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Show ACTIVITY SHOWN IN WOOL AT BOSTON Out West Wyoming Chps Are Bringing Around Twenty-Seven Cents and Sellers Are Correspondingly Happy. BOSTON, Maas, June 2 Considerable Consid-erable activity la noted In the local wool market, though the business la not well distributed Some large house, have had an excellent trnde tho pant week, while others havo found lesa demand than In recent weeks. Ai cording to tho best estimate,, esti-mate,, total aalea foot up from three to four million pound. Demand continues con-tinues to be malnl) for foreign wools, but I, brondonlng Into terrltnrj clips, espcclall) fine medium and medium grades. Bu)lng In the West eontlnuea at top prices All market, arc strengthening and tho chance, of any cheaper wool this season nro lessening dall) Ihe June J.ondon auction will open next week and predictions nro that Merinos will ndvnnce full) 10 per cent from the last series Australian market, continue firm with quotation, quota-tion, above a parity with Boston Current discussion In tho trade runs much to the ponslhtllt) of n break In the wool market during the coming light weight season Opinion reema to In) that the strength noted In Boston Is but a reflection from abroad, and that Boston'a wool trade Is following. rather than leading the procession While manufacturers have been claiming claim-ing thnt there wan nothing lit the goods situation to wnrrant high prices, the) have tiought freel) In tho West, and while refusing to consider even the most desirable lots of domestic wool nt sacrifice prices, they hnvo accumulated ac-cumulated n great volume of fine Merinos at prices that seem high, though possibly below tho replacement replace-ment point, either here or abroad Oroweni (letting Top Price. In tho territory state, medium wools of the better class nro being rapldl) absorbed. Tho best have been secured and the rest are bringing top prices. Khiarlng has Itegun In earnest In Montana, Mon-tana, and Is prctt) well over In other sections. In man) Instances growers nnd idler are apart over Ihe values of fine territory wools, but In tho main, flno medium und medium clips nro bringing wolt up to the growers' Ideas. Not all seller are Inclined to be reasonable, nnd It often happen, at the public sales that man) bid are rejected and only part of tho offerings offer-ings sold The highest prices reccntl) have been paid In the triangle und In Montana, whero twent) -seven to twenl)-nlno cents has been given for midlum clips. In man) eases line clips urn being held nt top figure, but bu)ers balk at such extremu price. An occasional cholen medium clip has Mild as high na thlrt) rents. Home Mosttrn biijeyi report that the) nro getting some good wools on the basts of lxt) to slxt) -three cent fur fine medium, and f If O -eight to slut) rent for medium Others ra) that fine und fine medium French combing wools are costing much more thun the above on the clean basis, the quotublo range being slxt) -three to slxt) -seven cents, these nro selected clips, of light shrinkage nnd good condition Hiav) shrinkage wools are offered nt prlies In tho gnnse thnt mean rami-lous rami-lous prlcis clean, but such wools nro m glrcted Ho fur n tho new tlrrllor) wool have been sampled, the) nro found to bet rather deficient In staplo and not well grown, though sound nnd of light shrinkage Public rales are being held In Western Idaho nnd In Oregon, and conrlderabla wool Is being picked up b) the leading manufacturing manu-facturing lntcrrU ns well as b) Fasten Fast-en dealers. Public sales havo been held tlile week nt Mldvalc, Ontario and Caldwell, Ida, and Condon, Bhan-Iko Bhan-Iko and Heppner. Ore. In Texas, bu)lng appears to bo at a standstill. A sealed bid salo was livid nt Ban Angela recently by the warehouse association, but all bids wero rcfurrd I-uter In tho month a mile Is to be held nt Kerrvllle. The Kerrvlllo wools ore gene rail) offered without rcerve, while at San Angola the seller are ivldom willing to accept ac-cept dealers' bids. Borne new wools uio reported to have been picked up at prlvutn ale at seventeen to eighteen eigh-teen cents for eight months' nnd twenty to twent)-two cents for twelve months' This means n scoured cost laid down here of nbout f If I) -five renin for eight months' and slxt) rents for twelve months' llli.li Values of Hceevs. Conditions In the fleece wool Hates, specially In Ohio, continue to be very umatlrfoctor) from tho dealers' standpoint Medium ellns aro malnl) out of farmers' hands, though a few uro still being held at thlrt) cents and above On the ears these wools after being handled nnd sorted to some exit ex-it nt, are being held at thlrt) -two to thirty-three cents, nnd In somti cases as high as thlrt) -four cents. The latter lat-ter price Is reported to hnve been paid for some choice wool on the cars. Not much I doing In fine wools, either w tutted or unwashed In many caaca farmers are asking twent) -eight to thlrt) cents for their flno wool,, at though demand for them Is much Its thnn for medium wools. New clip fleece urn arriving hero with more freedom, nnd denier, will aoon bo able to offer good slxetl lines for Inspection It Is claimed that antes have been made but stlhr refuse particular. Borne cleanup nnle of tidd and end of fleece have occurred occur-red the past week or two, nt price whbh have no sUnlflennce Michigan grower have lieen espcclall) espc-clall) strong nnd nro getting rather better price than hnvo prevailed In Ohio, powttbl) owing to tho fart that their clips run mom to medium In other fleece nnd seml-brlght wool section,, extreme price nro llng demanded de-manded atid paid In thl market, thlrt) -five to thlrt). six rents Is being suggested na thn probable value of Ohio and Michigan comi.lng medium wools though dealers cannot glvo a faith bar Is of quotation Missouri quarter blood and three-eighth blood wools nro quoted nt thlrt) -five rents landed here. Arrivals Arn Incrranlng. There Is lens difference thnn usual between the quotations current for the new medium territory wools In this market Several lAindred thousand pounds hnve changed hands. Ono housn report transfer of alxmt three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, malnl) half blood nnd thrre.elghthi blood Another ha sold nbout five hundred thousand pounds territories of various grade, but mostly fine medium and medium Quotation nro difficult to obtain, but thn scoured cost Is estimated nt not fur from sixty-five sixty-five cents. These transfers hnve Included In-cluded iKith grnded wool, nnd original origin-al bag lots. Dealer bnllevo that nothing la needed to bring manufacturer Into the market but nn Improved tone In the goods trade. Arrival of new clips from the West nro Increasing and are likely to bo heavy from now on Thise wool aro being opened ns rap-Idl) rap-Idl) ns possible and n good selection will roon be available. U()MI; CLIPS Dltl.NfHMi abovi: tui:my.hi:vi:v ci:ntk The Ktmmercr (Wjo ) Kammern of latt.Fr ld) ha, this concerning wool Ktles In thnt ice tlon. whlih I of con-cldcrnhlo con-cldcrnhlo local Interest 'The wool situation Is now taking on u definite solution und n number of clip have been sold during tho past week, but none so far roporttd hnvo come up to the thlrt) cent mark, except a small clip of nbout ten thousand pounds which was sold at Bodn Spring last week at thlrt) rtnt Several clips wire rold nt Komuitnr Including those of Salmon I Iron, about eighty thousand pounds nt 27 ' cents without with-out an) deduction, while Km nnd Jua Smith received ST1; cuul for their clip of about u hundred thuusand pounds. At Fossil the prevailing price was from 26 to 27 W ce nt nnd those se It-Ing It-Ing were Ou, Linden, 50,000 pound, Bono Hill, 20,000; II. O. ( oudltk, 22,-000, 22,-000, Amo Mursdtu, 20,000; lleur) Barker, 13,000 pounds. The mil) clips there remulnlng to lx sold are those of the Standard Live Stock corn-pan) corn-pan) and the Burrrts. "At Cokevlllo It Is reported that John Stoner, Fred Bobe.rts nnd T, M, Mumford havu sold nt twent) -eight cent Thl make leven clips from this district which havu gone to bu)-irs, bu)-irs, with a large number nut read) to soil. "At Opal thero I still about 2t0(-000 2t0(-000 pounds In tho clips of Frank Wex-clbergtr, Wex-clbergtr, Oeorgn C Watts, Jimmy Jumleson, Frank Pumero) end Al W, Gardiner to be sold to the imye r on!) offering twent)-flvo cents. "The thirty rent spirit seems to have left some of thn sellers, nnd It Is a deep question whether or not the) are Justified In holding for It. but with thn contract made the feeling that u bird In the hand Is worth two In the hush seemn to pnvull nt least tho vurpenin Is ovtr ' |