The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-02

cess OF the present small require
ments. Mohair continues quiet and
steady, and in reference to alpaca
there is nothing fresh to note.
with the raw material in yarns
showing no abatement in value, there
has been no relief from the tension as
to prices, though some merchants are
able to offer very slightly better prices
than they have been doing. There is,
however, no general agreement, and
as a rule as to new contracts a COM
plete halt has been called. In some
fancy yarns on which spinners have
been engaged there is not so much
work as there has been. There is
perhaps a little more activity in Bot
any yarns for the home trade, but no
real recovery yet. In mohair yarns
spinners complain of lack OF particu-
lars.
1.-THE continuance of the fine wealth
err has had some slight effect for the
better in the warehouses so far as
the home piece trade is concerned,
but the purchasing power in the coun-
try still appears to be below the av-
erage. The rise in the raw material
is making it very difficult to do bust
ness in mixed things, but merchants
handling all cotton goods seem to be
better off for orders than they have
BEEN"
Territory Active and Firm.
Territory wool is fairly active on
new business, and extremely active
in the movement in and out Of ware
houses. In the weeks business are
no very large individual sales, but
several of 100000 to 400, 200 pounds
each. The west is practically cleaned
up, and buyers are arriving home
from Montana. High prices were
maintained to the close. The sales
here include good-sized lots of Mon
tana, Wyoming, Utah and about ev-
erything else. The market is very
firm. 1t is a 6O-cent market, with
sales of Montana original clips, good
fine medium and line at 60c, based
ON the buyers shrinkage. Lots OF
wool recently bought in the west is
known to have been based on a 60
cent market for fine and fine medium
in Boston.
The ordinary run Of fine clothing
is selling here right along on the
secured basis of 57@5Sc, and fine
medium at 55c. There is not much
strictly staple offering or being made.
! The fine would be worth GO to &c,
and the fine medium So to 60c.
All kinds of medium territory are
we'll sold up, and it would be difficult
to find any large quantity of one-Guar'
appeared even quicker than last year,
when it vas in active demand. The
clean cost of medium is 50@52c. 1t
has sold in the grease at 23c to FAC
during the week.
Texas, Oregon and California.
Texas wool is firm with some in
quiry all the time for eight months,
and sales at prices showing no change.
principally at II to 18c, the secured
cost being we'll up to if not quite SIC
At least one good line of IL months
is on the market, for which the holder
asks 22Kc.
Oregon wool is quite active. There
have been further liberal sales o.
staple at 19c and some at zoe. There
are holders who ask 81 cents. No
clothing at 1917 cents in the grease
and So cents, clean, has also beer
selling. There are few valley wool!
left as owing to the active demand
for medium woods they are we'll solo
up.
California wool is firm and il
steady demand. The sales includ'
good northern and middle county a
uAG10A6Ou PAACCS, S4C oAu S6S ~
the former and TIC to 19c for tn
latter. The choice Humboldt an
Mendocino woods are held at 26@27e
which mean about SIC to SIC, clean
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts of wool at Boston 70
the week ending July %, inclusive
were 11,903,432 pounds domestic an
1,151,935 pounds foreign, making
total of 13,O55,36 pounds. For tn
corresponding week of 1908 they wer
8,944,924 pounds domestic and 1894
485 pounds foreign. Total, 1873, 40
pounds. To July %, inclusive, tn
total receipts were 119, 3 ,12O pound
domestic and 65,545,294 pounds foi
eign. Grand total, 1876, sos, ala pound!