GRAND  RAPDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  22,  188G.

Polishina!

VOL.  4.

USE

The Best

Furniture Finish
In  the  Market.  Try  it,  and 
make your Furniture look 

FRESH and NEW.

For sale by all Druggists.
HAZELTINE 

& PERKINS 

DRUG  CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

APPROVED by PHYSICIANS.

O u s l i m a n ’s

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

MENTHOL  INHALER
Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron­
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Colds, stands without an equal.

Air M e n th o liz e d  by passing through the Inhaler-
tube, in which the P u re   C ry stal»  of M e n th o l are 
held* thoroughly applies this  valuable  remedy  in the 
most  efficient  way,  to  the  parts  affected.  I t   »ells 
re a d ily .  Always keep an open Inhaler in your »tore, 
and let your customers try it.  A  few  inhalations will 
not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more  to demonstrate 
its efficiency than a half hour’s talk.  R e ta il  p ric e  
50  cent».  For Circulars and Testimonials address 

H .  D .  C u sh m an ,  T h re e   R iver»,  M ich. 

H a z e ltin e  At P erk in »   D ru g  Co., G’d  R apid». 
And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago.
JUDD  cfc  OO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

Trade supplied by 

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A nd Full Line W inter Goods.

102  CA N A L  STR EE T.

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

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AWNINGS 5 TENTS

ALBERT COYE & SON,

DEALERS  IN

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.

Flags & Banners made to order.

73  CANAL  ST., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

DIARIES

FOR

1 8 8 7 ’'.

MEMORANDUM

Now is the time  to  make  your 
selections to get what you want 
before the stock is broken.

OFFICE  TICKLERS.
CALENDARS

Geo. A. Hall & Co.
FOR SALE.

29 Monroe St.

J. T. Bell &  Co.,  whole­
sale  Fruit  and  Commis­
sion  Merchants,  at  East 
Saginaw, offer their busi­
ness for sale.  Wish to go 
south.  Sales  for  1886, 
$100,000.  Will  sell  rea­
sonably.

J. T. BELL & CO.

East Saginaw, Mich.

EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

20  and  22  donroe  St.,  Grand  Ranids,  Mich

Beta® Wap & Stow Co

MANUFACTURERS  OF

BELKNAP’S

PATENT

SLEIGHS
Business and Pleasure Sleighs,  Farm 

Sleighs,  Logging Sleighs.

L u m b e rm e n ’s a n d   River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material,  and  have every 

facility for making first-class Sleighs of all kinds.
Shop Cor. Front and First Sts.,  Grand Rapids

Slop  That  Book-Keeping.

The successful merchant of  io-day  is  always 
on the alert for the latest designs to please his pat­
rons.  So  we  say 
to  Merchants,  stop  that 
Book-Keeping,  and  use  the  TALLIAFERRO 
Coupon Credit Book.
You have  no  idea  how  it  will  revolutionize 
your business; customers are delighted with them, 
and when once used by the merchant, they  never
return to the old thread-worn pass book  to  prove 
to their patrons that they are dishonest.  Invest  a. 
lew dollars  in Coupon  Credit Books,  give  them 
a fair trial, you can easily return to the old method 
faithful  of  errors,  discontent  and  expense.

Sample copy zo cts. in postage  stamps.

x933  McGee  Street. 

J. TALLIAFERRO, 

Kansas  Cfrv,  Mo.

Address

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 46 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY FIRST  CUSS  WORK ADD  USB SO 

CHEiCALS.

O rders  by  Mail  and  E xpress  Prom ptly  A t­

tended to.

MICH

J E W E L E R ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

44  CANAL  STREET,

Over Fourth National Bank.  Telephone 407. 

C O M M ERC IA L  LA W   &  C O LLECTIO N S

GUSTAVE  A.  WOLF,  Attorney.

Fermentimi!

LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,

STATE  AGENT  FOB

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich,

T E L E P H O N E   566.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for 
their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless it bears above label.

MOSSXS7  BROS.

-WHOLESALE-

sm s, M T S, OYSTERS

And. P roduce.

26.28.30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST..  G’D  RAPIDS
We carry <* ml’  line of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden, 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

BRAND RAMS  DRAIN  AND  SEED CD.

71  CANAL  STREET.

The CELEBRATED  EMERY  $3  SHOE
H A T C H   &  E M ER Y ,  C hicago  a n d , B oston 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

D.  G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

227 Jefferaon Street, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

TH E  RIGHTS  OF  TH E  TRAVELER.
His Legal Rights and Privileges Definitely 

Defined.

As it  is  not  unlikely  that  some  of  the 
readers of this article may be placed  in pos­
itions where they may be called on to assert 
their  rights  or  seek  redress  for  wrongs, 
while traveling,  it may be that a knowledge 
of their duties and the duties owing to them 
may prove of interest.

In walking along the street you must keep 
your eyes open,  for  the  owners  of  proper­
ties are not  liable if  you fall  down a cellar 
way where there  is a sufficiently  paved and 
lighted  footway over  which  you  may pass 
in safety. 
If the street is covered  witli ice, 
you must use great care,  as  neither the city 
nor the owners of  property  fronting  on the 
street will be liable  if  you  injure  yourself 
by falling—unless you can prove gross care­
lessness  in  the  non-repair  of  the  street. 
But,  if  you,  through  no  careless  of  your 
own,  fall down an  unguarded excavation in 
the sidewalk or  street, or  into  a  coal  hole 
in  the  pavement,  you  can  hold  the  party 
who left it in such  condition for  your dam­
ages.
" If  you  board  a  horse-car,  you  must not 
get on  while it is  moving, but wait  until it 
stops; but if you are compelled  to stand for 
want of seats and the  horses start suddenly 
and  you are injured by the  jar you may ob­
tain  redress. 
If  you  should  walk  to  the 
railway station  and  are  compelled  to cross 
the track,  you  must stop  before  coming to 
it.  and  look  and  listen  for  approaching 
trains. 
It is negligent for you to act other 
wise,  and if  you fail to fulfill these require­
ments you  cannot recover,  if  you are injur­
ed,  even 
though  the  railroad  company 
should be grossly careless in  the running of 
their trains.

It is the duty of  the  railroad  company to 
run their trains  on  time  according  to  the 
printed  schedule,  and 
if  persons  have 
been  deceived  and  put  to  trouble  and ex 
pense, the company  must pay for it,  but,  at 
the  same  time,  if  the  company  gives  you 
proper notice of  the  delays,  they will  not 
be  answerable 
if  they  are  unavoidable
Unfortunately,  however,  you  cannot 
any  case 
the  annoyance 
of waiting and  the  disappointments  of not 
getting a hot supper,  or  of not seeing  your 
friends at a particular time, but only for the 
actual loss you may sustain—a difficult mat­
ter to prove in ordinary cases.

recover 

for 

If you are traveling  with  your  wife you 
are  entitled  to  carry  a  double  amount of 
baggage,  for though you are one in law  you 
ou are two so far as baggage  is concerned 
Tou should purchase a  ticket, however,  be 
fore starting,  and have your baggage check 
ed.  The  ticket  is  the  contract  with  the 
traveler,  and both  lie  and the company are 
held to its terms  usually. 
If  it  is marked 
good  only between  certain  dates  and for 
continuous  passage,  you  may  be  restricted 
to  its provisions. 
If  you  lose  it,  then you 
must tender the exact fare to the conductor, 
for he cannot be be  expected  to take  proof 
that you actually purchased a ticket and you 
cannot  expect  him  to  change  a  $20  gold 
piece; if he cannot do so, he may put you off 
the train.  The  company’s duty is to  carr 
ou safely to the destination  marked on the 
the ticket,  and land  you  at the  station and 
give you  a  reasonable  time  to  alight. 
If 
ou are making a  connecting  train  you are 
entitled to a  reasonable  time  te  cross over 
the platform from  one  train  to  the  other 
and if you are not given time and get on the 
train  while  moving  and  are  injured  you 
may recover  damages,—what  would  other 
wise have  been  carelessness  on  your  part 
being in this case  excusable  on  account of 
the circumstances. 
If you should purchase 
a ticket for  the  ordinary trains and by mis 
take get on a limited express,  it  is the duty 
of the company to  land  you  at  some  saf* 
and convenient station, and if they put  you 
off on the track  you may recover  damages 
In a very late case  the highest  court of this 
State sustained  a  verdict  of  $50,000  under 
such circumstances, but with the  additional 
fact that the passenger  was  run  down  and 
hurt by a train on the next track.

In general as a passenger you are entitled 
to a seat, and if  you  are  put  off  for  non 
payment  of  fare  on  this  ground  you  may 
recover.  But if when  you get  on .the train 
you see there  are  no  seats  you  must  then 
leave, for  by staying  you consent  to stand 
If you alight at  a  wayside  station  without 
notice or objection from the employees, you 
are entitled to reasonable notice of  the time 
of starting. 
It is the  duty of  the company 
to draw the train up to the  platform,  and 
they stop above  or  below the same and call 
out the name of  your  station,  and you can 
not see any danger and alight and are injur 
ed, they are  liable.  But  you must trust 
your own judgment, for  an  improper order 
of  the conductor  will not  excuse your ne 
ligence.  You must not  board  or  leave the 
train while  in  motion.  You  must  not put 
your head, legs or arms out of the windows, 
for the  company is  not  bound  to put  bars 
across  them like the  windows of a nursery 
or animal  cage—though  this  was  once  de­
clared to  be  the  law.  The  company  does 
not  warrant  your  safety, and is  not liable 
for  unavoidable  accidents. 
If  you  are in­
jured  while  standing  on  the  platform  in 
violation of the rules  of  the  company, you

cannot recover,  if there was room inside the 
car to stand, though no seats.

If you find it necessary to telegraph when 
on your journey you must be careful to have 
our  message  repeated,  if  the  telegraph 
blanks require it, otherwise you cannot hold 
the company liable for  mistakes.

If you  should  travel  part  of  the way by 
coach you may presume  that  the proprietor 
warrants  it to be  sufficiedtly secure for  the 
journey proposed,  for he is  bound to exam­
ine  it  every  day.  He  must  secure  your 
trunks properly,  and if accident happens to 
them,  and  your  impedimenta  are scattered 
er the  road to  the  gaze of  the  common 
herd,  you may hold him liable.  The coach­
man must  be  endowed  with  skill  and dis­
cretion, and know the road and be provided 

ith  good steady horses.
On coming to a town where  you desire to 
stop,  anyone who  keeps  an  open  inn  and 
professes to exercise  the  business  and  em­
ployment of a common  inn-keeper is bound 
offer you  such  shelter  and  accommoda­
tion as  he  may possess, if  you  are  able to 
ay. 
It does not matter how much he may 
dislike you,  if  you  are  not  drunk or disor­
derly  or  affected  with  disease  or  all  his 
ooms  be  occupied,  he  must  receive  you. 
or can he  require  you  to sign  your name 
in his register or call upon you to furnish it 
to him; and it is no  excuse  for  him  that it 
Sunday.  The  fact  that  you  horrify the 
rest of the guests by eating witli your fingers 
or your knife  does  not  give  him  the right 
to put you out.  Mine host of the inn is also 
considered the insurer  of  all  the  property 
hich comes  within  his  care, and  is liable 
for  its  loss  if  damaged  or  stolen,  and  he 
cannot free  himself from  liability by show­
ing that neither himself nor his servants are 
to blame,  but is  liable in  any  event unless 
the loss  is  occasioned  by the  act  of  God. 
Nor is it necessary that  the  goods  be spec­
ially placed in his  keeping, but  if  they are 
brought  into  the  inn  in  a  reasonable  way 
the proprietor is liable for  their  loss.  But 
he  may limit  his  liability by notice that he 
will not be  responsible for  property,  unless 
specially  placed  in  his  care. 
It  is  not 
enough for him to have such  a notice print­
ed on his register  or placed  on the doors of 
{lie rooms—he must prove that you knew of 
nor will even this avail in  any cases  as 
to such articles  as  are  necessary  for  your 
personal comfort and convenience.

But a Pullman palace car or sleeper is not 
an inn,  and the owners of  the  same are not 
liable for  money or  property which may be 
stolen from you while traveling there.

The  keeper  of  a  boarding-house  is  not 
held to the same degree of accountability as 
an  innkeeper.  The law  implies no obliga 
tion on him to  take  care  of  the goods of a 
boarder, and  if  you  engage  board  by  the 
week  in a quiet  boarding-house,  you  must 
take the risks as  to  your belongings. 
It is 
only when he is  guilty of  gross  negligence 
that  he  is  liable.  A boarding-house  is  a 
house where  you  engage  rooms for a spec­
ified term,  an inn is  where  they are rented 
from day to day.  The keeper of a bdarding- 
ing house can  choose  his  own  guests,  and 
need give no reason for refusing.

It is sincerely to  be  hoped  that  you  will 
not be placed in any of  the unpleasant situ­
ations mentioned while on your travels. 
In 
any  case,  however,  you  must  remember 
that it is  your duty to take  all the care that 
a prudent man  would  take  under  like cir­
cumstances, and if  yon  fail  to  do  so  you 
must bear  your  suffering  with  equanimity 
in case you are  injured,  for  you  cannot re­
ceive damages as a salve.

QUERIES.

To.be Reported  at  the  March  Convention 

of the M. B. M. A.

1.  Are the insurance  rates  on store prop­
erty too high?  Accepted by Frank Hibbard, 
Evart.

2.  Are female  clerks to  be-preferred  to 
male  assistants  under  any circumstances? 
Accepted by Frank Hibbard,  Evart.

3.  Should outlawed  accounts be consider­

ed by our local associations?

4.  How old should  an  account be  before 
the  collection  system  of  an  association 
should be used?

5.  Is a  wife  entitled  to  credit  who  be­
comes  the custodian of  her husband’s prop­
erty, in order to allow him to evade the pay­
ment of his debts?

6.  Ought  the  daily  papers  to  publish 

wholesale quotations?

7.  Is it feasible and desirable to quote the 
wholesale price  of  merchandise—hardware 
and drugs accepted—by means of characters 
not understood by the public at large?

8.  Is  it  possible  to  wholly  abolish  the 

credit system?

tailed?

7.  How can the credit system best be cur­

10.  Is cutting in prices ever justifiable?
Anyone who will volunteer to answer any 
of the above queries, or anyone who has ad­
ditional queries  to  suggest,  is  requested to 
communicate1,  with 
the  editor  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   as soon as convenient.

Nine  men  outer  ten  borrow  wid  de 
expectashun of  bein’ just  so  much  ahead. 
De odd one will  want  ter  borrow agin as a 
reward for his honesty.

FAILURES  AND THEIR CAUSES.

T o o   H e a v y   B u y in g   a n d   T o o   M uch  C redit 

B u sin ess.

T r a v e r s e   Cit y ,  Dec.  11,  1880.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
D e a r   S ir —At  the  last  regular  meeting 
of  the  Traverse  City  B.  M.  A.,  some  very 
good things were said  in  the  discussion  of 
the “Cash and  Credit  System,” and  one  of 
the  points  made  and  dotted  down  in  my 
note-book was “Large purchases make loose 
credits.”  Thrice since  then  have I read of 
failures  in  the State, occasioned in  the one 
case by over-buying, dull  times, etc.;  in an­
other by large  stock  and  too  much  credit, 
and once  more by  over-buying and  cutting 
prices.  Summing the matter up, we may ar­
ray the entire list on the  side  of  the  “loose 
credit system indulged in  by the whole  trio 
—jobber,  dealer and consumer.
Many a dealer  of  to-day with a capital of 
one thousand dollars carries a stock of three. 
He has only to declare  himself  a merchant, 
and rivalry for his trade begins from the At- 
antic to  the  Missouri.  He,  perhaps,  starts 
with the intention of doing a cash business, 
but finds  so  many men anxious  to sell him 
good,; declaring that he ought to have a line 
of this or that,  mat Ills trade  will suffer and 
will go to the  competitors  across the way if 
he does not  keep the  goods  called  for; that 
there need be no trouble at all about “time;” 
that “good  houses  never crowd a man, you 
knows” until the  man  succumbs and before 
he knows it he lias double the stock his cash 
capital warrants.  Now, this is not the fault 
of the traveling  salesman. 
Is  is  the false 
system.  The purchaser is at fault, no doubt, 
but  the  trap  is  opeu  and  lie  falls  into 
it.  Time, 
that  overtaker  of  all  things, 
comes on—bills are waiting—we have had a 
thaw—the roads are impassable—no  money 
is  coming  in—overcoats  and  Mackinaws 
move slowly—the boot trade is slack—lumber 
has dropped—potatoes are cheap and streak­
ed—beef is down—nobody is sick—all stocks 
are low—and,  taking it  all  around, trade is 
not  up  to  anticipations;  but  still  time  for 
paying  bills  is  coming  right  along; state­
ments of accounts  are  coming  in,  and the 
jobbers  grant  every  favor  consistent  with 
their  methods  of  doing  business.  They 
.must,  however,  have  money  to  pay  their 
bills,  and  the  dealer  must  come  to  time. 
After  many  sleepless  nights,  he  resorts to 
the same methods  used  upon  him.  He in­
vites open accounts,  many of a questionable 
character, but as his stock  must go, he  will 
resort to  another  method,  namely,  “cutting 
prices;” in the  meantime  his cash  sales are 
too  inadequate  to  meet  these  everlasting 
bills  which  are  all  the  time  coming  due. 
Then lie must  have  an  extension,  and  he 
looks  over  his  accounts  receivable,  finds 
some good ones,  but they, too, have had too 
much  snow, or  too  much  water,  too  much 
drought,  or too much frost,  and cannot help 
him out.  He finds,  too, some  “dead-beats” 
on liis list,  and what can  lie do with  them?
He must come to time.  Then  comes  the 
question, will he yield honorably or dishon­
orably?  The outlook is anything but bright. 
He has  been a  victim  of the  greatest curse 
in trade circles—the loose credit system.  It 
has brought failure  upon  him,  and destroy­
ed the  confidence of the  consumer  and  no 
one has profited in the  transaction.
It  is  an 
This is not  an  unusual  thing. 
every day occurence. 
It is an  easy  matter 
to-day for a man to “get into business,” but 
it requires good judgment, a will  and  wise 
financeering for one to get  out  of  business 
with honor  and  clear  margins;  and  while 
this condition exists, it  behooves  men  who 
are not only just embarking in business,  but 
those of experience as well, to sail in smooth 
waters, to allow  good  leeway  for  possible 
contingencies,  to be able to buy  intelligent­
ly, having an actual knowledge of  the  con­
dition of his stock,  to be able to  say  NO to 
Ihe seller, and NO to the consumer, who so- 
icits credit on uncertainties, even though he 
may have been good  pay  in  former  times. 
Every dealer should limit his purchases and 
his credits according to his available assets, 
and be content to see his  neighbor  doing  a 
larger business than himself, until he can d< 
the same  safely.  Cautious  men  are  often 
rated  “old fogies,” and their advice and  ad­
monition clog on the  wheels  of  enterprise. 
AS in education and dissipation,  the  “fast” 
system prevails among dealers; and, rushing 
along at race-horse speed,  allured  by  “big 
trade” and “popularity,” indulging in chance 
and outside business,  a crash,  when  it  does 
come, causes no small amount of ruin.
I  do not expect  the credit  system will be 
entirely  done  away  with.  Certain  limita­
tions  are  ueeded,  however,  to  prevent con­
sequences which come from its present abuse, 
and shall we not advocate these?
To  every dealer  I  would  say,  Let  your 
stock be wisely proportionate to your CAPI­
TAL.  Use  CAUTION  in  buying  and in 
selling and  require  more  CASH  and  less 
CREDIT. 

Yours very truly,

F r a n k   H a m il t o n .
HOW  KID  GLOVES  ARE  MADE.

Lambskin the Real Material Used—Details 

of the Manufacture.

'  Millions  of  kid  gloves  are  demanded by 
the  inhabitants  of  every  large  country, 
while  only  a  few  goats  comparatively are 
raised  in  the  world,  and  of  these  a  large 
number must  be  kept  until  full grown for 
breeding purposes.  The demand for gloves 
is much greater than the  supply of genuine 
skins,  and a substitute is found in the lamb­
skin,  which  makes  an  excellent  grade  of 
glove and is easily palmed off'for kid.  Gen­
uine kid  gloves  can  be  obtained  at  a iiigh 
price,  says  the  New  \  ork  'Pribunc,  but 
thousands  of  people  who  think  they  are 
wearing kid have only the skin of  the inno­
cent lamb.

The lanbskins, being  selected  witli great 
care, are taken  to  tiie  factory  and  put  in 
large tanks, partly filled  with  the  yolks of 
eggs and other soft,  sticky materials.  Here 
they are subjected to  a  thorough  pounding 
with a  heavy stick,  padded so as  not to in­
jure the skins. 
In some factories men with 
bare feet tread on them.  The  object of  all 
this is  to  “nourish” the  skin  and  make it 
strong aud  “healthy.”  The  skins are kept 
in these tanks for a longer or shorter period, 
according to the  judgment  of  the  superin-

NO.  170.

tendent. 
If  allowed  to  remain  too  long 
they become too  well  nourished and decay. 
After  the  nourishing  comes  the  work  of 
cleaning.  The skins are worked in  tubs  of 
fresh  water  and  washed  thoroughly  until 
all traces of foreign substances are removed 
from the  outside.  They  now  become  soft 
and in color a (lull white.  They are laid on 
a  smooth  stone  slab  with  the  rough  side 
down and pressed and stretched  until every 
wrinkle lias been smoothed out.

The  skin,  being  wet,  remain  in  this 
stretched state and are then dyed.  The dye 
is laid on with a brush,  and  the shade is al­
ways draker  than  the  one  desired,  for the 
dripping and  after  treatment  lighten  it  at 
least one-quarter.  The greatest care is tak­
en to prevent any spots  of dye from getting 
on the  inside  of  the  skin,  a  spot  being a 
serious defect in  a  high-priced  glove.  Af­
ter the skins have  been  allowed  to drip for 
several hours they  are  taken to the drying- 
room,  the  air  of  which  is  kept  at a high 
temperature,  usually  by  steam  heat. 
It 
does not take long  for  the  skins to dry out 
hard,  stiff and  rough.  Before  they  can be 
used they are made  soft  and  pliable  again 
by lying for several  days  in  damp sawdust. 
Then they are placed on a  machine  worked 
by a screw,  and by a  continuous and gentle 
pressure stretched  to  the  utmost. 
If there 
are any holes,  rough  spots  or  cracks in the 
skin,  it is thrown  awaj,  or should be.  Not 
all of the glove-makers  are  honest, and the 
blemishes are  often  covered  up.  This  ac­
counts for the  sudden  giving  out  of  many 
gloves.

The delicate part of  glove-making  is  the 
cutting,  as the least  Variation  in  the  lines 
will destroy the symmetry of the glove  and 
make the fit imperfect.  To get the parts to 
fit as well as possible, patterns are used  for 
each size; but even with these  mistakes  are 
often made. 
In first-class  factories  where 
the skin is not  properly  cut,  it  is  thrown 
away or cut up into gussets.  Every skin  is 
studied by the  cutter,  so  as  to  make  the 
greatest number of gloves from it  with  the 
least waste,  and  it  is  so  graded  that  the 
largest sizes are  first  marked  out  and  the 
rest is used for  children’s  gloves.  Modern 
invention  has  enabled  the  cutter,  when 
blocking out the glove, to make  little  holes 
in the skin for stitches..  This  insures  per­
fect regularity and uniformity  of  stitching, 
which are of great importance. 
If the stitch 
is too tight,  an uneven pressure isputou the 
skin,  which makes it break easily, and if too 
loose,  it leaves a bag  in  the  glove.  Linen 
and silk thread are used,  and  the  stitching 
is done by woman who are fairly well  paid. 
When the gloves are made they are thorough­
ly inspected, and,  if  accepted,, are  tied  in 
bundles ready for the market.

Why French gloves should take  the  lead 
is hard to tell.  The same materials are used 
as in other countries and the  workmen  are 
not over expert; but the French glove excels 
in elasticity,  and  “gives”  when  pressure  is 
put on it by the hand,  without getting out of 
shape.  This country takes the lead in  dog­
skin,  buckskin and doeskin  gloves.  These 
names are misleading,  since  all  the  gloves 
are made of sheepskin.  There is money  in 
the business as well as humbug,  and capital 
invested  in  a  well-managed  factory  will 
bring a large return.

Somewhat Absent-Minded.

From  the Chicago Inter-O cean.

“Speaking of the  embarassing  episodes,” 
said a wholesale grocer,  1 unconsciously aid­
ed and abetted in one the other day. 
I went 
into one the other day. 
I went into  one  of 
the  large  down-town  lunch  rooms* with  a 
friend who is a connoisseur in the matter  of 
overcoats.  He  wears  a  good  coat  and  al­
ways removes this coat  with care and hangs 
it up with due  reverence  to  the  turn of  the 
collar.  As he was in the act  of  hanging up 
his coat lie knocked mine  down,  and  stoop­
ing witli  apologies  he  caught  mine  up and 
replaced it.

“My friend boasts a good deal of his  self- 
possession  under  trying circumstances,  but 
as  he  put  my  coat  in  place lie caught the 
eyes of two lady acquaintances  at  a  distant 
table,  and removing his hat  he  made a most 
elaborate  bow.  Then  he  absent-mindedly 
put his hat in the  rack,  and  forgetting that 
he had already removed his overcoat, unbut­
toned Ids cutaway, and before I could  inter­
fere he stood before the  fifty or  sixty ladies 
and gentlemen  in  his  shirt  sleeves.  There 
was a laugh  at  his  expense,  and  he  after­
ward explained to me that lie would not have 
had it happen in the presence of those ladies 
for a thousand dollars.”

“Sugar Way Down.”

Customer—How’s this?  You  charge  me 

seven cents a pound for sugar.

Grocer—It’s worth that,  isn’t it?
Customer—Yes; but you say  on  the  pla­

card “sugar way do\yn.”

Grocer—And so it is, sir. 

cellar now.

I keep  in  the 

Livingston & Co., of Allegan  keep  what 
they call a thief account.  To  this  account 
is charged  everything  missed,  and the first 
person discovered stealing  goods is required 
to .pay the entire bill  to  escape  prosecution. 
A lady was  recently detected  stealing a pair 
of fifty-ceht leggins,  and  she was  called  on 
to square the novel  account, which  amount­
ed to $5.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  22,  1886.

G ran d  R a p id s T ra v e lin g  M en’s A ssociation. 
President,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President. S. A. Sears;  Sec-
Board of Di- 
J.  N.  Brad-

retary and Treasurer, Geo 
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  C 
ford, A. B. Cole and.'Wm. I
J2gr”  Subscribers  and  others,  w hen  w riting 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  th e p u b ­
lishers  by m entioning th a t th ey  saw th e ’adver- 
tisem ent in th e colum ns of  this  paper.

H. Seymour; 
co.  F.  Owen

BOSTON  MODESTY.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin remarks 

as follows:
The  grocers’  movement  was  started  in 
New England, where all the new ideas that 
have been beneficial  to  the  Nation  origin­
ated^

The italics are ours.

The Legislature  of  Connecticut  recently 
enacted a  law  against  the  employment  of 
children in stores and  factories.  Mr.  Had­
ley, tiie labor commissioner of the State,  re­
ports that there has  not  been tiie least diffi­
culty  in  enforcing  the  law  so  far  as  the 
manufacturers are  concerned.  Some  store­
keepers have  complained  of being deprived 
of their cash-boys.  But on the part  of  the 
parents there is a strong and not  always  an 
unreasonable  opposition 
In 
Connecticut,  as  in  every  other  state, there 
are families so poor and so inefficient  in  an 
industrial  sense,  that  the  labor  of  every 
member, down to the youngest who is  fit  to 
do any work,  is  required  to  keep  the wolf 
from the  door.  And  in  this  case  the law 
works  immediate  hardship,  without  secur­
ing to the child any  of  the ultimate  advan­
tages which its  authors  contemplated.  An 
underfed  and  idle boy is not  so  certain  of 
growing  into  good  health or  good  morals, 
as is  a hard-worked and well  fed boy of the 
same age and parentage. 

to  the  law. 

*

John Caulfield,  the  veteran  grocery job­
ber,  is now  a full-fledged retail grocer,  hav­
ing purchased  the  stock  of  John  Yander 
Mei, the Grandville avenue dealer,  and con­
solidated it with the  remnants  of  his  job­
bing stock,  where  he holds  forth at  his old 
location  on  Canal  street.  Ye  gods,  how 
the mighty have fallen.

H.  W. Burkholder recently sold  his  gen­
eral  stock  at  Berlamont  to  J.  II.  Rippey, 
but has been  compelled  to  resume  posses­
sion of the same.  With a view  to  increas­
ing the  business, lie lias  formed  a  copart­
nership  with  E.  H.  Luce  under  the  firm 
name  of  Burkholder & Luce  and  added  a 
line of groceries,  furnished by Arthur Meigs 
& Co.  through “Happy Hi,” Robertson.

The  three-story and  basement  extension 
to  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.’s  establishment, 
60x120 feet  in dimensions, will render their 
wholesale  department  the  largest  of  any 
house at this market.  The office will be re­
moved to the center of the building, directly 
und&  the  skylight,  and  the  remainder  of 
the ground floor will be fitted  up for a sam­
ple room.  The  upper  floors  will  be  used 
for storage purposes.

L. W.  Welch and W.  S. Earle have form­
ed a copartnership  under the  style  of  the 
tiie  Welch  Folding  Bed  Co., to engage in 
the manufacture and sale of  the Welch pat­
ent folding bed.  Mr.  Welch  will  reside  at 
Sparta and superintend  the  manufacture of 
the goods there,  while  Mr.  Earle will have 
charge  of  the  main  office  and  salesroom, 
which will be located  in  this  city at 27 No. 
Ionia street.  The bed will be  made  in  six 
different  styles,  each  in  four  varieties  of 
wood, which will  enable the new firm to go 
on the market with a full line.

a r o u n d   t h e   s t a t e .

A.  O.  Kelley,  grocer at Fostoria, has sold 

Nick.  Schmidt,  the Muskegon grocer,  has 

J.  L.  Parkinson,  grocer  at  Jackson,  has 

C. L.  Fleming,  grocer  at  St.  Louis,  has 

out.

sold out.

sold out.

assigned.

Rockford,  Mancelona,  Kalkaska,  Petos- 
tey and  Charlevoix  were  organized  under 
the auspices of the Michigan Business Men’s 
Association  last  week.  Tiie  five  associa 
tions have a combined  charter  membership 
of 112,  which will undoubtedly be increased 
to 140 before tiie  second  meetings.  Michi 
gan  is making more rapid progress in organ­
ization than any other State in the Union.

Michigan merchants  have  lately received 
many communications from New York saw­
dust swindlers,  offering to  dispose of  coun­
terfeit  money  for ten  cents  on  the  dollar. 
Tiie men making such offers  are usually on 
a par with the men who pass bad money,  as 
they seldom  have any counterfeit money on 
hand and  end  the  transaction with the re­
ceipt of money from their victims.

The American  Commercial  Traveler ac­
cuses  T h e  * T r a d e s m a n   of  an  offense of 
which it is  not  guilty,  coupling  the accusa 
tion with  tiie  assertion  that  the  editors of 
the  Commercial-  Traveler  “haven’t  any 
brains to spare.”  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  agrees 
with its contemporary in this statement.

T h e  T r a d e s m a n  has it on  the authority 
of a gentleman who was assured of the fact 
by President Miiliken  that  the  D. L.  & N 
Railway will  begin  work  on  a  short  line 
from Grand Rapids to Grand  Ledge as soon 
as tiie snow is off  the  ground  and that the 
work will be completed by September.

Five  new  associations  last  week!  And 
not much of a week for  associations,  either

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J.  Hook, tiie harness dealer,  is' going  out 

business.

F. V. Taylor succeeds Taylor & Luton  in 
the brokerage  and  commission  business  at 
97 Ottawa street.

Harris & Marvin,  tiie  new  paper  house 
are now in readiness  to transact business at 
33 No.  Ionia street.

Durham  &  Son,  druggists  at  Parkville 
have added a line  of  groceries.  Tiie stock 
was purchased here.

Ella (Mrs.  Thos.)  Walsh,  boot  and  shoe 
dealer at 50  Monroe  street,  has been close 
under chattel mortgage.

G.  Wilkinson lias engaged in tiie  grocery 

business  at  Copley.  Bulkley,  Lemon 
Hoops furnished the stock.

John Ley lias engaged in the grocery bus 
iness at  60 West  Leonard street.  Bulkley 
Lemon & Hoops furnished  tiie stock.

Tiie Grand Rapids Soap Co.  is  now tnm 
ing out five tons of  soap  per  day,  and  ex 
pects soon to increase tiie output to ten tons 
per day.

The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. has 
taken  possession  of  the  Win.  McMeeken 
drug stock,  at  Bloomingdale  on  a  bill  of 
sale,  and  is  holding  the  same  for  a  pur 
chaser.

A.  B.  Watson  will  be  succeeded, about 
January’ 1,  as nominal  owner  of  tiie  plant 
and business  of  the  Grand  Rapids Veneer 
and Panel Works by the Grand Rapids Ven­
eer Works.

Cody,  Bail,, Barnhart & Co. are now near­
ly settled  in their  new quarters in  tiie new 
Barnhart block,  ready and  willing to show 
their  customers  through  the  premises  at 
any and all times.

Phillip  Sclmorbach,  the  Muskegon  gro­

W. M.  Starker, clothing dealer at Vassar, 

cer,  is dead.

has assigned.

A.  Lilly,  general dealer at Fruitport,  has 

sold out to Mr. Addison.

Giles M.  Long succeeds Long Bros,  in the 

grocery business at Clio.

W.  C.  Lantner  &  Co.,  hardware  dealers 

at Detroit,  have sold out.

Lyman  Buell,  the  Bronson  grocer,  has 

been closed by creditors.

A.  W. Ferguson & Co.,  hardware dealers 

at Almont,  have sold out.

H.  Freeman  succeeds  Freeman  &  Jones 

in general trade at Antrim.

R.  Slessinger  &  Co.,  clothing  dealers  at 

East Saginaw,  have sold out.

Pierce  &  Wick  succeed  W.  C. Pierce  in 

the grocery business at Flint.

M.  W.  Kitchen,  grocer  at  Stanton,  has 

been closed on chattel mortgage.

Eugene  Gibson  succeeds Gibson & Blunt 

in the grocery business at Ashley.

H.  (Mrs. A.) Steger succeeds A.  Steger & 

Co.  in the produce  business at Chelsea.

Mark Palmer,  tobacco dealer at Ypsilanti, 

has been closed under chattel mortgage.

A.  E.  Savage succeeds Mattie E.  McDow­

ell in the stationery business at Mendon.

Cole & Jones,  clothing  dealers  at  Char 
lotte,  will  remove  to  Wichita,  Kas., about 
January 1.

Frisbie & Kinyon  succeed E.  E.  (Mrs.  C. 
B.) Kinyon,  in the grocery and  livery  busi­
ness at Hillsdale.

Hoedemaker  &  Stearns  succeed  Mitten 
thal &  Steams  in  the  confectionery  busi­
ness at Kalamazoo.

J. S. Steams, the Ludington  lumberman, 
has  put  in a general  stock  at  Scottsville, 
where he is stocking a mill.

Julius Levinson, dealer in dry  goods  and 
clothing at Traverse City,  will  shortly start 
a branch store at Kingsley.

It is  L.  S.  Finout—not  Frank,  as  pre 
viously stated—who has engaged in the gro­
cery and boot and shoe business  at  Climax
Big Rapids Herald:  The Barton confec 
tionery stock  was  bid  in  by Calvin  Price, 
and is now being sold to dealers and others,
Geo. A.  Roof,  for several years a boot and 
shoe dealer at Big Rapids,  will re-engage in 
the  same  business  at  that  place  about 
March 1.

Itodenbaugh Bros.,  the  Mancelona  drug­
gists and grocers,  will erect a two-story and 
basement brick  building  next spring,  22x70 
feet in dimensions.

Frank  W.  Underwood,  boot  and  shoe 
dealer  at  Kalamazoo,  has  uttered  chattel 
mortgages to the amount  of $5,500 and  sold 
out to Lucius J. Stewart.

Replevin suits  have  been  commenced  to 
recover the stock of goods  recently  sold  by 
Ferry &  Co.,  at  Benton  Harbor,  to  Mrs. 
John  Martin,  of  S t  Joseph.  Creditors 
were not satisfied with the transfer.

H.  M.  Weed  and  W.  C.  Dawson,  who 
have been clerking for J.  H.  Moores,  in  his 
store and mill business at Moorestown, have 
been taken into  partnership  by that gentle­
man under the firm  name  of Moores, Weed 
& Co.

G. S. Putnam, the Fruitport general dealer, 
gave  chattel  mortgages  to  Grand  Rapids 
creditors  last  Saturday,  aggiegating  about 
,$2,500.  He  owes  Grand  Rapids  jobbers 
about $2,700 in addition and  Detroit houses 
about $800.

Donald M.  McClellan, one  of  the pioneer 
merchants of Reed City, died at McMeekin, 
Florida, on  the  evening  of  the  15th from

hemorrhage.  The  remains  were  taken to 
Detroit  for  interment.  T ii e   T r a d e s m a n  
will endeavor to present  a  memorial of the 
deceased in a subsequent issue.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Eastmanville  will  have  a fruit  box and 

basket factory.

The  finest  flouring  mill  in  Marquette 

County has been erected at Forestville.

L.  W.  Ross  succeeds  Ross  &  Richter in 

the manufacture of buggies at Bay City.

Aug.  LaLonde succeeds  LaLonde & Lev- 
eson in the manufacture  of  cigars  at Sagi­
naw.

Hainson  Miller,  late  of  Rochester,  will 
engage  in  the  manufacture of  potasli and 
soap at Allegan.

Manchester wants a  woolen  mill factory, 
and will donate a first-class waterpower and 
ample grounds for it.

Tecumseh’s sash factory  will  be enlarged 
so as to give work to from  forty to fifty ex­
tra men.  Heavy Eastern  orders have caus­
ed the boom.

The new planing mill  of  the  Kirby-Car- 
penter  Co.,  at  Menominee,  dresses  80,000 
feet of lumber a day.  The concern will put 
in two new band saws this winter.

The burned Clinton  woolen  mill  will,  it 
is likely,  be  rebuilt,  if  the  citizens  show 
themselves willing to lend a  hand.  As  the 
mill was Clinton’s largest industrial institu­
tion,  the prospects  are  good  for the people 
turning in with a will.

R.  E.  Werkman,  Ileber Walsh  and Wal­
ter Walsh—all  of  Holland—have  formed a 
copartnership under the style of  the  Werk­
man  Lumber  Co.  and  purchased  the  Jas. 
Campbell  sawmill  and  300  acres  of  hard­
wood timber  two  railed  northwest  of  Kal­
kaska.  The  mill will  serve  as a feeder to 
Mr.  Werkman’s  planing  mill  and  fanning 
mill factory at Holland.

f u r n it u r e   f a c t s .

A.  P.  Thurston succeeds W.  R.  Matthews 

in the furniture business at Burr Oak.

Richard Cooper succeeds Henry C.  Coop­

er in the funiture business at Charlevoix.

The Farnsworth Furniture Co., of Detroit, 
has purchased an acre of ground at the junc­
tion of  Pallister  road and the  D.,  G. H.  & 
M. Railway,  and will erect  a  large  factory 
on the site in the spring.

Marshall  Statesman:  Clayton  & Abbot, 
proprietors  of  the  Grand Rapids  furniture 
store, have sold their stock to Buck & Hoyt, 
of Battle Creek,  and O.  Griffith, of this city. 
The new firm will continue the business  un­
der the name of O.  Griffith & Co.

Muskegon  News:  The  outcome  of  the 
numerous meetings  of  tiie  creditors  of the 
Truesdell  furniture  concern  is that  a new 
funiture  company  has  been  organized. 
The capital  stock  is  $25,000,  all  paid  in. 
The following are  the  officers:  C. S. Mon­
tague,  President;  A.  Rodgers,  Vice-Presi­
dent; H.  O. Lange,  Secretary; S.  S.  Morris, 
Treasurer;  The  directors  are  as  follows: 
A.  Rodgers,  Luther  Whitney,  C.  S.  Mon­
tague,  S.  S.  Morris,  H.  O.  Lange,  S.  II. 
Stevens and P. A.  Ducey.  Sheriff  Bresna- 
ham has sold  the  stock  of goods belonging 
to A.  C.  & L.  Truesdell  to .the  new  com­
pany,  P.  A.  Ducey,  trustee,  for  $16,500. 
It is understood that  the  new company in­
tends to even up  the  stock,  and  push  the 
business  for  all  it  is  worth.  A  manager 
will be selected to  take  charge  of the busi­
ness which is now being  looked after by A. 
C. Truesdell.

s t r a y   f a c t s .

W. A.  Slosson has  opened a meat market 

at Mecosta.

Perry W. Nichols,  meat  dealer  at  Man 

celona, has closed out.

Heavy lumbering operations near  Munis 

ing are causing a boom there.

E.  H.  Doran succeeds  Showers  &  Doran 

in the saloon business at Saginaw.

The sawing  season  at  Apena  lasted  six 

months and twenty-two days this year.

Chas.  Cole has  retired  from  the  Owosso 
Cigar Co.  The style remains the same as be 
fore.

Dewey & Horton  succeed  A.  Dewey  in 
the agricultural implement business at Mid 
land.

A.  C.  Cutter,  of Traverse City,  is  putting 
up  a  small  hardwood  saw  mill,  at  Long 
Lake.

A new telephone line from South  Manis 
tique  to  Seuey,  fifty  miles,  is  being  con­
structed.

It is thought that  the  creditors of W.  M. 
Starker,  who recently failed at Vassar,  will 
realize fifty per cent.'

Gibbs Bros,  are  building  an  addition  to 
their saw mill,  at Mayfield, for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing chair stock.

The Delta Lumber Co.,  at  Thompson,  is 
putting a new band  saw  into  its  mill.  A 
trial  of  the  saw  is  expected  to  be  made 
shortly.

The Marcellus  dry  goods  mep raised $20 
for a signal  service  outfit,  and  every time 
business is dull they have a  cold  wave  flag 
rim up,  and overcoats sell like hot cakes.

It  is  A.  K.  Klose,  hardware  dealer  at 
Sherwood—not harness  dealer  at  Sherman, 
as stated last week—who  has purchased A. 
J.  Hartman’s livery business  at  Sherwood.
Sprague Bros.,  at Greenville,  will  erect  a 
weather  observing  station  on  the  roof  of 
their building and purchase a full set  of  in­
struments,  having  become reporters for  the 
signal service.

It is reported  that  Butters  &  Peters,  of 
Ludington,  have  recently  purchased exten­
sive tracts of  cypress  land  in  North Caro­
lina,  and will  build mills to develop the pro­
perty next year.

Ionia  Standard:  Assignee  Gorham  has 
served his  “notice to  creditors”  in the mat­
ter of the  assignment of the millinery stock

of Nina I& Gaptill.  The status shows total 
liabilities $3,202.73, partially  secured.  As­
sets,  $748.14.

John Powell,  an Elk Rapids butcher,  left 
that village last  week  and  his  honest face 
will not soon be forgotten.  Just before de­
parting Powell bought  two  cutters and two 
sets of harness on time  and presented them 
to  C.  A.  Newton,  and  farmers  will  bear 
him in remembrance to the  tune  of  $2,000 
for thè stock sold  him, which  remains  un­
paid for.  As  Powell  left  Canada  several 
years ago under a cloud,  he has  not  sought 
the sylvan shade? of that thieves’ resort.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:

ton.

A. A. W eeks, G rattan.
E. Castlein, M organ.
L .  N. Fisher, Dorr.
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.
G. S. Putnam , F ruitport.
P. T. Cook,  Reynolds.
O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna.
Mr. Tefft, H ew ett & Tefft, Rockford.
N. Bonma, Fisher.
A. W.  Blain, D utton.
H u n t & H unter, Lowell.
Geo. E. H yrris, Ashland.
O, W. M essenger, Spring Lake.
R. A. H astings, Sparta.
Sverance & Rice, Middleville.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
L. P errigo & Co., B urnip’s Cornips.
E. S.  Botsford, Dbrr.
E. Campbell, Baldwin.
C. F.  Williams, Coledonia.
Dr. P. B. W right, Corinth.
W. W.  F orrester, Pierson.
I. J. Quick, Allendale.
W. W. McOmber, Petoskey.
F ra n k   W hite, buyer  for  R.  Caithness,  Hol­
Mr. Quinlan, Mich. Shingle Co., Maple Hill.
Eli Runnels, Corning.
A. D. M artin Otia.
S. T.  McLellan, Denison.
R. Purdy, Frem ont.
Place & K inney, T hree Rivers.
G reen & Stanton, Nashville.
Jo h n  Kam ps, Zutphen.
A. P urchase, So. Blendon.
J . A. Clark, Scottsville.
Mr. P ra tt, Shepard & Co., Otsego.
G.  H. Reader,  Reader  Bros.. Scottsville.
H. E. Hogan, South Boardm an.
Mrs. Sarah Tom sett, Edgerton.
D.  B. G alentine, Bailey.
F. J. Clark,  Lacota.
C. K. Hoyt,  H udsonville.  '
Jas. Broderick, Kingsley.
Sm ith & Bristol, Ada.
B. B urlington, Bradley.
J. A. W agner, Eastm anville.
G. T. Clapp,  Glenn.
Jo h n  G unstra,  Lamont.
R.  R. P erkins, Boyne City.
Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
J. J. M artin,  Kalamazoo.
H.  W. P otter, Jenisonville.
C. H. Deming, D utton.
J. C. Townsend,  W hite Cloud.
Jo h n  Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
J. N. Covert, Carleton  Center.
Moores, W eed & Co., Moorestown.
Jorgensen & H em ingsen, G rant.
Cole & Chapel, Ada.
S. J. Koon,  Lisbon.
Jam es G rannis, Six Corners.
M. B. Nash, Sparta.
M. J. Howard, Euglishville.
A. Lillie, F ru itport.
M.  H eyboer & lire., D renthe.
P a rk h u rst Bros., Nunica.
O. F. & W.  P. Conklin, Ravenna.
G. F. Cook, Grove.
Velzy Bros., Lam ont,
Geo. W eitz,  Caledonia.
Ju istem a Bros., G rand Havon.
0< D. Chapman, Stanwood.
B. McNeal, Byron Center.
F.  Boonstra, D renthe.
H. DeKlein,  Jam estow n.
L. Cook,  Bauer.
Geo. C arrington, T rent.
Ed. Stinchcom b, Sunileld.
D.  R. Stocum, Rockford.
S. Cooper, Jam estow n.
G. Begm an,  Bauer.
N  H arris, Big Springs.
Wm.  Black, Cedar Springs.
Wm. YerM eulen, B eaver Dam. 
Levi Fowler, H astings.
J . W orm brand, Muskegon.
J. Raymond,  Berlin.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
H oag & Judson, Cannonsburg.
W.  H. Struik, Forest Grove.
P. D eK raker,  Holland.
S. H. Ballard, Sparta.
C. O. Cain, Sparta.
A. S. Frey, Lake.
H. Colby & Co., Rockford.
H. F.  H am ilton, Sand Lake.
J.  M. Spore, Rockford.
Dell WTright, Berlin,
J . C. Cannon, W hite Cloud.
S. Cooper,  Jam estow n.
Jo h n  Canfield, H obart.
Mrs. P.  B. H unsicker. Woodland.
Ben. Rankin, Lam ont.
Smith, H am s & V anA rm au, H astings.
C. E.  Bradley, Reed City.
T. H. Shepard, Shepard Bros., M artin.
H. A. Spink, W hitehall.
F. Scott, Muskegon.
Y eiter & Look,  Lowell.
O tto Bros., Middleville.
N. H. Y oungm an, Lakeview.
J . Bartz, No. Dorr.
H enry DeKline, Jam estow n.
G. N. Reynolds. Belmont.
H. W. Burkholder, Buckholder  &  Luce, Ber­
Mr. K inney, K inney  &  Place,  T hree  Riyers.
D. E. Lozier, Dibble & Lozier,  Alba.
W, J . H opper, Merriclo  &  H opper, Frem ont. 
H enry Mishler, Freeport.
W. F. Storrs, Coopersville.
C. Gooderhan, Eusley.
H. Coykendall, Allegan.
N agier & Beeler, Caledonia.
L. E. Paige, Sparta.
W. S. Root, Talmadge.
B. O. Gladding, Constantine.
John Giles & Co., Lowell.
L. L.  Holmes, Belding.*
Jas. Riley, D orr.
D. R. Crane, Fennville.

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lam ont.

P u re ly   P erso n al.

Frank E.  Leonard paid Fruitport  a  short 
short visit last Saturday. And thereby hangs 
a tail.

C. C.  Merricle,  of  the  firm of  Merricle & 
Hopper,  Fremont,  has  just returned from a 
pleasure trip in the East.

The sympathy of  the  fraternity goes  out 
to George H.  Seymour  and wife,  in the loss 
of  their  youngest  daughter,  whose  death,  | 
from pneumonia,  occurred ou the 13th.

Chas.  Rollins,  head  salesman  for  John 
Widoe,  the  Hart  clothing  merchant,  was 
presented  with  a  pair  of  twins,  assorted 
sexes,  one  day  last  week.  Father  and j 
children all doing well.

Boyne City Agitating Organization.
Boyne  City, Dec.  16,  1886.

E. A. Stowo, Grand Rapids:
D e a r  Sir—Please send us a copy of con- j 
stitution and by-laws of Business Men’s As- j 
sociatioos  and  necessary blanks. 
I ain go- j 
ing to try and get things moving here.  Will 
you be this  way  eoon?  Give  full  instruc­
tions and all expense,  so I can  report same. !

Y ours, 

J .  L.  H a n d y .
Woodland Joins the State Association.
W o o d l a n d ,  Dee.  16,  1886.

E. A. Stowo, Grand Rapids:
Dear Sir—Enclosed  find  $1.20  as  our 
per capita tax.  Two  more  members  were 
added to our list last  night, making  twelve 
in all. 

Yours truly.
Sec’y Woodland B. M. A.

I.  N.  H a r t e r ,

OLD BARBELS

GRAND  RAPIDS,

S e ttin g  about a store  are  unsightly,  besides  the pro­
jecting nails on them are dangerous  to  clothing.  The 
enterprising grocer realizes the value of handsome and! 
convenient  fix tu res,  and  to  meet  this  demand  th e  
W oolson  Sp ic e  Co.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  have  designed 
their 

Xiion  Coffee  Cabinet,

Of which the  accompanying  cut  gives  but  a  partial 
idea.  In this cabinet is packed 120 one-pound packages 
of I.ion  Coffee, and we  offer  the  goods  at  a  price 
enabling the grocer to  secure  these  cabinets  w ithout 
cost to himself.  They are made air-tight, tongued and 
grooved, beautifully grained  and  varnished,  and  are 
put together in  the  best  possible  manner.  Complete 
set of casters, with screws,  inside  this  cabinet.  Their 
use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out,  is  ap­
parent;  just the thing from  which  to.-Tctail  oatmeal, 
rice, prunes, hominy, dried  fruits,  bread,  and  a  hun­
dred other articles.  Further,  they  take  up  no  more 
floor  room  than  a  barrel,  and  uo  a w a y   with  these 
unsightly  things  in  a  store.  For  price-list  of L ion 
Coffee  in these cabinets, see price-current in  this pa­
per.  Read  below  w hat  we  say  as  to  the  quality  of 
L ion Coffee.

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M I C H »

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The Gripsack Brigade.

R. L.  Hall,  Michigan  representative  for 
Allen  B.  Wrilley,  the Chicago  soap  manu­
facturer, is in the city.

Herman  Gebhart,  with  W.  F.  McLaugh­
lin & Co., of Chicago,  called on the jobbing 
trade at this market Monday.

Geo.  McKay has returned from California 
and resumed his  position  as  traveling  rep­
resentative for Putnam & Brooks.

A.  C.  Crookston is now improving  so rap­
idly  that  his  friends  expect to see him  on 
the road again shortly after the  first  of  the 
year.

S.  T.  Toof,  formerly with  S.  A.  Welling, 
but latterly with  Sam  Rosenbaum,  at Kala­
mazoo,  has engaged to travel through Mich­
igan  for Felix  &  Marston,  the engagement 
to begin January  1.

Frank  L.  Kelly,  formerly  with  Cody, 
Ball & Co.,  later S.  A.  Welling,  but for the 
past year with J.  E.  Thurkow,  at  Morley, 
succeeds Clarence J.  Peck as general travel­
ing representative  for  Spring  &  Company.
The American Commercial Traveler thus 
announces the receipt of an invitation to the 
third annual social party  of the Grand Rap­
ids fraternity:  “A  very  pretty  card,  sur­
mounted by the cut of  a  brand-new sample 
grip,  invites us to attend  the  third  annual 
social party of the  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men, Thursday  evening,  December 30. 
If 
the  different  organizations  will  persist  in 
holding their annual  meetings on  the same 
date,  we cannot be expected  to attend  more 
than one of them in the flesh,  but,  boys,  we 
are with you all in the spirit.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  of 25 w ords o r  less  inserted 
in th is colum n at th e  rate of 25 cents per week, 
o r  50  cents  fo r  th ree weeks.  A dvanee  pay­
m ent.
A dvertisem ents  directing  th a t  answ ers  be 
sent in care of this office m ust be accom panied 
by 25 cents e x tra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

F^OR  SALE—A first-class w ater pow er a t Lee 

Station on C. & VV. M.  R. R„ o r would take 
in a p ardner to build a grist mill on sam e pow­
er.  Address  D. J. Dokey, Lee, Mich. 
173* •
TT'OR  SALE—The  best  and  m ost  com plete 
IT 
drug store in the thriving citv  of  M uske­
gon.  Term s easy.  Address C. L.  Brundage,  79 
VV. uve., M uskegon, Mich. 

173

t j^OR  RENT—D esirable corner store. In  good 

residence locality, suitable fo r grocery or 
general trade.  Good living room s  over  store. 
Kent, reasonable.  E nquire a t 83South Division 
street, G rand Rapids. 

169tf

i pOR  SALE—A two-story store, 22x58,  alm ost 

new, second floor done  off  and  tenanted. 
Sell goods in store if desired.  Good  place  for 
dry  goods  and  groceries. 
In  a  good  farm ­
ing country.  F or  particulars,  address  C.  E. 
Clapp, M artin, A llegan Co., Mich., w here  store 
is  located. 

170*

170*

grocery o r  general  store.  F our  years’ 
experience.  Best of references.  Address, H., 
Box 354, Frem ont, Mich. 

■ TANTED—Situation by a  young  m an  in  a 
I pOR  SALE—A t  Howard  City,  planing  mill, 
sash, door and blind factory, in  com plete 
running  order.  New  50-horso-power  engine, 
good boiler, new solid two-story building on R. 
R. track.  Will be sold at a bargain.  Price and 
term s of Geo. McDowell,  Howard City, Mich. 
______________________________________166-3
IpOR  SALE—Completely  equipped  m achine 
shop,  w ith  good-paying  patronage.  Big 
bonus  offered  for  locating  in  a  neighborin 
19
town.  Address, for particulars, J. H. Dean,  i 
O ttaw a st.. G rand Rapids, Mich. 
187tf
IF  YOU  WANT—To get into' business, to  sell 

your business, to secure additional capital, 
to  get  a  situation,  if  you have anything  for 
sale or w ant to buy anything, advertise in  the 
Miscellaneous Column of T he  T radesm an.  A 
twenty-five word  advertisem ent  costs  b u t  25 
cents a w eek or 50 cents for three weeks.

L. S. F inout, {groceries and boots  and  shoes 
Clim ax:  “Think th e p ap er is a  good  one  and 
wish you success.”

CHANGE  OF  FIRM. WM. L ELLIS & CO.

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing  be­
tw een  D.  Cunningham   and  Geo.  Sinclrir,  a t 
Hudsonville,  has  been  dissolved  by  m utual 
consent.  Tho  business  will  be  continued  at 
the old place by  Geo. Sinclair.

D. CUNNIMGAAM,

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172* 
*  Geo. Sin c l a ir.
G X X T 3 2 S 2 T G *  R O O T ,
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids,Mich.

BEANS
WANTED.

B R . - A . 2 S T I D

Wholesale Denot,

Highest  Market  Price Paid 
for Beans, Picked or Unpicked.

W. T. LAMOREAÜX, Agt.

B. F. EMERY,
37 Canal St., 
-  Grand Rapids.
WHIPS For Prices and terms,, address
GRAHAM  ROYS,
HARRIS  <&  MARVIN,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  .  -  MICH.

STATE  MANAGER,

71 Canal Street, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

V v  l i o l e s a l e   D e a l e r s   i n

33  NORTH  IONIA  STREET, 

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BFFEEi
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COMBINED

This Coffee Cabinet Given Away.

trade  can 

A  GOOD  BREAKFAST

Is  ALWAYS  possible when a good cup of cof­
fee  is  served.  The  grocer  who  sells  LION 
COFFEE  to  his 
invariably  se­
cure  this  result  to  them.  LION  COFFEE 
is always uniform;  contains strength, flavor anil 
true  merit;  is  a  successful  blend  of  Mocha, 
Java and Rio.  Packed only  in  one-pound  air­
tight packages;  roasted,  but  not  ground;  full 
net weight,  and is never sold in bulk.

A Beautiful Picture Card
In every package.  We solicit  a  sample  order 
for a cabinet filled with  LION  COFFEE.

For sale  by  all  Wholesale  Grocers  every­

where, and by theWoolson Spice Co.

92  to  108  Oak St., Toledo, Ohio.

SUCCESSORS  TO

CODY,  BALL  &  0 0.

REM OVED  PRO M

AT  THE

Formation  of  an  Association  at  Mance- 

lona.

Agreeable to  invitation,  President  Frank 
Hamilton and the  editor  of  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n  met  with  the  business  men  of  Man- 
celona last Tuesday evening for the purpose 
of assisting in the formation  of  an associa­
tion.  The meeting was held at the office of 
the Bank of  Mancelona,  C.  L.  Bailey being 
elected  to  act  as  chairman  and  W.  G. 
Young as  secretary.  The  chairman briefly 
stated the objects of  the  meeting  and  then 
called on Mr.  Hamilton for an exposition of 
the aims and objects  of  business  organiza­
tions.  Mr.  Hamilton  responded  to  the  in­
vitation,  making  a  remarkably  clear  and 
concise explanation  of  the points  on which 
information  was  desired.  T h e   T r a i>e s- 
m a n  regrets that the effort  cannot be repro­
duced from short-hand notes, as it is worthy 
a place in the archives  of  organization,  b#t 
must content  itself  with  a  mere outline of 
the subjects touched upon.

ft

The speaker said he had a brother feeling 
for the merchant and could also put himself 
in a position to sympathize with the  banker 
and professional man—anyone, in fact, who 
wants his pay. 
In an age when every class 
of men  is organizing,  it  behooves  the  busi­
ness  men  to  band  together  for  improve­
ment, benefit  and  reform,  and  to  be  in  a 
position to discuss and act upon other ques­
tions which come  up from time to time. 
It 
has come to that pass that the business man 
must  organize  or  take  a  stop  backward. 
Organization helps us as  men  and  as  com­
munities.  When men do not  pull together, 
there invariably grow up strong  individual- 
isms and too often  these  traits develop into 
meanness  and  narrowness.  Unless  men
run their business with some respect to their 
neighbors,  they cannot prevent the cropping 
out of pet schemes and local jealousies, which 
eventually destroy public confidence and re­
tard the advancement  of  both  the business 
man and his  town.  Competition  is the life 
of  business,  but  jealousy  Is  the  death  of 
trade,  for  reckless  competition  engenders 
strife,  winch eventually overthrows the con­
testants, checks the growth of the commun­
ity and results in the ruin  of  the social life 
of the town.  Organization  brings  men to­
gether, puts them on a bigger basis, a broader 
platform, tends to prevent  ruinous competi­
tion enables them to cultivate the social vir­
tues and act in concert on all matters affect­
ing their own welfare  and  the  growth  and 
prosperity of their town.  Business men are 
social beings as much as  anyone,  and when 
they get together they find  they have  much 
in common,  that  one  man  possesses  more 
good  traits  than  his  neighbor  gave  him 
credit  for  and  vice versa.  The  man  who 
thinks he can do all the business of his town 
or climb over the backs  of  his  competitors 
by disreputable methods,  eventually injures 
himself more than he does his neighbors.

Under the bead of  public  improvements,

Mr.  Hamilton said it was  not  the  business 
of one man to push in the  case of  improve-1 
inents,  but  the  duty  of  business  men  as a 
class.  The Traverse City and  Cadillac As­
sociations have been  instrumental in  secur­
ing manufacturing  industries  and  there  is 
no reason why Mancelona should not be able 
to accomplish the same results.  It is a young 
town— a  growing  community—cemented 
stronger than ever  before by the  scourge of 
fire—and the business  men are now in good 
shape to act together as a unit.

B

Speaking  of  the  collection  department, 
Mr.  Hamilton said that the past years of de­
pression had stimulated  the  credit business 
to  an  unhealthy extent—that  large  stocks 
and long credits had brought about a corres­
ponding  laxness on  the  part  of  the retail 
customer and had resulted in the making of 
a great  many  questionable  accounts.  The 
merchant has  not  sufficiently cultivated the
faculty of saying  “No,”  but  has  been  too 
prone to squirm around and  finally say “all 
right.”  Agitation tends  to  lessen this evil, 
by cutting off credit  entirely in some  cases 
and by greatly curtailing it  in others.  The 
dead-beat  is  effectually  shut  off  and  the 
poor-pay and  slow-pay customer  is relegat­
ed to the  class  to  which  he  belongs.,  As 
business  men,  we  should  hasten  the  time 
when wre can can find the rating of the con­
sumer in the office of every business man in 
his vicinity, the same as that of the retailer is 
placed in the office of the  jobber and manu­
facturer by Dun and  Bradstreet.  This fact 
known  to  the  consumer  would  stimulate 
him to best endeavor  in the way of  prompt 
payments and impel him to make  no prom­
ises which he can  not  fulfill to  the  letter. 
The credit business is not doomed to extinc­
tion,  but it should be curtailed and confined 
to  proper limits and  no feature of  business 
work will  do  so  much  toward  creating  a 
healthy public  sentiment  on  this  point  as 
organization.

Mr.  Hamilton’s  remarks  were listened to 
with marked  attention  and  created  an  ex­
tremely favorable  impression.  The  editor 
of T h e   T r a d e s m a n   followed  with  an ex­
planation of the collection department of an 
association and the use of  the blanks, when 
on  motion  of  R.  Itoscoe, the  formation  of 
an organization was  immediately proceeded 
with.  W.  G. Young  moved  that  the  con­
stitution of the Tustin Association be adopt­
ed,  which  was carried,  when  the following 
gentlemen  identified  themselves  with  the 
organization:  L.  E.  Slusser,  W.  E.  Wat­
son,  W.  G.  Young,  A.  F.  Young,  O. S. 
Rodenbaugh, I.  N.  Rodenbaugh, C.  L.  Her­
rick,  Barnhart & White,  Roscoe & Spicher, 
C. L.  Bailey,  H.  L.  Wilensky,  Wisler  & 
Co.,  C. Beckstein  &  Co.,  J.  L.  Famham, 
Farnham  &  Willemen,  T.  A.  Price, G. A. 
Burk,  H.  Freeman.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—W.  E. Watson.
Vice-President—J. Wisler.

Secretary—C.  L.  Bailey.
Treasurer—J.  L.  Farnham.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer,  Isaac  N.  Rodenbaugh  and 
C. L.  Herrick.

The election of  the  Business  Committee 

was postponed until the next meeting.

A system of blanks  was  adopted  for  the 
use of the collection department and the Ex­
ecutive Committee  was  instructed  to  pro­
cure the printing of the same.

L.  E.  Slusser moved that a vote of thanks 
be  tendered  Messrs.  Hamilton  and  Stowe 
for their advice and  assistance,  which  wras 
adopted,  and the meeting adjourned.

Association Notes.

Chesaning business men  are  considering 
the project of organizing an  association,  in 
which T h e  T r a d e s m a n  wishes  them  God­
speed.

President  Hamilton  deserves great credit 
for the work he accomplished  in  the  inter­
est of organization last week.  Four vigorous 
organizations stand as a reminder of his en­
terprise and sacrifice in tearing himself away 
from his own  business.

Detroit  Journal:  “Rockford’s  business 
men  have  organized  an  association  for 
mutual  improvement and  to ‘guard against 
dead-beats,  secure  railroads,  put  a  stop to 
local cat-hauling,  and accomplish such other 
good work as may come in its way.”

Referring to a special meeting of the Bus­
iness Men’s Association,  the  Cedar Springs 
Clipper remarks:  “Let  the  business  men 
of Cedar Springs  join hands,  work  4n  har­
mony,  secure  a  new  railroad  and  invite 
manufactories  to  our  town.  Build  up the 
town !”

The Woodland  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion,  twelve members,  and the Tustin Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association, thirteen members, 
have qualified for  membership in the  State 
Association  since  , the  last  report.  This 
gives the  M.  B.  M.  A.  a  total  auxiliary 
membership of 805.

W.  J. Hopper, of the firm  of  Merricle & 
Hopper,  dry  gooods  dealers  at  Fremont, 
pulled  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s  latch-string on 
Monday.  He is working  up the  subject of 
organization in his  place,  and  reports  that 
Fremont  will fall  into  line  after the  holi­
days.

Lyons Herald:  “At  the  meeting  of  the 
committees from the Lyons and Muir  Busi­
ness Men’s Associations,  among  other  rec­
ommendations,  it was advised that  the  two 
Associations act conjointly in publishing the 
names of unworthy delinquents.  This  will 
give mutual protection and tend to  cultivate 
a better feeling between  the  two  villages.”
Allegan  Journal:  The  object  of  these 
associations  is  to  have  the  business  men 
meet at stated  times  and  consult  together 
about the various questions arising in which 
all are concerned; to  have  an  organization 
that will foster  manufactories  and  encour­
age  home  improvements; keep  a  record of

those known as dead-beats,  and tend gener­
ally to aid the business men in the reforma­
tion of abuses.

The business men of  St.  Charles  met  at 
the  village  hall  last  Tuesday  evening  to 
consider the subject of forming an organiza­
tion.  Mr.  Parsons  was  selected  to  act  as 
chairman and the  local  banker  officiated as 
secretary  pro  tern.  L.  M. Mills  was  pre­
sent by invitation and thoroughly explained 
the aims  and  objects  of  organized  effort, 
when  the  meeting was  adjourned  for one 
week,  at which time a permanent  organiza­
tion will be effected and officers elected.

Referring to the organization of  an  asso­
ciation at that  place,  the Rockford Register 
remarks:  * ‘The organization starts out very 
auspiciously,  having twenty-four  members, 
which will be increased at the next meeting, 
and we  shall  be  very much  disappointed if 
it does  not  prove  greatly  beneficial  to its 
members and to the  public  welfare  of  the 
town.  It is just what has been needed here 
to bring thos(j who have  the  most  interest 
in the futurertvelfare of our village together, 
where  things  that are liable to  be a benefit 
or a damage to us  can  be  talked  over and 
considered,  and  when  any work  is  under­
taken of  this  character  it  will  be  with a 
united  effort  which  will  mean  success. 
Herein has been our  greatest fault,  lack  of 
united effort.  Success to the new movement!”
Allegan Gazette:  “Some misunderstand­
ing exists as to the  objects  of  the  associa­
tion of business men formed last  week. 
It 
is not,  as some suppose,  to  make  war  up­
on any particular form  or  class  of  mercan­
tile  enterprise.  Every  person,  except  sa­
loon-keepers,  doing any kind of business  in 
the town or vicinity,  is entitled to  member­
ship and is  invited  to  join.  The  Associa­
tion's objects are quite fully and clearly stated i 
in its constitution,  elsewhere printed in this 
paper,  and there is not behind this any  sin­
ister  purpose,  whatever.  The  men  con­
cerned simply mean to  help  each  other  in 
open and honorable ways,  and  to  help  the 
town.  That combinations of  this  kind  ex­
ert very  powerful  influence  for  their  own 
and the public’s good is well known.  They 
succeed  where  separate,  private  endeavor 
fails,  and should,  in  all  cases,  be  encour­
aged.”

Tustin Joins the State Organization.
T u s t in ,  Dec.  17,1886.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —At  our  regular  meeting  last 
Monday evening, three more members joined 
us,  making a total of  thirteen,  and  I  here­
with enclose check for $1.30,  as  per  capita 
tax to the State Association.  .
We  trust  you  will  have  an array of one 
thousand or more by January 1.
In order that the aims and purposes of our 
Association may be better understood by cit­
izens in general,  we have  arranged with the 
Tustin Echo to publish our  constitution  and 
by-laws in full.  Yours respectfully,
Sec’y Tustin B. M. A.

Ge o .  W .  B e v in s ,

The BARBOUR PATENT

S H E E T   I R O N

This is the only Stove in the market  used  for  heating  cars 
laden with potatoes or fruit, in which is combined  economy  in 
fuel, and perfect safety while cars are in transit.

The designs shows position 
of door and air-draught,  which 
is  convenient  for  using  large 
blocks of wood, and giving the 
fireman  perfect  control  over 
the volume of heat required.

Three  and  one-half joints 
of five inch pipe, with  damper, 
two five  inch  elbows,  one  tin 
collar and a strap complete the 
outfit, all of which can be read­
ily packed inside the  stove  for 
return shipment.

Commission Merchants,  Potato  and  Apple  Shippers  will 
promote their best interests by sending for Price-List  or  Sam-

pie Stove.FOSTER, STEVENS & CO.

S tove  in  O p e ra tio n .

SOLE  MANU7ACTTJBERS,

10 and 12 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe  St.,  Grand Rapide.
JOBBER  OF

OYSTERS,
j& J S T J DGAME.

TVTq.il Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

See Quotations in Another Column.

Also Grand Rapids Agent for Cleveland Baking Co.’s

C rackers and Cookies

Full Stock on Hand at all Times.

FHED. D. YAMC.

DANIEL LYNCH.

FBI. D. YALE & GO.
CHAS. S. YALE & BRO.,
Batin Powders, Extracts, Bluings,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

SUCCESSORS  TO

AND  JOBBERS  OF

GROCERS’  SUNDRIES.

All orders addressed to the new  firm will re­

ceive prom pt attention.

40 and 42 South Division St., 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

“CANDEE”
R u b ’: 
:
BOOTSWITH
DOUBLE THICK

Â
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T v^ B oots

BALL.

Ordinary Rubber Boots 
always wear out first on 
the ball.  The CANDEE 
Boots  are  double  thick 
on  the  ball,  and  give
DOUBLE  WEAK,
Most economical Rubber 
Boot 
the  market. 
Lasts  longer  than  any 
other boot and the
PRICE NO IIIGHEB.
Call  and  ex­
amine  the 
goods.

in 

Double

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FOR  SALE BY

JO B B E R S   O F

OYSTERS

:

And Manufacturers of

CANDY.

B.  G.  STUDLEY  &  CO.,

No. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

Largest and finest stock in the State of

Rubber Good?,  Mill Supplies, Fire Depart­

ment Supplies and Sporting Goods.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
ENGINES

From S to 150 Horse-Power,  B oilers, Saw  Mills 
Grist Mills, Wood W orking  M achinery,  Shaft 
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Contracts  m ade  for 
Complete Outfits.

W .  O,  D enison,
1GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90 and 92 South Division Street, 

MICH.

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D IR E C T IO N S

We have cooked the corn in thi* cau 
suiticiendy.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Wanned (liot cooked) adding  piece or 
Good Butter ( size of hen’s egg) and gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.)
Season to suit when on the table. None  1 
genuine unless bearing the signature ot 

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CHIUICOTHE

A T   T H IS   E tiO-

Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

JOBBER  OF

Woonsockets & Wales Gaodyears.

GRAUS  RAPZSS.

FULLER & STOWE COMPANY,

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i  Entered  at  the  Postofflcc  at  Grand  Rapid#  as 

Sccond-clctiis Matter J]

WEDNESDAY,-DEECMBER  22,1886.

The rapid development of  new industries 
in the  South,  which  is  doing  so  much  to 
change  the  political  complexion  of  those 
states,  has also forced attention to the great 
need of capital in that  section  of  the coun­
try,  and  to the insufficiency of  our national 
banking system as a means for supplying it. 
The  system  is  much  too  costly  for  even 
such a  State  as  Georgia,  which  has  only 
fifteen national banks, which,  together with 
twenty-two State banks,  have  an aggregate 
capital of less than $7,000,000.  A new and 
growing  community cannot  afford  the pre­
cautions  taken  by  wealthier  communities 
in the regulation  of  its  currency. 
It needs 
banks as an instrument for the mobilization 
of a portion  of  its  fixed  capital  into  cur­
rency. 
It needs a paper money secured not 
by its indebtedness to  the Government—for 
it cannot afford to  become  a creditor of  the 
Government  with  3  and 4 per  cent,  bonds 
commanding  a  high  premium—but  by the 
guarantee  furnished  by  its  own  real  and 
personal  property. 
It  is  quite  true  that 
such banks are  dangerous,  need  great care 
in their  organization,  and  wise  inspection. 
But communities  of  undeveloped  resources 
have  to  take  such  risks;  when  they grow 
rich  they  cau  afford  safety.  And we will 
miss a great  opportunity if  the  changes re 
quired by the payment of our national bonds 
are not  employed  to  secure  us  something 
like the  Scotch  and  Swedish  banking sys 
tern.  The  Manufacturer's  Record  says 
that there  are “fully one  hundred  thriving 
towns  in  the  South,  in  which  business is 
seriously hampered and restricted  solely on 
account of the lack  of  banking capital, and 
in which a  properly managed  bank  would 
be sure to  yield  large  profits.  The rate of 
interest for  money  is  entirely too  large in 
the  South,  and  even  at  the  high  rates 
charged it is  often  impossible  for  business 
men to secure the money needed on the best 
security,  owing to the.  scarcity  of  banking 
capital.  The  prosperity  of  the  South  is 
largely dependent  upon  an  increase  in the 
number  of  banks  there,  for  the  Southern 
business man paying anywhere from 9 to 10 
up to 15 per  cent,  interest  for  the  use  of 
money, cannot  well  compete  with  those in 
other sections  who secure  money at from 3 
to  G per  cent.” 
In  view  of  this  state  of 
things  the  Atlanta  Constitution  calls  for 
the repeal of the national prohibitory tax on 
the circulation of  State  banks,  and the res­
toration of the State  banking  system under 
propter guarantees.

A very  significant  schism  has  oceured in 
the  Salvation  Army.  A  large  body  in 
Brooklyn  under  the  lead  ,of  “General” 
Moore,  lias  seceded  from  the  Army  com­
manded by  “General” Booth  and  the  latter 
is  using  his  personal 
intluence  to  bring 
them hack again.  The ground of  disagree­
ment was found in the demand of “General” 
Booth that alt the  property acquired by the 
Army should  be vested  in  him  personally. 
This demand  exceeds  in its  arrogance any­
thing  we  have  read  of  in  the  history  of 
priestly  assumption. 
In  other  religious 
bodies where  property is  vested in a single 
person,  it  is  as  a  “corporation  sole,” and 
the  succession  passes  to  his  successor  in 
office.  But  the  vast  accumulations of  the 
Salvation  Army  in  every  quarter  of  the 
world, have been put upon the legal footing 
of  a  private  estate,  which  must  pass  to 
“General”  Booth’s  personal  heirs. 
It  is 
true  that  his  eldest  son,  Mr.  Bramwell 
Booth,  is even more  the  mainspring of the 
organization  than is its  nominal  head,  his 
father.  But if he were to  die  before  mak­
ing any disposal of  the  property as a relig­
ious trust,  it  might be  taken by other heirs 
and be converted  to  purely  personal  uses. 
It is said  to  aggregate  millions  of  pounds 
worth, and at present there is absolutely no 
security  for  its  use  for  the  purposes  for 
which it was given.

Small  Slippers,  “Hob  Nail,” Assorted Colors, $1.35 
Large 
2.00
.85
Small Hats,
Medium “
2.00
3.00
“
Large 
Tooth Pick Holder, “Polka Dot,”  “
2.00
A Bottle of Perfume with each piece.

Handkerchief Perfumes!

ALTO  A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

In  Large  "Variety.

Jennings  &  Sm ith,

PERFUMERS.

ORANTD  RAPIDS,  MIOH.
H E S T E R   &  F O X ,
„ Prices- ATLAS ENGINEWORKS

SAW  JUTS GRIST TVm.I. MAOHINEHY.

MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS  FOB

Send for 
Catalogue 

ana

MANUFACTURERS  OP

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S.
iSTEtll EHBIHES&BOILER
Carry Engines and  Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

' 

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on  hand.  Send  for  sample 

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

W rite   fo r  P ric e s. 

130  O A K ES  ST..  G RA N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H

See  Our  W holesale  Quotations  else­

where in this issue and w rite for

Special  Prices  in  Gar  Lots 

We are prepares to male Bottom Prices on anythine handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich*

The Hebrew prophet declared that Sodom 
earned  its  unenviable  reputation  through 
“ pride,  fullness  of bread and abundance of 
idleness.” 
It seems that these social forces 
are  producing similar results  in  the Britisli 
aristocracy.  The  idle,  selfish,  self-indulg­
ent lives of the young nobles and their wives 
and  sisters,  under  the  unfortunate  lead of 
the heir  to  the throne,  have  bred  a  crop of 
social  scandals  in  the  last  fifteen  years 
which have detracted  greatly from the  tra­
ditional respect  paid to  the aristocracy as a 
class.  And  this  is  a  much  more  serious 
matter now than  it  was  in  the  time when 
George III.’s sons  set  decency  at defiance. 
They found  in  popular  ignorance the  pro­
tection which  saved  them from  the  conse­
quence  of  their  vices,  and  in  the  popular 
Toryism  a pardon for  these  vices in so far 
as they were  known.  But  the  England of 
to-day is  neither  ignorant  nor  Tory.  The 
common people learn all the details of  such 
scandals  as  have  defiled  the  reports  of 
the divorce  court, and  they are  much more 
inclined to draw the inference that men who 
create such an atmosphere  and live in it are 
not fit to rule the nation.

Case, Hopkins & Case, general dealers,  B6n 
zonia:  “We like it, and can’t keep store with 
out it.v

FOX  &  BRADFORD

EXCLUSIVELY

W HOLESALE

C IG A R S!
7 6   S ou th  D ivision  S t.,

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich

Importers  and

BULKLEY, LEMON 4 HOOPS,
W holesale  G rocers:
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. 
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. 
“Jolly  Tar”  Celebrated' P lug  Tobacco, 

Sole Agents fo r

dark and light.

Jolly  Tim e”  Celebrated  Fine  Cut  To­

bacco.

Coffees.

Dwinell,  Hayward  &  Co.’s  Roasted 

Thomson  &  Taylor’s  Magnolia  Coffee. 
"Warsaw Salt  Co.’s W arsaw Salt. 

Benton ”  Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. 
Van  Camp”  Tomatoes,  Indianapolis. 
Acme ”  Sugar Corn, Best in the World.
In addition to  a full line  of staple groceries, we are the 
only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacies.

Mail orders  are  especially  solicited, which  invariably 
secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed.

25,27 ant 29 Ionia St. and 51,53,55,57 and 59 Island Sts.,

G-rand. Rapid.», Micli.

OYSTERSI

W e  commenced  handling  M ills  & 
Robinson’s  Oysters  on  October  1st. 
The goods w ill be canned in Baltimore, 
and w e  think  them  superior  to  goods 
canned in Detroit or  Grand  Rapids,  as 
they are canned the same day they  are 
shucked,  and  not  laid  around  exposed 
to the air for days before they are  can­
ned.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

Eaton  &  Christenson,
ItlNDCE, BERTSCH & CO.,
BOOTS  AXTD  SHOES.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

MICH.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 
-  Grand Rapids, Mich.
T h e Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN  STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T I O N   O F   Q U A L I T Y .

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME!

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  TH ESE  GOODS.

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Boxes holding 20  5  pound packages, 

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$4.50 
$4.50
$4.30

Discount--On lots of 25 boxes or more, 50 cents per box.

The  accompanying  illustrations  reprents  the

Boss Tobacco Pail Cover.
ARTHUR MEIGS & CO.

It will fit any pail, and keep  the  Tobacco  moist 
It will pay for itself in a short time.
You cannot afford to do without it.
For particulars, write  to

and fresh until entirely used.

W holesale Grocers,

SOlo  Agents,

77 to  83ÎSOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

TIME  TABLES.

Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves. 
tMaii.................................................   0:10 a in 
+Day  Express....................................13:30 pm 
•Night Express..................................11:00 p m 
Muskegon Express.............................5:00 p m 

Arri
3:55 p ill
9:45 pm
5:15 a m
11:00 a m
‘‘Daily,  tllaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night  trains.  Throug 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  without  e: 
tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. in., and through coac, 
on 9 u. in. and 11 p. in. trains.

N ew ay g o   D ivision.Leaves. 
Arrive:
Express........................................... 3:45 pm 
- 4:50 p 1
Express.............................................  8:00 am   10:30 a in
Ail trains arrive and depart from Union Depot.
The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, 
where close connection is  made  with  F. & 1*. M. trains 
to and from Ludingtou and Manistee.

W. A. Gavktt. Genl Pass. Agent.
J. B. M u l l i k k n ,  General  Manager

I
7
11:30 a
7:20 a 
4:10 p
11:30

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING  NORTH. Arrives. 
Traverse City Express...................  
Traverse City and Mackinaw-Ex..  9:20 a m 
Petoskey and Mackinaw Express..  3:40 p m
Saginaw Express............................ 11:85 a m
....10:30 am.

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Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 a m train has chair car for Traverse  City 

7:15 a
11:45 a
5:00 p
7:15 a in train  has  parlor  chair  ear  for  Cincinnat 

m train has chair ear for Petoskey and Mackinaw City 
5:05 p m train has sleeping and chair cars  for Petoskey 
and Mackinaw.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express........................ 
Fort Wayne Express...................... 10:30  a nt 
Cincinnati  Express...'...................  4:40 pm 
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeiier for Cincinnati.
.M uskegon,  G ra n d   K ap id s  &  In d ia n a
Leave. 
7:25am................................................................  9:15a
1:00 pm .............................................................. 1:00 p
5:20 pm ................................................................  7:10 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. L ockw ood, G en’l Pass. Agent.

Arrive

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Arrive.
Leave. 

K a la m a z o o   D ivision.

N. Y. Mail.  N. Y. E
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
6 :10 p ]
4 -35 p m  7:45 a in. .Grand Rapids.  9:45 am  
5:55 Dili  9:02 a ni. .Allegan..............8:28 am   5:00 a i
10:06 a in. .Kalamazoo ....  7:30 a m  4:oOpi 
7:05 p 111 
11 -.35 a m. .White Pigeon.  5:55 a m  2:20 p i
8:30 p in 
5:05 pm .. Toledo........... 11:00 p ill  0:45a
2:30 a m 
9:40 p in. .Cleveland......... 6:40 p m  5:35 a i
8:30 a ill 
3:30 a in. .Buffalo............ 11:55 a m   11:10 p :
2:50 p 111 
6:50 p m. .Chicago...........11:30 p m  6:50 a i
:40 a 111
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 1  p  m,  earr 
ing passengers as far as  Allegan.  All  trains  daily e 
J. W. McKenney, General Agent.
cept Sunday. 
Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
Lea
6:2o a 
10:50 a 
3:50 p 
10:55 p 
11:00 a
1:10 p
5:05 p

tSteamboat  Express......................
tTlirough  Mail.................... 
10:40 am
tEvenlng Express............................. 8:15 p m
•Limited  Express...........................   9:20 pin
tMixed, with  coach........................
GOING  WEST.
tMorning  Express..........................  1:05 pm
tTlirough  Mail................................  5:00 pm
tSteamboat Express....................... 10:40 p in
tMixed..............................................
•Night Express................................  5:10 am

GOING  EAST. Arrives. 

:35 a

 

tUaily, Sundays excepted.  ‘ Daily.
Passengers taking the  6:25  am  Express  make  close 
connection at Owosso for Lunsing,  and  nt  Detroit 
New  York,  arriving  there  at  10:30  a m the following 
morning.  The Night Express has a through Wagner e 
and local sleeping ear from Detroit to Grand  Rapids,
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent, 

Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic Manager Chicago.

Michigan Central.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express.....................................................  8:15 a
Day  Express..........................................................  1:10 p
•Atlantic Express...... ...........................................10.10 p
Mixed.....................................................................  6:50 a
•Pacific  Express...................................................   6:00 a
Mail........................................................................  8:00 p
Grand Rapids  Express.........................................10:15 p
Mixed.....................................................................  5:15 p
•Dally.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping car 
run on Atlantic ami Pacific Express trains to and fro 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and Gra 
Rapids Express to  and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec 
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East ov 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)
Chas. H. Norris, General Agent,

Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West. 

Going East.-
7:00 am   6:50 a m. .St.. Ignace.......8:30 pm  5:55 p
13:20 pin  9:40 a ill. .Seney..............5:15 pm  12:35 p
j  2:15pm  7:00a
5:30pm  12:40pm) 

12:50p ill)  Mimluett0 '•  \  2:00 pm
1:40 p m..Negaunee.......1:25 pm
1:55 p m. .lshpeming__ 13:58 p m
6:30 p ni..Houghton 
9:20 am
5:50 p in. .Hancock.......9:01 a ni
6:35 p m. .Calumet........ 8:15 am

Mixed train leaves St. Ignace at  7am :  arrives Mar 

quette 6:30 p m. 
Gen. Pass, and Ticket  Agent, Marquette.

E. W. Allen,

BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts 

of  Last Resort.

GARNISHMENT— WAGES  OF  CONDUCTORS.
The wages of  a  conductor  on  a  railroad 
train are not exempt from  garnishment, un­
der section 3553 of the Georgia Code,  accord­
ing to  the  decision of the Supreme Court of 
Georgia.
MANDAMUS-ISSUANCE OF  LIQUOR LICENSE.
Mandamus  will  not  lie  to  compel  the 
issue  of  a  license  to  sell  liquor  at  retail 
where the discretion  to  grant  a  license  or 
not is vested in the oflicer whom it is sought 
to  mandamus,  decided  by  the  Supreme 
Court of Georgia.

SALE  OF  PROPERTY— ACCIDENT— SELLER S 

RISK.

<• An engine and boiler were  sold  under  an 
agreement  reserving  “title  and ownership’ 
in the  seller  until  the  purchase  price  was 
paid.  The property, being  delivered to the 
buyer,  was  destroyed  by  fire  before  pay­
ment.  The Supreme Court of  Georgia held 
that  in  the  absence  of  negligence  on  the 
part of the buyer  the  risk  was  that  of the 
seller, and that the loss must fall on him.

FIRE 

INSURANCE  POLICY— KEEPING  PE­

TROLEUM.

A fire  insurance  policy  contained  a  pro­
vision to the effect  that  if  there  should  be 
kept  in  the  premises  insured  gunpowder, 
fireworks, nitroglycerine,  phosphorus,  salt­
petre,  nitrate of soda,  petroleum,  etc.,  then 
and in every such case the policy should  be­
come  void.  The 
insured  kept  on  his 
premises a  barrel  of  petroleum  which was 
used  for  fuel 
to  generate  steam.  The 
Supreme Court  of  Pennsylvania  held  that 
the covenant was  broken  thereby  and that 
the policy was void.
TAXATION----EXEMPTION---- IMPAIRING  OB­

LIGATION  OF  CONTRACTS.

The Louisiana  Lottery  Co. was incorpor­
ated under an act  which  provided  that  the 
company should pay to the state the sum  of 
§40,000 per  annum,  to  be  credited  to  the 
educational fund,  and  that  it should be ex­
empt from all other taxes  and licenses from 
the  state,  parish  or  municipal  authorities. 
In spite of  this  exemption,  the city of New 
Orleans  assumed  to  levy  a  tax  upon  the 
capital stock and other property of the com­
pany under act No.  77 of  the Louisiana leg­
islature of 1880.  The company instituted  a 
suit for the purpose  of obtaining an injunc- 
lion to restrain the city and  the board of as­
sessors from assessing  and  collecting  these 
taxes.  The Supreme Court held in the case 
of The City of New Orleans  vs. The  Louis­
iana Lottery Co., decided  on  Monday,  that 
the tax complained of was prohibited by the 
terms of the  contract  contained  in the com­
pany’s  charter;  that  a  tax  such  as  that 
sought to be imposed upon tl;e company was 
a tax upon the corporation within the mean­
ing of its charter,  and  not  upon its individ­
ual  stockholders,  because  the  corporation 
was compelled  to  become  surety  for taxes 
nominally  imposed  upon  its  stockholders 
and was made liable primarily for their pay­
ment.  The fair  inference,  the  court  said, 
was that the taxation of the Louisiana State 
Lottery Co.  was not within  the  purview  of 
section 48 of act 77  of  the  year  1880,  and 
that it was not  the  intention  of'the  legis­
lature as expressed in that act to impose up­
on the company any  other taxes than  those 
provided for in its own charter, but, if other­
wise,  that act 77 was  void  as a law  impair­
ing the obligation of a contract.

Small Cheese.

From  the H olstein-Friesian  Register.

That  Americans  consume  comparatively 
little cheese is a fact: also that cheese is one 
of the most  wholesome  and  cheapest kinds 
of food,  indeed often preferable to meat.

Making small cheese,  weighing  four, five 
or ten pounds  each,  which  could be readily 
sold  at  from  fifty  to  100  per  cent,  above 
the  market  ptice  for  large  sizes,  would 
doubtless be of  great  benefit  to  this indus­
try,  and  materially  increase  the  local  de­
mand.  A five  pound cheese  properly made 
of whole  milk  would  readily  sell  at  from 
seventy-five cents  to  a  dollar.  The  buyer 
of  a  certain  cheese  factory  in  Madison 
county,  N.  Y.,  offered  the  maker  three- 
fourths of a cent  per  pound  above the mar­
ket  price if he would reduce his cheese to  a 
uniform  size  of  thirty  pounds  each.  As 
this offer covered  the cost of making,  being 
a nice profit in itself,  it was  accepted.  One 
of the most  prominent  grocers  in  Geneva, 
N.  Y.,  Samuel Warth,  says  he  cannot  get 
small cheese enough to fill the demand. 
In 
Holland probably  the  most  popular  cheese 
made  is  the  Edam,  which  is  round  and 
weighs  two  kilograms  or  four  and  four­
teenths pounds.  Small families do not care 
to buy a forty  or  fifty  pound  cheese  at  a 
time,  on account of the difficulty in keeping 
it fresh until  used.  Nor  is  it  pleasant  to 
buy a slice of the grocer,  which  is  not  very 
appetizing after  having  been rolled  up in a 
paper and  handled.  Making  small  cheese, 
weighing four  or  five  pounds  each,  we be­
lieve  will  not  only  increase  the  local  de­
mand,  but also  return a larger profit  to  the 
maker.

Attention is called to  the advertisment of 
J. T.  Bell & Co.,  proprietors  of  the  Sagi­
naw Valley  Fruit  House.  Messrs.  Bell  & 
Co.  have built  up  a  large  business in their 
line,  and  nothing  but  the  reasons  given 
would impel them to dispose of  so lucrative 
a business.

\v

Tit nil» Haag.

Charlevoix  United  for  “Pay  Progress and 

Principle.”

About'thirty representative  business men 
of Charlevoix met at Odd Fellows’ llall last 
Thursday evening for the  purpose of effect­
ing a local organization.  Dr.  Geo. W.  Crou- 
ter called the meeting  to  order  and  called 
lion. John  Nichols  to  the  chair.  Robert 
Kane was selected to act as secretary,  when 
Dr.  Crouter  read  the  call  for  the  meeting 
and the names  of  those  who  affixed  their 
signatures  to  the  paper.  He  then  called 
upon President Hamilton for  remarks  per­
taining to  the  subject.  Mr.  Hamilton  re­
sponded  to  the  invitation,  beginning  his 
address  with  the  following  complimentary 
reference to the  community:  “You  justly 
take pride in  your town,  your  homes  and 
your public buildings, and  you  have reason 
to congratulate yourselves  upon  the  many 
improvements  you  have  accomplished. 
Your fair village  is  known  far and  wide, 
from city to  city,  as  the  resting  place  for 
the tired man of business,  the worn out pro­
fessional man,  the resort  of  the  trout  and 
sportsman.  Your  energy,  your natural ad­
vantages, your forests,  your beautiful sheets 
of water on either side,  are  matters of com­
mon knowledge.  Your  business  men  are 
alive to their best  interest and,  as shown in 
your representation here  this  evening, you 
are desirous of uniting for concerted action, 
securing manufacturing enterprises, reform­
ing business  abuses,  securing  greater fair­
ness in all commercial transactions,  curtail­
ing the credit  business, and  ostracising the 
dead-beat.  Such  organizations  have  been 
formed from Petoskey on the north  to Stur­
gis on the south  and  from  Detroit  on  the 
east to Grand Haven on the west; and wher- 
ever they have been  in  operation  a month, 
the members  unite  in  affirming  that more 
can be accomplished by an organization in a 
week than by individual action in a year.  I 
may  be  wrong,  but  I  firmly  believe  that 
there is not  a person  within  the  sound of 
my voice who  would  not  be able to supply 
himself with more of the  comforts of life if 
he could collect all  the little sums  due him 
from  the  men  whom he has trusted.  The 
debtor may not be  wholly to  blame for this 
condition of affairs—in fact,  1 think  it is in 
a measure the fault of  the  merchant; but it 
is  nevertheless  a  fact  that  we  have  too 
many dead-beats. 
I was  reading  the other 
day about a fanner who drove to town with 
a load of wheat, and who was so disgusted at 
the offers he received  for  the  grain that lie 
determined to thrash  every man  in his way 
until  he  found  out  why the  price  was so 
low.  After  he  had  succeeded in worsting 
three men, a policeman came along marched 
him off to tlid lock-up with the  remark:  T 
will  tell you  why the  price  of wheat is  so 
low.  We have  too  many  farmers  out  of 
jail.’  My friends,  I think  this  is  just  our 
case, we  have  too  many  dead-beats  out of 
jail.  But the inauguration  of  a  half hun­
dred organizations in this  State  means  the 
adoption of  a new system—a  system which 
will enable you to collect many of these old 
accounts' and  prevent  the  making  of  fu­
ture bad accounts.”

The  speaker  then  spoke  somewhat  at 
length  on  the  other  advantages  secured 
through concert of  action,  when  the  editor 
of T h e  T r a d e s m a n   explained  the  modus 
operandl of  the collection  system  and the 
advantages of affiliating with  the  State As­
sociation.

On motion of Geo.  W.  Crouter,  it  was re­
solved to immediately proceeed to organiza­
tion,  and the constitution of the Tustin As­
sociation was  adopted  for  the  government 
of the organization.

The following gentlemen  then  joined the 
Association:  G.  W.  Crouter,  W.  P.  Brown, 
John  Nichols,  D.  C.  Nettleton,  Stockman 
&  Iddings,  A.  J.  Mudge,  Louis  Miller, 
Rosenthal & Son,  Geo.  W.  Miller,  Frank 
Wood, Carpenter,  Bartholomew  &  Co.,  C. 
J. Strang,  Charlevoix  Manufacturing  Co.,
F.  W.  Crane, John  Bell,  Mayne  &  Kane,
G.  W.  Jeffries  and  L.  D. Bartholomew  & 
Co.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—John  Nichols.
Vice-President—Harvey L. Iddings.
Secretary—It.  W.  Kane.
Treasurer—Win.  P. Brown.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer,  L.  D.  Bartholomew  and 
Geo.  W. Miller.

The election of a Business Committee was 

deferred until the next meeting.

A series of blanks for  the  use of the col­
lection  department  was  adopted  and  the 
Executive Committee was instructed to pro­
cure the printing of the same.  *
The meeting then adjourned.

Petoskey in Line on Organization.

The business men of Petoskey  met in the 
sample  room  of  the  Cushman  House last 
Wednesday evening to  consider the subject 
of organization.  Jas.  Buckley was selected 
to act as chairman  of  the  meeting  and L. 
W.  Cole as secretary.  The chairman stated 
the objects of the meeting  and called  upon 
President Frank  Hamilton  to  explain  the 
system  in  use  by  the  Traverse  City  and 
other associations.  Mr. Hamilton respond­
ed to the  invitation, outlining  the  reforms 
accomplished  by concerted  action  at Trav­
erse City and  detailing the means by which 
such  reforms  were  brought  about  “We { 
know one thing as merchants  and  business 
man,”  said  Mr.  Hamilton,  “and  that  is 
that  we  want  our  pay. 
If  our  accounts! 
are  legitimate,  we  want  them  bad.  The j 
present loose  credit  system  has  too  many I 
loop-holes,  which  virtually encourages  lax-1 
ness on the  part  of  the  customer. 
I was i 
reading the other day about a  little  Sunday

school pupil who was asked the definition of 
a ‘fallen angel’.  The  little fellow  thought 
a minute and replied that it must be a ‘dirty 
devil’. 
I think  that  term  is  applicable to 
many  of  these  people  who  willfully  beat 
the business man out  of  his  goods.  Some 
of them are creatures of circumstances—vic­
tims of the loose  credit  system,  which  ex­
ists from the manufacturer to the consumer. 
When times are good, losses  are reduced to 
a minimum,  but when the  dull  times come 
stocks must be moved and  in  order to push 
sales, the  merchant frequently invites lines 
of questionable credit.  Much of  this credit 
business  can  be  curtailed,  with  benefit to 
both the  dealer  and  his  customer,  and  an 
the  best  possible 
organization  affords 
means of bringing about  that  result. 
Isn’t 
it timé to put aside  this  antiquated abuse— 
a practice bordering on  savagery—and join 
together to r the purpose  of  gaining  on the 
credit business and  getting  in  some of the 
cash already out?”

The speaker theu  referred  to the benefits 
accruing to organization by fostering a spirit 
of enterprise which  results  in  the securing 
of  mills,  factories  and  other  improments, 
reduction of exhorbitant freight and insurance 
rates, the bringing about early closing and the 
reformation of other  abuses  affecting  busi­
ness men.  At the conclusion of his address, 
the editor  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   explained 
tbe use of the blanks used  in  securing  col- 
lections and the compilation of  a delinquent 
list.

J.  L. Alger moved  that  the  organization 
of  an association  be  immediately proceeded 
with,  which was adopted.

J.  Vanzolenburg moved that  the constitu­
tion of the Tustin  Association  be  adopted, 
which was carried.

The following then  identified  themselves 
with  the  Association:  W.  W.  McOmber, 
H.  C.  Piester,  D.  N.  White,  Buckley  & 
Daggett,  L.  Plammonden,  G.  M.  Harwood, 
J.  L. Alger,*  G.  W.  Bump,  G. E.  Mills,  S. 
Rosenthal,  Hancock  &  Boyce,  Barber  & 
Son,  A.  Fochtman,  Kilman  &  Bowman,  D. 
II. Byram,  J.  Vanzolenburg,  Gould & Bel­
knap,  L.  W.  Cole,  F.’W. Ruddiman,  C.  C. 
Hammil,  Pettingill Bros.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—Jas.  Buckley.
Vice-President—L.  W.  Cole.
Secretary—C.  Bowman,
Treasurer—G. W.  Bump.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary, Treasurer,  J. Vanzolenburg  and  Ad. 
Fochtman.

The election of  the  Business  Committee 
was deferred until the  next  meeting,  when 
the meeting adjourned.
Kalkaska Arrayed on  the Side of Progress.
Every  business  man  of  Kalkaska,  save 
two,  met last  Wednesday  afternoon for the 
purpose of considering organization.  C.  E. 
Ramsey was selected to act as chairman and 
J.  N.  TinklepaUgh  as  secretary  pro  tern. 
Mr.  Ramsey stated the  objects of  the meet­
ing and called upon  President  Frank Ham­
ilton for full  explanations  as  to the  scope 
and meaning of organization.

Mr.  Hamilton said  he realized  the incon­
venience  it  caused  business  men  to  leave 
their  desks and  counters during the middle 
of the day, but  he  considered the object for 
which they had met to be  of  sufficient  im­
portance to warrant the sacrifice.  Business 
men as a class are too slow to come together 
for consultation and  action.  They meet in 
the secret orders,  but not as  business  men, 
whereas  they  need  unification  to  reform 
abuses,  secure  their  rights  and  stimulate 
new thought.  Competition is a good thing, 
but there is a point at  wjiicli it should stop, 
before strife and ill-feeling  are engendered. 
So,  too,  business  organizations  are  able to 
secure public  improvements  which individ­
ual action  cannot  accomplish.  Every addi­
tional  fifty men  attracted  to  a  town means 
more trade for  the  merchant, more  market 
for the farmer.  Why not join  hands to bid 
for these things through the proper channel?
Mr.  Hamilton referred to the depredations 
of the dead-beat somewhat at length, point­
ing  out a feasible  method  of  shutting  him 
off, when  the  editor  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
explained  the  use  of  the  collection  blanks 
and the advantages of auxiliary membership 
in the State Association.

S, H.  Sweet moved  that  the formation of 
an  association  be  proceeded  with,  which 
was adopted,  when the  constitution  of  the 
Tustin Association was adopted for the gov­
ernment of the organization.

The following charter members were then 
received:  A.  G.  Drake,  S.  H.  Sweet,  C.  S. 
Blom,  Pipp  Bros., J. D.  Clark,  Goodrich & 
Son,  A.  C.  Beebe,  II.  E.  Stover,  Perkins & 
Ellis,  W.  D.  Totten,  W.  II.  Earls,  Clark 
Bros.,  C.  P.  Sweet,  Noteware & Beebe,  Dr. 
F.  It.  Boyd,  Dr.  S. A. Johnson, Jas.  Craw­
ford,  D.  Hamtnon,  A.  A.  Bleazby,  A.  E. 
Palmer,  Geo.  Parker,  Haines  &  Harrison, 
W. J. Getty,  Jas.  A.  Lunney,  J.  N.  Mor­
gan & Co., Dennis  & Tinklepaugh,  Kellogg 
& Wooden,  C. Cronin,  Dr.  B.  C.  Elms.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—A.  E.  Palmer.
. Vice-President—II. E. Stover.
Secretary—C. E.  Ramsey.
Treasurer—F.  R.  Boyd.
The election of the remaining members of 
the Executive Committee  and  the Business 
Committee  was  postponed  until  the  next 
meeting,  when  the  Association  adjourned.

An Echo from Berrien Springs.
B e r r ie n  S p r in g s ,  Dec.  18,  1886. 

F ra n k  J. W urzburg, G rand  Rapids:

D e a r   S ir —Please  excuse  me  for  not 
writing sooner and acknowledging your cir­
cular letter.  Am alohe and have been quite 
busy, but will try and  do  my  best  for the 
interest of organization  after  the  holidays.
Would be pleased to have  a  copy of  the I 
constitution and  by-laws  and the stipulated 
price list referred to in  your  circular letter.

Yours respectfully,

H e n r y   K e p h a r t .

The  Michigan  System  Ahead  of the  Illi­

nois  Plan.

B l o o m in g to n,  111.,  Dec. 17,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r   S ir —Yours  of  the  9th  and-  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   of the 15th  t<vhand.  Thanks 
for each.  Had  I  known  my article  was to 
have  been published, I would  have  procur­
ed  more  information  regarding  the  work­
ings of  your associations.  Since  receiving 
your blanks I  am  more  pleased  with  your 
system than ever  and  think  it  cannot help 
but  succeed,  if  interest  is  kept  up,  and I 
know  it  will  be.  The  local  associations’ 
collection through the State system,  I see is 
superior to ours,  which is purely local.
If I could attend  your  general meeting,  1 
would be happy to do so and know  1 would 
be benefitted  thereby; but  I  fear  I  cannot 
get that way at that time.  Success to  your 
work all along the line.

Yours, 

A.  M a n s f ie l d .

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

Detroit parties  will  build  a  creamery  at 

Private  enterprise  will  give  Vernon  a 

Windsor.

$6,000 creamery.

Notier & Bakelaar suceeed  M.  Notier  as 
proprietors of the Crystal creamery,  at  Hol­
land.

Geo.  Sinclair  succeeds  Sinclair  &  Cun­
ningham in the manufacture  of  cheese  box 
material at Hudsonville.

The  Grocery  Market.

The features of  the week  in  the grocery 
market have been  a  slight  decline  in hard 
sugars,  an upward  tendency in prunes,  and 
a further  advance  in  dried  apples,  which 
give  promise of  going  away out  of  sight. 
Sun  dried  have  jumped  from  4 to 6 cents 
during  the  past  week  and  are  likely to 
touch  8  cents  before another issue of T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  reaches its  readers.

To Members of the M. C. T. A.

To enable members of the M.  C. T.  A.  to 
attend the  meeting  at  Detroit  on  Dec.  31, 
all the railroad have agreed  to  sell  tickets 
at one fare for the round  trip,  on  presenta­
tion  o f  membership  card.  Tickets  good 
from Dec. 30 to Jan.  1.

E.  M o r t i.o c k,  President.

D e t r o it ,  Dec.  18,  1886.

WANTED

AT

71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

COUNTRY  PR O D U C E.

a t $2.75@$3 $  bbl. 

A pples—The b est w inter varieties are scarce 
—   non •*<>
Beans—Country hand-picked  com m and $1.25 

$  bu., and city picked  $1.40.

Beets—45c $  bu.
B uckw heat—2ftc $  lb.
B u tter—M ichigan  cream ery  is  in  good  de­
m and  at25@28c.  D airy  is  in  ta ir  d em an d at 
18@20c.

Cabbages—$4@$513 100, according to  size.
Carrots—45c fl  bu.
Celery—G rand H aven  or  Kalamazoo, 20@25c 

Cheese—Fall stock of M ichigan full cream  is 

19 doz.

firm a t 13@13ftc.

C ider—10c $  gal.
C ranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  and 
Cape Cod com m and  @$9$9.50  $   bbl.  Jerseys, 
$ 3 $ b u .

Dried  Apples—Evaporated,  I2@14c  73 

lb; 

quartered and sliced, 6ftc $  S>.

Dried Peaches—Pared. 15c.
Eggs—Scarce  and  high.  Strictly  fresh  are 
grabbed up quick  a t  22@23c  and  pickled  and 
cold storage stock are in good  dem and  a t 18@ 
19c.

G raphs—Malagas, $1.50$$5 73 keg.
H oney—Firm  a t  12@13e.
H ay—Bailed  is  m oderately  active  a t  $15 
per ton  in two and five ton lots and  $14  in  cay 
lots.

Onions—Scarce and high, good stock  readily 

com m anding $2.75 73  bbl.

P otatoes—Nom inally ¡quoted  a t  30c.  Quiet.
Pop Corn—2ft@3c 73 ft.
Sweet P o tatoes—K iln dried Jerseys, $4 $  bbl.
Squash—H ubbard, 2c 73 1b.

g r a in s a n d m illin g p r o d u c t s.

W heat—No change.  City m illers pay 75 cents 
fo r L ancaster and 72  fo r  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally a t 46@47c  in 100bu. 

lots and 42@43e in carlots.

Oats—W hite, 38c in small lots  and  32@33c  in 

c a r lots.

Rye—48@50c 79 bu.
B arley—Brew ers pay $1.25 79 cwt.
Flour—Lower.  P atent,  $5  $   bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.20  in  wood.  Straight,  $4  73  bbl.  in 
sacks and $4.20 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 73 bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  $  ton.  Bran, $13 
$  ton.  Ships, $14 79 ton.  Middlings, $15 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats,  $18  73 ton.

H ID E S , PE L T S   AN^D  FU RS.

P erkins & Hess pay as follow s:

HIDES.

Green — 79 ft  654®  7 
(Calf skins, green
P a rt  c u re d ...  7ft@  8 
I  or cu red .........
Full cu red —   8 ft®   8ft  Deacon skins,
w piece....... 20
Dry hides and 

k ip s ............   8  @12 

I

@   »
($50

PURS.

WOOL.

SHEEP PELTS.
Old wool, estim ated washed 79 f t.........25
@28 
..................... ..............  3
Tallow ................ 
@  3ft
Fine washed 73 ft 25@28iCoarse w ashed.. ,20@24
Medium  ............ :27@30| Unwashed.............  
2-3
Bear  ........................................................10 00@lo 00
B e av er....................................................  4  00®  S  00
Badger  .................................   .............. 
75@  1  00
5o@  75
W ild c a t................................................  
10®  
H ouse C at............................................... 
20
Fox,  re d ..................................................   1  oo@  1  40
cross................................................  3 00@  5  00
g r a y . . . . .......................................   1  00@  1 25
F ish e r........................................................4  oo@  8  00
L inx.........................................................   3  oo@  8 00
Mink 
70
M artin 
1  00@  1  50 
O tter .
5 00©  8  00 
Coon...
4(@  1  00 
Skunk 
m ........................
1 00@ 1  10
W olf................T.................2  66@  3 06
ia@  14
M uskrat,  w in te r................................... 
fa ll...........................................   oe@  os
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Deer,  f  f t............................................... 
 
5@ 25
These prices a re  fo r prim e skins only.

30@ 

(Groceries.

WHOLESALE* PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  fo r  cash  buyers,  -&ho  pay 

prom ptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE GREASE.

Crown  ................. . 
80 Paragon  ..................2  10
F ra zer’s .................. 
90 P aragon 25 ft pails.  90
Diam ond  X ............  60 F raziers,25ft pails. 1  25
Modoc, 4  doz...........2 50

BAKING  POWDER.

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B u lk ...................................................... 

I s ....................................
b u lk ...............................
A rctic, ft  lb cans, 6 doz. case__

Acme, ft ft cans, 3 doz. case.......................... 
ft 1b 
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*.* 

85
..........................   160
...........................  3  00
25
Princess,  f ts ......................................................  1  25
4  25
28
45
75
1  40
2 40
12  00
2 00
15

V ictorian. 1 1b cans, (tall,) 2 doz.
Diamond,  “ bulk,” ........................
Dry, No. 2.......................................... .. doz.
25
Dry, No. 3.........•............................... . .doz.
45
Liquid, 4 oz,....................................
.  doz.
35
Liquid, 8 oz....................................... ..doz.
65
A rctic 4 oz........................................ .. $   arross  3 50
A rctic 8  oz......................................
7  20
A rctio 16 oz......................................
12 00
A rctio No. 1 pepper b o x ..............
2 00
A rctic No. 2 
..............
3 00
A rctic No. 3 
..............
4 00

BLUING.

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BROOMS.

No. 2 H u rl................1  751 Common W hisk___  90
No. 1 H u rl__ 2 00@3 25 Fancy  W hisk......... 1  00
No. 2C arpet........... 2-25 Mill.............................3 75
No. 1 C arpet............2  50 W arehouse  .............2  75
P arlo r  G era............3 00|

CANNED FISH.

Clams, 1 1b, L ittle N eck...............................1   65
Clam Chowder,  31b.......................... ...... ...... 2 20
Cove Oysters,  1  ft  stan d ard s................95@1  00
Cove O ysters, 2  ft  stan d ard s..................  1  75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.  . . . ! ............................ 175
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic...................................... 2  65
Lobsters, 1 ft s ta r........................................... 2 00
Lobsters. 2 ft s ta r...........................................3 00
M ackerel, l f t   fresh   stan d ard s...................1  40
M ackerel, 5 ft fresh   sta n d ard s...................5 25
Mackerel in Tom ato Sauce, 3  1b................. 3  00
M ackerel,3 ft in M ustard............................. 3 00
M ackerel. 3 ft  soused................................... 3 00
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia riv e r........................ 1  70
Salmon, 2 ft Colum bia riv e r.........................2 85
Sardines, dom estic 14s................................... 7@8
Sardines,  dom estic  fts ...............................   10@12
Sardines,  M ustard  vis................. 
12
Sardines,  im ported  f ts .................................   14
T rout. 3 1b  brook........................................."  4  00

 

 

CANNED FRUITS.

Apples, gallons,  stan d ard s..............
Blackberries, sta n d ard s...................
Cherries,  red  sta n d ard .....................
D am sons............................................. .
Egg Plum s, standards 
...................
G reen  Gages, standards 2 f t............
Peaches, E x tra Y ellow .....................
Peaches,  stan d ard s............................
Peaches,  seconds...............................
Pineapples, sta n d ard s.......................
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced..........
Pineapples, Johnson’s, g ra te d .......
Quinces ................................................
R aspberries,  e x tra ............................
Straw berries  ......................................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
A sparagus, O yster B ay.....................
Beans, Lima,  sta n d ard .....................
Beans, Stringless,  E rie.....................
Beans, Lewis’  Boston B aked..........
Corn,  A rcher’s T rophy.....................
*•  M orning  G lory.......................
“  A cm e...-....................................
“  Maple L eaf...............................
“  Excelsior...................................
Peas, F ren ch ........................................
Peas, ex tra   m arrot'at........................
Peas,  soaked........................................
Pum pkin, 3 ft G olden........................
Succotash, stan d ard ..........................
S q u ash ..................................................
Tomatoes, standard  b ra n d s............

CHEESE.

Michigan full  cream .........................
York  State, A cm e..............................

CHOCOLATE.

.......... 2  75
...........1  10
.............  95
.......... 1  00
...1  20@1 25 
...1  20@1  25
.......... 1  90
..........1  60
.......... 1  45
.......... 1  50
.......... 2  60
.......... 2 75
.......... 1 25
.1  20@1  30 
.1  10© 1  25

.......... «50
.......... 75@85
..........   95
.......... 1  65
.......... 1  OO
.......... Î  00
.......... 1  10
..........1  00
.......... 1  00
.......... 1  60
... 1  20@1  40
!!!!!Ü90@95
.......75@1  20
.......... 1  00
.........1  05

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COCOANUT.

B áker’é  . . ...................37;Germ an  Sweet
.23
R unkles’ .................... 35¡Vienna Sweet  ........... 22
Schepps, Is.................................................  @25
Is and  f ts ..................................  @26
54s.......................... .....................  @27
Is in tin   p ails.............................  @2754
54S 
@2854
@2354
Is and  54s............ . . v ............  @24
fts ............................... ..............   @2454
M anhattan,  p ails.....................................  @20
Peerless  ....................................................  @18

M altby’8,  Is ............................... 

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COFFEES.

Roasted.

R io .................15  @17
Golden  R io ... 17  @19
Santos........... 15  @17
M aricabo.................. 16
J a v a .............23@25
O. G. J a v a ....20  @22
Mocha  ..................... 23
COFFEES-

(R io..................16  @18
Golden R io.. .18  @20
Santos....................... 20
M aricabo........... 18@20
J a v a ....................25©26
O. G. J a v a ....23  @25
IMocha............ 27  @28
-PACKAGE.

754

60 lbs 100 lbs 300 lbs
1954
1954

X X X X .............................................1954
A rbuckle’s  *................................... 1954’
D ilw orth’s ......................................
Standard  ........................................
G erm an ..................  .......................
L io n ..................................................
Lion,  in  cab in ets........................
M agnolia..........................................
R oyal...
E agle........................
Silver  K ing............
M e x ican .................
CORDAGE.
1  00  150 foot C otton__ 1  60
60foot  Ju te ..
72 foot J u t e ........ 1  25  60 foot C o tto n .... 1  75
40 Foot C otton 
1  50  172 foot C otton__ 2 00

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CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

654

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854

 
454

  454
454

754
754
754

X  XXX
5
5
6
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854
8ft
1254
8ft

K enosha B u tte r..........................
Seym our  B u tte r........................  
B u tter., ............................. 
 
Fancy  B u tte r........................ 
 
S.  O yster...................................... 
P ic n ic ...........................................  
Fancy  O yster........................... 
Fancy  Soda................................. 
City Soda......................
Soda  ...................... .
M ilk...............................
B o sto n ..........   ............
G ra h a m ........................
Oat  M eal.......................
Pretzels, hand-m ade..
P re tz e ls........................
C rack n els.....................
Lemon Cream ..............
Frosted C ream ............
G inger  Snaps..............
No.  1 G inger  S n a p s...
Lemon  Snaps..............
Coffee  Cakes*...............
Lem on W afers............
1154
Ju m b les........................................ 
1254
E x tra Honey Ju m b les.............. 
1354
Frosted Honey  Cakes..............  
1354
Cream  G em s...............................  
1354
Bagievs  G em s............................ 
1354
Seed Cakes................................... 
854
S. &  M. Cakes.............................. 
Cod, w hole....................................................4  @454
Cod, boneless.................................................... 5@654
H alibut 
  9@10
H erring, round.  54  b bl..........................  @2  60
H erring .round,  54  bbl..........................1  50@1  75
H erring, Holland,  bbls............................... 11  00
H erring, Holland,  k eg s...............................  @75
H erring, Sealed.......................• .....................   @30
M ackerel, shore, No. 1, 54  b b ls...................8  50
.........  1  00
................  90
No. 3. 54 b b ls.............................   3 25
Shad,  54 b b l ...............................................3  25@2 50
T rout, 54  b b ls ................................................ 3  go
“  101b  k its ...............................................  75
W hite, No. 1,54 b b ls .....................................6  50
W hite, No. 1,12  1b k i t s .„ ..............................1  00
90
W hite, No. 1,10ft k its............................ 
W hite, Fam ily, 54 bbls.................................. g 15
k its........................................  45

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.,2 oz..............
$  doz.  1 00
1  40
4 oz..............
............1  60
2  GO
6 o z............... ............2  60
4 OO
8 oz................ ............ 3 50
5  00
No. 2  T aper ............ 1  25
1  60
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............ 1  75
2  75
ft pint, ro u n d.......... 4  50
7  60
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15  00
N o .3  panel.. ............1  10
1  65
No. 8 
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4  25
“   „ ............ 4 25
No. 10 
6 00

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DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.

C itro n .......................................................22  @ 25
1  C u rra n ts....................................................  654®  634
©  13
I  Lemon  P eel............................................... 
Orange Peel...............................................  @  13
I  P runes,  French, 60s.................................  @  954
|  P runes, French, 80s.....................................  @ 9
Prunes, T u rk ey ............ ...........................  554®  6
!  Raisins, D ehesia..........................................  @8 50
Raisins,  London  L ayers............................   @2 75
............................   @2 25
Raisins, California  “ 
Raisins, Loose M uscatels..........................   @2 40
j  Raisins, O ndaras,  28s.................................   @10
Raisins.  S u ltan as....................................   @774
Raisins,  Valencia, new  ............................   @ 8
Raisins,  Im perials......................................   @3 20

MATCHES.

 

Grand  H aven,  No.  8, sq u a re............................1 00
Grand H aven, No 9, square, 3 g ro ...................1 20
Grand  H aven,  No.  200,  parlor........................1 75
G rand  H aven,  No.  300,  p arlo r........................2 25
G rand  H aven,  No.  7,  ro u n d ................................1 50
Oshkosh, No.  2........................................  
Oshkosh, No.  8........................................................ !i 50
S w edish...............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8 sq u are.................................100
Richardson’s No. 9 
.............................. 150
Richardson’s No. 754,  ro u n d ............................1  00
Richardson’s No. 7 
.............................. 150
Black  S trap .....................................................15@17
Cuba B aking...................................................25@28
P orto  Rico.......................................................24®30
New  Orleans,  good.......................................28@34
New Orleans, choice..................................... 44@50
New  Orleans,  fan cy ..................................... 52@55

MOLASSES.

do 
do 

54 bbls. 2c ex tra

OATMEAL.

Rolled Oats, b b l__ 5 50|Steel  cut,  b b l........ 5 50
54 b b l...3  00

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cases  3 25|

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M edium ...................................  ................  @6  00
54 bbl............................................  @3 50
Small,  b b l.................................................  @7  00
Im ported Clay 3 gross............................2 25@3  00
Im ported Clay, No. 216,3 gross............   @2 25
Im ported Clay, No. 216,254 g ross.........  @1  85
A m erican  T .D .................................... . 
75®  90
Choice Carolina...... 6541Ja v a   ................... 
6
Prim ejD arolina......554 P a t n a ......................... 554
Good  C aro lin a_____
R an g o o n ...........  @5
Good L ouisiana.......5
B roken.............354 @3 54
Table  ........................ 6
J a p a n ........................ 754
DeLand’s p u re ........ 5541 Dw ight’s .....................554
C hurch’s  ................. 554 Sea  F oam .................. 554
Taylor’s  G.  M..........6ft|Cap  S heaf................... 554

8ALERATD8.

RICE.

Our  Leader.
M ayflow er..
Globe....... ...
Mule E a r__

SHORTS.

........ 16! H iaw ath a...
......... 23| Old Congress
.........22!May  L eaf...
.......331 D a r k .............

SYRUPS.

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Com,  barrels 
Corn, 54 bbls........................................
Corn,  10 gallon k eg s..........................
Corn, 5 gallon k eg s............................
P u re  Sugar, bbl.................................
P u re Sugar, 54 bbl.............................

SNUFF.

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M accoboy........................
Gail & A x’ 
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R appee.............................
Railroad  Mills  Scotch.....................
Lotzbeck  ...........................................
Ja p a n   o rd in ary ..... ..........................
l 00
ja p a n  fa ir to good............................
ja p a n  fine...........................................
Ja p an  d u st..........................................
Young H yson....................................
G unP ow der........................................
O olong.................................................
C ongo..................................................

TEAS.

VINEGAR.

W hite W ine..........................
C id er..................................... .
Y ork State A pple................

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

do 
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Bath Brick im p o rted .........................
A m erican..........................
Burners, No. 1 .....................................
No.  2.....................................
Condensed Milk, Eagle  b ran d .........
Cream T artar 5 and 10 ft can s....... .
Candles, S tar........................................
Candles.  H otel............................... .
Camphor, oz., 2 1b boxes.................!!
E x tract Coffee, V.  C..........................
F e lix .......................
Gum, R ubber  100 lum ps...................
Gum, R ubber 200 lum ps................."
Gum, S pruce....................................
Hominy, 
b b l...........................******
J e lly ,in 301b  p alls...................
P earl  B arley......................... •.........   ,
Peas, G reen  B ush......................*.!!."
Peas, Split  P re p are d .............!!!.!
Powder,  K eg.................................
Powder,  54  K eg ...................... .  .  . . .
Sage  .................................................
S a u e rk ra u t........................... ’

30 gr. 
08 
08

.20

24@26
26@28
@20
@31
23@26
26@30

@  55 
@  44 
@  35 
.  @  45
@1  30
...,J8®20
.......25@30
.......3o@45
.......15@20
.......80@50
.......35@50
33@55@6C 
. . . .   25@30

@25> 
@11 
@12 
@35 
@80 
@1 20 
.  @25
.  @35
.  30@35 
@3 00 
.4@  454
■ 
.  27i@  3 
@1  15 
@  3 
@4  00 
@2 25 
@  15 
.4  00@4  50

54c less in 5 box lots. 

salt.

60 Pocket, F  F   D airy.............................. 
28 P o ck et.................................................... 
100 3 ft  pockets.........................................  
Saginaw or  M anistee.............................  
Diamond  C................................................  
Standard  Coarse.......................'..............  
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. b ag s......... 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. b ag s__  
H iggins’ English dairy bu.  bags!....... 
A m erican, dairy,  54 bu. b ag s................ 
Rock, bushels...........................................  
W arsaw, D airy, bu.  b ag s......................  
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2  25
3  15
3 35
85
l   45
1  35
75
2  75
70
25
38
40
30

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SOAPS.

SPICES.

. .6 DO 
..2  30IStar......................

Parisian,  54  p in ts....................................   @3  00
P ep p er Sauce, red  sm all......................   @  70
P ep p er Sauce, green  ..............................  @  80
P epper Sauce, red  large rin g ..............  @1  25
P ep p er Sauce, green, large rin g .........  @1  50
Catsup, Tomato,  p in ts............................  @  99
Catsup, Tom ato,  q u arts  .......................  @120
H alford Sauce, p in ts.............................   @3 50
H alford Sauce, 54 p in ts..........................   @2  20
A c o rn .......................3  85i E x tra Chicago Fam-
i l y .......................... 3  94
M a ste r..................... 4  00 
New Process, 1  f t ..3  85  N apkin..................... 4  75
New Process, 3  f t..3  96!T o w el....................... 4  75
Acme,  b a rs............3 55 W hite  M arseilles..5 50
Acme,  blocks.......  3 05iWhite Cotton  O il..5  50
Best  A m erican___ 3 93; R a ilro a d ...................3 50
Circus  ..................... 3  70 U.  G ...........................3 4
Big Five  C e n te r...3  85 Mystic W hite........... 4 65
N ickel........................3 45 Saxon  B lue.............2 60
Sham rock.................3 15 P alm er’s, 100 b a rs..5 60
Blue D anube 
London  Fam ily.
G round. 

Whole.
P e p p e r.................16@25|Pepper.................
A llspice...............12@15 A llspice................
C innam on............18@30 C assia....................
Cloves  ............  .. 15@25 N utm egs,  No. 1..
G in g e r.................16@20 N utm egs,  No. 2.,
M ustard............... 15@30;Cloves  ..................
C a y e n n e ..............25@35l
K ingsford’8 Silver Gloss, 1 ft pk g s__
@  7 
6 ft boxes...
@  754 
b u l k ...........’
®  654 
P ure, 1 ft pk g s....................
@  554 
Corn, 1  ft pk g s....................
@  7 
Royal, Gloss, 1 ft packages...................
®  554 
b u lk .................................
“ 
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C o rn .............................................
“ 
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Muzzy, Gloss, 1 ft  packages................
@  574 
“ 
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................
@  554 
b u lk .................................
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“   Corn, 1 ft  packages.................
@   6 
Firm enich, new process, gloss,  l f t __
@  5% 
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@  554 
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@  654 
“  bulk, boxes or bbls
@  4 
“   corn. 1 f t................
@  6
C ut  L oaf..................................................
@  674 
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C u b e s......................................................... 
@  654
P ow dered............................................. ... 
©
G ranulated.  S tan d ard ............................  @  8*b
Confectionery A ......................................   @5  81
Standard A ................................................   @5  18
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C............................  @5  31
No. 2, E x tra C...........................................   5  @554
No.3 C.........................................................  @474
No. 4 C.......................................................  
@ 4ft

@20
8@1Q
io@n
@60
@50
@28

STARCH.

SUGARS.

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C h e rry .........................60
Cross C u t..................... 35
Old J im .........................35
Five and  Seven......... 46
M agnet.........................25
Old  T im e..................... 35
Seal of D etro it........... 60
U nderwood’s Capper 35
Jim   D andy..................38
Sweet  Rose................ 45
O ur  B ird..................... 28
Meigs &Co.’sStunner35
A tla s............................ 35
B rother  Jo n a th a n ...28
O ur B lock....................60
R oyalG am e................ 38
Jolly  T im e ................ 40 Mule  Ear.
.. .65 
O ur  L eader................ 33|Fountain.
...74
Sweet  Rose...............32 Old Congress................64
May  Q ueen...............65 Good L u ck................... 52
35
D ark AmericanEagle67  Blaze A w ay....... 
The M eigs............... ,60|Hair L ifter...............’ ^30
Red  B ird....................50; H iaw ath a.................   65
State  S eal..................60 Globe  ..........................  «5
P rairie F lo w e r........65 Bull  Dog.....................*57
Indian Q ueen........... 60Crown  L e a f....!  !!!.66
33
May F low er...............70  H u s tle r................. 
Sweet  P ip p in ............451 
»Delivered.

SMOKING

O ur  L eader...............15|Unit  ..............................30
Old V et....................... 30* Eight  H ours................24
Big D eal......................27 Lucky  ........................  30
15
Ruby, cu t  p lu g ........35'Boss  ........................  
N avy Clippings........ 28;Two  N ickel........ ! .‘.!.24
L e a d e r....................... 15 D uke’s  D urham .........40
H ard  T ack.................32;Green CornCob Pipe 26
D ix ie...........................28jOwl.......................  
ig
Old T a r........ ............... 40; Rob R oy...............  
  >28
A rth u r’s  Choice...... 221Uncle  Sam ................... 28
Red F o x ..................... 26 L u m b erm an ......... . . .25
Gold  D ust.................. 261 Railroad Boy................38
Gold  Block............ .. ,30j M ountain Rose...........18
Seal of G rand Rapids  1 Home C om fort.......   25
(cloth).................. 25 Old R ip........................  60
Tm m w ay, 3 o z.......... 40iSeal o f N orth  Caro-
48
M iners and Puddlers.28j 
:ina, 2  oz 
Peerless  .....................24 Seal o f North  Caro-’ ’
S tan d ard ..................... 20
lina, 4oz....................48
Old T om .......................18
Seal o f N orth  Caro­
Tom &  J e rry .............. 24
lina, 8 oz................... 45
Jo k e r............................ 25
Seal of N orth  Caro­
T ra v e le r............ ....... 3S
lina, 16 oz boxes... .42
M aiden....................... 25|King Bee, longcut.. .22
Pickwick  C lub......... 40 Sw eetL otus..........  
32
N igger  H ead.............26|G rayling.......................32
H o llan d ....................... 22
Seal S kin..................... 30
G erm an ....................... 15
Red Clover..................32
K. of  L  ............... 43® 46
Good  L uck..................26
H oney  Dew................25
Q ueen  B ee..................22
S tar 
....................39
T rade  U nion.............*36
Old Solder....................37
Labor U nion.............*30
Clipper  ....................... 34
Splendid’...................   38
Corner Stone...............34
Red F o x .......................42
Scalping  K n ife......... 34
Big  D rive....................42
Sam Boss...................   34
P a tro l.......................... 40
N e x t............................ 29
Jack  R abbit*,...........35
D a in ty .........................44
Chocolate  C re a m ....39
Old  H o n e s ty ........... 40;N im ro d .....................   36
Jolly T a r.....................33 Big Five C enter........ 33
Jolly  T im e..................32
P a r r o t.........................42
F a v o rite ..................... 42
B u s te r .........................35
Black  B ird..................32
Black P rin ce.............. 35
Live and L et  L iv e .. .32
Black  R acer...............35
Q uaker.........................28
Climax  ....................... 42
Bull  Dog....................*36
A corn  .........................39
H iaw ath a....................42
H orse  Shoe................36
V in c o ...........................34
Big  N ig....................... 37
Spear  H ead ................39
M erry W ar..................24
Whole  E a rth ...............33
Ben  F ran k lin.............33
Crazy  Q uilt................82
M oxie...........................34
P .  V ........................ 
40
B la c k ja c k ..................32
Spring C hicken.........38
H iaw ath a....................43
Eclipse  ................  
 
30
M usselm an’s C orker.30
T u rk ey.........................39
•Delivered.
2c. less in th re e  b u tt lota.

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CANDY,  FR U ITS  A N D   NUTS. 

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French Cream, 25 ft pails.
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“ E v e ry th in g  all  O .  K .” a t  H a stin g s.
H a s t in g s, Dec.  16,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D f.a u  S ir —Everything  is  moving  along 
all O.  K.  Our meeting last night was fully 
attended and much interest was shown.
Your editorial  reviewing  our  turmoil  in 
trade circles here  was  well  received by all 
who have read it.  We are  fully aware that 
a general cut is a bad thing to do,  but under 
the  circumstances  did  not  see  our  “duty 
clear” in  any other way.

Yours 

J. A.  VanAk.uax.

Sec’y Hastings B.  M. A.

South Haven Ready to Organize.

So u t h   H a v e n ,  Dec.  17,  18SG.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  Sir—Your card received.  We have 
talked over organization until they are willing 
and glad to go into such  a  tiling,  with  the 
exception of three,  and they  are  among  our 
largest dealers.  We think you would be able 
to  put  the  thing  in  such  a light that they 
would be willing to go in with us.  We  can 
get together any evening.  Yours truly,

C. J.  H e m p s t e a d .

Plainwell Beginning to Talk Organization.

P l a in w e l l ,  Dec.  18,  1886.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ib—We notice you are engaged in 
the good work of  establishing  protection  to 
the business men.  Plainwell business  men 
are  becoming  somewhat  awakened  to  the 
same object and hope ere long to be included 
in the list.  Please inform us of  the  neces­
sary arrangements and expenses of organiza­
tion,  and oblige,  your truly,

Ch a m b e r l a in   B r o s.

The Drug' Market.

Gum opium was weak  and  lower  a  few 
days last week,  but has again  rallied and is 
now firm.  Morphine is strong.  Quinine is 
higher.  Gum  arabic  is  advancing.  Oil 
lemon, orange  and  bergamot are  dull  and 
lower.  Oil  sassafras  is  firm. 
Insect pow­
der has sustained an advance of 10 per cent, 
and high prices are looked for in the spring.

s-?

Brnos & flftebicinés

S tate  B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y .

Ono Year—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City.
Two Years—Jacob Jenson, Muskegon.
Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Five Years—Geo. McDonald. Kalamazoo.
President—Ottmar Eberbach.
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 1.

M ichigan  S tate  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A ss’n. 

President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids.
First Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—Henry Harwood. Ishpeming. 
Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit.
Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Win. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo. VV. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, 
Local Secretary—Guy M. Harwood, Petoskey.
Next Place of Meeting—At  Petoskey, July 12,13 and 14.
G ran d   R a p id s  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 

Frank Wells, Geo. Gundrnm and Jacob Jesson.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9. 1884.

President—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Vice-President—H.  E. Locher.
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec-
Board'of Trustees—The President.  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Kimm.Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond, 
wen, Isaac Watts, Win. E. White and Wm.  L.  White. 
Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo  Thuin.
Committee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo. 
Kemink and W. H. Tibbs.
Committee on Pharmacy—'W. L. W hite, A. C. Bauer and 
Isaac Watts. 
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month. 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November. 
Next Meeting—Thursday evening, Jan. 6, at The Trades- 

.
,  „  

. 

, 

. 

,

man office.

S aginaw   C ounty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society.
President—Jay  Smith.
First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall.
Second Vice-President—R. Brüske.
Secretary—D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers.
Committee on Trade Matters—W. B. Moore, H. G. Ham­
Regular  Meetings—Second  Wednesday  afternoon  in 

ilton, H. Meiehers, W. H. Keeler and R. J. Bimey. 
each month.

D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER,  1883.

President—A. F.  Parker.
First Vice-President—Frank  Inglis.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae.
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each  month.
.Jackson  C ounty  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Ass’n.

President—R. F. Latimer.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F.  A. King.
Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey.
Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E* Foot and C. H. 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday in November. 
Regular Meetings—First Thursday in each  month.
M uskegon  D ru g   C lerk s’  A ssociation.

Haskins.

President—I. C. Terry.
Vice-President—P. VanDiense.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre.
R egular‘Meetings—Shcond  and  fourth  Wednesday of 
Next  Meeting—Wednesday evening, Jan. 12.

each month.

O ceana C ounty P h a rm a c e u tic a l Society.

President—F. W. Fincher.
Vice-President—F. W. VanWickle.
Secretary—Frank Cady.
Treasurer—E. A. Wright.

Universal Pharmacy Laws.

N. G. B. in N ational D ruggist.

t.

n .

h i.

IV.

v .

T he  m an  who  serves  the  public  as  a  retail 
M ust have an eye on all things good;  and from  

pharm acist
all bad  desist.

M ust know  at  sight  all  ills which blight,  and 
And  be, in  fact,  Mikado-like,  “a  tru e  philan­

w hat th eir cures consist,
thropist.”

H e m ust have a rep u tatio n   m ost  noble,  high, 
A nd m ake his preparations the best  upon  the 

and grand.
land.

W ith zealous care m ust guard his tongue from  
A nd labor nights as well as days  for* suffering 

all profanity.
hum anity.

M ust m ake a cure he w arrants  sure  for  colic 
A nd keepjhis tem per sw eet and p u re while sell­

M ust always have  a  sm iling  face,  though  he 
W hen patrons come to  buy  a  thing,  and  for 

M ust hire clerks who do  their  work  like  fric­
And pay them , too, for w hat they do, and give 

* 

and fo r cram ps,
ing postage stam ps.
vi.
m ay be disgusted,
th e sam e are trusted.
VII.
tionless m achinery.
them  change of scenery.
•  * 
to bis lore,
his store.

v m ‘

M ust spend with profit leisure hours by adding 
A nd  never  smoke  a  poor cigar, o r w histle in 

IX.

x.

M ust follow neatness as a guide in all his deeds 
And  be  a  paid  subscriber  to this interesting 

diurnal,
journal.

M ust be in  fact a m an of sewse, as  each  of  us 
A nd then success his store  will  bless, .and  he 

y  can see,

will happy be.

Importance of Microscopy.*

The object of  tins  association,  like simi­
lar societies  in  other  states,  is  to promote 
the  interests  of  pharmacists,  to  increase 
their prosperity by stimulating tiie members 
to become more proficient  in  the  discharge 
of the duties of  the  profession,  and to look 
after the  commercial  side  of the druggist’s 
life,  with  a  view  of  developing  the  most 
business-like  methods  of  conducting trade.
Some of the  members  who  have  been  in 
active  service  for  the  past  twenty-five  to 
forty years might  give  us an interesting re­
view of the changes  in  the  kinds of drugs, 
classes of preparations as  well as individual 
ones,  lines of patent  goods,  and methods of 
manipulation which  have  passed  and seem 
like a panoramic view  when  resurrected  by 
the memory from the pages of the past.

That  the  lives  of  those  who  follow  the 
drug business for  the  next  generation  will 
be filled with as  many changes,  is certainly 
to be expected.  To the young men who are 
settling down to the  routine  of  duties,  this 
future is of much more importance than the 
past.  The physician  and  surgeon uses ap­
pliances to-day which were not  dreamed  of 
a few years ago,  and the young  students  of 
the  present  time  fail  to  comprehend  how 
medicine and surgery were practiced in days 
when modern conveniences  were  unknown.
The pharmacist of the present period also 
has advantages over  his  predecessors,  who 
were obliged to make mercurial ointment by 
hand, pills without  a  machine,  and  labor- j 
iously learn by years of unsystematic  study 
less than is now  taught  in  the  colleges  of 
pharmacy during a two-years’ course.

One  the  shelves  of  drug  stores  are  no 
longer to be seen the  long  rows of bundles, 
boxes,  and cans  of  radix  this,  herba that,
♦Paper read by H. M.  W helpley,  Ph.  G., be­
fo re  Missouri  S tate  Pharm aceutical  Associa­
tion.

and folia the other.  Many  of  these  drugs 
are now kept  in  the  form  o$  powders,  or 
neat packages  of  pressed  goods.  A  large 
and  constantly  increasing  proportion  of 
them never  find  thei!*  way  into  the  retail 
trade,  but  are  represented  by  their  alka­
loids or other active principles.

These  changes  in the form of goods han­
dled  necessitates  corresponding  alterations 
in the methods of studying pharmacy.

It was only necessary in  former  times  to 
study the main  botanical or zoological char­
acteristics of  drugs  fo  be  able  to  identify 
them.  Now that the druggist  scarcely ever 
sees  the  drugs  in  a  sufficiently  complete 
form  to  recognize  them  by  botanical  or 
zoological  characteristics,  resort  must  be 
made  to  other  methods.  Our  grandfather 
“Pillmaker,” or great-grandfather “Mortar” 
learned  to  distinguish  aconite  from  bella­
donna by their  physical  or  natural  charac­
teristics only.  Mr. “Alkaloid” or Mr.  “Ab­
stract” of the  present  period  must be com­
petent to  judge  between  the  powdered  or 
pressed drugs, or more likely  some  salts  of 
aconitine’or atropine.

Adulterations,  sophistications,  substitu­
tions,  admixtures,  etc.,  were  formerly easi­
ly  detected  and.  therefore,  less  frequent 
than at the  present  time.  This  would  be 
an alarming state  of  affairs  if  science  had 
not kept pace with  the  developing  difficul­
ties  and  furnished  us  improved  chemical 
and optical means for  identifying  drugs  in 
their altered conditions.

The improved optical facilities are offered 
by an instrument  which  is  now considered 
to be indispensable to the  study  of  any  of 
the natural  sciences. 
I  refer  to the micro­
scope. 
It is undeniable that the microscope 
will be one of the important  instruments of 
the  drug  store  of  the future.  As already 
referred to, drugs  now  come  into  the mar­
ket in such altered  conditions  that the nak­
ed eye cannot recognize  them.  This  gives 
great  opportunities  for  adulterations,  and 
microscopy is the most  convenient  path out 
of the difficulty.  The instrument will grow 
more and more  popular  each  year,  as  the 
profession becomes  better  educated and the 
public  learns  the  importance  of  guarding 
against inferior or adulterated drugs.  Even 
at the  present  time  the  importance  to the 
pharmacist  of  the  study  of  microscopy is 
quite  generally  recognized.  The 
leading 
colleges  of  pharmacy  have 
laboratories 
equipped  with  facilities  for giving the stu­
dents instruction' in  this  highly interesting 
and valuable study.

My object in reading this  paper  to-day  is 
to bring the  subject  to  your  notice  at this 
time,  as at these meetings  we  are expected 
to  remind  each  other  of  any  means  by 
which we can legitimately  advance  the  in­
terests of  pharmacy.  The  study of micro­
scopy by pharmacists  is  too broad a subject 
to be taken up with the idea of  giving  in  a 
paper like this even  an  outline of a system 
of study.  The first principles and the man­
ipulations of the  microscope  are best learn­
ed by practical instructions from  one  fami­
liar with the instrument.  To  try and learn 
to handle  a  compound  microscope,  and  to 
prepare  objects  for  examination,  with  a 
book for an instructor  is  about  the same as 
trying to make  pills  without  any previous 
experience,  and  only 
the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia as a  guide.  When a person 
receives a few lessons  and becomes familiar 
with  the  work,  the  more  advanced  study 
can  be  comprehended  and  followed  from 
text-books, just as easily  as  a  person who 
is familiar with the general  process  of  pill 
making is not at a loss  when  directions  are 
given to make pills from  ingredients  which 
he has never  compounded.

Microscopy has played an  important role 
in medicine for a great many years,  but  the 
use of the instrument in the two professions 
of  medicine  and  pharmacy  is by no means 
identical.  A physician who  is  proficient in 
his own line may  not  be  capable  of select­
ing a suitable instrument  or  accessories  for 
pharmaceutical use,  or  give  more  than  the 
elementary  instructions  for  using  them  in 
the drug  business. 
I  have known of more 
than  one  instance  where  druggists  have 
made purchases  in  accordance with the di­
rections  of  a  physician,  and  afterwards 
found that they had their money  locked  up 
in goods of little use in  the  drug  business, 
while extra expenditures were  necessary  to 
complete  a  suitable  outfit.  There  is  one 
general rule for those to  remember  who are 
obliged to learn  the  manipulations of a mi­
croscope  from  text-books:  Carefully  read 
some small and concise work on the subject, 
and  then  only  use  the  lowest  power  until 
perfectly familiar with the mechanical man­
ipulations.  A  good  microscope,  properly 
handled,  will not  wear  out  in a human life 
time of  constant  use,  while  inexperienced 
hands can ruin the best made instrument  in 
a few minutes.

There is one form of a simple  microscope 
which is not expensive,  and should be found 
in the hands of every pharmacist,  no matter 
whether  lie  be  clerk  or  proprietor. 
It is 
commonly  known  as  “Coddington  Lens,” 
and is named after the man  who introduced 
it.  They are not expensive and can be pur­
chased for §1.50 to §2.50.  The magnifying 
power is from ten to  twenty  diameters. 
It 
is not diffcult to learn  to  use  such  a  lens, 
and the result will  surprise  those who sup­
pose that only expensive  instruments are of 
value to druggists. 
If a  compound  cathar­
tic pill could be viewed  under a Coddington 
lens,  magnifying 
it 
would appear as large as a cannon  ball four 
inches  in  diameter.  A  nickel,  under  the 
same  circumstances,  would  appear  seven* 
J*?en  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter,  or 
larger than a  week’s  profit  on  cut-rate pa­
tent medicines.

twenty  diameters, 

A lens with a power of ten diameters fills

the requirements of the United States Phar­
macopoeia,  and  can  be  employed  in many 
instances not mentioned in this work.

A Coddington lens can  be  obtained  from 
any optician,  and will afford  much pleasure 
as well as profit to  the  druggist.  The per­
son who uses such a  lens  will soon become 
interested  in  the  beauties  and  benefits  of 
microscopy,  and  desire  to work with more 
perfect instruments.

A Druggist’s Mistake.

Not the substitution of  morphine for  qui­

nine,  but a case a mistaken identity.

Shortly after T h e  T r a d e s m a n  announced 
that Elmer Thompson,  book-keeper for  Per­
kins & Hess, was rejoicing over the advent of 
a brand new baby, he was in receipt of a hand­
some present for the  youngster  from  Chas. 
A.  Bugbee, who pounds the pestle  in  J.  S. 
Cooper’s  drug  store,  at  Cheboygan.  The 
token was accompanied by the usual  friendly 
expressions,  which Mr.  Thompson  was  un­
able to understand,  as he was not aware that 
he had a friend  by  that  name.  He  accord­
ingly  wrote the donor for  marks of identifi­
cation,  when Mr.  Bugbee replied as follows:
I am thinking I have “put my foot in  it.” 
The Elmer Thompson  of  my  acquaintance 
was formerly book-keeper for  A.  L.  Power, 
at Kent City,  where I made his acquaintance 
while  engaged  in  the  drug business there. 
As brother Odd Fellows,  we  became  warm 
friends. 
I had not heard from  him  in over 
three  years,  and  seeing  the  item  in T h e  
T r a d e s m a n ,  Hastily  took  it  for  granted 
that  they  were  one  and the same.  Am  I 
right? 
If  not,  you  are  none  the less wel­
come to the little token,  which  carried  with 
it lots of good will  and  well  wishes.  And 
the parents of a fourteen  pounder  are  none 
the  less  welcome  to  those,  even  from  a 
stranger. 
It almost beats  “two of a  kind.” 
May he live long and  prosper.  Thanks  for 
your kind invitation,  which I shall avail my­
self of when I visit your city.  Grand Rapids 
has  grown  so  since  i left there,  two years 
ago last February,  that I am  anxious  to  see 
it, but will probably be obliged to forego that 
pleasure for some time.
Will Swindle No More Michigan Druggists.
Readers of T h e   T r a d e s m a n  will remem­
ber that last week’s  issue  contained  an  ex­
posure  of  the  swindling  practices  of  II. 
Langdon,  as traveling representative for the 
Cincinnati  Drug  &  Chemical  Co. 
T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  notified  his  employers  of  the 
character of their agent and the enclosed  ac­
knowledgment would seem  to  indicate  that 
the  man  Langdon  is  looking  for  another 
situation:

Cin c in n a t i,  Dec.  15,  188(5.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir—We are in receipt of a copy of 
your  paper.  This company  neither  manu­
factures nor handles the “Miraculous Oriental 
Opaque  Nuggets,”  nor  knows  anything  of 
them.  We neither authorize nor permit our 
agents to handle them,  nor any other  goods 
other than  those  manufactured  exclusively 
by us.  Our goods are handled  in  the  ordi­
nary channels of trade,  and  we  trust  have 
such reputation as to not require defense.
We are. obliged to you for  calling  our  at­
tention to this matter,  and will see  that  the; 
trade are not longer misled by any  agent  of 
ours.  Yours respectfully,

Cin c in n a t i  D r u g   &  Ch e m ic a l  Co.

Next Year's Convention.

Local Secretary  Harwood  has  secured  a 
§2  rate at the  Arlington  Hotel for all dele­
gates to the annual  convention of the M.  S. 
P.  A.,  at Petoskey next July, and he is now 
working for a §1.50  rate  at  the  §2 hotels, 
witli  good  prospect  of  success.  Mr. Har­
wood has good reasons for thinking that the 
exhibit next year will  not  fall  far  short of 
the line of goods shown  this year,  as’he lias 
secured  several concessions in freight rates, 
which will reduce the  Exhibitors’ expenses, 
to the minimun.

After the Holiday Rush.

Ch e b o y g a n .  Dec.  17,  1886.

F.  J .  W urzburg, Grand Rapids:

D e a r  S ir —I  have  received  your  letter 
designating me a committee of  one to work 
up  a  local  organization.  Owing  to  the 
usual holiday rush,  I will have  to  postpone 
action until after January 1.  Have written 
for a copy of the G.  R.  P. A.  by-laws.  We 
all seem  to  “dwell  together  in  harmony,” 
with  no  desire  to  cut  on  prices.  Don’t 
know what  the  prospects  of  a  successful 
local society are. 

Truly yours,

C.  A.  B u g b e e .

Mason County Druggists in Line.

L u ih n g t o n ,  Dec.  15,  1886. 

Frank J. W urzburg, G rand  Rapids:

D e a r   S ir—Your  appointment  to  hand. 
Mason county has a Pharmaceutical Society 
in good healthy working order. 
It  was  or­
ganized one year ago and has worked charm­
ingly since  organized.  Respectfully,

S.  M.  Sn o w .

Mills &  Goodman, Props.

357 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
TTTANTED—Registered  d rug  clerks,  either 
» » 
pharm acists or assistants,w ho aresober, 
honest,  industrious  and  willing  to  w ork  on 
m oderate salary. 

,

lOR  SALE—Stock o f about  $1,400 in tow n of 

800 inhabitants in eastern  p a rt of State.

liberal.

business.  ■ Term s liberal.

bought on very liberal term s.

o th er drug store w ithin seven miles.

inhabitants in cen tral W isconsin.  Can be 

3,COO  in h ab itan ts  in  Texas.  Doing  line 

800 in habitants in n o rthern Illinois.  Term s 

FOR  SALE—Stock o f ab out $5,000 in tow n  of 
FOR  SALE—Stock of $1,800 in tow n  of  12.C00 
P OR  SALE—Stock of $700 in town of 300.  No 
FOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,600 in tow n  of 
P OR  SALE—Stock of $800  in  sm all  town  in 
POR SALE—Stock of $1,200 in an inland town 
in  midst  of  fine  farming country.  Will 
either sell or rent building.  Terms easy.
A LSO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
A   of which we will furnish  on  application  1
r p o   DRUGGISTS—W ishing  to  secure  clerks 
we will furnish th e   address  and  full  p ar­
ticulars of those on o u r list  free.

w estern Indiana.  Term s easy.

M ichigan D ru g  E xchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

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ACIDUM.

BACCAE.

AMMONIA.

Advanced—Carbolic acid; oil bergamot, mor­

phia.
8® 10
A ceticu m .............................................
80®1  00
Benzoicum,  G erm an........................
33® 36
C arbolicum .......................•..................
70® 75
C itric u m ...............................................
3® 5
H y d ro ch lo r.........................................
10® 12
N itro c u m ...........................................
12
O x alicu m .............................................
Salicylicum .......................................... ...1 85®2 10
T annicum ............................................. ...1 40® l  60
50® 53
T a rta ric u m ..........................................
3® 5
Aqua, 16  deg .......................................
4® (5
18  deg ........................................
1-.® 14
C arbonas...............................................
12® 14
Chlorid ii t n ...........................................
Cubebae  (po.  1  35............................... ...1 35@1 50
6® 7
Ju n ip e ru s  ...........................................
25© 30
X a u th o x y lu m ....................................
45® 50
©1 50
38(01 40
45® 50
18§|
18
30
20
12
12
10
12
10
24© 25
83® 35
8® 9
© 12
© 13
® 15

Abies,  C anadian................................
Cinchona F lav a...................................
E jo n y m u s  a tro p u rp ........................
M yrica  Ceril’era, p o ..........................
P ru n u s  V irgini...................................
Quillaia,  g rd ........................................
Sassfras  ...............................................
U lm us.....................*..............................
Ulm us Po (Ground  12).......................
G lycyrrhiza G labra............................
p o ....................................
H aem atox, 15 lb boxes......................
Is .....................  ..............
548  ...................................
/48  ...................................

C opaiba.................................................
Terabin,  C anada.................................
T o lu ta n .................................................

EXT R ACTUM.

BALSAMUM.

CORTEX.

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FERRUM.

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Carbonate P re cip ...............................
C itrate and Q uinia.............................
C itrate Soluble.......... .........................
Ferrocyanidum  Sol............................
Solut  Chloride....................................
Sulphate, com ’l,  (bbl. 75)—
p u re .......................
GUMMl.
Acacia,  1st  picked................
2nd 
................
................
3rd 
“ 
Sifted  so rts............
“ 
** 
po........................
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 00)...............
“   Cape, (po. 20)................
“  Socotrine,  (po. 00)___
A m m oniae  ............................
A ssafoetida,  (po. 25)..............
B e n zo in u m ........................
C arn p b o rae........................
Catechu, Is,  04s,  14;  148, 16).
E uphorbium ,  po................
G albanum ...........................
Gamboge, p o ...  : ..............
G uaiacum ,  (po. 45)............
Kino,  (po. 25).................   ..
M astic...................................
M yrrh, (po.45).....................
Opii, (po. 4  75).....................
S hellac.................................
bleached...............
T ragacanth  ........................
A bsinthium   .......................
E upatorium   .......................
Lobelia  ...............................
............................
M ajorum 
"Mentha  F ip e rita ...............
V ir ........................
R u e ........................ •.............
Tanacetum ,  V ...................
Thym us. V ..........................
MAGNESIA
Calcined,  P a t..........................
Carbonate,  P a t......................
Carbonate,  K. & M...............
Carbonate,  Je n n in g s............
OLEUM.
A bsinthium .............................
A m ygdalae, D ulc...................
Amydaiae, A m arao...............
Anisi  ........................................
A urunti  C ortex............*.........
B ergam ii...................................
C ajiputi  ...................................
C aryophylli.............................
C edar.........................................
C henopodii..............................
C innam om i.............................
C itrinella  ...............................
Coniura  Mac............................
C o p aib a....................................
G ub eb ae...................................... ...........
E xechthitos.............................
E rig e ro n ...................................
G au lth eria...............................
G eranium , j .............................
G ossi pii, Sem, g a l...................
H edeom a_____ ____ _______
Ju n ip e ri....................................
Lavendula  ...............................
L im o n is.......... .........................
Lini,  g a l....................................
M entha P ip e r..........................
M entha V erid..........................
M orrhyae,  g a l........................
Myrcia,  3...................................
O liv e..........................................
Picis Liquida, (gal.‘50)..........
Ricini  ........................................
R o sm arin i...............................
Rosae,  ; .....   ............................
Buccini  ....................................
Sabina........................................
S a n ta l........................................
S assafras..................................
Sinapis,  ess, 5.........................
T ig lii.........................................
T h y m e ......................................
o p t...............................
T heobrom as...............................
POTASSIUM.
B ich ro m ate.............................
B ro m id e ...................................
Chlorate, (Po. 22).....................
io d id e ........................................
P ru s s ia te ............................  .
r a d ix .
A lth a e ......................................
A n c h u sa ...................................
A rum ,  p o .................................
Calam us....................................
Geutim ia,  (po. 15)...................
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)..............
H ydrastis  Canaden,  (po. 30).
Hellebore,  A lba,  p o ..............
Inula,  p o ...................................
Ipecac, po.................................
Jalap;t,  p r.................................
M arm ila,  14s . , ........................
Podophyllum ,  p o ...................
Rhei  ..........................................
”  c u t....................................
“  PV..............................
Spigelia  ...................................
Sanguinaria, (po. 15)..............
S erp en taria.............................
S en eg a......................................
Binilax, Officinalis,  H ............
M ex.......
Scillae,  (po. 35)........................
Sym plocarpus,  Foetidus, po 
V aleriana,  English,  (po. 30).
G erm an...............
SEMEN.
A nisum , (po.20)...................
A pium   (graveolens)..............
Bird, I s ......................................
Carui,  (po.20)..........................
C ardom om ...............................
C oriandrum .............................
Cannabis  S ativa.....................
Cvdonium .................................
Chenopodium  ........................
D ipterix  O dorate...................
Foeniculum ............................
Foenugreek, p o ......................
L in i.............................................
Lini, grd, (bbl,  3).....................
P halaris  C anarian.................
R a p a .........................................
Sinapis,  A lbu..........................
N ig r a ...............  ...
SP1RITUS.
Frum enti,  W.,  D. & Co.........
F rum enti, D. F. R .......... *.......
F ru m e n ti.................................
Jun ip cris Co.  O. T .................
Ju n ip e r is  Co............................
Saudiani in  N. E .....................
Spt. Vini  G alli........................
vini  O porto.............................
Vini  A lba.........................*....
SPONGES.

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@ 15
@3  50
@ 80
@ 50
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114®

@1  00 
®   90 
@  80 
@  65 
75@l  00 
50®  60 
®  12 
@  50 
25®  30 
@  15 
50®  55 
24®  27 
®   13 
35®  10 
@  80 
75®  80 
®   35 
®  20 
@1  25 
@  40 
©3  50 
18®  25 
25®  30 
30®  75

30

55®  60 
20®   22 
20(gl  25 
35®  36

I  50@4  00 
45®  50 
T  00@7  50 
! 00®2 10 
@2  50 
ì  00@2  75 
©   75 
©1  90 
35®  65 
©1  50 
©   75 
@  75 
35®  65 
®   80 
50® 10  <0 
90® I  00
1  20@1  39
2 30@2  40
@  75 
55®  75 
90©l  00 
50@2 00 
90@2 00 
1  75@2 25 
42@  45 
1  00®3 75 
6 00@7 00 
80®1 00 
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10® 12
41® 1  60
75@1  00
@8 00
40(5115
90® l  00
50©7 (HI
45® 50
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®1  60
40® 50
@ 60
15® 20
72® 14
36® 40
20® 22
40@2 50
25® 28

25® 30
15® 20
@ 25
20® 50
10® 12
16® 18
® 25
15® 20
15® 20
00®  1 10
25® 30
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15® 18
75® 1 00
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45® 50
50® 60
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@ 20
10® 12
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12® 15
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10© 12
314® 4
75®1  00
10® 12
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5® 6
8© 9
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75©2 00
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75® 1 75
75@2 00
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Florida sheens’ wool, carriag e... 
do 
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Nassau 
do 
do 
V elvet E xt 
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do 
E x tra Ye 
do
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Grass 
,for slate u se..............
H ard  ’ 
Yellow Reef. 
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MISCELLANEOUS.
ASther, Spts N itros, 3 F ................
.........  26®  28
ASther, Spts. N itros, I F ..............
.........  30®  32
..  214®  314
A lu m e n ...........................................
A lum en,  ground, (po. 7)..............
A nnatto  .......................................... .........  55®  60

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A ntim oni,  p o ......................
A ntim oni e t Potass  T a rt..
A rgent!  N itras,  3.................
A rsenicum ........................ .
Balm Gilead  B ud...............
Bism uth  S.  N ......................
Calcium  Chlor,  Is. (Mb,  11;  J^s, 12)
Cantharides  Russian, p o __
Capsici  Fructus, a f ................
Capsici  Fructus, p o ...............
Capsici F ructus,  B, p o ..........
Caryophyllus,  (po.  33)..........
Carmine, No. 40......................
Cc ra Alba, S. &  F ...................
Cera  F lav a...............................
C o c cu s.......  ............................
Cassia F ru c tu s........................
C e n tra ria .................................
C etaceu m .................................
C hloioform .............................
Chloroform,  Squibbs............
Chloral H ydrate  C ryst.........
Chondrus  .................................
Cinchonidine, P. & W............
Cinehonidine.  G erm an.........
Corks, see list, discount,  per  cent
C reaso tu m .................................
Creta, (bbl. 75)............................
C reta  pr*q>.................................
Creta, p recip .............................
C reta R u b ra...............................
Crocus.........................................
C udbear......................................
Cupri S ulph...............................
D e x trin e . . ...............................
E th e r S uiph...............................
Em ery, all  nu m b ers...............
Em ery, po...................................
Ergota. (po. 60)..........................
Flake  W hite.............................
G a lla ...........................................
G a m b le r....................................
Gelatin, Coopor........................
Gelatin, F rench........................
G lassw are flint; 70&10 by box.  60&li
Glue,  B row n...............................
Glue,  W hite.................................
G ly cerin a....................................
G rana  P aradisi..........................
H u m u lu s ....................................
H ydrarg Chlor. M ite.................
H ydrarg  Chlor.  Cor.................
H ydrarg Oxide R u b ru m ..........
H ydrarg  A m m oniati................
H ydrarg U nguentum ...............
H y d ra rg y ru m ............................
Ichthyocoltu, Am  .....................
Indigo...........................................
Iodine,  R esubl............................
Iodoform ,  3.................................
Liquor A rsen et  H ydrarg Iod.
Liquor Potass  A rsm itis..........
Lupuline  .....................................
L ycopodium ...............................
M acis.............................................
Magnet-in, Sulph, (bbl. 154).......
Manni  ., S. K.................................
Morphia,  S, P. & VV...................
Mosehe« C anton........................
Myrist ¡. a.  No. 1..........................
Nux  v omica,  (po.20)................
Os.  Sepia......................................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. I>. Co__
Picis Liq,  N. C..  bi  galls, doz..
Picis Liq.,  q u a rts ......................
Picis Liq., p in ts..........................
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. 80).................
P iper  N igra,  (po. 22)  ................
P iper  Alba, (po. 35)...................
Pix  B urgun.................................
Plum bi  A cet...............................
Potassa,  B itart, p u re ...............
Potassa.  B ita rt.c o m ...............
P otass  Nitras, o p t.....................
Potass  N itras.............................
Pulvis Ipecac  e t opii................
P y reth ru m , boxes,  H. & P. D. Co., doz
Py reth ru m , p v ......................
Q u assiae...............................
Quinia, S, P. &  W.................
Quinia. S, G erm an...............
Rubia T iuctorum ..............t .
Saccharum   L actis,.pv.........
S alacin ....................................
Sanguis D raconis.................
S antonine...............................
Sapo,  W ...................................
Sapo,  M..................................
Sapo. G ....................................
Seidtitz  M ixture...................
S in ap is....................................
Sinapis,  o p t...........................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do.  Voes
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. V oes__
Soda Boras, (po.  lu)..............
Soda et Po toss T a rt..............
Soda  C arb...............................
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........   ...........
Soda,  A sh ...............................
Soda  S ulphas........................
Spts. E th er  Co......................
Spts.  Myrcia  Dom ................
Spts. Myrcia  Im p .................
Spts. Vini Beet, (bbl.  2  25)..
Strychnia,  C rystal................
Sulphur, S ubl........................
Sulphur.  R oll........................
T am arin d s.............................
Terebenth  V enice...............
T heobrom ae..........................
•Vanilla  ..................................
Zinci  S ulph............................
OILS.
W hale, w inter........................
Lard, e x tra .............................
Lard, No.  1.............................
Linseed,  pure  raw ................
Linseed, b o ile d .....................
N eat’s Foot, w inter  strained.
Spirits T u rp en tin e............

PAINTS

Red  V enetian.............................
Ochre, yellow  M arseilles.........
Ochre, yellow  B erm uda..........
P u tty , co m m ercial...................
P u tty , strictly p u re...................
Vermilion, prim e  A m erican..
Verm ilion,  English...................
G reen,  P en in su lar.....................
Lead, red  strictly  p u re ............
Lead, w hite, strictly  p u re.......
W hiting, white  S panish..........
W hiting,  Gilders’......................
W hite, Paris A m erican............
W hiting 
English cliff  .
Pioneer Prepared  I a i n t s __
Swiss Villa Prepare*  P a in ts ..
VARNISHES.
No. 1 T urp  Coach......................
E x tra  T u rp ...................... ;........
Coach  Body.................................
.No. 1 T urp F u rn itu re ...............
E x tra T urk  D auiar...................
Ja p an  Dryer, No. 1  T u rp .........
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Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

W H I S K Y S .

W e not only offer these  goods  to  be ex­
celled by NO OTHER KNOWN BRAND 
in the market, but superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e 
GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis­
faction and where this brand of  goods  has 
been once introduced  the  future  trade  has 
been assured.

W e are also owners of the

D n u ffl  Favorili  By«,
Gins, Brandies & Fine Wines.

Which continues to have so  many  favor­
ites among druggists who have  sold  these 
goods for a very long time.  Buy our

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

j  Etc., we invite your correspondence.
| and personal attention.

W e call your attention to  the  adjoining 
list of market quotations which we  aim  to 
make as complete and perfect  as  possible. 
For special  quantities  and  quotations  on 
I such articles as do not appear  on  the  list, 

j  such asPatent Medicines,

iHazeltine 
& Perkins 
Drug Co.

Tifi MicMp M esia l  ORGANIZATION  OUTFITS.

ford.

O rgan izatio n of  a n   A ssociation  a t  R o ck ­

Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con-
The business men of Rockford  have  eon- ! taining all the late improvements, supplied
to   order for $ ix .  T h e  ou tfit com prises:
1,000 Notification Sheets,  for  member’s 
use,
500 Record  Blanks,
500 Association Notification  Sheets, and 
500  Envelopes.
Money can be sent by  draft,  post-office 
or express order.

Puller & Stowe Company,

49 Lyon Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

“Pill ROAD PLDO”

W e have just purchased a 

large invoice of

Send us a Trial Order.

Spring  Chicken,  Moxie  and 

Eclipse always in stock.

Olney, Shields & Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

There is a very  meat  man  in  Portland, 
Oregon.  He  keeps a big store in the center 
of the city.  Several  nights  ago  a  special 
policeman  found  the  store  door  unlocked 
and sent a hack to  the  merchant’s hbuse to 
notify  him.  The  merchant  walked  down 
and locked the door, but  left the policeman 
to pay the hackman.

A check for one cent was  recently drawn 
in New York by the  Government  in  favor 
of an importer who had  paid excess of duty 
to that extent.

2>rç  (Boobs.

The follow ing Quotations are given  to   show 
relative values, b u t they m ay be considered, tb 
some ex ten t, “outside prices,” and  ar«  not  as 
low as buyers of reasonable  quantities can, in 
m ost  instances, obtain  them   at.  I t  will  pay 
every  m erchant  to  m ake  freq u e n t  visits  to 
m arket, n o t only in  respect  to   prices,  b ut  to 
keep posted on  th e  ever-changing  styles  and 
fashions, m any of which are never show n  “on 
the  road.”
Androscoggin, 9-4.. 17 
A ndroscoggin, 7-4.. 1354  Peppered, 11-4..
Pepperell,  7-4........ 13
Pepperell,  8-4........15
Pepperell,  9-4........1“
Econom y,  oz 
P ark  Mills, No. 50.. 10 
P ark Mills, No. 60. .11 
P ark  Mills, No. 70.. 12 
P ark Mills, No. 80.. 13 
P ark  Mills, No. 90.. 14

¡Peppered, 10-4.........19
Pequot,  7-4............. 1454
IPequot,  8-4.............16
IPequot,  9-4.............18
jPark Mills, No.  100.15
I Prodigy, oz..............  834
lOtis  A p ro n ..............  834
Otis  F u rn itu re .......8*4
York,  1  oz..................9J4
¡York. AA, ex tra  oz.1254

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

CHECKS.

OSNABUHGS.

__ 

Plaid.

PRINTS.

SILESlAS.

sty les.....................

BLEACHED COTTONS.

cam bric,  4 4 .........11

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

N ashua 0,7-8..........   6

FINE BROWN COTTONS»

B ookfold...............1254
dress  sty les.........1054
sty les.....................  6

Gilded  A ge................ 754
Greene, G  44 
.  .  554
Hill, 44 .....................  754
Hill, 7-8.....................  654
Hope,  4 4 .................   654
K ing  Phillip  cam ­
bric, 44 ..................  954
Linwood,  4-4..........   754
Lonsdale,  4 4 ...........  734
Lonsdale  cam bric. 1034 
Langdon, GB, 4 4 ...  854
Langdon,  46............11
Masonville,  44 .......  754
New  York Mill, 44.1054
New Jersey,  4 4 __   8
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  754 
Pride of th e W est. .1054
Pocahontas,  4 4 __   754
Slaterville, 7-8.........  654
W oodbury, 4 4 .........  554
W hitinsville,  4 4 ...  634 
W hltinsville,7-8....  6
W am sutta, 4 4 .........  954
W idiamsville,  36...  854

Plain.
654 j A lab am a................... 634
A lab am a.........
8J4  A u g u s ta ....................614
G e o rg ia ...........
I G eo rg ia...................   654
Jew ell  ..................  .  8
K entucky  ..............  854jLouisiana................  654
L a n e ........................ 8ft T o le d o .......................   654
S a n te e .....................  7541
Avondale,  36.........  854
A rt  cam brics, 36...  954 
A ndroscoggin, 4 4 ..  734 
A ndroscoggin, 5 4 .. 1254
Ballou, 4 4 ................  554
Ballou, 5 4 ................  6  -
Boott,  0.4-4............  854
Boott,  E. 5-5..........   7
Boott, AGC, 4 4 .......  954
Boott, R.  34 ..........   554
Blackstone, AA 44  654
Chapman, X, 4 4 ____554
Conway,  44 ............   654
Cabot, 44 .................   654
Cabof, 7-8.................   6
Canoe,  3 4 ...............   4
Domestic,  36...........  754
Dwight Anchor, 44.  854
Davol, 4 4 ................  8
F ru it of Loom, 4 4 ..  7514 
F ru it of Loon4,7-8..  6514 
F ru it of  th e  Loom,
Gold Medal, 4 4 ..  ..  63*
Gold Medal, 7-8......... 554
Crow n.............. .......17541 M asonville  S __ ...11
L o nsdale................  954
No.  10.............. .......11
C òin.................. .......10  1Lonsdale A ....... ....14
V ictory  O ......... ....  554
A nchor............
IV ictory J ........... ....  654
Blackburn __ .......  8 
D avol................ .......14 V ictory  D ......... ....  854
L ondon............ .......1254 ¡Victory  K ......... ....1054
¡Phoenix A ......... .  .  1954
P a c o n ia ........... .......12
Red  C rdss....... .......  754¡Phoenix  B .........
1054
Masonville TS. .......8
¡Phoenix X X ___ .  ..  5
Albion,  solid...........554 G lo u cester...............554
Albion,  g re y ........... 6
G loucesterm ourn’g.654
H am ilton  fan cy __5
Allen’s  checks........554
H artel fan cy ............554
A den’s  fan cy ..........554
M errimac  D.............6
Allen’s p in k .............55i
M an ch ester.............6
Allen’s p u rp le......... 554
O riental  fan cy ........554
A m erican, fancy —  554
O riental  robes........654
Arnold fa n c y ........... 6
Pacific  robes__ ___ 6
Berlin solid..............  5
Richm ond................ 554
Cocheco  fan cy ........6
Cocheco robes.......... 654 Steel  R iver................ 554
Conestoga fan cy __ 6  Simpson’s ..................6
E d d y sto n e...............6  W ashington fa n c y ..5
Eagle fan cy ............. 5  W ashington  blues.  5
G arner p in k ..............5541
A ppleton  A, 4 4 __   6 
ilndian Orchard, 40.  7
Boott  M, 4-4............   754Ilndian Orchard, 36.  6
Boston  F, 4 4 ...........  634  Laconia  B, 7 4 .........13
Continental C, 4-4..  6541 Lyman  B, 40-in.......9
C ontinental D, 40 in  734 ! Mass.  BB, 4-4..........   554
Conestoga W,-4 4 ...  6J4 jNashua  E, 40-in__
"^34 
Conestoga  D, 7-8.. .-434iNashua Jt,_4-4 
654
Conestoga  G, 30-in
Dwight  X ,3 4 .........434  N ew m arketN . 
...
554
Dwight Y, 7-8...........55s»| Pepperell E, 40-in.
... 
634
5 5i ¡Peppered-  K, 4 4 ____654
"
Dwight  Z, 4 4 ...........5 
Dwight Star, 4 4 __   6
Pepperell  O, 7-8__   534
Pepperell  N, 3 4 ___ 554
Dw ight Star, 40-in..  7
E nterprise ÉE, 36..  434|Pocasset  C, 4 4 .......654
G reat Falls E ,4 4 ...  654 Saranac  R ...............   6
Farm ers’ A, 4 4 .......  554iSaranac  E ................  754
A m o sk e ag ..............  7 
Amoskeag, P ersian  9 
B a te s.......................... 6
B e rk sh ire..............   6
Glasgow,  fan cy —
Glasgow,  ro y al—   654 
G loucester, 
new
s ta n d a rd ..............  754
P lu n k e t...................   754
L an caster..................7
L an g d o w n ................7
styles  ....................1054
Renfrew ,  d ress—   9
Androscoggin, 74. .15 
iPepperell.  104..... 22
A ndroscoggin, 84 .. 16 
Pepperell,  114...... 24
Pepperell,  7 4 ......... 15  Pequot, 7 4 ..............16
Pepperell,  8 4 ......... 17  Pequot, 8 4 ..............18
Pepperell,  9 4 ......... 19 
IPequot, 9 4 ..............20
A tlantic  A, 4 4 .......  654]Lawrtnce XX, 44.. 654
A tlantic  H, 4 4 .......  6541Law rence X X X  40. 734
A tlantic  D, 4-4.......534 ¡Lawrence LL, 4 4 ...  5
A tlantic P, 4 4 .........  5  N ew m arket N .........  554
A tlantic  LL, 4 4 __   434¡Mystic River, 4 4 ...  534
A d riatic,36.......... ..  754IPequot A, 44
¡Piedmont;,  36.......... 6
A ugusta, 4 4 ............   654
Stark AA, 4-4..........   654
Boott  M, 4 4 ............  6
Boott  FF, 4-4...........  654!Tremont  CC, 4 4 —   434
G raniteville, 4-4__   534 Utica,  4 4 ................. 10
Indian  H ead ,4-4...  634|W achusett,  44 .......  654
Indiana Head 45-in.1154lWachusett,  30-in...  534 
¡Falla,  X X X ............1554
Amoskeag,  A CA ... 17 
Am oskeag 
“ 4 4 .. 1254  Falls,  BB................ 1154
Amoskeag,  A ...........1154¡Falls, BBC, 36........1954
Amoskeag,  B .......... 11  Falls, aw ning........19
Amoskeag,  C........1054IHamilton,  BT, 32..  954
¡Hamilton,  D ............954
Amoskeag,  D ........10 
Am oskeag,  E .........  954  H am ilton,  H ...........854
H am ilton  fa n c y ...  854
..  9
Amoskeag, F 
¡Methuen A A ..........1154
17 
Prem ium   A 
lft  M ethuen ASA.........1654
Prem ium   B
lo  Omega  A, 7-8.......... 1054
E xtra 4 4 __
1454|Omega  A, 4 4 ........... 1254
E x tra 7-8....
1254 ¡Omega ACA, 7-8... .13 
CCA  7-8.......
14 
¡Omega AC A, 4 4 .... 15 
CT 4 4 ..........
Omega SE, 7-8.........24
RC 7-8..........
u r   *-o.................
A F 4-4................. .... 19 Omega M. 7 -8 .........22
Cordis AAA, 33. ....14 Omega M, 4-4.......... 25
ShetucketSS&SSW 1154
Cordis  ACA, 33. ....15
Shetucket, 8 & SW.12
Cordis No.  1,32. ....15
Shetucket,  SFS 
.. 12
Cordis  No. 2 .... ___14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis  No. 3 .... ....13
Cordis  No. 4 .... ....1154 Stockbridge fancy.  8
Fulls, JCAXJC..
W ashington__ ....  454 Royal  G lobe..........   454
S. S. & Sons....... ...  454 Crown......................  454
A m erican  A ... ....1434 A m oskeag..............1434
Stark A .............. ..  .2054
B o sto n .............. ....  654 Otis  CC.....................  9
E v erett  b lu e ... ....12 W arren  A X A .........11
E verett  brow n. ....12 W arren  B B ............10
Otis  A X A ......... ....11 W arren CC..............9
....10 York,  b lu e ..............1254
Otis B B ............
M anville........... 454@5 S. S. & Sons—   4340554
M asonville....... 5340634 G a rn e r..............4340554
....  654 Thistle M ills............  6
Red  C ross.......
....  6 Rose..........................  654
B e rlin ..............
....  7
G a rn e r............
SPOOL COTTON.
....50
B ro o k s............
Clark’s O.  N. T __ 55
Mills ball sew ing.30
....55 G reen  &  D an iels...25
J. & P.  Coats..
W illim antic 6 cord. 56 S taffo rd ...................25
W illim antic 3 cord. 40 Hall & M anning__ 28
H olyoke...................25
Charleston ball sew
....30 M e rrick ...................55
ing th re a d ...
CORSET JEANS.
....  7 K carsage................. 634
A rm o ry ...........
....  754 N aum keagB atteen.  634
A ndroscoggin
....  554 Pepperell  bleached  854
Canoe R iv e r...
..50534 Pepperell s a t . . . . . .   8
Clarendon.......
Hallowed  Im p .......534 R ockport................. 054
Ind. Orch. Im p .......554 Lawrence s a t..........   6
Laconia ........... .......7

Johnson  M anfg Co,
I
!
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Slaterville, 
dress
W hite Mfg Co, stap  634 
W hite Mfg Co, fane  754 
W hite  M anf’g  Co,
E arlston..................754
G ordon.....................  7
Greylock, 

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

....1854
SOFT  CAM BK ICS.

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

E agle  and  Phoenix

PAPER  CAMBRICS.

GRAIN BAGS.

TICKINGS.

WIGANS.

dress 

44.

POTATOES.

We make the handling of POTATOES,  APPLES and BEANS 
in cal’ lots a special feature of our business.  If you have any of 
these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us  hear 
from you, and will keep you posted  on  market  price  and  pros­
pects.  Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired.

R e fe re n c e :  F IR S T   N A T IO N A L   B A N K .

Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker.

OhLloaso, in .

15 7 S. W ater St.

EARL  BROS.,  Commission  Merchants.
W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37, 39 & 41  Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
roBE  I  NEW  PROCESS  STARCH.
SWEET.
This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
One-TliircL Less

removed,

Can be used than any other in the Market.

• 

M anufacture«! by  th e

FIRMENICH  MNFG.  CO.

F a c to rie s:  M a rsh a llto w n ,  Io w a ;  l ’c o ria,  Ills ,  , 

Otllces  a t  P eo ria,  Ills.

STRONG. Clark,  Jewell  &  Co.

FOR  SALE  BY

SURE.

P.
D RY   GOODS,
ATTD NOTIONS,

JOBBERS  IN

80  Monroe  St.,

AND  10,  12,  14,  16  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

A Specialty.

F. J. LAM B & CO.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR

D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

DIAMOND BRAND OYSTERS
Also  Fruits and Country Produce.
OBERNE,  HOSICK  &  CO.,
|nTiftTin  nf  T7T1TT?  T  A ÎT1TT1ÏÎV  M ill  ill

i

120 Michigan St., Oliicago, 111.

We make the following brands:

HARD WATER, Linen, German Family, Sweet 16, White Satin, 

White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, 
Our  HARD  WATER  Soap can be  used  in  either  hard  or  soft  water,  and  will go 
one quarter farther than any  other  Soap  made. 
(Trade  mark,  girl  at  pump.)  We  are 
getting orders for it now from all parts  of  the  country.  Send  for  a  sample  order.  We 
pay all railroad and boat freights.  Our goods are not in Michigan Jobbing houses.

A. HUFFORD, General Agent, Box 14,  GRAND  RARIDS,  MICH.

W rite   m e   fo r  P ric e s,

POTATOES!

CAR  LOTS  A  “ SPECIALTY.”

Wd offer Best Facilities.  Long Experience.  Watchful  Attention.  Attend  Faith­
fully to Cars Consigned to us.  Employ  Watchmen  to  see  to  Unloading.  OUR  MR. 
THOMPSON  ATTENDS  PERSONALLY  TO  SELLING. 
Issue  SPECIAL  POTA- 
TOE  MARKET  REPORTS.  KEEP  OUR  SHIPPERS  fully posted.  OUR  QUOTED 
PRICES  CAN  BE  DEPENDED  UPON.  WE  DO .NOT  quote irregular or anticipated 
prices.  Consignments Solicited.  Correspondence Invited from  Consignors  to  this  mar­
ket.  References given when requested.

WM. H. THOMPSON & CO.,

166  SOUTH  WATER  ST.,

omoAoo, n«ii.

ceded the benefits of organization for a eouple 
of years, but the matter was allowed to go by 
default until about ten days ago, when those 
interested united  in  a call  for a meeting to 
be held at Colby’s  opera  house last Monday 
evening.  The  meeting was  called to order 
by  Geo.  A.  Sage,  when  Joshua  Colby  was 
selected to act as chairman  and J.  M.  Spore 
as secretary.  The  editor of  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n  explained the  aims  and  objects of or­
ganized effort  on  the  part  of  the  business 
public and indicated a plan of action in con­
nection  with  the  formation  of  an  associa­
tion.  Geo. A.  Sage  moved that the organi­
zation of an association be immediately pro­
ceeded with,  which was adopted.

Remarks then  being  in  order  as  to the 
scope  the  organization  should  take,  Chas. 
N.  Hyde said  he  was  surprised  to see  all 
the business  men  of  Rockford  together in 
one room.  He favored organization because 
it would have a tendency to  bring  the busi­
ness  men  continually  together  and  cause 
them  to  work  in  harmony.  By  concerted 
action many subjects of  vital interest to the 
village could  be  furthered  and  great good I 
accomplished.

Jackson  Coon said he thought  the proper j 
way to proceed at this  time  would be to as-, 
certain  how  many  would  join  an associa- j 
tion, before adapting a  constitution,  and C. | 
N.  Hyde moved  that  the  vote  by which  it j 
was resolved to form an  organization be 
taken by a standing vote.  The motion  wW j 
adopted and  a  standing vote  disclosed  the i 
fact that every  gentlemen  present  was  in | 
favor of proceeding to organize according to 
the  method  presented  by Mr. Stowe.  The j 
constitution of the  Tustin  Association was ! 
then adopted for the government of the new | 
organization.

The following gontlemen  then  joined the j 
Association and paid  the  initiation fee and 
first  quarter’s  dues:  C. -N.  Hyde  &  Co., 
Wm.  Hessler,  Alien  &  Rykert,  Geo.  A. 
Sage, D. Wellbrook, John  J.  Ely,  McCon­
nell  &  Woodruff,  D.  R.  Stocurn, Stoner & 
McAuley,  J.  M.  Spore,  Neal  McMillan, 
Hewett & Tefft, Seely  Clark,  S.  A.  Betts, 
H. Colby & Co.,  Watkins  &  Bingham,  C. j 
R. Cowdin,  E.  B.  Lapham,  C.  W.  Skillen- 
ger, T.  D.  Inman,  C.  F.  Sears,  Jackson j 
Coon, Wm. J.  Haskell and O.  Sanders.
Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—Geo. A.  Sage.
Vice-President—E.  E.  Hewett.
Secretary—J.  M.  Spore.
Treasurer—Joshua Colby.
Executive  Committee—President,  Secre­
tary,  Treasurer,  D.  R.  Stocurn  and  G.  C. 
McConnell.
Business Committee—C.  N.  Hyde,  John 
J. Ely and C.  F. Sears.

President-elect Sage  was  then  invited to 
take the chair,  when he  accepted  the posi­
tion in a few well-chosen words, promising to 
do all that lay in his power to serve the As­
sociation.

A series of blanks  were  adopted  for the 
collection  department  and  the  Executive 
Committee  was  instructed  to  procure  the 
printing of the same.

On motion of C.  F. Sears, a vote of thanks 
was  tendered  Mr.  Stowe  for  his  presence 
and assistance in organizing.

All the work of organization having been 
completed,  the  subject  of  a  new  railroad 
was brought up and  discussed  somewhat at 
length.  Neal  McMillan  suggested  that  a 
public meeting be  called  for  December 31, 
in order that the temper  of  the  people  on 
the subject might be determined, which sug­
gestion was finally  adopted,  and  the  Busi­
ness  Committee  was  instructed  to  secure 
Colby's opera  house  for  the  occasion  and 
communicate with  Mr.  Middleton of Green­
ville, in relation  to  addressing  the gather­
ing.  Stirring addresses  on  the importance 
of a  second  railroad  were  made  by C.  N. 
Hyde,  Jackson  Coon  and  Neal  McMillan, 
when the meeting adjourned.

F o r  B e tter C h eese a n d   B u tter.

Unlike cheese dealers in New  York,  the | 
leading dealers in Canada are,  for the  most | 
part, experienced and  skillful  manufactur­
ers,  and know  when  cheese  is  well  or  ill I 
made.  They are alive to  its  improvement, 
and watch with jealous eyes the errors of the 
unskilled.  Out of  81,000  appropriated  by 
the Government to each of the leading asso-1 
ciations in Ontario, each manages to publish 
a report of its annual  convention  and  save j 
8800 to be expended in a system of superin­
tendence by which the superior skill of  the I 
few superior makers is brought to bear upon 
the inferior skill of the many,  while  of  an 
equal appropriation granted to the New York 
Association not a penny is left after paying 
expenses.  The  Ontario  Government  has 
been generous with its dairymen,  and  they 
have used the bounties bestowed upon them 
to good advantage  for  themselves  and  for 
the province.

New York State is also  generous  to  her 
dairymen.  She has given  81,000  annually 
for several  years to support her leading  as­
sociation; she has put money into an Exper­
iment Station in  the dairymen’s behalf, and 
when the great dairy  interest  of  the  state 
has seemed to be in dauger,  she  has  come 
nobly forward and scattered money  with no 
sparing hand for its defense. 
1 admire this 
generosity, but I cannot help querying wheth­
er it is employed to the best  advantage. 
It 
seems to me that  if  the  850,000  expended 
last year,  and the 875,000 this year,  largely 
for the defense of  poor  butter  and  cheese, 
were employed in improving instead  of  de­
fending them,  the dairy interest of the state 
might quickly be raised  to  a  position  that 
would make it independent  of  competition 
with Canadiaq cheese,  and with bogus  but­
ter as well.—Prof.  L. B.  Arnold.

HIRTH  <&  KRAUSE,

Hides,  Furs  and  Tallow,

D E A L E R S   IN  

_____

P ro m p t r e tu rn s   m a d e   o n   C o n sig n m en ts.

1X3 Canal St., Grana Rapids.

E.  FALLAS,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

Cold Storage in Connection.  All  O rders  receive P rom pt and Careful A ttention.

We H andle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” O ysters.

No. 1 Egg C rates  fo r Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 p a te n t fillers used.  50 cents each.

97  and 99 Canal Street, 

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Grand E?.pids, Michigan

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o. w. blain & co., Protee Comission Merchants,
Foreip  ail Domestic  Fruits, ¡¡nothin  Metafiles, Etc.
FEPUCUKTS  &  HESS,
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc.  All orders filled a t low est m arket Pfice.  Corres­
NO.  9  IO N IA   ST.

pondence solicited.  APPLES  AND  POTATOES  in car lots  Specialties. 

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  132  a n d   124  LOUIS  S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

Our Leader Smoking 

Our Leader Fine Cut 

ORDER

15c per pound.

Our Leader Skcrts, 

16c per pound.

33c per pound.

Our Leader Cigars, 

$30 per M.
tlx©  'World.

Til©  Rest  in

Clark, Jew ell  &  Co.,

SO LE  A G EN TS  F O R

Dwinell, Hayward & Co.’s Royal Java Coffee;  and 

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

Shippers looking for a better market than near-by markets 
afford will do well to write or wire us for prices before consign­
ing elsewhere.  All goods sold on arrival and remitted for. 

Commissions, 5 per cent.

C. J. BICKER k CO. 1002 1 T ttiltJT . L0DI8, MO.

PRINCESS BAKING POWDER,

HONEY BEE COFFEE.

Order a sample case of

Equal to the Best in the market.

Grocers,

W holesale

59  Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich..

J.H.
SNOW-SHOVELS,
SLEDS,
F IR E -K H ST D L E R S,
FOR  SALE  BY
Curtiss,  Duntoxi  <&  Co,
CARY <& LOVERIDCE,

L.  L.  L O T F R ID G E .

L.  M.  CARY.

, 

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

Tire and Burglar Proof

Combination  and Time Locks,

11 Mia Street,

Gram! Rapids, Mieli.

