Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-20

/ ing cents n pound IN the grease TO
/ put the domestic wool into an equal
condition with the foreign.
Melbourne Opens firm
The first sale OF woods az Mel
bourne, Australia, WAS held on We'd
nosday, with 5000 bates offered. of
which W per cent was sold Compe-
tition was keen and French buyers
were aRnin the most aggressive
Prices compared with the OPENING
rates IN 1912 were five per cent
| higher
The regular sales viii start on
Monday for the season iu Melbourne.
1 For next weeks auctions about 90
GOO bales are expected, Cable ad-
Vices state that the merinos coming
forward are well-Erown and sound.
The Goods situation.
| Little now can be said with refer
cnce 10 the goods situation Mills. &C.
cording to all reports are operating
their machinery on about the Same
fntio on which they have recently
been running but orders at tho mo-
ment are coming forward in "a very
moderate way nccording 60 an adj
I vlces
An along the line The lament con-
/ tinues to be- heard that the margin Of
! profit " extremely narrow and doubt
/ less that is true. The pressure. which
! has been more or less steadily exert.
] cd on the raw material, however has
yielded very little extra leoway IN the
pront Of those higher up.
Prospects aud Prices.
with the wool moving IN the pres
/ ent hand-to-mouth manner. the FOND
hopes 81 certain holders are not likely
To be realized In the advance Of wool
/ right away, although q Is TO be hoped
4 that prices will not sag OF from the
present low prices. Sales are said TO
have been made In Chicago this week
with fair freedom and more or less
wool appears TO have been disposed Of
IN 81 Louis also. mostly territory
wool In each instance
ohio Fleece-A moderate quantity
Of fleece ohio woot has been sold
/ again this week s lot of some 80. o.
600 pounds Of unwashod delaine
changed hands nt 20 cents. about 30,-
600 pounds OF line unwashcd brought
goa "a cents; about 10000 pounds OF
haif-hiood clothing brought 2lM
cents ana about 10000 pounds OF Xxx
was sold az 90 cents. There was iu.
tls throe-eights combing wool dispose
ed of In the market range of $500
"a cents
Michigan Flcoces-Quarter blood
Michigan fleece Is reported 10 have
been sold Ia "a fair way, about zoe,
600 pounds being sold altogether, for
which the price reported was %
cent?.
Missouri Brieht-No sales Of note
are reported in the local market for
Missouri ana other bright woods. al
though a. certain worstcd mill is snid
Ia have been IN the 81. Louis market
and cleaned up some more baby
comhing wool az n cents A lot OF
quarter aud baby quarter comning Is
said To he held az % IA cents.
Pulled-Asidc from "a few Oft lots
end low sorts, the movement la grease
pulled woods IL said 20 have been fully
as dun and embarrassing as al any
time within the last three or four
months. Both western and eastern
pullers seem loath to part with their
pullngs az less than 3im32 cents and
with ono or two exceptions where the
market HAS been met more or less
/ steadily, the accumulations for the
four months, ending october are
pretty much all ON hand In New York
state, and the same condition D. more
or less true elsewhere
/ Territory Possibly two and one
half million pounds OF territory wool
has been sold this week ana this bus-
lness constitutes the bulk Of the bus-
inoss put through. Prices are no bet
ter buyers are inclined g. describe
tho market as easier. Top makers
are Offering 10 buy wool but at very
low prices. Offering for average fine
ana hne medium territory wool In the
original bugs a. cents clean basis and
lpossibly i7mfS cents FOR super woods
OF this class and they say they are
getting some wool although 90 would
hardly seem possible that much wool
can he bought go low. unless IL be OF
inferior quality ON the hole the
market Is little lower than last week,
We think.
Sales reported Include about mill
Hon pounds hy one house of various
sorts, graded ana original Wyoming
and Montana as around go cents for
good staple woods al $50 90 cents FOR
| fNfM aAtAlAAf anu AiAahNNs 'fANft
sulcs are about 500. 900 pounds Of or
lRnal Montana at 1914 m1aia cents In
the grease cor dl062 cents. estimated
clean bats, about 2O00 pounds Of
J original Wyoming at as cents clean OF
l3mt7h cents In the grease. i00.'
600 Of half-biood Wyoming at 10 y
cents or about as cents clean a lot
of 30 coo pounds at fine ana hnc me-
dium wyoming clothing Is o. ported al
"a cents or about as cents clean hn-
sis a small nunntlty OF half blood
clothing territory also changed hands
az i7h cents or about A504G cents
clean.
TeNas--'rherc has MOI been any res
mnrkahio trading in Texas woods thl'
weak, although sample boys are res
ported uut on Fair line of eighl
months wool and on some twelve
months staple also.
California in California
woods has been rather slow. nlthouah
ono Dot of about 10000 pounds OF
oleht months northern wool is report