The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-08

Ills Is Cl0 prevailing SeuIpulcuI III Luc
trade, and wool merchants are appar-
emily living up to this sentiment. By
shading prices a little some houses
report that they could have sold woods
quite freely, but they do not care
enough for business to make sacrifices
in the matter Of prices in order to Sc
cure it, and as a matter OF fact, some
of the big houses Ire still behind on
deliveries and are not averse to having !
a quiet spell in which they can catch
up with their trade.
Texas, Georgia and California.
While the volume of business con
summated in Texas woods is still small
it is quite possible that before another
week has elapsed, we may have a
larger business to report, as there is
some dickering understood to be going
on in these woods. Stocks of Texas
are not large and prices are firm.
Twelve months woods command 55@
SIC, clean, and eight months soc.
There is no fall Texas here, old stock
having been cleaned out, and it being,
of course, too early for the new woods
to make their appearance, as they
have not yet been shorn.
There is more disposition to sample
California woods, and In increased
business very shortly may be the re-
suit. For the past week the volume Of
business has been very moderate.
Prices have ranged from 12c for de-
fective stock up to 22c for choice
northern woods. The best California
northern sells at a clean cost OF SEQ
53c, middle county at 4S@5Oc, and de-
fective CALIFORNIA; at 32@33c.
Some little attention has been given
to Georgia wool the past week, and
about $4,000 pounds has ben sold at
24kc, costing 4O@42c, clean.
Territories.
With the exception of a few fairly
stable lines sold by one or two
houses, the business in territorial
woods has been confined to small par
GELS, the aggregate of the business
done being less than for some time
previously. The woods which have
sold have commanded generally full
rates. There has been some call for
fine and fine medium, as well as me,
dunn, although the latter as a rule,
sells more readily, but we note one
sale of $50, 900 pounds Of fine and fine
medium territory at a clean cost OF
about one-half dollar, and another sale
ing territory at a clean cost of 5O@52c.
Medium territory has sold at 10000
in the rease for Idaho and Utah, and
2O@21c for Montana. Sales Of fine
choice clothing Montana have beer
made at 2O@21c. Fine medium Utal
has sold at 1712c, equivalent to soc
clean; and fine and fine medium a.
17@17Ac, or at a secured cost o
5O@52c. For medium territory woods
, al zoe there seems to he quite a de
mand, the woods costing within tn
n of 45@47c, clean. The con
census of opinion in the trade is tina
what territory woods there are her.
; will prove to be good property, AM
, will be wanted before the season !
over at current prices, which, on tn
.l..~ loo;e h0 Auivy0n ar HIM
medium, soc; fine, 50@52c; fine staple
i 52@55c; medium woods, 45@47c. Fo
: secured territories there has been
Q good demand, n large consumer, ]
+ is reported, taking quite an amour
Z of fine secured at a clean cost c
about soc. New Mexican secured ha
e sold at about that price.
Receipts and Shipments.
r The receipts of wool in Boston thu
week. last week and for the corr
spending week of last year are as 10
lows:
n This week-Domestic, 21,544 bales
h foreign. 1903 bales; total, 28,847 bale
Last week-Domestic, 28,277 bales
foreign, $3.50 bales; total, 1891 bale
Last year-Domestic, 1926 bales
foreign, 1857 bales; total, 1882 bale
: The total receipts since January
It have been 484,258 bales domestic an
d 1876, 285 bales foreign, against 572,ls
bales domestic and 1854 bales TO
eign for the corresponding period
1902. This is a decrease OF S1,s'
s bales domestic and ar increase OF 3
431 bales foreign.
Shipments of wool for the week en-
IS ing August 81, are as follows: Tue