Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-26
BIG IDAHO SALE
Of WOOL FEATURE
Of WEEK
100000 Pound Deal at 81 and
81 Cents on Clean Basis /;
Week in Market Rather Ul.-
eventful.

roston. Mass. Aus 2G.--- Enthusi-
asm In the Boston wool market con-
tinues 10 bo plant at slow growth
but on the other hand. wool keeps
moving IN "a fair way and consider
ins the statistical situation. conditions
aren't SO bad a. they might bo after
All, saya the Boston Commercial Bull
letin.
Out of the mass OF petty sales,
which have been the rule In the wool
market for some time, has doomed
one sale Of fine Idaho original wool
oi some l.30O sacks or about 100000
pounds, which II Is said brought 81
n SO cents On the clean basis. other
wise. the market has gone along IN
pretty much the same way as before.
sales Of 100000 pounds being con
sidcred of good size. but IN the ag-
gregatc footing up to a fair total.
ON the whole there may have been
less business than was put through a
week ngo--that seems to ue tnc con-
scnsus of opinion--but shipments
rom tho Boston wool market. up TO
ana including Thursday have ma
tcriaily improved. toialling nearly five
million pounds for the week.
A steady market seems to be In
prospect for the immediate future
and while medium woods viii un-
doubtcdly drop somewhat 20 meet
fTcc FOREIGN wool IL that h enacted
and u seems likely. the market Is 9TH
orwise expected 10 remain firm.
General Market summary.
The features of the market this
week. have been Increased. shipments
and the increasing size of individual
sales. Prices have held steady even
ilrmer FOR some grades. The number
of sample bags which have been sent
the mills has again been large, A
feature of the market OF considerable
import. even though negative In char
acter. " the continued Withdrawal
from bond Of foreign wool hy the
mills The lots Withdrawn are gem
orally of small proportions To fill inn
mediate needs. but since July lst
the total involved has been of very
considerable size and has shown a
tendency To increase The return 20
work Of iOOO hands In Lawrence on
Monday az one dealer expressed g.
"will help some" Territories have
been the chief sellers, with the clean
basia OF operations stiil at fifty cents
for wool averaging good half blood
quality.
The Tariff
Action ON the tariff appears to be
goine forward with rather more
celebrity and predictions are quite gem
erai that the senate VIII have finish
ed with the bill by September 18th,
Indications now point 80 a close fight
on wool. with the probability that Il
viii be- placed on the free Hist Tops
viii probably be made dutinblc az 10
per cent and yarns az Is to 20 per
cent, Ht the latter figure Il Is hoped.
ii VIII probably Doe October list before
the nill becomes a law. however, since
the bill must go through confer
ence between house ana senate and
then repassed by each body as "
conference measure before u can
reach the president
AZ was the ease with sugar. Il was
expected yesterday that the test vote
on the wool schedule and the free
wool provision of the bill. which were
under debate In the senate would re-
suit In favor OF the Democrats
M Unusual stocks Ia IBond.
Attention is called "a the official
government totals Of wool In bond
on August first, which appears else
where. n viii be seen that tho
quantity at clothing wool II not ma
ieriaily larger than Il has been IN
other recent years. Moreover. II
must be remembered IN this connec.
ton that Withdrawals az the moment
are increasing while imports continue
very light
when one adds 10 this fact the fur.
ther consideration that receipts Of
wool in the Boston wool market this
year are over 100000. 900 pounds less
than they were al tho same date n
wear ago, there h considerable cnuse
for reflection and the stondiness Of
the market, recently In the face 81
hand-to-mouth buying seems less
strange.
Endeavors to gain concessions on
the par, VI mill BUYERS have been IN