Show WOOL promising outlook this season the situation shows improvement in some respects although as yet the supplies are too small to admit of i anything like active trading there is however a decidedly stronger and more hopeful feeling prevalent among the trade and manufacturers are showing more interest in the market there has been a good demand for fine fleeces but business has been restricted strict ed by the stiffening views of sellers large buyers have been negotiating for supplies and would have bought freely at about 33 cents jont have been unable to secure any desirable lots at that price A fair sized lindof ohio has been sold at 31 cents and some lots recently offered at that rate now held at 35 cents the strengthening tendency of the market for fine wools ia due largely to the reports of comparatively high prices now being paid in country markets medium wools are offered on a basis of 38 cents for washed clothing and 40 cents for and some business has been done in the former at the asking rate but brally are trying to operate 1 cent below the views of sellers there is comparatively little trading in quarter blood wools either washed or unwashed but they are firmly held owing to the stiff views of growers the renewed life given to worsted goods manufacturing by the favorable decision of the secretary of the treasury will increase the demand for and consumption of all well bred twelve months strong staple territory wools tho bettor the wools the better the price will this applies to wools of all grades from tho finest highbred high bred clips to the lower qualities if free from lamp the stocks of old teri atory wools bavo been reduced to a minimum and there is little if any desirable old wool of this class now available the outlook is especially encouraging for montana and similar territorial wools which compare favorably with tho wools grown in the near states the general outlook is strengthened by tho decreased importations of worsted goods and the upward tendency of foreign wool markets which by adding to the cost of production m europe lessens the probability of increasing competition from foreign yarns the local consumption cf wool promises to be much larger during the coming year than for several previous years as a great deal of machinery that was idle last year is again about to start up this fad should encourage liberal shipments to this market where consignments consign ments of domestic wool have to contend against much smaller offerings of australian montevideo and other foreign wools than at any other port an the atlantic seaboard commercial list and price currant |