@18c for
the very best of them. The Idaho
woods are reported to be in unusually
poor condition, owing to the severe
winter, and. a number of the clips
which had been contracted for on ex-
animation have been rejected. Sales
in Idaho are reported at 14c and in
Utah at the same price, the average
price being 13kc, as against 12c last
year. The wool raisers in Utah are
said to have lost heavily in their
hooks. on account of the falling Off
in the size Of the clip.
Texas, California and Oregon.
While there mas been but little do
ing locally in Texas wool, the course
Of affairs in the state OF Texas is be-
ing watched with much interest.
Along the line Of the Southern Pacific
holders are asking 10000 for II
months and 15@16Rc for eight
months wool. Some wool was sold
at 18c, it will be remembered, in the
early part of the season. A number
of buyers are on the scene, but have
not operated very freely as yet. The
Kerrville and SanAngelo woods which,
taken together, constitute about one-
half of the Texas clip, are not yet OF
fered.
California woods are likewise quiet
here. There is but little profit yet
shown in the new woods purchased
thus far. In California 1880 was
paid for northern woods, but these
woods cannot now be sold for
than zoe or 21c at the outside, which
would no more than pay costs.
Oregon wool is quiet, but a little
business having been put through on
the basis of 16 @16kc for eastern
staple and 15c for choice clothing.
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts Of wool at Boston this
week, last week and for the CORE
spending week last year were as fol-
lows:
This week-7,5O6 bales domestic;
1858 bales foreign; total, 10,359 bales.
Last week-5,63O bales domestic;
28,O57 bales foreign; total, 1861
bales.
Last year-13, 500 bales domestic;
y 3,847 bales foreign; total, 17,443 bales.
The total receipts since January 1
have been lat, 551 bales domestic and
11O,264 bales foreign, against 2O7, 1876
bales domestic and 74,668 bales for
eign for the corresponding period OF
1902. This is a decrease of 1864
bales domestic and an increase OF