GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  16,  1887

NO.  178

APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

Cusliman’s

In  the  treatment  of  Catarrh,  Headache, 

Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron­
chitis,  Sore  Throat  and  Severe 

Colds, stands without an equal.

Air Mentholisced by passing through the Inhaler- 
tube, In which the l'ure Crystals of M enthol are 
held* thoroughly applies this  valuable  rem edy  in  the 
m ost  efficient  way,  to  the  p arts  affected.  It sells 
readily.  Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, 
and let your custom ers try  it.  A  few  inhalations  will 
n ot h u rt the Inhaler, and will do m ore  to dem onstrate 
its efficiency than a h alf hour’s talk.  Retail price 
50 cents.  F or Cibculaes and Testimonials address 

H. D.  Cushman,  Three Rivers,  Mich.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G'd Rapids, 
And W holesale D ruggists of D etroit and Chicago.

Trade supplied by

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

J S K

Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly | 
for food,  is made of only the best white corn I 
and ts guaranteed absolutely pure.

20  and  22  douoe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
___________ ____________________________
BAXTER’S  CELEBRATED

THE HEBREW DRUMMER’S DREAM.
Written Especially for  T h e T r a d e s m a n.
One blustering, stormy winter’s night 

A half a dozon drummers 

Were swapping chestnuts at the Sweet’s, 

And some, indeed, were stunners;

When, lo!  from back, behind the crowd 

A Jew brought this one out:
‘•I h a f a  d ream  der Oder n ig h t,

Mein frients, like this  aboudt.

I diedt,, und, lo! der angel plowed 

His drumpet for der goot.

I packed mine ghrip und stharded oudt,

As any drummer vould.

I rnedt frient Gapriel at der gadt,

Und bowed exceeding low.

Said he, Ghood morning, Isaac Bursr, 

Bleasestep yourself pelow!”

“To Hades?”  “Ya, dot vhas der b'aee.”

I  vent mitout ado.

Arrived, old Satan reached his paw,
Und says. “Ah, Burg, v a s’t you!

Come right along, mine friendt, mit me;

1 show you all der sights,

Und then, off through long halls and caves, 

Und down long sthairs some flights,
He showed me one largo poiling sea 

Of smoking, seething fire,

Shoust full of writhing, human forms.

Said he, “Thus ends the liar.”
From there  into a mightdy hall,
With cross beams over head.

To vich suspended by der necks 

Hung several dousand dead.

•‘Mine frient,” said he, “this air vas  hodt 

Ash den dimes ish der summer;
Dot ish der dry kill house vare we 
Brebare dose Yankee drummer.

Dose chap vas always goming here,

Mit some shokes yet to learn.

But, .friendt, dose Yankees vas so green 

Dot they vould never burn.

Now. Isaac Burg, shoust step  you oudt— 

This ish no biace for you;

Dose angels vaiting at der door 

Vill scheck yourbaggage through.

M.  J. W k i s l e y .

VOL.  4
EDMUND  B.  DIKEMAN,

THE—

—AND—

JEW ELER.

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

BEANS
WANTED.

Highest Market Price Paid 
for Beans, Picked or Unpicked.

I. T. L1Ï 0RE1DÎ, AIL

71 Canal Street, 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

KAHN,  LOSTRO  &  CO.,

FR U IT S,  PRODUCE,

AND  GENERAL

Commission  Merchants,
3  NO.  IONIA  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

C o n s ig n m e n t s   S o lic it e d ,

Orders prom ptly tilled.  All kinds of produce in car lots.
We carry « full  Mne of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see tiie

GRAND RAPIDS  IJRAIX  AND  SEED CO.

Î1 CANAL STREET.
FOR  SALE.

Six Thousand Dollar Stock of Dry Goods, 
Clothing  and  Groceries  in  good  fanning 
town in Northern  Michigan.  The  firm  has 
done the largest trade in the place, the sales 
for 1886 aggregating 860,000.  “The Trades­
man  lias  investigated  the  offer,  and  can 
recommend same  as  exceptional.  Address

THE  TRADESMAN,  Grand Rapids.

BELKNAP.
W ap and Sleigl Co.
W A G O N S !

MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber  and  Farm

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every  facility  for  making  first-class  Wagons 
of all kinds.
tay"8pecial  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.

Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mioh,

Use

Heckers’
Standard

M anufactures.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 Kent Street.

ST A N L EY   N .  A LL E N ,  Proprietor.
WE  DO OSLI FIRST-CUSS  WORE ASD  BSE  NO

mm

Orders  by  Mall  and  Express Promptly At­

tended  to.

J U D D   c f c   o

o

.

,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Winter Goods.

102  CANAL STREET.

but,  of course,  you can imagine my thoughts 
and  feelings.  After  thinking  the  matter 
over a little,  I came to  the  conclusion  that 
she was the very same lady whom I had seen 
at the table the morning previous,  and  that 
perhaps she was leaving  the  door  ajar  for 
her husband or sister.

The next morning,  I got my breakfast and 
started out with the  determination  of  get­
ting through that day,  so that I could  go  to 
Quincy; and as the day flew by quite  rapid­
ly,  I returned early to the  hotel,  and,  after 
looking over tiie  evening  papers,  1  retired 
about 9 p.  m.  As usual,  I  walked  up  the 
stairs and proceeded through the hall to  my 
room.  As I neared the place,  I noticed that 
the same door again stood open,  this time  a 
little  farther  than  before.  Several  things 
flashed through my mind, but I fully realized 
that I was representing  as  fine  a  body  of 
stockholders as were  ever  banded  together 
and that it behooved me to preserve my dig­
nity and be careful of my  reputation.  So  I 
braced up and was proceeding to my virtuous 
couch,  without  even  so  much  as  looking 
toward that door.  Thus,  with a firm, steady 
tread and with  my  eyes  cast  about  fifteen 
paces to the front,  I moved forward  in good 
shape.  As I neared the door,  I heard an un­
usual noise in the room,  similar  to  that  of 
taking off a lot  of  starched  linen  or  other 
article of dress; and just as I  was  opposite 
the room,  this  same  lady  threw  open  the 
door and  extended  her  lily-white  hand,  as 
much as to say,  “I am in trouble;  come  iu, 
won’t you?”  Of course,  my gentler feelings 
were touched iu the extreme,  and she, being 
the  very  picture  of  loveliness,  Eve-like, 
tempted me to enter.  This time,  her  dress 
consisted of an exquisite, cream-colored robe, 
carelessly thrown around her  person.

This was the first  time  that  I  had  been 
able to secure  a  good' view  of  this  lovely 
creature,  with  her  charming  couutenanca, 
and, as I entered tiie room,  what a  dazzling 
spectacle met my gaze!  The apartment was 
elegantly furnished,  and the bric-a-brac and 
fancy work which decorated the walls  gave 
it a very home-like appearance.  I was sort 0’
[ dumfounded for a few moments,  and before 
1 could say Jack Robinson,  she  had  pulled 
me into the room and toward the  bed,  with 
its coverlets and linen  thrown  corner-wise, 
ready to occupy.  At this stage of the scene, 
she began to chuck me under the  chin,  and 
to trifle with my mustache,  and before I was 
fully aware of the situation, she had twisted 
my mustache around her fingers  in  such 
way that l could not extricate  myself,  and 
then she opened up on me  after  this  style: 
“Sir,  I demand  8500  immediately,  and,  if 
not forthcoming, I shall scream and then the 
chambermaid will give  the  alarm  and  you 
will be arrested for forcing yourself into my 
presence,”  at  the  same  time  slinging  me 
around so that I sat down on the edge of the 
bed. 
I saw at once that tiie whole business 
was a scheme to extort  money,  and  that  I 
had been successfully betrayed into  a  trap. 
Wliat to do,  I did not  know,  and,  to  make 
me all the more uncomfortable, she informed 
me that siie expected her husband  in  every 
moment,  that he was a very desperate man, 
and that,  if he discovered me  with  her,  he 
would certainly take my life.

Gentlemen,  those  were  certainly  trying 
times.  There I was,  in  this  lady’# cham­
ber,  sitting on her  bed,  and  every  circum­
stance went  to  show  that  I  had  actually 
forced an entrance into her  boudoir.  How­
ever,  I was bound to make  the  best  of  the 
situation,  so I told her that my  money  was 
in my room in a trunk, and that, if she would 
let go of  my  mustache  and  release  me,  I 
would give her  all the money I  hail.  This, 
she positively  refused  to  do,  and  insisted 
that I must comply with  her  demand,  and 
that very quickly.  Well, gentlemen, to make 
a long story short,  I made up my mind that 
if I could give her a very severe kick in  the 
stomach,  it would double her up, and before 
shejcould recover, I would be out of her grasp 
and in my  own  room.  Fully  appreciating 
the fact that something  must  be  done  im­
mediately,  I resolved to prepare for a kick— 
and did give her one  of  the  hardest  kicks; 
hard enough  to  floor  a  mule.  The  result 
was that I gave my  big  toe  an  awful  lick 
against the foot-board and woke up.

The Country Dealer and the Farmer.

N. J. Shepherd, in  Western  Plowman.

It has always been a ride with me in buy­
ing to buy where I could  buy the  cheapest, 
other things being equal.

There  is in  nearly every  community suf- 
ficent  competition  between  the  different 
stores to secure reasonably low prices;  that 
is,  as low as can well be sold  and  leave the 
dealer a fair profit for his work.  Of course, 
there  are  a  few  communities  where,  by a 
combination of  circumstances,  a  man  or  a 
few men may be  able  to  control  the  trade 
and take advantage of this and sell  at  con­
siderably too large a profit;  just the same as 
a man who often secures  a  patent  asks  an 
unreasonable  profit  simply because  of  his 
power  to do so.

There is a strong  disposition  in  the  na­
ture of the majority of  us  to  make  all  we 
can.  But  generally  now 
in  all  sections 
there  is  sullicient  competition  to  keep  any 
one  man  or  set  of  men from making it all.
I am not starting out to prove that  coun­
try dealers are, as a class, perfect, yet the re­

lation  they sustain  to  the  farmer  is  such 
that they are both  interested  so  closely  to­
gether that it  always seemed to me it would 
be  difficult  to  the  average  farmer  to  get 
along without him.

I am aware that a large  class  talk  about 
doing away with the middlemen and letting 
the farmer  deal  direct  with  the  manufac­
turer.  But I have yet to see anything  like 
a  plausible  plan  for  this  to  be  done. 
It 
may  be  very  nice  in  theory  to  show  the 
great benefit to be derived  from  dispensing 
with  the  middlemen.  This  would  all  be 
very line,  were it not  for  little  things. 
If 
every farmer raised large crops, and had use 
for large quantities of goods,  and could buy 
all at once,  enough to last awhile,  of  every 
little item,  such a plan under  such  circum­
stances might work.

But how many of  us  depend  upon  little 
things to help us  out.  A few dozen of eggs 
or  a  few  pounds  of  butter  taken  to  the 
country store will buy a few needed articles. 
The country merchant  takes the little items 
of farm produce,  like butter, eggs, chickens, 
lard,  bacon,  the  socks  the  wife  will  knit, 
the few pounds of  hops  or  sage  they  will 
dry,  the  feathers  from  the  poultry,  and 
many other items of farm product, that were 
it not for him,  would otherwise go to waste, 
as the expenses in getting these small items 
to market would  be  worth  the  value.  He 
collects them,  sorts and ships, or sells again.
It would be a burdensome  task to send to 
the cities for every little item needed  in the 
farmer’s home during  the  year;  even  with 
the large farmers who might  be able to buy 
a considerable number of articles  at  whole­
sale,  there would be quite a number of little 
tilings needed that no preparation would  be 
made for ahead,  and doubly so to the  farm­
er who must sell the  small  products  of  the 
farm to purchase these  necessary articles  a 
little at a time.

Notice in  any general  country  store  ami 
see what a long list of articles are  kept  for 
the convenience,  and  they are  all  needed. 
The merchant does not invest his  money in 
anything that he does not  think  the farmer 
will want.  Look, at the same time, and see 
what a list of articles,  and  in  what  quanti­
ties,  he takes from the  farmer in exchange, 
and then see if you can study out any sensi­
ble plan  by which  you  can  dispense  with 
him.

Then,  how many of us  find it  convenient 
when the hogs are  fattening,  the  wheat  is 
growing,  to get what is  necessary  and  pay 
when  the  products  are  ready  to  market. 
Many of the richest  and  best  farmers  find 
it often to their interest to buy a few neces­
saries on credit,  and  the  country  merchant 
is expected to do this  and  that  without  in­
terest. 
If  you  borrow  the  money to  pay 
the cash,  you would be  obliged  to  pay  in­
terest;  but  a  terrible  growling  would  be 
made if the country merchant should charge 
interest from the date of purchase.

Yet in view of the  very many advantages 
on both sides,  we  see  professedly  farmers’ 
papers trying  to  break  down  the  relation 
between  the  farmer  and  the  country  mer­
chant;  even  going  so  far  as  to  offer their 
services as a  go-between.  Does  any sensi­
ble man suppose they will do this for  noth­
ing?  If  he  does,  a  little  experience  will 
convince  him  of  his  mistake. 
I  do  not 
claim but that sometimes a number of farm­
ers can club together and  send  to  the  city 
and  purchase  at  wholesale  at  less  prices 
than the country merchant  is  retailing.  So 
if you were to go to your  country merchant 
and tell him you had the cash aiul wanted a 
barrel  or  two  of  sugar,  a  sack  of coffee, 
several  bolts of domestics,  or a  large  quan­
tity of any article,  he would sell  at  a  con­
siderable reduction;  and  in doing  this you 
would be helping  him  instead  of  breaking 
him down. 
If you buy at retail in the large 
cities you pay as much as iu the country;  if 
you buy at wholesale,  you  can  buy cheaper 
at either place.

I have always held that it is for the inter­
est of the farmer to aid the  country  dealer,, 
just as it is for the interest  of  the  country 
merchant  to  work  for  the  interest  of  the 
farmer.  There is so much interest together 
that it is almost impossible to separate them,, 
whether  he  keeps  a  general  store,  or 
whether  he  sells  machinery,  hardware,  or 
any other special machinery.

A  country merchant is  human,  and when 
you do all you can against  him,  seeming to 
patronize him only because  you  are  forced 
to,  telling  him all the time what a tremend­
ous profit he is making,  and how  much you 
could save by going  to  the  city,  you  need 
not wonder that he does not care whether he 
accommodates you or not;  while  a  proper 
spirit  shown  will  always  insure  a kindly 
treatment,  if for nothing  else  than  for  his 
business interest.

If lie  has  not  got  what  you  want,  you 
will  find  him  very  willing  to  send  for it, 
and as he can have it sent with other freight 
the cost will be less.  He has  opportunities 
for buying that you cannot have, and will in 
very many cases save you  money. 
It  is  to 
his interest to be your friend,  if you will let 
him,  and it always seemed to me to  be  my 
interest to have him for a friend.

W. H. H. Brownson, general dealer,  Monroe 
Center:  “Cannot  do  without  The  T rades­
m an.  Am  one  of  the  oldest  and  first  shb- 
scribers in this place.”

Tiie popularity of  Muzzy’s  Corn  and Sun 
Gloss  Starch  is  proven  by  the  large  sale, 
aggregating  many  million  of  pounds  each 
year.

The State  Assayer of Massachusetts says 
Muzzy’s Corn  Starch  for table  use,  is  per­
fectly pure,  is well  prepared,  and  of  excel­
lent quality.

Muzzy’s Starch,  both for laundry and table 
use,  is  the  very best  offered  to  the  con­
sumer.  All  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
sell it.

DIARIES
OFFICE  TICKLERS.
CALENDARS

MEMORANDUM

FO R1887.

29 Monroe St.

Now is the time  to  make  your 
selections to get what you want 
before the stock is broken.
Geo. A. Hall & Go.
WHIPS For Prices and term s, address
LUDWIG  WINTERNITZ,
Fermentimi!

GRAHAM  ROYS,

STA TE  A G E N T   FOR

G rand Rapids, Mich.

The Only Reliable Compressed Teast.

M anufactured by Riverdale Dist. Oo.

106 K ent  Street, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

TELEPHONE  566.

Grocers, bakers and others can secure th e agency for 
th e ir tow n on this Y east by applying to above address. 
None genuine unless it bears above label.

CHARLES  A.  COYE,
A. Coye & Son,

Successor to

DEALER IN

AWNINGS § TENTS

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

F lags & Banners made to order.

Wide Ducks, etc.
GRAND RAPIDS.
- 

73 CANAL ST., 

POTATOES.

W e make the handling of  POTATOES, 
APPLES and BEANS in car 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  we 
will keep you posted on  market  price  and 
prospects.  Liberal  cash  advances  made 
on car lots when desired.
Agents for Walker’s Patent Batter Worker.

Earl Bros., Commissiom Merchants,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  First  National  Bank.

“ LUCKY  STAR ”  CIGAR.

Manufactured by

ROPER  &  BAXTER  CIGAR  CO.,

61 and 53 W abash Ave., C h ic a g o .

This  fam ous  brand  is  now  hnndled  by  tho leading 
druggists  and  grocers  of  Michigan. 
In  towns w here 
the cigar is n ot handled, I am  prepared to give  the  ex­
clusive agency to good parties, druggists preferred.

J. L. STRELITSKY,

STATE  AGENT,

128 Canal Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

For the Fieli and Garflen.

%

71 Canal Street,

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden 

Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,

Mammoth  Clover,

Alsike Clover,

Alfalfa Clover,

White Dutch Clover, 

Timothy,

Red  Top,

Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass,

Hungarian Grass, 
Common Millet, 
German Millet, 
Flax Seed.
THE  NEW

Soap  Company.

As  previously  announced,  the-  trade  is 
now being supplied with Soap from this new 
factory.  Two  brands  are now introduced, 
the

H e a d l i g l Y t

A N D

Little Daisy.
Both free from adulterations of all kinds, 
and contain pure Ceylon  Cocoa  Oil,  Steam 
Refined Tallow,  Glycerine and Borax.  The 
former  is  a  first-class  Laundry Soap,  and 
the latter, being fine and  milder,  is  one  of 
the  best  Bath, Laundry  and  Toilet  Soaps 
combined now on the market.

For terms,  please apply to the  factory,  in 
(Telephone 

person, by letter,  or telephone. 
No.  578-5 rings.)

Shall we receive your  encouragement  by 

way of a trial order ?

Respectfully,

NOTICE  OF  DISSOLUTION.

The firm of Bode & Keeney,  of Ferry. Mich., 
has  this  day  dissolved  by  mutual  consent. 
Hereafter the business will be  conducted and 
managed by J. M. Keeney, and  he  will  settle 
all accounts contracted by the firm and collect 
all bills due the firm. 
Signed, Jan. 22,1887.

E. J. BODE,
J. M. KEENEY.

THE JOBBER’S STORY.

Thrilling Experience of a Prominent  Tole­

do Business Man.

At Ihe recent annual  banquet of the trav­
eling salesmen of  the  Woolson  Spice  Co., 
the head of  the  establishment  was  impor­
tuned to tell  a  story  and  responded to the 
request iu the following  manner:

I presume, gentlemen,  that  you  will  ex­
pect a good story,  but  you  will  agree  with 
me that the large interests  under  my  man­
agement  require  such  constant  attention, 
that my mind has been too  much  engrossed 
to think of stories. 
I  seldom  hear  a  story 
told,  but you, gentlemen—most of you beiug 
on tk>* road traveling  for  the  house  which 
you represent—come  in  contact  constantly 
with those who love to tell and hear stories. 
However,  I can give you one of my own ex­
perience. 
I think it was about tha  29th  of 
October last, when I made a trip to St. Louis, 
intending  to  extend  it  to  Quincy,  111. 
I 
stopped at the Planters’ House,  one  of  the 
oldest and once the  most  aristocratic  hotel 
in St.  Louis.  This  hotel  is  not  tiie  most 
stylish in the city,  but is  centrally  located, 
sets a sumptious table,  its prices are reason­
able,  and it is quite  well  patronized.  Dur­
ing my stay there,  a very funny yet  terrible 
thing happened to me,  which I have kept to 
myself ail this time,  not  even  telling  it  to 
my wife. 
I will,  on your promise not to re­
veal my name,  or not to consider me as low­
ering my position as a gentleman,  relate  to 
you this circumstance  just  as  it  occurred, 
and,  I assure you,  gentlemen, its every word 
is true,  if it did happen to me.

After my arrival in St.  Louis, which  was 
early in the morning, I immediately repaired 
to tiie Planters’, and, after getting my break­
fast,  started out for business.  While seated 
at the table,  I observed near me a very love­
ly and beautiful young  lady,  well  dressed, 
decorated with expensive jewelry,  and  the 
genc/al arrangement of her toilet  made  her 
very attractive. 
I  observed  several  drum­
mers eyeing hgr  very  closely.  Well,  after 
putting in my time  to  the  best  advantage 
during tiie day,  I returned to the hotel,  not 
even thinking about the lady; and, after get­
ting my supper,  I sat down to read  the  pa­
pers, and,  being somewhat tired,  I made up 
my mind to go to bed quite  early,  which  I 
did. 
I was assigned a room on  the  second 
floor,  and while passing through the hall  to 
my room,  I  observed  one  of  the  bedroom 
doors partly ajar,  which was all o.  k.,  I pre­
sume,  for I did not think any more about  it 
at the time.  The next day,  I put in my best 
licks visiting  a  great  many  manufacturers 
and other business men,  and returned to the 
hotel in time for my supper.  As is my cus­
tom,  I again retired early,  and,  having  the 
key to my room and not needing the services 
of a porter,  I started up stairs.  Just before 
I reached my  destination,  I noticed that the 
same room door  stood  ajar.  Being  alone, 
and with the kindest  of  motives,  and  my 
curiosity being a little  excited,  I  made  up 
my mind that I would roll my  eyes  around 
just a little,  without turning iny  head,  and 
take a peep into that room.  So I —for some 
reason,  I could  not  have  told  why—slack­
ened my pace and looked in at the door, and 
then—what  do  you 
think?  I  beheld  a 
beautiful and lovely maiden,  with her round 
arms and gleaming shoulders,  standing  up 
before a dressing case, clad only in her night 
robe of gauze,  or some other  thin  material, 
arranging her toilet for the  night.  Just  as 
I looked,  she turned her head  slightly,  and 
with it she gave me one of the most  bewitch­
ing of smiles—but yet seemed to be very mod­
est and bashful. 
I proceeded  10  my  room,

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State. 

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

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WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  16,1887.

Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association.
P resident,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President, S. A. Sears;  Sec­
retary  and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour;  Board of Di­
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  J.  N.  Brad­
ford, A. B. Cole and Win. Logie.
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W HEREIN  LIES  THE  BLAME.
'The leaving our  ocean  shipping entirely 
«outside the protective  system  continues  to 
bear evil fruit.  The proprietors of  the Al­
exandre Line,  which sails  from  Nejv. York 
to the ports south of  us,  declare  that they 
cannot long continue to  compete  with  the 
subsidized lines which  the Spanish govern­
ment patronizes. 
If we  persist in  offering 
neither subsidies nor  differential  duties  as 
an  encouragement  to our own vessels,  our 
flag will be seen  in the ocean even less fre­
quently than it is.

All  our  neighbors  and  rivals  must be 
laughing in their  sleeves  at the obtuseness 
which sacrifices a great  commercial interest 
for their benefit.  Even Great Britain aban­
dons the pretense of  doing no more for her 
•own  mercantile  marine  than  for  that of 
other countries.  When  the British postof­
fice,  in  compliance  with  the  demands  of 
London society,  made an  arrangement with 
the North German Lloyds steamers to carry 
the mails from Southampton,  the resistance 
of the Liverpool lines,  supported by the pa­
triotic instincts of the British people,  forced 
the authorities to  retrace  their steps.  The 
German ' steamers  are  to  get nothing but 
such letters  as are  expressly marked to  go 
by Southampton.  And  as  not  one person 
in a hundred thinks of  marking  a letter  in 
that  way,  the bulk of  the  mails will  go  to 
Queenstown  by rail  and  by the  Holyhead 
and Dublin steamers,  to be taken  up by the 
Liverpool  steamers,  at  the  loss of a day’s 
time in transmission.

Contrast with  this  the  wretched neglect 
•of our own interests at sea,  which has char­
acterized our own  policy for the last thirty- 
two years!  It is easy to find fault with Mr. 
Vilas for persistency  in  this  policy,  when 
Congress shows  some signs of  a partial re­
pentance.  But what  shall  we  say of  the 
folly of  the Republican  party, which,  dur­
ing its long  lease  of  power,  never  put  ou 
the  statute  book  a single general law for 
the benefit  of  our  shipping,  and  which, 
while  professing  to  believe in protection, 
left our merchant marine  to the chances  of 
industrial welfare?  Are we to  heap all the 
blame of this neglect upon a country lawyer, 
whom  an  accident  lias  made Postmaster 
General,  and who probably never had smelt 
salt water nor seen our flag on anything big­
ger than a lake steamer?

The Excise Commissioners of  New York 
■are going to try the experiment of  limiting 
•the number of saloons to about one for each 
district  of  five  hundred  people. 
If they 
•possess the power  to do this,  and have the 
courage  to  carry  out  their proposal,  T he 
"Tradesm an apprehends  they will find the 
results-to surpass their  expectations. 
It is 
the excessive number  of  saloons—in  this 
•city as  well  as 
in towns of larger dimen­
sions—which constitutes a most serious evil, 
by forcing each of  them to live by pressing 
drink upon their customers, and stimulating 
thirst by social and  physical  enticements. 
If Grand  Rapids could be divided into such 
districts,  why not  give  each  district  the 
local option to  have  the  saloon  opened or 
«not?  Or at least the right to open  and con­
trol the saloon by an association of property 
•owners and business men of the district?

A patron of T he  Tradesm an  writes  to 
enquire whether Michigan was  represented 
at  the  alleged  pure  food  convention  at 
Washington.  The State was not represent­
ed and,  moreover,  had  no  business  to  be. 
The Michigan law on food  adulterations  is 
superior  in  every  respect  to  the  measure 
proposed by the coterie of  New  York  sen­
sationalists who went through  the  farce  of 
holding a “National  Convention” in a hotel 
parlor.  T he T radesman lias withheld from 
expressing any opinion  on  the  meeting  for 
a month after the same was  held,  but  duty 
to itself and its patrons compels it  to  state 
that  the  Washington  gathering  was  “Na­
tional” only in name,  and  that  the  results 
which are likely to follow in  its  wake  will 
be so  meager  and  diminutive  that  it  will 
necessitate the use of  a  microscope  to  de­
termine their magnitude.

“ More’n  a  Dozen.”

An  innocent-looking,  long-geared  youtli 
called upon the  President of  the  Petoskey 
Business  Men’s  Association  one  day last 
week,  and producing  a  “Blue  Letter” sent 
his parent a day or two before,  remarked:

“Paw can’t pay that account now.”
“Why not?”  asked Mr.  Buckley.
“’Cause lie can’t,” exclaimed the youtli.
“But I want to know why,” said the man 
of stoves and hardware.  “I  have  to  pay 
my bills when  they come  due, and if  your 
father  can’t  pay  me,  I  want to know the 
reason why?”

“Well,”  drawled  the  young  man,  “I’ll 
tell you  why Paw  can’t  pay you  now—lie 
got more’n a  dozen  of  them  Blue  Letters 
yesterday.”

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Albert Bosma succeeds  Bosma  & Patter­
son in the grocery business at 354 Plainfield 
avenue.

The office of the  Bradstreet  Co.  will  be 
removed  to  the  second  floor  of  the  new 
Widdicomb block this  week.

E.  F.  Averill,  formerly  in  the  grocery 
business  at  200  West  Bridge  street,  has 
moved  Ills  stock  to  232,  one of  the stores 
in the new block  which  he  has  just  com­
pleted.

The  report  that  Putnam  & Brooks  had 
leased one of the stories of  the  new  Blod­
gett block,  on  South  Ionia  street,  is  pro­
nounced as too previous by the senior mem­
ber of the firm.

J.  F.  Slooter  and  F.  B.  Siooter  have 
formed a copartnership under the firm name 
of  Slooter  Bros.,  and  purchased the broom 
■business of G.  A.  Gould at 163 North Divis­
ion street.  _________________

The  Tradesman  has  it  on undoubted 
aurliority that a syndicate headed by Alfred 
Broad,  of  Ionia,  has purchased the timet  of 
land at the  intersection  of  the  Michigan 
Central and the G.  R.  & I.  Railways,  forifi- 
erly occupied by the Nagel slaughter house, 
and will erect thereon suitable buildings for 
stock yard purposes,  including  a  first-class 
dbattlor.  The business  will  be  conducted 
on  a  large  scale,  somewhat  after  the Chi­
cago manner,  the intention being to slaugh­
ter a sufficient number  of  cattle  to  supply 
the dressed  beef  trade of  Northern  Michi­
gan. 

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AROUND  THE  STATE.

Ypsilanti—J.  H.  Sanford,  grocer,  has  as­

signed.

ing out.

dissolved.

Seney—C.  H.  Bates,  grocer, is about clos­

Jackson—Brenlc & Feldher,  tailors,  have 

Albion—W.  B.  Crane will shortly open  a 

East Jordan—C.  G.  Lewis,  clothing deal­

dry goods store.

er,  lias assigned.

Manchester—W. II. Pottle, dry goods deal­

er,  is about selling out.

Ovid—A.  D. Treat & Co.,  dry  goods and 

groceries,  have assigned.

Lansing—Chas.  A.  Seely succeeds J.  W. 

& A.  D.  Hogadorn, druggists.

Ishpeming—F.  B.  Wasley succeeds Was- 

ley & Uren in general trade.

Cheboygan—Swift’s  new  mill  will  be 

ready for business by April.

East Saginaw—Palmer  & Coy,  wholesale 

confectioners,  have sold out.

Clarkston— Edward  D.  Urcli  succeeds 

Ilowe & Urcli in general trade.

Alpena—J.  M.  Blakeley,  grocer, has been 

closed under chattel  mortgage.

Northport—Kelli  Bros,  succeed  Putnam 

& Kelil Bros,  in general trade.

Sand Lake—C. E.  Tucker  succeeds C. J. 

W.  Bolton in the meat  business.

Riga—Drelier,  Corbit &  Co.  succeed J.  J. 

J.  Drelier & Co.  in general trade.

Adrian—M.  Brezee  succeeds  Gilkey  & 

Symouds in the grocery business.

Bie Rapids—Smith  Bros,  have sold their 

grocery stock to Buskirk & Engel.

Gaafschap—C.  J.  Lokker  has  retired 

from the firm of P.  Mulder & Co.

Schoolcraft—G.  H.  Phillips  &  Co.,  gro­

cers,  are succeeded by  Wm.  McLeod.

Nottawa—J.  W.  Schermerliorn,  general 

dealer,  lias been closed on attachment.

Whitehall—Klett  &  Carleton  succeed 

Knudsen & Klett in the meat business.

Detroit—W.  & J.  Sparling  succeed  Geo. 

Peck & Go.  in the dry goods business.

Big Rapids—S.  S.  Wilcox &  Co.  succeed 

S.  S.  Wilcox in the  hardware business.

Jackson—Warren  &  Dodge,  hardware 

dealers,  have dissolved, each continuing.

Iiiverdall—F.  Hudson  has  sold  his drug 

stock to Dr.  O. O.  Osbuni,  of Elm Hall.

Omena—Keys & Litney,  general  dealers, 

have dissolved,  Henry Litney continuing.

East  Saginaw—A.  R.  Moeller  succeeds 

Moeller & Youmans in the drug business.

May—F.  J.  Hopkins  &  Co.,  hardware 

dealers,  have sold out to Chas. E.  Brown.

Saranac—Shuart  &  Moore  have  bought 

the grocery stock of  Frank P.  Gromman.

Flint—Hoyt  &'  Glynn,  proprietors  of  a 
99 cent store,  are succeeded  by Glynn Bros.
Jackson—E.  R.  Warner  succeeds  M.  S. 
Hitchcock & Co.  in the  hardware business.
Detroit—Geo.  Peck  &  Co.,  dry  goods 
dealers, are succeeded by W.  & J.  Sparling.
Kalkaska—Pipp Bros.  &  Martindale will 
build a brick store as  soon as  spring opens.
Elm Hall—Dr.  O.  O.  Osburn lias sold his 
grocery stock  to J.  Glass,  Ills  former part­
ner.

Belding—J.  &  W.  F.  Bucker,  general 
dealers,  have dissolved,  W.  F.  Bucker  suc­
ceeding.

New Buffalo—G.  Gerdes lias  bought  out 
John Evarts & Co.,  grocers  and  dry  goods 
dealers.

Chelsea—Geo. A.  Begole succeeds Begole 
& Morton in the boot and shoe  and  grocery 
business.

Detroit—W.  E.  Barker  &  Co.  succeed 
Mills,  Barker  &  Barker  in  the  furniture 
business.

Manistique—Stephen  Bedford 

succeed 
Bedford & Buckley,  dealers  in  stone,  lime 
and plaster.

Luther—The Luther Chemical  and Lum­
ber Co.  has sold its store  to a  Detroit man 
named Miner.

Minden  City—E.  A.  Cress  succeeds W.
A.  Badeau & Co.  in  the furniture  and gro­
cery business.

Romulus—Roswell Raymond succeeds N. 
W.  Pearson in the  grocery,  dry  goods  and 
hardware business.

Bridgeton—Robert Shiffert has bought the 
general stock  of  Henry Harding  and  will 
continue the business.

Adrian—Mrs.  T. Voorhees  has  sold  her 
hat,  cap and furnishing goods stock  to  W. 
B.  & N.  W.  Yoorhees.

Minden City—Geo.  Wade lias bought  out 
the agricultural implement and  grain  busi­
ness of Geo.  McDonald.

Stanton—H.  E.  Stevenson,  formerly of 
Ionia,  has purchased a  half  interest  in the 
F.  Epley grocery stock.

Jackson—Warner & Dodge are succeeded 
by Geo.  A.  W.  Dodge in the  wholesale and 
retail hardware business.

Detroit—Sinclair,  Evans  &  Elliott is the 
firm name of the new house made up of the 
surviving  partners  of  B.  F.  Farrington & 
Co.  and Evans & Walker.

Coldwater—L.  A.  Walsworth  succeeds 
Walsworth & Keep in the hardware and ag­
ricultural implement business.

Carsonville—Smith  &  Harvey  are  suc­
ceeded in the clothing  business  by Graham 
& Davereaux,  but retain their drug stock.

Three Rivers—Schoch & Griffiths, dealers 
in hardware  and  agricultural  implements, 
have dissolved, John Griffiths succeeding.

Kalkaska—Noteware  &  Beebe,  Goodrich 
&  Son,  Haynes  &  Harrington  and  N.  P. 
Munyon will erect store buildings next sum­
mer.

Owosso—About  half  the  grocers,  drug­
gists and  hardware  dealers have agreed  to 
close their doors  at  8 p.  m.,  Saturdays ex­
cepted.

White  Cloud—Cole  &  Judson,  of  Big 
Rapids,  are  starting  a  branch  hardware 
store here.  Most of  the  stock  consists  of 
lumbermen’s supplies.

Kalkaska—J.  N.  Morgan  &  Co.  have 
bought  the  grocery  and  crockery  stofek  of 
J.  D.  Clark and  will  remove  their  present 
stock to that  location..

Port  Huron—The  Detroit  White  Lead 
Works  has  bid 
in  the bankrupt stock of 
Gray  &  Durkee  at  $100,  subject  to chat­
tel mortgages aggregating 86,000.

Saginaw—F.  G.  Newell  and  W.  R.  Rob­
inson have been  admitted to partnership in 
the firm of  E.  C.  Newell & Co.,  stationers. 
The finn style remains the same.

Ionia—E.  G.  Hunt,  the  bankrupt grocer, 
has settled with one of  his creditors on the 
basis of 28 per cent.,  and a couple of  dozen 
other creditors would jump at the chance of 
settling at half that figure.

Manistee—The  J.  E.  Somerville  failure 
looks worse  and  worse. 
It  is  understood 
that lie will  offer  20  per  cent.,  and in the 
event of  such  an offer  Somerville will  un­
doubtedly be  able  to  buy the  accounts  of 
every creditor.

Cheboygan—Assignee Shepherd lias  sold 
the boot and shoe stock  of  A.  W.  Westgate 
& Sous to Flora & Barnes for  83,226.  Mr. 
Flora  is  from  Mason  and  Mr.  Barnes  is 
from Stanton.  The  latter  will  devote  his 
entire time to  the  business  and  Mr. Flora 
will spend a portion of his time here.

Good  Harbor—M.  A.  Johnson  &  Co.’s 
store and general stock burned to the ground 
on the  5th.  The  losses  aggregate  $8,000, 
the  property  being  covered  with  $5,000 
insurance.  Business  was  resumed  three 
days  after  the  lire 
in  an  old  barn,  im­
provised for the occasion, and as soon as the 
weather moderates,  a new  two-story  build­
ing,  28x77  feet  in  dimensions,  will  be 
erected.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Kalkaska—Millard & Richards’  hoop fac­

tory has started  up.

Alba—The handle factory has been  thor­

oughly repaired and has started up again.

Lowell—The Star Cutter Co.  succeed  the 
Lowell Manufacturing Co.  in the  manufac- 
tuee of buggy boxes and cutters.

Traverse City—Barrel-heading machinery 
will be added to the equipment of  the  saw­
mill of the Elmwood  Manufacturing Co.

8TRAY  FACTS.

Elk Rapids—Counterfeit silver dollars are 

in circulation.

Hagan,  saloon ist.

St.  Louis—N.  S.  Enders  succeeds Tlieo. 

Minden  City—R.  Lamont,  tinner,  has 

sold out to Geo.  Rice.

Ithaca—Edwards & Feiley succeed W. H. 

Toms in the saloon business.

Ionia—Jewell &  Congdon  are  succeeded 

by Congdon & Dix in the hotel business.

Chase—F.  T.  Boughton  &  Co.  have  run 

their band mill all  winter,  night and day.

Macon—W.  P.  Cotton, druggist and cigar 
manufacturer,  has  sold  out  to  E.  L.  Bur- 
dett.

Niles—Tiiere 

is  a  walnut'  board  here 
twenty-four feet long and  thirty-two inches 
wide.

Kalkaska—The  Kidder  House  lias  been 
opened to the public under the management 
Will Nichols.

Oscoda—Chas.  Pack  lias  purchased  40,- 
000,000 white pine and  Norway  timber  on 
the Au Sable river.

Menominee—The  Ludington,  Wells  & 
VanSchaick Co.  is  building  two  dry  kilns 
near its planing mill.

Sturgis—G.  D.  G.  Thurston  is  succeeded 
in the agricultural  implement  business  by 
Wilson &  Shipman.

Hubbardston—Campbell  &  Sill  have
bought out the agricultural implement busi­
ness of B.  Redner & Co.

Cheboygan—W.  S.  Smith  and Amos Gal­
braith will build a sawmill with  a  daily ca­
pacity of about 60,000  feet.

East Jordan—A.  E.  Pickard  and  E.  A. 
H.  Cole have formed a copartnership  under 
the style of Pickard & Cole and  engaged  in 
tiie sewing machine  business.

East Saginaw—Alger,  Smith  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  have  purchased  from  Col.  A.  T. 
Bliss,  for $101,000,  a  tract of  pine land in

Alcona county,  estimated  to cut  16,000,000 
feet.  This  is  a  portion  of  the original 
Heather  estate.

East Jordan—Glenn & Porter have leased 
the Meach mill and will run both  mills  this 
summer,  using the Meacli  mill  for  cutting 
cedar ties and shingles.  They  are  putting 
in a shingle mill and will commence sawing 
hard wood next week.

Big Rapids—E.  Cannon  has  bought  the 
interest of  Geo.  Gray  in  the  lumber  firm 
of Gray & Shipman,  operating at Turnbull’s 
Siding.  The new firm  name  is  Cannon  & 
Shipman.  They have a  large  contract  for 
cutting oak lumber for  L.  S.  Baker.

Holland—The  News  of  last  week gives 
an  exhaustive  general  review  of  Holland’s 
building growth for the last year and claims 
in its effort no padding  or  exaggeration  of 
figures. 
It places  the amount  expended  in 
the erection of residences  and  other  build­
ings at $151,250.  Most  of  these  buildings 
are  of  modern  architectural  construction. 
Manufacturing and trade figure  up  $2,000,-
000. 
It  claims  that  in  point  of  location, 
commercial-position,  and facilities  for ship­
ment both by rail and water,  tills  city  lias 
few equals for manufactories.  Taken  as  a 
whole,  Holland can be said to be in  a  most 
prosperous condition,  and  if  the  signs  of 
the times fail not,  look out for  a boom  dur­
ing the next two years.  The city has gained 
prominence  on  account  of  Ottawa  Beacli 
and Macatawa Park. 
It  is  estimated  that 
35,000 people visited theSe resorts last year. 
Chicago parties  have  just  purchased  land 
on the south  side  of  Macatawa  Bay  for  a 
grand  Chicago  resort.  The  article  also 
speaks of Hope College and its  educational 
advantages.  Our merchants wants furnaces 
built  here  to  use  our  bog ore deposit,  and 
claim  that  Holland  has,  by  far,  the  best 
stone quarries in the State,  and equal to the 
Berea stone,  very easy to work and  can  be 
shipped by rail or water in  any direction  at 
little cost, as the quarries are on  C. & W. M. 
road on  the  banks  of  Black  River.  The 
outlook for  1887  indicates  $250,000  worth 
of new buildings.  Among those  •who  will 
erect business blocks,  it mentions  G.  Brey- 
man,  F.  E.  Sutton,  R.  Kanters  and  II. 
Boone.  Another  tannery,  worth  $25,000, 
R.  E.  Werkman’s  fanning  mill,  a  school 
desk  factory,  60x100,  four  stories,  solid 
brick  and  stone  aiul  a 
large  college 
building will go up in different parts  of  the 
town.

Miscellaneous Dairy Notes.

Mann & Weston expect to have their new 
creamery at Albion in operation by March 1.
The business men of Tustin  are consider­
ing the project  of  establishing  a  creamery 
at that  place.

The  Decatur  Manufacturing  Co.  pro­
poses to increase  its  capacity  so as to turn 
out three  times  as  many  butter  tubs  this 
year as ever  before.

The Watson Cheese Co.,  at  Watson,  has 
decided to buy a new engine  and boiler and 
add a creamery outfit,  making  botli  butter 
and cheese hereafter.

The required amount  of  stock,  $6,500,  to 
establish  a  creamery at  Lakeview lias been 
subscribed,  which'’ assures  the  citizens  of 
that burg an establishment of that kind.

Big Rapids  Current:  One  of  the  many 
new enterprises talked  of  in  Big Rapids  is 
the establishment of a  creamery by a  stock 
company of  farmers,  $5,000  of  the  neces­
sary capital  having  already been  promised.
An  enquirer  asks The Tradesm an the 
name of the pioneer  creamery of Michigan. 
The first butter  factory  established  in  the 
State was by Loyster & Son,  who  embark­
ed in the creamery business at  Hudson  six 
years ago.

F.  E.  Pickett has  been  re-elected  Sales­
man,  Secretary  and  Treasurer of the Cold­
spring cheese factory,  at Hillards.  All  the 
patrons are well pleased with the results  of 
last season’s  work  and  the  prospects  are 
good for a large  increase  in  the  milk  the 
coming season.

Hilton Bros.  &  Co.  writes T he T rades­
man as follows from Lowell:  We ljave just 
bought the creamery of  the  Lowell Cream­
ery Co.  and shall manufacture for  our  own 
trade in Boston.  We shall gather the cream 
on what is known  as  the  test  system  and 
shall run all the year ’round.  We own three 
creameries  in  Iowa,  one  each  at  Jama, 
Belle  Plain  and  Beaman,  employ  forty 
teams and about fifteen  or  twenty  men  in 
the creameries.  We made 6,000 pounds per 
day last  summer,  collecting  cream  over  a 
territory eighteen miles wide and fifty long. 
This is an earnest of what we mean to do in 
Michigan.

The Gripsack Brigade.

W.  D.  Downey,  representing  Reid,  Mur­
dock  &  Fischer,  of  Chicago,  was  in town 
Monday.

M.  B.  Field,  representing  W.  F.  Mc­
Laughlin & Co.,  of  Chicago,  is working the 
retail trade of Grand Rapids at present.

C.  Crawford,  the  “kid” traveler,  has  pur­
chased his Herbert  Blanchard  residence  at 
161 Paris avenue and is  already  in  posses­
sion of  same.

A.  F.  Peake,  State  agent  for  1).  B.  De- 
Land  &  Co.,  and  A.  A.  Howard,  State 
agent  for  the Merrick Thread Co.,  climbed 
the stairs leading to T he Tradesm an office 
Monday.

John W.  Simmons,  formerly  engaged  in 
the grocery  business,  has  gone on  the road 
for the Grand  Rapids  Soap  Co.,  taking the 
Northern  division  of  the  G.  R.  & I.  as his 
territory.

Geo.  F.  Owen  wishes it  distinctly under­
stood that he is not  the Geo.  B.  Owen who 
is suing for a divorce.  Geo.  F.  says lie has 
no use for a  divorce  since  he  got  out  his 
patent marriage certificate.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Reed City.

Woodville.

Bay.
Harbor.

The following  retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
H.  Barry, Ravenna.
Geo. Gokey, Weg Olive.
R. A. Hastings, Sparta.
R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville.
Allred Broad, Ionia.
Henry Henkel, Howard Citv.
Frank Friedrich, Traverse City.
S. Sheldon, Pierson.
E. C. Watkins, Ionia.
H. T. Johnson, Saranac.
A. Shook, Coral.
F. L. Blake,  Irving.
H. Harding. Bridgeton.
J. Bartz, North Dorr.
C.  Bergin, Lowell.
J. Riley. Dorr.
S. A. Bush.  Lowell.
W. R. Young, Middieville.
W. J. Roche, Lake City.
Geo. A. Sage,  Rockford.
C. McCarty, Lowell.
G. W.  Burt, Ionia.
I.  A. Mitchell, I.owcli.
C. F. Williams. Caledonia.
Robert Armstrong, D.  M.  McClellan  &  Co , 
F. A, Green & Co., Marquette.
Ed. Roys, Roys Bros., Coral.
L.  D‘ Stark, with Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. 
Fred Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs.
L.  F. Davoll, Boyne Falls.
Wm. Graham, Newaygo.
Herman Thompson, Canada Coruers.
C. W. Armstrong, Bowen’s  Mill.
Chas. Cole, Cole & Chapel, Ada.
Robert Shiffert, Bridgeton.
A. D. Martin, Otia.
Dave  Holmes, West  Michigan  Lumber  Co., 
L. K. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield.
W. S. Johnson, W. S. Johnson & Co., Sutton’s 
W. S. Johnson, M.  A.  Johnson  &  Co.,  Good 
Victor Roussin, Ludington.
Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
G. W. Noble, Buchanan.
J. V. Crandall & Son. Sand  Lake.
A. A. Weeks. Grattan.
M. J. Howard. Englishville.
R. A. Hastings, Sparta.
J. C. Benbow,  Cannonsburg.
J. M. Spore,  Rockford.
John J. Otis, Antrim.
Geo. W. Beaman, East Jordan.
N. B. Plain, Lowell.
C. W. Sutton, French &  Sutton, East Jordan.
M. B. Gascoigne, Big Rapids.
John S. Cross,  Bangor.
M. A. Berridge, Greenville.
A. Broad, Ionia.
Geo. H. Reader, Reader Bros., Scottsville. 
Loren Day, Grand ville.
Chas. W. Peters, Bangor.
Henry Harding, Bridgeton.
H. B.  Irish,  Lisbon.
D. Reeder, Lake City.
Frank Hamilton, Hamilton & Mllliken, Trav­
Mrs. J. Debri, Byron Center.
Wm. Vermeulen. Beaver Dam.
L. A  Paine, Englishville.
Velzy Bros., Lamont.
M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe.
O. F. & W. P.Conkin, Ravenna.
A. L. Power,  Kent City.
John Smith, Ada.
Den Herder <Sc Tan is,  Vriesland.
M. M. Robson, Berlin.
Jas. E. Bevins, Tustin/
L. Mauer, Fisher.
J. Raymond,  Berlin.
Geo. Carrington. Trent.
A. M. Church, Alpine.
W. W. Woodhams, Plalnwell.
Walling Bros., Lamont.
Neal McMillan, Rockford.
O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake.
J. F. Hacker. Corinth.
J. N. Wait, Hudsonville.
O. Naragang & Son, Byron Center.
Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.
S. Stark, Allendale.
A. & L. M. Wolff. Hudsonville.
Gus Begman.  Bauer.
Eli Runnels. Corning.
Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners.
S. D. Thompson. Newaygo.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
John Giles & Co., Lowell.
E. M. Reed, Coopersville.
H.  De Kline, Jamestown.
Jas, Colby, Rockford.
Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg.

erse City.

Purely Personal.

Call for  the March  Meeting  of  the  M.  B.

M.  A.

Grand  Ra pids,  February 15,  1887.

To the Local Business Organizations of  Michi­

gan:
Gentlemen—You  are  respectfully  in­
formed  that  a  special  convention  of  the 
Michigan Business  Men’s  Association  will 
be  held  at  Royal  Arcanum  Hall,  Grand 
Rapids, on Tuesday and  Wednesday,  March 
15  and  16,  convening at 9 o’clock a.  in.,  on 
the day first  named. 
It  is  here  that  the 
Association was organized and  the  coming 
convention will be one  of  unusual  interest 
I and importance.  Reduced rates  have  been 
secured at the  hotels  and  a  one  and  one- 
third rate has been obtained on all the  rail­
roads of the State,  providing  reduced  rate 
certificate  is  obtained  from  the  Secretary 
previous to the convention,  which  must  be 
signed by agent at starting point and by the 
Secretary at the  meeting.
Associations  auxiliary  to  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association are  entitled  to 
representation  in  the  convention  on  the 
basis of one delegate for every ten members 
or  fraction  thereof.  Organizations  which 
have not yet affiliated with  the  State  body 
are requested to do so without delay,  in  or­
der that they may be  regularly represented. 
In the event of failure  to do so,  they are re­
quested to send lay delegates,  and the same 
course  is  advised  for  towns  not  yet  or­
ganized.  The Association  was  formed  for 
the purpose of bringing the  local  organiza­
tions into closer connection and  fostering  a 
more cordial feeling between sister societies, 
based upon a more thorough  knowledge  of 
each other’s methods  and  purposes.  Great 
good has already been accomplished  in this 
direction and much more yet remains  to  be 
done.
Every one interested in the subject  of or­
ganization is cordially invited to  attend  the 
convention  and  favor  those  present  with 
such suggestions as may seem to them to be 
pertinent to the  occasion.
F rank  H amilton,  Pres.,  Grand  Rapids.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Sec’y,

Traverse  City.

W holesale Quotations in  Newspapers.
As an  illustration  of  the  evil  results  of 
quoting wholesale prices in  the newspapers, 
A.  C.  Barcley,  the  Crosby  general  dealer, 
writes as  follows:

The other day a man  came  in  the  store 
and said that when I charged  him (>}.: cents 
a  pound  for  granulated  sugar,  I  charged 
him too much—that he could get it at Grand 
Rapids at 6 % cents. 
I asked  him  how  he 
knew  he  could  get  it  there for that price 
and lie said all the  papers  were  quoting  it 
in that way. 
I tried to explain  to  him that 
the  prices  lie  referred  to  were  wholesale 
quotations,  but  lie  said  he  knew  better— 
that no paper intended for  general  circula­
tion would  quote  prices  intended  for  the 
merchant alone.
You  see  the  merchant  is  between  two 
files.  The consumer  is  bearing  down  on 
him  as  hard  as  he  knows  how  and 
many of the newspapers—those which quote 
goods at wholesale— are doing all  they can 
to ruin ills business.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or  less  inserted 
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, 
or  50  cents  for  three weeks.  Advance  pay­
ment.
Advertisements  directing  that  answers  be 
sent in care of this office must be accompanied 
by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, 
etc.

is 

Thomas  Torrence 

in  charge  of  H. 
Leonards &  Sons’  branch  store  at  Green­
ville.

L.  L.  Loveridge lias been entertaining his 
brother,  II.  C.  Loveridge, a rising lawyer of 
Coldwater.

C.  W.  Sutton,  Secretary of  the  East Jor­
dan and South Arm  1 business  Men’s  Asso­
ciation,  was in town  last week.

Frank  Inglis, 

the  Detroit  pharmacist, 
was in town  a couple of  days  last week in 
the interest  of  his  manufacturing  depart­
ment.

Frank Freidrich,  the  Traverse  City  boot 
and shoe dealer,  is in  town  to-day,  on  his 
way home from  an  extended  trip  througli 
the copper and iron  regions  of  the  Upper 
Peninsula.

Victor Roussin,  the  Ludington  druggist, 
has been in town several days with his wife, 
spending the  first  end of their honeymoon. 
The happy event oecurrey last  Wednesday, 
Miss McElroy being the fortunate bride.

Frank  E.  Leonard  returned  from  New 
York last Tuesday and  left  on Wednesday 
for the same  place,  whence  he  sails in  a 
week or ten days for London, where he will 
remain  about  a  month,  buying goods for 
this market.

Dr.  Geo.  W.  Crouter,  of  Charlevoix,  was 
in  town  from  Friday  until  Monday,  re­
newing old acquaintances and making many 
new ones.  He was in Muskegon last week 
as a delegate to  the Grand  Encampment,  I. 
O. O.  F., and is  in Jackson this week  in at­
tendance on  the  Grand Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
in the capacity of Grand Conductor.

Luther  Waking  Up  on  the  Organization  j 

Question.
Luther,.Feb. 9,  1887. 

I 

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D eAk  S ir—Our  Association  seems  to 
be on the decline. 
I have  been  talking  to 
some  of  our  best  members  about  getting 
you to  come and deliver an  address  to  the ! 
business men,  and they  wisli  me  to  write 
and ascertain what  the  expense would  be.  j 
I see by the papers that you  frequently  at- | 
tend such  meetings  and  if  you  can  come; 
here,  please let me know  about  when  you  : 
can,  setting the time far enough  ahead that 
I may have time  to  write  again,  also  the j 
expense.
All seem to  be  in  favor  of  joining  the I 
State Association,  but  it  seems  impossible | 
to get enough together to do  anything,  ow -! 
ing to lack of interest. 

Fours truly

J.  M.  V erity,  Sec’y.

In Waiting.
H artford,  Feb.  10.  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D ear S ir—In reply to yours of even date,  I 
will say that I think we had better have you : 
come to Hartford on Monday,  February  21.  I 
I am sorry it happened so  you  could  n ot! 
come this week, but we will try and have our! 
list a little longer when you do come.
Hoping the time set  will  suit  you  I  am ! 
|
respectfully, 

Fred F.  Allen. 

ing trade.  Stock will inventory  about  §0,000. 

IpOR SALE—Well-selected general  stock,  lo­

cated at a place tributary to a large farm­
Address for full particulars, “I. J.,” care “The 
Tradesmau.” 
LpOR  SALE—Clean stock of dry goods, eloth- 
-F 
ing, hats and caps  and  boots  and  shoes, 
situated  at Plainweii, a lively  town  with  two 
railways.  Stock will  inventory  about  $3,500. 
For  terms  of  sale,  apply  to  W. H. Hoops, at 
BuUtley, Lemon & Hoops, Grand Rapids.  177tt

17Stf

17«)*

tpOR SALE—Drug store. A rare chance. One- 

half  interest  in  an  old-established, good 
paying business.  This  is  a  chance seldom of­
fered to secure so great a bargain.  Will stand 
close investigation.  An extra opportunity for 
a physician.  Address L. S. Willson,  Lock  Box 
0a, St. Joseph, Mich. 
TAvjR  SALE—A 
large  Newfoundland  dog, 
r  
eighteen  months  old,  good  watch  dog, 
broken for being  in  office  or  store.  Address 
Jos. Omler, Wright, Mich. 
A  RARE  CHANCE—An  eighty  aero  farm, 
xjl  which  unites  ail  advantages,  one  mile 
from the  flourishing  village  of  Coopersville; 
good buildings: the very richest of soil; water­
ed  by  springs  of  living  water, and no  rough 
land—a perfect garden.  I will sell on terms to 
suit purchaser, or will exchange for first-class 
residence in Grand Rapids;  or will take  stock 
of goods for whole or part payment.  The farm 
is worth $0,000.  «».F.Conklin, Coopersville.  175

ITS)*

with good tenement rooms  above, and  a  good 

IpOR- SALE—A thirty-year old  grocery stand 

in Kalamazoo.  A two-story frame  store, 
tenement house on same lot. also barn.  Three 
blocks from  M.  C.  depot.  $3,500,  part  down, 
balance in easy  payments.  Possession  given 
in May.  J. Van Zolenburg, Petoskey.  174tf

business in connection) on  principal  business 

IpOR  SALE—Two-story brick building, 24x00, 

with clean grocery and meat stock  (wood 
street  of  thriving  Northern  town.  Terms, 
$5,000, half down, balance on time to  suit pur­
chaser.  Address “Bargain,” care “The Trades­
man.” 

IT'OR SALE—Best  bargain  ever  offered  for 

general  stock  in growing town  in  good 
farming  community  in  Northern  Michigan. 
Stock  will inventory  about  $0,000.  Sales  last 
year were §00,COO.  Address’ The Tradesman,” 
Grand Rapids. 

177tf

isi

IpOR SALE—Business and store building 

Walton.  As we desire to close up all < 
side  matters,  we  shall  offer  for  sale 
stock,  fixtures,  store,  warehouse,  realty 1 
good will of our branch house at Walton, 
'i 
business has been established for ten years 
well equipped, located at  the  junction  of 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway  and  Ti 
erse City Railway, and pres« 'its  a  good  or 
ing for one who has a small 
ipital, combi 1 
with energy.  For terms of 
lie  apply  to ( 
Mr. Leavenworth  on  the  p 
•mises.  Ilann 
Lay & Co.
17«
r|   b  EXCHANGE—For a stock of  dry  goods, 
l   boots and shoes or  doming,  a  two-story 
frame  store  building  (fine  location)  at Pent- 
water.  Address, Box 299, Pent water, Mich. 178*
■ASTANTED—A  man  having  an  established 
* » 
trade among lumbermen to add  a  spec­
ial line and sell on commission.  To  the  right 
man a splendid chance will be given  to  make 
money without  extra expense.  Address “B,” 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
"ITTANTED—Every dealer  to  know  that  we 
VV  are  in  position  to  give  extra  induce­
ments to cash  purchasers  and  would  respect­
fully  solicit  correspondence.  We  are  over­
stocked in tubular  lanterns  and  will  make  a 
special  price  to  dealers  wanting  any.  Also 
low  prices  on  globes,  chimneys,  burners, 
shades,  etc.,  Cummings  &  Graham,  Cor.  So. 
Division aud Fulton St. 
TXT ANTED—Stock  in  Kent  County Savings 
t v   Bank.  Address, stating terms demand­
ed, “Purchaser,” care “The Tradesman.”

178tf

179

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 want to buy anything, advertise in  the 
Miscellaneous Column of T h e  T radesman,  a 
twenty-five word  advertisement  costs  but 25 
cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks.

A  Question for  the  State Association, 
Woodland,  Feb.  11,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Itapids:

D ear Sik—Enclosed  hud  delinquent list 
for  Woodland Association,  also postal  note 
for  GO  cents,  being  amount  of  per  capita 
dues for six new members.
The question has  been  raised  whether  I 
am a member of the  Association  or  have  a 
right to hold office.  The facts are these:  I 
am  employed  by  Mrs.  P.  B.  Hunsicker  as 
lier business manager.  When the  Associa­
tion was organized I went in  as  lier  repre­
sentative,  and was elected Secretary.  Your 
opinion is required.

Yours respectfully.

1.  N.  H a r t e r ,  Sec’y.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
E  1ST  O - 1 1ST  ^  S
From 2 to 150 Horse- 1'«• we;.  Bo;! er< 
Grist Mills, Wood Witrfclnti  Mnehint 
ing,  Pulleys  and  Boxes.  Ooutrs«t» 
Complete Outfits.

W.  C,  Denison,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,00  and 92 South  Division  Street, 

MICH.

- 

TIME  TABLES.
C h ic a g o   &  W e s t   M ic h i g a n .
Leaves. 
tM ail....................................................   9:10 a  in 
tUav  Express..................................... 12:80 p m  
»Night Express................................... 11:00 p m  
Muskegon Express.............................. 5:00 p m 

Ai rives.
3:55 p m
9:45 p m
5:45 a m
11:00 a  m
#l)aily.  4Daily except Sunday.
Pullm an Sleeping Cars on all niglit  tra in s.'..Through 
pai-lor car in charge of careful attendants  w ithout  ex­
tra  charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. in., and through coach 
on 9 a. m. and lip . in. trains.

N e w a y g o   D iv is io n .

Leaves. 
E x p ress..............................................8:45 p m 
Express................................................  8:00 a m  

Arrives.
4:50 p lu
10:30 a m

All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot.
The N orthern term inus of this division is a t Baldwin, 
where close connection is  made  w ith  F. & P. M. trains 
to and from  Ludington and Manistee.

W.  A. Gavett, Gen’l Pass.  Agent.
J. B. Mullocks,  General  M anager.

10:30 

a m . 4:10 p m

G r a n d   R a p i d s   &  I n d i a n a .
GOING  NORTH.
Arrives. 
Traverse City Express..................... 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x ..  9:20 a m  
Cincinnati  Express......................... 7:30 p m
Petoskey and Mackinaw E xpress..  3:40pm  
Saginaw Express.............................. 11:25 a  m 

“ 

“ 

 

Leaves.
7:00 a m
11:30 a m
5:05pm
7:20 a m

7:15 a m
11:45 a m
5:00pm
7:15 a  m train   has  parlor  chair  ear  for  Cincinnati. 

Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 a m tra in  has chair car for  Traverse  City.  11:30 a 
m tra in  has chair ca r for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 
5:05 p m tra in  has sleeping and chair cars  for Petoskey 
and M ackinaw.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
F ort W ayne Express........................10:30  a in 
Cincinnati  Express..........................  4:40 p m  
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .U  :00 p m 
5:00 p m train  has W oodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
M u s k e g o n ,  G r a n d   R a p i d s   &  I n d i a n a .  
Leave. 
Arrive.
7:25am ...................................................................  9:15am
1:00 p m ....................................................................  1:00 p m
5:20 p m ....................................................................  7:10 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

L a k e   S h o r e   &  M ic h i g a n   S o u t h e r n . 
Arrive.

K a l a m a z o o   D iv is io n .

Leave. 

N. Y. Mail.  N. Y. Ex.
Ex. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
6:10 p in
4:35 p m   7:45 a m. .G rand Rapids.  9:45 a m  
6:55 p m   9:02 a m. .A llegan.............. 8:28 a in  5:00 a m
4:00 p m  
7:05 p in   10:06 a  m. .Kalamazoo ...  7:30 a m 
2:20 p m
8:30 p m   11:35 a in..W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a in 
2:30am  
5:05 p m . .T oledo.............11:00pm 
9:45am
8:30am  
9:40 p ill. .Cleveland.......0:40pm  
5:35am
2:50 p m  3:30 a  m. .Buffalo...............11:5a a in  11:10 p m
5:40 a in  6:50 p ill. .Chicago.............11:30 p m   0:50 a m
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids a t 1  p  in.  carry­
ing passengers as far as  Allegan.  All  trains  daily  ex­
cept Sunday. 

J. W. McKennky, General Agent.

“LC.B.” & “Fox” Cigar.
FOX  &  BRADFORD,

EXCLUSIVELY

WHOLESALE

76 South Division St.,  *
-  Mich.

Grand Rapids, 

D e tr o it,  G r a n d   H a v e n   &  M ilw a u k e e .

GOING  EAST.

Arrives. 
tSteam bont  Express....................................  
tT hrough  Mail....................................10:40 a in 
tEvening Express..............................  3:15 p m  
»Limited  Express..............................   9:20 p m  
tMixed, w ith  coach.......................... 
going west.
tM orning  Express.............................  1:05 p m 
tThrough  Mail...................................   5:00 p m  
tSteam boat Express.........................10:40 p m
tM lxed.............................................................. 
•N ight Express...................................  5:10 a in 

6:25 a m

Leaves.
10:50 a in
3:50 p m
10:55 p m
11:00 a  in
1:10 p m
5:05 p m

7:45 a m

5:35 a m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
Passengers taking the  6:25  a  in'  Express  m ake  close 
connection a t 0 wosso for Lansing,  and  a t  D etroit  for 
New  York,  arriving  there  a t  10:30  a m the following 
morning.  The Night Express lias a through Wa gner car 
and local sleeping car from D etroit to Grand  ltapids.
D. P otter, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B.  Reeve, Traffic M anager Chicago.

M ic h i g a n   C e n t r a l.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

D etroit Express................................................................  6:15 a m
Day  Express.....................................................................   1:10 p m
•A tlantic Express..................................................... 10:10 p m
M ixed...........................................................................6:50 a m
»Pacific  Express........................................................ 6:00 a  m
M ail.............................................................................. 3:00 p m
Grand  Rapids  Express................................................... 10:15 p m
M ixed.........................................................................  5:15 p m
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars
run on A tlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from  
D etroit.  P arlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids Express to  and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made a t D etroit w ith all through trains East over 
M. C. K. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.
O. W. Rugoles, GenT Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

D e tr o i t,  M a c k i n a w   &  M a r q u e t te .

Going West. 

7:00 a m  
12:20 p m  
5:30 p m   12:40 p »11  M 

tt 

6:50 a m ..S t. Ignace.......8:30 p m  
9:40 a m .-S eney..............5:15 p m  
(:2:15 p m  
12:50 p m ( Mar,lueite ..  '   2:00 p m
1:40 p m. .N egaunee....... 1:25 p m
1:55 p m. .Ishpem ing__ 12:58 p m
5:30 p m . .H oughton  ....  9:20 a m
5:50 p n r.. Hancock  .......2:01 a  m
6:35 p in . .C alum et.........8:15ara

Going East.

5:55 p m
12:35 p m
7:00 a m  

Mixed train leaves St. Ignace  a t  7 a m ;  arrives  Mar­

quette 5:30 p in. 
Gen. Pass, and T icket Agent. M arquette.

E. W. ALLEN,

Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con­
taining all the late improvements, supplied 
to order for $ 13.  The outfit comprises: 
1,000 “Blue Letter”  Notification  Sheets, 
for member’s use.
500 Copyrighted  Record Blanks,
500 Association  Notification  Sheets, and 
500  Envelopes.
Money can  be sent by  draft,  post-office 
or express order.
Fuller & Stowe Company,

49  Lyon Street, 

-  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

We have just purchased a 

large invoice of

Send us a Trial Order.

Spring  Chicken,  Moxie  and 

Eclipse always in stock.

Olney, Shields & Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

OLD  BARRELS

Setting: 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  fixtures,  and  to  m eet  this  dem and  the 
Woolson  Spice  Co.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  have  designed 

th e ir¡Lion  C offee  C abinet,

Of which  the  accom panying  cut  gives  but  a  partial 
idea. 
In this cabinet is packed 180 one-pound packages 
of Dion Coil««;, and we  offer  the  goods  a t  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  m anner.  Complete 
set of casters, w ith screws,  inside  this  cabinet.  Their 
use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out,  is  ap­
parent;  ju st the thing from   which  to  retail  oatm eal, 
rice, prunes, hominy, dried  fruits,  bread,  and  a  hun­
dred other  articles.  F urther,  they  take  up  no  more 
floor  room  than  a  barrel,  and  do  aw ay  w ith  these 
unsightly  things  in  a  store.  For  price-list  of  Lion 
Coffee  in these cabinets, see price-current in  this p a­
per.  Read  below  w hat  we  say  as  to  th e  quality  of 
Lion Coffee.

This Coffee Cabinet Given Away.

A  GOOD  BREAKFAST

Is  ALWAYS  possible when a good cup of cof­
fee  is  served.  The  grocer  who  sells  LION 
COFFEE  to  his  trade  can 
invariably  se­
cure  this  result  to  them.  LION  COFFEE 
is always uniform;  contains strength, llavor and 
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 the

Woolson Spice Co.

92 to 108 Oak St., Toledo, Ohio.

BFFELE

THE  MARCH  MEETING.

i The  State  Association  to  Convene  on 

March  15 and  16.

Agreeable  to  call,  the  members  of  the 
Executive  and  Legislative  Committees  of 
the Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association 
met in the reading  room  of  the  Owashta- 
nong Club last Friday morning,  for the pur­
pose of deciding upon the time  and place of 
the nèxt convention and discussing and tak­
ing action on several matters of  importance 
to the Association.  The meeting wras  call­
ed  to  order  hv  President  Hamilton,  the 
opening session being attended by  Paul  P. 
Morgaii,  of Monroe,  N.  B. Blain, of Lowell, 
J.  V.  Crandall, of  Sand  Lake,  and  Secre­
tary Stowe.  Jas.  A.  Coye, President of  the 
Retail Grocers’ Association  of  Grand  Rap­
ids,  was present by invitation.

After bills to the  amount  of  $52.10  had 
been scrutinized and audited, the  President 
announced that the selection of  a  place  of 
meeting for  the  convention  was  the  next 
thing in order.  Mr.  Coye  invited  the  As­
sociation to hold  the  convention  in  Grand 
Rapids,  promising  that 
the  Association 
which he represents would  do  all  that  lay 
in its power to render the occasion  a  pleas­
ant and  profitable  one.  Kalamazoo,  Lan­
sing  and  Owosso  were  discussed  in  the 
same  connection,  when it was unanimously 
resolved to meet  in  Royal  Arcanum  Hall, 
Grand Rapids,  on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
March 15 and 1G.

The Secretary was instructed to issue invi­
tations to all the associations  in  the  State, 
and to invite tiie attendance of lay delegates 
from towns not yet  organized.  On  motion 
of Mr.  Blain,  Messrs.  Hamilton,  Stowe  and 
Coye  were  instructed  to  prepare  a  pro­
gramme for the convention.

Mr.  Coye,  in behalf of the Retail Grocers’ 
Association,  tendered the  State body a ban­
quet at one of the hotels on the  evening  of 
March 15,  which  was  enthusiastically  ac­
cepted.

Mr.  Stowe suggested that a Question Box 
be placed  at  a  convenient  position  in  the 
meeting hall, in which  delegates  or  others 
can  drop  questions  which  they  wish  an­
swered,  the questions  to  be answered from 
time to time  during  the  convention.  The 
suggestion was adopted.

It was decided  to  leave  the  question  of 
who shall be allowed to join  the local asso­
ciations,  and who shall  be  rejected,  to  the 
local bodies,  on the  ground  that  the  State 
Association should not assume any preroga­
tives which do not  belong  to it,  and that it 
should ignore questions which  do  not  con­
cern it. 
In case such questions are brought 
up at the convention,  the  President ivas ad­
vised to decline to consider them.

Considerable  discusión  followed  relative 
to  the  policy  that  the  State  Association 
should pursue toward the  local  bodies,  the 
decision being  that  the  State  organization 
should never attempt to dictate to them,  but 
simply act in an advisory manner.

It  was  decided  to  include  in  the  pro­
gramme queries  which  have  been  printed 
from week to week  in  The  Tradesman, 
and,  on motion of Mr.  Crandall,  the  Presi­
dent was instructed to limit  discussions  on 
any one query to three minutes  and  to  cut 
off debate at his own discretion.

On motion of Mr.  Blain,  Smith  Barnes, 
chairman of the Committee on Trade  Inter­
ests,  was requested to give special attention 
to the  subject of adulterations,  short  meas­
ures and counts,  in'his  report  and  to  sug­
gest such remedies as may seem  to  him  to 
be pertinent.

Mr.  Morgan brought  up  the  question  of 
tares,  and was  requested to prepare a paper 
on that subject for presentation  at  the con­
vention.

The entire day was  spent  in  the  discus­
sion of various  measures  for  the  advance­
ment of the  Association  and  the  work  of 
organization,  when the meeting  adjourned.

PRELIMINARY  PROGRAMME.

As near as a programme  can  be  outlined 
a month  in  advance  of  the  convention,  it 
will be as follows:

TUESDAY,  9 O’CLOCK A.  M.

Dikeman.

1.  Call to  order  by President  Hamilton.
2.  Prayer by Rev.
3.  Address of  welcome  by  Mayor  E.  B. 
4.  Response in behalf of Association by
5.  Address of President.
6. 
7.  Announcement of Committee  on  Cre­
8.  Reports of delegates.
9.  Answers  to  Queries  and  opening  of 

'.Report of Secretary.

dentials,  Programme and  Resolutions.

Question Box.

TUESDAY,  1:30 o’clock p.  m.

'  1.  Report of Committee on Credentials.
2.  Report of delegates continued.
3.  Report of Committee on Legislation.
4.  “The Village Improvement Feature in 
Our  Local  Associations”—W.  W.  Warner, 
Allegan.
5.  “Cutting  Prices  and  the.Result”—F. 
H.  Spencer,  Saranac.
6.  Answers  to  Queries  and  opening  of 
Question Box.

TUESDAY,  7:30 O’CLOCK,  p.  M.

1.  Reading of Correspondence.
2.  Report of Committee  on  Trade  Inter­
3.  Report  of  Committee  on  President’s 
4.  Answers  to  Queries  and  opening  of 
5.  Adjourned to banquet.

ests.
Address.
Question Box.

WEDNESDAY,  9 O’CLOCK A.  M.

1.  The Legality of our Collection System.
2.  “Material Benefits of  Local  Organiza­
tion”—W.  E.  Kelsey,  Ionia.
3.  “Competition 
in  Business” — O.  F. 
Conklin,  Coopersville.
4.  “Relation of the Banker  to  the  Busi­
ness  Public”—C.  A.  Hammond,  Traverse 
City.
5.  “Compromises  and  What  They  Lead 
To”—E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand Rapids.
6.  “Look out  for  Tares”—Paul  P.  Mor­
gan,  Monroe.
7.  Answers  to  Queries  and  opening  of 
Question Box.

WEDNESDAY,  1:30 O’CLOCK P.  M.

1.  “Shorter  Hours  for  the  Merchant”— 
Jas.  Osbum,  Owosso.
2.  “Is it Possible to do a Cash Business?” 
—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell.
3.  “The Business Man in  Politics”—Jas. 
A.  Coye,  Grand Rapids.
4.  “Does it  Pay  to  Sell  Goods  for  Fun 
Instead of  Profit”—Julius  Schuster,  Kala­
mazoo.
5.  “Effect  of  Labor  Organizations  on 
Trade”—Robert M.  Floyd,  Chicago.
0.  Can our Collection System be Improved 
Upon”—L.  W.  Sprague,  Greenville.

Association Notes.

President  Hamilton  organized  Frankfort 

on the individual basis.

Frank  Hamilton  will  organize Sherman 

some evening this week.

Ironwood is moving in the  matter  of  or­
ganization, 
the  State  Association  having 
been  appealed  to  for  information  in  the 
premises.

Any one can  join the Traverse City Busi­
ness Men’s Association  who  is  a taxpayer 
and has a regular place of business,  provid­
ing he is acceptable  to  the  necessary num­
ber of members  to warrant his election.

Ten  towns  are  awaiting  appointments 
with the  editor  of  T he  T radesm an for 
the  purpose  of  organizing.  Among them 
are  Otsego',  Fife  Lake,  Kent  City,  South 
Haven,  Luther,  Hartford and Sand Lake.

W.  E.  Kelsey,  President  of  the  Ionia 
Business  Men’s  Association,  writes  T he 
Tradesm an as  follows:  Our  re-organiza­
tion  meeting was  pleasant  and  profitable, 
and has awakened the  lacking,  needed  in­
terest.

G.  W.  Noble, 

the  Buchanan  boot  and 
shoe dealer,  assures The  T radesm an that 
the services of its editor will  be required at 
that place  before  a  month has  elapsed,  to 
assist 
formation  of  a  Business 
Men’s Association.

in  the 

The relief work undertaken by the  Trav­
erse City Business Men’s Association  is de­
veloping more cases of destitution than  the 
propagators of the work  anticipated.  Both 
soliciting and  distributing  committees  find 
they have their hands full.

J.  M.  Spore,  Secretary  of  the  Rockford 
Business  Men’s  Association,  was  in  town 
last  Thursday  and  reports  that  they  are 
having  excellent  success  with 
the  col 
lection  department,  many  ancient  accounts 
having been realized upon.

Thirty-seven auxiliary members have been 
added to the roll of the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s Association since  the  last  report,  as 
follows:  Boyne City,  seventeen  members; 
Coopersville,  fourteen  additional  members; 
Woodland,  six  additional  members.  This 
gives the State Association a  total  of 1,245 
members.

Allegan Tribune: The committee appoint­
ed by the Allegan Business  Men's  Associa- 
ciation to try and get a  railroad  down  into 
the business part of Allegan,  lias written  to 
the officials of various roads, and I. F. Clapp, 
chairman of the committee,  lias  received  a 
letter from Superintendent  Wattles,  of  the 
L.  S.  & M.  S.,  stating that they  recognized 
the necessity of such a road,  and  that  their 
officials would be here soon and would let us 
know what they could do,  and  a  letter  of 
like tenor from the C.  & W.  M.  officials.

Grand  Haven  Herald:  The  business 
men’s  meeting  last  Monday  night  in  the 
City Hall was fully attended. 
Its  methods 
are getting into good  working  order.  The 
need of such an Association and  the  power 
there is in it,  extended as  it  is  throughout 
the State,  are becoming more  and  more ap­
parent. 
In  consequence,  those  who  have 
been so careless in meeting their obligations 
that  their  names  have  been  placed  on 
the  “dead-beat list,”  and  on  that  account 
are refused all credit by members of the As­
sociation,  are becoming sensible of the  dis­
advantages of their conduct and  are  taking 
active steps for the recovery of  their  credit 
by paying their  debts.

Wayland Globe:  At the regular  meeting 
of the Business Men’s  Association last Fri­
day evening,  the  business  committee  was 
instructed  to  correspond  with  the  Adams 
Express Co.,  for the purpose of  having  the 
office  at  this  station  removed  from  the 
depot up town or secure a free delivery,  the 
business men claiming  that  in  either  case 
the office would  more  remunerative  as  the 
distance now traveled  from  the  village  to 
the depot is over one-half  mile  and  neces­
sitates considerable  trouble  and  Inconven­
ience  in  transacting  business  through  it. 
The meeting was largely attended and quite 
interesting.  The  subject  of  securing  a 
canning  establishment 
in  this  place  was 
broached  and  somewhat  discussed..  No 
better location  can  be  found  in  the State 
than right here,  and by proper effort on  the 
part of our citizens such an  institution  can 
be  secured.
Kingsley  Re-Organized— Purifying 

the 

Membership.
Kingsley,  Feb.  7,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D ear Sir—At  the  last  regular  meeting 
of  the  Kingsley  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion the following officers  were elected:

President—Curtis H.  Camp.
Vice-President—Geo.  W.  Chaufty.
Secretary—C.  E.  Brewster.
Treasurer—Henry P.  Whipple.
Collector—A.  G.  Edwards.
The principal business of the evening was 
investigating charges of delinquency against 
a  member  of  the  Association.  We  hold 
that in  dVder  to  make  the  Business  Men’s 
Association a  power  to  be  feared  by dead­
beats,  each  individual  member must  keep 
his record for paying  his honest obligations 
above reproach.  This  we  have  resolved to 
do,  even if we  have  to  discipline a member 
now and again  to attain this result. 
In the 
above mentioned case,  the charges were not 
proven. 

Yours  truly.
Ch a s.  E.  B rewster,  Sec’y.

Henry  C.  Ward, 
lumberman.  Kalkaska: 
“Your  paper  is  a  good  one  for  merchants 
to  subscribe  for.”

COOPERAGE.
D. Quay &Co. quote as follows

. f.o. b, Bailey: !

STAVES.

Red oak flour bbl. staves...........
M
©  6 2-1
Elm 
............___
....................  
@ 5 25
• M
White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M 
.M
@20 00
White oak pork bbl.  “
M
@18 00
Produce barrel staves..........
M
@ 4 to
Tight bbl. and li’ds to match.
.M
@17 50
HEADS.
Tierce  heads,  square.............
M
@20 00 1
** 
Pork bbl. “ 
.............
M
@18 00 j
Produce barrel, set................
@  4
®  iyt
Flour 
“ ............................ 
“ 
Cull  wood  heading............................ 
@  3(4
White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t.  M  19 C0@12 00 
White oak and hickory  “  7(4f’t.M  9 00® 11 00
Hickory  flour  bbl...........................M  C OO®  7 00
Ash, round  “ 
“  ......................... M  5 50©  6 09
Ash, fiat racked, 6% f’t.................. M  3 50© 4 50
Coiled  elm.........................................  5 00®  8  CO

HOOPS.

BARRF.LS.

“ 

Spring & Lindley quote as follows:
“ 

White oak, pork, hand made...............I 00@1 05
lard tierces, hand made
1  15@I 
Beef and lard, (4 bbls., 
75®  90 
Custom, one head.............................
1  00® 1  10 
Flour  .................................................
30®  35 
Produce  ............. .........................
25®  30

•* 

“

13 
g a u g e s.
HAMMERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

20
25

Claris, small, $18 00; large, $26 00.  dis
Ives’. 1, $18 00 :  2. $24  00;  3, $30 00.  dis 

f il e s —New List.
American File Association  List
..dis  00&K) 
Disston’s ......................................
..dis  60&10
New American........................................dis 60&10
Nicholson’s ..............................................dis 60&10
.............................................. dis  55&10
Heller s 
Heller s  Horse Rasps............................dis Lu3i 5
28
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
18

GALVANIZED  IRON,
22 and  24,  25 and 28,  27 
14 
15 
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 

12 

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............dis 
50
25
Maydole & Co.’s...................................dig 
25
Kip’s .....................................................dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s............................. dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel..................... 30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction....................dis  60&10
Kidder, wood  track............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3.......
60
__ dis 
State................................
. per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4*4  14
and  longer.............................................. 
3(4
Screw Hook and Eye,  (J  .................. net 
10(4
Screw Hook and Eye %.....................net 
8(4
Screw Hook and Eye  \
.....................net 
7(4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %................... net 
7(4
Strap and  T ........................................dis 
65
Stamped Tin Ware.............
30
Japanned Tin  Ware..........
Granite  Iron  Ware...........
HOES.
Grub  1.................................
...$11 00, dis60
Grub  2.................................
__  11  50, dis 60
Grub 3..................................
....  12 00, dis60
KNOBS—NEW  LTS_-
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings......
.dis
60
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........
60
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings.......
60
Door, porcelain, trimmings...................
60
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain.........dis
70
Picture, II. L. Judd & Co.’s .....................
40&10
Hemacite..........................  
¿¡s
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis
60
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.................... dis
60
Branford’s .............................................dis
60
Norwalk’s .............................................dis
60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis
70
Adze  Eye..................................... $16 00 dis
60 
Hunt  Eye.....................................$15 00 dis
60
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’f, Post,  handled__
---- dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s........................................dis 40
Coffee, P. S. & W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleables ..  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s .................... dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise.....  ............................. dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ................................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine................................. dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring.................dis 
25

MAULS.
MILLS.

MOLASSES GATES.

lo c k s—DOOR.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS.

 

NAILS—IRON.

Common, Bra  and Fencing.

lOd to  60d............................................¡p keg $2 50
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
25
6d and 7d  adv................................................ 
50
  75
4d and 5d  adv............................................. 
3d advance................................................. .. 
l to
3d fine  advance........................................... 
3 00
Clinch nails, adv...............................................   1 75
Finishing 
Size—inches  ( 3  
Adv. »  keg 
Steel Nails—2 65.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent......................dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom..............................dis  to
Brass or  Copper.......................................... dis  50
Reaper..................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .................................................   50&1C-

I  lOd  8d 
2(4 
$1 25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

6d  4d
2 
1(4

OILERS.

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy.................................dis  15
Seiota Bench.................................................dis  25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................dis  15
Bench, first quality..................................... dis  20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... ,dis20&10 
PANS.
Fry, Acme............................
...............dis 50&10
Common, pplished.............
...............disÖO&lO
Dripping...............................
............^ fl> 
6
RIVETS
Iron and Tinned................
........... dis
Copper Rivets and  Burs..
............dis
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  O 

PATENT FLANISAED  IRON.

Broken packs (4c $1 B> extra.

ROPES.

YVOODENWARE.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1.....................
Standard  Tube, No. 2.....................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3.....................
Standard Pails, twohoop...............
Standard Palls, three hoop...........
Pails, ground wood 
..................
Maple- Bowls, assorted sizes..........
Butter  Pails, ash............................
Butter Ladles.................................
Rolling Pins.....................................
Potato Mashers...............................
Clothes Pounders............................
Clothespins.....................................
Mop Stocks.......................................
Washboards, single........................
Washboards, double.......................
Diamond  Market............................
Bushel, narrow hand.....................
Bushel, wide bund..........................
Clothes, splint.  No. 1.....................
Clothes, splint,  No. 2.....................
Clothes, splint,  No. 3.....................
Clothes, willow  No. 1.....................
Clothes, willow  No. 2.....................
Clothes, willow  No. 3.....................
Water  Tight, bu.............................
“  half bu.....................
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

BASKETS.

“ 

.5 75 
.4 75 
.3 75 
.1  35 
.1 60 
4 00 
.2 00 
.2 50 
.1 00 
.  75 
.  50 
.2 25 
.  60 
.1  00 
.1 75

.  40 
.1  60 
.1 
.3 50 
.4 25 
.5 00 
.5 50 
.6 50 
.7 50 
.3 75 
.2 85

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 
for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run.............................12 00@14 00
Birch, log-run.....................................15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @25 00
Black Ash, log-run.............................  
@13 00
Cherry,  log-run................ .................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2.......................... 45 C0@50 00
Cherry,  cull......................................... 
@10 00
Maple,  log-run....................................12 00® 14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run.......................... ll  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
@20 00
Maple, clear, flooring........................  
@25 Oo
Maple, white, selected.......................  @25 On
Rea Oak, log-run.................................  @18 00
Red Oak, Nos. ] and 2........................  
@24 00
Red Oak, quarter  sawed..................26 00@30 00
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank...............  @25 00
@55 00
Walnut, log-run..................................  
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................  @75 00
Walnuts,  culls.................................... 
@25 00
Grey  Elm, log-run.............................  
@13 00
White Ash,  log-run............................14 00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-run..........................   @23 00
White Oak, log-run............................ 
@17 00

“ 

“ 

COAL AND  BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Know Ison quotes as follows:

1  00
Ohio White Lime, per bbl.................... 
Ohio White Lime, car lots........ ........... 
85
130
Louisville Cement, per bbl..................  
Akron Cement per  bbl.........................  
1 30
Buffalo Cement,  per bbl....................... 
130
Car lots 
..................... 1  05@1 10
Plastering hair, per bu.........................  25®  30
Stucco, per bbl........................................ 
175
Land plaster, per ton............................ 
3 50
Land plaster, car lots............................ 
2 50
Fire brick, per  M.................................. $25 © $35
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$5 75@6 00
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 00@6 25
Cannell,  car lots..................................  
@6 CO
Ohio Lump, car lots............................3 10@3 25
Blossburgor Cumberland, car lots..  4 50@5 00 
Portland  Cement.................................  3 50@4 00

COAL.

BELLS.

BRACES.

AUGERS AND BITS.

These  prices  are  for  cash buyers,  who  pay 

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’,  old  style.......................................... dis  60
N.  H. C. Co.................................................dis  60
Douglass’.................................................... dis  60
Pierces’ ......................................................dis  60
Snell’s .........................................................dis  60
Cook’s  ...................................................... dis 
40
Jennings’,  genuine...................................dis  25
Jennings’,  imitation............................... disaO&lO
Spring......................................................... dis  40
Railroad........................................................$ 14 00
Garden....................;................................net 33 00
Hand..............................................dis  $ 60&10&10
Cow....................................................dis 
60&10
Cali........-.......................................... die 
30&15
Gong.................................................dis 
25
Door. Sargent..................................dis 
60&10
BOLTS.
 
Stove................................... 
Carriage  new  list.................................. dis  7C&10
flow   ■ • ............... 
dis  30&I0
Sleigh Shoe  ........................................... dis  70& 10
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.......................... dis  60&10
Cast  Barrel  Bolts.................................. dis  60&10
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs......................dis 
60
Cast Square Spring................................dis 
60
Cast Chain ....  .................................... dis  60&10
W rought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis  60&10
Wrought Square....................................dis  60&10
Wrought Sunk Flush.............................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
T  ElusTi......................  
dis  60&10
Ives’ Door................................................dis  60&10
Barber .......................................
40
..........dis $ 
Backus.......................................
..........dis  50&10
Spofford......................................
..........dis 
to
Am. Ball. . .................................
..........dis 
net
BUCKETS.
Well, plain.................................
«...•••■•.,$  3 50 
Well, swivel...............................
4 00
................. 
*  BUTTS, CART.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.........................dis  70&10
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed_____ dis  70&10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis  60&10
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  60&10
Wrought  Loose  P in.............................dis  OOdtlO
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..............dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned..............dis 60&  5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
Wrought Table........................................dis  10&60
Wrought  Inside Blind...........................dis  10&60
Wrought Brass........................................dis 
75
Blind, Clark’s...........................................dis 
80
80
Blind, Parker’s.................................!.. dis 
Blind,  Shepard’s.....................................dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10.....................................per  m $65
fio
Hick's C. F ............................................  
G. D........................................................ 
35
oo
Musket................................................... 
llim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new list50&10
Rim  Fire, United  States.......................dis60&10
Central Fire.............................................. dis30&10
Socket Firmer.........................................dis  70& 10
Socket Framing......................................dis  70&10
Socket Cornor......................................... dis  70&10
Socket Slicks...........................................dis  70&10
Butchers’Tanged  Firmer.....................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers...................... dis 
20
Cold..........................................................net
Curry,  Lawrence’s...........
Hotchkiss  .................................
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s...........
Bibb’s .........................................
B eer............................................
Fenns’.................................

..........dis 40&10
........ dis
25
60
60
40&1Ó
60

tipped....................................  

CATK1 DOES.

CHISELS.

CAPS.

COMBS.

COPPER.
14x52,14x56, 14 x60................
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...
Cold Rolled, 14x48..........
Morse’s Bit  Stock....................
Taper and Straight Shank.......
Morse’s Taper  Shank...............
Com. 4 piece, 6  in....................
Corrugated................................. ..........dis
Adjustable.................................

..  31
..  23
........dis
40
40
........ dis
........ dis
40
...doz nel $.85
2Ó&10
........dis M&10

ELBOWS.

DRILLS

 

$ 40

TACKS.

SHEET IRON.

TINNER’S SOLDER.

6
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50-
45
35
12 50
16 00
17 50

Manilla..................~................
SQUARES.
Steel and Iron............................. ........ dis
Try and Bevels............................ ........dis
Mitre  ........................................... ........ dis

VAU
70
60
20
Com. Smooth. Com.
$2 90
2 90
B OO
3 05
3 15
3 25
All sheets No, 18 and  lighter. over 3 luches

Nos. 10 to  14...........
.  $4 20
Nos. 15 to  17..........
.  4 20
Nos. 18 to 21................................. .  4 20
Nos. 22 to 24................................. .  4 20
Nos .25 to 26................................. .  4 40
No. 27.........................
.  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, fl  lb.............
In smaller quansitiès, $   S>.......
American, all  kinds.................. ........dis
Steel, all kinds............................
........dis
Swedes, all  kinds  .....................
........ dis
Gimp and  Lace..........................
........ dis
Finishing Nalls.......................... ........ dis
Common and Patent  Brads__ ........dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis
dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails............... ........dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails. ........dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.......... ........ dis
No. 1,  Refined.............................
Market  Half-and-half..............
Strictly  Half-and-half...............
TIN  PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.
10x14, Charcoal.............
IC, 
.  5 75»
10x14,Charcoal.............
IX, 
.  7 25.
12x12, Charcoal........... .
IC, 
..  6 25
12x12,  Charcoal  ............
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal.............
1C, 
.  5 75
IX, 
14x20,  Charcoal.............
IXX, 
14x20, Charcoal.............
.  8  75
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool.............
.  10 77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........
.  12 55
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal.............
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........
.  6 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal..........
.  8 50
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal..........
.  10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal......
.  12 50
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50 to 6 75
Rooting, 14x20, IC.......................
.  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX.......
.  6 75
Roofing, 20x28, 1C.......................
.  11  00
Roofing, 20x28,  IX....................
.  14 00
TIN—LEADED.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne............. ..  5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne...........   .  7  00
IC. 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX,~ 1x23, choice Charcoal  Terne...........   14  00
Steel.Game.....................•.............................. 60&10
Oueida.Comuiuntity,  Newhouse’s .........dis  35,
Oueida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&1O
Hotchkiss’  ................................................... 6O&IO1
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s ..................................60&10-
Mouse, choker...................................................18c doz
Mouse,  delusion.................................$1 50 $  doz
Bright Market....................................... dis  67(4
Annealed Market.................................dis 
70
Coppered Market....................................dis  62(4
Extra Bailing............................................   dis  65
Tinned  Market..................................................dis 62(4
Tinned  Broom...........................................$  n>  09
Tinned Mattress........................................$  a>  8(4
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................. dis 40@40&10
Tinned Spring Steel.................................dis 
to
Plain Fence...............................................$  n> 3(4
Barbed Fence, galvanized...............................   4
painted.................................... 3(4
Copper...............................................new  list net
Brass..................................................new list net

WIRE.

rates.

TRAPS.

“ 

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES.

Bright............................................. dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes......................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ............................................dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes..................dis  70&10&19
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine.......................................dis 
60
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis  75&10
Coe’s Patent, malleable.................dis 75&10&1©
Birdcages......................................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern.......................... .........dis 
Screws,  new  list.............................. 
75
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate.............. disSO&lO&lO
Dampers, American...................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.60&10&10 
23©
Copper Bottoms............................. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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A  MERCANTILE  JO U RN A L, PU BLISH ED  EAC1 

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Telephone No. 95,

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SeeondrtMM Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  16,  1887.

Michigan  Business  Men’s Association. 

President—F rank H am ilton, Traverse City.
F irst Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—E. J. H errick, Grand Kapids. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Com m ittee—President, F irst Vice-President, 
Secretary, N. B. Plain and W. E. Kelsey.
Com m ittee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City;  P. Ranney, Kalamazoo;  A.  W.  W estgate,  Che­
boygan.
Comm ittee on Legislation—W. E.  Kelsey,  Ionia;  J.  V.
Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. 
Comm ittee on Membership—H. S.  Church,  Sturgis;  B. 
F. Em ery, G rand Rapids;  the Secretary.
The following local associations have mostly 
been  organized  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Michigan Business Men’s Association, and  are 
auxiliory thereto :

Ada Business  Men’s Association. 
President, D. F. W atson;  Secretary, Elm er Chapel.
Aliegau  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Irving F. Clapp ; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.

Bellaire  Business|Men*s|Association. 
President, John Rodgers;  Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
Merchant’s Protective Ass’n of Big Kapids. 
President, N. H. Beebe;  Secretary, A. 8. H obart.

Boyne City  Business Men’s Association. 

President, R. R. Perkins;  Secretary, F. M. Chase.

Burr Oak  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, C. B. G alloway;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
Cadillac  Business Men’s As’n. 

President, A. W. Newark ;  Secretary, J. C. McAdam.
Casnovia,  Bailey and Trent B.  M. A. 
President, H. E. Hessel tine;  Secretary, E. Fam ham .
Cedar Springs  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, T. W. Provin;  Secretary, L. H. Chapm an.

Charlevoix Business  Men’s Association. 

boygan.

President, John Nichols;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
Business  Men’s  Protective  Union  of  Che­
President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
Coopersvillo  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, E. N. P arker;  Secretary, R. D. McNaughton.
Retail Grocers’ Trade Union As’n of Detroit. 
President, John Blessed;  Secretary, H. K undinger.
Dorr Business  Men’s Association. 
President, L. N. Fisher;  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.

Kastport  Business  Men’s Association. 

President,  F.  H.  Thurston,  C entral  Lake;  Secretary, 

Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake.

Elk Kapids Business Men’s Protective As’n. 
President, J. J. McLaughlin ;  Secretary, C. L. M artin.
Frankfort Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Wm. Upton;  Secretary, E. R. Chandler.

Freeport Business  Men’s Association. 

President, Foster Sisson ;  Sec'y, A rthur Cheseborough.
Grand  Haven  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary, Fred A. Ilutty.

Retail Grocers’  Ass’n of Grand  Rapids. 

President, Jas. A. Coye;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

Greenville  Business Men’s Association. 

President, L. W . Sprague ;  Secretary, E. J. Clark.

Hastings  Business  Men’s Association. 

President, L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  VanArman.

Holland  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Jacob Van P utten;  Secretary, A. Van Duren.
Ionia  Business  Men’s Protective  Ass’n. 

President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretary,  Fred. Cutler, Jr.  j

Kalamazoo  Retail Grocers’ Association. 

President, P. Ranney;  Secretary, M. S. Scoville.

Kalkaska Business  Men’s  Association. 

President. A. E. Palm er;  Secretary, C. E. Ramsey.

Kingsley  Business  Men’s Association. 
P resident’ C. H. Gamp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.

Leslie  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Wm. H utchings;  Secretary, M. L. Campbell.
Lowell  Business  Men’s  Protective  Ass’n. 
President, N. B.  Plain;  Secretary, F rank T. King.

Luther  Protective As’n.

President. W. B. Pool;  Secretary, Jas. M. Verity.

Lyons  Business Men’s  As’n.

President, A. K. Roof;  Secretary, D. A. Reynolds.

Mancelona Business  Men’s Association. 

President, W. E. W atson;  Secretary, C. L. Bailey.

Manistique  Business Men’s Association. 

President, F. H. Thompson;  Secretary, E. N. Orr.

Manton's Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, F. A. Jenisnn;  Secretary, R. Fuller.

Muir Business Men’s  Association. 

President, L. Town ;  Secretary, Elm er Ely.
Grocers’  Ass’n  of  the  City  of  Muskegon. 
President, H. B. Fargo;  Secretary, Wm. Peer.

Merchant’s  Union  of Nashville. 

President, H erbert M. Lee;  Secretary, W alter W ebster.

Oceana  Business  Men’s As’n. 

President, W. E. Thorp;  Secretary, E. S. Iioughtaling.

Ovid  Business  Meu’s As’n.

President, C. H. H unter;  Secretary, Lester Cooley.
Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, Jas. O sbum ;  Sec’y, 8. Lamfrotn.

Petoskey  Business  Men’s Association. 

President. Jas. Buckley;  Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

Plainweil  Business  Men’s Association. 

President, M. Bailey;  Secretary, J. A. Sidle.

Reed City Business Men's Association. 
President, C. J. Fleisehauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins.

Rockford  Business  Men's  Association. 

President, Geo. A. Sage;  Secretary, J. M. Spore.
St. Johns Merchants’ Protective Association. 
President, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C. M. Merrill.
Business Men’s Protective Ass’n of Saranac. 
President,  Geo. A. P otts;  Secretary, P. T. W illiams.

South  Boardinan  Business  Men’s Ass’n. 

President. H. E-H ogan;  Secretary, 8. E. Nlehardt.
do. Arm and E. Jordan Business Men’s As’n. 
President, D. C. Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.
Hparta Business  Men’s Association. 

President, J. R. H arrison;  Secretary, M. B. Nash.______

Sturgis  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, H enry S. Church;  Secretary, Win. Jom .
Traverse City  Business  Men's  Association. 
President, Geo. E. Steele;  S ecretary,C. T. Lockwood.
Tnstin  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, G. A. Estes;  Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.
Vermontville  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, W. H.  Benedict;  Secretary, W. E. Holt.

Wayland  Business  Men’s  Association, 

President. E. W.  P ickett:  Secretary, H. J. Turner.
White  Lake  Business  Men’s As’n. 

President, A. T. Linderm an, W hitehall;  Secretary,  W, 

B. Nicholson, W hitehall.
Woodland  Business  Men’s Association. 

President, John V elte;  Secretary, I. N. H arter.

Grand  Rapids  Butchers’  Union, 

President, Jobs Katz; Secretary, Chas. Velite.

FRANKFORT  IN  LINE.

Particulars of  the Raid on that Town by a 

Traverse City Duo.
TRAVERSE City,  Feb.  5,  1887.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids:

Dear Sir—In response to call,  I  visited 
Frankfort last evening in company with Geo. 
E.  Steele,  President  of  our  local  Associa­
tion,  and aided  the  business  men in organ­
izing what promises  to  be  a  live  Associa­
tion.  Unfortunately,  word  did  not  reach 
them of  our intention upon them until after 
our arrival,  so they were  illy prepared for a 
large  meeting.  We  found,  however,  that 
cold waves and  deep snow  had  not  in  the 
least checked  the  interest  which  iiad been 
growing there,  for  when  the  meeting  was 
called to  order  by the  temporary chairman, 
Wm.  Upton, nineteen men were there ready 
for action.  Mr.  Steele  gave  a  pleasing ad­
dress,  outlining the  work  of  his own Asso­
ciation,  suggesting  many  plans  of  action 
and advising his  hearers  to  “pull together” 
in all matters of public  and  trade interests. 
The speaker said that the  old  idea of  hurl­
ing stones at our neighbor competitors,  pro­
voking rivalry and  discord, was  an explod­
ed one; that it contained  no  essential  part 
of business  or  commen  sense.  The  social 
advantages  were  highly  commended  and 
other interesting features  were  touched up­
on.  At  the  conclusion  of  his  remarks, 
which  were  listened  to by an  appreciative 
audience, I explained our collecting  system. 
Then 
followed  a  general  conversation. 
Frankfort men get  to  the  bottom of  a new 
system as easily they do to a mineral well— 
and,  by  the  way,  there  is  money  in  that 
well.  Outlawed  and  stale  accounts  are no 
more oderiferous  than  the  water  from  it, 
but  the  curative  properties  of  this  water 
rank  on  a par  with the  transforming effect 
of this collection system on the professional 
delinquent.  My  companion,  wishing  to 
add  another  testimonial  in  its favor to the 
list,  started for home  with a  jug full under 
cover.  To return—after  the reading of the 
constitution  in  general  use,  Mr.  Chandler 
moved to organize a  Business  Men’s  Asso­
ciation:  The  constitution  was then adopt­
ed,  after which  the following  names  were 
enrolled  for  charter  membership:  Chas. 
Burmeister,  W.  H.  Chambers,  Fred  Kern, 
E.  R.  Chandler,  Wm.  Upton,  M.  H.  Wood­
ward,  J.  H.  Woodward,  S.  W.  McIntosh, 
Geo.  Woodward,  F.  H.  Lentholtz,  Frank 
L.  Fuller,  Isaac  Voorheis,  J.  May,  H.  J. 
Lentholtz, A.  Brewer, E. H.  Bellows,  L.  A. 
Keifer,  E.  E.  Woodward  and  F.  R.  Good­
rich.

Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—Wm.  Upton.
Vice-President—A.  Brewer.
Secretary—E.  R.  Chandler.
Treasury—-J.  H.  Woodward.
Executive  Committee—Wm.  Upton,  E. 
R.  Chandler,  J.  H.  Woodward,  Fred  Kern 
and M.  H.  Woodward.
As many more  are  expected  to  join,  the 
appointment of the Business Committee was 
deferred until the  next  meeting,  which oc­
curs on the 8th.
T he T radesm an  was  very highly com­
mended by Mr. Kern  and others and I hope 
you may send sample copies  to those whose 
names  appear  on  the  list  enclosed.  Your 
absence was regretted  and  you  wiil  hardly 
be excused  if  you  fail  to  visit  Frankfort. 
They are a hospitable people.
At  the  close  of  the  meeting  a  vote  of 
thanks was  tendered  us  and  the  generous 
good  feeling  that  prevailed  made  us  “at 
home.”
A wise selection of officers was made and 
I am sure that the  Association  will prosper 
and fall into line  with  the  great  and good 
work.  They will join the State Association 
at the next  meeting.  Soutli  Frankfort  and 
Benzonia will undoubtedly unite with them.
important  point,  the 
amount of  lumbering  there  by  F.  W.  Pal­
mer & Co.,  Hall & Lincoln,  the Crane Lum­
ber Co., the Frankfort Lumber Co., Bellows 
Bros.,  Tattle & Sons and others is estimated 
at  nearly fifty  million  feet,  besides  many 
thousand cords of wood and bark.
A  railroad  is  now  being  extended  into 
their many tracts of  pine  and  before  long 
Frankfort will be  accessible by rail,  in mid­
winter  even.  With  her  harbor,  mineral 
well, good hotels  and  delightful  situation, 
she will be widely known.
On our return through Benzonia, we called 
at  Case  &  Hopkins’.  They are  interested 
in this work,  and,  from  the general appear­
ance of their stock,  are  doing  a  nice  busi­
ness.  Benzonia is beautifully located.

Frankfort  is  an 

Yours truly,

Frank H amilton.

Boyne City Joins  the  State Body—After a 

Railroad.

Boyne City, Feb.  7,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sir—I enclose  you  a  postal  note 
for $1.70,  the same  being  the  sum  of  ten 
cents per  capita for  seventeen  members of 
our local Association.  Please add us to the 
State roll.
We are  progressing  finely  and  expect  to 
receive several  members  yet  from  the  ad­
jacent villages.  One of  our  business  firms 
reports  “heavy gains” from  the  use  of the 
Blue  Letters.  We  have  hardly  had  time 
yet to get very many reports.  Our business 
men are awakening to the  general  interests 
of the town and  propose to see what can be 
done next summer  in  the  knproveraent  of 
the incoming roads.  Two or three very im­
portant roads are to  be  opened  and  others 
improved.
The  railroad  now  tfbsorbs  the  attention 
of some of  our business men and is the sub­
ject of discussion on every four comers,  by­
ways and hedges.  We  find  by  actual  sur­
vey that the Michigan Central can be reach­
ed easier from this  point  than any other on 
the lake and we propose  to  leave  no  stone 
unturned until we  have  the  road.  We can 
reach the  Michigan  Central  at  Vanderbilt 
by an easy grade  and  at  a  distance  not  to 
exceed eighteen miles  and  through some of 
the finest timber lands  of  Northern  Michi­
gan. 
Immense  amounts  of  hard  maple, 
beech,  elm and basswood,  also thousands of 
cords  of  hemlock  bark,  will  be  marketed 
over  this  road  and  cedar  posts,  ties  and 
shingles in immense quantities.

Yours truly,

F.  M.  Chase,  Sec’y.

Hartford Ready to Organize.

Hartford, Feb.  8,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sir—1 have  been  working  among 
the  business  men  and  have  found  fifteen 
whom I think will  join the Association and 
there are seven or eight  more  whom  I have 
not  yet  seen. 
If  you can  be  in  Hartford 
on  Friday  evening,  I  can  furnish  an 
audience of at least twenty business  men to 
listen to your explanation of  the benefits of 
an Association.
Please  let  me  hear  from  you,  so  that  I 
will know for sure if  you are coming.  We 
will want to meet in the evening.

Very respectfully,

Fred F. Allen.

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BUSINESS LAW.

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Cpurts 

of  Last Resort:

S U R V IV IN G   P A R T N E R .

A surviving  partner  wlio  purchases  the 
interest of a deceased  partner,  and  in  the 
meantime  has  dealt  with  the property,  is 
liable  for  profits  until  the  purchase.  So 
held by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
in the case of De Haven’s Appeal.

K ILR IN G   STOCK.

In the  case  of  Indiana,  Bloomington  & 
Western Railway  vs.  Quick,  the  Supreme 
Court of Indiana lately  held  that a railway 
company  in  Indiana  was  not  required  to 
fence its track at stations and sidings where 
freight or passengers were received  or  dis­
charged,  and were not  liable to pay for ani­
mals which might  wander  on the  track  at 
such  places  and  be  killed  without  negli­
gence on the part of the company.

P A R T N E R S H IP   ACCOUNT.

Where  the  items  of  an  account  filed 
against an estate are claimed to arise out  of 
a partnership between the claimant and the 
intestate,  the stubs  on  the  check-book  in 
connection with  the  checks,  showing  that 
the plaintiff had received  money  on  them, 
are properly admissible in  connection  with 
other evidence as tending to prove  that  the 
claimant’s demands  are  unsettled  partner­
ship  matters.

B U SIN ESS  CORPORATIONS.

In the case of St.  Louis  Carriage  Manu­
facturing  Co.  vs.  Hilbert,  the  St.  Louis 
■Court of Appeals lately  decided  that  busi­
ness  corporations  in  Missouri  cannot  ex­
change  their  property  too  their  wares for 
their capital stock so as to  diminish  or  re­
tire the latter,  and  that  such  corporations 
are not estopped from  treating  contracts of 
that kind as illegal,  unless where they have 
received  the  benefit  of  the  consideration, 
and their setting  up  the 
illegality  of  the 
contract would "work a fraud  on  the  oppo­
site party.

CORPORATION— C H A R TER ---- SU BSCRIPTIO N .
When  a  charter  for  a  corporation  has 
been obtained,  a  subscriber for  stock  con­
tracts with reference to it,  and  the number 
of  shares  to  be  subscribed  or  the  whole 
capital stock necessary  to  do  the  contem­
plated  business,  constitutes  an  important 
element in the contract. 
If the amount fix­
ed by the charter has not  been  subscribed, 
or,  having  been  subscribed,  subscriptions 
have been released so  as  to  materially  re­
duce the crpital stock  without  the  consent 
of the subscriber,  his subscription  will  not 
be enforced  against  him,  and this principle 
is applicable to the  amount  of capital stock 
fixed in the discretion of the  company  as  a 
condition of the subscription.

PROTECTION  OF  PA SSEN G E R S.

A  railway  company  admitted  certain 
“non-union” workmen to ride  upon  one  of 
its trains,  which  was  attacked  by  strikers 
who were  incensed  against  the  non-union 
men.  One  of  the  passengers  upon  the 
train,  a j udge of one of the appellate  courts 
of  Illinois,  sued  the  rallray  company  on 
the  ground  that  the  allowing  the  “ non­
union”  workmen  to  ride  upon  the  train, 
thus rendering probable an attack upon  the 
train  and  its  passengers,  was,  under  the 
circumstances,  a violation by  the  company 
of its duty to the passengers and  an  act  of 
negligence.  The Supreme  Court of Illinois 
decided in favor of  the  company,  holding, 
in Chicago & Alton Railway  vs.  Pillsbury, 
that a railroad company  is  not  required to 
exclude  from 
its  passengers  non-union 
workmen  who are tiie object of  the  hatred 
of a  mob  lest  the  mob  should  board  the 
train and injure the otiier passengers.

Laying Down the Law.

From the Charlevoix Journal.

* 

* 

* 

* 

We are told that there is  some  misunder­
standing throughout  the  country  as  to  the 
purpose and methods of the Business Men’s 
Association.  The  idea  seems  to  prevail 
that if a man  doesn’t  pay  up  everything in 
full  at  once,  he  will  be  published  to  the 
world  at  large  as  a  “dead-beat,” and some 
who are a little hard up just now are taking 
advantage of tiie misunderstanding,  and de­
nouncing the Association  in  no mild terms. 
In regard to the  putting  of  names  on  the 
delinquent list,  rule 3,  of  the  by-laws says: 
• * 
*
Now,  if a man who owes  an  honest debt 
■will let both  these  notices  go  through  his 
hands without making an  effort  to  pay,  or 
in  some  manner  satisfying  the  claim,  it 
seems to us that  he  forfeits  the  considera­
tion of  the  Association,  courts  the  putting 
of his name on the  delinquent  list,  and  de­
serves  the  unpleasaut  notoriety  to  follow 
the publication of his name as a delinquent. 
If a man can  pay and  will  not  it  is  only 
justice to the  dealer  to  warn  him  against 
allowing further credit 
If a man is honest 
and cannot pay at once he can generally sat­
isfy the dealer and  prevent  the  publication 
of his name.

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* 

Hubbardston Talking Organization.
H ubbardston,  Feb.  10,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sir—What  steps  are  necessary  to 
be taken to  organize  a  Business  Men’s As­
sociation?  How long  will  it  take to  get it 
in working order  and  what is  the  probable 
expense of the same?

Respectfully yours,

L.  W.  Robinson.

R.  J.  Matthews,  lumberman,  Baldwin:  “I 

appreciate The Tradesman.”

H. Walsh  &  Son. druggists,  Holland:  “We 

consider it the best trade paper published."

TO THE  TROPICS.

Mr.  Barnes’ Impressions  of  Barbadoes  at 

Christmas Tide.

F ro m  the Grand Traverse Herald.

Across three thousand  miles  of  sea  and 
land I send  you  Christmas  greetings,  and 
though your columns to those of my friends 
who may be  interested  in  knowing  some­
thing  of  this  little  English  world,  14x31 
miles, covering  164  square  miles,  contain-  j 
ing 180,000 souls,  or  1,035  to  each  square 
mile,  where,  in a compactly built town of 35,-
000 to 40,000 people,  I sit in the costume of 
a July day,  and consider the marvelous  dif­
ference between here and home.
Here  I  look  out  upon  the  greenest  of 
verdure in the rich fields  of  cane  seven  to 
eight feet high,  sweet  potatoes in luxurient 
growth,  either in bloom—the blossom being 
like a beautiful morning glory with a white 
calix striped with purple  and  one-lialf  the 
size of our morning  glory—or else ripe and 
being dug,  the cassava,  sorrel,  etc.,  in  the 
line  of  plant  and  shrub—the  tamarind, 
guava, 
lime,  banyan,  and  bearded  tree, 
and numbers of trees of  the deepest  green, 
witli  lxeads spreading 70 to 80 feet,  so dense 
as to shut out every ray of  sun.  Birds  are 
singing  in  the  trees,  cattle grazing—also 
goats,  donkeys,  horses—while  their  sable 
herdsmen stand watching  to  see  that  they 
do not encroach  on  the  guinea-corn fields. 
Four-fifths of the people are barefooted.
My first  lines  were  sent  from  “Labelle 
Martinique,” with its quite too Frenchy sur­
roundings and pungent odors,  where  a  not 
infrequent death occurs  from the bite of its 
local  poisonous  serpent—the  bite  being 
fatal  beyond  possible  relief. 
Its  Swiss 
tropical  scenery  and  exceeding  wealth  of 
foliage  and  vine  produce  a  picture  most 
pleasing to the eye.
We reluctantly  sailed  away  from  its pic­
turesque shores,  leaving .the sister  island of 
Nevis on our left,  as we  proceeded  onward 
to Barbadoes,  so  named  from  its  Spanish 
bearded tree,  “Barba,”  and  “does”  (two), 
meaning two  or  more  with  beards.  This 
tree of the banyan variety has  pendant ten­
drils in masses four to ten inches  iu  widtli 
and two to  twelve feet long,  hanging like a 
beard  from  its  principal  limbs, 
in  some 
cases sweeping the ground.
As an evidence of  the  hostile  history  of 
St.  Kitts,  Martinique and Barbadoes,  going 
back over 360 years,  it is the common  thing 
to see “snubbing posts”  on  their  wharves, 
made  from  disused  connon.  There  are 
hundreds  of 
them  all  over  the  islands, 
while the street  corners are usually protect­
ed by a cannon,—muzzel upwards,  set three 
feet out of the earth, some  of  which  show 
dates back into  the  sixteenth  century  cer­
tainly  a  wise  use  of  these  relics  of  an 
age of warlike  encroachments.
Out of 160,000 colored  people,  there  are 
not over  40,000 married,  nothwithstapding 
which  in  thousands  of  instances  they live 
together by mutual consent  as  long as they 
agree
Still,  one thing is especially noteworthy— 
the air of cleanliness shown in  the  appear­
ance of tiie negroes,  while  occasionally one 
sees  a  picanninie,  varying 
from  eight 
months  to  as  many  years,  entirely  free 
from tiie embarrassment of tiie  least  shred 
of clothing,  enveloped  only  in  patches  of 
sunshine and shade. 
In tiie main,  all  have 
a moderate amount of clothing,  from a cof­
fee  sack shirt to  a  suit  entire  of  burlaps, 
and so on and up to full  dress,  comfortable 
suits and dresses; and  as  the  women  wear 
white in most cases it is astonishing  to  see 
how comparatively clean and white it is.
In no other place have I ever seen human 
beings  so  literally  swarming  the  streets, 
laues,  roads,  by-ways and country as  here.
1  sit and listen to the jargon  of  the  patois 
of  Barbadoean dialect,  mingling  with  the 
rattle of carts drawn by  the  most  diminu­
tive of donkeys,  loaded  with  sundries,  on 
top of  which is likely to be one  to four dar­
key men,  women or  children  in  a  promis­
cuous heap,  both as  to  attitude  and  color, 
tiie  “hi” of tiie drivers  warning  the  crowd 
out of their way,  the minor calls of  the  ne- 
gresses  who  are  vending  their  wares  as, 
witli their stock on their  hftads,  with forms 
statutesquely erect,  they  wind  in  and  out 
through the crowd,  oblivious  to  cart,  car­
riage,  truck or aught else,  selling  oranges, 
bananas,  yams,  mango,  alligator  pears, 
etc.,  or a piece of  sugar  cane  two  to  four 
feet long,  a chunk of which you  find  every 
third  person  masticating—a  handful  of 
charcoal burnt of small limbs and  twigs  of 
trees with which  to cook in a  brazier  one’s 
simple meal—a flying fish*  or a red snapper, 
a turtle’s fin as a delicacy for  an  epicurean 
taste,  a bundle of fagots for firewood,  a pail 
of  water,  or  a  three-gallon  can  with  a 
faucet  from  which  they  will  draw  some­
thing drinkable for any one  of  the  motley 
crowd. 
In man}' cases the women and girls 
come six to fourteen  miles  with  a  tray  or 
creel on their heads weighing from 30 to  60 
pounds,  make their  sales,  get  their  small 
purchases,  and  carry  them  back  to  their 
huts at evening,  remaining in town  four  to 
eight hours.
Their  quarters  are  mostly  ram  shackle 
wooden huts with square roofs,  from 5x7 to 
7x9,  and now and  then  10x14  feet,  and  a 
door  say  5  l'eet  high,  leaving  13  to  18 
inehes at tiie  top  for  ventilation,  and  one 
opening  with  a  wooden  or  rough latticed 
blind  luing  at  the top and set oft' at an an­
gle of 40 degrees to keep  out  the  sun  and 
let in the air, earth floors, generally a wood­
en bunk or bed made  of  two  pine  boards, 
or earth on which to lie at night.
At  Speightstown,  up  the  coast  twelve 
miles,  where an occasional whale is caught, 
there was caugiit the  largest  known  shark 
some years since, measuring twenty-five feet 
in length,  and witli so open a’ countenance, 
that a man measuring five feet eight inches, 
could walk into his jaws standing upright— 
truly an inhospitable entrance way.
Our exact locality is  longitude 55 degrees 
west of  Greenwich,  and  latitude  13%  de­
crees north, being about 900 miles  north  of 
the  equator,  where  we  plainly  see  the 
southern cross every night about  midnight. 
This being one of  Her  Majesty’s  domains, 
we have four  British  man-of-war  training 
ships in the harbor,  and five  more are look­
ed for within tiie next  three  days,  making 
this their  holiday  rendezvous.  This  gives 
the town quite a naval  aspect.  New  York 
mails  arriving  this  morning  will  remain 
unopened  until  Tuesday  morning, 
fifty 
hours from time of  arrival,  on  account  of 
the  Christmas  and  Bank  holiday,  really 
making  three  successive  days  of  clpsed 
doors.  Of course,  we Americans  ate  quite 
as  well treated as are  the  citizens,  but  we 
are desirious to get out letters from  home— 
tiie dearest word in our tongue.
Tiie island being mostly  of  coral  forma- 
j tion offers abundant study  to  the  lover  of 
tiie beautiful and wonderful in nature.

S.  Barnes.

The Shroud gives this good  advice to uu- 
I dertakers:  “Don’t let  a false modesty pre- 
j vent  you from  presenting  your  bill  before 
the  obligation  becomes  old  and  your  cus- 
j tomer’s sorrow for the departed  has been so 
j  far exiiausted as  to  allow  no  sympathy for 
I your honest claim.”

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can,  a  large  Hob  Nail  Oblong  Berry  Dish, as­
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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?  Accepted  by 
N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell.

4.  How old should  an  account be  before 
the  collection  system  of  an  association 
should be used?  Accepted by N.  B.  Blain, 
Lowell.

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 newspapers—not trade jour­
nals—to  publish  wholesale  quotations? 
Accepted by A.  C.  Barcley, Crosby.

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?  Ac­
cepted by A.  0.  Barcley,  Crosby.

8.  Is  it  possible  to  wholly  abolish  the 

9.  How can the credit system best be cur­

credit system?

tailed?

10.  Is cutting in prices ever justifiable?
11.  Should an attorney—a member  of  an 
association,  but not the appointed actuary— 
be  allowed to  use our system of blanks for 
collecting  other  than  his own  personal ac­
counts?

12.  Does  an accepted note imply  a settle­
ment of  account and thus  debar  one  from 
using  our  system  to  collect  the  overdue 
note?  Should our  system  for collecting  be 
limited to open  accounts?”  Accepted by J. 
V.  Crandall, Sand Lake.

13.  Should a firm join  a local  association 
as a firm or should each member  join  indi­
vidually?

14.  In case the firm joins by the payment 
of one fee and dues,  should each member of 
the firm be entitled to voice and vote?

15.  In the case of a firm joining as a firm, 
should a member of the firm  be  allowed  to 
use the collection system  for  the  collection 
of his private accounts?

10.  Should not the term  “dead-beat  list” 
be tabooed?  Are  not  “delinquent list” and 
“poor-pay list” preferable  expressions?

17.  Is the cash business  conducive to cut­

ting?  Accepted by W.  E.  Kelsey,  Ionia.

18.  Is  the  present  exemption  allowed  a 
married man under the  garnishee  law  just 
to all parties?  Accepted by J.  V. Crandall, 
Sand Lake.

Anyone who will volunteer to answer any 
of the above queries, or anyone who has ad­
ditional queries  to  suggest,  is  requested to 
communicate  with 
the  editor  of  T he 
T radesm an as soon as convenient.

Sauerkraut Jim.

James Stewart, Limited, has been accused 
of about every crime in the calendar,  and if 
he was to be judged  by the Saginaw stand­
ard,  it is doubtful  whether  he  could  get a 
jury that would  fail to convict.  There is a 
standing remark over  in  Eastern Michigan 
that  Jim  Stewart  can  smell  a  cut price 
farther than the man who invented cutting, 
and this remark will  apply with equal force 
to the sauerkraut  business.  Satisfied  that 
too much  money was  being  made  in  that 
line in trade,  he  contracted  last season  for 
300 acres of low laud cabbage.  It happened 
to be a big year for  cabbage,  and  Jim  had 
his hands full.  He  was equal  to the task, 
however,  and the result was that he packed 
several hundred barrels of the stuff.  When 
he came to  sell the  kraut,  Jim  forgot that 
the barrels cost  any more than  salt barrels, 
and put the price down to  $2.75 pec barrel. 
Kraut was sold at that  price all the season, 
and if any one is so foolish as  to think that 
any $5 Chicago kraut  was sold in the Sagi­
naw  Yalley this winter,  he should send his 
address to Stewart and get a chromo.

The  Grocery Market.

The market  has  been  remarkably quiet, 
no changes of  inqiortaiice  having occurred.
Oranges show a firmer feeling and higher 
prices  are being  asked  East,  owing to  the 
light  arrivals.  Lemons are also firm and a 
shade higher.  Nuts remain firm and steady 
at  about  previous  quotations.  The  same 
may be said of  figs,  dates,  etc.

No  Peddlers  Need  Apply.

J.  V.  Crandall,  the  Sand  Lake  lumber­
man and general  dealer,  says he has a dog, 
and that there is  a  mutual  understanding 
lietween him  and  the  dog that no peddlers 
need apply.  Mr.  Crandall  says  the  only 
trouble with the dog is that he is not diffuse 
enough—that  he  does  not  cover  enough 
ground. 

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The  Hardwood  Market.

Dry hard  maple is not very plenty.  The 
market is well supplied with gray elm.  The 
demand for black ash  is improving.  There 
is no particular  demand  for  white  ash  in 
quantities.  Oak 
is  active,  and  quarter 
sawed is scarce.  Cherry is in tolerably fair 
demand.  Birch is not in strong  demand.

And  Still  They  Come.
Coopebsvii.ee,  Feb.  12,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D ear  Sir—Enclose  check  for  $1.40 to 
pay per capita dues on fourteen more  mem­
bers.  We now have forty-five  in all.

Respectfully yours,

G.  W.  W atrous,  Treas.

Re-organization of  the  Ionia Association. 
From the Ionia Standard.

A re-organization of  the  Business Men’s 
Protective Association  was  effected on Fri­
day evening last at the  City Hall.  The old 
Association was  dissolved,  and W.  E.  Kel­
sey  was  elected  temporary  chairman  and 
Fred  J.  Cutler,  Jr.,  temporary secretary. 
After some discussion  the  constitution and 
by-laws of  the old  Association were adopt­
ed,  and  all  the  members  present  signed 
them.  The following officers were  elected:

President—W.  E.  Kelsey.
Vice-President—Joe T. Webber.
Secretary—Fred Cutler, Jr.
Actuary—W.  R. Freeman.
Executive Board—A.  S.  Wright,  JoeT. 
Webber,  II. A.  Rich,  W.  W.  Williams,  A. 
Broad and R.  H.  Bedford.
Committee  on  Revision—W.  E.  Kelsey, 
Seymour B.  Gorham,  G.  F.  Phelps,  H.  A. 
Rich,  R.  II.  Bedford and C. H.  Putney.
Committee  on  Membership—Geo.  Gun- 
drum,  H.  M.  Lewis and A.  S.  Wright.
The Executive  Board  recommended,  and 
the recommendation  was  adopted, that the 
following committees  be  appointed for  the 
year:  Mercantile  interests,  manufacturing 
interests,  railroad  interests,  freight  and 
transportation,  arbitration,  finance,  munici­
pal interests,  social  and  literary interests. 
S.  B. Gorham,  W.  C.  Page  and  Geo.  Gun- 
drum were appointed a special committee to 
act with the  Common  Council  in  certain 
special matters.  The Executive Board was 
instructed to secure proper  blanks,  etc.,  for 
the use  of  the  Association.  A committee 
of four was then appointed to name the sev­
eral committees  before  mentioned,  and the 
following gentlemen were  choseu to do the 
work:  II.  M.  Lewis,  Dr.  Bayard,  Geo.  Cut­
ler and A.  Broad.
The Association  has  proved  all  its pro­
jectors expected,  and  although its manage­
ment is something of  a task,  yet  very few, 
if any,  of  our business  men would be will­
ing to see it die  out. 
It  is  emphatically a 
good thing.

The Same Old Check.

Fife La k e,  Feb.  10,1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Sut—In  “A Question of  Law,”  in 
the last issue of T he T radesm an,  will the 
fact that A had money in  the  bauk  at  the 
time he gave the check,  but drew it out be­
fore the  check  was  presented,  change the 
decision.

The law  infers  that  a  check  should  be 
presented for payment the  same  day  it  is 
drawn or  the  day  immediately  following. 
If it  is  not  so  presented  at  the  bank  on 
which it is drawn within  that time,  and the 
drawer subsequently  checks  all  his  funds 
out of the bank, the check possesses no value 
and  consequently  represents  nothing more 
than the paper on which it is written.

Hides,  Pelts  and  Furs.

Hides are dull and  weak  at  quotations. 
Pelts are firm.  Tallow  is  firm.  Furs  are 
quiet.  Wool  is firm and selling well.

Maxims for Merchants.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

A retail merchant ought never to wait for 
a statement of  Ills  account from the jobber, 
but should  always  have  his  remittance in 
the hands of the jobber  the day it falls due.
Shrewd  buyers  are  not  generally  small 
buyers.  It does not pay a  man to acquire a 
reputation of buying  niggardly or a haggler 
about prices in commercial transactions.

Overbuying  has  been  a  great  burden  to 
many retail dealers.  Many have over-stock­
ed  in  certain  commodities,  and  have  been 
left without the means  to  buy  other  goods 
much in demand.

No doubt a well-regulated bargain counter 
is a source of profit,  but  the  retailer should 
view the one he is patronizing in a different 
light from that  which  his  customers  view 
his own,  and be  cautious  not  to  buy  dear 
bargains.

Neatness of dress,  politeness  of  manner, 
and a thorough knowledge  of  the  goods  in 
stock are the important  requisites of a good 
salesman.  The  clerks,  whether  men  or 
women,  who make  their employer’s interest 
their own,  are the ones who succeed.

No one would attempt to start as a lawyer 
or doctor without a long  and  severe  proba­
tion and training,  but  there  appears  to  be 
no hesitation manifested  in  plunging head­
long into the vortex  of  commerce  with  all 
its intricacies,  pitfalls  and  constant severe 
ity  of  competition,  without  any  previous 
preparation or knowledge of the same.

An uneducated merchant  or  one  trainet 
only so far as  the  business  of  buying  and 
selling requires will, in the next generation, 
be also a public  scandal,  for to  merchants, 
even  now,  come  all  the  opportunities  of 
PEl>lic service by which the freedom we enjoy 
dignifies citizenship.

The  young man who goes into mercantile 
business,  either as subordinate or principal, 
solely for the purpose of making money and 
having a good time  is  not  out of his alpha­
bet yet.  A good many grey-haired business 
men,  for  that  matter,  are  also  still  in  the 
alphabet,  and always will be.

The  commercial  interests  of  our  nation 
dominate  everything  else.  Business  men 
more than any other  class have been instru­
mental in ushering in this epoch of prosper­
ity,  unparalleled in our country’s commercial 
history,  and not the  least  among whom are 
the traveling salesmen.

Out of  every 100 men  embarking in com 
merce  only fifteen  attain  success,  another 
twenty-five  are  enabled  to  make  a  living 
and  pay  their  debts,  the  remaining  sixty 
either fall entirely and retire from the arena 
of commerce  or,  at  best,  compromise with 
their creditors  and  struggle  on witli dimin­
ished chances of success.

The Farm  aiul Live Stock  thus  pays  its 
respects  to  the  Wolverine  State:  Michigan 
has  ninety-eight  cheese  factories,  ninety 
creameries  or butter factories,  and  twenty- 
one manufactories of dairy supplies, chums, 
etc. 
In  development of the  dairy  interest, 
it  is  in  the front rank.

O. D.  Chapman,  general  dealer,  Stanwood: 

“Your paper is a good one.”

a c o s s u r r   b r o s .

-WHOLESALE-

(Groceries.

,  

A A I A / A A W ,  

V X V * i

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And. Produce.

26, 28,30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST..  G’D  RAPIDS
The CELEBRATED  EMERY  $3  SHOE
HATCH  &  EMERY, Chicago  and  Boston. 
227 Jefferson Street, 

D.  G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman;

MANUFACTURED  b y

G rand Rapids, Mich.

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COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—The best winter varieties are scarce 

at $3@$3.50 $  bbl.

Ruta Bagas—$1  bbl.
Beans—Country hand-picked  command $1.15 

^ bu., and city picked $1.50.

Beets—iOc $  bu.
Buckwheat—2%c $  ft.
Butter—Michigan  creamery  is  in  good  de­
mand  at28@30c.  Dairy is in active demand at 
22c.

Cabbages—$4@$5 $  100, according to  size.
Carrots—30c $   bu.
Celery—Kalamazoo, 25c  $  doz.
Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream is 

firm at 13%@14c.

Cider—12%c $  gal.
Cranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  and 

Cape Cod  are  steady  at $9 $  bbl.

Dried  Apples—Evaporated, 

quartered and sliced, 6@6%c $  ft.

ll@12c  $   ft; 

Dried Peaches—Pared, 15c.
Eggs—More  easy.  Strictly fresh command 

24®25c.

Honey—Good demand at 9@12c.
Hay—Bailed  is  moderately  active  at  $15 
per ton  in two and five ton lots and  $14  in  car 
lots.

Onions—Good  stock is  scarce,  readily  com 

mandihg $3.25@$3.50 $  bbl.

Potatoes—Buyers are paying 35c@40c  at this 
market and towns within convenient shipping 
distance of this market.

Pop Corn—2%c 19 ft.
Squash—Hubbard, 2c 

ft.

car lots.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—Lower.  City  millers  pay  78  cents 
for Lancaster and 75  for  Fulse  and  Clawson.
Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@47c  in 100bu. 

lots and 42@43c in carlots.

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

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—»Higher.  Patent,$5.20 $1 bbl.  in  sacks 
and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.20 $   bbi. in 
sacks and $4.40 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.75 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $13  $  ton.  Bran, $14
ton.  Ships, $14 $  ton.  Middlings, $15 <¡8 ton. 

Corn HRd Oats, $18  $  ton.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing &  Provision  Co. 

quote  as  follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

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Mess, Chicago  packing.................................J2  75
Mess, new....................................................... 14  00
Short Cut, new.....................................   .......14  00
S. P. Booth, clear.......................................... 14  00
Clear,  A. Webster, new  ............................. 15.00
Extra clear pig, short cut........................... 15  50
Clear quill, short  cut....................................15  50
Boston clear, short cut................................ 15  50
Clear back, short cut................................... 16  00
Standard clear, short  cut, best..................16  00
DRY  SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy................................. 
714
medium.............................. 
7%
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7J4
Short Clears, heavy.................................
do.  medium...............................
do. 
light.....................................
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED  OR  PLAIN.
Hams, average 20  fts.............................
“ 
16  fts.............................
“ 
12 to 14 fts......................
“  picnic  ...........................................
“  boneless.............  .......................
“  best boneless...............................
Shoulders.................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless....................
Dried Beef, extra....................................
liam  prices........................
Tierces  .....................................................
30 and 50 ft Tubs......................................
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case..............................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case..............................
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case..............................
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in case.......................
6%
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fts............  7 50
Boneless,  extra................................................... 12 00
Pork Sausage.................................  ...............  7%
Ham  Sausage....................................................  7%
Tongue  Sausage...........................................
Frankfort  Sausage..........................................   8
Blood  Sausage..................................................   6
Bologna, straight..................................... ......»6
Bologna,  thick..................................... ...........   6
Head  Cheese......................................................  6
In half barrels..............................................     3  00
In quarter barrels..............................................  1 65

......1114
.....11%
......11%_  8
.".‘¡10 
7% 
.....  9' 
...... 9
...... 12

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN  BARRELS.

6%
6%

LARD.

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PIGS’ FEET.
---- ---

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green__ $1 ft  5%®  6
Part cured...  7  © 7%
Full cured 
  7%@  7%
Dry hides and 

kip s............  8  @12

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__ 7  @ 8
$  piece.......20  @50

SHEEP PELTS.

FURS.

WOOL.

Old wool, estimated washed $  ft....... 25
@28
Tallow................ ....................................   3
@ 3 %
Fine washed $  ft 25@281Coarse washed.. .20@2i
Medium  ............. 27©30iUnwashed............ 
2-3
Bear  .................................................... 10 00@15 00
Beaver.................................................   4 00©  8 00
Wild Cat..............................................
50©  75
House Cat........................................... . 
10©  20
Fox, red.............................................. .  1 (K© 1 25
“  cross........................................... .  3 00© 5 00
“  gray ........................................... 1  00©  1 25
Fisher........................... ..................... .  4 00©  8 00
Linx..................................................... 3 00©  8 00
Mink................................................... . 
30©  60
Otter................................................... .  5 00@ 8 00
Coon............. . ..................................... . 
4C©  90
Skunk................................................. . 
ÍH1© 1 CO
Wolf.................................................... .  2 00© 3 00
12©  14
Muskrat,  winter...............................
06©  08
fall.......................................
Deer,  $  ft.......................................... . 
5©  25

These prices are for prime skins only.

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OILS.

Water White....................................................  Ufa
Michigan  Test..................................................10%

ILLUMINATING.

LUBRICATING.

 

 
Gasoline............................................ 
Capitol Cylinder.............................................. 36%
Model  Cylinder.......................... 
31%
8hield  Cylinder...............................................26%
Eldorado  Engine.............................................23
Peerless  Machinery........................................20
Challenge Machinery......................................19
Paraffine  ................... 
20%
Black. Summer, West  Virginia...  ..............   9
Black, 25° to 30®........................................... 10
Black, 15° C.  T...............................................11
Zero........................................... 
 

 

FRESH  MEATS.

John  Mohrhard  quotes  the  trade  selling 
prices as follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  4%@ 6%
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................  6  @7%
Dressed  Hogs...............................
..7 ©  7%
Mutton..............................
Lamb  .................................
©  8
Veal.................................... ....................  8 © 9
Pork Sausage....................
@ 7%
Bologna..............................
@  6
Fowls............. ..................... ....................10 @11
Chickens............................ ....................11 @12
@13
Ducks  ...............................
@12

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

'  These prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay I 
promptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE  GREASE.

Crown  ....................  80|Paragon  ..............2  10
Frazer’s ................. 
90 Paragon 25 ft pails.  90
Diamond  X ...........   60 Fraziers,25 ft pails. 1  25
Modoc, 4  doz..........2 501

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BAKING  POWDER.
“ 

Acme, % ft cans, 3 doz. case...............

% ft 
2  “ 
2ft  “  1  “ 
B ulk................................................... 

a5
..........................  1 60
............ .............  300
25
Princess,  %s...................................................  1 25
“  %s...................................................  2 25
Is........................’...........................4 25
“ 
28
bulk...............................................  
“ 
45
Arctic, % ft cans, 6 doz. ease....................... 
75
“ 
" 
1  40
2  40
« 
............................ 12 00
Victorian. 1 ft cans, (tall,) 2 doz..................2 00
Diamond,  “bulk.”. .  I.................. 
15

“  % 
“  % 
« 
1 
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4 
2 
2 
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BLUING

25
Dry, No.2..................... .....................doz. 
45
Dry, No. 3..........................................doz. 
Liquid, 4 oz,............. ........................doz. 
35
Liquid, 8 oz....................................... doz. 
66_
Arctic 4 oz........................................ 1*  gross 3 50
Arctic 8  oz.......................................................  7 20
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box................................  2 00
Arctic No. 2 
3 00
Arctic No. 3 
4 00

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BROOMS.

No. 2 Hurl...............1  75! Common Whisk 
  90
No. 1 Hurl__ 2 00©3  25 Fancy Whisk............1 00
No. 2Carpet.............2 26 Mill...........................3 75
No. 1 Carpet.............2 50 Warehouse  ........... 2  75
Parlor Gem.............3 001

CANNED  FISH .

Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck.....................................1 10
Clam Chowder,  3 ft........................ —  — 2  15
Cove Oysters, 1  ft  standards...............90©1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 ft  standards.....................  1 75
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic...........................................1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic..........................   ’. — 2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft star.............................................. 2 00
Lobsters. 2 ft star.............................................. 3 00
Mackerel, 1 ft  fresh standards........................1 50
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh  standards....................... 5 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 ft......................3 50
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard................................. 3 50
Mackerel, 3 ft  soused...................................3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river........................1  60
Salmon, 2 ft Columbia river........................2 80
Sardines, domestic %s................................. 6@7
Sardines,  domestic  %s..............................  10@12
Sardines,  Mustard  %s................................. 10@12
Sardines,  imported  %s................................12@16
Trout. 3ft  brook................................ 

 

CANNED FRUITS.

CANNED VEGETABLES.

.............................. 1  25

Apples, gallons,  standards..............................3 25
Blackberries, standards..............................  90
Cherries,  red  standard.....................................1 10
Damsons............................................................. 1 00
Egg Plums, standards 
Gooseberries..............................................95@1 CO
Green Gages, standards 2ft............................ 1 25
Peaches, Extra Yellow.................................... 2 00
Peaches, standards...........................................1 60
Peaches,  seconds.............................................. 1 45
Peaches, pie........................................................1 20
Pineapples, standards...................................... 1 40
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced...........................2 60
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated....................... 2 75
Quinces..........................................................115
Raspberries,  extra...........................................1 25
red.............................................. 1 35
Strawberries  ................................................1 25
Whortleberries............................................   90
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.................................... 2 00
Beans, Lima,  standard..........
Beans, Stringiess, Erie..........
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked.
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy..........
“  Morning  Glory...........
“  Acme..............................
“  Maple Leaf....................
“  Excelsior.......................
“  Onondaga.....................
“  Darby ............................
“  Osborn ..........................
“  New  Process................
“  Bartlett.........................

..........  90
..........1  70
..........1 15
.....................1  10
......................1  15
.............  .1 10
.....................1 20
......................1 35
......................1 50
...................... 1  00
.....................1  00
..................... 1  10
......................1  50
Peas, French...............
...............1 20@1  40
Peas, extra marrofat.
Peas,  soaked.................................................   75
“  Early June, stand.......................1 50@1 75
sifted...............................2 00
“ 
“  French, extra fine.............
20 00
Mushrooms, extra  fine...............
....... 20  00
. . . . 1   00 
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden..................
..80@1 30 
Succotash, standard....................
....1 00 
Squash...........................................
....1   15
Tomatoes, standard brands.......
Michigan full  cream.............................13%@14
York  State, Acme.................................  @14

CHEESE.

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CHOCOLATE.

Wilbur’s  Premium..351 German Sweet......... 23
Sweet........25 Vienna Sweet  .......... 22
B’kf’tCocoa 45 Baker's.....................37
__ 35

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“  Cocoa-theta 42 Runkles’
“  Vanilla Bar 28|

COCOANUT.

Sehepps, Is......................................
Is and  %s.......................
“ 
“  %8.................................
Is in tin  pails................
“ 
“  %8 
...............
Maltby’s,  Is....................................
“ 
Is and  %s....................
%s..................................
Manhattan,  pails..........................
Peerless  .........................................

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COFFEES.

@25
@26
@27
@27%
@28%
@23%
@24
@24%
@20@18

Green.

R io.................16%@17
Golden Rio... 17  @19
Santos........... 15  @17
Maricabo.................16
J a v a .................25@30
O. G. Java__ 28  @30
Mocha  .................... 23
COFFEES

Roasted.

Rio................16  @18
Golden Rio... 18  @20
Santos......................20
Maricabo.......... 18@21
J a v a . . ............25@26
O. G.Java__ 25  @29
Mqcba...........27  @28
PACKAGE.

4%

5%

4%

7%

CORDAGE.

X  XXX

60 fts 100 fts 300 fts
X X XX.......................................... 19%  19%  19%
Arbuckle’s  .................................. 19%  19% 
19%
19%
Dilwortb’s .................................... 
19%
Standard  ...................................... 
German ......................................... 
19%
German, in  bins..........................  
19%
19%
Lion............. .................................  
Lion,  in  cabinets........................ 
20%
Magnolia.......................................  
19%
Royal.............................................. 
18%  18%
Eagle............................................. 19%  19%  19
M exican........................................ 
18
60 foot Jute.......  1 00  150 foot Cotton____1 60
72 foot Ju te.......  1 25  60 foot Cotton____ 1 75
40 Foot Cotton__ 1 50  172 foot Cotton___ 2 00
$ ft
6%

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

Kenosha Butter.......
Seymour Butter__
Butter.......................
Fancy  Butter..........
S.  Oyster..................
Picnic.......................
Fancy  Oyster..........
Fancy  Soda...........
City Soda..................
Soda  ........................
Milk..........................
Boston.....................
vjI aiiixiu....................................
Oat  Meal....................................
Pretzels, hand-made................
Pretzels......................................
Cracknels..................................
Lemon Cream............................ 
Sugar Cream.............................  
Frosted Cream..........................
Ginger  Snaps............................ 
No. 1 Ginger  Snaps.................. 
Lemon  Snaps............................
Coffee  Cakes.............................
13%
Lemon Wafers..........................
Jumbles....................  ...............
11%
12%
Extra Honey Jumbles.............
13%
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............
13%
Cream  Gems.............................
13%
Bagicys  Gems..........................
12%
Seed Cakes.................................
8%
8. &  M. Cakes............................
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron.................................................... .23 ®  25
@  6%
Currants...............................................
@  14
Lemon Peel...........................................
@  14
Orange Peel.........................................
Prunes, French, 60s............................
.12 @12%
.10 @10%
French, 80s............................
@  8
French, 110s and  120s..........
@  7
Prunes, Turkey..................................
Raisins, Dehesia....................................3 50@5 00
Raisins, London Layers..........................  @2 50
Raisins, California  “ 
.......................1 50©2 OO
Raisins, Loose Musoatels.....................1 70@1  90
Raisins,Ondaras, 28s..........................  9  @9%
Raisins.  Sultanas............................ 
 
Raisins,  Valencia, new..................... 
7  @  7%
Raisins,  Imperials....................................   @3 00

8
8
8
12%
8%

8
11%
9%
15%

7
7
7
7

11%

12%

8%

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FISH .

Cod, whole................................................. 4  @4%
Cod, boneless................................................ 5@6%
H alibut........................................................9@1C
Herring, round,  %  bbl.........................  @2 75
Herring .round,  %  bbl...............................   1 35
Herring, Holland,  b b ls...,.......................11  00
Herring, Holland,  kegs.............................75@90
Herring, Sealed............................................  @20
Mackerel, shore, No. 1, % bbls..........8  00@10 00
“ 
.........  1  50
...............1 25
“ 
No. 3, % bbls.............................. 7  75
Sardines,  spiced, %s...................................10@12
Trout, %  bbls...............................................5 00
10 ft  kits........................................... 100
White, No. 1, % bb ls...................................6 75
Wbite, No. 1,12 ft kits................................1 00
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.................................  90
White, Family, % bbls................................3 50
kits......................................  75

“  12 ft kits 
“  10  “ 

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Lemon.  Vanilla.
1 40
2 50
4 00
5 00 
1  50
7 50 
15 00 
1  65 
4 25 
6 00
..1  00

.......doz.  1 00
Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz. 
....................1 50
“  4 oz.
“  6 oz............................ 2 50
“  8 oz............................ 3 50
“  No.2 Taper..:  ........125
“  No. 4 
............. 1 75
“  % pint, round...........4 50
..........9 00
“
“  No. 3 panel............... 110
“  No. 8 
...............2 75
“  No. 10 
...............4 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  8, square..................
Grand Hazen, No 9, square, 3 gro......................1 20
Grand  Haven,  No. 200,  parlor...........................1 75
Grand  Haven,  No.  300, parlor...........................2 25
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round.............................. 1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2...................................................... 1 00
Oshkosh, No.  8.......................................................1 50
Swedish............................................................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  square........ , ................. 1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  do 
.............................. 1  50
Richardson’s No. 7%, round................................1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 
do 
.............................150
Woodbine, 300............................................90® 1  10
Black  Strap...................................................16@18
Cuba Baking..................................................25@28
Porto  Rico.....................................................24@30
New  Orleans, good......................................28@34
New Orleans, choice.....................................44©50
New Orleans,  fancy.................................... 52@55

MOLASSES.

% bbls. 2c extra

OATMEAL.

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PIPES.

Rolled Oats, bbl__ 5 50 Steel  cut,  bbl.........fi 50
“  %  bbl...300

5 00@5 50
"  % bbl.........................................  @3 25

“  % bbl.3 001  » 
“  cases 3 851
PICKLES.
Medium.................................  
Small,  bbl.....................................................5 50@5 75
Imported Clay 3 gross................................2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross...........   @2 25
Imported Clay, No. 216,2% gross........  @1 85
American  T.D.......................................   75®  90
Choice Carolina......6% ¡Java  .................. 
Prime Carolina......5% P atna.........................5%
4 00
Good Carolina........4% Rangoon........................  @5%
Good Louisiana......5  Broken. 
........ 3%@3%
Table  ...................... 6  ¡Japan........................ 7
DeLand’s pure........5% | Dwight’s ___
Church’s  ........ ___ 5  Sea  Foam...
Taylor’s G. M......... 5  ¡Cap Sheaf...

SALERATUS.

RICE.

..5%

6

%c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F  Dairy..........................
28 Pocket...............................................
1003 ft pockets............................................  
Saginaw or Manistee................................. 
Diamond C.............................................. 
Standard  Coarse.................................... 
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags........ 
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags__  
Higgins’ English dairy bu.  bags........  
American, dairy, % bu. bags.................... 
Rock, bushels.............................................. 
Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags..........................  

“  %  “ 

.....................  

“ 

SAUCES.

2  10 
1 95
2 35
85

1  45
1 25
75
2 75
70

22
28
40

20

SOAPS.

Parisian, %  pints..................................   @2  00
Pepper Sauce, red  small.....................  @  70
Pepper Sauce, green  ............................  @  80
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring__ -.___  @125
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring........  @1 50
Catsup, Tomato,  pints..........................   ©  90
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  .....................   @1  20
Halford Sauce, pints............................  @3 50
Halford Sauce, % pints.........................  @2 20
Acorn......................3 851 Extra Chicago Fam-
M aster....................4  00 
ily .........................2 94
New Process, 1  ft..3 85|Napkin.................... 4  75
New Process,3 ft..3 96;Towel......................4  75
Acme,  bars........... 3 55 White  Marseilles..5 50
Acme,  blocks.......  3 05i White Cotton  Oil..5 50
Best  American__ 2 03: Railroad..................3 50
Circus  .................... 3 70 U.  G.........................3 45
Big Five  Center...3 85 Mystic White..........4 65
Nickel......................3 45lSaxon  Blue............2  60
Shamrock............... 3 15|Palmer’s, 100 bars..5 50
Blue Danube..........2 55 
..4 25
London  Family__ 2 3(>lstar.............................. 3 75

75  “ 

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Ground. 

SPICES.

Whole.

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“ 

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SYRUPS.

SUGARS.

3ft  “ 

48“ 
40 ft 

S@35 
STARCH.

@ 5% 
@ 4 
@  6% 
@ 6 
©   6% 
© 7 
@  7% 
@  6% 
@ 5% 
© 7 
@5% 
@ 4 
© 6 
@ 5% 
@ 5% 
@ 6% 
@ 4 
©  6
@  6% 
@   6 % 
©   6% 
@ 6% 
@ 5% 
@ 5% 
© 5% 
@ 5% 
@ 4% 
@ 4% 
@ 4%

Pepper................ 16@25!Pepper............... •.  @20
Allspice.............. 12@15jAllspice...............  8@10
Cinnamon...........18@30!CaBsia.................. 10@1l
Cloves
. 15@25'Nutmegs,  No. 1..  @60
Ginger.........
__ 16@20iNutmegs,  No.2..  @50
Mustard.......!
__ 15@30 Cloves  .................   @28
Cayenne  .......
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes, 1  ft  pkgs...
“
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...
“ 
“  bu lk............
“ 
“  72 ft crates, 6 ft boxes..
“ 
“  Corn, 40 ft boxes, 1 ft pkgs....
“  1ft  ** 
“ 
“  20  ft 
....
Kingsford’s Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs__
**  6 ft boxes...
“  b u lk ............
Pure, 1  ft pkgs...................
Corn, 1  ft pkgs...................
Royal, Gloss, 1 ft packages..................
“ 
bulk...............................
“  Corn...........................................
Firmenieh, new process, gloss, l ft__
3 ft....
" 
61b....
“ 
“ bulk, boxes or bbls
“  corn. 1 ft...............
Cut  Loaf................................   ............
Cubes.......................:.............................
Powdered................................................
Granulated,  Standard..........................
Confectionery A ...................................
Standard A ..............................................
No. 1, White Extra  C............................
No. 2, Extra C.......................................
No. 3 C......................................................
No.4 C.....................................................
No. 5C......................................................
New Orleans, in  hds.............................   4%@ 4
Corn,  barrels  .......................................
25@27
27@29
Corn, % bbls............................................
@30
Corn, 10 gallon kegs...............................
@32
Corn, 5 gallon kegs.................................
23@35
Pure  Sugar, bbl......................................
Pure Sugar, % bbl..................................
25@37
TOBACCO—FINK. C U T -IN  PAILS.
Cherry......................60iCrossCut......................36
Five and  Seven.......45 Old Jim.........................35
Magnet......................25 Old Time..................... 30
Seal of Detroit.........60 Underwood’s Capper 35
Jim  Dandy............... 38 Sweet  Rose................ 45
Our  Bird...................25 Meigs & Co.’s Stuuner35
Brother  Jonathan.. .27|Atlas.......................... 35
Jolly  Time............... 36| Royal Game.................38
Our  Leader..............33 Mule Ear
65
Sweet  Rose..............32 Fountain...........
.......74
.......64
May  Queen..............65 Old Congress...
Dark AmericanEagle67 Good Luck..........
... .35 
The Meigs.................. 60 Blaze Away........
...30 
Red  Bird.................. 50 Hair Lifter...........
....65 
Prairie Flow er........ 65; Hiawatha............
....65
Indian Queen...........60jGlobe
May Flower...............TOjBull  Dog...................*57
Sweet  Pippin.
.66
Hustler ....  ............. 22!
Our  Leader.............. 15;Unit  ............................30
Old Vet...................... 30iElght  Hours...............24
BigDeal.....................27 Lucky  ........................ 30
Navy Clippings........26,Two  Nickel................24
Leader.......................151 Duke’s  Durham........40
Hard  Tack................32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
Dixie..........................28 Owl...............................16
Old Tar...................... 40|Rob Roy.......................26
Arthur’s  Choice...... 22 Uncle  Sam..................28
Red Fox.....................26 Lumberman...............25
CTold Dust..................28 Railroad Boy...............38
Gold Block................30 Mountain Rose............18
Seal of Grand Rapids  Home Comfort..........25
(cloth)..................25 Old Rip-a-....................60
Tramway, 3 oz......... 40 Seal of North Caro-
lina, 2  oz................ 48
Mlner8andPuddlers.28| 
Peerless  ....................24 Seal of North Caro-
Standard ....................20 
lina, 4oz...................48
Old Tom.....................20 Seal of North  Caro-
Tom & Jerry............ 24 
lina, 8oz....................45
Joker......................... 25 Seal of North Caro-
Traveler...................35 
lina, 16 oz boxes___ 42
Maiden......................25 King Bee, longeut..  .22
Pickwick Club.........40SweetLotu8.................32
Nigger Head............ 26Grayling......................33
Holland.................... 228eal Skin......................30
German.................... 16Red Clover...................32
K. of  L................ 42@46Good Lu  k .................26
@ 8%
Honey  Dew..............25Queen  B ee.................. 22
Colonel’s  Choice......15

___45|Crown Leaf.

SMOKING

PLUG.

.28 Parrot

Star 
.................. 39 Splendid..................   38
Old Solder..................37' Red ¿’ox.......................40
Clipper  ......................34 Big Drive...................40
Cornerstone.............34  Chocolate  Cream___40
Scalping  Knife........34 Nitnrod.......................35
Sam Boss..................  34  Big Five Center.........33
Next
.43
Jolly Tar...........
Jolly  Time........
Favorite...........
Black  Bin?........
Live and Let  Lr
Quaker..............
Hiawatha..........
Big  Nig.............
Spear  Head......
P.  V....................
Spring Chicken.
Eclipse  .............
Turkey...............
Our  Leader......
Mayflower........
Globe..................
Mule Ear...........

... .32 Buster..........
__ 32 Black Prince.
__ 43;I Black  Racer.
...... 35
__ 32 Climax  .........
___42
e  . .32 Acorn  ..........
........3S)
...28 Horse  Shoe..
... .42 Vinco...........
¡” ‘.'.34
__ 37¡Merry War...
.......26
...... 33
__ 39’Ben  Franklin
___40 Moxie............
...... 34
___38; Black Jack...
.32
__ 30 Mussulman's Corker. 30
___391
......16| Hiawatha....................22
___23 Old Congress.............. 23
...... 22 May  Leaf...................22
...... 21 Dark........................... 20

SHORTS.

8NCFF.

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Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..
Maccoboy........................
Gail & Ax’ 
.......................
Rappee............................
Railroad  Mills  Scotch.....................
Lotzbeck  ..........................................

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TEAS.

©
44
©
@  35 
@  45 
@1 30

Japan ordinary.........................
,...18@20
Japan fair to good......................
,...25@30
Japan fine.................................. .
__35@45
Japan dust..................................
— 15@20 
Young Hyson............................
20@45
Gun Powder...................................................35@50
Oolong.....................................................33@55©6C
Congo...........................................................  25@30
50 gr. 
10 
10 
16

White Wine..................................   08
Cider..............................................  08
York State Apple........................
m is c e l l a n e o u s .

VINEGAR.

30 gr.

do 

Bath  Brick imported............................
90
do 
American.............................
Burners, No. 1 .......................................
1  00 
do  No.  2.......................................
1  50
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand...........
-.7 60@7 7O 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 1b cans.............
@25
Candles, Star...........................................
..  @11 
Candles.  Hotel............................... ” " ’
@13 
Camphor, oz., 2*ft boxes................ ] ’' ’
..  @35
Extract Coffee, V.  C........................ ‘ ‘ |
..  ©SO 
..  ©1 20 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................
..  @25
Guir, Rubber 200 lumps.......................
..  @35
Gum, Spruce...........................................
..  30© 35 
Hominy, 
bbl..........................
@3 OO 
Jelly, in 30 ft  pails....................
4© 4%
.. 
Pearl  Barley.............................
..  2%@ 3 
Peas, Green  Bush...............,..
@1  15
Peas, Split  Prepared............................  © 3
Powder, Keg..................... .....................  @5 00
Powder, %  Keg.........................................  @3 75
Sage  ........................................................  @  15
Sauerkraut............................................  @5 00

F elix.....................

15

  @10%

CANDY, FRUITS AND  NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

do 
do 

.....................  

STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes............................. 8%@ 9
..............................  © 9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
(¿10
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  pails....................................  © 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls....................................   © g
Extra, 251b  pails.................................. ’  ©m
Extra, 200 ft bbls....................................  ©  9
French Cream, 25 ft pails.....................   @11%
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...............................  @10
Broken, 25  ft  palls................................. 
©10
Broken, 200 ft  bbls................................. 
© 9

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Lemon  Drops............................................   @12
Sour Drops.................................................  @13
Peppermint  Drops..................................   @13
Chocolate Drops........................................... 
H M Chocolate  Drops.................................  
Gum  Drops  .................................................. 
Licorice Drops.............................................. 
A B  Licorice  Drops....................................  
Lozenges, plain................................................14
Lozenges,  printed................................ 
 
Imperials......................................................  
Mottoes.........................................................  
Cream  Bar..................................................... 
Molasses Bar.................................................  
Caramels........................................................ 
Hand Made Creams..................................... 
Plain  Creams................................................ 
Decorated  Creams........ .  ........................... 
String Rock...........•...................................  
Burnt Almonds........................................... 
Wintergreen  Berries................................... 

14
18
10
22
12
 
14
15
13
is
18
  18
jc
20
22
14

13

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FRUITS

.  @11%

Lozenges, plain in  pails...........................  @11%
Lozenges, plain in  bbls........................  
Lozenges, printed in pails.......................   @12%
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.......................   @11%
Chocolate Drops, in pails.........................  @12%
Gum  Drops  in palls..............................  © 6%
Gum Drops, in bbls...................................  @5%
Moss Drops, in  pails.............................   9  @10
Moss Drops, in b b ls..............................  © 9
Sour Drops, in  pails.............................   @12
Imperials, In  pails....................................   @12%
Imperials  in bbls..........................  
Bananas  Aspinwall.............................
Oranges, California, fancy..................  @4 OO
Oranges, California,  choice................ 3 6l>©3 75
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls.........................
Oranges, Florida....................................2 50@3 50
Oranges, Valencia, cases......................  @5 50
Oranges, Messina..................................   @3 75
Oranges,  Naples........ ...........................
Lemons,  choice......................................3 75©4 OO
Lemons, fancy....................................... 4 25©4 50
Lemons, California...............................
Figs, layers, new,  ^ ft..........................10  @15
Figs, Bags, 50ft......................................  @6
Dates, frails do  ....................................   © 5%
Dates, % do  d o ....................................  @ 6%
Dates, skin..............................................
Dates, %  skin.........................................
Dates, Fard 101b box 
Dates, Fard 501b box 
Dates. Persian 50 ft box 73 ft...............  7  @7%
Pine Apples, 1)  doz.............................
Almonds,  Tarragona............................17%@18
Ivaca.....................................   @17
California............................  -  @17
Brazils......   ...........................................11%@12
Chestnuts, per bu..................................
Filberts, Sicily....................................... 10%@11
Barcelona...............................  @ 9
Walnuts,  Grenoble...............................15  @17
Marbo..................................... 
12%
11
French.................................... 
California...............................12 @16
Pecans, Texas, H. P............................... 11 @14
Missouri.................................  @  9
Cocoanuts, $  100........... ........................5 50@6 OO

ft....................9%@10
1b.....................   © 8

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NUTS.

“ 

PEANUTS.

do 

Prime  Red,  raw  $   ft...........................   @4
do  .............................   @ 4%
Choice 
Fancy H.P. do  do  .............................4%@  5
Choice White, Va.do  ............................  @ 5%
Fancy H P„ Va  do  .............................  6 @  6%,
H. P.Va....................................................  8 @ 6%

OYSTERS AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettonthaler quotes as follows: 

OYSTERS.

New  York  Counts.............................................. 33
H. F. H. & Co.’s Selects......................................28
Selects..................................................................22
Anchors  ...............................................................18-
Standard  ............................................................. 16
Favorite................................................................ 14
Prim e....................................................................13
Selects, bulk, V  gal.........................................J  50
Standards, bulk, $)gal....................................1 00
New York Counts, $  100.................................1 25
shell, V  100....................... 140
Clams, shell, $   100...........................................  80
FRESH  FISH.

Cod  .....................  ...............
@10
Haddock...............................
@ 7
Mackerel.................................................15 @20
Mackinaw Trout..................
@  8
Perch....................................
© 3
Smelts  .................................. ..................10 @11
Whiteflsh........  
...............
@ 9

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Hemlock Hark—Tanners all have large  sup­

plies.  Dealers are paying $5 for good bark.

Ginseng—Local  dealers  pay  $1.50  $1  ft  for 

cloan washed roots.

Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers  are 
authorized to offer standard goods at 35  and 5- 
per cent, off, and second quality at  35, 5 and 10 
per cent off.

FIELD  SEEDS.

Clover,  mammoth................................ 4 85@5 CO
“  medium................................... 4 85®5 00
Timothy, prime...................................... 
2 10

Minor Drug  Notes.

The druggists of Des Moines,  Iowa,  have 

formed an association.

At a  recent  examination  session  of  the 
sixteen 

Wisconsin  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
passed and sixteen failed.

Of fifty-two applications  for  registration 
before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, sixteen 
passed and thirty-six failed.

At the last meeting of the Ohio  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  ninety-nine persons put in an ap 
pearance.  Of these,  sixty-six took the  phar 
macist’s  examination,  of  whom  thirty-five 
were successful.  Of the thirty-three who de­
sired to register as  assistants,  only  eleven 
passed a satisfactory examination.

The national agreement to keep up  prices 

on white lead has been abandoned.

The advance in  quinine  is  accounted  for 
by the approaching season for increased con­
sumption.

A New York  candy  manufacturer  is  un­
der arrest  for  adulterating  his  candy  with 
chrome yellow.

There  were  nearly  $3,000,000  worth  of 
crude cream of tartar imported to this coun­
try during 1886.

A Kansas City druggist was  fined  in  the 
United States Court for not posting  his  in­
ternal revenue stamps in a conspicuous place.
Eighty druggists failed  in  business  dur­
ing last year, in the United Kingdom, against 
thirty-seven the year previous,  and  forty  in 
1884.

The amount of cobalt  oxide  produced  in 
America last year was 8,423 pounds,  valued 
at $19,373.  The total value of cobalt in ore, 
matte,  and  the  above  oxide  was  $65,373. 
This is becoming a very valuable metal.

After a careful study of the various  phar­
macy laws of America,  Chas.  W.  Day,  Sec­
retary of the  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
has come to theconclnsion that the Province 
of Quebec has the most practical and  sensi­
ble law.

Valerian and tincture of  opium  are  both 
used in large quantities in the  manufacture 
of cigarettes,  and  it  is  to  the  presence  of 
these drugs that the delightful and soothing 
properties of the  cigarette  may  be  traced. 
Other drugs equally objectionable are freely 
employed.

The Pharmaceutical Era says: We are in­
formed on good authority that  the  practice 
of selling dementholized oil  of  peppermint 
is carried on on a large scale in  some  parts 
of the country,  and that Michigan is  espec­
ially liable to suffer  in  consequence,  since 
much of the  ‘skimmed’ oil is sold as  Michi­
gan oil of peppermint.  This is surely a sub­
ject to be commended to the  Committee  on 
Adulterations of the  Michigan  State  Phar­
maceutical Association.  We hope that  the 
matter will receive their early attention, and 
that they will be able to give us simple, prac­
tical tests for the detection of the ‘skimmed’ 
oil.

Experiments  on  Percolation.

Tiie students of the pharmaceutical  labo­
ratory of the Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy 
arc  supplied  witli  the  following  blanks, 
which they fill out and turn over  to  the  in­
structor,  Prof.  L.  C.  Hogan:

1.  Drug used.
2.  Weight of drug.
3.  Menstruum  used.
4.  State  whether  percolation  was  pre­

ceded by maceration.

5.  By percolation  alone.
6.  Amount of menstruum required to  ex­
haust drug,  or to obtain the required amount 
of percolate.

7.  What was the per cent, of loss in men­

struum?

8.  What was the relation  between diame­
ter and height of column of the  powder  af­
ter packing?

9.  What was  the  rate  of  flow, 4. e.,  how 

many drops to the minute?

10.  State  whether  tincture  or  fluid  ex­

tract.

11.  What was the specific gravity of prep­

aration at 15*6°  C.?

12.  What per cent,  of extractive did prep­

aration contain?

15.  In case of fluid extract,  what  was the 
weight of extractive  obtained  from  second 
portion of percolate,  and state whether free­
ly soluble in reserved percolate  or  in  men­
struum used.  What was the specific gravity 
of second portion,  and of  finished  prepara­
tion?

Such experiments answer  the double pur­
pose  of  gathering  useful  information  and 
cultivating in the student  the  habit  of  ob­
servation.

Detecting  Dementholized  Peppermint.
Large quantities of  dementholized  oil  of 
peppermint  (menthene)  having been  placed 
upon the market, in consequence of the man­
ufacture of menthol from American  pepper­
mint oil,  T he Tradesm an deems  it  advis­
able to give its readers a  simple  method  of 
determining this adulteration, which may be 
relied upon as a sure one: Mix thoroughly to­
gether about a pint of  snow  and  an  equal 
quantity of finely-powdered salt.  Place this 
in a quart-holding open container.  Insert  in 
this,  a corked test tube nearly filled with the 
oil.  If the oil is pure,  in about fifteen min­
utes it will have become of a thick, jelly-like 
consistency, cloudy  and  translucent.  Next 
add four or five small crystals of pure  men­
thol, cork again and thoroughly shake.  Then 
place the tube in the freezing mixture.  The 
pure oil will shortly present a  solid  frozen 
mass of crystals. 
If the oil  should  remain 
limpid, either wholly or partially, it has been 
adulterated or else had its mentiiol  extract­
ed, and is worthless as a pure drug.

P.,  D.  &  Co.  to  the Front.

The capital stock of  Parke,  Davis  & Co. 
has been  increased  to an  even $1,000,000, 
the last increase  having  been  made by the 
distribution of a stock dividend.

In England the paint and oil  dealers  are 
allowed to sell sulphuric acid and other poi­
sons,  regardless of  the  law  regulating  the 
sale of the same articles by druggists.

11
Mills & Goodman, Props,

375  South  Union  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

>  other  drug  st 
Good reason for sellin

r
T'OR SALE—Stock of about 500  in  Northern 
miles.
IT'OR  SALE—Stock of $1,700 in town of 800 in­

habitants.  Doing good business.

IT'OR SALE—Stock of about $1,800 in town of 
1  
1,000 inhabitants in eastern part of  State.
Wijl  give  liberal  discount  for  cash  or make 
godd terms.

- 
ventory or estimate.

4,000 inhabitants.  Will  sell  either  at  in­

population.  Sales $10,000 a  year.  Clean 
stock.  Four drug stores in town.  Reason for 
selling, other business in  Southern  Michigan.

IT'OR SALE—Stock of about $4,000 in town of 
IT'OR SALE—Stock of $4,500 in  town  of  4,000 
■ LSO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
of which we will  furnish  on  application.
WE  HAVE also secured  the  agency  for J.
H. Vail & Co.’s medical publications and 
can  furnish  any  medical  or  pharmaceutical 
works at publishers’ rates.
'T'O  DRUGGISTS—Wishing to  secure clerks 
A  we will furnish the  address  and full  par­
ticulars of those on our list  free.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357 South Union St., 

- 

Grand Rapids,

WHOLESALE  PRIGS  CURRENT,

Advanced—Morphia,  sub 
ipecac root, linseed oil.
Declined—Salacine.

nitrate  bismuth,

ACIDUM.

8® 

Aceticum ...........................................  
  8®  10
Benzoicum,  German............................  8001 00
Carbolicum............................................   55®  60
Citricum.................................................  70®  75
Hydrochlor............................................  
5
Nitrocum...............................................   10®  12
Oxalicum................................................  n@  13
Salicylicum............................................1  85®2  10
Tahnicum...............................................l 40@1 60
Tartaricum............................................   50®  53
Aqua, 16 deg.......  ................................. 
3®  5
18  deg........................................... 
4®  6
Carbonas.................................................   1  ®  14
Ckloridum..............................................  12®  14
Cubebae (po.  1 75__
..........1 85@2 10
Juníperas  ....  * 
........ 
6®  7
Xanthoxylum
25® 30

AMMONIA.

BACCAE.

** 

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba...................................................  50®
50® 55
Peru...................................................
®1 50
_
Terabin,  Canada.............................. 
38® 40
lo lu ta n ...................................................  45®
45® 50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian....................................
Cassiae  ...................................................
Cinchona Flava......................................
Euonymus  atropurp............................
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............................
Prunus  Virgini.....................................
Quillaia,  grd...........................................
Sassfras  .................................................
Ulmus......................................................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)..................... .

18
11
J8
OU
20
12
12
)2
12
10

EXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza Glabra...............................  24®
PO..  ....................................   83®
„   “ 
Haematox, lo ®> boxes..........................  
8®
Is..........................................   ®
“ 
V4s  .................. . ..............  @
" 
V48....................................  @

FERRUM.

Carbonate Precip..................................
Citrate and Quinia.................................
Citrate Soluble................................. »..
Ferrocyanidum Sol...............................
Solut  Chloride.......................................
Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 75).....................
pure...................... ...............

“ 

FOLIA.

Barosma.................................................
Cassia  Acutifol,  Finnirdly..................
Alx..............................
Salvia officinalis, &sand  Vis...............
Ura  Ursi....................................

“ 

“ 

@  15 
®3 50 
®  80
®
@
lVi®
@
38®
20®
35®
10®
8®

40

GUMMI.

“ 

........................

Acacia,  1st  picked.................................  ® i 00
®  00 
@  80 
®  65 
75@l  00 
50®  60 
®  12 
@  50 
25®  30 
@  15 
50®
24®
@
35®
75®
®
@

2nd
3rd 
“ 
Sifted  sorts..............................
“ 
** 
po..........................................
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)...............................
“  Cape, (po. 20).................................
**  Socotrine,  (po. 60).......................
Ammoniac  ............................................
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)........................ .
Benzoiuum............................................
Camphorae............................................
Catechu, Is,  (‘As,  14; Vis, 16)................
Euphorbium,  po....................................
Galbanum
Gamboge, po........
Guaiacum, (po. 45)
Kino,  (po. 25)........
Mastic....................
Myrrh, (po.45)..........
40
Opii, (po. 5 25)...................................... .. 3 75©3
85
Shellac........
..  18® 25
bleached................................. ..  25® 30
Tragacaath .............
..  30© 75
h e r b a —In ounce package 
s.
Absinthium  ....................................
25
Eupatorium  .......................................
20
Lobelia  .......................................
25
Majomm  ..........................................
28
Mentha Piperita...............................
23
R u e ......................................
30
Tanaeetum,  V .................................
Thymus. V .......................................
25

“  V ir..........................................

“ 

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Calcined,  Pat......................................
Carbonate,  Pat.................................... .  20®
Carbonate,  K. & M...
■■  20© 
Carbonate,  Jennings..........................
..  ÒO©
Absinthium.^.........................................4 00@4
Amygdalae, Dulc.
..........  45®
Amydalae, Amarae....................
.......... 7 00@7
Anisi  ...........................................
A ura nti  Cortex..........................
Bergamii......................................
Cajiputi  ......................................
Caryopbylli.................................
Cedar............................................
Cheuopodii.................................
Cinnamomi.................................
CitronelJa  ..................................
Coniutn  Mac...............................
Copaiba.......................................
Cubebae ......................................
Exechthitos.................................
Erigeron......................................
Gaultheriu...................................
Geranium, 5.................................
Gossipii, Sem.gal.......................
Hedeoma......................................
J uni peri.......................................
Lavendula ...................................

----  @

Or.  L ap arle’s  Celebrated  P reparation. Safe  and 
Indispensable  to  JLADI1BS. 
klwayB  Reliable. 
Send  4   cents  for  Sealed  C ircular.
CALUMET CHEMICAL 60., Cfclcago,
Mention 
this paper.

CX2TSSXTC ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
Feck Bros.,  OroggisU, Uraod Rapids, flick

L O C A L   SO C IE T IE S

Myrcia,
Picis Liquida, (gal.  50).
R icini............................
Rosmarini....................
Kosae,  5.........................
Succini  .........................
Sabina............................
Santal............................
Sassafras.......................
Sinapis, ess, 5...............
Tiglii..............................
Thym e..........................
opt.....................

“ 

Bichromate.

POTASSIUM.

60
25
36

50 
50 
50
2 00@2  10 
@2 50 
2 00@2 75 
©  75 
Jib 2  15 
35®  65 
©1 50 
®  75
I'
® 80
..12  00® 13 to
....  90@1 00
.... 1 20@1 30
....2  30®2 40
....  55® 75
....  90@l 00
....  50@2 00
....  90@2 00
....2  25©2 35
....  42® 45
....3  00©3 75
....6 00@7 00
....  8U®1 00
....  ® 50
...l 00@2 75
....  10® 12
...1 42@1 60
—   75®1 00
@8 00
40® 15
....  90® 1 00
...3 50©7 00
__  50® 60
...  @ 65
©1 50
...  40® 50
...  @ 60
....  15® 20

...  72® 14
40
...  20® 22
...3 0C®3 25
...  25® 28

Bruoô & flDeòicines

State  Board of Pharmacy. 

One Y ear—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Two Years—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Three Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor. 
F our Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Y ears—Stanley E. Purkell, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach.
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At G rand Rapids, M arch 1 and 8.

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

President—F rank J. W urzburg, G rand Rapids.
F irst Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor, Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—Henry Harwood, Ishpeming. 
T hird Vice-President—F rank Inglis, D etroit. 
S ecretary—S. E. P arkill, Owosso.
T reasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Comm ittee—Geo.  W. Crouter, J. G. Johnson, 
Local Secretary—Guy M. Harwood, Petoske.v.
Next Place of M eeting—At  Petoskey, July 12,18 and 11.

F rank Wells, Geo. G undrum  and Jacob Jesson.

Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical  Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  9, 1884.

.  .  _   _  _ 

President—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Viee-President—H.  E. Locher.
Secretary—F rank H. Escott.
T reasurer—H enry  £. Fairchild.
Board of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec­
retary. 
_
Board of Trustees—The President.  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Kimm, Wm. H. VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond, 
wen, Isaac W atts. Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite.
Com m ittee on Trade M atters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo  Thum. 
Comm ittee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McW illiam s,  Theo. 
Keraink and W. H. Tibbs.
Com m ittee on Pharm acy—W. L. W hite, A. C. B auer and 
Isaac W atts. 
R egular  Meetings—F irst  Thursday  evening  in  each 
m onth. 
Annual Meeting—F irst  Thursday evening in N ovember.
Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  Mar 
.3,  a t  The 

,
,  „

_.

, 

Tradesman office.

Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  Society.
P resident—Jay  Smith.
F irst Vice-President—W. H. Y arnall.
Second V ice-President—R. Bruske.
Secretary—D. E. Prall.
Treasurer—H. Melchers.
Com m ittee on Trade M atters—W. B. Moore, H. G. H am­
R egular  Meetings—Second  W ednesday  afternoon  in 

ilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and  R. J. Birney. 
each m onth.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1888.

President—A. F.  Parker.
F irst Vice-President—F rank  Inglis.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and T reasurer—A. W. Allen.
A ssistant Secretary and Treasurer—H. McRae. 
A nnual Meeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R egular Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.
Jackson County  Pharmaceutical Ass’n. 

President—R. F. Latim er.
Vice-President—C. D. Colwell.
Secretary—F.  A. King.
Treasurer—Chas. E. Hum phrey. 
_  _
Board of Censors—Z. W. W aldron, C. E- Foot and C. H.
Annual Meeting—F irst Thursday in November. 
R egular Meetings—F irst Thursday in each  month.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks’ Association.

H a s k in s . 

___  

„

President—I. C.  Terry.
Vice-President—P. VanDiense.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo. L. LeFevre.
R egular  Meetings—Second  and  fo u rth   W ednesday  of 

each m onth.

Mecosta  County  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President—C. H. W agener.
Vice-President—Nelson Pike.
Secretary—A. H. W ebber.
Treasurer—C. A. Fellows.

Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society.

President—F. W. Fincher.
Vice-President—F. W. VanWickle.
Secretary—F rank Cady.
Treasurer—E. A. W right.

Mason  County  Pharmaceutical  Society.

President—F. N. Latim er.
Secretary—Wm. Heysett.
Treasurer—W. H. Taylor.
Meetings—Second Wednesday of each month.

Clinton County  Druggists’  Association. 

President—A. O. Hunt.
Vice-President—A. S. Fildew.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. S. W allace.

“ Not  So  Bad  After A ll.”

“Talking about druggists’ mistakes,” said 
a druggist,  “I’ll tell you a funny  mistake  I 
• made about three years ago.  A young Ger­
man came into the  store  one  morning  and 
said he wanted fifty cents’ worth of  arsenic 
to feed to rats. 
I sold him what I supposed 
was the poison,  and would have thought  no 
more of the sale if the fellow had not  come 
around the next day and berated me for sell­
ing him quinine for arsenic.  I learned later 
that the German had become despondent over 
some money matters and bought the  ‘arsen­
ic’ with the intention of committing suicide. 
He took the quinine to his lodgings,  put on 
his grave clothes,  shaved himself,  and  then 
laid down on the bed,  witli a teaspoonful of 
the alkaloid in his stomach.  When he woke 
up the next morning and found himself alive, 
lie eame to the store and relieved himself of 
his bile.  Three weeks later,  lie got  a  good 
job in a down-town  clothing  house  and  is 
uow earning a good salary.  He often comes 
around to tell me that some of the  mistakes 
which druggists make are not  so  bad  after 
all.”

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  only  a  few  changes  to  note 
this week.  Opium  is  firmly held  and  the 
morphia manufacturers have advanced their 
price  15c,  P.  &  W.  being  now  quoted  at 
#2.75  in ounce vials  and  $3 in  %ths.  The 
demand for  quinine  is  unusually good  for 
the season,  and a further advance is not un­
likely.  The bottom seems to  have dropped 
out of  salacine,  the  advance  having been 
too sudden.  Gum camphor is firm  and ad­
vancing, and higher  prices  are  probable  in 
the near future.  Sub  nitrate  bismuth  has 
advanced  10c  per  pound. 
Ipecac  root is 
again marked  up.  Arnica  fiowers,  balsam 
oopaibia,  oil  sassafras,  tin.  senna 
leaves 
are  all  tending  higher.  Geo.  G.  Steketee 
has advanced t he  price of  his importations 
of  Haarlem oil  and  Dutch  herbs to Si.65 
per dozen.

Muskegon  Drug  Clerk’s  Association.
Muskegon,  Feb.  10,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D ear  S ir—The  M.  D.  C.  A.  held  their 
regular meeting last  evening,  with  a  good 
attendance.  O.  A.  Lloyd read  a  paper  on 
“Bismuth.”  E.  C.  Bond  had  a  selection 
of chemicals,  which the Association  passed 
a  few  remarks  on.  After  a  little  social 
talking,  Messrs.  Bond,  Orison  and  Hop- 
stead were appointed to prepare  papers  for 
the first meeting in  March.  After  hearing 
the critic’s report the meeting adjourned.
The next meeting will  be held  on  Febru­
ary 23. 

Yours truly.
Geo.  L.  L eFevre,  Sec’y.

Getting  in Shape.

_  
Florida sheens’ wool, carriage.......2 25  @2 50
2 00
Nassau 
Velvet Ext 
110
Extra Ye  • 
85
65
Grass 
Hard ’ 
75
1  40
Yellow Reef, 

SPONGES.
....... 
do 
. . . .  
do 
do 
........ 
do 
,for slate use........... I.. 
................  

do 
do 
do 
do 

do 

MISCELLANEOUS.

.. 

5® 

. . . . 4   00©S4 
® 5

9 ® 15
......... 
13® 25
. . . .  
30
___ 25)4®
. . . .  
@ 15
------   25® 40
@ 75
. . . .  
© 65
. . . .  
@ 85
......... 
@1 00
. . . .  
@ 40

jEther, Spts Nitros, 3 F........................   26®  28
ASther, Spts. Nitros, IF .......................  30®  32
AJumen...................................................  2)4® 3)4
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7)....................... 
3® 
4
Annatto  ...........................................  55® . 60
Antimoni,  po......................................... 
4®  
5
Antimoni et Potass  Tart.....................  55®  60
Argenti  Nitras,  l ..................................   @  68
Arsenicum.............................................. 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud................................[  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .........................................2 15@2 20
Calcium  Chlor,  Is, ()4s, 11;  j^s, 12)!...  @ 
9
Cantharides  Russian, po..................... 
©2 25
Capsici  Fructus, a f...............................  @  15
Capsici Fruetus, po...............................  @  16
Capsici Fructus, B, po..........................   @  14
Caryophyllus,  (po.  35)..........................   30®  33
Carmine. No. 40......................................  @3  75
Cira Alba, S. &  F........................ ... !..  50®  55
Cera Flava..............................................  gs®  30
Coccus....................................................   ®  4o
Cassia Fruetus.......................................   @  45
Centraria.................................... 
@  10
Cetaceum.................................!.'...!!!!  @  50
Chloroform................................................38®  40
Chloroform,  Squibbs............................  ©1  00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst........................ l 60@l  75
Chondrus...............................................  
io@  12
Cinchonidine, P. & VV............................  15@  go
Cinchonidine,  German......................     lg®  17
Corks, see list, discount,  per cent__  
40
Creasotum..............................................  @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)..................................  
@  g
Creta  prep........................................ 
5® 
 
6
Creta, precip........................................... 
8®  10
Creta Rubra.............................  
®  8
Crocus..........................................;;;;;;  05®  30
Cudbear...................................................  @  »4
cuprisuiph.......................................;;;;;  6®  7
Dextrine........................................ 
10@  12
 
Ether Suiph..........................................    68®  70
Emery, all  numbers.......................... 
@ 
8
Emery, po...............................................   @ 
e
Ergota. (po. 60).......................................   50®  60
Flake  White..........................................  
ig®  15
.....................................................  @  23
Galla 
Gambier......................................  
7® 
 
8
Gelatin, Coopor................................ 
  @  45
Gelatin, French.....................................   40®  60
Glassware Hint, 7Ü&10 by box.  60&1Ö, less.
Glue,  Brown............................
Glue, White.............................
Glycerina.................................
Grana  Paradisi.......................
H um ulus.................................
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite...............
Hydra ra  Chlor.  Cor...............
Hydra ra Oxide Rubrum........
Hydrarg  Ammoniati..............
Hydrara Unguentum.............
Hydrargyrum.......................-.
Ichtlivocolla, Am  ..................
. . . . 1   25@1 50
Indigo.......................................
00
Iodine,  Kcsnbl..................... . .
10
Iodoform.................................
15
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod 
Liquor Potass  Arsinitis
ie®  12
............!!! 
T  - 
Lycopodium..........................................
no®  60 
Macis........................................................
60®  65 
Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl. 1)4)............!!!.!
2®  3
Mannia. S. F............................................
90@1 00 
Morphia,  S, P. Sc W.........................” ”
60@2 85 
Moschus Canton....................................
©  40 
Myristica, No. 1.....................................
©  60 
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20).......................... .
©  10 
Os.  Sepia.................................................
23®  25 
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co 
!! !....
@2 00 
Picis  Liq,. N. C.. VS  galls, doz...............
©2 70 
Picis Liq.,  quarts..................................
@1 40 
Picis Liq., pints.....................................
©  85 
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).............................
@  50 
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22)  ............................
®  18 
Piper  Alba, (po. 35)...............................
®  35 
Pix  Burgun............................................
@  7
Piumbi Acet..........................................
15
14®
Potassa, Bitart, pure............................
40
@©
Potassa,  Bitart, com............................
15
Potass  Nitras, opt.................................
8®
10
Potass Nitras........................................
9
7®
Pulvis Ipecac et opii...........................
l  20
11XÍ
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.
©100
Pyrethrum, pv.......................................
45®  50 
Quassiae.................................................
S@  10 
Quinia, S, P. &  W..............!.!!!!!!!!!!
70®  75 
Quinia. S, German........................!.!.!
65®  70 
Rubia Tinctomm..................................
12©)  13
Saceliarum  Laetis, pv.............
Salacin.......................................
@8 50
Sanguis Draeonis.....................
..  40® 50
Santonine..........................
©4 50
Sapo,  W......................................
..  12® 14
Sapo,  M......................................
8® 10
.. 
Sapo, G.......................................
Seicllitz  Mixture.......................
© 28
Sinapis.......................................
@ 18
Sinapis,  opt...............................
@ 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do. Voes...
@ 35
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes..........
Oi>
Soda Boras, (po.  10)..................
8®
10
.. 
Soda et Potoss Tart..................
..  33® 35
Soda Carb..................................
2® 2‘/,
.. 
Soda,  Bi-Carb............................
.. 
4® 5
Soda,  Ash..................................
.. 
3® 4
Soda  Sulphas............................
Spts. Ether Co..........................
..  50® 55
Spts.  Myrcia  Dom....................
@2 00
Spts. Myrcia Imp.....................
50
@2
Spts. Vini Kect, (bbl.  2 25).......
@2
35
Strychnia. Crystal....................
30
®i
Sulphur, Subl.............................
..  2)4© a
)4
Sulphur,  Roll............................
..  2)¿© 2
Tamarinds..................................
8® 10
.. 
Terebenth  Venice....................
^
Theobromae.............................. 
@ 40
Vanilla  ......................................!.!!..!9 00@I6 66
.9 00®16 00
Zinci  Sulnh............................
7® 8
Bbl  Gal
_  
Whale, winter.......................................   70 
75
Lard, extra...........................................  55 
60
Lard, No.  1...........................................   45 
55
Linseed, pure  raw...............................   40 
43
Linseed, boiled....................................   43 
45
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained...........   50 
80
Spirits Turpentine...............................   ¿4 
50
Lb
Bbl 
2@ 3
Red  Venetian............................  154 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  144 
2® 3
2® 3
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  144 
Putty, commercial..................  2)4 
2X@ 3
gv®  3
Putty, strictly pure..................  2)4 
13®16
V ermilion, prime  American.. 
Vermilion,  English.................. 
58@60
Green, Peninsular.................... 
I6®17
6® 6)4
Lead, red strictly  pure...........  
Lead, white, strictly pure....... 
6® 6)4
Whiting, white Spanish.......... 
@70
®90
Whiting,  Gildersf.....................  
1  io
White, Paris American...........  
l  40
Whiting  Paris English cliff.. 
Pioneer Prepared  J a in ts__  
1  20@1  40
Swiss Villa Prepare  Paints.. 
1  00®1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach.................................. 1  10@1 20
Extra  Turp........................................... 4  60®1  70
Coach Body........................................... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture........................... 1 00® 1  10
Extra Turk  Dainar...............................1  55® 1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.....................   70®  75

PAINTS

, 

, 

FURNITURE  FINISH.

Make Old Furniture 

Look Like New.

DIRECTIONS  FOR  USEr
First  remove  all  dirt  and 

grease, then apply

with  a  cotton  cloth,  and  rub

The Best Furniture Finish  in 
the market.  Try  it, and  make 
your old Furniture  look  Fresh 
and New.
Ask your Druggist, Furniture Dealer, Grocer 
or Hardware Store  for  POLISH1NA.  If they 
do not have it, send 25 cents for a bottle to

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42  and  44  Ottawa  Street and  89,  91,

93 and  95  Louis  Street.

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

M AN U FA CTU RERS  OF

Elept  Phannacenîical  Prepara­

tions,  finii  Extracts  ani 

irs

G E N E R A L   W H O LESA LE  A GN TS  FO R

Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. 

Whiting, Manufacturers  of 

Fine Paint and  Var­

nish Brushes.
THE  CELEBRATED

ALSO  FOR  THE

Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu­
facturers of Hair, Shoe snd 

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Weatlerly’s Michigan Catarrh Cnre

Which is positively the best Remedy 

of the kind on the market.

W e  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about  purchasing outfits  for  new  stores  to 
the  fact  of our  U N S U R P A S S E D   F A C IL ­
IT IE S   for  meeting  the  wants  of  this  class 
of buyers  W IT H O U T   D E L A Y   and  in  the 
most  approved  and  acceptable  manner 
known  to  the  drug  trade.  Our  special  ef­
forts in  this  direction  have  received  from 
hundreds  or our customers  the  most  satis­
fying  recommendations.

lQior SeDartment

W e  give  our special  and  personal atten­
tion  to  the  selection  of choice  goods  for the 
D R U G   T R A D E   O N L Y , and trust we merit 
the  high  praise  accorded  to  us  for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  P U R E   G O O D S  in  this  depart­
ment.  W e C O N T R O L  and are the O N L Y  
A U T H O R IZ E D   A G E N T S   for the  sale  of 
the  celebrated

WITHERS DADE&CO.’S

Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

WHIS KEY.

W e   not only  offer these  goods  to  be  ex­
celled  by  N O  O T H E R   K N O W N   B R A N D  
in  the  market,  but superior  in  all  respects 
to  most  that  are  exposed  to  sale.  W e  
G U A R A N T E E   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 rills ’  Favorite  Eye,

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

Gias, Brailiis & Fine Wines.

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 
such  articles  as  do  not appear  on  the  list, 

such  asPatent  Medicines,

Etc.,  we  invite  your correspondence.

Mail  orders  always  receive  our special 

and  personal  attention.

Hazeltine 

& Perkins 

Drug Co.

13.  Determine if packing in sections does 
not insure better exhaustion than by follow­
ing the United  States  Pharmacopoeia meth­
od of packing all at once.

14.  How much menstruum  was  required 

Desiring copies of the new  catalogue of the 
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society  can 
obtain the same on the basis of 50 cents per 
copy in paper covers and 75 cents  in  cloth. 
Address  FRANK  H.  ESCOTT,  Sec'y, 

to moisten powder?

OTTENBEREfS CIGARS.

Grand Ra pid s,  Mich.

Hazel Kirke 
10 cents. 
La Rosa Celeste]
Sweet  Catawba! 5 cents.

Having  secured  the  Sole  agency  for  S. OTTENBERG  & 
BROS.’  Celebrated  Cigars,  I  take  pleasure  in  recommending 
them to the Trade, as the Finest and Best

5  slitcL IO Cent Cigars

Ever placed on the Market.  They are made of the Finest Qual­
ity of Imported Tobacco without artificial  flavor.
G IV E   T H E M   A   TRXAX..

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Spigelia  .................................................  50®
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)..................
Serpeutaria..................................
Senega.........................................
Smilax, Officinalis, H ..................
Mex.............
Scillae,  (po. 35).............................
Symplocarpus,  Foetidus, po...
Valeriana,  English,  (po. 30)......
German.....................

...  25® 30
...  15® 20
Arum,  po.................................
...  ® 25
Calamus....................................
.  20® 50
Geutiana,  (po. 15)....................
.  10® 12
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)...............
.  16(d) 18
Hydrastis  Canaden,  (po. 35)..... 
.  @ 30
Hellebore, Alba,  po..............................  15©
.  15® 20
Inula,  po.................................................  15®  20 i
.  15® 20
Ipecac, po............................................... l 60@1 70 ]
.1 60@1 70
Jalapa,  pr...............................................   25®
.  25® 30
Maranta,  V48............................
@ 35
Podophyllum,  po.....................
15® 18 I
Rhei  .........................................
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Anisum, (po.20)............................
Apium  (graveolens)...................
Bird, Is...........................................
Carui,  (po.20)...............................
Corlan drum........
Cannabis  Sativa.

Foeniculum........
Foenugreek, po..
Lini.......................
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3).
Rapa...............
Sinapis,  Albu. 
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Frumenti,  W.,  D. & Co..........
Frumenti, D. F. H....................
J u ni peris Co.  O. T.

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Vini Oporto............................................. 1 
Vini  Alba................................................ 1 

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From the Owosso Times.
The  druggists  of  the  county  met ’on j 
I will scud to 8»ny responsible  first-class  dealer a sample of 
Thursday,  and  perfected  their  county  or-  these Cigars on trial, to be returned  if not  satisfactory, within
ganization.  a   constitution  and  by-laws j @q   d a y S.  We send advertising matter with above Cigars, 
were adopted,  and the  association is an as- j 
sured  fact.  The  attendance  was  good, I 
showing the druggists are  alive to their in­
terests.  The  election of  officers  occurs a t! 
the meeting to be held the first Thursday in  1 
April.

H. Treusch,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

SOLE  AGENTS

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This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
Oxie-TlxircL  L ess

Gan be used than any other in the Market.

M anufactured by th e

FIRMENICH  MNFG. CO.

Factories:  M arshalltow n,  Iow a;  Peoria,  Ills.

Ottices  a t  Peoria,  Ills.

s t r o n g .!  Clark,  Jewell  &  Co. 

FOR  SALE  BY

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GONE  DAFT.

Question.

Soliman Snooks Crazy  on the  Faith  Cure 

Ca n t Hook Co rn ers,  Feb.  0,  1S87.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D e u b Sin—Cant Hook Coiners has  late­
ly been  shaken  from  the  circumference  to 
the  town  pump  over 
the  new-fangled 
“Faith Cure” and “Mind Cure.”  The latter 
seems to be the plain medicine, without any 
sugar  coating,  and  the  other—sometimes 
called  “Christian  Science”—is  the  coated 
variety.  But it seems to be  all  one  medi­
cine and is intended to knock  out  calomel, 
jallap,  quinine and  balsam  copaiva  at  the 
first  round. 
I  and  Mrs.  Snooks  went  to 
hear a learned professor at our  church  last 
month on this most abstrsue  subject,  and 1 
was so edified that I have been learning the 
business.  My only trouble is to understand 
just exactly how to do it. 
It  seems  to  be 
a thing that cannot be got down  fine into  a 
prescription,  like ordinary drugs.  Dr. Kobb 
was  there  and  he  said  he  would  write  it 
about like this:

It

Faith.»
Credulity, aa. QS.
Humbug. O. I. C.
Cash,  P. D. Q.

tient can swallow it.

Mix.  Sig.  To be taken as often as the pa­
But I don’t care  for  Doc.  He  is  preju­
diced against  all  substitutes  for  medicine. 
The speaker told us just exactly  how to  do 
it  and  I  took  down  his  t*ords for future 
study.  He said:
The  Phrenopathic  method  consists  of 
projecting your spiritual  entity against  his 
immortal ego within the sphere  of  his pro­
portioned  susceptibility.

That seems easy to  look  at,  but  I  don’t 
understand exactly how a fellow would  do, 
in  case  the  patient  had  no immortal ego. 
Or,  suppose  the  patient  objected  to  your 
projecting  your  ego  against  his  immortal 
susceptibility.  Or,  suppose  your  entity 
■was  out  of  order  and  wouldn’t  project 
against the immortal ego,  in  proportion  to 
the sphere of the cube root of your  suscepti­
bility.  Or,  suppose—but  I  might  go  on 
supposing till doomsday and not exhaust all 
the various  complications  that  might  arise 
in this practice.

The professor further explained  that  dis­
ease  was  not  a “concomitant of the  inner 
man,  but a thing apart  from  his  corporeal 
body.”

If that is true,  that alfired  stummic  ache 
I had last summer from eating cowcuinbers, 
was not in me at all. 
It was  outside some­
where,  perhaps in the front  yard  or  wood­
shed. 
I wish I’d a known  it  at  the  time, 
for I suffered  lots,  thinking  it  was  inside 
my corporation.

For the purpose of  ascertaining  whether 
there is  anything  in  the  claims  made  by 
faith  cure  doctors,  I  have  already  begun 
the  new  practice and have several patients 
under treatment. 
It  may be of some inter­
est to the profession to  learn  some  of  the 
results:

Case I.  Jacob  Samuels,  male,  aet.  57, 
disease—mendacity.  Patient  was  wholly 
unable to tell the truth  under  any provoca­
tion.  Treated him three times  and  he was 
heard yesterday telling a customer that  “so 
hellup me gratious, dot  goat  cost  me  all  I 
ask  you  for  him.”  This  is  37  per cent, 
nearer  the  truth  than  Mr.  Samuels  ever 
came before.
Case II.  Sarah Perkins,  female,  aet.  34, 
widow,  disease—talebearing.  Patient  at­
tended to every one’s business in  town  ex­
cept her own. 
I gave her  only seven treat­
ments  and  now  she  stays  at  home like a 
kitten and minds her own business.
Case III.  Mrs. Johnson, married female, 
aet.  41,  troubled  greatly  by  her  husband 
staying out late  every night,  very  nervous. 
After  treatment  three  evenings  only,  the 
trouble all disappeared.  Johnson  stays  in 
every evening now.
Case IV.  Miss  Smith,  female,  aet.  31, 
melancholly.  Case yet in progress.

I think this practice  is  a  big  thing  and 
saves  medicine. 
I  heard  incidentally  the 
other day,  that a  wonderful  case  of  a  re­
markable cure  happened  in  Grand  Rapids 
not long ago,  where a new  leg  was  grown 
out on a man in place of one he lost  on  the 
railroad.  We hardly credit this,  though.

As I progress in the  art of  healing  with­
out  calomel  and quinine,  I  will  write  you 
further. 

Yours,

Soliman Snooks.

Pertinent  Suggestions from a Pioneer  Or­

ganizer.

Written Especially for The Tradesman.

1.  Now is the  time for  the  local  associa­
tions to do  some  good  work.  These  long 
evenings afford the time to perfect methods, 
work out old plans and  lay out  new  ones. 
The  constitution  may  need  revision,  early 
closing might be in order  for  two  or  three 
months—never a better time.  Old accounts 
may  be  reviewed  and  the  new  collection 
system applied.  The  credit  business  may 
be  thought  over  and  discussed  in  public; 
new  railways  agitated;  village  improve­
ments—anything of  interest to the public is 
what the business men ought to grasp.

2.  Local secretaries should collect all dues 
promptly.  Bad  results  follow  laxness  in 
this direction.

3.  Merchants should  be  prompt  in  hand­
ing to the secretary the  list  of  delinquents, 
when the time on the first notification sheet 
has expired.  A delay  in this will leave the 
delinquent to  infer  that  we  do  not  mean 
business.

4.  Every member of an association would 
greatly encourge  and  assist  the  officers by 
their presence at  the  regular  meetings. 
Is 
it not an  actual  duty to  do  this  whenever 
possible.  “Pull  together,”  but  don’t  pull 
down.

5.  Social  gatherings  are  in  order.  Why 

not for the business men?

6.  “As pleasant and  profitable a meeting 
with business men as I  ever attended.”  So 
said  Hon.  Perry Hannah,  of  the recent an­
niversary banquet at Traverse City.

7.  Do  not put figure heads  in responsible 
I positions.  Push,  pluck  and  perseverance 
• are necessary.  So are caution and wisdom,
I but don't burden the machine with cold tar.
I 
8.  Save  yourself  the  annoyance  and 
I trouble of sending the delinquent to his long
home by refusing him credit. 
Answers  to  Queries  by  Secretary  Lam- 

II.

from.
Owosso,  Feb.  8,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dear Sib—Your  favor  of  the  7th  inst., 
as  well  as  Notification  Sheets,  at  hand. 
This being  a  dreary,  rainy  day, causing  a 
stagnation of business,  I take the opportun­
ity to give you my opinion on some of  your 
Queries.
No.  3.  1  think  “Yes,”  by  all  means. 
There  are  many  parties  dishonest,  and 
yet  too  proud  to  have  their  names  ap­
pear on a  Delinquent  List  and  hence  will 
pay where you could not legally recover.
4.  There should be  judgment used in this 
case,  in  ordinary  cases  ninety  days  after 
maturity.  Where  notices  have  been  sent 
and were not  responded  to,  that  should be 
sufficient  time  to  use  the  Association sys­
tem.  There are cases  where  parties would 
pay, if they could, but have met with reverses 
which  render  them  unable  to  pay.  Such 
cases should be  exempt from  using the As­
sociation system until  they are in condition 
to pay.
□5.  1 think she is entitled to credit, moral­
ly  and  legally.  A  husband  commanding 
liis wife to become custodian of his property 
compels her in  most  all  cases to do so,  and 
does  not  make  her  dishonest,  in  my opin­
ion.  She may be au honest,  upright woman 
and pay her accounts  according to contract 
Aside  from  that,  she  is 
legally  respon­
sible and can  be  made  to  pay.  But in ex­
tending credit by a merchant to a woman in 
such a  case,  great  care  should  be  taken to 
have her agree to charge  such an account to 
her  individually.  Simply charging  the  ac­
count to her  without  her  agreement  would 
be void  and  you  could  not  recover,  as  the 
law presumes  that  the  husband  must sup­
port  the family,  and not  the  wife.  Hence 
without  such  agreement  from  her  it  could 
not be collected.
8.  It is not,  nor  would  it  be  good  busi­
ness policy.
9.  By extending credit only to worthy and 
responsible  parties,  knowing  them  to  be 
such.  Where there  is  any  doubt,  the mer 
chant should take the benefit and refuse.
10.  No,  sir,  every dealer .who  aims  to do 
a  square  and  successful  business  should 
make a legitimate  margin on his goods,  un­
less such goods have in some way depreciated 
in value.
11.  In case his  client  is  a  member of an 
Association,  he  should  be  allowed  to  use 
our system of blanks,  but not otherwise.

13.  As a firm.
14.  Only one vote for the firm.
15.  I do not see any objection to it.
10.  No,  sir.

Yours very truly,

S.  L amfbom.

Sherman in Line on Organization.

Siiehman,  Feb.  2,  1887. 

Frank Hamilton, Traverse City:

Dea r Sir—We  have  seen  the  business 
men here  and  they all  express  a  desire to 
organize,  as  you spoke  of.  So if  you  will 
let us know what  time  you  will  come  we 
will see to getting them out and organize.
Gilbert,  Hopkins & Co.

Yours truly,

GERMAN
MUSTARD.

L.  Winternitz,
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

106 Kent St. 

WM. L ELLIS & CO.

B K   A M P

Baltimore Oysters.
Sea  and  Lake  Fish

And Canned Goods.
B. F. EMERY,

Prices on Application.

37 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

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Maifactnriirs ol FINE  LAUNDRY ant TOILET  SOAPS,

120 Mloliisa>n St., Oliicago, 111.

We make the following brands:

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

Country  Talk, Mermaid, it will float, Silver Brick, Daisy, 

White Prussian, Glycerine Family, Napkin, Royal.

Our  HARD  W ATER  Soap can be  used  iu  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. 

Write me for Prices.

H E S T E R   <&  FOX,

m anufacturers’  agents  for

S A W  JLXTD G R IST  MILL  M A C H IN E R Y ,

Send for 
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Prices* ATLAS■*

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FCerry Engines and Boilers In Stock pBRjSft 
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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.

Write for Prices. 

130  OAKES  ST..  GRAND  KAPIDS,  MICH.

c x e l :d
Our L eader S m ok in g 

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Our L eader F in e  Cut 

15c per pound.

Our L ead er S k crts, 

33c per pound.

Our L ead er C igars, 

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
Til©  Best  ±ul  tlio  W orld.

Clark, Jew ell &  Co.,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOB

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

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

T=? F i M O V A L .

The firm of S. A.  W elling,

------COPY.------
24 Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.,

Its  assets  (stock, 
accounts,  fixtures,  etc.)  have been  transferred to, and its obligations assumed by W elling 
& Carhartt,  Detroit,  Mich.,  who alone are authorized to collect all accounts due said farm.
Thanking you for the patronage so kindly bestowed upon me,  and  trusting  you  will 
J a n u a r y 31. 

continue the same with the new concern,  I am,  Respectfully Yours,

Has  this  day  been  discontinued. 

s -  A *  W ELLIN G.

24 Pearl St.,  Grand Ra pid s,  Mich.

BTTSITSTESS  CHANGE.

------copy.------

I have discontinued business at 117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,  and have  sold  and  trans­
ferred my stock, accounts,  etc., to W elling & Cakiiartt,  139  Jefferson Ave.,  who  are 
authorized to make all collections due me. 
Hoping you  will extend your favors to the new concern as you have so  kindly  done

, , , ,  

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t0 
117 Griswold St.,  D etroit,  Micii.

1 

Y°“r 0toUent ^H A M IL T O N   CARIIARTT.

OOTsTSOILjIID-A.'TTOHSr.

Having  purchased the stock,  accounts,  etc.,  of  S.  A.  W elling,  of  24  Pearl  St., 
Grand Rapids,  Mich.,  and of Hamilton Carhartt,  of 117 Griswold St.,  Detroit,Mich., 
and removed the same to the large and commodious four-story building,

No.  139  JEFFERSON  AVENUE,

we beg leave to inform the trade that we have added to these stocks an  immense  line  of 
Spring Furnishings and Notions,  purchased direct  of  the  manufacturers,  and  are  m  a 
position to take care of your trade betterThan ever before-
We shall manufacture our  own  PANTALOONS,  OVERALLS,  JACKET»,  SACK 
COATS and WORKING  SHIRTS in a manner we firmly bylieve  to  command  your  ad 
miration.  Our whole aim is to be not unworthy a fair consideration at your hands.
__  ___

Very Respectfully, 

WELLING  & CARHARTT.

•January  31  1881 

139  J efferson  A v e.,  D etroit,  Mich.

E.  F A L L A S ,

Makes a Specialty of

Butter  and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters

Cold Storage in Connection.  All Orders  receive Prompt and Careful Attention.

We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND” Oysters.

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and 99 Canal Street, 

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WE CARRY A STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

The  accompanying  illustrations  reprents  the

Boss Tobacco  Pail  Cover.
It will fit any pail, and keep  the  Tobacco  moist 

and fresh until entirely used.

It will pay for itself in a short time.
You cannot afford to do without it. 

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Cor.

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