Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-19

pounds All told There are others
who think that the quantity now
available b. anywhere between go and
775 million pounds including secured
and pulled woods.
Tho Sew Zealand strike 4 strike
which broke out iu Now Zealand
shipping circles somewhat over uI
week ago. is spreading, according tu'
late cable advicos. To- other indus
tries and bids tuir to assume consid-
cradle proportions. Already the FIRST
auctions hav, been postponed and o.
k "a question ut this writing whether
OF not the postponed sale at christ
church ON November 2iHt viii be-
held
Usually. more or Ices wool from
the first auctions in Ncw Irullnd
reaches London for the January
sales. Considerable, doubt is expressed
by importers ON thr other sldcn How
over. us Geo whether any wool can Doe
received in time for the january
sales lu view of the high basis ON
which the trudo b. now operating this
new factor VIII hardly ho welcome
ono Go thonc who wisely enough. per
haps would ike Co see the market
basis ton To- fifteen per cent lower
aH lrc3trr assurance of safety
what Is the Future OF Wool
Given steady mlrkct abroad. wool
prices loo the United states would
probably not go any lower than they
are az present The turin ON wool
cor rather the Imminent removal of
tFrIW from wool-has unique stionohly
hocu almost DO not quite. discounted.
Indeed continental toImHScr has
been able 90 carry domestic wool
abroad u ample lots. and probably
nI uu loss. even includiue the cost of
carriage. This being true. why then
should prices geo lower IN domestic
clips" Tho answer would seem Co
De- that they should not
Not Few mon Ia the local trade.
however would De surprised b. wool
we're Co drop "a biz Loo foreign mar
kots and IL that were tho case the
eject here would pc immediate under
free wool Wool is satisfactorily
strong, SEQ Gar as the question OF sup-
rly Is concerned Tine question,
chen. which these bcarish operators
raise b., What is the strength of the
demand 1hrond'"
ln France and Italy. tho demand
appears Co be- very keen and orders
would seem 90 bc still plentiful iudg-
ing from the way wool Is being bought
hy French operators lu Australia. ma
Englaud, ON the contrary. the mills
have boon slowing up moro and more
and Germany !s also said tn hc rum
ming ur slack time Supplies DO tops
are vlid Go Doc plilng up FOO bradford
and English operators are sim bring
ing up the rcar-guard of buyers in
che colonies Assuming. then that
th, apparent situation boz Enshnd ana
continental points, outside of France,
/ 81. the real one. how much longer can
France keep up prices in Australia
OF course, 10 is not altrgcthcr snfc
90 assume that the apparent Hiu1-
/ tlon is the real un IN consuming Gone
/ tors. when there is tho problem 81
buying wool iu primary markets or of
. influencing these markets prior to
/ buying ana so $50 dud other operators
/ who hclioyo that Tho hears express
thoughts which are largely the OFF,
4 sHriug of their Wishes
/ u, however. tho strike situation. in
/ Sew Zealand which ut latest udyiccs
. ig spreading and iuvolyiu- mora in-
/ dustrios, continues long cuuugh to
/ keep tho now clip out OF the market
| for some length of time. then uu-
! other element uf strength is added "a
/ the wool situation, temporarily, 40
| least, and cross brcds in south Amer
icu and Australia are therefore likely
Goo appreciate more or less accord
! ngly
Territory Territory wool mas beer
/ iu fair request during the week at
/ practically UNCHANGED rates Good
! staple woods have not been easily
! found and have been ln relatively
! keen request Good nnc Montana STA.
! pile woods have fetched l1nlg cent?
/ ana oven 90 a cents in the grease. OF
! 51U5t cents clean. lIalfhlood sta
! Pile Montana has sold at goa 90 3
| cents or about 5OM52 cents clean
several hundred thousand pounds o
! both grades having changed Iands as
WcN as fair amount of other half
and iino staple territories includine
Idaho at 1875 cents, or about So vents
clean basis. Some threc-oishts an,
! loW quarter ANA braid Montana ais,
changed hands at % pcuts for an,
former ana ~ cents Tor the latter
More or less ORIGINAL wool has MS,
changed hands Including New MeXl
can az i5WiS cents clean and Mon
tano at t70 go cents, cor i70 2o cent
Ia the ereasc Oother woods have in'
cluded Colorado ana wyoming th,
mttcr chiefly at s7mis cents and IA,
Colorado at i5@t7 cents Fine and
Ono medium woods nave also been u
very fair rcquoy. zee t7m 80 cents fol