The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-06
MARKET REPORT

~. Frank rccehe. Directory
The wool market continues STACY
1 and strong. the past week being best
of the season to date, The following
quotations are Rtven In orc Of the
trade papers for the Boston MARKET
Virginia Woe2N
= Ia blood unwashed. TSETT
IS blood unwashed. IS 10.
la blood -unwashed. 81 II S.
The dealers in Richmond are Quot
sne from 81 for slightly bury to csc
for good free wool,
II has been officially announced that
while the governnent wffl conttnve to
hold its sales OF carpet woods whsch
showed the be@t sale last week. Il Will
discontinue its sales Of clothing wool
till Nov. /.
Increase n, Manufacture.
In an effort To obtain fairly COM
n!~te information regarding the active
ana idle wool machinery Ia the United
States AS Of May /. 1919. the United
States bureau OF markets has collected
data from s2e OF the more important
woof manufacturers This covers ~
rors from nearly 100 geo looms and
more than four and oce~fourth million
<ninssles
The report shows that OF the nam
her reporting upon March l. So rSer
cent of looms wider than 50 inches
were idle. and of the smaller looms a
per cent were idle Upon April /
these figures were reduced to Is per
cent and 3a per cent, respectively. and
sgToa NAV the par cant Of Idle fcorsss
ritter than so riches was only SIS.
.-a that OF the szstaIlsr looms onfy
So
T'er the three months this shows an
increase in oreraticr of about 20 per
Gent Of the wide looms. and az increase
~ about 10 per cert for the smaller
ones
The irrlr.orerrer- .s shown in tho
operation of Spindtes is equally Euses-
estins or s,I17.sts sptndtcs rmzuu-
featuring wooiens the amount OF idle
ness was reduced from, as per cent
upor March ! To 1s-s per cent upon
MAJ s; and Of ssT1 ses ssi5dies man
ufacturing worsteds the amount a!
sdieness for the same months was re-
duced from SAT per cent 10 ts-s pe'
cent
From this informant fon II would seer
that the wool rradrcs- nasy have req
son 70 be fairly hopeful
Farm. E.ru(sress-
Apploa--ssun rrser appses jux. hrEsr
ring to come in. demand good PRICE
range from IS to 81 for green vsstetsea
with Red ASfr1can ssAnag as nAgn al
IS to $3.50.
Peaches Market well Supplied
mostly from Georgia, 81 to 81
basket carrier
Pctatoes--Msrsct welt srprsstcd AN
demand fair Shipped pcsatoes. most
~ from Eastern Virginia. - to 81
for No. is and So 50 TO 81 for No %
Wagons from surround arg country AZ
getting $3.50 to $l.7s per hrsshei,
Egg--sl To Az dozrn IN cDse lots
Retailing at 10 TO soc fFoxn wagons.
Poultry--Hens ~ to 31c. rorsteTs
40c. chickens. now corning M fY~~s
and market showing q weakening ten
cAncy daily. price, varying from IS t
cat,le-Eeavy steers. ~ TO fsc
heavy betfers, II 10 1Sc; cows {
lie
Hogs Good hogs, Is eto $50, &c
Z f4e 10 $50. ale: good sheath. 10 To zoe
to SC off IL soft,
Lambs-I4 TO lie.
Eeals--~13 to 16c.
Hi6es--3reen salt ssc; green 3sc
shippers cautioned against shtppin
green hides at tnis searon.
u F. Owen. assistant director, In d
Il Carroll county this weak, asxtrstn~ 4
the preparartn NOT cD-opeTzrfvs Ehtp
( merits Of both lamha and wool II
VIII he in position rsx, week TO aakas
the growers of sry other county VIII
NAV reed his servfces IN the prevars
ton OF q cooperative shtprzert o
4 either lambs or wool Interested par
x-rfvn a.