GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  23,  1887.

NO.  183.

BAXTER’S  CELEBRATED

Proceedings  of  the  Special  Con 

vention of the  Michigan  Bus­

iness  Men’s Association.

GERMAN
MUSTARD.

L.  Wintemitz,
Grand Rapids, Mich

106 Kent St. 

Full  outfits  for  the  Collection  Depart­
ment of a Business Men’s Association, con­
taining all the late improvements, supplied 
to order for $x3.  The outfit comprises: 
1,000 “Blue Letter”  Notification  Sheets, 
for member’s use.
«too C o pyrighted 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
CHANGE OF FIRM.
Notice is hereby given that the  stock and 
accounts of the firm of Fox & Bradford have 
been purchased by  H.  H.  I  reedman ^ <
\V. A.Higbee,who will continue the business 
under the firm name of  H. H.  Freedman & 
Co.  All accounts due the late firm must be 
paid to H. H. Freedman & Co., who bespeak 
for themselves a continuance of  the patron­
age accorded the old firm.

H,  H.  F k k k d m a n   & Co.

GRAHAM  ROYS,

WHIPS For Prices and term s, address
BELKNAP

O rand Rapids, Mich.

CHARLES  1.  COTE,
AWNINGS 3 TENTS

A .  C o y e   & fS o n ,

DEALER IN

Successor to

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Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Flags & Banners made to order.

Wide Ducks, etc.
GRAND RAPIDS.
- 

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The  Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

M anufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co.

106 Kent Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich,

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None genuine unless it bears above label.

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Manufactured by

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druggists  and  grocers  of  Michigan.  In  towns where 
th e cigar is n o t handled, I am  prepared to give  the  ex­
clusive agency to good parties, druggists preferred.

J. L. STBELITSKY,

STATE  AGENT,

128 Canal Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

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Mil, Hiruolsbemer 1 Co.,
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Importers and Jobbers of

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Overalls, Pants, Etc.

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Reference

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HEMLOCK  BARK!

WANTED.

in 

results 

tion  lias  aJfomplished  that  which  is  the 
dealer’s right; not until jealousy and imposi­
tion  have  been  supplanted  by  generosity 
and honor;  not until the  title  of  merchant 
is universally a synonym for integrity,  jus­
tice and high morals.
After six months,  we  are  called  here  to 
review our work,  to  test  the  truth  of our 
convictions  prior  to  organization,  to  out­
line our  future,  and  to  give  such impetus 
and character to the work as  will  send  its 
influence into every  business  house  in  our 
State.
When,  through  The  Tradesman some 
eighteen months ago, I suggested such an or­
ganization as we have to-day,  I  well  knew 
that I voiced the sentiment  of  an  army  of 
men in Michigan who  were  ready  to  raise 
the banner of the B. M.  A.  with its  inscrip­
tion,  “pay,  progress, principle.”
As  we  meet  to-day,  business  men  of 
Michigan,  entertaining no party or section­
al motive,  desiring  only  to  work  out  the 
best and highest methods in business,  stim 
ulated by the finest record  of  any  existing 
State  body,  let us  more  fully  outline  the 
work and state our  position.
A  half-year’s  experience  and  reflection 
bava bettor prepared as to commit Disorgan­
ization to the intelligent  public.  We  pride 
ourselves first on our  broad  platform;  our 
objects are so diversified  that  no  one  line 
of business men can claim  the  body  theirs 
alone—the  grocer may claim it  as  his, 
the 
butcher may claim it  as  his,  the  merchant 
an urge the stronger claims,  but  the  busi­
ness man, in the  honorable  mercantile,  in­
dustrial or professional  pursuits may at the 
option of the local bodies  call  the Associa­
tion his.
The  Association  does  not  assume  any 
sovereignty; it will invite and  urge co-oper­
ation from  the  local  bodies,  as  the  exis­
tence and efficacy of each will depend largely 
upon the other; it will watch with jealous eye 
the  interest  of  each  organization;  it  will 
seek  to  check  the  tendencies  toward  un- 
appy 
trade  through  loose 
methods; it will hold the defaulting creditor 
over coals of fire; it will encourage the hon­
est dealer,  however small; it will pursue the 
dead-beat with a “blue sheet” in  one  hand 
and a “promise to pay” in the  other; it will 
seek to place the delinquent upon his honor, 
if he has any); it will endeavor to legislate 
as well as educate; it will seek the enactment 
of such laws as  may  be  suggested  by  the 
„ombined  wisdom  and  experience  of  its 
members; it will seek to give life to  the  lo­
cal bodies; it  will  invite  members  to  the 
feast; it will also seek to  protect  the  army 
of noble (?) dead-beats from delinquent mer­
chants who tempt him to  buy  on  time;  it 
will protect the honest trader from  the  dis­
honest  tramps  calling  attention  to  their 
wares  as  “cheap  stores,”  “selling  out,” 
“slaughter  sales,”  whose  intentions  and 
dealings are false and misleading.
As a body,  we  have  many  children  but 
we have  no  patent  nights,  no  swindlers’ 
blanks, no national  repute at present.  We 
impart to the local organizations  no  power 
by the laying  on  of  hands.  We  not  only 
urge men to pay  and  be  paid,  but  to  put 
energy and thought into  those  local  indus­
tries and interests,  which  many  are  doing 
with the best results. 
I  know  of  no trade 
organization having  more  avenues  for use­
fulness and permanency, better calculated for 
the general  good,  than  the  association  of 
business men in Michigan.  To bear out the 
truth  of  this  assertion,  we  have  only  to 
point you  to  the  new  enterprises  which 
have  sprung  into  existence  through  the 
I combined efforts of banker, merchant,  man­
ufacturer  and  professional  man.  This  is 
especially true in  small and  moderate-sized 
towns.  Gentlemen,  do  you  want  your 
town to  prosper?  That  small  community 
of which you are a  member  will  best  suc­
ceed, when  citizens take pride  in  it,  work 
for it,  eacli in his way but pulling  together, 
encouraging new enterprises,  stimulatin 
spirit of progress; and your  interest  in  the 
end will be better subserved if  you  encour 
age  the  patronage  of  home 
industries 
Says one of our loyal editors,  “We have  al 
ways advocated  that  the  people  of  their 
town should stand by  the  town  and  those 
wlio stand by them.  We believe  that  your 
home  merchants,  the  men  who  have  the 
best interest of your town at heart, who hell 
to  pay  the  taxes,  help  to  support  the 
churches and,  in  fact,  who  go  down  into 
their pockets nearly every day,  in  order  to 
help along some object in which the  people 
are interested,  are the men who deserve and 
should have  your patronage.”  And,  I say, 
don’t 
forget  your  printer.  You  want 
to cultivate the newspaper man;  he  is  the 
most important factor  you have, and do not 
fail to appreciate  the  power  lie  holds  for 
your interests.  Take him  into  your  coun 
cite; patronize him freely.  You will not do 
more for him than he will for you.
I congratulate  your  local  presidents and 
delegates upon the position  which  you oc 
cupy before the trade of your sections.  T 
you are committed  interests  that  outweigl 
personal profit.  Competition  tiie  keenest 
upon every side,  we  could  not stop  if  w 
would,  we would  not if we  could.  Wori 
work is the motto.  Grind  out  the  dollar 
but don't bury  the  machine.  Do  we  find 
fault with competition?  No,  it is not only 
the life of trade,  it is the  life  of  man. 
makes men;  yea, 
it may make better men 
Idlers and drones go to the wall;  dudes and 
lolly-pops do not flourish on  American soi* 
rank witli us means  brains, zeal, characte: 
Competition snatches  man from barbarism 
clothes him,  feeds  him,  educates him,  puts 
a new song in his inouth, tools in his hands 
a dollar in his  pocket,  brings out the man 
hood, warms his heart,  makes  him a king 
Honest competition we court, but  dishonest 
competition, the barbaric, the canuabalistie 
the dirty deviltry that  would  carry us bad 
to the dark ages, we would, speaking in mild 
terms,  “sit down upon.”  Too much of this 
has alienated the  respect  which the  buyer 
has had for the dealer;  it has erected a bar­
rier  between  the  merchants;  it has led to 
this Pagan exclusiveness which is spreading 
so rapidly in 
the  social  strata.  Men  are 
getting too far apart.  Single-handed  effort 
is not productive of the highest good in any 
department;  greed,  selfishness, cupidity are 
its natural  outgrowths.  The  ever-present 
desire with us for  wealth  too often  blinds 
our finer insight in moral and  financial dis­
crimination,  and we  become  money-grasp­
ing  machines.  We  have  every  reason to 
congratulate ourselves upon the adoption of 
our home collection system,  rather than any 
one of the schemes in vogue, urged upon our 
Secretary in the past, which tend only to en­
rich the pockets of a  few,  witli  but  little

to 

iñare:

rk will al­

ies is a source of  pleas- 
discharged their 
profit to the merchant, lacking in the essen­
l have  been cognizant 
ure to me,  as to 
tials which we consider so  important to the 
1 the chairmen  of  Com- 
of the work throe 
business uian.
gislation  and Trade Iu- 
mittees on both  1 
Soon after our September meeting, a prize 
>st valuable suggestions 
terests,  receiving
of  $5  was  offered  for  the  best  set  of 
eports to-day will  reveal 
blanks that might be presented at this meet-  from each 
to us, with much it'«»fit,  the  interest  which 
ing.  That offer is now  open  and I hereby j ‘ 
they have shown. 
I  most  heartily  agree 
recommend the appointment of a committee 
with the chairman  on  Legislation  that we 
of three to report upon this branch of  work j 
should have a  Transportation Committee of 
during this session,  anticipating,  however, 
three,  to whom  all  matters  pertaining  to 
that no marked  change in  the  system will , 
railroads,  express,  telegraph  and passenger 
occur. 
I herewith offer a  few  suggestions 
rates be referred for such  action  in our be­
in its use: 
It is a power,  delegated to  the 
half as may seem proper, 
f further advise, 
use of all  merchants  alike,  upon all who, 
at this  meeting,  the  appointment  of  five 
for any reason,  may  be  delinquent.  Like 
Vice-Presidents,  making seven  in  all,  who 
all other good things,  I say,  as Mark  Twain 
shall have an especial 
interest  in the  local 
said to the beggar upon  whom lie bestowed 
work in their districts,  suggest  any  meas­
one cent,  “Use it freely,  but  not  extrava­
ures to the State Executive  Board that may 
gantly.”  We care  not to  shield  or uphold 
seem desirable to attain,  1 tie wise counsel 
the dishonest debtor;  we demand right and 
and aid from our  present  incumbents  have 
justice always.  The  dead-beat  is  ever  in 
been most gratifying and  encouraging. 
In 
the majority where  no  association  exists; 
these suggestions,  L do not  attempt  a fall 
where they do exist  and  men  are  loyal to 
and complete outline ot  the duties that may 
eacli other,  the case is reversed and the mer­
be delegated to each office.
chant is ahead.  Real happiness falls to man 
will,  I am
The report  of  our  Trea 
but  twice  in  Mis  natural  lifetime:  once, 
It will not only 
sure,  be an acceptable one. 
when he gets the belter of a first-class,  full- 
j  appear to you that the  office  has been most 
fledged,  professional  dead-beat; 
second, 
satisfactorily filled,  but  the  inadequacy 
when his party,  long out  of power,  rolls up 
of
our  present  income  to  meet  the wants
a heavy  majority.  Holding  the balance of 
You w ill 
this
power,  let us  use ft  with  an eye  toward 
has
mong debtors a sense of honor  understand that no payment  tor services nas 
stimulating among 
long as we use this system for  been made to or provided tor the  Secretary, 
and pay.  So 
et of merchandise, so long will  You will note,  too, that a ten  cent  per eapi-
a further outlet
ta tax on our  present  membership  is  to< 
it  continue*,  until  the  force of  it is lost to | 
small to make any but the most  meager ex­
our delinquent and we  have  not learned to j 
penditures—hardly a respectable income  for 
say  “No,” a great and good power given us,  I 
a body of this kind.  Should we not proceed 
but, through an  unwise  and  unsystematic 
at once to  raise  this  tax  on  meihbersnip 
use,  it has  spent its  force  and we  look in 
from October 1st,  the end of  our fiscal yeai, 
vain for another,  assuming  that, 
through 
to a sum not  less  than  twenty-five  centos, 
the system in vogue, we  not  only  have re-1 
nor more than forty, at the discretion of this 
ceived,  but will  continue  to  receive,  addi­
body.
tions to our lists of  delinquents.  Realizing 
I do not want t<* pass  over a  subject that 
the benefit that  may  be derived  in  an ex- | 
of so much 
interest  alike to dealer  and
is
change of these lists  among  the local asso­
consumer,  one that is destined to receive t ar 
ciations,  1 want to urge upon your secretar­
more attention than at present, one that will 
ies to forward  all  names  of  fleeing  delin­
be considered at some  length by  the chair­
quents 
the  State  Secretary,  E.  A.
man of our Committee  on  Trade  Interests.
Stowe,  who  will, upon a  larger scale than 
I refer to the  adulteration  of  food. 
It  is 
before,  print these names in  classified form 
both a commercial  and  sanitary  question. 
and mail to secretaries  sufficient copies for 
That  the  sophistication  of  food 
is  very 
every member in their organizations.  Thus, 
largely for the poAet,  L have no doubt;  but 
at regular  intervals,  every  association will 
it is one of  those subtle schemes which vv di. 
receive the names  and  residences of delin­
if  not checked,  not only further degrade the 
quents from every organization  auxiliary to 
trade,  but will cause  much greater physical 
the State body, these to be gathered hi book 
disturbance.  When  articles ot  food,  drill ic 
form from time to time.  Upon your blanks 
or wear are placed before  the buyer as pure 
to the State Secretary,  also  send the names 
or standard, and 
they  prove  to be inferior, 
of  any  persons  residing  with you, “Called 
adulterated, when prizes and  tricks  of  all 
for”  by  other  associations.  This  system 
kinds are resorted  to,  to  mislead the inno­
will prove of  incalculable  benefit to all and 
cent public,  when false'statements are made 
worthy of your immediate action.
for immediate  profit,  when  health  is  en­
I know of one association  which is about 
dangered,  then it  behooves  the  well-mean­
to adopt a system of  rating,  not  confining 
ing to  study how  to  punish  and  repress. 
the work to black-lists only, but which has a 
But do not let us indulge in any adulterated 
red,  a blue and a white list. 
I  have  copies 
j  form of speech,  ffiir be led into the adoption 
of  these sheets,  which,  when  distributed, 
of  any  measures  that  are  not compatible 
will  explain  themselves.  Not  attempt­
with good business sense.  Let us look  into 
ing to explain this  method  here,  I will say 
this  matter  reasonably  and  from the con- 
that I have long  realized  the  necessity of 
I sumers’ standpoint  as  well. 
I irst,  people 
lopting a system similar to Dun’s or Brad- 
want to know  just  what  they  an  huyintj.
street’s,  not only for the merchant,  but that 
I Second,  people  want 
to  know 
justi t>le-
the consumer  may  know that  his standing
placed in the office of every business man, j what is wholesome  ami  what is  a .” 
itn-
that lie must keep good his promises to pay, J some.  Third,  people  want redn* J 
*dn-
I cannot pass this witli-  positions in trade.  Now, then, agitat 
his  record  good. 
out pausing a moment,  asking you to think  cate.  Let every local body have papers pre- 
of tiie number of failures that have occurred  pared and read before their associations and 
ithin the last six months on all sides of us,  then  give  them  to  the public.  Let eveiy 
the long list of culprits  who  have been un-1 merchant  do his part in calling for  proper 
ly-labeled  and wholesome goods.  Let  mm 
earthed through our  vigilance;  both made
seek to cultivate  a  sense  of  honor among 
by the abuse of  a  system which,  for  pemi- 
men.  Let our State body use  its  influence 
iousness,  has no equal;  a  system  that has 
for the suppression of all wrong and for the 
shipwrecked  the  business  life  of  many a 
adoption of  such measures as  will  give us 
young man, checked industries  and  devas­
better protection.  We  protect men against 
tated homes, and which,  if not  abandoned, 
sham doctors and sham  lawyers, by  requir­
will undermine  confidence in  trade  circles 
ing diplomas.  Why not against quacks and 
that is already  greatly  weakened. 
I need 
shams  in the market place?  Then,  with  a 
not name it;  you have  already  divined it— 
well-equipped  department or  departments 
the “Credit System.”
for analyzing foods,  a  good  State  law  and 
Organization is the  panacea  for all these 
proper  provisions  for  enforcement,  l  will 
Its  beneficent  effects  are seen, not 
evils. 
risk the outcome.  B: t, make  all  the  laws
done in the several bodies in this State, but 
l letter 
which we can,  and they will be a do; 
in other states. 
It will not be surprising if, 
a hot 
until people think—yes,  think  aim 
in this work,  while  attempting  to enforce 
low  in 
they eat.  Do not let  Michigan  be 
the law you may  have  adopted,  some will 
purity
any good \york.  Let her standout t< 
all out through disagreement  and non-con- 
and principle.
ormity to it.  A  careful,  conservative pol­
I would be remiss hi  my  duty,  it  I  laded 
icy in all  cases,  or  willingness  to  cancel 
to make recognition  of  the good work done 
purely selfish interests for the  more general 
It  has  been  almost 
by our  local  bodies. 
ones,  will be productive of most good in the 
marvelous how the workers have come to the 
nd.
front,  and how utuch work  has been accom­
The question has often been asked,  “Who 
plished.  A new lease  of  life, almost,  has 
are eligible  to  membership?”  While  this 
been infused through associated effort.  The 
body has not,  nor claims  to  have, authority 
work  of  organization 
lias  been  most  en­
to  command, 
leaving  eacli  association  to 
couraging.  Not  a  week  has  passed  that 
adopt its own cotie of  laws,  the  movers  in 
T he Tradesman has not noted the organi­
this work with you feel an  intense  amount 
zation of  from one to  four bodies: 
I recog­
of pride in having the membership composed 
nize,  with  you,  the worth of  this paper  to 
of men'whose  business  is  honorable  and 
our Association and to every merchant,  as  a 
universally  approved,  who, to all appear­
trade paper.  I trust that it will be made our 
ances,  are permanent factors in the trade or 
official organ.  Through  it  and our worthy 
industries of the place  where  they  reside, 
Secretary, we have moved with magic power. 
representing,  by brain,  money or  character, 
Three words have conveyed it all—Stowe or­
an interest  in  common  with the  business 
ganized  Cadillac,  Greenville  Stowe  organ­
men of  the  place. 
In  cities  of  say  ten 
ized;  organized  Allegan,  Stowe;  llubbard- 
thousand people,  I doubt  not the  wants of 
sion organized Stowe, Saginaw Stowe organ­
the merchants  would be best  subserved  in 
ized, and so on.  As it is impossible to elude
organizing the  different  trades  separately;
asT Grocers’  Associations,  Druggists’ Asso-1 the eyes of  a portrait,  so it is impossible for 
ciations, grocers and butchers, or merchants  the organized or  unorganized  lerntoi  »*•  in 
an to escape tiie eyes of our Secretary. 
only;  but in smaller places we need the com-  Michi 
He  is not  only the oil  portrait—he is Wof­
bined  action  of  all. 
I  would,  however, 
fington behind the  portrait.  Our  relations 
warn  you  from  the  dangei*of  excessive 
have been as valuable to me as  pleasing. 
I 
haste in securing a large  membership,  for, 
can say no more—you know it.
without any.thought as to the quality, those 
Personally,  I  wish to express my  thanks 
may enter the ranks who  lower the tone of 
for the courtesy shown  me by the members 
your business men,  by their  past or present 
I trust that we (shall  become 
of this body. 
career,  thereby placing  you before the pub­
better  acquainted  before  the  close  of  this 
lic in an unenviable  light. 
It is not desira­
meeting.  As business  men  of  Michigan, 
ble for an association to be  looked  upon by 
who  pride  themselves  upon  her  vast  re­
the public  at large as a refuge  for the  de­
sources,  possessing advantages of which  no 
faulting  creditor,  the  dishonest  dealer  or 
other State can boast,  endowed from the be­
the oppressor of men.  We have been work­
ginning as the home of the  purest and best, 
ing in this cause and it is fair to presume that 
let us not relax our utmost energies in‘Carry 
we have been thinking.  We have  gathered 
ing out that for which we have aimed^ 
from our experience  and  observation  new 
Secretary Stowe reported the total number 
ideas which,  woven into our  work,  will bet­
ter promote its real success.
of  local  associations in the State  to  be  06; 
number  affiliated  witli  the  State body,  53; 
number  of  auxiliary  members,  1,663;  hon­
orary members,  0; pi alt ing total membership 
of  1,669;  total  receipts  to  date,  $ 173.30; 
three  remittances  to  State  Secretary,  $150, 
leaving a balance on  hand  of  $33.30.  The 
report was accepted ami adopted.

The framers of the  constitution  and by­
laws, with others, desire to  keep  pace with 
the best  thought  and plan  of  action. 
I, 
therefore, recommend the  appointment of a 
Committee  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws,
Who shall at this meeting report such neces­
sary changes in the latter,  for  the  govern­
ment of this meeting,  and to  report  at our 
next animal meeting  such  changes in both 
constitution  and  by-laws, as the  hour de­
mands,  this same  committee to  hold  their 
appointment  until  their  final report at the 
above named meeting.
As our field for  usefulness  enlarges,  our 
wants  appear  still  greater  in  the way of 
proper committees.  No  committed should 
be over-burdened.  One  work  weir done is 
better than many left unfinished.  The man­
ner in which our present  committees  have

Treasurer Schuster reported  total receipts 
of  $150, and disbursements of  853.10,  leav­
The  re­
ing a balance on  hand  of  $97.90. 
port was accepted and adopted.

President  Hamilton  announced 

tile  foî-

lowing committees:

On  Credentials—Jas.  A.  Coye 

E.

Clark,  E. J.  Herrick.

The special convention  of  the  Michigan 
Business  Men’s  Association  convened  at 
Royal Arcanum Hall on  Tuesday  morning, 
March  15.  President  Hamilton  called the 
meeting to order,  when Rev. A.  R. Merriam 
offered the following earnest invocation:

We thank thee,  oh Lord, that  Thou  hast 
brought here thy servants  together  to  con­
sider the  important  interests  that  are  in­
trusted to them.  We  thank  Thee  for  the 
success  that  has  crowned  their  efforts.
We praise Thee and we thank Tliee for their 
prosperity and we ask  Thy  blessing  to  be 
with them through the deliberations  of  this 
convention; and we look to Thee,  oh  Lord, 
for strength and kindness in all our  affairs.
We thank  Thee,  oh  Lord, 
that  we  may 
serve Thee in business, as  well  as  in  our 
holy work,  and  in  every  pathway  of  life 
which is true and honorable,  and  we  bless 
Tliee,  oh Lord, that Thou  hast  intrusted to 
them, the great interests  of Thy kingdom— 
all departments of labor and all departments 
of trade which  in  any  way  shftll  advance 
the interest of the  commonwealth  and  that 
shall in any way bring out the  material  re­
sources of the land,  and we bless  Thee  for 
all the  many  ways  in  which  they  have 
materially prospered.
We ask Thy blessing for these merchants, 
these men of business, and  that  they  shall 
raise the standard  by  noble  dealing.  We 
pray that Thou  will  help  them  to  realize 
how much of the true interest  of  humanity 
is in their hands.  May they by  their  deal­
ings and among  themselves,  and  witli  all 
whom they meet in  business  life,  keep  up 
the standard and so bring in  the  principles 
of Jesus Christ, our Lord.  We ask Thee to 
help them through all their daily life, and to 
advance and ennoble them, and so bring them 
to a better day,  when its influence will  rule 
over all things.

In the absence of  Mayor * Dikeman,  Jas.
A.  Coye delivered the address  of  welcome, 
as follows:
In behalf of the Retail  Grocers’  Associa 
tion,  I bid you a hearty welcome to the  city 
of Grand Rapids.  May  your  deliberation 
be harmonious; may the results  which  you 
arrive at benefit not only business men,  but 
all men.  Gentlemen,  we bid  you  welcome 
to our houses and to our homes, and I  hope 
that as the result of  this  visit  to  our  city 
you will have a lasting remembrance  of the 
good will that may be shown to  you  by  the 
people of Grand Rapids,  once more  bidding 
you thrice  welcome  and  trusting  that  by 
your  presence  here  to-day  you  will  be 
greatly benefited.

President Hamilton then called upon Geo,
E.  Steels, of Traverse City, to respond to the 
welcome in behalf of the  Association,  who 
spoke as follows:
I am very poorly  prepared  to  make  any 
remarks at all this  morning, but I feel con 
strained at the invitation  of  our  President 
to say a few words in response.
Let me say to  you,  Mr.  Coye, represent 
ing as you do these citizens of  Grand  Rap 
ids—these business  men—this  noble city— 
that we  come  here,  not  simply  to  enjoy 
your hospitality, not simply to  see,  but  we 
come  here  to  learn.  We  look  over  your 
beautiful streets up and down these avenues 
which are paved,  as I may  say,  with  busi­
ness and so regarded  at  all  points  of  the 
State.  We come to enjoy your  hospitality, 
agreeing  that  Grand  Rapids  is the central 
point  of  our  enterprise,  and  a  desirable 
meeting  place  for  carrying  it  forward. 
What are our  aims?  Wlmt  did  we  come 
here for?  First, we represent our  own  in­
terests.  We  represent  back  of  that  the 
strength of the cities of the State  of  Michi­
gan.  Very much I  would  hope  that  soon 
our representation  in  that  respect  will  be 
greatly  enlarged.  We  represent 
ideas 
which we can  enlarge  and  which  we  can 
develop to the good of every man, and every 
citizen of our  State. 
It  is  not  selfishness 
in this respect, but we are able  to  say  that 
we have something  for  you,  if  you  come 
and  join  us.  We  could  not,  in  enjoying 
your hospitality, feel that we  are  trespass­
ing on your good nature.  We  feel  that  in 
doing so we have  united  our  efforts.  The 
object to be  exemplified  would  reach  out, 
not single  handed  but  strengthened  by  a 
united hand, and  so  we  may  encircle  our 
great State.

President  Hamilton  then  delivered  his 

opening address, as follows:
Gentlemen of the Business Men’s  Association 
of Michigan:
It is with mingled feelings  of  pride  and 
pleasure that I meet you to-day as a body of 
business men; representing, as  you  do, the 
interests  of  sixty-six  local  organizations 
and fit representatives of the business inter­
ests  of  Michigan.  Should  we  not  pride 
ourselves upon this gathering when we con­
sider the short period in which we  have  at­
tained  numbers,  rank  and  dignity?  We 
remember as though it  were  but  yesterday 
our first meeting of the  “Associated  Asso­
ciations” of Michigan, 
in  September  last. 
We remember the hospitality and  generosi­
ty of  the  Retail  Grocers’  Association  and 
jobbing trade of this  city;  we  recollect  the 
hour, even,  when  the  first  combined  blow 
was struck at the abuses and false  methods 
in trade;  we recall no tears as  falling  from 
our  cheeks  when  we  parted  with  our 
“promising  friend.”  We  remember,  too, 
with gratitude, the instrument  that  led  us 
through the wilderness to  a  completed  or­
ganization. 
It was a day to  be  remember 
ed. 
It marked an era in the business man’s 
life that ranks  with  the  great  reforms  of 
the hour.
I see before me the pioneers  in the move­
ment, scores  of  new  faces  greet  us  from 
every side,  yea, and more to  us  than  num­
bers,  back of all,  I recognize the spirit  that 
animated the first  body  and  pervades  this 
body to-day. 
It  will  never  die  until  this 
loose and indiscriminate  credit  system is  a 
thing of the past;  not until the cash  system 
has  shelved  one-half  of  the  delinquents, 
and the merchant’s unmistakable  “no”  has 
relegated the other half;  not  until  legisla­

MANUFACTURERS OF

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S !

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen’s and 

River Tools.

We carrv a large stock of material, and ha\ e 
every  facility  for  making  first-class  Wagons
0f{^ S p w la l  attention  given  to  Repairing,
Painting and Lettering.

Shops  on Front S t„ Grand Rapids, Mioh.

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 Kent Street.

STANLEY  N.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.
WE  DO ONLY PIKST  CLASS  WORK AND  USE  1

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JOBBERS of SADDLERY  HARDWARE 
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And Full Line Winter Goods.

102  CANAL  STREET.

POTATOES.

W e make the handling of POTATOES 
APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special
If you  have  any 
feature of our business. 
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  ana 
prospects.  Liberal  cash  advances  made 
on car lots when desired.
Agents for W alker’s Patent Butter Worker.

Earl Bros., Conissioi Merchants

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir st  National,  Bank.

We carry «  full  Uneof 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden 
Parties  in  want  should 
write ta or see the

RAPIDS  DRAIN  AND  SEED  CD.
71  CANAL STREET.

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

The 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 fo r laundry and table 
use,  is  the  very best  offered  to  the  con­
sumer.  All  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
sell it.

THIS—

GREAT  WATCH  IIAIER,

JEW ELER

44  CANAL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

BOO K S,

20  and  22  donroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich

The CELEBRATED  EMERY  S3  SHOE
HATCH  &  EMERY, Chicago  and  Boston. 
827 Jefferson Street, 

D. G.  KENYON, Traveling Salesman,

MANUFACTURED  BY

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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The undersigned will  pay  the high 
est  market  price  for  HEMLOCK 
BATIK'  loaded  on  board  cars  at  any 
side track on the G. R- & I. or  C. & W. 
M. Railroads.  Correspondence  solicit­
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N.  B.  CLARK,

101 Ottawa St., 

Grand Rapids.

MUSCATINE

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Best in the world.  Made by new and im­
proved process of  kiln-drying  and  cutting. 
All grocers keep it.  Put up in barrels,  half 
barrels and cases.

MUSCATINE 

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Made  by  entirely  new process, and used 
by everybody.  Put up in barrels,  half  bar­
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CHICAGO.

A. HUFFORD, General  Agent, 

Box  14. 

Grand Rapids

On Osrder of  Business—S.  E.  Parkill,  C. 

L.  Bailey,  E.  T. Van  Ostrand.

On  Resolutions—Julius  Schuster,  J.  V. 

Crandall,  P.  P.  Morgan.
• On President’s Address—J. W.  Richards, 
Geq. W. Crouter,  O.  K.  Buckhout.

On Blanks—Jas. Osburn,  H.  II.  Pope,  E. 

A.  Stowe.

The  President  then  stated that  the con­
vention was honored  with  the  presence  of 
Newton  Dexter,  of  Albauy,  and  Percy  F. 
Smith  and  Henry  Daub, of  Pittsburg,  re­
presenting  the  State  associations  of  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  He 
thanked  the  gentlemen  for  their presence 
and asked them  to take seats  with  him  on 
the  platform.  . Upon being called upon  for 
remarks, the gentlemen spoke as  follows:

Mr.  Dexter—I have hardly recovered from 
the fatigue of a  thousand-mile  ride,  but I 
feel highly paid for what I . have  seen  and 
heard. 
I can  assure  you  that  for  many 
months we have seen, 
through  your  trade 
journal,  T h e  Mic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n,  the 
work which you are doing, and many of the 
business men of New York State have men­
tioned that they might come  here to Michi­
gan to learn  something of the  great  work 
that is being done. 
I only  wish  that  you 
could get from me as  much  as I am sure I 
shall get from you. 
I thank  you for  your 
kindly reception,  and hope,  at  some  future 
time,  to speak more at length.
Mr.  Smith—Permit me to  thank  you for 
your cordial reception.  My purpose in com­
ing here to-day is  to  look  on.  Our  State 
President,  Mr. John A. Harbaugli, could not 
be with us here to-day. 
I  received  a  tele­
phone just before I left  that he  was  quite 
ill, and,  living in the suburbs,  he  could not 
even send a letter of regret.  Our local As­
sociation is prospering.  We  started* with 
fifty-one members and we now  have  in the 
neighborhood of five  hundred,  and  in  the 
matter of collections, we have  collected ov­
er $10,000 in delinquent accounts. 
r Mr.  Daub—I am a man of very few words. 
I merely came here to-day  to look  on  and 
see what I could find out.

Reports from local  associations  were the 
next thing on the programme,  and  were re­
sponded to in the following order:

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Irving F.  CJapp, Allegan—We  have been 
organized but a short  time.  We  were  or­
ganized by Mr. Stowe on December 10.  We 
had some little  trouble  for  the  first  two 
weeks.  The  first  meetings  wre held wrere
public,  as I presume is Usual in other  parts 
of the State,  and  we  invited  all in at the 
meeting.  We  had  representatives of  our 
business men, and representatives also from 
those I shall consider of the dead-beat asso­
ciation—a few of which, after the closing of 
our meeting, organized in  opposition to the 
Business Men’s Association,  which  had the 
effect of frightening  a good  many  of  our 
business men,  and at first we only  gained a 
few each week. 
I think our  success is ow­
ing somewhat to the fact that we laid  aside 
for the time being the collection department 
of the Association,  and merged into a village 
improvement association/  Since  that  time 
we have emerged into a Business Men’s As­
sociation.  Our  collection  department,  as 
far as it has  gone, has  been  a  success. 
I 
can- not now say how much has been collect­
ed,  for we have not  full  reports.  We  are 
perfectly satisfied with the Association.  To­
day we number 01, and we  are  represented 
herf* to-day by seven delegates.
H.  C.  Peckman,  Freeport—We  have  a 
small organization,  with  ¡^membership  of 
fifteen.  We are very wellsatisfied.  Every 
business man in town belongs, with one ex­
ception.  It seems that a delegation of dead­
beats called upon this man, and  at last  re­
ports he has their entire  trade,  and I think 
we àrë well rid of them.
L.  W.  Sprague,  Greenville—I  hardly 
know what to say  that  will  be  new.  Our 
It 
Association was organized last October. 
was a success right from the start.  We have 
been eminently  successful in the  collection 
of  ^ad  debts. 
I have  got  over  $150  in 
cash.  We are very much interested in the 
work.  We have taken  in very  nearly  all 
the business men in our city.  We have had 
applications from lawyers  and  physicians, 
and have laid their names on the table until 
after this meeting, because we did not know 
wlietlier it was right to admit them.  There 
is one man who came  and  staffed  in busi­
ness in our city and the  dead-beats  went to 
him in a body,  and  wanted to  trade  with 
him.  He has got their trade now,  but I feel 
sorry for him,  because he will  have  a hard 
time before he collects his bills  from them. 
In  my judgment, gentlemen,  we should sell 
for cash just as near as we can.
O.K.  Buckhout,Kalamazoo—Our Associa­
tion has been running for nearly a year.  We 
started just with the grocers, and  when we 
started we had sixty-two  members,  and we 
have now got all the grocers in town.  We 
have had very good  success  in  collecting, 
and we have  maintained  our  organization, 
and we have got quite a dead-beat  list, and 
we are getting some money out of our dead­
beat list,  which we never  did  before.  Our 
organization has done  quite a  considerable 
hi collecting.  We  have  done further—we 
have got a little better prices  than we used 
to get at the time of our organization.  We 
were then selling about $1.15 worth of gran­
ulated sugar for $1.  We  liave  all stopped 
selling goods below' cost, and  are  now’ get­
ting at least cost for  the  staples. 
I think 
we have been 
immensely  successful.  We 
hare got prices  which we  ought  to  have, 
and I think it  could  not be got back in the 
old way under any circumstances.
Fred. Cutler. Jr., Ionia—Our organization 
was one of tjie first in the  State.  We have 
been organized considerably over a year and 
we have made it a good success.  We  num­
bered  something  over  thirty  members. 
I 
think the suggestion of the President not to 
take in members promiscuously', nor to be too 
anxious to increase  the  membership,«is  a 
good one. 
I think it would  have been bet­
ter for us if we had not been  so  anxious  to 
increase our membership.  We had a list of 
about 300 delinquents, and when it was pub­
lished it made quite a  commotion  in  Ionia. 
We went on until this  January,  when  wre 
organized again under the name of the  Bus­
iness Men’s "Exchange and  we  number  to­
day fifty strong.  We have a flourishing or­
ganization and we  are  doing  good  work. 
We can show what an  Association  can  do. 
A few months ago we  were  paying  to the 
two railroads running into our town 95 cents 
foe freight,  while at  Sarahac  they  Ifàd a 
cheaper rate. •  The Business Men’s Associa­
tion topk hold of the matter and  to-day  we 
have the same rate that  Grand  Rapids has. 
I  think that is one great thing  we  have ac­
complished for Ionia. 
I can  say in the col­
lection line that we have met with good suc­
cess and we go heart and hand with the rest 
of the ideas of this  society, and as we have 
been a pioneer we propose  to be  one of the 
old settlers.

C. E.  Brewster, Kingsley—I  think  there 
are several  reasons why I should not  reply 
to the request for a report  from  Kingsley. 
In the first place,  I  was brought  up  inJfche 
navy and we are great sticklers for form.  A 
subordinate should not  make a report when 
the President is here.  1  am nothing but the 
Secretary.  He should make the report.  We 
have had considerable  trouble in our  Asso­
ciation.  We found that some of  the  worst 
dead-beats that we had were in our organiz­
ation, and while I am  proud  of  Northern 
Michigan,  I think we have more  dead-beats 
to the square foot than  any  other  place in 
Michigan.  We are now on good solid found­
ation.  Our  collection  department  is  very 
satisfactory to all of us,  and  we  are  heart 
and hand in sympathy with this work.
C.  L.  Martin, Elk  Rapids—We organized 
our local Association last September.  We 
used the blanks which were  then in  style, 
and collections  have  been  very good  under 
that  system.  We  have  collected  so  far 
about $500.  Our Association is in a flour­
ishing condition,  and I think  we have been 
greatly benefited by it.
M.  Bailey,  Plainwell—Our  Association is 
in a flourishing  condition,  considering that 
it is one of the  youngest,  being  less  than 
three months old.  We have entered hearti­
ly into the work.  We have a good class of 
members, and,  so far as I am  able to learn, 
all are well satisfied with the success of  the 
Association.  Members have told me within 
the last few days that  they  have  received 
pay from a number of delinquents.  Quite a 
number of them have come up in a good-na­
tured way and paid their old accounts.  We 
have a good class of members and good mor­
al support behind it. 
I  am  well  satisfied 
that we are getting on as well as we can.  I 
am satisfied that the best way,  and one that 
is a long stride towards the cash businesses 
to induce people to pay,  when they get  the 
goods. 
I have  no ill report.  We  are all 
well satisfied.
C.  E.  Ramsey, Kalkaska—1 can  only say 
for our Association  that we arg  more than 
pleased with our work.  We have an organ­
ization of about forty. 
I  have  heard  no 
complaint so far.  Every one  takes  an in­
terest in the work.  We are very well satis­
fied.
C.  L.  Streng,  White Lake—I would  have 
preferred to have our President make the re­
port, as I have onLy been in  business in our 
town about two years. 
I commenced with 
a cash business and I find that it works very 
well,  and I can say that I don’t think that I 
have got a dead-beat on my books.  We or­
ganized last year. 
I have attended several 
of  the  meetings  and  find 
from  the  re­
ports of the different merchants that the or­
ganization is doing good work.  They  have 
collected a great number of  old debts,  some 
that had been standing eight or ten years.  I 
find that the  Association  has done a  great 
deal of good  work. 
I think  it is  going to 
make  better  payers  of  the  dead-beats. 
I 
think this has been the  experience  of  the 
business men of White Lake.
E.  S.  Houghtaling,  Oceana—I don’t know 
that I can say anything new.  We  are well 
pleased with the workings of  our  Associa­
tion. 
It has  worked  quite  harmoniously. 
We have now about sixty-five members.  It 
is moving along quite as  well  as we  could 
expect.
N.  B. Blain,  Lowell—Being  present  at 
our first meeting of the  State  organization, 
1 gave quite a detailed statement  of our do­
ings and I hardly think it would  be  neces­
sary to make a very  elaborate  report,  but I 
will say,  for the benefit of  those  gentlemen 
who were not present at that  meeting, that 
we are one of the  pioneers  in  this  work. 
There were but two  associations  in  exist­
ence at the time we organized.  We organ­
ized in the first place for  the  collection  of 
debts, and we are very much gratified at the 
success of that system.  We have had some 
lines of improvement in our town, and indi­
rectly through the effort of our  Association 
we have got several  manufactories to locate 
in our town—one the Star Cutter Co.,which 
is one  of  the  largest  institutions  in  the 
■world of the kind.  I think that speaks well 
for a town of 2,000 people.  We  have  an­
other company there which will  this season 
put out in the neighborhood of 3,000 cutters, 
and we have several other  smaller  institu­
tions which are  doing  very  much  for our 
town.  We include professional  men in our 
Association,  and  I think  it is a good  plan 
for local Associations to include profession­
al men in their membership. 
I was talking 
with a doctor the other day and he said that 
he had derived great benefit  from the Asso- 
tion,  and I think  professional  men, as well 
as business men, can derive great benefit by 
connecting themselves  with  this  organiza­
tion.  We  have  a  full  delegation,  which 
will arrive this afternoon.
H.  S.  Church,  Sturgis—We organized last 
June with the help of Mr.  Stowe.  We have 
twenty-six  members and are  getting  along 
finely.
N.  H.  Beebe, Big  Rapids—All I  have to 
say is that we are in a prosperous  condition^ 
at present.  All our  members think it is a 
great benefit to them.
E.  W.  Pickett, Wayland—I did  not come 
here this morning to  make a  report for our 
Association.  We have a small organization. 
I think we shall have no trouble in- settling 
all of our accounts.
J.  L.  Hurd,  Charlevoix—I  will  say that, 
although  our  Association  is  not  large in 
numbers,  all  of  our  business  men  have 
joined.  We number now about thirty.  We 
have  been  organized  only  about 
three 
months.  We have just got out our  first de­
linquent list.  There are something like200 
names on the list.  Quite  a  large  number 
have reported that all had  settled  or  made 
arrangements to settle.  We feel  quite  en­
couraged, and  think  the  organization  has 
done a great deal  of  good.  We  are  very 
anxious to  improve  upon all  our forms of 
doing business.  So far  as  our  collections 
are concerned,  we feel  very  much  encour­
aged;  it has paid us very much.
Jacob Van Putten,  Holland—We  started 
out with most all of the business men of our 
place.  We have had  some  draw-backs. 
I 
would like to ask how is  the  best  way to 
handle this  co-operative  system.  Our col­
lections have been very good.
C.  L.  Bailey,  Mancelona—I  would  say 
that Mancelona is a new Association.  Our 
efforts have been confined mostly to the col­
lection  department.  We  number  twenty- 
five members. We have been more fortunate 
than some of the  Associations by  securing 
all of the business  men in  our  town.  We 
are well satisfied with the way that our col­
lections have been taken  care of  and all of 
the members seemed to be well satisfied that 
they have joined.

J.  L.  Handy,  Boyne City—We  organized 
| in  January  last  and  now  have  nineteen 
j  members.  So  far  as  I  am  concerned,  I 
think it has done good in bringing  business 
I men together, and making them more social,
■ and with regard to  collections  the  results 
! have been very good.

Geo.  E.  Steele,  Traverse  City—I  would 
I say that Traverse City is something like toe 
1 old la<4y  when  she  was  asked  about  her 
I health,  and she replied  that she was enjoy­
ing very poor health. 
I  don’t  know  what' 
that  means.  We  have  taken in some pro­

[laughter],

fessional men and one lady physician, so you 
see we are prpgressing. 
I will not  attempt 
to give you a rçport  of  Traverse  City. 
I 
will leave that for another gentlemen,  but I 
wish  to say  to you that  we are  trying  to 
bring about a better system of collecting our 
I  will  introduce  my  friend,  Mr. 
debts. 
Buck;  he will say something further.
C.  K.  Buck—We  now  have  eighty-nine 
members and we have  been  organized over 
It has  helped  our  collections 
two years. 
very much and it has made a great deal bet­
ter feeling among our dealers;  but the work 
that we have  done  already i Mpot up to the 
work  which  we  hope  to do. 
I think we 
have as much trade in proportion to our size 
as any town in  the  State. 
I  think it is to 
the best interests of the town that we  keep 
the prices up to the  standard. 
I  think,  as 
has been said here  to-day, that it is folly to 
attempt to sell goods without  the legitimate 
margin,  and at the end of the  year  we  can 
see that we  have  had  some  remuneration 
for  the  year’s  work. 
In  conclusion,  I 
would say,  I don’t  think  there is a member 
of our  A^&ciation  but  feels  that  it  is  a 
good one and he will stick to it.
Mr.  Blain—I  would  like  to  ask  Mr. 
Steele if they feel any better in health since 
they took in the lady physician?
Mr. Steele—In reply to  the  gentlemen,  I 
would say that she has not operated  on  me 
yet. 
J.  L.  Alger,  Petoskey—Petoskey is  en­
joying good health in a business  way.  We 
have a membership of fifty in  our  Associa­
tion and nearly all of  the  business  men  of 
our place are members  of  the  Association. 
We are all very well  satisfied,  as  far  as JL 
have  been  able  to  learn.  The  collection 
business,  perhaps,  has  been  attended  to 
more than any  thing  else.  We  fouiul  at 
first that some or the  delinquents  w ep  in­
clined to get angry and some of  them  talk­
ed  of  forming  a  co-operative  store,  but 
there are some that are showing  the  white 
feather. 
I  presume  that  if  a  co-operative 
store was formed that it would be controled 
by the principal business men of the  city.
H.  E.  Hesseltine,  Casnovia—Our  Asso­
ciation was organized  by  the  help  of  Mr. 
Stowe in January last.  We  have  two  ap­
plications  now  for  membership.  We  are 
all  satisfied with the workings of the Asso­
ciation.
Geo. A.  Sage,  Rockford—I  have  not  at­
tended much to  collections  myself,  but  as 
far as I have  heard,  collections  have  been 
very good.  What I have  done  myself  has 
been very good  and  the  business  men  are 
well satisfied with the work of the Associa­
tion and it is doing good work. 
I  think  in 
the future we will have all of  the  business 
men in our town as members.
W. C.  Congdon,  Cedar Springs—Our  As­
sociation is  young,  but  it  has  done  good 
work  already,  and  collections  liave  been 
splendid,  and  the  moral  effect  has  been 
great.  We are in line and  marching  along 
with the rest.
C. G. Bentley,  Hastings—I don’t know as 
I have very much to say.  Our secretary for­
got to give me any  credentials,  but  I  have 
brought what will answer  and  that  is  the 
money  for  18  new members.  As  to  the 
collection of bad debts  I  don’t  know  of  a 
single instance where one  of  the  members 
have complained  but  that  they  have  had 
good success in the collection of  bad  debts. 
We are gaining very fast and  getting along 
finely.
Fred D. Yoss,  Grand  Haven—Our  Asso­
ciation has  been  organized  since  last  No­
vember.  We organized with  some  twenty 
members and we now have  forty-five.  The 
collection department pf our Association has 
been very satisfactory.

The following  communication  was  read 

by the Secretary:

Gkand R apids,  March 14,  1887.

Tiie Owashtanong  Boat Club, by order of 
their Board of Directors,  hereby extend  the 
privileges of their club rooms  to  the  mem­
bers of the Michigan Business  Men’s  Asso­
ciation during their stay in our city.

C.  W.  Chauncey,  Sec’y.

W.  E.  Kelsey moved  that  the  invitation 
be accepted and  laid  on  the  table.  C.  L. 
Bailey moved as an amendment that  a  vote 
of thanks be tendered the Club for  its  hos­
pitality,  which was adopted.

The convention then adjourned  until  af­

ternoon.

Tuesday  Afternoon.

Willett,  C.  H. Wick.

L.  G.  Law, J.  H.  Plett.
dict.
Chapman,  W. C.  Congdon.

After the report of the Committee on Pro­
gramme,  the Committee on  Credentials an­
nounced the following gentlemen entitled to 
seats in the convention:
Ada—L.  B.  Chapel.
Allegan—I.  F.  Clapp, J.  H.  Eppink,  S. 
D.  Pond,  W.W.Warner,  I.  P. Griswold,  H. 
H.  Pope, E. T. Van Ostrand.
Battle Creek—R.  C.  Parker,  H.  E.  Mer- 
rit.
Bellaire—E.  J. Childs, A. J. Dole.
Big Rapids—E.  P.  Clerk,  N. B.  Beebe, J.
F. Clark,  A.  H.  Webber, J.  H.  Megargle, 
O.  D.  Glidden,  F.  W. Joslin.
Boyne City—J.  L.  Handy.
Cadillac—A-  W.  Newark,  C.  H.  LeBar, 
Casnovia—D.  B. Galentine,  W.  H.  Bene­
Cedar  Springs—T.  W.  Provin,  L.  II. 
Charlevoix—G.  W. Crouter.
Cheboygan—H.  Chambers.
Coopersville—R. D.  McNaughton,  G.  W. 
Watrous, W.  R. Boyington, Wm. Mines, A. 
Wagner.
Dorr—Francis Goodman,  E.  S.  Botsford. 
East Jordan—C.W. Dunham, R. R. Glenn. 
Elk Rapids—C. L.  Martin.
Flint—G. R.  Hoyt,  J. W.  Blake.  J.  L. 
Frankfort—Jacob May, Chas. Burmeister. 
Freeport—J.  Yarger,  II.  C. Peckham. 
Grand Haven-r-F.  D.  Vos,  F.  A.  Hutty,
G. Justema, G.  A. Bottje, G.Vanden Bosch. 
Grand  Rapids—Jas.  A. Coye, E.  J.  Her­
rick,  E.  A.  Stowe,  E.  E.  Walker, B. F. Em­
ery,  B.  S.  Harris,  H.  A.  Hydorn,  C.  L. 
Lawton,  A.  Rasch,  Thos.  Keating,  Jas. 
Farnsworth,  Harry DeGraaf.
Greenville—L.  W.  Sprague,  C. J. Clark, 
Will Bradley, E. J.  Clark,  L. Van Wormer. 
Hartford—W.  D.  Codman,  T.  S. Roberts. 
Hastings—C.  G.  Bentley.
Holland—J.  G.  Van Putten, J.  R.  Kleyn, 
W.  Bangs,  D.  Bertsch,  W.  Rogers.
Ionia—W. E.  Kelsey,  Fred.  Cutler, Jr.,
A. S. Wright,  W. W.  Williams,  Geo.  F. 
Phelps.
Kalamazoo—M. S.  Scoville,  O. K.  Buck­
hout,  Julius  Schuster,  W.  C.  Davis,  P.  L. 
Haines,  J. J. Yankersen,  H.  A.  Odell.
Kalkaska—C.  E.  Ramsey,  Will.  H.  Pipp, 
S. A.  Johnson,  A.  W.  Clark.
Kingsley—Chas.  E.  Brewster,  C.  H. 
Camp,  H.  P.  Whipple. *
Leslie—M.  B. Gould.
Lowell—J.  Q.  Look,  C.  G.  Stone, A.  C. 
McDonald, S. W.  Taylor, S. E.  Morgan,  J.
B.  Yeiter.
Mancelona—C. L.  Bailey, E.  J. Wilenski. 
Muskegon—H.  B.  Fargo,  Wm.  Peer, A. 

Towle.

D.  Storms.

Oceana—W.  E. Thorp,  E.  S.  Houghtal­
ing,  W.  J.  Haughey,  H.  H.  Bimyea,  A. 
Paton, J. Robinson, B. F. Archer.
Owosso—Jas.  Osborn,  S.  E.  Parkill,  H. 
W. Parker,  C.  S. Williams,  C. J.  Stuart. 
Petoskey—J. L.  Alger.
Ptainwell—E.  Á.  Owen,  M.  Bailey,  H. 
Reed City—J. W.  Richards.
Rockford—Geo.  A.  Sage,  C.  N.  Hyde, 
Saranac—O. J.  Brctz.
Sparta—J.  R.  Harrison,  L.  E.  Paige,  J. 
F. Mann.
Sturgis—H.  S.  Church, Jas. Ryan,  C.  W. 
W.  Clark,  Wm.  Jorn.
Traverse  City—Geo.  E.  Steele,  C.  A. 
Hammond,  C.  K.  Buck,  S.  Barnes,  Wm. 
Loudon,  D.  E.  Carter,  A.  K.  Montague,  O. 
P.  Carver.

John J. Ely.

Tustin—G.  D.  DeGoin,  D.  S. Liddle. 
Wayland—E.  W.  Pickett.  W.  H.  Schuh, 
White  Lake—A.  T.  Linderman,  C.  L. 
Woodland—F.  F.  Hilbert,  D.  B.  Kilpat­

C.  H.  Wharton.
Streng.
rick.

HONORARY.
Allendale—1. J. Quick. 
Casnovia—H. E.  Hesseltine. 
Crosby—A.  C. Barkley. 
Evart—Frank Hibbard. 
Monroe—Paul P.  Morgan. 
Sand Lake—J.  V.  Crandall.

V ISIT IN G   D E L E G A T E S .

Albany—Newton Dexter.
Pittsburg—P.  F. Smith,  Henry Daub.
Chicago—Robert M. Floyd.
The Committee reported  adversely to  the 
admittance of the Retail  Dealers’  Commer­
cial Agency of Grand Rapids until the mem­
bers organize in  regular  form,  conforming 
to  the  constitution  and  by-laws  recom­
mended by the State Association.

The report was accepted and adopted.
Reports from  the remaining  local associ­
ations  represented were  then called for,  as 
follows:

H.  A.  Hydorn,  Grand  Rapids—Brothers 
of  the  Knights  of  the  Scales,  we  have  a 
membership of  a  little over  a  hundred  in 
Grand Rapids, and we think we are doing  a 
very  good  work.  We  commenced a little 
over a  year ago,  with a  small membership. 
We organized in  Tiie  Tradesman  office, 
and  to-day we have  a  membership of  119. 
We  are  using  our Blue Letter to good ad­
vantage,  having  collected several  thousand 
dollars.  1 think we are all alive  and  kick­
ing. 
I think we are doing as well as can be 
expected,  being all  young men,  and I  hope 
you will bear with us until we get  older.
R.  D.  McNaughton,  Coopersville—We or­
ganized last October with  a  membership  of 
twenty-nine.  We now have  a  membership 
of forty-five.  We have made a  good  many 
collections by the help  of  the  Association, 
and we think it is a pretty good thing down 
our way.
H.  B. Fargo,  Muskegon—I  am  sorry  to 
say that I cannot give  you as good a  report 
from onr  Association  as  I  wish  I could. 
We started out in pretty good shape and had 
quite an  organization,  but  shortly  after it 
was taken sick and came  very  near  dying. 
We finally  got  together  and  made up  our 
minds that we would have it die respectably 
and then quit, but we have tried to  make  it 
I think after this we will  be  able  to 
live. 
make a better report.
L.  B.  Chapel, Ada—Let me state  that we 
are the smallest Association in the State.  1 
suppose you will  expect  the  least from us. 
We have nine members.  Our existence has 
been very satisfactory to the  members.  So 
far we have succeeded in uniting  our efforts 
in a small way, as we are the smallest Asso­
I  came  here ta learn what we can 
ciation. 
do to further benefit  ourselves.
Geo.  W. Albrecht,  Bellaire—Our Associa­
tion  is  in first-class shape.  We  organized 
three months  ago,  and we  have a  member­
ship of fifteen. 
I  think  that  with one ex­
ception it has all qf the business mem in the 
town.  We have been very successful in the 
matter of collections.  Every member of the 
Association has  stated that  he lias received 
far more  benefit than the cost of  the Asso­
ciation.  The report as a whole of our Asso­
ciation is a good one.
C. W. Dunham,  East Jordan—I  will  say 
that we have one of the oldest  Associations 
in the State.  We  have  a  membership of 
about thirty, and include nearly all the mer­
chants in our town.  There are  still  two or 
three outside.  We  experienced  some little 
difficulty  at  first,  but think we  are  on  the 
right track now.

F.  F.  Hilbert,  Woodland—Our  Associa­
tion was organized in  December last with  a 
membership  of  twelve.  We  are  doing  a 
good  collection  business  and getting  in a 
good many bad debts.  We have now  about 
eighteen  members and  are  prospering  and 
doing a good business.

G.  D. DeGoin, Tustin—I can say that our 
Association 
is  in  a  very  prosperous con­
dition.  We  have  not  used  the collection 
blanks very freely as yet.  All of  the  busi­
ness men think that it is a  good  idea  to  be 
banded together for the  advancement of the 
town.

O. J.  Bretz,  Saranac—I  will  say, gentle­
men,  that I was not selected  as  a  delegate 
by  the  Association,  but  on  learning  tills 
forenoon that none of  the  delegates  would 
be here,  and  having  some  business  in the 
city,  I thought I would  call in and do what 
I could. 
I will say for our Association that 
we  are  still  at  work.  We  organized last 
summer.  1  can  assure  you  that  we  are 
working and doing  the  best  we  can.  Of 
course,  we are reaping  benefit from our let­
ters and making a good many  collections.
J.  H.  Plett, Cadillac—I can say this much 
for Cadillac—we  started  last  fall  and we 
have now a membership of  forty-nine.  We 
have collected a good many hundred  dollars 
and have tried in different ways to get manu­
facturers  to  locate  there,  but we have  not 
succeeded  as  yet;  but,  as  the  Muskegon 
gentleman said,  we have lots of  sand.  We 
have  a  regular  meeting  once  a week,  and 
have  a good attendance. 
I am sorry to say 
that there are not more delegates here.  The 
Cadillac Association is alive.

Jas. Osburn,  Owosso—I can say about the 
same as the rest of  the gentlemen in regard 
to the prosperity  of  our  Association.  We 
have not been formed but  a  short  time. 
I 
think  we  started the  first part of February 
and  we  now  have  a  membership of fifty- 
five. 
I think we never had an early closing 
association until this Association was form­
ed, and soon after this was  was  started  we 
formed  an early closing  association and we 
now close at 7 p.  m.,  which  is a good thing 
for every one. 
It  has  done  one  thing—it 
has united the business  men and they come 
together and talk  matters  over to the inter­
est of us all. 
It has a good moral influence. 
A good  many people  have  come  and  paid 
their debts and they are  now  more  careful 
about making them  than  they were  before. 
Our collections are  excellent  and men have 
come into my store and paid their debts and

not made one-kick.  I hope all will get along 
as good as we do.
H.  Chambers,  Cheboygan—1 will say this 
much for our organization—we are booming. 
A little less than a year ago we started with 
a  membership  of  forty  and  we now have 
very near all the business  men in our place, 
and that we have collected thousands of dol­
lars.
J. R.  Harrison,  Sparta—I  have  not  very 
much to say from the  fact that onr Associa­
tion has not done as well  as  I would like to 
report.  We have had a goal deal of trouble 
in  getting  our  Association  to  work.  We 
have  done  some  good  work,  though.  We 
have collected a good  many dullars,  and  we 
hope to do a great deal  better in the future.
G.  It.  Hoyt, Flint—We are not very old— 
in  fact,  not  a  week  old, and  we have not 
very much to say.  We  started last Friday, 
with the help of Mr.  Stowe,  and I  think  all 
that were there were unanimous in thinking 
that it was a good thing.  We  start  with  a 
membership of  seventy-three and we expect 
to double it before the  next  meeting,  if  we 
take  in  all  who  have applied for member­
ship.

Chairman  Kelsey,  of  the  Committee  on 
Legislation,  then  presented  the  following 
report:

Section 0 of  article 5,  of  the  constitution 
of  the Michigan  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion reads as follows:
“The Committee on Legislation shall have 
charge of  all attempts  to  combat  inimical, 
or secure favorable,  legislatior;  shall report 
at each annual meeting what  legislation af­
fecting business men has occurred,  and sub­
mit such recommendation  in  regard thereto 
as shall appear to them to be proper.”
Notwithstanding  the  present  is  not  an 
annual  meeting,  the  duly  appointed  Com­
mittee  on Legislation assume that a  report 
will be expected from them on this occasion; 
they therefore beg to submit the  following:
I.  To the present time,  no  measure  has 
been reported  to the  Legislature,  so  far  as 
your Committee is advised,  that  is  inimical 
to the interests  of  this  Association.  They 
have, however,  been  informed  through  the 
columns of  the press  that the Hon. Judson 
Grenell,  of  Detroit,  introduced  either  a 
bill,  or an amendment to  the garnishee  law 
now in force, having  for  its  object  the ex­
emption of  heads of  families  from the pro­
visions of  said statute.  Acting  on  the  as­
sumption that this  bill,  or  amendment—re­
markable for the gross  injustice and the in­
calculable damage  it would  do to the thou­
sands  of  struggling  dealers  in  the State— 
would not be reported,  if  reported  at all, by 
the  judiciary committees  of  the  respective 
branches of  the  Legislature  for  consider­
ation,  your Committee have taken no action, 
preferring  to lay the matter  before the  As­
sociation, whose instruction they await.
2.  On the  advice  of  the  President and 
the Secretary of the Association,  your Com­
its  chairman,  has  effected, 
mittee,  by 
through the courtesy of  Hon. A. J. Webber, 
Representative  of  the  eastern  district  of 
Ionia county,  the introduction  in the Legis­
lature of  an amendment  to Howell’s Anno­
tated  Statutes,  governing  proceedings  in 
garnishee causes.  The effect of this amend­
ment will be to  allow the  debtor exemption 
in the sum of  one dollar per  day,  the num­
ber of days to be limited to tv enty-five labor 
days.  To illustrate:  A  is  working  for  B 
at $2 per day, drawing  $12  every  Saturday 
night.  A  owes C $5  for  merchandise,  for 
wliich he refuses to pay.  Under  the  pres­
ent  law,  A,  being  a  married  man,  has  in 
every  action  in  garnishee  against him, an 
exemption of $25,  thus barring out the cred­
itor from July to  eternity.  Under tiie pro­
posed amendment C will be able to institute 
action against A and B.  A will be exempt 
$1 per diem for six days.  C can  collect  all 
in excess of the six days’ exemption ami the 
costs.  When it is understood that A has to 
be sued but once,  it will readily be seen that 
A will have a strong incentive to deal justly 
and  to carry out any contract he may  enter 
into. 
In view ot  the  fact  that multitudes 
draw  their  pay  by the week, and  that  the 
tendency  is  in  the  direction of  paying  at 
least  semi-monthly  instead  of  monthly,  it 
cannot but be apparent to  any business man 
present, or absent, that this  amendment  is 
of  profoundly vital  interest, meaning,  as  it 
does, the collection of debts,  startling in the 
aggregate amount—debts that are now abso­
lutely beyond the pale  of  laW ami unjustly 
protected  by it,  thereby placing a  premium 
on dishonesty and permitting the  debtor,  in 
a  manner  scandalous and premeditated,  to 
victimize and rob his friend  and benefactor. 
Your  Committee  commend  this  matter  to 
your careful attention, and earnestly recom­
mend that  you authorize the Committee  on 
Legislation,  supported  by  the  Executive 
Board and the  Committee  on  Trade Inter­
ests,  to proceed to Lansing to urge upon the 
Judiciary Committee of the respective houses 
to report this  just,  this  equitable,  this sav­
ing  and  beneficial  amendment,  favorably 
and to champion it in the interest of honesty 
and fair-play,  by their’eommanding  and  in­
fluential position.
3.  Your  Committee  respectfully  com­
mend to your notice and suggest the follow­
ing:
That an authorized  committee,  the chair­
man of  which shall  be  an  attorney,  be in­
structed  to  draft  recommendations,  which 
shall be submitted to this  Association  at its 
next regular meeting for consideration,  with 
a  view  to  their submission,  if  adopted,  to 
the State Legislature, which convenes Janu­
ary 1,  1889:
1.  The enacting of  a  law  making  more 
equitable and just fire insurance  rates.
2.  The enacting of  a  law  adopting  that 
of the State of  New York on the subject  of 
weights  and measures,  with the  provision 
that a barrel, dry  measure, shall have a  ca­
pacity of three flush dry measure bushels.
3.  That  the  local Associations,  through 
the State Association,  petition  Congress  to 
enact a law on this subject, that weights and 
measures  in all their bearings shall be  uni­
form throughout the nation.
4.  That an act be passed  prohibiting the 
giving of gifts by retail  dealers for the pur­
pose of  inciting a customer  to purchase any 
specific article,  said prohibition not to apply 
to  any  article  not  exceeding  ten  cents  in 
value.
5.  To enact  a law regulating the sale  of 
merchandise  at  retail  by  itinerant  mer­
chants.
6.  To enact a law  regulating  the  rental 
of  telephones  and regulating  railroad pas­
senger rates.

7.  That the  Committee  on Trade Inter­
ests be instructed to use any and every legiti­
mate  and honorable  means to suppress  the 
practice of the selling of merchandise of any 
kind  whatsoever  by  wholesalers,  jobbers, 
manufacturers,  packers,  or  any  salesman, 
agent,  or  other person  whatsoever in  their 
employ, directly or indirectly,  to any private 
family, restaurant, hotel, or,  if  deemed  ad­
visable,  public institution.

8.  That this Committee take into careful 
consideration the existing legal obstructions, 
to  the  collection of just  debts, involved  in 
the fearfully and wonderfully conceived ex­
emption  laws  of  this enlightened common­
wealth,  under the following  heads:

1. 

In  the  unjust  property  rights  ofj 
women, as  exhibited in the  non-liability of 
the property of  a wife for the family debts, j 
for food, wearing  apparel, professional ser- { 
vices, or  rente,  contracted  by,  charged  to 
the account of, or settled  for by promissory 
note  by  the  husband  and  father  of  said I 
family.
2.  Cases  in  which  the  husband claims 
his homestead is not liable,  though  actually 
worth $10,000, because  the deed therefor is 
made  out  and recorded  jointly to both  the 
husband and wife,  thereby making it impos-1 
sible to collect a just debt from either thehus- ! 
band  or the wife.
The Committee desire to say that it is pos- 
sible they have transcended  their strict lim- j 
its  in this report and  may have touched  on 1 
the territory of Others. 
If this be the  case,  | 
their only apology is their  heartfelt interest 
in the welfare of  this  splendid organization j 
— an  organization  which  has  during  its! 
brief career spread its protecting wings over ; 
so large an expanse  and over so great num- I 
ber of worthy beneficiaries—an organization ■ 
freighted  with peace and  goodwill to  man- j 
kind,  with blessings rich and countless  and 
with  powers for ultimate good,  that,  set  in j 
motion in  any  worthy  direction  under tiie I 
firm  hand  and  intelligent  guidance  of  its 
distinguished  President, will  prove  simply 
and absolutely irresistible  and  uncomprom- I 
ising.  With a Godspeed to you in your un­
tiring  zeal  to  bring  this Associotion to  a 
standard,  high,  acknowledged  and  honor­
able, and with  unstinted  congratulations to 
our  noble  co-workers,  1,700  strong,  your 
Committee beg to submit their report!

W il l ia m  E. K e l se y ,
J.  V.  Crandall,
J.  F.  Cl a r k ,

Committee.

J. V.  Crandall offered the  following  res- | 

olution,  which was adopted:

Resolved—That this subject be  called  up 
for discussion to-morrow  morning,  at  nine 
o’clock,  and that the Legislative  Committee I 
select and offer such parts of said report for j 
consideration as they deem best.

(Report continued next week.)

The Business Men.

From the Grand Rapids Telegram-Herald.
A semi-annual meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association  has  been  held j 
in this city during  the  past  two  days  and 
the  attendance  has  been  large  and  the 
interest greater than  many  sanguine  dele­
gates had  anticipated. 
In  this  matter  of 
association among  business  men  Michigan 
has been the first to make decided steps and 
to secure permanent  results.  "She has been I 
the pioneer both in local  organizations  and j 
in  the State  association,  in  that  hers  was 
first organized and is now the  largest  busi-1 
ness men’s  association  in  the  world.  We 
take pleasure in stating that a  Grand  Rap- 
ids man,  and a editor,  too,  is at the  bottom 
of much of this work—E.  A.  Stowe, of T iie 
Michigan Tradesman.  Of  the  sixty-six 
local  associations  in  Michigan,  sixty-one 
were organized  by  Mr.  Stowe  personally, 
and  he can now  look  upon  the  vigor  and 
strength of his work with honest delight and 
satisfaction.  This association aims  to  cor­
rect  dishonorable  business  methods, 
the 
manufacture and sale  of  adulterated  goods 
under  false  names,  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  shoddy  articles,  the  collection  of 
debts and to'effect  the  annihilation  of  the 
dead-beat.  So far  its work  has  met  with | 
admirable success, its future  is  bright  and 
we are glad to say  that  Grand  Rapids  has 
enjoyed its visit here and will  welcome  the 
members  at any time they want to come  to 
Grand Rapids.  The men  who  came  many 
miles from other states  to  attend  the  con­
vention have  shown  praiseworthy  interest 
in their Wolverine brethren and  the  words 
of advice and  information  given,  by  them 
will prove of use to  the  Michigan  associa­
tion.

Organization Notes.

Alba merchants  are  anxious to  form an 
association and will shortly be accommodat­
ed.

Tiie Watervliet Record  is endeavoring to 
interest  the business men of  that  town  in 
the formation of  a Business Men’s Associa­
tion.

The Secretary of  tiie  Michigan  Business 
Men’s  Association  has  responded  to a re­
quest  for  a  constitution  and  full  set  of 
blanks for the use of the  Colorado  associa­
tions in tiie formation of a  State  organiza­
tion.

The September  convention of the  Michi­
gan Business Men’s  Association  will prob­
ably be held at either Flint or Owosso. 
In­
vitations  have  been  received  from  both 
places and  the  Executive  Committee  will 
probably designate its choice within a month 
or two.

Allegan Gazette:  W. W.  Warner is often 
an unconscious humorist.  At the  Business 
Men’s Association  meeting,  the other even­
ing,  discussion  was  upon  qualification  of 
members,  some  rather  favoring  exclusive­
ness.  Mr.  Warner objected to  making  the 
organization a secret  one,  or  anything  of 
the kind, citing cases wherein  men’s  relig­
ious views had kept  them  aloof  from  such 
swieties.  There were present  members  of 
every  church  in  town,  including  Deacon 
Ed.  Bailey.  Nevertheless,  Brother Warner 
bluntly remarked,  instituting a comparison, 
“Now, ’spose some  of  us  should  get  re­
ligion.”  Everybody winced.
Purely Personal.

Geo.  R.  Mayhew  is  expected  back from! 

his extended Western trip Saturday.

W.  A.  Higbe,  of  the  wholesale  cigar i 
house of H.  H.  Freedman  & Co.,  is in town j 
for a few days.

W.  T.  Lamoreaux  was  called  to  Battlej 
Creek Monday by  the serious illness of  his | 
wife,  who is  temporarily  sojourning there,  j
H. W.  Wagleigh,  the Boston  end  of  the ; 
Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co.,  is  in  town ; 
for a few days,  inspecting  the  business  of 
the corporation.

Frank  I.  Maybury,  State  agent  for  th e ; 
Strobridge  Lithographing  Co.,  has favored 
T iie   T ra desm a n  office  with  the  Stro­
bridge  calendar for 1887,  which eclipses  all 
previous efforts in that line.

Hides,  Pelts and Furs.

Light hides are firm and heavy  hides  are 
sluggish.  Calf skins are unsalable.  Wool and 
pelts are low and weak,  the  slow  sale  of 
woolen goods having affected the wool mar- ; 
ket.  Tallow  is  quiet.  Furs  are  without 
relative change.

NOTICE.

T o Restore  Lands to the  Public  Domain.
Pursuant to instructions from the  Commis­
sioner of the General Land Office, dated March 
8, 1887, the following  lands will be  restored  to 
the public domain and become  subject  to set-
tlement and  entry  as  other unoffered public
lands, and rated at $2.50 per acre. That on the
25th day of April, 1887, at 2  o’clock p. m.,  said
lands will be subject to entry
The lands to bo restore«il are as follows;
NORTH  O F  BASE  LIN E  AND  W ES'r  o f Micniij(AST  PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN.

“ 
“ 

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PARTS  O F  SECTIOX

All Of...............................
.....................................................
.....................................................

SEC t o w n - UANf iE  ACRES
1
4
642.75
3
4
631,53
11
4
640.00
13
4
640.00
15
4
040.00
..................................................... 23
4 . 640.00
25
4
640.00
..................................................... 27
4
«40.00
3>
4
640.00
VfYt  of  neH, mvii  and
eH  of  swîà..................
3
4
332.78
All of...............................
5
4
643.20
4
621.82
"
WH  ne54,  se)4  of  ne>4
!»
and s!4..........................
4
440.00
SwJ4 of nw5á and sH__ 11
4
360.00
All o t...............................
13
4
640.00
4
EH of nel4 and seJi...........
15
2(0.00
NViof  ne,>4  and  nH  of
..........................
4
17
160.00
All  of..-..............................................
18
4
96.17
WH of se54, nejii and wH 2=1
560.00
4
EH of nw!4 and  eH ............ 25
4
400.00
A ll  of ..................................................
4
35
506.56
Nw»4, nH, sw54  and nH
of so54............................................. 25
4
320.00
SH o f ..................................................... 27
4  «*.320.ü0
SH  o f ..................................................... 31
4
311.85
A ll  o f ..................................................
4
33
640.00
WH of nwJ4.................................. 35
4
80.00
112,426.66

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34
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34
34
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34
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U. S. L a n d   O f f i c e ,

Reed City, Mich., Mar■Cb  11,1881

W. H. C. Mitchell, 

Receiver.

N a t h a n i e l   C l a r k ,

Register.

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.
EIOR  SALE—One-third  interest  in  a  grist­
mill, doing a good business.  For  sale  at 
a  bargain.  Fine  location.  Small  capital  re­
quired.  Call on or addres Wm. H.  McCormick 
& Co., Fennville, Mich. 
185*
EIOR  SALE—$ 1,600  will  buy  my  property, 
practice and drug stock,  it  sold before the 
1st of May.  Established 3H years,  and  doing 
good business.  Address M. D., 177  Fourth St., 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
181*
TjIOR  SALE—WATCHMAN’S  CLOCK,  Im- 
-L 
hauser  patent, nearly new. J. L. Buchan­
an, 163 N.  Front St..  Grand  Rapids. 
184*
flOR  SALE—Drug, book and stationery store 
doing good business in  best  location in a 
thriving Northern Michigan railway town.  Ad­
dress “Junction,” care T radesman. 
188*
fpOR SALF—Well-selected general  stock,  lo­
cated at a place tributary to a large farm­
ing trade.  Stock will  inventory  about  $8,000. 
Address for full particulars, ‘m J.,” care “The 
I78tf
Tradesman.” 
fjtOR SALE—Clean stock of dry goods, cloth­
ing, hats and caps  and  boots  and  shoes, 
situated  at Plainwell, a lively  town  with  two 
railways.  Stock will  inventory  about  $3,500. 
For  terms  of  sale,  apply  to  W.  H. Hoops, at 
IJulkley, Lemon & Hoops, Grand Rapids.  177tf
ffiOR SALE—A thirty-year old  grocery stand 
in Kalamazoo.  A two-story frame  store, 
with good tenement rooms  above, and  a  good 
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. 
TJ70R SALE—Best  bargain  ever  offered  for 
I- 
general  stock  in  growing town  in  good 
farming  community  in  Northern  Michigan. 
Stock  will inventory  about  $6,000.  Sales  last 
year were $60,000.  Address “The Tradesman,” 
Grand Rapids. 
"AirANTED—Situation with a wholesale house 
I » 
to sell on the road, or any  position with 
chance to rise.  Have had experience on road. 
Moderate salary.  Address  “S,”  Tradesman 
office,  Grand Rapids. 
185*
AIT-ANTED—Situation  by  young  man  in  a 
▼ t 
grocery or  general  store.  Four years' 
experience.  Best of  references.  Address  S., 
Box 351, Fremont, Newaygo Co., Mich.  187*
\ \ T ANTED—Situation by young man as trav- 
U  
eling  salesman  or  salesman  in  store. 
Have had  several  years’  experience.  Refer­
ences furnished.  Address S. E., care “Trades­
man.” Grand Rapids. 
AIT"ANTED—Situation as clerk in  a  drug  or
* » 
drug and book store, by the  undersign­
ed,  a  registered  pharmacist,  and  member of 
the Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion.  Care  and  precision  exercised  in  com­
pounding prescriptions.  Satisfactory referen­
ces given.  Gideon  Noel. Good  Hart. Mich.  183*
"VIT"ANTED—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. 
I78tf
FIOR  RENT—Good and beautiful location on 
the lake  shore  in  Emmet  county,  for a 
business requiring $600 or $800 capital.  For in­
formation  address  Gideon  Noel,  Good  Hart, 
Mich. 
\ \ T ANTED—Stock  in  Kent  County Savings 
v »  Bank.  Address, stating terms demand­
ed, “Purchaser,” care “The Tradesman.”

177tf

I74tf

182*

183*

Will be glad  to know th a t there is a  new and  helpful 

friend a t his com mand th a t will assist him  in

Building up  Business

Every m erchant  who wishes to advertise  w ith more 
and better success should send for a sam ple copy of the

and Making Money.
“AMERICAN ADVERTISER,”

The  M erchant’s  Guide  to  Successful  Ad­

vertising.

An eight-page m onthly  paper devoted to the  subject 

of good advertising for  country m erchants.
It gives a multitude of good suggestions.
It furnishes a great variety  of  ready  written 
advertisements for every purpose and of ev­
ery description.
It gives plain directions  and designs for  Win­
dow Dressing and Store  Decoration.
It furnishes all the news of the day from a na­
tion of  advertisers.
Samples  sent free to any m erchant on application to
MERCHANTS’  PUBLISHING  CO.,

3 1 4   D e a r b o r n   S t.,  C H IC A G O . 

£3TMention th is paper when you w rite for samples.

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26 

c list 50

EXPANSIVE  BITS.

Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $28 00.  dis 
Ives’, 1. $18 00;  2. $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 

riLES—New List.

American File Association  List.........dis  60&10
Disston’s ................................................ dis  60&10
New American......................................dis  60&10
Nicholson’s............................................. dis  60&10
dis 55&10
Heller’s ..................................  
50
Heller’s  Horse Rasps........................... dis 
GALVANIZED  IKON,
28
22 and  24,  25 and 26,  27 
Nos. 16 to 20, 
14 
List 
15 
18
Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 

12 

 

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GAUGES.
RAMMERS.

 

HOES.

H1MGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

and  longer......................  

Stanley Rulo and Level Co.’s ............ dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s ................................... dis 
25
26
Kip’s .....................................................dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’S..............................dis 
40
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel.......................30 
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, 1,2, 3.:......................... dis 
60
State................ .*........-.................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4ft  14
.•.. 
3¡4
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  .................. net 
1014
8%
Screw Hook and Eye %..................... net 
Screw Hook and Eye  a ....................... net 
7V4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %......................net 
714.
Strap and  T ........................................dis 
65
Stamped Tin Ware....................................  
30
Japanned Tin  Ware................................. 
26
Granite Iron  Ware................................... 
25
Grub  1  ...............................................$1100, dis 60
Grub  2................................................  11  50, dis 60
Grub 3................................................  12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, Jap. trimmings...........dis 
55
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings...........  
55
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings......  
56
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
55
Drawer and  Shutter,  porcelain......... dis
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s .....................
40&10
dis
Hcmacite..................................... 
45
LOCKS—DOOR.
Bussell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s .....................dis
Branford’s ..............................................dis
Norwalk’s ..............................................dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...................dis
70
Adze  Eye..................................... $16 00 dis 
60
Hunt E ye............. ...................... $15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s.........................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.Y, Post,  handled................  dis  60
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s.................................  dis 40
Coffee, P.S.&W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleable« ..  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s .............  dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise..................................... dis  25
Stebbln’s Pattern  ................................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine................................ dis 
ifO&lO
Enterprise,  self-measuring................dis 
25

KNOBS—NEW  LIST.

MAULS.
MILLS.

MOLASSES GATES.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS.

 

NAILS— IKON.

Common. Bra  and Fencing.

lOdto  60d............................................ $  keg $2 60
25
8d and 9 d adv...............................................  
6d and 7d  adv..................... .......................... 
50
4d and 5d  adv................................................ 
75
3d  advance.....................................................  1  56
3d fine  advance...........................................   3 00
Clinch nails,  adv........................................... 
l  75
Finishing 
Size—inches  ( 3  
Adv. *  keg 
Steel Nails—2 75.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent.  .................. disfiO&lG
Zinc, with brass bottom............................dis  50
Brass or  Copper.........................................dis  50
Reaper......................................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..................................................  50&10

|  lOd  8d 
2 4 
$1  25  1 50  1  75  2 00 

fid  4d
1H
2 

OILERS.

PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................*............ dis  30
Sciota Bench............................../...........dis 50®55
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.....  ............. dis  30
Bench, flrstjquality................................dis50@5&
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... ,dis20A10 
Fry, Acme..............
dis 50&10 
__
Common, polished. 
. .dis60&10
Dripping............................................... 9  n> 
6*4
Iron and Tinned....................................dis 
60
Copper Rivets and  Burs..................... dis 
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27  9 ZO

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

RIVETS.

PANS.

Broken packs He $19> extra.

A JOURNAL  DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Maiinfacluring Interests of the State.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

Terms $ 1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  23,  1887.

Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association.
President,  L.  M. Mills;  Vice-President, S. A. Sears,  Sec­
retary and T reasurer, Geo. H. Seymour;  Board of Di­
rectors, H. S. Robertson,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  J.  N.  Brad­
ford, A. B. Cole and Wm. Logie.
{35"  Subscribers and others,  when writing 
to  advertisers, will confer a favor on  the pub­
lishers by mentioning that they saw the adver­
tisement in the columns of  this  paper.

THE  STATE  CONVENTION.

The  special  convention of  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association is a thing of the 
past, but its influence is sure to be felt until 
every  dead-beat is  annihilated,  every  trade 
abuse is remedied and business in general is 
conducted on a broader basis.

As  predicted  by  T he  T radesm an,  the 
convention  attracted  the  largest  gathering 
of  retail  business  men  ever  held  in  this 
country.  They did not come from idle curi­
osity,  but to participate in the benefits to be 
derived from such an  interchange  of  opin­
ions,  and the high  character  of  the  papers 
and reports presented, as well as the discus­
sions held,  furnish abundant proof  that the 
proceedings  were  remarkable  in  point  of 
scope and thoroughness.  A singular feature 
of  the  occasion was that no  oife  who  was 
assigned a topic or report  failed to respond, 
which is certainly an unusual  occurrence.

The crowded condition  of  T he T rades­
m an’s columns  will  preclude  an  extended 
review of  the  convention  at  this time,  but 
the salient points should briefly  be  referred 
to.

President Hamilton presided with dignity 
and discretion and won many friends  by  his 
impartial rulings and his successful endeavor 
to draw out all there was to a subject,  with­
out-permitting the discussion  to degenerate 
into personalities or untoward allusions.

The report of  the  Committee on  Legisla­
tion convinced the convention that it had the 
good of the  Association  at  heart, and  that 
it would spare no  pains  to  accomplish  the 
results  deemed  desirable.  The  efforts  of 
Chairman Kelsey to secure  the  reduction of 
the garnishee  exemption  allowed a married 
man are such as will commend him to every 
member of  the Association.

The  report  of  the  Committee  on Trade 
Interests,  which  was  wholly prepared  and 
presented  by  Chairman  Barnes, 
treated 
mainly  of  adulterations  and  the  remedy, 
whic ii  the writer  assumed to be afforded by 
national  legislation.  The  convention took 
issue  with Mr.  Barnes on  this  point,  how­
ever, adopting resolutions which call for the 
abolition of  the evil as  the  result of  indi­
vidual action and State legislation.

The reports of  the temporary committees 
were marked by a degree of carefulness and 
candor seldom witnessed  in a convention of- 
so miscellaneous a character and call for the 
heartiest recognition.

Many of  the  papers  presented exhibited 
deep study and  research,  and  will  be  pro­
ductive of further thought and discussion.

The entertainment provided  by the Retail 
Grocers’ Association, and the courtesy of the 
O-wash-ta-nong Club, will linger long in the 
memory of every delegate present.

T he T radesm an  regrets  that  it cannot 
present a complete rejx>rt of  the convention 
in  a  single  issue,  but  the  fullness  with 
which the proceedings will  be reproduced— 
from the verbatim notes  of  a  stenographic 
reporter—necessitates such a , course. 
It  is 
hoped that the report can be completed with­
in the compass of three  issues.

The New York Retail O racers' Advocate, 
in referring to the convention of  the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association, said:  “We 
hope Michigan  will put herself  on record in 
favor of the National Food Act.”  The A d­
vocate is destined to disappointment.  The 
so-called  “National  Food  Act”  was  thor­
oughly discussed by the  convention  and re­
ceived a discolored optic—in other  words,  a 
batl black eye.  Michigan  merchants see no 
reason why Congress should bd  appealed to 
for a remedy  which  already  exists  within 
their own State.

AMONG  TH E  TRADE.

S. A. Holt and  Fred  Smith  have formed 
a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of 
Holt  &  Smith  and  purchased  the grocery 
business of  Holt  &  Parish,  at  670  Cherry 
street.

Win. Mears, of  Boyne  Falls,  has  pur­
chased of Lester J.  Rindge  the  mills  and 
property  of  the  Northern  Manufacturing 
Co., at Boyne Falls,  and will  operate  Hie 
same to its fullest capacity.

W.  C.  Denison has lately sold a 48 horse­
power engine  to  S.  P.  Sw’artz,  for  use  in 
his  planing  mill,  and  a  40  horse-power 
engine to Will.  McKay, for  the  use  of  the 
Sherwood Manufacturing Co.

•

J. L.  Davis,  for the  past  four  years  en­
gaged in the  buying  and  shipping  of  pro­
duce at Hopkins Station, has  leased the va­
cant store at 33 Ottawa street and  will  em­
bark  in the same business here on a  larger 
scale, beginning operations about April 1.

Oscar  C.  Warren,  formerly  chemist  for 
Jennings  &  Smith,  and  Robert  Phillips, 
formerly office assistant  in  the same estab­
lishment,  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under the firm name  of  Warren  &  Phillips 
and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  per­
fumes and extracts at Denver.

Christian  Bertsch  and  Frederick Krekel 
broke ground for their new  block  on Pearl 
street on Monday.  The  building  will  be 
22x100 feet in dimensions  and four  stories 
high, connected by archways with the block 
now  occupied  by  Rindge,  Bertsch  &  Co., 
which  block  will  also  be  raised  another 
story.  The added room will exactly double 
the lloor space used by that house.

a r o u n d   t h e   s t a t e .
Jackson—Jos.  Smith,  grocer, 

lias  sold 

out.

Logan—C. Keller  is  selling  his  general 

stock at auction.

dealer,  lias sold out.

Decatur—A.  S.  Hathaway,  dry  goods 

Kellersville—Samuel  Scott  is  trying  to 

dispose of his hardware stock.

Berrien  Center—H.  V.  Rapp  succeeds 

Rapp & Son in general trade.

Six Lakes—Frank V.  Handy,  grocer  and 

flour and feed dealer,  has failed.

Tecumseh—The  Tecuniseh  Dry  Goods 

Co.  succeeds N. M.  Sutton & Co.

Jackson—Tuttle  &  Co.,  fruit  dealers, 

have sold out to Cole & Edwards.

Niles—T.  C.  Dudley succeeds C. Stierlien 

& Co.  in the boot and shoe business.

Greenville—D.  D.  Horton  &  Co.  succeed 

E.  Rutan in the hardware business.

Berrien Center—John L.  Bishop succeeds 

Uriah Shaffer in the grocery  business.

Otsego—Freeman  Leighton  is  preparing 

to engage in the grocery business here.

Jackson—Silvia  Powers 

(Mrs.  Noah), 

grocer,  is succeeded by Squire B.  Carter.

Utica—John  D.  Hosely  has  bought  out 

the hardware business of Adam Wagner.

Menominee—Bird  Bros.,  dealers  in  gro­

ceries, crockery and grain, have dissolved.

Cassopolis—Pollock  Bros.,  grocers,  have 
dissolved,  Pollock  &  Robinson succeeding.
Battle Creek—H.  S.  Warner  suec^ds  G. 
C.  Steele in the fancy goods and notion busi­
ness.

Climax—Warren Smitli is now  proprietor 
of the drug stock formerly owned  by  J.  F. 
Clark.

Manchester—Macomber Bros, have bought 
out Wm.  H.  Pottle,  dealer in dry goods and 
carpets.

Lapeer—Geo.  W.  Higley  succeeds Strong 
& Higley in the boot  and  shoe and grocery 
business.

Whitehall—Benton & Frost, jewelers and 
stationers,  have dissolved, Geo. W. Frost suc­
ceeding.

Ogontz—Henry  F.  May, 

formerly  of 
Grand  Rapids,  has  been  appointed  post­
master.

Newberry—Truman  &  McLaughlin  suc­
ceed J.  Truman  &  Co.  in the grocery  and 
saloon business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—H.  J.  La  Londe  suc­
ceeds La Londe  &  Roach  in the dry  goods 
and grocery business.

Irving—W.  S.  Heeox has  closed  out  his 
grocery business  and  disposed  of  his  real 
estate interests here.

West Sebewa—W.  H.  Chilson & Son are 
building a new store, which they will occupy 
with a general stock.

Sault Ste. Marie—W.  S.  Everts, formerly 
of Grand Rapids, will  engage  in  the  drug 
business about April 1.

GRAND  rapids  gossip.

A.  C.  Horton  succeeds  F.  T.  Taylor 

in the brokerage  business.

Annie  Southwick  (Mrs.  Albert)  is  suc­
in  the  crockery  business  by  C. 

______________ _

ceeded 
Blickley. 

Van Every  &  Co.  have started  a  brandh 
meat business at the  corner  of  Spring  and 
Oakes streets.

Robt. Johnson lias  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Cadillac.  Cody,  Ball, 
Barnhart & Co.  furnished the stock.

Jas.  Van Winsheym has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  423  Fiftli  avenue. 
Cody, Ball, Barnhart &  Go.  furnished  the 
stock.

Holmes & De Goit,  hardware  dealers  at 
Tustin,  have  added  a  line  of  groceries. 
Cody,  Ball,  Barnhart &  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

Walsh & Spoon is  the  style  of  the  firm  j 
who  has  engaged in  the  grocery  business 
in the Caulfield block,corner Canal and Erie 
streets.

The  Eaton  &  Christenson  Cigar  Co., 
which is owned by  Grand  Rapids men,  but 
operates  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  now  employs 
four traveling men.

Maybee—L.  E.  Palmer,  dealer  in  hard­
ware  and agricultural implements,  lias sold 
out to E.  W.  Crinklam.

Otsego—Rev.  Armstrong,  who  removed 
from town a year ago,  1ms  returned and en­
gaged in the grocery business.

Sturgis—Haner &  Bennett,  who  recently 
succeeded  Daniel  Berger  in  the  furniture 
business, are in turn succeeded by. Berger & 
Haner.

Kalamazoo—J.  E.  Van  Bochove,  travel­
ing representative for Phelps & Bigelow for 
several years, will shortly engage in the gro­
cery business.

Fife Lake—W. W.  Lewis,  a  former  gro­
cer of this place,  lias engaged  to  travel  for 
H. II.  Lardner  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  taking 
Dakota as his territory.

Cheboygan—P.  Lavelle, of Maple Valley, 
will shortly close out his stock of groceries, 
dry goods boots and shoes and  will  engage 
in mercantile pursuits here.
Sturgis—The  I|.  M.  Millizen  grocery 
stock,  which had a half-dozen owners in  as j 
many weeks, has finally landed in the hands 
of Daniel Millizen,  by foreclosure,  and been 
shipped to an unknown destination.

Sault Ste.  Marie—Arnold  Gage  has  re­
tired from the hardware firm of H. G.  Wait I 
& Co.  Mr.  Wait has  formed  a copartner- •

ship with F. L. Higgins  and  will  continue 
the business under the same firm name.

Luther—Ora Marsh,  who had arranged to 
go in business on his own account,  has been 
arrested  for  stealing  8500 worth  of  goods 
from the store of  the  Chemical  &  Lumber 
Co.,  where he was employed as a clerk.

Manistique—M.  J.  Lyons,  John  Costello 
and J.  Lyons  will  open  a  grocery  store 
about the middle of April, 
It will be under 
the  management of  J.  Lyons,  of  Detour, 
who will move his  stock of goods here.

Muskegon—Wm.  L.  Leahy,  of  the  dry 
goods  house  of  The  Leahy  Company,  is 
East buying  goods.  He  leaves  about  the 
first of May for an extended European tour, 
with the intention of remaining absent about 
a  year.

Sherwood—W.  R.  Mandigo, 

the  grocer 
and  druggist,  is the possessor  of  an  even 
dozen  blue  racer  snakes  whose  combined 
length is  sixty-one feet.  The reptiles were 
picked up on the {lver bank in a frozen con­
dition and will be donated to the  Sherwood 
College for scientific and experimental  pur­
poses.

Muskegon—Wm.  L.  Leahy  &  Co.  have 
merged  their  dry  goods  business  into  a 
stock company to be known as  The  Leahy 
Company,  which  is  officered  as  follows: 
President, C.  S.  Montague;  Vice-President, 
Geo.  M.  Lewis;  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
Emma  Neumester.  The  business  will  be 
under the supervision of Geo.  M.  Lewis.

m a n u f a c t u r i n g   m a t t e r s .

Coral—Edward Roys succeeds Roys Bros, 

in the shingle mill business.

Custer—Inglish & Cantwell have purchas­

ed the Custer Lumber Co.’s mill.

Bronson—The business men are to organ­
ize a stock company for the manufacture  of 
brooms.

Lapeer—Rorick,  Dryden  &  Co., carriage 
manufacturers,  have  dissolved,  James  & 
George Rorick & Co.  succeeding.

Kalkaska—The  Smith  Lumber  Co.  lias 
laid nearly  five  miles  of  its  new  logging 
railroad,  using fifty pound rails.

Manistee—Joseph  Broadhead  has retired 
from  the  firm of  Batty & Broadhead,  saw 
manufacturers.  The  business will  be con­
tinued by Wm.  Batty.

Alpena—Comstock Bros,  and  the  Minor 
Lumber Co.  will start their mills as soon  as 
the ice is out of the booms,  both  having  an 
qniple supply of logs.

Jackson—F.  L.  Elms  has bought out  the 
carriage  manufacturing  department of  the 
Michigan Maijui factoring Co., manufacturers 
of  agricultural 
implements,  wagons,  car­
riages,  etc.

0STRA Y   FA C T S.

Climax—S.^Wise,  butcher,  lias  removed 

to Battle Creek.

Harbor Springs—A.  T.  Long, baker,  lias 

sold out to H.  F.  Murdock.

Standish—Geo. F. Cross succeeds Cross & 

Dyer in the lumber business.

East  Jordan—R.  Glenn  has  bought  out 

tlie bakery business of J. Ketchum.

Ann  Arbor—Wm.  Wagner,  merchant 

tailor,  is succeeded  by Wagner & Co.

Dowagiac—Colby  &  Buskirk,  millers, 
have dissolved,  H.  F.  Colby & Son succeed­
ing.

Detroit—H.  Scherer & Co.  succeed Rohns 
&  Scherer,  dealers  in  carriage  goods  and 
iron.

Ionia—Mrs.  L.  M.  Stinchcomb  lias  sold 
her millinery business to  Mrs.  M.  Drawbolt 
& Co.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—II.  C.  Kennedy  suc­
ceeds R. J.  McKeon as lessee  of  the  Hotel 
Superior.

Morenci—Church  &  Pegg,  dealers' in  ag­
implements,. are  succeeded  by 

ricultural 
Church Bros.

Détroit—Johnson  &  Stenton  succeed 
Stenton,  Goff & Son in the produce commis­
sion business.

Evart—O. Morton  and  Chas.  Lessia,  jr., 
have  joined  hands  in  the  restaurant  and 
confectionery business.

Kellersville—Arthur  Gustin  lias  bought 
the  grocery  stock  of  C.  G.  Scott and will 
add lines of dry goods and crockery.

Biissfield—Geo.  Lane is the  president  of 
a stock company which has  been  organized 
for the purpose of boring for gas or oil.

Chase—Seymour  Bros!,  of  Manistee, 
have bought 2,500,000 feet of standing pine, 
near here,  for which they paid  815,000.

Detroit—

W.  Robinson  &  Co.,  lum­
ber  dealers,  have  dissolved,  G.  A. McKin- 
lock retiring.  Geo.  W. Robinson  continues 
the business under the same style.

Coopersville—J.  V.  B.  Goodrich and  By­
ron Goodrich  have  formed  a copartnership 
under the firm name  of  Goodrich & Son.  to 
succeed to  the  lumber  firm of  Walter  & 
Goodrich. 

y

Hopkins Station—Peter Dendel is arrang­
ing  to build an additiou  to his store ou  the 
rear,  as soon as spring opens,  30  feet  long 
and 20 fee^wide.  A  year hence he expects 
to build a brick block on the lot south of his 
store,  which he will occupy with dry goods, 
groceries, boots and  shoes and drugs, using 
the  present  store  for  furniture  and hard­
ware.

The Gripsack Brigade.

Frank  Conlon  has  gone  to  Chicago  on 
business.  He  is  expected  back  Wednes­
day.

John Garvey, Jr.,has gone on the road for 
the Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co., 
taking a portion  of  the  territory  formerly 
covered by Chas.  S.  Robinson.

Jas.  D.  Wadsworth,  formerly engaged in 
the grocery business  on Grandville avenue, 
but for the past year  witli  Arthur Meigs  & 
Co., succeeds Mr. Hawkins with that house.
W.  G.  Hawkins,  for  several  years  past 
on  the  road  for  Arthur  Meigs & Co.,  has 
severed his  connection  with  that  house  to 
accept a  similar  position  with  the Detroit 
Soap Co.

MOSBU&7  BROS.,

W H O L E S A L E

Fruits, Seeds,  Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota­

toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

2 6 , 2 8 , 3 0   &  32

t

C.  AINSWORTH,

JOBBER  OF

Wool, Grain, Seeds i Produce.

82  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST..

Grand. IR-a/pids, - Mieti.

Absolute Baking Powder.

And

1GO per cent. Pure.

Manufactured and sold only by

^  
ED.  TELEER,  Grand Rapids.
W M . SEA R S & CO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Asents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE.

37, 39 & 41  Kent  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
PURE.

NEW  PROCESS  STARCH. 

SWEET
This Starch having the  light  Starch  and  Gluten 
One-TtiircL  Less

removed,

Can be used than any other in the Market.

Manufactured by the

FIRMENICH  MNFG. CO.

Factories:  Marshalltown,  Iowa;-Peoria,  Ills.

Offices  at  Peoria,  Ilia.

STRONG. !  Clark,  Jewell  &  Co.

FOR  SALE  BY

SURE.

H E S T E R .

 

<&  E   O   X ,

SAW  JUTS CRIST MULI. MACHINERY,

m anufacturers’  agents  for

ATLAS

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate delivery. 

BSSwv-.'1!!.......''

?  ^

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 
W rite for Prices. 

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

130  OAKES  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICII.

DO  YOU WANT  A

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

S. HETMAN & SON,
IBS.
F. J. LAM B & CO.

STATE  AGENTS FOR

D. D. Mallory & Co.’s

DIAMOND  BRAND DYSTEDS
Also  Fruits  and  Countfr  Produce.

I oo@i  or. 
1  15® 1 25 
75@  90 
1 0U@1 10 
30@  35 
25®  30

50

c o o p e r a g e .

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“ 

STAVES.
«

D. Quay & Co. quote as follows, f. o. l>, Bailey : 
Red oak fiour bbl. staves........ ...M
@  6  25
Elm 
...M
© 5 25
White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M
@20 00
vt hite oak pork bbl.  “
“  M
@18 0U
Produce barrel staves............. ...M
@ 4 50
Tight bbl. and h’ds to match.. ...M
@17 50
Tierce  heads,  square.............
@20 on
• 9  M
Pork bbl. *• 
@13 00
.9  M
Produce barrel, set..................
@  4
©   4H
Cull  wood  beading..................
©   3H
White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t.  M 19 l)0@12 00
White oak and hickory  *•  7H1t’t.M 0 00® 11  00
Hickory  flour  bbl.................... M 6 00®  7  00
Ash, round  *• 
...M 5 50®  6 00
Ash, flat racked, 6H f ’t ............ ...M 3 50© 4 50
Coiled  elm.................................
5 00®  i CO

HOOPS.

HEADS.

*•  ..

“

HARRELL.

“ 

Spring & Lindlev quote as follows:
White oak, pork, hand made.............
“ 
lard tierces, hand made..
Beef and lard, H bbls.,  ” 
..
Custom, oue head................................
Flour  .....................................................
Produce  ....................................... . . . .

“ 

WOODEXWARK.
Standard  Tubs, No. 1.....................
Standard  Tubs, No. 2.....................
Standard  Tubs, No. 3.....................
Standard Pails, two hoop...............
Standard Pails, three hoop...........
Palls, ground wood 
..................
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes..........
Butter  Pails, ash............................
Butter Ladles..................................
Bolling Pins......................................
Potato Mashers...............................
Clothes Pounders............................
ClothesPins..................  ...............
Mop Stocks........................
Washboards, single....................
Washboards, double..........
Diamond  Market........
Bushel, narrow  baud................
Bushel, wide band.......................
Clothes, splint,  No. 1..........
Clothes, splint.  No. 2.............
Clothes, splint,  No. 3..
Clothes, willow  No. 1........
Clothes, willow  No. 2..  .
Clothes, willow  No. 3...............

...............100
.............. 1  75
...............3 25
...............   40
...............1  fiO
...............1  75
...............3 50
5  1M)
h  ftO
...............7 50
“  half bu..................... ...............2 85
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

BASKETS.

The furniture factories  here  pay  as  follows 

for dry stock:
Basswood, log-run...............................12 
00©14 00
Birch, log-run.......................................13  U0©18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @®5 00
Black Ash, log-run.............................. 
<¿13 00
00@35 00
Cherry,  log-run....................................25 
00@50 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2............................45 
@10 00
Cherry,  cull......................................... 
00@14 00
Maple,  log-run......................................12 
00@13 00
Maple, soft,  log-run............................ll 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
@20 00
Maple, clear, flooring........................  
@»>5 00
Maple, white, selected....................... 
@25 0q
@18 00
Bed Oak, log-run................................. 
Bed Oak, Nos. 1 and 2................ 
  @24 00
00@30 00
Bed Oak, quarter  sawed....................26 
Bed Oak, No.  1, step  plank__
@25 00 
W alnut, log-run..........................
@55 00 
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2................ .
@75 00 
Walnuts,  culls..........................
@25 00 
Grey  Elm. log-run.....................
@13 00 
White Ash,  log-run..................
11  00@16 00 
Whitewood,  log-run..................
@23 00 
White Oak, log-run..................
@17 00

 

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“ 

COAL  AND  BUILDING  MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlsou quotes as follows:

1  00
Ohio White Lime, per  bbl.................... 
Ohio White Lime, car lots.................... 
85
Louisville Cement,  per bbl.................. 
l  30
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 bUt.......................................  
175
Land plaster, per ton.......................... j 
3 50
Land plaster, car lots........................  
2 50
Fire brick, per  M..................................$25 @ $36
Fire clay, per bbl................................... 
3 00
Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$5 75@6 00 
Anthracite, stove and  nut, car lots..  6 08@6 25
Cannell, car lots..................................  
@6 00
Ohio Lump, car lots............................  3 10@3 25
BJossburg or Cumberland, ear lots..  4 50@5 00 
Portland  Cement.................................  3 50@4 00

COAL.

I f o a r b w a r e .

These  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  who  pay 
. 

promptly and buy in full  packages.
_ 
AUGERS AND BITS.
Ives’,  old style..............................
N.  H. C. Co....................................
Douglass’.......................................
Pierces’ .................................

Jennings’,  genuine__

BALANCES.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

BARROWS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST.

Spring................................................. die
Railroad........................................................$ 
Garden....................................................... net 
i*and........................................ dis $ eo&io&io
Cow.................................. 
dis 
70
30&15
C*11............................................................ dis 
Gong..................................................dis 
25
Door. Sargent.................................. dis 
oo&io
Stove..........................................................dis $
Carnage  new  list................................. dis
Plow  ..............................  
dis
Sleigh Shoe.......................................   !!dis
Wrought Barrel  Bolts......................... dis
Cast  Barrel  Bolts................................. dis
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs................. .dis
Cast Square Spring.............................|dls
Cast Chain........................................... "dis
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob__ _! ]. .dis
Wrought Square...................................dis
Wrought Sunk Flush......................."."."dis
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
T  Flush.....................................................dis 60&10
Ives  Door......................  
dis  60&10
Barber..................................................dis f  
40
Backus..................................................dis 
50&10
50
Spofford................................................  dis 
Am. Ball...............................................dis 
net
Well, plain.................................................. $  350
Well, swivel................................................. 
4 00
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  Pin.......................... dis 
60A10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..........dis 
60& 5
60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned..........dis 
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped............................................... dis 
60& 5
Wrought Table.................................... dis 
60&10
Wrought  Inside  Blind.......................dis 
60&10
Wrought Brass.................................... dis 
75
80
Blind, Clark’s....................................... dis 
Blind, Parker’s .................................... dis 
80
Blind,  Shepard’s..................................dis 
70
Ely’s MO............................................... per m $65
Hick’s C. F............................................  
60
G. D........................................................ 
35
Musket................................................... 
60
Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester  new  UstSO&lO
Rim  Fire, United  States......................... dis50&10
Central Fire.............................................. diSoO&lO
Socket Firmer...................................... dis  70&10
Socket Framing........ I..........................dis  70&10
Socket Corner.......................................dis  70&10
70&10
Socket Slicks........................................dis 
Butchers’Tanged  Firmer................. dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Mrmers...................dis 
20
Cold.........................................................net
Curry,  Lawrence’s..............................dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ............................................ dis 
25
Brass,  Backing’s....................................... 
 
80
GO
Bibb’s .......................................................... 
B eer.................  
40&10
Fenns’
60
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size..
28
14x52,14x56,14 x60...............
........   31
Cold Boiled, 14x56 and 14x60.
23
Cold Boiled, 14x48............................................   23
40
Morse’s Bit Stock.................................dis 
Taper and Straight Shank........*........ dis 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank........................... dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doz net  $.85
Corrugated........................................... dis  20&10
Adjustable............................................dis  H&10

CATRIDGES.

CHISELS.

COMBS.

COCKS.

ELBOWS.

CAPS.

DRILLS

 

ROPES.

SQUARES.

Sisal, 54 in. and  larger..................................   ioh
Manilla.............................................................  1354
Steel and Iron.
................................... dis
70 A10 
Try and Be vels...................................... dis
60 
Mitre  .....................................................dSs
20
Coiti. Smooth. Com.
$2 90
2 90
3 00
3 05
3  In
3 25
A11 sheets No, 18 and  lighter,  over 2  inches 

..................... $4 20
.....................   4 20
.....................   4 20
.....................   4 20
.....................   4  40
......................  4 60

60
60 Nos. 10 to  14..........
60 Nos. 15 to  17..........
60 Nos. 18 to 21........
60 Nos. 22 to 24..........
40 Nos .25 to  26..........
25 No. 27.....................

SHEET IKON.

.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
dis

40
14 00
33 00

TACKS.

wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, 9   lb............
In smaller quansities, 9   0)__
American, all  kinds.................
Swedes, all  kinds  .........................
Gimp and  Lace..............................
Cigar Box  Nails............................
Finishing Nails..............................
Common and Patent  Brads........
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tat
Trunk and Clout Nails..  .............
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails,.. 
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.............
TINNER’S  SOLDER.
No. 1,  Refined.................................
Market  Half-and-half..................
Strictly  Half-and-half..................

TIN  PLATES.

dio
.dis
.dis
dis
.dis
.dis
dis
d*
.dis
dis
.dis

6
60
tfb
60
♦ 50-
50
50
5Q
50
50
45
36
12 60
16 00
17  80

 

 

 

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TRAPS.

rates.

TIN —LEADED.

10x14, Charcoal__
IC,
5 75
IX,
10x14,Charcoal__
7 25
IC,
6 26
12x12,  Charcoal..........
IX,
7 75 
14x20, Charcoal_______________
IC,
5 75
IX,
14x20,  Charcoal................................  7 25
1XX,
14x20, Charcoal................................  8 75
IXXX.  14x20, Charcool................................  ](» 77
IXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal.............................  12 55
20x28, Charcoal...............;..............   15 50
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   8 50
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................   8 50
DXX,  100 Plate Charcoal............................   10 50
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.........................  12 50
Bedipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1  50  to 6 76
Roofing, 14x20, IC..........................................  5 25
Roofing, 14x20,  IX.............. 
6  75
Booting, 20x28, IC..........................................  11 00
Roofing,  20x28,  IX........................................  14 00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne................   5 50
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne..............   7 60
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................ 11 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal  Terne...........   14 00
Steel. Game.....................................................C0&10
Oneida-Communtity,  Newhouse’s ............dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&1G
Hotchkiss’  ............................................... 
60&10
8, P. & W.  Mfg.  Oo.’s................................... 60&10
Mouse, choker..................... .................18c »  doz
Mouse,  delusion................................$1  50 9  doz
Bright Market............................... .......dis  67H
Annealed Market.................................dis 
70
Coppered Market..........................., ....... dis  83!4
Extra Balling..............................................  dis  56
Tinned  Market.......................................¿is  82H
Tinned  Broom.............................................9 9 »  00
Tinned Mattress..........................................« 9» 8H
Coppered  Spring Steel.........................dis 
60
Tinned Spring Steel.............................. dis 40&IO
Plain Fence...............................................   9 ®   3
Barbed Fence, galvanized............•................4 40
painted...................................3 66
Copper................................................new  list net
Brass..................................., ............. new list net
Bright............................................. dis 
70&1Q&10
Screw Eyes..................................... dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ............................................dis 
70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes................. dis 
70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...............
Coe’s Genuine....................................... dis 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
75
Coe's  Patent, malleable.....................dis  75&10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps,  Cistern................................... ¿is 
70
Screws,  new  list........................................ 
75
Casters, Bed  and  Plate................... .dis50&10&10
Dampers, American__ .-..........................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.d.’&lO&lO 
Copper  Bottoms......................................  
23c

MISCELLANEOUS.

w i r e  o o o d s .

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A.  MERCANTILE  JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH 

WEDNESDAY.

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Telephone No. 95,

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Second-cte*« Matter.1

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  23,  1887.

M id iigan   B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President—F rank H am ilton, Traverse City.
F irst Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second V ice-President-K . J. H errick, G rand Rapids. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Gran<ytapids.
T reasurer—Julius ScUuster, Kalamazoo.
Executive Comm ittee—President, F irit V ice-Presiaent, 
Com m ittee on Trade Interests—Smith 

Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey.
C ity,  P. Ranney,-Kalamazoo;  A.  W.  W estgate,  Cne-
Comm ituie on Legislation—W. E 
J '  V
Crandall, Sand Lake;  J. 1. C l^ k . B ig l^ p ite . 
R
C om m ittee on M embership—H. S.  Church,  S turgis,  B.
F. Emery, 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 
aiAMliary thereto:

Ada  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, D. F. W atson;  Secretary, Elm er Chapel.
A llegan   B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

B ella! re  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
P r e s i d e n t ,  John Rodgers:  Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
M erchant’s Protective Ass’n o f B ig   Rapids 
President, E. P. C lark;  Secretary, A. S. H obart.

B oyne  City  Business Men’s A ssociation. 

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

B urr  Oak  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, C. B. Galloway;  Secretary, H. M. Lee.
R eta il  Grocers’ Association o f B attle Creek 
President, Geo. H. Rowell;  Secretary. C.  A. Hoxsie.

C adillac  Business  Men’s  A s’n. 

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

boygan.  •

C harlevoix  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
.President, John Nichols:  Secretary, R. W. Kane._____
B usiness  M en’s  Protective  U nion  o f  Che 
President, J. H. Tuttle:  Secretary. H. G. Dozer. 
Coopersville  Business  Men’s  Association 
President, E. N. P arker:  Secretary, R. P . M cNaughton
KaMail Grocers’Trade Union A s’n o f D etroit 
p M id e n t, John Blessed:  Secretory, H. Kundinger.
Dorr  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President. L. N. Fisher:  Secretary, E. S. Botsford.
R etail  Grocers’  Association  o f  E .  Sa«inaw 
President,  Richard Luster;  Secretary, Chas. H. Sm ith

L a stn « t  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

P reeidentT r.  H.  Thurston,  C entral  Lake;  Secretary, 

Geo. L. Thurston. Central Lake.

E lk R apids Business Men’s P rotective A s’n 
President, J. J. McLaughlin;  Secretary, C. L. M artin.
Frankfort  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. Win. Upton;  Secretory. E. R. Chandler.

F lint  M ercantile  Union.

Chairm an, W. C-Pierce;  Secretary, J. N. Blake.______ _
~~ Freeport. Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, Foster Sisson;  Sec’y, A rthur Cheseborough.
Grand  H aven  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, Fred. D. Voss;  Secretary, Fred A. H utty.

R etail  Grocers’  Ass’n  o f Grand  Rapids. 

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

G reenville  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

P resident. L. W. Sprague;  Secretary. E. J. Clark.

H artford Business Men’s A ssociation. 

President, V. E. Manley;  Secretary. I. B. Barnes.

H astings  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. L. E. Stauffer;  Secretary,  J.  A.  \a n A rm an

H olland  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. Jacob Van Putten;  Secretory, A. Van Duren.
Hubbardston  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President. Boyd Redner;  Secretary, L. W, Robinson.

Ion ia  Business  Men’s  E xchange. 

President, Wm. E.  Kelsey;  Secretary.  Fred. Cutler, Jr.
K alam azoo  R etail Grocers’ A ssociation. 

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

K alkaska  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

K in gsley  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, C. H. Camp: Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster.

L eslie  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Wm. Hutchings:  Secretary. M. L. Campbell
L ow ell  B usiness  Men’s  P rotective  A ss’n 
President. N. B. Blain-  Secretary, F rank T. King.

L uther  Protective  As’n.

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

Lyons  Business  Men’s  A s’n. 

President. A. K. Roof:  Secretary. D. A. Reynolds.

M ancelona  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

M anistique  Business Men’s A ssociation. 
President. F. H. Thompson;  Secretary, E. N. Orr.____
Manton's  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, F. A. Jenison;  Secretary, R. Fuller.______

M uir  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, L. Town:  Secretary. Elm er Ely._______
Grocers’  Ass’n  o f  the  City  o f  M uskegon 
President. H. B. Fargo;  Secretary. Win. P eer._______

Pertinent  Suggestions  by  a  Provincial

Merchant.

Good  H art,  March 9,  1887.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
D e a r  Sin—I read with  a  great  deal  of 
interest,  of  the  organization  of  Business 
Men’s  Associations 
throughout  the  State 
and hope to see every  business man  in  the 
State united in local and  State  organization 
before a great while.
The need  of organization  has  long  been 
apparent to  me  and now that it is begun,  I 
hope the work  may  be  thorough.  1  wish 
you could inspire the Palo dealers with  the 
progressive spirit of the hour. 
If  you can,
I will most gladly contribute  my part of the 
incidental to organization,  as  I  would  like 
well to try the  moral  effect  of  the  “Blue 
Letter”  on  some  individuals,  who  aided 
materially  in  compassing  my  commercial 
ruin and now  imagine themselves  safe,  be­
cause I am  away.
If the organization  does  no  more  than 
bring a large number of dead-beats  to  time 
and  prevent  generous  dealers  from  being 
victimized by them, much good  will  be  ac­
complished—sufficient  to  warrant  the  or­
ganization.  But  that  is  not  all. 
It  will 
take on scope with age.  The object  of  or­
ganization, as set fourth in  Art.  II  of  the 
constitution and  by-laws,  reviewed  b*-  the 
officers of the Michigan Business Men’s As­
sociation and reported in T he T radesman 
of last week are good—almost  perfect 
In 
addition to section 5  and  6  of  the  Article 
affecting  profits,  there  ought  to  be  one 
looking to the  regulation  of  the  rates  of 
profit
Every  intelligent  business  man  is  con 
scious that his business  has a moralizing or 
demoralizing  effect  on  the  public  and  it 
behooves every one of them,  as far as possi­
ble, to try to prevent the latter and promote 
the former.  Times almost  without number 
merchants  hear  the  declaration  made  by 
well-to-do men—farmers,  particularly—that 
“good men pay bad men’s  debts.” 
If  this 
were true, there would  never  be  a  failure 
or even temporary embarrassment  resulting 
from bad accounts,  hence  no just complaint 
against the D.  B.  While  it  is  not  a  fact 
that “good men pay bad men’s debts,”  it  is 
true that the purchaser of  moderate  means 
pays the profits on  the  purchase  made  by 
men  of  large  means.  These  self-styled 
good men are  always  prating  about the ad­
vantages of the cash system and as they pay 
cash for what  they  buy  they  must  have 
goods cheaper than the poor man  who  can­
not always do it.  Consequently, the majori­
ty of dealers, in order to catch and hold their 
trade, cut away  their  margin  to  such  an 
extent  that  the  purchases  of  the  poor, 
aggregating $20  or  $25,  affords  him'more 
profit than the  purchases  of  the  good  (?) 
man, aggregating $50 or $100.
The custom  that  so  largely  prevails  of 
allowing rebates on orders given  on  stores, 
is an abuse that ought to be corrected.
While the peddler  nuisance is handled so 
sternly,  the  equal  nuisance of farmers and 
others buying goods in considerable  quanti­
ties and selling them out to employees at  a 
higher rate—I have  heard  the  complaint- 
than the local dealer charges ought to be cor 
rcct^d*
The  mercantile  class  are  generally  the 
ones that are most willing to vote taxes  up­
on themselves to build  school  houses  and 
support, properly, high  and  other  schools, 
and are expected above all  other  classes  to 
give to every “worthy object” which  comes 
along.  Therefore, 
if  Section  7  of  the 
aforementioned Article  II  is  to  have  any 
bindine force, the class of men  who  do  all 
to bring about the results anticipated by the 
action ought to have all the  profits  belong­
ing to  their  profession.  The  State  Phar­
maceutical Asociation has struck at the cus­
tom among some druggist of  giving  physi­
cians  a  commission  on  prescriptions  sent 
to them and so  ought  the  Business  Men’s 
Association to strike at  the  rebate  system. 
There is no kind  of  reason  why  the  rich 
man  who  proposes  building  a  $5,000  or 
$10,000  house  should  have  the  material 
at the minimum  profit  and  the  poor  man 
who wants to build  a  $300  or  $400  house 
having to  pay the  maximum  profit. 
It  is, 
I am aware,  a  custom  that  is  accepted  as 
right, but  it  is  absolutely  wrong  from  a 
moral standpoint. 
It  simply  increases  the 
distance between  the  poverty  endured  by 
the poor man and the extravagance indulged 
by the rich.
Various  organizations  are  struggling  m 
one vain way and another  to  equalize  the 
priviliges  of  the  people  of  the  country, 
where all men are declared to be  born  free 
aud equal, but are making  to  my  mind,  so 
far as I am informed, but poor  success. 
It 
remains for the  merchant  class  to  correct 
many evils and irregularities, of  which  the 
aforementioned are prominent,  and  if  they 
do not, they must  neither  be  surprised  nor 
cliagrinned,  if  an  element  yet unorganized 
should demand such reforms.

Yours truly, 

Gideon N oel.

M erchant’s  Union  o f  N ashville. 

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

O cesua  Business  M en’s  A s’n. 

President, W. E. Thorp;  Secretary, E. S. H oughtallng.

Ovid  B usiness  Men’»  A»’n. 

President. C. H. H unter;  Secretary. Lester Cooley.
Owosso  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, Jas. Osburn;  Sec’y, 8. Lamfrom.________
Otsego  Business  Men's  A ssociation. 
President, J. M.  Ballou :  Secretary. J. F. Conrad.____
P etoskey  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President, Jas. Buckley:  Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
Pew  at no  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President,  Albert Retan;  Secretary, E- R. Holmes.____
P la in w eil  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

R eed  City  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 
P r jp |e n t, C. J. Klelschauer; Secretary. H. W. H awkins
Rockford  B usiness  Men’s  Association. 
President, Geo.  A. Sage;  Secretary. J. M. Spore.______
ftt. Charles  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 

President. B. J. Downing;  Secretary, E.  E. Burdick.
St. Johns M erchants’ Protective Association, 
President, H. L. Kendrick;  Secretary, C: M. Merrill.
B usiness Men’s Protective Ass’n o f Saranac 
President,  Geo. A. P otts;  Secretary. P. T. W illiams.

South  Boardman  B usiness  Men’»  Ass’n. 

President, H. E. Hogan;  Secretary, S. E. Niehardt.
do. A rm  and K. .Jordan Business Men’s As’n. 
President, D. C. Loveday;  Secretary, C. W. Sutton.

Sherm an B usiness Men’s A ssociation. 
President, H. B. S turtevant:  Secreta ry ,W. Q. Shane.

Sparta  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 

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

Sturgis  B usiness  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, H enry 8. Church;  Secretary, Wm. Jom .
Traverse  City  Business  M en’s  Association. 
President, Geo. E. Steele:  Secretary,C .T. Lockwood.
T ust i il  Business  Men’s  A ssociation. 
President, G. A. Estes;  Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins.
V erm on tville  Business  Men’s  Association. 
President, W. H. Benedict;  Secretary, W.  K. Holt.

W ayland  Bnslness  Men’s  A ssociation. 

President. E. W.  Pickett; Secretary, H. J. T am er.
W h ite  Lake  Business  Men’s A s’n. 

President, A. T. Linderman, Whitehall;  Secretary,  W. 

B. Nicholson, Whitehall.
W oodland  B usiness  Men's  A ssociation. 
President, John Veite;  Secretary, I. N. Harter._____

Grand  Rapids  B utchers’  Union. 

President, J*hn Katz;  Secretary, Chas. Velile.

Cutting  Prices,  and  the  Result.*

To complete a  year’s business,  and show 
a satisfactory balance  on  the right side  of 
the ledger,  is, of course,  the  primary object 
of every person who  engages  in trade,  but 
in these days of an over-active  competition, 
and an over-crowded field for the retailer,  it 
requires  something  approaching  financial 
ability aud  a careful study of  economy and 
detail,  for the average merchant to arrive  at 
the desired result.
Any intelligent individual who has watch­
ed the djift of trade for the past  few  years 
can readily see why,  among  the  legions  of 
people  who are seeking  the custom of  the 
consumer,  there  are,  numerically,  so  few 
who can reasonably be classed as successful 
business  men.  While  population  has  in­
creased, the ranks of  the “middlemen'’  lias 
been  augmented  four-fold.  While  taxes, 
and  other  unavoidable  expenses,  ha.ve 
doubled or quadrupled,  profits have steadily 
decreased.  “Dead-beats”  have  multiplied; 
the  itinerant  and  irresponsible  peddler  is 
working every  cross-road  in  the  country 
agricultural products are low, and the farm 
er is still sighing for war  prices;  the  habits 
of the day have induced personal and family 
expenditures not commensurate with the in­
come  of  the  dealer;  the  “long-winded” 
credit system continues  to lock up his capi­
tal and obstruct him in every effort to profit 
by discounts or cash prices, and added to all 
this there is a steady  addition  to the ranks 
of  those who appear to  imagine that to  be 
entitled  to  the  appelation of  a  “live mer­
chant”  requires  a  public  and  widespread 
reputation as a “cutter of prices.”
To lay down fixed and invariable rules rt 
garding prices would be, of course, an abso­
lute  impossibility,  but  the  individual  who 
cannot, or will not, conduct  his business on 
the principle that a certain margin of  profit 
is absolutely necessary for  his financial suc­
cess  has  certainly mistaken  his  vocation. 
His failure,  either partial or  total,  is only  a
•Paper by F. H. Spencer, of Saranac, read at 
convention of Michigan Business Men’s  Asso­
ciation.

question of  time,  and his  eventual collapse 
is  mourned  only  by  the  chronic  bargain 
seeker and his creditors.
The causes which have evolved the genus 
“cutter” are too numerous for a comprehen­
sive detail in this paper.  Suffice  it  to  say 
that among them  are* ignorance, envy,  cre­
dulity, gullibility  and  folly. 
Ignorance  of 
plain principles of business;  envy  for  com­
petitor’s prosperity;  credulity in placing im­
plicit  reliance  in  bargain  hunter’s  state­
ments;  gullibility  in imagining  that a  con­
cession to the demands of the chronic grum­
bler at prices makes him a friend  and  per­
manent customer,  and folly  in—figuratively 
speaking—sawing off the limb  on which  he 
is seated.
To determine when  discounts  to custom­
ers are called for  and  legitimate  is a ques­
tion that is reasonably auswered by an exer­
cise of ordinary common sense.  The dealer 
who favors a  patron  who  is a regular pur­
chaser of a certain  article  is not necessarily 
a “cutter” as the term is  understood among 
tradesmen;  neither is he one who, as a mat­
ter of courtesy,  divides profits with a brother 
merchant.  Transactions  of  this nature are 
purely personal ones,  aud  are warranted by 
custom,  reason and  ordinary business rules. 
The individual of whom  we  complain,  and 
whom  we  justly  regard  as  a  parisite  on 
trade  is  he  who believes the act of  selling 
the primary,  and profits the secondary, con­
sideration of the mercantile profession.  He, 
and his tribe,  are the  guerrillas  of  traffic, 
and  although  his  warfare  is usually  brief 
and inglorious,  it is  waged  against  friend 
and foe alike.
But  while  we  can  easily  point out the 
evils of an indiscriminate  cutting in prices, 
and predict with an almost absolute certain­
ty its eventual effect upon those who persist 
in  it,  we  can,  unfortunately,  suggest  no 
specific remedy.  We say  to  the  “cutter,” 
“You  are  disorganizing  trqde;  you are  in­
juring  your  neighbor  without  benefitting 
yourself; such conduct from a business point 
of view is  simply  absurd;  you  are deliber­
ately preparing  yourself  for  a  disastrous 
failure,” and his reply is  usually substanti­
ally that of  a somewhat  noted  ex-political 
boss:  “Well,  what  are  you  going  to  do 
about it?”
We can do nothing,  except to enter a pro­
test against an ill-advised  and unwarranted 
system of eredit,  which  assists  almost any 
moneyless knave or fool, who chooses,  in  a 
wild  and  reckless  competition  with  mer­
chants who are  endeavoring  to do business 
on busiuess principles.
The  poet  has  observed  that  “the evils 
which men do live after them;” certain  it  is 
that the evils entailed upon trade by the cut­
ter aud slasher of  prices  almost invariably 
survive  his  business  decease.  He  leaves 
more or  less lamenting  creditors;  he leaves 
a bankrupt stock to flood  tike  local  market 
with cheap goods;  he  leaves  his customers 
with an erroneous  impression  as to what  is 
right and equitable  between the dealer  and 
consumer,  and  he very often  leaves an im­
pression that admirers of old-fashioned mer­
cantile honor and  integrity  are fast becom­
ing extinct.
A couple Of centuries or  so ago  a  gentle­
man  named  Pope  made the assertion  that 
“whatever is,  is right,”  a  proposition  that 
has formed the  creed of  generations of op­
timists, but the merchant of to-day  who has 
come in frequent contact with the cutter and 
slasher of prices is rarely an optimist.

TIME  TABLES.
Chicago & W est Michigan.
Leaves. 
...........................................9:10 a m  
tM ali 
tDay  Express.................................... 12:30 p m  
•N ight Express.................................. .5 :iija m
Muskegon Express............................5:00 p m  

Ai rives.
3:55 p m
9:45 p m
11:00 a m
•Daily.  fDaily except Sunday.
Pullm an Sleeping Cars on all night  trains.  Through 
parlor car in charge of careful attendants  w ithout  ex­
tra  charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach 
on 9 a. m. and 11 p. in. trains.

N ew aygo  D ivision.
 

r Tlimw 
Express.......................................... 

 

Leaves. 
3:45pm  
8:00 a m

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

w . A. Gavett, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J. B. Mulliken,  G eneral  M anager.

Arrives.
4:50pm

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING  NORTH.

Traverse City Express............ •••••  „  „
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x ..  9:20 a m
Cincinnati  Express........................- 7:30 p m
I   3:40 p m  
Petoskey and Mackinaw Expr 
__ 11:25 a m  
Saginaw Express.....................
............................... 10:30 a m . 

Leaves. 
7:00 a m 
11:30 a m
5:05 p m
7:20 a m
4:10 p m
Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 a m tra in  has chair car f . r   Traverse  City.  11:30  a 
m tra in  has chair car fo r Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 
5:06 p m tra in  has sleeping and chair cars  fo r 1 etoskey 
and Mackinaw.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
F ort W ayne Express........................10:30am 
Cincinnati  Express............................4:40 p m 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x.. 11:00 p m
5:00 p in tra in  has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
Leave. 
v®*
7 *25 a m   ...................... ............................................  9:15 a  m
5:20 p m ............................................................... . 
'Ll!) p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street depot 7 m inutes later.

, I :15a ™
11:45am
5:00 p m
7:15 a m  tra in   has  parlor  ch air  car  fo r  Cincinnati. 

M uskegon,  Grand R apids  &  Indiana* 

« 

C. L. L o c k w o o d , Gen’l Pass. Agent.

K alam azoo  D ivision.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Leave. 
Arrive.
N. Y. Mail.  N. T. Ex
¿x. & Mail.  N. Y. Mail. 
8:10 p m
4:35 p m  
7:45 a m. .G rand Rapids.  9:45 a  m 
5:00 a  m  
9:02 a m. .A llegan.......... 8:28 a m
5:55 p in 
4:00 p m 
7-05pm   10:06 a m ..K a la m a z o o ...  7:30am  
2:20 p m
8:30pm   11:35 a m .. W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a m
5:05 p m. .T oledo.............11:00pm
2:30am  
8:30ain  9:40 p m. .Cleveland....... 6:40pm  
&:»»am
2:50pm   3:30 a m ..B u ffalo ...........,11:55am  11:10pm
5:40 a m   6:50 p m. .Chicago...........11:30 p m   0:60 a m
A local freight leaves Grand Rapids a t 1  p  m,  carry­
ing passengers as fa r as  Allegan.  Ail  train s  daily  ex­
ceptSunday. 

J. W. McKennf.y, General Agent.
Detroit,  Grand Haven & Milwaukee. 

‘going  east.
Leaves. 
, 
Arrives.
C:25 a m 
tSteam boat  Express........................
10:50 a m 
•¡•Through  Mail...................................10:40 a  m
3:50 p m 
tE vening Express.............................** m
10:55 p m  ; 
♦Limited;  Express............................. 9 :20 p m
11:00 A m  ;
tMixed, w ith  coach..........................
GOING  W E8T.
1:10 p m 
tM orning  Express.................. 
 
1:05 p m
5:05 p m
tThrottgn  M ail.................................... 5:00 p m
tSteam boat E xpress........................10:40 p m
7:45 a m 
tMixed................................................  _
5:35 a m
♦Night Express............................................ 5:10 a m
tD aily, 8unday^ excepted.  *Daily.
Passengers taking the  «.25  a m   Express  m ake  close 
connection a t Owosso for Lansing,  and  a t  D etroit  for 
New  York,  arriving  there  a t  10:30  a  in the following 
m orning.  The N ight Express has a through W agner car 
and local sleeping car from  D etroit to Grand  Rapids.
D. Potter, City Passenger Agent. 

Geo. B. Reeve, Traffic M anager Chicago.

Michigan Central.

A REIV E.

. 
6:15 a m
.ft.  1:10 p m  
....10:10 p in

D etroit Express.................................
Day  Express......................................
•A tlantic Express.............................
M ixed..................................................
.......... 6:00 A m
•Pacific  Express...............................
3:00 1
M ail...................................................................  ....... - 
r  —
Grand  Rapids  Express...........................................1®:J® P ™
M ixed........................................................ 
5:1.» p m
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping ears 
run on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to and from  
Detroit.  P arlor  cars ru n   on  Day  Express  and  G rand 
Rapids Express to   and  from   D etroit.  D irect  connec­
tions made a t D etroit w ith all through train s E ast over 
M. C. R. R-, (Canada Southern Div.)

D. W. J ohnston, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.
O. W. Ruggi.es, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket A gt., Chicago.

Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette.

Going West.

7:00 a m  
12:20 p m 
5:30 p m

.  8:40 p m 
8:00 a m. .St. Ignace..
...  5:15 p m 
ll:0 5 a m ..S e n e y .........
(  2:05 p m 
2:30 pm > 
„  tte
4:00 pm 5 Marq 
‘
‘  (  1:55 p m  
1:25 p m
4.35 p nv, .N egaunee....... ....
4:45 p m. .lshpem ing... .12:56 p m 
8:00 p in. .H oughton . .t  9:25 a m
8:20 p m .. H a n c o c k ....... 9:00 ana

Going East.

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

Mixed tra in  leaves St. Ignace at  7am:  arrives Mar- 
uette 6:30 p m . 
len. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Marquette.

E. W. ALLEN,

GASOLINE

Witto.  Wood.  Jaolx.et,

T  IMPROVEMENTS  FOR  1887.

THE

THE

3, 5  and  10 
Gal. Size.

fITH  or WITHOUT 

JACKET.

H. LEONARD <& SONS

ORAND  HAFIDS,  MICH.

Manufactured by the Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co., Chicago.
LEMONS
ORANGES

1865

8  < C A N D Y

W H O LESA LE

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1887

PEA NUTS

OYSTERS

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MANUFACTURERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

A2TD

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 apjd 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Sole Agents for

Importers  and

BULKLEY, LEMON 4 HOOPS,
W holesale  G rocers.
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. 
Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. 
“Jolly  Tar”  Celebrated  Plug  Tobacco, 
Jolly  Time”  Celebrated  Fine  Cut  To­
Dwinell,  Hayward  &  Co.’s  Roasted 
Thomson &  Taylor’s  Magnolia  Coffee. 
Warsaw Salt Co.’s Warsaw Salt. 
“Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. 
“Van Camp” Tomatoes,  Indianapolis. 
“Acme ” Sugar Corn, Best in the World.
In addition to a full line  of staple groceries, we are the 
only houselin Michigan which carries a complete assortment 
of fancy groceries and table delicacies.

dark and light.
bacco.
Coffees.

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

25,27 ana 29 Ionia St. ana 51,53,55,5? and 59 Island Sts.,

O-rand. Rapids, Midi.

DEALERS IN

HESS,
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
BARLOW |R0S.

SFBHB & COMPANY P E R K I N S   <fc
DRY  GOODS
Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.

WE CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

NOS.  18»  and  1*4  LOUIS  STREET.  GRAND  R A PID S.  M ICHIGAN.

LF^nd rapids

JOBBERS  IN

I would respectfully call your atten­
tion to the fact that  I am  handling  a 
complete line of

GARDEN  SEEDS.

Representing the well-known house 
of James  Vick,  of Rochester,  anyone 
wishing Seeds in  large or small quan­
tities can obtain  them,  true  to  name, 
by  placing  his  order  with  us.  Mr. 
John A. Brummeller, who has been in 
the  Seed  business  for  years, is  now 
with us in this new department.

Hoping you will favor us  with your 
orders, which  will  have  our  prompt 
attention, I am

Very respectfully yours,

T

PRESENTS  WITH

BAKING  POWDERS

Order a Case.

White  Star* Baking  Powder.
Decorated China given with each can

Pound cans, 2  doz. in  case  for  $9.  A  large  piece 

Family  Baking  Powder.

Pound cans, 2 doz. in  case for $8.  Given with each 
can,  a  large  Hob  Nail  Oblong  Berry  Dish, as­
sorted colors.
Silver  Spoon Baking  Powder.
lb  oz. cans, tall, 3 doz. in case for $7.75.  With each 
can,  choice of a quart Pitcher, 8 inch  Nappy,  7 
in. Comport.  All Mikado Pattern, Crystal Glass.

Arctic Manufacturing Co., Grand Rapids.

at.FRED  J.  BE0WN,  Seedsman,
ryp A~NTD  RAPIDS,  AÆIOH

16  and  18  North  Division  St., 

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the  common 

Effect  of  Labor  Organizations  on  Trade* 
But a short period has elapsed  since  your 
■organizing meeting here in Grand Rapids, and ; 
to  such  proportions  have  you grown,  it is 1 
but natural  you should  feel  proud  of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s Association«  the 
zeal of  your  Secretary,  Mr.  Stowe,  and  the 
knowledge  that  your  good work  has  been 
heralded abroad,  and also that you have per­
fected the tirst permanent state organization 
of  this character in the United States,  and, 
so far as 1 can learn,  in the world.
Under all forms of government there must j 
necessarily exist  statesmen,  lawyers,  jour- 1 
nalists,  farmers and  laborers;  but  who  di- i 
rectly support the  government,  who  repre­
sent the men of force and the country but the 
trades-people? 
I know there is no one class 
among the whole th»t  has and is the power 
as embodied in the  retail  grocers  and mer­
chants of this country.
You are to the people  what  the  bowl  of 
gruel is to the infant—you feed and nurture. 
Without the grocer and  all  the  edible  pro­
ducts of  the  world  given  out  by him,  we 
would be more like the  African  aborigines, 
or the American savages,  eating or  wearing 
anything,  without either  taste or discrimin­
ation,  and  being nothing but the  reflection 
of 
substances  consumed. 
“Show me what you eat, and I will  tell you 
what you are.”
Knowing  that  you occupy such a  promi­
nence in the welfare of  the people and play 
so great a  part in the present and future gov­
ernment of our country, it  is your duty to so 
c o n d u c t yourselves  and  your business that 
you can always be looked upon as worthy of 
that high position.  Bear in  mind,  if  you 
cannot be  honest  from  nature,  be so from 
self-interest,  because  honesty 
invariably 
pays.  Tell the truth:  telling the truth gains 
friends; while an untruth,  when discovered,
Is never forgotten or forgiven.  A merchant 
who deals in pure products and honest goods 
and becomes so know n to the people insures 
success.  The  retail  grocer  and  merchant 
have always been a sustaining  power to the 
working classes:  and here follows what you 
are all vitally interested  in, the question  of 
the indiscriminate granting of credits by the 
retailer to the laborer and the  poorer classes 
among his customers.
In  conversation  with  a  leading  retail 
grocer,  lie  stated:  “I  know,  from  actual 
experience, what it is to be a  grocer  dining 
strikes.  We are,  to a large extent,  depend­
ent  upon  the  laltiring  classes  as-buyers. 
When  a  strike  is  ordered,  and these men 
owe us money,  if  we refuse  to  give  them 
more goods, unless they pay  what is  owed, 
they will move away and not pay  us  at  all; 
if  we continue  to  trust  them,  the chances 
are even,  whether  we  will  get  the money 
back or  not;  at  any  rate,  we  become the 
sustaining  power  of  the  strike,  as we  are 
obliged to support the  strikers.”
Now,  I ask you,  is it right that you should 
allow yourself  to  be  forced  into a position 
where  your  merchandise  is taken by irre­
sponsible parties,  and whether you can con­
sistently  then  go  to  the  wholesaler  and 
manufacturer  from  whom  you are  buying 
goods,  and demand an extension of credit or 
more merchandise without payment, because 
you  have allowed  yourself  to do what  you 
know is wrong.  But, you ask,  “ Wliat shall 
we do?  What  can we  do?”  Do this:  Do 
not  lack  courage  to  face emergencies that 
may come up;  do not give credit where it  is 
not  deserved,  for  fear  of  giving  offense; 
first be  just to  your business trusts  before 
you are generous;  do  not lose  sight  of  the 
fact that your capital in business only repre­
sents a small  proportion  of  your  interest; 
remember the trust  others  have  placed in 
you, by giving credit and consideration.  The 
guarding of  this trust  is  what makes busi­
ness  honor,  business  integrity,  and  the 
standing  winch every man  in trade  should 
endeavor  to  attain,  to  keep  and  to  feel 
proud of. 
It is in the province of  the retail 
dealers to show  customers  the  advisability 
of  unjust persecutions, boycotts and  unrea­
sonable strikes;  and that nothing  benefits  a 
people so much as a peaceful attitude, quiet­
ness,  attention  to  work  and  duties  and  a 
saving of a portion of  their earnings.
We,  as American citizens,  have the right,
If dissatisfied with our  position or  employ­
ment,  to leave, but we have no  right to pre­
vent others from working or to  obstruct,  in 
any way, the business  of  anyone  else. 
It 
is conclusively shown by  Professor  Swing, 
that savings  banks  are  potent in  working 
out a solution of the social and  labor  prob­
lems  of  the  day. 
In  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire,  with only  half  the  population 
of the city of Chicago, there was more mon­
ey in the savings banks  than  in all of Illi­
nois,  while in Massachusetts  the savings of 
the laboring  classes and the poor amounted 
to twenty-five millions.  This is proof posi­
tive that it is not a lack of wages but a want 
of care of what they receive, that causes the 
distress and the  dissatisfaction  on  the part 
of so many working  people.  The  average 
wages paid workingmen in the State of New 
Hampshire  are  tar  under  those earned by 
the striking classes,  and yet,  with  the fore­
thought and care of  the  New  Hampshire 
Yankees, they have grown rich by  saving a 
pittance from their earnings.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, on  the 23d 
ult.,  said:  “We  all  sympathize  with  the 
workingmen of this  country  and are  glad 
that the wages of labor  are  steadily on the 
increase.  We rejoice that capital has so in­
creased that it  daily  becomes  cheaper  to 
those who are compelled to borrow, because 
labor pays  when 
the cost of  capital is re­
duced:  but the  benefit which  would  thus, 
under natural laws,  accrue  to the people,  is 
largely if not entirely neutralized by laws of 
compulsory strikes and  enforced  idleness.”
Brad8treet gives the  results of the strikes 
in  188<j as  follows:  Number  of  employes 
out  in  January, 47,000;  February,  10,000; 
March,  50,000;  May,  216,000;  June,  July 
and August,  16,000;  September,  3,000;  Oc­
tober, 23,000; November, 20,000; December, 
10,000.  During the year about 450,000 peo­
ple were idle for a greater  or a less  «period, 
through strikes and lockouts;  and  the  loss 
in wages,  not to figure the immense amount 
of shrinkage by the  stoppage  of  business, 
and traffics of  all  kinds,  must  have  been 
enormous.  Business  suffered  materially 
from  tliis  cause,  and  building  industries 
were seriously checked.  Taken as a whole, 
the record of the year was  not  favorable to 
labor agitations,  and it is doubtful  whether 
the cause of labor  was  not  harmed  more 
than it was benefited by the conflicts  which 
were precipitated.
“Facts!  Facts! Give me facts,” says Grad- 
grind.
You have them.
Before bidding you good-bye,  let  me give 
you this as a business motto and sentiment: 

(tod and Our County.
Honor la-fore gain.

Never forget for one moment the glorious 
right given you by our  forefathers, that  of 
American citizenship,  and never permit the
•Paper read by Robert M. Floyd befoae Mich­

igan Business Men’s Association.

Beautiful “Baster Cards”
LION  COFFEE,

G IV E N   A W A Y   F R E E   W IT H

From March 5 to April 10 (Easter  Sunday).

SEEDS

For tie Field and Garden.

71 Canal Street,

Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden 

\  Seeds in Bulk.

Medium Clover,

Mammoth  Clover,

Alsike Clover,

Alfalfa Clover,
Timothy,

White Dutch Clover, 

Red  Top,

Blue Grass,

Orchard Grass,

Hungarian Grass, 
Common Millet, 
German Millet, 
Flax Seed.
Dissolution  of_Co-partnershii.

Notice is hereby given  that  tbe  co-partner­
ship heretofore existing  between  James Fox 
and L. C.  Bradford,  under  the  firm  name of 
Fox & Bradford, is this day  dissolved  by  mu­
tual consent. 

JAMB-'  FOX,
L.  C.  BRADFORD.

Dated Mar. 7,1887. 

To the Trade.

Having sold our  stock to H. H. Freedman & 
C o.,  w h o  will continue the  business  at the old 
stand, we bespeak for our successors a contin­
uance of the generous patronage  accorded us 
in the past. 

Fox & Bradford.

PORTABLE AND  STATIONARY
E N G I N E S

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power,  Boilers. Saw  Mills 
Grist Mills, Wood Working  Machinery,  Shaft 
ing.  Pulleys  and Boxes.  Contracts  made  for 
-  
Complete Outfits.

*  &

action of any  society  or  body  to  abridge 
these rights of personal action and thought, 
which are the God-given  privileges  of  our j 
glorious country.

*  Contagion in  Barrels.

From the Chicago Journal.

Health Commissioner De Wolf  yesterday 
addressed  a  communication to the Sanitary 
committees of the Legislature  on  a  highly 
important  snbject.  Dr.  De  Wolf  states 
that it is the  practice  of  families  purchas-' 
ing flour,  lard, butter, etc.,  in quantities»,  to 
sell their  flour  barrels,  butter  firkins  and 
lard tierces  to  persons  who  regularly  call 
for them.  These  barrels,  etc.,  are  again 
sold to dealers,  and they are repacked  with 
similar articles. 
In very  many  cases,  the 
doctor says,  these  receptacles  are  kept  in 
moldy places,  and frequently  are purchased 
from families  in  whose  houses  infectious 
diseases have existed,  and he  considers  the 
practice  of  refilling  these  receptacles  as 
highly injurious to public health.  A  bill  is 
now pending before the Legislature prevent­
ing the sale  of  these  second-hand  barrels, 
and the Health Commissioner VHll  urge  its 
passage -and strict enforcement.

Knowledge  by  itself  is  only  a  small 
power;  it is diameter that converts it into a 
great power.
MOSEX.S'7  BROS.

-WHOLE8ALE-

And. Produce.

26. 28, 30 and 32  OTTAWA  ST.,  G'D  RAPIDS

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S uitable  f° r  Various 
ia widths  of  shelving.

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PATENTED  OCT.  19,  18S7. 

Manufactured by

KOCH  A.  B.  CO.

3 5 4   M A IN   ST.,

PK O K IA .  IL L .
Liberal  discount  to  the  trade,  or  parties 
first  putting up these brackets in any local- 
i ity.

■P'vUAVVVVj ì --

MERCHANTS !  WE WANT  A WORD WITH YOU AS TO  LION COFFEE!
LION COFFEE is  to-day  recognized  by  aj 
OLD BARRELS setting  about  a store are  unsightly, be­

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sides  the  projecting  nails  on  them  are
_, j_ 
_  dangerous to clothing.  The enterprising
grocer  realizes  the  value of handsome  and  convenient fixtures, and to meet this demand the 
WOOLSON  SPICE  CO. have designed  their  LION  COFFEE  CABINET,  of which the accom­
panying cut gives but a partial idea.  In this Cabinet is packed 120 one-pound packages of LION 
COFFEE, and we offer the goods at a price enabling the grocer to secure these  Cabinets  with­
out cost to himself.  They  are  made  air-tight,  tongued  and  grooved,  beautifully grained and 
varnished, and are  put together in the best possible manner.  Their use in every grocery, after 
the coffee is sold out, is  apparent;  just  the thing to retail  oatmeal, rice, prunes, hominy, dried 
fruit, bread and a hundred other articles.  Further,  they  take  up no  more  floor-room than a 
barrel, and do away with these unsightly things in a store.

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mighty  army  of  consumers j
and retailers over the land as
the PUREST and BEST  Package  Coffee  sold-A   QUICK  SELLER-satisfying  the  Con­
sumer-Profitable to the Merchant.  It will be found all that is claimed for it.  We want I 
every Merchant in Michigan,  as well as everywhere else, who is not now handling  LION” 
to trv a sample shipment, assuring them that they will be more than pleased with the  re- 
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in this paper.  A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE-CARD in
every package. 

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mm

In every Case of “Easter Card”  Cof­
fee there is a 2-color Poster for retailer 
to display in  his  store, «"<» 
Advertising
M atter  for  D istr ib u tio n   a m o n g   C onsum ers.

WHOLESALE

MANmFAOTUH.BD  BY  THE TOLEDO,  OHIO.
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W H O LESA LE  GROCERY  H O U SE

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Cor. Ionia and Louis Sts., Grand Rapids.

JOBBERS  IN

D RY   GOODS,

.ANIO NOTIONS,

8 3  Monroe  St.,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathe 
American and Stark A Bags

era  [A Specialty..

O RTXSR A  SAMPLE 0 7  

OUB  PURE  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  - 
ON  TIME  FINE  CUT, 
UNCLE  TOM  “ 
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NOX  ALL 
“ 
CINDERELLA “ 
IRON  PRINCE  CIGARS,  -

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$35 per M

ORDER

Our Leader Smoking 

Our Leader Fine Gut 

15c per pound.

33c per pound.

Our Leader Skcrts, 

Our Leader Cigars, 

16c per pound.

$30 per M.
Tlx©  Best  ixx  tlx©  W orld.

Clark, Jew ell  &  Co.,

SO L E   A G E N T S  F O R

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

O’Brien & Murray’s “Hand Made Cigar.”

where in this issue and write for

See  Our  Wholesale  Quotations  else­
Special  Prices in Gar  Lots. 
We are prepared to male Bottoi Prices on anything we handle.
A. B. K N O W LSO N ,

3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich.

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

Engravers and Printers

Designers

Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, 

Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice.

Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading  Feature. 

W,  O,  Denison,
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

88,90 and  92 South  Division Street, 

MICH.

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59  Jefferson ave.,  Detroit, Mich..

Address as above
49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich!

VISITING  BUYERS.

T h e  following retail  dealers  have  visited 
(he market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:

water.

land.

amazoo.
mazoo.

Casnovia.

land.

City.

erse City.

P. P. Hopper, Middleville.
O. House, Chauncey.
M  P. Anderson, Anderson Bros., Midland.
E. J. Childs, Bellaire.
J. L. Handy, Boyne City.
J. H. Plett, Cadillac.
D. B. Galentine, Bailey.
Dr. G. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
W. H. Benedict, Casnovia.
K. D. McNaugbton, Coopersville. 
G.W.Watrous.Watrous & Lillie.Coopersville. 
W. R. Boynton, Coopersville.
G. K.  Hoyt & Sons, Flint.
J. W. Blake, Flint.
J. L. Willett, Flint.
C. H. Wick, Pierce & Wick, Flint.
J. B. Yeiter, Yeiter & Look. Lowell.
J. Q. Look, Lowell.
C. G. Stone, C. G. Stone & Son, Lowell.
8. W. Taylor, Taylor & Kopf, Lowell.
E. J. Wilenski, Mancelona.
H. B. Fargo,  H. B. Fargo & Co., Muskegon. 
Wm. Pier, Muskegon.
A.Towl,  Muskegon.
W. E. Thorpe, Hart.
E. S. Houghtaling,  Hart.
C. L. Strong, Montague.
A. C. Barkley, Crosby.
Frank Hibbard, Evart.
Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
■J. V. Crandall & Son. Sand Lake.
H. E.  Hesseltine.  C.  K.  Hesseltine  &  Son, 
D. It. Slocum,  ltockford.
F. F. Hilbert, Hilbert  &  Holly  Bros., Wood­
D. P. Kilpatrick,  Woodland.
8. Barnes, Hannah & Lay Merc. Co., Traverse 
C. J. Buck, Buch & Ivyselka,  Traverse  City. 
A. K. Montague, Despres & Montague, Trav­
O. P. Carver, Traverse City.
D. S. Liddle, Tustin.
Holmes & DeGoit, Tu6tin.
C. H. Wharton.Yeakey & Wharton, Way land.
E. W. Pickett, Wayland.
W. H. Sehuh, P. H. & W. H. Schuh, Wayland.
L. B. Chapel, Ada.
Irving F. Clapp. Allegan.
J. H. Eppi 11k, Allegan.
8 . D. Pond,  Allegan.
I. P.Griswold, Sherwood & Griswold, Allegan. 
E.T. VanOstrand, Allegan.
E. P. Clark, Big Rapids.
J. F. Clark, Big Rapids.
A. H. Webber, Big Rapids.
J. H. Megargle, Big Rapids.
R. R. Glenn, Glenn & Porter, East Jordan.
C. W. Dunham, Dunham  & Co., Martin.
C. L. Martin, with A. Hanlon, Elk Rapids.
Dr. H. C. Peckham, Freeport.
John Yarger, Freeport.
F. D. Vos, F. D. Vos & Co., Grand Haven.
F. A. Hutty, Hutty & Dickinson, Gd. Haven,
G. Justema, Jr., & Co., Grand Haven.
G. A. Bottje, Grand Haven.
G. Van Den Bosch & Bro., Grand  Haven.
W. D. Codman, Hartford.
T. S. Roberts, Hartford.
D. Bertsch, Holland.
J. G. VanPutten, G. VanPutten &  Sons, Hol­
W. Bangs, Kremer & Bangs, Holland.
J. R. Kleyn, Holland.
W. E. Kelsey, W. E. & F. Kelsey,  Ionia.
Fred. Cutler, Jr. Ionia.
A. S. Wright, Ionia.
W. W. Williams,  Ionia.
G. F. Phelps, Ionia.
M. S. Scoville.Scoville & Passage,Kalamazoo.
O. K. Buckhout. Buckhout Bros.,Kalamazoo 
Julius Schuster, Desenberg  & Schuster, Kal­
P. L. Haines,  Haines  &  Pbetteplace,  Kala­
W. C. Davis, Kalamazoo.
H. A. O’Dell, Kalamazoo.
A. W. Clark, Clark Bros., Kalkaska.
C. E. Ramsey, Kalkaska.
Chas. E. Brewster, Kingsley.
C. H. Camp, Kingsley.
W. J. Haughey, W. J. Haughey & Sons,Pent- 
H. H. Bunyea,  Pentwater.
B. F. Archer, Ferry.
A. Paton, Paton & Andrus, Shelby.
Jas. Osborn, Osborn & Sons, O w obso.
8. E. Parkill, C. P. Parkill & Son, Owosso.
C. S. Williams, Gwosso.
C. J. Stuart, Owosso.
H. W. Parker, Owosso.
J. L. Alger, Petoskey.
E. A. Owen, Plainwell.
M. Bailey,  Plainwell.
H. D. Storms, Plainwell.
J. W. Richards, Paine & Co., Reed City.
J. R. Harrison,  Sparta.
L. E. Paige. Sparta.
H. 6. Church, Sturgis.
Jas. Ryan,  Sturgis.
Wm. Jorn, Jorn Bros., Sturgis.
R. C. Parker, Battle Creek.
H. K. Merritt, Battle Creek.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
L. H. Chapman, Cedar Springs.
H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
F. Goodman, Burnip’s Corners.
L. W. Sprague, Sprague Bros., Greenville.
C. J. Clark, Clark Bros., Greenville.
L. VanWormer,VanWormer Bros.Greenville. 
Will. Bradley.Wm. Bradley’s Sons,Greenville. 
Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.|
C. N. Hyde, Rockford.
John  J. Ely, Rockford.
O. J. Bretz, Saranac.
G. F. Mann, Lisbon.
Mr.  DeKrulf,  Moerdyk & DeKruif, Zeeland. 
J. E. Thurkow, Morley.
M. F. Dowling, Middleville.
H. B. Smith, Muskegon.
John Demstra, Forest Grove.
J. W. Robinson, Stetson.
N. Bouma, Fisher.
G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz.
A. C. O’Dell, Kalamazoo.
G. M. Huntley, Reno.
Earle & Earmou, Rodney.
Gordon Sinclair,  Bangor.
Silas DeLong, Bangor.
A. W. Biain, Dutton.
It. F. Davoll & Co., Boyne Falls.
Jno. Bierema, Muskegon.
Geo. S. Smith, Vicksburg.
J. H. Megargle, Big Rapids.
C. Hanson. Leroy.
E. H. Ayres, Howard City.
C. Durkee, Altona.
Cyrus P. Eddy. Charlevoix.
Sam. Headley, Hart.
Chas. A. Libby, Ishpemkig.
E. P.  Blake, St. Ignace.
Jas. Shaw. Negauuee.
Frank Brown, Marquette.
Frank  Dicks, Cheboygan.
M. Gezou, Jenisouvllle.
Gus. Begman, Bauer. 
R. S. Shiffert, Bridgeton.
H. E. Hogan, So. Bbardman.
Emmet Hagadorn, Fife Lake.
Mr. Woodruff, Woodruff & Monk, Saranac. 
Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Sisson’s Mills. 
Geo. E. Harris, Ashland.
Nagler A Beegler, Caledonia.
U. DeVries. Jamestown.
A. DeKruif,  Zeeland.
T. A. Jamison, So. Hoardman.
J. H. Passage, Greenville.
J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.
Geo. Carrington, Trent.
Geo. P. Stark, Cascade.
Narrangang A Son, Byron Center.
G. S. Putnam, Fruitport.
Farrowe A Dalmon, Allendale.
8. J. Martin, Sullivan.
A. B. Slued, Kalamazoo.
J. L. Mintlin, Kalamazoo.
Hugh  Ueggs, Kalamazoo.
John Ensmg, Kalamazoo.
C. F. Sears. Rockford.
J. A. Shuttuck, Sand Lake.
J. P. Cordes, Alpine.
J. M  Reid, Grattan.
C. K. Hoyt,  Hudsonville,
Hoag A J udson, Cannonsburg.
C. R. Bunker, Bailey.
Geo. M. Key nob. 8  Belmont.
John Gunstra, Lament.
L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.
D. J. Peacock, Ashland.
H. Bak ker, Drenthe. 
Wm. VerMeulen, Beaver Dam.
Geo. Cook. Grove.
John M. Cook, Grand Haven.
Edgar A Allyn, Dushville.
C. 8. Comstock, Pierson.
G. VanPutten A Sons, Holland.
N. O. W ard,  Stan wood.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
Norman Harris, Big Springs.
Dr. I. J. Leggett, Paris.
Geo. Pringle, Pringle Bros., Muir.
Frank Alberts, Muskegon.
J. H. Eds,ell, Greenville.
E. S. Collins, Hastings.
Fred Stoner, Grand Havens.
P. Williams, Ionia.

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F. B. Watson, Three Rivers.
Geo. Weitz, Caledonia.
J. W. Robinson,  Stetson.
J. Smith, Ada.
W. H. Sprague. Fenton.
Velzy Bros., Lamont.
Dickenson A W ilcox, Colon. 
Hamilton & Mulliken, Traverse City. 
D. P. HoDkins, Plainwell.
Wm. Karaten, Beaver Dam.
J. Raymond, Berlin.
M. V. D. Bosch,  Zeeland.
S. Cooper,  Jamestown.
L. Mauer, Fisher.
O. F. A W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. 
Bliss A Owen, Plainwell.
S. Frost, Stanton.
A. Newell, Burnip’s Corners.
P. Dyk, Spring Lake.
Robert Neil, Ashland.
J. May, Frankfort.

Completion of the East Saginaw Organiza­

tion.

E ast Saginaw,  March 16,  1887.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids:
.D ea r Sir—Yours,  inviting  our  Associa­
tion to be represented at the  State  meeting, 
received.  At the time of receiving,  we were 
not fully organized.  We perfected  our  or- 
ganization,  however,  last  evening,  by  the 
election of the following  officers:
President—Richard Luster.
Vice-President—G.  W. Meyer.
Secretary—Chas.  H. Smith.
Treasurer—Wm. Neuman.
Executive  Committee—Richard  Luster, 
Chas. II. Smith,  Wm. Neuman, Wm. Rebec, 
Chas. E.  Smith.
Business  Committee—Alex.  Draper,  II. 
E / Borden,  Geo.  W.  King.
Committee  on  Trade  Interests—Fred. 
Peck,  Joe W.  C. Peudall, E.  Krekow.
At our next meeting,  we  shall, no  doubt, 
make application for admission to the  State 
Association.  We expect  to  have  seventy- 
five members within sixty days.
Very truly yours,

Ch as.  H.  Smith,  Sec’y.

COUNTRY  PRODUCE.

Apples—Good  fruit Is scarce,  readily  bring­

ing $3® $3.50 per bbl.
Ruta Bagas—$1 $  bbl.
Beans—Country hand-picked  command $1.15 

$  bu., and city picked $1.50.

Beets—45e $1 bu.
Buckwheat—254c $  lb.
Butter—Dairy is very scarce,  no  jobber  be­
ing able to till all his orders.  All offerings  are 
quickly grabbed  up at 24@25.

Cabbages—$3@$5 $  100, according to  size.
Carrots—35c $   bu.
Celery—Very  scarce,  readily  commanding 

Cheese—Fall stock of Michigan full cream is 

25c  $  doz.

firm at 134@14c.

Cider—124c $  gal.
Cranberries—Choice  Bell  and  Bugle  are 

steady at $1C@$10.50 $  bbl.
Cticumbers—$1.75 $  doz.
Dried Apples—Evaporated, 13c $  ft ; quarter­

ed and sliced, G@7e $  8».

Dried Peaches—Pared. 14c.
Eggs—Jobbers  aro  . generally  paying  12e, 
and selling for 13c.  The  demand is  good, but 
prices are likely to go lower.

Honey—Good demand at 10@13c.
Hay—Baled 

per ton  in two and  five  ton  lots  and  $13 
car lots.

is  moderately  active  at  $14 
in 

Lettuce—20c $  lb. 
Maple Sugar—9c $  lb.
Qpions—Good  stock  is  scarce,  readily com­

manding $1.10 $  bu.
Parsley—30c $   doz.
Potatoes—Buyers are  paying36@38c for Bur­

/

banks and 40@42c for Rose.

Pop Cora—24c $  ft.
Radishes—45c $  doz.
Spinach—$1.25$ bu.
Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys $4 $   bbl.
Strawberries—45c $  qt.
Squash—Hubbard, 2c $  lb.

.  GRAINS ANP MILLING PRODUCTS.

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

lots and 40@42c in carlots.

Oats—White, 40c in small lots  and  32@33c  in 

car lots.

Rye—48@50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 $  cwt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent,$5.20 $  bbl.  in  6acks 
and  $5.40  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.20 $   bbl. 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 $  ton. 
Corn and Oats, $18  $  ton.

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS.

Perkins A Hess pay as follows: 

Green__ $  lb 54@  6
Part cured...  7  @  74
Full cured 
  74®  8
Dry hides and
kip s............  8  @12

HIDES.

Calf skins, green
or cured__   7
Deacon skins,
$  piece.......20

@   8 
@50

SHEEP PELTS.

 

 

WOOL.

. .¿o 
..  3

Old wool, estimated washed $  lb
@28 
Tallow............................................
@ 31/
Fine washed $  lb 25@28!Coaree washed.. .20@24 
Medium  ............. 27@30|Unwashed............ 
2-3
FURS.
Bear  .....................................................10 00@15 00
4 
Beaver................................. 
 
75@  1 00
Badger................................. 
Wild Cat.............................................. 
50@  75
House Cat............................................ 
10@  20
Fox, red...............................................   1 00® 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
Martin.................................................   1 00®  1 25
Otter....................................................   5 00®  8 00
Coon...................................................... 
40®  90
90®  1 00
Skunk................................................... 
Wolf....................................... ..............  2 00® 3 00
Muskrat,  winter................................. 
12®  14
06®  08
 
Deer,  $  lb................................................ 
5® 

fall................................... 

These prices are for prime skins only.

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OYSTERS  AND  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.

New  York  Counts.........................
K. F. H. & Co.’s Selects.................
Selects............................................
Anchors  .........................................
Standard  .......................................
Favorite..........................................
Prim e..............................................
Selects, bulk, $   gal.......................
äfandards, bulk, $  gal..................
“ 
shell, $   100....
Clams, shell, $   100........................
FRESH  FISH.
Cod  .................................................
Haddock .........................................
Mackerel.........................................
Mackinaw Trout............................
Perch...............................................
Smelts  ............................................
Whiteflsh  ........................................
FRESH  MEATS.

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........35
........30
.......24
........20
.. .18
..  16
.......15
...J  50
...1  00
...1   40
.  80
@ 9
@  7
....15 @20
@  8
@ 3
....10 @11
@ 9

John  Mohrhard  quotes  tho  trade  selling 

prices us follows:
Fresh  Beef, sides...................................  5J4@ 7
Fresh  Beef, hind  quarters..................  6 4 ®  8
Dressed  Hogs.........................................   7 4 ®  74
Mutton........... ........................................  7  @  74
Lamb  ......................................................   @ 8
Veal...................................................... 
  7 4®  8
Pork Sausage.........................................   ®  8
Bologna...................................................   ®  g
Fowls..«................................................... 
®12
Ducks  .....................................................  @12
Turkeys  ................................................ ll  @12

REMOVAL.

f

We  shall  remove  to  the  HOUSE­
MAN  BLOCK, comer  Pearl and Ionia 
Sts., April 15.

Curtiss  <& Dunton, 

w m m  WHOLESALE  Pirn k WOODEHWAHE

L.  D.  H A RR IS,

W holesale Dealer In

33  NORTH  IONIA  STREET, 

GRAXTD  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

J.  T.  B B L 1L 1  &  OO.,

Wholesale  Fruits  and  Produce,

HAST  SAOINAW,  MICH.

PRODUCE,  NUTS,  BERRIES,  ETC. 

r D | | | T 0   A.D.SPANGLER <&  CO.

rnUNd General Commission Merchants,
Wall Paper! Window  Shades

200 and 202 North Washington Ave., East Saginaw, Mich.

Consignments Solicited.

At  Manufacturers’ Prices.

SAM PLES  TO  THE  TRAD E  ONLY.

House and Store Shades Made to Order. 
N elson  Bros.  &  Co.

68  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

H I R T H   <&  K FLA TTSE,

Hides,  Furs  and  Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

Prompt returns made on Consignments.

1X8 Canal St., G-rana Rapids.

ES.  F A L L A S ,

Butter- and  Eggs,  Fruits  and  Oysters.

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

Makes a Specialty of

We Handle the Celebrated “ROCK BRAND'* Oysters.

No. 1 Egg Crates  for Sale.  Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used.  50 cents each.

217 and 219 Livingstone Street, 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

L.  M.  CARY. 

CAR? <& LOVERIDCE,

L.  L.  LOVERIDGK.

GENERAL  DEALERS  IN

Fire and Burglar Proof

SAFES
Grand Rapids, Mich.
11 Ionia' Street, 

Combination and Time Locks,

-- 

00@  6 00

GEO.  E.  HOWES,

JOBBER  IN

Foreign and Domestic  Fruits.

25

SPECIALTIES s

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 Ionia St.,  GHAXT3> XtAFXSS,  MICH.

GERMAN  COFFEE,
Best  Package  Goods  on  the  Market.

-------THE—----

Manufactured by

TOIP  SPICE CO., TOLEDO,  OHIO.

Order Sample Case of your Jobber.  See quota­

tions in  Price-Current.

Groceries.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

These  prices  are  for  cash  buyers,  who  pay 

promptly and buy in full packages.

AXLE  «REASE.

Crown  ....................  80
Frazer’s................. 
90
Diamond  X ..........  60
Modoc, 4 doz...... .2 50

Paragon  ................ 2  10
Paragon 25 lb pails.  90 
Fraziers, 25 lb pails. 1  25

BAKING  POWDER.

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Acme, 4  tt> cans, 3 doz. case......................... 

4  lb 
2 lb  “  1 
B ulk................................................ 

85
.........................  1  60
“ 
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Princess,  4 s...................................................  1  25
48................... ...............................   2 25
..’...............4 25
la.......................... . 
28
bulk................................................ 
Arctic, 4  lb cans, 6 doz. case.......................  
45
....'.................... 
4  
75
 
l  “  4  
1  40
1 
 
2 40
5 
 
12 00
Victorian, 1 lb cans, (tall,) 2 doz..................2 00
Diamond,  “bulk.”.................1......................... 
15

4 
2 
2 
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BLUING

25
Dry, No. 2............................................doz. 
45
Dry, No. 3............................................doz. 
Liquid,4oz,......................  
35
doz. 
Liquid, 8 oz..........................  
65
..doz. 
Arctic 4 oz............................... .........$   gross 3 50
Arctic 8  oz..................... ...............................  7 20
Arctic 16 oz....................................................   12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper box...............................   2 00
Arctic No. 2 
3 (X)
Arctic No. 3 
4 00

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BROOMS.

No. 2 Hurl...............1  751 Common Whisk__   90
No. 1 Hurl_2 00@2 25 Fancy  Whisk.............I 00
No. 2Carpet.............. 2 25 Mill..........................3 75
No. 1 Carpet.......2 50j Warehouse  ................. 2  75
Parlor Gem........... 3 OUl

CANNED  FISH .

Olams, 1 lb. Little Neck...............................1  10
Clam Chowder,  3 lb......................................2  15
Cove Oysters, 1  lb  standards.....................   90
Cove Oysters, 2  lb  standards....................  1 55
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic..................... ............... 1  75
Lobsters, 2 lb, picnic....................................2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft star.........................................2 60
Lobsters. 2 lb star.........................................3 00
Mackerel, 1 lb  fresh  standards..................1  50
Mackerel, 5 ft fresh standards..................5 25
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3  ft................3 50
Mackerel,3 1b in Mustard............................3 50
Mackerel, 3 ft  soused..................................3 50
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia river.......................1  70
Salmon, 2 1b Columbia river.......................3 00
Sardines, domestic 4 s ................................ 6@7
Sardines,  domestic  4 s ..............................  10@12
Sardines,  Mustard  4 s ...................................9@11
Sardines,  imported  4 s ................................12@1<:
Trout, 31b  brook........................................  4 00

CANNED FRUITS.

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....1 
....1  
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...... 1
...... 1
.......I
.......1

Apples, gallons,  standards.
90
Blackberries, standards.
Cherries,  red  standard.............
10
D am sons........................................
00
Egg Plums, standards 
............
feo
Gooseberries...............................
Green Gages, standards 2 ft__
Peaches, Extra Yellow.............
5»
60
Peaches, standards........ ...........
45
Peaches,  seconds.......................
Peaches, pie.................................
20
40
Pineapples, standards...............
60
Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... 
Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated.
.1  li 
Quinces.......................................
.1 2S
Raspberries,  extra__
red............................... ........1  35
Strawberries  __ :............................... .. 1  26©1  80
Whortleberries.................................. ........  90
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay..................... ........3 00
75
Beans, Lima,  standard.....................
........  90
Beans, Stringless, Erie......................
........ 1  70
Beans, Lewis’  Boston Baked...........
Cora,  Archer’s Trophy..................... ........1  15
“  Morning  Glory....................... ........ 1  10
“  Aeme......................................  . ........1  15
“  Maple Leaf............................... ........ 1  10
**  Excelsior.................................. ........1  20
“  Onondaga................................. ........ 1 as
“  Darby....................................... ........ 1 50
“  Osborn ...................................... ........1  00
“  New  Process............................ ........ 1  00
“  Bartlett.................................... ........ 1  10
Peas, French........................................ ........ 1 50
Peas, extra marrofat......................... ..1  20@1  40
Peas,  soaked....................................... .........  75
“  Early June, stand.......................1 50@1
“ 
sifted............................. 2 00
“  French, extra flue...............................20 00
Mushrooms, extra  fine....................  .....:..20 00
Pumpkin, 3 1b Golden................................... 1 CO
Succotash, standard........ .........................80® 1  30
Squash............................................................1  00
Tomatoes, standard brands........................1  20
Michigan full  cream.............................134@14
York  State, Acme.......................  .. 
.  @14

CHEESE.

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CHOCOLATE.

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Wilbur’s  Premium..35]German Sweet.........23
Sweet........25 Vienna Sweet  .......... 22
B’kf’tCocoa 451 Baker’s .................... 37
Cocoa-theta42|Runkles’ .......
.35
Vanilla Bar 28¡

COCOANUT.

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Schepps, Is............................
Is and  4 s .............
!4s.........................
Is in tin  pails.......
48 
.......
Maltby’s,  Is..........................
Is and  4 s ...........
4 8 .........................
Manhattan,  pails........
Peerless  ..................... .-___

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@25
@26
@27
@274
@284
@234@24
@244
@20
@18

Green.

Roasted.
R io................. 164@17
Rio...........  ..16
@18 
Golden Rio... 17  @19
Golden Rio.. .18
@20 
Santos........... 15  @17
Santos...............
....20 
Maricabo.................16
18@21 
! Maricabo.......
J a v a ................. 25®30
¡Java__
25® 26
O. G. Java....28  @30
|O. G;Jara__ 25  @29
Mocha  ....................23  IMocha.
27  @28
COFFEES—PACKAG

60 lbs 100 lbs 300 lbs

19
194

....19? 
.... 19?

Lion..............................
Lion,  in  cabinets........
X X X X .............t ...........
Arbuckle’s  ..................
Dilworth’8 ....................
Standard  .....................
German.........................
German, in  bins..........
Magnoiia.......................
Royal.........................
Eagle..............................
M exican.......................
60 foot Jute— .  1  00  150 fopt Cotton 
1  60
72 foot J u te .......1  25  ¡60 foot Cotton.... 1  75
40FootCotton__ 150  ¡72footCotton___2 00

18
194
194194
194
19
19
19419
184
18

. CORDAGE.

.19

CRACKERS  AND  SWEET  GOODS.

$  1b 
64

X  XXX
5
5

6

54

84

8
8
114
94
154

Kenosha Butter...........•............
Seymour  Butter....................... 
Butter......................................... 
Fancy  Butter............. '............. 
44
S.  Oyster.......................;...................  
*  *  5
Picnio......................................... 
Fancy  Oyster............................  4 4
Fancy  8oda..................•___..... 
5
City Soda....................................
Soda  ...........................................
Milk.........................................L
Boston.......................................
Iraham.............   .....................
Oat  Meal....................................
Pretzels, hand-made................
Pretzels.....................................
Cracknels..................................
Lemon Cream............................
Sugar Cream.............................
Frosted Cream..........................
Ginger  Snaps............................
No. 1 Ginger Snaps..................
Lemon  Snaps. A.......................
Coffee Cakes..............................
Lemon W afers.......................
Jumbles......................................
Extra Honey Jumbles.............
Frosted Honey  Cakes.............
Cream Gems..............................
Bagleys  Gems..........................
Seed Cakes.................................
S. &  M. Cakes............................
Citron......................................................22
Currants.................................................   6
@  « 4  
Lemon Peel............................................
@  14 
Orange Peel............................................
@  14 
Prunes, French,60s................................12
@124 
French, 80s............................. 10
@104 ® 8 
French, 110s and  120s.............
Prunes, Turkey.....................................   6
®  6k
Raisins, Dehesia.....................................3 50@5 00
Raisins, London Layers.......................  @2 50
Raisins, California  “ 
........................I 50@2 00
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.....................  @150
Raisins,Ondaras, 28s................ .  .....  8 4 ® 9
ltuisins.  Sultanas__ *............................  @ 9
Raisins,  Valencia, new  .......................  64®   74
Raisins,  Imperials........................ 
@3 00

DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.

I34
114
124
134
134
134
124
84

124
84

“ 
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RICE.

Imported Clay 3 gross.
Imported Clay, No. 216, 3 gross...........
Imported Clay, No. 216, 24 gross........
American  T. D......................................
Choice Carolina.......64 Java  ...............
Prime Carolina.......54 Patna
Good Carolina........4 4 j Rangoon........
Good Louisiana.......5 Broken.............
Table  ......., ..............6  ¡Japan...............
■.......*
DeLand’s pure........5M| Dwight’s ...................5
Church’s  .................5
Taylor’s  G. M_____5

SA LE RAT US.

6
@54

Sea  Foam................514
Cap Sheaf........
5 box lots.
LT.

“ 

4 e  less in
SA
60 Pocket, F F   Dairy..
28 Pocket.......................
100 3 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, 4  bu. bags...............
Rock, bushels................

10  bbl. lots........

210
1 95

70 
1  45
1  25
75
3 75
70
23
28
20

SAUCES.

SOAPS.

@3  00 
@  70 
@  80 
@1 25 
@1 50 
@  90 
@1  20 
@3 50 
@2 20

Parisian,  4   pints...............................
Pepper Sauce, red  small..................
Pepper Sauce, green  .........................
Pepper Sauce, red  large ring..........
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring__
Catsup, Tomato,  pints.......................
Catsup, Tomato,  quarts  ..................
Halford Sauce, pints.........................
Halford Sauce, 4  pints.....................
Acorn......................3 85 Extra Chicago Fain-
Master  ....................4  00! 
ily .........................2 94
New Process, 1  lb..3 85|Napkin.................... 4  75
New Process,3 lb..3 96,Towel......................4  75
Acme,  bars........... 3 55!White  Marseilles..5 50
Acme,  blocks.......  3 05j White Cotton  Oil..5 50
Best  American....2 93 Railroad.................3 50
Circus  ....................3 70 U. G......................... 3  45
Big Five  Center...3 85 Mystic White..........4 65
Nickel......................3 45 Saxon  Blue__ ,...2  60
Shamrock.............. 3 15 Palmer’s, 100 bars..5 50
Blue Danube......... 2 55 
..425
London  Family__ 2 30 Star......................!.3 75
Allspice................................................... 
7
Cassia, China in mats............................ 
7

SPICES—WHOLE.

-^5  “ 

“ 

25
@ 5**4
@ 54 @ 4 
© 64
@ 64 
@ 7
@ 6* 
@ 5)
@ 53 
@ 4 
@  6 
© 53 
@ 5‘, 
@ 63
@  6
©  64
©  6?g 
©  6?« 
@6 06 
@5 69 
@ 54 
54® 54 
5  @ 54 
© 44
@ 44 
@  4 4  
4 4 ®   47s

“ 

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“  Batavia in bundles...............
“  Saigon in rolls.......................
Cloves, Amboyna........... *..................
'  “  Zanzibar.................................
Mace....................................................
Nutmegs,  fancy.................................
No. 1...................................
No. 2...................................
Pepper, Singapore,  black................
w hite...............
SPICES—PURE  GROUND.
Allspice...............................................
Cassia,  Batavia..................................
“ 
aud  Saigon...............
*•  Saigon..................................
Cloves, Amboyna...............................
“  Zanzibar..................
Ginger, African..................................
**  Cochin....................................
“ •  Jamaica.................................
Mace....................................................
Mustard,  English...............................
and Trieste..........
Trieste.................................
Nutmegs,  No. 2..................................
Pepper, Singapore black..................
white..................
Cayenne...............................
STARCH.
Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ft boxes. 1  ft  Dkgs.
3ft 
“ 
bulk  .... 
!, 6 ft boxe 
1 ft pkgs. 
1 1b  “ 
.
, l ft pkgs. 
6 ft boxes 
bulk  ....

“  48 “
“ 
“ 
‘
“  401b 
“  72 ft  erat
“ 
“  Corn, 401b boxe 
“ 
“ 
Kiugsford’s Silver Glos

20 ft

“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Pure, lft pkgs.
Corn, 1  1b pkgs.
Royal. Gloss, 1 ft packages.
“ 
bulk...............
“  Corn  .........................
Firmenich, now process, glc

“ 

“ 

SUGARS.

SYRUPS.

27@29
@30
@32
^3®35
25@37

11b. 
31b. 
6 ft.
“ bulk, boxes oi 
“  corn. 1 1b.......
Cut  Loaf.........................................
Cubes..............................................
Powdered.......................................
Granulated,  Standard..................
Confectionery A ...............  ..........
Standard A......................................
No. 1, White Extra  C....................
No. 2, Extra C.................................
No. 3 C..........-.................................
N0.4C.  ...........................................
No. 5C .........................................................
New Orleans, in  hds.....................
Com,  barrels  ..........................
Cora, 4  bbls....................................
Cora,  10 gallon kegs.......................
Corn, 5 gallon kegs........................
Pure  Sugar, bbl...................................... 
Pure Sugar, 4  bbl.....................
TOBACCO—FINE C U T -IN   PAILS
Uncle Tom................37|Cinderella.......
What Is It?............... 25 Hi  There..........
...........30
Cherry......................60 Red Cap............
..........55
Five and  Seven........45lCrossCut.........
..........86
Magnet.......................25|01d Jim........................35
Seal of Detroit..........60 Old Time.....................30
Jim  Dandy.................38| Underwood’s Capper 35
Our  Bird....................25|Sweet  Rose................45
Brother  Jonathan.. .27 Mcigs&Co.’sStunner35
Jolly  Time........... .'. .36 A tlas...........................35
Our  Leader...............33 Royal Game................38
Sweet  Rose...............32|Mule Ear.....................66
May  Queen...............65] Fountain.....................74
Dark AmericanEagle67|01d Congress............. 64
The Meigs..................60lGood Luck..................52
Red  Bird....................B0) Blaze Away................35
Prairie Flow er........ 65 Hair Lifter................. 30
Indian Queen........... 60 Hiawatha................... 62
May Flower...............70 G lobe........................ .65
Sweet  Pippin........... 45 Crown Leaf................66
H ustler..................... 22| Sunset......................... 35
Our  Leader.............. 161 Hiawatha................. 22
Mayflower................ 23 Old Congress.............. 23
Globe..........................22 May  Leaf................... 22
Mule Ear....................211 Dark........................... 20

SHORTS.

VINEGAR.

30 gr. 
08 
08

60@7 70 

White Wine..................................
Cider..............................................
York State Apple........................
M ISCELL A N i f  >US.
Bath Brick imported..................
90
do 
American..................
Burners,  No. 0............. ...............
@70 
do  No. 1............................. .
80 
do  No.  2...............................
90
Condensed Milk, Eagle  brand... 
Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans...
@25 
Candles, Star................................
@11 
Candles.  Hotel.............................
@12 
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.............
@35 
Extract Coffee, V.  C....................
©80 
Felix  .. .............
@1  20 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.............
@25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.
@35
Gum, Sprue
„  
,  -  „  
...............................  30@35
Hominy, $   bbl.......................................   @3 00
Jelly, In 30 ft  pails..........................  
5  @514
Pearl  Barley........................................... 
3
Peas, Green  Bush... 
@1  15 
Peas, Split  Prepared
@  3 
Powder, Keg.............
@5 00 
Powder, 4   Keg........
@2 75 
Sage  ..........................
©  15 
Sago  ..........................
@ 7 
Tapioco.....................
@  7

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............@10

FANCY—IN  BULK.

STICK.
Standard, 25 ft boxes............................  84®  9
Twist, 
............................‘  @ 9
Cut Loaf 
MIXED
Royal, 25 ft  pails............................ 
9
Royal, 2001b bbls....................................   @  8
Extra, 25 ft  pails.................................... 
ram
Extra. 2001b bbls.................................”  @  9
French Cream,<251b pails..........@U>;
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...............................  @10
Broken, 25  ft  pails............................. ’’  @10
Broken, 200 ft  bbls.................................  @  9
FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.
Lemon  Drops............................................
Sour Drops....................................... ! 
@13
Peppermint  Drops..................................   @13
Chocolate  Drops.............................................. J4
H M Chocolate  Drops.....................................jg
Gum  Drops  ................ 
” * 
jq
Licorice Drops................................................. 22
Jo
A B  Licorice  Drops.........................” ” ’ 
Lozenges, plain..................  
j 4
* 
Lozenges,  printed...................................." 
45
Imperials......................................................  
Mottoes..........................................!!!!!!.'. 
15
Cream  Bar.................................................“ 
jo
Molasses Bar.................................................  
Caramels............................................................18
 
Hand Made Creams..................................... 
Plain  Creams................................................ 
Decorated  Creams....................................  ’ 
30
String Rock.......................................................13
Burnt Almonds................................................03
Wintergreen  Berries........................  ». 
44
Lozenges, plain  in  pails.......................  @114
Lozenges, plain in  bbls.........................  @104
Lozenges, printed in palls....................  @124
Lozenges, printed in  bbls....................  @114
Chocolate Drops, in pails.........................  @124
Gum  Drops  in pails..............................  @  6 4
Gum Drops, in bbls...................................  @ 54
Moss Drops, in  pails...............................  9  ®io
¡Moss Drops, in bbls  ..............................  @ 9
Sour Drops, in  pails.............................  @13
Imperials, in  pails....................................   @124
Imperials  in bbls.................................. 
Bananas  Aspimvall..............................
Oranges, California, fancy................. 3 50@3 75
Oranges, California,  choice................3 25@3 50
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls.........................
Oranges, Florida...................«...............
Oranges, Valencia, cases......................  @6 50
Orauges, Messina................................. 3 25@3 50
Oranges, OO.............................................  @3 25
Lemons, choice..................................... 4  25©4> 50
Lemons, fancy.......................................4 50©4 75
Lemons, California...............................
Figs, layers, new,  $  1b......................... 10  @15
Figs,  Bags, 50 ft......................................
Dates, frails do  ....................................   @ 54
Dates, 4  do  d o ....................................   @  6 4
Dates, skin..............................................
Dates, 4   skin.........................................
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $   1b....................94@10
Dates, Fard 56 ft box $  ft......................  @ 8
Dates, Persian 50 ft box $  ft...............  7  @ 7 4
Pine Apples, $   doz..............................
Almonds,  Tarragona.............................174@18
Ivaea.......................................   @17
California.............................  
©17
Brazils.................. 
@11*4
Chestnuts, per bu.......................... . ’. ’ ’
Filberts, Sicily....................................  ,’l04@ ll
Barcelona...............................   @  9
Walnuts,  Grenoble................................15  @17
Sicily.....................................  
15
u
French................................... 
California...........................’ ’
Pecans, Texas, H. P .........................„ 3 0   @14
Missouri................................. 8  @  9
Cocoanuts, $  100.................................... 5 5o@6 OO
Prime  Red,  raw  $   ft..........................  
@ 4
Choice 
@ 4 4
Fancy H.P. do 
Choice White, Va.do  .....................  
@ 5 4
Fancy H P ,.V a   do  ......................
H .P .V a................................. ..................  6  ® 6 4

PEANUTS.
do  .............  
do  ....................... 4%®  5

NUTS.

F R U ITS.

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OILS.

ILLUMINATING.

LUBRICATING.

WaterWhite.................................................. 
ijiz
Michigan  Test.................................................. 104
Gasoline........................................................  
1114
Capitol Cylinder............................... 
 
rwi?
Model  Cylinder....................................  
.......31?/
Shield  Cylinder................................ 
 
«64
Eldorado  Engine............................................. 23^*
Peerless Machinery...........................* *........ oq
Challenge Machinery....................’  .............. 19
Paraffin^  — .........................................."* 
Black. Summer, West  Virgrlnia... 
........ 9
Black, 25® to 30°...................... 
..............in
Black, 15° C.  T .............................................i.
Zero...................................... ..!!!!!!!!!! 
. 1 2 4

204

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FISH.

SMOKINO

“ 
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“  121b kits 
“  10  “ 

" 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Cod, whole.....................................................5@54
Cod, boneless............. ......................;...........54@7
H alibut........................................................ 9@1C4
Herring, round,  4   bbl.........................  @3 25
Herring .round,  4   bbl....................................   1 75
Herring, Holland,  bbls............................. 11  00
Herring, Holland,  kegs..........................85® 1  00
Herring, Scaled............................................  ,@20
Mackerel, shore. No. 1, 4  bbls..................  10 10

PLUG.
Eye Opener....,
.25iBlue  Blazes........... .  25
I Pauper  .............
31 Capper....................
Peach  Pie........
.31 Jupiter  .................. . .25
Star 
..........
39 Night Cap............... ..23-
Old Solder..........
. *17 Splendid................ .  38
| Clipper  .............
.34 Red Fox.................. ..40
I CornerStone. 
.34 Big  Drive.............
..40
Scalping  Knife.
.34 Chocolate  Cream.. ..40
I Sam Boss...........
34 Nimrod  .................. .35
j N e x t..................
.29] Big Five Center__
. .33
Jolly Tar...........
.30 Parrot  ..
. .42
Jolly  Time........
.32 Buster.................... . .35
Favorite...........
.42 Black Prince.......... . .35
Black  Bird........
.b£ Black  Racer.......... ..35
.32 Climax  .................. .42
Quaker................
.281Acorn  .................... . .39
Hiawatha...........
.38 Horse  Shoe............ ..37
Big  Nig...............
.37 Vinco  ..................... ..34
Spear  Head........
,39;Merry War............. ..26
P.  V.....................
.36!Ben  Franklin........
.32
Spring Chicken ..
.36 Moxie..................... ..34
Eclipse  ...............
.30 Black JHCk.............
Turkey........................35)! Musselman’s Corker. 30
Yum  Yum................................................28 P u re.15
Our  Leader................................................ 15 Star.20

.........1  50
...............1  25
No. 3. 4  bbls..............................7  75
Sardines,  spiced, 4 s ....................................10@12
Trout, 4   bDls............................................... 5  50
“  10 1b  kits..'.........................................   98
White, No. 1 ,4  bb ls....................................7  00
White, No. 1,12 1b kits.................................i  10
White, No. 1,10 ft kits.................................l  00
White, Family, 4  bbls.................................3  50
kits......................................  75
25
Lemon.
_ 
______   Vanilla
Jennings’ D. C.,2 oz*............. $  doz.  1 00 
1  40
“  4 oz........................... 1  50
2 50
6 oz........................... 2  50
4 on
“
“  8 0 Z............................3  50
5 00
¿suiunii  .....................
“  No. 2 Taper..........
. .30 
.1  2Ö 
1 50 Big Deal.  ..’.............
27 Eight  Hours........
r‘ 
“  No. 4 
..........
. .24
.1  75
7 50 Navy Clippings....... 26  Lucky  ..................
“  4 »pint, round....
.4 50
. .30
••
**  I 
“ 
15 OO Leader __
15 TWo  Nickel..........
.9 00
..24
1 65 Hard  Tack............... 30 Duke’s  Durham..
“  No. 3 panel...........
.1  10
..40
4 25 Dixie .....................
“ 
**  No. 8 
..........
26 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26
, 2 75
6 60 Old Tar..................... 401 Owl.....................
“  No. 10  “ 
..........
.4 25
..16
Arthur’s  Choice__ 22 Rob Roy................
..24
. .1 00 Red Fox.................... 26 Uncle  Sam...........
. .27
.  1 20 Gold  Dust...
26 Lumberman........
. .25
v i t n i i u   i i d  • t i i (   i i u   Wm 
♦>  ¿J
..1 75 Gold  Block..........
Grand  Haven,  No/200,  parlor 
30 Railroad Boy........
. .36
•>25 Seal of Grand Rapids Mountain Rose__ ..18
Grand  Haven,  No.  3n0, parlor 
(cloth)...»............. 25 Home Comfort__
Grand  Haven,  No.  7,  round..
..1 50
Oshkosh, No. 2........................................................
..1 00 Miners and Puddlere 28 Old Rip..................
..60
Peerless  ....................24 Seal of North Caro-
Oshkosh, No.  8.................................. 1.  ” " I ! I i 50
Standard.
Swedish......................................
__ 20i  Zina, 2  oz...............
.48
Old Tom..............
Richardson’s No. 8  square__
— 20 Seal of North  Caro-
..........1  00
Tom & Jerry......
Richardson’s No. 9 
do  __
24
lina, 4oz................. .48
..........1 50
Joker...................
Richardson’s No. 74, round__
,251Seal of North  Caro­
..........1  00
Traveler.............
.35
Richardson’s No. 7 
do  __
lina, 8 oz................. .45
..........1 50
Maiden................
Woodbine. 300............................
Seal of North  Caro­
..........I  15
40
Pickwick, Club..
lina. 16 oz boxes... .42
MOLASSES.
Nigger  Head___
,26 King Bee, longcut.. .22
Black  Strap...,..........................
...... 16®18
Holland..............
,22¡Sweet Lotus............. .33
Cuba Baking...............................
...... 25@2S
German..............
15 Grayling.................. .32
Porto  Rico..................................
...... 24@30
K. of I..................
>4«¡Seal Skin.................. .30
New  Orleans,  good..................
...... 28@34
Honey  Dew........
25 Red Clover............... .32
New Orleans, choice..................
...... 44 @50
Colonel’s  Choice 
.15 Good  Lu  k.
New Orleans,  fa'ricy................
...... 52@55
Queen  Bee.  __
4  bbls. 2c extra 
SN U FF.
Lorillard’s American Gentlemen.
Maccoboy.....................
Gail & Ax’ 
......................
Rappee.......... 
..........
Railroad  Mills  Scotch....................
Lotzbeck  ........................
Japan ordinary__
Japan fair to good.....................
Japan fine....................................
Japan dust..................................
Young Hyson..............................
GunPowder.................................
Oolong.........................................
Congo.........................................’,

Muscatine, bbls...  5 50 Muscatine, bbls....5 50
V%  44 ..  .3 oo
25®3 25
@7 00
@4 00
©8  SO
@1 75
. . .2 25@3 00
@2 25
@1  85
75®  90

Medium........................
4  bbl...............
Small,  bbl.......
l/i bbl...........................................

I 
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“ 
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*  cases 2 25@3 25| 

RO LLED   OATS
44 
“  cases 2 

PICKLES.

MATCHES.

PIPES.

“ 
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TEAS.

“ 

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@  55 
©  44 
@  35 
@  45 
@1  30
..........18@20
..........25@30
..........35@45
..........15®20
..........20@45
..........35® 50
-.  33@55®6C 
.........25@30
50 gr. 
10 
10 
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WHOLESALE!  PBI0B  CURRENT,

Declined—Quinine German, 
bonate ammonia, oil sassafras, 

citric  acid, car- 
, canary seed.

........... 
8®  10
............  80®1 00
...........   55@  60
............  65®  70
...........  
0®  5
..............  10®  13
...........   11®  13
........... 1  85@2  10
........1  40@1 60
...........   50®  53

3®  
............... 
a
4®  6
............ 
...........   11@  13
...........   12®  14
........... 1  85@2 10
........ 
6®  7
...........   25®  30

50®  55 
@1 50 
38®  40 
40®  45

ACIDUM.
Aeeticum..............................
Benzoicum,  German...............
Carbolicum i .............................
Citricum............................  .....
Hydrocblor............................
Nitroeum..................................
Oxalicum..................................
Salicylicum................................
Tannicum..................................
Tartaricum...............................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 18 deg...............................
18  deg.............................
Carbonas.....................................
Cliloridum..................................
Cubebae (po.  1 To.....................
Juniperus  .................................
Xanthoxylum.......................... .
UALSAMUM.
Copaiba........... ..........................
Peru............................................
Terabin,  Canada.......................
Tolu ta n ............. ....................... .

BACCAE.

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian............. !.........
Cassiae  .......................................
Cinchona Flavn..........................
Euonymus  atvopurp................
Myrica  Cerifora, po................ .
Primus  Virgin!.........................
Quiilaia,  grd................ ;............
Sassfras  ....................................
Ulmus..........................................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)..............
EXTRACTUM.

25
....  83@ 35
PO..  ............................
Haematox, 15 lb boxes.................... ....■  8® 9
Is....................  ............ ..  .  @ 12
® 13
48  ...............................
&8  ............................... ....  @ 15

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Carbonate Precip............................
15
Citrate and Quinia..........................
©3 50
Citrate Soluble................................. ----  @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol......................... ....  @ 50
Solut  Chloride.................................
® 15
....  14® 2
Sulphate, com’l,  (bbl. 75)..............
pure.................................
....  @ 7

M 

FERRUM.

Barosma........................................... ....  38® 40
Cassia Aoutifol, Tinnivelly........... ....  20® £5
A lx....................... ----  35® 50
Salvia ofllcinalis, 4 s and  4 s ........ ....  10® 13
Ura  Ursi..'.......................................
8® 10

... 

“ 

“ 

FOLIA.

GUMMI.
Acacia,  1st  picked.........................
2nd  “ 
“ 
.........................
3rd 
.........................
“ 
“ 
Sifted  sorts.....................
“ 
“ 
po......................................
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60).......................
“  Cape, (po. 20).........................
“  Socotrine,'(po. 60)...............
Aminoniae  ....................................
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).....................
Benzoinuin....................................
Camphorae...............................
Catechu, Is,  (4s,  14; 4 s ,16)........
Euphorbium,  po............................
Galbanuin.......................................
Gamboge, po..................................
Guaiacum, (po. 45).........................
Kino,  (po. 25)..................................
Mastic..............................................
Myrrh, (po.45)......
Opii, (po. 5 50)........................................ 4
Shellac.....................................................
bleached....................................
Tragacanth ............................................
h k r d a—In ounce packages.
Absinthium  ...........................................
Eupatorium...........................................
Lobelia  .............
Majorum  ...............................................
Mentha Piperita....................................
“  V ir.........................................
R u e .........................................................
Tanaeetum,  V .......................................
Thymus. V..............................................

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MAGNESIA.

Calcined,  Pat.........................................
Carbonate,  Pat.....................................
Carbonate,  K. & M...............................
Carbonate,  Jennings............................

OLEUM.

@1  00 
®  90 
©   SO 
©   65 
75©l 00
50® 60
@ 12
© 50
25® 30
@ 15
50® 55
24® 27
@ 13
35©  10 
@  80 
75®  80 
@  35 
@  20 
©1 25 
40
@
00®4  10 
18®  25 
25©  30 
30@  75

20
28
23
£5
30
££
£5

55®
60
20®
2£
20® £5
35® 36

Absinthium..................
Amygdalae, Dulc........
Amydalae, Amarae__
Anisi  .............................
Auranti Cortex...........
Bergamii........................
Cajiputi  .......................
Caryophylli..................
Cedar.............................
Chenopodii  ..................
Cinnamonii..................
Citronella  .....................
Conium  Mac.................
Copaiba.........................
Cubebae .........................
Exechthitos..................
Erigeron........................
Gaultheria....................
Geranium, 3..................
Gossipii, Sent, gal..........
Hqdeoma.......................
Juniperi..........................
La vend u la ...................
Limonis.........................
Liui, gpl........................
Mentlfa Piper................
Mentha Verid................
Morrhuae,  gal..............
Myrcia,  3........................
Olive...............................
Picis Liquida, (gal.  50)..
R icini............................
Rosmarini.....................
Uosae,  3..........................
Succini  . . . . . . ................
Sabina........................... .
Santal.............................
Sassafras........................
Sinapis, ess, 3................
T iglii...............................
Thym e............................
opt.......................
Theobromas..................

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. ..4  50@5 00 
...  45®  50 
...7   00@7  50 
..•.2  00©3  10 
@3  50 
.. .2 00@2  75 
@  75 
_@2  15 
...  35®  65 
@150 
@ 7 5
...  35®  65 
@  80 
. 12 00® 13 CO 
...  90®l  00 
...1 20@1 30
@ 75 
...  55®  75 
...  90®1 00 
...  50@2 00 
...  90®2 00 
...2 25@2 35 
...  42®  45 
...3 00@3 75 
...6 00@7 00 
...  8G®1 00 
®  50 
...l 00@2 75 
. . .   10®  13 
. /1  42®1  60 
...  75®1  00 
@8 00 
40® 15 
...  90®l 00 
...3 50®7 00 
...  4b®  55 
®  65 
@150 
...  40®  50 
...  ®  60 
...  15®  30

Bruôô & iTftebicines

S tate  H oard  o f  P h a rm a cy . 

O ne Y ear—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Tw o Years—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
T hree Years—O ttm ar Kberbaeh, Ann  Arbor. 
F our Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Five Years—Stanley  K. I’arkeii, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar  Eberbaeh.
-Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
T re asu re r—Jas. Vernor.
¡Next Meeting—At Detroit. July 5 and 0.

M ich ig a n   S tate  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n. 

'President—Frank .1. W urzburg. G rand Rapids.
F irst Vice-President—Mrs. C. W. Taylor. Loomis. 
Second Vice-President—H enry Harwood, Ishpeming. 
T hird Vice-President—F rank Inglis, Detroit.
•Secretary—S. K. P arkilt, Owosso.
T naasurer—Win. Dupont. Detroit.
'Executive Comm ittee—Geo. W. C router, J«G. Johnson,

al Secretarv—Guy M.  Harwood, Petoskey.

t-ank Wells, Geo. G undrum and Jacob Jesson. 
■Next Place of Meeting—At  Petoskey, July 12,13 and 14.
G rand  lta p id *   P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S ociety.

OltCANIZED  OCTOBER  9, 1884.

*

P resident—Geo. G. Stekettee.
Vice-President—H.  E. Loeher.
■Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
T reasurer—Henry  11. Fairchild.
Board of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  and  Sec­
retarv. 
Board of Trustees—The President.  John E. Peck,  M.  B. 
Klmm.W m. H.  VanLeeuwen and O. H. Richmond, 
wen, Isaac W atts. Win. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite.
■Committee on Trade M atters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fair- 
child and Hugo  Thum.
■Committee  on  Legislation—R.  A.  McWilliams,  Theo. 
Kemink 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 
month.
Annual Meeting—First  Thursday evening in November.
’Next  Meeting—Thursday  evening,  March  3,  a t  The 

Tradesman office.

D e tr o it  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S o ciety .

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883.

P resident—A. F.  Parker.
F irst Vice-Pres'ldent—F rank  Inglia.
Second Vice-President—J. C. Mueller.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. W. Allen.
A ssistant Secretary and T reasurer—H. McRae.
Annual Meeting—F irst W ednesday In June.
R egular Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.
B er r ie n   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S ociety. 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, H enry K ephart.

C lIn h A   C ou n ty  D ruggists*  A sso c ia tio n . 

President, A. 0 . H unt;  Secretary, A. S.  W allace.

J a c k so n   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  A ss’n. 

President, R. F. Latim er;  Secretary, F.  A. King.

A  

M ason  C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S ociety. 

P resident, F. N. Latim er;  Secretary, Wm. H eysett.
M eco sta   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  Society, 
P resident, C. H. W agener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.

M onroe  C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S ociety. 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M u sk egon   C ou n ty  D r u g g ists’  A ssociation . 
■Chairman, Jacob Jesson;  Secretary, Geo. W heeler.
M u sk egon   D ru g  C lerk s’  A sso cia tio n . 

P resident. I. C.  Terry;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ceu tica l  Society, 
P resident, J.  F.  A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller.

O cean a C ou n ty P h a rm a ce u tic a l S ociety. 

P resident. F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
S agin aw   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  Society, 
P resident, Jay   Smith:  Secretary,  D. E. Prall.
S h ia w a ssee C ounty  P h a rm a ceu tica l  S ociety
T u scola C ounty P h a rm a ce u tic a l S ociety. 

President, E.  A. Bullard;  Secretary, C. E. Stoddard.

^  

The  Drug  Market.

There have been  but  few fluctuations  in 
the drug market the past week  and  all arti­
cles are steady, after the late boom.  Quinine 
is weak  and  lower  for  foreign  brands  and 
is  quoted  from  50  cents  per  ounce  in  100 
ounce cans up to GO cents in ounce vials.  At 
the last London bark  sales there were large 
offerings  and  sales  at  lower  prices.  Car- 
A   bolic acid is selling  in  New  York to arrive 
in  about  a  month  5  cents  below  present 
™ 
prices. 
It is  believed  that  the  spring  de­
mand will  counteract  this  and  prices  will 
remain about the same.  Citric  acid,  after a 
sharp  advance,  has  again  declined  and  is 
weak  at  present  prices.  Oxalic  acid  is 
scarce  and  firmly  held.  Carbonate  am­
monia is  unprecedentedly  low  and we  re- 
•duce our quotations  again  this week.  Hal* 
sams are all steady.  Capaiba is a trifle lower. 
Ma  Cuttle bone is weak.  The advance was too 
rapid.  Gum arabic  is  firmer,  but not quot- 
ably changed.  Buchu leaves  are offered  at 
different prices, although the largest holders 
are firm  at  our  quotations.  Senna  leaves 
are still  high,  with  no  prospects  of  lower 
prices at present.  Oils  sassafras  and  pep­
permint are lower.  Oil  wormwood is hard­
ening in price.  Other oils are steady.  Gum 
A   opium is  very  firm  at  previous quotations, 
with  another  advance  probable. 
In  mor­
phine,  P. & W.  will  not  accept  orders  for 
•over twenty-five ounces at one time  and are 
busy filling contracts.  Outside  holders ask 
as  high  as  10  cents  per  ounce  premium. 
Ipecac  root  exhibits  a  further  advanciug 
tendency.  Canary  seed is lower,  on account 
•of  large  stocks.  Cloves*  pepper,  ginger, 
^ C h iu a cassia are  all  a  trifle  lower.  Trade 
In this line is  remarkably  good,  showing  a 
large increase over last year.

Local Organization  in  Muskegon  County.
The druggists of Muskegon  county  have 
long been aware of the benefits to be derived 
from  local  organization,  and  all  that  was 
^   needed was someone to take the iuitial steps. 
That stage  in  the. proceedings  was  taken 
last week,  when the following circular  was 
issued:

Believing it to be to the  best  interests  of 
the drujf trade,  we,  the  undersigned,  drug­
gists of Muskegon, do hereby call a meeting 
for Thursday, March  17,  for the  purpose  of 
forming a County  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion.  The objects of this Association  shall 
«be to unite the druggists  of  Muskegon  and 
wicinity in efforts for the promotion  of  pro­
fessional and business interests.
Geo.  Wheeler, T.  I). Quinn, Wm. B. Wil­
son, Fred.  Brundage & Co.,  F.  G. Neumeis- 
ter,  F.  C.  VanDeinse.  C.  L.  Brundage,  J. 
It. Tweedale & Co.,  A.  W.  Stevenson,  W. 
A.  Sibley, Jacob Jesson,  A.  Eckerman,  O. 
C. Williams,  I.  F.  Hopkins,  ,J.  M.  Cook.

the secretary’s desk. 

In  accordance  with  the  call, a  meeting 
was  held  last  Thursday  afternoon,  with 
^Facob Jesson in  the chair and Geo.  Wheeler,
It was resolved  to 
organize under the name  of  the  Muskegon 
County Druggists’ Association,  and  a  com-1 
mittee on permanent  organization  was  ap-1 
pointed,  to report at a meeting to be held on | 
Thursday,  March 24.

Later—Jacob Jesson writes The T r a d e s ­
m a n   that the Committee  on Permanent Or- 
ganization consists of J.  R.  Tweedale, Fred i 
^Frundage  and  W.  A.  Sibley,  which  is  a j 
sufficient guaranty that  the  work entrusted I 
to their care will  be well done.

Musk  Disappearing  from  the  Market.
So long as musk remains one of  the most 
prized perfumes,  and  commands  an almost 
fabulous value on the European market, the 
musk deer is likely  to  be, hunted  down  in 
spite  of  all  restrictions,  though  probably, 
like the beaver and the bird of  paradise,  its 
entire extermination is  only  a  question  of 
years.
. It is said that several attempts  have been 
made  to  rear  the  musk  deer in captivity, 
but in no instance lias  the  experiment been 
successful.  The habits of the  creature  are 
altogether opposed to the  possibility of  do­
mestication. 
It  inhabits  the  shady moun - 
tain  forests,  is  seldom  fount!  on  a  lower 
altitude than 8,000 feet,  but  most  frequent­
ly between 10,000 and 14,000 feet,  its  domi­
cile bordering  upon  the  region  of  eternal 
snow. 
It is  not  a  gregarious  animal,' but 
lives in couples,  mostly occupying its lair in 
the day-time and roaming about at  l^ght  in 
search of food.  Add to this that  tl/e  musk 
deer rivals  the  chamois  in  swiftness  and 
climbing powers,  and  it  will  be  seen  that 
musk-hunting is by  no  means  a  sinecure. 
The musk  deer  multiplies  but  slowly; the 
dam  generally  gives  birth  to  one  or  two 
young ones a year,  which  is  another  argu­
ment for the probability of the  total  disap­
pearance of the animal at no distant date.

The following figures will convey an  idea 
of the enormous number  slaughtered  every 
year: In 1885,  the quantity of musk shipped 
from Shanghai amounted to 2,260 catties, or 
48,386 ounces.  A record kept by an  Amer­
ican firm of musk  buyers  gives  394  grains 
as the average weight of the  Chinese  musk 
pods  passing  through  their  hands;  conse­
quently,  taking these  figures  as  a  basis,  a 
holocaust of 53,673 deer lias been  sacrificed 
to furnish the Shanghai exports for a single 
year!  And this number  represents  only  a 
moiety of the whole,  for very  large  quanti­
ties  of  musk  are  exported  through  other 
channels,  by  way  of  Russia  and  British 
India.  The  greater  part  of  the  Chinese 
musk pods offered in the London drug sales 
are very small,  and have  been  taken  lrom 
animals  still  far  removed  from  maturity. 
The musk sac, which is carried by the  male 
animal  only, contains,  at  first,  a  thickish, 
pale-colored fluid,  which changes  into musk 
about the third year.  Under  tlqit  age  the 
animal is not worth killing,  and  even  then 
jt does not generally yield  more  than  one- 
eighth of an ounce of  musk.  The  average 
weight of the pod of a full-grown  animal  is 
about nine-tenths of an ounce,  although  oc­
casionally,  a  specimen  yields  over 
two 
ounces.

China is by no means the  exclusive  home 
of the musk deer. 
Its iiabitat extends from 
the Altai mountains  on  the  Siberian  fron­
tier in the north,  to the  southern  slopes  of 
the Himalayas,  Assam,  the Shan States and 
Tonquin, thus covering vast tracts  of  terri­
tory outside the possible jurisdiction of Chi­
nese game laws. 
It is a fact that the  finest 
pod musk is shipped from  Shanghai,  but  it 
is quite possible  that  this  port  owes  that 
distinction simply  to  its  proximity  to  the 
Chinese town of Nanking,  which appears to 
have been, for years, the central spot  where 
the Chinese musk dealers received the yield 
of different districts, especially  of  the  pro­
vince of Se-chuen,  also of Thibit.  If, there­
fore,  the Chinese Government  should  place 
restrictions upon  musk  hunting,  the  trade 
route  of  the  article  might  be  diverted  to 
Russia and Britisli India, but it is quite like­
ly that the supply would not sensibly dimin­
ish.

France is probably  the  largest  consumer 
of musk in the world.  She imjiorted in 1880 
729X kilos  of  the  article,  and  re-exported 
209 kilos.  The average  quantity  imported 
into the United States  is  said  to  be  6,883 
ounces.

It lias been imagined that,  in the event of 
a cessation in the supply of  Asian  musk, a 
substitute might be found  in the product  of 
the American  musk rat, or  fiber  zibethicus, 
frequenting the  marshy  borders  of  North 
American  rivers and resembling  the  beaver 
in its  habits.  The  musk  yielded  by  this 
animal may be designated as  a  by-product, 
the creature being hunted principally for  its 
skin,  unlike  its  Asian  fellow-sufferer,  of 
which no other part than the  musk-sac  has 
any commercial value.

The American mnsk may be used for soap- 
scenting  and  for  some  other  purposes, 
although  it  is  but  a  sorry  substitute,  at 
best,  for the Chinese  article. 
In  the  West 
Indies,  a  species  of  rat,  and, 
in  North 
Africa,  an antelope,  have  attracted  the  at­
tention of musk dealers, as possible success­
ors of the musk deer.  A few  years  ago, it 
was reported that  a  consignment  of  musk 
derived  from  a  Mississippi  alligator  had 
been received in Germany!  “The pods,” we 
read,  “are very small and the  odor  slightly 
differed from that of true musk, being allied 
to civit,  but the  musk  is  suitable  for  per­
fumery.”  We have not  heard  of  any  de­
velopment of the  alligator  musk  industry. 
Perhaps its time has not yet come.

Tooth  Powders.

Prophylactic medicine, an English journal 
says,  is of greater value  to  the  public than 
curative, although they are slow  to  give  it 
its due; lienee, the subject of  tooth powders 
may be of some interest.  The  necessity of 
keeping the teeth clean,  with a  view to the 
prevention of  future trouble,  is  overlooked 
by  too  many,  even  in  the  higher classes, 
sometimes from carelessness,sometimes from 
ignorance.  Now,  can  not  the  medical at­
tendant do a great deal to  combat this state 
of  things?  The  dental  surgeon  is  often 
asked;  “How soon should  the  first  tooth 
brush  be  used?”  “As  soon  as  there  are 
teeth to use it upon,” should  be  the  reply. 
An ideal tooth  powder  should  be alkaline, 
since  acids  dissolve  the  tooth  substance;

finely pulverized,; that it may  not  mechani­
cally abrade;  anti-septic,  to prevent decom­
position of  food lodged  between the  teeth, 
and perhaps to  destroy the  microbes which 
are  always  found  choking  the  tubules of 
carious dentine; it  should  contain  nothing 
irritating to the gums; and,  lastly,  it should 
be  pleasant  to  the  taste,  or  it will not be 
used.  Fluid dentifrices  do  not, as  a  rule, 
clean the teeth  effectually,  unless they con­
tain some  ingredient  which  acts  upon the 
enamel itself;  and those preparations which 
are eulogized as making  teeth white or pre­
venting deposit of tartar  should be avoided.

The  Process  of  Making  Ultramarine.
Kuhlow's  German Trade  Review  refers 
to the discovery  of  tjjg  present  method of 
making ultramarine as follows;  At the be­
ginning of the present  century  ultramarine 
was procured by the puddling or washing of 
the  azure-stone.  This  method,  however, 
was  very  troublesome  and  expensive, be­
sides  the  stone  was getting scarce,  so that 
the  discovery  of  Gmelin  appeared  on the 
scene none too soon.  The  latter,  when  in 
Paris,  indiscreetly imparted the secret of his 
invention  to  the  chemist  Lussac,  who 
straightway communicated it to tiie scientist 
Guimet,  who received a  grant  of  6,000  fr. 
from the Paris Academy of  Science as a re­
ward for  his  “discovery.”  Although later 
on Gmelin’s claims to originality were every­
where  accepted,  he  could  not  at  the time 
make  people  believe  that  it  was  he who 
should have had the 6,000 frs.,  his  antago­
nist  claiming  that  the  process  had  been 
known to him sjnee 1876—another case (like 
the telephone) where the fruit of  the indus­
try  and  genius  of  our scientists  has  been 
snatched away by foreigners.

No  Field  for  Women.

There is  one field  in  which,  so it is said, 
woman, lovely woman,  will  never find em­
ployment.  She  'can  never  be  an  apothe­
cary’s clerk,  because  she’s  not able to keep 
a secret.  A pharmacy  is  a regular confes­
sional,  and into the  ears  of the discreet at­
tendant are  poured  weighty  secrets  which 
it would never  do  to  intrust to the posses­
sion  of  the  gadding,  gossipy  female. 
In 
the regular course  of  his  business the  dis­
penser of pills and powders knows all about 
people’s bodily  afflictions  and weaknesses, 
and becomes acquainted  with little sins and 
things  of  that  kind  which  the  interested 
parties would  not  have the world know for 
anything.  Then,  too,  he learns who paints, 
who powders,  who  eats  opium,  who  uses 
belladonna to brighten  the  eyes,  or arsenic 
to whiten the  skin,  who  is  obliged  to  use 
insect powder  at  home,  and various tilings 
of that  kind,  which  would  be too great  a 
temptation for  a  talkative  women  to  give 
away.

The  Clare  County  Organization.

John W.  Dunlop, who is working  up  the 
subject of local organization in Clare county, 
writes that the thirty registered pharmacists 
of  that county  take  a lively  interest in the 
proposed  organization,  and will do all  that 
lies  in  their  power to render the society  a 
success.  Mr.  Dunlop  lias invited the drug­
gists of Osceola and Isabella counties to join 
witli their Clare  brethren.  The  first meet­
ing  will  be  held  at  Clare some time next 
week.

Later—Under  date  of  March  19,  Mr. 
Dunlop has issued a call to  the.  druggist  of 
Osceola,  Isabella,  Gladwin and Clare  coun­
ties, asking them to meet at  Clare  on  Fri­
day,  March 25,  for the purpose  of  organiz­
ing an association.  The call  is  signed  by 
C.  W.  Taylor for Isabella,  Frank  Hibbard 
for Osceola and J.  W.  Dunlop for Clare.

Exasperated Apples.

“Give me two pounds of exasperated  ap­
ples,” said an old lady  to  the  grocer.  He 
weighed out two pounds  of  evaporated  ap­
ples and she was content.

Good Words Unsolicited.

E. D. Hawley, druggist, Stanton*:  “Your pa­

per is a good  one.”

it a very good paper.”

I. B, Dillman, grocer, Goshen, Ind.:  “I find 

K. E. Vander Linde, grocer, Muskegon:  “It 

is of much interest to me."

This  country  exported  nearly  $500,000 

worth of hops in 1886.

Japanese  cod  liver  oil  is  coming  into 

prominence.

APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. 

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its efficiency than a h alf hour’s talk.  R e ta il  p rice 
5 0   c e n ts .  For Circulars and  Testimonials address 

H .  D .  C u sh m an ,  T h r e e   R iv e rs,  M ich. 

Trade supplied by

H a z e ltin e  He P e r k in s  D r u g  C o., G’d R a p id s, 
And W holesale D ruggists of D etroit and Chicago.

GXXTSSXTG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.» Address
Peck Bros., Druggists, Orand Rapids, Mich.

reasons ble.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

inhabitants  in  Oliio.  Will  make  terms 

375 South Union St.,  Grand  Rapids.
Standard  Petit Ledger.
WANTED—Registered pharmacists  and as­
sistants who are sober, industrious  and 
willing to work.  A Scandinavian  or  German 
wanted at once.
I¡10It SALE—Very desirable  stock  of  about 
$5,000 in town of 3,OOo inhabitants in Tex­
as.  Can be bought on  very reasonable terms.
IjlOR  SALE—Stock of about $1,830 in town of 
12.000 inhabitants, (county  seat,)  in  Wis­
consin.  Can oe bought on liberal terms.
FOR  SALE—Stock of  $1,600  in  town  of 800 
F OR  SALE—Stock  of  about  $800  in  small 
F OR  SALE—Very desirable  stock  of  about 
$2,Out), well located on one of the principal 
business streets of Grand  Rapids.  Good loca­
tion.  Doing good business.
ITIOR SALE—Stock of  about $1.700 in town of 
- 
800 inhabitants in Western Michigan.  Do­
ing  good  business.  Can  be  bought on very 
reasonable terms.
A

LSO—Many  other  stocks,  the  particulars 
of which we will  furnish  on  application.
rilO  DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks 
-L  we will furnish the  address  and full  par­
ti eulars of those on our list  free.____________
TATk I lAVE also secured  the  agency  for J. 
t V  H. Vail & Co.’s medical publications and 
can  furnish  any  medical  or  pharmaceutical 
work at publishers’ rates.

town in western Indiana, In midst of  tine 
farm it g region.  Will sel 1 on very liberal terms.

Michigan Drug Exchange,

357  South Union St., 

- 

Qrand  Rapids

TIGER  OIL.

What J.  A.  Crookston Has to Say  While in 

the Tiger Den.
Cadilla c,  Jan* 24,  1887.

Well,  Doctor,  I am  arouml ajfstii»,  but my 
wife had to use a lot of Tiger Oil. 
It is the 
most wonderful medicine  I  ever knew. 
It 
surpasses everything  else.  During  my se­
vere sickness of pleuro-pneumonia, when my 
pulse ran up to 130. and  my  temperature to 
104°  the pain was so excruciating that noth­
ing would relieve except  Tiger  Qil,  which 
never failed.  The physician  gave but little 
hope of my recovery,  but through his atten­
tion and the constant  application of  Tiger 
Oil  I  pulled  through  and  am  gaming 
strength by using  Tiger  Oil,  which I know 
is doing  me  good,  and  will do  good  to all 
who use it properly; for of all medicines that 
I have ever known in over  forty  years’ ex­
perience as a  retail and  wholesale druggist, 
I have never known of a single  one to be m 
any way as good as Tiger Oil for the cure of 
so many different kinds of diseases.  There 
seems no limit to  its  power  over  disease. 
Therefore, knowing as 1 know of Tiger Oil, 
I do but my duty in  recommending it to all 
my fellow men as publicly as  possible,  that 
they may have the benefits of  such a valua­
ble medicine as Tiger Oil  has  proven itself 
to be wherever  it has  been  used,  both for 
man or beas;. 
Of the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., 

J.  A.  Crookston,

Grand  Rapids.

T ANSY  CAPSULES

I   THE  LATEST  DISCOVERY.
Or.  liaparle's  Celebrated  Preparation, Safe  and 
klways  Reliable. 
Indispensable  to  L A D I E S . 
CALUMET CHEMICAL CO.,  Chicago, t ^ .

Send  4   cents  for Pealed  Circular.

OTTENBERB’S  CIGARS.

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 and lO Oent Cigars

Ever placed on the Market.  They are made of the Finest Qual­
ity of Imported Tobaccfc without artificial  flavor.
GIVE  THEM A TRIAL.

I will send to any responsible first-class  dealer a sample of 
these Cigars on trial, to be returned  if not  satisfactory, within 
60 days.  We send advertising matter with above Cigars.

Morris XX. Treusch,

SOLE  AGENTS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.  .

Nassau 
Velvet Ext 
Extra Ye  *
Grass
,ft 
Hard ’ 
Yellow Reef.

' SPONGES.

s’ wool,carriage......2 25  @2 50
do
2 00
do
1  10
do
85
do
65
ir slate use.............
75
1  40

do
do
do
do

do

io@

___________ ______ 

MISCELLANEOUS.
Alther, Spts Nitros, 3 F................
26®  28 
.¿Ether, Spts. Nitros, IF ...............
30®  32 
Alum en...........................................
¡4® 34 
Alumen,  ground, (po. 7)...............
3®  4
Annatto  ........................................
55®  60 
Antimoni,  po.................................
4®  5
Antimoni et Potass  Tart.............
55®  60 @  68 
Argenti  Nitras,  5..........................
Arsenicum......................................
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud..........................
38®  40 
Bismuth  S.  N .................................
15®2 20 
Calcium  Chlor,  Is, 04s, 11;  4s, 12)!.” 
®  9
0i2 OR
Cautharides  Russian, po
Capsici  Fructus, a f........
@ 15
Capsici Fructus, po........
16
Capsici Fructus, B, po...
® 14
Caryophyllu8,  (po.  35)__
.  30® 
33
Carmine. No. 40...............
@3
75
Ci ra Alba. S. &  F.............
.  50® 55
Cera Flava........................
.  28® 30
Coccus  ..............................
@ 40
Cassia Fructus................
@ 15
Centraria............. .'.........
@ 10
Cetaceum.....................
@ 50
Chloroform..................... .
.  38® 40
Chloroform,  Squibbs__
@1  00
Chloral Hydrate  Cryst..
.1 50@1 75
Choudrus  ....'.........................................  
.  10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & W.......*
.  15® 20
Cinchonidine,  German........................
•  12® 17
Corks, see list, discount,  per cent__
40
Creasotum........
@ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75)........
.  @ 2
Creta  prep................................  
5® 6
. 
Creta, precip................................................8®  16
8@ 10
Creta Rubra.....................
@ 8
Crocus........  ..................
.  25® 30
Cudbear............................
@ 24
Cupri Sulph.....................
6® 7
Dextrine..........................
.  10® 12
Ether Suiph.....................
.  68® 7C
Emery, all  numbers.......
@ 8
Emery, po.........................
@ 6
Ergota. (po. 60).................
.  50® 60
Flake  White....................
.  12® 15
Galla.................................
@ 23
Gambler..........................
. 
7® 8
Gelatin, Coopor...............
.  © 15
Gelatin, French...............
.  40® 60
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.  6(>&io, lessT
, loss.
g®  15
Glue,  Brown........................................... 
9® 15
. 
Glue, White............................................  13®  25
.  13® £5
Glycerina......................................
.254® 30
Grana  Paradisi............................
@ 15
H um ulus......................................
.  25® 40
Hydrarg Chlor. Mitt  ..................
@ 75
Hydrarg  Chlor.  Cor....................
.  © 65
Hydrarg Oxide Rubrum.............
@ 85
Hydrarg  Ammoniati.............
@1  00
Hydrarg Unguentum..................
.  © 40
Hydrargyrum..............................
@ 65
Ichthyoeolla, Am  .......................
.1  25® 1  50
Indigo............................................
.  75©1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..............................
. 4 00® 4 10
Iodoform ......................................
.  @5 15
Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod............
@  2 
Liquor Potass  Arsinitis.......................
10®  12 
Lupuline  ...............................................
85@1 00 
Lycopodium...........................................
55®  60 
Macis.................  .................. .................
60®  65 
Magnesia. Sulph, (bbl. 1)4)....................
2®  3
Mannia. S. F...........................................
90® 1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W.
........2 85@3 10
Moschus Canton__
........   @*40
Myristica, No. 1
@   65
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)............................  @  10
Os.  Sepia...................................................  so® 33
Pepsin Saae, H. & P. D. Co..................  @3 00
Picis Liq,  N. C.. Y%  galls, doz...............  @3 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts..................................   @1 40
Picis Liq., p:nts......................................  @  85
Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80).............................   @  50
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22).............................   @  18
Piper  Alba, (po. 35)...............................   @  35
Pix  Burgun............................................   @ 
1
Plumbi Acet............................................   14® u
Potassa, Bitart, pure............................  @  40
Potassa,  Bitart, com............................  @  ij
Potass  Nitras, opt...................................  
8® 10
Potass  Nitras............................................ 
7®
Pulvis Ipecac  etopii............................l  io@I  30
Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D. Co., doz.  @1  00
Pyrethrum, pv.........................................  48® 5f
Quassiae.................................................... 
8® 10
.Quinia, S, P. &  W....................................   65® 70
Quinia. S, German...................................  50® 60
ltubia Tinctorum....................................   13® 13
Saccharuiu  Lactis, pv..............
1
Salaci».........................................
@5 50 
Sanguis Draconis.......................
.  40®  50
Santonine....................................
.  @4  50
Sapo,  W.......................................
..  12®  14
Sapo,  M....................................
8®   10
.. 
Sapo, G.........................................
®  If 
Seidlitz  Mixture........................
@ 28 
Sinapis.........................................
@  18 
Sinapis,  opt................................
@ 30 
Snuff,  Maceaboy,  Do. Voes__
.  @  3,
Snuff, Scotch,  Do. Voes...........
@  31 
Soda Boras, (po.  10)....................
8®  10
. 
Soda et PotossTart....................
.  33®  35
Soda Cmrb.............................
2®
Soda,  Bi-Carb................................ 
4®
Soda,  Ash...............................................  
3®
Soda  Sulphas....................................... 1  @
Spts. Ether Co.......................................   50®  5
Spts.  Myrcia  Dom.................................  @2  00
Spts. Myrcia Imp..................................   @3 50
Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl.  2 25)....................  @2 35
Strychnia, Crystal.................................  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl................................   24® 
34
Sulphur,  Roll
.  24@ 3 
Tamarinds...........
8®   10 
. 
Terebenth  Venice
.  28®  30 
Theobromae........
@  40
Vanilla  ...............................................;9 00@16ÔÔ
s
7@ 
Zinci  Sulph............................................ 
Gal
76
60
55
43
46
80
50
Lb 
Bbl
Red  Venetian...........  .................  1*
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Marseilles........  144
2® 3 
Ochre, yellow  Bermuda..........  144
2® 3 
Putty, commercial........ .........  2)4
24® 3 
Putty, Btrictly pure..................  24
244® 3 
Vermilion, prime American..
13® 16 
Vermilion,  English..................
58®60 
Green, Peninsular......................
16@17 
Lead, red strictly  pure...........
6® 64 
Lead, white, strictly pure.......
6® 64 
Whiting, white Spanish..........
®70 
Whiting,  Gilders’.....................
@90 
White, Paris American...........
1  10 
Whiting  Paris English cliff..
1 40 
Pioneer Prepared  T H in ts ____
1  20@1  40 
Swiss Villa Preparff  Paints..
1  00@1 20
VARNISHES.
No. lTurp  Coach..................................1  10@1 20
Extra  Turp...........................................1  60@1  70
Coach Body...........................................2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture..........................   1 00® 1  10
Extra Turk  Damar..............................1  55® 1  60
Japan Dryer, No. 1  Turp.....................   70®  75

w   , 
Bbl
Wnale, winter......................................  70
Lard, extra...........................................  55
Lard, No.  1...........................................  45
Linseed, pure  raw..............................  40
Linseed, boiled..................................   43
Neat’s Foot, winter  strained............  50
Spirits Turpentine.............................   44

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

PAINTS

OILS.

, 

WHOLESALE

Druggists!

42 and 44  Ottawa Street and  8g,  91,

93 and gs Louis Street. 

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

H

M A N U FA CTU RERS  OK

Elejait  Pharmaceutical  Prepara­

tions,  Finiti  Extracts  and 

Elixirs

G E N E R A L   W H O LESA LE  A G N 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 Go., Manu­
facturers of Hair, Shoe end 

Horse Brushes.

W E  A R E   SOLE  OW NERS  OF

Which is positively the best Remed; 

of the kind on the market.

We  desire  particular  attention  of  those 
about purchasing outfits for new  stores  to 
the fact of our  UNSURPASSED  FACIL­
ITIES for meeting the wants of  this  class 
of buyers WITHOUT  DELAY 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.

Wine aM Lifinor Department

We give our special and  personal atten­
tion t^ the selection of choice goods for the 
DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit 
the high praise accorded  to us for so satis­
factorily supplying the wants of our custom­
ers  with  PURE  GOODS  in  this depart­
ment.  We CONTROL and are the ONLY 
AUTHORIZED  AGENTS for the  sale  of 
the celebrated

WITHERS DADE & G0.’S

Henderson Co.,  Ky.,

Sour Mash  and  Old-Fashioned 

Hand-Made, Copper- 

Distilled

WHISKEY.

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

We are also owners of the

Druggists’  Favorite  Eye,

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

We 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.

POTASSIUM.

Bichromate.................................. .........   72®  14
Bromide....................................»...........  42®  45
Chlorate, (Po. 22)....................................  20®  22
Iodide......................................................3 (M'@3 25
Prussiato  ...A ...............  .  .  ■?.............  25®  28

RADIX.

 

“ 

A lthae......................................................  25®  30
Anchusa..................................................  15®  20
Arum,  po.......................................  
  @  25
Calamus....................................................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)...................................   10®  12
Giycbrrhiza,  (pv. 15)...............................  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,  (po. 35)..................  ®  30
Hellebore,  Alba,  po...............................  15®  20
Inula,  po..................................................   15®  20
Ipecac, po.............................................. 1 60@1  70
Jalapa,  pr................ •.................. ..........   25®  30
Maranta,  )4s............................................  @  35
Podophyllum,  po....................................  15®  18
Rhei  ........................................................  75tgl Ou
**  cut...................................................  @1  75
“  PV...................................................  75@1  35
Spigelia  .................................................  5U@  55
Sanguinaria, (po. 25)...............................  @  20
Serpeutaria...........................................   40®  45
Senega......................................................  50®  55
Smilax, Otflcinalis, H ............................  @ 40
“  4 |  Mex.......................  @  20
Scillae,  (po.35)..1?..................................   10®  12
kjvumuf 
u k i f .......... ...................
Symplocarpus,  Foetidus, po......
@  25 i
Valeriana,  English,  (po. 30)........
@ 85!
German.................................  15®  20
j
Anisum,(po.22).......................................   @  is!
Apium  (graveoiens)...............................  12®  15
Bird, Is.:.................................................  
4®  6
Carui,  (po. 20)..........................................   12®  15 ;
Cardamom............................................. l  00@1 25
Coriandrum..............................................  10®  12 j
Cannabis  Safiva........................................34®   4
Cydonium...............................................   75@1 00
Cnenopodium  .......................................   10®  12
Dipterix  Odorate..................................1  75@l  85 i
Foeniculum..............................................  @  is
Foenugreek, po...................................... 
6®  8
Lini.............................................................. 34®  4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)....................................  34®  4
Phalaris  Canarian.................................  4  @ 44
5®  6
Rapa........................................................ 
Sinapis,  Albu......................................... 
8®  9
’  “ 
Nigra....................................... 
8®  9

.  .. 
SEMEN. 

• 

SPIRITU S.

Frumenti,  W.,  D. & Co........................ 2 00@2 50
Frumenti, D. F. tt..................................1  75@2 00
Frumenti...............................................1 10@1 50
Juniperis Co.  O. T.................................1  75@1  75
Juniperis  Co.......................................... 1  75@3 50
Saacnarum  N. E....................................1 75@2 00 ; 
v^n i o S  tSf.1!! 
Vini  Alba..............................................  l 25@2 00 ! 

: : : : ; : : : : : : ; : : : : : ì  S

PAINT.

We have a full stock of this well-known 

brand of

MIZED  FAINT

and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can 

recommend it to our  customers  as  be­

ing a First Class  article.  We sell it

On  tiie   M a n u factu rers’  G u aran tee:

W hen two or m ore coats of our PIONEER l'KE* 
I'.IK K I)  P A I N T   is applied as received in original 
packages, and if w ithin  three years it should  eracic o r 
peel off. thus failing to  give  satisfaction, we  agree to 
re-paint  the  building  a t  our  expense,  w ith  the  best 
W hite Lead or  such other p aint as the  ow ner  may se­
lect.  In  case  of  com plaint,  prom pt  notice  m ust  be 
given to the dealer.

T.  H.  NEVIN  &  CO..

Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead.

Pittsburg, Pa.

Write for prices and Sample Card to

Wholesale  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

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 öS  Try  p o l i s h i n a ,  b est F urniture Fm -

isk  m ade.

Jobbers of CROCKERY, GLASSWARE and BARGAIN COUNTER GOODS.'

134  TO  142 EAST  3TOXTOXT  STREET,

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NO.  2,  IRON  AXLE  EXPRESS  WAGON.

BOY’S  WAGONS.

The

Wagons  are  well-made  and  neatly  finished,  Front

Wheels Turn Under, Curved Front Wood Axle.

No.  X.  Size of Box  10x12 inches,  Wheels  8 and 12 inches,

Sold only in crates of 1 doz.  each,  per  doz........$4  50

No.  O.  Size of Box 12x24 inches,  Wheels 10 and 14 inches, 
Curved Wood  Axle,  Front  Wheels  turn under, 
packed  in  crates  of }4 doz.  Sold  only  by  the 
crate; price per  doz.................  ..........................

No.

No.

Size of box 12x20 inches,  Wheels 10 and 14 inches, 
Iron Axle,  Iron  Boxes in hubs,  Front and Rear 
Axles Curved and strongly braced, packed )4 doz. 
in crate,  sold by crate  only, price per doz.

SO  00

Same  style  as  No.  2,  only  box  13)4x27 inches. 
Nicely painted  outside  and  inside.  Adjustable 
Tongue  Brace.  Packed  U  doz.  in crate.  Sold 
by crate only.  Price per doz......................

12  00

No.  4. Same construction as No.  3.  Size  of box 14/4x29, 
Wheels  12  and  10  inches.  Packed  M  doz.  in 
crate.  Sold by crate only.  Per doz.................$11

00

TOY  CARTS.

No.  30.  Body 5x6 inches, 6 inch  wheels,  no tires,  painted

in bright colors.  Sold by the dozen only.  Per doz.  95

No.  20.’  Same  as  No.  30,  except  wheels  have  tin  tires,

Price per dozen......................................................SI  20

No.  O.  Body  5x10  inches,  6 inch  wheels,  tin tires, price

per dozen.............................................................. SI  50  Æ

No.  1.  Body 5)4x11 inches, 6 inch wheels, tin  tires,  price

per  dozen.............................................................. $1  GO

Body 7x12 inches,  S inch  wheels,  tin tires,  price

per  dozen...............................................................$2  00

No.  2.  Body  7x14  inches,  8 inch  wheels,  tin  tires,  price

per dozen..................*.............................................$2  75

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Â É H M I
¡¡saffi»;:

Compromises and  W hat They  Lead  To.*'
There  are  certain  tendencies  in modern 
business methods which  business men  can­
not fail to deprecate. 
I do not wish to con­
vey  the  idea  that the business  methods of 
twenty or fifty  years  ago  were  free from 
these tendencies, but the  change  from  the 
ox team to the  lightning express—from  the 
snail-pace post  to  the  electric  telegraph— 
has multiplied the evil as well  as  the  good 
tendencies of trade and brought about a con­
dition of things  which calls  for the serious 
and thoughtful attention of business men.
Among the evils which should  receive at­
tention is tire present  loose method of com­
promising with debtors.  There are at least 
two sides to every question, and this subject 
seems  to  have  three  points of  view—the | 
jobber, ^the retailer and  the  debtor himself. 
Let us first consider the matter from the job­
ber’s  standpoint:
I do not think  anyone  will disagree with 
me in the  statement  that  tire  present sys­
tem of obtaining  and  continuing  credits  is 
altogether too reckless, and that the anxiety 
of the jobber to sell  goods  is altogether too 
marked.  Suppose a man goes into a jobbing 
establishment  with the  announcement  that 
he has several hundred dollars in money and 
proposes to engage  in  business at a certain 
place.  As  soon  as  the  jobber  ascertains 
that the man’s statement that he has money 
is true, he  immediately  falls  in  with  the 
idea, advises him to embark in  trade  with­
out  delay, and  offers  him  twice  as  many 
goods as he has money to pay for.  No pains 
are taken to ascertain  whether the man has 
any adaptability  for  business.  No time  is 
lost in ascertaining  whether  the  place  the 
man names is  a  desirable  location  for  the 
business proposed. 
If  the  jobber already 
has a good customer there, who buys largely 
and pays promptly, that  fact  is  also  over­
looked.  The controling idea in the mind of 
the wholesaler is to transfer the money from 
the man’s pocket to the  jobber’s  safe  with 
the least possible delay.  Little heed is paid 
to the consequences—to  the question of  fu­
ture payments—to the effect of the action on 
the good customer  in  the  same town—the 
only thing thought of  is  how to obtain  pos­
session  of  the  man’s  money  before  some 
other jobber is given  the same opportunity. 
The jobber puts himself at rest on the ques­
t i o n  of payments by asserting that  all  men 
pay well when they first begin business, and 
that whenever the  man  begins  to get slow 
he can pull out  and  let  some  other house 
bear the brunt of poor management; that  in 
case he does not pull  out  soon  enough,  he 
can compromise his  account and thus  avoid 
a total loss.
I am aware that some of my friends among 
the  jobbing  trade will  accuse me of  over­
drawing the picture, and perhaps the charge 
m ay be true  in  individual  instances;  but  I 
have no hesitation  in  saying  that  in nine 
Cases out of ten the facts are as I have stated 
them.
As to the short-sightedness of  such  busi­
ness methods, there could seem to be no dif­
ference  of  opinion.  A  partial  excuse  is 
found in the statement,  “If one jobber does 
not  sell  tire  stock,  another one  will,”  but 
even this excuse will not pass muster in the 
case of many of  the miserable apologies for 
merchants which the jobbing trade of  every 
Western market is continually setting adrift.
Let  us  now look at the  subject from the 
aspect of the reputable merchant.  I have in 
mind  a  country  village  where  the  entire 
trade was in the hands of  two  dealers, who 
started  with  small  capital,  but  paid  their 
bills promptly.  As  their accumulations in­
creased,  they began  discounting their bills. 
They understood each  other well enough to 
avoid  cutting  in  prices, and  their patrons 
came to look upon them as close buyers and 
sellers, and congratulated themselves on be­
ing able to deal with men so reliable and ac­
commodating. 
In course of  time, the clerk 
in each establishment  conceived the idea of 
bettering his condition  by engaging in busi­
ness on his own  account.  A traveling man 
acted as the mediator and  brought them to­
gether.  They had no capital, but it did not 
take  long  to  find a jobber who  would  sell 
them a stock on promises  and  probabilities 
—and,  as  is  frequently  the case,  the  same 
house was  selling  the  other merchants  in 
the same town.  The boys opened  up  their 
stock  and  sought  to  attract  patronage by 
cutting below the prices of their former em­
ployers.  When  remonstrated  with,  they 
justified their course by. stating that the ven­
ture was the jobber’s  risk—not theirs—that 
in the  event  of  failure  they  would com­
promise  with  their  creditors  and  go  on 
again.  And the opportunity for compromis­
ing presented itself inside  of  a  year.  The 
business was again opened up under circum­
stances which  the  young  men  considered, 
more favorable, but  within  a  year another 
compromise was  effected,  the  boys retired 
fron^ business, and the stock was closed out 
at “slaughter sale,” to the consternation and 
regret of  the  merchants  :uid the great de­
light of their patrons.  The boys were gone, 
but the effect of their  action still remained. 
In their attempt  to  influence  trade in their 
direction, they cut  off  the  entire profit  on 
every staple.  The  other  merchants  were 
compelled to  meet  the  prices,  and  found 
themselves unable to  get  the margins back 
to decent limits  after  the  boys had closed 
their business  career.  Their  patrons,  who 
had  theretofore  looked upon  them
traders, accused  them  of’  “charging extor-  a comparatively high price; 3,000,000  bowls 
tionate prices before  competition compelled ! Gf ciay or lava,  plain at about 3d. and better 
them  to come to  time,”  and  the confidence I kintis  at  3s  per  dozen;  15,000,000  pipes

Ruhla,  a mountain village  of  Thuringia, 
is the  center  of  the  pipe  manufacture  of 
Germany.  The true clay is to  be  procured 
only  at  Eski-Scher,  in  Asia  Minor, where 
there are large  deposits,  and  whence  it  is 
sent direct to the  manufactories  at  Ruhla, 
of which there are at present forty, employ­
ing almost the whole population of  the  dis­
trict  The number of pipes and other  arti­
cles dear  to  smokers  turned  out  is  enor­
mous,  the yearly average being 540,000  real 
meerschaums, varying In  price from  3d.  to 
£12 apiece; 500,000 imitation  meerschaums, 
at from Is. to £1 per  dozen; 9,600,000  por­
celain  pipe  bowls,  either  plain  white  or 
gaily painted, rising in price from 4d. to 10s. 
per dozèn; 5,000,000 wooden pipes  of  infin­
ite variety in size, form,  ornamentation and 
price, the  common  kinds  being  extremely 

dollar,  or suffer the  penalty  of  remaining 
out of business. 
If every merchant had tins 
alternative staring  him  in  the  face, there 
would be fewer failures.  Men  without  ex­
perience or business  ability would not  rush 
into trade so precipitately.  Goods would not 
be  slaughtered  so  ruinously,  because  the 
dealer would  realize  that  in  doing  so he 
would  jeopardise  his  chances  of#success. 
Finally,  an improvement in the present sys­
tem would result in great benefit to the busi­
ness public from  the  moral  standpoint,  as 
tending to render failure  more  disreputable 
and success more honorable._____ _______
” »Paoer read by E  A. Stowe before the March 
convention  of  the  Michigan  Business  Men s 
Association.

as  M r I  cheap, and those artisically carved  fetching 

From the London Times.

Manufacture of Pipes 

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I have frequently  talked  with  men 1 »‘ghiy carvea. 

Istence of the illegitimate  competition, they  cover,  etc.),  from  5d.  to  £25  per  dozen, 
found themselves in  about  the same plight  There are five qualités of meerschaum  used 
as  the Celtic  gentleman  who had lost  his 
ln thg mnlring Gf pjpes;  the  best  is  known
,'w S S n w e n o w » a y   for  the  man  who  hy its facile absorption of the nicotine Juice 
goes into business  with the  deliberate pur-  of the tobacco,  which  gradually  developes 
pose of throwing the consequences on others, 
into a rici, brown blush  upon  the  surface, 
in the event of  failure—the  man who acts  a n d   w h e n   t j)is  proCe8s is yvell advanced, the
o n  the principle ot “Nothing ventured, noth- 
1
tag gained,” and “If I  win* it’s  mine;  if  I j  pipe becomes  almost  invulnerable,  without 
lose,  it’s yours.”  And y eti  am  personally | being hard.  A specimen of  this  kind  sold 
cognizant of scores  of  such  instances,  and j  at y ienna for £50, although it was  not very 
can recall several cases  in point at this mo- | . . . .  
ment 
who had compromised, or were seeking com-
promises,  with their  creditors,  and they  in- 
variably assured me that  they  were  forced  From the New England Grocer, 
Robert M.  Floyd’s story,  entitled “Was It 
into failing by allowing the jobber too great 
lenity in sending them  goods,  being always  a 'Warning or a Dream?”  published in The 
assured  that  in  case  they did not succeed, j Michigan  Tradesman, 
is  worthy  of 
their creditors would help them out of  their  ]?rank Stockton, a well-known novelist.  In 
difficulty. 
Indeed,¡it is equal to many of that novelist’s
I am not inclined to  take such statements productions and the ending  reminds  one of 
as wholly trustworthy, but I am  thoroughly 
the  unanswered  problem  enumerated  in 
convinced that it is time to call a halt on the 
“The Lady and the Tiger.”
subject  of  compromises.  Conducive  alike
to  reckless  buying and  still more  reckless 
selling-much of  the cutting  in prices may  . 

The growth of  the  personal  character  is 
.  molded by  the  gradual  recognition

Worthy of Stockton,

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otir merchants are crowding.  1 do not wish  evolved in the  inevitable  struggle  between 
to be understood as condemning settlements 
in cases of  misfortune,  but  the  man  who 
fails dishonestly or  through  his own fault, 
should be compelled to pay 100 cents on the I the firm possession of one s self.

forward leads to the finding and

an(j pleasure
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PURCHASING-  DEPARTMENT.
For the convenience of our customers we have added a 
Purchasing  Department  to  our  business, and  placed  the 
same under  care of Mr. Frank A. Stone.

Our facilities for obtaining all kinds of merchandise at 
Bottom Prices are so excellent that our friends are invited 
to  make  use  of  them.  All  correspondence  promptly 
answered and prices quoted, no matter whether the article 
wanted is in our line or not.  Send to us and we "will look
it up for yon. 
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J.  DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

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THE  NEW

Soap  Company.

As  previously  announced,  the  trade  is 
now being supplied with Soap from this new 
factory.  Two  brands  are now introduced, 
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D I R E C T I O N S  

We have cooked the corn in this can 
sufficiently.  Should  bet Thoroughly
Warmed (not cooked) adding  piece ot 
Good Butter (size of hen's egg) and gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.)
¡Season to suit when on the table. Npne 
genuine unless bearing the signature ot

CHILLICOTHE
AT  THIS 

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Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with 

signature and stamp on each can.

The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

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

and fresh until entirely used. 

ARTHUR MEIGS  &  CO,

W holesale Grocers,

P U R E

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SOlo  Agents,

77 to 83 SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET,  GRAND  RAPID*

L i t t l e   D a i s y .
Botn 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.

“Pnre”

Gloss”

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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 f

Respectfully,

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

THE  PERFECTION  OF  QUALITY.

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME!

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

