Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-06
FAIR BUSINESS IN
BOSTON MARKET
DURING WEEK
Larger Mills Have Been Prin-
cipal Operators; Small
Plants Beginning to Re
sumo and Purchase.

Boston, Jan. According to tho
Commercial Union the holiday season
lnterfercd more or less with trading
IN the market during the last week
but notwithstanding that there has
been very fair turnover of wool
more iu fact than Is usually the case
during the last week Of tEe year.
Much OF the wool recently purchased,
however VIII not be shipped until
after the first of the year, although
tho mills In almost cases are In con
tinuou- need Of fresh receipts 81 raw
material and shippers have been kept
pretty busy in getting out the wool
Thccre has been fair business
done In fleece woods again this week.
partly We think, on old orders and
partly on new, but territory woods
have held the center Of the stage very
easily, and the particular point 81
interest In territories has been the
demand for SIS staple woods, which
IN the past ten days or two weeks
have sold we'll up towards "A million
Ia million and half pounds, large
ly "ontana woods Reports indicate
that some of the largest holders OF
Montana woods this year are fairly
we'll sold out but there IL. OF course
a fair amount Of Montana wool stlll
left IN the market on which obviously
prices are held firmly.
While the larger mills have been
the principal operators during the
week, the smaller mills have come
upon the scene more conspiCuOpsly
again. and some Of the wooden mills
are showing more interest I'm the finer
secured woods, as well as the cOnTser
East India clothing woods. which have
sold fairly well during the week De-
mand has been fairly we'll scattered
over the range Of domestic woods. ana
doubtless would have been more or
less pronounced on foreign offerings,
particularly Gas ana 40s N AS, had
these been IN more pronounced sup
ply.
Pulled Wools-There has been con-
siderable interest shown In the avail
able offerings OF pulled woods which
are not especially heavy az the mo-
mcnt. some good combings as have
sold quite steadily at 3S cents In tho
grease or about 80 cents clean, for
several hundred bags. y supers are
also showing a little movement. the
recent furry IN the western markets
having strengthened them up a BIT.
Eastcrns are quoted arm from t3fp
40 cents while westerns are held at
about 41m42 or possibly 40 cents
Territories movement IN ter-
rtories has taken care Of a small
amount OF fine staple this week, con-
siderable half and three-eighths blood
staple and not a little original as
wen as some clothing wool.
sales of fine staple do not total
heavy but are not quotably changed
from previous sales, namely goa 2l
cents in the grease. according 60
shrinkaRe or 6tm62 cents clean.
Some dealers are holding hne Mon
tana staple az @ higher price level.
Half-blood staple has sold fairly
Wel an the way from "a y m22h
cents in the grease ana variously es-
tlmatod clean az 56W57 cents, some
contrndlng that this grade cannot be
bought for less than 5S cents clean.
Thrce-eighths blood staple has sold On
considerable amounts az 22m22h
cents for Montana. or about son %
cents clean Probably a million 10 O.
million and a half pounds have chang
ga hands ln the last ten days 90 two
weeks Sales OF quarter bloods have
neen made al the same price as the
three-elghths Ia the grease. although