The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-02
crossbaed woods at the beginning of

crossbred woods at the beginning OF
those sales.
The buying of wool in the local mar
ket has been prompted in the case
of certain large consumers by a desire
to cover themselves with staple woods,
while yet they were available GAS sev
eral of the clips are not running to
staple as largely as in some years.,
rather than by any increase in the de-
mand for goods. One of these con-
Germs took several million pounds.
The Goods Market.
Developments i'm the goods market
have not indicated any decided in.
crease in the volume of the demand.
The clothing trade r. buying mems
wear fabrics very carefully, not be-
cause the price is not reasonable
| enough, but because they desire to
''feel out" their own trade, before
making very liberal provisions for
their future needs. But the business
| that is being done possesses a sta
bility which foreshadows an absence
of any extended cancellation move
| ment. AS the mills receive orders for
goods, they will come into the market
and buy wool, but the rank and file OF
them are met disposed to take o. any
more than they need. There is still
- oLoo-oo t@F ~ cr0o,,1o%ior in tho
wool market.
Territories.
Territories have been the largest
sellers the past week, fully 5000, 900
pounds, all told, having been moved.
All grades and varieties have sold,
especially the staple clips.
Fine medium staple has sold ait
48@49c, and liberal sales of Montana
have BEEN made at those figures, as
before stated. Wyomings have also
been good sellers, commanding about
the same price. One large concern
million pounds and another nearly
5000, 900 pounds. Several good-sized
lines, ranging in size from 100, 600
to $50, 900 pounds, have also been
taken, including Idahos, Utahs and
Nevadas.
There has been an especially good
demand for half-blood and three
eighths territory, as we'll as quarter
blood. Quarter-blood has sold at 400
44c, and three-eighths and half-blood
at 44@45c. Fine medium clothing has
brought 46@47c at which figure some
good-sized business has been done.
Among the sales of the week were
LIE, 900 pounds of fine and fine medi.
UNI Idaho and Utah-average wool
at 13Ac in the grease. This was
heavy wool and brought 47c, clean.
Other sales included $4,000 pounds
of fine medium territory at 46@47c.
clean, and 10000 pounds of three
eighths and half-blood Dakota at 100
in the grease, costing nearly 45c,
clean. 1885,. ~ +
Fine selected staple territory has
sold as high as .53@55c, and strictly
fine clothing at 5O@52c the latter fol
some choice Nevada. Secured terri.
tories have sold very we'll, there being
a good inquiry for fine secured at
48c, clean.
Texas, California and Oregon.
Texas woods continue quiet. One
reason is that there is so little of the
kind of wool here that is wanted
There is quite a good inquiry for 1;
! months wool, and best stock woulC
command SIC, clean. OF eight months
J stock there is more here, and it is
!, ouotable at about half a dollar. Some
fall wool has been taken at a clear
cost of 44@45c.
California wocls have been less &C
tive the past week, and no sales espe
cially worthy of note have been puf
through the past week. Prices arr
steady and unchanged, however, hes
northern woods commanding 1920
in the grease, or about SOC, clean
middle county 47@48c, clean; ant
fall woods, 43@44c A little interes
is shown in defective wool, whic]
sells down as low as a third of
dollar.
: There has been some demand 70
Oregon woods. though no very larg
$ business has been contaminated. A,
erage eastern Oregon has sold at 14t
, and choice at 15@16c. Strictly stapl
; wool sells at 1870, and on the clea
l basis has brought about soc, clear
, some of the choicest bringing, it j
; claimed, SIC.
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