Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-18
Boston Wool Market.

Boston, Dec. 10.
Wool sales are still fairly large in the
local market and but few kinds of stock
are neglected, though the interest of BUY
ers centers chiefly in clothing WOODS ana
those clips that are suitable for heavy
weight worsteds. Big lines of California
fall and II months Texas and quarter
blood fleece woods, have been moved dur
ing the past week. Secured woods also
are active. but on a somewhat less eX-
tensve scale. and a very satisfactory
movement of territory woods. including
some staple. but chiefly clothing woods, is
reported. Pulled woods sell fairly well
and carpet woods attract the attention of
both wooden and worsted manufacturers
but the actual takngs of these woods are
not very large and there have not been a
great many new transfers of foreign clips
Large quantities of crossbreds, both New
Zealand and South American, have been
contracted for however, for future de-
livery.
The sales of California woods, which
aggregate between 100000 and 2,OOo,ooo
pounds, have included everything that
Mendocina, Red Bluff. northern and mid
die county and southern clips having
shared in the sales. Prices range any
where from pc. to % 1-2c.. or about what
weeks past. Sales of Texas wool amount
to about million pounds and Included
in the transactions were $4,000 pounds or
fall woods, which brought 20G2lc in the
grease or ABOUT cIedu, anu ICoi ~
800 900 pounds of 10 months clips at 25126c
in the grease, which is equivalent to a
secured cost of 136l6c.
Prices locally do not change much but
the market is better described as steady
rather than firm; a glance at the prices
on recent sales will show considerable
decline from the extreme rates of the
summer, though not much change from
the recent level. Local stocks nave been
lessened pretty nearly 10000 900 pounds by
the transactions of the past two weeks,
and with the end of the month and the
year still a fortnight away 1t IS safe 10
say that the carry over into the new
year will be unusually small. Conserva-
tive estimates placed the. stock Of all
kinds of wool on Dec. at between 10000
600 and 100000 pounds; the business that
has since been put through and that IS
likely to be concluded during the rest OF
the month will bring the total down at
least 15 OOO, 900 pounds. oregon woods are
about the only kind that are in burden
some supply, but holders have recently
shown a disposition to make concessions
on these clips and they are likely to sell
when they can be bought at prices tnat
represent their actual worth. These WOODS
this year were unusually heavy, and tne
secured costs We're way above those OF
woods of a similar type.
The wool situation from the distributing
end Is all that could be desired, but when
it comes to fresh supplies the merchants,
to use the language of the street, are up
against II. All xmas OF IoFelSH WOoio
gre costing considerable more than they
did year ago and every sign points to
the same condition of affairs in domestic
wOol-growing sections.
The leading grades Of wool are quoted
in this city as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-XXa and above
37@38c., No. 40@41c., No. 2 39G4oc., fine
unwashed 27@2Sc.. fine unmerchantable ~
@31c.. unwashed half-blood 36c.. three
eighths blood &c., quarter blood 35c.. fine
washed delaine &c., mnwashed delaine &c.
Michigan and New York-Fine unwash-
ed 25@26c., unwashed quarter-blood 34c..
three-eighths blood 35@36c.. half-blood 30
136c., unwashed delaine 30G31c.
Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri-Un-
washed quarter-blood 33@34c., three
,aigAtlra hlooda354ysSc. spn4uS
/; asTTwelve months 26@2Sc., eight
months 23@25c., fall 2O@21c.
California Humboldt and Mendoeino %
@30c. choice northern 26@27c., middle
counties 23@24c., southern 1S@aoc., fall II
@18c. -..,,f hiss t1a4s
Oregon-Eastern staple No. 23024c..
No. 2 23@Nc., clothing 22@23c., valley No
/ 25@26c., MOB 2s@sOc.. No. 3 2s@27c.