Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-21
middling gulf. S12.25; no sales.
Wool Markets.

Boston. Sept. 21.-The Commercial
Bulletin says today: While no extern
sive lines of wool have been sold In
the Boston market this week, a fair
amount Of business has been transact
ed, sales including almost everything
in grade and checks. Prices remain
decidedly firm and anticipated buying
of heavier nature in the near fu-
ture. 1t Is thought, again will realize
the basic price OF wool.
From all the worlds markets, where
wool is now available for sale, comes
news this week of further advances
and the London auction, which opens
the first Of next week are awaited with
great interest.
St. Louis, Sept. 21.-Wool, steady.
Territory and western mediums, 20m
24c; fine medium, $4,000; fine, 1870
17c.
London. Sept. 21.---A sale of Good
Hope and Natal sheepskins was held
here yesterday, There were 299.7O0
skins offered of which 20S,27O were
sold. The supply was in good condition
and the demand was brisk. especially
for lambs. Long-woolled and coarse
woolled varieties advanced lad, while
short woolled and shorn skins were
unchanged.
Butter, Eggs and Cheese.
Chicago. Sept. 21.--Butter-Steady
Creameries, 24@2sc; diaries. 221smI
241sc.
Eggs-Firn. Receipts, 1853 cases;
at mark. cases included, 1sm1sc; or
binary firsts, zoe; firsts, &c.
Cheese-Steady. Daisies. 15% a Ice;
twins, 15M15Ac; young Americas.
15a a Ice; longhorns, 15s4 a &c.
enthusiastically. Receipts. 40 cars
Michigan, 55d60c; Minnesota, 50m
J5c; Wisconsin, 50d60c.
Reports Of Agencies.
New York, Sept CIR. G. Dun & |
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade today
says: All the developments of the
week confirm and strengthen the i'm
provement in business activity
Dry goods houses report a steady
volume of duplicate business. buyers
displaying confidence. but combining |
their operations to frequent purchases
Of small parcels. Wide print cloths
are firmer and narrow cloths steady,
while a better demand is noted for
Tine and fancy cottons Sheetings and
ducks are very strong.
Conditions in the wool and worsted
markets and at the mills are excep-
fionslly satisfactory. Trade in silks
is steadily improving.
Trading in footwear shows further
both in New England |
and at nearby points. and while little
buying has yet been done for spring, |
many supplementary orders for fall
and winter goods have been received. |
Leather and hides continue strong.
The lumber trade is heavier.
New York. Sept. 21.--Bra dstreet's to-
lay says: All in all, business, despite
his or that irrcgularity, Is certainly in
excess Of all but the best OF previous
years, and the fact that there In no
disposition to rush things indicates
healthy conservatism that tends to
make the absence Of speculation con-
'picuous.
Marked activity still IL in evidence
throughout the west, southwest and
northwest. the last named section be-
ng probably more favorably circum-
'tanced In a relative sense than in any
'ther part OF the country.
In the dry goods line duplicate or
lers from jobbers going to mill agents
ire large In the aggregate. but small
n the individual case. Industrial &C.
witty continues.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending September
were 279. against 234 last week, 236
n the like week Of 1911, 1870 In 1910
md 267 in 1909
BUSINESS failures in Canada for the
week number II. as compared with
g last week and 20 in the CORE