The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-16


lions were very poor. The Continent
wat the principal buyer.
At sydney there viii be about 3d.
600 nalcs offered mex week.
New Zealand Cables-There was "a
sale at Naples ON Monday. when
prices were maintained on "a firm
basis for woods rather broadly classcd
but OF iight shrinkaEe and IN general
~ good condition.
South American Markets Firm-Of-
ferings 81 suitable woods In the south
American primary markets are very
few and far between. Prices are not
quotahly higher hut they are hardly
more than nominal. Ageutine WOODS
are quoted generally at 10 3-fd for
Lincoln; ttmtt I'D for low quarter
ana i2W 12iad for high quarter
Goods. Yarus and Tops Prices in
the New York goods market are show
ing a tendency 10 follow the suit Of
raw material To keen observers Ia
the market. this advance has been bl
no means fraught with tho uhcXpect-
ed bat has been only the logical re-
suit OF the short supply of raw ma
torials the world over aud further adj
vnnccs IN price are predicted hi them
OF course. 10 Is q question how FAR
these advances nay safely ga before
foreign competition viii Intervene but
the sharp advances an along the line
In foreign markets Is bound e. bolster
up the position OF the domestic man
u%facturors.
Yarns and tops are higher beyond
n question. Spinncrs Of good do
nestle h%aif-blood 2-G0s yarns have
marked quotations FIRMLY al 20 cents
while half-blood domestic tops arc
ARMY held al G2GG3 cents. which
only u few weeks ago sold freely at
IS 80 cents. Of course. half blood
woods, tops and warns have been more
or less the %storm-entrc Of the business
This season and pricrr eN other grades
hardly show the same relative al.
vance but they . generally very
close IN line with this rise.
Contracting Less Pronounccd-Thc
advance IN prices being paid In the
territory sections for wool on the
Sleeps hack has served Co check tho
operations there Nmore or less. An
told. iu Utah and Nevada about 10
million pounds are estimated to be
1919 ~ NH lA WIN 20 MFtNMl NMN
million pounds are said Ia be IN the
latter state. Elsewhere. In Wyomins
and Idaho a very little business has
been done hut oniy a few clips are IN
volvod Prices have shown little nd
vance II any over those paid M In q
week ago. Possibly onc-half cent more
has been paid but about 10 cents b.
reported as tho top on average New
ada and ~ cents on Uiahs.
Fremont. Noh. Wool Not snld-Ad-
vices 60 the effect that crrtnin woods
understood TO be largely Wyoming.
held IN Fremont. Nebraska. had been
sold 90 u certain mill recount were
evidently untrue. as MFR. W. n. Adams
Of that place writes rs under date Of
February 2nd, that he stil owns g00,-
Gee pounds ~ these woods. prin-
cipally wyoming and Montana and
that they are still for sale. Late adj
Vices alfo Indicate some wool sim left
IN omaha. also.
Totritury-Onl, O. fcw hauscs have
n quantity OF territory wool to offer
at tho moment ara with these houses
IA, lines are very much split up.
Sales In the LEGAL market during tho
week have been limited indeed. A
linc ~ clothing Nopl " reported rum
ming well up towards a million pounds
at q clean cost 90 around g confs for
the best woods. although some dealers
are asking 90 cents for their bost
fine woods at the moment. Sales In
the market ave Included a little %
everSthing some 50.000 pounds OF
Utah being sold az i6 cents clean.
Some buying rs also reported at
around rs cents or about so cents
clean basis A nitis Montana three
cights wool is reported on private
terms but fully 90 cents clean basis
and possibly a. cents.