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Show REVIEW OF THE WOOL TRADE., The Amount of Foreign Wool In the Mr-ket Mr-ket I.e. Thau Oue Year Ago. liosrox, Jan. 1. The American Wool Reporter, in its annual review of the wool trade of the United States, says: "The amount of wool on hand in most of the primary markets in the United States is not excessive. The supply in Boston is considerably lighter than a year ago, A recapitulation of the. stocks in the principal markets, to which is added the estimated amounts other markets, concealed supplies of wool and in pullers' hands, gives the total supply l)2.r!lD,8H3 pounds, against ('J.at.g.'iU a year ago. The figures for the tirst ten months of 18!)0 for the whole United States show the total importations im-portations were 87.94 1.V.M pounds, in comparison with 110,107,4 (((for the corresponding cor-responding time last year, and in consequence con-sequence of the amount of foreign wool on the market and the fact that there is a very marked improvement in the woolen goods business, the supply of wool in the. United States cannot be considered burdensome. The only weak spot in the outlook is the probability proba-bility of increased importations of foreign for-eign wools after the beginuing of the year., - |