Show WEEKS WOOL SALES 4 Undertone of Strength Which Is Encouraging TRIBUNE SPECIAL f New York Aug toSales of wool this week are GOOOOO pounds a total fully up to dealbrs expectations There Is an undertone of strength in the situation j situa-tion which decidedly encouraging Buyers are more ready to pay asking prices than for months The tendency Is strongly toward firmer values on nearly all domestic wools A leading Western puller has Instructed In-structed his Eastern agents to advance quotations 2 cents por pound on all grades carried by the house This move has not been followed by competitors com-petitors as yet and the new quotations cannot be taken as the present market level On specialties controlled by the firm mentioned manufacturers will be obliged to meet the advance S 1 I Territory wools art in somewhat better bet-ter request both here and In Boston I A good five to seven months Texas I will readily bring 17JlSc and years growth Is firm at 52c scoyred Several shipments have arrived in port this woelc from the South and others are on tho way Growers are still somewhat above seaboard markets on the price question and many clips are held out of the market both In Texas and in tho West |