The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-14

feeling that goods are going to do
better in the course of the next month
or SO.
Waiting to See.
Just at present it is the between
seasons period with manufacturers,
as the great bulk of the initial orders
for heavy weights have been placed,
and manufacturers are waiting Ito see
what is likely to be the character OF
the recorder demand. 1t is the impress.
sion at the moment that the latter will
show up relatively better than the
initial demand, and if this impression
is found to be justified, it is quite
possible that a general improvement
in the demand for wool may be exper-
fenced, and that this improvement
may be felt in the purse of a couple
of weeks, although it is futile, of
course, to attempt to prophesy any
thing with reference to the wool a
ket at this stage of the proceedings.
1t is sufficient for the present to state
that there are not wanting evidences
of an improved interest being mani
tested in woods on the part of anu
facturers, that the latter are keeping
in close touch with the wool market,
and that the trade would not be
prised to see shortly an increase in
the demand.
The West.
From now on the attention of the
trade and manufacturers will be more
generally concentrated upon the west.
A number of wool buyers have al
ready set out for Utah and Wyoming
and more of them will leave before
the end of another week. To what
extent they will operate and how far
they will be willing to yield to the
ideas of growers who are asking
prices which are disproportionately
higher than those ruling at the sea-
board, is problematical. One factor
which may tend to check any wild or
"a OV05ol1J pun SAo01A6 10 - .CA6AG-
ness Of the money market, for indica-
ton at present are that money will
be comparatively deal throughout the
year. The shearing season is now
starting in Utah and will begin in Wyo-
ming from the 18th to the Goth of the
month. In southern California about
| OIL tho uyn01 hoe hnon cn11 at q 0nn.
siderable advance over last year-2c
or more-and in Texas eight months
woods are being held at 18c, but there
have not as yet been any sales at the
latter quotation there.
Oregon woods continue neglected.
Prices, however, are pretty we'll
maintained, and it is doubtful if very
much concession could be wrung from
holders. Staple Oregon is quotable at
16@17c, in the grease, and choice
eastern Oregon clothing at 14@15c.
Territories.
There has been relatively but very
little doing in territory wools-manu~
facturers have been more interested
in fleece woods and foreign woods.
Some choice Montanas are reported
to have sold as high as 19@19kc.
These were good, fine staple woods,
and are estimated to have cost 53c,
clean. Sales of fine medium territory
are reported at prices ranging from
6@5Oc, the prices varying with diff
ferent houses, but the bulk OF the
business in good fine medium cloth
ing stock has been at 47@4Sc. 1t is
hard to get over 4Sc for the best fine
medium and sales of good woods have
been made at that quotation. On the
other hand, one house reports that it
could easily clean out all it's fine me-
dunn Idahos and Utahs at 47c, and
these are not the best woods of that
character either. For one original
clip of wool grading fine medium
47kc has been bid and refused. The
largest sale of the week was n of
200, 900 pounds of fine medium terri
tory within the range of the quota
tons given. Fine woods are quotable
at 50@53c, and selected fine staple
at 53@55c. Medium is quOtable at 43
@45c. Advices from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
under recent date are that sheep
men in that state are receiving as
that wool will command a
much better price this year than last
and that it is confidently expected
that the 2O-cent mark will be reached
in some sections. 1t is thought that
the clip may be cheaner than last
year. Advices from Trinidad, Colo,
aAao Adonol. 90 aro thot tho