The Michigan Tradesman.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  14,  1889.

NO. 308.

VOL.  6.
F.J.DETTENTHÄLER
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

FOURTH ETIOM BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo. C. Pierce,  Vice President.

H. W.  Nash, Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Hake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT
Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.

Tw enty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 
24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

AND

186  EAST  FULTON  ST.

The  Leading  Laiindry

IN  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Any one wishing agency in towns outside 

will please  write  for terms.

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Millers, Attention

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It Is done Dy our best  business  houses.  It  pays 
to go to  the  best.  Shorthand  and  Typewriting 
also thoroughly taught.  Send for circular.  Ad 
dress A.  S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens 
berg.

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vantage.  Send  us  all  the  choice 
stock you can.  The sixteen-quart 
case  is  the  best  package.
Prom pt  reports  made.

BARNETT  BROS.

CHICAGO.

A  GRAND  SUCCESS.

Fourth Annual Convention of the Mich­

igan Business  Men’s  Association.

[c o n t in u e d   f r o m   l a s t  w e e k .]

Chas.  Clarke, Commercial Agent of the 
Grand Trunk Railway,  read  a  paper  on 
“The  Business  man  and  the  Railways 
and the  Relative  Relations,”  as follows: 
The interests of  business men and the 
railways are  so  closely interwoven  that 
any  influence  that  disturbs  commerce 
fiuds  these  two  great factors  in  direct 
sympathy.  The history of  the  business 
man antedates our  civilization,  our first 
knowledge  of  him being  in the  ancient 
marks of  trade,  always to the fore as the 
civilizer and  promoter  of  commerce  in 
all time. 
In  the  beginning  of  modern 
history,  we  find  the  demands  of  com­
merce  crowding  out  the military roads, 
and  feudal  authorities 
relinquishing 
their  political  system  for  a  system  of 
transportation followed by governmental 
action,  to  meet  the demands created by 
this  “irrepressible”—the  business  man.
Coming  to  our  own  time,  the  same 
elements  exist  but  surrounded by mod­
ern  conditions,  the  demand  augmented 
many fold;  but the power  of  genuis has 
made it possible to  keep  abreast  of  the 
demand and in some respects outstrip it, 
until to-day we are conscious of  the fact 
that  the  railways  have  aided  very ma­
terially in  the  great  march  of  civiliza­
tion,  and  have  long  since  successfully 
passed the period  of  experiment.  And. 
now, with our  160,000  miles  of  railway 
reaching the most remote sections of  our 
country, governed by methods  in  opera­
tion  which have  wrought  achievements 
grand  in  practical  results,  a  universal 
gauge 
(4.8)^),  permitting  unbroken 
transit  between  all  points on the conti­
nent, with a motive power and auxiliaries 
limiting the carriage  of  freight between 
here and  the  Atlantic  seaboard  to  less 
than four days,  with the finest passenger 
service  in  the  world,  furnishes  to  the 
man of  affairs of  to-day advantages  un­
surpassed in the history of  all  the busi­
ness  world,  all  of  which  contributes 
largely  to  his  success  in  making  such 
rapid distribution  of  products  possible. 
Certainly, machinery and steam  coupled 
with  electricity,  are  performing  their 
part in this branch of  the world’s indus­
tries.
This great  question  of  transportation 
is  one  of  the problems that is “shaking 
the brain”  of  the  nation  to-day and  is 
commanding the attention of some of the 
most able men of both continents.  When 
we consider  the fact  that  this  question 
of  transit is the factor  that,  in  a  great 
measure,  shapes  your  business  enter­
prises, we believe it worthy your greater 
attention, for you should realize as forci­
bly as  possible  that  the  railway is  not 
simply a  corporation  with  public func­
tions,  but that it the  great  public  thor­
oughfare,  fixed  as  an  investment,  and 
cannot be  closed  or  abandoned  at  will 
but  must,  if  successfully managed,  at­
tract its busiuess on principles of equity. 
You,  as business  men,  are not bound bv 
any law of  business ethics to treat  your 
customers  equally,  but  the  railway en­
dowed  with public functions,  controlled 
by state and national  laws,  cannot  vio­
late with impunity its duty to the public.
The business men, in a measure,  repre­
sent in  our  body politic the silent class, 
not,  as a rule,  voicing  their  sentiments; 
nevertheless,  they are the active element 
of our commonwealth and contribute the 
bulwark  of  our industries  and  society, 
and we  are  glad  that  this  element  is 
gradually doing its  part  in  assisting  to 
eliminate the antagonism still existing to 
some extent between the people  and  the 
railways.  May  your  efforts liasteu  the 
day when, by equitable laws  j udiciously 
administered,  the whole country may be 
still better served  and  these  two  great 
factors  harmonized  more closely upon a 
basis  of  comity and mutual dependence, 
for  it  is  only by such  relations that we 
may hope for  prosperity  in  the  future, 
This is truly a practical  age  and the de­
mand in all vocations is for men of broad 
views,  who can be united upon a plan of 
harmony and unity of action.  This being 
the  purpose  of  such  organizations  as 
yours,  you may expect better results, by 
broadening the circle  of  your  endeavor 
and  anticipating  possibilities  by  cul­
tivating a closer acquaintance with  your 
twin factor,  the  railways,  profiting  by 
the  experience  of  your  co-laborers  in 
other states and  guarding  the  channels 
of  commerce  that  they may not be  un­
justly abridged  but  that  you  may have 
the full measure of  their utility.
The President—Michigan has a Gover­
nor.  She has  frequently had governors. 
There are  degrees of  Governors as  there 
are of  almost all  other  creation.  There 
the  Governor who  accepts  the  honor 
and the  munificent  sum of  $1,000 a year 
salary which  the  State of  Michigan  has 
liberally  given  to  those  who  held  that 
position—and  who  have done  little  else 
than  accept it.  There  are other  Gover­
nors  who  have  taken  an interest  in  all 
social  and  material  interests.  None  of 
them,  perhaps, have  taken  the same  de­
gree of  interest  as  the  Governor whom 
ou have recently honored with this high 
position. 
I  think  you  all 
realize  and  appreciate  this  fact.  Cer­
tainly,  your action at the last election  in 
quadrupling  his  salary  is  indicative  of 
our  belief  that he earns  four  times as 
much as any other  Governor ever elected 
a  the  State of  Michigan. 
(Applause.) 
take  great  pleasure  in  introducing  to 
ou—if  an  introduction  is  necessary— 
Governor Luce. 

(Loud applause.)

(Applause.) 

Gov. Luce thereupon said:
I  have  enjoyed  something  of  the 
pleasures  and  honors  of 
the  world. 
There  are  many  honors  I  have  never 
enjoyed.  There are  many points I  have

never  reached,  and  prominent  among 
them is the fact that I have  never been a 
business  man—and,  too,  I  have  never 
been a politician. 
(Applause and laugh­
ter.)  Those  two  honors  I  have  never 
enjoyed.  But,  to-day,  I  am  informed I 
have been elected a member of the Mich­
igan  Business  Men’s  Association,  and  I 
am  decorated with  its badges, and  I de­
sire  to  tender  to  the  members of  the 
Association  my  profound  and  grateful 
thanks for the honor they have conferred 
upon  me.  This  gives  me  ground  for 
hope that  possibly way in  the  dim, dis­
tant  future  some  association  will  elect 
me a politician  (laughter), so that  I  can 
enjoy the other.
I  was  surprised when  the  programme 
was  placed in  my hands to notice  that I 
was down  for an  “address.”  When any 
gentleman  appears  before  an  audience 
and  the thoughts  which he is to  present 
are  honored  and  characterized  as  an 
“address,” it is due to that audience that 
some sort of  preparation  for the  presen­
tation of  thoughts worthy  of  considera­
tion be  made.  But all  the preparation 1 
have  made  for  this  address  has  been 
made on the platform  here this  evening. 
It is true  that  your  President  indicated 
that  he wished  me to “say  something,” 
but  never once  did he allude to the  idea 
that I was  to  deliver an  address.  But I 
am  before  you  and  will  take  for  the 
foundation  of  my  remarks  the  funda­
mental ideas  of  the  eloquent address  of 
welcome which  was  presented  so  hand­
somely  to-night. 
In  talking  now I  talk 
as  a  business  man to business  men and 
shall in all my remarks to-night.
First  of  all,  I  want  to  congratulate 
you  that  you met in  this  splendid,  hos­
I have been here 
pitable,  generous city. 
before  and  enjoyed  its  hospitality, and 
when  I  listened  to  the  remarks  of  my 
friend, I  thought  (after  riding  around, 
through the kindness of  several citizens, 
this  afternoon,  viewing  the  beauties  of 
the  city,  there  was  kindled  in  my heart 
pride and satisfaction  that a magnificent 
library  was  being  erected  through  the 
generosity  of  one  of  your  citizens)—1 
thought, not half has been told. 
I agree 
in  every respect with the  gentlemen but 
one—and  I  dare  not  in  that  respect, I 
standing  within  forty  miles  of  Grand 
Rapids—that is,  that  Muskegon  is to  be 
the future  great  city of  Western  Mich 
gan.  What would  Grand  Rapids  say to 
that?  So  I  will  agree  on  every  other 
point.
When I tell you that I havemever been 
a  business  man,  I  am  not  quite  right 
through  the  ages,  along 
Away  back 
down,  I  have  descended  from  business 
men. 
I  come  from  a  business  family 
I  know  something  of  business men. 
I 
know something of  the duties  devolving 
upon business  men  and of  the cares and 
perplexities  and  anxieties  the  bnsiues 
man endures. 
I  know  something of  the 
honor  they  confer  upon  a  town, and 
believe  that  the  business  men  of  thi 
city  have  put  forward  untold  benefit 
and honors upon this grand city.
I  am  acquainted  all  over  this  broad 
state of  ours. 
I  know two  towns where 
more  than a thousand  people  have  mi 
grated  from  all  the  other  parts of  the 
State.  These  men are  comfortably situ­
ated,  well  fed  and  clothed -and securely 
housed. 
It  is  true  that  many  of  them 
want  to  emigrate  from  where  they  are 
now. 
I  have  formed  the  acquaintance 
of these men and more than  500 of  them 
are  anxious  that I should  give  them 
ticket-of-leave. to  go  to  some  other  lo­
cality. 
I  allude,  of  course, to  Jackson 
and Ionia. 
In  all  the  acquaintances  of 
these two institutions, where the inmates 
are  thus  comfortably  housed  and  well 
fed, I do  not  happen to  remember a si 
gle man  from Muskegon. 
(Laughter.)
Muskegon  has  become famous for  the 
love and  regard  and veneration for  law 
which  control  all  your  actions.  The 
business  men  of  this  country,  in  their 
different  localities,  exert  themselves  to 
encourage home institutious.  This solemn 
responsibility rests  upon  us as  business 
men.  Because  we,  in  the  various  rela 
tions  in  which  we  act, coming  in  con­
tact, as we do, with the  customers in the 
stores,  do much to mould the morality of 
the  towns.  So  there  is  imposed  upon 
the business man  a  great responsibility. 
The  growth  of  a  town  is  largely under 
the control of business men.  We under­
stand something of  what is required of a 
business man.
Business men have existed  through all 
the ages. 
I do not  know that Adam was 
a  merchant, but  business  men  grew  up 
pretty  soon.  They  came  as a necessity, 
and  they  will  exist  while  man  lives. 
They  are  needed,  and  will  be  needed 
while  time  lasts. 
I  am  not  here  to 
classify the  honors which  should be dis­
tributed  among  business  men,  between 
the  producers  and  consumers  of  the 
world’s wealth.  We need them both. But, 
if a tow’ll wants a new enterprise, if a new 
railroad is wanted, if a manufacturing in­
stitution  is  required—to  whom  do  the 
newspapers appeal?  The newspaper ed­
itorial appeals  to  our  enterprising  busi­
ness  men to  “take  hold  of  the  project 
and bring to this town  increase of  popu­
lation and wealth and growth.” 
I could 
write  one of  those editorials  myself. 
I 
know  just  how  they  read.  They  call 
the  attention  of  business  men  to  the 
demands  of  the  situation,  to  the  new 
railroad  that  must  be  reached  for  and 
brought  within the borders of  the town; 
that if  they will  only  put  forth a gigan­
tic effort and  jam  down their  hands into 
their  pockets  and  draw  forth  what  is 
needed, it can be  secured.  This is true, 
and the  growth of  many towns has been 
stimulated immensely by the force of the 
business men in it.
I  have  almost 
always  lived  in  the  country.  Next  to 
Muskegon,  Lansing  is  one  of  the  very 
best  towns,  too.  Here,  too,  we  have 
these  editorials.  They  are  stereotyped, 
set up and  kept standing—only  changed 
to  suit  the  name of  the enterprise  they 
want  when  they appeal  to the  business 
man. 
I come 
over  here  to  get  the  odor of  pine  and

sawdust,  and  I  enjoy  it.  There  is  an 
element of  growth and  prosperity  here.
I  want  to  congratulate  you  that  you 
have  a  Business  Men’s  Association. 
It 
is a power  which  impels and  builds  up. 
All  is  done  by  and  through  associated 
effort,  hand  to  hand, arm to  arm,  purse 
to purse, shoulder to shoulder,  step with 
step—that  is  the  way  mighty  achieve­
ments are accomplished.  You are a ben­
efit to other  men.  So you  are to be con­
gratulated that you  have an Association. 
Associated effort is one of  the latest out­
growths of  civilization we enjoy.  They 
are getting associations for all  purposes. 
We  have  had  only  two  away  back—the 
church and the educational.  And a little 
farther  back  only one, and  that was the 
church  alone.  The  association for  edu­
cational  purposes  is  the  outgrowth  of 
the last few years, comparatively.
I am  not  here to instruct  you.  Your 
President  talked  wisely  and well to-day 
in  relation  to  the  duties and  responsi­
bilities of men.  (I presume he did—I did 
not hear it. 
I can  imagine something of 
the line of  policy he  would advocate. 
I 
may repeat some things he said.)  (Laugh­
ter.)
In  relation  to  duties, there  are influ 
ences  abroad  in this  laud, influences  ii 
the life of  the  business  man and of  the 
body  politic, which threaten society, but 
business  men, more  than  any  other. 
I 
do not know of  a set of  men and women 
who  are  required  to  use  the  sagacity, 
having  it  constantly  at  play,  all  the 
while  in  the  observance of  this  eternal 
law  of  the  survival of  the  fittest,  that 
they do.  Many of  them would  go to the 
wall if  this  were  not  so.  They  are  a 
wonderful  force  in  society  to  correct 
evils.  Adulteration is  one of  the great­
est. 
I do not  believe you  business  men 
I  believe  you  will 
will  submit  to  it. 
only  sell  goods in the  market  for  just 
what  they  are. 
If  a  piece  of  cloth  is 
part cotton,  sell  it for part cotton.  You 
have  a  duty  to  perform  to  suppress,  as 
far as possible,  adulteration.
There  is  another point  I  want to talk 
I  do  not  want  to  bore  or  tire 
about. 
you—it  is  dangerous  to  get  me  up. 
It was  suggested  in  your 
(Laughter.) 
admirable  address of  welcome, and  it  is 
in relation to  trusts. 
I  believe  in what 
he  said.  My forefathers came over here 
with the Puritans,  almost  300 years  ago. 
No  other  country  on  God’s  earth  has 
ever  furnished  the  grand  opportunities 
for  the  development  of  manhood  and 
womanhood  that  ours  has;  but  eternal 
vigilance is the  price of  liberty,  and  we 
must guard our homes, guard our country, 
guard its interests in every way. 
I have 
been a  student and  watched  the  reasons 
why  nations  went up and  nations  went 
down, and  one of  the greatest  evils  that 
threaten on  every hand  is  the system of 
combinations  and  trusts. 
(Applause.) 
We  are  just beginning  to  see  it  and  to 
hear  the voice of  the siren.  But, fellow 
citizens  and  countrymen, this  system of 
trusts  is  a  threatening menace  to  many 
sections of our country.  That system of 
trusts  which  reaches  out  and  buys  up 
the  mills  of  Minneapolis,  St.  Paul  and 
Duluth and  those  which  are to  be  con­
structed  at  the  Soo,  is  a  threatening 
menace  to  the  business  men  of  this 
country,  as  well  as  to  the consumers of 
the products sold by business men.  You 
should set your faces against this slavery 
of America,  and the best interests of  hu 
manity should be arrayed  against the in­
sinuating  approaches of  this  siren, that 
goes on and makes  immense fortunes for 
a  few men  who control it. 
I  do not  be­
lieve we are  to be  overthrown  by trusts. 
Active  effort  on  the  part of  citizens  is 
absolutely  necessary. 
I  believe  trusts 
will  be  overthrown,  because  I  tell  you 
that  while  the  school  house  and  the 
church stand here, no great evil can con­
front  this  American  people  but  for  a 
time.  They  will  rise  in  their  majesty 
and  might  and  overthrow  it. 
I  trust 
you will  pardon a story, as this question 
is  aptly  illustrated  by a  homely  story I 
recently heard.  A  certain  family,  con­
sisting  of grandfather,  grandmother and 
little  boy,  five  or  six  years  old,  had  a 
favorite  cat  which  they  esteemed  very 
highly. 
It  was a cunning  cat, and  was 
known  as “our  cat.”  One  day  Johnny 
said  to  his  grandfather,  "That  is  our 
cat, isn’t it?”  “Yes.”  “Grandpa,  which 
part  is  yours?”  Said  grandpa,  “The 
head is  mine.”  “Which  part  is  grand­
ma’s?” 
“And 
which partis mine, grandpa?”  “Oh,  the 
tail is  yours.”  The  illustration I  make 
I  do not  care 
strikes  me  as  pertinent. 
about  these  men  who go about  enlisting 
capital  to  buy up  breweries. 
I  do  not 
care about that;  but,  when  they buy our 
mills, they are the head of this cat.  The 
manufacturers  are  the  body,  and  the 
great mass of unoffending consumers are 
illustrated  by  the  tail. 
(Applause.) 
One day, grandpa was reading the  news­
paper  and  hunting  up  his  eyes,  and 
grandma  was  in  the  back  room,  aad 
Johnny was  playing, and  the cat  squall­
ing.  Grandpa  said,  “Johnny, what  are 
ou'  doing  to  that  cat?” 
“O, I  ain’t 
touching  it,  grandpa,”  replied  Johnny. 
Pretty soon it squalled  again worse than 
ever.  “What are you doing to that cat?” 
shouted  grandpa.  “O, I aint doing any­
thing  only  just  standing  on  my  part— 
and  your  part  is  squalling.” 
(Laugh­
ter.) 
I do not know as I have illustrated 
it as  clearly  as it  presents  itself  to  my 
own  mind;  but, bye  and  bye, when  this 
body gets  tired  and  troubled  too  much 
by this head—bye and bye when the peo­
ple  stand  upon  their  part, 
they  will 
make  the  head  squall. 
(Applause  and 
laughter.)
I have  made up  my mind  to stay with 
you  here  this  week. 
I 
thought  1  should when  I  took  the  ride 
to-day,  and  then when I  listened to that 
address of welcome,  I  knew I should. 
I 
want to  look  over your  beautiful  water 
and  am  promised a boat-ride. 
I  expect 
to  stop  two or three  days  yet, so  I will 
not  weary  you  longer.  Again,  I  thank 
you. 
I  have  done  enough  business  in 
selling  the  products  of  my  farm  and, 
perhaps, I  have in  that  way  earned the

I owe a debt to saw dust. 

“ The  body  is  hers.” 

I  live in  a city  now. 

(Laughter.) 

title  of  “business  man.”  We  are  safe 
with honor  and intellect and  patriotism 
guiding  and  controlling  the  actions  of 
business men. 
President Wells announced the follow­

(Applause.)

ing standing committees:

Order  of  Business—H.  W.  Parker, 
Owosso;  Jackson  Coon,  Rockford;  F. H. 
Larzelier,  Quincy.
President’s  address—Frank  Hamilton, 
Traverse  City;  Jacob Jesson, Muskegon; 
Dr.  H. B. Baker, Lansing.
Finance Committee—C.H.May, Clio;  C. 
L. Glasgow, Nashville ;  J. E.  Thurkow, 
Morley.
Resolutions — Chas.  T.  Bridgeman, 
Flint;  B.  S.  Harris, Grand  Rapids;  P.  F. 
Treanor, East Saginaw.
After another  selection  by the orches­
tra, which  furnished delightful music at 
intervals  during  the  evening,  the  meet­
ing adjourned.

WEDNESDAY—MORNING  SESSION.

On reassembling, Wednesday morning, 
the Committee  on  Order of  Business  re­
ported  in  favor  of  adopting  the  pro­
gramme  prepared  by  the  Executive. 
Board.  Adopted.

The Committee  on Credentials  report­

ed the following delegates present:

REGULAR DELEGATES.

Hessler.

l>y.
Keating, M. C. Goossen, B.  S.  Harris. 

Traverse  City—F.  Hamilton,  J.  Stein- 
burg,  J. R.  Gowdy,  F.  Friedrich,  E. W. 
Hastings.
Flushing — G.  E.  Herriman,  Ira  T. 
Sayre.
Owosso—H.  W.  Parker,  D.  Burhans, 
W. A. Woodard,  E. Wykes,  N.  McBain. 
Nashville—C.  L.  Glasgow,  F.  McDer-
Grand  Rapids—O.  F.  Conklin,  Thos. 
Kingsley—Geo. L. Fenton.
Ludington—Geo.  B.  McMahon,  L. K. 
Baker.
Muskegon—J.  A.  Miller, M.  C.  Kelly, 
R.  S. Miner, Jacob Jesson, S.  H.  Stevens,
L. C.  Mangold, Ernest  Eimer,  A.  Towl, 
Wm. Peer,  M.  H. Deskey, Dr. C. P. Don­
aldson, E.  C. Misner.
East  Saginaw—P.  F.  Treanor,  R.  H. 
Williams, A. G. Bekrow.
Sturgis—H. S. Church.
Morley—J. Pierdon,  J. H. Thurkow. 
Clio—C. H. May.
Rockford—D. R. Stocum,  J.  Coon,  W. 
Quincy—F. A.  Larzelier,  E.  J.  Clizbi. 
Davison—I.  T.  Hurd,  C.  W.  Hurd, J. 
Plainwell—Geo. N. Anderson. 
Greenville—E.  S.  Clark, H.  B. Fargo, 
T.  J.  Phelps, W.  B.  Wells, A.  A.  Stil- 
son.
South Haven—F.  R.  Cady, E. J.  Lock- 
wood,
Sand Lake—J. Y. Crandall.
Lowell—C.  G. Stone,  J. C. Scott, S. P. 
Hicks, O. C.  McDanells.
Grand Ledge—A. B. Shoemaker, H.  T.
M.  Treglown.
Allegan — M.  C.  Sherwood,  C.  H. 
Adams,  E.  T.  Van  Ostrand,  Jos.  Reni- 
han.
Cedar 
Springs —% J.  R.  Fox,  T.  B.
Haines.
Millbrook and Blanchard- 
-T. W. Pres-
ton, C. E. Morse.
Manistee—A.  O. Wheeler.
Tustin—F. J. Luick.
Lansing—C.  A.  Gower,  W. E.  Cretty, 
E.  R.  Osband, H. A. Woodworth,  Dr.  H.
B. Baker.
Bangor—Geo. Chapman, Silar DeLong. 
Grand Haven—A.  S.  Kedzie, Hi.  Potts.

W. Courtwright.

VISITING  DELEGATES.

C. Van Asmus.

Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade—H. D.
East Saginaw  B.  M.  A.—M.  G.  Smith. 
Michigan  Dairymen’s  Association— 
Grand  Trunk  Railway—Chas.  Clarke, 
Lehigh  Valley  Railway—Harry Dean, 
Iowa  B.  M.  A.—A.  S.  Burnell,  Mar­

Hon. E. N. Bates,  Moline.
Ovid.
Detroit.
shalltown.

HONORARY  DELEGATE.

Gov. Luce, Lansing.
We  recommend  that  the regular  dele­
gates  and the  officers  and committees of 
the Association  be  entitled to voice  and 
vote and  the visiting  and honorary dele­
gates be given the privilege of debate. 

F r a n k   Fr ie d r ic h ,
A l b e r t  T ow l,
H en r y S.  Ch u r c h,
Committee on Credentials, 

The  report was  adopted and  the Com­

mittee  instructed to continue its work.

Treasurer  Sprague  presented  his  an­
nual  report,  showing  total  receipts  of 
$774.10  and  disbursements  of  $734.74, 
leaving a balance on hand of $39.36.

Chairman  Caldwell, of  the  Committee 
on  Insurance then  presented his  report, 
which is given in full on another page.

The  President—The  report  is  an  ad­
mirable one.  The members of that Com­
mittee  have spent  much  time with it, as 
Mr.  Caldwell  states.  The  subject  was 
prominently discussed  at  our meeting at 
Cheboygan  and I have  no  doubt  you all 
take an  interest in it.  The plan and the 
means of putting it into operation should 
be thoroughly discussed  by  you. 
I sug­
gest that the report  be accepted and  dis­
cussed,  either  now  or  at  some  other 
time.
The report was  laid on the table  until 
Thursday morning.

The report of the Committee on  Trade 
Interests was read by Secretary Stowe, as 
follows:

Having been  invited  to  prepare a  re­
port  on “Trade  Interests,”  I  will enter 
into  the  task—for  such  it  is;  the  scope

[c o n t in u e d   on  t h ir d   p a g e .]

Show C a s e

M A K E R S .

Prices Lower than Eifer

QUALITY  THE  BEST.

"W rite  for  P r ic e s .

63—65 CANAL ST.

THE  "EDITOR'S  CHOICE."

FLINT. Mich.. April 9,1869. 

To  Whom it May Concern:
We,  the  undersigned  committee,  se­
lected by Qeo.  T.  Warren  <fc  Co. to can­
vas the list of names and select one for a 
Cigar Label from the  many names Sent 
in  by  the  contestants,  have  this  day 
selected the following,  viz:  EDITOR'S 
CHOICE,  sent  in  by  Sig  Wolf,  o f 
Toledo, Ohio.

J ohn J. Coon, E d ito r Flint Jo u rn al 
F. H. Rankin, J r., of W olverine Citizen 
A. L. Aldrich, of th e  F lint Globe.

OUR  NEW  BRAND OF CIGARS,

“E D IT O R 'S   C H O IC E3

Will be ready for  shipment  in  about 

two weeks.

Price, Thirty-Three Dollarsjper Thousand
We  shall be pleased to receive a sample  order 

from you. 

Yours respectfully,

Geo.  T.  Warren  i  Co.

i

a

That contains any  in­
tobacco.  “ill 
ferior 
flavoring” or other in 
furious  ingredients.
QUALITY

COUNTS
Our  “BEN  HUR’ 
CIGARS have  proved 
so  popular  aver  all 
other 1 Oc Cigars in the 
market 
that  the  de­
mand  is  overwhelm 
ing.
SOLD  BY  ALL 
Ask for  Geo. Moebs 
“ BEN 
if  you  want 

and  Co.’s 
HUR” 
the best.

DEALERS.

Wholesale and  Retail

H EADQ UARTERS

92  Woodward  Ave.

(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)

CONTRACTORS  FOR

G alm ked Iron Cornice,

Plumbing 4 Heatiny Work.
Mantels

Dealers  in

Pipes,  Etc., 
and  Grates.

Pumps,

W eatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

Al l e n   D u r f e e .

A . D .  L e a v e n w o r t h ,

A lle n D u r f e e   &  Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

W m .R . K eeler,
¡onfßctioiiBiThaßiprs,

JOBBER  OF

412  So.  Division  St.,

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

'enny  Goods  a  Specialty.

1 have a complete line  and will call on 
all trade  within  reasonable  distance  of 
Grand Rapids.

Oscoda—The J. E. Potts Salt and Lum­
ber Co. expects to cut  90,000,000  feet  of 
lumber this season,  or  12,000,000  feet  a 
month,  running night and day.

Purely  Personal.

N. B. Blain, the Lowell merchant, is in 

town for a day or two.

C. Ainsworth  spent  Sunday  with  his 

family at Macatawa Park.

Traverse City, died on the 4th.

Geo. F. Steven,  a pioneer  merchant  of 

Jackson—The  Isbell & Wilcox  Manu­
facturing Co. has been established with a 
capital  of  $25,000.  The  company  will 
manufacture small  articles of  hardware.
Mt. Pleasant—The  basket factory con­
sumes 1,250,000 feet of lumber  this  sea-
son in the manufacture of baskets for the  gist, was in town one day last week, 
packing  of fruit  for  one  concern  near  M. S. Goodman is spending a few  daj s 
where  his  wife  is
Dubuque, 
weekly is the output. 

la.  About  60,000  baskets  at  Traverse  City, 

Wra. Harrison  and  family are  located 

Dr. Henry  Lever, the  Newaygo  drug-

in their cottage at Old Mission,

located for the summer.

,  

pur- l 

East  Saginaw—C.  M.  Hill  has  _ 

East Saginaw—Merrill & Ring have let 

E. E. Judd has returned from Traverse 
the  contract  to  Thomas Toohey,  a w e l l -   City, where  he  spent a week or ten days 
known lumber jobber, to put in  8,000,000  in  search of  rest and recreation, 
. 
feet  on  the  Tobacco  river,  and  work  Carl L. Maurer,  of  the  firm  of  M. 
begins this  week.  He is  jobbing in the j Gundrum & Co., general dealers at Leroy, 
I was in town a couple of  days  last  week, 
same region for S. O. Fisher.
I- M.  Clark’s  family  are  spending  the
,
chased the interest of  his partners, L. D.  heated  term  at  Bay View.  I  M. Clar 
Sanborn  and  J. Beard,  in the  saw  mill  went  there  Saturday for a few  days  re 
and  salt  works  of  Sanborn  &  Hill,  at  spite 
Carrollton,  for  $20,000.  Mr.  Hill  will  Geo.  W.  Albrecht, 
the  erstwhile 
remove  the saw mill,  at the close  of  the  banker,  boomer  and  publisher  of  Bel- 
season, to Duluth,  where he  has  a  large  laire, was  in  town a couple of  days last 
amount of timber, and will build a plan- I week.
Dan  Steketee  has  returned from Mac­
ing mill at the old  stand  to work in con­
atawa Park, where he distinguished him­
nection with his salt block.
self  by  catching  a  string  of  perch  five 
feet long.

W.  T.  Meloy  is  spending a couple of 
weeks  in  Van  Buren  and  St.  Joseph 
counties,  locating  agents  for  the  Star 
feed mills.

East  Saginaw—C.  M.  Hill  has  pur­
chased the interest of his partners, L. D. 
Sanborn and Joseph  Beard,  in  the  saw 
mill and salt works  of  Sanborn  &  Hill, 
at Carrollton.  Mr. Hill will remove  the 
mill to Duluth at the close of the season, 
where he has  200,000,000  or  300,000,000 
feet of pine.  Mr.  Hill paid his partners 
$20,000.  He  will  build  a  planing  mill
here in place of  the  mill.  The  firm  of  a berry and as strong as a lion.
Sanborn  &  Hill  will  not dissolve, as it 
has a considerable stock  of  lumber  and 
logs to dispose of.  Mr.  Sanborn is inter­
ested in a tract of timber on the Au Gres, 
which he will lumber the coming winter, 
Wm. T.  Hess has  returned  from  Bos-
and  will begin as soon  as  he  completes
the work of putting in 10,000,000  feet  in | ton,  where  he  spent a couple  of  weeks
among  clams  and  wool merchants.  He
Gladwin county.
left  Fred.  Perkins  and  Fred.  Tracy at 
Hyanisport, Cape Cod.

David Holmes,  the  versatile  manager 
for the  West  Michigan  Lumber  Co.,  at 
Woodville,  is  spending  his  vacation  at 
the former home of his wife,  near  Syra­
cuse, N. Y.

Chas. W. Jennings and family have re­
turned from Frankfort, where they spent 
about five weeks.  C. W. is as  brown  as

Amos S. Musselman  was  in Cadillac a 
couple of  days  last  week,  being  called 
there by the failure of  Crawford & Hart. 
He was called there again Monday by the 
assignee to assist in taking the inventory.
Geo.  H. Minchener, Michigan  manager 
for R. G. Dun & Co., spent  several  days 
in  Grand Rapids last week.  Mr. Minch­
ener  has  grown  grey in the agency bus­
iness, havifag followed  it as an avocation 
for over thirty  years.

They Demanded  a  Special  Rate, 
Apropos of  the present  agitation  over 
the  Patrons  of  Industry  movement,  a 
good  story is told  by Chas. Clarke, Com­
mercial Agent for the  Grand  Trunk sys­
tem in this State.  About  eighteen years 
ago, while the Patrons of Husbandry were 
pursuing  the  same  tactics now adopted 
the  P. of  I.’s,  Mr.  Clark  was  local 
agent  for  the D., G. H. & M. Railway at 
Coopersville.  Daniel Cleland,  the  mer­
chant at that place, was then secretary of 
the  Coopersville  Grange  organization, 
and  in  his  official  capacity demanded a 
rate of  35  cents  per  barrel on salt from 
Saginaw.  As the regular  rate  was only 
cents  per  barrel, Mr. Clarke  readily 
secured  permission 
from  the  general 
manager to grant the Co-operative Grange 
Samuel  M.  Lemon  and  wife  went  to 
of  Coopersville a 35  cent  rate.  Twelve
Mackinac  Island  Saturday  night, as the 
carloads of  salt were ordered, but, to the 
guests  of  Mrs.  W.  F.  Bulkley.  Mr.
surprise of  the  grangers, they could  not I Lemon  returned  home  Sunday  night, 
compete in price  with  the  regular deal-  leaving Mrs. Lemon  on  the  Island for a 
ers,  whose  freight  had  cost  them  10  fnrtn!ght 
cents per barrel less.

S.  Barnes,  General  Manager  of  the 
Hannah & Lay Mercantile  Co., at  Trav­
erse  City,  is  arranging  to  take  a  trip 
down the St. Lawrence River, tarrying at 
the Thousand Islands and spending some 
time at the White Mountains.

Pine  Goods.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

good farm in g  com m unity.  No  o th er  d ru g   store 
w ithin  nine  m iles.  F o r  particu lars,  address  Drugs, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

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

F o r   s a l e —d r u g   a n d   g e n e r a l   s t o c k   in   a
Mo n e y   in   t h is —s h in g l e   m il l   a n d   f u l l y -

Jakey—I vas goin’  to tell  you a shobe, 
fader.  Der  vas—
Mr.  Orpenheimer  (excitedly) — Don’t 
you tell no shokes here, Jakey.  Dere vas 
two  gustomers  in  de  store,  and  if  dey 
laugh de new suits von’t  last till dey get 
to de door.

No Room for Kickers in Heaven.
Saint  Peter, it  is said, sits  out  by the 
Heavenly gates,  his hands on the strings 
of  his  lyre,  and  he  sings, as  he  sits, a 
low  song  as  he  waits  for the  souls  of 
those who  expire.  He  hears in the  dis­
tance  the chorus  of  song, that swells at 
the  foot of  the throne, and  he smiles  as 
the  music  is  wafted  along,  and warbles 
this  lay of  his own:  “There’s  room  in 
this region for millions of  souls, who by 
sorrow  and  woe  were  bereft;  ’tis  for 
those who have suffered the molody rolls, 
but  the  kickers  must turn  to  the  left.
There is room  here for people who when 
they  were  young,  persisted  in  sowing 
wild  oats, yet  who  boomed  up the  city 
with  sinew and  tongue,  but the  kickers 
must go  with the  goats.  There  is room 
for the  people who  pointed  with  pride, 
to the  beauty and  growth of their town, 
who  kept singing its praises and  charms 
till they died, but the kickers will please 
amble  down.  There  is  room  for  the 
burghers who cheerfully paid their taxes 
for  sewers  and  lights,  but  the  kickers 
must stay where the drainage is bad, and 
burnt  sulphur 
the  nights.
There  is  room  for  the  voters on  whose 
loyal  support  their  party could  always 
rely,  but  the  kickers  must go to the  Sa­
tanic  court,  a  place  they  can’t “bolt” 
when  they die.  There  is  room  for  all 
those  who at last  and at first, supported 
their tradesmen at home, but the bickers 
one o f th e   UveUest  stores  in  th e  S tate;  if  you 
who  branded  home goods  as  the worst, 
p ay  ren t, o r a re  poorly  located,  w rite  m e.  Address 
No. 47S, care Tradesm an.  _______________________ *73
from  this  mansion  forever  must  roam.
They’d say that the music was  all out of 
. . . ----- Micf-
tune,  and  the  angelic  robes  hand-me- | ig an   Tradesm an.
472.
j ™  
onh  thpv’d  upnd  for a ieweler off  nENERAL STOCK of merchandise for  sale-  
dO W llS ,  anu  tney d   sena  IO I  «*  j e w e i c i   oil.  i  ( j   A nice clean stock of d ry  goods, clothing, carpets,
to the  mOOIl, to sample the  gold in their I boot* and shoes, furnishing goods  and  groceries  in a  
crowns.  So,  while  there  is  room  f o r  | R?od Uve tow n.  L argest  tra d e   i n ,th e   place.  F irst.
millions  of  souls,  who  by  sorrow  and 
woe  are  bereft, we want  no  complaints 
of  the music  that rolls, and  the  kickers ] 
will turn to the left.”

pro p erty  in some city  of n o t less th an  2,000 pepula- 
tio n  in Middle o r S outhern M ichigan.  Stock  of  drugs 
and  general  m erchandise  and  store  buildings,  well 
located fo r business, and is now doing a  tra d e  of *1,500 
p er m onth.  Cash  value  of  buildings,  32,500;  stock, 
35,000;  can reduce stock to  32,500  in  60  days.  Build­
ings a ll in  good rep a ir;  stock in good  shape;  satisfac 
to ry  reasons given.  Address No. 479, care of  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

equipped woods outfit, “ U  ru n n in g  now, fo r sale 
a t a  b arg ain ;  ow ner going w est.  W rite a t once.  C. L. 
G ray ft Co., E vart, Mich.
A  GOOD  DRY  GOODS  STORE  IN  GOOD 
■JJiOR  RENT-
_   business tow n;  good opening fo r th e r ig h t person. 
Address Box 85, D ryden, Mich.___________________ 478

general  m erchandise,  including  fixtures,  ag g re­
g a tin g  about 32,500, situ ated  a t good  trad in g   point in 
th e Upper Peninsula;  wiU sell stock on easy term s and 
re n t  o r  sell  building  co n tain in g   sam e.  Apply  to 
Lem on ft Peters, G rand Rapids._________________ « 5

_   SALE—HAVING  OTHER  IMPORTANT  INTER- 
■   ests, we offer fo r sale o u r stock of drugs, groceries, 
crockery, glassw are, w all paper, paints, oils,  e tc .;  one 
of th e best stocks in best county seat in M ichigan; will 
invoice a b o u t  37,000;  will  trad e  o u t  81,000.  Address 
B artram  ft M illington. Paw  Paw.________________ 468

F OR  SA LE-OR  WILL  TRADE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR 

Fo r  s a l e - c o m p l e t e  s t o c k  o f  w e l l -s e l e c t e d

Fo r  s a l e —t e r m s  t o -  s u it - - h a l f   in t e r e s t   in

IOR SALE—IN  THE  CITY—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES

illumines 

__________________ 

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

. . .  

418

4, “

.. 

¡S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

ANTED—POSITION  AS  SALESMAN  OR MANAGER 
d ry  goods o r general store, by  a   young  m an  of 
experience;  best of  reference furnished.  A ddrers. A.
R obertson. M artin,  Mich.____ _______________  

ANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK  IN  SMALL  GRO- 
oery o r dry goods store by a  reliable y oung man, 

Address O. D. Cleveland, H arrison, Mich._________469

471

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  TO  OPEN  A  HARD 

w are store  and  tinshop,  by an experienced rin 

sm i'h   and  hardw are  m an.
¡overt, Mich.

-ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System .  Send fc 
214

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe ft  Bro., G rand R apids. 

It Was  an Old  Loss.

Brown—Yes,  I  know  that I have  run 
behind  in  my rent, bat then,  you know, 
I’ve  had a hard  time  of  it.  Of  course, 
you heard that I lost my wife ?
Smith (sympathetically)—No, I  hadn’t 
heard of  it.  My dear  fellow,  I am  very 
sorry for  you.  Here,take this;  it is a re­
ceipt for a month’s rent;  wish I could do 
more for you. 
I shouldn’t have sent you 
that note had I known of  your  affliction.
Brown  returns  thanks  and  retires. 
Shortly after enters Jones.
Smith—That’s a sad thing about Brown.
Jones—Sad thing about Brown ?  Why, 
what’s happened to him ?
Smith
lost his wife.
Jones—Why, man, that  was  ten  years 
ago !  I thought, by the  way  you  spoke, 
that some new misfortune had  overtaken 
him.
Smith  says  nothing  but  thinks  very 
rapidly.

'  ’ 

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
WANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU 
pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e  new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e   m ost  com plete 
Why. haven’t vou heard?  He’s I and finest  on th e   m ark et,  an d   ju st  w h at  every m er- 
■ c h a n t should h ave  progressive m erchants all over th e
I country a re  now u sing them . 
437

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

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Frpm  th e T ustin Echo.

Free Passes to Legislators 

West  Michigan
BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY 
AND NORMAL SCHOOL.
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—E st’blished 8 y’rs.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab- 
..shed and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed in accord­
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
It costs the people of  this  State  about
best of references  furnished  upon  application,
00  for  each  day the  Legislature is in | our Normal Department is in charge  o'f  expert 
session at  Lansing, and  the  duration of 
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis
our last  Legislature  beats  all  previous I ap^1y^o a gar<p“gn^ 1|g esel| | ^ e r e   without t e t  
It is admitted on all hands that I personally  interviewing  or  writing  us  for full 
records. 
this would not have  been  the  case  had I particulars.^  Investigate  and  decide  foryour
selves.  Students may enter at any time.  Addresi 
not  the  various  railroads  of  the  State 
West Michigan Business University and Normal 
tendered each member of the Legislature 
School,  19, 21, 23, 25 and  27  South  Division  St., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.
with a free pass over their  roads, which, 
we are informed, were  accepted in every 
case but three.  The people of  this State 
should  rise  up  in  their wrath and kick 
mightily  against  this  unnecessary  ex­
pense.  At the annual  convention of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Asociation, 
held at Muskegon last week, a resolution 
was  passed  asking  for a law to prohibit 
the  railroad  companies  from  granting 
free passes  to  members  of  the  Legisla­
ture.  This is a step in  the  right  direc­
tion. 

Stucco,  Sewer  Pipe,  Tile, 
Fire Brick and Fire Clay,
14 West Bridge St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Principal. 
S .  G.  K e te h a m ,

Lime, Hair,  Cement, Brick, 

Sec’y and Treas.

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A. E. T e r e x ,

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J. tf. L e a n , 

DEALER  IN

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S E E D S , 

A P P L E S , 

P E A C H E S
ß.  ÄIN8W0RYH,  Jobber,

Write to

76  South  Division  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

F O R   S A L E !
The  Drenthe  Cheese  Factory.  Well 
equipped for handling  the  milk  of  400 
cows.  Terms easy.  Address

F.  J.  LAMB  &  OO.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  

- 

M ic h .

C arp ets,

O il  C lo th s, 

R u g s ,

C h in a   M a ttin g s 

D r a p e r ie s,

O ur  F a ll  S to c k

Is now Complete and Ready for Inspection.

F. Ä. WtlrzMrg  X  Go,

(Successors to F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.)

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEÄR,

a n d

P a r lo r  S c r e e n s
Smith  ft Sanford,

Ottawa  and  Pearl  Sts.,  Uedyard  Block.

ESTABLISHED  1870.

GHÄ8.  SCHMIDT  X  BROS.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and 

American

Granite and Marble

Monuments 

Statuary

1»  St  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

GFAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Having erected a New Granite  Factory 
with the Latest Improved Machinery, we 
can  Guarantee all Work First Class  and 
Fill Orders Promptly.

WORKSHOP AND  POLISHING  MILLS: 

Cor. West Fulton  and  Straight Streets.

OFFICE  AND SALESROOM:

93  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Product of Our Factory  at  Dixon,  HI.

In view of the fact that we  have  GREATLY  INCREASED  our  FACILITIES 
for MANUFACTURING in OUR THREE FACTORIES and owing to the PECULIAR 
and CLOSE COMPETITION existing in MICHIGAN, C. M. Henderson  &  Co.  have 
concluded to MAKE A DECIDED CUT ON VARIOUS LINES of our  goods,  which 
will  ENABLE  ME  to  make  it  to  YOUR  ADVANTAGE to purchase your stock 
NEARER HOME the coming fall season. 
.
Our LADIES’ FINE GOAT, DONGOLA, GLOVE  and OIL GRAINS to retail at 
$2, and FINER GRADES of  GOATS and DONGOLAS,  which consumers can buy at 
$2.50 and $3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN S  CALF, DON- 
GOLA  and KANGAROO  Shoes  of  our  own  make,  and  all having the MtKl i or 
SOLIDITY  and  STYLE—with  satisfaction  guaranteed—will  be  worthy  your 
CAREFUL  CONSIDERATION.  Our  heavier  grades  of  SPLIT, GRAIN,  K ir, 
VEAL,  and CALF  BOOTS  are  UNEQUALED,  and  the “Celebrated  Red  School 
House Shoes” AS USUAL takes the “First Place.”

G. B.  HENDERSON i  CO.,  Giiicago.

Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods

F a c to r ie s:
Dixon, 111.

Fond da Lac, Wis-

Chicago,

W illa r d   H . J a m e s,
Salesman  for  tlie  Lower  Peninsula.

P. O.  address,

Morton  House,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Customers.

We  furnish  electrotypes  of  our  Specialties  to

l_ION
COFFEE

M e r c h a n ts,

«yea

The M ichigan T radesm an

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

M. M.  Gould  succeeds O. J. Merritt  in 

the confectionery and cigar business.

Frank Yeltman  has  opened  a grocery 
store at New  Era.  Lemon & Peters fur­
nished the stock.

Mrs. Allen  Cooper  has  opened  a  gro­
cery store at East Tustin.  Amos S. Mus- 
selman & Co.  furnished the stock.

Ernest Burger has  engaged  in the gro­
cery business  at  346  Fourth street, cor 
ner of  Fremont. 
I.  M. Clark & Son  fur­
nished the stock.

The Jennie E. Westlake drug stock, on 
Canal street,  was  foreclosed  on  chattel 
mortgage Saturday night  by  the  Hazel 
tine & Perkins Drug Co., who held a sec 
ond mortgage for $400.  The sale occurs 
on Friday. 

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W. J.  Page has sold his drug  stock,  at 
501  South  Division  street,  to T. Trow 
bridge,  formerly  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  Decatur.  Mr.  Page  will 
spend a few weeks at the  Soo  and  then 
take the management of his father’s drug 
store, on Plainfield avenue.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Laingsburg—A. Throop  has  opened 

Coral—Morgan &  Snow have opened 

meat market.

new meat market.

open a new store.

Paris—l . F.  Judkins  is  arranging  to 

Harriette—Barry & Bro.  have  opened 

their new drug store.

Shelby—D. A. Reed  succeeds  Bennett 

& Reed in the meat business.

Sturgis—Nathan  Frank  has  sold  his 

clothing stock to Shackman & Nodel.

Pontiac—J. W. O’Dell succeeds  L.  R 
Lumby in the salt  and  cement  business 
Vicksburg—Wm. Garland  &  Co.  sue 
ceed Foster & Hamilton in the meat busi­
ness.

Marquette—Tonella &  Tretheway suc­
ceed  John F. Mack, Jr.,  in the furniture 
business.

Glen Arbor—Carl  Walker is building a 
new store, which he will  occupy with his 
general stock.

Covert—j. A. Childs has sold his hard­
ware  stock  to  E.  C.  Shepard,  late  of 
Waterport, N. Y.

Onekama—Gilbert & Kinney have their 
new  store  enclosed,  and  are pushing it 
rapidly to completion.

Charlotte—R.  S.  Hovey  has  sold  his 
restaurant and candy and  cigar  stock to 
Job Wildern, late of  Tilsonburg, Ont.

Mancelona—C. E. Blakely  has  bought 
E. R. Savage’s  stock  of  books  and  sta­
tionery and added them to his own stock.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell,  general  deal­
ers,  called a meeting  of  their  creditors 
for August 9 and  subsequently cancelled 
the call.

Ithaca—J.  A.  Laughlin  has  admitted 
his  son, W. F. Laughlin, Jr., to partner­
ship  in  his  grocery business.  The new 
style is J. A.  Laughlin & Co.

Walton—A. W. Peck has sold his inter 
est in the drug  firm of  Peck & Co. to his 
father, who  will  continue  the  business 
under the style of  Horace Peck.

Scottville—Burglars  recently  secured 
$150 in cash and  $75 worth of  jewelry in 
the drug  store of  Dr. Thomas  and  $6 in 
change  in  the  store  of  D. E. Lattin  & 
Son.

Big  Rapids—W.  E.  Overton  &  Son 
have sold their hardware store and block 
and everything  in  connection  therewith 
to  Mel. E.  and  Jeff  Darrah,  who  hav 
taken possession.

Howard City—The  Howard City Pack 
ing  Co. has  opened a retail  store,  under 
the  supervision  of  Frank  E. Drew,  the 
Newaygo meat dealer.  John Kinney will 
manage  the  entire  business  and do the 
touying.

Bay City—Broas, Galloway  & Co. have 
filed articles  with  the  county clerk, in 
■corporating with a capital stock  of  $15 
000.  The  company  will  engage  in the 
clothing business.

Cadillac—Crawford  &  Hart  assigned 
their grocery stock last Wednesday to D 
F.  Diggins,  having  previously  secured 
the  claim of  Amos  S. Musselman  & Co, 
by means of  a chattel  mortgage in favor 
of  D.  A.  Blodgett & Co.  The  total 
debtedness  is  about  $3,500, with  liabil 
ities about half that amount.

Aarwood—Allan F. Little’s  store, gen 
eral stock and  household  furniture were 
destroyed by fire on July 30.  The loss 
about $4,000, with but  $1,500  insurance 
which was about the  value of  the  build­
ing.  Mr. Little  will  rebuild as  soon as 
possible,  in  the  meantime  carrying  on 
business  and  handling  Uncle  Sam’s 
mails in a dwelling house.

manufacturing matters.

Breedsville—H. A. Brown  succeeds O. 

M. Skinner in the milling  business.

Middleville—W.  E.  DeGolia  is  suc­
ceeded in the lumber business by Walter 
Hayward.

Brutus—John Dimling  has  engaged ia 
the manufacture of  boots  and  shoes  in 
connection  with  the  general  store  of 
C. A. Dimling.

Bank  Notes.

Geo. W. Cadwell has resigned the posi­
tion of cashier of the Carson City Savings 
Bank and Frank Hale has  been  selected 
to fill the vacancy.

At a meeting  of  the  directors  of  the 
Farmers and Merchants’  Bank  of  Nash- 
ille, held on the 7th,  it  was  resolved to 
call a meeting of  the stockholders on the 
16th, for the  purpose  of  discussing  the 
advisability  of  making a national  bank 
of the institution, and  of  increasing  the 
capital stock from $35,000 to $50,000.

In the death of  Nathan B. Brisbin, the 
Grand  Rapids  National  Bank  loses  a 
man whom it will  be  extremely difficult 
for  the  directors  to  replace.  Unlike 
most  bankers,  he  was a student of  men, 
instead  of  methods.  He  trusted  men 
more from their  disposition to meet obli­
gations  than  their  ability to  do so, and 
made few mistakes.

Gripsack Brigade

Frank Miles put in a week at Big  Rap 
ids, inventorying the  Overton  hardware 
stock

Will  L.  Curtiss  succeeds  N.  Stewart 
traveling  salesman  for 

McConnell  as 
Curtiss & Co,

A. A. Howard, the  Coldwater grip car 
rier, claims to be  the  champion  banana 
eater in America

Willard  James,  Michigan  representa 

tive for C. M. Henderson  &  Co.,  put 
Sunday at Onekama,  where  his  wife  is 
located for the  summer.

Chas. G. McIntyre, son of  the  veteran 
traveler, has engaged  to travel for F.  A 
Wurzburg & Co.,  covering  the  territory 
formerly  made by Ezra O. Phillips 

Through an unfortunate circumstance, 
the  Pipp  House,  at Kalkaska, was omit 
ted from the  hotel list of  the  Knights of 
the  Grip  last  week. 
It is there all the 
same, however.
I  A. D. Baker will  reach  Traverse  City
Chas. E. Watson, Michigan representa-  on his regular route on Friday, where he 

Will Open  Up at  Detroit. 

tive  for  S.  A.  Maxwell  & Co.,  has  ar-1 will  be  joined  by  his  wife  and take 
ranged to open  his line at Detroit during  lay-off of a couple  of  weeks.  The  son 
the entire  month of  September. 
include  all  the  novelties of  the  season  Chas. S.  Robinson  is  putting  in  his 
and  will  be well  worthy  a  careful  in-  time at home this  week, entertaining his 
spection.  Michigan  dealers  who  visit  father, T. B. Robinson,  of  Fayetteville 
Detroit  next  month  would  do  well  to | N.  Y.  His  route  is  being  covered  by
Will  Granger,  the  handsome  shipping 
keep this in mind.
clerk of  the company.

It will  and heir has been there several  weeks, 

“This is what I call a home-like hotel, 
said P. J.  Coppens  in  the  office  of  the 
Park Place, at Traverse City,  one  even­
ing last week.  “Everything  is  scrupu­
lously clean and there is  an  air  of  con­
tentment about the  entire establishment 
which we find at few other hotels  in  the 
State. 
I  think  the  Park  Place comes 
nearer to being a home in the  full  sense 
of the term  than  any house I know of.”
P. J. Coppens has purchased the inter­
est of  Martin A. Zimmerman in the  firm 
of Zimmerman  Bros.,  handle  manufac­
turers at Augusta.  The new firm will be 
known as  J. N. Zimmerman  &  Co.  Mr. 
Coppins will  continue to handle the pro­
duct of  the  factory in a  jobbing way  in 
this State.

A.  E.  Yerex  has  associated  himself 
with Prof. J. U. Lean in  the  proprietor­
ship of the West Michigan Business Uni­
versity  and  Normal  School,  which will 
now take rank with  the  leading  schools 
of the kind in the country.

I

The following hotels have  been  added 
to the  list by the Hotel Committee of the 
Knights  of  the  Grip  the  past  week 
American House, Cadillac;  New Everett 
East Saginaw;  Sebring  House,  Bangor 
Depot  Hotel,  Hartford;  Bond  House, 
Niles.

L. M. Mills and wife and A.  F.  Peake 
and family are along the upper lake shore 
this week, headed for  Frankfort,  where 
they will spend Sunday.  The  male mem­
bers of  the  party  will  then  work back 
south,  while  the  ladies  will  go  on  to 
Traverse City by boat.

Either A. L. Braisted got  hard  up and 
needed  money  to  pay his  hotel  bill  or 
else  his  dog  was  not  popular  among 
Northern Michigan  dogs, for he recently 
sold the purp  for 75 cents.  Braisted says 
he got disgusted with  the  dog—and per­
haps the canine felt the same way toward 
Braisted. 

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Vassar—Hollenbeck & Brown, grocers, 

have dissolved.

Aphorisms.
Nothing great was ever achieved with-1 
out enthusiasm.—Emerson.
The  more  we  study the  more we  dis­
cover our ignorance.—Shelley.
Charity  and  personal  force  are  the I 
only investments worth anything.—Wait! 
Whitman.
Most  people  would  succeed  in  small I 
things  if  they  were  not  troubled  with | 
great  ambitions.—Longfellow.
We  do  love  beauty  at  first sight;  and 
we  cease to  love  it,  if  it  is  not  accom­
panied  by  amiable  qualities. — Lydia ] 
Maria Child.

He Made It.

The  Viennese  journalist  who  under­
took to drive in a cab from the  Austrian I 
to the French capital  has  completed his 
journey successfully.  However, the two | 
horses  were  completely exhausted after 
traveling  800  miles  in twenty-one days. 
Herr Loewy could  have  reached Paris a j 
day earlier, but his driver  thought it un-1 
lucky  to  finish a  journey on  Friday, 
rested outside  the  city.  The chief  diffi­
culty in  the  the  journey  was  a  terrific | 
thunderstorm 
at  Strassburg,  which 
threatened to destroy the cab  altogether.

The Hardware  Market.

Bar iron  is up $1  per ton.  Wire nails 
are firm at the new card.  Window  glass | 
is still  very scarce, it being  still  impos­
sible to get orders  filled in any quantity. 
The steel nail  manufacturers are expect- | 
ed to advance prices this  week.

VISITING  BUYERS.

B yron Center  E S Botsf ord, D orr 

J   DenHenier&Son, Overisel 
J P  Degan, C annonsburg 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
Sisson ft Livingston, Ada 
C arrington ft North,  T rent I 
Jo h n  H om rich, No D orr 
W alling Bros.Lam ont 
W  R  Lawton, B erlin 
J  C Benbow,  C annonsburg I 
Spring ft Lindley, Bailey 
W  H Hicks, Morley 
H M eijering, Jam estow n 
Hessler Bros, R ockford
John Giles ft Co, Lowell
D enH erder  ft Tanls, 
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Vries lan d  Dr  J  F  A Raider,  Newaygo 
A *  E Bergy, Caledonia
R G Sm ith, W ayland 
Wm K ars ten.  B eaver  Dam W H Goodyear, H astings 
Adam Newell.Bumip’s Cora
C E Cobum , Pierson 
P K H ovt ft Co.HudsonvUle R A H astings, S parta 
J  N W alt, HudsonvUle
P K inney, A lton» 
W lnegar ft C lark, Lowell
J  R H arrison ft Co, 
Brookings Lum ber Co, 
M V Gundrum ft Co,  Leroy 
Brookings  Dr  H enry Lever,  Newaygo 
H Thompson,  C anada  Cora A Phillips. W alton 
H H orley, C edar Springs 
Silas Loew, Bum ips Core 
A J  Provln,  Cedar Springs
M M Robson, Berlin 
H erder ft  Lahuis,  Zeeland H Colby ft Co , Rockford 
G F Cook,  Grove
A C B arkley, Crosby 
Cutler ft W right, Morley
S H B allard, S parta 
J W Lovely, H ow ard City 
J  H M anning, Ashland 
C A W arren J r, Oreno 
E Young, R avenna 
T H Condra. Lisbon 
Wm DePree, Zeeland
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove D F  Clement.Spring Lake 
S truik ft Bro, F orest Grove 
Jno F itzgerald, Baldwin 
J  H eeringa, Saugatuck
John Kamps. Z utphen 
M A Side, K ent City 
J  R aym ond, Berlin
W  McWilliams, C onklin 
O Christenson. Muskegon 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n  D C Blood, W hitneyvUle 
S truik ft Bro. B yron Center L Maler, Fisher Station 
Sm allegan ft Piekaard, 
John DeVries, Jam estow n
F orest Grove Jo h n  G unstra, Lam ont 
W Ver Menlea, Beaver Dam 8 Cooper, Jam estow n 
Jo h n  D am stra.  GiteheU 
P  D eK raker, H olland 
A M Church, Englishvllle

Y O U   W A N T   T H I S  C A B I N E T

T h o u s a n d s   o f  T h e m

Are in use all over the land. 
It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide-Awake  Merdiant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8,

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

only in one pound packages. 
120  one-pound  packages. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

Packed 
Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 

\V o o lso n   Spice  Co.,

TOLEDO,  OHIO.

L. WINTEBNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

“COLUMBIA”

Steam  and  Hot  Water  Boiler  for  wanning 
HUH  i  SCHNEIDER,  Grand  Rapids

dwellings,  etc.

F o r   S a le !

ing:

New and Second Hand  Machinery, Inclnd 

One 24-inch Planer and Matcher,
Three  Mortisers,
One Tenoner,
Three Band Saws,
Three Sand-papering Machines,
Two Jointers,
Door Clamp,
Pulley Mortiser,
Two 24-inch PonewPlaners,
Two Railway Cut-eff Saws,
One Swing Cut-off Saw,
Three Re-sawing Machines,
Universal  Saw  Tables  and  full line of  small 
machinery and supplies.  Will  name low prices.

F.  B.  WIGGINS  &  GO.,

EAST  SAGINAW, 

- 

- 

-  MICH

Cberryman  &  Bowen,

Undertakers  and  E m balm ,

IBXBDIATK ATTENTION GIVEN TO CALL* DAT OB NIGHT.
5 South  Division St.

I Telephone  1000. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Lady assistant  when  desired.

Dry  Goods.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

S T E E L   S C R A P E R S .

I88DGI8T10N  DEPJKTJIEMT.

Michigan  Business Men’s Association.

President—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon. 
iTrst Vice-President—C- T. Bridgman.  Flint.

s s s r t S M s û g a *  ^ ÿ s »
. ^
Woodard, Owobso.

Committee on lnsura. 
r ^ m ^ è e o n lM S k n c e - O .  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rap- 
^ id8!  ?♦£?  ^
  ¿ ¿ S ^ fa ti^ n -F ra n k   W ^ls,  Lansing; 
Com m ittee  on  Legislation

fnbæ

« S B a S n S r S S w r s s s

The following  auxiliary associations  are op­
erating under  charters  granted toy the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

\o . 1—Traverse C ity  B. M. A. 

President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.—

President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. KingL

No. i- t o w e ll B. M. A. 
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A, 

President. H. 8. Chnrch; Secretary, ffm . Jorn.
No.  4—Grand  Rapids  M. A. 
President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
■------- 
vo  5_Muskegon B. M. A.
President, John A. Miller;  Secretary. C. L. Whitney.

No. 6—Alba B. M. A. 

President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin.

Vo. 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
Vo  8—Bastport B. M. A.

President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.---------
r 
President. F. H. Thorsten; Secretary, Geo.L.Thnrston.

N o . 9 —L a w r e n c e  B . M . A . 

president, H. M- Marshall; Secretary, J. H- Kelly._
No.  10—Harbor Springs B. M. A. 
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.

™ nt:  Secretary, W.  J. Austin.

-  No. 13—Quincy B. M. A.
Vo  13  S h e r m a n  B. M. A..

— 
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.-----------
—■ 
President, H. B*. 
-------  vtq  14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, S*. A. Howey; Secretary. G. C. Havens.--------
—  ------  N 
i s —Boyne City B. M. A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.--------
-------  No. 16 —Sand hake B. M. A.
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Raseo
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
n   andArson: Secretary, J. A.
\ a  i s —Owosso B. Me A#

President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary

Sidle.

President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
•----------  No.  19—Ada B. M. A.
President, P . F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.--------
—---------No. 80—saugatuck a . A . A.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.-------
----- 
No. 3 1—Waylantt B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.--------
President, Â! B. Schum acher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke. 
' 
President. John W. Hallett;  Secretary. L. A. Lyon.------
No. 34—Morley B. M. A.
P resident. J. E. Thurkow;  S ecretary, WJ i
No. 35—Palo B. M. A. 
President. H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.
---------No. 36—Greenville  B.M. A.
President. A. C. Satterlee:  Secretary. E. J. ClarK._
No  37— llorr B. M. A. 

No. 83—Grand  hedge B. MUA.
No. 23—Carson C ity   B. M. A.

President, E. 8- Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
' 
P----ident,  A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Doser^

“lío . 38—Cheboygan G-M. A

N o . 3 1 —C h a r lo t te  B .  M . A . 

V o .  3 3 —C o o p e r s v i l l e  B . M . A .
Ñ o .  3 3 —C h a r le v o ix   B. M . A .

President, Thos. J. Greenj  Secretary, A. G. Flenry. 
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President. W. G. Barnes;  Secretary. J. B. Watson.
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President, L.  D.  Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
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President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, PVT- W illiams.—

No. 34—Saranac B.  A.

President, Ü M. Í e m 8 ^ e t f s ^ ^ ¿ ¿ E ^ n s m O T e .

No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
No  39 —Burr Oak B. M. A.

President, O ^ j ^ k ^ n ^ S ^ e t e r y . John  M. Everden.
----------No  37—Battle Creek B. M. A.
President,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  E. W. Moore.
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President. H. E. aTTI"nns' Secretary. D. W. Higgins. 
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President, W. S. WUler; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.
---------No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
President. C. T. Hartson: Secretary. Will EmmerL
N o .  4 1 — B r e c k i n r id g e   B . M . A . 
resident. C. H- Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.
P resident, Joi G erber; Secretary  C. J- R athbun.
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e v id e n t . F rank J.L n ic k ;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.
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No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
P resident, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W . H. Smith.----------
—-----  No  45—Hoytville B. M.  •%.
P resident, D. E. H ailenbeck; Secretary, O. A. HaUaday. 

- F r e m o n t  B . M   A .
No  43—Tnstin B. M. A.

"  No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.

No.  4 7—-Flint SI. IT.

P resident, W m. H utchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.-------
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P resident, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. G raham .------
--------No. 48—Hubbardston  ti. M. A.
P resident. Boyd Redner: Secretary, W. J. Tabor:----------
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P resident,  A.  Wenzell = Secretary. F rank Smith.----------

No. 49— L e r o y   B  SI. A.
No. 50—Manistee B. SI. A.

P resident, A. O. W heeler ; Secretary.C.  ~
P resident, L. M. Sellers; S ecretary, W. C. Congdon.

No. 5 1 —Cedar  S p r in g s   B. M.  A. 
No. 53—Grand Haven B. M. A. 

P resident, A. S. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. P. Vos^ 

President, F rank Phelps;  Secretary.
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P resident. Thomas B. Duteher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller. 

P resident, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.------
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P resident, N- W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.-----

No, 53—Bellevue B. M.AA. E. F itzgerald.
"  No. 54—Douglas B. M. A.
No.  55—Petoskey  B. M. A.
No. 56—Bangor  B.  M. A.
N o . 57—Rockford  B. SI. A.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. SI. A.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.

P resident, W m. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.------
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P resident, L. S. W alter; S ecretai: .C --  Elakeiy.--------

P resid en t F. S. Raym ond: S ecretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. 
P resident, H. E. H ogan; Secretary, S. E. N eihardt.

President, V. E. M anley; S ecretary, I. B. Barnes.

No.  61—Hartford B. M. A. 
No. 63—East Saginaw SI. A 

P resident. Jas. H  .Moore;  S ecretary. C. W.  Mulholand,

P resident, 0. V. P riest; S ecretary.C . E. B ell._________
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P resident, C. W. R obertson; Secretary, W m. H orton. 

No. 63—Evart B. SI. A.
No, 64—Merrill B. M.A.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. SI. A.
No. 66—Lansing B. M. A.

P resident, Alf. G. Drake; S ecretary, C. S. Blom._______

P resident, F ran k  WeUs; Secretary , Chas. Cowles.

No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. 

P resident, W. L. G arrett: Secretary, F.  H.  MemnelcL_
No. 68—Allegan B. SI. A.
H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanO strand.

No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. 
President, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. 8. WjUison.

P resident, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers.  ______
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P resident, M. Netzorg;  S ecretary,  Geo. E. Cintterbnck.

No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
No. 71—Ashley B.  M. A,
-Edmore B. M. A. 
-Beldlng B. M. A.
No, 73- 
No. 74—Davison M. U.

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P resident, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, 0 . F. W ebster.

President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
P resident, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. R osaerans.

No. 75—Tecnmseh  B.  M. A. 
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. 
No.  77—South  Haven  B.  M.  A. 

P resid en t, S. S.McCamiy;  Secretary,  Channcey Strong.

P resident, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Y oiney Ross.

No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. 

P resident, J. O. Seibert;  S ecretary. J. W. Saunders.
No. 79_Bast Jordan and  ho.  Arm  B. M. A.
P resid en t, Chas. F. Dixon;  S ecretary, L. C. Madison. 
No. 80—Bay City and W.  Bay City  B. M, A. 
P resid en t,F . L. H arrison;  Secretary. Geo. Craig.

P re sid e n t,B. S. W ebb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.

P resident. L. A. V ickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

No. 8 1—Flashing B.  M. A. 
No.  83—Alma  B  M.  A.
No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A.
No. 84—Standish B. M. A. t 
!  No. 85—Clio B. M.A.

P resident, L. P. W ilcox;  Secretary . W. R. Mandigo.

P resident, P. M. Angus; Secretary , D. W. Richardson.

P resident* J. M. Beem an;  Secretary, C. H. May._______
No. 86—Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A. 
P resident. T. W. Preston:  S ecretary.  H.  P.  Blanchard.

No. 87—Shepherd B. M. A. 
P resident, H. D. B ent;  Secretary, A. W. H urst.

A ssociation  N otes.

The  business  men  of  Lake  Odessa  met  last 
Thursday evening, listened  to an address on the 
the subject of organization by  L.  M.  Mills  and 
concluded to form a B.  M.  A  within  the  next 
thirty days.
Allegan Gazette:  A meeting  of  the  Business 
Men’s Association will be  held Monday evening 
at Pope & Hart’s law  office.  Reports  from  the 
delegation sent to the State  meeting  at  Muske­
gon, questions of  lecal  improvements,  and  the 
new railroad matter are all  to  he  considered  at 
this meeting.
Referring to the recent  State  convention,  the 
Newaygo Tribune remarks:  Through the apathy 
of our business men, Newaygo will have no rep­
resentative.  When  our  people  learn  to  pull 
together  our village  will prosper, and not until 
then.  We sincerely hope that our burg will  he 
represented at the fifth annual meeting.

Muskegon News: 

In  the  absence  of a board 
of trade, whose bfisiness it is, properly, to attend 
to such matters, the  Muskegon  Business  Men’s 
Association  is  putting  out  considerable adver­
tising matter concerning Muskegon.  The New» 
would  suggest  to  the  Association  that several 
thousand badges  be  printed,  duplicates  of the 
badges  printed  for  the  press  association,  and 
distributed.to the visiting Maccabees next week. 
In these badges Muskegon is set  forth  succintly 
and advantageously.
Tustin Echo:  We had a very pleasant time at
M u sk eg o n  last week, where we were  in  attend­
ance at the annual convention of  the  Michigan 
Business  Men’s  Association.  The  convention 
was well attended, there being delegates present 
from various parts of the State.  Governor Luce 
was in attendance during the  entire  three  days 
and added much  life  and  spirit  to the conven­
tion by his  brilliant  speeches,  good advice and 
wise counsel.  Muskegon is one of the wealthiest 
and  most  beautiful  towns  of  its  size  in  the 
United States, and her citizens take  great  pride 
in  her  beautiful  paved  streets,  fine  buildings 
and commercial activity, and the handsome  and 
royal  manner  in  which  she  entertained  her 
invited guests, on this occasion, speaks  volumes 
for the city of Muskegon.

It cost Muskegon people several  hundred  dol 
lars to entertain their guests on  the  occasion  of 
the recent convention of business men,  but  the 
chances are that the investment was a profitable 
one, after all.  A  gentleman  from  Adrian  was 
pleased with the appearance  of  the  side  tables 
turned  out  by  a  Muskegon  manufacturer and 
bought two of them;  a  Traverse  City  boot  and 
shoe dealer bought a dozen  chairs for his store 
several delegates bought lumber and one bought 
a round order of machinery;  two  placed  orders 
for flour and cigars of  Muskegon  manufacture 
while  others  formed  acquaintanceships  which 
will  undoubtedly  result  in  pleasant  business 
dealings later on.  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  trusts  that 
the next convention will be  equally  fruitful  of 
good results to the local trade.

Will Picnic  August  20.

President Milliken, of  the Traverse City B. M. 
A., recently sent out the  following  circular  let­
ter to the members of his Association:
on the enclosed postal? 
to hold a picnic this  summer?

Will you please answer the following questions 
_  , r  .
Is it, in your opinion, advisable for the B. M. A. 
Should the stores be  closed for the entire day? 
If desirable, which day of the week  would  be 
best? 
‘ 
Will you please  indicate  your  choice,  if  you 
have any, of location for the same?
An immediate answer will  oblige and commit­
tees can be appointed at  once, if the answers re­
ceived  indicate a desire to take  a  day  for  rest
and fellowship. 

........  

„  

_

.

J. W. M il l ik e n , Pres.

The replies were so uniformly  favorable  that 
it was decided to close all places  of business  on 
August 30 and board the steapa barge Wescott for 
Omena, where the entire day will be given up to 
games, sports and merrymaking.  As the Traverse 
City people never do  things by halves, their sec 
ond picnic will undoubtedly be a grand success.

South  Boardman Booming.

So u t h   B o a r d m a n,  A u g . 13,1889.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
South  Boardman  is  on  a  genuine  business 
boom 
The  town  has  secured  the  factory  of 
H. P. Whipple,  of  Kingsley,  and  a  hard  wood 
factory from Whipple, owned by a Mr. Williams, 
of that place;  also a large  general  store  owned 
and operated by H. P. Whipple.  These factories 
will  employ  sixty  men  and  use  three  million 
feet of beach, maple and  elm  per  year.  Many 
new houses are going  up  this fall, and with the 
new  roller  mill,  which is  now  sure  to  come. 
South Boardman is going to be  one  of  the  best 
towns on the G. R. & I., north of Cadillac.

S. E. N e ih a r d t , Sec’y.
A Market Worth  Competing For.
The Boot and Shoe  Trades Journal, of 
London, gives this timely warning:
“Like as in all new countries, the wear 
and tear of  boots and shoes  in  Australia 
is immense,  an  account  of  the  class of 
work in which  the  people  are  engaged 
and  to  this  fact  the  manufacturers  of 
England should be alive, for, unless they 
are,  the  shoemen of  the  United  States 
will have the  inner  track,  for which, in 
deed, they are working hard.  In England 
there is a general idea that the Australa­
sian  colonies  are  in some way bound to 
trade  with  the  mother  country under a 
kind  of 
favored  nation  system  of 
reciprocity,  but  there is no  such  treaty 
or law  in  existence, as  the  six  leading 
eolonies are  almost  independent;  and in 
regard to tariffs  and all  other trade mat­
ters do  just as  they consider  expedient 
and  England  has, therefore, to  compete 
for their custom  like  any other country 
But  they are,  however,  a market  worth 
competing  for, inasmuch  as they will in 
a few  years have large  populations with 
language, customs and manners identical 
with our own—links that  will bind them 
to  us  in  that  great  band  of  sentiment 
founded upon racial origin  and  national 
feeling,  and  which  is  always  stronger 
than tyrant  laws or chains of  steel.”

Electrical Exhibition.

A proposal  has  been  made to hold an 
exhibition of  electrical  engineering  and 
mechanical  inventions  in  the capital of 
Scotland  next  year, and ’the  influential 
support promised to  the  scheme  augur 
well  for  its  financial success, while the 
scientists and  engineers  associated with 
it guarantee  in a great measure that  the 
exhibition  will  be  worthy of  the  rapid 
development of  electrical practice, which 
it  is  intended  to  illustrate.  Every ex 
hibition  is  associated  to a more  or less 
extent with a great passing event or with 
the  celebration  of  past  memorable 
casions, and the promoters of this scheme 
have  decided  on  the  year  1890, as it 
likely to see the completion of one of the 
greatest  undertakings  in  a  branch 
civil engineering, in the opening for rail 
way traffic of  the Forth bridge.

Reached His Business Majority.
Geo. P. Glazier has been a banker, bus­
iness  man  and  success  at  Chelsea  for 
twenty-one  years,  and  his  family  re­
cently celebrated  the  event by means of 
a huge picnic at  Cavanaugh  Lake.  Cof­
fee,  tea,  lemonade,  music,  boating and 
1,000 guests had a hand in the affair.

A   GRAND  SUCCESS. 

[c o n tin u ed  from  f ir st  p a g e.!

of  the  two  words  having  such  a  vast 
meaning as  to  include  every move made 
by a business  man—in  such a manner as 
I can best do in a few words.
Brevity has been  said to be the soul of 
wit;  Now, while  I  make no pretensions 
as to wit, I will  be brief  because brevity 
—that  is,  sharp  but  brief  and  to-the- 
point words and acts—is among  the car­
dinal principles of the successful trades­
man.
The interests of trade are the interests 
of  mankind,  for  commerce  is  the  life 
blood  of  civilization  and without it hu­
manity  stagnates  and  practically  dies. 
From  the  earliest  times  until  now  the 
trader has been a benefactor to our  race.
In the  entire history of  the world  there 
is only one exception—that was  the time 
when Adam traded Paradise for a pippin, 
and, although he lost in the deal,  he suc­
ceeded  in  breaking  the  then  existing 
corner in fruit.
In  my  opinion,  the  one  thing  that 
should be most indelibly impressed upon 
your memory, gentlemen, is that a friend­
ly feeling  should  always  exist  between 
shop-keepers of any and all kinds, for in 
this, as  well  as  in all  other  classes  of 
people,  we  must  have unity in  order  to 
he  successful. 
I  mean  to  say  that  we 
should meet each other at  all  times with 
the  feeling  of  brothers;  we  must  con­
verse  with one  another on vital  subjects 
of  direct  interest  to the  tradesman;  we 
must  avoid  petty  jealousies;  we  must 
not allow the general  public to know too 
much  concerning  our  affairs,  and  yet 
neighbor  merchants  should  be  truthful 
and  always on intimate  terms with each 
other;  we  should  lay  our  wares  before 
the  people  in  as  bright, attractive  and 
catchy a  manner  as  possible,  and,  hav­
ing  induced  the buyer  to  come  to  our 
counters,  we  should  talk  to  them  in 
plain,  unvarnished 
language,  always 
giving  them a correct  idea of  the value 
and character of the article they are pur­
chasing.
Gentlemen of the Association, the sub­
ject  of  “Trade  Interests”  is  one  alto­
gether  too  broad to linger  upon,  and,  as 
I  do  not  propose  to  worry  you with  a 
lengthy  paper,  I  will  close  by  saying 
that nothing could  be more conducive to 
the  welfare of  the  merchants of  Michi­
gan than to join this Association.  Truly. 
“Trade  Interests”  is  its  prime  object.
It  has  at  its  head,  from  year  to  year, 
men of active brain, men who guard well 
against  any  and  all  pitfalls  that  may 
come  before the  trade of  this section of 
country,  and  it  ha*  yet  to  be  put  on 
record  where  we have  failed when  hav­
ing undertaken an important step.  Every 
business  man in  the  State  is invited  to 
join in our  work,  and  I  trust  that  you 
ho  are  present who  are  not  members 
ill  send in  your  names at the  earliest 
opportunity, for there is a world of good 
to be accomplished  for  ourselves.  You 
know  that those  who do not help  them- 
elves  are  deserving  of  no  hell» at  all. 
Therefore, I  again  speak of  the wisdom 
of  becoming a member of  this  Associa­
tion  and  thus  extending what  practical 
aid  you  can in building  up an  organiza­
tion  that  has  for  its  one  great  object, 
Trade Interests.”
I regret  very much  my  inability  to be 
present  with you this year.  At Cheboy­
gan.  last  year,  I  personally invited  you 
to  East  Saginaw  at  your  next  annual 
meeting.  This  year, I  am  in  favor  of 
the  same  city,  although  under  another 
name, that of  “Saginaw,” now  and  for­
evermore  one and  inseparable.  Should 
I ou  decide  to  come,  1  can  assure  you 
that you will  be royally received and en­
tertained. 
It  is  to  Saginaw’s  interests 
that I, on the  part of  her merchants, ex­
tend  to  you  the  invitation.  Come, and 
t  assured  that  you will  find that  the 
salt  of  Saginaw  has  kept  the  milk  of 
human  kindness  of  her  citizens  from 
ouring. 
The report was  laid on the  table until 
the  regular  order,  when  the  report  of' 
the  Committee  on  Transportation  was 
presented,  as follows:

Geo r g e  R.  H.oyt.

Ma r q u e t t e,  July 26, 1889. 

F r ie n d   W e l l s  — Since  writing  you 
last, 1  have  strolled  up  to  Marquette. 
The  means of  transportation  was  such 
that  I  found  the trip  convenient  and 
pleasant.
I  thank you  for  your  kindness in  as- 
igning to  me the  subject of  “Transpor­
tation.” for  a  paper  to  be  read  to  the 
Association. 
It  opens  a  broad  field  of 
thought.  From  the  beginning of  the 
world it has  been  a  study  for all  man­
kind.  Adam  and Eve had limited trans­
portation  in  their  first  trip.  Poor  old 
Moses, loaded  with Egyptian spoils, was 
not  provided  with  water  craft  or  land 
vehicles, and  Mis  excursion  through  the 
wilderness took  more time even than the 
Michigan  Legislature  consumed  in  de­
termining that “a  blue trip slip is a two- 
cent  fare.”  Noah,  it  is  recorded,  as  a 
transporter of  valuable cargo, was aided 
from  above  in  surmounting  difficulties; 
and  Jason,  in his  search  for  the golden 
fleece, used such means as the gods could 
suggest.  Balaam,  whose  mode  was 
rather simple, met  with  obstacles in  his 
way and  didn’t  proceed  until the  com­
mittee reported.
So,  transportation,  from  Adam’s  day 
to our  own  time, has  been a theme  en­
gaging the best thought of foremost men, 
else we  should  not  now  be  the  benefi­
ciaries  of  the  splendid results  exempli­
fied in modern  methods.
I regret  that I cannot  make a stHdy of 
to-day’s  ways  and  report  the  outcome 
thereof  to  the  Association.  Circum­
stances have turned  my steps hither and 
my time is not my own.

As  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Transportation,  let  me  report  that  I 
started  early  to  obtain one-half  fare  to 
and from  Muskegon  for  the members  of 
the Association.  Each official connected 
with the Michigan Central, Grand Trunk, 
Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern, whom 
I  saw, gave  me  assurance  that  the  re­
quest would  be  granted;  but, later  on, 
our Secretary informed  me by letter that 
through the  G. R.  &  I. R.  R.  he  had se­
cured  the reduction,  and  I  was thus, by 
the  kindly aid of  the Secretary, relieved 
of the duty.
It is my hope  that the  coming conven­
tion will  be  one of  pleasure and  benefit 
to the members of our Association.
Please  present  my  compliments  and 
regrets to the convention.
Yours truly,

J a m es  Osborn.

The report of  the Committee on Build­
ing  and  Loan  Associations  was  then 
called  for,  but  one  member of  the Com­
mittee  stated  that  no  report  had  been 
prepared.

Reports of  delegates  were then  called 

for in the following order:
Grand  Rapids  (Thos.  Keating)—! was 
not aware  I was  to  make a report  until 
our last  meeting. 
I have procrastinated 
preparing  for  it and  feel  that I  cannot 
do  justice  to  onr  Association at  Grand 
Rapids.  We  sent  a  large  delegation to 
Flint two years  ago.  This year we have 
only three members  present.  Last  year 
we had  a  full  delegation  at Cheboygan.
We have added  several  new members to 
our  Association  during  the  last  year, 
and  lost  some, some  going  out of  busi­
ness  and others  not  paying  their  dues.
We regret  that our  Association is  not in 
as good  standing as we could wish.  We 
have  sixty-five members  in  good  stand­
ing and ready to do their duty at the call 
of  the  Association,  no  matter  in  what 
shape  the  call  may  be  made! 
I  have 
heard  reports of  inability  to  get  out 
quorum  in other  localities.  We  are  no 
worse off  in  this  respect,  it  seems, than 
some of  our neighbors. 
If  there is any 
thing special  comes  up, like a picnic,  it 
is  gratifying  to  see our  unanimity.  At 
our last picnic, the stores in the city were 
all closed but two.  These affairs create a 
good  feeling  between  the  members. 
I 
can  remember the  time when  this  good 
feeling did not  exist.  One dealer  would 
not  accommodate another merchant  who 
happened to get  out of  an article at  one 
and a half  the  price—if  he  thought  he 
was  helping  his  rival  merchant.  We 
have  early  closing,  some  close  at  7 
o’clock, other  places at 7:30,  still  others 
a^:30.  We have  reduced expenses, the 
duSs  now  being  $2  per  year, making  a 
very  good  protection  very  cheap.  An­
other  thing our  Association  has  accom­
plished:  Our  combined  committees
waited  on the  wholesalers  and  jobbers 
to  induce them  to  refrain  from  selling 
restaurants, boarding  houses and hotels. 
We have the  names of  twenty-eight who 
have agreed  not to sell  to anybody, thus 
recognizing  the power  behind  oar Asso­
ciation.  The retailer is the proper chan­
nel  through  w’hich  goods  should  reach 
the consumer.  Some  other towns  might 
well follow our  example  in this respect. 
Our picnic was the grand  success of  the 
season.  There  have  been  great  crowds 
at Reed’s lake, but this one outnumbered 
them  all.  The  rule “always  room  for 
one  more” did  not  apply  to  the  street 
cars that day.  One steamer carried over 
,500 people, and there are five steamers, 
so  the crowd  can  be  imagined.  Every­
thing  was  crowded.  The  day  closed 
with  a  banquet. 
It  was  impossible  to 
feed  all—I  was  one of  the  hungry my- 
elf.  The  jobbers  jay if  another  event 
like  it takes  place  they will  make  pro­
vision  for  feeding  about  5,000,000. 
If 
every member came to the meetings, and 
did their  duty, there  would  be no  cause 
for  the  dead-beat  list.  We  should  try 
and have  legislation so  that  a garnishee 
wTill reach some of the fellows who make 
$25  a  week.  You  can  get  at  the  man 
who  receives  but  $30  to  $40  a  month, 
while  the  man  who  gets  $100, payable 
weekly, laughs at  you.  That  is the way 
it works  with us, you  cannot  reach him 
by lawsuits. 
I do  not  know how it is in 
the country towns.
Muskegon  (John A.  Miller)—We  have 
175  members  in  our  Association—the 
leading  business  men of  the  city.  We 
have  accomplished a great deal of  good, 
as  we have  shut off  a  lot of  dead-beats j 
from getting  goods of  merchants  by our 
system of  advertising our  Blue  Letters, 
reports every month, etc.
C.  L. Whitney made  an  additional  re­
port,  as  follows:  Not being  a  delegate,
I do not  know  how 1 can  officially make 
a report.  As it has been requested, how­
ever, I will give you some data in regard 
to  the  Muskegon organization. 
I  shall 
have to.do it  entirely extemporaneously, 
as  I  have  only a  few documents  in  my 
hands  from  which 1  may glean  a figure 
or  two.  As the  President  has  said, our 
membership  is  175,  having  neither  in­
creased nor  diminished  during the  year. 
Yet it  is probable  that we  have forty or 
more  members  to-day whom  we did  not 
have  a  year  ago—and  every one of  the 
forty  is  worth  three  old  ones.  Every 
organization with which  I  have been ac­
quainted  has  had  a similar  experience. 
At the  beginning of  every  organization, 
a great many rush in with some sort of a 
vague  idea that  something will  turn  up 
for  their  benefit.  After  awhile  there 
come the dues. 
If it isn’t but fifty cents, 
or even a quarter, it is a pile.  They have 
an  idea that  somebody  is  getting  more 
benefit than they are and they find fault. 
If  you have  not,  I 
We have  had  such. 
am  glad  for  you.  Some of  these  have 
quietly dropped  out. 
In every report  of 
delinquents, we have included those who 
have  dropped  out.  Members  who  are 
coming  in  to-day are  doing  so  because 
the  Muskegon  Association  has  been  at 
work.  The  work  has  been  systematic, 
thorough.  The  endeavors  have  been 
earnest, and  there  have  been  results. 
The meetings have,  as a rule,  been quite 
well  attended by those who are faithful. 
In a city of  our  size, with  180  members 
scattered over  such a vast  extent of  ter­
ritory,  with  no  individual  interests  at 
stake  and  many of  them  in these  close 
times  endeavoring  to do  without  clerk 
hire,  it  is not  expected  that every mem­
ber  will  come  out, especially  when  we 
hold  two  meetings  a  month.  We  have 
good  rooms and a home.  But  one meet­
ing has  failed  entirely, and  that  was on 
the night previous to the Fourth of July, 
and  our  members were  so tremendously 
patriotic  that  they did  not get out to it. 
The report of  January 1 showed  that we 
had reached  through  Blue  Letters  $13,- 
850. 
I  hope  no other  city has  as  much 
indebtedness  on  the  books.  Of  this 
amount, $2,450, or 18  per  cent, was  col­
lected, with  simply the‘expense of  post­
age—less than  $20.  A  cheaper  system 
could  not  be gotten  out. 
I  speak of  it 
as a system of  bringing the  result  abopt 
quietly between  man  and  man, without 
the  world  knowing  anything  about  it. 
Added to the Blue Letter, comes a second 
letter.  This  many times  brings  about 
the  work  attempted  to be  accomplished 
by the first. 
I will  say that if  half  our 
members had  reported  to  the  Secretary 
and  the  Secretary  had  sent  out  the 
second  letter, at least  two-thirds  that is 
not  collected  would  have been  reached

[CONTINUED  ON  FOURTH  PAGE.]

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.
Atlantic  A..............   75*
Atlanta A. A........... 6%
Archery  Bunting...  454
Amory.....................   734
Beaver Dam  A A ...
Berwick  L ..............   614
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Chapman.................3:
CohassetA..............   7
Comet......................Y
Clifton CCC...........  6Î4
Conqueror XX........454
Dwight Star............  754
Exeter A..................  6%
Full Yard Wide...... 6H
Great Falls E ..........7
Honest Width......... 6:
Hartford A.............. 514
Integrity XX........... 45£
King, E F ................  6
“  E X ................6
“  EC, 32 in ...... 5%
Lawrence L L ..........554
Maginnes.................. 5Vi
New  Market B........5
Noibe R .....................514
Newton.....................614
Onr Level  Best..
Riverside XX......... 454
Sea Island R ........... 614
Sharon B  ...............   614
Top of the  Heap—   714
Willlamsvllle.......... 7
Comet,  40 in ...........8
Carlisle  “ 
............. 714
New MarketL,40in.  714
Blackstone A A......   754
Beats All.................  414'
Cleveland...............  7
Cabot.........................714
Cabot,  %..................  654
Dwight Anchor.......  9
shorts.  854
Edwards....................6
Empire....................   7
Farwell..................... 8
Fruit of the Loom..  854
Fitchville.................714
First Prize..............   7
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount...............  414
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale................... 814
Middlesex.................514
No Name.................  714
Oak View__ ...
Our Own.................  514
Sunlight..................   414
Yinyard............ ...  8
HALF BLEACH’D COTTONS
Cabot.......................  714
Farwell..................... 8:
Dwight Anchor........ 9
Biddeford...............   6
Brunswick................ 614
Naumkeagsatteen..  7 
Rockport................... 614
American  fancy—   6

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

CORSET  JEANS.

PRINTS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

American indigo—   614 
American shirtings.  5 
“  —   614
Arnold 
long cloth B.1014 
“  C.  814
century cloth  7
gold seal...... 1014
Turkey red.. 1014
Berlin solids...........   5}4
oil blue........  614
“  green__ 614
Cocheco fancy........  6
madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614 
staple —   6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  614 
Merrimack D fancy.  614 
shirtings...  514 
Repp furn .  814
Pacific fancy...........6
robes............   614
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  614
greys........614
solid black.  614 
Washington indigo.  614 
“  Turkey robes..  714 
“  India robes —   714 
“  plain T’ky X 51i  814 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red...............    6
Martha Washington
TurkeyTed 5£........ 714
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  914
Riverpoint robes—   5
Windsor fancy........  614
gold  ticket 
indigo  blue..........10
TICKINGS.
Amoskeag A C A— 13
Hamilton N .............  714
Pearl  River............. 125£
Amoskeag................1314
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15
Andover.................. 1114
Everett.................... 1214
Lawrence XX...........1314
Glenarven.................65i
Lancashire..............  614
Normandie................8
Renfrew Dress..........8
Toil du Nord........... 10
Peerless, white........1814
colored....21 

CARPET  WARP.
“ 

GINGHAMS.

DEMINS.

“ 

“ 

GRAIN BAGS.

Stark........................ 1914
American................ 1614
Valley City...............16
Georgia................... 1514
Pacific......................1314
Burlap......................H
Clark’s Mile End... .47
¡Coats’,  J. & P ..........47
|Holyoke................... 2214

SPOOL  COTTON.

Laingsburg—B. W. Dennis has assigned 
his hardware  stock  to  W.  H. Hunt and 
will close  up  his  entire  business  here, 
preparatory to going West.

HJLRDWAHE.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

 

 

 

 

 

d i s .

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A X E S.

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B A R R O W S. 

B A L A N C E S. 

bells. 

A U G U R S  A N D   B IT S . 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
d i s .
60
Ives’, old style  ............................................. 
Snell’s......................... 
60
Cook’s ..................................  
40
J  ennings’, genuine........................................ 
25
Jennings’,  im itation..................................... 50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................*700
D.  B. Bronze............................  11  00
S.  B. S. Steel...........................   8  50
D. B. Steel................................  13 00
Spring  ............  
4o
Railroad........................................................* 14 00
Garden.................................................... net  30 00
Hand......................................................   60&10&10
Cow....................
Call  ................................................................30&15
G ong............................................. 
25
Door, Sargent.................................................60&10
Stove............................................................... 50&10
Carriage new list
Plow................................................................ 40&10
Sleigh shoe
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........
Barber..............
Backus  .............
Spofford...........
Am. B a ll..........
! Well,  plain.__

...60*
dis.

BUCKETS.

bolts. 

BRACES.

50
net

dis.

dis.

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“ 15 00

4 00 

 

 

 

“ 

perm

BLOCKS.

BUTTS, CAST.

CARPET  SWEEPERS.

 
dis. 50&02

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
Wrought Loose Pinj japanned..................... 60&05
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped.60&05
Wrought Table...............................................60&10
Wrought Inside Blind....................................60&10
Wrought Brass.................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s................................................ 70&10
Blind,  Parker’s...............................................70&10
70
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 
40
Bissell  No. 5.....................................per doz.*17 00
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ...........  
19 60
“  36 00
Bissell, G rand..................................... 
Grand Rapids......................................  
“  24 00
Magic........................................... 
CRADLES.
Grain........................................
CROW BARS.
Cast Steel..............................................per lb
Iron, Steel Points.................................   “
Ely’s 1-10.................... 
Hick’s C. F ...........................................  
G. D ......................................................  
Musket.................................................. 
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
Rim Fire, United States.........................dis. 
50
Central  Fire............................................dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firm er................................................ 70&10
Socket Framing.............................................. 70&10
Socket Corner..................................................70&10
Socket Slicks..................................................70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
40
Barton’s Socket  Firmers..............................  
20
Cold................................................................ 
net
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ............................... 40&10
Hotchkiss......................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross.............. 12©12J4 dis. 10
Brass,  Racking’s........................................... 
60
Bibb’s ............................................................  
„60
B eer................................................................40&10
Fenns’............................................................  
6©
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
26
.  14x52,14x56, 14x60 ........................ 
24
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.......................................... 
24
25
Bottoms.........................................................  
dis.
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
40
Paper and straight Shank................. 
 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
40

CARTRIDGES.

combs. 

CHISELS. 

COFFER.

DRILLS.

CHALK.

COCKS.

dis.

“
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DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
07
6J4
Large sizes, per pound........................  ....... 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................ doz. net 
75
Corrugated...................................... dis. 20&10&10
Adjustable............................................. dis.  %&10

ELBOWS.

t

56

No. 1 holds 7 feet of earth. 
No. 2  “  5  “
No. 3  “  3  “

F o ster, S te v e n s & Co.,

W H O L E S A L E   H A R D W A R E .

10 and 12 Monroe St.

GRAND

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St, 

RAPIDS,  MICH.

dis.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

diS.

files—New List. 

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 126........................ 
“ res’, 1, *18;  2, $24;  3, 830............................. 
American File Association List......
Disston’s ...........................................
ew  American.................................
Nicholson’s .....................................
Heller’s ...........................................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................

30
25
dis.
. .60&10 
..60&10 
. .60&10 
. .60&10 
50 
50

GALVANIZED IRON.

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

14 

12 

Discount, 60

HINGES.

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s..........
Naydole  & Co.’s......................................dis. 
25
Kip’s .........................................................
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel. Hand— 30c 40&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 .................................dis.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4%  14  and
longer.........................................................   354
Screw Hook and  Eye, V4......................... net 
10
%.......................... net  854
I t.......................... net  754
%................  
  net  754
70
dis.

Strap and T .............................................dis. 

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................  60&10
Kidder, wood track ........................

HANGERS. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HOLLOW WARE

Pots.................................................................60&05
Kettles............................................................60&05
Spiders...................... 
60&05
Gray enameled..............................................  
50

 

 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stamped  TinW are......................... new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list335á&10

HOES.
 

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Grub  1.....................................................*H, dis. 60
Grub 2 ...............  
$11.50, dis. 60
Grub'S..................................................... *12, dis. 60
Au Sable................................dis. 25&10@25&10&10
Putnam...................................... dis.  5&10&254&254
Northwestern.................................   dis. 10&10&5
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................
Picture, H. L. Judd  &  Co.’s ..........................40&10
Hemacite.......................................................  
45
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .......... 
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ............................. 
Branford’s ....................................................  
55
55
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................  
70
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......................  
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................  
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s.................. 
40
“  Enterprise.........................................  
25
Stebbin’s Pattern........................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60&10
25
Enterprise, self-measuring—  

levels. 
MATTOCKS.

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

...........  

diS.

dis.

dis.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

PINE BLUED.

10 
25 
40 
60 
1  00 
1  50
1  001  50
2 00

50d to 60d......
lOd.................
8d and 9d__
6d and 7d......
4d and 5d......
3d...................
2d ...................
4d...................
3d...................
2d ...................
50
12d to 30d........................................................ 
60
lOd............................................ 
8d to 9d  ............................... 
75
6dto7d................. 
90
 
4d to 5d...........................................................  1  10
3d....................................................................  1  50
%  inch...................................................

CASTING AND BOX.

COMMON BARREL.

 

 

 

 

 

2 25

CLINCH.

1j4 and  1J£ inch........................
“ 
2 and  2J4 
......................
2V4 and 2J£  “ 
......................
3inch.........................................
3J4 and 4*4  inch........................
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

1  35 1 15 1 60 

85

dis.

OILERS.
................... 60&i0
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent..
.................. 
50
Zinc, with brass bottom......
.................  
50
Brass or Copper.....................
per gross, *12 net
___■  
Reaper
oimistead’s .....................................................50&10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..................................40@10
Sciota Bench.................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..........................40@10
Bench, first quality........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............20&10

PLANES. 

diS.

PANS.

60
Fry,  Acme..............................................dis. 
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
70
50
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 

patent planished iron.

rivets. 

Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

dis.

ROPES.

 

Sisal, 54 inch and larger..............................   12
Manilla...........................................................  14
dis.
squares. 
Steel and Iron................................................ 
Try and Bevels......................... 
M itre.....................................................  
SHEET IRON.

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

Nos. 10 to  14....................................... *4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ......................................   4  20 
Nos.  18 io 21.......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .................................... -  4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................  4 40 
No. 27 .................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra

All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

3 15

 

 

 

*3 00
3 00
3 10
3 25
3 35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

List acct. 19, ’86....................................... dis. 
Silver Lake, White  A.............................. list 
Drab A.................................   “ 
White  B...............................  “ 
Drab B ..................................  “ 
White C................................   “ 

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“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

40
50
55
50
55
35

SASH WEIGHTS.

“ 
“ 

dis.

diS.

sa w s. 

TACK8. 

SAUSAGE SUUPFERS OB FILLERS.

»Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
“  Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot.............................r ..............  

Solid Eyes.;...........................................per ton (25
Miles’ “Challenge” __ per doz. *20, dis. 50©50&06
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...................................4o@45&5
H and......................................... 25@25&5
Atkins’  Circular...........................................dis.  9
70
50
30
28
American, all kinds............................... 
60
60
Steel, all  kinds.............................................. 
60
Swedes, all kinds........................................... 
Gimp and Lace.............................................. 
60
Cigar Box Nails............................................  
50
Finishing  Nails............................................  
50
Common and  Patent  Brads.........................  
50
50
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........... 
Trunk and Clout Nails........................, .......  
50
45
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nalls  ................... 
Leathered Carpet Tacks................................ 
35
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley * Norton’s  ... 
70
Hotchkiss’............................................. 
 
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................................... 
70
Mouse,  choker.....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion................................*1.50 per doz.
Bright Market...... ........................................  67V4
Annealed Market........................................... 70&10
Coppered Market...........................................  62^4
Extra Bailing..............................................  
.'_ 
Tinned Market..............................................  62V4
Tinned  Broom................................... per pound 09
Tinned Mattress..............................per pound 8V4
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................  
50
Tinned  Spring Steel...................................... 40&10
Plain Fence........................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................*3 75
painted......................................  3 00
lew  list net 
Copper...
Brass...........................................
WIRE GOODS.
Bright.........................................
Screw  Eyes................................
Hook’s ........................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes................
WRENCHES.

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

t r a p s . 

w ir e . 

dis.

dis.

dis.

dis.

 

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled......
Coe’s  Genuine......................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,... 
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.......................

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

MISCELLANEOUS.
50
Bird Cages...................................
Pumps, Cistern.............................
......... 
75
50
............ 
Screws, New List.........................
Casters, Bed  and  Plate................
.......50&10&10
........... 
40
Dampers, American.
65
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 

30
50
75 
75&10
dis.

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 :  *
INGOT.

Lake.................................................................. 18H
“Anchor” Brand..... ............................... 
18

 

ZINC.

LEAD.

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

Duty :  Sheet, 254c per pound.
600 pound  casks................................................. 65<
Per pound.....................................................7@754
Duty :  Pig, *2  per 100 pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
......................................................@5
American 
Newark........................................................... @5
B ar......................................................................... 6
Sheet....................................................... 8c, dis. 20
54@54 ..................................................................-¿J®
Extra W iping................................................... 1354
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  or
solder in the market indicated by private brand*. /
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

SOLDER.

Cookson.........................................per  pound  145*
Hallett’s........................................ 
115*.
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The M ichigan T radesm an

Offlol&l O rgan of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DBVOTKD  TO  THB

Retail  Trade  of the  Woliferine State.

E.  A.  STOWE &  BRO., Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered,  at  the  Orand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  14,  1889.

OUR  COMMERCIAL  ROME.

Among the most  perplexing  questions 
with which our statesmen  must  deal are 
those  growing  out  of  free  and  unre­
stricted immigration  in  connection with 
the  labor  supply.  The  problems  to be 
solved present their  greatest  difficulties 
in the fact  that  they are no  longer local 
and  limited, but  are  becoming  general 
and universal.

It has not been  long, not  longer  than 
the  experience of  men now living,  since 
each  nation  of  the  earth  was a sort  of 
world  by itself.  Except  in  the  way  of 
commerce, the peoples of the different na­
tions had but litttle intercourse each with 
the other.  To travel in foreign countries 
the  stranger  found  it  necessary  to  be 
provided with a passport from  each  and 
every government,  and  nevertheless  he 
was  constantly  an  object  of  suspicion 
and under the observation of  the  police, 
while  the  interiors  of  many  countries 
were scarcely open to foreigners at all.

To-day  everything  is  different.  Ex­
cept in Russia and Turkey,  passports are 
not needed through the whole of Europe, 
while much of  Asia and  Africa are quite 
as  open  to  the  stranger.  The extraor­
dinary facilities for traveling in all parts 
of  the world and the  relaxation or aboli­
tion of  restrictions  upon  foreigners has 
had the effect of  bringing  the  peoples of 
all the nations  together, so  that the free 
association of  the  men of  all  races  and 
countries  has  becdme  one  of  the most 
striking features of  modern times.

The  opportunities  presented by these 
conditions for men to  better  themselves 
have  been  utilized  in 
the  highest  de­
gree.  The poor and oppressed classes of 
other nations  have  been  enabled to emi­
grate to countries  where  they could  en­
joy superior  advantages  for their labor, 
while the rich have flocked to the centers 
of  luxury and pleasure where they might 
squander their excessive wealth.  In this 
way the human race is being  brought  to 
a uniform scale  or  average as far as the 
financial  situation  is  concerned. 
It  is 
true a few  nations,  notably  the  United 
States,  still  maintain  prohibitory or  re­
strictive  barriers  to  the  importation of 
some  sort  of  foreign  labor  and  the  in­
troduction  of  some  of  the  products  of 
foreign labor, but there is a growing ten­
dency to abolish  these  and to remove all 
restrictions upon  the  intercourse of  the 
people of  every country.

When  this  state  of  things  shall  be 
reached, we  will  have  an  ideal brother­
hood of  man, in  which  whatever  social 
or political convulsion, or whatever phys­
ical  disturbance  that  may occur in  our 
country,  will  exert  corresponding  in­
fluences  in  every other.  1 In such a state 
all  the  capital  and  all the labor  in the 
world will in a certain  sense  be  held in 
common;  that is, they  will  be  operated 
on the  basis of  general or universal laws 
and not  by mere  local  considerations of 
supply  and  demand.  The  prices  of 
wages  and  of  commodities  will  be  the 
same in all parts of  the world, with only 
the differences of  freight  and  exchange, 
all regulated from great centers of trade.
Such  a  state  of  affairs  existed  in 
Europe  during  the  time  of  the  Roman 
Empire,  which  may be  said  to have em­
braced  the  whole  world,  because  the 
Western Hemisphere was then unknown, 
and by reason of  the difficulties of  inter­
communication,  the  countries of  the  far 
East were not brought  into  the combina­
tion.  All  the  regions  of  Europe,  Asia 
and Africa  lying  around and in reach of 
the Mediterranean were embraced in this 
great commercial  union  whose  finances 
were  regulated  at  Rome,  Antioch  and 
Alexandria. 
It  was  truly an  age when 
the  rich  constantly got  richer,  because 
they controlled the  Senate, and  the poor 
constantly got  poorer  because  they had 
lost their honor, their  love  of  independ­
ence and had become virtually the slaves 
of  the rich.  This  was  the  condition of 
the  Roman  Empire  at  the period of  its 
highest civilization and  most  abounding 
luxury, in which all races  and  national­
ities were  brought  into a brotherhood of 
equality  before  the  law—a  law  which 
was,  however,  enforced  wholly  in  the 
interest of  favored classes.

No wonder when the Empire was over­
run  and  dismembered  by the  barbarian 
invaders  that  these  new  and  vigorous 
peoples at once  abolished the Roman in­
stitutions  of  equality  for  all,  which 
meant  slavery for  the  many,  and set. up 
their own  systems of  inequality of  rank 
and caste, out of  which grew  the  feudal 
system.  The new kingdoms maintained, 
also,  a  jealous  hostility  toward  each 
other  because  they wished  to  so secure 
themselves  from  the  abuses  which had 
grown  up  out  of  the  free  intercourse

\ and 
interchange  which  had  obtained 
throughout  the  Roman  world,  thus off- 
j setting one evil with another.

The tendency of a high state of civiliza­
tion is to increase luxury and to multiply 
the complexity of  manners,  and to dwarf 
the individual.  The Roman Empire was 
virtually  a  republic,  an  empire  whose 
head was  elected by the  people, and  yet 
the individual  became a mere  cipher,  an 
atom in a vast  system of  war, commerce 
and government. 
It  is  possible to have 
such  a  universal  system  of  commerce 
without the necessity of  a uniform polit­
ical structure. 
It wrought  the  destruc­
tion  of  old  Rome.  We  may  judge  if 
such institutions will be beneficial to our 
country,  which  is  becoming  a  modern 
Rome, upon whose wealth all the nations 
of  the earth are seeking to subsist.
THE  EXHIBITION  OF  1892.

New York  is  the  only serious rival of 
Chicago for the honor of having an Inter­
national Exhibition in 1892.  So  far  has 
sentiment in favor of  Chicago  developed 
in  the  West  that  the New York papers 
have  already announced  that it  will  be 
necessary to leave the  controversy to the 
arbitration of  Congress.  T h e  T r a d e s­
m an has no doubt that  the  decision will 
be  in  favor of  Chicago,  as  the  Garden 
City  is  near  the  center  of  population. 
The  selection of  New  York  would be a 
hardship  to  a  majority  of  our  people, 
while  the  cost of  transporting  goods to 
that locality would deter many Far West 
exhibitors from sending  contributions.

If  Chicago wishes to make her  calling 
and election sure in this affair, she should 
attend  to  two  matters.  She  should be 
able to show Congress that she  has a sat­
isfactory site  selected;  and  by  satisfac­
tory  we  mean  spacious,  accessible  and 
wholesome.  And 
she  should  show 
pledges  of  money  adequate  to  making 
the exhibition  as  creditable to the coun­
try as was that of  1876.

Claus  Spreckels  expects  to  have  his 
big  sugar  refinery  in  operation  by the 
end of  this month,  and  will  at once pro­
ceed to double its capacity so  that it will 
be  capable  of 
turning  out  4,000,000 
pounds  of  sugar a day,  or  one-third  of 
our national consumption.  With this re­
finery added  to  those  we  already have, 
the  Quaker  City will  furnish a very de­
cided resistance  to  the  monopoly of  the 
Sugar Trust,  which has not  succeeded in 
getting  hold  of  a  single  Philadelphia 
establishment.  As this is one of the most 
mischievous  and  oppressive  of  all  the 
Trusts  now  in  existence, the friends of 
free  competition  will  welcome  every­
thing which tends to its overthrow.

Thanks  to  the  efforts  of  Governor 
Lowrie,  of  Mississippi,  it  seems  likely 
that all the chief  participants  in the dis­
graceful prize-fight in that  State  will be 
brought  to  justice. 
John  L.  Sullivan 
has  been  extradited  by  Governor  Hill 
and taken South to answer  for his share; 
and  it  is  notable  that hfe is enough im­
pressed  by the  seriousness  of  this  pro­
ceeding to assume a very apologetic  tone 
in discussing his latest fighting  perform­
ances.  He pleads that he could not help 
himself,  as he  had  to  come  forward  to 
defend  his  country  and  its  credit,  as 
though  America  would  be  very  much 
mortified  by  the  discovery  that  other 
nations produced greater  bullies than it. 
As Kilrain is not hidden,  and  can  be ob­
tained by a requisition  on  the  Governor 
of  North  Carolina,  it is to  be  presumed 
that he, also, will have the  enjoyment of 
answering  for  his  complicity  before  a 
Mississippi  court.  More  than  this, the 
railroad  which  ran a special train to the 
scene of  concerted  brutality  may  suffer 
for  that  degree  of  complicity  in  the 
affair.  This would be entirely  just.  But 
for  the  co-operation  of  the  railroads, 
prize-fights could not be made to pay.

Japan at last  has  brought  England to 
terms.  The  new  treaties  with  Mexico 
and the United States,  which throw open 
the  whole  Empire  to  the  commerce of 
these countries on condition of  the aban­
donment of  extra-territorial  jurisdiction 
and  the  recognition of  the  autonomy of 
Japan in the management of  her customs 
system, has been too much for John Bull. 
He  saw  that  he  would  lose his grip on 
Japanese  trade if  he  continued  his  ex­
actions,  and  the  concessions  for  which 
the Mikado’s  government  asked in vain, 
on  grounds  of  fair  play  and  national 
rights,  have  been  made  in  response  to 
the  threat of  placing  England at a com­
mercial disadvantage.  The  dispatch an­
nouncing  that a new  treaty between the 
two  powers  is under  negotiation,  men­
tions  only  the  abandonment  of  extra­
territorial  jurisdiction  in  consideration 
of  increased commercial privileges.  But 
we take it for granted  that  Japan is not 
going  to  confer  these  privileges  upon 
Great Britain in return  for  less  conces­
sions  than  she  obtained of  us.  At any 
rate this is a point for our  State  Depart­
ment to watch, not  so  much  to  prevent 
injury to  our  interests as to secure  fair 
play for Japan.

Got Even With  the Bees.

Honey bees drove a Florida grocer  out 
of his store,  in  their eagerness to absorb 
his  sugar.  But  in  about  ten  minutes 
they became so weighted with  sand  that 
they fell to the floor, and the grocer swept 
them out.

A GRAND  SUCCESS. 

(c o n t in u e d   f r o m   t h ir d   p a g e .]

issues  a  third 

in  some  form.  The  Secretary  keeps  a 
file,  when Blue  Letters  are  sent, bound 
with  stubs,  showing  to  whom  sent,  by 
whom,  for  what  account,  etc.  Since 
January 1, I have  issued  190 second  let­
ters to the amount of $3,760.  About one- 
third  have  responded.  One-fourth  of 
the  amount has  been  paid.  This  is  an 
item  of  fact.  When  a  man  pays,  it  is 
minuted on the stub.  As soon as twenty 
days  have passed  and no report  comes, 
the  Secretary 
letter. 
Nearly one-half  have  responded  to  the 
third  letter.  For example:  In one  out­
lawed  account,  held  by  a  druggist,  a 
second  letter  was  sent  a year  ago. 
In 
June  the  name  was  put on  the  delin­
quent list.  Not  being sure that the  let­
ters had been properly served, I took the 
responsibility  of  myself  sending  the 
third letter.  The man was, away, but his 
wife  called,  did  not know but what  her 
husband  had  paid  it,  would  have  him 
pay it on his return. 
I told  her if some­
thing  was  paid on  it, the  matter  could 
rest. 
I received one dollar the next day. 
The  account  is  good  now. 
(Laughter.) 
It  is no  longer  outlawed.  One hundred 
and  twelve third  letters have  been  sent 
out.  Nearly all to whom  two and  three 
letters  have  been sent  were  bad  debts, 
most  of  them  outlawed.  That  is  the 
character of this work.  Since our organ­
ization,  our  members  have  been  more 
careful about  trusting  and we have  less 
trouble in consequence.  All of  this sys­
tem entails  upon  the  Secretary a great 
deal of  work.  At  the  beginning of  the 
year,  I arranged to be in  my office  every 
Wednesday  night  from  7:30  on.  Have 
sometimes  had  six  and  eight  persons 
waiting fo,r  me when I arrived,  to settle. 
Often times we have made a compromise. 
By  bringing  the  two  parties  together, 
and  seeing  them  both  personally,  we 
have  been  able  to  get  an  adjustment, 
whereby  a  part  was  paid  and  a  part 
thrown  off. 
There  have  been  cases 
where  the parties  have  refused  to  pay 
because  they  were  not  obliged  to  pay, 
though bound  by  a  contract,  and  on ad­
vising the  man to pay when  he came be­
fore  us,  advising  him  to  be  honorable 
and  square,  we  would  get  rid  of  that 
case.  Whereas, it might have gone  into 
the  courts,  many  dollars  in  litigation 
being thus saved.  The great  mistake of 
many  men in the  mattdr of  our collect­
ing system is, we do not take hold of  the 
issuing  of  Blue  Letters  except in  dull 
times when  there is nothing  else to do— 
the  very  time  when  the  people  have 
nothing to  pay with.  When  the  people 
are earning  something is the  time to use 
the collecting system.  Do not  wait until 
winter,  when  everybody  feels -he  must 
save and you have the most time.  Make 
hay while the sun shines.  Thousands of 
Blue Letters  have  been sent  out and  no 
report made of  failure to  reply to  them; 
hence  the  Secretary  could  not  follow 
them  up.  My advice  was to wait  until 
business  became more lively, then  push 
the collecting system.  Some did this.
Let us pass to one or two other points: 
Added to this collecting system,  we have 
urged the necessity of  compiling matter, 
getting  information  in  regard  to  the 
standing  of  every person  buying  goods 
on credit. 
It  does  not  require so much 
effort to do this as one would think.
During  the  year  the  Association con­
ceived  the  idea  of  compiling a circular 
and  sending it out broadcast,  in  the  in­
terest  of  Muskegon.  Several  thousand 
copies have been distributed and it is ex­
pected that we shall  soon  have 50,000 of 
them to be used  by the  members  of  the 
Association,  and others who may wish to 
use  them,  and  sent  broadcast  over  the 
country. 
It has data  that  will  produce 
benefits to the  town.  This  has involved 
expense, as well as labor.
We have taken  hold of  the question of 
peddlers—peddlers  of  everything.  We 
have conceived  the  idea of  urging upon 
the Council  the  establishment of  a mar­
ket system;  also, getting laws regulating 
the weights and inspection of  food.  We 
have had  the  hearty co-operation of  the 
horticultural society of the county,  which 
is working in the  same  direction.  Last 
night an ordinance for  the establishment 
of  a  market, 
the  abolishment  of  ped­
dling,  etc.,  was introduced by one of  the 
members  of  our  organizatiun  in  the 
Council.  We hope soon to report to  you 
the  best  system  of  markets of  any city 
in the State. 
If  we do not, it will be be­
cause  we  do  not do our duty.  We  can 
take  hold  as,  an  organization and do it. 
Then  this  question  of  peddling  every 
conceivable  article  all  over  our  streets 
and  going  outside of  the  city to  spend 
the money is an important one—it should 
not be so that a man  can  sell  $10,000 or 
$20,000  worth of  goods  without  paying 
any taxes for the improvement of streets, 
or into the general treasury.  (Applause.) 
Pictures,  paintings,  enlarged  photo­
graphs  are  contracted for every day and 
a snide  article  sent  that  any  artist  in 
Muskegon can  better  and  not  half  try. 
Articles  under some other name are sold 
right  under  the  noses of  druggists who 
have had the thing for sale for  years.
The  question of  new  manufactories is 
another  question  for  our  organization; 
the  beautifying of  lawns,  public  build­
ings.  A thousand things come under the 
scope of  this organization.  The question 
of  public  schools  should  be thoroughly 
investigated  everywhere, until  we know 
whether  there  is  fault  or  not.  These 
things should be left to a systematic com­
mittee.  Find  out  what  we  have, what 
we want, and then if  we  have  what  we 
don’t want, get rid of  it, and if  we  have 
not  what  we  want, get it.  That is bus­
iness.  One  of  the  greatest  benefits  to 
be  accomplished  by  our  society  is  the 
creation of  public  sentiment—it  carries 
everything  with it, builds  water-works, 
railroads—can do anything.  Without it, 
we  can  do  nothing.  Go  at it systemat­
ically.  We can create  public sentiment. 
Heart  to  heart, hand  to  hand,  purse to 
purse,  shoulder  to  shoulder, will  bring 
about  results.  Take  those  things  you 
can  agree  on  and  push them.  Let the 
things  you cannot agree  on  alone  until 
you can.
The work must be done by committees. 
Committee work is  very important.  Get 
men who will  investigate  subjects thor­
oughly  and  make  an  intelligent,  con­
clusive report of  something  that  can  be 
taken hold of  and used. 
If  this is done, 
your body has  something  to work upon, 
and can  work  intelligently, whether for 
or against.  Let the committees be work­
ers.  Let them  place  the work in such a 
shape  that  the  whole  membership  can

(Applause.)

take hold of  it and push it.  What then ? 
Success !
Gentlemen, I have trespassed too much 
on  your  time,  and I thank  you  for  your 
consideration.  We  have  done  a  great 
deal  of  good  in  the  past.  We  can  do 
more  in  the  future—and we  hope to do 
it. 
The President—We appreciate this  re­
It  shows  what 
port very much,  indeed. 
can  be  done  with  a  good  system. 
It 
shows what a man can  accomplish,  if  he 
does  his  work  in  the  proper  way. 
It 
showsj  also,  that  man  cannot  create  a 
good  Secretary—you  have  got  to  find 
him  out—one  like  Mr.  Whitney. 
(Ap­
plause.)

Mr. Whitney—I have  not  given him a 

(Laughter.)

cent this morning. 
Sand  Lake  (J.  Y.  Crandall) — I  ex­
pected  our  Secretary here  to make a re­
port.  We are small in  numbers and our 
members do not attend  the  meetings. 
I 
had a talk  with  several of  our  business 
men  last  Friday  and I saw  tears  of  re­
pentance  in  their eyes. 
I have  faith to 
believe that when I return  home anjl tell 
them what a good time we have had* with 
our  Muskegon  brethren  and  you  from 
other  parts  of  the  State,  we  shall  be 
moved  to  take  up  our  work.  We sent 
out  185  Blue  Letters,  and  an  equal 
amount of second letters, only represent­
ing  an  indebtedness  of $1,700.  We  re­
ceived responses from only $300—leaving 
$1,400 that was never  collected. 
In that 
$300,  there  was  $50  in  outlawed debts. 
That class of  debts we found susceptible 
of  being  reached.  Ours  is a farming— 
used to be a lumbering  town.  We  have 
succeeded  in  getting in, directly and in­
directly, two  shingle mills  and one lum­
ber mill.  We  have  built  roads  as bus­
iness  men,  not  asking  any  others  for 
help.  We  have  taken  the  pains  to re­
pair  three  roads,  so  that  the  farming 
community  will  come  to  our  town  to 
I have listened to my good broth­
trade. 
er’s report,  which largely has been of the 
collecting  system. 
I believe as business 
men we have  something  besides the col­
lecting of  debts.  A  true  business  man 
means something more than one who sells 
goods. 
If  he  has  not the interest of  his 
town or city at heart—as  many have not, 
we  have  found  to  our  sorrow—he  is a 
curse  to a town.  They rob a community 
of  its wealth,  then  take the  money and 
move away.  We  have  had a few  such. 
They were  the  tail  end  of  the  suckers 
that  ran  through  our  section  of  the 
country.  We are stocked now with trout 
that mean to stay.  Business men are the 
salt of  a community.—if  they do  not get 
a trust on it—and  will  many times  save 
their  tçwn  from  going back. 
I am half 
lumberman,  half  merchant  and  half 
farmer, myself.  (Laughter.) 
[A voice— 
“What  is 
the  other  half ?”]  Dog ! 
I  believe  in keeping 
(Loud  laughter.) 
on the good side of the devil—that is, the 
farmer—that’s half  me. 
(Laughter.)  A 
business  man  means  something  more 
than a  moss-back  with  hay-seed  in  his 
hair  and  a  pumpkin  vine  around  his 
neck.  The  little,  insignificant  bumble­
bee  has a “business”  end.  There  is  a 
“business”  end  to a mule. 
(Laughter.) 
And the man  who has no business end to 
him isn’t as  good  as a mule or a bumble­
bee. 
(Laughter.)  The  business  man 
can  make  wooden  nutmegs,  and  an 
almighty  smart  one  can 
sell 
them. 
(Laughter.)  We  can  make a success of 
our Association in our  community.
Saugatuck (L. A. Phelps)—In  August, 
1887. two or three business men of Sauga­
tuck  conceived  the  idea  of  a  Business 
Men’s  Association for our place.  As we 
came to talk it to othei’s of  the place,  we 
found it a very  easy matter  to  get a list 
of  names sufficient to start  with,  and we 
wrote  Mr.  Stowe,  asking  him  to  come 
down  and  help us,  which he very gladly 
did.  We  organized  with  twenty-eight 
members, then run  our  list up to thirty- 
five,  but  have  since  dropped  back  to 
thirty  good,  solid  men.  Many of  them 
are good workers.
We  have only lost  one  member whom 
we  really desired  to  keep,  and  he went 
out through  some little  mistake that our 
executive committee made  which offend­
ed  him.  Our  Association  has  done  a 
good collecting business, the system work­
ing  remarkably  well  with  us.  Still, I 
see  we  have  many of  us got  the same 
wrong  idea  of  its  being  a  collection 
agency  altogether,  though  I  have  only 
used the Blue  Letters in two  cases.  We 
have  been  working  for  a  railroad  and, 
through  the united  efforts  of  the B.  M. 
A., we  have  succeeded  in  raising  the 
amount they required.  Work is progress­
ing  on the  eastern  end of  the line  and 
we  soon  expect  the  workmen  at  our 
place.  We  have  now  under  considera­
tion a handle factory,  which will employ 
about 150 workmen,  which  will  be quite 
an  easy  matter  when  they see  that  we 
are to  have a railroad.  The Association 
not  only helps in all these  things,  but it 
brings  the  business  men  together  and 
creates  a  more  friendly  feeling.  Like 
the rest of you, we find hard work neces­
sary to keep up the interest.  Twice only 
in  two  years  have  we  failed  to  get  a 
quorum.  Our  attendance  is  nearly  50 
per cent. 
I  shall go  home from  Muske­
gon with  many new ideas, which  cannot 
fail  to help  us, and  I  expect it will  be 
much easier to work  than it has been  in 
the past.
Continuing,  he said: Last winter, when 
we  received  notice  from  the  Insurance 
Committee, we  were  busily  engaged  on 
our railroad business  and every man had 
signed all  the notes he  thought he  could 
for the  railroad  company,  so we did  not 
feel  much like  taking  any stock  in  the 
insurance  company.  We  decided not to 
do anything until after the  road  was se­
cured. 
I think and trust it will come up 
again  i n’t he future.  We  have men who 
will push it after we get the railroad busi­
ness off our hands.  If the Insurance Com­
mittee,  after  they get  started, will  call 
on us, I am  sure we will  help them very 
liberally.

President  Miller  announced  the  boat 
ride and the banquet, giving all a cordial 
invitation to participate in.

Mr. Whitney  hoped  they  wouid  take 
the  ladies with  them  on  the  boat  ride. 
The boat, he said, had  a fault of leaving

[CONTINUED  ON  FIFTH   PAGE.]

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

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@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................ 60 00@65 00
Cherry, Cull.........................................   @12 00
Maple, log-run..........................................12 00@13 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.......................................20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...............................26 00®28 00
Red Oak, Y\ sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, \  sawed, regular.................30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log ru n ...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll......................................   @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run....................................14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run .7...............................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00@18 00
White Oak, \  sawed, Nos. 1 and 2__  42 00@43 00

piiiskepn  Paper  Go,

Dealers in

FINE  STATIONERY,  WRAPPING 

PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES, 

WOODEN  DISHES,  ETC.

Mail  Orders  Promptly  Filled.

44 Pine St.,  Muskegon, Mich

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M a rk et.

Over  100  Boxes  Sold 
the 

Grand  Rapids 
First  Week.

in 

Wax Starch is  s®ld as follows:
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50 |-lb .  Packages, 
16  2  lb. Wood  Boxes, 
30 %-lb.  Packages, 

$4.00
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Best  Scranton  Goal

Call o h   o r   a d d r e s s

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Hides, Furs, W ool &  Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124 LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CARE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE-

No C hem icals.^
W.  BAKER 
&  CO.’S
Breakfast  Cocoa
Is absolutely pure 

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and  it  is soluble«
To  increase  the  solubility  of 
the powdered cocoa, various expe- 
dients aie employed, most of them
being  based  upon  the  action of  some  alkali, potash, soda  or 
even ammonia.  Cocoa  which  has been  prepared  by one of 
these chemical processes  can  usually be  recognized  at  once 
by the distinct alkaline reaction of the infusion in water.
W .  Baker & Co.’s  Breakfast Cocoa
is  manufactured  from  the  first  stage  to  the  last  by  perfect 
mechanical  processes,  no chemical  being  used  in 
its preparation.  By one of the most ingenious of these 
mechanical  processes  the  greatest  degree  of  fineness  is 
secured without the sacrifice of  the  attractive  and  beautiful 
ted color  which  is  characteristic  of an absolutely pure and 
natural cocoa.
W . Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.

CANDY!: _ We  manufacture  a  full 
BUTNA.M &  BROOKS.
W E   L E A D !

j line, carry  a  heavy stock, 
and  warrant  onr  goods  to 
be STRICTLY  PURE  and 
l first class.

Let  Others  F o llo w .

N o t  a  q u e stio n   o f  W h o   C an,  b u t  W h o   'W ill 

s e ll  th e   B e st  G o o d s for th e  L o w e s t  P r ic e s.

OUR NEW TEfiS ÄRE NOW  READY  FOR  INSPECTION.
Teller Spice Company

1  and  3  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .  K.  Bolles   &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

" W h olesale  C igar  D ea lers.

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'To the P a s s   Boole,

Such is the fate of the  Pass Book System wherever it comes in

contact with the

Tradesman  Greiit  Godpon  Book,

Which is now used by over 2,600  Michigan  merchants.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modern in 

the market, being sold as follows:

2 Coupons, per hundred.................$2.50
5 
3.00
0 
4.00
5.00
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The  Old

THE

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The M ichigan T radesm an

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  14,  1889.

A GRAND  SUCCESS. 

[c o n t in u e d   fr o m   f o u r t h   p a c e .] 

on  time.  The  life  saving  crew  would 
give an exhibition at 4 o’clock.

J. V.  Crandall—Don’t  you  think,  Mr. 
Chairman,  we  had  better  throw  a  busi­
ness  man overboard  and  let them  save 
him? 

(Laughter.)

E. A. Stowe—In behalf of Mr.  Blain, I 
would  like  to  inquire if  the  excursion 
■goes  anywhere  near 
the  brewery? 

^(Laughter.)

A voice—If  they do  not, it  will  be all 

right if there is a tank line.

Another voice—A chance for  Crandall 

(Laughter.)

has lain dormant so long.

fehe  location  of  the  post  office. 

to throw out his man. 
Grand  Ledge (A.  B.  Schumacher)—I 
would  say that  the  Association  in  our 
town is not  asleep,  it  is  dead.  During 
the last year we have been troubled over 
It was 
carried out of  the business center, to the 
extreme southern  limit, where there was 
only one  road entering.  Eight-tenths of 
the  commercial  business is done  on  the 
north side.  The  office  was  carried  to 
the  south  side.  A  secret  organization 
was formed.  It  was  understood  it  was 
to be considered the South Side Business 
Men’s  Association.  They appointed  an 
executive  committee of  five, of  which I 
was  a  member  and  that  committee  re­
ported  all information  the}' get  in  rela- 
■lion to the postoffice.  That was the con- 
aition  for some  time.  We  succeeded in 
locking out Mr. Winney, late Democratic 
candidate for State Treasurer, and moved 
the  postoffice  over.  Shortly  after  this 
Association  was  formed  we  had  a  fire 
that destroyed a chair  factory,  a planing 
mill, saw mill and curtain fixture factory. 
I called  the committee together the next 
day and stated  that there was an oportu- 
nity for the Association to  do something 
for Grand  Ledge, and  that  now was  the 
J, time.  We  succeeded in getting  a public 
%meeting  and raised  S3,000  to  assist  the 
chair  factory,  and  in  thirty-three  days 
from the  day  of  the fire  the  Business 
Men’s  Association  had erected  a  build­
ing four stories high,  40x120. and turned 
it  over to them  without a  dollar  of  in­
debtedness.  Since then we have become 
organized  under  the  State  Association. 
The  collection system  seemed  to  cloud 
the atmosphere of  nearly every member, 
and  they used  the system to such an ex­
te n t that many good citizens  became dis­
gusted. 
It became so disastrous to trade 
that  it  was  discontinued.  The  result 
was that business  men of  the north side 
entirely  withdrew,  and  many  on  the 
south side kicked  because the  Blue Let­
ter  was  used so  freely.  So we  were  in 
fear of  being  boycotted.  The  Associa­
tion went  down and has  not had a meet­
ing  in  ten  months. 
I  tried  to get  the 
members  to come  out,  but could  not. 
I 
have obtained some good  points,  which I 
will  endeavor to explain to the  business 
^men when I get  home  and I  trust I may 
•succeed in bringing to life  the  body that 
The  President—I  believe  Mr.  Schu­
macher  will  be  able to resuscitate  this 
organization if  he  will take hold  of this 
matter  in an  active  and energetic  man­
ner.  Grand  Ledge  is  a good  town  and 
should  have a good  Business  Men’s  As­
sociation.
▼  Morley  (John  Pierdon) — There  are 
twenty-one  members  in  our Association 
in  good standing  and the  general  confi­
dence  and  feeling existing  between  the 
members  are in a very  satisfactory  con­
dition.  We all  feel that  such a state  of 
things  is  necessary,  as we  have a  great 
deal of  w ork  to  do in  dealing  with  our 
new  and  seemingly  formidable  enemy, 
the  P. of  I. 
I  refer  to  them,  for  they 
are  very  numerous  in and  around  our 
town.  We  have  found  a  good  deal  of 
^trouble  sometimes in  getting  the  mem­
bers out to our regular meetings,  in fact, 
our  Secretary’s minutes will  show there 
have  been  too  many  adjournments  for 
want of  a quorum.  This  should  not be 
so.  Another  and more  dangerous trou­
ble  has shown  itself  in our  Association 
—dishonesty.  Not  dishonest as regards 
dollars  and  cents, but  dishonesty to  the 
Association,  or  probably  a  better term 
would be, leaky members.  For instance, 
last  March, at our  regular  meeting, one 
of  the  members  reminded  the  proper 
committee that it was their  duty to go to 
work  and  see  that  proper  candidates 
■pvere  put in  nomination  for the  village 
offices, that  we might  get our  roads and 
various other  things  attended  to.  Next 
day  it was public talk on our streets and 
great  injustice  was  done  the  member 
who introduced  the subject,  for  his  mo­
tives  were  entirely honest  and  for  the 
best  interests of  the  village.  We have 
added many improvements to our village 
in the last  year,  prominent  among them 
being  fire  protection. 
I  believe  to-day 
Morley  is  second  to no  village  in  the 
State in that respect, all obtained through 
^h e  efforts of  the  Business  Men’s Asso­
ciation.  The G. R. & I. Railroad .deserve 
great credit for the disposition manifest­
ed  to  aid  our village  in  this  respect. 
They furnish us the water and the power 
from their  tank engine  and the  business 
men  bought  from  25  to  50 feet of  hose 
apiece, so that we  now have  from 800 to 
1,000  feet of  hose, which will  from  the 
central  point of  the tank reach  all  over 
the  business  portion of  town.  We also 
pay 25  cents  apiece to the  fire  company 
Aoer  week  for  the  purpose  of  wetting 
aown in dry times, so we have water and 
the  power  to  throw  over  a  six  story 
building  a volume of  water  that  would 
drown  out  any  fire  Morley  ever  saw— 
and she has had some bad ones.
There  are  many things  the  B. M.  A. 
has worked hard to get, but failed so far, 
such  as  more  railroads, manufacturing, 
etc.  The  Association  is  at  present try­
ing to get  the fast  morning train  north
orks  much  injury to  our  town.  How 
we  will  succeed  remains  to  be  seen. 
We  have  each  year  since our  organiza­
tion held a banquet  sometime during the 
holidays,  which  seems to  give  general 
.  satisfaction to the members of  the Asso­
ciation, especially  your humble  servant.

«> stop at our  place, a circumstance that 

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F L O U R

Owl, Crown Prince, White Lily, 

Standard, R p, Graham,

Voigt, Msbeimer & Go.
Dry Goods

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

Fansu  Grockery  and

Fanny  Woodenware

OUR OWN  IMPORTATION.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

troit  prices  guaranteed.

Wholesale  Dealer In

E,  6.  8YUDLEY,
Rubber
Boots and Shoes

Manufactured by

GRNDEE RUBBER  GO.

B o lted  M ea l,

F e ed ,  E tc.
PWBYGO  ROLLER  MILLS.

MAIL  ORDERS  SOLICITED.

A common ^ens^  

Idea.

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Two Years 
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on the
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WHOLESALE

Anthracite and Bituminous Goal.
Before ordering your coal write to us for prices.

State Trade a Specialty.

53  Pearl  Street. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H E S T E R   <Ss  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SA W  AITS GRIST MIL I M ACHINERY,
Send  for 
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and

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

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Lemon  &  Peters,

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G R O C E R S .

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Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  Cheese,

GRAND

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FERM ENTUM

F o r   S a l e .

6 8   M o n r o e   S tre e t.

The  Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast.

Grocers and Bakers not handling our yeast are requested to  write  for  samples 
and prices.  One trial will convince all of its superiority for freshness and strength.
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| Visiting merchants  are  invited to call at
I the distributing depot,  106 Kent St.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  m ic h . 

state Jobbing Agent, 

D E T R O IT  S O A P  CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

QUEEN  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR, 
________________ 

AND  OTHERS.

TRUE  BLUE, 

MASCOTTE, 

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CAMEO

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Salesman for Western Michigan,

quantities,  address,

TCT A   W K ' F A T C  

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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D IR E C T IO N S  

We haw cooked the corn in this can 
sufficient!; 
should  be  Thoroughly 
Warned  not cooked) adding  piece ol 
Cirood Butter (size ot hen's egg) and gilt 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

Davenport  Canning  Q0i

Davenport,  la.
a t   t h i s "e> 0

H.  L eo n ard   &  Sons.

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

Cor. Spring and Eulton Sts.

WE  IR E

FOR

Q iM   Meal 
Gasoline 
Stone
Has

Headquarters
Mishigan.
20,765
Qifink Meal
Found 
StoUes 
in no Other 
Sold 
Stone.
in  1888,
Warranted,  to  Give  Satisfaction•

Safety  Points

List Price.
$21.50
20.50
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23.50
22.50

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Above Stove, with Russia Iron Oven, Self  Lighter 
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With Three Burners on Top, Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter 

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“ 
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“  Tin Oven, Self Lighter 
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Tin Oven, Self Lighter 

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Every dealer should have a copy.

H.  L eo n ard   &  Sons.
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,
“ M .  C .  C .”  “  Yum  Y u n i’’

Big  Rapids,  Mich•

MANUFACTURERS OF  THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

The  Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

The Most Popular  Cigar. 

SEND  FOR  TRIAL  ORDER.

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GRAND  RARIDS,  MICH.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Fresh and Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt 

Pork, Hams,  Shoulders, Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage 

of all  Kinds,  Dried  Beef  for  Slicing. 

H i x o l s . l e 'b e r r i e s   W a n t e d !

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WHOLESALE

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

IS  MAKING  A  SPECIALTY  ON  HUCKLEBERRIES.

from you.

If you are in the  market  to  either  buy  or  sell,  or  send  on  commission,  will be pleased to hear

33  OTTAWA  STEET,

Telephone 369.

Grand Rapids Fruit and ProdUGe Go.,

GRAND  RÄPID8,  MICH.

(SUCCESSOR  TO  GEO.  E.  HOWES  St  CO.)

Jobbers  of

FOREIGN  FRUITS.

O r a n g e s,  L e m o n s   a n d   B a n a n a s   a  S p e c ia lty .

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

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-WHOLESALE-

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from yon.

26,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St.,
C. A. LAMB, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

FRED CLOCK, Chicago, 111. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.
F. J. LAMB & CO., Grand Rapids, Mioh ,

C.  A.  E A MB   &  CO.,

Wholesale  and  Commission

Fruits

Our Specialtiest

CALIFORNIA  FRUITS, 

Produce.

ORANGES, 

LEMONS,

BANANAS  AND  BERRIES.

56  and  58  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

EDWIN  FAEEAS,

Bitter, E®, Oranyes, Lews, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nits, Eip, Etc.
Eggs Crate Factory in connection.  Price List  furnished 

JOBBER  OF

on  application.

Mail Orders Filled Carefully and Promptly at Lowest Market Price.
Cold  Storage at Nos. 317 and 319 Livingstone St.
Office  and  Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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.  F R U IT S .

gEgajjgriSMjjm"  j
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H e a d q u a r te r s  for  B a n a n a s .

16 AND 18 NORTH  DIVISION ST.
B uy  and  Try /
M f> 
STEAM  PURPOSES.
tor 
s i ™   use-

LIGHT  ASH. 

NO  CLINKER.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Island  City  Coal.
If you buy it, we Guarantee the Best Results.
Used by  Principal  Hotels, Leading  Manu­
facturers and Railroads.

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A .  H IM E S ,  S o le   A g e n t,

TELEPHONE  490-1.

MAIN OFFICE, 54  PEARL  ST.

FIRE!  FIRE!

We  are  selling  the  BEST  RUBBER  HOSE  in 
3-4,  1,  11-4,  11-2,  2  and  2 1-2  inch.  Cotton Mill 
Hose, Rubber Lined;  also unlined Linen Hose, in all 
sizes, for fire protection.

OUrPriGBS arB RoGkBotiom

We  have the Best  Lubricators, Grease and  Oil 
Cups,’Lath; and  Fodder  Yarn,  Saw Gummers, and 
the best General Stock of Mill Supplies in this State.

D A R D

strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 581b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails

Rickled Rigs9 Reet, Tripe, Bte.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods  are -warranted  first-class  In every in­
stance.  When in Grand Rapids, give us a  call  and  look  over  onr  establishment.  Write  us  for 
prices.

AGENTS  FOR  STEWART’S  BEADY  ROOFING,  DEAFENING  FELT  AND 

SHEATHING,  IRON  FIBRE  PAINT  AND  CEMENT.  BEST 

OF  THE  KIND  IN  USE.

S A M U E L   LY O N ,

ot  this.  On the  other hand,  the  loss to 
some  redounds  in good to  others,  as the 
Riverside mills  have  been a thorn in the 
side of  worsted manufacturers for years, 
as  their  pecuniary  demands  were  so 
great  that no  one  knew  at  what  time 
their goods were  coming on the  market, 
at a price  below any reasonable profit or 
cost, which has been a frequent occurence 
during the  past  two  years.  They  are 
now  out of  the way.  Another  element 
which  does not  give dealers  much hope 
for  the  future is the  enormous importa­
tion of  worsted  cloths and yarns, which 
have been  brought  in  during  the  past 
year on old classification and are  now on 
the  market.  On  the whole, the  market 
is actually lower, being  braced up to old 
prices  by  talk, with  large  offerings and 
light  demand  only  at  a  concession. 
Foreign markets are  strong and  advanc­
ing.  Wo®ls cannot now be brought over 
Our home supply is not sufficient for ou 
wants for the  year to keep mills running 
but  they cannot  run  at a loss.  Dealers 
must  wait or take a loss  now, and  what 
the future will bring is uncertain.

Hides  are  unchanged in price only as 
they are of  better  quality, which makes 
them in more  demand.  There are large 
quantities of  old  hides  in  the  country 
that are not  wanted  only at much lower 
prices;  these  are  at  a  higher  cost  to 
dealers than  the present  market and are 
held in  hopes  of  an  advance,  which is 
not  likely to  come  in  the  near future. 
The leather market is well stocked, trade 
is good,  supplies  ample  and  prices are 
low.  The disastrous  year of the trade is 
about over.  Failures  have  been numer­
ous  and  large,  leaving  present  houses 
with  reduced capital but on a firm basis. 
It is conceded by all leather  dealers and 
manufacturers that the  low  prices  have 
come  to  stay,  and  a  healthy  trade  is 
looked for.  Shrinkages  in  value  have 
been enormous,  and,  coming in so short 
a time,  no  other  line could have held it 
so well.  We look for a fair demand,  but 
it must be at low prices only.

Tallow quiet with fair demand.

His  Honest  Pride.

Respectable  Old  Merchant  (who  has 
failed  for  the  twentieth  time) to book­
keeper—Well,  Mr.  Book-keeper,  how 
much can we pay ?
Book-keeper—I don’t think we can pay 
more than twenty-five cents, sir.
Respectable  Old  Merchant 
(indig­
nantly)—Nonsense!  I have  always paid 
forty cents,  and I shall  do  so  now, even 
if  I have to  pay the  other  fifteen  cents 
out of  my own pocket.

Attention  is directed  to  the  business 
opening  advertised  in  another  column 
by Lemon & Peters.  The  stock is an ex­
ceptionally good  one  and the location is 
unsurpassed as a trading point._____

Shipper of Fruits. Butter,  Eggs, and Vegetables.

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Wool,  Hides and Tallow.

GROCERIES.

lasses houses.  An increase of half a cent 
a  pound  on  two-thirds of  our consump­
tion, 
to-wit,  on  2,000,000,000  pounds, 
would give an added profit of $10,000,000, 
which  is  20  per  cent, on the  certificate 
capital of the Sugar Trust.
The quotations  in  New York for June 
20 of  the present  year  show a difference 
between the  two  grades of  sugar I have 
selected,  which  are  standard grades for 
comparison,  of  2%  cents  per  pound, 
which is even  greater  than  the  amount 
above stated,  and shows the steady main­
tenance of  the  power  of  the Trust. 
In­
deed, its pecuniary success  has  been not 
less  brilliant  than  that  of  the  original 
Trust. 
It was capitalized at $50,000,000. 
As the quota allotted to the  North  River 
Refinery,  which  subsequently  sold  in 
open  market  for  $325,000, was $700,000 
in certificates,  and  its  owners  were dis­
satisfied  with  their  share  as  compared 
with  others,  it  is  safe  to  say that this 
capitalization was nearly if not twice the 
actual  value of  the  properties  put  into 
the Trust.  The certificates began at $79, 
and reached at one time  $126, although a 
later reaction brought them  some  points 
lower  in  anticipation  of  an adverse de­
cision  in  a  case  affecting  the Trust,  of 
which I shall hereafter speak.
After payment of  dividends  last  year, 
it had,  according to  the  circular of  Wil­
lett  &  Hamlin, a surplus  of  $10,000,000 
in  its  treasury.  The  same  authority 
gives  its  earnings  between  January  1, 
1889,  and  June  13, as $15,000,000 more. 
Thus, its surplus from last  year, with its 
net cash profit for less than six months of 
the present year,  amounts to $23,000,000, 
probably the full value of  the plants put 
into the Trust and  nearly 50 per cent,  on 
its watered capital.  No wonder the other 
industries  of  the  country  are  rushing 
pell-mell  for  this  new invention,  which 
in a single  year  showers upon those who 
can  skillfully  and  effectively  use  it, 
riches not only greater than the ordinary 
profits of  legitimate  industry,  but  even 
beyond  the  wild  dreams of  speculative 
adventure.  But who  can  effectually use 
it, and,  more  important  still, who  pays 
the piper ?

How the  Sugar Trust Was Formed.
The  series  of  able  articles  now  ap­
pearing  in  the  Baltimore Sun, from the 
pen of  the  Hon. Wm. L. Wilson,  Repre­
sentative  in  Congress  from  West  Vir­
ginia,  are attracting a good deal of atten­
tion,  and are the  most  searching  papers 
into the true history of trusts and monop­
olies that have  yet  appeared in any quar­
ter. Having thoroughly exposed all the ins 
and outs of  that  gigantic  monopoly, the 
Standard Oil  Company, which is the his­
tory  of  a  great  commercial  crime,  Mr. 
Wilson  turns  to  the  great Sugar Trust 
and  tells  the  whole  story  of  how  that 
trust  was  formed,  uncovers  the  first 
machinery  of  monopoly,  and  shows  us 
the  business  application  of  the  rule of 
addition,  subtraction  and  silence  and 
how great riches are made for  the  skill­
ful few.  Sugar is of  daily use  in  every 
household. 
Its  average  consumption in 
the  United  States  is  fifty  pounds  per 
capita, requiring  nearly one-third of  the 
product  of 
the  world.  Of  this  vast 
amount we produce, chiefly in Louisiana, 
a variable fraction, averaging  about one- 
tenth, and import the residue in the form 
of  raw sugars, which  are  refined in this 
country, our  tariff  duties  being  prohib­
itory  on  the  refined  grades.  When, 
therefore, it became  known  that a large 
majority  of  American 
refiners  had 
formed a ‘‘Sugar Trust,”  and  its  opera 
tion  was  brought sharply home to every 
household  by  an  immediate  and  conse­
quent  rise  in  the  price of  an article of 
universal  consumption,  public  feeling 
was  at  once  excited to the point  where 
legislatures and  courts  were  invoked to 
uncover,  and,  if  possible,  to  suppress 
this  new  form  of  secret  combination. 
The Sugar Trust was framed very closely 
upon  its  model,  but  some  differences 
must be kept in view from the beginning.
The Standard Oil  Trust  was  simply a 
new and more perfect  organization given 
to an already existing combination.
The Sugar Trust  was  the  adoption of 
that  organization  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  combination  out  of  hitherto 
independent  and  competing  companies. 
The  deed under which  the  Sugar  Trust 
Wool  is a stagnant  article in the  mar 
was organized was made in October, 1887. 
ket.  Dealers have  it at a high  cost  and 
It  provided  that  all  parties  to  it,  not 
hold,  as a rule, firm;  but since the heavy 
already corporations, should first become 
failure  of  Brown,  Steese  &  Clark  (or 
such, and thereupon that  all  the  shares 
of  stock  in  all  the  corporations should 
Riverside mills), manufacturers  hold off 
be transferred  to  the  board of  trustees, 
entirely,  some  wools  being  offered  at 
eleven  in  number,  designated  as “The 
lower  prices without  takers.  Offers  on 
Sugar  Refineries  Company,” in  lieu  of 
some lots of  X wools on which had  been 
which  stock  certificates  declaring  that 
the  holder  was  entitled  to  so  many 
offered  30  cents  and  held  at  31  cents, 
“shares  of  the  Sugar  Refineries  Com­
were withdrawn and lowered to 28 cents, 
pany”  were  to  be  distributed  by  the 
holders being  willing to  accept 30 cents. 
board to the  several  corporations, to  be 
How far  this  may extend  remains  to be 
by them  re-distributed to the parties en­
titled  to  them.  The  amount  of  these 
seen,  but  as  one  holder  after  another 
certificates was not to exceed $50,000,000, 
weakens on this  pressure,  so is the mar­
and  the  quota  allotted to each  corpora­
ket likely to be, and in reality is, 2 cents 
tion  was to  be  ascertained by appraise­
lower, if sales are effected. 
It is hard to
ment  and  agreement  as  to  the  actual 
value  of  its  property,  iucluding  good­
brace up a market  already above buyers’ 
will,  patents  and  the like, and  without 
views  after so disastrous  a  failure (run­
regard  to  its  capitalization.  Of 
the 
ning into  millions) in the  trade, even if
snares  anuttcu,  10  pvi  wun.  «viv 
shares  allotted, 15  per  cent, were  to be
left with the board with which to acquire | not wholly caused by that trade.  Again,
other  refineries  becoming  parties to the 
*“ tho  there  is  the  uncertainty  Of  how  many
deed, to pay for  additional  capacities or 
other  failures must  follow as the  result
to appropriate  to  the  several refineries. 
Each corporation preserves, as before,  its 
identity and  separate  management,  but 
the board, as the common  and  exclusive 
stockholders  of  them  all,  elect 
their 
directors  and  receive  all the dividends, 
©ut of  which  in  turn  they  declare  and | 
pay dividends on the trust certificates. 
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The  parties  executing  the  original 
agreement  included  nine in  New York,' 
headed  by the  great  Havemver  & Elder 
concern,  whose  refineries  have a  capaci-; 
ty of  8,000  barrels, or  nearly  2,500,000 
pounds daily, and three in Boston.  Later : 
it was  signed by one in St. Louis, two in 
New Orleans  and  one  in Portland, Me., J 
and possibly others in recent months. 
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These  sixteen  refineries  first  forming 
the “Trust” produce two-thirds of there- 
fined sugar of  this country.  Among  the 
declared  objects  of  the  deed  were  to j 
communicate  to all  the  processes  or ap- 
pliances  possessed  by  any;  to  maintain j 
the  standard of  refined  sugars;  to  pro- 
mote economies, so  as to  keep the  price! 
of  sugar as  low  as  consistent with  rea- • 
sonable  profit,  and  to  protect  against 
unlawful combinations of labor.
The deed under which the Sugar Trust 
was  formed, while  more  clear  and  ex- j 
plicit  in  many respects  than  its  proto­
type, was  more  general  in  prescribing 
the  duties of  the  trustees, doubtless  to 
avoid  any conflict  with the  laws against 
combinations in the  State of  New York. 
Its trustees denied, with much emphasis, | 
any  attempt or purpose  to  control  pro- j 
duction  or  enhance  prices,  but  a  few { 
facts cannot  be  explained  in  any other I 
way.  Here  were  sixteen of  the  largest 
refineries  in  the  country,  engaged  m | 
eager  competition  in  the  manufacture 
and sale of sugars, that by a single agree­
ment  entered  into  a  “trust.”  Almost 
immediately five of  these refineries were 
closed, three  in  New  York  and  two  in 
Boston.  One of the New York refineries, 
the North  River, was  sold to the city for 
park  purposes,  another  and  very  large 
one, the  Oxnard, was  directed to be dis­
mantled.  Various  excuses were  alleged 
for this prompt diminution of production, 
but  it is  hard  to  explain  why the  only 
shutting down in the country was among 
the trust refineries.  Another immediate 
result of  this  combination of  late rivals 
to  “maintain  the  standard  of  refined 
sugar” was  an  increase in its cost to the 
consumer.  When  the  trust was  formed 
the  difference  between the  price of  fair 
refined  raw  sugar  and  refined  granulat­
ed  sugar was 1  9-16  cents  per  pound, a | 
difference, which, on examination of cor­
responding  prices  in  London,  allowing 
all  that was  claimed  for  increased  cost j 
of production in America, would afford a j 
fair profit to the refiner.  In three months’ 
time  the  difference  had  become  2  1-16 
cents per  pound,  one half cent more, for 
which  there  can  be no explanation  ex-1 
cept  the  power of  the  trust to  increase 
the price of  its product to the consumer, 
especially when  the  Government  stands 
guard to keep away all outside relief that 
cannot  leap over a high-protecting  wall. 
Let  us see  what an additional  half  cent 
a pound  meant.  We consume  annually 
about 3,000,000,000 pounds of sugar.  Of 
this  quantity the  refineries in the  trust 
produce, nearly,  if  not quite, two-thirds, 
the  other  third  being produced  by out­
side 
refineries,  the  sugar  houses  of 
Louisiana  and  a  few  unimportant  mo­

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Wholesale Price  Current•

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

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PRODUCE  M A RK ET.
Apples—Red Astrieans, $1.40 per bbl.
Beans—Dry  stock  Is  scarce,  but 

scarcely any demand. 
and hold at $2.10@$2.15 per bu.

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Jobbers pay $1.75 per bu 

there 

25c.

Beets—30c per doz.
Blackberries—$1.50 per 16-qt. case.
Butter—While there has  been  no  advance  in 
price, butter  is  firmer  and  in  a little better de­
mand.  Creamery commands 16@17c,  and  dairy 
10@14c, according to quality.
Cabbages—Southern  Illinois stock is in plenti­
ful supply at $1.35 per crate.
Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county  makers 
bill  their  stock  at  8c,  while  jobbers  hold  at 
854@8%c.

mands 15@16c per lb.

Cherries—About out of market.
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—20c per doz.
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
at 3@3lAc and evaporated at 6®7c per lb.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 1254c and hold at 14c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $5  per  bu. ; 
medium, $4.85.  Timothy,  $1.85 per bu.
Green  Beans—Wax, 50c per bu.
Green Onions—12c per doz. bunches.
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
Musk Melons—$1.50 per crate.
Onions—Southern, $2  per bbl.
Peaches—Choice  varieties  command  50c  per 
basket.  The price  will probably go to $3 per bu. 
before the end of  the week.
Pears—California,  $2.50  per  crate;  Bartlett, $2 
per bu.
Peas—Green, 40c per bu.
Pop Corn—2*4c per lb.
Potatoes—New  Southern  stock, 35c  per  bu. or 
Radishes—10@12c per doz. bunches.
Squash—Crookneck, $1 per crate.
Tomatoe#—75c  per 30-lb. crate.
Turnips—50c per bu.
Water Melons—$18 per 100.
Whortleberries — Very  scarce,  readily  com 

$1.20 per bbl.

manding $3.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows :
Mess, new.......................................................  H SO
Short cut Morgan............................................  11 75
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................  13 00
Extra clear,  heavy.........................................  13 00
Clear, fat back...............................................  12 50
Boston clear, short cut.................................   13 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  13 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  13 00

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs........................................ 10%
16 lbs........................................11M
12 to 14 lbs................................ 1154
picnic....................................................854
best boneless.........................................10
Shoulders........................................................ 654
boneless....................................... 8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...............................10
Dried Beef, extra..............................................
ham prices.....................................10
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  6
Briskets,  medium.............................................  6
lig h t................................................. 6

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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Refined.

Tierces..............................................................  754
Tubs........... .......................................................   754
501b.  Tins................................................  
734
Tierces..................... 
6%
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................  654
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..........................  
754
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case......................................   7
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   0%
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...........   ........................   634
50 lb. Cans.................... 
654
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Plate.................................................................  7 25
Extra Plate......................................... »..........   7 75
Boneless, rump butts......................................   9 00
Pork Sausage....................................................  7
Ham Sausage.....................................................12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage..................................................   554
Bologna, straight..............................................  554
Bologna,  thick................................................... 554
Headcheese......................................................  554
In half barrels...... ........................................... 300
In quarter barrels.!........................................ 1  75
In half  barrels......................................  
In quarter barrels..................................................1 75
In kits................................................................  85

• sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

pigs’ peet.

TRIPE.

 

FRESH   MEATS.

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Beef, carcass...........................................  454®  554

Swift and Company quote as follows :
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hindquarters................................  6  ® 7
fore 
.......:.......................   354© 4
Hogs.............................................................  @6
Pork loins.....................-.........................  @ 8
shoulders..........................»............  ®6
Bologna......................................................   ® 5
Sausage, blood  or head..........................  @ 5
liver...........................................  @ 5
Frankfort..................................   ® 754
M utton...........■........................................   6  ®  7

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OVSTERS  and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows :

FRESH  FISH.

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Whitefish........ ...........................................   ® 6
smoked......................................  @ 754
Trout........................................... 
 
Halibut........................................ 
Frogs’ legs,  per doz.................................  10@50

 

 

CANDIES,  FRUITS  and  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :

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STICK.
Standard, 25 lb, boxes.......................................11
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25 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf, 25 
...................................... 12
MIXED.
Royal, 25db. pails............................................ 11
2001b.  bbls............................................. 1054
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.............................................12
2001b.  bbls.............................................H54
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails........  ................   1354
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases........................................
Broken, 40 lb. Bask...........................................
2001b. bbls...........................................

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

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Lemon Drops.....................................................13
Sour Drops........................................................ 14
Peppermint Drops.............................................15
Chocolate Drops................................................ 15
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.....................................18
Gum Drops................................................... ‘---10
Licorice Drops.,  ........................................ 18@22
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 14
Lozenges, plain..................................................15
printed.............................................16
Imperials........................................................... 15
Mottoes.............................................................. 15
Cream Bar..........................................................14
Molasses  Bar.....................................................13
Caramels.....................................................16@20
Hand Made  Creams..........................................20
Plain Creams.....................................................18
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................. 22
Wintergreen  Berries.............................  
15
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................13
in bbls....................................12

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FRUITS.

printed, in pails...............................1354
in bbls................................ 1254
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................1354
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   654
in bbls...........................................  5
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................1154
in bbls........................................... 1054
Sour Drops, in pails..........................................13
Imperials, in pails.............................................1254
inbbls...............................................1154
Oranges, fancy  Rodi................................5 50@5 75

Messina  200s....................

220s ...........................
300s...........................

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“  Bags, 50 lb......................................   @6
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Lemons, choice.........................................4 75@5 00
fancy........................................  @5 50
Figs, layers, new....................................  
Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @ 454
54 frails, 50 lb..............................   @554
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  @
...........................  8  @
Persian, 50-lb. box.......................  554® 6

Bananas....................................................1 25@2 50
Almonds, Tarragona.  ............................1654@17
Ivaca.........................................1454@15
California..............................13  @14
Brazils......................................................  @  754
Filberts,  Sicily........................................ 1054@11
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ..............................   @1254
French......................................  @10
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................................  754@12
Cocoanuts, per 100............................. ....4   25@4 50
Chestnuts.........................................
Game Cocks.
Star..............
Horse...........

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PEANUTS.

NUTS.

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BAKING  POWDER.

10c cans. 
54 lb.
6 oz._lb.
_Í2 oz. “
1 lb. 
2541b.“ 
31b.
41b.51b

... 
95 
...  1  40 
...  1  90 
...  2 60 
...  3 80 
...  4 95 
...11  78 
...13 75 
...17 76 
...2 2 20

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Arctic, 54 lb. cans, 6 doz...  45
54lb.  “  4  “  ... 
75
54 lb.  “  2  “  ...  1 40
lib .  “  2  “  ...  2 40
51b.  “ 
1  “  ...12  00
Absolute, 54 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
541b. 
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50s..18 75
lib .  “ 
Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz..  45
85
561b.  “ 
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1 lb.  “ 
Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz —  
75
2  “  ....  1  50
1  “  ....  3 00
45
85
1  50

54 lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
bulk.....................   20

Red Star, 54 lb. cans, 

54 lb.  “ 
1 lb 
“ 
AXLE GREASE.

“ 
“ 

BATH BRICK.

Frazer’s....................................$2 60
Aurora......................................  1 75
Diamond.................................... 1 60
English, 2 doz. in case.......  80
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
....... 
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3  40

“ 
bluing. 
54 Pt 
l pt 

“ 
“ 
8-oz paper bot  7 20
“ 
Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00 
“  4  4 00
“  5  8 00

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

7 00
10 00

Gross
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

BROOMS.

 

 

 

 

 

1  90
2  25
90

No. 2 Hurl................................  1 70
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet............................   2 00
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem..............................   2 60
Common Whisk.............  
Fancy 
M ill.........................................   3 25
Warehouse................................2 75
Kings 100 lb. cases................... 5 00
80 lb. cases.....................4 25

..................  1  00

BUCKWHEAT.

“ 

BUTTE BINE

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

13
14

15
16

...............  954

“ ....160
 

rolls... 
CANDLES.
“ 

Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia.. 
Sardines, domestic  54s........ 

Dairy, solid packed....... 
rolls..................... 
Creamery, solid packed—  
........  
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...........1054
Star,  40 
Paraffine........................  
*2
Wicking.......................... 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb...  .......2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand—   90 
“ 
21b. 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  50
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
“ 
1  lb. Star.................2  00
“ 
2 lb. Star.................3
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.
“ 
1 lb.  stand............. 1  75
“ 
2 lb. 
3 00
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 00
“ 
3 lb.  soused........... 3 00
. .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska............1  80
“ 
5
“ 
54s........@ 9
“  Mustard 54s.........   @10
“ 
imported  54s........  1354
“ 
spiced,  54s........... 
10
Trout, 3 lb. brook..............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand..........2 40
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard.........1  35
pitted......................2 00
Damsons..............................   90
Egg Plums, stand......................1 30
Gooseberries............................. 1 00
3 00
Grapes........................J
Green  Gages............................. 1 30
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
“ 
seconds...................1  45
“  P ie...........................1  15
Pears.......................................... 1 30
Pineapples.................1  50@2 50
Quinces.....................................1 00
Raspberries,  extra....................1 35
Strawberries............................. 1 10
Whortleberries..................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay----
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  90
“  Green  Limas—  @1  00
“ 
Strings..............   @  90
“  Stringless,  Erie..........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
“ 
“ 
Early Golden. 1  00
“ 
“  extram arrofat...  @1  35
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June, stand.......................1 35
“ 
“  sifted.........................1 55
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........1  00
Succotash,  standard...........   95
Squash...................................... 1 10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  00

Peas, French............................. 1 68

red................... 1  60

@6
@15

“ 

“ 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

CHEESE.

Good Enough — 100
BenHar............... 1 00
stand br....  @1 00
Michigan Full Cream  854@ 854 
Sap  Sago......................16  @1654
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet..................
Premium............................
Cocoa.................................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............
Broma........................... 
37
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
200  “ 
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................  6
Red.......................................   754
Rio, fair.......................17  @19
“  good..................... 1854@20
“  prime...................  @21
“  fancy,  washed... 19  @22
“  golden.................. 20  @23
Santos.......................... 17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry..................... 20  @23
Java,  Interior............. 20  @25
“  Mandheling___26  @29
Mocha, genuine.......... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

coffee—Green.

CHICORY.

coffees—Package.

Jute

100 lbs
Lion.......................................2234
“  in cabinets....................2354
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__ 2234
Thompson’s Honey Bee— 2454
Tiger...............2254
Nox All........... 2354
O  B................. 2254

“ 
“ 
“ 
COFFEE EXTRACT.

Valley City.........................
Felix....................................
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 f t......... per doz.  1  25
1  50 
50 ft. 
1  60
60 ft. 
70 ft. 
2  00 
2 25 
80 ft. 
60 ft. 
1  00 
1  15
72 f f
CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle............................ . 
7  50
Anglo-Swiss....................... 6  00
Kenosha Butter...................  8
Seymour 
6
Butter...................................   6
“  family.........................   6
Boston...................................  8
City Soda..............................   8
Soda......................................   654
S. Oyster..............................   6
City Oyster, XXX.................   6
Picnic....................................6
Strictly  pure......................  
!
Grocers’.............................. 
24

CRACKERS.
“ 

CREAM TARTAR.

 

“  —   @

evaporated....  6  @654 

dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried...... 3  @354
“ 
.pricots, 
5
 
Jackberries “ 
12
 
Nectarines  “ 
 
12
Peaches 
“ 
9
 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
.......  — 20
In drum......................   @23
In boxes......................  @25
DRIED FRUITS—CUTTantS.
Zante, in barrels........  @434
in less quantity  @ 5

DRIED FRUITS—CitTOn.

dried fruits—Prunes.

dried  fruits—Peel.

Turkey........................  454® 454
Bosna..........................  554@ 6
Imperial......................  @
dried fruits—Raisins.
Valencias....................  @
Ondaras......................   954@1054
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................2 40@2 50
London Layers,  for’n.  @
Muscatels, California.  @2 00
Lemon......................... 
13
Orange........................  
14
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy, per  bbl.................4 00
60 
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.
imported.......
@10 
@ 3 
Pearl  Barley..............
@1 30 
Peas, green.................
@ 3 
split.....................
Sago,  German.............
@ 654 
@ 654 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l...
Wheat,  cracked..........
@ 654 
ermicelli,  import__
@10 
@60
domestic...

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“ 

Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
oz. Panel, doz.  85 
1 25
2  25
“  1  40 
oz. 
“ 
“ 
oz. 
“  2  25 
3  25
No.  3,  “ 
“  1  00 
1  60
4  00
No.  8,  “ 
“  2  75 
6  00
No.10,  “ 
“  4  50 
No.  4, Taper,  “  1 60 
2 50
54 pt,  Round, “  4 25 
7 50
............... 
15 00
“  8 50 
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole.....................  @ 5
bonelesB..................  @754
H alibut.......................... 10@1154
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
2 50
gibbed.............. 
2 75
10 00 
Holland,  bbls.. 
Holland, kegs..  @  70
Scaled............. 
25
Mack,  sh’s, No. 1, 54  bbl  11  00 
12  lb k it..145 
..135
10 
Trout,  54  bbls............   @4 50
10  lb.  kits.................   78
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls...........5 50
12 lb. kits...... 1  15
10 lb. kits......   90
Family,  54 bbls.........2 35
kits..............   50
K egs......................................5 25
Half  kegs..............................2 88
30
No. 0................... 
 
No. 1.....................................  40
No. 2....................................  
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
Black  Strap......................  
16
Tuba Baking....................22@25
Porto  Rico.......................24@35
New Orleans, good.......... 25@30
choice.......33@38
fancy.........45@48

LAMP WICKS.
 

GUN  POWDER.

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

SALERATUS.

SYRUPS.

one-half  barrels....

DeLand’s,  pure.....................5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............. 5
Dwight’s ................................ 5
Taylor’s ..................................5
Com, barrels.....................  @2
@28
Pure  Sugar, bbl................:  _
half barrel__ 30@38
X  XXX 
Ginger Snaps...........
9 
954
Sugar  Creams..........
954
.9 
Frosted  Creams......
954
9
Graham  Crackers...
9
Oatmeal  Crackers...
SODA.
...........5%
Boxes......................
Kegs, English.......... .................4%

SWEET GOODS.

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F a ir...............................14  @16
Good............................. 18  @22
Choice.....................  .. 24  @29
Choicest........................ 30  @34

SUN CURED.

F a ir...............................14  @15
Good............................. 16  @20
Choice............................24  @28
Choicest........................ 30  @33

BASKET  FIRED.

IMPERIAL.

GUNPOWDER.

F a ir.............................  @20
Choice.............................  @25
Choicest..........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair........... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy............. 75  @85
Common to fair..........20
Superior to fine........... 40
Common to fair..........18
Superior to  fine..........30
@40
Common to fair..........25
@30
@50
Superior to  fine..........30
@65
Fine to choicest..........55
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
Best.............................. 55  @65
Tea Dust......................  8  @10

YOUNG HYSON.

OOLONG.

@50

tobaccos—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12............39
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........ 39
Vinco, 1x6, 454 to 
................ 32
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 36
Wheel, 5 to  lb..........................39
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz....................25

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

62
37
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.

Hiawatha...................  
Sweet  Cuba................ 
$ 2, per hundred................  2 50
“ 
$ 5, 
................ 3  00
“ 
$10, 
................4  00
$20, 
“ 
................5  00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over............ 5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“
“

 
10 
.............20 
VINEGAR.

30 gr...................................
40 gr...................................
50 gr........................... ,....

$1 for barrel.

.  654 
.  854 
• 1054

YEAST.

OIL.

ROLLED OATS.

Muscatine, Barrels..................5 50

OATMEAL.
Half barrels.......2 87
Cases........ 2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 50
Half bbls..  @2 87
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test.....................  9
Water White........................ 10%
Medium..................................... 4 00
54 b b l..........................2 50
Small,  bbl...... ...................... 5 00
54  bbl.............................. 3 50
Clay, No.  216............................. 1 60
Cob, No. 3.............................  40
Carolina head........................ 654
No. 1.........................5M
No. 2.................554®
No. 3........................5

T. D. full count...

PICKLES.

PIPES.

RICE.

“ 
“ 

SALT

“ 
“ 
54 bu  “ 
SAL  SODA.

Japan.............................5  @554
Common Fine per bbl
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   24
28 pocket..............................2 05
60 
.............................. 2 15
100 
.............................. 2 40
Ashton bu. bags..................  75
Higgins  “ 
..................  75
Warsaw “ 
..................  37
..................  20
Kegs....................................   1%
Granulated,  boxes................ 2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Hand, 
.......2 35
Mixed bird...........................  454
Caraway................................ 10
Canary................................... 4
Hemp.......... v......................... 4
Anise........... ......................  .  854
Rape.....................................  454
Mustard..................................754
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

SAFOLIO.
“ 
SEEDS.

SNUFF.

3  “ 

Fermentum,  Compressed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cocoa Shells,  bulk...........
@454 
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails.......4
Sage...................... ..........
.  15
P A P E R  & WOODEN W ARE

PAPER.

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

lows:
Straw ..................................... 165
“  Light  Weight...............200
Sugar..................................... 185
Hardware...............................254
Bakers....................................254
Dry  Goods............................. 5
Jute  Manilla..........................8
Red  Express  No. 1..............5
No. 2.............4

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton..............................  22
Cotton, No. 2........................ 20
“  3........................ 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........  40
No. 5 H em p.......................... 16
No. 8 B.................................. 17
Wool..................................     7%

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1..........................   7 25
“  No. 2............................6 25
“  No. 3...........................  5 25
1  60
Pails, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60
Bowls, 11 inch......................  1 00
........................  1 25
13  “ 
“ 
“  15  “ 
.........................2 00
“ 
17  “ 
........................  2
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
Baskets, market..................  40
“ 
bushel...................  1 60
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 
75
“  No.2 6  25
“ 
“  No.3 7  25
“ 
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
“  No.2 4  25
“  No.3 5  00
“ 
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

splint 

“ 
“ 
“ 

SOAP.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

Superior.....................................3 30
Queen  Anne.............................3 85
German  Family........................2 40
Mottled  German.......................3 00
Old German..............................2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain..........— 1  87
Frost, Floater............................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

spices—Whole.

Happy Family,  75..................... 2 95
Ola Country, 80......................... 3 30
Una, 100..................................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100..............................3 15
Allspice.............................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........754
Batavia in bund— 11
Saigon in rolls........40
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar..................23
Mace  Batavia.................... 80
N utipegs^f ancy.
80 
75
No.  2.......................70
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
“ 
white...... 26
shot...................... 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia................. 20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon.....................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna..............35
“  Zanzibar..................26
Ginger, African.................1254
“  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica..................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 90
Mustard,  English..............22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
“  white....... 30
“ 
“  Cayenne.................. 25
starch.
Mystic,  64  pkgs.................4 48
barrels.......................6
Cut  Loaf.....................  @  9%
Cubes..........................  @  9%
Powdered...................  @ 9%
Granulated, H. &E.’s..  @ 8%
Franklin..  @  8%
Lakeside..  @  B%
Knight's...  @ 8%
Confectionery  A........  @ 8%
Standard A.  ...............  @ 8%
No. 1, White Extra C..  8  @ 854
No. 2 Extra  C.............7J£@  7%
No. 3 C, golden...........  @ 754
No. 4 C, dark..............   © 7J£
No. 5  C........................  @7

SUGARS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

WHEAT.

FLOUR.

Old.  New.
75
73

W hite...................  82 
Red........................  82 
Straight,  in 
barrels.......  5 00
“ 
“ 
“ sacks...............  5 80
Patent 
“  ‘ 
“ 
barrels......   6 00
Bolted................................  2 20
Granulated........................  2-45

MEAL.

sacks.  4 80

MILLSTUFFS.

Bran....................................  12 00
Ships...................................  12 50
Screenings.........................  12 00
Middlings...........................  13 00
Mixed Feed.......................   15 50
Coarse meal.......................   15 50
Small  lots.................... 
Car 

“  .........................   3954

CORN.

43

OATS.

RYE.

BARLEY.

HAY.

Small  lots.........................   33
Car 
“  ..........................  30

No. 1...................................35©40

No. 1...................................  1  25
No.2..................................   110

No. 1....................................  11 50
No. 2....................................  10 00

HIDES.

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
G reen.........................   454® 5
Part  Cured.................   5  @ 5
Full 
.................   454® 554
Dry..............................   5  @ 6
Dry  Kips  ...................  5  @6
Calfskins,  green........3  @ 4
cured........  454© 5
Deacon skins.............. 10  @20

“ 

“ 

54 off for No. 2.

PELTS.

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow........................  354® 4
Grease  butter...... .—   3  @ 5
Switches.....................  2  @254
Ginseng...................... 2 00@2 25

WOOL.

Washed............................25 _
Unwashed,...................... 12@22

The Finest 5-ct, Cigar M anhfactiire^

LONG HAVANA FILLER.
THEY HAVE NO EQUAL.
L.  S .   D A V I S ,

127 Louis  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

Grand Rapids  Fire  Insurance  Co.

Cash  Capital,  $200,000.

-Commenced  Business  Novem­

ber,  1882:

Year.
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888

Assets 
Dec. 31st.
$100,359
109,793
115,670
126,257
239,501
275,595
300,227

Total
Income.
$  2,578
25,276
40,933
51,054
57,759
102,181
123,240

Total
Expend’s Surplus.
...0
$ 2,675
16,505
35,142
41,168
45,660
66,558
99,249

$ 5,378
20,695
35,983

DIRECTORS:

Julius Houseman, George  W.  Gay,  Martin  L. 
Sweet,  I.  M.  Weston,  H.  Widdicomb,  J.  W. 
Champlin, D. A. Blodgett, S. F. Aspinwall, JamegA 
Blair, T. Stewart White, Philo C. Fuller, E. Crop 
ton Fox, A. J. Bowne,  Thos.  M.  Peck,  Francis 
Letellier, Grand Rapids;  C. T. Hills, Muskegon; 
R.  A.  Alger.  Detroit;  Dwight  Cutler,  Grand 
Haven;  F.  B.  Stockbridge,  Kalamazoo;  O.  M. 
Barnes, Lansing;  W. R. Burt, East  Saginaw.

JULIUS  HOUSEMAN, President.
8. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary.

SEEDS!

If in want of Clover, Timothy, 
Hungarian,  Millett,  Orchard  or 
Blue  Grass,  Seed  Corn—Early 
Yellow or Dent, Turnip or  Ruta 
Baga,  or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of 
Seed, send to the

Seed 
,
71  Canal  St.,  GRAND 'RAPIDS.
W .T. LAM ORE AUX,

WA.NTJBD.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have  any  of  the  above  goods  to 
ship,  or anything in  the  Produce  line, let 
us hear  from  you.  Liberal cash advance» 
made when desired. 
A

E A R L   B R O S . ,
X57 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

C o m m issio n M e r c h a n t s
Reference: F ir s t   N a t io n a l   B a n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids.

FIVE DOLLARS FINE,

i

Or imprisonment for ten days, is  the  legal  pen­
alty for selling  tobacco  in  any form to a minor 
without  a  written  order  from-  the  parent flRr 
guardian.  To’ c_. 

Conform  to  [the  Law,

Merchants  should  procure  a  supply  of  blank 
orders, which will be sent  postpaid on receipt of 
postal note, as follows:

250  TOBACCO  ORDERS  - 
500 
1,000 

.75
-  1.25
-  2.00^,

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

All  orders  must  be  accompanied  by 
remit- 
E.  Ä.  STOWE  l  BRO., Grand  Rapids.

tance.

•  

lio  Coffee  Roastßr.

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No. 1 
Roasters—capacity  35  lbs.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
Special Discount.

KOBT.  S.  W EST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

GRAND RAPIDS.

G .  M .  M U N G E R   &   c < 3 .,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders attended  to with 
[ 
J

promptness.  N ic e  Work, Quick Time 
-  H a a W

Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

W.  E. HALL, Jr., 

- 

%buds  are 

higher.

•  the  next  world. 

t|g |  M i c h i g a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n .

'  P resid en t, J. W. Allen:  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an. 
M u s k e g o n   D r u g   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia t io n . 

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RADIX.

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b a c c a e.

CORTEX.

mack 

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in  our 

line 

Hades is Full. 

let  me 

thank 

religious 

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Wholesale  Druggists,

a n n u a l   r e p o r t

Cubeae (po. 1  60......... 1 82| 2

Respectfully  submitted.

PECK BROS.,

Of  th e  Insurance  Com m ittee  o f  M ich­

Advanced—Turpentine.  Declined—Iodine, Iodide Potash.

D r u g s  #  Medicines.

Geo.  B. Ca l d w e l l, 
Ob e n   Sto n e,
W .  S.  P o w ers, 
Insurance Committee._

a n il in e .
•  ................ 2 00@2 25
........... .............  45®  50
y e u o w ...............a «*©300

a m m o n ia.
Aqua, 16  deg..............
Carbonas  ...................   “ J®  17!
Chloridum.........  
14

Wholesale Price  Current.

State Board of Pharmacy.

D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

P resident. C. S. Koon;  Secretary. J. W. H oyt.

V alue  o f a  Trade  Paper.

advancing.  Turpentine

Opium  is  very  firm  aud  advancing. 

In  the  advertising  pages of  the trade 

Morphia, as  yet, is unchanged, 
is steady.  Iodine  has  declined 
preparations of  iodine are lower

One Y ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Year»—Geo. McDonald, Kalam azoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P a r kill, Owosso.
F o u r Year»—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Five Years—Jam es  V em or, D etroit.
P resid en t—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V em or, D etroit.
T reasu rer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next  M eeting—At Lansing, Novem ber 5, 6 and 7.

P re sid e n t—Geo. G undrum , Ionia.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Second Vice-President—H.M . Dean, Niles.
T h ird  V ice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
S ecretary—H. J . Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—Wm D upont,D etroit. 
Executive C om m ittee—A. H. Lym an,  M 
sett,  D etroit: F. J.  W u” burg,  Grand Rapids,  W.  A. 
H all, G reenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.

Local S ecretary -A . Bassett, D etroit.
A nnual Meeting—At D etroit. Sept. 17.18 and 19.-----------
-S S ;,J 
G r a n d  R a n i d s   D r u e  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c ia t io n . 
»¿5SS.*” T fflp p;  S ecretary , A lbert Brower,___

igan  B usiness  M en's  A ssociation.
The report of  your Insurance  Commit­
tee  will  not, perhaps, meet  your  expec­
tation.  At any rate, we  cannot  tell  you 
that we have in operation  our  insurance 
company,  which  you  might  reasonably 
expect  from  the  sentiment  and  resolu­
tions passed at Cheboygan  one  year ago. 
Those of  you present to-day who were at 
Cheboygan  will  remember  we  had  in 
mind then  but  three  things—first, that, 
business  men,  forced  bj  competi­
tion 
to  accept  small 
profits, we were  paying too much for the 
fire protection  we have;  second, that the 
joint stock  companies  seemed  bound to
I prötoTtiem ^lve,  and  Posesa a combi-
nation  against  us,  and,  third,  that  our 
only remedy lay in our  organizing an in­
surance company of  our  own and, so far 
as  practicable,  insure  ourselves.  With 
this beginning, the work came to us, and 
we have sought to analyze  these  resolu­
tions  and  formulate  a  plan  free  from 
sentiment, practical  in  application  and 
having  the  desired  result, namely, fur- 
Quinine I nishing good insurance at cost, 
and  all  Why the  company was not long ago in 
existence, and  why  we  are  not  able to 
Cassia
report  Messrs.  A.,  B.  &  C.  as  policy
j holders  saving  for  themselves  one-half 
they had previously paid  for  insurance 
is partly because most of the local bodies 
I did not understand the plan of insurance
Secretarv Blaine is responsible  for the  sufficiently well to help the Committee to 
following  story:  In  conversation  with  organize,  and  partly  because  the  plan 
some  gentlemen, reference  was made to  was thought to be too new and too full of 
the 
persistent  “sentiment”  a^ enttteiy m the interest 
thought  about  the  hereafter.  “Yes,”  of  capital. 
The  Committee,  conse- 
said Mr  Blaine, “and there’s good reason  quently,  have  let  the  question  rest for 
for it  1 The Dish  people  have  such  in-  the last  six  months,  awaiting  this  time 
fernal torments at home  that  they can’t  when  we could  tell  you  here m a  body 
be  blamed  for  wanting  to  avoid any in  what we recommend, why we recommend 
If  they  could  believe  it  and  give  you  an  opportunity  to  act 
there was no hell, they’d  rather die than  each for  yourself  and  your own  locality 
live  Once in Dublin, toward the end of  in arriving at a final conclusion, 
the  nnera  Satan  was  conducting Faust I  The  Committee  lost  no  time 
through the trap-door  which represented  mencing  their  work.  We  met together 
the  iates  of  hades.  His  majesty  got  three  times.  Our  first  meeting  was  at 
through all right—he  was  used to going  Grand  Rapids, September 19,  when,  as- 
belowg_but  Faust, who was quite  stout,  sisted  and  made  comfortable  by  Secre 
about  half-way  in,  and  no I tary Stowe, the situation was considered^ 
got  o n ly ----- ■ 
Ithe  question  analyzed  and  the  present
squeezing  could  get  him  any  further. 
It was  at  this  meeting 
plan discussed. 
Suddenly an  Irishman  in the gallery ex- 
that  we  met  some of  the officers of  the 
claimed, devoutly i  “Thank  God, hell  is | 
Grand  Rapids  Manufacturers’  Mutual 
fu ll!’ ”
and  John  Widdicomb, a director  in  the 
Protective Mutual of  Chicago, also mem 
bers of  stock companies  holding  partic 
Our  second  meeting 
paper  you find the most reliable informa-  ipating  policies
was held* at  Lansing, Dec. 20.  We were 
tion  in  regard  to  novelties,  seasonable1---- **~,J  "*  T*”
assisted  at  this  meeting  by  President 
and  new  goods,  as  well  as the staples, 
Wells,  Secretary  Stowe  and  the  Insur 
without  which  you  could  not  hope  to 
ance Commissioner. 
It was here that we 
carry  on  your  business.  But  staple 
became fully acquainted  with  the insur 
lines,  however  necessary  they  may be, 
ance  laws  of  this  State  regulating  the
are sold on a close  margin, and  without
the  novelties  and  seasonable  articles  business of  both stock and  mutual  com- 
your  profits  would  be  greatly  reduced,  panies, and  f o u n d   that there was no law 
For  this  reason,  the  advertising  pages  permitting  the  operation  of  eitner  a 
should receive as careful attention as the I premium note  mutual  or  an  assessment 
reading matter, which, while more inter-  mutual company to write  mercantile  in- 
esting to  you, perhaps, for  the  moment, j surance throughout the State, and that it 
may  not  be  as  valuable  in  a  business I this plan was  adopted  we  could operate 
sense.  The  advertisements are meant to  in  only  three  contiguous counties.  We 
draw  your  trade,  and  inquiries  from  again  met  J a n u a r y  1 6 ,  at  Lansing, with 
dealers are never overlooked.  And when J the Executive Board, when our plans for
w ritin g  to advertisers,  do not  neglect  to | an insurance com pany h erein recom m end-
ed were carefully  considered  and  finally 
mention the  name of  the  paper  you saw 
approved.  Antecedent to these meetings 
the advertisement in.
and during this time we  were  privileged 
to  meet many insurance  men, both mut­
P rogress  o f  the  M etric  System .
ual  and  stock,  examine  reports  of  In­
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  French 
surance  Commissioners  of  different 
Academy  of  Sciences,  M.  de  Malarce, 
states  and  meet  the  Secretary  of  the
speaking of the extension  of  the  metric 
We  were
system  of  weights  and  measures, made I Millers’  Mutual  of  Lansing.
the astounding statement that only about j supplied  with  reports  of  mutual  eom-
42.000. 
world  have  systems  which  are  neither  South and West, and upon  request many 
metric nor decimal. 
In 1887  the  aggre-  companies  furnished  us  with  copies of 
gate population of the countries in which  their  charters  and by-laws.  From  this 
the  metric  system  was  compulsory was  analysis  we  arrived  at  very  much  the 
over  302,000,000, «being  an  increase  of I same  conclusion  reached  at Cheboygan,
53.000. 
tries with a population of close on 97,000,- j fire  insurance  could be reduced, that by 
000, the use of the system  was  optional; | proper attention  to  the  moral  and  ma- 
and the countries  where  the metric sys-  terial  hazard  the  fire losses could be re- 
tem is legally admitted  in  principle and I duced  and that all of  this  saving  could 
partially applied  (as  in  Russia,  Turkey I be saved  to  the  policy  holders  without 
and  British  India) had,  in 1887, a popu-  diminishing  the  indemnity furnished at 
lation of 395,000,000,  being  an  increase  present by the best insurance companies, 
of 54,000,000 in ten  years.  The increase J We differ from the sentiments  expressed 
is due to the growth of population in the  at Cheboygan  only  in  the  way we  pro­
countries  which  have  already  adopted j pose to reach this result.
the system, and to its  adoption  by  new I  Our  recommendation, then, is that the 
countries.  The  systems of China, Japan  Michigan Business Men’s Association or- 
and Mexico are decimal, but  not  metric,  ganize  a  fire  insurance  company, 
the 
The metric system is thus  legally  recog-1 membership  and  benefits  of  which  can 
nized by 794,000,000 of  people,  and  the  be enjoyed by all property owners whose 
population of  the three last-named coun-1 risks  will  pass  our  standard of  inspec- 
| tion;  that  we  organize  as a  joint  stock
tries is about 474,000,000. 
company, for the  purpose of  conducting 
I fire insurance  exclusively, under Act 136
A writer in the Tribune advances these  of  the laws of  1869, being chapter 133 of
Howell’s  Annotated  Statutes;  that  the 
capital  stock  be  $100,000  divided  into 
4,000 shares  of $25  each,  and  that  this 
stock be taken by members of  this  Asso­
ciation and by capital where  these  asso­
ciations  are  located,  so  far  as  we  are 
able,  the  remainder to be raised  among 
Michigan capitalists friendly to our Asso­
ciation.
We recommend that the location of the 
home office of  this  company be at Grand 
Rapids,  Kent  county,  Michigan, 
that 
being  a point  most  central  to  all  our 
associations, with abundant facilities for 
transacting 
the  business,  at  whiGh 
point a large  amount of  the  capital  can 
be secured.
We also  recommend that the corporate 
powers  be  exercised  by  a  board  of 
twenty-one directors, who shall be chosen 
by the  stockholders, at a meeting  to  be 
called  by  the  Insurance  Commissioner 
when  the  stock  is  subscribed, seven of 
whom  shall  constitute a quorum-  for the 
transaction  of  business.
After  the  first  election, the  Board of 
Directors  shall  be  elected at the annual 
meeting, which shall  be  held  the  third 
Wednesday  in  January,  at  which  time 
seven  shall  be  elected  for three  years, 
seven for two  years, seven  for one  year 
and seven each  year thereafter.
Each  share of  stock  shall  be  entitled 
to one vote at any meeting  of the  stock­
holders, and  said  stock shall be entitled 
to  not  more  than  10  per  cent,  of  the 
profits of  the  business  of  any one  year,
At  the  first  meeting of  the  directors 
following the annual  meeting, they shall 
elect  a  President,  Vice-President  and 
Treasurer  from  their  number, and they 
may  appoint  a  Secretary,  an  Assistant 
Secretary,  an  attorney,  and  such  other 
officers as may be deemed necessary, who 
shall  hold  their  office  until  their  sue 
cessor is chosen, or  during  the  pleasure 
of  the Board.
We further  recommend  that  the poli­
cies of  this  company be issued  upon the 
participating  plan  and at current  rates.

reasons  for the  desirability of  forming a 
rubber trust.  There is pinchbeck in rub­
ber as well as  jewelry.  An industry has 
grown up during  the last few  years, em­
ploying  large  capital,  whose  sole  bus­
iness is the  gathering  up of  old rubbers 
and converting them into shoddy, or “re­
claimed  rubber,”  so  called  in  order to 
take off  the  curse.  This  shoddy is sold 
to  the  manufacturer,  tons  at a time,  at 
from  eight  to  eleven  cents  per pound. 
But  this  shoddy is  too  expensive to be 
used  alone,  so  it  is  adulterated  with 
lampbblack, litharge, tar, etc.,  and  this 
product is used to make rubbers.
Who of  your readers have been able to 
gat a good  rubber  shoe  in  the  last few 
years ?  What one of  them has had a pair 
last a whole winter ?  Who would not be 
willing  to  pay  more  money  and  get  a 
good article ?  Yet the  public, under the 
present ruinous  system, of  “competition 
among  manufacturers,”  can  have  no 
assurance  of  getting a good  shoe at any 
price.  1  believe  if  the  public  under­
stood that the grade of  rubber  boots and 
shoes  was  to  be  raised,  and  that they 
were to be given  value received for their 
money, 
they  would  gladly  welcome  i 
trust or anything  else that would accom 
plish it.  Two  years ago  an  association 
of  rubber  clothing  manufacturers  was 
formed,  and  prices  were  advanced to a 
figure  where  good  goods  could  be sup 
plied the trade, yet the  public, following 
the lead of unwise counselors, condemned 
the organization  so  severely that  it was 
dissolved,  with  the  result  that  to-day 
there is being placed upon  the  market a 
lot of rubber clothing that is simply a dis­
grace to the name.  Coats are to-day being 
made  and  sold that contain no rubber— 
nothing  but  “shoddy” or “reclaimed”— 
because of this “competition among man­
ufacturers.” 
In  manufactures  of  this 
kind I believe  in  any organization  that 
will keep  up  prices to a point where the 
manufacturer  can make a fair profit and 
supply the consumer  with  good,  honest 
goods.

Shoddy Rubber. 

000 of inhabitants  of  the civilized  panies  now  in  operation  in  the  East, 

000 in ten years.  In 1887, incoun- I namely, that the  expenses of  conducting 

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40®  45 
Carbolicum........... • •
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Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10@  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16@  18 
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Ipecac,  po...................2 40®2 50
Iris  plox (po.20@22)..  18®  20
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Serpentaria..................  35®
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or  such as may be  determined  upon  by 
the management, and only after  taking a 
signed application from the party desiring 
insurance  and  after  making a  personal 
inspection  of  his  risk.  Each  policy 
holder  shall  participate  pro rata in the 
profits of  each  year’s  business,  the term 
profits” to mean whatever remains after 
paying  interest  on  th e . capital  stock, 
losses and expenses.
All  dividends  shall be declared by the 
Board of  Directors at their  annual meet­
ing, provided  no  dividends  shall be de­
clared except on  policies  having been in 
force one year;  provided,  further, that if 
any  year’s  dividends  to  policy  holders 
are not paid in cash, scrip shall be issued, 
redeemable  at  the  option of  the  com­
pany for cash, or at any time in payment 
for  new  insurance,  which  scrip  shall 
draw interest at 6 per cent, per annum. 
We also  recommend  that  the  officer:

eral associations which  responded to our 
request for stock subscriptions. 
It was 
encouraging, and we hope that  your  in­
terest  still  exists  and  that  we  will 
this  project 
soon  see 
to 
Falter  not,  but  stand  by 
the  end. 
the  cause  and 
the  new  Committee. 
To  the  many  associations  which  re­
sponded to  our  circulars,  saying,  “We 
will insure with you, but have  no  funds 
to invest in stock,”  let me say this:  Con­
sider what you now  pay annually for in­
surance, divide it by  two and invest one- 
half in the capital stock of  this company 
and the other half in an insurance policy. 
forthwith  possess 
The  company  will 
$100,000 capital and  will continue to an- 
of
money. 
If you have not means to invest 
in even one share of stock,  lend  us  your 
influence in securing stock and  business 
when organized.

unsatisfactory litigation. 
I feel in duty 
bound to say that, of  the many thousand 
insurers in this State  and  this  Associa­
tion,  none  of  you  were  present  at the 
meeting  of  the  policy  commission  for 
final  consideration  of  this  question ex­
cepting Mr. Fletcher, Mr.  Stowe and my­
self, while, on the other hand, the insur­
ance  fraternity  were  largely  and  ably 
represented. 
It is deplorable on the part 
of the insuring public and Michigan busi­
ness men to see  so  little  interest  mani­
fested by you  in  dealing  for  an  article 
that costs you annually so much  as  does 
this article of insurance.
In conclusion,  should  this  report  re­
ceive vour  approval  and  you  decide  to  -----  
organize this company,  we hope you will  nually  ^ve  you  a  respectable  sum
take action at  this  time;  that a Commit­
tee be appointed to raise  this  stock,  and 
that  the  Executive  Committee  provide 
that  Committee  with  funds  from  this
In-  body  to-  complete  their  work,  which 
surance  Committee,  or  officers  of  each  money is to be  charged  to the Insurance 
local  association;  that they be furnished  Committee  and  to  be  replaced  by  the 
with blanks for making  applications for  company when 
, 
officers
insurance and for reporting the character, j  Finally, 
the  officers 
standing  and responsibility of  all appli- I and Executive Committee tor the  consid- 
eration
cants, which, together  with the commer-  eration  and  assistance heretofore shown 
us,  and request that  you  treat  the  new 
cial  reports,  would  furnish  a  company 
Committee  as  well  as  you  have 
the 
ample  protection  and  a  good  class  of 
old  one.  We  would  thank 
the  sev-
members;  that they aid  all local associa­
tions  to  in  every  way  reduce* the  fire 
hazard,  and  that they aid in the  repeal­
ing of obnoxious and in the enactment of 
wholesome  insurance  laws.  By this co­
operation  with the active associations of 
the smaller cities and villages,  we would 
have  no  use  for  local  agents,  leaving 
the inspectors and solicitors to  work the 
large cities  and  give more time and care 
to the inspection of risks.
We  would recommend  the  inspection 
of  each mercantile or dwelling hazard as 
often as twice each  year,  aud  of  every 
special  hazard  quarterly.  When  each 
risk is inspected,  a  report shall be made 
to the Secretary  of  the  company,  which 
he  shall  compare  and file  with  the  as­
sured’s application, notifying the assured 
of  any improvements  or  changes  to  be 
made, or of any violation of his policy or 
failure of the assured to comply with the 
requirements of  his original application.
This feature  of  inspection  is  the  one 
great feature  of  success in reducing fire 
losses and accounts for  the  low  ratio of 
fire losses  of  many manufacturers’ mut­
uals and the numerous  Eastern mutuals.
This  constitutes  our  recommendation 
for operating a Business Men’s Insurance 
Company. 
It is  nothing  new  excepting 
in  this  State, 
In  the  East,  South  and 
West, these companies are becoming very 
popular,  and, more than that,  very  suc­
cessful.  The  Mutual  of  New York re­
turned 40 per cent.' last year  and  45  per 
cent, the  year  before.  The  American 
Mutual,  of  Cleveland,  returns  50  per 
cent, on its participating policies.  The 
Mutual  Fire,  of  Shelby,  Ohio,  60  per 
cent.,  after  fourteen  years  life.  The 
Phoenix,  of  Cincinnati,  thirteen  years 
average of 40 per  cent.  These  are  but 
illustrations  of  what we  recommend  to 
this  body  and 
is  nothing  more  nor 
less  than  a  stock  company  issuing  a 
participating policy, in  which  we say to 
every policy holder,  “Take care of  your 
risk,  make  such  improvements  as  you 
can afford, and your reward will be in divi­
dends.” Can you furnish an illustration of 
any  plan  of  conducting  fire  insurance 
where “Incendiarism” is more completely 
destroyed and the interests of the insurer 
and assured are more mutual?  Is this in­
surance in favor of capital alone?  Let us 
see.  The features of such a company are 
these: First,not to see how large a dividend 
can be declared to the stockholders, but to 
the policy holders, while the interest of the 
stockholders is all the  time  sufficient  to 
promise policy holders good management; 
second,  a mutual  company, but  not  an 
assessment  company. 
In this the mem­
bers are liable for  their  premiums only.
There is no  premium  note  to  be  given 
nor assessment to come up in after years, 
as the result of  poor  management or ex­
cessive  losses, for I assume  that,  under 
any system  of  insurance, whether  joint 
stock,  purely  mutual  or  participating 
the  premiums  received  must  pay  both 
losses and expenses regardless of capital 
Had the joint stock companies kept down 
their  losses  and  expenses  to  anything 
near  the  figures  of  the  well-regulated 
mutuals and, rather than turn their atten­
tion to the organization of  boards,  com­
pacts and the like,  compelling  the  mer­
chant  and  manufacturer  to  make  im­
provements at their own  expense and, at 
the same time, compelling him to pay the 
same rate as his  negligent neighbor,  and 
had they paid more attention  to  the ma­
terial and  moral  hazard,  mutual  insur 
ance  would  not  be  organized  and con 
ducted to anything like the degree it  has 
attained,  neither  would  we  have  just 
cause to complain.  We have no desire to 
manage  any  insurance  company  con 
ducted as are the majority of  companies 
nor do we desire  to,  in any way, do a c ­
company  or  the  insurance  business  an 
injury.  We  cannot  expect  insurance 
companies to  carry  our  risks,  pay  our 
losses and  furnish  us  security  without 
fair compensation, neither  do we recom­
mend the patronage of companies of small 
responsibility,  which  refuse  to  comply 
with our insurance laws, because they are 
cheaper.  On the  other hand, we recog­
nize extravagance and we  well know w 
are among those who pay  for  it.  This 
and the other  reasons  given  is  why w 
recommend our going  into the insurance 
business and by this plan. 
It is simple 
and broad enough  for all and, if adopted 
and  put  in  operation,  will furnish you 
absolute security at cost.
Besides having  to  do  with the organ­
ization  of  an  insurance  company,  the 
Insurance  Committee  were  early called 
upon  to  consider  the  advisability  of 
adopting a Michigan  Standard fire insur­
ance policy for the use of  all stock com­
panies.  We  were  first  offered the New 
York  Standard  Form  as  the  form  we 
wanted in Michigan.  Not  feeling com­
petent  to  handle  this  question  alone, 
involving,  as it did,  many points of law, 
and affecting,  as  it  would,  many  thou­
sands of people, the Association engaged 
the Hon. N. A. Fletcher, of  Grand  Rap­
ids, to assist us.  This he did with a zeal 
peculiar to  himself  and  worthy  of  the 
commendation of this body.  But for this 
Association and him, we would, undoubt­
edly, have had the  New  York  Standard 
Form.  As it is,  we  have  the  Michigan 
Standard Form, with several  advantages 
to  the  assured,  brought  out  by  Mr.
Fleteher  in  his  criticism.  This  work 
prosecuted  by  this  Association  of  less 
than 3,000  members  will  annually save
the insuring public  much expensive and

Antipyrin................... 1  35® 1  40
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ®  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............2 15®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  04s
11;  üs,  12)..............   ©  9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o .............................  @1  75
Capsici  Fructus, af...  @  18
po 
  ®  16
Bpo.  @  14
Caryophyllus, (po.  28)  23@  25
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava..................  28®  30
Coccus........................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  15
Centraria.....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................   @  35
Chloroform................  32®  35
squlbbs ..  @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondrus...................   10®  12
Cinchonidine, P.  <&  W  15®  20
German  4®  10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................  @  60
Creasotum..................  @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep...................  
5®  5
“  precip................  8®  10
“  Rubra................  @  8
Crocus........................  35®  38
Cudbear......................   @  24
Cupri Sulph................  8®  9
Dextrine.....................  10®  IS
Ether Sulph................   68®
©
Emery,  all  numbers
po............
@40@
Ergota,  (po.)  45..
12®
Flake  White......
Galla...................
10
9® 
Gambier..................  
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  90
“ 
French.......  40® 
60
Glassware  flint,  75 & 10 per
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®  15
“  White................  13®  25
Glycerina...................   22®  25
Grana Paradisi...........   @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  ®  90
“  C or__   ®  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  00 
Ammoniati..  ®1  10 
45® 55
Unguentum. 
Hydrargyrum........  @ 
80
Ichthyobolla,  Am.1  25®1 
50
Indigo....................  75@1 
00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 00@3  10
Iodoform........................  @5 
Lupulin......................   85®1 00
Lycopodium..............   55®  60
M acis..........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.....................  @ 
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
134)..............................  2©  3
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45®  50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 55®2 80 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o...................... 2 55©2 TO
Moschus  Canton.......  
®  40
Myristica, No. 1....  60® 
TO
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia.....................  26®  28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., 34 gal
doz  .............................  @2 
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints..........  @  TO
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5) —   @  35
Pix  Bnrgun...................   @ 7
Plumbi A cet................   14® 16
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  35®  40
Quassiae.......................   8® 10
Quinia, S. P. & W ......   39®  44
S.  German__   26®  35
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 35
Salacin........................2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconic......   40®  50
Santonine  ..................  @4 50
Sapo,  W........................  12® 14
8®  10
........   @ 1 5
Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis........................   @  18
“  opt...................   @  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes........................  @  35
Snuff .Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  ,   11®  12
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
Soda Carb...................  
2® 234
Soda,  Bl-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash...................  3®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........   50@  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)..........................  @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl...............2314® 3)4
Tamarinds.................   8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla......................9 00® 16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Aconitum Napellis R ..........  60
F ..........  50
Aloes......................................   66
  60
A rnica...................................   50
Asafoetida..............................   50
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin..................................  60
Co.............................  50
Sanguinaria...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides.........................   75
Capsicum..............................   50
Cardamon..............................   75
Co............................  75
Castor...................................1 00
Catechu..................................  50
Cinehona..............................   50
Co............................   60
Columba................................  50
Conium..................................  50
Cubeba...................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot......................................   50
Gentian..................................  50
Co....................... 
 
Gualca.............................  
 
ammon.....................  60
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus..........................  50
Iodine.....................................   75
Colorless.....................  75
Ferri  Chloridum....................  35
K in o .......................................  50
Lobelia...................................  50
Myrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica..........................  50
O pii...................................
“  Camphorated..................  50
“  Deoaor..........................2 00
Amanti Cortex.......................  50
Quassia..................................  50
R hatany...................... —   50
Rhei........................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol.....................  50
Co...............  50
Serpentaria...........................   50
Stramonium...........................  60
Tolutan.................................   60
V alerian................................  50
Veratrum Vende...................  50

Exechthitos................  90@1  <*>
Erieeron..................... *  20@1  ou
Gaultheria.......................2  10@2 20
Geranium,  otfiice......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50@  ro
Hedeoma  ....................1  1*>@1
Juniperi......................   50©2 00
Lavendula.................   90@2 00
Limonis............................1  jj0@l §9
Mentha Piper................... 2 35@2 40
Mentha Verid..................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal...............  80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce................  
  © jjo
Olive.................... •• •-1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R icini...............................1  24@1 32
Rosmarini............. 
75@1  üü
Rosae,  ounce..............   @6 00
Succini........................  40©  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
San tal  ........................3 50©T 00
Sassafras.....................  55©  60
Sinapis, ess, ounce....  @  65
Tiglfl...........................  @1 50
Thyme........................  40®  50
opt  ................  ©  60
Theobromas................  15©  20
BlCarb........................  15©
Bichromate................  13@
Bromide......................   37®

Bbl.
Whale, winter...........   TO
60
Lard,  extra................  55
50
Lard, No.  1................   45
Linseed, pure raw __  62
Lindseed,  boiled  —   65 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................  50
Spirits Turpentine....  47
bbL  lb.
Red Venetian.............. 134  2@3
Ochre, vellow  Mars— 1%  2@4
“ 
Ber........13£  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 2)4  2)4©3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  23I4@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......   70©75
Lead,  red..........., ........  634@734
“  w h ite..................634@734
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 

Anisum,  (po.  20)........   @
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®
Bird, Is.....................  
4®
Carni, (po. 18;.............  8®
Cardamon....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum................  10@  1*
Cannabis Saliva..........3)4® 
4
donium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterfx Odorate........ 1  75®1  85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  6®  8
L in i.............. *.............4  ® 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4© 4V4
Lobelia........................  3o@  40
Pharlaris Canarian—  
R apa........................... 
J
Sinapis,  Albu..............  8®  9
Nigra............  11®  12

Absinthium..........................5 06®5
Amygdalae, Dulc........  « ©   75
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25@7 50
A nisi 
........................ 1  85©1  95
Amanti  Cortex..........  m  ™
Bergami!  ................... 2 80®3 00
Cajlputi......................   2°®1  ™
' S ' 1'"1-;::::::::  «ff«
Citronella......................  
<» t®
Conium  Mac........ — •  35®  65

A ccada.................................   50
Zingiber  ................................ 
j«
Ipecac....................................     $o
Ferri Iod................................  50
Amanti  Cortes......................   50
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Similax  Officinalis................  60
Co........   50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................  50
«  Co..............................   50
T olutan..................................  50
Prunus  virg...........................   50

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage................... 2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
2  00 
carriage  .................
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage. ..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ........................
Hard for  slate  use....
Yellow Reef, for  slate 

«  2d 
3d 
“ 
“ 
sifted sorts...
p o ..................
“ 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
Cape, (po.  20)...
Socotri, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14
16)...-.....................
Ammoniae.........
Assafoetida, (po. 30)...
Benzoinum..................
Camphor*...................
Euphorbium  po  ........
G a fb a n u m .........................
Gamboge,  po------ —
Guaiacum, (po. 45) —

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00®2 50
D. F. R .......1  75®2 00
1  10®1  50
 
Juniperis  <*>. O.- T ..-1   75|1  75
Saacharum  N.  È .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................1 25@2 00

Absinthium.........................
Eupatorium..........................  f?
Lobelia..................................  S
Majorum..............................   S
Mentha  Piperita..................  ~
.......................  <*
Rue.......  .  .....................—   1>
Tanacetum, V .....................
Thymus,  V...........................   30

@  15 
Carbonate Precip. • - 
@3 50 
Citrate and Quinia.
®  80
sr
Citrate  Soluble 
Ferrocyanidum Sol....
Solut  Chloride . ..........  ®
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure.............

| ‘ “
o W . f c : : : : : . * »
Shellac  ..  ..................  5*1
bleached........  25®
“ 
Tragacanth................  6°® 
hekba—In ounce packages.

CASsi™ Acutifoi;  Tin-

nivelly.A*. H
Salvia  officinalis,  34s
and  V4s .....................
........................
Acacia, 1st  picked....

ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®
Alumen...................... 2)4® 3)4

“ “  4 F ..  30®
ground, 
(po.
7)..............................  
!
Annetto......................   5!
Antimoni, po..............  
i

e x t r a c t u m . 
24®
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
33®
11©
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®
14®
16®

MAGNESIA.
Calcined, P at............
Carbonate,  Pat  .....
Carbonate, K. &  M...
Carbonate, Jenningö
OLEUM.

Arnica ........................
M atricaria..................

u se ................... ..
SYRUPS.

©1  00 
@  90 
@  80 
®  65 
75@1  00 
50®  60

“ 

and myrrh.................  

u 

Roll................ 2)4® 3

“ 

et Potass T.  55®  60

MISCELLANEOUS.

55®
20®
35®

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TINCTURES.

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POTASSIUM.

paints. 

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10®  12

10®
8®

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Paints............................1 00@1 20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.......1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.......................1  60@1 TO
Coach  Body.....................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  F um ........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar— 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
_
-furp  ........................   70®  75

27

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LIQUOR i  POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

Acknowledged to be the

COMBINED.

E. 1  STOWE X BRO.foBA °N ^ipsib 8

O I L S !
S n o w  Drop•

A Fine Water White Oil, High Gravity and Fire 
Test, and recommended to those wishing a High 
Grade Burning  Oil.

(SPECIAL.)

Red  Cross.
Water White—A splendid  oil.
Gasoline•
ranted to Give Satisfaction.

Naptha•

Our YYYY Red Cross brand is unexcelled.  War­

Sweet and Free from Oily  Matter, and has met 
the  approval of many of the  largest  consumers.
Red Cross Paint Oil
Is full of merit and needs but a trial to convince 
all of its great value.  For mixing with Linseed 
it is without  a  peer,  as  it  greatly  reduces  the 
cost of same ana without injuring its quality.
Mineral 'Turps•

Its peculiar composition is such  that It can be 
used  with turpentine in fair proportion, the lat­
ter  retaining full  possession,  and  with  perfect
results. 

__
ALL  BINDS

Constantly  in  stock, all at our Cleveland prices, 

Lubricating Oils
Brand  Rapids  Tank Line  Go.,

thus saving you time and freight.

WORKS—D. & M. Junction.

OFFICE  ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block.

Branch Scofield,  Shnrmer  & 

Cleveland, Ohio.

Teagle,

P o lish in a

This is  the  Time  to  Paint.

Tlte  Best is ilw a p  tke Cheapest.

%%3

'THE OLD ORIGINAL.”

RE-PAINT 
j’g  Your Baggy

=B= 75 cts.

MAD« ONLY 3Y
ACM E

White  Leid and 
Coter  Works,
DETROIT, MICH. I

T

DIAMOND  TEÄ

CURBS

Liver and 

Kidney Troubles 
Blood Diseases 

Constipation

---- AND-----

Female

Complaints
Being composed entirely of  HERBS, It 
is the only perfectly harmless  remedy on 
the market and  is  recommended  by  all 
who use it.  ___________

Retail Druggists  will find it to 
their  interest  to  keep  the DIA­
MOND  TEA, as it fulfills all that 
is claimed,  making  it one of the 
very best selling articles handled.

WE  HAVE  SOLD  THE

Pioneer Prepared Paint Diamond  (JediGine  Go.,

House.

Place your order m ith  our  Wholesale 

For many  years and

G U A R A N T E E

Same  to

G iv e  S a tisfa c tio n .

Dealers  in  paints  will  find  it  to  their 

interest to write us  for  prices 

and sample cards.

H1IELTINE  i  PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

GBANB RAPIDS.  MICH.

PKOPBIETOBS,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

WHOLESALE  AGENTS,

GRAND  BAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

|",w ■ 

TPI E  M O S T  R E L IA B L E  F Q o b
f  M  J L jJ U s e d   everywhere,  with  unquaBAed 
I H   SS ^ J gucoesa.  Not a medicine,but asteam- 
^•^co o k ed   foody  suited  to  the  weakest  : 
1 1 stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
* 
,-,,ggist8.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
WooLBfCH  A  Co. on every lsbaj.

For Infants and Invalids.

15

H A Z E L T IN E

&  P E R K IN S  

D R U G CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S - -

Chemicals  änd  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

Dealers  in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W h isk ies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W in es,  B um s.

W e are  Sole  A gents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & CoH 

HendersonJCounty, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hiskyjand Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar­
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

antee Satisfaction. 
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

i*. 

-

flaxeltine i  Perkins  Drug

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

State  Agent

|   r   GEO.  H. REEDER,
CD  O 
g-
|  a  Lycoming  Rubbers
89  g' 
P   Medium Price Sloes.
*  |   Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

We  are  wholesale  agents  for 
the Fancy  California  Mountain 
Seedlings and  headquarters for 
all kinds of Messina oranges.
PUTNAM & BROOKS.

rams!

WHO  URGES  YOU

T O   B L S 3 E IP

T^HE  IPTTBIjIO !

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,

H E Ä 1/E N R IG H   B R O S.
W h o le s a le  C lo th iers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

P e r f e c t - F it t in g   Tailor-Made  Clothing\

138-140 Jefferson Rye., 34-38  W ooiM ge 8t., Detroit.

MAIL  ORDERS sent in care L.  W. ATKINS udii receive PROMPT ATTENTION.

AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,
D ry   G oods 1 N otions,

WHOLESALE

83 Monroe  81. and 10,12,14,16 & 18 Fountain  81., 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

C o m fo rts  a n d   B la n k e ts ,  Y a r n s   a n d   W o o le n s  

for  F a ll  T ra d e.

*
T h e   M ic h ig a n   T r u st  C o m p a n y .

19—21  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Capital 
Additional  Liability  of  Stockholders

-

$200,000
$ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 *

LEWIS  H.  WITBEY,  President.

WILLARD  BARNHART, Vice-President.

LEWIS  H.  WITHEY, 
WILLARD  BARNHART, 
THOMAS D. GILBERT, 
DARWIN  D. CODY, 
JULIUS  HOUSEMAN, 
ALFRED  D.  RATHBONE, 
HARVEY J. HOLLISTER,

DIRECTORS:
DANIEL  H. WATERS, 
JAMES  M. BARNETT, 
WM. SEARS,
CHARLES FOX,
T. STEWART  WHITE, 
R. B. WOODCOCK,
N. L. AVERY,

D.  CODY,  2d  Vice-President.

A.  G.  HODENPYL,  Secretary.

S.  B.  JENKS,
JOHN  W. CHAMPLIN,
HENRY  IDEMA,
A. G. HODENPYL,
W.  W. CUMMER, Cadillac, 
JOHN  CANFIELD, Manistee, 
CHAS. H. HACKLEY, Muskegon

This Company is now established in the  offices  formerly  occupied  by  the  Hartman  Safety 
Deposit Vaults, 19-21 Fountain Street, Shepard-Hartman Building.  With ample capital  a Board of 
Directors composed of men of established character  and  recognized financial responsibility-thus 
securing conservative management-with every facility for the prompt and careful administration 
of its business, this Company presents its claims to this community and to  the  people  of  Western 
Michigan  with  confidence,  and  solicits  the  patronage  of  all  who  have occasion to require the 
services of such an institution.

Under the laws of the State of Michigan, this Company is authorized and will undertake
To Loan Money on Approved Real Estate Security.
To Loan Money on Approved Collateral Security.
To  Act  as  Executor,  Administrator,  Guardian,  Trustee 
Assignee, Receiver, Fiscal and  Transfer Agent and Registrar of 
Stocks and Bonds.
To Act as Agent for  other  persons  or  corporations, in the 
transaction  of  any  business  that  may be committed to it  to 
care for property, collect interest, dividends, coupons and rents.
To Execute Orders for the purchase and sale of all kinds of 
investment securities, making a Specialty of Local Stocks.
To Receive Deposits  of  trust  monies on certificate or sub­
ject to check.
To Receive Deposits of Court  Funds.
To Maintain and Manage Safety Deposit Vaults.
And to Transact a General Trust Business.
The affairs and business of this  Company  are  subject  to  the supervision and inspection of
the Commissioner of the Banking Department of the State of Michigan, and  for  the  still  further
protection of its patrons THE COMPANY  IS OBLIGED TO DEPOSIT $100 000 WITH THE TRF as 
URER OF THE STATE.

We are prepared to act as Trustee for bondholders on Railroad or  other  mortgages.  To  act 
as agent for the  purchase  or  sale  of  all  classes  of  INVESTMENT  SECURITIES,  RAILROAD 
BONDS, STATE, CITY,  TOWNSHIP,  SCHOOL  or  other  bonds,  and  will undertake to negotiate 
the entire issue of any o f the above classes of bonds.

IN OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT  we  offer  to  the  people  of  Grand Rapids and 
Western  Michigan,  ABSOLUTE  PROTECTION  for  the  safe  keeping  of  their  Notes. Deeds, 
Abstracts, Insurance Polices, Bonds, Stocks, Leases,  Wills,  Honey,  Jewelry,  P a in tin g s ! 
Silver, Private Papers and valuables of any and all kinds.  Our large steel vaults are protected 
by every known device.

The  heavy  steel  vault  is  fitted  up  with  small  safes  which  are  rented  at 85 and upward 
(according to size) per y ear.  Each safe has a different combination or lock,  and  it  is  impossible 
for any officer  or  employe  of this  Company,  or  any other  person,  excepting  the  renter  or  duly 
appointed deputy, to gain admission to a  safe,  on  account of the great precaution taken to insure 
the complete identification of the renters.  In the storage vault underneath the  safe  vault,  large 
packages, such as trunks, valises, boxes of silverware, paintings,  bric-a-brac,  sealskin  garments, 
laces, and other bulky valuables are cared for.  All bulky articles are  taken  for  safe  keeping  at 
very moderate rates, according to value or space occupied.  This vault is absolutely dark, dryland 
moth-tight, making it a perfect receptacle for the storage of fu r garments.

The officers and employees of the Company  are  under  strict  injunction  not  to

impart to others any information of its transactions with its customers.

CORRESPONDENCE  AND  INSPECTION  INVITED.

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Price—

Every  garment  bearing  the  above  ticket  is 
WARRANTED  NOT TO  RIP, aad,  if  not as re­
presented, you are requested  to  return  it to the 
Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive 
a new garment.
S T A N T O N ,   S A M P S O N   &  CO.,
$ 1 ,O O Ü   K Ë  W A R D  l i

Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.

THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST 

CLEAR  LONG  HAVANA  FILLED 

SUMATRA  WRAPPED  CIGAR 

SOLD  FOR  5   CENTS.
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proving the Filler of these Cigars to  contain'anything  1 | 
b u t H avana Tobacco. 
DILWORTH BROTHERS*  =3

Amos S. Musselman &  Go.

SOLE  AG ENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH. 
Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O MS !

M a n u fa c tu re rs  o f

W h isk s,  T oy  B ro o m s,  B ro o m  C o rn ,  B room
H a n d le s, a n d  a ll  K in d s   o f  B ro o m  M a te ria ls.
5 2 6  a n d  5 2 8  O t t a w a  S t., G r a n d   R a p i d s .

TIME  TABLES.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .

GOING  NORTH.

Arrives. 

Leaves.
Traverse C ity A  Mackinaw..................7:00 a m  
7:30 a  m
Traverse City A  M ackinaw..................9:30 a m   11:30 a m
Traverse C ity  E xpress...................... 3:05  p m  
4:20 p m
Petoskey  A  M ackinaw ......................... 8:45 p m  10:30 p m
7:30 a m  and  11 -.30  a.  m.  tra in s  have  ch air cars for 
Petoskey and M ackinaw City.
10:30 p.  m, tra in   has  sleeping  c a r  fo r  Petoskey and 
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express................................ 0:25 a m   7:00 a m
F o rt W ayne Express...........................11:45 a  m  
12:45 a  m
C incinnati  Express............................. 5:40 p m  
6:00 p m
Chicago and Sturgis............................... 10:40 p m   11:05 p m
7:00 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  car  fo r  Cincinnati.
6 :00 p m  tra in  has P ullm an sleeper fo r C incinnati.
11:05 p m  tra in  has W agner sleeper  fo r  Chicago,  via 
Sleeping  c a r  rates—$1.50  to  Chicago,  Petoskey  or 

Kalamazoo.
M ackinaw C ity ;  $2 to Cincinnati.

GOING  80UTH.

A lu s k e g o n ,  G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .  

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a m .......................................................................... 
a m
11:15 a m ......................................................................   3:4S p m
5 :4 0 p m .....................................................................   8:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

D e t r o i t ,   G r a n d   H a v e n  &   M i l w a u k e e .

ftOIN'Q  WEST.

Arrives. 
tM orning Express.............................. 12:20 p m 
tT hroughM ail...................................4:25 p m  
tSteam boat  Express........................10:40 p m  
N ight Express................................J  6:50 a  m 
fMixed.................................................. 
GOING e a s t .
tD etroit  Express.............................. 6:45am  
tT hrough Mail.....................................11:35 a  m  
fEvening Express................................3:40 p m 
»Limited Express...............................  6:45 p m  

Leaves.  1
12.25 p m
4 30 p m
10:45 p m j
7:00 a  m
7:30 a m  i
6:50am   !
11:40 a m
3:50 p m j
6:50 p m >
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  c a r  to D etroit,  m aking  ] 
d irect connections for all points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.
Lim ited  Express has p a rlo r car  to  D etroit,  m aking  ; 
close  connections fo r all points East, also m akes direct  ; 
connections a t Durand with special  Pullm an  th rough  j 
cars to  New York and P hiladelphia.  Steam boat express  ; 
has p arlo r c ar to G rand H aven, m aking d irect connec­
tio n  w ith steam er fo r M ilwaukee and th e West.
Through tick ets and  sleeping  c a r  berths secured a t  | 
D., G. H. A  M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.  I 

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

T o l e d o ,   A n n   A r b o r   &   N o r t h e r n .

F o r T o le d o  a n d  a ll p o in ts  S o u th   a n d  E a s t, ta k e  
th e  T o le d o , A n n  A rb o r &  N o rth   M ic h ig a n   R ail-1 
w ay  fro m  O w osso J u n c tio n . 
S u re   c o n n e c tio n s   i 
a t ab o v e  p o in t w ith   tra in s  o f D .,  G.  H .  & M .,  a n d   I 
c o n n e c tio n s  a t T o le d o   w ith   e v e n in g   tra in s   fo r 
C le v e la n d , B u ffa lo , C o lu m b u s,  D a y to n ,  C in c in -  I 
n a ti, P itts b u rg , C resto n ,  O rv ille   a n d   a ll  p ro m i-  i 
n e n t p o in ts  o n  c o n n e c tin g  lin e s .

A . J .  P a is l e y , G e n ’l P a ss. A g e n t

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turing Enterprises.

The M ichigan T radesm an
The Beet Methods to  Secure  Manufac­
The following paper was read by A.  0. 
Wheeler, of  Manistee, at the  fourth  an­
nual  convention  of  the  M. B. M. A., at 
Muskegon:
I was  notified  recently by your Secre­
tary that the question of "The Best Meth­
ods to Secure Manufacturing Enterprises” 
was assigned to me.  The individual mem­
bers of  our Association have been study­
ing  that  question,  and  the  Association 
has been  wrestling  with it ever  since  it 
was started.  We  wanted manufacturing 
enterprises  badly  enough  and  kept  a 
sharp  lookout for anything in the  shape 
of  an enterprise that was seeking a loca­
tion.  Every little while somebody would 
come  along  with a patent  something or 
other  that  promised  great  results, who 
was willing to locate and send everything 
in  the  town  booming,  but  usually  we 
found they wanted our  people to furnish 
all the capital.  We were anxious enough 
for the promised boom to give a big, gen­
erous bonus to a bona fide enterprise, but, 
as a rule, the  schemes  did  not  pan  out 
well except to add  to  our  accumulating 
stock  of  experience.  We  have  been 
keeping mum  on  this  subject and don’t 
know how  your Secretary  found  out we 
had so much experience stowed away. 
I 
suppose  you  don’t  excuse  anyone  who 
doesn’t  produce  a  doctor’s  certificate, 
and,  perhaps,  it  is  as  well  for  me  to 
make a clean  breast of  the secret process 
we discovered.
I will say right here that we have tried 
this process and can  fully recommend  it 
to work like a charm  and  locate  the en­
terprise every time.  So confident are we 
of its efficacy that we propose to continue 
its use  until  Manistee  crowds  the more 
pretentious  cities  in Michigan as a pros­
perous  manufacturing  center.  This se­
cret  process,  that  is  warranted to  suc­
ceed  in  every  instance, is  simply  this: 
First, ascertain what  particular business 
is  best  adapted  to  your  city or village, 
so as to compete  successfully in the mar- 
Jcets of the country.  Remember, it is sure 
to be a misfortune, not a benefit, to a small 
city to have  an enterprise located  that is 
not  self-supporting or likely to  be, when 
compared  with  more  favored  localities. 
It attracts people to the  place and,  when 
the  collapse  comes, as  it  is  sure to do, 
the  bottom  drops  out  of  the place, and 
the town is a great deal worse off  than if 
the enterprise had never been located and 
never  had a boom.  But  when,  after  a 
thorough  investigation, you  find a man­
ufacturing  business  that  is  especially 
adapted to  your  locality,  when  you  can 
compete  with  the  wmrld in the raw ma­
terial and facilities for reaching  the con­
sumer, and  then have a decent margin of 
profit for the investors,  let  your business 
men  unite  and  raise  among themselves 
the  necessary  capital.  Then  you  will 
land  your  enterprise  every  time.  We 
.have tried it and know it works well. 
It 
doesn’t pay to wait  for  millionaires and 
capitalists  to  start  a  boom.  We  have 
lots ©f  them, and  they are  quite  as pro­
gressive  as  any  in  the  country and  as 
public spirited, but  you  must  remember 
that  capitalists  are  very  conservative 
men and are  apt  to  be  very methodical 
and  have  fixed  habits  and  be  well ad­
vanced  in  years  before  they  become 
millionaires.  These  don’t  have  to  em­
bark in new  enterprises to increase their 
wealth, and, as a rule,  they  are  adverse 
to going into a business which they don’t 
understand. 
It  is  the  business  men of 
moderate means who must make an effort 
"to  bring  in  new  manufacturing  enter­
prises  to  build  up  the  town  they  are 
going to benefit by the increased  popula­
tion.  After it is  demonstrated  that  the 
enterprise  is a success,  the  millionaires 
will  join the procession.
A  year  ago,  with a great  effort,  a fur­
niture  factory  was  started in Manistee. 
In a little while  we  will  have three and 
probably  four  in  operation,  employing 
between three and four hundred men and 
paying  six  or  seven  hundred  dollars a 
day in wages that  finally finds its way to 
the tills of  the  local  merchants, besides 
using eight to ten millions feet of lumber, 
which  means  quite  a  large  amount  of 
money in a  year.
Now, I  would  recommend,  from  per­
sonal  experience, the  best  methods  for 
securing  manufacturing  enterprises: 
First, find out  just what  you  want, then 
club together, put  your hands  into  your 
pockets and  furnish the funds to get the 
very best  of  the  kind  of  an  enterprise 
you want.  But  don’t make a mistake in 
thinking  that  the  thing  is  started and 
will go alone, for it will not, but must be 
looked  after  and  pushed  and  not  let 
nature take its  course.

Ireland  Needs  Tradesmen.

“Not  many  generations  have  passed 
away,” says  the  Irish  Leather  Trades 
Journal,  “since  that  historical  period 
when 90 per cent,  of the community were 
debarred from practicing any profession­
al  calling,  and  were  forced  to  confine 
themselves  exclusively to trade.  Natur­
ally  when  this  disability was  removed, 
those who  possessed sufficient means ed­
ucated their children better than former­
ly, and looked  upon  the acquisition of  a 
learned  profession as  something worthy 
of  their  ambition.  From no  section  of 
the  people has a larger  number of  emi­
nent  men sprung  than from  the leather 
trades.  The  sons of  tanners,  leather 
jaqrehants  find  shoemakers,  are  to  be 
found in  leading  positions in  law, medi­
cine,  theology,  literature,  science,  etc., 
and although Ireland  is  not a promising 
field  for the  professional man, it  is  re­
markable that so many have risen to em­
inence.  The professions have gained by 
the acquisition of  such men, but  we fail 
to  see  how commerce has  lost anything 
by their  deserting  the paternal  occupa­
tion.  Unfortunately there  are too many 
young men in the country for the amount 
of business to be  transacted, and  far too 
many tradesmen  for the  available work. 
Therefore, we  need  not complain  about 
the few lost to commerce while thousands 
wander  aimlessly  in  search of  business 
occupations.  The great  remedy for  the 
glut in the professional field is—increased 
trade.  When  the  industries  of 
the 
country are  better  supported,  and  a  de­
velopment  of  natural  and  artificial  re­
sources  begins, sufficient  work  will  be 
created  for hands  and intellect, and  the 
superfluity  of  both, which  now  exists, 
shall be absorbed in the extended nation­
al activity.”

C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

LAMP BURNERS.

 

XXX Flint.

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

First quality.
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45
No. 0 Sun....................   
No. 1  “  ...........................................................  48
No. 2  “  ...........................................................  70
Tubular............................................................   75
6 doz. in box.
No. 0 Sun......................................................... 1  90
No. 1  “  ...........................................................2 00
No. 2  “  ...........................................................3 00
No. 0  Sun, crimp top........................................2 15'
No. 1  “ 
“  ......................   .............. 2 25
No. 2  “ 
“  ........................................3 25
No. 0  Sun, crimp top........................................2 58
“  ........................................2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.....................3 70
................... 4 70
No. 2  “ 
“ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................1  25
........................1  50
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz..........................................1 40
No. 2 
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.........................................160
Butter Crocks, per gal.................................  
06Vi
Jugs, V4 gal., per doz....................................   65
..... ..............................   90
...................................  1  80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)__   60
“ 
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La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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fruit jars—Per  gro.

Mason’s, pints................................................$10 50
quarts  ...........................................  11  00
^-gallon.....................  
14  00
Lightning, quarts..........................................  12 00
Virgallon......................................   16 00

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Before  Buying  Grates,  get our 
circular, Sent Free.  The  Aldine 
produces  Warm  Floors,  Perfect 
Ventilation; keeps fire over night, 
and is cleanly.  Burns coal, coke, 
wood or gas.  Can be piped to com­
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Fitted with Diamond Pointed Gold Pen.  Length,  7 Inches.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Manufacturers of Delivery Wagons of  all descriptions.  Also manufacturers full line of Delivery and Road Sleighs.

Write for illustrated catalogue and price list.

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and  Twines. R in d g e, B e rtse h

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Seventeen  Years  on  the  Market

W ith a steady increase  in  demand.

Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts

ARE  ALWAYS  RELIABLE  AND  UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY  AND  PRICE,  BEING 

MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT 

BE OTHERWISE  THAN  THE  FINEST FLAVORS PRODUCED.

Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable 
goods to add to their stock.  Order through your Jobber or  direct from

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Grand Rapids, Mich•

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