Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-08
COLISEUM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
The Time, The Place and the Girl
NTH Thos l. Cameron 10 Musical Surprises People
Boston Wool Market.

The local wool market continues 10 show
a fair degree of activity and lately the
trading has hroadened ont considerably.
the sales do not reach an especially large
total, but what they lack III volume they
make up in number, and moreover, but
few kinds or grades have been passed
over by buyers. Tie demand Is pafticu-
larly good for the lower types of wool
like low quarter bloods and other lines
of that character. which 20 into cheap
serges and other low-prced worsteds,
orders for which are large according TO
New York adviccs. But while these
woods figure In the dealings to a consid-
cradle extent. other grades mp To fine
staple have been called for and have had
Il share in the business. The trading not
only is we'll distributed among the diff
fcrent kinds of stock hut Il greater num-
Der of concerns are getting share than
was recently the ease.
The Developments of the past week.
not alone in the wool market, but in the
goods market as we'll. have been of
character to promote Il feeling of cheer
fulnCSs all around. Orders for goods are
very satisfactory, and while prices in
good many caScs are very low. 50 low
in some Instances as 10 mean very little
profit for the manufacturer, enough
business is assured to mean Il fairly full
occupation OF mill machinery ana il is
this condition rather than big profits that
the manufacturers nuW desire More
over. those mills that have made the
lowest quotations have little IL fear In
the way of cancellations later which are
always numerous when the market is
high. And then there is always the pos
sibility that the low prices may popu-
IariZe the different lines to such an ex-
tent that higher prices can be obtained
later OIL.
Pretty well on to $4,000 pounds of
fleece woods of different grades have
changed hands in the local market during
the past week. The sales of these woods
and of all other woods for that matter.
have been chiefly in small lots, running
from! 1860 pounds up to, but IN few cases
exceeding. 5o.ooo pounds. but the sales
cover much greater variety of offerings
than usual.
The leading grades of wool arc quoted
in Boston as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylyania-NX and above
3lM32c. fine unwashed 22m25c, fine unmcr-
charitable So DC, unwashed half-biood
combins 29nSoc, clothing, 3jn.6c. three
cighths blood combing 29Gi2gl:c. clothing
2In-6c, quarter-bood combing, sc: ihe
washed delaine, 34n3Jc, unwashed 2iM2sc
Michigan and New York-F'ine unwash-
ed haze. unwashed half-blood comblng
@>1aM23c. clothing 2M.5c. threc-eigIths
blood combinb 2sr29c, clothing "a &c: &c.
quarter-bood combing re, clothing, ia
2ic, unwashed deiaine 264f3e9gc:
Kentucky, Indiana and MlSSourl,-th-
washed quarter-blood conbinS &c three-
eighths blood eombing 2Sd-sc. 800
Texas-Twelve months :NM2lc. eight
months. 1n.alSc, fall l6l.a l,l9c; .,.,,,
eSaeic choice northern 2la22c, average
northern lSalgc, middle counties Ia lSc,
southern 16qi17c, fall 154 Ice
Orcgon-Eastern staple. No. lSq2oc,
| No > lSnaOc, clothing l6m17c, valley No. !,
/ 2l6U22c, No 2 23d,2ic No 1890.
Territory-Idaho, fine l7MlSc. heavy fine
16n l7c. fine medium l&tl9c. medium "a
23c low medium 22G23c: Wyoming, fine
| l7MIsc, heavy fine 16dl7c, fine medium
| lSdtl9c medium 226i23c, low medium e2dp
sc; Utah and Nevada, fine 1imlSc: heavy
fine 16Ml7c, fine medium lSiil9c. medium
226Ic3c, low medium "a sc: Dakota, fine
g0n2lc, medium 20 BE, low medium 22el
&c.
Montana-Choce fine 1Sl40l9c. average
| fine 11MlSc, choice fine medium 19M30c.
average fine medium, 1Sd19c, fine staple.
21a22c. choice medium 231.ai2tc. aberage
medium -2@fs3c, low medium 29I23c.
Colorado, New Mexico, etc.-Colorado
fine 1701Sc, fine medium lSnl9c, medium.
Arizona, heay lSMlSc, average 19p20c,
choice 2ld2:c: Georgia 246t25c.
Pulled wool. secured basis-EXtra 6oap
63c. fine a 53n56c, A super J1at53c, 3 super
i56l41c. low Il super t0n43c, G super &,M
sc, gray woods S59t3Sc, combing, fine J7G
5Sc. medium J3dt55c, coarse 47MJ0c.
Foreign-Australian Cos comb1ng Ade-
! laide 4on4lc, Gis combing Victoria 39M 4oc.
64s Victoria super warp 39d40c. 64s to !0s
Geelong 41@i2c. Victoria los clothing AZ
M43c. Sydney 70s to sos clothing 42Mi3c,
half blood 1NiIlc three-eighths blood 80
Mi0c. quarter blood 370I3Sc, low quarter
blood 33035c: Montevideo cross-breds, fine
;J6I36c. low :336i3ic: Buenos Ayres LINCOLN
3Ou3lc, quarter blood 333Ql33c, high quar-
ter-blood ;.3ft34c.