Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-24
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

me wool market is sbop.i,e, a.,
~ lIIe ana few houses have dis, ~ 3 5
though re ~ large quantities of stock
ana 81 the exact amount. the pricas 10 "a
a a other details OF the trsnsactio,, "a
III some reason. withheld II is :. al r. g,
rese,ta itfs an active market. but the rem
,,SiIil tes OF several of the Ia resr
LliIIs nave been in the market 49, "a ~
east week or SO. locating sllnnIjae tb ~
nrtca h .ty 70 need and when Quoted =
have sh ,ay .hey believe to be right thew
BUSINESS probably would be moro CO.,
bn. allu more houses would get a sbs 70
tb -, LOT the TACT that no two houses t,ia,S
thlngs exactly the same wa "a ni9M
Some are disposed to meet tba ,, ~ III :
othefs are holding out for higher rrte - :
siIah the buyers offer As the mills bs,-o
iieb t snedshy opened up their samples of
a. no position to know Just what their
Lulufe needs of wool viii be; the ct,rrent
I'm uelnanu, therefore. is largely anticipas
vi Y ana. as is usually the case under
such condition. price concassions ho,.a
10 pe made to tempt them
ne american wooden cornpanv in Non,
, Iork Yesterday opened its lines of staple
"QIIsteus ana Woolens. and from now on
othef concerns will be coming IN tba
market with their offerings. The nossie
p pilitg OF tarin changes is likely to make
bound to get some orders ana as re-, a, e
not believed to be at all well stocked
with wool. II is generally expected HAT
t ba,.o ueiaana Tor the raw material will be
peter during the next few weeks than
X mas been lately. Most Of the wool
ueaiefs profess to believe that there ie
nttle possibility of the enactment of a
grsss p IN a. 4. the present session of con-
ssress, put II Is fact. nevertheless, that
there has been something of scramble
lately among them to form foreign con-
nections. LII
=. Matters are still pretty quiet in the
west. although the famous Bair Gin ~
montana has been bought this past week
oF q Boston house while the Rhea cIip
also big one. has been consigned to a
local concern.
The leading Grades of wool are quoted
IN Boston as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-XX and abov.
zt428e, fine unwashed 2l622c. fine unmer-
chantable 22T24c unwashed half blood
e cf'no 24925c. clothing 22a23c. three
elshths blood combing 25Gt26c ciothfna,
22a23c, quarter-bl blood combIng 231sd24i%c
24d25c. ''' ''''ie'
Michigan and New York-Fine IN
washed 20g2lc, unwashed half-b
comblng 24q25c. clothing 24G25c, three
elghths blood combing 4d25c clothine.
22u2Sc. quarter-blood 2}d24c, unwashed
delaine 23a24c.
washed threeeighths blood. combing 24d
25c quarter blood 23d24c.
Texas-Twelve months. choice 1Sd19c
average IS @l7c, eight months l7a18c fall
alifornia--Humboldt and Meudocino
20G21c. northern choice 19a20c, average
17418 middle county 17Mlsc, southern
IS ale fall l5Gl6c.
Oregon--EasteTn staple, choice 1Sn19c
average f6@17c. valley No l 2la22c. No. 2
22n23e.. Ne. 8 19G20c.
Territory fine 1Snl9c heavy fine
16 m17c fine medium lSn19c, medium 220
&c, low medium 2iM22c Wyoming. fine
1SN19c. heavy fine 16d17c. fine medium Is
ml9c, medium 2lm22c. low medium 20d21c;
Utah and Nevada, fine 1S419c, heavy fine
16a17c, fine medium 1Sa19c, medium 2ld
pc. low medium 20df2lc Dakota, fine IS
d19c, medium 22df23c, low medium 21m22c
Montana-Fine choice 1Sd19c, average
17m1Sc. fine medium choice 1SM19c, aver
age 17m1Sc. fine staple 2lm22c, medium
choice 23M24c, average 21M22c. low me-
dunn 226I23c
Colorado, New Mexico, etc.-Colorado
fine 16QiSc, fine medium 1S@19c, medium
2Od12tc; New Mexico improved 1641Sc;
Arizona, heavy 16@17e, average 10000,
choice 2lq22c Georgia 22q23c,