Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-24
Sheepmeu Are in High Feather
Over the Prospects for Good
Prices
FASHION IS RESPONSIBLE.
Buyers Are Looking for Coarse Flecces
To Supply the Demand for
Swell SuitingS,

The story printed In the News last
week regarding the operations OF east
ern woolbuyers IN Utah is followed by
one in the wyoming Tribune 10 the ef-
feet that the same state OF affairs pre-
walls In the sister state. Wool men
here assert that the premature pub
LEGATION" OF their oneratious has had
the effect of spelling the whole scheme
and that In consequence Of the publIci-
Is given TO their actions the WOOL
growers are holding out for still higher
prices than those offered As 1t is,
however. nearly every pound In Titan,
Salt Lake. Weber and other northern
counties has been contracted for at
prices varying from between 10 and Is
cents
The reason for this rise In price Is
laid at the door of Fashion, Should
rough. coarse wool goods still prevail
next season, there wiz be q decided
shortage no the woods used. II Is In
terestlrg to note In this connection that
there are no contracts being made for
the short woods grown IN southern Utah
The wyoming Tribune In summing up
the situation IN that state says.
Twenty cent wool
"That IS what Wyoming tlookmasters
anticipate for next year aud every
thing indicates that their expectations
viii be fully realized.
More than that, many sheepmen
who are COuversaut with existing con-
ditlons. confidently predict that the
price of wool win go even higher and
that ~ and 2S cent wool is not AN
impossibiity.
mot only win wool prices be higher
but from present indications Wyoming
Is TO enjoy another remarkable VIM
ter. and aside from the death of OLD
ewes aud bucks, stock losses are eX-
pected TO be- practically nil Here
tofore the sheepmen have experienced
n number of severe storms before this
time, but SO Tar the winter has been
mild and pleasant, and with the ranges
covered with fine feed ID Is believed
the nocks VIII be able to winter ana
come ont In the spring strong enough
TO weather the storms.
Eastern buyers are already In tho
field An great numbers contracting
for the 1905 clip at prices from two t0
six cents In advance Of those paid this
year. Oners OF Is and is cents were
made from the start but the wisp
ones are holdm. of for the better
prices which are sure TO come. MANY
lockmasters have already contracted
for the clip az n and rs cents, while
the ruliHg price this year was from
1914 TO IA cents.
1T is not apparent that anyone Is
getting corner on the market, as
AN OF the old firms are IN the field
and many new ones 10 is evident.
however that the 1905 WOOL clip will
he owned by the middlemen long be-
fore II leaves the Sleeps backs. The
buyers are preserving discreet silence
In regard TO the cause Of their ankle
~ 10 take chances on the future OF
the wool market, but e is only nat
ural that the high price OF cotton
should tend TO increase the demand
Tor wool, while the continued war In
tho far east Is doubtless also a factor.
one thing Is certain, the eastern buy.
ers make it their business 10 become
conversant, not only with present cou-
ditions, but those Of the future and
their offers for wool at advanced
prices is the best indication Of what
the market win be next season.