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Show oo PRICES FOR WOOL KEEP UP ADAVNCE LoS'l.-X. Alas.- xm j; Hilu-esl for wool continue to advance although thu demand s.-en.j t , h sseji. Al-1 though mill buyers hesitate, wool' deal, rs have reiusi d this week prices' which Iwo moiiTlis ago would hav seemed extreme. ' Locallv, asking prices arc flrmer tor the week. , ;uod Mcmiana fine and fine medium, med-ium, which sold last week ut $1.40. i ban, js now quoted at f 1,4.0 01. 42.yfc, With some lots htld at 1.4&. Three-' eighths blood staple Is (juoted at $1.0ni Q1.06. I ne youil sized lot has sold on thi ..aii basis m a ut.. For hair- t blOOd Staple, which is Jn ver small I supply, li2S1.80 Is a-ked. Quarter- I blOOd Staple h.'s sold ut 9l cents and kooi French combing and clothing wools are guotubl.. at $1.1&01.25, Conservative traders are surprised at prices being paid for the new. short, tin' fall Texas woll, good only for felting, A Boston house yester-l day paid 15 cents tor BOO.OOo pounds'! at Kerrville. The same clips sold last I year for 20 1 4 pents. 1 1 The i.ii.nlnt- nplrn fri- T.-v-na rill wool (Ms . ...;, i, was cents. Com-ijng Com-ijng sales at San Angelo, Uvalde and i elsewhere will he watched with ln-; ln-; terest. This ear's clip Ja shorter than last ;,'ars and somewhat burry,.! whhh uiaKe.-, the great advance more surprisinir. ISxperta say that 45 cents I in Texas means $ 1.1 5 (0 l.l'O clean. landed In Boston. At the Del Rio I sale last, week w ool brought -10(H8 cents, or ?i 061.10 clean, Boston. Another surprise comes In reports! of contracting for the next territory clip, now only half grown In ev-cral ev-cral states, particularly Nevada, some! clips are reported secured, how many' is not known It is reported that 3 7 cents has been offered and refused for the well known Taylor clip In Nevada. The willingness of growers to contract at any price has been developed in spile of the advice of leaders In the various w ool grow irs' associations who have urged growers not to sell until shearing time. As Boston wool houses have good; hank surpluses, because of a profitable profit-able turnover of the 1922 wool.s. some traders predict a strong speculative movement, which will sweep along the conservatives who say that prices aro high enough. It is certain that dealers can contract, if willing to pay. iu cents ror line ana rine meaium stapel and clothing clips. This would mean 18 rents landed in Boston in the grease, or about $1.26 clean. Klreccs are fulet. hut interest iu pull - i ed wools Is growing Good white Bj super, 'eastern, pulliugs, are held at $1.10 and ordinary BS at 90 ' ' cents, A supers have sold at 5 1 .2.'- lean. -Melbourne and Sydney markets hold strong Americans are operating operat-ing mco- freely. Many American buy- ers are In london for the 'opening of the sales next Tuesday, and Interest hero is intense. If price show an advance the effect here will he marked mark-ed and contracting will increase. oo |