Show GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS SOTS LESS WOOL OOL Washington Feb 21 Wool n-Wool Wool holdings December ember 31 were poun pounds grease equivalent or poun pounds less than tan on September 30 0 1919 accor ac according according ac- ac cor cording to quarterly wool Wool stock report of or department of agriculture That tho the commercial supply Is evenly distributed Is Indicated b by tho the fact that on December Decem I ber br SI 31 n. n 1919 manufacturers report reported cd holdings of ot pounds nn and 1 dealers deal deal- ers era While dealers deLlor held hold practically half hal tho the stock on which I thero there were no restrictions it is evident that a consi considerable portion porton was being bellS stored an and 1 held for shipping Ions tons Although wool supply seems rather large It Is not consi considered moro than thana a comfortable reserve Em supply p pl to meet any emergency cn y If regular importations were cre interrupted The governments government's holdings hare havo de decreased tic tic- creased 1 materially since last year On December 28 InS 1918 wool in possession of at the government spot an and 1 in transit transit was va pounds and wool In dealers dealers' deal deal- ers ers' hands not yet billed bied to tho govern govern- over over- men at nt pounds making pounds compared 1 with wih on December 31 1919 This shows it is claimed that the tho government government gov sov- emment released its wool holdings as quickly as possible in suc such quantities I as the market would readily absorb through public auctions |