Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-07
Boston Wool Market.

/ The local wool market is still q auie
ANA waiting affair, and. as is usually Tho
= case when there is not much business
| offering, the trend OF prices is in buyers
| favor Practically the only transactio ions
| OF any note during the past week have
| been some Good-siZed sales Of medium
| clips, But aside from these dealings
| trading has been very Emitted. and white
| II is said that the sales of the medium
! woods We're dictated by an actual need OF
! the part of the buyers il is equally true
/ that the prices We're SGNleW bat uf an in
! duCement.
| Half-blood lleeces are well sold up. bu;
those that remain Will not bring the
| prices of q few weeks age. how that other
medium grades have worked down.
More moderate prices for straight cloth
| ing territories also have been ineffective
| in helping the demand. The fact that the
| medium woods have been sold even
| though at concessions, therefore. is con-
| strued to mean that the goods situation
| as far as WorstedS are concerned is look
ing upward. Philadelphia worstcd yarn
| spinners We're the buyers of the medium,
woods here this past week.
SECURED WoolS continue to find steady
outlet. nut they do not bring the prices
they did some weeks ago. Most of the
woods are coming on consignment rather
than ON direct purchase by the dealers
Little Is DONG in clothing tleeces. The
immediate futuTc of the market for both
Wool and WOODEN goods seems to hinge
on the developments in Washington
The leading grades of wool are quoted
in Boston rs follows:
., Ohio ana Pennsylvania-XX and above
chantabic 21M36e, unwashed half blood
| cnmbing 2Ni2M29c, clothing 25G26c. three
tlshths blood combne 2sd,2Slkc. clothing;
25M26c, quarter blood combing 26Iam27c.
ilnt unwashed dclaine SIC washed 27c.
Michigan and New York-Fine un-
washed re, unwashed half-blood
comblnS 2su&l.c clothing 24ff25c three
eighths blood combing 27h2Sc, clothing
2im25e. quarterblood combing 2512G2Gc,
clothing 23@24c, unwashed delaine 26l
2Giac
washed quarter-biood combing 25laa26c
three -eighths blood comblng 261sM21c.
TeXas-Twelve months 2om2lc. eight
months lTi2Mlsc.. . fall .16E@17l4c.
northern 1SMl9c, middle counties l7mlSc.
southern 16dl7c fall l5aisc.
\, oregonnL:astem stapls No lS@2oc;
2lM22c. No. 2S6t24c, No. 3 19a2oc
Territory-Idah9, fine 17@lsc heavy
fine. l6ml1c. fine medium 1S019c. medium
22@2sc. low medium 22a2ac: Wyoming,
fine l7Mlsc. heavy fine 16@17c, fine me-
dunn 1SMl9c. medium. 22G,23c, low medium
22m23c; Utah and Nevada. fine Ia lSc.
medium 22@23c. low medium 22m2ac: pa
kota. fine 20M2lc. medium 22n2Sc, low me-
dium 22dt2ac.
Montana Choice fine lsAml9c, average
Ilie liuloc cnolce me uleuluT 19M20C,
average fine medium 1Sml9c. fine staple
2lm22c choice medium 23l2@2tc. average
medium 22a2Sc. low medium 22@23c.
Colorado, New Mexico. etc.-Colorado.
fine I7MlSc, fine medium 1STrl9c. medium
2l@22c: New Mexico improved 160lsc;
Arizona. heavy. 11m!Se, average $4,000.
choice 2ld22c: Georgia, 2!a25e.
Pulled wool. secured basis-Extra GOA
&C, fine \ 53@51c. y super i9m52c Il su-
per 45Mi1c, low b super ioGfi3c. c super
.3ais7c gray woods 9SnaSc combine fine
20 55e, medium 4st5oc, coarse 4au45c,-vqsss-A