Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-27
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For Summer Wear. 2for Sc.
CIuett. Peabody & Company. Troy. New y,rt

soaring prices are noted in the fleece
Moois sections, but this condition is NOT
we result OF purchases by Boston
houses. most OF whom are very conserya
i've and are not disposed to meet the
prices OF the local spectators and the
pugers OF the mills The season is
backward both i'm the fleece and territory
wool sections and much less wool has
oeen shorn and sold than was the ease
at this. time last year
ffices in all of the primary markets
are at a point where there Is danger for
the buyer to operate. The belief still
prevails that there will be a downward
III OF the wool and wooden sched-
uies OF the tariff at the present session
or Congress and the only apparent rea
son Tor the activity on the part OF b,,y
e .,'a ~ the west is that the mills have not
suiicient supplies of wool to fill their
orders for heavyweight goods and that
there Is time TO get the woods East and
MARX anaIReteh before new tariff could be-
come effective But IL there is a change
N schedule x. 1t is likely to come when
, ., manufacturers are trying 10 secure
business In lightweight goods and this
the part of buyers In the West
me new Utah woods. which are said
70 be exceptionally. good this year,
moving In good-sized amounts in sorisi-
nal bags. Only odds and ends of fleece
woods have changed hands lately and no
Texas and California clips. The sales of
crossbreds, which are of fairly large pro-
portions. Include Buenos Aires quarter
bloods and Lincoln and Montevideo Lin
coins and half-bloods. ,tte
The leading grades of wool are quoted
in Boston as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-NN and .ahove
CSC, fine unwashed 20sn2fcl unwashed
half-bloed combing 2e6p2s1c Clothing essS
2ic, three-eighths blood combing 26a27c
clothing pc. quarter-blood combing 2s6B
&c. fine unwashed delaine 30@31c, un.
washed 25c-
Michigan apd New York--Fine unwast-
a
25a2ec clothing 22n23c. three-eighths
blood combing 25m26c, clothing 22M23c,
quart auarter-blood 25a26c, unwashed delaine
Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri-Un-
washed three-eighths blood combing $50
&c quarter-blood 26G27c.
Jexas-Twelye months, choice $4,000.
average 1S@19c, eight months 17fpiSc. fall
16M17c
California-H Humboldt and Mendocno
ise,7e northern, choice i1misc, average
l4@l5c. fall 1fG15c.
Oregon-Eastern staple. choice 19420c.
average 16M17c, valley No. / 21M2zc, No.
2 24@25c. No. 23G24c. ssa
Territory-Idaho fine 17M1Sc. heavy fine
l5M16c, fine medium 17@1Sc. medium 2f@
&c. low medium 23fi2fc; wyoming, fine rs
M17c. heavy fine 14M15c, fine medium l66p
rs medium nd lsdsoc low ,sd MEDIUM saale
l5q16c, fine medium leap1se medium 20D
21c, low medium 22d23c; Dakota. five Is
Ml9c. medium 22d1z3c, low medium tYQE4c
Manufacturing choice 1Sdp1Sac MIRAGE
17MlSc, fine medium. choice 1SGl19c. aver
age. Tatsc, fine staple 2l@2lac. medium
choice 220i2Sc, average 2iQ22c. low me-
dunn 23@24c.
Colorado, New Mexico, etc-colorado
fine 16@lSc, fine medium 1Sn19c. medium
?om21c: New Mexico. improved 16mlSc
Arizona, heavy 16gl7c. average 19a2oc
choice 2l@22c, Georgia 23m24c.
Pulled wool, secured basis-Extra $50
SIC. fine A 52m54c. A super 50Gi52c y SUI
nov 4s650c. low B super 3S0f40c. C cuper
35@39c, gray woods 320I35c; combing fine
o2u5oc, medium 4SQ5ec, coarse 420545c