, 1905-01-06
WOM|NG WOODS
At TOP OF HEAP
LOT OF TWO MILLION POUNDS OF
VERY DESIRABLE STUFF
BROUGHT HIGH PRICE.
Sold to American Wooden Company
and Disposes Of Last Stable Lot
Business Limited BY Supply and
Prices Ruled High All Along the
Line of Better Grades.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 6.-The sales OF
territory woods in this market last
week-3,0 100000 pounds-exceeded by
775,000 pounds the total sales of all
kinds of wool for the previous week.
Fort a long time territory woods have
been hard to get here. The mills took
in the season, n there has probably
not beer a week for six months when
aggregate sales of territories have not
exceeded those of any other kind.
For nearly two months past Wyo-
mings have been the only class of ter
~ritories here from which any consid-
the sale of 1000, 900 pounds this week
by a single house, supposedly to the
American Wooden company ~disposes of
the last stable line. This lot was very
desirable stuff and brought the highest
price of the season as did also a lot
Of 500, 900 pounds of Montana. Both
SdltS "Slt lldVe III ollSlHdl DdSS, 1lu,
with 100000 pounds more in odd lots,
picked up mostly by agents of Phila-
delphia worsted mills leaves stocks of
all grades of territories at probably
not over 10000. 900, the lowest level
ever known in the history of this mar
ket.
The inquiry has been such that prob
ably double the amount of business
could have been done had the material
been at hand.
Prices have ruled strong, sales be-
ing made OF the following basis: u
blood, 5S mt 60 cents; 3-S-blood, 60
and 81 cents; l2-blood. 60 and GA cents;
fine staple, 65 II 6S cents; strictly
fine staple, 6S and 20 cents; fine med
ium clothing, 81 and GA cents.
For fine medium secured territory
of which 236, 900 pounds have sold, GO
cents is readily paid, but there is little
to be found, and reports from all in.
terror markets indicate that grease
VOLS are WEI Cledueu Oul-
During the week from Is to 16 cents
has been paid for 1905 clips in Idaho.
a similar price for 1000, 900 pounds in
Wallowa county, Ore; round Is cents
for some 100000 pounds of Nevada,
and more or less Montana has been con-
tracted for. The clip of eastern Mon
tana the coming season promises, &C
cording to reports from there, to be
superior. in quality to that of the past
season. The price paid in Oregon for
next years wool marks an advance of
between 4 and 5 cents a pound over
that paid last spring. 1t is thought
that at least one-fifth of the coming
crop in the far west is now spoken
for, and while it is choice clips, for the
most part, that are under contract,
there is much wool left yet correspond.
ing to the high priced staples of the
present season, for which from 15c to
lie have been paid the past few
months.
Next to territories and secured woods
pulled woods have the largest sale, ov-
err 0 10000 pounds being taken. AS
high as IS cents is still paid for B..
supers. which are in great demand.
Some holders are asking even more
for them and buyers are, in some cases
resorting to the English pulled woods.
which can be had at from SO cents to
SO cents clean. 1t appears therefore
that the importing price has been
reached by this grade. A-supers sell
at rs and 50 cents and are in good
request, while fine AS bring G5 cents
and extras 81 and 10 cents.