Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
SIGNS OF ACTIVITY
LACKING IN WOOL
At BOSTON
About as Lively as Desert of
Sahara on a Dull Day; Trad
ing in Territory Woods in
Small Lots.

boston. Mass, April Signs ~
mcr street this week r"mind ono most
furcihly 81 the excitement likely 10
be- encountered IA the midst Of the
Sahara desert. says She Boston Conn
mcrcial Bulletin. To bc sure some
further sales Of south America cross
brrds and SOME trading In hnc AUS
trallan woods has been INDUCED In,
white fcw odds and ends bots 81 do
mestic have left the ownership of
dealers. bui NO snap has been in evil
dcucc Ia the trading and the total
turnover In wOol has been very lin.
tied
Prices are generally steady on the
basis OF the quotations ruling Tor the
last two weeks. although there be
those whose quotations are firmly
made for desirable lines 81 wOul
above Ia" rates recently realized by
certain dealers on cleanup lots This
fact has unquesiionably held up moro
or less business
strike Partially Scttlcd--Thc great
or part of the striking garment work.
crs have returned To- their benches,
including practically All the operators
In New York city and Rocehster. The
situation la Boston Is still unsettled.
about l2UO workers. ladies and cus-
tom tailors. having gone out during
the middle OF this week. Several
hundred workers let Boston this
week for New York who're makers
are very far behind Ia their pr55@e-
ton uf ready madc clothing
GOO,l~ Market SituatiOn-With the
hcttcrmcnt shown In the garment end
uf the trade. II might be the natural
expectation 10 see a bother situation
Ia gooGs and doubtless this will be
the case, but II must be remembered
that the season h. now practically at
AN cnd so Tar as the lightweight bust
ness is concerned.
In hcavywcights the demand has
been principally for low priced wool.
ems Ia mems wear, while dress goods
have been moving with fair freedom.
tloaking and especially Astruchans
which require low lustcr Wuols have
been active There is cunsidcra bile
apprehension. however. on heavy
weights and the mills are not risking
any 0vcrproduction through cancella-
lions, even WHO'RE they have substan-
tial orders ahead
1'le TariN Questiop--lt II general-
~ believed In the iiosipn wool trade
that the revision Of schedule X has
been fairly wen discounted already,
This IL true with reference Ia the
wools running below half-blood
grade Latest advlccs received point
10 the reporting by the ways aud
means committee of a wool tariff on
the basis recently predicted by the
Bulletin. namely. - per cent Qn raw
wool, with the balance Of the Under
wood bin substantially as hitherto in
troduced ia congress Ma official pro-
WuuuCcmcnt has yet been made. how
ever. and consequently there is hack
uf business on account OF the uucer-
tainty.
la tile Mcst---Thc deadlock appears
10 hc still unbTOkcn in the west In
Nevada "A little wool has been shorn
aud several buyers are said tu be on
the scene. while In Washington very
little wOol Is said to have been bought
but no details were Ohtainablc and
the transactions, ~ true. wore doubt
less of q limited aud unimportant na b
turc. In Arizona there has boon no
real change from the situation obs
tanning week agu. ana the same N
true with reference 10 Utah. No news
of amy moment h heard from the
hocre sections. Everywhere. how
ever, growers arr asking very stccp