The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  24,  1888.

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NO. 266.

REMOVED.

1IAS  REMOVED  FROM

46  Ottawa  Street,

THDEBIB,  m u m   S   CO,

NEW   YORK,

RET .TA B LE

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

0 3 - 0 5   Pearl  S t .

[It is b o th  p leasant and  profitable  ior. 

occasionally visit New Y ork, an d  all such a re cordially 
t a X £ t o « a i , l o ° k  th rough o u r establishm ent, corner 
W est Broadway, R eade  and Hudson streets, and  m ake 
o u r acquaintance, w hether  th ey  w ish to  buy goods o r 
not.  Ask fo r a  m em ber of th e  firm.]

M o re  R o o m ! 

B ette r   F a c ilitie s!

The  Inspeclibn of the  Trade is 

Solicited.

TWO  OEM

The above head-line does not  refer to the 

great leaders in the  political  parties, 

but  to  two  of  the  GREATEST 

SELLING Cigars on the mar­

ket to-day—namely:
W A R R E N ’S

" S pec k led  H m a p s ,”
Warren’s'Silver Spots.'

A N D   T H E IR 'R U N N IN G   M A TES,

The  “Speckled  Havanas”  for  a  Ten 
Cent Cigar, and the  “Silver  Spots” for a 
Five  Cent  Cigar,  stand  without  rivals 
wherever  introduced.  Every  dealer  in 
Fine  Cigars  should  secure  these  two 
brands, as they are  TRADE  WINNERS.
Full  particulars  in  regard  to  prices, 
terms, etc.,  can be had by addressing

GEOXW BRREPGO,

MANUFACTURERS

High Grade Cigars,

EDMUND B. DlKEMAfi

THE  GREAT

44 GMHL ST.,

Grand Rapids, -  ¡listi,
S A F E S !

Anyone  in  want  of  a  first-class  Fire or 
Burglar Proof Safe of  the  Cincinnati  Safe 
and  Lock  Co.  manufacture  will  find  it to 
his advantage to write  or  call  on  us.  We 
have light expenses, and are able to sell low­
er than  any  other house representing first- 
class  work.  Second-hand  safes  always on 
hand.

C. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement ol Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

FLINT,  MICHIGAN.

'J

I  have  removed my  stock from 
40 and 42 South Division  Street to

19 S.  Ionia St.

NEW  BLODGETT  BLOCK,

where five floors and a basement af­
ford me better facilities  than  ever 
before  for the  proper  prosecution 
of my business.

Daniel Lunch,

-SUCCESSOR TO-

FRED D. YÄLE l CO.

BOOK-KEEPING

WIPED  OUT!

No  Pass  Books!
No Charging!
No Posting!

No Writing!

No Disputing of iGGOiInts! 

No  Change to  Make!
Credit GOUPON  Book!

T R A D E S M A N

THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM 

ON  THE  MARKET.

S 2 Coupons, per hundred........................... $2.50
SB 
............................3.00

W e  quote  prices as  follow s:
** 

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“  500 
“ 1000 
on ^ cash  basis.

Orders for 200 or over........................5 per cent,

Subject to th e follow ing discounts:
“
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“ 
“ 
Send in sample order and put your  business 
E. I. STOWE I  BRO., Grand Rapids,

.......................10 
...... .............20 

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“ 

W e are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
will save you their cost at least 
three times each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send 
for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.

G R IP  RAPIDS,  MICH.
B E L K N A P
Wagon  and  Sleigh  Co,

Manufacturers of

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

W AGONS

LOGGING  CARTS  AND  TRUCKS, 

MILL  AND  DUMP  CARTS, 

LUMBERMEN’S  AND 

RIVER  TOOLS.

We carry a large  stock  of  material  and  hav 
every facility for making  first  class  Wagons of 
all kinds.  * 
to  Repairing, 
j3 f”Special  attention  given 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids

.  .

_ 

Voigt, Herplsleier  & Co
D ry G o o d s ,

Importers and Jobbers of

STAPLE and FANCY.

O v e r a lls,  P a n ts ,  E tc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

PanGU Grockerg and

FanGg  Wooienware.

OUR  OWN  IMPORTATION.

Inspection  solicited.  Chicago  and 

troit prices guaranteed.

De-

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Full line.  Cash prices this month. 

W   H
GRAHAM  ROYS,  -  G rand  Rapids, Mich.

P

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VOL.

OUR  FALL  LINE  OF

------IS  NOW  COMPLETE.------

J .  L.  KYM ER (of our firm),

OUR  TRAVELERS
GEO.  H.  RAYNOR

line of samples.

and GILBERT  J . HAAN
Will soon call upon the trade  with a complete 

EM, Lid i CO,
20 and 22  Monroe  81. Grand  Rapids
WALES  -  GOODYEAR

—AND—

CONNECTICUT

Rubbers.

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86  Monroe Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

ÏOORTESATlOSiL Biffi

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ierce,  Vice President.

CAPITAL, 

- 

II. P. Baker, Cashier.
- 
-  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

M a k e  a   S p e c ia l ty  o f   C o lle c tio n s .  A c c o u n t s  

o f  C o u n t r y  M e r c h a n t s  S o l ic i te d .

APPLES

We make a specialty of  handling  AP­
PLES in car lots and less  and  would 
be pleased to  open  correspondence 
with  a  view  to  receiving  your 
shipments.  Will  at  all  times 
m a k e   l i b e r a l   a d v a n c e s .  
“Prompt  returns  at  top 

market  price,”  is  our 

maxim.

CHICAGO.

ASK  FOR

S. T. FISH & CO., 189  So.  W ater  St„ 
ÄRDENTER

BEST ID THE WORLD.

ilJ

JULIUS  HOUSEMAN, Pres.,

A. B. WATSO N, Treas..
CASH CAPITAL,  8 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

S. F. A SPIN W A IX , Secy. 

G.  M .  M U N G E R   &   CO.,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders  attended  to with 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

piomptness.  Nice W ork, Q uick Tim e 

Satisfaction G uaranteed.

W .  E. HALL,  J r.. 

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.

  M anager.

J U D D   c *3  O O . ,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

108  CANA L  STREET.

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

C H A P T E R   I II .

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that 

innocence 

“ I neglected that ‘piece of busine 

“On  Calton  Hill  about  twelve 
“ Calton  Hill?” 

U i  W H IC H   JO H N   E N JO Y S  T H E   H A R V E ST   H OM E.
Shortly  after  breakfast,  at  which  he 
assisted  with  a  highly  tragical  counte­
nance, John  sought his  father where  he 
sat,  presumably  in  religious meditation, 
on ’the  Sabbath  morning.  The  old man 
looked  up with that  sour, inquisitive ex­
pression that came so near to smiling and 
was so different in effect.
‘•This  is a time  when  I  do not  like to 
be disturbed,” he said.
“I know  that,”  returned  John;  “but I 
have—j want—I’ve made a dreadful mess 
of  it,” he  broke  out; and  turned to  the 
window.
Mr.  Nicholson  sat  silent  for  an  ap­
preciable  time,  while  his  unhappy  son 
surveyed  the  back  garden and a  certain 
yellow  cat  that  was  perched  upon  the 
wall.  Despair  sat  upon  John  as  he 
gazed;  and  he  raged  to  think  of  the 
dreadful  series of  his misdeeds,  and  the 
essential 
lay  behind 
them.
“Well,”  said  the  father  with  an  ob­
vious  effort,  but  in  very  quiet  tones 
“what is it?”
“Maclean gave me  §2,000 to put  in the 
bank,  sir,” began  John;  “and I’m  sorry 
to say that I’ve been robbed of it!”
| 
“Robbed  of  it?”  cried  Mr. Nicholson 
with a strong rising inflection.  “Robbed?
! Be careful what you say, John!”
I  can’t  say anything  else, sir;  I was 
robbed of it,”  said  John,  in  desperation, 
uddenly.
“And  where and  when did  this  extra 
ordinary event take  place?” inquired the 
father.
last
night.”
repeated  Mr 
Nicholson,  “And  what  were  you  doing 
there at such a time of the night?
“Nothing,  sir,”  says John.
Mr. Nicholson drew his breath.
“And  how  came  the  money  in  your 
hands  at  twelve  last  night?”  he asked 
sharply. 
said  John,  anticipating  comment;  and 
then,  in  his own  dialect:  “I  clean  for 
ot all about it.”
Well,”  said  his  father,  “it’s  a  most 
xtraordinary  story.  Have you  commu­
nicated with the police?”
I  have,”  answered ''poor  John,  the 
lood  leaping to  liis  face.  “They think 
they  know the  men that  did  it. 
I  dare 
ay the  money will  be  recovered, if that 
as  all,” said  he,  with  a  desperate  in­
difference,  which  his  father  set  down 
levity;  but  which  sprung  from  the 
consciousness of worse behind.
Y o u r  mother’s  watch, 
too?”  asked 
Mr. Nicholson.
the  watch  is  all  right!”  cried 
Oh. 
John.  “At least.  I  mean  1 was  coming 
to the  watch—the  fact is, I am  ashamed 
to  say; I—I  had  pawned  the watch  be­
fore.  Here is the ticket;  they didn’t find 
that;  the  wqtch  can  be  redeemed;  they 
don’t sell  pledges.”  The lad panted out 
these  phrases,  one  after  another,  like 
minute guns;  but at the last word, which 
ang in that stately chamber like an oath, 
heart  failed  him  utterly;  and  the 
dreaded silence settled on father and son.
It was  broken by  Mr. Nicholson  pick- 
g up the  pawn  ticket:  “John Froggs,” 
he  read;  and  then  turning  upon  John, 
rith a brief flash of  passion and disgust, 
Who is John Froggs?” he cried. 
“Nobody,”  said  John.  “It  was  just a 
name.”
“An alias,” his father commented.
I  think  scarcely  quite  that,’ 
“Oh! 
aid the  culprit;  “it’s a form, they all do 
it, the man seemed to understand, we had 
a great deal of fun over the name—”
He  paused  at  that,  for  he  saw  hi 
father  wince  at  the  picture  like a man 
physically  struck;  and  again  there  was 
ilence.
“I  do not think,” said  Mr.  Nicholson 
at  last,  “that I am an ungenerous father 
I have never  grudged  you  money within 
reason, for  any  avowable  purpose;  you 
had  just to come to me and  speak.  And 
now  I  find  that  you  have forgotten  all 
decency  and  all  natural  feeling,  and 
actually pawned—pawned—your mother’ 
watch.  You  must  have had  some temp 
tation;  I  will  do  you the  justice to sup 
pose  it was a strong one.  Wliat  did j ou 
want with  this money?”
I would rather not tell you, sir,”  said 
John.  “It  will  only  make  you  angry 
“I will not  be fenced  with,” cried  hi 
father.  "There must be an end of disin 
genuous  answers.  W hat  did  y ou  want 
with this money?”
“To lend it to Houston, sir,”  says John 
“I  thought  I  had  forbidden  you  to 
speak  to  that  young  man?”  asked  the 
father.
“Yes, sir,”  said John;  “but I only met 
him.”
“Where?”  came the deadly question. 
And  “In a  billiard  room,”  was  the 
damning answer.
Thus, had John's single departure from 
the  truth  brought  instant  punishment 
For  no other  purpose  but  to  see  Alan 
would  he  have  entered  a  billard  room; 
but he had  desired to palliate the fact  of 
his  disobedience,  and  now  it  appeared 
that  he  frequented  these  disreputable 
haunts upon his own account.
Once  more  Mr. Nicholson digested  the 
vile  tidings  in  silence;  and  when  John 
stole a glance at his father’s countenance 
he  was abashed to  see the  marks of  suf­
fering.
“Well,”  said  the  old  gentleman,  at 
last,  “I  cannot pretend  not to be  simply 
bowed down.  1 arose this morning what 
the  world  calls a happy  man—happy  at 
least, in a son of whom I thought I could 
be reasonably proud—.”
But it was beyond human nature to en­
dure  this  longer;  and  John  interrupted 
almost with  a  scream.  “Oh,”  he  cried, 
“that’s not  all, that’s not the worst  of  it 
—it’s  nothing!  How  could  I  tell  you 
were  proud  of  me;  Oh!  I  wish, I  wish 
that I  had  known;  but  you  always  said 
I was such a disgrace!  And the dreadful 
thing is this:  We  were all  taken up last

night, and  we  have  to pay  Colette’s  fine 
among  the  six, or we’ll  be  had  up  for 
evidence.  They  made  me  swear  to  tell 
ou;  but, for  my part,”  he  cried,  burst­
ing  into  tears, 
“I  just  wish  that  I 
was  dead!”  And  he  fell  on his  knees 
before a chair and hid his face.
Whether his father spoke, and whether 
he  remained  long in  the room or  at once 
departed,  are  points  lost to  history.  A 
horrid  turmoil of  mind and  body;  burst­
ing  sobs;  broken,  vanishing  thoughts, 
now  of  indignation,  now  of  remorse; 
broken  elementary  whiffs  of  conscious­
ness, of the smell of the  horse-hairon the 
chair  bottom, of  the  jangling of  church 
bells that  now began to make  day  horri­
ble  throughout the  confines of  the  city, 
of the hard  floor that  bruised his  knees, 
of the taste of  tears that found their way 
into his  mouth;  for a period of  time, the 
duration of  which  I  cannot guess, while 
refuse  to  dwell  longer,  on  its  agony, 
these  were  the whole of God’s world  for 
John Nicholson.
When  at  last,  as  by the  touching of a 
spring, he returned  again to clearness  of 
consciousness  and  even  a  measure  of 
composure, the  bells  had  but  just  done 
ringing,  and  the  Sabbath  silence  was 
still marred by the patter of belated feet 
By the clock  above the fire, as well as by 
these  more  speaking  signs,  the  service 
had  not  long  begun;  and the  unhappy 
sinner, if  his  father had  really  gone  to 
church,  might  count on  near two  hour: 
of  only comparative unhappiness.*'  With 
his  father,  the  superlative  degree  re­
turned  infallibly.  He  knew it  by every 
shrinking  fiber  in  his body, he  knew  it 
by the sudden dizzy whirling of his brain 
at  the  mere  thought of  that  calamity 
An hour and a half, perhaps an hour and 
three-quarters,  if  the  doctor  was  long 
winded, and then would begin again  that 
active  agony  from  which,  even  in  the 
dull  ache of  the  present, he  shrunk  as 
from  the  bite  of  fire.  He  saw,  in 
vision,  the  family  pew,  the  somnolent 
cushions,  the  Bibles,  the  psalm-books 
Maria with  her smelling-salts, his  father 
sitting  spectacled  and  critical;  and  at 
oncejie was  struck with indignation, not 
unjustly. 
It  was  inhuman  to  go off  to 
church, and  leave  a  sinner in  suspen 
unpunished,  unforgiven.  And  at  the 
ery  touch  of  criticism,  the  paternal 
anctity  was  lessened;  yet the  paternal 
terror only  grew, and  the two  strands of 
feeling pushed him in the same direction 
\nd  suddenly there  came  upon him 
mad  fear  lest  his  father  should  hav 
locked him in.  The notion had no ground 
n sense;  it was probably no  more than 
eminiscence  of  similar  calamities 
i 
hildhood,  for  his  father’s  room  had 
always  been the  chamber of  inquisition 
and  "the  scene  of  punishment;  but 
tuck  so rigorously  iu  his mind  that he 
must  instantly  approach  the  door  and 
prove its untruth.  As he went, he struc 
upon  a drawer  left open  in the  busine: 
table. 
It  was  the  money-drawer, 
measure  of  his  father’s  disarry:  The 
money-drawer—perhaps  a  pointing  pro 
.idence!  Who is  to  decide,  when  eve 
divines  differ between  a  providence and 
temptation?  or  who,  sitting  calmly 
under  his  own  vine,  is  to  pass a  jud; 
ment  on  the  doings  of  a  poor,  liunte 
dog, slavishly afraid, slavishly rebellion: 
like  John  Nicholson  on  that  particular 
Sunday?  His  hand was  in  the  drawe 
almost before liis mind had conceived the 
hope;  and  rising to his new  situation 
wrote, sitting  in  his father’s  chair 
using his father’s 11 otting-pa 1, his pitiful 
apology and farewell:

My  De a r  F a t h e r—1  have taken  the 
money, but  I will  pay it back  as soon  as 
X am  able.  You  will  never  hear of  me 
again.  1 did not mean any harm by  any­
thing, so 1 hope you will  try and  forgive 
me. 
I  wish  you  would  say good-bye to 
Alexander  and  Maria,  but  not  if  you 
don’t  want  to. 
I  could  not  wait  to  see 
you, really.  Please try to forgive me. 
“ J ohn N icholson.”

Your affectionate son,

The  money abstracted and  the missive 
written, he  could  not  be  goue  too  soon 
from  the  scene of  these  transgressions; 
and  remembering  how  his  father  had 
once  returned  from  church,  on  some 
slight illness, in the middle of the second 
psalm,  he  durst  not even  make a packet 
of  a change of  clothes.  Attired  as  he 
was, he slipped  from the paternal  doors, 
and found  himself in the cool spring air, 
the  thin spring  sunshine, and  the great 
Sabbath quiet of the city, which was now 
only pointed  by the cawing of  the rooks. 
There  was  not a soul  in Randolph  Cres­
cent, nor a soul in Queensferry street;  in 
this  out-door  privacy and  the  sense  of 
escape, John  took  heart again;  and  with 
a pathetic  sense of  leave taking,  he even 
ventured up the lane and stood  awhile,  a 
strange peri at the gates of  a quaint p a r­
adise. 
It was thus, with no rising sense of the 
adventurous, but  in mere  desolation and 
despair,  that  he  turned  his  back on  hi 
native city,  and  set out  on foot for  Cali­
fornia, with  a  more  immediate  eye  to 
Glasgow.

.  . 

...

c h a p t e r iv .

T H E   SECOND  SO W IN G .

It is no part of  mine to narrate  the ad 
ventures of  John  Nicholson, which were 
many, but  simply  his  more  momentous 
misadventures, which were  more than he 
desired, and,  by human  standards,  more 
than he  deserved;  how he  reached  Cali­
fornia, how  he  was  robbed, and  beaten 
and starved;  how he was at last taken up 
by  charitable  folk,  restored to  some  de­
gree  of  self-complacency,  and  installed 
as  a clerk  in a bank in  San Francisco,  it 
would take too  long to tell;  nor in  these 
episodes were there any mark of the pecul­
iar Nicholsonic destiny, for they were just 
such matters as befell some  thousands of 
other young adventurers in the same days 
and places.  But once posted in the bank, 
he  fell  for a time  into a high  degree  of 
good  fortune,  which,  as  it  was  only  a 
longer  way about to fresh disaster, it be­
hooves me to explain.
It was  his  luck  to meet a  young man 
i in  what  is  technically  called a “dive,

suggesting 

and, thanks to his  monthly wages, to ex­
tricate this new acquaintance  from a po­
sition  of  present  disgrace  and  possible 
danger  in  the  future.  This  young man 
was  the  nephew of  one of  the  Nob Hill 
magnates,  who  run  the  San  Francisco 
Stock  Exchange, much as  more  humble 
adventurers, in  the  corner of  some pub­
lic park at home, may be seen to perform 
the  simple  artifice  of  pea  and  thimble 
for  their  own  profit, that is  to say, and 
the  discouragement of  public  gambling.
It was thus in his power—and,  as he was 
of  grateful  temper,  it  was  among  the 
things  that  he  desired—to put  John  in 
the way of  growing rich;  and thus, with­
out  thought  or  industry, or  so much as 
even  understanding  the  game  at which 
he played, but by simply buying and sell­
ing what he was told to buy and sell, that 
plaything of fortune was presently at the 
head of  upward of §60,000.
How he had come to deserve this wealth, 
any  more  than  how  he  had  formerly 
earned  disgrace  at home, was a problem 
beyond the reach of  his  philosophy. 
It 
..as true that he had been  industrious at 
the bank, but  no  more  so than the cash­
ier,  who  had  seven  small  children  and 
ras visibly sinking in  decline.  Nor was 
the  step  which  had  determined his ad- 
ance—a  visit  to  a dive  with a month’s 
wages  in  his  pocket—an  act  of  such 
transcendant  virtue, or even  wisdom,  a 
to seem  to merit  the  favor  of  the  gods 
rom  some  sense  of  this,  and  of  the 
dizzy  see-saw—heaven-high,  hell-deep- 
on  which  men sit clutching;  or perhap 
fearing  that  the  sources of  his  fortune 
might  be  insidiously traced to some root 
in the field of  petty cash;  he stuck to his 
work, said not a word of  his new circum­
stances,  and kept his account with a bank 
in a different  quarter of  the  town.  The 
concealment,  innocent  as  it seems, was 
the first step in the  second  tragi-comedy 
of  John’s existence.
Meanwhile, he had never written home 
Whether  from  diffidence  or shame, or 
touch of  qnger, or  mere  procrastination 
or because (as  we  have  seen) he had no 
skill in literary arts, or  because (as l am 
ometimes tempted to suppose) there is 
law in human nature that prevents young 
men—not  otherwise  beasts—from  the 
performance of this simple act of  piety 
months and  years had gone by,  and John 
had  never  written.  The  habit  of  not 
writing, indeed, was already fixed  befor 
he had begun to  come  into  his  fortune 
and  it  was  only the difficulty of  break­
ing  this  long  silence that withheld him 
from an instant restitution of  the  money 
he had stolen or (as  he  preferred to call 
In vain  he  sat  before pa 
it) borrowed. 
per, attending ou  inspiration;  that hea 
euly  nymph,  beyond 
the 
words “my  dear  father,”  remained  ob­
stinately  silent;  and  presently  John 
would crumple up the sheet  and  decide, 
as  soon  as  he  had  “a good chance,” to 
carry the  money home  in  person.  And 
this delay, which is indefensible,  was his 
second step into the  snares of  fortune.
Ten  years  had  passed,  and  John was 
drawing near to thirty.  He had kept the 
promise of  his boyhood,  and  was now of 
a lusty frame, verging toward corpulence; 
good  features, good  eyes, a genial  man­
ner,  a ready laugh, a long  pair  of  sandy 
whiskers,  an  American  accent, make up 
the man’s externals as he could be viewed 
in  society. 
Inwardly,  in  spite  of  his 
gross  body  and  highly  masculine whis­
kers,  he  was  more  like  a maiden  lady 
than a man of  twenty-nine.
It chanced one day,  as he was strolling 
down  Market  street  on  the  eve  of  his 
fortnight’s  holiday,  that  his  eye  was 
caught by certain  railway  hills,  and  in 
very idleness of  mind  he  calculated that 
he  might  be  home  for  Christmas if  he 
started  on  the  morrow.  The  fancy 
thrilled him with  desire,  and in one  mo­
ment he decided that he would go.
There  was  much to be done—his port­
manteau to be  packed,  a credit  to be got 
from  the  bank, where he  was a wealthy 
customer,  and  certain  offices to be trans­
acted for that  other  bank  in  which  he 
was an humble  clerk;  and  it chanced,  in 
conformity with  human  nature, that out 
of  all this business it  was  the  last  that 
came to he neglected.  Night found him, 
not  only  equipped  with  money  of  his 
own, but  once  more (as on  that  former 
occasion)  saddled  with  a  considerable 
sum of  other people’s.
Now,  it  chanced  there  lived  in  the 
same  boarding-house  a  fellow-clerk  of 
his, an honest fellow, with what is called 
a weakness  for  drink—though it might 
in this case, have been  called a strength 
for the victim had been  drunk for week: 
together  without  the  briefest  interims 
sion.  To this unfortunate John intrusted 
a letter  with  an  inclosure of  bonds, ad 
dressed, to  the  bank  manager.  Even a: 
he did so he thought  he  perceived a cer 
tain haziness of  eye  and  speech  in  hi: 
trustee;  but  he  was  too  hopeful  to  be 
stayed,  silenced  the  voice of  warning iu 
his bosom,  and  with  one  and  the  same 
gesture  committed  the  money  to  the 
clerk, and himself  into the hands of  des­
tiny.I dwell, even at the  risk of  tedium, on 
John’s minutest errors, liis case  being so 
perplexing to the  moralist;  but^ we have 
done  with  them  now, the roll is closed, 
the  reader  lias  the  worst  of  our  poor 
hero,  and I leave  him to  judge  for  him­
self  whether  he  or  John  has  been  the 
less  deserving.  Henceforth  wfe  have to 
follow the spectacle of  a man  who was a j 
mere  whip-top  for  calamity;  on  whose 
unmerited  misadventures  not  even  the 
humorist can look  without  pitj, and not 
even the philosopher without alarm.
That same night the clerk entered upon 
a bout of  drunkenness  so  consistent  as 
to surprise  even  his  intimate  acquaint­
ance.  He was speedily ejected  from  the 
boarding-house;  deposited  his  portman­
teau with a perfect stranger, who did not 
even catch his name;  wandered  he knew 
not  where, and  was  at  last  hove-to, all 
standing,  in  a  hospital  at  Sacramento. 
There, under  the  impenetrable  alias of 
the number of his bed, the crapulous being 
lay for  some  more  days  unconscious of 
all  things,  and  of  one  thing  in  partic­

ular—that  the  police  were  after  him. 
Two months  had  come  and gone before 
the convalescent in the  Sacramento  hos­
pital  was  identified  with  Kirkman,  the 
absconding  San  Francisco  clerk;  even 
then there must elapse nearly a fortnight 
more  till  the  perfect  stranger could be 
hunted  up, the  portmanteau  recovered, 
and John’s letter carried  at  length to its 
destination, the seal  still  unbroken,  and 
the  inclosure still intact.
Meanwhile,  John  had  gone  upon  his 
holidays  without a word,  which  was  ir- 
egular;  and there had  disappeared with 
him a certain  sum of  money, which  was 
out of  all  bounds of  palliation.  But  he 
was known  to  be  careless,  and believed 
to be honest;  the manager, besides, had a 
egard for  him;  and  little  was  said, al­
though something was no doubt thought, 
until the fortnight was  finally at an end, 
and the time had  come for  John to reap­
pear.  Then, indeed, the  affair  began to 
look  black;  and  when  inquiries  were 
made, and the penniless clerk  was found 
to  have  amassed  thousands  of  dollars, 
and kept  them  secretly in a rival  estab­
lishment,  the  stoutest  of  his  friends 
abandoned  him,  the  hooks  were  over­
hauled  for  traces of  ancient  and  artful 
fraud,  and though none were found, there 
still  prevailed  a  general  impression  of 
loss.  The  telegraph  was  set in motion; 
and  the  correspondent  of  the  bank  in 
Edinburgh,  for  which  place it is  under- 
tood that John had armed  himself  with 
extensive credits, was warned to commu­
nicate with the police.
Now this correspondent was a friend of 
Mr. Nicholson’s;  he was well  acquainted 
with  the  tale of  John’s  calamitous  dis­
appearance from Edinburgh; and putting; 
one  thing  with  another, hastened  with 
the first word of  this  scandal, not  to the 
police, but  to  his  friend.  The old gen­
tleman had long regarded  his  son as one 
dead;  John’s  place  had  been taken, the 
memory of  his faults  had  already fallen 
to  be  one  of  those  old  aches,  which 
awaken again indeed  upon  occasion, but 
which  we  can  always  vanquish  by  an 
effort of  the  will;  and to have  the  long- 
lost  resuscitated  in a fresh disgrace  was 
doubly bitter.
“Macewen,”  said  the  old  man,  “this 
must  be  hushed  up,  if  possible. 
If  I 
give  you  a  check  for  the  sum,  about 
which they are certain, could  you take it 
on  yourself  to let the matter rest ?”
“I will,” said  Macewen.  "1 will take 
the risk of  it.”
“You  will  understand,” resumed  Mr. 
Nicholson, speaking  precisely, but  with 
ashen lips,  “I do  this  for my family, not 
for  that  unhappy  young  man. 
it 
should turn out that these suspicions are 
correct,  and he has embezzled large sums, 
he must lie on his bed as he has made it.” 
And then,  looking  up at Macewen with a 
nod,  and  one  of  his  strange  smiles: 
‘Good-bye,”  said he;  and Macewen, per- 
eiving the case to he too  grave  for  con- 
iolation,  took  himself  off,  and  blessed 
iod on his way home that he  was  child- 
ess.

If 

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Tha  Origin  of Tea.
E. H. Libby in St. Nicholas for O ctober.
The tea-plant grew for endless  centur­
ies in Central Asia,  and the  guileless Ce­
lestials blandly assert that the drink  was 
invented by Chin Nong some  five  thous­
and years ago.  A  poetic  version  makes 
it sixteen hundred years  ago,  and  gives 
the following account  of  its  earliest ap­
pearance:  “In the reign  of  Yuen  Ty, in 
the dynasty of Tsin,  an  okl  woman  was 
accustomed to proceed  every  morning at 
day-break to the  market-place,  carrying 
a cup of tea  in  her  hand.  The  people 
bought it eagerly, and yet from the break 
of day to the close  of  evening  the  cup. 
was never exhausted among  orphans and 
beggars.  The people seized and confined 
her iu prison.  At night,  she flew through 
the prison windows  with  her  little  vase 
in her hand.” 
If you care to  do  so, you 
can  read  this  story  and enjoy it in the 
original  Chinese  of  the  “Cha  Pu,”  or 
“Ancient History of Tea,”  and  will,  no 
doubt,  find the translation exact.
Tea was not heard of  in  China  again 
for  three  centuries  and  a half, when a 
“Fo hi” priest is said to have  advised its 
use as a medicine. 
In the ninth century, 
an old beggar from  Japan  took  some of 
the seeds and plants back with him to his 
native land.  The  Japanese  relished the 
new drink, and built at  Osaka,  a  temple 
to the memory of  those  who  introduced 
it.  The temple is still standing,  though 
now  almost  seven  hundred  years  old. 
Gradually  the  people  of  Tartary  and 
Persia also learned to love the drink, and 
serve it all hours of the day.
The honor of introducing the herb into 
Europe may be considered due equally to 
the Dutch and  Portuguese.  Early in the 
seventeenth century  tea  became  known 
among “persons of  quality”  in  Europe, 
and in 1602 some Dutch traders  carried a 
quantity of sage (which was then used to 
make a drink popular in  Europe)  to Chi­
na, and by  some  ingenious  device  suc­
ceeded in making  the  almond-eyed  tea- 
drinkers think it a  fair  exchange  for an 
equal quantity of  very  good  tea,  which 
was brought home in safety and  without 
the loss of a single Dutchman.

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The MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THR

Retail  Trade of the Wolderine State,

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO.,  Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year. 
Advertising Bates made known on application.
Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  84, 1888.

NOW.

MUTUAL  INSURANCE—THEN  AND 

Iii  liis  disquisition  on  mutual  insur­
ance,  this  week,  “Country  Merchant” 
evidently speaks  from  the  bitterness of 
an unprofitable  experience.  Under such 
circumstances, it is  not  to  he  wondered 
at that he thinks  harshly and  writes  se­
verely.  Like  thousands  of  other  men, 
he probably snapped at the  bait  thrown 
out by the wily insurance solicitor, with­
out discovering the hook  until it was too 
late to extricate himself  from the results 
of  his  own  haste and  lack of  investiga­
tion.  The offer of  cheap  insurance  was 
so tempting that it obscured  the  two ac­
companying  essentials—reliability  and 
security.

As  the  experience  of  “Country  Mer­
chant” is  but a repetition  of  the  exper­
ience of  others, it  is  plainly  evident to 
even  the  most  stupid  that  the  days of 
wildcat mutual insurance are about at an 
If  the element of  mutuality enters 
end. 
into  future  mutual 
insurance  under­
takings, it must he  combined  with those 
primal  requisites—security and  reliabil­
ity.  Such is the  conclusion  reached  by 
business men generally,  and it was  partly 
because of  such  conclusion  that  the In­
surance Committee of  the Michigan Bus­
iness  Men's  Association,  in  devising 
plans for a new  insurance  organization, 
wholly  discarded  the  assessment  and 
premium note plans of insurance, substi­
tuting therefor the more substantial form 
of  a stock company.  The mutual feature 
of  the plan will  be  appreciated  when it 
is remembered  that it is intended  to  re­
turn to the policy holders one-half  of the 
net  earnings  of  the  policy, thus  giving 
every patron of  the  company  the  same 
security as the  strongest  stock  company 
and  his  insurance  at  a  fraction  above 
actual  cost. 
It  is  barely  possible,  too, 
that  the  plan  may  be  made  still  more 
mutual  in character by compelling every 
policy holder to be a stockholder as well. 
It is impossible  for  The  Tradesman to 
conceive of  a  more  purely mutual  plan 
than this,  as  under  its  ministrations the 
entire  profits of  the  insurance  business 
would come back to the insured.

CANADIAN  ANNEXATION.

Senator  Sherman  has  written a letter 
in which he speaks of  any plan of  closer 
relations with Canada except through the 
political  consolidation of  the  two  coun­
tries as impracticable.  We  all recognize 
that  there  are  difficulties  in the way of 
commercial union alone which would not 
be in the way of  the more  vigorous solu­
tion of  the  question.  At the same  time 
it seems to us  that  the  former  arrange­
ment is well  worth  discussing,  to ascer­
tain  whether  those  difficulties are insu­
perable.  The  fanning  population along 
our  Northern  border  will be opposed to 
the plan on the ground that it throws our 
market open to  Canadian  produce.  But 
the  removal of  all  restrictions  on  both 
sides is very different  from a partial  re­
moval on our side without any equivalent 
from  Canada.  Absolute  freedom  of 
trade with Canada  would  bring the Can­
adian conditions of  production  up to the 
American level,  because they are a small 
country  and  we  a  big  one. 
It  would 
leave  our  farmers in the position of  the 
occupants of  a  more  southern  country 
trading with the  people of  a more north­
ern  and  severer  climate. 
It would put 
an end to  that  inequality in  the  cost of 
production which  now  exists in favor of 
the  Canadian  farmer  through  his  com­
mand  of  cheaper  labor,  while  it  would 
enable  the  Dominion to “grow up with” 
the  continent. 
It  remains  to  be  seen 
whether this view of  the matter is likely 
to impress the American farmer.

A  common  misunderstanding  of  the 
plans of  those who  regard  the  political 
union of  the  two  countries  as  the  true 
solution  is  illustrated  by the  humorous 
proposal of  one  Canadian  newspaper to 
“ annex”  the  United  States  to  Canada. 
Political union,  if  it come  at  all,  will be 
no more the  annexation of  Canada to the 
United States than of  the  United  States 
to Canada. 
It will be the  free  and  wil­
ling compact of  both  countries  to merge 
their  fortunes  in  one  nationality, with­
out either constraint or cajolery on either 
side of  the line.  And so long as Canada 
does not want that, nobody in the United 
States whose opinion is worth taking will 
want it.  There is to be no “annexation»’ 
in the historical sense of  the word.

THE  STATUS  OF  THE  SURPLUS.
Mr. Thompson, Acting Secretary of the 
United States Treasury, has made a state­
ment as to the present amount of the sur­
plus, and  what  it  would  have been  but 
for  the accumulations of  deficiencies un­
der previous  appropriation bills.  He re­
ports  that  the  actual  excess  for  the 
present year of revenues above appropri­

ations  is  only  819,000,000.  But of  the 
appropriations of  this year, he finds  that 
at least 837,000,000 will not be  expended 
this year.  This  brings the surplus up to
856.000. 000.  Mr.  Thompson  estimates 
that  it  would  have  been  not  less  than
874.000.  000 if  there  had not  been a long 
series of  deficiencies  to  make  up,  and
8122.000. 000 if  it were  not for  the outlay 
of  848,000,000 on  behalf of  the  sinking 
fund.  This  shows  that  the  reduction 
proposed  by  the  Senate’s  revenue  bill 
goes about as far as is safe. 
It wipes out 
all  the  surplus  except  the  amount  ex­
pended  on  behalf  of  the  sinking fund, 
and if  that be  expended  in the  redemp­
tion of  bonds at market  prices  or by an­
ticipation of interest, the two sides of the 
national  account  will  be  found  to meet. 
This  is  assuming  (1)  that  there  will  be j 
no great bulk of deficiencies to meet next 
year  and the  coming  years—an  assump­
tion  not  warranted  by  anything  in  our 
recent  experience:  and (2) that Congress 
is  not going  to  take  up the  problem of 
extinguishing  illiteracy  by  national  aid 
to  education, or  to  do  anything  worth 
while  for the  fortification of  our  coasts 
or  any  other  of  the  neglected  objects 
which  are overlooked  by our penny-wise 
and  pound-foolish legislators. 
In either 
case,  the  amount  available  for  buying 
bonds  in  the  market will  be  much  di­
minished.

THE  IRISH  AHEAD.

The  London  Times  has  submitted its 
specification  to the  special  Commission 
of  Judges,  and  it  certainly is a remark­
able  document. 
It  indicts  nearly  the 
whole body of  the  Home  Rule  members 
as associating with and sharing the coun­
sels of  criminals,  and  it  specifies almost 
the whole body of  Irish nationalists from 
O'Donovan Eossa up to John O’Leary and 
Father Sheehy as the  criminals  in  ques­
tion. 
Indeed,  the indictment is so ample 
in its specifications that  wTe  only wonder 
its  authors  did  not  take  a  hint  from 
Burke and  “draw an indictment  against 
the whole  nation.”  Certainly it must be 
mortifying  for  an Irishman of  patriotic 
instincts to  find  himself  left out of  this 
“black  list,”  and  some  of  them  might 
fairly sue  the  Times  for  libel  by omis­
sion.

That  Mr.  Parnell  and  his  friends  are 
pretty certain to come off best in the legal 
struggle  thus  provoked,  is  the  general 
conviction in England,  and it is said that 
the government  wish they  were well  out 
of  the business. 
It  is believed that  the 
famous letters  which form  the  backbone 
of  the case  for the  prosecution  will  be 
found to  be forgeries, and that  their for­
ger will be  pxoduced in court. 
It also  is 
said  that the  Attorney-General  has with 
drawn or will withdraw' from the case,  in 
the  fear  that  its  break-down  will  com­
promise the ministry if they remain in it.
A  reader  of  T h e  T ra desm a n  writes 
to inquire “what has become of  the Pure 
Food  movement,  which  promised  to 
swiftly sweep all the  unclean  things out 
of  existence ?”  The  “movement”  still 
exists in the shape of  the  National  Pure 
Food  Association,  comprising  seventy- 
five  members—thirty-one  manufacturers 
who have paid 810 apiece for the privilege 
of  sitting  in  the  vestibule  of  the  holy 
chamber  and  forty-four common fellows 
who have paid 81 apiece for  the privilege 
of  communing  with  the  high  priests of 
pure food and pure liquors.  Not to with­
hold any information on the subject com­
pels  T h e  T r a desm a n  to  note  that  no 
name  appears  on  the  membership  list 
from Michigan, proving conclusively that 
the  State  is  given  over  completely  to 
sophistication  and  pretense.  Unless 
some  one  takes  pity  on  the  common­
wealth  and  contributes  81  to  the  great 
and  glorious  cause,  T h e  T r a d esm a n 
will  be  strongly  tempted  to  move  to 
Alaska. 

_______________

It  is  matter  for  congratulation  that 
Hayti  has  got  rid  of  Gen. Thelemaque, 
the  more  violent  of  her  candidates  for 
the  presidency, by a violent  death,  and 
that the other candidate w ill be  installed 
peacefully.  By  virtue  of  the  Monroe 
doctrine  we  have a considerable respon­
sibility for  these  Latin  republics to the 
south of  us, and as we  are  not  disposed 
to do anything actively in behalf of order 
and  civilization, it  is  just  as  well  that 
they do not altogether discredit us before 
the world.  And certainly thus far within 
the  present  year  Hayti  has  done  well.
It has sent one  bad  President  about his 
business,  has managed to create a provis­
ional  government  capable of  preserving 
order,  has  disposed  of  a candidate who 
wras not content with  peaceful  means of 
securing  an  election,  and is likely to get 
a  strong  and  competent  ruler  in  Gen. 
Legitime.  _______________

Wholesalers “Fixing” Prices.

The Wholesale  Grocers’ Association of 
New  York and  vicinity  announces  that 
the  members  have  “fixed  reasonable 
prices and terms on sugar,  Royal  baking 
powder,  and  Baker’^s  chocolate  and 
cocoa.”  The  price  fixed  on sugar is M \ 
cent per pound  above  refiners’ price;  on 
baking powder, chocolate  and  cocoa the 
prices are such as to leave the  wholesale 
grocer a net profit of  about 5 per  cent.

Buy flour  manufactured  by  the  Cres­
cent Roller Mills.  Every sack warranted. 
Voigt Milling Co.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The  Telfer Spice  Co. has  nearly  com­
pleted the work of  removal to its new lo­
cation on Pearl street.

The  Benoua Lumber  Co. has  put  in a 
supply store  at  Benona.  Lemon,  Hoops 
& Peters furnished the stock.

J.  V.  Pickering  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at  Bay  Springs.  Amos 
S. Musselman & Co. furnished  the  stock.
R. Schergan has opened a grocery store 
on  Wealthy avenue, east  of  East  street. 
Ball, Barnhart & Putman and  the  Telfer 
Spice Co.  funiished the stock.

Peter  Boyer,  formerly engaged  in  the 
restaurant  business  at  Petoskey,  who 
recently  purchased  the  Cole  boot  and 
shoe  stock, has  opened  up  at  89  Canal 
street.

There is a movement on foot to change 
the name of the D. & M. junction—Walk­
er  postoffice—to  Grand  Crossing. 
It  is 
stated that sixty trains pass the  junction 
every week day.

S.  Soderberg,  w’hose  boot  and  shoe 
stock at  Ryerson  was  recently destroyed 
by  fire, has re-engaged  in the  same busi­
ness  there.  Rindge, Bertsch  &  Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

Sam  K. Beecher  has retired  from  the 
firm  of  Beecher  &  Johnston, dealers  in 
groceries  and  meats  at  the  corner  of 
Jefferson  and  Wealthy  avenues.  The 
businep  will  be  continued  by  E.  W. 
Johnston.

C. F. Nason is putting  up an extensive 
plant  on  the  land  above  the  1).  & M. 
junction. 
It comprises  a  sawmill, plan­
ing  mill,  with  distributing  and  retail 
yards  in  connection.  About forty  men 
will be  employed.

“Business  is  decidedly  quiet  in  our 
line,”  said  a  leading  commission  mer­
chant, the other day.  “There is scarcely 
any  outlet  for  apples,  potatoes  and 
onions  and  there is not half  the activity 
in these staples there w'as a  year ago.”

W.  II.  Taft, 

the  Riverdale  grocer, 
languishes in Kent  county  jail in default 
of  8300  bail.  He bought  8100 worth  of 
goods of Olney, Shields & Co., paying for 
them  with a check  on an  Alma  banking 
house, in  which he had  no balance.  He 
must settle or “go over the road.”

AROUND THE  STATE.

Sherwood—Frank Ensign has  sold  his 

meat  business.

Woodland—Schantz  &  Co.  have  en­

gaged in general trade.

Fowder—Riley Rice has sold his bazaar 

business to Wm. Martin.

Sault Ste. Marie—Walker  &  Campbell 

have opened a meat market.

Sparta—J.  O. Norton  has  bought  the 

bakery business of Mrs. J.  B.  Taylor.

Hopkins Station—S. A. Buck  has  pur­

chased  an interest in the meat market.

Muskegon—W. A. Zimmer succeeds R. 

J. Zimmer & Son in the drug business.

Iloytville—John F. Earthman has added 
a line of  groceries to his  meat  business.
Hoytville—E.  L.  Halliday  has  moved 
his  grocery and  drug  business to Mulli- 
ken.

Mareellus—Hovey  &  Rattenbury have 
opened a confectionery store and  restau­
rant.

Whitehall—W.  II.  Baker  has  gone  to 
Kansas City, where  he  will  re-engage in 
the drug business.

Good  Harbor—W.  S.  Johnson  &  Co. 
have  sold  their  general  store and  dock 
to Schumberg Bros,  and B. Minsker.

Wayland—L. D. Chappie is closing out 
his drug stock and will spend  the winter 
in Colorado in search of  renewed  health.
Vermontville—W.  H.  Baker  has  sold 
his meat  market  to  A.  G.  Hawkins  and 
Jas. Maher.  Che new firm  will be Haw­
kins &  Maher.

Clarksville—Geo.  E. Marvin  is  closing 
out  his hardware  stock to  accept a posi­
tion  in the  hardware  store of  Frank W. 
Foster at Newaygo.

Vermontville—Dennis  Hager  has sold 
his interest in the grocery firm of  Bale & 
Hager  to  Geo.  Downs.  The  new  firm 
will be Bale & Dowms.

How'ard City—M. B. Divine has retired 
from  the  general  firm of  Divine & Van 
Denbergh.  The business  will be contin­
ued by Chas. A. Van Denbergh.

Hubbardston—Mr. Gill has retired from 
the agricultural implement firm of Camp­
bell & Gill.  The  business  will  be  con­
tinued by the remaining partner.

Sunfield—E.  H. Deatsman  has  moved 
his  general  stock 
from  Sebewa  and 
opened up on  one  side of  the  new brick 
block  just completed by Mr. Cheetam.

Wayland—J. C. Branch has sold  a half­
interest in his grocery, crockery and boot 
and shoe  stock to E. C. Albright, of  Sag­
inaw City.  The new firm name is Branch 
& Albright.

Owosso—Geo.  W. Watrous  has  traded 
his crockery stock for Lansing real estate 
and  will  take  up  his  residence 
at 
Lansing.  W.  L. Rice is  the new’ owner 
of the crockery stock.

Maple  Rapids—E.  M.  Richardson  has 
purchased  the  interest of  C.  L. Reed  in 
the hardware firm of  E. M. Richardson & 
Co.  and will continue the  business under 
the style of  E.  M. Richardson.

Sullivan—C.  C.  Tuxbury  has  merged 

his  lumber and  merchandising  busine 
into a stock  company under  the  style of 
the  Sullivan  lumber  Co.  The  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation is  825,000,  of 
which  815,000 is paid  in.  The  stock  h 
held  by three persons,  as follows:  F. B, 
Wallin,  Grand  Rapids, 320  shares;  Geo, 
R.  Ross,  Muskegon,  120  shares;  C.  C, 
Tuxbury, Sullivan,  100 shares.

City

STRAY FACTS.
-John  Rose,  thé jeweler

Bay 
dead.

Detroit—The Michigan Phonograph Co 
has increased its capital stock to 8500.000,
Battle  Creek—T.  B.  Stebbins,  of  the 
dry goods  firm of  T.  B.  Stebbins & Son 
is dead.

Sunfield—E.  O.  Wyman  has  begun the 
erection of  a new building  for  his  meat 
market.

Good  Harbor—Schumberg  &  Bro.  are 
erecting  a  store  building,  30x60  feet  in 
dimensions.

East Tawas—The  East Tawas  Lumber 
&  Salt  Co.  lost  840,000  by tire  one  day 
last week.

Detroit—II.  L. Dean & Co.,  the  paint­
ers,  offered to  compromise  on  the  basis 
of 15 per cent.

Detroit  —  The  Detroit 
Works  has  increased  it: 
from 8150,000 to 8300,000.

White  Lead 
capital  stock

Dimondale—Dr. A. H.  Cameron’s  dru 
store and three adjoining  buildings were 
destroyed by fire about ten days ago 

Lisbon—It is reported that II.  M. Free­
man will  close  out  his  general stock to 
take a position in  the  furniture  factory 
at Sparta.

Sunfield—The double brick store being 
constructed by Ed.  Stinelicomb and L.  II. 
Wood  is  nearly completed.  The owners 
expect to occupy it about December 1.

Sunfield—Berra  Bros,  are  building  a 
frame store and will occupy it with a gen­
eral stock, carrying on business both here 
and at Shaytown, their  present  location.
Galesburg—The  Strait  Windmill  Co. 
has been closed by an inj unction, granted 
on  complaint  of  the  Eclipse  Windmill 
Co., of  Beloit, Wis.,  for  infringement of 
patent.

Ryerson—Spring & Company  have  be­
gun  suit  against  Ada  L.  Johnson  on a 
laim for 81,100.  The  Concordia  Insur­
ance  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,  has  been  gar­
nisheed.

Greenville—Gus and Chas.  Reuker and 
Chas. Golchert, the cigar  manufacturers, 
are  the  lucky'  fellow’s  who invested, in 
partnership, in one-twentieth of a8l00,000 
jouisiana  Lottery 
ticket,  and  drew 
¡5,000.
Jackson—The  Bloomfield  Oil  Co.,  of 
ackson, and  the Ingalls  Oil Co., of  De­
troit, has  been  sold to  the Standard  Oil 
C.  C.  Bloomfield  and  A. B. Robin­
son,  large owners in both concerns, retire 
ery wealthy.
Alma—If  A.  W. Wright and  his  part­
ners  succeed  in  building  the  Duluth & 
Winnipeg  Railroad, it  will tap a tract of 
50,000 acres of  fine  pine  land  owned by' 
Wright, Davis  &  Co.  The  contract  for 
the construction of  the first fifty miles of 
the road has been let.

Detroit—The  stockholders  of  the  re­
organized  Hammond  Meat  Packing  and 
iefrigerator Co. have elected directors and 
officers,  as  follows:  Andrew  Comstock, 
Providence;  James  C.  Melvin,  Boston;
W.  Simpson,  Boston;  T. II.  Wheeler, 
New'  York;  Henry  L.  Miller,  Boston;
eorge  Hotchkiss,  New  York; J Edwin 
Chapman,  Boston.  President,  Andrew’ 
Comstock:  Vice-President, James C. Mel- 
in;  General  Manager,  G. W.  Simpson; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
James  D. 
Standisli.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Good Harbor—A.  Partner will  shortly 
tart a shingle mill.
Alma—M.  B.  Faughner  &  Co.’s  new 

excelsior works  have started up.

Charlotte—Geo. Ward  has  sold his in­
terest in the carriage manufacturing firm 
of  Ward&Dolson to  Capt. John B.  May.
Howard City—The  large  building put 
up by the business men  has  been  leased 
to Skinner  &  Steenman,  who  will  use it 
for a furniture factory.

Foster  City—The A. M. Harman  Lum­
ber Co.  will put in about  10,000,000  feet 
of  logs  the  coming  winter  on  the  east 
branch of  the Sturgeon.

Bay  City—R.  J. Briscoe  has  removed 
his  planing  mill  and  box  factory from 
Otsego  Lake to this  city and  has  had a 
force of  men at work for  some time put­
ting the plant in shape.

Detroit—The New England Copper Co. 
has filed articles of  association  with  the 
county  clerk. 
It  has  a  capital  of 
8250,000, and is organized for thopurpose 
of  smelting, refining and  manufacturing 
metals  of  all  descriptions.  The  stock- 
holkers  are  H. G.  Parker, C.  L.  Harding 
and Edgar Harding, of Cambridge, Mass.;
R. Fletcher,  of  Boston;  Hoyt  Post, of 

Detroit.

Kewanee—L. J. Conway  &  Sons,  who 
lately  bought  a  large  quantity  of  pine 
and  cedar  lands  in  Mackinaw  county’, 
from the Detroit,  Mackinaw & Marquette 
Railroad, will  immediately put  in  three 
camps.

Charlotte—G. T. Ames, of Chicago, and 
Peter McNaughton and  W.  B. Buchanan, 
of  Racine,  Wis.,  are  endeavoring to  or­
ganize a stock company here for the  pur­
pose of  engaging  in the  manufacture of 
a split  pully invented  by  Mr.  McNaugh­
ton.

C. C. Williams has purchased the inter­
est of  his partner,  Eugene~Hicks71n’"the 
cheese  manufacturing  firm of  C. C. Wil­
liams & Co., near Way land ."a 11 dwi 1 feou- 
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
C. C. Williams.

Grocers  wanting  good  cheese  should 
order  from I.  B. Smith  &  Sooy, proprie­
tors  of  the  Wayland  Cheese  Factory, 
Wayland.  Satisfaction guaranteed. 
267

Tried and not found  wanting—the cel­

ebrated “Anchor” brand of  oysters.

FOK  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents w ill be inserted  u nder  th is  head for 
two  cents  a   word  th e   first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

FO R SALE.

Fo r   s a l e - o u r   r e t a il   s t o c k   o f   g r o c e r ie s
a t 110 Menroe street, Grand Rapids.  Goods a re all 
new.  The stand is  in  th e   best  location  in   tow n  and 
can be leased.  Bemis Bros. 
307
F o r   s a l e —a   s t o c k   o f   c l o t h in g   a n d   m e n ’s
furnishing: goods—n early   new—combined  w ith  a 
first-class m erch an t  tailo rin g   business, located in the 
best 
lum ber  center  of  th e   country.  A  first-class 
chance fo r a m an to  step  in to   a   big  fall  and  w inter 
trade.  Reason  fo r  selling,  o th er  business.  Address 
M ichigan C lothing Store. R hinelander. W isconsin.*  306

36-inch wheel band  saw;  knife  grinder;  m ortiser; 
rip saw table, e tc .;  also  full  line  of  new   m achinery. 
F.  B. W iggins & Co., M achinery  Depot,  E ast  Saginaw, 
Mich. 

I XiR SALE—TWO  GOOD,  SECOND-HAND  RE-SAWS;
301
F o r   s a l e   o r   r e n t —a   d e s ir a b l e   l o c a t io n

I,  fo r a. druggist o r a  physician, o r both.  New brick 
building on a  frequented  corner.  Good  room s  above 
fo r residence purposes.  The location is a  good one also 
fo r a   grocery business, and an ad jo in in g sto re could be 
rented w ith  it fo r th is purpose.  Terms  reasonable for 
a. desirable ten an t, o r will sell a t a b arg ain   fo r cash or 
its equivalent or tak e a choice farm   in  p a rt  paym ent. 
The pro p erty  will re tu rn  a  revenue  of  §1,500  to   $2,000 
>er  annum .  Address  Jam es  A.  Jones,  B utler  Block. 
D etroit, Mich. 

F o r   s a l e —a   c l e a n ,  w e l l -a s s o r t e d   s t o c k   o f

general hardw are, stoves and tinw are.  Tin shop 
in connection.  W ill inventory ab o u t 86,000.  Located 
centrally and one of th e b est points fo r  reta il business 
in th e city.  Good reasons fo r  selling.  Address  Hard- 

299

300

are, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

298

King, Brooklyn,  Mich. 

Good as new.  Address 298, th is office. 

FOR  SALE  CHEAP — 18-HORSE  POWER  ENGINE, 
I  ¡’OR  SALE-THE  JEFFERSON  FLOURING  MILL 
Best w ater pow er in   th e  State.  In q u ire  of  N.  G. 
291
F o r   s a l e —g o o d   r e s id e n c e   l o t   o n   o n e   o f
FOR SALE—ONE  9x24  ROWNDS’  SECTIONAL  ROLL- 

th e  m ost p leasan t streets “on  th e   h ill.”  W ill ex­
change fo r stock in any good in stitu tio n .  Address 286, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

e r m ill, w ith elevators and scalpers com plete; one 
W ebster b ran  duster;  one OO Geo.  T.  Sm ith  purifier. 
The above m achines a re all in good condition.  Enquire 
of owner, D. C. Briggs, N orth B ranch, Mich. 

e s t a b -
lished in  one  of  th e  liveliest  and  best  business 
towns in th e  State.  P ro p rieto r’s  h e a lth   failing. 
In­
voice about 81,100.  Now  is th e  tim e to buy fo r fall and 
holiday trade.  Address A B C  office  o f th is paper. 272

F o r   s a l e —b a z a a r   b u s in e s s ,  w e l l  
For sale- clean  grocery,  dry  goods  and

C rockery stock, situated in a  railw ay  tow n,  with 
good line  of  custom ers.  Stock  will  inventory  about 
$2,000.  W ill tak e p a rt cash and balance on  tim e.  Ad- 
dress A. S. M usselman & Co,, Grand Rapids.

286

277

7 0 R   SALE—DRUG  FIXTURES  AND  SMALL  STOCK 
- 
of drugs.  Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford.  258

WANTS.

"ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  DRUG  STOCK  IN  A 
v t 
live N orthern  tow n  doing  good  business fo r a 
d ru g  stock in G rand R apids o r  vicinity.  Address  Dr. 
A. Hanon Middleville,  Mich.
XYTANTEp—SITUATION  BY  EXPERIENCED  PHAR- 
1 Y  m acist.  Speaks Holland.  Registered  by exami- 
Address  Box  153, Morley

293

275

IT/"ANTED—ENGINE  AND  BOILER 
VV  RENCE MORITZ; Aarwood.
VX7"ANTED—SITUATION ON THE  ROAD  BY  MAN  OF 
* V 
six  years’  experience.  Best of  reference.  Ad­
dress  J. E.  F.  care M ichigan  Tradesm an 
TXT ANTED—A  LIVE,  ENERGETIC  MAN  WHO  IS  SO- 
v V 
ber and honest, to consolidate  grocery o r gener­
al stocks w ith me, in a  No. 1  location, w here a trad e of 
$20,000 a  y e a r can be done.  Don’t  w rite unless  you are 
all  rig h t  and  m ean  business.  Address  Lock Box 129, 
CoUins, Mich. 
VT7-ANTED—SALESMEN  TO  SELL  OUR  CHOICE  VA- 
> V 
rietles o f nursery  stock, e ith e r on salary  o r com­
m ission;  P erm anent  em ploym ent  to  successful m en 
Address,  w ith references, May  B rothers,  Nurserym en, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
w m m
ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 
th is  pap er  to  give  th e  Sutliff  coupon system  a 
tria l.  I t will abolish y o u r pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in m any instances save you th e 
expense of one clerk, will bring  yo u r business  down to 
a  cash basis and  save  you  all  th e   w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith the pass-book plan.  S ta rt the 1st 
of th e m onth w ith  the new  system  and  you  wiU never 
reg ret it.  H aving  two kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  th is  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 
TITANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
»V 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 
sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand Rapids. 

213

278

214

MISCELLANEOUS.

TT>OR  RENT—THREE  FLOORS  AND  BASEMENT AT 46 
1   O ttaw a street, especially  adapted  for  jobbing or 
comm ission business.  Good power in connection.  Ap­
ply to Telfer  Spice Co., 03 and 05 P earl street. 
304
D r u g  s t o r e s a n d  m e d ic a l   p r a c t ic e s  b o u g h t
and  sold.  P artn ersh ip s  arran g ed .  A ssistants 
and substitutes  provided.  P articu lars  free.  Address 
303
“The Medical T ransfer Bureau,” Lynn, Mass. 
■   20-ACRE  FRUIT  FARM  NEAR  BENTON  HARBOR, 

handy to Chicage m ark et, w ill  sell  o r  exchange 
fo r G rand  Rapids  real estate  w orth  81,200.  Address 
Dr. W. Ryno, Coloma, Mich. 
Q O   f t A A   IN  CASH  OR  GOOD  PAPER  WILL  SE- 
i j P ^ i O V A /   cure  a   th riv in g   hardw are  business 
w ithout com petition in M eredith.  Address Lock Draw­
e r 25,  E vart, Mich. 
284
$1 9 0 0   CASH  BUYS  m a n u f a c t u r in g   b u s i-
ness p av in g  100  p e r  cent.  Best  of rea- 

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THE FINEST GROWN.

CHASE  &  SANBORN.
SCENE  ON  A  COFFEE  PLANTATION 
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SEAL BRAND COFFEE, surpassing’ all* others
In  its  richness  and delicacy of flavor.  Justly called The  Aristocratic 
Coffee of America.  Always packed whole roasted (unground) in 2 lb. 
air-tight tin cans.
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a  skilful blending of strong, fla-
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coffees.  Warranted not to contain a single Bio bean,  and guaranteed to 
suit  your  taste  as  no  other  coffee  will,  at  a  moderate  price.  Always 
packed whole roasted (unground), in 1 lb. air-tight  parchment packages.
TEST FREE
We are exclusively an importing house, selling
_________ _____________ only  to  dealers.  But  to  give  consumers  an
opportunity of testing  our  famous  coffee before  buying,  we  will, upon 
receipt of O cents  in  stamps  to cover the cost of can ana postage,  send. 
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CHASE  &  SANBORN, 

BROAD  ST.,  BOSTON,  MASS.

W e s t e r n   D e p a r tm e n t,

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BflfINED FRUITSlVEGETfiBLES

Having handled these goods for five years to the entire sat­
isfaction of both ourselves and patrons, we  recommend  them 
to any dealer wishing the very  best.  W e  will  be  pleased  to 
quote prices on application.

HAMBURGTomatoes,  solid  Meat 

and Table Queen. 

Succotash.
Stringless Beans.
Fancy Stringless Beans 
Sifted Marrowfat Peas, j 
Champion  of  England 

French style.

Peas.

Early June Peas.
Fancy  S ifte d   P c a >, 
French style.
Petit Pois.
Gallon Apples. 
Blackberries.
Black Raspberries.
Red 
“  Preserved. 
Pitted Cherries. 
Preserved Strawberries

W e carry a heavy stock of 

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CHESTNUTS,

COCOA  NUTS, 

MIXED TABLE NUTS. 

FILBERTS,

WALNUTS,
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PEANUTS. 

SHELLED  NUTS, 
and  are  prepared  to  fill  or­
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or small lots.
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P.  STEKETEE &  SONS,

JOBBERS  IN

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Granel Rapids,  Mich•

Peerless Carpet  Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

1A Specialty.

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Gripsack Brigade.

.J.  M.  Fell,  traveling representative  for 
j  Reeder,  Palmer &  Co., is  putting  in  the 
week in Northern Indiana.
H.  R. Knapp,  general  sales  agent  for 
the  Mystic  Starch  Co.,  of  Minneapolis, 
returned to the  factory, after a fort- 

tay here.

Frank Parsons, local representative for 
the  Banner  Tobacco Co., has  purchased 
of  C.  F.  Nason  sixteen  acres of  land sit­
uated  near  the  D. &  M.  junction,  just 
north of  the  Ed.  Wright-Geo. P. Gifford, 
Jr.,-Greg.  Luce purchase.

G.  II.  Nelson,  formerly  with  I).  II. 
McAlpin & Co.,  but now  on  the  road for 
D. E.  Rose & Co., of  New  York,  was  in 
town a couple of  days  last  w-eek.  He is 
as handsome in his  old  age as he was in 
his  callow  youth—and  that  is  saying a 
good deal.

Jas. B.  Mclnnes,  traveling  represent­
ative for N.  K. Fairbanks  &  Co., of  Chi­
cago,  is  taking  a  ‘-lay-off ”  for  a  few- 
weeks.  He  made a flying  visit  to  New 
York  last  week  and sold the remaining 
manufactured stock of  the defunct Sher­
wood Manufacturing Co.

C. C. Crawford is a dandy.  Not content 
with past  achievements, he eclipsed him­
self a week  or  so  ago by “doubling  up” 
with the  young  lady drummer  for a Chi­
cago yeast house during the drive around 
the Maple Rapids country.  Perhaps it is 
just as  w-ell, after  all, that  Crawford  is 
baldheaded.

W.  F. Blake  is  no  longer a sorrowing 
grass  widower,  his  wife  and  daughter 
having returned  from Maine, where they 
spent  the  summer.  They  were  accom­
panied by Mr. Blake’s  mother, who  will 
spend the winter with her children.  The 
family has leased Geo.  Seymour’s  house, 
on Paris avenue, for the winter.

Purely Personal.

Guy A. Johnston started for Eau Clair, 
Wis., Monday noon, to close out an apple 
deal.

Andrew  Wierengo, the Muskegon  gro­
cery jobber,  wras  in  town  one  day  last 
week.

Geo.  H.  Reeder  left  Monday for  Wil­
liamsport,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  will 
interview the Lycoming Rubber Co.

T. M. Sloan,  the Dimondale  merchant, 
was in  town a couple of  days  last  week 
in attendance on the United  States Court 
as a  juror.

Jas.  Kern,  son of  Fred. Kern,  the  vet­
eran Frankfort merchant, is spending the 
winter  here  in  attendance on one of  the 
business colleges.

A.  McLaren,  formerly engaged  in  the 
clothing business here, but more recently 
a grocer at Pasadena,  is  now  conducting 
a furniture business at Los Angeles.

O. A. Ball  and J.  R. Nickum  have  re­
turned from Cincinnati, where they spent 
several  days  in  pursuit of  business and 
pleasure.  They  returned  by  way  of 
Indianapolis, where they  met  Gen.  Har­
rison.

C.  S. Kahn, of  the  Cincinnati  commis­
sion firm of Kahn Bros., and J. II.  Lostro, 
representing  the commission house of  C. 
Crete  & Son,  at  the same  market, are  in 
town  for the  purpose of  buying  apples, 
potatoes  and  onions.  Both  gentlemen 
were formerly engaged in the commission 
business  here under  the  style of  Kahn, 
Lostro & Co.

Must  “ Git  Up  and Git.”

From  tlie Elk Rapids  Progress.
T iie   Mic h ig a n   T ra d esm a n  of  this 
week contains a statement that  Traverse 
410 47
City  and  Elk Rapids  should  stir  them­
selves over. 
It is to the  effect  that  the 
D., L.  & N. or the C. & W. M. is  to  take 
hold of  the D., C.  & E. proposed road and 
has  purchased  ore  docks at  St.  Ignaee. 
This fact,  if  true,  will leave  both  places 
out in the cold  unless  they combine  and 
whack up, as the article  stated  that  the 
abandonment  of  the  proposed  line  to 
Traverse  City was  contemplated.  Now, 
if  Traverse  City  and  Elk  Rapids  will 
leave  off  their  jealousies  long  enough 
to consult  with  the  management of  the 
C.  & W. M.—and yon will not get it with­
out—something  may be done  which will 
be advantageous to both places  and  may 
establish a shore  line.  Elk  Rapids  and 
Traverse City may be big  places, but  we 
have known of  bigger ones  than  both to 
get left out in the cold for lack of  a little 
“git up and git.”

A  Reliable  Insurance  Agency.

H.  F.  Burtch,  the  reliable  insurance 
agent,  now  represents  fourteen  of  the 
strongest  companies  in  the  country,  as 
follows:  .¿Etna  of  Hartford;  Commercial 
of  California;  Franklin  of  Philadelphia; 
German  American of  New  York;  Hart­
ford;  Home  of  New  York;  Insurance 
Company of  North America;  National of 
Hartford;  Niagara  of  New  York;  Penn­
sylvania;  Queen of England; Springfield; 
Underwriters of  New  York  and  Anglo- 
Nevada.  These companies  are as strong 
as  the  rock of  Gibraltar, having  nearly 
§58,000,000  assets.  Mr. Burtch  has  had 
twenty-two  years’ experience  in  the in­
surance business,  ranging  from  solicitor 
to secretary and  general  manager  of  an 
insurance  company.  He  says  he  has 
never had a loss which has not been paid 
promptly  and  satisfactorily.  Coming 
here  only  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  he 
now7 has the  leading  insurance  business 
in the city.

Thirty charters have been issued.
Two associations have voted to obtain charters
b u t a s  y e t  h a v e   n o t   r e m i t t e d   t h e   c a s h .
Twenty-two  associations  have  paid  the July 
per capita tax, or all  possessing  charters at that
U New York, with fifteen  less  local associations, 
has been organized six times as long as the O. R.
*6ur membership numbers 1,426 in  good  stand­
ing, besides those taken in since  September 25.
The State Association  has received  cash trom 
all sources, $904.50.
Paid out to date for all purposes, *<’¿>.27.
Balance of cash on hand, $178.73.
The first delinquent list of  the  State  Associa­
tion  which  has  been  issued,  contains reports 
from only nine associations, but  the delinquents 
so reported represent a money value  ot  ®o,i«s.oo 
and are only partial lists from some  111 members 
of this Association, averaging *78.81 per member, 
w hich would indicate that  the  members  of this 
Association  have  *112,383.06  outstanding  in 
worthless accounts.
Under the head of “Results  Secured,’’ the Sec­

,

_  .

retary notes the following :
The organization of  a State Association where­
by we are able  to  centralize  and  augment  our
^Systems devised whereby we are able  to  move 
the ponderous machinery of 
tate Association 
without crash or jar. 
An efficient  collection  agency.—In  efficiency, 
no other collection agency has the  power  to pre­
vent the delinquent  from obtaining  credit else­
where or reaching the debtor  wherever  he  may 
remove to, as our system is better  understood by- 
individual members and its laws loyally lived up 
to.  Its efficiency will increase with age,  knowl­
edge and the organization of new associations.
Influence on poor-paying  customers.—-The  in­
fluence on poor-paying  customers  has  been  re­
markable.  Bad debts need  not  be  incurred, as 
the influence cast abroad  through  the  State As­
sociation  has  brought  forth  a  cash  system 
amongst the worthless and  dishonest, a majority
. . .   _  .
w h o  h a v e   c e a s e d   t o   a s k   c r e d i t ,  
Protection.—Delinquents  have  been  listed in 
various localities throughout the  State,  many of 
whom have paid up in  order  to  avoid  it, while 
manv  more  are  making  arrangements to do so.
Protection  through  this  means  cannot  be esti­
mated in dollars and cents.
Fraternization.—This is by no means the  least 
of organization benefits.  It has, indeed, brought 
forth golden  fruit. 
Increase of business which has  resulted  from 
the  wholesalers  ceasing  to  sell  our customers 
goods at jobbers’ prices, has resulted in many lo­
calities in a large increase of the  sales  of the re­
tailers.  In some localities, jobbers utterly refuse 
to sell to any one  not  a  dealer.  A State roll of 
honor should at once be instituted  at  this meet­
ing, and the firms  subscribing  to  it  have  their 
names published in the official organ of  our  As­
sociation.
Interstate  co-operation.—Arrangements  have 
been  perfected  with  two  states—Pennsylvania 
and Michigan—whereby  interstate  co-operation 
in the collection  of  delinquent  accounts  have 
heen secured. 
Organization.—Although the results in this de­
partment are not satisfactory for reasons already 
stated, yet we have made some  progress.^  Sever­
al associations have  reorganized  and  nine new 
associations  have  been  formed,  while negotia­
tions are now on the way for the organization of 
several more.
Although our State Association  has  had more 
drawbacks than any other, more hindrances, not 
the  fault  of  the  Association, yet  in  the short 
time since its creation it has been a  success, and 
I even w-ant to emphasize that.  Xow for  proofs.
New York, Michigan and New  Jersey have state 
organizations.  The  oldest  in  the  country  is 
Michigan,  who  counts  her years at four,  she 
has only a little better than 2,600 members, while 
Ohio, the youngest, the last  horn  of  the  cause, 
has about 1,400.  Pennsylvania, when at our age, 
was far behind us, and at her fourth meeting had 
only twenty-four locals;  she now has sixty-five.
It always takes about so much time  to  start  the 
ponderous machinery of a grand or  state  organ­
ization.  We have only had six months in which 
to labor.  We are just getting in shape for effect­
ive work.  New York, six times as  old  as  Ohio, 
has now only fifteen associations,  against thirty- 
two of Ohio.

The report of the Treasurer was as follows :

. . .

. 

R E C E IP T S .
From sale of charters.............
From per capita dues.............

• 

.*155 00 
.  751  50

Total......................................*906 50
D ISB U R SE M E N T S.

Secretary’s salary, six  months...................*300 00
Printing  matter.............................  
Organizing 

 

 

fees...................................   17 50
Total...................................... *727 97
Balance on hand.................   178 53

The reports from local  associations  were uni­
formly encouraging, showing  that  marked  pro­
gress was being made in the work.

The resolutions adopted at the last  convention 

were re-affirmed.

meeting.

Columbus  was  selected  as  the  next  place of 

For the above summary of  the  proceedings of 
the convention, T h e  T r a d e sm a n   is  indebted to 
the official report published in the  Buckeye  Gro­
cer. 

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Association  Notes.

L. M. Mills  assisted  in the  formation of  a  B. 
M. A. at Alma last Tuesday evening, starting out 
with  a  membership of  twenty-six.  B.  S. Webb 
is President of  the Association and  Max Pollas- 
ky, Secretary.

Ex-President  Hamilton  spent  several days in 
the city, last week,  looking up  the  details  con­
nected with the construction of a brick block, in 
which undertaking he and his  partner are about 
to embark.  He was accompanied by his wife and 
daughter, who will spend the winter  at  the coi­
ner of Wealthy and Madison avenues.

Antrim  County  Advertiser:  At  the  regular 
meeting of the Bellaire Business Men’s  Associa­
tion on Tuesday, W. J. Nixon  resigned  as Presi­
dent, on account of his soon  departure for Deca­
tur, Ala., and H. M. Hemstreet was elected to fill 
the vacancy.  Mr. Nixon has made a good presid­
ing officer and Mr. Hemstreet will work hard that 
the office don’t go back.

President Wells has called a meeting of the Ex­
ecutive  Board  of  the  M. B. M. A., to be held at 
Lansing on November 9,  chiefly  to  consider the 
insurance project devised by the Insurance Com­
mittee and attend the final hearing of  the Insur­
ance Policy Commission.  Any local  association 
or member having any  matters  to  bring  before 
the Board would do well  to  communicate  with 
the President or Secretary.

His  Memory  Failed  Him.

Bobby—Where are you going, ma?
Mother—I’m going to a wedding break­
fast,  Bobby,  and  you  must  be  a  good 
little boy while I’m  away.

ÄSSOCIÄTIOM  DEPARTMENT.
Second Meeting of the Ohio Association.
The  second  convention  of  the  Ohio  Retail 
Merchants’ Association was  held  at  Cincinnati 
on Oct.  9,  and 10.  Mayor  Smith  welcomed the 
delegates to the city and President  Dinkelbihler j has  ret 
voiced the hospitality  extended  by  the  Cincin- J jjjght’s 
nati  Retail  Grocers’  Association.  President  II 
genfritz, of the Youngstown Retail Merchants As­
sociation, responded to the addresses of w elcome.
The address of President  Herrman  was an ad­
mirable exposition of the aims and objects of the 
Association.  He  paid  h is respects to the princi­
pal abuses which the Association  seeks  to reme­
dy—the adulteration of food, the  gift  enterprise 
and peddling nuisances, and  the  dead-beat who 
preys uponthe  retail  dealer  and  consumes  his 
profits.
The  report  of  Secretary  Cherry  presented a 
comprehensive summary of the work of  the past 
six months.  The  status of the  Association  was 
set forth as follows:

fast when you were married, ma?

Bobby—Did you have a wedding break­

Plainwell Enterprise:  A  new  dress of 
type  inproves  the  appearance  of  T h e 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d esm a n.  T h e  T r a d e s­
m an  fills  its  niche  in  the  newspaper 
Mother—Yes, dear.
world excellently well and is a prime ne- 
Bobby  Is that so?  Why,  I  don’t  re-1 eessity  to  every  business  man  in  the 
1 State.

member anything about it. 

Desperate  Attempt  to  Get  Employment 

on  False  Pretenses.

From  the D etroit Journal.
Jacob  Brown & Co., the  Jefferson  av­
enue  w'holesale  notion  dealers, recently 
advertised  for  a  commercial  traveler. 
The advertisment required the answer  to 
be directed to the  firm’s  postolfice  box, 
and a big grist  of  them  were  received. 
Mr.  Brown winnowed  the  file  down  to 
four, and then finally decided  to  answ’er 
one, which  was  signed  W.  T.  Wilson. 
Mr. Wilson called at the office of the firm 
next day.  He  was  a  man  of  medium 
height, rather slim,  dark  complexioned, 
with a  small  mustache,  smooth  shaven 
face,  and  the  air  of  a  school  master. 
His talk was business like  and  straight­
forward,  and he had some knowledge  of 
several w estern cities where the firm  was 
desirous  of establishing its  trade.  Mr. 
Brown said that  he  would  engage  him, 
but added, with the usual precaution of a 
business man;
“You  can  give  me  some  references, 
Mr. Wilson?”
“Certainly. 
I was formerly  employed 
by Kallmeyer Bros.,  wholesale  jew’elers, 
round the corner on  Woodwrard  avenue.
“Yery  wTell,  sir;  call 
in  to-morrow 
forenoon.”
Later in the day Mr.  Brown  called  at 
Kallmeyers, and was told  by  the  young 
clerks in the office that they did not know 
any person named  Wilson.  The  mem­
bers of the firm  and  C.  H.  Collins,  the 
manager, were out.
“Next  forenoon  the  applicant  called 
and was told  by  Mr.  Brown  what  had 
been said  at  Kallmeyers.
“You saw only  some  bojrs  w7ho  were 
not there when  I  worked  for  the  firm. 
Mr. Collins, the manager, knew me.  But 
I can prove it to  you  here.  Have  you 
got  a  directory?”
The directory was brought and showed 
that Mr. Wilson was as he had represent­
ed.  There  it  was.  “Wilson,  Wm.  T., 
trav.  agt.,  Kallmeyer  Bros.,  bds.  the 
Griswold.”
Mr. Brown was partly satisfied and  en­
tered into some further conversation with 
him, and turned him over to  his  son  for 
further  instructions.  Mr.  Brown  then 
walked  over  to  Kallmeyer  Bros,  store 
and talked to Manager Collins.
“Why,  there is no such  man  living,” 
said the latter. 
“The  Wm.  T.  Wilson 
who traveled for us died of  consumption 
two years ago, shortly  after  being  mar­
ried.”
The two went over to Mr. Brown’s store.
“Mr. Wilson,  this is Mr. Collins,”  said 
Mr. Brown.
“I don’t know  this  gentleman,”  said 
Mr.  Collins.
“Wilson”  was  a  little  disconcerted, 
but did not give much  outw ard  show  of 
the fact.
“Mr.Collins,” he said, in an  indignant 
tone,  “what  object  have you  in  lying 
about me?  You know I w orked for you.”
“You never did,”  said  Collins  hotly,
“you’re an imposter.”
“How can you say such a  thing?  You 
know7—
“I don’t know. 
If I wras Mr.  Brown,  I 
w'ould fire you into the street.”
“Oh, well,” said the man, wTith a  care­
less air,  “I suppose Mr. Brown  will  be­
lieve you in preference to me,  as  I’m  a 
stranger to him.”
And w ith that he coolly went out of the 
door and walked down street.
Mr. Brown and Mr.  Collins  exchanged 
opinions and came to the conclusion  that 
the man was under a cloud,  and had  tak­
en this  curious  way  to  obtain  employ­
ment.

The  Essence  Line.

From  th e Com m ercial Enquirer.

And now the essence fellow's have  laid 
their hands on tea,  and  propose  to  sell 
everybody tea ready drawn and  only  re­
quiring dilution in hot wrater.  We  have 
not  sampled  the  liquid,  but  we  think 
there is reason for  drawing  the  essence 
line in front of  tea.  Everybody  knows 
that the great difficulty in tea drawing  is 
to avoid too strong a decoction, or  rather 
a  too  protracted  steeping.  The  best 
qualities of tea are very  quickly  drawn, 
while  long  steeping  evolves  the  more 
harmful essence. 
It is too much to hope 
that human nature would resist the temp­
tation to make  as  strong  an  extract  as 
possible from a given  w’eight  of  leaves. 
Should the bitterness of the tannin  thus 
produced  be  too  evident,  it  would  be 
softened  or  hidden  by  some  chemist’s 
trick and the public  stomach  would  be 
assulted anew with an element of danger. 
It may be somewhat difficult for the aver­
age man to select the  best  of  teas,  but, 
aided by  his  grocer,  this  task  is  easy 
compared with  that  of  protecting  him­
self from doctored up  chemical  prepara­
tions.

Sunfield Organizes Branch No. 77.

The business men of Sunfield met last Wednes­
day evening and organized  B.  M.  A.  No. 77, in­
cluding the business men of Sunfield  and  Shay- 
town.  Geo. Richards acted as  chairman  of  the 
meeting and P. J. Welch was  selected  to  act  as 
secretary.  The  editor  of  T h e   T r a d e sm a n   ex­
plained the aims and objects of organized  effort 
among business men, after which  the  organiza­
tion was completed by  the  adoption of  a consti­
tution, by-laws and blanks,  and  the  election of 
the following officers:

President—W. E. VanAnde.
Vice-President—P. J. Welch.
Secretary—E. H. Deatsman.
Treasurer—-Geo. Richards.
Executive Committee—H. Knapp,  L. H. Wood, 
The  Association  starts  out  under  flattering 
auspices and will  undoubtedly  prove a success.

L. O.  Wilson.

VISITING  BUYERS.

N H arris, Big- Rapids 
Jo h n  G unstra, Lam ont 
J  C  Benbow,  Cannonsburg 
W oodward & Poll and,
Ashland
D W G   Shat tuck,  W ayland 
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
W E H inm an, S parta 
John Kamps, Z utphen 
P DeKraker, H olland 
C H Deming, D ntton 
J  H om rich. No  D orr 
Mrs J Debri,  Byron  Center 
J  Raym ond, B erlin 
M Gezon, Jam estow n 
H Ade, Conklin 
John K inney, Kinney 
S  Soderberg, Ryerson 
B A Fish, C edar Springs 
W W Peirce, Moline 
G P  S tark,  Cascade 
G TenHoor, F orest Grove 
L & L Jen is on,  Jenisonville 
J C Branch, W ayland 
Wm Karsten,  B eaver  Dam 
H enry Strope, Morley 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
A W iem ega. Muskegon 
E E H ew itt,  Rockford 
J E B ennett,Ferris 
C R Bunker, Bailey 
W H Hanks, Otisco 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
P  Kinney, A ltona 
Mrs H D Plum , Mill  Creek

N Bourn a, F isher Station 
S H B allard, S parta 
J  P  E kstrom , Advance 
Jo h n  D am stra,  Gitchell 
C C Tuxbury, Sullivan 
S S tark, A llendale 
E J  H arrington, H olland 
M Heyboer & Bro,  D renthe 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n 
S McNitt & Co, Byron C entr 
B V olm ari, Overisel 
C K H oyt ¿c Co, H udsonvlle 
Benson & Co., W oodland 
Dr H C Peckham ,  F reeport 
R T P arrish , Grandville 
Guy M Harwood,  Petoskey 
Chas Sickles, So Cass 
Sheppard & G ranger,
Plainw ell 
R B Gooding & Son,  Lisbon 
J  C Scott,  Lowell 
C H Loomis, S parta 
A R McKinnan, Shelby 
W ise  & Varnes,
Cole & Chapel, Ada 
Eli R unnels, C orning 
Kelsey Lum ber Co.,
Gus Begman, Bauer 
L C reighton. N irvana 
S T Colson, A laska 
W S Young, Rockford 
J  L  Thomas,  Cannonsburg 
Adam W ag n er ,Eas tm  anvll e

M iddlebury, Ind 

Petoskey

The  Copper  Corner—Advance  in  Price.
Following close  upon  the order of  the 
sugar trust to decrease the  production of 
sugar, there  comes a similar  order  from 
the  big  French  copper  syndicate  for a 
decrease  in  the  output of  copper.  This 
means  an  increase of  %  cent  a pound, 
and thousands of  miners  will not find as 
much  work  to  do  in the future as they 
have in the past. 
In the case of  the Cal­
umet and Heela Company a reduction has 
been  ordered  of  one-sixth  of  the  total 
annual  production,  which  means  a  re­
duction  of  from  60,000,000  pounds  to 
50,000,000  pounds. 
It  is  probable  that 
the  same  rate  will  apply to other com­
panies,  and  as  there  are  about twenty- 
five  or  thirty of  them,  the  decrease  in 
production of  copper  from  now on  will 
be something  enormous.  The  American 
companies were finally appeased with the 
promise that the French syndicate would 
take their  copper at % cent  advance,  or 
at  the  rate  of  13)4  cents a pound.  By 
this arrangement the whole  loss will fall 
upon the consumers.
the Acme of utility and

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to 

Liberal  dis­
count 
the 
trade.  Special 
Inducem ents 
to parties intro­
ducing 
th is  
system of store- 
fitting  in  any 
locality.
Manufactur­
fessa

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K O C H  A.,  li.  CO .,
354 Main St.,  PEORIA,  ILL.
48-50 Lake St., Chicago;  114 Water  St., Cleveland

BORDEN, SELLECK & CO., Agts.,

B e a n S

Parties having any Beans  to  offer  will 
please send sample  and  we  will  try and 
make you satisfactory prices.
Alfred J. B ro w n  

S e e d   S to r e , 

-  MICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
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THE

Industrial  School  of Business

Its graduates succeed.  Write

Is noted for  THOROUGHNESS.
W.  N.  FERRIS,

B ig R apids, M ich.

LETTER COPYING  BOOK,

A new SELF-MOISTENING leaf  book,  requir­
ing no brush or  blotters.  Forty  leaves  can  be 
kept moist for days, ready for instant copy.
I t is a g re a t success, being  th e  finest  copying  book 
For circulars and prices address 

Me ev er used. 
TH E  EYMAN AGENCY,  Kalamazoo, Mich.

Graxs  R a p id s , Mich., Oct. 5,1888.
Valley city Tabl» Co.

Mill, Store and D w elling for Sale.

I own and desire to sell, or exchange  for  prop­
erty in the city, a mill  30 x 50  feet,  four  stories 
high, painted white, two run of stone,  two bolts, 
good cleaning apparatus, power corn sheller, and 
all machinery necessary for doing a good custom 
business.  Ample power, the whole of Flat river. 
Several acres of ground;  store and dwelling com­
bined, also on same premises.  No  incumbrance 
on property. 

’  ©  'DO,

H. B. FALLASS.

Fallase & Swarthout’s Law Office,

National City Bank Block.

CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of 
running book  accounts  by  using  Cash  Sale 
Checks.  For sale at 50 cents per  100 by E. A. 
STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

LUCIUS  C.  WEST,

PATENTS;

UA ttorney a t P a ten t Law  and Solicitor 
Mof  A m erican  and  F oreign  patents. 
105 E. Main St., Kalam azoo, Mich., U. S. A.  B ranch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  P ractice in U. S. Courts.  Circular* 
free.

I I A . R D  W A R B .

T hese  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.

dis.

AUGURS AND BITS.

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AXES.

BELLS.

dis.
dis.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

Ives’, old style.................................
60
...........  
Snell’s.................................... ...........
60
.......... 
Cook’s ................................................
...........  
40
Jennings’, genuine...........................
25
...........  
Jennings’,  imitation........................
........... 50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
...........* 7 00
...........   11  00
D.  B. Bronze..............
S. B. S. Steel..............
...........   8 50
D. B. Steel.................
...........  13 00
Spring  ..............................................
...........  
4o
Railroad............................................
......... * 14 00
Garden..............................................
...n et  33 00
Hand......................................................  60*10*10
Cow ...............................................................  
70
Call  ................................................................30*15
Gong..............................................................
Door, Sargent.................................................60&10
0
Stove..............................................................$ 
Carnage new  list........................................... 70&10
50
Plow  .............................................................. 
Sleigh shoe....................................................  
70
Wrought Barrel  Bolts................................... 
60
Cast Barrel Bolts........................................... 
40
Cast Barrell, brass  knobs............................. 
40
Cast Square Spring........................................ 
60
40
Cast C hain.............................. 
Wrought  Barrel, brass knob........................ 
60
Wrought Square........................................... 
60
■Wrought Sunk  Flush................................... 
60
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60&10 
Ives’ Door...... ...........................................  
60&10

bolts. 

dis.

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BLO CK S.

BUCKETS.

CROW   B A R S.

B U T T S ,  CAST.

C A R P E T   S W E E P E B S .

.......................... 
CRADLES.

dis.
40 
Barber.........
50*10 
Backus  ........
50 
Spofford......
net
Am. B a ll__
.* 3 50 
Well,  plain..
.  4 00 
Well, swivel..................................................
dis. 
.70& 
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................
.70* 
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed.................
60& 
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.............
.60&10 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............
•60&10 
Wrought Loose Pin......................................
.60*05 
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.....................
60*06 
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned...................
.60*05 
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped
60*10 
Wrought  Table............................................
60*10 
Wrought Inside Blind.................................
75 
Wrought Brass..............................................
.70*10 
Blind,  Clark’s..............................................
70*10 
Blind,  Parker’s ............................................
70
Blind, Shepard’s ...........................................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................
. 40
Bissell  No. 5.................................... per doz.
*17 00 
19 00 
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ...........  
36 00 
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Bissell, G rand..................................... 
24 00
Grand Rapids....................................... 
“
15 00
Magic........................................ 
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Grain......................................................  dis. 50&02
Cast Steel............................................. per fl>
Iron, Steel Points.................................   “
Ely’s 1-10.............................................per m
Hick's  C. F ........................................... 
Musket.................................................  
Rim Fire, TJ. M. C. & Winchester new list..
Rim Fire, United States..........................dis.
Central  Fire.............................................dis.
Socket Firm er....................................
Socket Framing..................................
Socket Corner......................................
Socket Slicks....................................
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.................
Barton’s Socket Firmers...................
Cold....................................................
COM BS.
Curry,  Lawrence’s .............
Hotchkiss.............................
C H A LK .
White Crayons, per gross__
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s........................................... 
60
60
Bibb’s ............................................................  
B eer................................................................ 40&10
Fenns’....................  
60
33
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60........................ 
29
29
Cold Rolled, 14x48........... 
Bottoms.........................................................  
30
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank..................................... 
40

25
dis.
.70*10
•70&10
.70*10
.70*10
40
20
net
dis.
.40*10

,12@12 % dis. 10

drills. 

C A R T R ID G E S.

C H ISE L S.

C O P P E R .

dis.

C A PS.

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E L B O W S.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound.................................   6J4
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated.......................................dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable..........................................................dis. %&10
dis.
Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26........................ 
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30............................. 
American File Association List...................  
Disston's........................................................ 
New  American........................i.................... 
Nicholson’s ................................................... 
Heller’s........................................................... 
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 

files—New List. 

30
25
60
60
60
60
50
50

E X P A N S IV E   B IT S . 

dis.

galvanized iron.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26 :  27 
List 
15 

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60.

50

H A M M ERS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......................  
Naydole  & Co.’s................................................ dis. 25
Kip’s ................................................................... dis. 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s..............................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__ 30c 40&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 .............
60
State........................................ .. .per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 
longer.................................
« Vi
Screw Hook and  Eye, ‘A ......
10
%......
»V*
7*4
%......
7H
%......
Strap and T ...........................
70

................dis.
in. 4‘A  14 and
................net
................net
................net
................net
................dis.

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h a n g e r s . 

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
40

dis.

13 
gauges. 

dis.

h o l l o w   w a r e

Pots..................................................................60*10
Kettles.............................................................60*10
Spiders........... ; ...,.......................................60*10
Gray enameled..............................................  
50

H O U SE  F U R N IS H IN G   GOODS.

Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................
Granite Iron W are........................................

H O ES.

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Grub  1. 
.. ..$11, dis. 60 
Grub 2 . 
.*11.50, dis. 60 
Grub 3.
__*12, dis. 60
Au Sable................................dis. 25&10@2o&10*10
Putnam...................................... dis.  5&10&2%&2%
Northwestern................................. dis. 10&10&5&5
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................  
Picture, H. L. Judd  *   Co.’s ..........................40*10
Hemacite........................................................ 
45
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s.............................
Branford’s ..................................................... 
I
Norwalk’s .............................................................
dis.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................
Adze Eye...........................................*16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye.......................................... *15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s........................................*18.50, dis. 20&10
dis.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s..................................... 
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies__  
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s.................. 
“  Enterprise.........................................  

50
4
4
4
2
dis.
Stebbin’s Pattern........................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring...........................

levels. 
MATTOCKS.

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

diS.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

fence  And  brads.

50d to 60d.......................................................
10
lOd................................................................... 
8d and 9d.......................................................
6d and 7d........................................................ 
40
4d and 5d........................................................ 
60
3d....................................................................   1  00
2d....................................................................   1  50

FINE BLUED.

12d to 30d.
lOd...........
8d to 9d... 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............
%  inch...

CA STIN G   A N D   B O X .

COMMON BARREL.

C LIN C H .
inch..........................
1 % and 
2 and 2% 
................. .
“ 
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2% and 2%  “ 
3 inch...........................................
3M and 4%  inch.........................
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

dis.

O IL E R S.

Rinc or tin. Chase’s Patent......
Zinc, with brass bottom............
Brass or Copper................
Reaper............................
Olmstead’s .....................
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................
Sciota Bench......................................
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..............
Bench, first quality............................
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.

....................60&Ì0
...................  
50
...................  
50
.per gross, *12 net
....................50&10
....................40@10
...................   @60
....................40@10
.  @60
• 20&10

P L A N E S .

dis.

PA N S.

Fry,  Acme— ....................................... dis. 50*10
Common,  polished.................................dis. 60&10
55
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  
50
A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs ‘Ac per pound extra.

P A T E N T  P L A N IS H E D   IR O N .

r i v e t s . 

dis.

V j

•  10H 
■  12%
dis.
.70*10
60
20
Com.
*3 00
3 00
3  10
3  15
3 35
3 35
inches

Weekly  “Pointers.”

GHURGH  AND  FARM

Steel Alloy Church and  School 

Bells, Gold Bronzed.

Sisal, ‘A inch and larger...........................
Manilla........................•................................

R O P E S .

SQ U A R E S.

Try and Bevels......
M itre......................

H E E T   IR O N .Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14........... ......................... *4 20
Nos. 15 to 17........... .........................   4 20
Nos.  18 to 21........... ......................... 4 20
Nos. 22 to 24........... ......................... 4 20
Nos. 25 to 26........... ......................... 4 40
No. 27.....................
.........................   4 60
All  sheets No. 18 
and  lighter,  over 30 
wide not less than 2
-10 extra
SA N D   P A P E R .
List aect. 19, ’86.........................
SA SH   CORD.
Silver Lake, White  A................
Drab A ...................
White  B ................
Drab B...................
White C.................

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dis.

TACKS.

SA SH   W E IG H T S.

SA U SA G E  S C U P P E R S   O R  F IL L E R S .

»Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
“  Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__  
**  Champion  and  ‘Rlpplrif»  Tnnth  V 
ampion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot

Discount, 10.
Solid Eyes......
..per ton *25
Miles’ “Challenge” __ per doz. *20, dis. 50@50&05
Perry................... per doz. No. 1, *15;  No. 0,
...................... *21;  dis. 50@50&5
Draw Cut No. 4............................ each, *30, dis  30
Enterprise Mfg. Co...........................dis. 20&10@30
Silver’s.................................................... dis.  40&10
Disston's  Circular.....................................45@45&5
Cross Cut................................... 45@45&5
H and..........................................25@25&5
Atkins’  Circular................................................dis. 9
70
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__   .50
30
28 
American, all kinds...........................
60 
Steel, all  kinds...................................
60 
Swedes, all kinds................................
60 
Gimp and Lace...................................
60 
Cigar Box Nalls.................................
50 
Finishing  N a ils...............................
50 
Common and  Patent  Brads..............
50 
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks.
50 
Trunk and Clout Nails......................
50 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nalls.........
45 
Leathered Carpet Tacks.....................
35
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton's__60*10
Hotchkiss’.......................................................60*10
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ....................................60*10
Mouse,  choker......................................18c 
Mouse, delusion.................................*1.50 per doz.
Bright Market................................................  67‘A
Annealed Market........................................... 70*10
Coppered Market...........................................  6254
Extra B ailing................................................ 
55
Tinned Market..............................................  6254
Tinned  Broom.................................. per pound 09
Tinned Mattress..............................per pound 854
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................  
50
Tinned  Spring Steel.......................................40*10
Plain Fence.......................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................*4 00
painted.......................................   3 25
Copper.................................................new list net
Brass.....................  
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TRAPS. 

wire. 

dis.

dis.

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B rig h t......... ..............................
Screw  Eyes.............................
Hook’s ........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes................
WRENCHES. 

3
5

d is.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled........................ 
Coe’s  Genuine.................................................. 
7
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............ 
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*1
d lS .

Bird Cages..................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern..............................................
Screws, New List........................................... 70&05
Casters, Bed  and  Plate............................50*10*10
Dampers, American......................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........  66^
Copper Bottoms................................................  30c

M ISC ELLA N EO U S. ’ 

. 70&10&10 
.70*10*10 
.70*10*10 
. 70&10&10

per doz.

METALS.
PIG TIN.

Pig  Large........................................................... 28c
Pig Bars.............................................................. 30c

COPPER.

Duty:  Pig, Bar  and  Ingot,  4c;  Old  Copper,  3c 
Manufactured  (including all articles  of which 
Copper is a component of  chief  value), 45  per 
cent  ad valorem.  For large lots  the following 
quotations are shaded:

Lake.....................
“Anchor” Brand.

.1854 
. ..18

ZIN C .

L E A D .

S O L D E R .

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

The  prices  of  the  many other qualities  of

Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
600pound  casks................................................ 654
Per  pound.......................................................7@754
Duty:  Pig, *2  per 100 pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
American........................................................ @554
Newark.............................................................@554
B ar..........................................................................6
Sheet....................................................... 8c, dis. 20
%©%.....................................................................16
Extra W iping................................................... 1354
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
AN TIM O N Y .
Cookson......................................... per  pound  1454
Hallett’s ........................................ 
1154
T IN — M ELYN  G R A D E.
10xi4 IC, Charcoal.........................................*600
14x20 IC, 
12x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
10x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

 
Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

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10x14 IC,  Charcoal....................................... $ 5 40
14x20 It', 
12x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
29x28 IC, 
10x14 EX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

R O O FIN G   PL A T E S .

Allawav  Grade.............

EaYh additional X on this grade, *1.50.
14x20 IC, Terne  M. F ................................
20x28 IC
“  Worcester......................
14x20  IC,
14x20 IX,
29x28  IC,
14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28  IC,
20x28 IX
14x28  IX
14x31  IX
14x56 IX, 
14x60 IX, f o r  No. 8 Boilers, ^ r  pound. ..
HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

B O IL E R   SIZ E   TIN   PL A T E .

..* 7 60
..  15 75
..  5 50
..  7 00
..  11  50
..  4  90
..  6 40
..  10 50
..  13 50

..  13 50
09

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @22 00
Black Ash, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Cherry, log-run..........................................25 00®35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................50 00@60 00
Cherry, Cull.........................................   @12 00
Maple, log-run..........................................12 00@14 00
Maple,  soft, log-run..................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2............  
@20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring..........................  @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................  @25 00
Red Oak, log-run...................................... 18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2............ 
24 00@25 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, regular...................... 30 00@35 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log run...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll......................................  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 00@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run........  ..................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00@18 00

 

 

 

 

 

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24 
 
..26 in____
.32 in ...
36 
 

These bells  are  cast  from  an  alloy of 
cast steel and crystal  metal,  and  can be 
relied on under all circumstances  and in 
all seasons.  We sell sizes as follows:  □ 
Diam. Bell  Weight Com.
No. 
in........150 lbs.
4K...................  
..225  lbs. 
in______
5 
 
..329  lbs. 
6 
7 
..600  lbs. 
. .850  lbs.
in______
8 
The style of  mounting  these  bells in­
cludes Wood Frame, Iron Wheel,  and for 
Nos. 7 and 8  Tolling  Hammers  without 
extra charge.
These bells are offered to  the  trade as 
the best of  their  class.  They  are  uni­
form in shape and finished in a first class 
manner.  The mountings are  graceful in 
appearance and perfectly adapted  to  the 
duty they are to perform.  The quality of 
the material used is the best.  We can al­
so furnish  Solid  Bell  Metal  Bells  if de­
sired.

Foster, S tew  & Co.,

.  10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33, 35,37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

u ( S *

Weekly  "Pointers.”

Reliable Goods.
On every, hand in each and  all  lines of 
goods we see constant and  unceasing ef­
fort to improve  on  former  ideas  and to 
produce what nearest approaches  perfec- 
fection.  The tendency of the present day 
has been to a large degree toward produc­
tion of the greatest quantity for the least 
money, but it has been  found  that it is a 
false and  mistaken  idea,  and  one  that 
bears poor  fruit.  Hence  the  success of 
the few who  have  had  the  foresight to 
see  a  slow  but  sure  profit  in  making 
nothing  but  the  best. 
It  is  but a few 
years ago  that  THE  DETROIT  STOVE 
WORKS started in to make stoves.  Their 
endeavor was to build up a  trade for the 
future, and that  they  have  succeeded is 
shown by their immense  trade,  which is 
constantly increasing, and  the  high esti­
mation in which their  goods  are  held in 
this community.  Their assortment is tne 
largest  of  any  one  stove  house  in the 
country  and  their  sales  are  enormous. 
We have been their agents from the start 
and have never had cause to regret it.

Foster, Sterens 4 Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33, 35,37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

:°SW<&

6 00
6 25
10 00
7 75
7 75
8 00
12 50

Weekly  "Pointers.”

5 40
5 65
9 25
11 80
6 90
6 90
7 15
11 65
14 80

No article of household use contributes 
so much to the comfort (or discomfort) of 
the inmates as the

Cooling and Heatini Apparatus.

Starting  with  this  proposition,  then, 
and no one will  dispute  its  truth,  how 
necessary that the stove, range or furnace 
employed should be the  best  that can be 
produced.  Health, happiness and econo­
my demand it.

THE JOHN VAN RANGE 00.

many years ago  attained  the  reputation 
of making some of the best  goods in this 
line,  and they are among  those who have 
been successful in  maintaining  the posi­
tion then achieved.  Not to aim  at  how 
cheaply a stove could be  made,  hut how 
well and how improved,  has  been  their 
desire,  and a careful  attention  to  detail 
in  every  department  of  construction, 
strict integrity  and  liberal  treatment in 
dealing with patrons has borne  its legiti­
mate fruit, namely,  a colossal business.
It is conceded by those who  have trav­
eled  that  we  carry  the  largest line of 
John  Van  Steel  Ranges  of  any  house 
north of Cincinnati, 
the  place  they are 
made.

Foster, Stevens & Co.

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33,35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

The Michigan Tradesman IBUTTER»EG68

BUSINESS  LAW.

Brief  Digests  of  Recent  Decisions  in 

Court*  of Last Resort.

ANT.

EMPLOYER’S  LIABILITY — FEU.OW-SEHV- 
The Supreme  Judicial Court of  Massa­
chusetts  held, in  the  case  of  Moynihan 
vs.  Hills  Company, that  an  injury to an 
employe  by  reason  of  a defect  in a ma­
chine, which was owing to the negligence 
of  a person  employed to reconstruct and 
look  after  the  machines, was not an in­
jury  arising  from  the  negligence  of  a 
fellow  servant,  and  that  the  employer 
was liable for the injury.

TRADE  MARK—UNION LABELS.

-Judge  Patterson, of  Pennsylvania,  re­
cently  rendered a decision  at  Lancaster
in the case of  Cigar  Maker’s  Union No.  A 
126 of  Ephrata  vs.  Brendel,  dissolving a 
preliminary  injunction  restraining  the 
defendant,  a  cigar  manufacturer of  the 
same  place,  from  using  labels  of  the 
same  kind  as  those  used  by the union.
Judge Patterson held that the mere adop­
tion  of  a mark  and  public  declarations 
that  such  mark  will  be  used  to  label 
goods in the future do not create a trade­
mark.

W e   a r e   r e c e iv in g  
d a ily  a n d  offer to  th e  
tr a d e   a  c h o ic e  lo t o f 

B U T T E R

a n d

F R E S H   E G G S. 
C all  at  o u r  sto re. 
W e  
g u a r a n t e e  
sto c k   a n d   p r ic e s to 
su it.
L a m o re a o i& J o lu ts ta n

71  Canal  Street.

i  t   t ~>_________ _
1 1 P 0 Q .   J   .  - D  P O  W  f l  

FOREIGN,

TROPICAL

AND

CALIFORNIA

If you  have  any 
to offer  send 
samples

E

A
A

and
amount  and 
will try to buy them
W.  T.  LAMOREAUX,

71  Canal  Street.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  you  have  any  of  th e   above  goods  to 
ship,  o r an y thing  in  th e  Produce  line,  let 
us h e a r  from   you.  L iberal cash  advances 
m ade  w hen  desired.

E A R L   B R O S .

,

C o m m is s io n   M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

Reference:  First  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

POTATOES.

We give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
the sale of POTATOES, APPLES,BEANS 
and ONIONS in car lots.  We  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal cash 
advances on Car Lots when desired.

Wl.  H.  TlOlSi  &  Go.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South Water S t, CHICAGO.
^ikHSBNTHAL. GROSS & Miller, Bankers, 
Chicago.

F R U I T S
Bananas.  Olir  Specialty.

i6 and i8 No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

ESTABLISHED  1866.

B r o s.
B urnett 
159  So. Water  Street Chicago.

We do a General Commission Business 
and offer as inducements twenty years’ ex­
perience and clear record.  The best equip­
ped and  largest salesroom  in  the  business 
in this city.  Ample storage facilities—full 
20,000 feet  of  floor space in  the center of 
the best market in  the West  Ample capi­
tal  and  first-class  references  on file  with 
The  Tradesman.  Write us  if you wish 
information,  whether  to  buy  or  sell. 
It 
will cost you nothing.

BARNETT  BROS.

EDWIN  FBLLBS,
Valley  City  Colt  Storae.

Proprietor  of

Packer and Jobber of 

TH E  POPULAR  SOLID

D aisy  Brand
My facilities for handling  Oysters  are un­
surpassed.  Oysters guaranteed fresh 

OF  OYSTERS.

every time.  Send in  your  orders, 

which will be filled  at  lowest 

market price.

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs 

and Egg Crates.
No. 1 egg  crates,  37c.  No. 8  egg crates, 
30c.  No.  1  fillers,  13c.  No.  8  fillers,  10c.
I  have  facilities  fo r  h andling  each  line  above 

nam ed th a t a re unsurpassed.

I  aim   to   handle  th e   b est  th a t  can  be  obtained. 
Mail orders filled prom ptly  a t low est  m ark et price.  A 
liberal discount on E gg C rates and fillers in  larg e  lots.

Salesroom, No, 9 N* Ionia Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

M O S E E E Y  BROS.,

Fruits,  Seeds, O y ste rs! Produce.

------W HOLESALE------

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will he 

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
- 

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

THBO. B.  GOOSSBN,

WHOLESALE

P r o d u c e   C o m m issio n   M er c h a n t,

BROKER  IN  LUMBER.

O S

Orders  for  Potatoes,  Cabbage  and  Apples,  iu Car Lots, solicited. 

Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty.

Telephone 869.

33  OTTAWA  STEET,

GRIND  RÄPID8,  MICH.
E .  F .  G I-uA-ULK:  <Sb  s o n ,

W HOLESALE

C o m m i s s i o n   N L G T c l m n t s 9

AND  DEALERS IN

Seeds, Prodte, Vegetables, PrVit, Blitter, Eggs,  Cheese, Etc., Etc.,

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED.

B i g   R a p i d s , _______- _______ " ______ M i o l i i s a n

GEO.  E.  HOWES.

Geo.  E.  H o w e s & Co.,

S. A.  HOWES.

C.  N.  R A PP.

FUL DTE.

MANUFACTURES’»  LIABILITY —  HARM­
An  interesting  point  was  decided by 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massa­
chusetts  in  the  case of  Gould vs. Slater 
Woolen Company. 
It appeared  that  the 
purchaser  of  certain  cloth 
from  a 
manufacturer  was  poisoned by handling 
it, owing to the use  by the  manufacturer 
of  a  common  mordant  in  dyeing  the 
same, which  was  not known at the time 
to  be  poisonous  to  handle.  The  court 
held  that  under  the  circumstances  the 
manufacturer  was  not  liable for the in­
jury.

POWER TO REGULATE MARKETS:

The  Alabama  Supreme  Court, in  the 
late case of  Ex-Parte  Byrd, held  consti­
tutional  a provision  in a city  ordinance 
of  the city of  Mobile prohibiting the sale 
of  fresh meats at retail outside of certain 
ma  kets  established  by  the  ordinance. 
The  court  said:  While  the  power  “to 
regulate” does not  authorize  prohibition 
in a general  sense,  “for the very essence 
of  regulation  is  the  existence of  some­
thing to be regulated,” yet the weight of 
authority is to the effect  that  this power 
confers the authority to  confine  the bus­
iness  referred to to certain  hours of  the 
day, to certain localities or buildings in a 
city, and to the manner of its prosecution 
within  those  hours, localities and build­
ings.  The  ordinance  here  brought  in 
question  is not a prohibition of  petition­
ers business. 
It does not deny his right 
to prosecute it. 
Its only effect upon that 
business  is  to  confine  it  to  the  public 
markets,  to limit  its  prosecution  to cer­
tain  hours of  the day, and  to  prescribe 
rules  for  its  conduct in conservation of 
public health.
COVENANT  IN  RESTRAINT  OF  SERVICE.
An interesting  decision has  just  been 
rendered  by  Mr.  Justice  Butt,  of  the 
High Court of  Justice  (England),  in  the 
case of  the National  Provincial  Bank of 
England,  Limited,  vs.  Marshall. 
It ap­
peared that the defendant, upon entering 
the  service  of  the  plaintiff  bank  as its 
cashier,  entered into a bond by which he 
bound  himself  to  pay  the  bank  £1,000 
as  liquidated  damages  if  after  leaving 
their service at any time he should within 
two years  accept  employment  with any 
other  bank  within  a  radius  of  twenty 
miles.  The defendant  resigned his posi­
tion  and  entered  the service of  another 
.bank within the prohibited district.  The 
defendant contended  that  there could he 
no  injunction,  sinee the  bank had in the 
contract  fixed  a  sum  of  damages  as  a 
penalty for the breach.  The judge, how­
ever, granted  an  injunction, taking  the 
ground  that  the  condition  of  the  bond 
really amounted to a covenant by the de­
fendant not to serve another bank within 
the prescribed limit of  place and time.

About  Collecting  Bills.

A  correspondent of  the  London  Boot 
•and Shoe Trades Journal gives an  exper­
ience  in  collecting  an  account  that  h 
identical with one  that  came  under  the 
writers’  observation 
in  Boston  a  few 
years ago, as follows:
One of  your  correspondents  recently 
referred to the difficulties attendant upon 
the collection of accounts. 
It may  inter­
est him  and  others  of  your  readers  to 
learn how a neighbor  of  mine  managed 
to get  settlement  of an  outstanding  ac- 
count from a debtor whom he had trusted 
much too long.  For a few  months after 
supplying the goods he made no effort  to 
get the money, and when he put  it  down 
for collection he was surprised to find  he 
had to be content with a series of excuses 
in the place of cash.  This  went  on  for 
some time,  and being tired of sending his 
collector he determined  to  go  after  the 
money himself.  After a few  visits  with 
no result, he made up his mind he  would 
see his’customer and get a  settlement  of 
some kind.  So  one  afternoon  he  went 
to the house, and on receiving  the  usual 
reply of “not at home,” he said he w ould 
wait  He  pushed  his  way  in  and  sat 
-down, and to the astonished  mistress  of 
the house he said he was going to w ait until 
lie got his  money.  Hour  after  hour  he j 
waited,  and at length he heard  the  steps 
of his much wished for debtor.  Noticing 
a suspicious  movement  of  the  wife,  he 
hurried  outside  to  meet  his  man,  and 
suddenly demanded payment of his  debt. 
A small riot ensued, and the row brought 
a policeman on the  scene,  who  was  im­
portuned to lock up the creditor  on  sun­
dry  vague  and  doubtful  charges  of 
annoyance  and  assault.  The  cause^ of 
¿he bother was explained, and the police­
man tried to  pacify  the  parti^,  but an 
adjournment to the nearest police station 
was insisted on, where the  charges  were 
again refused a hearing,  and  the  debtor 
was pressed to  make  some  arrangement 
for the payment of the account.  As the 
matter was thus  made  public  property, 
there was nothing to do but comply;  and 
hitherto the  conditions  have  been  com­
plied with, the slightest hint of a  repeti­
tion of the domiciliary visit being  suffici­
ent to keep the payment up to time.

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S P E C IA L T IE S :

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S Ionia  Street,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

W holesale Boots and Shoes.

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Prepared ready for use.  They dry  hard  in  a  few hours, and have a  beautiful  and durable gloss.  They are 
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Dry  Color  Makers, Paint  and  Varnish  Manufacturers.

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZu.

DETRO IT,

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Write  for  Fall  Prices  and 

Discounts

6. R. PYflEW ,

GRAND  RAPIDS

Paper  Box Factory,

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P ap er Boxes of E very  D escription  Made to 

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We make a specialty of

Confectionery, Millinery  and 

Grand Rapids, 

Mich.

Shelf Boxes.

Boston and Lawrence

All work guaranteed first  class  and  at  low 
prices.  Write  or  call  for  estimates  on  any­
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Felt  and Knit  Boots,  n  Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids, Mick

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removing one plug nut.
the Injector and we don’t want him to.

G rand Rapids,  Mich.

strength  and clothes  by  using

jaxon Anti-Washboard Soap.
It loosens and separates the dirt without injur­
ing the fabric,  instead of eating up the  dirt 
and thereby rotting the cloth.  Don’t be put 
off with  something  claimed  to  be  “just as 
good,” but insist on having the genuine  and 
prove for yourself the advantages of this soap.

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Wholesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

RETAIL  GROCERS
W ho  wish  to  serve  their  Customers 
with GOOD COFFEE would do well 
to  avoid  Brands  that  require  the 
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom­
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Sole  A gents  for  G jand  Rapids.

DILWORYH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

PITTSBURGH,  Penn.

Grand,  Square  and  Upright  Pianos.

The  Weber  Piano is  recognized  beyond 
controversy as  the Standard for excellence 
in every particular.  It is  renowned for its 
sympathetic, pure  and rich  tone  combined 
with  greatest  power.  The  most  eminent 
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Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

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Smith Pianos, 

Este y Organs, 

A. B. Chase Organs,

Hillstrom  Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

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GBNERAL  DEALER  IN

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S A W  AXIS C R IS T  M IL L  M A C H U T E R Y ,

The Michigan Tradesman

C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,  1888.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

W ritten fo r T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

B Y   A   CO UN TRY  M ERC H A N T.

Has  any 

individual—and  more  es­
pecially  any  individual  of  the  smaller 
communities of  the State—who  makes it 
a matter of  business  to  keep  his  prop- 
ertv reasonably well insured, received, as 
far as he  can  discover,  any benefit what­
ever  from  the  law which was passed by 
the present Legislature prohibiting trusts 
or combines among  insurance  companies 
that write  risks  on  Michigan  property ? 
If  such a party exists, among the readers 
of  T h e T ra desm a n, will he kindly make 
the fact known, in some manner, that the 
writer,  and  numerous  other  payers  of 
tribute to the stock companies may learn 
his modus  operandi of  dealing  with  the 
extortionists ?  When the  bill  became a 
law,  a  great  many  interested  people— 
forgetting that the most  elaborate  legis­
lation ever devised never  had  the  effect 
of  suppressing  crime  and  fraud—imag­
ined  that  the  insurance  problem  was 
solved,  and that the active competition of 
the State agents  would  speedily put pre­
miums  on, at  least,  a  reasonable  basis. 
But the fact is  that  the  old-time “pool” 
of  the various underwriters has not been 
disturbed 
for  a  moment.  The  local 
agents will assure  you, almost effusively, 
that  no  known  combination  exists  re­
garding rates, but interview successively 
a dozen  representatives  of  the  leading 
companies  regarding  a  policy,  and  the 
premium  won’t  vary a  mill  among  the 
lot.
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It is self-evident  to  any  man  of  ordi­
nary intelligence  that  the  Michigan  in­
surance “combine” has  lost  none  of  its 
iron-clad features.  When an agent, by a 
cut of—say—a dollar,  could put  five dol­
lars  into  his  pocket, by way of  commis­
sions,  but  refuses  to  concede a cent,  it 
doesn’nt  need  any very profound reflec­
tion  to  arrive at the conclusion  that  he 
dare not—as  he  values  his  agency—de­
viate from fixed rates.  He may honestly 
and  unreservedly concede  the  injustice 
and  extortion of  his  principals,  and  he 
will, not  unlikely,  regretfully  acknowl­
edge  that  there  is a unanimous  feelin 
among  his  patrons  that  they are  bein 
systematically  and  outrageously  swin­
dled.  but  any suggestion of  a return  to 
reasonable  rates is negatived  by an inti 
niation,  or an inference, that the remotest 
“cut.”  under  any  circumstances, would 
occasion extreinely strained  relations be­
tween  himself  and  the  corporations  he 
represents.  And  this  alone, if  no other 
evidence  could  be  secured, 
is  proof 
enough  that  the  status of  the Michigan 
insurance  “pool”  has  not been disturbed 
by legislation.

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The stock insurance people, having de­
liberately determined  to  follow  the  ex 
ample  of  the  gentleman  whose  goose 
didn't produce golden  eggs  fast  enough 
to  suit  him,  leave  us  but  one  alterna­
tive—the mutual  plan of  protection.

Many of  us who have had  our “fingen 
burned”  by—now  happily defunct—mu 
tual companies instinctively shrink from 
a repetition of  our costly experience, but 
the stock syndicate have practically noti 
fied  us  that if  wg  object  to  systematic 
robbery  we  must  devise  some  way  to 
evade  the  robbers.  Very few of  us can 
reasonably afford to carry our  own risks 
and  to  the  majority of  us  insurance  i 
almost  an  absolute  business  necessity 
Our  State  laws  are so framed  that only 
the  great  companies—all of  them  mem 
bers  of  the  secret  pool—can  profitably 
comply with their  provisions, and, while 
they reasonably insure  our  safety,  they 
virtually  deprive  us  of  all  chances  of 
profiting by the competition of more mod­
est,  but,  perhaps,  just  as—proportion­
ally  —  responsible  organizations,  and, 
looking  at  the  subject  in  any light we 
may. we have,  under  our  present system 
of  legislation,  to  either  pay our  tribute 
to the  stock robbers, or take the chances 
of  involving  ourselves  in  an  unknown 
and indefinite  indebtedness  through the 
dishonesty  or  imbecility of  the  officials 
of  mutual associations.

The question  then  arises,  can  mutual 
insurance  be  made  safe,  as  well as eco­
nomical? 
I  mean  safe  for  the  stock­
holder as  regards the  limit of  his  liabil­
ities, in case the dishonesty or imbecility 
spoken of  brings  about  disaster  to  the 
company ?  It is  very satisfactory in one 
sense to know that as long  as  the organ­
ization  holds  together  you  are  getting 
perfectly safe insurance at low rates, but 
it is very unsatisfactory7 to  reflect  that if 
the company goes into the hands of  a re- 
ceiver  that  the  number  and  amount of 
your  assessments,  to  wind  up 
the 
concern,  is  a  perfectly  unknown  quan­
tity;  that  you,  who  are  responsible, 
must make  periodical  payments for peo­
ple  who  are  not  responsible;  that  the 
proceedings attending  the “winding up” 
are usually almost interminable, and that 
the  matters  of  receiver’s  fees,  clerk’s 
1  hire, attorney’s councils,  court fees, etc., 
etc.,  are  entirely  beyond  your  control, 
and  almost  entirely  optional  with  the 
court’s agent or representative.

I have in mind an  individual who paid 
something  like  $300 for an insurance on 
?4,000  worth of  property,  for  ten  days, 
in a mutual  company.  Shortly after  re­
ceiving  his  policy  he  learned  that  the 
organization  was  getting  “shaky,” and 
going into the secretary’s office he handed 
back the document,  requested  its cancel­
lation,  and  announced  himself  ready  to 
adjust  his  share of  any losses  that  had 
occurred  during  his  membership.  The 
official stated that nothing  was  due, and 
promised  to  cancel  the  policy.  A  few 
months later the  company went  into the 
hands of  a  receiver,  and  shortly  there­
after  the  party7 in question  received  an 
assessment. 
lie  refused  to pay and was 
ued,  and, as no record w7as  found show­
ing his withdrawal, the  court  held  that 
the  books  of  a rascally  secretary—then 
in Canada—were better evidence than his 
testimony.  As  the  defalcation  of  the 
official  occurred  during  his pronounced 
membership, it was also held  that  losses 
that  occurred  before  his  policy was is­
sued, and  which  should  have  been  ad- 
usted with the money that  the secretary 
‘hypothecated,” were debts against him, 
pro  rata  with  other victims.  The case 
was appealed;  sent  back  for a new  trial 
on a technicality,  and  a  new  judgment 
ecorded.  New  assessments  followed, 
and if  it hadn’t  been  for a compromise,
I believe  that  the  litigant  would  even­
tually have had to  petition for a receiver 
himself.  As  it  ended, however, his  in­
surance on $4.000  cost  him  over $30 ¿er 
day.

Something  over a  year  ago a reader of 
T h e  T ra d esm a n  attacked  me  violently 
for a criticism  of  our  mutual  insurance 
system, and  almost  alleged  that I was a 
paid attorney of  the  stock  syndicate. 
I 
don’t remember whether I replied to him 
at the  time or  not,  but I do remember of 
thinking  that  if  my  assailant  had  had 
my experience  in  settling  with  two de­
funct companies,  and the  settlement had 
cost him from four to five times what the 
most  expensive  stock  insurance  would 
have cost him, he would  have  supported 
my position rather  than  have impugned 
my motives in assuming it.

With a safe,  practical and conservative 
system  of  mutual  insurance;  a  system 
that would adjust the losses and expenses 
equitably: 
that  would  enable.  every 
stockholder to know  his  status  with his 
company w henever he desired to know it; 
that would  permit  positive and absolute 
withdrawal  from  membership  without 
the  fear  of  future  trouble;  that  yvould 
oblige officials to transact  their  business 
in a business-like manner, and that would 
prohibit  the  bloodsucker  feature in the 
“winding  up”  of  unprofitable  or  unde­
sirable organizations,  w ould  transfer the 
great  bulk  of  country  risks  from  the 
stock to the  mutual  companies;  and  let 
us hope that before the  next  Legislature 
adjourns  the  combined  wisdom  of  the 
assembled  solons,  aided by the  business 
brains  of  the  State,  will  enable  us  to 
safely and  sensibly  sever  our—at  pres­
ent—enforced connection  with  the stock 
insurance robbers.

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It  is  changing  the  subject  somewhat 
abrubtly,  but I want to notice,  briefly, a 
violent and almost  vicious  assault  made 
upon the wrriter of  these  papers by a lit­
tle boreal hebdomadal in Antrim  county. 
The  editor,  after a labored  and  painful 
interview  with  "Webster, brings  against 
me  tw7o  grave  charges, viz:  that I have, 
in  the  columns  of  T h e  T r a d esm a n, 
showred a gross and culpable ignorance of 
the  noble  science  of  poker,  and  have, 
moreover,  been  guilty  of  plagiarising. 
As  my knowledge  of  the  game  is  only 
theoretic,  and  my  accuser  is  evidently 
deeply versed in  its  mysteries,  I am wil­
ling to admit that 1 may have shocked his 
sensibilities  by alluding  to  the  art in a 
somewhat bungling and unscientific man-1 
ner.  But it is  to  be  regretted  that  the I 
profound  study  which  the  editor  has 
given to the subject  should  have  demor-| 
alized his brain to  that  extent that it ap­
pears to render him incapable of  w riting 
a consistent article.  For instance,  in ac­
cusing me of  ignorance and the pilfering 
of  other  people’s  ideas,  in  proving  my 
wrant of  knowledge, he entirely disproves 
his  charge of  plagiarism,  and  makes the 
curious  jumble  the  occasion  for a gross 
and ill-bred attack on a stranger.

As it may be  possible that some of  my 
readers  are  also  subscribers  to  the au­
thority on  poker,  and  may have  noticed 
the article alluded to, I desire to say that 
I never saw7, or before heard  of,  any pro­
duction in any way resembling the alleged 
nameless  poem by the  unknown  author 
which the poker  expert  charges me with 
“cribbing” from.  And  I  desire  further 
to say that any reading individual, whose 
brains were  not  diseased by abstruse re­
searches  into  the  mysteries  of  poker, 
could  have  readily  perceived,  by  the 
wording of  the  article  referred to by the 
boreal Hoyle, that no claim or intimation 
of  originality was  made. 
It was  merely 
the  condensation  of  a  rather  common­
place  current  anecdote  to  illustrate  a 
point.

Merchants  should  remember  that  the 
celebrated “Crescent,” “White Bose” and 
“Royal Patent” brands of  flour  are man­
ufactured  and  sold  only  by  the  Yoigt 
Milling Co.

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

SAMUEL LYON

Cor. Waterloo and LoOis  Sts.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

The Finest 5-ct. Cigar ManilfaGtiired.

LONG HAVANA FIL L E R .

THEY HAVE  NO EQUAL.
®  .  D A V I S ,

70 Canal St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

yo u r d ealer fo r them .  M anufactured only by 

W ARRANTED  TO BE T H E ____
FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
F or th e  m oney in  th e  U. S.  M fP u t n p  50 in  a  box.  Ash 
JOHN £ . KENNING & CO., G rand R apids. 
PLACE to secure a thorough 
and useful education is at tne 
G r a n d   R a p i d s  (Mich.) Busi-
ness College,  write lor Col-

____________ Send fo r prices.

leije Journal.  Address.  C. G. SWENSBERG.

_ 

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
some NORTH.
Arrives.
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................
Travers* (Tty & M ackinaw.................9:05 a  m
From  C incinnati....................................7:3# p m
F orP etoskey & M ackinaw C ity........3:55 p m
Saginaw Express.................................IX .30 a  m
10:80 p m .

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Leaves. 
7:00 a  m 
11:30 a  m
5:00 p m  
7:20 a  m 
4:10 p m

Saginaw express runs th ro u g h  solid.
7:00 a. m. tra in  has c h air c ar to T raverse City. 
.
11:30 a. m. tra in  has ch air car for P etoskey and Mack-  I 
5:00 p.  m. tra in   has  sleeping  car 
fo r  Petoskey  and 

inaw  City.
M ackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................10:30 a  m 
Cincinnati  Express...........................  1:10 p m  
From  Traverse City..........................10 :K> p m

7:15 a  m
11 -Ao a m
5:00 p m
7:15 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  e a r  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m  tra in  h as W oodruff sleeper fo r C incinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith SI. C. R. R. a t Kalama- 
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 10:15 p. in.
Sleeping car rate s—81.50  to  Petoskey  o r  M ackinaw 
C ity ;  82 to Cincinnati.
All Trains daily except Sunday.

M uskegon,  G rand  Rapids  &  Indiana. 

Arrive.
Leave. 
7 05 a  m ........................................................................10:15 a m
11:15 a m ........................................................................  1:15 p m
1.20 p m ........................................................................  7:15 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.

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

G rand Rapids Division.

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ARRIVE.

D etroit Express..........................................................   6:45 a  m
Day  Express..............................................................1:10 p m
New York  Express.........................-........ ................ 5:40 p m
»Atlantic Express....................................................... 10:45 p m
Mixed  ............................................................... 
•Pacific  Express........................................................ 6:00a m
Local P assenger.........................................................10:00 a m
M ail............................ ........................................  ....... 3 :15 p m
G rand Rapids  Express..........................................   10:15 p m
M ixed..............................................................................5:30 p m
•Daily.  All o th er daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express train s to and from  
Detroit.  P arlo r  cars ru n   on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids E xpress to  and  from   Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith all th ro u g h  train s E ast over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada S outhern Div.)

O. W. Rugglbk. Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Fred M. Briggs. Gen’l Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 

K alam azoo  Division.

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Arrive.
am  pm
p m   p m   a m
1:10  3:00  7:45 Dp___G rand  Rapids.
.........  8:28  4:55
3:25  4:12  9:02  “  ___A llegan.............
......... 7:10  3:52
F rt  5:03  10  00 A r ... .K alam azoo....
2:25
.........  
6:35  11:35  **  ...  .W hite Pigeon.
p m 
......... 4:45 
l:e0
8:00  12:30 
p m
a m
7:50  7:10 “  ....C h icag o .............................. 11:30  8:50
p m
10:25  5:05  u  ....T o le d o ................................11:25  10:00
a  m
1.35  9:40  “  ....C lev elan d ...........................7:15  5:45
a m  
p m
6:20  3:90 
___Buffalo................................ 1:00 11:40
Tickets for sale to  all  principal  points  in  th e U. S-, 
Mexico and Canada a t  Union  Ticket  Office,  G e o .  W i l ­
l ia m s o n , Agt., Depot Office, M. B o o t z , Agt.

... .E lk h a rt..

A. J. S m it h , Gen’i Trav. and Pass. Agt.,

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

Arrives. 
tM orning Express.............................1:05 p m 
tMhrongh Mail................................... 4:55 p m 
tG rand Rapids E xpress..................10:40$) m
•N ight Express......... 1......................5:25 a  m 
tMixed.................................................. 
GOING EAST.
fD etroit  Express..............................  
fThrough Mail...................................10:20  a m  10:30 a m
tE vening Express............................ 3:50  p m  
•Lim ited Express..............................10:30  p m  10:55 p  m

Leaves.
1:10p m
5:10 p m
5 -.40 a  m
7:30 a m
6:40 a m
3:50 p m

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r all points  East, arriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.  Lim ited  Express,  East, has 
th ro u g h   sleeper  G rand  Rapids  to  N iagara  Falls, 
connecting 
th ro u g h
sleeper to  Toronto.
Through tick ets and  sleeping  car  b erth s secured a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.

Ju nction w ith 

a t Milwaukee 

J a s . C a m p b e l l , City Passenger Agent.

6:50 a m

Can  now  be  bought  at the following exceptionally
Ass’t ’d lot
any quantity

L O W   P I O T J R E S

Less than 56 lbs. 56 lbs. or over.

CLUBS, 12 X 2,16 ox.. 6 cuts, 
CLUBS, 12 X 2. 8  O Z .,6  cuts, 
, 
FOURS, 6 X 2, 4 oz.. 
FIVES, 6 X  IK. 3 1-5  o z \  
TW IN FOU RS, 3 X 2. 7 to lb, 
FIGS, 3x1,14 to lb..

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Packages.
40,28 & 12 lbs. 
42, 30 & 12  “
43, 30 & 12  “ 
42. 30 & 12  “ 
>, 25*4 & 16  “ 
L, 27 & l3*/2  *•
41, 31 & 17  “ 
PRICES  LOOK TOO  GOOD  TO LAST.

 
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ATLAS 8»

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.9  U.  S .  A .
STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and  Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate  delivery.

WATER

D IR E C T IO N S

We nave cooked the com in this can 
sufficient!}-.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
Wanned tuot 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. None 
genuine un less bearing the signature of
yaLport  Canning  (j0<

O/S

D a v e n p o r t ,   la ,
a t   t h i s

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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.

44,46 and 48 So. D ivision St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

RISING  SUN 

BOGKWHEHT.
Guaranteed Atolntely Fnre.

ORDERS FROM RETAIL TRADE SOLICITED.

ftnwjYGo  Roller  Wills,
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

Newaygo, 

-  Mich,

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MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

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“Y U M   V U M ,"

The Most Popular 10c cigar, and

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The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

BIG  RAPIDS, 

Send for trial order.
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IMHOHL

WHO  URGES  YOU

T O   K E E P

T H E E   H T T B I - i I O !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  W ithout effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

All  Grocers  sell  SANTA  CLAUS  SOAP, 

Made  by  N.  K.  FAIRBANK  &  CO., Chicago,  111,

W holesale  P r ic e   C u r r e n t.

The  quotations  given  belmv  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

WM.L. ELLiS&CO.

r . & b .

B A K IN G   P O W D E R .

10c cans. 
14 lb. “ 
6 oz.  “ 
‘A lb. “ 
12 oz. “ 
l i b .   “ 
2141b.“ 
31b.  “ 
41b.  “
¡5 lb.  “

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Telfer's,

Absolute

45
6  doz
Arctic, 1i lb. can 
4  “  ... 
75
“ 
?4 lb. 
2  “ ...  1 40
14 lb.  “
2  “  ...  2 40
1 lb.  “
1  “ ...12  00
5 lb.
.1 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
14 lb.  “ 
50s..10 00
50s. .18 75
1 lb.  “ 
14 lb. cans, 6doz.  2 70 
“  3  “  .  2 55
4  lb. 
j  50
.
1 lb. 
“ 
75
2  “  ....  1  50
4  lb.  “ 
1  “  ....  3 00
1 lb.  “ 
  20
bulk...................... 
Red Star,  14 lb. cans, 12 doz  45
6  “ 
85
4  “  150
80
75
65

Acme. *4 lb. cans, 3 doz —  

4  lb.  “ 
11b. 
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BROODS.
 

F A R IN A C E O U S  GOOD
arina, 100 lb. kegs......
Hominy, per  bbl...........
Macaronj, dom 12 lb box
imported.......
Pearl  Barley..............
Peas, green..................
English, 2 doz. in case......  
split.....................
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
Sago,  German.............
American, 2 doz. in case... 
apioea, fl'k or  p’rl...
Wheat,  cracked..........
No. 2 Hurl..................................2 00
ermicelli,  import—
2 25
 
No. 1  “ 
“ 
domestic...
No. 2 Carpet.............................  2 50
2 75
No. 1 
“ 
F IS H — SA LT.
'od, whole....................
Parlor Gem................................3 00
“  boneless................. '
Common Whisk.................. 
H alibut..........................
Fancy 
Herring,  round, >4 bbl..
M ill.........................................   3 50
“ 
14 bbl..
Warehouse................................3 00
“  Holland,  bbls..
“  Holland, kegs..
Kings 100 lb. cases................... 5 50
“ 
80  lb. cases.....................4 65

90
..................  1  00

BUCKWHEAT.

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.............. 24
-Foreign.  , 
@22 
@23
___6  @ 6 }

dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   5!4@ 6
evaporated__ 7  @ "
16
Apricots, 
“
Blackberries “
Nectarines  “
Peaches 
“
Plums 
“
Raspberries  “
D R IE D   F R U IT S
itron, in  drum..
inboxes..
“ 
urrants..............
,emon  Peel........
Orange Peel........
Prunes,  Turkey..
Imperial .
Raisins,  Dehesia.
Do-
Layers’
mestic..............
Raisins  Layers’
iin -
ported......................
Raisins  Loose  Musca­
tels  .........................
Raisins  Loose  Cali­
fornia ......................
Raisins,  Imperials —
“ 
Valencis......
“  O ndaras......

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..  04 
..4 00 
..  60 
©10 
@ 3 
@1  45 
@ 3*4 
@ 6*4 
@   64 
@ 6*4 
@10 
@60
@5*4 
4@7% 
12*4 
2 87 
1  50 
10 00 
85@90 
30 
Scaled.......
8 75
12 lb kit..l  60 
..1  30
10 
No. 2,  Vi bbls............. 7 50
Trout,  *4  bbls.............5 25@5 40
10  lb.  kits..................  85
White,  No. 1, 4  bbls............6  00
12 lb. kits.......1  15
10 lb. kits.......1  00
Family,  54  bbls........3 00
kits...........55@65
K egs.....................................5  25
Half  kegs.............................2  88
NO. 0.. 
NO. 1.. 
No. 2..

Mack,  sh’s, No. 1, 4   bbl..
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L A M P  B U R N E R S .

G U N   P O W D E R .

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L A M P CH IM NEYS.

No. 0......
NO. 1......
No. 2......
Pure......
,’alabria. 
Sicily__

LA M P  W IC K S.

l i c o r i c e .

m a t c h e s .

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R O L L E D   O ATS.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

...16@17 
. ,.22@25 
...24@35 
...25@30 
. ..33@40 
.. .45@4S

M IN CE  M EA T.
Buckets......................
64
Half bbls.............................  6
M OLASSES.
Black  Strap..............
Cuba Baking.............
Porto  Rico................
New Orleans, good...
choice.
fancy..
OATM EA L.
Muscatine, Barrels............ 6 00
Half barrels...... 3 15
Cases........2 25@2 35
Muscatine, Barrels..............6 00
Half barrels...... 3  15
Cases........2 25@2 35
Michigan  Test....................IOV4
Water  White.......................12%
P IC K L E S .
Medium............................... 4 75
_ b b l.........
.2  88 
Small,  bbl.................
.3 38
*4  bbl..............
.1  60 
Clay, No.  216.............
75 
T. D. full count.
.  40
Cob, No. 3.................
No.  1  Table........................

P IP E S .

R IC E .

O IL .

g r o c e r i e s .

The  Condition of Trade.

improvement  in  some 

From  th e  Sew  Y ork Shipping  List.
Reports iron» all the principal  interior 
distributing  centers  continue  to  reflect 
an active  movement  of  trade,  aud  the 
situation presents the same  encouraging 
features  that  have  recently  prevailed, 
with 
localities, 
especially in the South, where  the  indi­
cations  of  renewed  activity  have  been 
due to the natural reaction  that  follows 
the gradual disappearance of the  yellow 
fever epidemic.  The  marketing  of  the 
cotton crop  has  commenced  in  earnest, 
the harvesting of the rice and sugar crops 
is now in progress,  and  the  progress  of 
these operations  has been  manifested in 
the larger shipments of currency to  New 
Orleans and other Southern cities and the 
increasing exports  of cotton.  The  crop 
movement  in  the  West  and  Northwest 
has likewise assumed larger proportions, 
and it is rather significant that thus early 
in the season the railroads find their  rol­
ling stock  inadequate  for  actual  traffic 
requirements.  There has  been  also  an 
improvement  in  collections,  which  are 
said to be  reasonably  prompt,  and  this 
fact  is  an  excellent 
indication  of  the 
healthy conditions that  prevail  in  mer­
cantile  circles. 
Industrial  affairs  are 
without disturbing features,  either  with 
respect to the labor question or the  rela­
tions  of  supply  and  demand,  and  the 
commercial and financial situation  seems 
to be inspired by a general feeling of con­
fidence and evidences of progressive pros­
perity.  The  only  cause  for  uneasiness 
is thè  fear  that  speculation  may  bring 
with it disastrous results.  The end of the 
wheat deal is not yet in sight, although the 
excitement  is  gradually  quieting  down 
and  the  artificial  inflation  of  values  is 
being slowly eliminated,but a vast amount 
of  liquidation  will  have  to  be  accom­
plished  before  trade  begins  to  flow  in 
legitimate channels.  The price of wheat 
both here and in Chicago is  considerably 
above the parity of Liverpool  and  other 
Furopean markets,  and  accordingly  the 
export movement is at a  stand,  notwith­
standing that the world’s price of  wheat 
is materially  higher  than  a  week  ago. 
The  speculative advance in  values  here 
has been to our manifest disadvantage so 
far as our foreign trade is concerned, but 
there can be no question as to the benefit 
it lias confered  upon  other  wheat-grow­
ing countries in stimulating the export of 
their surplus at higher  prices.  This  is 
paiticularly the case  respecting  Russia, 
which has been blessed with anabundaut 
crop.  There is no reason to  expect  any 
falling off in home consumption  because 
of the higher prices of  flour  and  bread, 
which may prove to be  only  the  tempo­
rary influence of  speculation,  and  after 
the present excitement has  subsided the 
available  supply  may  be  found  much 
larger than the prevailing bull sentiment 
is now willing to admit.  Outside of  the 
wheat pit, trading in  produce  has  been 
without special feature  and  fluctuations 
have merely reflected the ebb and flow of 
the usual surface currents of speculation. 
On the basis of the last Government crop 
report it is  estimated  that  the  yield  of 
wheat in bushels will not exceed 419,000, 
000, which, after  making  allowance  for 
the lighter weight  of  the  present  crop, 
will not be equivalent to more than  403,- 
000,000 bushels in weight.  The reported 
acreage of  corn  foreshadows  a  yield  of 
about  1,960,000,000  bushels,  compared 
with 1,466,000.000 last  year,  and  1,936,- 
000,000 in 1885, which was the largest  of 
previous  crops.  The  weather  in  the 
South has continued favorably for cotton 
picking and marketing, and in most of the 
states  satisfactory  progress  is  being 
made,  but,  while  the  exports  have  in­
creased,  shipments  are  delayed  by  the 
short supply of tonnage.  An  easy  tone 
has characterized the stock market, part­
ly  because  the  liquidation  of  Atchison 
has  not  been  completed,  partly  on  ar- 
count of  the  narrow  trading,  w'hich  i; 
strictly of a professional  character,  and 
furthermore,  in consequence of the  dull­
ness of American stocks abroad  notwith­
standing the easier  tendency  of  foreign 
money markets.  The  railroad  situation 
however continues to show improvement, 
the most important factor being the  gen­
eral tendency that is displayed to advance 
and maintain  freight  rates.  The  mar­
ket for anthracite coal begins to show  an 
easier tendency, and sellers  are  offering 
concessions for the purpose  of  affecting 
fresh sales,  and shipments are  catching 
up with the accumulated supply of orders 
From this  time  forward  the  demand  i 
likely to fall off.  The quantity mined  in 
September was  2,534,166  tons  in  excess 
of the same month  last  year,  and  tide­
water stocks on September 29th  were  25 
941  tons less that August 31st.  but  since 
then stocks have commenced to  accumu­
late.  The markets for general  merchau 
dise have undergone no important change 
since the close of last week.  Raw  sugar 
continues dull and nominal; refined is slow 
of sale, and coffee is easier.

Hides, Pelts and Furs.

The  hide  market is  weaker  and is  off 
East and West J-2 @lc per pound on light. 
Prices  quoted  to-day are  but  temporary 
aud for immediate  shipments.  They are 
apparently  on  the  decline  and,  unless 
some radical change of the markets takes 
place, dealers  need  not  look for  higher 
prices this fall.

The Grocery Market.

Sugar has  remained  stationary during 
the  past  week.  Package  coffees are up 
another  J4e.  Table  and  Patna rices are 
completely out of  market  and  all  kinds 
of  domestic rices  are  higher,  the antici­
pated  large  crop  not  having been real­
ized.

The  “Anchor”  Brand.

No brand of  oysters is  more  widely or 
favorably  known  in  this  territory than 
Dettenthaler’s 
“ Anchor” 
brand.  Do  you  handle  them, Mr. Mer­
chant ?

celebrated 

Cheboygan  Tribune:  T h e  Mic h ig a n 
T ra d esm a n,  the  business  men’s  organ 
of  Michigan, comes to our  table  arrayed 
in  a  spick  span  newr  dress,  looking as 
handsome  as  it  is  good.  T h e T r a d es­
m an stands at the  head of  the  list of  in­
fluential  trade  journals  of  the  country 
and we congratulate Brother Stowe an its 
deserved success.

PRODUCE  M A RKET.

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Apples—Fall  fruit  commands  $1.50@fl.T5  per 
bbl.  Winter fruit is in fair  demand  at $1.75@$2 
per bbl. 
Beans—The new crop is coming m  freely, com­
manding M@il.25 per bu. for  unpicked and *1.50 
,
for hand-picked. 
Butter—Good quality is scarce and high.  Deal 
ers pay 16@20c and hold at 18@22c.
Cabbages—Home grown command S3 per 100. 
Celery—20@22c per doz.
Cider—8©10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25:  produce barrels 
25c. 
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Cranberries—$7.50 for Bell and Cherry and $8.50 
for Bell and Bugle. 
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
at 54c and evaporated at 7c.
Eggs—Strictly fresh are scarce, jobbers willing­
ly paying 18c and selling at 20c.
' Crapes—Concords, 314c per lb.
Honey—Scarce and hard  to  get,  readily  com­
manding 20c per lb. 
Onions—Home grown dry stock  command 35@ 
40c. per bu.
Pop Corn—24c per lb. 
,
Potatoes—In small demand,  both at  home and 
abroad, local dealers  being  unable  to find  any 
outlet for the crop.  Those  thrown  on  the mar­
ket are dull and slow sale at 25@30c.

Quinces—*2 per bu.
Squash—Hubbard, lc per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, 12.50 per bbl.  Jer­
seys, $2.75@$3 per bbl.
Turnips—25c per bu.

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P O R K   XX  B A R R E L S .

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provi­

PROVISIONS.
sion Co. quotes as follows:
Mess...............................................................* *  00
Short  cut.......................................................
Short cut Morgan................................
19 oo 
Extra clear pig, short cut..................
19 oo 
Extra clear,  heavy.............................
19 00 
Clear quill, short cut.............-...........
19 00 
Boston clear, short cut......................
19 00
Clear back, short cut.........................
Standard clear, short cut, best....................  19 00
s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs...................................
16 lbs...................................
12 to 14 lbs...........................
picnic...............................................
best boneless....................................
Shoulders....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.........................
Dried Beef, extra.........................................
ham prices...............................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
“  medium...................................
light........................................
“ 
l a r d — Kettle Rendered.
Tierces.........................................................
Tubs..............................................................
501b.  Tins....................................................
Tierces..........................................................
30 and 50 lb. Tubs........................................
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case................................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.................................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.................................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs...................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.....................
Plate..............................................................
Extra Plate...................................................
Boneless, rump butts...................................
“  14 bbl.........................
Pork Sausage................................................
Ham Sausage................................................
Tongue Sausage.....................................—
Frankfort Sausage......................................
Blood Sausage..............................................
Bologna, straight.........................................
Bologna,  thick............................................
Head Cheese.................................................
In half barrels..............................................
In quarter barrels.......................................
In half  barrels........... .................................
In quarter barrels........................................
In Kits...........................................................

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

l a r d — Compound.

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B E E P   IX   B A R R E L S .

p i g s ’  f e e t .

T R IP E .

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10  00 
5 50

FRESH  MEATS.

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Beef,  carcass......................................
hindquarters...........................
............................
fore 
Hogs.....................................................
Pork loins............................................
shoulders...................................
Bologna..............................................
Frankfort  sausage..............................
Blood, liver and head sausage.........
Mutton................................................
OYSTERS and  FISH.

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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follow:

'  O Y STER S  IN   CANS. ]  UZ 

fesi*-  V '
”  
Standards................................................  @18
Anchors...................................................  @90
Selects......................................................23  @28
Fairhaven Counts...................................  @38
T ------~  
Standards............................................................   1 16
Selects...................................................................  l 56
Clams...................................................................   1 25

O Y STER S  IX  B U L K .

F R E S H   F IS H .

Black  Bass.................................................   @12*4
Trout.......................................................   @ 7}
Whitefish.................................................  @ 7}
smoked.....................................  @10
Perch.......................................................   24@ 4

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS. 

P u tn am   & B rooks  quote  as  folic ws:

STIC K .
 
 
M IX E D .

Standard, 25 lb. boxes........................................ 95-
10
Twist, 
25 
Cut Loaf, 25 
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Royal, 25 lb. pails................................. 
10
2001b.  bbls.............................................  9
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.............................................10}
2001b.  bbls............................................   9}
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails...............................12}
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases........................................ 11
Broken, 25 lb. Pails........................................... 11
200 lb. bbls........................................... 10

 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

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Lemon Drops.....................................................13
Sour Drops........................................................14
Peppermint Drops.............................................14
Chocolate Drops................................................15
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.....................................18
Gum Drops........................................................10
Licorice Drops................................................... 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 12
Lozenges, plain..................................................14
printed.............................................15
Imperials........................................................... 14
Mottoes.............................................................. 15
Cream Bar..........................................................13
Molasses Bar.....................................................13
Caramels........................................................... 19
Hand Made  Creams..........................................19
Plain Creams.....................................................16
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock...................................................... 14
Burnt Almonds................................................. 22
Wintergreen  Berries........................................ 14

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fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12!
in bbls....................................11!
“ 
printed, in pails.............................. 13
in bbls................................ 12
“ 
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12!
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   6!
in bbls............................................. 5!
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
in bbls...........................................   9!
Sour Drops, in pails..........................................12
Imperials, in pails.............................................12
in bbls.............................................. 11

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F R U IT S .

Bananas....................................
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls............
Lemons, choice.............. ..........
fancy.........................
“ 
Figs, layers,  new......................
“  Bags, 50 lb........................
Dates, frails, 50 lb....................
J4 frails, 50 lb................
“ 
“  Fard, 10-lb.  box..............
“ 
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Persian, 50-lb.  box........

50-lb.  “ 

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Almonds,  Tarragona..............
Ivaca.......................
California...............
Brazils......................................
Filberts,  Sicily........................
Walnuts, Grenoble.................
French....................
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................
Cocoanuts, per 100...................
P E A N U T S .
Stork.......................................
Fancy, H. P.................... .........
Choice White,  Virginia.........
Fancy H. P., 
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Extra 
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@  6 

.1  25@2 50 
@7 00 
@4 50 
.  @5 50
@17 
@   414 
@ 5!4 
@ 9 
@ 7
@ 64

@  8 

©174 
@16 
@14 
@11 
@13« 
@ 
@12 
@4 50

BUTTER1NE.

 

 

Dairy, solid  packed...........  
13
14
rolls.........................  
“ 
15
reamery, solid packed —  
16
rolls...................  
“ 
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  
10
9
Star,  40 
“ 
Paraffine............................. 
12
Wicking..............................  
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams, 1 lb, Little Neck.......1  25
Clam Chowder, 3 lb..................3 00
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —   90 
....160
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  50
 

Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

2  lb.  “ 
2 65
1 lb.  Star..................... 1 75
2 lb. Star..................... 2 90
1 lb.  stand............1  25
2 lb. 
3 lb. iu Mustard.. .3 00
3 lb.  soused..........3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia.......2 00
2 lb. 
.......3 25
1 lb. Sacramento.. .1  90
2 lb.

* lb.  “ 

Sardines, domestic  J£s...

2 00

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@10 
10@11 
10@12

“  Mustard 4s
“ 
imported  141
“ 
spiced,  !4s.
Trout, 3  lb. brook.............
CA N N ED   GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons,  stand........2 00
Blackberries,  stand...
Cherries, red standard
pitted............
Damsons.....................
Egg Plums, stand......
Gooseberries..............
rapes  ........................
Green  Gages..............

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CANNED VEGETABLES.

Corn, Archer’s Trophy........

seconds....... ..........1  25
@ 5
P ie.............. .................1  00
@ 74
Pears.......................... ..........1  30
@ 4
@ 74 Pineapples................ .1  10@1  25
Quinces.................... ..........1  50
@10
1  —O
Raspberries,  extra...
@ 8
red........ ..........2 25
@ 5
@ 84 Strawberries............. .1  10@1  25
@ 54 Whortleberries.......... ..........1 20
@ 7
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........1  80
Beans, Lima,* stand............. 1  00
“  Green  Limas__   @1  10
“ 
String..............   @  9c
“  Stringlesg,  Erie.....   90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked. .1  45
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  10
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Early  Gold...l  10
Peas, French........................ 1  25
“  extra marrofat...  @110
“  soaked.........................
“  June, stand........1  40@1  50
“  sifted....................1  2c
“ 
“  French, extra  fine— 20 00
Mushrooms, extra fine...... 20 00
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden....  85
Succotesh,  standard__   @1  30
Squash..................................1  25
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  10
Good Enough___ 110
BenHar................110
stand br___1 05@1  10
New York Full  Cream  @12 
Michigan  “ 
1  ©lli-
Skim.............................  9  @ 9}
CHO CO LA TE.
Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet  2
“  Premium.......  3
“  Horn-Cocoa...  3
“  Breakfast___  4
C H E W IN G   GUM .
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
200 
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................6
Red.......................................   7}
Rio, fair..................    .16  @17
“  good...,...............17  @18
“  prime....................18  @19
“  fancy,  washed.. .19  @20
“  golden..................20  @21
Santos........ *................ 15  @18
Mexican & Guatemala 17  @19
Peaberry..................... 17  @19
Java,  Interior............. 20  @22
fancy................ 23  @25
“ 
“  Mandheling__ 26  @28
Mocha, genuine..........25  @26
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 4c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

coffee—Green.

C H E E S E .
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coffees—Package.

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30 lbs 60 lbs

coffees—50 lb. bags.

100 lbs
Lion...................................... 21}
“  in cabinets...................22
Dil worth’s ............................ 21}
Magnolia.............................. 21}
Acme................. 21 
20 Js  202s
German............................... 21!
b in s........................21;
Arbuckle’s Ariosa................2l!
Avorica.............19:
McLaughlin’s  XXXX......... 21!
Arbuckle’s Avorica............ 18:
Quaker  City__19*4
Best  Rio...........20}
Prime Marieabo 23 
Valley City.........................  
7
Felix...................................   1  05
clothes  lines.  ■
Cotton,  40 ft..........per doz.  1  25
50 ft.......... 
“  ■  -  -~
60 f t..........
70 ft..........
“  1
80 ft.......... 
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6 0 ft...i... 
72 f t '......... 
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CO N D EN SED  M ILK .

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coffee extract.

C R A C K ER S.
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Eagle......... ........................  7  60
Anglo-Swiss...................... 6 00
Kenosha Butter..:...... 
  84
Seymour 
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Butter...................................
“  family.........................
“  fancy........................... 6}4
“  biscuit.......................
Boston..................................
City Soda.............................
Soda....................................
S. Oyster *............................
City’Oyster, XXX.................
Picnic...................................
Fancy Oyster........................  6}4
Strictly  pure......................
Grocers’................................. 

“  fancy...........................  6}4

CREAM   TA R T A R .

 

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SA L E R A T U S.

2 Head  Carolina..........  7
2 Fancy Carolina...5?i@5}4
3 Choice 
5@5}4
2 Ja p an ........................  5*4
DeLand’s,  pure.....................5*4
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf..........5
Dwight’s ...............................5
Taylor’s.................................5
Common Fine per bbl..........  85
carlots..  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   23
28 pocket.............................. 2 00
60 
.............................. 2 10
.............................. 2 20
100 
Ashton bu. b ag s..................  75
Higgins  “ 
..................  75
Warsaw “ 
..................  35
K-*™ 
B e g s................................   *>*  v n  «R
Granulated,  boxes..............   i%
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box 
Hand, 
3  “ 
S A U E R K R A U T .
Silver Thread, 30 gal... 
40  “  ...
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SA L   SO D A .

SA PO LIO .
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SO A P.

SODA.

S E E D S .

S N U F F .

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spices—Whole.

.3 50 
.4 50
Mixed bird...........................  4*4
Caraway................................10
Canary................................. 4
Hemp.....................................  4}4
Anise.....................................84
Rape.....................................44
Mustard................................74
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43
Dingman,  100  bars..............4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard...... 4 75
Jaxon...................................3 75
Queen  Anne........................3 85
German family.................... 2 40
Big Bargain......................... 1  87
Boxes................................... 5*4
Kegs, English............., .........4$£
Allspice................................  8
Cassia, China in mats............74
Batavia in bund — 11
Saigon in rolls........42
Cloves,  Amboyna............... 30
Zanzibar.................24
Mace  Batavia......................70
Nutmegs, fancy....................70
“  No.  1....................... 65
“  No.  2...................    .60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 184
“ 
“  white........28
“ 
shot....................... 21
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice........:...................... 12*4
Cassia,  Batavia.................. 20
“ ...  and Saigon.25
“  Saigon.....................42
Cloves,  Amboyna.................35
“  Zanzibar..................28
Ginger, African.................. 124
.*•  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica..................18
.  “ 
Mace  Batavia..................... 80
Mustard,  English............... 22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................. 70
Pepper, Singapore, black— 22
■ _  “  white...... 30
“ 
“  Cayenne...................25
Absolute  Pepper, doz.........84
“  Cinnamon doz........ 84
“  Allspice 
.........55
“  Cloves 
....... 85
“  Ginger 
....... 78
“  Mustard 
.........84

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starch.

Kingsford’s
Silver  Gloss, 1  lb. pkgs......   7
6 lb. boxes...... 74
“ 
bulk...............64
“ 
Pure, 1  lb.  pkgs..................54
Corn, 1  lb.  pkgs..................  7
Mystic  ................................  4 48

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W e  are  now  prepared  to 
supply  the  trade  with  our 
new “P. & B.” brand of
BALTIMORE  OYSTERS,

of which we are  the  PACK­
ERS, and which we  propose 
to make  SUPERIOR  to  any* 
Oysters sold in Michigan. 

Ask for the “P. & B.”

p. & B.

Putnam a Brooks
W M . S E A R S  &  CO.,

GraGker  Manufacturers,

A G E N T S   P O R   A M B O Y   C H E E S E .

3 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41  K e n t  S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

GRUND  RSPID8  TUNK  LINE  GO.,

D istributing  A gents  for

M r  V ie and Frie U te Ulnmmating OU
Works, &. R. & I. and D. & M. June.  Oleo, No. 4 BM ptt Bit

GASOLINE and  NAPTHA.

. 

CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED.  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  on  APPLICA TIO N .

COAL!—C0KE!~W00D!

Wholesale  A .  H I M E S ,   and  Retail

Shaw m u t Avenue, W inter and 

T elephone  Call  490-2.  CAR  LOTS  A  SPECIALTY.

Olee M er Nati City Bail.
K O A U S W O O D

W .  D ivision  Sts.

E .   JL.  H L Â . A Æ I E T O U S T ,

Telephone, yS

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101  Ottawa 8i„  Ledprd  Block,

S W I F T ’S
Glioice  Ghicaoo  Dressed

M U T T O N

Cah  be  found at  all  times  in  tull  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch  houses in  all  the larger 
cities and is Retailed by all First-Class Butchers.

The trade  of  all  marketmen  and  meat  dealere is 
solicited.  Our Wholesale Branch  House, L. F. Swift 
& Co., located at Grand Rapids, always  has on  hand 
a hill supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, ««d 
the public  may rest  assured that in  purchasing  over 
meats from dealers they will always receive the beet,

Swift  and  Company,

Union  Stool  Yards, 

■ 

CHICAGO,  ILL

B U  VEX  &  ALLYN,

Sole A gents for th e

The devil, Jack!  We've got a 

Shark.  He’ll do for

Bliven & Allyn.

per cent.

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©   83i£ @ 8*4 @ 8*4 
@7 81 
@@7 56 
@ 7?* 
© 7*i 
© 7 
@   6M@ 6*4

SU G A RS.
Cut  Loaf...................
Cubes........................
Powdered.................
Granulated,  Stand...
Off........
Confectionery  A......
Standard  A..............
No. 1, White Extra C.
No. 2 Extra  C...........
No. 3C, golden..........
No. 4 C, dark.............
................ oi£@   b
No..5  C........
S Y R U PS.
Corn,  barrels..................... 26@28
one-half barrels___28@39
kegs.........................  1  30
Pure  Sugar, bbl................ 29@33
half barrel__ 31@35
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S W E E T   GOODS. X  XXX
9}4
94
9}4
9
9

Ginger Snaps............. 9 
Sugar Creams............9 
Frosted  Creams.......... 
Graham  Crackers......  
Oatmeal  Crackers......  
tobaccos—Plug.
Clipper  ................................... 39
Climax...............................39@41
Corner Stone........................... 39
Double  Pedro..........................40
Whopper..................................40
Peach  Pie................................ 40
Wedding  Cake, blk................ 40

TEAS.

OOLONG.

IM P E R IA L .

YO U N G   H Y SO N .

@15
@16
@28

su N  C U R E D .

E N G L IS H   B R E A K F A S T .

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

j a p a n — Regular.
F a ir............. .............. 12
Good...........
Choice......... .............. 24
Choicest...... ...............30
@15
F a ir............. ...............12
Good........... .............. 10
@i20
@28
Choice......... .............. 24
@33
Choicest...... .............. 30
B A SK E T   F IR E D .
F a ir.............................
@20
@25
Choice.........................
@35
Choicest......................
@40
Extra choice, wire leaf
G U N PO W D E R .
@35
Common to fair..........25
@65
Extra fine to finest— 50 
@85
Choicest fancy............75
@35
Common to fair..........20
@50
Superior to fine............40
@26
Common to fair...........18  _
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
Common to fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
F a ir..............................25  @30
Choice.......................... 30  @35
Best..............................55  @65
Tea Dust.....................   8  @10
Sweet Pippin..............  
50
Five and  Seven__ ... 
50
Hiawatha...................  
68
Sweet  Cuba................ 
45
55
Petoskey Chief........... 
40
Sweet Russet..............  
Thistle........................ 
42
65
Florida........................ 
Rose Leaf...................  
66
Red Domino................ 
38
Swamp Angel............. 
40
Stag............................. 
33
Capper.........................  
42
Rob Roy......................  
26
Peerless......................  
26
Uncle Sam .................  
30
Jack  Pine...................  
36
Sensation..................... 
33
Yellow Jacket............. 
20
Sweet Conqueror.........20  @25
tradesman credit coupons.
$ 2, per  hundred................  2 59
................  3 00
$ 5,  “ 
$10,  “ 
................4 00
$20,  “ 
................ 5 (X)
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over............... 5 
 
500  “ 
10
1000  “ 
.............20
V IN E G A R .
30 gr......................................   9*4
40 gr..................................... 11
50 gr......................................12
Above are the prices  fixed by 
the  pool.  Manufacturers  out­
side the pool  usually  sell  5 gr. 
stronger goods at same prices.

tobaccos—Smoking.

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miscellaneous.

Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  3}£
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................   4%
Sage.................... 
15
PA PER ,  WOODEN W A HE. 
C urtiss  &  Co.  quote  as 

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T W IN E S .

splint 

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S traw ..................................... IK
“  Light  Weight...............2
S ugar.....................................2
Rag  Sugar............................. 24
Hardware...............................2*4
Bakers..............................— 2*4
Dry  Goods.............................5
Jute  Manilla..........................8
Red  Express, No. 1...............5
No. 2...............4
48 Cotton...............................22
Cotton, No. 2........................ 20
“  3........................ 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
................16
No. 8 BWool........................
W O O D EN W A R E.
Tubs, NO. 1................
“  No. 2................
“  No. 3................
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop...... 1 60
“  No. 1, three-hoop—  1 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  60
Bowls, 15s, 17s and 19s..... 2  50
Baskets, market...............  40
bushel:............. 1  60
“  with covers 1 90
50
“  No.2 
“ 
“  No.3 
“ 
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 4
.. 
•, 
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
White.....................
1  00 
Red..........................
1  00
Straight, in sacks.....
“  barrels__
Patent  “  sacks.....
“  barrels....
Bolted..........................   2 80
Granulated....................  3 20
M IL L S T U F F S .
Bran......................
Ships....................
Screenings.............
Middlings..............
Mixed Feed............
Small  lots..............
Car  ■  “  ...............
Small lots..............
Car 
“  ..............
No. 1, per 100 lb s......
B A R L E Y .
No. 1.......................
1  30 
No.2......................
1  10
No. 1.............................  12 00
No.2.............................  13 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as 
follows:
Green......................   5 © 54
Part Cured................  6 @ 64
Full  “ 
7  @ 7*4
Dry..........................  6 @8
Dry Kips  ................  6  @8
Calfskins,  green.......  @5
cured.......6  @ 64
Deacon skins............. 10 @25

“ 
4 off for No. 2.
Shearlings.................10 @30
Estimated wool, per B>  20 @25
The full list will appear later.
Tallow....................  44@ 5
Grease butter.......... 8  @ 84
Switches.................  2  @ 24
Ginseng..................   @2 00

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Broker  in CANNED  GOODS.

Salt and Sea Fish.

B. F. EMERY,  -  Manager,

20  Lyon  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Pure, H ealthful and Reliable,  w arran ted  to  give satis­
faction in every p articu lar.  F or sale by wholesale and 
reta il grocers th ro u g h o u t  th t  United  States.  Youwie 
Bros., M anufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

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Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKSON
'•! MICH.
DO  YÖD WANT A SHOWCASE?

SPECIA L O FFER —This style o r oval case;  besi 
q u ality ;  all glass,  heavy  double  thick;  panel  doors 
full len g th   m irro rs and spring hinges;  solid ch erry  or 
w alnut fram e;  e x tra heavy b ase;  silv etta  trim m ings 
6 feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  inches  high.  P rice 
811,  n e t cash.  Boxing and cartag e free.

ID. ID. O O  O K ,

21  SCRIBNER  STREET,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Michigan.

MAGIO COFFEE  ROASTER
The  m ost practical 
h and  R o aster  in  th e 
world.  Thousands in 
nse—giving  satisfic- 
tion.  They a re  simple 
durable an d  econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  R oasts  coffee 
an d   pea-nuts to   per 
fection.

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Address  fo r  C ata­

logue and prices,

C. F.  Marple,

I S tate A gent, Lansing, 
| Mich.,  care  Marple 
1 F rench &Co., W hole­
sale Confectioners.

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n o t  m ake  a   m istake.  Sent  fre e   w ith 
others« for  common  cross-cut  saws, by  mail  SS.OU.  xinn- 
dreds have saw ed 5 to 9 CORDS daily,  We w ant a ll who 
b u rn  wood and all interested in  th e tlm berbusiness to  
w rite fo r ou r Illu strated  Free Catalogue«  We have ex­
actly  w hat you w ant, th e  g reatest labor-saver an d  best­
selling tool now on earth .  F irst order from  yo u r vicin- 
itv  securesacrencv.  N o d u tv to p ay «   W em anufacture 
in 
SAWING MACHIIIK CO., SOS to  811
8o« Canal Street« Chicago« U« 8« A«

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In Cans and  Bulk,  and  Large  Handlers  of  OCEAN  FISH ,  SHELL  CLA MS  and  OYSTERS. 
We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.
We solicit consignments of all kinds of  Wild  Game,  such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.
i f .   M.  BLIVEN,  Manager. 
63  PERRL STREET.

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ansrsmrc root.

W e pay  th e  hig h est price fo r it.  Address 

D P r i  1/  "DID H Q   W holesale  D ruggists. 
r l l U A   D liU O if  

GRAND  RAPIDS. HAZELTINE 

nesia.

ental. 

Cream,  Gourand’s  Ori- Porter, Guinness’ stout.
Remedies, liq’d catarrh
Cure, Ballard’s  asthma. Shoe dressings.
Solution,  citrate  mag- 

“  Benson’s skin. 
“  Miller’s asthma. 
“  Sanford’s radical. Solution, Fowler’s.
“  Syke's catarrh. 
“  Warner’s  kidney Specific, Drossman’s.
“  Warner’ s  rh eu - Syrup. Mother Noble’s, 

and liver. 
matic. 
Damonia. 
Drops, Lyons’. 
Dye colors, liquid. 
Extract, Coldeu’s liquid Wash, Helmbold’s rose. 

Tar, Forrest’s juniper.
Tonic, coca reef.
“  Wilhoft’s.
Tricopherous, Barry’s.
Water, cherry laurel.

Labarraque’s.
Swift’s.

“ 
“ 

" 

“  Hayden’s vibur­

Beef 
num  comp. 
Herold’s malt.

“  Hoff’s malt.
“  Kennedy’s  pin- 
us canadensis 
“  Maguire’s malt
"  Nicholson’s “
“ 
“  Witch  hazel. 

Pond’s.
Fluid, Darby’s.
Food, Moxie nerve.

’•  Murdock’s  liquid

so^KEM ED Y.

« 

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

25c size........................................per doz, $2.00  ;
50c  “ 
3.50 I
Peck h am ’s Croup Rem edy  is  prepared es­
pecially for children and is  a safe  and certain  ! 
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough,  Colds  and 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  For attractive  advertising m atter 
address the proprietor. D r. H. C. PECKHAM , 
F reeport,  Mich.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists of  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit  and 
Chicago.

chlorine, 
congress, 
distilled.
Florida.
Gregg’s eonstit'n 
Hathorn.
Orange flower, 
rose.
Thompson’s  eye. 
eye, all kinds.* 
medicated, 
mineral.all kinds

&  P E R K IN S

DRUG  CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

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-

- D R U G S -

-

Chemicals  and

Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent Medicines,  Paints,  Oils, 1/arnishes.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHEBLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATAREH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

W k isk ies,  Brandies,

Gins, Wines, Bums.

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Co., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

Drugs &  Medicines,

Stale  Board  of PRarm acy.

81x Y ears—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Tw o Y ears—Jam es V em or, D etroit.
T h ree Y ears—O ttm ar E berbach, Ann Arbor.
F o u r Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
F iv e  Y ears—Stanley E. P arkell, Owosso.
P resident—Geo. McDonald 
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasu rer—Jas. V em or.
L  N ext Meeting—At  Lansing,  on  Novem ber  6.  7 and 8. 
C andidates will please rep o rt a t 9 a. m. th e  second day 
o f  m eeting.

M ichigan  State  P harm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Geo. G undrum , Ionia.
F irst Vice-President—F. it. Alsdorf, L ansing.
S econd Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.
T h ird  Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
S ecretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasu rer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive C om mittee—A. H. Lym an,  M anistee;  A. Bas 
sett,  D etroit: F. J.  W urzburg,  G rand Rapids;  W.  A, 
Hall, Greenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.
Local Secretary—A. B assett, Detroit._________________
G rand  R apids  P harm aceutical Society.
P resident—H. E. Locher.
V ice-President—J. W. H ayw ard.
Secretary—F ra n k  H. E scott.
T reasurer—H enry  B. Fairchild.

O RGANIZED  O CT O BE R  9 , 1881.

B oard of  Censors—President.  Vice-President  an d   Sec-
B oard'of Trustees—’The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A. F. H azeltine and F. J. W urzburg, 
wen, Isaac W atts, Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite. 
C om m ittee on T rade  M atters—Jo n n   Peck, F.  J. W urz­
burg, W. H. Tibbs.
C om m ittee  on  Legislation—J.  W .  H ayw ard,  Theo.
Kem ink, W. H. Van Leuwen.
Com m ittee  on  Pharm acy—W.  L.  W hite,  John  Muir, 
M. B. Kimm.
R egular  M eetings—F irst  Thursday  evening  in   each 
m onth.
■ A nnual Meeting—F irst  Thursday eveningin November.

D etroit P harm aceutical Society.

O RG A NIZED   O CT O B E R , 1888.

P resid en t—J. W. Caldwell.
F irst V ice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—F. D. Stevens.
S ecretary an d  Treasurer—B. W. Patterson.
A ssistant S ecretary and  Treasurer—G.  S. Purvis. 
A nnual M eeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R eg u lar Meetings—F irst W ednesday in each  m onth.
■Central  M ichigan  D ruggists’  Association. 
P resident, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Mnsseil.
B errien County  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
P resident, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, H enry K ephart.
Clinton County  D ruggists’  Association. 

P resid en t, A. O. H unt;  Secretary, A. S.  W allace.

^ C h a rle v o ix  County P harm aceutical 
”  President, H. W. W illard;  Secretary, Geo. W,

Society 
, Crouter.

Ionia County  P harm aceutical Society, 
P resid en t, W. R. C utler;  S ecretary, Geo. Gundrum .
Jackson County  P harm aceutical  Ass’n. 
P resident, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote._____
Kalam azoo Pharm aceutical Association. 
Mason County  P harm aceutical  8ociety. 

P resident, D. O. R oberts ;  Secretary, D. McDonald.

P resident, F. N. Latim er;  Secretary, Wm. H eysett.
Mecosta  County  P harm aceutical  Society, 
P resident, C. H. W agener;  S ecretary, A. H. W ebber.
M onroe  County  P harm aceutical Society. 
M uskegon  County  Pliarin.  Association, 
P resident, W m. B. W ilson;  Secretary, Geo. W heeler.
M uskegon  D rag   Clerks’  Association. 

P resident, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.

P resid en t, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo.  L, LeFevre.
Newaygo County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
"President. J. F. A. R aider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

Oceana County' P harm aceutical Society. 

P resident, F. W. F incher;  Secretary, F rank Cady.
Saginaw  County  P harm aceutical  Society. 
P resident, Ja y   Sm ith;  Secretary,  D. E. Frail.

made  the  methods of  imparting  knowl­
edge a study,  know7  that to make  the stu­
dent a passive  recipient  of  facts,  or,  as 
too  often  happens,  of  mere  words  that 
have 110 meaning to him,  is to  repress in­
tellect  rather than to  develop  it.”   The 
student learns in  proportion to the effort 
which he himself  puts forth,  and  no sys­
tem  of  education  is  anything  but  per­
nicious  that makes of  him a simple pass­
ive  recipient  or  an  idle  listener.  Yet 
this is undoubtedly  the  tendency of  the 
present  lecture  system. 
If  any lecturer 
doubts this,  let him,  the day  after he has 
delivered  one of  his  most  brilliant  lec­
tures,  sharply question  the  students re­
garding the subject  matter of  his former 
lecture;  he  will  be  astonished  and 
ashamed to find how  his  facts  have  been 
perverted  or  forgotten,  and  how7  the 
principles which he  took  the  most  pains 
I to  make  clear  have  been  confounded. 
Far better results  w ill  be obtained  if  the 
lecturer will  set  the  student a task from 
a text-book,  and  then,  by a lively system 
of  questioning,  compel  him  to tell  what 
he has learned,  and  demonstrate  that he 
lias comprehended  the subject.  The stu­
dent,  thus compelled  to  think and to get 
some grasp of  principles and facts which 
otherwise  would  be  dry and uninterest­
ing,  will thus be filled  with  significance, 
and will glow7  with  interest.  The  facul­
ties of the student will also be disciplined 
to methodical  wrork.  So that,  little as he 
will  probably  know7  of  his  profession 
when  his  short  course of  study is  com­
pleted,  he w7ill  at least  have acquired the 
taste and  ability to  learn  more  without 
the aid of  the  teacher.  Still  better  re­
mits  will  be  obtained if,  coupled  with 
this  method,  the  student  is required to 
study  systematically  drugs  and  chem­
icals,  as  well  as  the  books  above  men­
tioned;  also to perform  chemical  experi­
ments  and  analyses,  and  to go  through 
with  the  various  important  processes of 
the  pharmacy in a methodical  and  care­
ful  manner,  to  train  hand,  eye  and  brain 
together,  in well  conducted  laboratories. 
There  are few of  our colleges that  do not 
require  some  laboratory work,  but  there 
is all too little of  it  in even the best.  To 
say  that no science can be properly taught 
without the  aid of  the  laboratory,  with­
out  a  discipline  to  the  observing  and 
reasoning  faculties  which  comes  from 
well  conducted  experimental  work,  is to 
repeat  what  has  often  been  said.  But 
how  many  of  our  colleges of  pharmacy 
lay  more  stress  on  laboratory  work than 
on  lectures?  How7  many still  cling  to 
methods of  instruction  that  are not only 
antiquated,  but demonstrably  bad?

Goods  Liable  to  Freeze. 

Druggists  should  supplj'  themselves 
w’ith  ample quantities  of  the  following 
goods before it is too late:
Acid, carbolic, solution. Glycerine. Pearl’s white 

“ 

Win-

vigor,  Ayer's.

“  Walker’s vinegar. Iron, dialysed.

phosphoric,  “  Hair dye, Batchelor’s.
phosphates, Hors-  “  renewer, Hall’s.
ford's. 
“  restorer, Allen’s.

Hydrastis, fluid.
Hydroleine.
Ily 
i'pophosphites,
Chester’s.
Injection, Brou’s.
“ 
G.
Matico.
“ 
Inks.

“ 
“ 
“  phospates,Phillips 
Ale, Bass’. 
“  ginger. 
Ambrosia, Ring’s. 
Aureolene, Pozzoni'i
Robare’s. 
“ 
Balm,Hagan’s Magnolia 
Beer. 
, 
Bitters, hop. 
Blacking, liquid shoe.  Lactart.
Blondine, Elliott’s. 
Lightning,  H o rn e r's  
rheumatic.
Freeman’s. 
Bloom of Youth.Laird’s Liquid  Pearl,  Champ- 
lin’s.
Bluing, liquid laundry, 
*  Liquid, Stoddard’s peer-
Bonkocine. 
Bromo-chloralum. 
less.
Butter coloring. 
Lotion,  Grtefenberg's
Capsules,  Mathey  Cay-  Eye.
Lotion.  Perry’s  moth
Carbon, bisulphide. 
Catholicon, Graefenberg Magnesia, Phillips’ milk 
Cementine. Freese’s.  Meat juice, Valentine’s. 
Comedone, Perry’s. 
Compound, Pinkham’s.  Oleo-Chyle.
Crab Orchard Salts, 
Cream. Funk’s of roses. Papillion remedies.

Mucilage.
Ongaline, Fray's.
Jones’ liquid. 
Panacea, Graefenberg's
“  Gourand’s Olym- Pepsin, Shaffer’s liquid, 

and freckle.* 
of.

Marchisl’s. 

lus\ 

“ 

pian. 

Phenol sodique.

A ntrim   (’orniti
IRAN RADESSI AX
dress of  type 
alwaj's does, 
in  appearance 
limns.

Tin

Id vertiser:  T h e Mic ii- 
is  out  in  a  bran  new 
looks  very  neat,  as  rt 
greatest improvement 
in  the  advertising col-

Wholesule Price  Current.
Quicksilver,  calomel,  corrosive  sublimate,  red  precipitate, white precipitate, tur-

pen tine.

Advanced 
Declined—Castor oil, gum camphor.

ACID U M .
Aceticum 
...............
Benzoieum,  German.
B oraeic.....................
Carbolicum..............
Ci tric lin i  <.......................
Hydrochlor..............
Nitrocum  .................
Oxalicum 
dii.
Phosphorium
Salicylieum...........
Sulpfiuricum.........
Tannieum..............
Tartaricum.............
AMMONIA
Aqua,  1(5  deg.........
18  deg..........
Oarbonas  ..............
Chloridum............
A N IL IN E .

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Black.. 
Brown. 
R e d ... 
Yellow

Cubeae <po. 1  00.
Juniperus.................
Xaiithoxylum...........
BALSAM l  M
Copaiba......................
Peru............................
Terabin, Canada  ......
Tolutan......................

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1 35©1  40
Chlorate,  (po. 20)...... .  18© 530 Argenti  Nitras, ounce
© 68
50® 55 Arsenicum.................
Cyanide.....................
5©
Iodide........................ .2 85©3 00 Balm Gilead  Bud......
38© 40
Potassa, Ritart,  pure. .  37© 39 Bismuth  S.  N............. 3  15©2 25
@ 15 Calcium Chlor, is,  (*4s
Potassa, Bitart, com..
11;  ‘is,  12).........
8© 10
Potass  Nitras, opt__
© 9
7® 9 Cantharides  Russian.
Potass Nitras.............
Prtissiate................... .  25© 28
1 » .............................
©1 75
Sulphate  po.............. .  15© 18 Capsici  Fructus, a f...
© 18
po__
© 16
B po.. @ 14
Aeonitum........  ....... .  20© 535 ( 'aryophyllus,  (po.  28) 23© 25
Althae........................ .  25© 30 Carmine,  No. 40.........
©3 75
15© 20 Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
Anchusa...................
50© 55
© 25 Cera  Flava.................
Arum,  po...................
28© 30
20® 50 Coccus........................
Calamus.....................
© 40
10ff> 12 Cassia Fructus...........
Gentiana,  i po.  15)__
® 15
16ff> is Centraria....................
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).
© 10
Cetaceum...................
Hydrastis  Canaden.
© 40
(po. 60i.........   ......
5T: chloroform................ DO© 55
0
15© &Í
Hellebore.  Ala,  po...
squibbs ..
©1 (X)
Inula,  ik)...................
13© 20 Chloral Hyd Crst........ 50© 1 75
Ipecac,  jK)................. 2  15@2 30 Chondrus...................
10© 12
Iris  plox  ((K). 20©22).
18© 20 Cinchonidine, P.  <fc  W 15© 20
Jalapa,  pr.................
25®. 30
German
5© 12
Maranta,  *4s .............
© 35 Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................
Podophyllum. )K)......
15® 18
® 60
Rhei. ..*......................
75®1 00 Creasotum.................
© 50
“  cut.................
©1  75 
“  py................
75©1  35 
48©  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  23
Serpentaria.............
30©
Senega  ...................
75©
Simiiax, Officinalis,

“ 

“ 

Pharmaceutical Education,

I  P ro f. E. S. Bastin im D ruggists’ Bulletin.

Having  been  engaged  in  pharmaceu­
tical  instruction  for  a  period  of  some 
twelve  years,  and  having had  under my 
intruction,  all  told,  during  that  time 
probably at  least  2,000  students,  I think 
I understand  something of  the  qualifica­
tions and  needs of  the  average  student, 
and  having  taken  no  little pains  to ac­
quaint  myself  with  what  is  being done 
for him in  the  various  colleges of  phar­
macy  in  this  country,  I  feel  that I can 
speak  with  some  confidence  regarding 
needed changes in systems of pharmaceu­
tical education.

m 
In  the first  place,  pharmacy can  never 
™ become  one  of  the  learned  professions 
until  the requirements  for entering it are 
very  considerably 
raised.  No  wide­
awake  teacher  can  help  deploring  the 
fact that in the  majority of  our  colleges 
of  pharmacy, students are admitted to the 
course of study without adequate prepar­
ation. 
In  many cases they are  admitted 
without  either  examination  or  the very 
moderate  requirement  of  a  certificate 
rfrfrom  their  teacher  that  they have  suc­
c e s s fu lly  passed  in the ordinary branches 
of  study taught in  the  grammar  school. 
The  consequence  is  that  many  of  the 
students  admitted  are  entirely unfit  to 
grapple  with  such  subjects  as  botany, 
physics,  chemistry  and  many  of 
the 
branches  of  pharmacy.  So  far  as  my 
own observations go, and  I  have  reason 
to believe that mine  are  not  exceptional 
in this  respect,  not one-fifth of  the appli­
cants for matriculation  have ever passed 
a  high  school  course.  Not  more  than 
one-tenth are high  school  graduates,  and 
probably not  more  than  one in fifty are 
college  graduates,  and  certainly  a  very 
considerable  percentage  of  applicants 
have  not  even  a good  know ledge of  the 
three  li's.  Yet it is the rarest occurrence 
that  an  applicant  is  rejected  on  the 
ground  of  lack of  preliminary education. 
There  are,  it  is  true,  a  few’  colleges  of 
pharmacy,  mainly those that  are  depart­
ments of  the  greater universities and not 
mere  show7  appendages  to  them,  where 
the requirements for admission  to a phar­
macy  course  are  something  near  what 
they should be:  but these  are exceptions, 
*«id institutions that  make these  require­
ments are not  well attended,  for the very 
■ obvious reason that the  average  student 
is inclined  to go w'herehe can get through 
the easiest.  He is fully satisfied  with  an 
education  that  enables  him  to pass  the 
state board,  and that affords him a  parch­
ment pastboard  whereby he  may get  by 
that  august  body  without  the 
incon­
veniences  of  an  examination.  The fact 
regarding the  majority of  our colleges  is 
that  a  very  considerable  proportion  of 
Ihe students admitted  to  the  course  are 
^ o   poorly  prepared  for it,  have  so little 
mental  discipline,  so little ability to cope 
with  the  difficult 
that  are 
taught,  that  the  course  of  study,  so for 
as its results  to the student  and  the pro­
profession  are concerned,  is  little  short 
o f  a sham.  Moreover,  colleges  of  phar­
macy  are  so  rapidly increasing in num­
ber,  and there is among  them an increas­
ing competition to obtain  students, few of 
them  being  endowed so as to be self-sus­
taining without an  income  from  the  stu- 
A fnts,  and there is, therefore, every temp­
tation  to admit students that  are  unpre­
pared,  and to graduate as  large a number 
as  possible  without  reference to compe­
tency.  The  present  system is in  danger 
of  breeding  such quack-mills as have dis­
gusted  the  medical  profession  in  this 
country,  unless  something  be  done  to 
stop  the  stride.

subjects 

Again,  the  course of  study  in  most  of 
our  colleges 
is  too  short.  Two  brief 
terms  of  from  twenty  to  thirty  weeks 
each are all  that  is required in the major­
ity  of  them,  and  in  some  the  second 
course  consists  in a short  review of  the 
lectures  given  in  the  first.  True,  most 
colleges,  in  addition  to  this,  exact of  the 
applicant  for  graduation  three  or  four 
years’  experience in  a drug  store  before 
they  honor  him  with a diploma,  but  it is 
safe to say  that  the  experience  acquired 
in many  drug stores should be counted  as 
a positive damage rather than a benefit to 
the  student. 
Every  one  who  knows 
much  about the great  sciences of physics, 
chemistry and  botany,  knows  that  even  a 
good  foundation of  these sciences cannot 
be  laid  in  the  mind  of  the  average  stu­
dent  in  the short time allotted to a  whole 
course of  pharmacy  in  most  of  our  col­
leges.  Much  less  can  such a know ledge 
of  them  be  communicated as  will  make 
the  student  in  any  sense a  master  of  his 
profession. 
If  thé  profession  is  to  be 
counted  as  one  of  the  learned  profes­
sions,  if  pharmacy  is to  take  rank  with 
the  legal and  engineering  professions,  if 
true  pharmacy is not to degenerate  into 
mere  shop-keeping  on  a  par  with  the 
grocer  and  the  notion  business,  it is  im­
portant  that  an  increasing  number  of 
men should enter into  it  who  are  scien­
tifically equipped  for it.

It  is time,  therefore,  that  pharmaceu­
tical  education  be  placed  011  a ’ higher 
plane than  at  the  present time.  How is 
this to be  done ?  It  seems to me it may 
be  accomplished  through  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  by  stamp­
ing  with  their  disapproval  the  super­
ficial  course now too common,  and by en­
couraging a  united  effort  among the  bet­
ter  colleges to  raise  their  requirements 
for admission,  to improve the quality and 
to  extend  the  time  of  their  course  of 
study.

What should  be  the  requirements  for 
admission?  I  should  say,  at 
least  a 
thorough knowie ige of  the  branches  or­
dinarily  taught 
in  a  grammar  school 
course.  A  knowledge  of  elementary 
physics  and  a  sufficient  knowledge  of 
Latin  to understand  its  use  in  scientific 
nomenclature.  Without at  least as much 
preliminary preparation  as this,  it  is not 
possible  for  the  student  to  pursue  a 
course  of  study  in  pharmacy  to  advan­
tage.

llow  long  should  the  course in  phar­
macy be ?  I should  say it should consist 
of  at least  two  terms of  forty weeks,  as 
corresponding  to  what  is  termed  the 
school  year  in  most  of  our  educational 
institutions.  This  surely 
is  too  little 
rather  than  too  much,  though  to  start 
with it  would  probably  not  be  wise  to 
extend  the term  beyond  this. 
I do  not 
think I am wrong  in  supposing that lec­
turers of  experience  in  colleges of  phar­
macy  generally will  agree  with me  in  the 
main  propositions  I  have  made. 
I  do 
not doubt that they feel the need of these 
reforms,  whatever  they may think of the 
practicability  of  bringing  them  about. 
But with the  great influence of  j our As­
sociation,  can  they  not  be  made  prac­
tical ?  If an agreement could  be brought 
about  among  six or eight of  our leading 
colleges to adopt requirements for admis­
sion similar to those laid out,and tliej" were 
to pledge each other to stand bjr them,  and 
if  they were to have  the  backing of  this 
Association,  they could  no doubt succeed 
in  the  movement.  All  other  colleges 
would  soon  be compelled  to  come  up  to 
the  same  standard;  moreover,  such  a 
movement  would  have a  wholesome  in-
flueuee 011  the state  boards of  pharmacy.

The Drug Market.

The  situation  is  still  further  aggra­
There are  110 changes of  importance to 
vated by the  character of  the instruction 
note  this  week.  Opium and morphia  are 
iven  in  a  very  considerable  proportion 
our colleges.  Most colleges still  cling 
steady.  Quinine  is dull.  Gum camphor 
tenaciously to the  lecture system,  which, 
is a  little lower.  The missing vessel  with 
for  the  class  of  undisciplined  or  half- 
a Cargo of  crude has  reached New  York,
disciplined mind
s that  are  obliged  to re- | but  an  advance in  crude  abroad of 25  per 
ceive that kind of  instruction, is the very
cent,  will  keep  prices  up.  Quicksilver
wc~  ^  "  
...................a
worst  that  could  be  devised.  Lessing I has advanced.' Borax is very firm.  Castor 
sa;
saj s :  Knowledge cannot be poured into | oil has declined.  Turpiue has  advanced.
jj|tc head as gold  iu  a sack;  all  who  have I Mercurials have advanced.

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C O RTEX .

Abies,  Canadian........
Cassiae  ...... ...............
Cinchona Flava..........
Euonymiis  atropurp.. 
Myriea  Cerifera, po...
Pranas Virgin!...........
Quillaia,  grd..............
Sassafras  ...................
I'lmus Po (Ground  12)
EX TRA CTU M .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
-  1« ...........
llaematox. 15 lb. box..
Is..............

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FE R R U M
Carbonate Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate  Soluble......
Ferrocyaniduni Sol.
Solut  Chloride......
Sulphate,  com'l__
pure........

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A rnica__
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

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“  ’ 

oarosma 
.................
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
n iv e lly j.........................
Alx
Salvia  officinalis,
and  14s ...... '...........
I’ra Ursi....................
G VMMI.

Acacia,  1st  jacked... 

24©
33©
11©
13©
14©
16©

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30©

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po.............
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. (50).. 
Cape, (po.  20».. 
Socotri,  (po.  (50) 

50©
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Catechu. Is. (*4s, 14
16).............. 7....... . ..  © 13
Ammoniae............. ..  25© 30
© 15
Assafoetida.  (po. 30
Benzoinum..............
50© 55
Camphorse..............
..  32© 35
Euphorbium, po__ ..  35© 10
Galbanum................
© 80
Gamboge,  po........... ..  80© 95
Guaiacum,  (po. 45).
© 35
Kino,  (po.  25).........
© 20
M astic....................
©1 00
Myrrh,  (po. 45)........ ..  © 40
Opii,  (po. 5 00)........
.3 25®3 30
Shellac  ................... ..  25© 33
‘ 
bleached__ ..  25© 30
Tragaeanth................  30©
h e r b a — In ounce packages
Absinthium.........................
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum..............................
Mentha  Piperita.................
“  Y ir.........................
Rue.......................................
Tauacetum, V......................
Thymus,  V"...........................

M AG N ESIA .

 

OLEUM .

Calcined, Pat..............  55©
Carbonate,  P a t ..........  29©
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20©
Carbonate,  Jennings..  35© 36
Absinthium................5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45©  75
Amydalae, Amarae... .7 25®7 50
A nisi..........................1  85@1  95
Auranti ¡Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamii  ...................2  75@3 ;25
Cajiputi......................   90@lo00
Caryophylli.............  .  @2 00
C edar..................  
35©  65
Chenopodii  ................  @lo75
Cinnamon»................  85©  90
Citronella...................   ©  75
Conium  Mac..............  35©  65
Copaiba.................. 
  90@1  00
Cubebae....................15jg0@l6 00
Exeehthitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron....................1  20©1  30
Gaultheria.................2325@2  35
Geranium,  otmee......   ©  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50©  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  I5@i  25
Juniperi......................   50@2 00
Lavendula.................   90@2 00
Limonis......................1  75@2 25
Mentha Piper..............2 25@3 75
Mentha  Verid............ 3 00@3 25
Morrhuae, gal.............  80© 1  00
Myrcia. ounce.............  @  50
Olive...........................1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10©  12
R icini.................... 
  96@i  10
Rosmarini...................  75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce..............   @6 00
Suceini........................  40©  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
San tal  ........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................
70©  75 
Sinapis, ess, ounce__
@  65 
Tiglii...........................
@1  50 
Thym e.......................
40©  50 
o p t.................
©  60 
Theobromas...............
15©  20
PO TA SSIU M .
Bi Carb.......................
15©
Bichromate................
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Bromide......................
37©

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bv box 66*3. les
“  White........

Creta, (bbl. 75)......
prep..............
“ 
precip...........
“  Rubra...........
Crocus...................
Cudbear.................
Cupri Sulph...........
Dextrine................
Ether Sulpli...........
Emery,  all  number
Ergota.  (jk>.)  45__
Flake  White.........
Galla......................
Gambier.................
Gelatin,  Cooper__
French......
Glassware  flint.  75 
Glue,  Brown..............
9®. 15
13®» 25
Glycerina...................
23© 26
Grana Paradisi.. >......
@ 15
il numi us.............:___ 25® 40
Hydraug  Chlor  Mite..
© 85
“  Cor  ....
© 75
Ox Rubrum
© 90
Ammoiiiati..
©1 10
Unguentum. 45®, 55
Hydrargyrum.............
© 75
Ichthyobolla, Am......
25© 1 50
Indigo.........................
75®.l 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........4 0(Xfc4 10
Iodoform...........  ......
©5 15
Lupulin......................
85®.l 00
Lycopodium..............
55®. 60
M'acis  .............  .......... 80© 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
© .y-
dra rg Iod.............. 7.
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10© 12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl 
2® 3
1*4)...........................
Mannia,  S. F ..............
90®1 OU
Morphia,  S.  P. & W ...: 55©2 80
S. N.  V.  Q. &
C. C o........................ 55® 2 70
Moschus  Canton........
© 40
Myristica, No. 1.........
60© 70
Niix Vomica,  (po 20)..
© 10
Os.  Sepia..................... 37© 29
Pepsin Saae, H.  & P. D
Co............................. @2 00
Picis  Liq.  N.  C„ 
gal 
doz  .....................  .; @2 70
Picis Liq., q u arts......
©1 OU
pints.......... @ 70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. @ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
® 18
Piper Alba,  (po go)__
© 35
© 7
Pix  Burgun................
Plurnbi A cet..............
14© 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1 10@1 20
Pvrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
@1 25
Pyrethrnm,  pv...........
55® 60
Quassiae....................
8© 10
Quinia,  S. P. & W......
50© 55
S.  German__ 38© 48
Rubia  Tinctorum......
12© 14
Saccharum Laetis pv..
© 35
Salacin........................3 40©3 50
Sanguis  Draconis......
40© 50
Santonine  .................
@4 50
Sapo,  W......................
12© 14
“  M.......................
8© 10
“  G ......................
@ 15
Seidlitz  Mixture........ @ 28
Sinapis................. .
© 18
“  opt...................
© 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De 
V oes........................
© 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes © 35
Soda Boras, ( po. 11 )... 10® 11
Soda  et Potass Tart... 33®. 35
_
Soda Carb 
‘Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4@.  5
Soda,  Ash................... 
3©  4
Soda, Sulphas................  © 2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Yini  Reet.  bbl.
2 27).............................  @2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
@1  10 
234® 3*4 
2*4© 3 
8©   10 
28©  30 
50©  55 
.9 00®16 00
\  8
Bbl. Ga*
Whale, winter...........
70
70
Lard,  extra................ 86
90
Lard, No.  1................ 50
55
Linseed, pure raw  ... o7
60
Lindseea,  boiled......
60
63
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................
50
69
Spirits Turpentine__ 50
55
bbl.
lb.
Red  Venetian............. ■ 134 2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars... • 13i 2@4
“ •  Ber..
Putty,  commercial.
“  strictly  pure...... „
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ...........................
Vermilion,  English__
Green,  Peninsular......
Lead,  red....................
“  w hite................
Whiting, white Span...
Whiting,  Gilders’........
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff...........................
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints....................... 1 00@1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach........1 10@1  20
Extra Turn.................. i 60@1  70 j
Coach  Body.................2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar___1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp ... .*.................   70©  75

Strychnia  Crystal.
Sulphur,  Sulil......
Roll........
Tamarinds...........
Terebenth Venice.
Theobromae........
Vanilla.................
Zinci  Sulph................

V A R N ISH E S.

P A IN T S.

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illne,  (ik.*. 3," 
Fccti-
Symplocarpus
<bts.  po....................
V aieriana,  Eng.  ((k>.30) 
German...
Zingiber a ...................
Zingiber  j ...................

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15©
10©
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Anisum,  (po.  20)........
Apium  igraveleons
Bird, is ..................
Carni, (po.  18)........
Cardamon..............
Corlandrum...........
Cannabis Sativa__
Cydonium..............
Chenopodimn  ......
Dipterix Odorate...
Koeniculnm...........
Foenugreek*  po__
U n i........................
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3*41
Lobelia................7.
Phariaris Canarian. 
Rapa  .
Sinapis

Aibu.. 
Nigra.

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10©
4©
12©.
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D.  F. li...
Juni peris  Co. O. T-.
Saaeharum  N.  E...
•Spt.  Yini  Galli......
Yini Oporto...........
Villi  Alba..............
SPONGES.
Florida  sheeps’  w<
carriage...............
Nassau  sheeps'  wt
carriage  .............
Velvet  extra,  sheep
wool  carriage___
Extra  yellow  sheej
carriage................
Grass sheeps’ wool ci
riage....................
Hard for  slate  use.. 
Yellow Reef, for 
u se.........................
S VI! U PS.
Aecacia....................
Zingiber  ...................
Ipecac........................
Ferri  Iod...................
Auranti  Cortes.........
Rhei  Arom................
Simiiax  Officinalis...
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Senega  ......................
Scillae.......................
’•  Co...................
Tolutan.....................
Primus virg..............
t i n c t u r e s .
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Aconitum  Nap
Aloes......................
and  myrrh...
A rnica.............
Asafoetida..............
Atrope Belladonna.
Benzoin.................
Co.............
Sanguinaria...........
Barosma................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon..............
Co...........
Castor....................
Catechu.................
Cinchona..............
Co...........
Columba................
Conium.................
Cubeba...................
D igitalis................
Ergot......................
Gentian.................
Co..............
Guaica...................
ammoti......
Zingiber  ................
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine.....................
Colorless.__
Ferri  Chloridum__
K in o ......................
Lobelia....................
Myrrh__
Nùx  Vomica...........
O pii.........................
“  Camphorated...
“  Deodor...........
Auranti Cortex......
Quassia.................
Rhatany  .................
Rhei...........
Cassia  Acutifol......
“ 
Co..
Serpentaria............
Stromonium............
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride__

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M ISC ELLA N EO U S.
“ 
ground, 

Æther. Spts  Nit. 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30©  32
Alumen......................   2*4@’3;.4
7)................................  
3©  4
Annatto......................   55©  60
4©  5
Antimoni, po................. 
et Potass T.  ,  55©  60

(po.

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The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE. 
When  two  or  more  coats  of our PIONEER 
PREPARED  PAINT is applied  as  received in 
original  packages,  and  if  in  three  years  it 
should crack or peel off,  thus  failing  to  give 
satisfaction, we agree to re-paint the  building 
at our expense,  with the  best  White  Lead  or 
such other paint as the owner may  select.  In 
case of complaint, prompt notice  must be giv­
en to the dealer.
Write  for Sample  Cards  and Prices.  We 

have Supplied our Trade with this

UP.  1?.  F>.

Brand  for more tban eight  years  and  it 
is all the manufacturers  claim  for it.
W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Go.

GENERAL  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A nd the W holesale  D ruggists  of  D etroit 

and Chicago.

Acme White Lead

DETROIT,

Color Worts,

MIOH.

M anufacturers of th e C elebrated

ACME  PREPARED  PAINTS,

Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty 

and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.

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WHOLESALE  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

THE  IMPROVED

AMERICAN POCKET BATTERY

W e sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
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antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

. 

toltine  i Perkins  Drug  Do.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY  THE

Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888. 

Troy, New Tork, January 28,1888.

I  Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„

Dear Sirs—Your agent  left me a sample of
Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—I  duly  received  the  case  of  y°u_r liquid extract. Malt, and  as  I  use  much
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare 
your “Be6t”  Tonic and have since had a great 
your product with  some  from another  house
many in this  institution.  I must say that  the
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debilitated  *.had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  In
the  great  essential,  the  palitdble  nutriant  as 
patients  have  been  most  satisfactory, espec 
well as in tonic stim ulant properties, felt anx­
ially to those in a  stage  of  recovery  after  se­
ious to  know about what  it  can  be furnished 
vere sickness.
the dispensing physician.
I write this  thinking you  might like to have 
my opinion  on  its  merits.  I  certainly  shall 
prescribe  it  in future,  where  the  system  re­
quires building up. either from constitutional 
weakness or otherwise.

E. J ay Fisk, M. D.

Yours truly,

Yoars truly,

Wm. Gray, M. D.

Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best B rewing Co., 
Gentlemen—I think the “Tonic” a splendid 
medicine for all forms  of  Dyspepsia and Indi­
gestion.  It is giving me great satisfaction 
J. AJ. J ohnson, M. D.

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 18,1888. 

Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
Dear Sirs—I have given  your “Malt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion 
and General  Debility,  especially in  the  aged, 
where  the  whole  system  seems  completely 
rostrated, with  very satisfactory  results.  I 
ave  used  many  of  the  so-called  “Malt  Ex­
tracts,”  but  believe  your  preparation  to  be 
superior.  In   the  aged  where  the  digestive 
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of 
the nerve vital  force, I found its action  to  be 
rapid and permanent.

Elias Wildman, M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph- Best B rewing Co., 
Gentlemen—I  have  used  the “Best” Tonio 
with  most  gratifying  results in  my  case  of 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a  bad  one, 1  had no 
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom­
ach;  looking  as  though  I  had  consumption, 
and after taking this tonic  I  never felt better 
in  my life.  I  think  it  will  cure a bad case of 
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for  that 
case. 

Wm. O. J aeger.

322 South Fifth Street, 
Philadelphia, Feb. 4,1888. 

Ph. Best Brew ing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., 
Gentlemen—I  have  tested  the  sample  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  Malt  and 
Hops” you  sent  me,  and  find  in  my humble 
judgm ent th at it is a  very  pure and safe arti­
cle.  I  will  not  hesitate  to  recommend it  la 
every case of debility  where  a  Tonic of  that 
kind  is indicated.

Respectfully,

E. H. Bell, M. D.
New Orleans, La., April 6,1888. 

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—As a  m atter of  personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
cases of impaired  nutritition.  The results in­
dicate th at it  is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly yours,

E. W. Fi eming,  M. D.

Specialty D epart. Ph. B rew ing Co.,
Gentlemen—Having  tried  your  “Best” 
Tonic to a great  extent amongst my practice, 
I will state in  its  behalf th at  I  have  had  the 
best results with  nursing  mothers  who  were 
deficient in  milk,  increasing  its  fluids and se­
creting a more nourishing food for the infant, 
also increasing the appetite  and in every way 
satisfactory for such cases.

Very respectfully,

D.  Bornio.M   D.

F or  Physicians’  and  Fam ily  Use.

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k et in th e following  points  of  su p erio rity :  A  P a ten t I 
H ard Rubber, Rem ovable Screw Top Cell (like a  pocket  j 
inkstand), containing the Carbon  and  Zinc  elem ents, 
can be carried  in the  pocket  charged  ready  fo r  use; 
w ater-tight, no leaking:  fo r  durability,  com pactness, 
and  stren g th   of  cu rren t  it  excels  all  others.  Two 
nickel-plate sponge electrodes w ith  each  battery .  No  I 
sm all w ire connections on bottom  of  th is  m achine, as  | 
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Sold  by  the  trade.  Price,  §10,  and  every  B attery 
w arranted.  Send fo r C ircular 49,  giving  special  price 
to  physicians fo r a  sam ple b a tte ry  prepaid.  Address 

ELEGTRO-JiEDICRL BATTERY  CO.,
Or  HAZELTINE  &  PER K IN S  DRUG  CO., 

KALAMAZOO, MICH.,

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G rand  Rapids,  M idi.

For Sale By

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Grand Rapids,

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134 lo  140  Fillton  Street,

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich .

Herald correspondent by a business man, 
whose name is not  given  for  the reason 
that he is in a position to be boycotted by 
the company, and  undoubtedly would be 
were it to become known that he w-as the 
informant.  He  said a miner  who  could 
not  find  at  the  truck-store  a  suit  of 
clothes  to  fit  him  saw  one  at  another 
store which  just  suited  him.  The price 
vas  $15.  After  an  urgent  request,  he 
succeeded  in  getting  a check  from  the 
company' upon  this  dealer  and  got  the 
suit.  When the dealer presented the $15 
check at the company’s office, two months 
later, he was told:
“You made thirty-five per cent, on that 
uit of clothes, and we want you to allow 
us twenty per cent, of  it.”
The dealer  declared he wouldn’t do it, 
and  that  he  thought  allowing  ten  per 
cent,  and  waiting  sixty  dayrs  for  his 
money was all  that  could  reasonably be 
expected.  After  some  further  talk, he 
succeeded in getting his  $15, less the ten 
per cent., but  from  that  time  until the 
present has never received any more bus­
iness from the company.
The  company expects  every miner  to 
trade out a certain  per cent,  of  his earn­
ings,  and  sees  that  he  does it.  One of 
the old miners has started  in  the  build­
ing  in  which  he  lives  a  little  grocery- 
store,  and has thus  tried,  by supplying a 
few of  his  neighbors,  to  make  a  little 
something in addition to his meager earn­
ings in the  mine.  He had, of  course, no 
need to buy groceries at the  truck  store. 
One would  think  that that was a matter 
w-ith which the  company had  nothing to 
do.  But not so. 
It determined  that  he 
hould  patronize  the  truck-store  to the 
.¡ame  extent  that  he  would  have to do 
were he not in the  gracery business him­
self,  and when he  was  paid off  he found 
in  his  envelope,  in  lieu  of  so much of 
which  was  due  him,  a $10 check on the 
truck-store.  He  w-as  helpless  in  the 
matter and had to take  it, though  he did 
not  want  it  and  did  want  the  $10  in 
money.
Many of  the miners are single men and 
have  little  occasion  to  buy anything at 
the  truck-store.  Months  at a time  they 
don’t want anything from the store.
“In such cases,” asked the Herald cor­
respondent of  Mr.  Mooney,  “doesn’t  the 
company  pay  them  their  wages  all  in 
cash ?”
“Indeed  it  does  not,”  he 
replied. 
‘Those  men  find  a  ticket  in  their  en­
velope representing such portion of their 
wages as the company is pleased to think 
they  ought  to  have  traded  out  at  the 
store.”
Checks  that  are  obtained  in this way 
are  usually taken  to  some of  the  store­
keepers in the  town  by the  miners  and 
discounted.  The  store-keepers  charge 
fifteen per cent,  discount, of  which  they 
have  to  pay ten  to  the  company when 
they present  the  checks,  and  retain the 
five  per  cent,  themselves.  The  miners 
who need a little  money  before  pay day 
to pav  doctor’s  bills  or  other  expenses 
have * to  get a check  from  the  compar­
and then  suffer a shaving on it of  fifteen 
per cent.
The business  street of  Braidwood pre­
sents  the  singular spectacle of  being an 
aggregation of  little  “one-horse” barber 
shops, dress-making  establishments  and 
saloons, with an occasional  news  stand, 
harness  shop  and  candy  store. 
In  a 
community of  nearly 6,000  people  there 
are  no  stores,  except  the  truck-store, 
worthy the name.  Even  the farmers are 
compelled to trade at the truck-store, for 
that is the  only  one  that  can  take  the 
produce  they bring  in  to  exchange  for 
goods. 
It is said that many of  the farm­
ers prefer to drive a greater distance and 
do  their  trading  at  Morris,  Joliet  and 
other places which are  not so  monopoly- 
ridden.  The  coal  company has  a small 
branch truck-store  in  the  northern part 
of  this town, and  the  two  together do a 
I business, it  is  said, of  $600,000 or more 
annually.

TheMidiiffanTradesman

THE TRUCK-STORE.

How  a  Corporation  Bleeds  Its  Men  and 

Business  Rivals.

in 

the 

The Chicago Herald recently described 
the  peculiar  methods  of  a  coal-mining 
company at Braidwood, 111., in the course 
of  which it paid  its  compliments  to the 
truck-store  system 
following 
graphic manner:
All of  the  Herald’s  readers  may  not 
understand  just  what  the  truck-store 
system  is  and  what a terribly blighting 
influence  upon a community  it  may  be 
made to exert. 
In the description of  the 
stores  in  Braidwood,  given  above,  one 
exception should have  been  made.  The 
coal company’s  truck  store is unlike the 
others. 
It has  the  appearance of  being 
the  prosperous  concern  which  it is. 
It 
occupies  the  ground  floor  of  a  double 
store-front,  brick  building, over the sec­
ond story of  which  appears  in large gilt 
letters  the  words  “Music  Hall.”  The 
building  is  most  appropriately  named, 
for, in  addition  to  whatever  occasional 
musical entertainments  may occur in the 
second story, the truck-store beneath fiu 
nishes  the  music  to  which  the  entire 
town has to dance.  Extending from the 
building  across  the  sidewalk  is  a  sign 
beoring the words:

C. W. & V. COAL  COMPANY,

:  Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Crockery, 

groceries.

in this store almost  everything, except 
hardware  and  meat, may be  bought, or 
as the  majority of  residents  would  say 
“must be bought.”  Eight or  nine  years 
ago.  when  this 
truck-store  was  firs 
started, there were  forty  other stores on 
the  street  competing  with it in the var­
ious  lines  of  goods  which  it  handles 
Now there are only four or five little con 
cerns  still  maintaining a precarious  ex 
istence.  The company’s store has choked 
the  life  out of  all the  others.  At  that 
time  J. W. Tuohy,  who  now  has  large 
dry  goods  stores  on  North  Clark  and 
West  Madison  streets, had a prosperous 
store  there.  He  soon  saw  how  thing 
were tending and “pulled up stakes”  and 
moved to Chicago.  He owns three empty 
stores there now which  cost  him  §4,000 
to build.  The three  lots  on  which the; 
stand  cost  him  $200  each.  Said  Mr 
Dando:
- I am Tuohy’s  agent,  and I have  beei 
offering  those  stores  with  Mr.  Tuohy’ 
ol(!  residence  thrown  in  for $1,000,  and 
can find no purchaser.”
The miners have to make all their pur 
chases, except of  meat  and  hardware, at 
the  truck-store.  They  get  no  credit 
either  at  the  store  or  at the company 
office.  They get  paid  off  once a month 
but do not get what is  due  them for  any 
one  month“ until  the  third  Saturday of 
the following month.  For  example:  the 
miners will not be paid for their Septem 
her work until  October 20.  Upon  appli 
cation  at  the  office,  however, they  can 
get checks upon the  company’s  store for 
$1. $2, $5 or  $10,  upon  which  they  can 
get  merchandise,  provided  that, at  the 
time of  application,  the  company  ow 
them as much as the desired check repre 
sents.  Under  no  circumstances  what 
ever  can a miner  get  a check  for  more 
Instances 
than  is  coming  to  him. 
reported of  miners  being  refused check 
on  the  truck-store  when  by  reason 
sickness in their  families  there  was ur 
gent necessity of  accommodation  of  that 
kind, and of  great  hardship  and  suffer 
ing  because  they  were  refused.  Their 
only recourse in such  cases  has  been 
.seek  aid  from  the  Supervisor  on  the 
status of  paupers.
The checks of  lower denominations re­
semble  a  barber’s  shaving  check  or  a 
restaurant  commutation  ticket.  They 
have  figures  around  their  edges, which 
are  punched to the amount of  the  goods 
purchased.  The  checks  of  higher  de­
nominations  have 
several  perforated 
leaves,  after  the  style  of  a  railroad 
thousand  mile  ticket,  from  which  the 
proper amounts are  punched or torn out. 
If  a miner  wants  to buy meat  or  hard­
ware, he  is  given a check on  particular 
dealers  in  those  commodities.  A check 
of  this sort resembles the following:

YOU
By trading w ith the new house of

Because  we represent  the manu­
facturers  and  importers  direct— 
and SAVE you  a

Jobber’s  Profit*

An inspection is all we ask.  Write 
for  prices  and  catalogues.  Call 
when in the city  and  see  a  com­
plete line of samples of  Crockery, 
Glassware, Fancy  Goods,  etc., at 
lower prices than  you  have  ever 
bought before.
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Commission

Agents.

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No. 372. 

braidwood. 

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BUTCHER’S  CHECK.

Oct. 1,1888. 

T.  B.  COREY, 

store No. A 86. 

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*1.00.  Payable on  Demand  in Mer- 

SOT TRANSFERABLE. 
Supt. C., W. & V. Coal Co. 

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Upon this check being presented at the 
butcher  shop  the  butcher  keeps  it and 
issues in its place his own  private  checl 
to the miner.  This is similar  in  form to 
the company’s check,  and  the  amount of 
each  purchase  is  punched  out  of  both 
checks.  The  butcher  holds  the  com­
pany’s check until it is punched ont, and 
then  presents  it  at  the  office to get his 
pay for the meat he  has  furnished to the 
miner.  The  butcher  has  to  wait  two 
months  before  he  can  collect  from the 
company on  these  checks,  and,  besides 
that, has  to  pay  the  company  ten  per 
cent,  of  the  amount  represented.  For 
example, for  each  dollar  check  he pre­
sents he is paid  only ninety cents  by the 
company.  Such is the  tax  which the in­
dividual dealers have to pay to  the  com­
pany  for  all  the  business  it  throws in 
their way. 
In  speaking of  this  feature, 
Mr. Mooney  said:
“It is outrageous extortion on the  part 
of  the  company,  and  the  miners,  as  a 
rule, have to suffer for it.  The  butchers 
and hardware  dealers simply charge  the 
miners  ten  per  cent, higher prices than 
they do their  other  customers.  Some of 
them have  told  me  that  they have to do 
it to make up the ten  per cent, they have 
to pay the company.”
One  of  the  butchers,  however,  upon 
being  questioned  on  that  point, denied 
the 
the  charge.  No  doubt, 
miner, as  a rule,  has  to  stand  the  dis­
count  and only gets  ninety cents’ worth 
of  meat or hardware  for  the $1 he pays. 
It  is  said, too,  there  are  frequent  com­
plaints that dealers punch  out more than 
the miners buy,  and thus  defraud  them. 
A case  illustrating  the  grasping  policy 
pursued  by  the  company was  told  the

though, 

S e n d   in   y o u r   o rd ers.
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1888

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10  “ 
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Attractively finished in assorted colors and hay 
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