Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-06-03 | Page 7 | Could Not Get the Wool

COULD NOT GET THE WOOL Carbon County Sellers Holding on to the Clip TRIBUNE SPECIAL Price June 2rher were seventeen woolbuyerg here today and a number of railroad men Crom Salt Lake but all endeavors to do business were futile Thero arc fully 500000 pounds of this years clip here ready for market and lwothlrda of that amount at Cotton The buyers worken on the proposition of pulling In sealed bids but as sellers declined to stand bv the proposition of taking the highest offer all deals were declared off and all wool at both points is still unsold Owners are Insuring and say they will hold off at least sixty days At Colton some wool was moved today to-day on consignment at 11 cents Owners Own-ers are holdlnir out for 17 cents There were reprcsontallves on the ground today to-day from the four leading markets of the country Boston Chicago Philadelphia Philadel-phia and St Louis Failing to do business busi-ness the railroad men and woolbuyers put In the afternoon at Price playing hall and took the night train Into SuIt Lake