Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-20

cent developments In the west seem to
! have checked whatever tendency ihere
recently has been 70 sacrifice remaining
holdings of last years woods and 10 have
convinced buyers that their immediate
needs are not to be lad at any ioWer
prices than now prevail. ISL,
The probable cost of the new Clips
laid down in Boston is still indefinifes
Estimates vary from fi6I46c to Soc. and
actual costs will not be known until the
woods or samples get here to be tested.
1t is asserted that the Nevada WOODS a3e.
costing close to soc laid down here 4a4E
an active buyer of these woods offers th&3
fine medium stock at SOC. The deaier&
now operating are getting the best
| the clips. and especially those Ut {i<z<
shrinkage.
Trading Is fairly active in the fleece
wool states and Boston houses are get
ting a good deal of wool without having
to raise their bids. In Michigan II is re-
ported that 2om2ic has been paid for me-
dunn clips on the cars In Ohio the far
mers are being paid 1sc for medium clips,
i5c for fine woods and lie for reflections.
In Missouri round lots of medium woods
are reported to have changed hands at
20-cent basis.
There has also been fairly good de-
mand for the new Arizona clips at q
clean basis of 47M4Sc for average woods
and al soc for the better offerings. Scour-
ed woods are going steadily, one house
reporting sales of 1000 bags at 4Sn50c.
lot OF 100000 pounds of original bag Colo
RADIO woods is among the weeks tran
secured.
Texas woods appear to he neglected,
but there was a sale of 100000 pounds of
spring California clips at hMlSc in the
fleece woods particularly three-eighths
hoods have sold at 24d241sc for Ohios
and 23q2312c for Michigans
Among foreign clips there have been
SIC and 200 bales of Australian CAS- at a
clean cost of about soc.
The leading grades of wool are quoted
in Boston as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-Xxa and above
2sm29c. fine unwashed Zoe. fine unmer-
charitable 2lm22c. unwashed hall blood
combing 23iau2ic, clothing 21M22c. three
eighths blood combing 2S1sS2ic, cloth
ing 2lm22c. quarter-blood combing ga
231ac, fine washed delaine Doc, unwashed
24c
Michigan and New York-F'ine unwash
ed 17MlSc, unwashed half-blood combing
blood combing 23G23I2c, clothing 2lg22c.
quarter blood comblng 221SG23c, cloth
ing 2lGt22c unwashed delaine 22d23c.
Kentucky Indiana and Missouri-Un-
washed quarter blood combing 22AM23c,
three-eighths blood combing 22M23lzc.
Texas-Twelve months 1s@iIc. eight
alifornia-Humboldt and Mendicino 10
Gl20c, choice northern 17GIoc. average
northern 1e@l7c. middle counties l6g17c
southern 15G16c. fall 14Gl5c.
Oregon--Eastern staple, No. l 17@lA..
No 19G20c. clothing 16d17c: valley. Ney
2OM2fc, No. 2 210122c, No. 1SG19c.
Territory--Idaho, fine 16M17c. heavy fineN
156Dl6c, fine medium 16@17c, medium 1870
zoe, low medium 19G20c: Wyoming, fine IS
M17c, heavy fine 15@16c, fine medium 16d
tic. medium 19M20c, low medium 800
zoe; Utah and Nevada, me 166D17c. heavy
fine 15@16c. fine medium l6d17c medium
19M20c, low medium 1942oc; Dakota. fine
17d1Sc, medium 2Oq2lc, low medium 20
n21c.
Montana-Choice fine 17@1Sc, average
fine 16117c, choice fine medium 1SGll9c av-
erage fine medium 17d18c. fine staple 10
M20c, choice medium 22G2Sc. average me-
dunn 2lGl22c, low medium 2l022c.
Colorado. New Mexico. etc.-Colorado
fine 15Q16c, fine medium 16G17c. medium
10000; New Mexico, improved l5M17c,
Arizona. heavy 16@17c, average IS@19c,
choice 20a2lc; Georgia. 21Q22c.
Pulled wool. secured basis-Extra 5O6
SIC, fine A 4734Sc. A super 450I46c.eC SUI
per 42a44c, low B super SS@40c G super
33937c, gray woods 33@3sc; combfng, fine
52d55c, medium 4SQ5Oc, coarse 42@45c.