Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-03
SEE-SAW OF PRICES
CONTINUES At
BOSTON
Bulk Of Woods Sold in Past
Week of Territory Order on
Half Dollar Clean Secured
Basis.


Boston Mass. sept Tracing
in the Boston wool market this week
has been continuance az the see
saw un prices between u.pnufuctur-
ers aud dealers. There has been
little IS any welding either Was. u is
gcnerally aVcrrcd In the trade that
we're the dealers To shade prices only
very little they could sell large
blocks of wool aud su IL seems 90
have settled down 90 tug 81 war;
with the balance Of power depending
lnrgcly upon the insistency g the de-
mand for goods. says the lost IN
Commercial bulletin.
Up to the present time an reports
and an the straWs in the wind point
to favorable goods market from ths
dealers point of view. A. has been
noted before. prices on woolen goods
have been cut very close ana the
mDtRin of profit is very small This
fact argues for conservative buying
while wool prices remain as they are
However. Individual sales are grow
ing somewhat larger ana the demand
for wool is slowly but percepuply
widening. g. that, everything cor-
sidprcd the market is fully nrm u3
compared with a week ugo.
General Market summary The
bulk OF the woods sold have been uf
the territory order ana on the half
dollar clean secured basis. Rather
more fleece has moved this week and
especially ia 10 noteworthy that the
demand for fine fleece Is n anything
better. Medium flocces. on the other
hand, particularly quarter bloods ana
throe-cighths, are resting somewhat
oaJer, demand having fallen of
moro or less There Is e good market
for coarse woods below the quarter
blood grade however, and half hloods
are steady scoureds have been ia
ftcndy request az former rates, viii
foreign sorts have heen very dun.
Tho Tariff The work of tariff
making in the senate has been pro-
crossing faster, Of course the votes
upon the various schedules most in
dispute have hceu only Tor tho pur-
pose of testing Democratic strength
ana oohereucy and the real test viii
come upon the nnal passage Of the
bin SOME there bee who think tn
bin VIII not ho passed with free wool,
but the consensus of opinion points
tho other way. Present indications
are that October let viii see the bin
enacted Il is to Doe hoped for the
mke of an wool textile interests that
not less than 20 per cent on tops and
at least 20 per cent on warns will be-
provided in The final draft OF the bill
Foreign Markets Stoadier- Latest
adVlccs from abroad indicate q
strengthening In the situation or
I'D. nd N.H IL
have heon placed in Bradford for
cused New Zealand woods recently. it
is said. and a moderate quantity eff
English fleece ls understood 20 Doe
under order for this side. but no great
nmount OF business has set been put
through.
a cable from Brisbane on the sec
ond day Of the sale showeFa stronger
market than ON Tuesday on better
selections. with Yorkshire buyers ops
Grating more freely. The first day
of the sale. selections were inferior
and France was the chief operator
az weaker rates. II ls said that good
staple comhing super 6f-G2s. sound
practically free from hurrs. bright
end attractive wool could be- bought
at 2'a NJ Sd for wool shrinking iIG
- per cent.
Prospects and Prices.
Tho present market conditions In
dicato an easter tendency on medium
woods with fine woods II anything
slightly harder The market seems
likely 10 continue for some time IN
q narrow rat without material deyin-
ton either way, so far as prices are
concerned.
ohio Flceces-The principal trans
action ,of note In noeces this week
hns been the sale of AN old Ion Of
washed delaiAe, ON which the price Is
said 90 have been 2G cents FOR about
100000 pounds bids for new washed
wool of this sprt at the Same price
have been turned down ana q ls said
that as much as 2S cents has been re-
fused, although the trading basis ui
the moment seems to be- somewhere
from 21m2S cents For unwashod
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