The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 21,  1889. 

NO. 309.

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WATCH  FOR

LYNGH8 BKRUTY,

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B e st $ 2 5   C igar

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D. LYNCH,  Sole Owner,

g r a n d   r a p i d s .

HIRTH  l  KM U8E,
Sh oe

DEALERS  IN

FRENCH  TOILET, 
SAFETY  BARREL, 
GILT  EDGE, 
RAVEN  GLOSS, 
BIXBY’S  ROYAL, 
SPANISH  GLOSS, 
BROWN’S FRENCH.

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BIXBY’S  “3 B,”

Polish
Blaßking.
EMTBMYIOm Biffi

JACQUOT’S  FRENCH,
BARTLETT’S  »IP  U  ' 
GENUINE  1*  W-

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowse, President.

Geo.  C.  Pierce, Vice President.

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

Transacts a frenerai  banking business.

Mafce a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

o f  Country Merchants Solicited.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Tw enty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 
24 F o u n tain  St., G rand R apids, Mich.

if  desired.

186  EAST  FULTON  ST.

The  Leading  Lailndry

IN  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Any one wishing agency in towns outside 

will please  write  for terms.

O T T E   B R O S .,  P r o p s.
BO YOU WANT A SHOWCASE?

SPECIA L  O F F E R —This style of oval case;  best 
q u ality ;  all  glass,  heavy  double 
th ick ;  panel  or 
Hiding doors;  fu ll length  m irro rs  and  sp rin g   hinges; 
•olid ch erry  o r w alnut fram e, w ith  o r  w ith o u t  m etal 
corners, 
trim m ings; 
•  feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  inches  high.  P rice. 
• I I ,  n e t cash. 
I m ake th e sam e style  of  case  as  above,  17  inches 
high, from  w aln u t, cherry» oak or ash,  fo r $2 p er foot. 
Boxing and c artag e free.

e x tra  heavy  base; 

silv etta 

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D.  D.  C O O K ,

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

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To  the  Book  and  Stationery  Trade:

We are  now  State  Agents  for 
Messrs.  Harper Brothers’ School 
Books  and  can  furnish  them  at 
the publishers’  prices.

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co.,

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

M s  aid Traveling Bags

Wholesale  and  Retail.

Sample  Cases  and  Traveling  Goods  a 

Specialty.

R EPA IR IN G   NEATLY  DONE.

Telephonedo*906 Grand  Rapids, Mieh.
B u s i n e s s   P r a c t i c e
T * tw i n n  t   at  tbe  Gr&n<l R&pids 
- L f e p a . 1   L I I l C I l  L  Busine8B College. Ed­
ucates pupils to transact aud  record  business as 
It Is done by our best  business  bouses.  It  pays 
to go to  tbe  best.  Shorthand  and  Typewriting 
also thoroughly taught.  Send for circular.  Ad­
dress A.  S.  PA RISH , successor to C. G. Swens 
berg.

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"W m . R . K e e le r ,
Gonfßßtionerihißigars,

JO B B E R   O F

412  So.  Division  St.,

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

Penny  Goods  a  Specialty.

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

S h o w  C a s e

M A K E R S .

Prißßs Lower than Eifer

B IS S

Are in great demand and we can 
handle  any amount  to  good  ad­
vantage.  Send us  all  the choice 
stock you can.  The sixteen-quart 
case is the best package.
Prompt  reports  made.
BARNETT  BRO,S.

CHICAGO.

Uillers, Attention

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEMKR
Watch Maker 
§ Jeweler,
Granii Rapids,  ■  Jiißh,

44  CRffiL  8T„

FLINT, Mich.. April 9,1869. 

To Whom it May Concern:
We,  the  undermined  committee,  se­
lected by Geo.  T.  Warren  &  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 F lin t Jo u rn al 
F. H. Rankin, J r., of W olverine Citizen 
A. L. Aldrich, o f th e  F lin t Globe. „

O U R   N E W   B R A N D   O F   C IÖ A R S,

“E D IT O R ’S   C H O IC E”

B U Y

M u sc a tin e
R O L L E D

O A T S

W ill  not  turn  bitter  in  hot 

weather.

Best  the  year  around.

G r o s k o p f  B ro s.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Will be ready for  shipment  in  about 

two weeks.

P rice,  T hirty-T hree Dollars[per  Thousand.
We  shall be pleased to receive a sample  order 

from you. 

Yours respectfully,

Geo.  T.  Warren  b  Go.

That contains any  in­
tobacco,  “ill- 
ferior 
flavoring” or other in­
jurious  ingredients.
QUALITY

COUNTS.
Our  “BEN  HUB” 
CIGARS ha/ve  proved 
so  popular  over  all 
other 10c Cigars in the 
market 
that  the  de­
mand  is  overwhelm­
ing.

DEALERS.

SOLD  BY  ALL 
Ask for  Geo. Moebs 
and  Co.78 
“ BEN
HUR”  if  you  want 
the best.

W holesale  and  R etail

H EA D Q U A R T E R S

92  Woodward  Ave. 

$

(Form erly Shriver, W eatherly & Co.) 

CONTRACTORS  F O R

ßaluaniied Iron Cornice, 

Pliimtinp ft Heating Work.
Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

Dealers  in

and  Grates.

W eatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

773*.  ■ 
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MICH.

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A l l e n  D u r f k e . 

’A .  D.  L e a v e n w o r t h .

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

103 Ottawa 8t.,  Grand Rapids.

A  GRAND  SUCCESS.

Fourth Annual Convention of the Mich­

igan Business  Men’s  Association. 

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

Grand Haven  (A.  S. Kedzie)—We held 
a special meeting last week  and appoint­
I was  promised  the 
ed three  delegates. 
statistics by our  Secretary.  They  were 
to  have  been  handed  in  yesterday;  but 
I  appear  before  you  barehanded,  as  he 
did not do it.  Our  Association has done 
good service for its members. 
It has en­
abled  them to make  collections of  debts 
of  which  they  had  despaired, and  has 
done it in such a way that no bad feeling 
has  been  created.  The  only  difficulty 
we  have  is  lack  of  attendance  at  the 
monthly  meetings,  and,  if  there is  any 
method by which members can be stimu­
lated  to  attend  I  hope it will  be  found 
out  in this  gathering, and  it will  be re­
ported  to  our  organization.  We  are 
abundantly  satisfied  of  the  success  of 
the collecting  system.
Lansing  (W.  E.  Crotty)—The  Secre­
tary has  failed  to  furnish  me  with  the 
data  for a five  minutps  report.  The re­
port  will  be presented  later. 
In  the 
mean  time,  we  have a delegate  present 
who is loaded with  ideas—E. R. Osband. 
We  recommend  him to  the  Association 
for  some  good  remarks in regard  to the 
Association  coming  in contact  with  the 
grangers.
The President—Mr. Osband, we should 
be very glad to hear  from  you.  Mr. Os­
band is manager of  the  grange  store at 
Lansing.
Mr. Osband—I  had  a  great  deal  of 
respect  for  Brother  Crotty;  but,  on 
this occasion, I must say that my respect 
has  been  somewhat  shaken. 
I  am  not 
prepared to make a report here.
I do  not  belong to the  Patrons of  In­
dustry,  but I  belong to that  Association 
that  has  been  spoken  of—the  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  We  are  endeavoring  to 
run a co-operative  store. 
I do  not  care 
to  say a great  deal  about  that—it is not 
necessary.  We are  not  quarreling  with 
the rest of  the fellows who  sell crackers 
and  cheese, but  are working with  them 
and harmoniously.
So far as our  Lansing Business  Men’s 
Association is  concerned, I  have  been a 
member since  starting.  We are like the 
rest of mankind down at Lansing—some­
times we  succeed and  sometimes  we  do 
not.  Where we  fail, we search  out  the 
cause  and  try to  avoid  it in the  future. 
On  the  whole,  our  Association  there 
stands as well  as it ever  has  stood.  At 
our  last  meeting,  there  seemed  to  be 
more  life than  ever.  There  was a  dis­
position on the  part of  every member to 
come forward and do his duty.
We found ourselves being bitten by tho 
millers during the past year.  Those who 
retailed  flow found  but that  every sack 
of  flour and  every barrel of  flour we got 
from  the  Lansing  millers  was  short 
weight. 
I  was  on  the  committee  that 
investigated  the  question.  We  divided 
into  squads  and visited  the  retailers. 
We found that no flour  they gave us was 
full  weight.  On  an  average,  we found 
that a barrel of  flour fell  short  from six 
to  eight pounds. 
It  makes  quite a  dif­
ference in the  long  run.  For  instance, 
we  found  that it made  a  difference—at 
the  rate of  $4.50 a barrel  wholesale—of 
18.02  per  cent,  per  barrel;  the  miller 
was  stealing  from  the  consumer  that 
amount.  There  wa,s,  on  an  average,  a 
shortage  of  six  pounds  to  the  barrel. 
This amount in a mill that manufactures 
two thousand  barrels of  flour  per  day, 
would make a difference to the consumer 
of  $36.18  on  each  mill.  Half  a  year 
would  make a difference of  $5,644.  For 
a whole  year,  the  miller was  beating us 
out of more than $11,000—one mill! Over 
$40,000 in the  aggregate!  The  Business 
Men’s Association  set to work to remedy 
this.  The  millers  were  informed  that 
legal  steps would  he taken,  if  no  other 
steps  would  succeed, in  giving us what 
we  purchased—one  hundred  ninety-six 
pounds of  flour to the  barrel.  One mill­
er  did  not  care to contest  the case  and 
the others  fell  in and  gave one  hundred 
ninety-six  pounds.  So  our  Association 
saves  our  people  in  bread  alone  over 
$40,000 a year by getting full  weights.
But  other  things  that we  have  taken 
hold of  as  business  men  have  brought 
prosperity to  our  city to a great  extent. 
During the  last year, we  have organized 
a  Board  of  Trade. 
(Perhaps,  if  there 
were  some  members  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  here, they would  say I  was  gen­
erous).  We  have  gone  in  together. 
Brought in several  large  manufacturing 
institutions, one  putting  up  shops  cost­
ing $80,000, going into operation and em­
ploying  from  three  hundred  to  three 
hundred  and  fifty men.  Another  insti­
tution,  an  evaporator  eompany,  also 
brought  in  through  the  efforts  of  the 
business men of  Lansing,  is to  employ a 
large  number of  men.  We have  others 
abdut  to  locate  there.  Another  thing, 
it  -is a help  not  only to  Lansing  but to 
t|-,e whole State of Michigan.
We have established the  State  Fair in 
Lansing 
through  the  Business  Men’s 
Association. 
It is  one of  the  most cen­
tral points in the State  as far as railroad 
connection is  concerned.  They have es­
tablished the State Fair on a footing that 
cannot  but be beneficial  to  every town. 
It  had  been  an  itinerant affair.  They 
made  money in the  large  towns, but  in 
the small  ones  they found  out  they lost 
money.  We  took  them  in,  a  bankrupt 
institution, indebted  quite  a  number  of 
thousand  dollars.  We  had  a  very  fine 
fair  ground, as good  as anywhere in the 
State.  The  whole  property was  put  at 
our disposal, and to-day permanent build­
ings are being erected  there.  The State 
Fair is going  to be  better  than ever  be­
fore;  it is going  to  be  centrally  located.
Other  good  things  have been  accom­
plished.  The  collecting  business  has 
not  been  pushed  to  any  great  extent. 
The  tendency is  the  same  with  us  as 
with  you—dead-beats  are  known  and 
are not  being trusted  by the  merchants. 
They pay  for what  they get.  One thing

is  especially  beneficial  which  we  have 
added:  If a man is owing Mr. A., a mem- I 
her  of  the  organization, $25,  which  he 
cannot  collect, and  he  goes to  Mr. B. to 
buy  some  article,  even  if  he  can  pay 
cash for  it, he is informed  that when he 
pays Mr. A. he can have it, and not until 
It  puts  the  man in  such a shape 
then. 
that he is crowded out and  must pay Mr. 
A. or  go  outside to  buy. 
It  works very 
well in certain  lines in our  town, and  I 
do  not  see why  it  would  not  in  other 
lines.  A  person  who is not  trusted  by 
one  member should  not  be  by  another 
until  he has  paid  up his  old  account. 
We are organized for mutual benefit.
As to rating and the  business standing 
of  men, it seems  to me that it ought  not 
to be necessary in our organization  to go 
through this long routine of Blue Letter, 
and the  one that  follows, and  the third. 
It seems to me that if business men were 
honest  with  themselves  in  any  town it 
would not  be necessary.
Mr. Crouty will  tell you  more to-mor­
row.
Mr.  Crandall—I  have  always  under­
stood that when a miller puts up flour in 
sacks  he  was  entitled  to a shortage. 
I 
find  my  flour  weighs  twenty-four  and 
one-half pounds to the quarter and forty- 
nine  pounds  to  the half  sack.  We find 
that it is the  old  story—we supposed we 
had  no  right to kick;  we supposed  it to 
be  legal;  they  said  that  the  difference 
was  to  pay  for  the  sack;  we  took  our 
medicine  without  any  complaint ;  we 
never  supposed that  twenty-five pounds 
of  flour  weighed  over  twenty-four and 
one-half pounds.

Mr. Osband—A  barrel of  flour should 
weigh  196  pounds;  a quarter of  a barrel 
would  be  48  pounds.  The miller  is all 
right.  My  brother  is  “off.” 
(Laugh­
ter.)  You cannot legally cut the amount 
of flour down below 190 pounds.

Mr. Blain—I  sometimes  buy  a  little 
coal. 
I would  like to ask the gentleman 
if  he intends to insinuate that our Presi­
dent has  any difficulty in getting  coal in 
Lansing.  (Laughter.)

The President—The difficulty has been 
in  selling  it,  not  buying  it.  We  give 
1,800 pounds to the ton always.  (Laugh­
ter.)

Mr.  Stowe—I would like to ask if  any­
one has ever weighed a barrel of  flour to 
find out whether he gets 196 pounds?

A voice—Yes,  sir.
Mr. Stowe—Did it hold up?
Several voices—No,  sir.
A voice—We get 196 pounds of flour to 

the barrel.
Davison  (C.  W.  Hurd)—The  Davison 
Mercantile Union  was organized  a  little 
more  than a year  ago  and  for the  first 
year quite a little  attention  was  paid  to 
the  collecting  department  and  through 
its  agency  several  merchants  were  en­
abled to realize on old accounts long past 
due—in one or two instances accounts of 
fourteen  years’ standing  were  collected 
through  the  Blue  Letter  system.  For 
the past  year,  more  attention  has  been 
paid  to the  improvements  of  the  town 
than  otherwise.  Consequently, through 
continuous  efforts  of  the  Mercantile 
Union,  our  town  was  incorporated  in 
May  last  and  at  the  present  time  ar­
rangements are being  made for  fire pro­
tection in the  way of  a fire  engine and a 
hook  and  ladder  company.  Reservoirs 
are  also  being put in for  fire  purposes, 
also  quite a little  has been  done  in  the 
way of sewerage,sidewalks, etc.  Through 
members of  the Union,  we  have also se­
cured  a  newspaper,  which  bids  fair  to 
equal, if  not  surpass,  any  paper  in  the 
county.
South  Haven  (E.  J.  Lockwood)—In 
making  this brief  report of  our Associa­
tion it will  be necessary for  you to over­
look  the  fact  that  our  Secretary,  Mr. 
Ross, and  also  Mr.  S. Yan Ostrand,  last 
year’s Secretary,  and also one of the del­
egates  to  this  meeting,  were  prevented 
from being  in  attendance.  This  being 
the  fact, my  report  will  necessarily  be 
short.
We  organized  April  10,  1888,  with 
thirty-three  members. 
In  October  we 
took  charter  No.  77,  with  thirty-nine 
members.  We  have  steadily  held  our 
own  and  have  new applications  on  file.
We  have  accomplished  what  could 
never have been  brought to pass without 
I mention a few of the 
organized effort. 
most prominent:  We secured a sash and 
blind  factory that will employ fifty men; 
this  of  itself  is  worth  its  cost  to  us. 
Our  collection  department  has  been  a 
success from the start.  According to the 
Secretary’s  report, there  has  been  col­
lected $878  through the Blue Letter, and 
through  the  Secretary,  $100.  Seventy- 
seven names, representing in round num­
bers  $1,200,  have  been  listed  as  delin­
quents.  Eleven  persons  have  been  re­
instated.  This,  understand,  is  for  our 
fiscal year ending April 10,  1889.
We  expect to learn  much at  this  con­
vention and shall try and utilize it.
Mr. Blain—I move that this convention 
invite Governor  Luce to make us a short 
talk on “Legislation” under  the  proper 
order.  Carried.

WEDNESDAY'—AFTEKNOON.

At  2 p. m.  the visitors  were  taken  in 
hand  by  the  Muskegon  B.  M. A.  and 
given  a  ride  to  the  Van  Raalte  down 
Muskegon  Lake to the  Life  Saving  Sta­
tion,  where  an  interesting  exhibition 
was  given  by  the  crew;  out  on  Lake 
Michigan  to  Lake  Harbor  and  return; 
back  through  Muskegon  Lake to  Inter­
lake  park, where  the  lean  men,  under 
O.  F.  Conklin, played  one  inning  of  a 
match  game of  base  ball with  the  fat

men  under  the  leadership  of  L.  W. 
Sprague,  resulting in the victory of  both 
sides.  Tbe boat was  then taken  for the 
hotel,  which  was  reached  in  time  for 
supper.

WEDNESDAY—EVENING  SESSION.

At the opening of  the evening session, 
Governor  Luce’s  entrance,  with  Presi­
dent  Wells was  greeted with  prolonged 
applause.

The  President—I  am  late. 

I  apolo­
gize  for  it.  My  excuse  is  the  large 
amount  of  Muskegon  hospitality  that 
has been showered upon me.

The consideration of  the report of  the 
Committee  on  Transportation  was  an­
nounced as the first in order.

J.  V. Crandall—I  listened to the  read­
ing of that report and am interested; but 
I  do not  remember a word of  it. 
I  be­
lieve  that  nine-tenths of  us  are  in  the 
same fix. 
I  move that the  Secretary re­
read it.

The President—The report has nothing 

to do with modern transportation.

(Laughter.) 

Mr. Crandall—I do not know that I can 
say  anything  on  the  subject  that  will 
interest  myself—much  less you. 
I saw 
it on the  programme. 
I am a shipper in 
a small way, both  importing and export­
ing. 
I  was  remarking  to  a  gentleman 
this  afternoon that  I  have bled at every 
pore  this year  on my freight  bills.  We 
have  got so that  we  are  “sore”  over  it. 
I  cannot tell  you  the  remedy. 
I  have 
asked  our  Association  to appoint  some 
man to visit our railroad  and see if  they 
could not  do somethiug.  When we  talk 
about  a  favor  from a railroad,  I  would 
rather  ask  from  our  heavenly  Father! 
He  is  nearer! 
(Laughter.)  The  mer­
chants  at  our  place  are  heavy hearted. 
We happen to live  between two fires—or 
two railroads—and we find  that we  have 
no  competition,  either  at  Sand  Lake, 
Pierson  or  Rockford.  We  are  at  the 
mercy of  a  corporation  that  has a heart 
as big as a grain of mustard seed.  Some 
have been shipping hardwood to Chicago 
and have sent a check to pay the balance 
of  the freight—what the  load of  oak did 
not  pay.  Some  of  the  P. of  I.’s  have 
been  shipping  apples  in  the  same way. 
They  think a draft  in  some  way  means 
“to  enlist.” 
If  you  can 
help us out, I  shall  be glad.  When  you 
undertake  to  enlarge the heart of a rail­
road  company, to  do  justice  to all  men 
up and  down its lines, you  cannot reach 
them;  and I do not believe the 5,000 bus­
iness  men of  Michigan  can reach  them, 
including  the  lumbermen.  We  have 
bucked  against  them  for  twenty  years. 
We only  brought  them  to  terms  once. 
In  surveying  a railroad,  we  got  Joy  to 
say he would  iron  it if  we would  grade 
it  and  furnish  the ties.  They  gave  us 
better  rates.  That was a young  pup of 
a railroad  then. 
It  has got  to  be a full 
grown  dog  now and  we cannot reach  it. 
(Laughter.) 
I  got  nineteen  pounds  of 
cotton  yarn  the  other  day from  Grand 
Rapids, twenty-five cents  express—forty 
miles. 
If  I  order  four  bills  of  goods 
from  Grand  Rapids  business  men  and 
four  men deliver  those  to  the  Indiana 
Railroad  Co., it  costs  us  a  dollar—pro­
viding they don’t weigh over 100 pounds. 
Equal  justice  to  shippers  is  what  we 
want. 
I  have asked our railroad to give 
us a division  equal with  Cedar Springs. 
They said they “would consider the mat­
ter  when  they  made  out 
their  next 
I don’t know when that will be.
tariff. ” 
The President—I  wrote  to  the  chair­
man  of  the  Committee  on  Transporta­
tion,  requesting  a  good,  full  report, 
especially about the inter-state commerce 
law and its effect  upon transportation in 
this  State. 
I  regret  that  we  have  no 
report  from  him  which  can  be  acted 
I  hope  there will  be a full  dis­
upon. 
cussion of  the subject. 
I presume there 
are other  grievances;  perhaps  somebody 
is wise enough to find out a remedy.

L. W. Sprague—I  can tell you how we 
help ourselves  out. 
I  have  thought  the 
matter  over  a great  many  years.  The 
trouble was in shipping in. 
If we lost a 
carload of goods, we could not find them. 
They would  not  look  for  them.  They 
might be three weeks or three months on 
the road,  as  far as  they were concerned. 
We had to pay fifteen cents from Detroit. 
We  built  another  railroad. 
It  would 
please you to see those local agents break 
their  necks to see that we get our goods; 
and they will  ask you if  you can’t  send 
more goods over their road. 
(Laughter.) 
Now the  rate  is ten  cents. 
If  Brother 
Crandall  is  down there  where  he  can’t 
have  another  railroad,  he  has  got  to 
stand it.  (Laughter.)  I  think  Crandall 
is pretty well satisfied that that is a fact. 
I would  be very glad  to  help  hijn,  if  I 
could,  but I can’t. 
I  might go over  and 
help him kill them off sometime.  (Laugh­
ter.)  Or, we might buy the road.

Mr. Crandall—I  had  thought of  that. 
I shipped two carloads of wheat;  shipped 
some  to  Detroit  and  paid eleven  cents

from our city;  some to Grand Rapids and 
paid eight  cents a bushel.  Comment  is 
unnecessary.

The President—I  think  it will  be well 
to hear from other delegates.  1 reside in 
a place  (Lansing)  which is getting  to  be 
quite  a  prominent  railroad  center;  but 
all the railroads centering in Lansing are 
in  a  pool.  We  get  no  advantage  from 
any other  road  than  the  Grand  Trunk. 
It is the  only road  that  offers  any com­
petition.  The  Michigan  Central, D., L. 
& N. and  Lake  Shore  are  charging  the 
same rate to competing points.  There is 
no  difference.  The  Grand  Trunk,  al­
though charging  the same  rate, gives us 
the  advantage of  free  cartage.  This,  I 
believe, it  does not do in all points of the 
State. 
I think a comparison of views on 
this subject might be interesting.  I think 
there are gentlemen  here, who  have had 
experience  with only one  road,  who can 
state  that  they  have  received  more or 
less  advantage when  others  have  been 
built  and  competition  established. 
It 
will be interesting to know that.  I would 
like to  hear  from  others on  the  subject.
N. B. Blain—We have with us a repre­
sentative  of  the  Furniture  Association 
of  Grand  Rapids,  and  while  I  am  not 
connected with the  furniture business, I 
have known of the Secretary’s work, and 
1  know that  the  Furniture  Association 
of  Grand Rapids  has  done  as  much  or 
more than  any other in the  State in this 
matter. 
I  call  for Mr. Asmus.  I  think 
he  is  also  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Trade of Grand Rapids.

H. D. C. Van Asmas—I do not know as 
I can say very  much in regard to a reme­
dy. 
I  have  been connected  for  several 
years  with  an  official  of  two  railroad 
companies,  and  Secretary of  the  Furni­
ture  Association,  organized  nine  years 
ago.  There  has  been a continual strug­
gle in regard to freight  rates and  classi­
fication, but  we  have  generally accomp­
lished  what we set  out to do.  We have 
been very conservative  with the railroad 
companies.  We have  looked  from  the 
standpoint of  traffic managers,  and traffic 
associations,  and  from the  standpoint of 
shippers.  We  only ask for one  thing at 
a time,  and  have not  rested until we got 
that one  thing,  even if  it  was a year  or 
two years—then started on another thing. 
With the  efforts of  good will and  under­
standing,  and the  comoined work of  the 
members of  the  Furniture  Association, 
we  have got  what we  possess to-day. 
I 
have a copy of the first way-bill of a car­
load  of  furniture  shipped  out  west. 
I 
have it framed and hung up in my room.
I  think  we paid  forty cents  a  hundred 
pounds  to  Chicago.  To-day  we  pay 
twenty-seven  cents.  We  first  got  the 
articles  classified, then worked  until we 
got three classifications.  After  that, we 
tackled the rates on the different commo­
dities  we  ship.  We  got  the  rates  in 
shape.  To-day we  are  working  on  an­
other reduction on the rates, and I think 
we shall accomplish it.  You have got to 
make a combined effort  if  you do  it. 
It 
is of  no use  for one little  town to tackle 
a  railroad  company.  You  have  got  to 
make  a  combined  effort,  through  the 
State  Business  Men’s  Association, 
through  your  Committee.  You  must 
bring your entire  influence to bear  upon 
the  company  or  you  will  accomplish 
nothing. 
It will then give you a respect­
ful standing  before  the  railroad  com­
panies.  They  will  respect  you,  and  if 
every  one  of  the  different  associations 
through the State are at the back of  that 
Committee, and  the Committee does  the 
work, not trying to do  any  underhanded 
work,  just refer the  railroad company to 
that Committee,  and you will  frequently 
succeed.  You will  see that  the railroad 
company will  listen  to  you;  that  is the 
main  thing.  We  have  brought  things 
about  through the Grand  Rapids  Furni­
ture  Association and the  national organ­
ization.  We  undertook  to  call  a meet­
ing  in  January  in  Grand  Rapids.  We 
had  representatives  from  the  different 
points  in  the  United  States.  We have 
formed an association on the  same  basis 
that  we  formed  our  local  association. 
We  appoint  our  different  committees. 
At  the  last  meeting  in  New  York  we 
agreed  that  we  would  do  nothing  our­
selves  as  local  organizations, but  that 
the  work be done  through  the  national 
association.  We have  been  notified  by 
the  different men  that were  to visit  the 
different towns  manufacturing furniture 
in the United States.  We told them they 
had  better  stay at  home, we  would  not 
listen to them.  We had  no time to  talk 
to them.  We  referred them to the  com­
mittee.  The  committee  would  answer 
for us.  Appoint a good committee, woulR 
be  my advice.  Pay the  expenses  neces­
sary and let them visit the  different rail­
roads in the  State.  Write  to  them, put 
the  grievances of  the  different  towns in 
the  hands of  that  committee. 
I  could 
give you many points, if I were prepared, 

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AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

E. F. Ketchum will  engage in  the gro­
I.  M. Clark  & 

cery business at  Rodney. 
Son furnish the stock.

Jerry Hofmau  has engaged  in the gro­
cery  business at  Grand  Haven.  Olney, 
Shields & Co. furnished  the stock.

C. B. Stauffer, late of  Piqua, Ohio, will 
engage in the fancy goods and notion bus­
iness  in  the  Bemis  store,  on  Monroe 
street. 

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A.  E.  Maxfield  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery business at  Brutus  and will add 
a line of  hardware.  The groceries were 
purchased here.

J. C. West and Ben. E. West have pur­
chased  the  Westlake  drug  stock,  on 
Canal  street, and will continue the busi­
ness under the style of J. C. West & Son.
The dissolution of the firm of  Putnam 
& Brooks is imminent,  as soon as  the in­
ventory  now  in  progress  is  completed. 
The  business will  be continued  by Ben. 
W. Putnam  and  a  number of  associates 
whose identity he is not yet ready to dis­
close.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Eastport—Wm.  Zeran’s new dru 

store

is nearly completed.

South Boardman—Justin Johnston ha 

opened a meat market.

Corunna—H.  H. Haney, tinner,  is suc­

ceeded by Haney & Harper.

Sparta—Peter  Johnson  has  sold  hi 

meat market to John David.

Greenville—E.  Parks  succeeds  Cooper 

& Parks in the meat business.

Kalamazoo — A.  Manning’s  grocery 

store has been closed by creditors.

Montague—Klett  &  Wurtzler  succeed 

Geo. Klett in the harness business.

Garden—The  Garden  Store  Co.’s gen 
eral  stock  is  now  owned by Bonifas  & 
Cluin.

Benton Harbor—John  Gelhaar,  of  St, 
Joseph, has opened a bakery and  restur 
ant here.

Laingsburg—John M. Bryson, the Ovid 
clothier,  has  put  in a  stock of  clothing 
and boots and shoes.

Jackson—Geo.  W.  Watrous  succeeds 
Estella  J.  (Mrs.  James F.)  Shaw in the 
boot and shoe business.

Cleon—John  Dougherty  has  arranged 
to  erect a new  store  building  and  will 
engage in general trade.

Pine Lake—A. E. Andrews has sold his 
dry  goods  and  grocery  stock  to  L.  R 
Williams, late of Lansing.

Wayland—J. C. Branch  has  leased the 
fruit evaporator  of  R. H. Olive  and  has 
already begun operating it.

Bessemer—Jones  &  Watson  are  suc­
ceeded in the drug, paint and  wall paper 
business by Jones & Sheldon.

Eastport—L. G. Evans  has  purchased 
the  Rowe  &  Carmichael  general  stock 
and will continue the business.

Plainwell—J.  Parks has sold his  meat 
market to Homer J. Brown and Ed. Parks, 
who will continue the business.

Coldwater—White  & Brown  have  ut 
tered seven  chattel  mortgages  on  their 
grocery stock, aggregating $888.80.

Mulliken—J. Doolittle  and  Chas. Cry 
derman have formed a copartnership and 
will engage in the hardware business.

Naubinway—Will  Kalmbach,  formerly 
•engaged in the  jewelry business  at  Che 
boygan, has opened a  jewelry store here
Tustin—John Perry has purchased the 
drug  stock  of  Dr.  A.  J. Thomson  and 
will  continue  the  business in the Deuel 
store.

Lansing—Curtis  E.  Haughawout  ha 
sold his drug  stock  to C. Alsdorf  & Son 
He  still  continues  in  the  grocery  bus 
iness.

Oak  Grove—L.  E. Walker’s  store  and 
general  stock was  destroyed  by fire  last 
Friday  night.  Loss,  $2,000;  insurance, 
$ 1,000.

Mendon—Lanning & Mawharter’s  pro 
duce store and meat market  was  burned 
out one  day last  week. 
Insurance, only 
partial.

Laingsburg—C.  A.  Bacon  having  re­
tired from the grocery business, the same 
stand is now occupied by K. S. Cook, late 
of  St. Charles.

Florence—George  and  Frank Roys re 
cently sold  1,000  pounds of  peppermint 
to  Elkhart, lnd., parties, to  be  used  in 
the manufacture of  chewing gum.

Galesburg—Oliver Evans has  been  ad 
. mitted to partnership in  the  grocery and 
restaurant business of P. S. Evans.  The 
new  firm will  be known  as Evans  Bros
Plainwell—J.  M.  Travis  has  bought 
the  Masson  building, on  Bridge  street, 
and will put in cold storage  and  engage 
more extensively in the shipping of farm 
products.

Tustin—John Grove and Frank Edgett 
Jr.,  have  purchased  the  meat  market 
outfit from G. A. Skaglin and are making 
preparations  to  open a meat  market 
the Estes building.

Rodney—L. T.  Wilmarth  has  sold his 
general stock to the Sullivan Lumber Co, 
which has removed the same to Sullivan, 
The  store  has  been  rented  by  E 
Ketchum, who will shortly engage in the 
grocery business.

East  Saginaw—Burdick & Moore,  gro­
cers and meat dealers, have been damaged 
by fire to the extent of  $5,000. 
Insured.
Allendale—Geo. H.  Walbrink is build­
ing an addition to the front  and  side  of 
his store,  making it 20x40 feet in dimen- 
ions, and  will  also  construct  a  ware- 
room, 8x24 feet in dimensions.  - 

Ithaca—W.  F.  Laughlin,  who  has 
been admitted to partnership  in  the gro­
cery firm of  Julius A.  Laughlin & Co., is 
brother  of  the  senior  member  of  the 

firm—not son,  as stated last week.

Tustin—Frank Compton has purchased 
John  Spencer’s  billiard  and pool tables 
and  N.  S.  Spencer’s  stock  of  tobacco, 
cigars and  confectionery,  and  will  con­
tinue the business at the old stand. 

Jackson—The  grocery  of  C. G. Smith 
ras closed  Friday on a chattel  mortgage 
held  by his  wife.  Other mortgages  are 
held  by  Clark,  Baker  &  Co., wholesale 
grocers, and it is not yet decided how the 
matter will be settled.

Dorr—Burglars  entered  the  general 
store of  E. S. Botsford last Friday night, 
taking only a pair of  shoes  and  twenty- 
five cents in change  from  the  till.  The 
afe,  which  was  unlocked,  was  not 
touched,  nor  was  a  showcase  full  of 
watches  disturbed.  The  same  fellows 
broke into the  postoffice  and  took about 
in  pennies,  leaving  $100  worth  of 

postage stamps  untouched.

following  persons  in 

Grand Ledge—H.  E. Ressegue  uttered 
five  chattel  mortgages on  his  drug  and 
grocery  stock  last  Thursday,  securing 
the 
the  order 
named:  Geo.  N.  Berry,  DePuy  Bros., 
Geo.  L.  Coryell,  Jas. Winnie  and  Mrs. 
H.  E.  Ressegue.  The  mortgages  aggre­
gated  $2,200,  while  the  stock  is  not 
worth  to  exceed  $1,500. 
I.  M. Clark & 
Son  subsequently  placed  an attachment 
on  the  stock  for  $62.57, on  the  ground 
that  the last  three mortgages are  fraud­
ulent.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Plainwell—H.  J. Brown  has  sold  his 
the  Plainwell  Lum­

coal  business  to 
ber Co.

Roscommon — W.  W.  Vaughan,  E. 
A.uger and  M.  S. Maxon  are  erecting  a 
mall saw and shingle mill.
Bay City—The  Keystone  Lumber  Co. 
has begun shipping stock. 
It has 4,000,- 
000  feet  piled on  dock,  and  it  will  be 
moved as rapidly as possible.

Muskegon—Martin Ryerson & Co. have 
shut  down  their  mill,  and  are  storing 
their  logs.  They have  had  an  unusual 
proportion of stained lumber.

Plainwell—Joseph Deal has purchased 
the entire interest of  John  N.  Soncrant 
in the Hooper Stave Co.,  and  will  here­
after conduct the business alone.

Coleman—James Peters  is  operating a 
factory employing twenty-six men in the 
manufacture of barrel head linings.  The 
output is 700,000 head linings daily.

Perry—Both  roller  process  mills  are 
kept  running twenty-four hours  per day 
since  new wheat  has  commenced  to  be 
offered in market.  The two mills have a 
capacity of  150 barrels of  flour  per day.
Cadillac—Mitchell  Brothers  have dis­
continued  their night  run,  but turn  out 
their  usual quota  days.  This  firm  has 
graded between  six  and eight  miles  of 
road bed this summer for subsequent use 
in reaching its pine.

Pinconing — W.  G.  Cogswell,  whose 
mill at Loon Lake burned last week, will 
not  rebuild,  but will  run  his remaining 
mill night and  day, cutting 90,000  shin­
gles  every twenty-four  hours.  His  mill 
near  here  has  not  been  operated  this 
season.

East  Saginaw—At the  rate  the  mills 
are operating  at  present, with  a  season 
of  ordinary  length,  the  output  on  the 
river  will  exceed  700,000,000  feet  con­
siderably,  and  unless shipments  are  ex­
ceptionally brisk  there  will  be  a  large 
stock on hand when the mills close.

Bay City—Miller  &  Lewis are  cutting 
a large consignment of logs from Georgian 
Bay  for  R.  G. Peters  and  others.  The 
timber is of  good  quality, and  cuts  out 
fully as good as  expected.  There is  25,- 
000,000  feet of  this  stock  being  manu­
factured at mills at this end of the river.
East  Saginaw—The  N.  &  A.  Barnard 
Co. has  its  electric  light  plant  in  full 
operation,  and  the  mill  and  yard  are 
brilliantly illuminated.  The mill is run­
ning  night  and  day.  One-third  of  the 
cut of  the  mill  this  season  is hemlock, 
the  company having  had  an  extraordi­
nary trade in that class of  stock.

Bay City—Eddy,  Avery  &  Eddy  have 
been lucky this season.  They sold  their 
old stock early, and it was shipped.  They 
have  manufactured  12,000,000  feet  this 
season,  all  of  which  is  sold,  and  the 
7,000,000  feet now on  their mill  dock is 
all  sold.  Mr. Eddy  says  that  they  re­
ceived  as good  prices  for the  stock sold 
as were obtained last season.

Marquette—Thomas  McGraw,  of  Sag­
inaw,  and  R. W.  Hawley, of  Cleveland, 
who own pine lands in this vicinity, have 
begun  the  erection  of  a sawmill  at  the 
mouth of  Dead  River,  two miles  west of 
this city.  The mill will have a capacity 
of  30*000  feet  per  annum,  and  will be 
ready  for  operation  at  the  opening  of 
next season.  Surveys  are under way for 
a line of  railroad  from  the  mill  to  the 
timber lands which lie along  Dead River, 
ten  miles  distant.

Detroit—The C.  C. Wormer  Machinery 
Co. has  filed  articles of  association with 
the  county clerk,  with a capital  stock of 
$15,000.  The  incorporators  are  C.  C. 
Wormer, Chas J. O’Hara,  Stephen Moore 
and  Geo. W. Moore.

Muskegon—The Thayer Lumber  Co.  is 
making  preparations  for 
its  winter’s 
operations in Missaukee county,  building 
several miles of  new spurs to its  logging 
railroad,  and expects to have  everything 
in readiness  for  operation  September 1. 
The company will put  in  25,000,000 feet 
next winter, if  the demand is good.

Bay City—Ross,  Bradley  &  Co.  have 
shipped  over  30,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
and  bill  stuff  this  season, nearly all  of 
which went  through the  planing  mill of 
the firm  before  shipment.  They  expect 
the shipments of  the season will approx­
imate  50,000,000  feet.  Additional  ma­
chinery  will  be  placed  in  the  mill  to 
facilitate handling of orders with prompt­
ness.

Bay City—The  Baker  tract,  a  fine  lo­
cation,  comprising about twenty acres at 
the south  end of  the  city, will  be occu­
pied  by Gamble & Yance,  a new concern 
organized  last  week.  Mr. Gamble  is  a 
well-known  Detroit  lumberman,  and  E. 
J. Yance  has long  been engaged in lum­
bering  here.  They  will  erect  a  large 
planing  mill and  operate a lumber  yard 
in connection.

Muskegon—The  assignment  of  S.  S. 
Morris  &  Bro. to A. A. Wood, last  Mon­
day,  was  wholly  unexpected.  The  lia­
bilities were $28,000,  $21,000 to the Mus­
kegon  National  Bank and  $7,000 to Ar­
mour & Co., John Plankinton and Libby, 
McNeal  &  Libby.  A  settlement  was 
reached on  Friday, the  Bank  taking  the 
real estate  belonging to the  firm and  the 
fixtures  and  lease  for  its  claim,  while 
Armour, Plankinton and Libby took  the 
stock in settlement of their claims.  The 
assignment  dissolved  the  partnership, 
but S. S. Morris has resumed business in 
his own  name.

Ionia—E.  D.  Voorhees  has  resumed 
business  in  the  former  location  of  the 
Michigan Overall  Manufacturing Co. un­
der  the  style  of  the  Ionia  Pants  and 
Overall Co.  He has  added  to his equip­
ment a new  boiler  and  engine,  and  all 
his machines—sewing, cutting  and  but­
ton-holing—are  new  and  of  the  latest 
and  most  improved designs.  Mr. Yoor- 
hees is making a line of  overalls ranging 
in  price  from  $4.50  to  $9 and a line of 
pants ranging  from $9 to $42.  Two men 
are kept on the road to  sell  the  produet 
of  the  factory, the  capacity of  which is 
$2,000 per week.

East Saginaw—Lumber operations will 
be resumed in the woods by several firms 
early next month,  and a large quantity of 
logs  will  be  railed  direct  to  this river 
during  the  fall  and  winter  months. 
Sanborn, Merrill & Ring will  operate on 
the  Au  Gres;  Gubtil  &  Avery will  cut 
7,000,000 feet on the  Frederic  branch of 
the Michigan  Central,  all of  which  will 
be  railed;  Whitney  &  Batcheler  will 
bring  down  a  number  of  million  feet 
from  Clare  county,  and a large quantity 
will  be  railed  from  the  Tobacco River 
tract  recently sold  by J.  T. Hurst.  The 
Saginaw  Lumber &  Salt Co. will operate 
on  Fitzwilliam  Island,  in Georgian Bay. 
The  Emery  Lumber  Co.,  operating  on 
Wahnapitae, Georgian Bay, has increased 
its  stock  to  $180,000, and  will  operate 
extensively  the  coming  winter.  This 
concern is looking  for timber in that dis­
trict,  with  the  view  of  increasing  its 
holdings.

Gripsack Brigade.

M.  Kerns, traveling  salesman  for  Dil 
worth  Bros.,  of  Pittsburg, was  in  town 
several days last week.

J. H. Brown,  Michigan  representative 
for  P.  Lorillard  &  Co., was  in  town  a 
couple of days last week.

Willis  P.  Townsend  is  confined  to his 
house  for  a  couple of  weeks  by  reason 
of an attack of bowel trouble.

Will Campbell asserts with great  posi­
tiveness  that the boys  must cease  roast­
ing him or that something will drop.

John H. Miller,  city salesman for Put­
nam  &  Brooks, will  take  the  territory 
formerly covered  by Leo A. Caro, begin­
ning next week.

Henry Dawley is taking  a lay-off for  a 
couple of weeks on account of  ill health. 
His  route is being  covered  this week by 
John  H. Miller.

R.  C.  Mangold,  a  traveling  salesman 
for W. I. Brotherton &  Co., of  Bay City, 
hasn’t been heard from in two weeks, and 
the worst is feared.

W. B. Voorhees  has  gone  on the road 
for  the  Ionia  Pants  and  Overall  Co., 
taking  the  trade of  Southern  Michigan 
and Northern Indiana as his territory.

W. W. Richardson,  formerly traveling 
salesman for  the  Diamond  Wall  Finish 
Co.,  but now  on the road for  Daniel  B. 
Shipman, of Chicago, was in town several 
days last week.

Chas.  E. Watson  went down  the  C.  & 
W. M.  Monday, expecting  to  reach  Chi­
cago on  Thursday.  He  will  put  in  a 
week  at  the house, arranging  his  sam­
ples for tfie fall campaign.

Cliff C. Herrick,  for  several  years  be­
hind  the counter for Herrick & Randall, 
has  gone on the road  for Ball, Barnhart 
& Putman, taking the  territory formerly 
covered by Chas. M. Wheaton.

Purely  Personal.

Homer Klap is now behind the counter 

for Sessions & Hanna.

G.  M.  Huntley, the Reno general  deal­

er,  was in town Monday.

J.  H. Edwards, the Newaygo hardware 

dealer,  was in town  Monday.

Harry Gregory, the  Fennville  general 

dealer, was in town last  week.

J. C. Branch,  the  Wayland  merchant, 

was in town one day last week.

G.  O.  Adams,  the  Dushville  general 

dealer,  was in town over Sunday.

Lester J.  Rindge and family are spend­

ing a few weeks at Nantasket Beach.

Frank J. Dettenthaler is expected home 
from Colorado  Springs  to-day or  to-mor­
row.

Fred. B. Clark  went  to  Grand  Ledge 
last Friday to  gaze  on  the  ruins of  the 
Ressegue failure.

Frank E.  Powers, book-keeper for I. M. 
Clark & Son,  contemplates  building  an­
other house on Henry street.

Geo.  D. Comstock,  the Fountain street 
grocer,  recieved  a  visit  last  week from 
C.  H. Comstock,  dealer in grain,  lumber 
and coal at Ashkum, 111.

David  Holmes, the  versatile  manager 
of the West Michigan Lumber Co.’s store, 
at Woodville, was  in  town  over Sunday, 
on his way home from Saratoga.

Cow  Boy Millington  and  his  big  hat 
were in town  one  day last  week.  Both 
hail from  Paw Paw and the  former sells 
drugs and groceries when at home.

Parke  Mathewson, Michigan  represen­

tative  for  B.  T.  Babbitt  &  Co., was 
town  Monday  on  his  way  to  Traverse 
City.  He  was  accompanied  by his  son.
Milton H.  Butler is President  and  W. 
F. Street, of  the Caro Exchange Bank,  is 
Cashier  of  the  Western  Banking  and 
Mortgage Association, recently organized 
in Detroit.  Mr.  Street  will manage the 
Association.

Geo. P. Gifford is spending most of  his 
time at Muskegon at present, closing out 
the provision stock of  the late  firm of  S, 
S.  Morris  &  Bro.  Armour,  Plankinton 
and Libby will realize about 80 per cent, 
of their claims from the sale of the stock

Death of “ Country Merchant.”

F.  H.  Spencer,  one  of 

The readers of  T h e  T r a d esm a n  will 
be pained to  learn of  the  death of  F. H 
Spencer,  whose contributions  under  the 
head  of  “Leisure  Hour  Jottings”  have 
been  a  regular  feature  of 
the  paper 
during the past three  years.  The Grand 
Rapids Democrat of  the 18th contains the 
following mention of  the  deceased, from 
the pen of  a Saranac correspondent:
the  leading 
druggists of this village, died at 4 o’clock 
p.  m.  Friday,  of  consumption  of  the 
bowels.  Mr.  Spencer was born at Roch 
ester,  N.  Y.,  October  23,  1843.  Some 
time before the war he  removed with his 
parents  to  Otisco, in  this  county,  and 
although  quite  young, established  him­
self  in  the  drug  business. 
In  1862  he 
closed out his  business  and  enlisted  in 
the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, serv 
ing a large  part of  the  time  as  hospital 
steward,  but toward the close of  the war 
acted as  assistant  surgeon  for  the  reg 
iment.  After the  war he engaged in the 
drug business  in this village in company 
with  his 
father,  but  eventually  pur 
chased  the  entire  stock,  remaining  ii 
business  until  his  death.  Mr. Spencer 
was a man of  more than ordinary ability 
He was a ready, graceful  writer and was 
for  some  years  editor  of  the  Saranac 
Local  and  was  also for a time assistant 
editor  of  the  Lansing  Journal.  The 
“Jottings  of  a  Country  Merchant,” 
series  of  articles  published  in  T h e 
Mic h ig a n   T r a d esm a n,  were  from  his 
pen and have been read  with  interest by 
the  business  men of  Michigan  and  ad 
joining  States. 
In  politics  he  was  i 
Democrat,  and  in  1882  was  the Demo­
cratic nominee  for Representative in the 
State  Legislature, but  in  politics,  as  in 
everyday life,  he maintained the strictest 
integrity.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Masonic lodge and the Grand Army.
The funeral and interment occurred on 
Sunday.

In Detroit During-  September.

Michigan  merchants  should not forget 
that  Chas.  E.  Watson  will  be  at  the 
Plankinton  House,  Detroit,  all  through 
September,  with a complete line of  S. A 
Maxwell  &  Co.’s  goods.  Charley’s line 
is  larger  and  finer  than  ever  and  his 
prices  are  right—the  some as they have 
been in the past.  Don’t  fail  to  see  hi 
line.

Attention,  Printers!
cutter,  in first-class condition.

F or Sa l e—A  thirty  inch  Gem  paper 

F u l l e r  &  Stow e  Co m pa n y, 

Grand Rapids.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC. 

^

Advertisem ents w ill be inserted  under  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 ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

B U S lM J ü s s   C H A N C E S .

WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  A  GOOD  STOCK  OF 

general m erchandise  fo r  a  farm   of  80  to   100 
acres;  th is is  a  splendid  chance fo r  some  one  as  we 
will give them  a  good deal.  Address a t  once  481  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

481

OR  SALE—DRUG  AND  GENERAL  STOCK  IN  A 
_ _  good farm in g  com m unity.  No  o th er  d ru g   store 
w ithin  nine  m iles.  F o r  p articu lars,  address  Drugs, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an.______________________ 476

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 -

equipped woods outfit, all  ru nning now, fo r sale 
a t a  b arg ain ;  ow ner going W est:-\ W rite a t once.  C. L. 
G ray & Co., E vart, Mich.______ '_________________ 477

OR  RENT—A  GOOD  DRY  GOODS  STORE  IN  GOOD 
business to w n ;  good opening fo r th e rig h t person. 

Address Box 85, Dry den, Mich. 

478

F o r   s a l e —o r   w il l   t r a d e   o r   e x c h a n g e   f o r

p ro p erty  in some city of n o t less th a n  2,000 pepula- 
tio n  in Middle o r S outhern M ichigan.  Stock  of  drugs 
and  general  m erchandise  and  sto re  buildings,  well 
located for business, and is now doing a  tra d e  of §1,500 
per m onth.  Cash  value  of  buildings,  $2,500;  stock, 
¡15,000;  can reduce stock to  $2,500  in  60  days.  Build­
ings a ll in  good rep air;  stock in good  shape;  satisfac 
to ry  reasons given.  Address No. 479, care of  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

4*9

475

F o 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  

general  m erchandise,  including  fixtures,  ag g re­
g atin g  about $2.500, situ ated  a t good  trad in g   p o in t in 
th e  U pper Peninsula;  will sell stock on easy term s and 
ren t  o r  sell  building  containing  same.  Apply  to 
Lem on & Peters, G rand Rapids. 

No. 473, care Tradesm an. 

pay ren t, o r a re  poorly  located,  w rite  me.  Address 

in splendid location.  Address No. 472, care Mich­

one of th e  liveliest  stores  in  th e  S tate;  if  you 

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  
F o r   s a l e —in   t h e   c it y —s t o c k   o f   g r o c e r ie s
Ge n e r a l   s t o c k   o f   m e r c h a n d is e   f o r   s a l e —

A nice clean stock o f dry goods, clothing, carpets, 
boots and shoes, furnishing goods  and  groceries  in a 
good live  town.  L argest  trad e  in   th e   place.  F irst- 
class  investm ent.  Address K napp & P ark er,  Fowler- 
ville, M ic h .___________________________________ 470

ig an   Tradesm an._______________________________472.

__________ 473

Fo r   s a l e —h a v in g   o t h e r   im p o r t a n t   in t e r -

ests, we offer fo r sale o u r stock of drugs, groceries, 
crockery, glass w are,.wall paper, p aints, oils,  etc.;  one 
of th e best stocks in best county seat in M ichigan; will 
invoice ab o u t  $7,000;  will  trad e  out  $1,000.  Address 
B artram  & M illington. Paw   Paw. 

468

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TTrAN TED -TO  EXCHANGE—a   LOT  ON  W HITE’S 
VV  p lat,  South  Division  street,  fo r  lum ber,  m ason 
work, plum bing or painting.  No. 38 O ttaw a St. 
TXT ANTED—POSITION  AS  SALESMAN  OR MANAGER 
VV  d ry  goods or general store, by  a   young  m an  of 
experience;  best of  reference furnished.  Address, A. 
Robertson, M artin,  Mich. 
WANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK  IN  SMALL  GRO- 

cery o r d ry goods store by a  relÿ-ble young m an. 

482

471

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

469

480

XT 7" ANT ED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  TO  OPEN  A  HARD- 
VV,  w are store  and  tinshop,  by an  experienced tin- 
sm i'h   and  hardw are  m an.  Address  J.  A.  Childs, 
¡overt, Mich. 

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe A   Bro., G rand Rapids. 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System .  Send for 

WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
Fo 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 8UTLIFF COU- 

th e  m ost pleasant streets “ on  th e   h ill.”  W ill ex­
change fo r stock in  an y  good institu tio n .  Address 286, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an.  _____________________ 286

pon P ass Book Co.,  A lbany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e  new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e   m ost  com plete 
and finest  on th e  m ark et,  and  ju st  w h at  every m er­
ch an t should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
country a re  now u sing them . 

214

437

War Glaims a SpBBialtu.

PENSIONS  FOR  DISABLED  SOLDIERS, 
their widows and children.
INCREASE  PENSIONS for  those  whose  dis­
abilities have increased, and for those who have 
become  entitled  to a higher  rate  by  a  depart­
mental ruling, or by act of Congress.
VETERAN  BOUNTIES to all soldiers who re- 
enlisted on or  before  April  1,  1864,  during  the 
war of the rebellion,  having  previously  served 
in  the  army  at  any  time  for  a period  of  (or 
periods aggregating) nine months.
OFFICERS’  TRAVEL  PAY  now  collectable
n every instance where a discharge  or  resigna­
tion was based upon a disability incurred in ser-
ALL  KINDS  OF  CLAIMS  diligently  and per­
sistently prosecuted.
Sixteen years experience.  My  fees  and  other 
charges are  moderate  and  in  accordance  with 
the law.
ADVICE  FREE and  CHEERFULLY  GIVEN.
REFERENCES in every County  in  Michigan 
F. I. DARLING, Attorney,

on application.

Late  Special  Exam iner  U. S. Bureau  of  Pensions, 
46 Old Houseman Building,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

R O U L^

an d

Plumbing,

Steam  and  Hot  Water Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump, In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas  Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lie s.
184 East  Pillion  SI., Head of Jionroe,

Telephone  No. 147.

21  Seribnor  Street,

Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH

To  Much Information.

“Bub,  did  you  ever  stop  to  think, 

sugar,  water 
»„

said a grocer,  recently,  as  he  measured 
out half  a peck of  potatoes,  “that these 
potatoes  contain 
and 
starch?” 
“No, I didn’t,”  replied  the boy," v but 
I heard  mother  say  you  put  peas  and 
beans in  your coffee, and about a pint oi 
water in every quart of  milk  you sold.
The subject of natural philosophy Was 
dropped right here.

Poor Reasoning.

Would-be-purchaser—These  cigars are 
smaller than usual.
Tobacconist—Yes;  you  see  the  cigur 
manufacturer noticed that  the  last  two 
inches of cigars are always thrown away 
so he makes them now that much shorter

No Meeting- To-Night.

On account of  the number of  members 
out of  the city,  it  has  been  deemed  ad 
visable to omit the meeting of  the Grand 
Rapids  Mercantile  Association 
this 
evening.

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 
unsurpassed as a trading point.

O u r   F a l l   S t o c k

Is now Complete and Ready for Inspection.

F. I Wilrcbilrg  h  Go,

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

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR

19  &  91  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RA?IDS, 

-  MICH

Job  Printing!

We desire to  call  atten­
tion  to  our  facilities  for 
producing 
first-class  job 
printing for the  trade.

If  you  live  in a part  of 
the State where you cannot 
get satisfactory work,write 
us for estimates.  Samples 
and prices sent on applica­
tion.

We carry a complete line 
of  stationery,  papers—in 
fact all kinds  of  printers’ 
stock. 
Send  sample  of 
what you want.

F üller! Stowe 

Company,

100 Louis  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

L IO N
COFFEE

M e r c h a n ts ,

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.

Everg  Wide-Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

onlyfin 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. 

W o o lso n   Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,   O H IO .

L. WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

WHEN IMftDJOf H U E MAlfMAKESHIS SPEECH 
THE SCHOLARS FEAR AND TREMBLE EACH, 
WHILE  BI1XT HANGS UPON HIS C0AI 
THE GREATEST TRUTH HE EVERSPQJ&

t t t l l t — M B rM B  m  TM M M Hft

Product of Our F actory  a t  Dixon,  111.

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 MERIT of 
SOLIDITY  and  STYLE—with  satisfaction  guaranteed—will  be  worthy  your 
CAREFUL  CONSIDERATION.  Our  heavier  grades  of  SPLIT, GRAIN,  KIP, 
VEAL, and CALF  BOOTS  are  UNEQUALED,  and  the “Celebrated  Red  School 
House Shoes” AS USUAL takes the “First Place.”

G.  H.  HENDERSON  i  GO.,  Ghicap.

Headquarters for the Celebrated W ales Goodyear Rubber Goods

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

Fond dn Lac, Wis-

W illa r d   H . J a m e s,
Salesman  for  the  Cower  Peninsula.

P. O.  address,

Chicago,  111.

Morton  House,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
We  furnish  electrotypes  of  our  Specialties  to  Customers.

F E R M E N T U M

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.
JL.  WINTERNITZ, 
Special care given  outside  shipments.
Visiting merchants  are  invited to call at 
the distributing depot,  106 Kent St.

State Jobbing Agent,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

D ry
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

S T E E L

S C R A P E R S .

381

1880BIÍT1ÜN  DEPARTMENT.

Michigan  Business  Men’s Association. 

P resid en t^C . L. W hitney, Muskegon.
F irst Vice-President—C. T. B ridgm an,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood. Allegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W.  P arker, Owosso. 
F ran k   H am ilton, Traverse City 
Chas.  T.  Bridgm an, 

B o ard -P resid en t;  F ran k   W ells,  Lansing; 
,  K. B. Blain, Lowell
F lin t;  O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand
C^m m itte^orTlnsurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rap- 
Com m ittee  on  L e g i s l a t i o n - - ! W e i l s ,   Lansing;

ids*  Oren  Stone, F lint;  Wm. W oodard, Owosso. 

„  
'

_ 

,

l ? r   Sherwood, Allegan;  A. O. W heeler,  Manistee.

erseC ity :  Geo.  R.  H oyt,  Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Com m ittee on T ran sp o rtatio n -C . T. B ridgm an,  Flint; 
on Building  and  Loan  Associations  N.  B. 
° B ^ L o w e n ? £ ‘¿ " fu lle r, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con-
InM il ^ c r e ta r y —Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw. 
OffirialOrgan-THk Mic h ig a n  Tradesman.___________
The following  auxiliary associations  are op­
erating under  charters  granted  by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

Ko. I—Traverse City B. M. A. 

President. J. W. M illiken; Secreta ry , E. W. H astings.

No. 4—Grand Bapids  M. A.
No.  5—Muskegon B. M. A.

No. 2—Lowell B. M. A.
P resident. N. B. Blain ; S ecretary, F rank T. King.
----------  No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.
President. H- S. C hnrch; S ecretary, W m. Jorn.-----
— 
p resident, E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
' 
P resident, Jo h n  A. M iller;  S ecretary. C. L. W hitney.
-----------No. 6—Alba B. M. A.
P resident. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.-------
------  No.' 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secreta ry , N. H. W idger.
No. 8—Eastport B. M. A.
No. 9—Lawrence B. M.A.
t o —H a r b o r  S p rin g s  B .  M .  A .

Preeident, F. H. Th u rsten ; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. 
■ 
President. H. M. M arshall; Secreta ry , J. H. Kelly--------
----------1  
^ 2 ° W 1 .  C lark ; Secretary, A. L. Tho m p s o n ^
— 
i t _Kingsley B . M .  A .
■ 
President. H. P. W hipple: Secretary. P. E.  W ynkoop.
— -----------No. 13—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary . Thos. Lennon.------- _
i  q__g h p r iiiaD   B< M» A .
—  ----- 
President, H. B*. S turtevant;  Secretory, W-  J. A nstin._

...

.  v-0  16—Sand Lake B.

W o  1 4 —N o .  M u s k e g o n   B . M . A . 
President, 8. A. How ey. Secreta ry , G. Ç -HaTen± .
-------------H o . 15- B o y n e  City ».  ^
President, R. R- Perkins; S ecretary, F. M. Chase.
....... IrlrnT  ’  "   ^ d a l l :   S ecretary, W  Basco.-------
---------- ~   N o .  1 7 —Plain w e l l   is. M- A; 
Oeo. H. Anderson; Secretary. J. A. Sidle.-----
- 
No  18—O w o s s o  B. M. A.  _,__
President, W arren P. W oodard; Secretary, S. Lam from .
-----------  No.  19—Ada B. M. A.
P resident, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.--------

P resident, C. H. W harton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. 

P resident, John F. H enry; Secretary, L. A. PhelpsJ-------

No. 30—sangatuck B. M. A.
"  No. 3 1—Way land B. M. A.
No. 33—Grand  Ledge B. M. A. 
President  A. B. Schum acher; Secretary , W.  R.  Clarke.
- 
No. 33—Carson City B. M. A.
_  
. .  
.  T - v -   n r   u a i i o t i .'  S e c r e t a r y ,L   A.  L y o n .____
P resident  Jo h n  W. H alle tt;  Secretary
-------- - 
Preeident, J. E. Thurkow Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
-------- 
P resident. H. D- Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.

N o . 3 4 —M o r le y   A J I L A
k0  25—Palo B. M. A,

_

No. 36—Greenville W. M. A- 
a  r   S atteriee:  Secretary. E. ». C lara.

Preeident,,____ __________________
----------------No  37—Dorr B. M

A.

E- S. BQtsford; Secretary . L. N. Fisher.

President  A.°J 

Dozer.--------

No. 30—Oceana B. M

. A.
S. H onghtaling.
P resident. A. G. A very;  Secretary , E.—
-----------  No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
P resident, Thos. J. rireen:  Secretary, A. G. F leurj 
" 
President, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. W atson
____
P resident, H ^ T .'jo h ^ o ^ S ^ r e ta r y , P. f . W illiam s

No. 33—C o o p e r s v il le  B . M. A.

P resident,  M. H em stoeetfSecretary, C. E. Densmore.

P resident, o ^ j f c k ^ n ^ S e c r e t a ñ - ,  John  M. Everden.

No. 37—Battle Creek B.M. A. 

President,  Chas. F.B ock;  Secretary,  E. W. Moore._ 
‘ 
President, H. E. Symons; Secretary. P. W. H iggins.

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

P resident, W. S. W ilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.

President, C. T. H artson; Secretary. W ill Em m ert.

No. 40—Eaton Bapids B. M. A. 
No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. 
resident, C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. W aggoner.

P resident, Jos. G erber;  Secretary  C .J.R ath h u n .

N o .  4 3 —F r e m o n t  B. 31.  A . 
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A.

P resident. F ran k  J. L uick;  Secretary. J. A. Lindstrom .

No. 44—Reed City B. 31. A. 
No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A. 

P resident, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Bmitn.
P resid en t, D. E. H allenheck; Secretary , O.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
P resident, W m. H u tc h in s ;  S ecr e t a r y .  B .  M. Gonld.
------------ No. 47—Hint M. U.
Preeident. W. C. Pierce;  Secretary. V ■ H. Graham. 

No. 48—Hubbardston B. 3L A.
"  No. 49—Leroy  B  31.  A.

P resident, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.-----
-  
P resident.  A.  W enzell; S ecretary. F rank Smith.___

No. 50—3Ianistee B. 31. A. 

P resident, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C .  Grannis-
No. 51—Cedar Springs.B. 31.  A.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. 31. A.

P resident, L. M. SeUers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.___

President, A. S. Kedzle;  Secretary, F. D. Vos.________

President, Thom as B. Dntcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller.

President, F rank Phelps;  S ecretary, A. E. Fitzgerald^

P resident, C. F. Hankey ; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

P resident, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.

No, 53—Bellevue B. 31. A. 
No. 54—Douglas B. 31. A.
No.  55—Petoskcy  B. 31. A. 
No. 56—Bangor  B.  »1.  A. 
No. 57—Rockford B. 31. A. 
No. 58—Fife Lake B. 31. A. 
‘f  No. 59—Fennville B. 31. A. 

P resident, W m. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

P resident, L. S. W alter; S ecretai:, ,£■£  Blakely.

P resident F. S. R aym ond: S ecretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardman B. 31. A. 
President, H. E. H ogan; S ecretary, S. E .K eihardt.

No.  61—Hartford B. 31. A. 
No. 63—East saginaw 31. A. 

President, V. E. M anley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, Jas. H  .Moore;  S ecretary, C. W.  M niholand

P resident, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.________

P resident, C. W. Robertson; Secretary , Wm. Horton.

No. 63—Evart B. 31. A.
No, 64—Merrill B. M. A.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. 
No. 66—Lansing B. M.  A. 
Ño. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. 

P resident, F ran k  W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

P resident, Alt. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.______

P resident, W. L. G arrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

No. 68—Allegan B. M. A. 

P resident. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOetrand.

No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. 31. A. 
President, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. S. W illlson.

P resident, M. N etzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbuck. 

No. 70—Nashville B. >1. A, 
P resident, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 3. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley  B.  M.  A.
No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
No. 73—Belding B. M. A. 
No. 74—Davison M. U. 

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

P resident, J.  F. C artw right; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
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P resident, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosaerana.

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

P resident, 8. S.McCamly;  Secretary.  Channeey Strong.

P resid en t, E. J. Lockwood; S ecretary, Volney Ross.

No. 78—Caledonia  B. 31. A. 

P resid en t, J.O . Seibert;  S ecretary, J. W. Saunders. 
No. 79—East Jordan and  So  Arm  B. 31. A. 
P resident, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C.  Madison. 
No. 80—Bay City and W.  Bay City  K. 31, A.
P resident, F. L. H arrison;  S ecretary, Geo. Craig._____

P resident. L. A. V ickery;  S ecretary, A. E. Ransom.
” 
P resident, B. 8. W ebb;  Secretary, M. E  Poliasky._____

No. 81—Flushing  B.  M. A.
No. 82—Alma B.  31.  A.
No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A. 
No. 84—Standlsh B. 31. A. 

P resident, L. P. W ilcox;  S ecretary. W. R. Mandigo.

P resident. P. M. Angus; S ecretary, D. W. Richardson.
P resident. J. M. Beem an;  S ecretary, C. H. May.
No. 86—SUUbrook and Blanchard  B. 31. A. 
P resident. T. W. P reston;  S ecretary.  H.  P.  B lanchard.

No. 85—Clio B. M. A.

Ño787—Shepherd B. M. A. 
P resident, H. D. B ent;  Secretary, A. W. H urst.

Association Notes.

A. S.  Burnell,  who  attended  the  recent con­
vention of the Michigan  Business Men’s Associ­
ation, at Muskegon,  recommends  an  insurance 
plan to  the  Iowa  merchants  the  same  as  that 
Adopted by the convention.

W. R. Mandigo, Secretary of the  Sherwood  B.
M. A., favors  T h e  T radesman  with  a  copy  of 
the catalogue of the Sherwood Normal Institute, 
which is backed by the B. M. A.  The curriculum 
appears to be  exceptionally  complete,  furnish­
ing admirable courses of study.

President Whitney suggests that a  meeting  of 
the Executive Board of the State  body  be  held 
at Grand Rapids on  Wednesday  evening,  Sept. 
25, to consider matters of  pressing  interest.  As 
many association men will be present in the city 
at the time, attending the fair, a general advisory 
meeting can be held.

New Jersey Trade Review:  The fourth annual 
convention  of  the  Michigan  Business  Men’s 
Association was recently held in Muskegon.  The 
convention  was a  highly  interesting  one,  and 
was  attended  by  representative  business  men 
from all  parts  of  the  State.  Michigan  easily 
leads in  the  merchants’  movement,  and  many 
features of the organization might be introduced 
with advantage in the State  associations  of  the 
East.
Cheboygan Tribune:  The Cheboygan Business 
Men’s Association held an adjourned meeting in 
the  council  room  last  Friday  evening and but 
few of the members were  present.  The  lack of 
interest shown  by  business  men in the success 
of the Association—many of our prominent busi­
ness men  seldom  putting  in  an  appearance at 
the meetings—has had the  effect  to  discourage 
those who do attend and there was a spirit mani­
fested at the meeting to give up the organization.
It  was  concluded,  however,  to  wait  until the 
next regular  meeting,  the  first  Monday in Sep­
tember, and try, if possible, to get enough of the 
business men out to re-organize and endeavor to 
infuse more life into the organization.  The Sec­
retary  was  instructed  to  ascertain  the  entire 
indebtedness and assess the members a sufficient 
sum pro rata to pay all claims.

Allegan Gazette:  The delegates to the Michi­
gan Business  Men’s  Association  convention  at 
Muskegon  heard  an  interesting  discussion  of 
participating  insurance policies, and came home 
full of ideas on the subject.  The  plan proposed 
was to  have  a  Business  Men’s  Fire  Insurance 
Co., the profits being  shared  among the various 
policy holders.  An informal discussion  of  this 
at  the  meeting  of  the  business  men,  Monday 
night, resulted  in  the  development  of  several 
interesting bits of  information. 
It  seems  that 
policy holders in Allegan  pay higher rates than 
are  charged  in  Grand  Rapids  and  elsewhere, 
and much higher than before  the fire.  The low 
rates  in  Grand  Rapids  are due to a war among 
the insurance  companies  there.  Still  the fact 
remains that Allegan is  charged more than sim­
ilar towns for its insurance, as was shown at the 
Monday evening meeting.  In favor of  the  par­
ticipating policies, Mr.  Andrew  Oliver  showed 
that  he  had  secured  a  reduction  from  five to 
three  per  cent,  by  joining  one  of  these  com­
panies.

Allegan Gazette:  There were only nine mem­
bers at the Business Men’s Association  meeting, 
Monday night, but all were very much  in  earn­
est.  For some time attendance  on the meetings 
of the  Association  has  been  falling  off, and it 
ras a question whether the plan  of  uniting the 
business men was  not  a  failure.  The  handful 
present Monday night were all strongly in favor 
of  continuing  the  organization,  making  the 
changes in it necessary to render it  more  effec- 
ve.  The  collection  department  seemed  espe­
cially to nee<^attention, and  it  was proposed to 
;eeure a competent  man  to  take  charge  of  it, 
paying him for his work.  This was handed over 
to Messrs. Pond,  Clapp  and  Renihan  as a com­
mittee to propose some plan  at the next meeting 
for  a  permanent  collection  department.  The 
question  of  the  removal  of  the cart factory to 
Hastings was discussed  and the matter referred 
the  standing  Committee  on  Manufactures. 
The name of Will Ryan was proposed  for  mem­
bership and referred to a committee.  The meet­
ing then adjourned until next Monday night.  It 
is to be hoped that the Business  Men's  Associa­
tion will not disband.  They have already done 
good  work  for  the  town  and  there  are many 
opportunities for effort in the future.

G ood  W o rd s  U nsolicited.

H. S. Henderson &  Co.,  general  dealers,  Hol­
ton :  “Your paper is a good one and  is  doing  a 
good work.  Every merchant should take it.”

A  F o rtu n e   from   P o w d er.

Gen. Henry  Dupont,  the  head  of  the 
gunpowder  company hearing  his  name, 
died one day last  week of  heart disease. 
He 
fortune  estimated  at 
$15,000,000—all made  from the manufac­
ture of  gunpowder.

leaves  a 

“ W ill  Be  G re a tly   M issed.”

From  th e  D etroit Journal.
F. Henry  Spencer, a well-known  bus­
iness  man  of  Saranac, and  who  at  one 
time  was  editor  of  the  Saranac  Local, 
died  Friday  afternoon.  He  will  be 
greatly missed  in  that village,  as he has 
been  actively interested in the  advance­
ment of  the place for several  years.

T he  M e rc h a n ts’  M a sters.
Owosso Correspondence D etroit Free Press.
The  Patrons  of  Industry  held  high 
carnival  at  Owosso to-day.  Large dele 
gations  from  the  northern  part  of  the 
county  came  in,  headed  by  a  hand  of 
wind 
from  Henderson 
Speeches, etc.,  were  in  order.  The  ob­
ject of  the meeting  was to decide for the 
merchants  what  prices 
they  should 
charge for their goods.

instruments 

.  F o u n d in g   a   N ew   Tow n.

J.  O. Nessen, the Manistee  grocer, has 
purchased  160  acres of  land  in  Colfax 
township,  Benzie county, at the junction 
of  the  Manistee  &  Northeastern  and 
Frankfort & Southeastern  Railways, and 
has platted  forty acres  for a town, to  be 
known  as  Nessen  City.  Mr. Nessen  is 
building  a  store,  36x50  feet  in  dimen 
sions, and  a  hotel, 34x50 feet  in  dimen 
sions.  A  grist and  sawmill are  also  in 
contemplation.

Half Bate  Harvest Excursions 

Will  leave  Chicago  and  Milwaukee via 
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul  Rail 
way for points in Northern Iowa, Minne 
sota,  South and  North Dakota, Montana, 
Colorado,  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  on 
August 6 and  20, September  10  and 24 
and  October  8, 1889.  Tickets  good  for 
return  passage within  thirty days  from 
date of sale.
information,  circulars 
showing  rates  of  fare,  maps,  etc.,  ad 
dress  A.  Y.  H.  Ca r p e n t e r ,  General 
Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis., or to 
H a r ry  Mer c e r,  M.  P.  A., 96 Griswold 
st.,  Detroit.

further 

For 

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.
Atlantic  A ..............  7%
Atlanta A. A ...........  6%
Archery  Bunting...  4M
Amory.....................  7M
Beaver Dam  A A ...  5J£
Berwick  L ..............  6M
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Chapman.................  3M
CohassetA..............   7M
Comet
Clifton C C C......
Conqueror XX...
Dwight Star.......
Exeter A.............
Full Yard Wide..
Great Falls E —
Honest Width__
Hartford A..............   5M
Integrity XX........... 4M
King, E F 
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[C O N T IN U E D   FR O M   F IR S T   P A G E .]

A  GRAND  SUCCESS.

I  might have  prepared a |

Mr. Crandall  moved that  all the  invi­
tations be accepted, which was  adopted. 
Mr. Connell, continuing—I  wish  to re- 
I  believe
the  railroad tickets  are  no  good  until 
after the banquet,  anyway. 
(Laughter.)
A. 0. Wheeler. President of the Manis­
tee B.  M. A., then read a paper on  “The 
Best Method of  Securing Manufacturing
A delegate—Can  you  tell us in regard j Enterprises,”  which was given in full in

but I am  not. 
paper and more  fully stated  the benefits  mind y°u a11 of  the banquet' 
the  organization  I  am  connected  with 
has received.  The railroads have under­
stood  us  fully.  They  knew  we  meant 
business.  We have in the main  accomp­
lished what we sought to do. 

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“Legislation.”

I  pay too  much. 
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Governments have  always existed. 

E. W.  Hastings—It  seems  tome  that j 

“
“  E C, 32 in ......   5M
Lawrence L L ......... 5%
Maginnes................   5M
New  Market B........  5
Noibe R ......... ..........  5M
Newton.....................6M
Our Level  Best...... 6M
Riverside XX..........  4M
Sea Island R...........   6M
Sharon B  ...............   6H
Top of the  Heap—  7M
Williamsville..........7
Comet,  40 in ...........  8
..........  7M
Carlisle  “ 
New Market L, 40 in. 7M
Blackstone A A......   7M
Beats All.................  4M
Cleveland 
Cabot......
Cabot,  %..................  §M
Dwight Anchor 
shorts.  8M
Edwards..................6
Empire....................  7
Farwell...................   8
Fruit of the  Loom.. 8M
Fitchville...............7V
First Prize..............   7
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount.............. 4M
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10M
Lonsdale................. 8M
Middlesex...............  5M
No Name................   7J4
Oak View................  6
Our Own..................-5M
Sunlight..................  4J4
Yinyard..................   8
HALF BLEACH’D COTTONS
Cabot.....................
Farwell..................
Dwight Anchor__
CORSET  JEANS.
Biddeford..............
Brunswick............
Naumkeag satteen. 
Rockport................
American  fancy...

to the new classification made in the con- !last week’s paper.
vention at Grand Rapids?  What became I  The President -  The  invitation  that 
Gf jt? 
was extended to Governor Luce has been
Mr.  Van  Asmas—The classification  is  kindly  accepted by him,  and I take great 
in the  hands of  the two main  classifica- j pleasure  in  introducing  him to talk  on
tion  committees of  the  railway  associa­
tions—the western  and  the eastern—and 
Gov.  Luce then spoke as follows:
we  have the  assurance of  the chairman 
I  am not  easily embarrassed, but I am 
at  a  loss to know  to-night what  branch 
of  the  eastern  classification  committee 
of  legislation you  desire to hear me  talk 
that  the  recommendations  of  the  asso-1 
upon. 
I  notice by the programme that 1 
ciation  will  be adopted.  We  have  also j
speak  instead  of  the  report  from  the
assurances of the western committee that j Committee on Legislation.  Whether you 
if  the eastern committee  adopts it, they I want  me to go back  and  trace as best  I 
will  adopt  it, giving a  uniform  classifi-  can the  history of  governments,  the dif- 
- 
; ferent methods of  governing the  people,
cation  in  the  United  States,  except  m ! or ^he necessity for governments; whether 
the Southern  States.  We  have labored, j yOU want  me to  go  back  and  treat  of 
as  I  said, since the  furniture trade was 
things  before the flood and the  crossing
' of the Jordan;  or questions pertaining to 
in its infancy—eighteen years ago.
the legislation of to-day, or the  method
and  through which  legislation is  ac- 
this gentleman  has struck  the key  note,  complished,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  know. 
We may have had a good Committee dur- | You  cannot  expect  me  to  present a re­
in* the  last  year, but it has not  met the  P°rt  or  a treatise. 
I  notice  that  there 
mg me  id,si  yen.  , 
| are  two  papers to claim  your  attention
views  of  this  Association.  Now  then, 
yet,  so I promise to be brief.
can  we not  have a Committee  which we 
It 
can bring our grievances before and they 
is  a  necessity,  growing  out  of  human 
nature,  that  they  should  exist.  The 
do some of this work?  That is what this 
strong  must be restrained  and the  weak 
Committee  is  appointed for—not to give
, protected  by and through  the arm of the
us a report at the end of the year ot  how j  jaw  Different  systems of  government, 
all  know,  have  existed—the  tri- 
Moses got across the Jordan or something ! as 
of  that  kind 
I  do  not  say  anything  bune;  the parental law;  kings and queens
but  let  have  ruled and  princes have  governed;
against  our  present  Committee, 
but  in our  country our  forefathers  laid 
us  have an earnest,  live committee  next 
down a new  law—the  doctrine that  the 
people should govern  themselves. 
(Ap- 
year.  Keep at  it, as  the Grand  Rapids
Association  has  done, to  help  out  our j plause.)  .
„oiLoinniv ho™ “itiih”  rnarts 
In  the name of  the people all  legisla- 
small towns that only have  stub  roads, j ^
  ,g  ena<Jted  Now  l  would  really
It  is a big  thing  to  undertake;  but  the | 
p djd  not feel  that I was in  the
State  of  Michigan  is a big  State.  And | way of  important  papers  you  ought  to
when the  Business  Men’s Association is | consider—to stop for a time and speak in
relation to  this  important branch of  the 
thoroughly organized,  as  we  hope it will
subject—what legislation is, and the leg­
he in the  future, we should  have a Com­
islator,  what is  he?  But  I am  going  to 
be brief  and I will pass over that. 
It is 
mittee  that  will  do  this  work  for  us. 
a  great  thing  to  be  authorized  by the 
(Applause.)
constitution  of  a state  and  by the  suf- | 
Mr. Crandall—I  do not  believe one  in 
frages of  the people  to he  speaking  in 
ten  realizes anything  about this  matter.
the name of the people of Michigan or of
You  pay your  freight at the  end of  the ; any  other  sovereign  state. 
Primarily 
day or week or month  and don’t  inquire ! and originally it was the purpose to have 
the  people govern  themselves  directly,
whether  you are  being  swindled or not. , bnt  £eyPndSthe  school meeting and  the
I  believe  that, or you could  not sit still 
meeting,  perhaps,  this  is  impossi-
I  pay out  hundreds  of  ble, and  the legislator  comes in  clothed 
in  vour  seats. 
I ! with  authority to speak  in the  name of
dollars  for feight. 
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.. 
It  is  one of  the  proudest
the  people. 
0f life’s titles  that a man can carry,  that
believe  as  the  gentleman  s 
would be useless for  you to make a com- j  ke  kas 
right  placed  in  his  hands, 
It j this power conferred upon him, this duty j 
mittee  unless  you  stand behind  it. 
would  be basswood,  just as the  one we 1 imposed  upon  him of  speaking for  and j 
,  in  behalf of  the people in making  laws,
,  • 
have got  now,  unless  you stand  behind 
fmm  nnv  nthp.r i
I do not know as you need a com­
them. 
official.  The  only restrictions  upon the 
legislator  in  speaking in our  name  are
mittee. 
I do not  know that  any of  you 
the restrictions  imposed  by the constitu- 
have  grievances  except  Crandall.  You
It  confers no right upon the legis-
tion. 
are  paying  thousands and tens of thous- , lator>  He  comes  out  boidiy, represent-
ands of  dollars  for freight—a large  per- : jng  fbe people in their  original and sov- 
j erign capacity. 
centage of it -unjustly. 
I  believe they  have two
I  move  that  the  report  houses in all  the states.  Pardon me if  I 
assert that in these western  states, these
new  territories  formed, they  would  do 
I well to appoint  one, and one  alone,  as a
legislative body in the State.  (Applause.) I stove................
I  served several long years in the Leg- j Carriage new list 
islature,  and  from  experience  and  ob­
O. F. Conklin—I was one of  the  mem­
servation of  other  years  I  formerly be- 
It has  not been 
bers of that Committee. 
! lieved  that it would have been  better to 
I have one house alone;  hut that experience 
called  together this year.  There  has no 
j and  observation,  especially in  more  re- 
gentleman of  this Association  written to 
| cent years, have convinced me that if we 
the  Committee  as to  what he wanted  us
had  two houses in a state like Michigan,
to do.  To-day  I  hear that  I  am “bass-  with  two  or three  millions of  people— 
I  we  can  claim  three  million  until  next 
wood”  and  have  not  done  anything. 
but
did  not  know  that I belonged to a  com-1 year- 
we  can  claim  it—I  believe  in  such  a 
mittee,  only  this  base  bail  committee.
state if  we  had a House  of  Representa­
(Loud laughter.)
tives  with  150  and  a  Senate  with  ten 
members,  our  institutions  and  the  in­
terests  of  the people would be better se­
cured  and more  safely guarded—with  a 
large  house and a small  senate. 
I  will 
mittee be filled  out  and the  question  be j stop to tell  you why—it has been  forced
upon me  contrary to earlier  convictions: 
referred  hack, with  instructions  to  re­
As  it  is, legislators  come together  and 
port.
make  laws—legislate  upon  every  con­
ceivable thing.  We have too much legis­
lation, 
(Applause.) 
Many  more  laws  are  passed  than  ever 
ought to appear  in the  session laws. 
It 
is  the  evil of  our  times.  A  man  sees 
something  he  thinks ought  to  he  done, 
and  he  enacts  a law. 
I  was  surprised 
and  pleased in the  discussion  you  had 
that no gentleman  suggested that you go 
to the Legislature and get a law.  (Laugh­
ter and  applause.)  We must have  law, 
it is a necessity,  and we  must guard  and 
protect  the rights of  the individual  and 
restrain the  strong  by and  through  the 
force of  law.  Why I was  glad  you did 
not suggest  going to the Legislature was 
not  because 1 do  not believe  in  law. 
I 
will  throw out  this  suggestion  for  the 
benefit  of  places  which 
frequently 
have  grievances— like  Sand  Lake:  If 
the  railroads discriminate  against  you, 
and  you  feel  that  they are  wrong,  you 
can apply to the  Railroad Commissioner, 
and  he will  see  that  the  law on  those 
points  is  enforced vigorously,  as  far  as 
the  law is concerned. 
I  have less confi­
dence in a law  because it is a law than I 
had  five years  ago, or four years ago,  or 
two and a half  pears  ago, when  I  went 
to  Lansing to live.  Not less regard  for 
law,  but less  confidence in the efficiency 
of  law that is not  backed  by the  public 
sentiment of  the people of  the  State,  or 
the  locality where  the  law is to operate. 
Of  all the things we should educate  our 
people  to,  it  is  in  reference  to  respect 
for and  enforcement of  law.  Law  that 
you  cannot  enforce, that the public sen­
timent will  not  enforce is worse, in  my 
judgment, than  no  law at  all.  This  is 
one of the evils of legislation.  A certain 
individual  from a certain section  thinks 
it  will  be  a  good  thing  to  have a law. 
He gets it.  Why does  not the  Governor 
veto them  if  he thinks  them wrong and 
of  no use, do you ask?.  Oh, he does, but 
it  is  always an unpleasant duty  to  per­
form.  We  have  had a great  many  dif­
ferent  kinds of  men in the  Legislature,

Mr. Connell withdrew his motion.
Mr. Bates—I  move  the  whole  matter 
be laid  upon the  table.  Supported and 
carried.
Mr. Connell—The  local  committee  of 
citizens  wish me to invite  this  Associa­
tion  to  participate  in  a  carriage  ride 
around  our  city to-morrow.  We  set the 
time  at 1 o’clock,  so as  not to  take  over 
half an hour of  the time of  the Associa­
tion. 
In the  evening,  at 7:30  o’clock, or 
a little  before,  the Chemical Fire Engine 
Company,  a new  manufacturing  institu­
tion  located in our  city during the  past 
year and  now making  fire  engines,  will 
give  an  exhibition of  one  of  their  en­
gines.  A building  is  to  be  erected  di­
rectly  opposite  the  Occidental  Hotel, 
which will  be fifed. 
Immediately  after 
that,  or before it, as  the chief of  the fire 
department may see  fit, there will  be an 
exhibition  by  our  fire  department  in 
responding  to a fire  alarm,  and  also  in 
using the  Pompier  ladder,  which is also 
a  new  thing.  To  these exhibitions  all 
are invited, whether delegates or visitors. 
Our  citizens  have  tendered the  use  of 
their  carriages  and  we wish  you all  to 
participate.  After  the  firemen’s  exhi­
bition,  the  Muskegon  Rifles, a  military 
company we  feel  proud of, will  give an 
exhibition drill in front of the hotel.

Mr.  Conklin—I  have  just  come  from 
the Occidental and  it  would  be impossi­
ble  to  fill  me out  more than  I  am now. 
(Laughter.)  We have not done anything

have not been asked to do anything.
Mr.  Kelley—I ask  for  information  as 
to what the duties of  the Committee are.
Secretary  Stowe read  the  article  set­

Mr. Whitney—The gentleman does not 
take in the  situation.  There is no mem­
ber of the Committee here.

E.  N. Bates—I  move  that  the  report 

P.  J. Connell—I  move  that  the  Com-

ting forth the duties of the Committee.

be referred back to the Committee.

I do not  think we have  them 

M. C.  Kelley—i  move 

lay on the table.

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

too  many 

laws. 

“ 

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

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“ 
“ 

American indigo—   6M 
American shirtings.  5 
—   6M
Arnold 
long cloth B.10M 
“  C.  8M
century cloth  7
gold seal...... 10M
Turkey red.. 10M
Beilin solids...........  5V4
oil blue.......   6M
“  green —   6M
Cocheco fancy........  6
madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6M 
staple...  6
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  6M 
Merrimack D fancy.  6M 
shirtings...  554 
Repp furn .  854
Pacific  fancy............6
robes.............. 654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654
greys.......... 654
solid black.  654 
Washington indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  754 
“  India robes—   754 
“  plain T’ky X M  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red...........,.  ..  6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred M........ 75
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  954
Riverpoint robes —   5
Windsor fancy........654
gold  ticket 
indigo  blue..........10
TICKINGS.
Amoskeag AC A ....13
Hamilton N .............  754
Pearl  River............. 12M
Amoskeag................1354
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15
Andover.................. 1154
Everett.....................1254
Lawrence XX...........1354
Glenarven.................6M
Lancashire..............  654
Normandie................8
Renfrew Dress........  8
Toil du Nord...........10
Peerless, white........1854
colored.... 21 

CARPET  WARP.
“ 

GINGHAMS.

DEMINS.

“ 

“ 

GRAIN BAGS.

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.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dis.

files—New List. 

Clark’s, small, 818; large, $26........................ 
30
25
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, $24;  3, 830............................. 
American File Association List....................60&10
Disston’s ........................................................ 60&16
New  American.............................................. 60&10
Nicholson’s ................................................... 60&10
 
Heller’s..................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................  
50

 
GALVANIZED IKON.

dis.

 

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s................
Naydole  & Co.’s........................................ dis.  25
Kip’s ........................................................... dis.  25
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 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. 454  14  and
longer.........................................................   354
Screw Hook and Eye, 54...........................net 
10
“ 
“  %...........................net  854
“  M...........................net  754
“ 
“ 
“  %...........................net  754
70

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

HINGES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HANGERS. 

dis.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................  60&10
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
40
.. 60&05 
..60&05 
..60&05 
50

HOLLOW WARE

SPOOL  COTTON.

.54|Stark......................   1954
8541 American.................1654
| Valley City...............16
9 
Georgia................... 1554
Pacific..................   -1354
Burlap..................... 11
Clark’s Mile End— 47
Coats’, J. & P ..........47
Holyoke................... 2254
Muskegon — Peter Wierenga  has  re­
moved  his hardware  stock to  the former 
location of  J. Yanderwerp  &  Co., where 
he  has much  more floor  and shelf  space 
than before.

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

Pots.
Kettles.
These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who  spiders ' 

 

dis

d is.

d is.

d is.

dis.

dis.

“ 
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“ 

AXES.

m il l s. 

b o l t s. 

m a u l s. 

60
60
40
25

l e v e l s. 

BELLS.

BUCKETS.

dis.
dis.

MATTOCKS.

braces. 

dis.
. 

BUTTS,  CAST. 

l o c k s—DOOR.

MOLASSES GATES. 

AUGURS AND BITS. 

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

.new Iist3354&l0

k n o b s—New List.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

Grub  1............
Grub 2 ...........
Grub 3 ...........
I An Sable........
I Putnam...........
Northwestern.

HOUSE  FURNISHING
Stamped  TinW are.................
Japanned Tin Ware................
Granite Iron W are.................

................................... $11, dis. 60
...............................$11.50, dis. 60
................................... $12, dis. 60
HORSE NAILS.
..................dis. 25&10@25&10&10
...................... dis.  5&10&254&254
...........................  dis. 10&10&5
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings----
55 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...
55 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.............
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
• 40&10 
Picture, H. L. Judd  &  Co.’s .............
45
. 
Hemacite...........................................
dis.
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s............................  
55
Branford’s ....................................................  
55
.  55
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
d is.
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
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................  
P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
40
40
Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s.................. 
Enterprise.........................................  
25
Stebbin’s Pattern........................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages. I Gray enameled
Ives’, old style  .....................................................  
Snell’s............................................................  
Cook’s ............................................ ..............  
Jennings’, genuine........................ ..............  
Jennings’,  im itation.....................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze........... .............. $ 7 00
D.  B. Bronze........... ..............   11  00
S.B. S. Steel............... ...................  8 50
D. B. Steel................... ...................  13 00
4o
Spring  .......................-............................... ................... 
Railroad...................................................... .................$ 14 00
Garden......................................................... ...........net  30 00
Hand..............................................................____  60*10*10
Cow
Call  ............................................................... 30&15
Gong.............................................................. 
„
Door, Sargent................................................60&10
.................................................50&10
plow...............................................................   40&10
Sleigh shoe....................................................  
70
Wrought Barrel  Bolts................................... 
60
Cast Barrel Bolts.........................................  
40
Cast Barrell, brass  knobs............................. 
40
60
Cast Square Spring................. 
40
Cast C hain..................................................... 
Wrought  Barrel, brass knob........  ............. 
60
Wrought Square........................................... 
60
Wrought Sunk  Flush...................................  
60
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60&10
Ives’ Door........................................................ 60&10
Barber............................................................. 
40
Backus........................................................  50&10
Spofford.........................................................  
50
Am. B a ll........................................................  net
Well,  plain.................................................... $ 3 50
Well, sw ivel.,................................................   4 00
diS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed....................70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.............. 60&
Wrought Narrow, bright oast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.......................60&05
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned..................... 60&05
Wrought Loose Pin,'Japanned, silvertipped. 60*05 1 4d and 5d.......................................................  
5?
Wrought  Table..............................................60*10  3d.....................................................................  1  w
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 I
Bissell  No. 5.....................................per doz.$17 00 j
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ...........  
19 00
Bissell, G rand.................................  
36 00
24 00
Grand Rapids................................... 
Magic................................................ 
15 00
Grain......................................................  dis. 50*02 |
Cast Steel..............................................per lb  444
Iron, Steel Points................................   “ 
344
Ely’s 1-10... 
Hick’s  C. F.
G. D ...........
Musket......
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
Rim Fire, United  States......................... dis. 
Central  Fire............................................ 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
net
Cold................................................................ 
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ...................................... 40*10 |
Hotchkiss...................................................... 
25
chalk.
White Crayons, per  gross.............. 12@1244 dis. 10 ¡
cocks.
Brass,  Racking’s........................................... 
60
60
Bibb’s .................................... 
Beer................................................................40*10
Fenns’............................................................  
60
28
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
26
24
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
24
Bottoms.........................................................  
25
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
40
40
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
Morse’s Taper Shank..................................... 
40

OILERS.
...................60*10
Zinc or tin, Chase's Patent..
.................. 
50
Zinc, with brass bottom......
.................. 
50
Brass or Copper...... ..............
per gross, $12 net 
Reaper
Olmstead’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
Fry,  Acme.............................................. d is. 
60
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
70
50
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
;A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
lB” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs 44c per pound extra.

2 25
1>4 and  1J£ inch............................................   135
“ 
2  and 2J4 
1  1$
244 and 2%,  “ 
1  00
85
3 inch... 
...................................................... 
344 and 444  inch............................................. 
75

Sisal, Vs inch and larger...............................  12
.  14
Manilla..............
dis.
Steel and  Iron...
Try and Bevels..
M itre.................

50d to 60d.......................................................  
lOd................................................................... 
8d and 9d 
6d and 7d

4d.............
3d.............
2d.............
12d to 30d.
lOd...........
8d to 9d  .. 
6dto7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............
inch...

COMMON BARREL.
................. 
c l in c h .

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

1  00
1  50
2 00
50 
60 
75 
90 
1  10 
1  50

CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

p a t e n t  p l a n is h e d  ir o n .

CARPET  SWEEPERS.

CASTING AND BOX.

cartridges.

FINE BLUED.

chisels. 

drills. 

COPPER.

..per m

COMBS. 

SQUARES.

r ivets. 

PLANES. 

BLOCKS.

50
50
25

“ 
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ROPES.

PANS.

25
10

€is.

dis.

dis.

dis.

dis.

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SHEET IBON.

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth. Com.
$3 00
3 00
3  10
3 15
3 25
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

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

dripping fans.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound........................ 
  644
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................ doz. net 
75
Corrugated...................................... dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable..............................................dis.  44*10

ELBOWS.

 

SAND PAPER.
List acct. 19, ’86.........................
SASH CORD.
Silver Lake, White A................
Drab A....................
White  B................
Drab B ....................
White C.................

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Discount, 10.

...........dis.
......... list

SASH WEIGHTS.

SAUSAGE SUUFFEHS OR FILLERS.

Solid Eyes.
.per ton S25
Miles’ “Challenge” ... .per doz. 120, dis. 50@50&05
Perry...................per doz. No. 1, $15;  No. 0,
• :..............................................$21;  dis. 50@50&5
Draw Cut No. 4.................   ........each, $30, dis  30
Enterprise Mfg. Co...........................dis. 20&10@30
Silver’s....................................................dis.  40&10
Disston’s Circular.................................
..4o@45&5 
Cross Cut...............................
.  45@45&5 
H and........................  ...........
. .25@25&5
♦Extras sometimes given by jobbers. 
_____ dis.  9
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot....  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................  
28

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 

Atkins’  Circular

dis.

“ 
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dis.

TACKS.

American, all kinds...........................
Steel, all  kinds...................................
Swedes, all kinds...............................
Gimp and Lace................................ .
Cigar Box Nails.................................
Finishing  Nails.................................
Common and  Patent  Brads..............
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks.
Trunk and Clout Nails......................
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails  ........
Leathered Carpet Tacks.....................

traps. 

dis.
Steel, Game................................................60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...........  
35
70
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s  ... 
Hotchkiss’................................................. 
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................................... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
3Iouse, delusion...............................$1.50 per doz.
WIRE.
d is.
Bright Market......................
................  6744
..............70*10
Annealed Market................
Coppered Market.................
................  6244
Extra Bailing......................
................ 
56
Tinned Market....................
................  6244
Tinned  Broom....................
... per pound 09 
Tinned Mattress.................
... per pound 844
Coppered  Spring  Steel...... .
................ 
50
...............40*10
Tinned  Spring Steel...........
Plain Fence.........................
__ per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.
.................. $3 753 00
Copper.............................................. 
.iew list net
~  “  “
Brass................................................. 
dis.
Bright...............................................
.70*10*10 
Screw  Eyes......................................
.70*10*10 
Hook’s ..............................................
. .70*10*10 
Gate Hooks and Eyes......................
.70*10*10

WIRE GOODS.

painted.

WRENCHES.

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bird Cages...........................................
Pumps, Cistern....................................
Screws, New List.................................
Casters, Bed  and  Plate........................
Dampers,  American............................
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods

dis.

30
......  
50
.......  
.......  
75
........75*10

dis.

50
......  
75
........ 
50
..50*10*10
........ 
40
65
........ 

METALS. 

FIG TIN.

Pig  Larg 
Pig Bars.

.280
.300

COPPER.

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

Lake.................................................................1844
“Anchor” Brand....................................  
18

 

INGOT.

ZINC.

LEAD.

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

Duty:  Sheet, 244c per pound.
660 pound  casks................................................ 644
Per pound...................................................... 7@744
Duty:  Pig, $2 per 100 pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
American 
..................................................... @5
Newark........................................................... @5
B ar......................................................................... 6
Sheet....................................................... 8c, dis. 20
44@44.................................................................... 16
Extra W iping................................................. »1344
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder m the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

SOLDER.

.per  pound  14)4 
UK

“ 

Cookson..............................
Hallett’s..............................
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xi4 IC, Charcoal.............................
14x20 IC, 
12x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
10x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
............................. 
...
............................. 
...
......................................
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal....................................
......................................
14x20 IC, 
......................................
12x12 IC, 
......................................
14x14 IC, 
........   ...........................
29x28IC, 
......................................
10x14 LX, 
14x20 IX, 
......................................
12x12 IX, 
.....................................
14x14 IX, 
....................................
......................................
20x28 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
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.  5 
.  5 
.  9 
.  11 
.  6 
.  6 
.  7 
.  11 
.  14

 
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3
8
8
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Worcester......

14x20IC, Terne  M. F .................................... 17
15 
20x28 IC,
5 
14x20 IC,
7
14x20 IX,
.....................................   11
29x28 IC,
Allaway  Grade................  4
14x20 IC, 
.................  6
“ 
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC,
....................................  10
“ 
 
13
20x28 IX,

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8

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£

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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x28  IX........................................................ SIS
14x31  IX........................................................ 13
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, [ 
14x60 IX,

ponnd....

9

 
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3

The M ichigan Tradesm an

Official Orff an  of Michiff&n Business Men’s  Association.

4   WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woltlerine State.

K.  A. STOWE &  BKO., 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  Grand  Rapid«  Poet  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  21,  1889.

A  JUDICIAL  MURDER.

The trial  and  conviction of  Mrs. May- 
brick,  at  Liverpool,  of  the  offense  of 
murdering  her  husband  by poison, nat­
urally  excites  much  interest  in  both 
countries, although  much  less  in Amer­
ica  than  in  England,  where it has  been 
the chief  topic of  the week.  The woman 
is  a  native  of  Alabama,  and  a  former 
resident  of  Brooklyn,  but  not,  as  was 
asserted,  a  relative  of  Jefferson  Davis. 
The trial brings into strong  light the  in­
humanities  of  the  English  law,  which 
places  a  person  accused  of  a  capital 
offense  almost  at  the  mercy of  a single 
judge.  There  is  no  court of  appeal  to 
which  the  case  may be  taken, either to 
have the  judge’s ruling  reviewed,  or the 
verdict set aside on  the  ground  that  he 
charged  on  the  facts  as well as the law 
of  the case.  The only place to which an 
appeal can  be sent is to the  office of  the 
Home  Secretary  by  petition;  and  the 
rules of  legal  etiquette  require  that the 
Home Secretary shall act  on  the  advice 
of  the  judge  and  the  prosecuting  at­
torney.

the  character  of 

In  any American  court  of  appeal the 
verdict  would  be  set  aside  and  a  new' 
trial  ordered  without  any hesitation,  in 
view  of 
Justice 
Stephen’s  charge.  He  virtually argued 
the  case  against  the prisoner as though 
he had been retained for the prosecution, 
and  harangued  the  jury with  reference 
to secondary matters which bore very lit­
tle upon the case.  No  doubt  Mrs.  May- 
brick is not a good woman, and was not a 
faithful wife;  but the  tradition  that un­
convicted persons shall be held  innocent 
until  convicted  binds  judges to  abstain 
from such courses as those which secured 
her  conviction.  Should  that  rule  be 
broken  down, there  would be no safety. 
It is its absence in French  law which led 
the  greatest  of  French  lawyers  to  say 
that  if  he  were  charged  with  having 
stolen the Tuilleries, he would run away !

ON  THE  WRONG  TRACK.

The  prevailing  sentiment  of  the con­
vention of  electricians at Chicago seemed 
to be almost wholly opposed to the use of 
that force in the  execution of  criminals. 
Not  merely  do  they  object  to  the  un­
pleasant  associations of  electricity  with 
the  hangman’s  business, but they argue 
from  the  uniform experience of  all who 
have received great  electric  shocks, and 
have  survived  the  experience, that this 
mode of  execution  must  be  exceedingly 
painful.  Letters  received  from  nearly 
all the electric light stations in the coun­
try, where such accidents have occurred, 
speak  of  the  sensations  attending  the 
shock  as  terrific.  The  recipients  de­
scribe  it  as  like  being  hammered  to 
death,  or  crushed  to  death in a vise, or 
sawn in two by a buzz-saw, or dashed  to 
pieces from  some  great height.  No two 
accounts  correspond,  showing  that  the 
effects  on  persons  of  different  temper­
aments and  constitutions are as different 
as  possible. 
In  view of  this  record  of 
experiences,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
electricians  will  exert 
to 
diminish the number of  those extra-legal 
executions  by  electricity,  which  have 
been by far too  numerous in the past de­
cade.  •

themselves 

HOOD.

The  farmers  of 

This testimony, taken with that evoked 
In  the  Klemmer  investigation,  goes  to 
show  that  our  philanthropic people are 
once  more  on  the  wrong  track.  They 
have  not  found  in  electricity any more 
humane method of  execution  than hang­
ing.  Of  course,  some  forms of  poison­
ing  would  be  much  more painless, but 
absolute painlessness is hardly consistent 
with  the  idea of  death as a punishment.
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING OF  STATE­
the  Northwestern 
wheat-belt  may look forward  to  an  au­
tumn  of  exceptional  prosperity.  The 
new  States are to have  a  good  year  in 
which  to  begin  their  corporate  house­
keeping.  Their wheat crop is exception­
ally large,  and at the  same  time that of 
the  competing  countries  is  very  defi­
cient. 
India  falls  more  than  twenty 
million  bushels  behind  recent  years. 
Hungary is  so  much  behind  hand  that 
the dual empire will have  nothing to ex­
port this  year,  and  even  may  have  to 
draw on us, as Roumania, from which she 
got her supply of  coarse  grain,  has for­
bidden its  export.  At  the  same  time, 
the crops of the Western European states, 
although not  exceptionally bad,  are very 
far from sufficing for home demand.

It is true that a large part of the profits 
of  this  wheat  trade are absorbed by the 
middle-men and  speculators,  who  come 
between  the  farmer  and  his  European 
customers.  But  the  remedy for  this  is 
in the farmer’s  own hands.  By combin­
ation he has been able to put  an  end  to

the  exactions  of  dealers  in  machinery 
and other kinds  of  farm-supplies.  Let 
him combine, also,  to come into immedi­
ate  relations  with  his  customers in the 
Eastern  States and in Europe. 
In  this 
way he would  secure a better  access  to 
the foreign market, which  sometimes  is 
shut to him by the demands  of  the mid­
dle-men  for  excessive  profits,  and  he 
would reap the whole  advantage  of  his 
sales.  Nothing  more  than an extension 
of the Granger methods is needed for the 
purpose,  and  a  great farmers’  associa­
tion,  like those  which underlie the land- 
bank  system  of  continental  Europe, 
could borrow all  the  capital  needed  to 
set the plan working.
TRIAL OF THE  CRONIN MURDERERS.
The authorities in Chicago now believe 
they  are  in  possession of  facts  enough 
about  the  murder of  Dr. Cronin  to pro­
ceed  successfully with  the  trial.  They 
are especially clear that the man  Burke, 
whose extradition from Canada they have 
procured,  is one of  the  principals in the 
crime,  as  he  has  been  identified as the 
man who hired  and  furnished the house 
in which the murder was committed.  At 
first there  was  some  talk of  having him 
turn State’s evidence, but this is now dis­
missed  as  needless. 
It is a good rule in 
such  cases  to  accept  only  accessories, 
unless  the  evidence  against  the  prin­
cipals is very weak.  There is no reason 
to believe that Burke was less guilty than 
any other of  the  conspirators,  and  none 
that he would help  to  the  conviction of 
any one not already under detention.

The ability with w hich the prosecution 
of  the Anarchists was conducted  creates 
a hope  that  there will  be no  failure  to 
bring the criminals to punishment in this 
case  also.  There  is  no  difference  of 
opinion  between  the  American  people 
and  our  Irish  fellow citizens  as  to  the 
necessity of  this  as a means of  preserv­
ing the  public  peace, however  much  it 
may suit  the  prejudices of  some  news­
papers  to misrepresent  the  facts. 
It  is 
noticeable that the Irish Nationalists are 
making  great  efforts  to  raise  money to 
prosecute  Dr. Cronin’s  murderers.  The 
receipts from the  annual display of their 
national  games were  devoted to this  ob­
ject.

UNLOADING ON  THE  PUBLIC.

Evidence is not  lacking  that  the time 
is  now  ripe  for  trusts  to  unload their 
stocks  on  the  public.  Their  origin, 
growth and success have been paraded by 
the press before the people  until the lat­
ter  hold  exaggerated ideas as to the size 
of  the  profits.  Legislation  sufficient to 
deal  with  trusts  is  inevitable.  Before 
that  is  enacted  the  managers  will  en­
deavor to  take  advantage of  the  human 
greed and cupidity aroused  by visions of 
fabulous profits  and  unload their stocks 
on the public.  Some of  those who have 
formerly been  the  loudest  to  denounce 
them  will  be  the first to take advantage 
of  an  opportunity  to  invest  in  trust 
stocks.
It is safe to say that  these  trust stocks 
will be a good thing to  let  alone.  Com­
binations formed for the  purpose of  rob­
bing  the  people  are  not particular how 
they do it, whether by making wide mar­
gins between producers  and  consumers, 
or by unloading  watered  stocks  on  the 
public.  One  great  trust,  capitalized at 
$50,000,000,  is  said  to  own  or  control 
property worth only one-fourth  as much. 
A similar  disparity  exists  between  the 
capitalization  and  property  of  nearly 
every trust in the country.

THE  SALT  TRUST.

It having  been reported that subscrip­
tion  books  had  been  re-opened for  the 
sale of stock in the proposed North Amer­
ican Salt Co., at New York,  T h e T r a d e s­
m an  requested  its  Saginaw  correspon­
dent to interview  “President”  Burt  on 
the subject,  with  the result given in an­
other  column.  Those  who  know  Mr. 
Burt  will  appreciate the  significance of 
his  remark  that  the  refractory  manu­
facturers will  be forced  into  the  trust. 
Those  who do not know  him  would  do 
well to make  peace  with the tyrant  be­
fore it is too late.

Eighteen  Cincinnati  grocers  have 
signed  an  agreement to make a discount 
of  3 per cent,  on  all  purchases  carried 
home  by the  purchasers.  Now,  if  they 
will  make  a  further  discount  of  3 per 
cent,  on  all  purchases  paid  for  at  the 
time of  purchase,  their  business  will be 
on a more equitable  basis  than the pres­
ent  method  of  charging  the  cash  cus­
tomer  and  long-winded  chap  the  same 
prices.

It is claimed that the Patrons of Indus­
try now  have  713  lodges  in  this State. 
As  there  is  no  central  organization,  to 
which  the  local  bodies  owe  allegiance 
and from which they can  derive  instruc­
tion  and  support, the  entire  fabric will 
necessarily soon  fall by its  own  weight.
As the  “meat  on  the  hoof  inspection 
law” has been declared  unconstitutional 
by the courts of  Indiana and  Minnesota, 
perhaps it is  just as well that the  Senate 
killed the bill in this State last spring.

In the death of  F. H. Spencer, Saranac 
loses a representative business man, T h e 
T ra d esm a n  loses  a  valued  contributor 
and  the  business  public  loses  a candid 
expounder of  commercial ethics.

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
Rea Oak, log-run.................................. 20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.......................... 26 00@28 00
Red Oak, 54 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
@55 00
Walnut, log ru n ......................... 
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll..........................  
@25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.................................12 00@13 05
White Aso, log-run...............................14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run............................. 20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run...............................17 00@18 00
White Oak, J4 sawed, Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

 
 

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25  Pearl  Street, 

-  Grand  Rapids.

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Dealers in

FINE  STATIONERY,  WRAPPING 

PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES,

WOODEN  DISHES,  ETC.

Mail  Orders  Promptly  Filled.

44 Pine St.,  Muskegon, Mich.

m   STARCH.

T h e   B est  T h in g   o n   th e  

M a rk et.

Over  100  Boxes  Sold 
the 

Grand  Rapids 
First  Week.

in 

Wax Starch is  said as follows:

50 %-U). Packages,
16  2  lb. Wood  Boxes, 
30 %-lb.  Packages, 

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$4.00
$5.60

Fine  picture  with  each 2-lb.  box or 3 

small packages.

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G ran d   R a p id s.

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The Cheapest,  Very  Durable,  Slightest

in Draft and Most Rapid Grinder 

on the Market.

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Michigan  and Wisconsin.

F O R   T E R N S   W R IT E   TO

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20  LYON  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

U 6T R 0T Y P G U

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tfxÆ&tîT GRAND RAPIOS MICH-

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Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

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

AND  OTHERS. 

CAMEO,
________________

TRUE  BLUE, 

MASCOTTE, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHCENIX, 

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 

quantities,  address,

¥TT 
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T T   2   \ ' % J T f T ' K T  C  

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I I  i V - l l v  

le h n  Fire  and  Marine Insurance Co.

g r a n d   r a p i d s .

lo ck  b o x   173. 

Salesman for  Western Michigan,

ORGANIZED  1881.

CASH  CÄPITÄL  $4011,060,

GISH  ASSETS  OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID  $500,000.

D.  Whitney, Jr.,  President.

Eugene Harbeck,  Sec’y.

The Directors of  “The Michigan” are representative business men of 

our own  State.

F a ir   C on tracts, 

E q u ita b le   R a te s,

P r o m p t  S e ttle m e n ts,

Idea.

k  C o m m o n   ^ e n S ^  

In su re  in  “T h e  M ichigan
E.  G.  8TUDLEY,
R u b b er
Boots and Shoes

Wholesale  Dealer in

Two Years,
t e s t . ^ L . , , ,

Manufactured by

GANDER RUBBER  00.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue  and 

Price List.

TELEPHONE  464.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WHOLESALE

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

State Trade a Specialty.

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

KOAU

GRAND  RÄPID8  ICE  X  GOAL  GO.,

52  Pearl  Street. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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M ANUFACTURERS  OF

STEAM ENGINES* BOILERS.

iCarry Engines and Boilers in Stock | 

for  immediate delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

44,46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

B eni on  &  P e te r s ,

W H O B B S A B B

G R O C B R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Bautz Bros.  &  C o .’s   Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

A m boy  C heese.

G H .t.V »   R A P ID S .

W M . S E A R S   &  CO.,

Gradrer  Manufacturers,

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

C U R T IS S   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

P a p e r 

War.

We carry the YEBY BEST double or single  bit,  hand-shaved  ax  handle
Houseman  Block, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mioh.

ever  made.

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TEBPER9S

flbsolilte  Japan  Tea,

Crop  of  1889•

This Tea was  grown  on  the  Kobe  Plantation,  picked  in  the month of May, 
cured  and  manipulated  by  the  most  modern  machinery  known  to the trade, is 
without coloring matter,  and is pronounced by experts  to  be the sweetest and best 
Tea produced. 

If you want to double your Tea trade,  handle

TEBEER’S

Absolute  Japan  Tea.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

TELFER  8PIGE  GO., 

Importers.

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

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE

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

lint

s l i m

and  it  is soluble.
To  increase  the  solubility  of 
the powdered cocoa, various expe­
dients are employed,  m^st 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  chem ical  being  used  in 
its preparation.  By one of the most ingenious of these 
mechanical  processes  the  greatest  degree  of  fineness  is 
secured without tbM sacrifice of  the  attractive  and  beautiful 
red color  which  is  characteristic  of an absolutely pure and 
natural cocoa.
W . Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.

CANDY! We  manufacture  a  full 

line, carry  a  heavy stock, 
and  warrant  onr  goods  to 
be STRICTLY  PURE  and
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R U T N A . M  &  B R O O K S .

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S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .  K   B o lle s   «fe  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

"W h o le sa le   C ig a r   D ealers.

« T O S

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W e  w ill  forfeit  $1,000  if the  “TOSS  UP” 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

D B A   7  77

T o   th e P ass Booh•

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

contact with the

Tradesman  Gredit  GoDpon  Book,

W hich 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....... .......82.50
....... ....... 3.00
$ 5  
810 
....... ....... 4.00
Ç20 
....... ....... 5.00

« 
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3.00  Orders for  200 or over...........5 per cent.

500
1000 

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.......................20 

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SEND IN SAMPLE  ORDER AND  PUT YOUR BUSINESS  ON  A CASH  BASIS.

E. Ä. STOWE i  BRO., Grand Rapids.

The M ichigan Tradesm an

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  21,  1889.

A GRAND  SUCCESS.

[ c o n t h t o e d   f r o m   t h i r d   p a g e .1

▲  occasions. 

^Including  the  careless  legislator!  You 
will find representative men there.  Next 
fall  you  will  v«te  for  members of  the 
Legislature. 
If  you  desire  to  secure 
good  and wise  legislation  select  indus­
trious. intelligent, honest  men to  repre­
sent you.  Then you will  get wise laws. 
(Applause.)  The  people treat the  mat­
ter too  carelessly.  You  have  rights  to 
protect, interests you do not want jeopar­
dized.  You  desire  to  secure  good  and 
r  wise  legislation.  Still, we  are too  care­
l e s s   in  regard  to  the  selection of  men 
going to the Legislature at the capital of 
our  State,  clothed  with  these  gigantic 
powers!
I  could  dwell  upon the  character  of 
men who have  represented us and  those 
who  should  be secured to represent  the 
people of  the State.  1  promised  to  be 
brief  to-night. 
I  really must  not  tres­
I have 
pass (cries of “go on,” “goon” ). 
^ fe lt a sort of friendly obligation and have 
^beeu  impelled on by a feeling of  thank­
fulness for the courtesies extended to me 
by your  Association  and the  people  of 
Muskegon. 
If  I  can  say anything  that 
will do any good, I am more than glad to 
do so.  Of  all the  things  I  detest, how­
ever,  it is  being  in the  way of  someone 
you  want to  hear. 
In  reference  to  the 
selection  of  legislators  to  make  these 
laws:  I  do not wish  to discriminate be­
tween  classes,  but  I  do ask  you  not  to 
secure too many young lawyers.  (Laugh­
t e r . )   Throw  into the  Legislature more 
Wof  real  business  ability.  Select  some 
business  men.  A  man  arose  here  to­
night  and I never  saw him  before to my 
knowledge, but from the very crisp man­
ner with which the gentleman struck the 
question upon  which  he  desired  to  ad­
dress  you, 1 said  to  myself,  “That  man 
would  make  a  good  legislator;  he  can 
get  right  up and  tell  what  he wants  to 
quickly and sit down again.”  The long, 
tedious  talker  is  a  bore,  and they  kill 
bores  in  the  Legislature  on  almost all 
(Laughter.)  The  man  who 
bores  has  no  influence  in  a  legislative 
body.  Get, also,  a  man of conscientious 
fidelity who  will  discharge  every  duty 
with  the fear of  his  conscience  and  of 
his  constituency  before  him  all 
the 
while.
Pardon me for  alluding to my own ex­
perience. 
I served  six years.  My home 
was less than 100 miles from the capital. 
During those  years, I  never went  home 
k  during a session  but once.  There  is  no 
Wroil call  during those six  years but what 
my  name is recorded  there. 
I will  tell 
you one result. 
(I am  more timid  about 
talking of  myself  than of  anybody else) 
I do  not  want to tell  all  I  know  about 
myself, 
I  went  in  there 
younger  than I am  now. 
I  was  timid. 
I looked  up to the  men who went  there 
to make laws. 
I wondered  that so small 
a  man  as  I  was  elected  away  back  in 
1855.  Before  the  session  closed, I won­
dered that some of  the rest were elected; 
but I was  every  day in the  harness  and 
could tell  men who  knew more  than I— 
men  of  broad  experience  aud  more 
ability—the  condition of  bills  and in re­
gard to amendments of  which  they kept 
no  track. 
I  studied  nights—went  to 
church  on  Sunday—but at  other  times 
was working all the time, studying every 
single bill.
The prosperity of  the State is to a cer­
tain  extent in the hands of  the men who 
make laws.  For all our interests, manu­
al  facturing, transportation, we  look to the 
members  of  the  Legislature.  Almost 
anybody  will  do  for  Governor, but  we 
want  good  men  for  the  Legislature. 
(Laughter.)
*  The President—I think that is the best
political  speech  I ever  heard  the  Gov­
ernor make. 
(Laughter.)  He can make 
a good political speech, but  there are de­
grees  in  them—and this is certainly one 
of  his  best.  We  shall  be  very  glad to 
hear any gentleman on this  subject  who 
has  anything  to  say. 
I  presume  the 
Governor, if  he  were  asked,  would  not 
admit that he has exhausted the  subject, 
by any means. 
I certainly know  he has 
not exhausted  you.

(Laughter.) 

A Delegate—I  think if  the  suggestion 
were made aud carried out  that  the Leg­
islature  be  instructed to withdraw  free 
passes from the members  there would be 
fewer  adjournments and a  better  condi­
tion of  affairs.

The President—Do  you make that as a 

a motion ?

Answer—No,  sir;  simply a  suggestion 
that  might  be  embodied  in  our resolu­
tions.

Mr. Connell—Are we not  to  blame for 
the  free  pass  system? 
If  we  elected 
men who were honorable, we would have 
no  free  pass  system.  Many legislators 
refuse them. 
I do not  think  an  henor- 
^   able  man  would  be  willing to sell him­
self  to  a  railroad  company  for  a  free 
pass;  but we  are  willing to support any­
one if he  happens to belong to our party.
Mr. Sprague—I am a little  afraid  that 
my friend  here is rather  going  back  on 
the Legislature. 
I live across the  street 
from  one of  these  legislators—he  is  an 
old one—and  he  is  as  honest  as any of 
them.  He is a  good  neighbor,  anyway. 
%   He tells me  they all  ride  on  passes but 
three. 
I 
do not believe that  the  three  are all the 
honest  one3  there. 
I believe  there  are 
more  than  three. 
It  has 
(Laughter.) 
got to be a habit—you cannot  stop it un­
til  there  is  certain  legislation  to  that 
effect.  Here is the trouble:  If  our body 
of  legislators start  partially bribed,  how 
£   are  you  going  to  get legislation to help 
my friend  Crandall,  of  Sand  Lake ?  If 
this Association can  do  anything to stop 
that,  perhaps  the  Committee  on  Trans­
portation  will  have  a  dreadfully  good
start.

I don’t  know  how  he  knew. 

A Delegate—I would like to ask, if  the

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legislators  were  paid  a certain  amount 
for a session, would  it  stop  their  going 
home so much ?

I think  it  would  be a saving. 

Governor  Luce—I  think  if  the  mem­
bers of  the Legislature had a salary fixed 
in  the  constitution,  so  that  they could 
not  legislate  upon  it  (loud  laughter), 
equivalent to or greater than $546, which 
each  member  drew  for his services this 
year,  it would save from  twenty to sixty 
days  of  the  session.  Each  day  costs 
$746. 
I 
think one thing more—that the people of 
this State can secure the abolition of  the 
passes  at  the  very  next  session of  the 
Legislature. 
If  the  people  and  public 
sentiment concentrate and bring itself  to 
bear upon this question, it is irresistible, 
and I believe  you can  secure  the  aboli­
tion of  passes. 
I have  no  doubt myself 
that if  the Legislature had not been sup­
plied  with passes, it would  not have had 
so  long  a  session  and  the  laws  would 
have  been  less  crude.  Anything  that 
would induce them to remain  right there 
and attend to  your businesses in the line 
of  getting the  best  possible  legislation. 
If  you  are  willing, you  will  get  rid of 
the pass system. 
I do not think it affects 
the  votes  of  the  members;  but,  at  the 
same time,  it takes  them  away from the 
capital. 
If  the  business  men  scattered 
all over the State will  take  hold, we can 
do it.  There  are  many members of  the 
Legislature  who  are  anxious  that  this 
should be done. 

(Applause.)

The President—I do not think it would 
be inappropriate for  this  body of  repre­
sentative  merchants  to  pass  a  good, 
strong  resolution  upon this subject,  and 
let it in  some  way come  to  the  ears of 
the next  session of  the  Legislature  and 
the railroad  officials. 
It  might  not  ac­
complish  anything,  so  far  as  they  are 
concerned, but it certainly sets us right— 
expresses our views.

Mr.  Crandall—1  move  that  the  Com­
mittee  an  Resolutions  be  instructed  to 
draw up a resolution to  be  submitted  to 
that body covering  this ground—the free 
pass system.  Supported and carried.

Mr. Sprague—I  would  like to enquire 
what  the  status  of  the  railroad  com­
panies is, under the inter-state commerce 
law ?

Governor  Luce—That  question  has 
been  considered  by  the  railroad  attor­
neys, and by common consent it is agreed 
that  the  railroad  company  may  give 
passes within the  State, notwithstanding 
the  inter-state  commerce  law.  These 
passes, none of them go beyond the State 
line.  They used to give  them  to go out 
of  the State. 
I think  we  have  the  au­
thority of  our  Inter-state  Committee for 
the conclusion that  was  finally reached
S.  P.  Hicks—Ashley  Pond  is  consid­
ered one of  the  great  railroad  lawyers. 
Two  years ago this  question  was  asked 
of  him.  He answered it, after  consider­
ing  it  a  moment,  by  saying  that  “the 
railroad-  company  had  an  undoubted 
right  to  give  passes  to  its  employes.” 
(Laughter.)

Mr. Bates—I  would  like  to  say  that 
there were a great  many messenger boys 
at  the  last  session  who  applied  for 
passes,  and  they  were  answered  that 
they  could  not  be  granted  without 
violating the inter-state commerce law.
A Voice—They were not employes.
Mr. Bates—They were messenger boys.
A Voice—Something  rotten  in  Den 

mark.

The report of  the  Building  aqd  Loan 
Association Committee being next on the 
programme, W. E. Crouty stated that the 
Committee had had no meeting  and  pre­
pared no report.

The President—I  wrote  to  the  chair­
man  of  the  Committee  to  be  sure  and 
have  a  good  report. 
I  regret  that  we 
have no report. 
It is a question  that ex­
cited a good  deal of  interest  at  our last 
meeting. 
I have no  doubt a great  many 
would like to have the question discussed. 
If  they are prepared, we  should  be glad 
to have it discussed.

Mr.  Connell—It  is  a  question  of  im- 
portahce  to  many of  us. 
I know  there 
are  many towns which have associations 
in  successful  operation. 
It  would  be 
certainly  valuable  to  us,  if  they would 
describe and tell  us  how  these  associa­
tions  are  formed. 
Jackson  has  seven 
and  Lansing  one;  Grand  Rapids,  eight. 
We  have  none  in  Muskegon. 
If  I can 
get  something  of  home  manufacture, I 
prefer it.

The President—We  have  one  in Lan­
sing  that is successful. 
I  regret  that I 
am  unable  to  furnish  this  Association 
with  the  details  of  its  work. 
I  had 
hoped  the  matter  would  be  discussed 
fully by those  who  are  posted  and who 
take  an  active  interest in it. 
I know it 
works  very successfully.

Mr.  Stowe—I think  Mr.  Blain  is Pres­
ident of  the Lowell  Building  and  Loan 
Association, which  has  had a successful 
career. 

I think he can explain it.

Mr.  Blain—Thanking  Brother  Stowe 
for the honor, I beg leave to  state,  at the 
same  time, that  Mr. Stowe  is  far  more 
familiar with the workings of  the  build­
ing and loan associations than I.  I think 
he can enlighten you better than I can.

Mr.  Stowe—While I thoroughly under­
stand  the  theory  of 
the  building  and 
loan  association,  I  am  not  able  to  ex­
press  myself  as  clearly as I could wish. 
I think the  work we did a  year ago—the

report made  at  that  time  and  the  dis­
cussion which  followed—has  resulted in 
the forming of  a good  many associations 
in a good many towns, whereas  the  sub­
ject  would  not  otherwise  have  been 
brought  to  their  attention.  There  are 
eight  in  Grand  Rapids, all  doing  good 
work. 
I regret  to  say  that  within  the 
last  two  or  three  months  two  or three 
additional building and loan associations 
have  been  imported, coming  from Min­
neapolis and other outside points, making 
grand promises,  proposing  that men put 
in $300 and draw  out  $500, etc., remind­
ing us of  something which flourished for 
a  time  years  ago  called  the  “Bidwell 
Bubble.”  We  feel  that  we have a good 
law for these associations—that the asso­
ciations  are  essentially  a  local  matter, 
and that they prosper  because  local men 
are  in  them. 
It  is  poor  policy to send 
our money into other states to build them 
up instead of the cities of our own State.
Governor Luce—Pardon me if  I thrust 
myself  upon  you  again. 
I  visit  every 
city  in  this  Stats  and  1  am  somewhat 
acquainted,  from  choice  or  necessity, 
with the  methods  adopted in the various 
cities. 
I believe, from  enquiries and in­
vestigation given to this subject, that the 
institution  of  these  local  loan  associa­
tions  is  the  greatest  step in the line of 
reform  for  the  laboring  portion of  the 
people that  was  ever  introduced in this 
State. 
I have watched  the  workings of 
these  associations. 
In  Jackson  alone 
they  are  putting  more  than  $200,000 a 
year into  homes—from  twenty-five cents 
to $2 a week.  The members labor in the 
shops  and  in  the  kitchens  and  are be­
coming capitalists.  The country and the 
government  are  dearer  to  them.  They 
feel more of an interest in it.  It is the best 
safeguard  that  can be provided.  After 
they get enough to buy a lot accumulated, 
they will borrow money enough to build a 
home.  They are thereby becoming house 
and home-owners.  Home  ownership be­
gets  patriotism and  thus  the people  are 
safe  from  communism  and  the  other 
“isms”  which  come  in  to  torment  the 
laboring  people.  The men  and  women 
accumulate  enough to  put in twenty-five 
cents  a  w'eek.  We  have a good  one  in 
Lansing.  Encourage the  local ones  and 
discourage  foreign  ones.  So  far,  I  do 
not  know of  a  single  break in  the  suc­
cess of these institutions.

Mr. Stowe—I  think  Mr.  Blain  can  il­
lustrate the benefits of these associations 
by  telling a story he related  to me a few 
days  ago in  Grand  Rapids—the  story of 
the widow.

Mr. Blain—For the benefit of Mr. Stowe 
and  the  Association, I  will  state  that 
this  is not  the  story of  a  grass  widow. 
The story in question was something like 
this:  We  have in our  town an old  lady 
—a  German  woman—and  she has  been 
striving for years to make a living in one 
way and  another.  She  has done  wash­
ing, would go out cleaning house, taking 
her  little wagon  and tub  and go  around 
the  neighborhood  to  pick  up  swill  to 
feed  her pigs—all to get a little  money. 
She  would  hoe  in  the  garden, do  any­
thing we asked her to do.  She had  man­
aged  to  buy a lot.  She  had got  money 
enough to build a stone wall.  She  came 
then  into  our association and  borrowed 
$300 to put  upon the  wall a house.  She 
had  prior to this  been  paying  $1.50  a 
week  rent for her  house.  1  said to her 
that the same  money she  was paying for 
her  house  would  pay  her  dues  to  the 
association, pay the  interest on her  loan 
and in ten  years would  cancel her mort­
gage.  The  association  loaned  her  the 
money to  build  the  house  she is to-day 
living  in, as comfortable a home  as  any­
one  need  ask  for in her  circumstances. 
She has paid  her dues and  interest for a 
year  and four  months and  is as  happy a 
woman as there  is in  our  town.  While 
this is only one instance, yet I think that 
particular  case  is of  more  interest to us 
in  our town  than  any other  one.  This 
matter of  building and  loan associations 
is  very  dear to me  and  I  feel  a  great 
interest in  it,  and if  there is anything  I 
can  say  to  interest  you  gentlemen,  I 
should be very glad to say it.  Mr.  Stowe 
was  the  first  man  who came  to me  and 
talked  about  a  building  and loan  asso­
ciation.  I thought his story very  “fishy,” 
but, upon  fnrther investigation, I found 
that  by figuring  the  thing out,  it looked 
more feasible, and through the assistance 
of  many of  our citizens  we organized  a 
building and loan association.  Our plan 
is something  like this:  We  pay into the 
association fifty cents a month per share, 
a  member taking  any number of  shares 
up to forty.  The limit is forty.  A share 
is $100.  When  the  amount  paid in per 
month  and  the  accumulations  on  that 
amount  reach  par  value — $100 — the 
money is withdrawn. 
In  the  event of a 
member  borrowing  money,  he  pays  in 
his monthly dues and 7 per cent, interest, 
and  the  money is put up at auction  and 
sold to the  highest  bidder. 
If  we have 
$500  to sell  and  any member of  the  as­
sociation  wishes to borrow  that  money, 
he bids upon it. 
It  is sold at from 10  to 
12  per  cent,  premium.  The  borrower 
receives the  amount of  his loan,  less the 
premium bid.  He then  pays 7 per  cent, 
interest  upon  that  loan, which  is  paid 
monthly at the  same  time  that  he  pays 
his  regular dues on his  stock.  And the

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whether  the  project  of  forming  a  salt 
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the prices of  their  plants, but  it is  not 
likely  that  anything will  be  done  very 
soon.  There is plenty of  money waiting 
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come  down  to  the  figures  agreed  upon 
when the matter was first talked of.” 

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eventually be made a success?”

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operating  in  connection  with  sawmill 
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long be able to continue operations.” 

“Your policy will  then be to force  the 

New York men into the deal?”

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siren  will  find  Jordan  a  hard  road  to 
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W ool,  H ides  and  Tallow.

The past week  has been  dull and life- j 
less  in  the  wool  market.  The  heavy \ 
failures caused a break  and  drove  both 
buyer  and  seller  out  of  the  market. 
Some  small sales were effected by a con­
cession  in  price,  but  not  sufficient  to 
change the market price  but  lc  per  lb, 
while  buyers  wanted  not  less  than  2c 
conceeded.  The  market is strongly held 
against weak buying.  The  outcome  of 
the  failures  shows  that  manufacturers 
are  getting  fair  margins  on  present 
prices,  if  judiciously bought  and  sold, 
and dealers must realize prices ruling on 
August 1 to  let  them  out  whole.  The 
outlook is that old prices  must  rule  be­
fore much  wool changes  hands,  as there 
is not enough on this side  of  the  water 
to supply the  mills,  and  prices  are  too 
high  on  the  other  side  to  bring  here. 
The next four weeks will tell which side 
weakens.

Hides are some weaker in price, owing 
to  large  offerings.  As  the  supply  of 
short-haired plump stock is ample for all 
demands,  the  long-haired  stock  is  not 
wanted at any price  that would give the 
holder a new dollar for their old one.  A 
slight advance  would flood  the  market, 
as there are many large packs being held.
Tallow is lower  and  dull,  with  large 

offerings.

A   G rocer  Turns  U ndertaker.

suggested 

From  th e Benton H arbor P alladium .
A good-natured  groceryman of  Benton j 
Harbor  went  out  to  a  rural  town  the 
other  day to  collect  an overdue  bill  for 
groceries against a furniture dealer.  The j 
country dealer  protested that  collections! 
had  been so poor  he could  not  raise the I 
money.  “Haven’t you  got something  to 
turn  over?” 
the  grocer. 
“Nothing  but  coffins,”  mournfully  re-1 
sponded  the  other. 
“ Trot  out  your 
coffins, then,” grimly answered our  mer­
chant, who soon  afterward left for home ! 
in a not very satisfactory mood.  To-day ! 
he  received a consignment of  seven cas- j 
kets by freight, and  as the  sadly sugges­
tive articles were dumped off the dray in 
front of  the  grocery  the  man of  provi-l 
sions  stood  aghast at the  startling spec- j 
taele.  He is  now wondering whether he | 
will offer a ready-made coffin as a baking j 
powder  prize or use the  caskets to  pack j 
butter in for winter consumption.

The  Sioux  City  C om   Palace.

The only one in the world.
Opens September 23, 1889.
Closes October 5,  1889.
the
Corn  is  King  and  Sioux  City  is 
capital of  his  Kingdom.
The Corn Palace of 1889 will be larger, 
grander and more artistic  than its prede­
cessors.
Reduced  excursion  rates  on  all prin­
cipal railways.
The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Railway is the direct route to Sioux City.
For  all  details  relative  to  the  Corn 
Palace,  address  Jas. Y. Mahoney, Secre­
tary,  Sioux  City  Iowa.  For  rates,  ad­
dress  Harry Mercer,  M. P. A.,  C., M. & 
St. P. R’y, 90 Griswold street, Detroit.

VISITING  BUYERS.

H errington

Dr H S Baron, F orest Grove 

B&rtr&m & M illington, 
Paw Paw  W alling Bros,Lam ont 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n  Sevey & H errington. 
C arrington & N orth,  T rent 
E F  Ketchnm, Rodney
H Henkel, H ow ard C ity 
J   S B arker, Morley 
lEzra Brown, English ville 
R R Edgell, Hopkins 
Jo h n  Hom rich, No Dorr 
J  C Scott. Lowell 
L  Cook, Bauer 
C P  Judson, Big Rapids 
J  Raym ond, Berlin 
J  H Edw ards, Newaygo 
1» N F isher, Dorr 
G H Spencer, R ockford 
G O  Adams,  Dush ville 
Alex Denton, H oward  City 
H B row nyam , A shland 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
Lam oreaux & Beerman,
J  L Purchase, B auer 
F ru itp o rt
A Purchase, So Blendon 
D W  Shattuck. W ay land 
A E Sm ith, Cadillac 
Jo h n  Kamps. Zutphen 
S T McLellan,  Denison 
Griswold Bros, Griswold 
R Purdy,  Lake 
H M eijering, Jam estow n 
R B G ooding &Son,Gooding 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
C Gregory, Fennville 
H enry B aar, Gd H aven 
Eli Runnels, C om ing 
I F  Hopkins,  Muskegon 
W m Asm an, Gd Haven 
A M P ark , W estwood 
j  Kinney, Kinney
H D H arvey,  Bangor
G Ten H oor,  F orest  Grove Gus Begin an, Bauer 
DeVoist Bros. Alba 
J  B Quick, H oward City 
L P errigo & Co, Paw  Paw   A Falls, Spring Lake 
G 8 P utnam . F ru itp o rt 
Dr P eter Beyer, Sullivan

THE

Selected H erbs ■< SpiGes !
THOMSON  &  TAYLOR  SPICE  COMPANY,

P r e p a r e d   b y

O l i i o a g o .

Is  a  C o m b in a tio n   o f

The  F inest  Ingredients  for  use  in 

Seasoning M eats,  Poultry, 

Game  and Fish.

SOLD  BY  ALL  GROCERS.

F R U IT S .

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Oranges, fancy  Rodi........................................ 5 25@5

fancy........................................  ©5 50

Messina  200s...........................
220s .........................
300s.........................

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

Bananas...................................................1  25@2 50

“  50-lb.  “ 

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Almonds, Tarragona.  ...........................   @17
Ivaca.......................................1454@15
California............................ .13  @15
Brazils......................................................  © 8
Filberts,  Sicily........................................ 10%@11
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @13
F rench...................................  @10
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................................  754@12
Cocoanuts, per 100...................................4 25@4  50
Chestnuts................................. .............
Game Cocks...
Star.................
Horse.............

©6

F E L T S .

Shearlings.................. 10  @25
Estimated wool, per fi> 20  @28

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

Tallow........................  334© 4
Grease  butter  ........... 3  @ 5
Switches.....................  2  @ 234
Ginseng......................2 00@2 25

W OOL.

W a s h e d .....................................25 ^ 30
Unwashed........................12@22

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.

ROBT.  S.  W EST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO. Mi

PRODUCE  M A RK ET.
Apples—Red Astrieans, $1.25 per bbl.
Beans—Dry  stock  Is  scarce,  but 

scarcely any demand. 
and hold at $2.i0@$2.15 per bu.

is 
Jobbers pay $1.75 per bu 

there 

25c.

Beets—40c per bu.
Blackberries—$1.25 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—Illinois  stock is in plentiful supply 
at $1.45 per crate.
Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county  makers 
bill  their  stock  at  8c,  while  jobbers  hold  at 
834@8%£c.

mands 15@16c per lb.

Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels 
Cucumbers—15c per doz.
Dried Apples—Commission men bold sun-dried 
at 3@334c and evaporated at 6@7c per lb.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 1234@13c and bold at 14c. 
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $5  per  bu.; 
medium, $4.85.  Timothy,  $1.75 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—Hale’s  Early  command  $2.25@2.50 
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Pears—California,  $2.50  per  crate;  Bartlett, $2 
Pop Corn—234c per lb.
Potatoes—Southern  or home grown  stock,  35c 
per  bu. or $1.20 per bbl.
Squash—Crookneck, 75c per crate.
Tomatoes—75e  per 30-lb. crate.
Turnips—40c per bu.
Water Melons—$18 per 100.
Whortleberries — Very  scarce,  readily  com­

per bu. 
per bu.

, 

manding $4.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

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

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new......................   ............................   11  00
Short cut Morgan...........................................  U  76
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

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smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 10%i
16 lbs........................................1134
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picnic...................................................... 8
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Shoulders......................................................... 6%
boneless........................................  8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 10
Dried Beef, extra..............................................
bam prices................................... 10
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  6
Briskets,  medium.............................................  0
lig h t................................................... 6

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

lard—Refined.

Tierces..............................................................  7%
Tubs.................................................... a............
501b.  Tins.........................................................
Tierces..................  
696
30 and 50 lb. Tubs......................... 
6%
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.............................:---- 7%
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case......................................   7
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case........................................6%
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........................................6%£
50 lb. Cans........................................................... 6%
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...................................................  5%
Bologna, straight..............................................  5%
Bologna,  thick......................... 
5%
Headcheese......................................................  5%
pigs’ feet.
In half barrels........................................................3 00
In quarter barrels..................................................1 75
In half  barrels...................................................... 3 00
In quarter barrels.................................................. 1 75
In kits...............................................................   85

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  ’  hindquarters................................  5  @ 6%
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Beef, carcass...........................................  4%@  6
................................  3  @ 4
Hogs.........................................................   @ 6
Pork loins...................................................  @ 8
shoulders...........................................   @ 6
Bologna...................................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or head.........................   @ 5
liver..........................................   @ 5
Frankfort.................................   @8

M utton....................................................6  @ 6%

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OYSTERS  and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

fresh  pish.

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Whitefish.................................................  @  6
smoked.....................................  © 7%
Trout...........................................................  @ 6
Halibut........................................................  @15
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
25 
Twist, 
...................................... 11
Cut Loaf, 25 
.............'•....................... 12  *
M IX E D .

3001b.  bbls............................................. 1034
2001b.  bbls.............................................U54

Royal, 25 lb. pails..........  ................................U
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.............................................12
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails...........................   13
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases........................................
Broken, 40 lb. Bask.............................................
200 lb. bbls...........................................

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Lemon Drops...................J,............................. 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......   ...............................18
Plain Creams.....................................  
18
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock...................................................... 15
Burnt Almonds..................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries............................ 
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fancy—In bulk.
in bbls...................................12

Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................1234
printed, in pails...............................1334
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.............................................. U54

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G.  M.  MONGER  &  CO.,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders  attended  to with 

GRAND RAPIDS.

piomptness.  Nice Work, Quick Time 

Satisfaction Guaranteed.

- 

-  Manager.

W.  E. HALL, Jr., 

SILVER STÄRS

No Equal in the State.

Wherever Introftiicefl itis aStayer!1

TO  THE TRADE:

I guarantee “SILVER STARS” to be a long 
straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made 
by union labor, and to give  complete  satis­
faction
-A..  S .  ID^YTIS,
127 Louis St.,6RRND RAPIDS
Grand Rapids  Fire  Insurance  Co.

Sole  Manufacturer, 

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Cash  Capital,  $200,000.

HISTORY—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.
* 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, James 
Blair, T. Stewart White, Philo C. Fuller, E. Crof- 
ton Fox, A. J. Bowne,  Thos.  M.  Peck,  Francis A  
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.

JL LIUS HOUSEMAN, President.
S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary.

If in want of Clover or Timothy, 
Orchard, Blue Grass, or Bed Top, 
or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of  Seed, 
send or  write to the

S e e d   S to re ,

□ 71  Canal  St„  GEAND  KAPIDS.
'w . T. LAMOREAUX.

WA.NTBD.  4

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  advances 
made when desired.

E A B L   B R O S . ,

Com m ission Merc h a nts
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 Rapide.

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

FIVE DOLLARS FINE

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  or 
guardian.  To]

Gonform  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 ,0 0 0  

.75
-  1.35
-   8 .0 0

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All  orders  must  be  accompanied  by 

remit­

tance.

1.1,  STOWE b BRO., Grand  Rapids.  *
|Uagiß[Goffßß  Roastßr,

The Best in the World.

Wholesale P rice  C urrent•

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

10c cans.
lb. “
|o oz.  “
54 lb. « 
12 oz. “ 
lib.  “ 
2541b.“ 
31b.  “ 
41b.  “ 
51b.  “

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

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BATH BRICK.

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Red Star, 34 lb. cans, 

Arctic, 54 lb. cans, 6 doz... 

34 lb.  “ 
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34 lb.  “  4  “  ...  75
54 lb.  “  2  “  ... 1  40
1 lb. 
“  2  “  ... 2  40
51b. 
“  1  “  ...12 00
Absolute, 34 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10  00
50s..18  75
Telfer’s,  34 lb. cans, doz..  45
85
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Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz —  
75
34 lb.  “  2  “  ....  1  50
1 lb.  “  1  “  ....  3 00
bulk.........................   20
45
85
1  50
Frazer’s............................... ^   60
Aurora.................................. 1  75
Diamond............................... 1  60
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
.......-  75
Bristol,  2  “ 
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Gross
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3 40
“  34 p t.................  7 00
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1 pt...............   10 00
8-oz paper bot  7 20
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Pepper Box  No.  2
4 00 
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BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl............ ............
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No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet......................
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem........................
Common Whisk................
Fancy 
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¡M ill...................................
Warehouse........................
Kings 100 lb. cases...........
80 lb. eases.............
Dairy, solid packed..........
rolls........................
Creamery, solid packed...
rolls.................
CANDLES.
1034
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............
934
Star,  40 
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Paraffine...........................
25
Wicking.............................. 
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb.............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand—
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“  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
2  lb. 
3 00
3  lb. in Mustard.. .3 00
3  lb.  soused..........3 00
. .1 90
1 lb. Alaska............. 1 80

Salmon, 1 lb. Columbia.. 
Sardines, domestic  34s •

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“  Mustard 34s.........   (
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spiced,  34s..........
Trout, 3 Id. brook.............
CANNED GOODS—FmitS.
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
Grapes  .................................
Green  Gages............................. 1 30
Peaches, all  yellow, stand. .1  70
seconds..................1  45
P ie............ 
115
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
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“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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“  extra marrofat...  ©135
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June, stand.......................1 35
“  sifted.........................1 55
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“  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
Good Enough__100
BenHar................1  00
stand br___  @1  00

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

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CHICORY.

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Michigan Full Cream  @
Sap  Sago..................... 16  @1634
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet..................  
i
Premium............................ 
1
Cocoa................................. 
i
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  
1
Broma................................ 
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Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk.................... 
6
Red.......................................   734
Rio, fair.......................17  @19
“  good.....................1834@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 34c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

 
coffee—Green.

coffees—Package.

100 lbs
Lion......................................2234
“  in cabinets...................233(
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__22%
Durham................................223
Thompson’s Honey  Bee__ 243
Tiger................ 2234
Nox All............2334
O  B..................2234

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CLOTHES  LINES.
50 f t........... 
“ 
“ 
60 f t........... 
70ft........... 
“ 
80ft........... 
“ 
60 ft........... 
“ 
72 ft-.........  
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.

Valley City.........................
Felix................................... 1  10
Cotton,  40 f t..........per doz.  1  25
1  50
1  60
2 00
2 25
100
1  15
Eagle..................................   7  50
Anglo-Swiss.......................   6 00
Kenosha Butter...................   8
Seymour 
...................   6
Butter...................................6
“  family.........................   6
“  biscuit........................  7
Boston...................................  8
City Soda..............................  8
Soda......................................   634
S. Oyster ..............................  6
City Oyster, XXX.............. .  6
Picnic....................................6
Strictly  pure......................  
Grocers’.............................. 

CRACKERS.
“ 

CREAM TARTAR.

38
24

SALEBATU8.

“ 

SYRUPS.

DeLand’s,  pure.....................5
Church’s, Cap Sheaf...............5
Dwight’s ................................ 5
Taylor’s ..................................5
Corn,  barrels.....................  @26
one-balf  barrels__   @28
Pure  Sugar, bbl................ 28@36
half barrel__ 30@38
“ 
XXX
934
934
934

SW E E T   GOODS. 3
Ginger Snaps...............9
Sugar  Creams............. 9
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers......
Boxes.............................
■ 534
Kegs, English........................434

SODA.

TEAS.

'japan—Regular.

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

SU N   C U R E D .

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

B A S K E T   F IR E D .

IM P E R IA L .

G U N PO W D E R .

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  @35
Superior to fine.............40  @50
Common to  fair........... 18  @26
Superior to  fine........... 30  @40
Common to  fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
F a ir..............................25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
Best..............................55  @65
Tea  Dust......................  8  @10

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

YO U N G  H Y SON.

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12............39
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........ 39
Vinco, 1x6, 434 to  S>................ 32
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 36
Wheel, 5 to  fi>..........................39
Trinket, 3x9, 9 oz....................25

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

 

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

 
 
 

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37
TR A D ESM A N   C R E D IT   COUPONS.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
10
.............20 
V IN E G A R .

30 gr...........................T........ 634
40 gr......................................   834
50 gr.......................................1034

“

$1 for barrel,

Y E A ST .

M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

Fermentum,  Compressed.
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  334
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails..........4  ©4%
Sage.....................................  15
PAPER & WOODENWARE

P A P E R .

Cnrtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

lows:
Straw ..................................... 165
“  Light  Weight...............200
Sugar.....................................185
Hardware...............................234
Bakers....................................234
Dry  Goods............................. 5
Jute  Manilla..........................s
Red  Express  No. 
1 ..:.5
No. 
T W IN E S .

“ 

2.4

“ 

48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No. 2......................   20
“  3.........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp.......................... 16
No.  8B.................................. 17
Wool.................................

W O O D EN W A R E.

Tubs, No. 1....................... ..  7 25
“  No. 2........................ .  6 25
“  No. 3........................
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop..,..  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes..,.. 
60
Bowls, 11 inch................. ..  1  00
13  “ 
..............
..  1  25
15  « 
................. ..  2 00
................. ..  2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market..................  40
bushel.................  1  60
“  with covers  1  90
5 75
“ 
• “ 
splint 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  No.2 
“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

6 25
7 25
4 25
5 00

W H E A T .

F L O U R .

Old.  New.
78
75

W hite...................  80 
Red........................  80 
Straight, in sacks...................  4 80
“  barrels............   5 00
“ 
“  sacks...................  5 80
Patent 
“  barrels............   6 00
“ 
Bolted................................  2 20
Granulated........................  2o45

M EA L.

M IL L S T U F F S .

Bran....................................  12 00
Ships...................................  12 50
Screenings........................  12 00
Middlings..........................   13 00
Mixed Feed........................ 15  50
Coarse meal......................   15  50
Small  lots.........................   43
Car 

“  ..........................  3934

CORN.

O ATS.

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

R Y E .

No. 1........................ 
B A R L E Y .
 

NO.1................. 
125
No. 2...................................  1  10

 

35@40

 

H A Y .

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

H ID E S .

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

lows:
Green.........................   4  @434
Part Cured.................   434®  5
Full 
......  5  © 534
Dry..............................   5  @6
Dry  Kips  ...................  5  @6
Calfskins,  green......  3  @ 4
cured......  434@ 5
Deacon skins..............10  @20

“ 

“ 

34 off for No. 2.

 
 
 
 
 

DRIED FRUITS—CitTOD.

dried fruits—Prunes.

dried fruits—Domestic.
“ 

Apples, sun-dried......   3  © 334
evaporated__   6  © 634
“  — 12  @15
Apricots. 
5
Blackberries “ 
12
Nectarines  “ 
12
Peaches 
“ 
9
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
20
In drum......................   ©23
In boxes......................  @25
DRIED FRUITS—CUITantS.
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 434
in less quantity  © 5 
Turkey........................  434©  434
Bosna..........................  534© 6
Imperial......................  ©
dried fruits—Raisins.
alencias....................  @
Ondaras......................   @1034
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.................3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported......   @10
Pearl  Barley..............   @ 3
Peas, greed..................  @140
split.....................  @ 3
Sago,  German.............  @ 634
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  @ 634
Wheat,  cracked..........  @ 634
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60

farinaceous goods.

dried  fruits—Peel.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“

“ 

“ 

F IS H — SA LT.

Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
2 oz. Panel, doz. 
1  25
4 oz. 
“
2 25
3 25 
6 oz. 
“
1  60
No.  3,  “
4 00 
No.  8,  “
6 00 
N o. 10,  “
2 50 
No.  4, Taper,
34 pt,  Round,
7  50
15 00
1  “  
Cod, whole.....................  @5
boneless.................   @734
H alibut......................... 10@1134
2 50
Herring,  round, 34 bbl.. 
2 75
gibbed..............  
“ 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
10 00
“  kegs, new  @  85
“ 
Mack,  sh’s, No. i, 34  bbl  11  00 
“  12 lb k it..l  45 
..1  35
“  10 
Trout,  34  bbls.............  @4 50
*'  10  lb.  kits..................  78
White,  No. 1, 34 bbls............5 50
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
121b. kits...115
10 lb. kits..  90
“ 
Family,  34  bbls........2 35
kits..............   50
K egs.....................- ............. 5 25
Half  kegs..................................2 88
L A M P  W IC K S.
No.0....................................   30
40
No. 1......................... 
 
No. 2..................................... 
50
L IC O R IC E .
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
Black  Strap......................  
18
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 24@35
New Orleans, good............25@30
choice........ 33@38
fancy..........45@48

G U N   P O W D E R .

M OLASSES.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

R O L L E D   O ATS.

OA TM EA L.
Muscatine, Barrels............. 6  00
Half barrels...... 3  12
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @6  00
Half bbls..  @3 12
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................   9
Water White.........................\0%
Medium..................................... 4 75
“ 
34 b b l..........................3 00
Small, bbl.............................5 00
“  34  bbl..........................3 50

P IC K L E S .

O IL .

P IP E S .

“ 
“ 

SA LT

R IC E .

Clay, No.  216............................. 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No.  3.............................  40
Carolina head........................ 634
“  No. 1 ........................5%£
“  No. 2................ 534@
“  No. 3........................5

“ 
“ 
34 bu  “ 

Jap an .............................534@634
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 561b. sacks......   28
28 pocket................................... 2 05
 
60 
2 15
2 40
100 
 
Ashton bu. bags..................  75
Higgins  “ 
................   75
Warsaw “ 
................   37
.................  20
Kegs....................................   134
Granulated,  boxes..............   2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Hand, 
.......2 35
Mixed bird............................  434
Caraway................................ 10
Canary.................................   4
Hemp.....................................  4
Anise.................................   .  834
Rape.....................;..............434
Mustard..................................734
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maecaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

SA PO LIO .
“ 
S E E D S .

SA L  SODA.

SNUFF.

3  “ 

“ 

SO A P.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’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
Happy Family,  75................2  95
Old Country, 80....................3 30
Una, 100................................3 65
Bouncer, 100.........................3 15
Allspice................................10
Cassia, China in mats..........734
“  Batavia in bund___ 11
“  Saigon in rolls..........40
Cloves,  Amboyna.... ............30
“  Zanzibar................... 23
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
**  No.  1........................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...................1234
“•  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
Herbs & Spices, small......   65
“ 
large...... 1  25
STA R C H .

Mystic,  64  pkgs...................4 48
“  barrels.........................6

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SU G A R S.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Franklin.. 
Lakeside.. 
Knight’s... 

Cut  Loaf.....................  @ 93£
Cubes..........................  @ 9
Powdered...................   @ 9
Granulated,H.&E.’s..  @ 854
@ 854
@ 854
@ 854
Confectionery  A........  @854
Standard A.................   @834
No. 1, White Extra C..  @7%
No. 2 Extra  C.............  @734
No. 3 C, golden...........  © 7%
No. 4 C, dark..............   ©  7
No. 5 C ........................  @ 6X

LIQUOR & POISON  REGORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

Acknowledged to be the

E .1  STOWE & BR O .^an^ I p^ s

COMBINED.

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.

R ed  Cross•
Water White—A splendid  oil.

(SPECIAL.)

Gasoline.
ranted to Give Satisfaction.

Naptha.

Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled.  War­

Sweet and Free from Oily  Matter, and has met 
the  approval of many of the  largest  consumers
R ed Cross P aint 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 and 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  KINDS

Constantly  in  stock, all at our Cleveland prices, 

Lubricating Oils
Grand  Rapids  Tank Line  Go,,

thus saving you time and freight.

WORKS—D. & M. Junction.

OFFICE  ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block.

Scofield,  Shurmer 
Cleveland, Ohio.

&  Teagle,

P o lish in a

T h i s   i s   t h e   T i m e   t o   P a i n t .

The  Best is Always the Cheapest.
Pioneer Prepared Paint

WE  HAVE  SOLD  THE

For many  years and

G U A R A N T E E

Same  to

‘THE OLD ORIGINAL.”

i a

r

r

DE-HINT 
r Baggy

1 

“   75 cts-

24AOI ONLY 3Y
ACME

White  Lead  and 
Colar  Works,
DETROIT, MICH. |

T

DIAMOND  TER

CURES

L iver and 

K idn ey Troubles 
Blood D iseases 

Constipation

---- AND----

P a n tile

C o m p la in ts

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.

Place your order w ith  our  Wholesale 

House.Diamond (Mcine Go.,

PROPRIETORS,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

WHOLESALE  AGENTS,

GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD 
For Infants and InvalidSn
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 
cooked  foody  suited  to  the  weakest 
| stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  In 
fists.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
QOLBicH  &  Co. on every label.

IGE’S
00D

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.

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

HMLTINE i  PERKINS DRUB C0„
H A Z E L T IN E

00

&  P E R K I N S  

D R U G CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- - D R U G S -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent Medieines, Paints, Oils, liarnishes.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

  @2 15

We have in stock and offer a full line of

W h i s k i e s ,  B r a n d ie s ,

G ins,  W in e s,  B u m s.

The  W atering  o f Trust  Stocks.

Drugs #  M edicines.

, 

.  D

lavender,

the  National 

The  following, 

Diarrhoea  M ixtures.

Stale  Board of Pharmacy.

SQUIBBS’  DIARRHOEA  MIXTURE.

zA  o il of  sassa fras..................of
tincture  of 

^
^ P re s id e n t—Geo. Gundrum , Ionia. 

oz-  I substantial  assets  that  is  truly  of

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 . 
P resident, C. S. Koon ;  Secretary, J . W . Hoyt._______

A  
W   P resident, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
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 .

from 
Formulary, are popular:
Tincture of  opium..............................
Tincture of capsicum.........................

Tincture of opium.................................  
i «• oz‘
Tincture of  capsicum...........................  * J|. oz.
Spirit of camphor..................................   1 fl. oz.
Purified chloroform........................................ 180 mins.
Alcohol, enough to make......................  5 fl. ozs.

Local Secretary—A. Bassett, D etroit.
A nnual M eeting—At D etroit. Sept. 17.18 and 19._______
G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident. J. W. Hayw ard,  S ecretary, F ran k  H. Escott.
G r a n d  R a p i d s   D r u g  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n .  

.
F irst V ice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.
T hird Vice-Presidenfar-O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. 
Executive Com m ittee—A. H. Lyman,  M anistee;  A. Bas 
sett,  D etroit; F. J.  W urzburg,  Grand R apids,  W .  A. 
H all,G reenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.

One T ear—O ttm ar E berbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F oot  Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—JameB Vernor, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
T reasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next  Meeting—At Lansing, Novem ber 5, 6 and 7.______
  M i c h i g a n   S t a t e   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n .

THIELEMANNS’  DIARRHOEA  MIXTURE.
Wine of opium.................................... 
\   *}• oz-
Tincture of valerian  .........................   1% fl. ozs.
E ther...................................................   H fl. oz.
Oil of peppermint.................................  60  mins.
Fluid extract of ipecac.......................  15  mms.
Alcohol, enough to make..................   4 
fl. oz.
This preparation  is  practically identi­
cal with the Mistura Thielemanni of  the 
Swedish Pharm.

From  th e New Y ork Shipping List.
It  is  rather  amusing  tb  see  how the 
speculators in railroad  stocks  and other 
securities  have  recently  taken fright at 
their own shadows, and the conflicting re­
ports that  are now being circulated with 
great earnestness as to the dangerous and 
enormous  over-capitalization  of  the  so- 
called  trust  stocks  are really calculated 
to create a panicky feeling  among  those 
who may have invested or traded in these 
securities;  but this outbreak of  indigna­
tion,  however  well  merited it may be in 
the present  instance, lacks  the  element 
of  consistency,  and  for  that  reason  is 
fairly  open  to  criticism.  According  to 
the figures published  in  our  last  issue, 
which,  it  is  claimed, are  authentic,  the 
Lead  Trust  has  been  capitalized  at 
eighty-three  millions,  and  the  Sugar 
(Trust  at  fifty  millions.  There  is  no 
means  of  ascertaining  with  any degree 
j  of  accuracy  the  actual  value  of  the 
property which  this  capital  represents; 
all  sorts of  estimates  have  been  made, 
some of  which are  only shrewd  guesses, 
others being rough estimates  based upon 
more or less  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
trades in question, and  others  are  noth­
ing but the  gossip of  speculative traders 
in  the  certificates, who  have  talked  in 
harmony with their speculative interests.
%  Spirit of peppermint........ .'.'.a a equal volumes I B^this L7t" may,* those  who  pretend to
I know claim that the  actual  value of  the
Mix and filter. 
The formula  above  given,  which  ap-  properties taken into the Lead Trust does 
pears to be that in most  general  use,  is  not exceed twenty-five millions, while the 
also known under the name of “sun mix-  Combined Sugar Refiners  are  put  down 
ture.” 
at twenty millions.  This is supposed to
Of  other similar preparations, in more I inciude  plant,  patents,  good-will  and 
or less general use,  the following may be I every other  realizable  asset,  and  if  the 
I estimate  be  true,  the  Lead  Trust  con-
mentioned: 
tains 70 per cent,  of water, and the Sugar
LOOMIS’  DIARRHOEA  MIXTURE. 
oz.  I Trust 60 per cent,  of  water, a dilution of
Tincture of opium...............................   H 
T in ctu re o f rh u b a rb.............^
Compound  tincture  of  catechu  (U.
homeopathic  character;  but, in  order to 
S. ............................................. J.
estimate the true value of  this  operation 
for  stock  jobbing purposes,  it  must  be 
Compound 
enough to make.................................  4  n. oz.
compared  with  some of  the  other  great 
stock  watering  schemes that  have  not 
only survived the  deluge  that  overtook 
them,  but  are  to-day  pointed  at  with 
pride by  stock  operators  as  being  gilt- 
edged securities.  First of  all, there is the 
New York Central  Railroad,  into  which 
the elder Vanderbilt pumped  millions of 
water  with  an  audacity  that  has  been 
rarely equaled, and that  since  then  has 
been  plentifully diluted  by the  acquisi­
tion of  many new  schemes.  Then there 
the  Manhattan  Elevated,  which  is 
nothing  but  water pure and simple, and 
Western Union also stands  in  the  front 
rank as an elegant  example of  what  can 
be accomplished by an artistic and  skill • 
ful  application  of  the  financial  water 
pump.  Who is there  that  believes  that 
its millions of  capital stock  and  bonded 
indebtedness  bears  any  relation  to  the 
actual commercial value of  the property, 
A Berlin inventor has devised a simple 
good-will and  patents which it owns and 
and  inexpensive  elevator  for  private 
controls ?
dwellings, in place of  the ordinary stair­
Take,  again  the anthracite coal stocks, 
case, which may suggest to some inventor 
and  is  there a single  one  of  them  that 
a better means of accomplishing the same 
has not been vastly inflated from time  to 
object.  The  Berlin  invention  is on the 
time by the injection of  an  unwarranted 
principle  of  the  inclined  railway,  and 
supply  of  the 
represent­
the  motive  power  is  furnished  by  the 
ative of value  called  water ?  Take,  in 
city water, which is applied in the cellar; 
fact,  the  majority of  modern built  rail­
each flight has its separate chair,  so that, 
roads,  and does the  stock  represent any­
for example, one person can ascend from 
thing  besides a  huge  bonus,  that  has 
the first to the second story while another 
been divided up among  contractors, pro­
is  on  his  way from  the  second  to  the 
jectors and bankers  and  other camp fol­
third, or still another is descending from
lowers  who  were  in  search  of  boodle? 
the fifth to the fourth.  The chair,  being 
The bonds represent the actual  value  of
only the width of the human body, leaves I ¿h7propert£*but ^
'stock  that  is 
a free passage for any who wishes to walk  tra(£ d ^  upon the stock Exchange, that 
up or  down instead  of  riding. 
investors and that in several
in motion by a simple pressure of  one of 
of  the  instances  cited  above  is  denom­
its arms, and after  it  has  been  used  it 
inated  upon  Wall  street  “gilt  edged.” 
slides back to  the  bottom  step,  its  de­
In the light of  these  facts, which  might 
scent  being  regulated  in such a manner 
be  enumerated  to  a very  much  greater 
that the passenger is carried with  entire 
extent, does not this attempted expose of 
safety.  The motive power is, of  course, 
the Trust  stocks  look a  little  inconsist­
more  or  less expensive,  according to the 
ent ?  It is safe  to  say, within  the  past 
cost  of  water, this being, it is stated,  at 
twenty-five  years  not  a  single  financial 
Berlin,  at a rate  of  a  little  more  than 
scheme  has  been  floated in Wall street, 
one-tenth of a cent only for each trip.
wherein this  method of  inflation  has not 
been practiced to a greater or less extent, 
A   “P ennyroyal  Pill”  P rom ulgator  G ets 
and  furthermore that the  public  did not 
rush  to  invest in, notwithstanding a full 
From  th e Indiana P harm acist.
knowledge  of  the  fact  that  they  were 
For  some  mouths  past  the  English 
purchasing all the  way from 50 to 70 per 
Specialty Co.,  of  this  city,  has been ad­
cent,  of  water.  The  shadow  of  over- 
vertising  by circulars  and  through  the 
capitalization has hung  over  Wall street 
daily papers a pennyroyal pill for  crimi­
for  more  than  twenty-five  years;  now 
nal purposes.  The “Co.”  was a Cathar­
and then it grows a little darker and then 
ine  Paxton  Ray,  sometimes  Kate  Ray.
the stock market experiences a chill like-
She was indicted by the U, S. grand jury .  ■  „  ^ 
for sending criminal letters and circulars  ^hat of  the spook-frightened 
through the mails to patients,  and when M “ *   night  feels  something  creep  up 
1 his back every time the wind  rustles the
first  arrested  stoutly  maintained  her 
leaves, but, like the  boy, it regains cour 
innocence.  When  she  found  that  the 
age  after  these  terror-stricken  specu 
Federal authorities  had  conclusive  evi­
lators  find  they  have  only been fright­
dence against her, she concluded to plead 
ened by the same  old  scarecrow that has 
guilty. 
Judge  Woods  gave  her  six 
so often been used upon them before.  In 
months in the  Reformatory, and she was 
the light of  past events, the Trust stocks
taken to the institution without delay.
If  the  law can punish one  person for  ought to be considered  as the creation of 
swindling in this manner, why are others | artistic and  accomplished  financiers  n 
as on the road to the front  rank of  good 
allowed  to  flourish  and  spread  their
| well-watered  securities, such as Manhat 
gaudy advertisements  over  the pages of 
tan Elevated, Western Union, etc.
drug journals that otherwise are respect­
ably conducted?

Tincture of  opium..............................
Compound  Tincture  of  catechu  (U.
S.  P .)................................................., 
Spirit of camphor...................a a equal volumes.
Mix.

VELPEAU’S  DIARRHOEA  MIXTURE.

It is set I .g 0^ere(j 

A   Cheap  Elevator.

Her  Ju st  D eserts.

intangible 

,  .  .  ,  , 

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,

A  V alid  R eason.

T he  L atest  Trust.

‘Wasn’t  that  a  button  you  put into 
the contribution box?”  asked a traveling 
man  of  a friend  whom  he  had  accom

A New Yorker  was stopping for a day 
or two  at a small  town on  the shore  of 
Lake  Huron,  saw many fish  caught, and | panied to church, 
naturally became enthusiastic  to  make a 
few  choice hauls  himself.  Going down 
to the  only wharf,  he asked  about  lines 
and  bait,  anu a 12-year-old  boy  replied:
“I  furnish  everything and  charge  25 
cents per hour.”
“But isn’t that high?
“No, sir.”
“I think  it  is  downright robbery,  and 
I’ll try some other place.”
“ All 
the  boy.
“I suppose so.”
“There’s this wharf, that old wreck, and 
“Well,  what is there  more  conducive 
that  slab  pile,  and  they  are  the  only 
fish  from.  We’ve  formed  a | to impiety than a shirt without buttons?’ 
places  to 
made  the  price,  and  if  you
trust  and
want to fish you’ve got to come to it.”

Yes.’
Mistake, no doubt?”
Not at all.
Well, I must say that I never thought 
you would flim-flam a contribution box.’
I wouldn’t;  the  money goes for  mis 
sionary purposes, doesn’t it?’
Yes
And one  of  the great  fields  of  mis 
sionary work  is  making  red  shirts  for 
the heathen?’

responded 

right, ” 

R ather  N ot  Be  a  Partner.

A fter  F ive  Y ears.

Henry—“What  makes  you  look 

so
gloomy, Dick?  Anything gone  wrong?
Same kind—First  benedict—So you’ve 
Dick—“Aything gone wrong?  Well 
been  married  five  years, 
too,  Bobbs?
should say so. 
I  asked  old  Giggler for 
W ell!  w ell!  w ell!  And what kind of  a 
more  pay to-day,  and  the  old  skinflint
wife have you got?
Second  benedict (without  enthusiasm) I responded by taking  me into the firm on
| equal  shares.  That  means five hundred 
—O, she’ll answer.
off my salary if it means a cent.”
First  benedict—Of  course, 
Did  you  ever  know  of  a 
wouldn’t?

dear  boy. 
wife  who

A  Profitable  Investm ent.

The D rug  M arket.

Opium  is  very  firm  and  advancing. 
Quinine 
is  also  higher 
for  German 
brands. 
Iodine  has  again  declined and 
all the  preparations  of  iodine.  English 
Vermillion  is  higher.  Another  advance 
is probable in mercurials.

Aunt—Can’t  you get  your cod liver oil 
| down, my child ?
Little Patient—It  tastes  horrible;  but 
I mamma  gives  me  five  cents every time 
1 for my savings bank.
Aunt—And  what do  you  do  with  the 
| money, my dear ?
Little  Patient—Oh, mamma  buys  cod 
liver oil with it.

The  A dulteration  o f Food.*

I suppose that no one doubts that there 
is a very general custom  of  adulterating 
such articles as  pepper, mustard,  spices, 
coffee—in fact,  all classes  of  articles  of 
food susceptible of adulteration.  No one 
doubts that we. the  people who consume 
these articles,  have  to  pay  for the vast 
quantities of  raw material used for  such 
adulterations,  and also  for  the  labor  of 
mixing it  and  hiding  it  in  the  various 
articles in which we buy  and  use  it. 
I 
assume that, morally,  we all want to stop 
the great waste  of  money  and time em­
ployed in the businesses  of adulterators, 
and we especially want  to stop any risks 
to health or life involved  in  these  adul­
terations.  Practically, however, looking 
at the subject from a social-science stand­
point, there  does  not  seem  to  be much 
prospect of  immediately  stopping  these 
very general  customs.  The  food  con­
sumers,  and not the food  sellers, are  the 
classes of  people most interested in hav­
ing these adulterations  stopped;  and the 
food consumers are  not organized and do 
not co-operate for their  own  protection.
Many of the members of  this organiza­
tion are in those branches of business  in 1 
which the classes of goods now under dis­
cussion are bought and  sold. 
It  would 
be  much  more  pleasant  for  them,  no 
doubt,  to  buy  and  sell  unadulterated 
goods, but that is  not practicable except 
in so far as  their customers, the consum­
ers,  co-operate  with  them.  To a very 
great extent the  dealers  must  conform, 
not to the custom of  adulterating, but  to 
the general custom of buying and selling 
such goods as are on  the  market. 
I do 
not suppose  that  it  is  now possible for 
one to make a living  selling  such  goods 
in an absolutely pure  condition.  And it 
is  probably  asking  to  much of  human 
nature  to  expect  the  dealers to take all 
the risks of  legal interference with their 
business, while the majority of  the  peo­
ple do not appreciate  the  importance  of 
stopping these adulterations.
Some  may  think  that  the  people are 
represented on  this  subject by their offi­
cers—that  the  State  Board  of  Health 
should see to it that,  at  least,  dangerous 
adulterations are stopped.  But the State 
Board of Health is a creature of  the  law 
and cannot  be  expected  to  do,  without 
legal warrant,  what  the  people  are not 
yet ready to have them do. 
Some years 
ago, I put much labor into  the  prepara­
tion of a bill to  prevent the adulteration 
of food and drugs. 
It  was  presented  to 
the Legislature by a representative.  But 
on the part of the people  there  was  not 
much demand  for  such  legislation, and 
what  little  demand  there  was  seemed, 
apparently, to the Legislature, to be met 
by another bill which  made no provision 
for any officer to carry  out  and  enforce 
the law: and that other bill became a law 
and a dead  letter. 
Possibly,  that  was 
the intention of those who  advocated  it, 
but it is more charitable to  believe  that 
was only an error in judgment.  A bill 
which had been  drawn  with  great  care 
as introduced during the last session of 
the Legislature. 
In  the  prepartion  of 
that bill, the  remarks  made  at  the  last 
meeting of this Association were held  in 
mind by at least  one  person who helped 
perfect the bill, even if not  all  of  the 
ideas there expressed  were  embodied  in 
the bill.  The bill was entitled:  “A bill 
to prevent the manufacture  and  sale  of 
adulterated articles of food,  and  to  pro 
ide for their inspection.”  The bill pro 
ided  very  careful  definitions  of  adul 
terations, and provided  for officers espe 
cially charged with the fulfillment of the 
act,  without  which  no  act  would be of 
use. 
It  made provision  for  the sale of 
all sorts of mixtures, but  required  them 
to be distinctly  labeled  as  to their con 
stituent  “parts. 
In  this  way,  and  by 
means of the analyses made by the direc­
tion of the  commission  provided  for by 
the act. by the publication of  its  annual 
report and by the general attention which 
ould almost necessarily be called to the 
ubject,  from time  to time, by the news­
papers,  ample  provision  seemed  to  be 
made for the  more  general education of 
the people throughout the State in regard 
to  the  character  of  the  adulterations 
hich  are  now  so  common,  and which 
might  be  expected  to  be  gradually re 
duced  through  the  operation  of  these 
causes.  This bill provided a way whereby 
any dealer who could not  ascertain from 
the wholesaler the constituents of a mix­
ture, could secure at  cost a statement  of 
the results of the examination  or  analy­
sis by competent authority,  namely,  the 
director of  the  laboratory of  hygiene at 
the State  University,  or  the director of 
the chemical laboratory at the State Agri­
cultural College.
It  seems  to  me  that  great  good  can 
come through  the  enactment  of  such a 
bill as this into law, and that the gain to 
the people of the State  would  be  vastly 
greater  than  the  few  thousand  dollars 
required to carry out its provisions.
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   published  the  bill, 
and spoke in its favor;  but there was no 
general cordial support of the movement. 
The people generally do  not seem to ap­
preciate  the  fact  that  they  are paying 
large sums of money, and incurring some 
risk to  health,  and  occasionally to life, 
by permitting  the  continuance  of  these 
common adulterations of  foods.  What I 
have  observed  leads  me  to  think that, 
although we all talk  as though the adul­
teration  of  food  should  be  prevented, 
when it comes to  endorsing any particu­
lar bill, most men in active business feel 
that there is no prospect of much gain to 
them more than to other classes  of  peo­
ple, and considerable  danger  of  loss by 
disturbance of trade. 
If 1 am wrong  in 
this, there are those here who can correct 
the impression.  But, it seems to me that 
the case is somewhat analogus to that  of 
the  physicians  throughout  the  State— 
they all speak well of  the proposition  to 
regulate the practice of medicine,  to  re­
quire  of  physicians  certain  minimum 
qualifications,  but 1 notice  that,  when­
ever a bill is introduced before the Legis­
lature, there are always enough objectors 
to defeat any legislation.
But, even although the people  are  not 
clamorous for protection from  the  adul­
terators, there is  great educational force 
in a good law, and if  one can be secured 
I think it will  soon  demonstrate its use­
fulness to business  men  and  all classes 
of people.  To business men and to this 
Association  belongs  the  credit  of  pub­
licly calling the attention  of  the  people 
to the need of such general  co-operation 
as can  only  be  maintained  through the 
enforcement  of  a  good  law for the pre-
•P ap er read by Dr. H enry B. B aker, S ecretary of  the 
S tate B oard of H ealth, a t  th e  fo u rth   an n u al  conven­
tio n  of th e M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

vention of the adulteration of  food,  and 
look forward  to a time when the repre­
sentatives of  the  people  will  act  upon 
our suggestions and  will enact a useful 
law on this  subject.

G overnm ental  Statistics.

Some  interesting  statistics  may  be 
gathered from the late statistical abstract 
of the United States. 
It appears that the 
revenue of  the government amounted in 
1888 to $6.32  per  capita  of  population. 
The  expenditures  of  the  government, 
not including  payment  of  the  national 
debt,  amounted to $4.47 per capita.  The 
national  debt  per  capita  amounted  to 
$17.71,  and  the  interest  thereon  to  65 
cents.  The duties collected  on  imports 
amounted to  $3.47  per  capita,  and  the 
internal revenue amounted  to  $2.07  per 
capita.  The  average  ad  valorem  rates 
of  duty on all  imports in 1888 amounted 
to 30 per cent,  and the  average ad valor­
em rates on all dutiable imports amounted 
to 45.63 per cent.  The  per  capita  esti­
mates above given are  based upon an es­
timate of a population of 60,018,000 made 
by the late actuary of  the  Treasury De­
partment.  This estimate is in all proba­
bility too low.  An increase of the figure

for population would of  course require a 
slight reduction in  the  per  capita  esti­
mates.  The  statistics regarding savings 
banks over a period of five  years show a 
steady growth in the number of  deposits 
and in the aggregate amount of deposits, 
with but a slight change  in  the  average 
amount due each depositor. 
In  1887-88 
the  aggregate  deposits  amounted 
to 
$1,364,196,550, the number of  depositors 
amounted to 3,838,291,  and  the  average 
amount due each depositor  was  $355.41.

Adulterated.  Tea.

In the Paris  shops  have  recently been 
found specimens of  tea which are wholly 
spurious,  and  which  were  naturally 
brown,  but  had  been  colored  bluish 
green,  and rolled to resemble gunpowder 
tea.  The  leaves had been so trimmed as 
to  acquire  the  long  ovoid  form  of  the 
genuine leaf.  Strange  to say, they were 
found  to  contain  small  proportions  of 
theine.  They  are  apparently  from  a 
shrub of  the camelia family.
GXXTSEXTG  ROOT,
PECK BROS., Wholesale Druggists, 

We pay th e  highest price fo r it.  Address
GRAND  RAPI

--------------- IDS.

Wholesale D rice  Current.

A d v a n c e d -Opium, Opium  (po.), German Quinine. Turpentine, English Yermillion.  Declined 

Iodine, Iodoform, Iodide Potash.

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

Aceticum .......................... 
Benzoicum,  German..  80@1  UU
Boracic 
*0
Carbolicum................  40®  45
Citricum ......................   5W©
Hydrochlor...... •.......... 
*©  g
N itrocum ...................
Oxalicum....................  13©
Phosphorium dil........
Salicylicum...............................1 80
Sulphuricum..............  
Tannicum................... 1  4U©1
Tartaricum........................ 

»

ammonia.

Aqua, 16  deg................. 
3®  5
Carbonas  .....................  11@ "
Chloridum...................   12® 14

A N IL IN E .
 

 

Ttlack 
^ 00@2 25
B row n"'”   ..................  80@1 00
j£SWI1......  
Yellow  " .......................    50@3 00

 

 

45© 50

BACCAX.

Cubeae (po. 1  60..........1  85®2 00
Juniperus...................
Xanthoxylum.............
balsamtjm.

Pe?uiba.
Terabin, Canada  ........   45@
Tolutan......................

®

C O B T E X .

Abies,  Canadian..................  J®
Cassiae  ..............
Cinchona Flava  ..................  ¿5
Euonymus  atropurp...........   3?
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  —
Prunus VIrgini......... *.........
QuUlaia,  grd........................ 
is
Sassafras  ........... ................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)........  10

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

24®  25 
33®  35 
11©  12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

E X T B A C TU M .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
)4S.............
348.............
yebbum.
©  15 
Carbonate Precip; ......
@3 50 
Citrate and Quima.—
@  80
50
®
Ferrocyanidum Sol....
15
@
Sulphate,  com’l .......... 1)4©
® 7

FLORA.

“

“ ....

fo lia.
.. • •• • • • ** 

14© 16
30© 35
30® 35
10® 12
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 25® 28
niveUy ••••„•
35® 50
Salvia  officinalis,  )48
10®
and  54s.....................
8®
........................
Acacia, 1st  picked....

aUMMI.

@1 00 
®  90 
©  80 
65
sifted sorts...
n o ..................  75®1 00

“  2d 
“  3d 
“ 
« 

Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©
“
®  50
®25®
®
30@
35®
35®©

“  Cape, (po.  20)... 
“  Socotri, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, (54s, 14 34®,
16)..........................
Ammoniae........” ••••
Assafœtida, (po. 30).. .
Benzoinum..................
Camphorae...................
Euphorbium  po  ........
Galbanum...................
Gamboge,  po.... • • —
Guaiacum, (po. 45) —
Kino,  (po.  25).............
Myrrh, (po  45)1..........  ©
Opii,  (pc. 4 85)...........3 3o@3  45
Shellac  ..  ..................  *5®
bleached........  25®  ~
“ 
Tragacanth................   3°®
hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium..........................  ~
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia........................... ......
Majorum..............................
Mentha  Piperita..................
...........................
Rue........................................
Tanacetum, .........................
Thymus,  V ........... ...............

“ 

M A G N ESIA .
Calcined, P at..............
Carbonate,  Pat  . . . —   20® 
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20@
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®

O LEU M .

Absinthium..........................5 00@5
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25@7
A nisi...........................1  85@1
Auranti  Cortex...... »•  ©*
Cajiputi......................   90®1  00
Caryophylli................  ©1
C edar.......................... 
65
Chenopodii  ................  ®1
Cinnamonii..........................1 ¿u®i
Citronella...................   @
Conium  Mac..............   35@  to
Copaiba......................   90@1  00
Cubebae...................16 00@16 50
Exechthitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron.......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultheria.......................2  10@2 20
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ................... 1  15@1  j®
Lavendula.................  
25
Limonis............................1  §0@1 80
Mentha H per................... 2 35®2 40
Mentha Verid..................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce.............  @ 50
Olive......................¿--I 00®2 7o
Picis Liquida,  (gal..35)  10©  12
R icinl...............................1  24@1 32
Rosmarini............. 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............   @6 00
Succini........................  40®  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
Santal  .......  
3 50©7 00
Sassafras.  J................  55@  60
Sinapis, ess, ounce—   @  65
Tiglii...........................  @1  50
Thyme  ......................    40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas................  15®  20
BiCarb........................  15®
Bichromate................  13®
Bromide......................   37®

PO T A SSIU M .

“ 

Carb.............................  12@  15
Chlorate,  (po. 18)........  16©  18
W
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Iodide..........................1  75@1  85
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  29 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7®  9
Prussiate.....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

K A D IX .

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae..........................  25®  30
M
A nchusa.....................  15®  20
Arum,  po.............  
  @  25
Calamus......................   20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).....................  @  45
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po.....................  15@  20
Ipecac,  po...................2 40@2  50
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................   25@  30
Maranta,  )£s..............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei  ..  ...... . r . .........  75@1  00
cut......................   ©1  75
pv........................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................   48©  531
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @  20
Serpentaria.................   35@  40
Senega........................  60®  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0  
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10@  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po.....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15@  20
Zingiber a ...................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ...................   22®  25

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SEM EN .

Anisum,  (po.  20)........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is......................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............. 
8®  12
Cardamon..................1  00®1  25
Corlandrum................  10@  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3>4@ 
4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10@  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 1  75@1  85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  6®  8
L in i.............................4  ® 4H
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4® 4)4
Lobelia........................  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4@ 4)4
R apa........................... 
5®  6
Sinapis,  Albu............. 
8®  9
Nigra...........   11®  12

S P IB IT U S .
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
..................1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
“ 
........... 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto.....................1  25@2 00
Yini  Alba........................ 1  25@2 00

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SPO N G ES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage........................ 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ..................  *  200
Yelvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.......... 
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ........................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ...........................

1  40

SY R U P S .

Accacla................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...........".......................   60
Ferri Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  56
Rhei  Arom...........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........   50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................  50
“  Co..........................  -   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunus  virg..........................  50

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Aconitum Napellis R ..........  60
F ..........  50
Aloes.....................................  6<fc
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafcetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................  60
Co.............................  50
Sanguinaria...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides...................... 
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................x .................  50
G entian..................................  50
Co..............................   60
Gualca...................................   50
ammon..................  60
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus..........................  50
Iodine.....................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................   35
Kino .......................................  50
Lobelia...................................  50
Myrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica..........................  50
O pii........................................  85
“  Camphorated..................  50
“  Deodor......................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex......................   50
Quassia..................................  50
Rhatany  ................................  50
Rhei......   .............................  50
Cassia  Acutifol.....................  50
Co...............  50
Serpentaria...........................   50
Stramonium...........................   60
Tolutan..................................  60
V alerian................................  50
Veratrum Veride...................   50

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M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

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jEther, Spts Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
r‘ 
Alumen........................2)4® 3)4
ground,  (po.
7).............................. 
3®  4
Annatto......................   55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

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cent, by box 70 less
“  White........... . 

Antipyrin.........................1  35@1 40
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..................2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  Ms:  12)..  @ 
9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o .............................  @1  75
Capsici  Fructus, a f...  @  18
“ 
po_  @ 1 6
“  B po.  @  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
squibbs ..  @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
“  Ru-bra................  @  8
Crocus........................  35®  38
Cudbear......................   @  24
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®  9
D extrine.....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @  8
po...................  @  6
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........  40®  45
Flake  White..............   12®  15
G alla...........................  @  23
Gambier......................  
9©  10
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @  90
French...........  40@  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®  15
13®  25
Glycerine...................   22®  25
Grana Paradis!...........  @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90
“  C or__   @  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  00 
Ammoniati..  @1  10 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25@1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........... 2 15@2 25
Iodoform.....................  @2 75
Lupulin........................  85@1 
Lycopodium................  55® 60
M acis...........................   80® 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.....................  @ 27
Liqnor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)..............................  2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ................  45© 50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 55@2 80 
C. C o....................... 2 55@2 70
Moschus  Canton........  @  40
Myristica, No. 1..........  60®  70
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia......................   26® 28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co .............................   @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ..........................  @2  00
Picis Liq., q u arts.......  @1  00
pints..........  @  70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  35
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbi A cet................   14® 15
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__   27®  35
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 35
Salacin.......................2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  ..................  @4  50
Sapo,  W ......................   12®  14
“  M........................ 
8®  10
“  G........................  @  15
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®  2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash................... 
3®  4
Soda, Sulphas................  @ 2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dorn......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
75
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)........................  
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

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Roll................ 2)4® 3

Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur, Suhl...............2$£@ 3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28©  30
Theobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 
7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
70
60
Lard,  extra................  55 
56
Lard, No.  1................  45 
65
Linseed, pure raw —   62 
Lindseed,  b o iled __   65 
68
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................   50 
69
Spirits Turpentine—   49 
55
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. 1%  2@3
Ochre, vellow  Mars__ 1J£  2@4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  634@7)4
“  w h ite................  634@7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  00 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.........................  
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints........................1 00@1  20

paints. 

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V A R N ISH E S.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........1 10@1  20
Extra Turp...................1 60@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn..........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar— 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
f u r n ........................  70®  75

B L E E D   T H R O U G H

W e are  Sole  A gents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & C o., 

HendersonJCounty, H and M ade  Sour M ash 

W hiskyiand D ruggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

1

ftaeltine i  Perkins  Drill

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JOBBER OF

F re s h   a n d   S a lt

F.J.DETTENTHSLER
Lake  F ish i^ I
t a n  Fish

EANDZ

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHY  WEAR  PANTS
That  do  not  fit  or  wear  satisfac­
torily,  when  you  can  buy 
the 
Detroit Brand,  that  are perfect in 
style and workmanship.

J acob Brown &Co's

P e r f e c t   f

i t .

T %  Superior/Vke
and
O V E R A L L S .

a s k   f o r   t h e m :

A   W N I N G S

AND  TENTS.

t :
Horse and W agon Covers,  W ater  P roof  Coats, Buggy 
Aprons, W ide Cotton  Ducks, etc.  Send fo r  Illu strated  
Catalogue.

Chas. A .  C o y e ,

Telephone 166. 
11 Pearl St.
THE  ALDINE  FIRE  PLACE
Before Buying Orates, get our 
circular, Sent Free.  The  A Wine 
produces  Warm  Floors,  Perfect 
Ventilation; keeps fire over night, 
an d  is cleanly.  B urns coal, coke, 
wood o r gas.  C an  be piped to com. 
m on  chim neys, or  set  like  other 
grates, an d  can b e ru n  a t half the 
»costo fan y o th er. AddressALDINE 
‘MFG. CO., G rand R apids,  Mich.
W in •  Brum m  e l  c r
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

JO B B E R   OF

Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

76  SPRING  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS, 

W E  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANY  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

Prices.

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
526 and 528 Ottawa St., Grand Bapids.

TIME  TABLES.

4:20 p m
10:30 p m

GOING  NORTH.

7:30 a m  and  11:30  a.  m.  tra in s  have  ch air cars for 
10:30 p.  m, tra in   has  sleeping  c a r  fo r  Petoskey and 

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Leaves.
Arrives. 
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................7:0 0 am  
7:30 a m
Traverse City & M ackinaw................. 9:30 a m   11:30 a  m
Traverse City  Express.........................3:05  p m  
Petoskey  & M ackinaw.........................8:45 p m  
Petoskey and Mackinaw City.
M ackinaw City.
C incinnati  Express........................... •  6:25 a m  
7:00 a m
F o rt W ayne Express............................11:45 a  m  12:45 a  m
Cincinnati  Express...........................  5:40pm  
«:00pm
Chicago and Sturgis...........................10:40 p m  
11:05 p m
7-00 a m  tra in   has  p a rlo r  ch air  ear  fo r  Cincinnati. 
6  00 p m  tra in  has P ullm an sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
11:05 p m  tra in  h as W agner sleeper  fo r Chicago,  via 
Sleeping  c a r  rate s—$1.50  to  C h i^ g o ,  P etoskey  or 

Kalam azoo. 
M ackinaw City;  $2 to C incinnati.

GOING  SOUTH.

_   ,  

_ 

, 

,

Muskegon, Grand Rapids <6 Indiana.

Leave 
,„A,7 iTe'
7  00a m .......................................................................JA:16am
11:15 a m .......................................................................  S:*5p m
5:40 p    ............................................... 
?  m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
fM om ing Express.............................12:20 p m
tT hrough Mail.....................................4:25 p m
tSteam boat  Express....................... 10:40 p m
*Night Express....................................«:50 a  m
tMixed..................................................
GOING EAST.
tD etroit  Express..............................   6:45 a m
tT hrough Mail................................... 11:35 a  m
fEvening Express............................ S:40pm
•Lim ited Express.............................   6:45 p m

Leaves. 
25 p m 
30 p m 
45 p m 
0 0 am  
30 a  m
50 a m 
40 a  m 
5 0 p m  
50 p m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections for a ll points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
Lim ited  Express h as p a rlo r car  to   D etroit,  m aking 
close connections fo r all points E ast, also m akes direct 
connections a t Durand with special  Pullm an  th ro u g h  
cars to New York and P hiladelphia.  Steam boat express 
has p arlo r e a r to G rand H aven, m aking d irect connec­
tio n  w ith steam er fo r M ilwaukee and th e  W est.
Through tickets and  sleeping  c a r  b erth s secured a t 
D.,G. H. & M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.

J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

The Michigan Tradesman

C ro c k e ry  & G la ssw a re

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

Now  is  the  time  when  the  salesman 
ieels  that  he  is  called  upon to  put his 
.shoulder to the wheel  of  trade  with  all 
the  “push”  that  is  in  him. 
It  is  the 
“ tug of  war”  with  rivals, with  compe­
tition, with prices, with everything.  We 
»re happy to say that he is “on deck,” as 
usual, with considerably more experience 
»nd energy,  as well as better goods, than 
ever before.  Much of  the success of the 
season depends upon him, and from what 
we have observed we predict that he will 
sell more goods, and  that  those who buy 
them will feel  no  hard  feelings  toward 
~him When the end of  the season has been 
reached.

*   *   *

No one will dispute the  statement that 
merchants,  as a  class, are a very hopeful 
people.  No situation is so bad  that they 
cannot extract some encouragement from 
it,  and  when  the  outlook  is altogether 
favorable they give scope to their  efforts 
with a strength  of  purpose  which is in­
spiring  to  behold.  This  is  as it should 
be.  Growls  and  gloom  should be asso­
ciated  with  trade  as  little  as  possible. 
Certainly,  they need not be with the new 
season, for it promises to be one of  satis­
factory returns after cheerful  and  ener­
getic efforts.  Beginning with  this  hope 
of  good  results, the  season  is  likely to 
show in all the  important  branches  the 
happy realization of  extended  and  prof­
itable  business.

*   *   *

It is hardly necessary to say so, but we 
may remark that the buyers who come to 
market  should,  in  all  cases,  receive  a 
fair  and  frank  explanation of  the state 
of  the markets here and abroad.  This is 
the  best  encouragement  which  can  be 
given them  to  make  purchases.  Some 
times there is an indifference  about  this 
matter  because  prices  are  firm,  which 
may lead to  the  buyer  going  elsewhere 
and  buying  after  he  has become better 
satisfied.  We have  known of  good sales 
slipping  through  the  fingers of  a house
by  jiist such an oversight.

*   *   *

Buyers in the marker speak  favorablj 
of  the  prospects of  trade  in  their  own 
sections.  The  statements they  make in 
regard  to  the  enterprise which is going 
on in their  cities  and  towns  show  that 
they have  abundant  cause for confidence 
in both the  present  and  future, without 
regard to any of  the small matters which 
may from  week to week  show  unfavor 
able features in  finances or trade.  They 
fully believe  with  the  most  intelligent 
trade  writers  and  merchants 
that 
there is an active  and  profitable  season 
of  business before the entire country

*   *   *

the  Ohio  and  north  of 

It  appears  that,  notwithstanding  the 
falling off  in the  national  bank  circula 
tion  during  the  last  fiscal  year,  there 
were 156  banks  established,  with a cap­
ital aggregating  815,970,000.  But twen­
ty-nine  new  banks  were  incorporated 
east  of 
the 
Potomac,  with  an  aggregate  capital  of 
f2,525,000, while  127  banks,  with a cap­
ital of  813,445,000, were established west 
of  the  Ohio  and  south of  the  Potomac. 
The East has  but  seventy of  the new in­
stitutions, with  a  capital  of $6,245,000, 
while the section west of  the Mississippi 
-incorporated  during the  year  eighty-six 
banks,  with  an  aggregate  capital  of 
$9,725,000.  Texas  heads  the  list of  all 
the States in  the  number of  new  banks 
with  seventeen of  them, while  Missouri 
stands at the head of  capitalization  with 
an  aggregate of  $2,950,000.  Kansas  in­
corporated during the  year twelve banks, 
with  a  capital  of  $835,000;  Nebraska 
twelve,  with a capital  of  $695,000,  and 
Iowa  six,  with  a  capital  of  $600,000. 
Washington Territory stands first  among 
the  new  States,  with  nine  banks and a 
capitalization  of  $860,000.  These  facts 
are  full of  significance in regard  to  the 
development  that  is  going  on  in  the 
newer sections of  the country, which has 
already shown a most important influence 
in  the  course of  all trade.  This is only 
the  growth of  a common  country, but it 
is very evident that  the  portions spoken 
of  are  passing  rapidly  into  a condition 
of  great independence, in every material 
relation, which  is  likewise a certain  in­
dication  of  still  faster  and  greater  ad­
vancement.

Utilization of  Running Streams.
The utilization of  running  streams  is 
the object of many recent devices, among 
which  may  be  mentioned  that  of  M 
Tayn,  a Russian  engineer.  His  appara­
tus consists of an endless cable, carrying 
a series  of  canvass  cones,  which  open 
and shut like  an  umbrella.  The  cable 
passes  over a double  drum  on  board  a 
pontoon,  and at the other end over a pul 
ley  suspended  from  a  buoy.  On  the 
lower  part  of  the  rope  the  cones  are 
opened  and  forced forward  by the  cur­
rent,  thus  setting in motion  a  shaft  or 
drum.

Work of Electricity.

There are now  in  use  in  the  United 
States more  than  5,650  central  electric 
stations for light and  power.  There are 
210,000  arc  lights  and  2,600,000  incan­
descent  lamps.  There  were  fifty-nine 
electrical railways in operation in March 
last, and eighty-six  roads  in  process  of 
construction.  The increase of capital in 
electrical  investments  during  1888  was 
nearly $70,000,000.  These  are  very sig­
nificant figures,  and  they  point  unmis­
takably to  the  course  of  future  inven­
tions and discoveries.

L A M P  B U R N E R S .

No. 0 Sun...........................................................  45
No. 1  “  ...........................................................  48
No. 2  “  ...........................................................  70
Tubular............................................................   75

lam p  chim neys.—Per box.

6 doz. in box.

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2  25
3 25

Pearl top.

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
“ 
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No. 0 Sun........................................................... 1  90
No. 1  “  ...........................................................2 00
No. 2  “  ........................................................... 3 00
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2 15
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2 58
2 80
No. 1  “ 
3 80
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.................... 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz............................. 1 25
No. 2  “ 
........................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................. 1 40
No. 2  “ 
.........................................160
Butter Crocks, per gal.................................   06H
Jugs, *4 gal., per doz....................................   65
80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) —   60 
“  90c).  ..  78

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Lime, Hair,  Cement, Brick, 

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

F O R
S E E D S ,

A P P L E S ,

P E A C H E S
C.  AINSWORTH,  Jobber,

Write to

76  South  Division  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

4 4 COLUMBIA.'

Steam  and  Hot  Water  Boiler  for  warming 

dwellings,  etc.

HUM  1  SCHNEIDER,  Brand  Rapids

Cherryman  &  Bowen,

Undertakers  and  Erabalmers

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION GIVEN TO CALLS DAY OB NIGHT.
5 South  Division St 

Telephone  lOOO. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Lady assistant  when  desired.

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Every  garment  bearing  the  above  ticket  is 
WARRANTED  NOT TO  RIP, and,  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.

Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.
i HYDRAULIC 
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ELEYATORS
. Water Motors and Specialties 
Send for New Catalogue.
Tuerk  Hydraulic 
NEW YORK:  CHICAGO
12 C ortland St.  39 D earborn St.

Power  Co.

91,000  REWARD U

THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST 

CLEAR  LONG  HAVANA  FILLED 

SUMATRA  WRAPPED  CIGAR 

SOLD  FOR  5   CENTS.

We agree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars t 
proving  th e   F ille r of these: C igars  U>  c o r -  
but Havana Tobacco. 

DILWOBTH1

AmosS.Musselman&Go

SOLE AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  HICE

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor &  North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains 'for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. Pa isley, Gen’l Pass. Agent

Improved "Rival”  Fountain Pen,

Fitted with Diamond Pointed Gold Pen.  Length,  7 Inches.

Our  lemons  are  all  bought at 
the  cargo  sales  in  New  Orleans 
and are as free from frost or chill 
as in June.
PUTNAM  &  BROOKS.

ple pen for 81.75.  If pens
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Guaranteed to write
do not prove entir ely satisfactory,  money  r e fu n d ed. 
best, sell best, and to be the best and most perfect pen made.  Write for circu­
lars.  Order sample.  Agents coining money.

It Stands at the HKÆD !  Price, $2.50, We will send you sam­
LaiUia Pen Company,

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ell

Antwerp,  Ohio.

The B elknap Wagon and Sleigh  C o •,

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.

rames I

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

Fac  Simile  of  the  Label  of

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The Best Scouring and Cleaning Snap in the World
Costs as much to manufacture as Sapolio,  yet  sells  at 
about half the price  (82.75 per box of 72 cakes).  Can be 
retailed for as  much  with  equal  or better value to the 
consumer,  although  it  is  generally  sold  at  5  cents  a 
cake.  Cut this out, and ask your  Jobber  to  send you a 
box of Pride of the Kitchen.  It is worth trying.

WHO  U RG ES  YOU

T O   I a B E T "

T H E   P U B L I C ! *

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,

HEMNRIGH  BROS,

W h o le s a le   C lo th iers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

R erfect-B ittin g  'Tailor-Made  Clothing

138-140 Jefferson ine,, 34-36  Woodbridge S t, Detroit.

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

AT  LOWEST PRICES.

I*.  S T E K E T E E   &   S O N S ,
D ry   G oods 1 N otions,

WHOLESALE

83 Monroe  St.  and 10,12,14,16 k 18 Fountain  St., 

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.

STARK,

AMERICAN,
PACIFIC,

BURLAPS.

and  Twines.
Prints, Ginghams, Dress Goods, Hosiery, Underwear and full line of Staple Notions.

Agents  for Georgia and Valley  City  Bags.

Warps,  Geese  Feathers, 

Waddings,  Batts 

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R in d g e,  B e rtsc h   &  Co.

AGENTS  FOR

Pfister &  Vogel’s
Milwaukee  Oil

Grain  Line,1

The  most  durable  button 
shoe made.  Strong,  stylish 
and water  proof.  Made  in 
women’s  and  misses’  sizes 
and put up in individual car­
tons.  Pfister  &  Vogel  also 
make  a  line  of  men’s  oil 
grain top and three-sole bals 
and  congress.
12,  14  A  16  Pearl  St, 

GRAND  BAPIDS.

AGENTS  FOR  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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

Jennings  &  Smith,

Grand Rapids,  Mich•

SEE  QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER.

THE OLD  RELIABLE

PUT  UP  IN

Boxes, Cans, Pails,  Kegs,  Half 

Barrels and  Barrels.
Send for sample of the celebrated

Frazer Barriage Grease
N u t s We carry a large stock of Foreign 

and  Domestic  Nuts  and are at all 
times  prepared  to  fill  orders  for 
car lots or less at lowest  prices.

The Frazer Goods Handled by the  Jobbing 

Trade Everywhere.

P u t n a m   <&  B r o o k s .

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

19—21  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Capital 
Additional  Liability  of  Stockholders

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

LEWIS  H.  WITBEY,  President.

WILLARD  BARNHART, Vice-President.

D. D.  CODY,  2d  Vice-President.

A.  G.  HODENPYL,  Secretary.

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,

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. 

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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 8100,000 WITH THE TREAS­
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 of 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, Money,  Jewelry,  Paintings, 
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 year.  Each safe has a different combination or lock,  and  it  is  impossible 
for arm 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 a t. 
very moderate rates, according to value or space occupied.  This vault is absolutely dark, dry and 
moth-tight, making it a perfect receptacle for the storage of fu r garments.

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

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

CORRESPONDENCE  AND  INSPECTION  INVITED.

