The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-02
i Today i've News Of the Sunshine State


Notwithstanding q few sales seem 20
have been made at rather soft
prices. There has also been q diversi-
sed demand. a. welt as q fairly gen
eral one Wooden mill classes have
sold very well out the worsiei inter-
tsts have been the chief operators
including some spinucrs al we'll a.
the larger operators who run from top
20 cloth.
Primary Markets stu Climbing.
The foreign primary markets. es-
peclaiiy those IN Australia have been
climbing upward again thir week. and
one ID constrained 60 wonder where
the end viii be. Apparently Il hasa't
been reached yet a. the opening day
% the sale IN Melbourne. prices on
crossbrcds were very dear. an adj
vance OF . TO ~ per cent. a. com
pared with the previous sale being
cahled on the opening day. Monday
The price Of 9fMd was paid for a
choice se'S or an estimated clean
landed cost here Of about 20 cents
For SOS grade. the estimated clean
cost for the best woods was aoout es
cents.
omerlngs Of merinos in Melbourne.
this week, as well as at sydney. have
been rather poor geaeraiiy. In the
latter market. however. sound wools
have continued 10 command the pre-
MUM which bag been prevalent lat
tcrly. Top-makina sorts have realised
as hleh a. 15si. or about IS TO 60
cents. clean innied basis. while aver.
& comhlng woods have brought 30
10 72 cent and warp WOODS. which
are very limited. are quuiabic At al
% IS cents.
American orders IN Australia have
been fairly numerous and In 10. a,
few instances orders were without
iiml, early in the week. although some
buyers begaa 90 distrust the wisdom
OF this policy af.cr the FIRST day or
two or sales.
The market in New Zealand has
also oeen climbing In sympathy with
the other worlds markets for cross
bred woods. How much wool has been
purchased there to date. however b.
not known with M assurance. .hc
total trading thus far being ou the
sleeps backs. sThe hrst sale occurs
II Christ Church q week from next
Thursday. November nth.
In South America. The marke. has
been strengthening and quotations
there at the moment are % to 40
cents for the bes. packed Lincolns. 80
"a a cents for average quarter, and
"a ceats for high quarter Argentine
WOODS. A very large percentages OF
the so-cailed super" wools-nosylbly
75 per. CENTS reported to have been
taken In South America this year.
France and Italy rave been keen buy
ers OF the pest woods there. entering
actively INTO composition with the
United States this season. This 6uy- 1
ing IL understood To be because % the
practical lm~possibiity FOR .hese two
countries 20 get the short. defective
woods which they have bcen accug-l
toned 10 buy at the River Plate ear
bombed and combed. as they formerly
did in-Belgiuu. and SO thsy have gQno
In for free woods Of good staple.
u Is reported that two to .hreo
thousand bales OF wool have boe1
purchased in South Africa already
Tor the American market. although
offerings being made at the momeu
are hardly more than nominal. and
on about the same Landed basil. clean.
as that quoted last week, twelve
months wool varying from about "a
m55 cents up 20 90 cents for the
choicest clips.
Territory Wool.
The demand for territory woolf has
Increased this week very decidedly
Just how much wool has been sold isI
not certain. Some think over i've mil
lion pounds has been taken by a lead
Ing mill but this quantity seems eX-
cezsive. and Il seems improbable that
more than this O OF territory
has changed hands all told. There
has been a rather steady call on he
part of one or two mills FOR staple
fine and half-bloOd combipg wool, the
beet OF which have been sold at about
20 cents for the haif-blood and 7i-72|
cents for the fine staple. Ordinary
fine staple territory woods have been