Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 14 | Wool Subordinate to Auction Sales

WOOL SUBORDINATE TO' AUCTION SALES BOSTON'. Dec 20. The Commercial Bulletin" tomorrow will Fay : "Everything In the woo) trade has ben subordinated sub-ordinated to the gr-venimcDt wool oucrionp. The firstsale of foreign wools showed a desire on the manufacturers' part for. the beat fine stapled wools and also for tho best medium wools, the former being off about 5 per cent for Australian and the lost medium South American wools about 10 p"r cent off from government issue prices. The p"CoBd day'a h;i le was entirely of domestic wo-ds. Quarrer blood wools were keenly Bought, but in light supply and brought nbnii. i -uo price on the a verage. Three-right hs staple wools were off 'lO and'haK blood" 10 lo 15 from issue pris. Fine and fine mefiium staple territories were off 12 io 15 und fine and fine milium clothing wools 15 to 20 per cent, from mill ir'siie priees. Dealers bought very lidlc. Boor wools were neglected and withdrawals hen-vy. "The goods auctions havo shown strenzth fr best fabrics this week a nd I he nunu fac Hirers n ro considered lo be figuring for imm"d iale business, rather than far forward btitnca. The foreign markets report little change,"