Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-09
Boston Wood Market.

The past week has been another quiet
one in the local wool market BUYERS
prices have differed enough from those
of the dealers 70 prevent the sale of very
much wool. fen more weeks of dull
ness may cause some weakening of
prices. but just at present the dealers
have pretty firm notions as to values and
as the reports from both the goods and
yarn markets are fairly favorable, they
are little disposed to make the conces-
Sions sought.
The spinners are doing quite fair
business in fact they have been doing
well for the past two or three weeks, and
while the transfers have been at low
prices they mean that just so much wool
has passed into consumption that va
cancy OF similar proportions has been
created which must sooner or later be
filled. The clothiers have sampleds the
various lines of cloth freely and have
now reached a time where they must or
der or drop out of the market. Since the
manufacturers cannot accept business
very much longer and guarantee delivery
of the goods at teh proper time.
This week saw Il resumption az most
of The New England wooden mills. and
generally on fairly full scale. THIS will
mean reduction in the supply of wool
at the mills, and, IF course, necesstates
fresh purcha seS. especially II the goods
market maintains its present prospect Of
"A fairly good business In the next few
weeks. II is these considerations that
prompt the wool dealer to maintain
that the present prices of wool represent
nothing more than a fair working profit
over what the woods cost.
So, in spite of its quietness, the wool
market is quite steady and promises 10
remain so for the next few weeks at
least Dealers are eager enough 10 sell,
but the necessity of running after buy
ers Is not evident at the moment Fleece
woods are still doing relatively better
than territories, both as far as sales and
prices are concerned. The position OF
fieeces grading quarter-bood and below
is really strong.
These woods have had practically no
competition this year from imported
woods. while there has been big move
fabrics into which quarter-blood and low
woods enter The demand has been sup
piled almost entirely from domestic WOODS
and supplies naturally are now pretty
small Half blood fieeces also have done
we'll. but three-eighths bloods have prov
ed slow sellers.
The leading grades of wool are quoted
in Boston as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylyania-XX and above
27l2sc. fine unwashed 2lM2lAc, fine un-
merchantable 23m24c, unwashed half
blood eombing 26a57c, clothing o. 22d25c,
clothing 23d24c, .quarter-biood combing
24km25c, fine washed delaine 30@3lc. I'M
washed 25c.
ed 20020sc. unwashed half-blood, combing
25Ge26c. clothing 22n2Sc. three-eghths
Pa 95lc, clothing 22n23c, three-eighths
blood. combing. 2ilM25c, clothing 22lp23c,
quarter-b blood 23aM24c, unwashed delaine
236i24c.
Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri--Un-
washed three aighths blood, combing 24a61
&c, quarter blood 23am2ic.
Texas-Twelye months. choice 1Snl9c.
average l6dfi7c, eight months 17q1Sc. fall
l5mlGc.
california-H Humboldt and Mendocino 20
m2Ic, northern choice $4,000, average ia
Isc, middle county 17@lSe. southern 164
lie, fall l5Ml6c.
Oregon-Eastern staple. choice 1Sd19e,
average 1GG17c, valley No. / 2l022c, No.
291 &c, No. 3 is6120c.
Territory fine 1Si1l9c, heavy fine
ledf7c. fine medium 1Sm19c medium 22N
23c low medium 2IM22c; Wyoming, fine IS
@lsc, heavy fine l60i7c. fine medium 1870
19c, medium 21m22c. low medium 2OM2lc;
Utah and Nevada, fine lspl9c, heavy fine
16I17c fine medium 1SM19c, medium 2l@
22c, low medium 20G2lc; Dakota, fine 1Sef
l9c medium 226i23c. low medium 2lM22c.
Nontana-Fine choice 1SGl9c, average II
1lSc fine medium choice 1SGl9c. average
l7dlSc fine staple 21m22c. medium choice
l30624c, average 2lGi22c low medium 22423c.
Colorado, New Mexico, etc.-Colorado
fine l66blsc fine medium 1sdl9c, medium
.0G2lc; New Mexico improved 16@lSc; Ari-
IONA, heavy l6@17c, average 19Q20c, choice
2l@22c; Georgia 22M23c. ,o1a
Pulled wool, secured basis-Extra ozu
&c, fine a 476l50c, a super 45m55c y super
l9G44c low b super 2Su40c, super 3343Ic,
gray woods 32a35c; combing, fine 52m5oc
medium 4SM50c coarse A2d45c.