VOL.  7,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY, NOVEMBER  20,  1889.

Manufacturer  of

THE  GREAT

Gifstom 

EDMUND B.DIKEMflN W M .  M  C L A R K
(Jade  Shirts.
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s Jeweler,
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who was for  nine  years  cutter  for  Gardiner & 
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friends in the  trade.

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Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

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AND

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if  desired.

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K.  KNUDSON,

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And  D ealer in

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HIGHWAY  IMPROVEMENT.

How Good  Roads  May Be  Constructed 

and Maintained.*

Macaulay says  that  of  all  inventions, 
the alphabet and printing press alone ex­
cepted,  those  inventions  which  abridge 
distance have done most for the  civiliza­
tion of  our species.
A nation, or  an  age  of  civilization, is 
perhaps more  easily judged  and  under­
stood by the character and  extensiveness 
of  its  roads,  than  by  any other  symbol 
of  progress.
Intercourse  between communities,  and 
the  development  of  commercial  life, 
have afforded the  necessity for regularly 
adopted  routes  of  travel,  and  more  or 
less  systematically  prepared  roadways 
from  the  time  before  the  building  of 
those famous highways  between  ancient 
Memphis  and  Babylon, over  which  the 
untold  wealth * of  the  valleys  of  the 
Euphrates and the  Nile  found  means of 
exchange,  where  the  magnificent  cities 
of  Ninevah,  Damascus  and  Tyre,  the 
earliest great commercial centers,  sprang 
up, and over which  the  splendid  armies 
of  Xerxes  and  Alexander 
the  Great 
passed in all the pride and glory of those 
early days.
The  roadways  of  which  the  earliest 
traces appear, were  well  constructed, as 
is evident  from  the  remains  found,  but 
they  were  limited  in  number, laid out 
generally in direct lines,  and had  the ad­
vantage  in  their  construction of  all the 
resources  of 
the  rich  and  powerful 
nations which built them.
As  the  world  has  grown  older,  and 
civilization  has  spread  and ripened, in­
tercourse  has  increased,  commerce  has 
pressed  out  its  foot  in every direction, 
from every center,  multiplying  and ram­
ifying its  paths  in as bewildering an ex­
tent as the threads of the spider’s web.
Various  necessities and circumstances 
have  governed  the  building  and  main­
tenance of  roads, of  different  times  and
people.
The old countries,  where war has been 
a constant factor, have looked after them 
as a matter of  national  policy  and  mil­
itary necessity,  and  have  the  result  in 
the  finest  and  most durable ways in the 
world.
The  old  military roads of  the  Roman 
Empire constituted a system the superior 
of  which the world has never seen, in its 
scope, and the thoroughness  with  which 
it was perfected  in  all  directions.  The 
old “world-conquerors” were  good  road 
builders  for  their  day,  though  Blake 
crushers  and  the  respective  merits  of 
Trinidad, and rock asphalts,  and  Wheel­
ing  fire  brick,  were  matters  of  which 
they never dreamed; and those of us who 
have  had  occasion  to form  intimate ac­
quaintance with American country roads 
in  spring,  have  more  than  once  found 
ourselves  in  positions  to  heartily wish 
that some of  the rural road  makers,  who 
worked  out  their  taxes  by  plowing  up 
the mud from the ditches,  and plastering 
it over the  middle  of  the  highways, had 
had  some  good  experience  in  the road 
gangs  under  the  centurions  of  Julius 
Caesar’s army.
An eminent  writer says :  “The road is 
that  physical  sign  or  symbol by  which 
you  will  best  understand  any  age  or 
people. 
If  they have no  roads, they are 
savages, for  the  road  is  the creation of 
man, and  the type of  civilized  society.”
The Romaus  were, without  doubt, the 
best road builders in the  ancient  world. 
Their  good  highways  was  one  of  the 
causes  of  their  superiority  in  progress 
and  civilization.  When  they conquered 
a province, they annexed it by good roads, 
which brought  them in easy communica­
tion with the  great  cities of  the  Romau 
world.  When  their 
territory  was  so 
large  that a hundred  millions  of  people 
acknowledged  their  military  and  polit­
ical  power,  their  capital  city  was  the 
center  of  such  a  network  of  highways 
that it was  then a  common  saying,  “All 
roads lead to Rome.”
The  best roads in the world to-day are 
those of  England.  France and  Germany, 
the  excellence  of  which  is  due  to  the 
fact that those countries were the first to 
awaken from  the  long sleep of  the dark 
ages, and  the  growing  rivalry  between 
them  necessitated  attention  to  their 
roads, for the proper prosecution of  both 
their  military  and  their  mercantile  in­
terests. 
In  each  country  they  early 
came under the national  supervision, the 
results  of  which  are  seen  in  the  most 
splendid  highways  in existence,  costing 
the  least  to  maintain,  and  in every way 
the most  satisfactory and economical for 
those who use them.
Up to the  advent of  railroads, most of 
the  settlements  in  this  country  were 
along our  water  fronts,  and  on  our sea 
coasts,  lakes and  rivers.  The  invention 
of  steam,  and  the  development  of  the 
railroad,  seem to have taken all our ener­
gies and resources,  to the  neglect of  our 
roads  and  highways,  and  now  that  we 
have  more  miles  of  railway  than  the 
whole  of  the  Eastern  Hemisphere,  and 
about  all  that  we  can  make  to pay, at 
present,  we  can  well  afford to turn our 
attention to  the  matter  of  highways,  in 
which  everybody  should  be  interested, 
for all have to  use  them,  rich  and  poor 
alike,  those  that  ride  and  those  that 
walk.
No country has a greater road mileage, 
in proportion to the population, than the 
United States, but while with  character­
istic American push and  hurry, the most 
extensive  means  of  communication  and 
intercourse have been provided,  we have 
suffered  the  consequence  of  a  lack  of 
any general system of public policy, cov­
ering  the  location,  construction  and 
maintenance  of  ways.
In many a case,  where one’s way leads 
him through the  old  farming  regions of 
New  England  and  the Middle States, he 
may  take  occasion  to  do  anything  but 
bless the memory of  the frugal early set­
tlers  who,  when  the  necessities of  the 
case  seemed  to  demand  that  a road  be
* Address  by Col. Albert A. Pope,  of  Boston,  before 
the Carriage  Builders’ National  Association,  at  Syra­
cuse, N. Y., October 17,188«.

Indeed, 

j established  for  the convenience of  pub- 
1 lie travel, each  contributed a way across 
his farm,  laying,  perhaps, over the worst 
j hill,  and  through  the  sandiest,  or  the 
rockiest, or the wetest  land,  with a view 
rather  to  the  economy of  his  best  pas­
tures  than  the  saving,  in  the  years  to 
come,  of  the  time  and  strength  of  the 
traveler obliged to use it.
American  roads  are  far  below  the 
average;  they  certainly  are  among  the 
worst in the civilized world,  and  always 
have been—largely as a result of  permit­
ting local circumstances to determine the 
location,  with little or no regard  for any 
general  system,  and  haste  and  waste 
and ignorance in building.
Old post-roads and  turnpikes, in times 
no  further  back  than  the  war,  afforded 
the only comfortable  travel to be  had in 
many parts of the country;  nor could the 
general  badness  of  the  roads,  by  any 
means,  be  attributed  to  a  lack  of  the 
proper  materials 
for  their  construc­
tion. 
it  often  happens  that 
we  find  them  the  worst,  where natural 
resources are the most abundant, and the 
better roads are  frequently found  where 
the  uatural  conditions  were so bad that 
the ordinary crude and  wasteful expend­
itures were out of  the question.
Fifty  years  ago,  there  was  some  ex­
cuse for bad  roads, for  our  country was 
poor.  Now it is rich,  there is no excuse.
A good  road  is  always  to  be desired, 
and  is  a  source  of  comfort  and  con­
venience to every traveler.
Good roads attract  population,  as well 
as  good  schools  and  churches.  Good 
roads  improve  the value of  property, so 
that  it  is  said  a  farm  lying  five miles 
from  market, connected  by a bad  road, 
is  of  less  value  than  an  equally  good 
farm lying ten miles  away from  market, 
connected by a good road.
A  larger  load  can  be  drawn  by  one 
horse over a good road  than by two over 
a bad one.
Good  roads  encourage  the greater ex­
change  of  products  and  commodities 
between one section and another.
Good  roads  are of  great  value to rail­
roads as  feeders.
Various  movements,  already  under 
way, in  the  direction  of  road  improve­
ments,  must have and already are having 
their effect, in bringing  about a material 
raising  of  the  average  quality.  The 
governors  of  several  states  have  made 
special and  important references to it in 
their  annual  messages,  and  in  several 
states bills have  been  presented  having 
in  view  the  bettermeut  of  state  high­
ways,  by rg&ularly organized  systems of 
work,  to be carried  out  under the super­
vision  of  departments  provided  by  the 
state.
In Pennsylvania a general  tax  levy of 
seven  and  one-half  mills  has  been  or­
dered  by the  Legislature  for  road  im­
provements.  The  forces  working  to 
bring about such  results as this are pow­
erful and increasing every day.
The  high  point  to  be aimed at is the 
recognition  of  the  importance  of  the 
whole situation  by the  national  govern­
ment,  and the establishment by Congress 
of  a national system.
The  following  outline  may  suggest 
some idea of  a scheme in the right direc­
tion,  which might be elaborated  by some 
one  better  qualified  and  having  more 
time than I have at my command.
A commissioner of  highways  might be 
provided for,  in the Agricultural Depart­
ment,  with  a  corps  of  consulting  en­
gineers,  and 
suitable  appropriations 
made  for  the  prosecution  of  a  general 
supervising work.
Under  the charge of  this  commission, 
full systems of maps should be prepared, 
based largely, perhaps, upon the working 
of  the state and  county boards, showing 
more or less completely, as circumstances 
would  permit, 
the 
country.
this  central 
bureau  and  the prosecution of  the work 
in the most thorough  and  practical way, 
each  state  should have its highway com­
missioner, charged  with  the  highest in­
terests of  the state  in  the  way of  main­
taining  its  system  of  roads  under  the 
most approved  methods  and for the gen­
eral public welfare.  Then the best prac­
tical  results  could  probably be attained 
by the division of  the state into highway 
districts,  consisting of  counties,  or  per­
haps  townships,  each  of  which  should 
have its overseer  in  full  charge  of  the 
opening  and  construction of  new  roads 
in his district and the proper maintenance 
of  all, responsible for the expenditure of 
the regular appropriations for these pur­
poses.  These  districts  could  then  be 
divided  into  smaller  ones  under  sub­
overseers.
The  importance  and  the value to any 
country,  any section,  and  every  citizen 
from the highest to  the  lowest, whether 
tax-payers or tramps, of well-constructed 
and  properly  maintained  roads,  is  not 
easily estimated, but  clearly it is greater 
than that of  many affairs  which are con­
tinually receiving the  time and attention 
of  the people  in  their  homes, counting- 
rooms,  public  meetings  and  legislative 
halls.
It is a matter to be considered  side  by 
side  with  our  splendid  and  always im­
proving  system of  public  education, the 
assessment  of  our  tariff  duties,  or  the 
appropriations  regularly made  for  river 
and harbor improvements.
But the question of  the  most  particu­
lar interest, to-day,  to  you  and to me, as 
manufacturers  and  merchants,  in  this 
whole question of  good and bad  roads is, j 
what is the effect on our business ?  Now, 
it may be possible  that  there  are  those 
who will think they see an advantage for 
the carriage builder in poor roads, where 
in  traveling  over  hills that might easily 
be avoided, going ten  miles to  make five 
as the  crow  flies, pulling  through  mud 
and sand that should be gravel  and  jolt­
ing over rocks that  might  be  macadam, 
the  vehicles  of  the  unfortunate  owners 
would go to pieces  in  one-half  the  time 
they ought to stand  under  favorable cir­
cumstances, and necessitate the purchase

For  co-operation  with 

the  highways  of 

of  new ones, to the advantage and  profit 
of  the manufacturer.
But a man who entertains such au idea 
would waste no time in  killing his goose 
to secure the last golden  egg.
It must be  clear  to  any man with the 
most  ordinary  business  instincts  that 
good  roads  mean  thrift,  liberality  and 
wealth.  They  meau  good  farms  and 
good  value  to  real  estate.  They mean 
that the  farmer  enjoying  their use will 
save time going over them, will save wear 
and tear, not only on his wagons,  but  on 
his teams, will be a richer man on account 
of them, and have the more money to buy 
your carriages, running into higher value, 
(while  his  sons  and daughters can have 
their  bicycles  and  tricycles  at  less  ex­
pense) and his example must be followed 
by his neighbors.
Now  you  are  honest  manufacturers, 
and have no desire  to have your vehicles 
wear out quickly, that they may be sooner 
replaced,  but  you  believe,  I doubt  not, 
that the better the vehicle and the longer 
it lasts,  the  better  business  and  profit 
will come to you.
Good roads  mean  for  you  and for me 
better business.  Good  roads  encourage 
riding  and  driving,  and the sale  of  our 
vehicles, while bad roads meau less busi­
ness  for  you  and  for me, for where the 
roads are bad the traffic must of necessity 
be much  less.
As a nation, we are a remarkably  pati­
ent and an easy-going people, considering 
the enterprise  and  business  activity for 
which we are  noted  the world over,  and 
rather  too  apt  to  fall  into  the  way  of 
doing things as a matter of  course.  As a 
result  of  this,  very strenuous  and  con­
tinuous efforts  are  frequently necessary 
to bring about the farthest  reaching  and 
most desirable reforms.  From a busiuess 
point of view, we canuot afford to neglect 
any opportunity to help along the present 
movement.
As an instance of  what is being  done, 
see the work of  the League of  American 
Wheelmen,  in  the  appointment  of  its 
highway committees,  the issuing of  road 
books and maps, the pressing  forward of 
legislative bills,  and lately in  the  publi­
cation of a comprehensive  little  manual 
on the making and  care of good roads,  a 
copy of which I shall  be glad to have for­
warded to any one  who may care to send 
me his address.
Work of this soft can  well  and  profit­
ably be undertaken by the Carriage Huild- 
ers’  National Association.  With  all the 
great  resources  at  your  command  you 
cannot  afford  not  to  divert a small per­
centage  each  year,  beginning right now. 
toward helping  along  in the good work, 
and  it  impresses  itself  upon  me  most 
strongly,  as a part  of  your  most urgent 
duty  toward  yourselves,  to  appoint  art 
once,  if you  have  not  already  done so, 
your  committee  on  highways,  clothing 
them  with  power  to do  some  practical 
work, and giving them, under reasonable 
limitations,  at  least,  the  approach  to 
your treasury.  A  moderate  amount  of 
money jndiciously expended in educating 
the  people  up  to  their  needs  and best 
interests,  in  showing  them  how  their 
roads are, and  how they ought to be, and 
how to go to'work to make them so, could 
not be put out at  better  interest. 
I am 
creditably informed that within one hun­
dred  miles  of  this  building the capital 
invested in  the carriage industry amounts 
to seven million dollars;  and the interest 
which I informally represent to  you  is  a 
true branch of this vast  industry.  The 
manufacture  and  sale of carriages to be 
drawn  by horses and the manufacture  of 
carriages to  be  impelled  by  the rider is 
essentially one and the same.  The char­
acter of the motive power cannot of course 
change the character of the vehicle.  We, 
who manufacture bicycles,  feel  that  we 
have a right to fraternization  with  you. 
We  seek  fellowship  with  you  in  your 
efforts to improve  the  traveling vehicles 
of  the country and the roadways, by the 
improvement  in  which  our  interests as 
manufacturers  and  the  people’s  pros­
perity and happiness  are to be enlarged.
The bicycle interest  is young in years, 
but  it  has  already  become  a large one. 
As  an  industry, it ranks among the  fine 
arts, while the magnitude of the business 
and the number of the vehicles made and 
sold yearly would,  we fancy,  be a matter 
of surprise to some of  you and of amaze­
ment to the public at large.
I need  not  say to this convention that 
we who construct these delicate carriages 
propelled by human  power are intensely 
interested  in  the  improvement  of  the 
country’s  roadways,  even  as  you  who 
manufacture wagons and carriages of the 
lighter and more elegant sort. 
It is true 
that,  in a certain  sense,  the  bicycler  is 
not so dependent  as  the man who drives 
his carriage or road wagon on the quality 
of the roadway, for  he  can pick his way 
with much  greater  facility.  Wherever 
there is a hand’s width of level way there 
he can easily pass.  He  can  turn  from 
left  to  right  with  wonderful  ease  and 
quickness.  He can even take to the side­
walk  and so escape many ill-conditioned 
places which the driver of  carriages can­
not.  Nevertheless, I feel  that our inter­
ests and yours in good roadways are equal 
and  identical,  and I am here  to  pledge 
our  heartiest  co-operation  with  you in 
any practical measure  looking to the im­
provement of the roadways  of  the coun­
try.
The history  of  carriage  building  and 
the history  of  the  development  of  this 
country alike confirm the  truth  which  I 
have tried  to  impress,  namely, that im­
provement in roads leads to and precedes 
the use of better and higher  grade  vehi­
cles,  and  especially  induces  the use of 
pleasure carriages.
It does not  need  argument or illustra­
tion  to  persuade  you  that  more  roads 
means  more  carriages.  Where  now go 
the  saddle  horse  and  the  mule  van in 
wide regions of this great country, ought 
to be seen the carriage  and  the  bicycle. 
If  local  communities  and  the  general 
public ought to be interested in this sub­
ject, hew much more should this associa­
tion, every  member  of  which  not  only

NO. 322.

has  this same interest, but a special com­
mercial inducement in the result.  *
I hope to live to see the time  when  all 
over  our  land  our cities, towns and vil­
lages shall be connected by as good roads 
as can be  found  in  the  civilized world, 
and  if  we  shall have been instrumental 
in bringing about this result, then indeed 
shall our children have cause to bless us.

An  Example to  Clerks.

One of the most  prosperous merchants 
in New  York  had  his life changed by a 
simple  performance  of  duty.  He  was 
clerk in a big Boston dry goods  house  at 
a small salary.  He always tried to effect 
a  sale:  One  day a customer  appeared 
who was more than particular  about  his 
purchase. 
In  relating  his  experience 
with  this  man,  the  merchant  said to a 
reporter:
“I had  a  quick  temper  and  at  times 
duriug the transaction I  felt that I could 
strangle  the  customer;  but  I  quickly 
curbed my temper and went at him tooth 
and nail. 
I felt that my reputation  as  a 
salesman was at stake, and it was a ques­
tion of conquer or to  be  conquered.  At 
last,  I made  the  sale,  and  with it came 
great satisfaction;  but  I  was  not  done 
with the man yet. 
I wanted to sell  him 
more.  He said  something about sending 
his  wife  around  to  look  at  some dress 
goods. 
I  promised  to  send  samples of 
new patterns as they arrived.  The cus­
tomer thanked me and said:
“ ‘It has taken you a long time  to  sell 
me a few goods.  Are all of your customers 
as hard to please as I?’
“ ‘It takes some  customers but a short 
time to make their selections, while others 
wish to be slower; we are bound to please 
them all,’ I  answered.
“ ‘Does it pay your house to  devote  so 
much time to so small a sale?’ he enquired 
again.
“ ‘Yes,’ I replied.  ‘I have taken pains 
to give you what  you want. 
I know you 
will  find  the goods as I say.  You will 
have confidence and  come again,  and the 
next time it will not take so  long.’
“After getting his  package,  he walked 
out of the store. 
In  three days, 1 mailed 
samples  of  the  new  dress  goods to his 
wife,  and  the  circumstances  passed en­
tirely out  of  my mind. 
I was promoted 
in a few days, much to my astonishment. 
One morning I was  informed that Mr.  B. 
wished  to  see  me. 
I  went to the office 
with surprise and some fear.  I was more 
surprised  when I saw, sitting beside  my 
employer, my  customer of a few months 
back.  He  proved  to  be  the  moneyed 
partner of the concern, whose other busi­
ness  interests  kept  him  away from the 
store almost  entirely,  and he was known 
to but few of his employees,  although he 
knew that I was a new man as soon as he 
saw me, aud thought  to see what metal I 
was made of.  That  he  was  satisfied is 
proved by his  making me a buyer of  the 
several  departments  where I sold goods. 
My prosperity began with  the tough cus­
tomer, and now I thank  goodness  that  I 
got him, aud that I did not show any dis­
position  to strangle him.”

M oral  C o u ra g e   in  E v e ry d a y   Life.
Have  the  courage  to discharge a debt 
while  you  have  the  money  in  your 
pocket.  •
Have  the  courage  to  do without that 
which  you  do  not  need, however much 
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage  to speak your mind, 
when  it  is  necessary  you should do so, 
and to hold your  tongue,  when it is pru­
dent you should do so.
Have the courage  to  speak to a friend 
in a “seedy” coat, even  though  you  are 
in  company  with a rich one,  aud  richly 
attired.
Have the courage to  own  you are poor 
and thus  disarm  poverty  of  its  sharpest 
sting.
Have the courage to make a will and  a 
just one.
Have  the  courage  to  tell a man  why 
you will not lend him your money.
Have  the  courage  to  “cut”  the most 
agreeable acquaintance  you  have,  when 
you are  convinced  that  he lacks princi­
ple. 
“A  friend  should  bear  with  a 
friend’s  infirmities,  but  not  with  his 
vices.”
Have the courage to show your respect 
for honesty, in whatever guise it appears, 
and  your  contempt  for  dishonesty  and 
duplicity,  by whomsoever  exhibited.
Have  the  courage  to  wear  your  old 
clothes until  you  can  pay for new ones.
Have  the  courage  to  obey  your con­
science,  at the risk of  being ridiculed by 
men.
Have the  courage  to  wear thick boots 
in winter,  and insist  upon your wife and 
daiughters doing the same.
Have the courage to prefer comfort and 
propriety to fashion in all things.

Hard,  on   th e   C ig a re tte .

“Do  you  happen  to  have  a  cigarette 
about  you?”  said  one  traveling  man to 
another.
•  “No, but my brother  has a six-shooter 
that he will  doubtless  loan  you;  there’s 
a dynamite  factory just  out  of  the  city 
limits,  and a drug  store  where  you  can 
buy  arsenic  just  around 
the  .corner. 
Maybe  you  can  find  something  that 
would do  just as well.”
Perfection  Scale•

The  L atest  Im proved  and  Best.

Does  Not R ope  Down Weight.

Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

A p p le s ,

P o ta to e s ,

O n io n s .

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BURNETT  BROS,  " g a M a r * " *

F .  R a n iv ille ,
LEATHER  BELTING

Manufacturer of

JOBBER  OF

RiHiber Goods and Mill Supplies.

1  to  5  Pearl  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS. 
MICH.
A .D . Spangler  C o

: 

W H OLESALE  D E A L E R S  IN

FRUITS «ND PRODUCE

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

We buy and*ell all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.

Galnanixed Iron  Cornice, 

Plumbing % Heating Work.

Dealers  in

Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

- 

MICH.

To  The  Trade!
PERSONAL!
E.  C.  T ubbs

Will hereafter act as  our  representative 

in  Grand  Rapids and vicinity.

GEO. MOEBS & CO.,
“Ben  Hnr"  “Record Breakers,”

M AN UFA CTURERS  OF

And other  fine cigars. 

DETROIT, 

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MICH.

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

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

A llen   D urfee & Co.,

(Successors to Steele A  Gardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Gramm el,
B R O O M S !

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Com, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield Ave.,  Grand Rapids.

The M ichigan Tradesm an

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

F. A. Rice has  sold  his  grocery stock 
at 683 Wealthy avenue toE. F. Thompson.
I. M. Clark  &  Son  have  removed  the 
H. C. Coe  grocery stock  from  Mason  to
this city.  ______________ _*

Sanford  L.  Deary,  grocer  and  feed 
dealer,  has  been  closed  under  chattel
mortgage._______________

Andrew  Holmes  has  opened a bakery 
and confectionery stock on North  Plain- 
field avenue.

A. C. Bauer has sold his drug stock,  at 
the corner  of  East  Bridge  and Barclay
streets, to  T.  Gridley.______

A new  meat  market  was  opened last 
Friday at 416 South  Division street, by a 
Mr. Wilson, late of  Kansas City.

F. W. Curtis is succeeded  by  Bauer  & 
Curtis in the drug  business at the corner 
of East Bridge and Clancy streets.

J. A. Holmes & Co. will engage in gen­
eral trade at  Kent  City.  The  groceries 
will be purchased here and the dry goods 
at  Detroit.

L. H. Austin  has  sold  his  interest in 
the  Grand  Rapids  Mattress  Co.  to  hi 
partner, H.  C.  Russell, who will continue 
under the same style as before.

Woodward & McCamly,  who  are  put­
ting in a hardwood saw mill near  Byers, 
have opened a grocery store there.  Ball, 
Barnhart & Putman furnished the  stock,
C. W. Shedd has  been  granted  a  pat 
ent on  a  vinegar  generator,  which  the 
inventor  confidently expects to see revo­
lutionize the manufacture of  that staple 
Canadian  and  foreign  patents  are  also 
pending.

Olney.  Shields &  Co. are  arranging to 
merge  their  wholesale  grocery business 
into a stock company, under a style to be 
hereafter  determined. 
John G.  Shields 
will  retire  from  active  management in 
the business,  still  retaining a portion of 
his present interest.

The  Crane  grocery stock,  at Mulliken, 
which  disappeared so mysteriously after 
a mortgage on the  stock  had  been fore­
closed by Ball, Barnhart  &  Putman, last 
August, has  been  found.  One  day last 
week a writ was  obtained for a search of 
the  premises  of  a citizen  of  the  place, 
who developed a sudden illness by which 
the  search  was  staved  otf  for  a  time. 
Afterward a dense  smoke  was  observed 
coming  from  the  chimney  of  the  sick 
man’s house, and  the  officers  forced  an 
entrance,  and found a member of  the in­
valid’s  family  industriously  engaged in 
burning  up  the  long  sought for  goods. 
Plug tobaccos  were  being  smeared with 
wagon grease to  render  the  combustion 
complete.  No  warrants  have  yet  been 
issued, but some one will  probably jour­
ney to Jackson before long.

Detroit—Gilbert  Hart  has  become  a 
special partner in  Jacob  Hull’s  grocery 
business, contributing $5,000 to the part­
nership.

Eaton Rapids—C. E.  Phillips, who  has 
been  engaged in the  hardware  business 
here for  the  past  six  years,  has  moved 
the stock to Newaygo.

Big Rapids—Mrs. J.  Stillwell  has  pur 
chased  the  N. Scott  stock  of  groceries, 
near the upper  depot.  Charlie  Stillwell 
will manage the business.

Charlotte—J.  A.  Mikesell  has  pur­
chased  Homer  Jaques’  interest  in  the 
Shepherd  elevator  and  the  butter  and 
egg  cellar.  The new firm will be known 
as Shepherd & Mikesell.

Marcellus—G.  W.  Jones  has  bought 
T.  H. Jordan’s  property on Main  street. 
Mr. Jones  will  build a new  bank on the 
lot,  and  has  contracted for 50,000 brick 
of  Lambert  & Milliman for the building.
Maple City—T.  Hebert  and  Dr.  R. W. 
Burke  have bought the  agricultural  im­
plement,  buggy  and 
cutter  stock  of 
Hebert  &  Nash  and  have  added  it  to 
their general  stock,  under  the  style  of 
T.  Hebert & Co.

Lake  Odessa—The  J. H. Kepnor  gro­
cery  and  crockery stock  is  now in pos­
session  of  Ball,  Barnhart  &  Putman, 
Olney,  Shields  &  Co.  and H. Leonard & 
Sons, of  Grand Rapids,  who will  close it 
out as soon as possible.

Port  Huron—Bockins & Co., boot  and 
shoe dealers, have been closed on a mort­
gage  to  J.  Richardson  &  Co.,  Elmira, 
-N. T.  There are three  other  mortgages 
on  the  stock,  in  all  representing about 
$6,000;  assets unknown.

Alma—John T.  Peters, of  Owosso, has 
bought  the stock  and buildings of  S. H. 
Loveland,  and  will  proceed  to  build a 
brick block on the site of  the  old  build­
ing, which  he  will  occupy with a furni­
ture and undertaking stock.

Ryerson—A. J.  Halstead  &  Son  have 
moved  their  grocery  stock  to  Grand 
Ledge, but  will  continue  the drug bus­
iness.  The vacated side of  the store will 
be occupied by Mrs. J. Davids, the Bluff- 
ton grocer,  who  will remove her stock to 
this place.

AROUND  TH E  STATE. 

Allegan—Danner  Bros,  have closed

their restaurant.

Rockford—Carl D. Borton has engaged 

in the  jewelry business.

Traverse City—E. Micham has engaged 

in the restaurant business.

Fenwick—J. L.  Clock  succeeds  Clock 

& Herrick in general trade.

Monroe—E. Eberlein and Chas. Hermes 

have opened a new meat market.

Stanton—Epley & DeVine  succeed Ep- 

ley Bros, in the grocery business.

Lansing  —  G.  B.  Kellogg,  clothing 

dealer, has assigned to J. B. Porter.

Wyandotte—Cramer  &  Murray  suc­

ceed Jer. Drennan in  general trade.

Chippewa  Lake—Eugene  Burtch  has 

sold his notion stock to H. C. Ward.

Ishpeming—Maunder  &  Co.  succeed 

Ugel Lavigne in the grocery business.

Gobleville—D. Richardson and R. Dar­
ling have engaged in the  meat  business.
Clarksville—Post  & Dildine  have  sold 
their  meat  market  to  a  Grand  Rapids 
firm.

Ann  Arbor—Stimson & Hurlburt  suc­
ceed Fred T. Stimson in the grocery bus­
iness.

Battle Creek—D. L. Smith has  opened 
a  general  store  at  46  South  Jefferson 
street.

Way land—Pickett Bros.have purchased 
the  grocery and  crockery stock  of  J. C. 
Branch.

Manistee—Wm. Mahon  has  purchased 
the  grocery and  crockery stock  of  John 
Nessep.

Port  Huron—Richardson & Green sue 
ceed Bockius & Co. in the boot  and  shoe 
business.

Morley  —  John  Willyard 

succeeds 
the  restaurant 

Dwight  Waterman  in 
business.

Adrian—G.  R.  Swift  succeeds  Chas. 
Humphrey  in  the  book  and  stationery 
business.

Wayland—F.  H.  Beach  will  erect  an 
addition to his store  building,  to be used 
as a tinshop.

Martin—Lester  Hooper and S. Bitgood 
have  gone  to  Grand  Rapids  to  open a 
meat market.

East  Jordan—M. A.  Helm  &  Co.  are 
succeeded in the  dry goods  business  by 
Mrs F. J. Stone.

M AN UFA CTURIN G   M ATTERS.

Advance—Graft  &  Co.  are building  a 

sawmill in the town of Wilson.

Plainwell — Walter  Dwight  succeeds 

Dwight & Stiff  in the milling business 

Gladstone—Kirbey  &  Guard  will  re­
move their cigar factory from Charlevoix 
to this place.

Detroit—The  Newberry  Potato  Har 
vester Co. has  filed  articles,  with a cap 
ital stock of  $50,000.

Baldwin—McDonald  &  Bradford  are 
cutting 50,000  shingles, pine  and  cedar, 
in their mill near town.

Norwood—Guyles & Nash are repairing 
their sawmill,  in Banks  township, which | 
they will start up shortly.

Detroit—Assignee  Hitchcock  has sold 
the  stock of A.  Lor anger  &  Co., manu­
facturing chemists, for  $6,480.

Marcellus—A  new  cooper  shop,  em­
ploying twenty to thirty hands, is among 
the possibilities of  the  future.

Bay  City—N. S. Benson  contemplates 
removing his planing  mill  and  box  fac­
tory from East Saginaw to this place.

Bay  City—E.  J.  Vance,  J. M.  Seaver 
and E. C. Hargrove are  reported  to have 
formed a copartnership  for the manufac­
ture of  box shooks.

Muskegon—The Kelly Bros.  Manufac­
turing Co.  has contracted to make  7,000 
refrigerators for the  Ridgeway Refriger­
ator Co., of Philadelphia.

Alger—J. R. Ketchum is  stocking  two 
shingle  mills  owned  by 1. D. Potter, of 
Massachusetts,  one located at Culver and 
the other at Moffat’s crossing.

Douglas—So  good  has  been  the  bus 
iness of the Fruitgrowers’ Manufacturing 
Co.,  that  the  capital  stock  will  be  in 
creased from $10,000 to $25,000.

Bay  City—F.  E.  Bradley  &  Co.  have 
contracted to furnish  the  Michigan  Car 
Co., of  Detroit, 2,000,000 feet of logs, for 
car sills, 70 per  cent, to be 34 feet  long 
Clare—Josiah  Horning  has  sold  his 
new  sawmill  on  the  Flint & Pere  Mar­
quette  Railway  to  George  Archambolt 
and  Fred  Lester,  for a consideration of 
$2,100.

Big Rapids—C. A. Verity has  sold  his 
grocery stock  to  his  brother,  Wm.  A. 
Verity.

Edgerton—R.  A.  Brown  &  Son  have 
bought the grocery stock formerly owned 
by McAuley & Co.

Agnew—B.  Kelly has sold his  grocery 
stock to Fred  Churchill,  who  will  con­
tinue the business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—P. H. Davis,  dealer 
in men’s  furnishing  goods, has assigned 
to  Sutton & Martin.

Detroit—Charles H. Roche has sold the 
Triangle  drug  store, on  Cass avenue, to 
J. W.  and  W. P. Doty.

Traverse City—J. G. Johnson has built 
an addition to his drug  store, giving him 
more office and storage room.

Kalamazoo—Mesdames H. S. Davis and 
W. F.  Rahlmeyer  will  shortly  open  an 
art and fancy work exchange store.

Plain well—Mesdames Dodge & Wheeler 
their  millinery  business 

have  closed 
here,  and opened a store at Kalamazoo.

Sumner—Geo.  McCurdy  has  sold  his 
general stock to H. L. McCurdy, his wife, 
who has removed the stock to McBain.

South  Haven—The  projectors  of  the 
new Novelty Works contemplate  remov­
ing  the  machinery of  the fruit  package 
factory  to  the  newly erected  buildings 
near the river.

Niles—Envious  Hoosier  cities want to 
coax  the  Niles  knitting  works over the 
line.  The concern pays  out  about  $800 
per month in salaries,  and Niles does not 
want to lose it.

Bay City—Rust  Bros.  &  Co.  have  be­
gun logging  operations.  They will  put 
in  20,000,000  feet,  equally  divided  on 
Wells  Creek  and  on  the  Alger road,  in 
Ogemaw and Arenac counties.

Belding—Angel Bros, have  bought the 
Oatley  sawmill,  five  miles  north  of 
Langston,  and will remove it to the Beld­
ing  mill  site. 
It  will  cut  about 20,000 
feet  of  pine  and  12,000  feet  of  hard­
wood.

Charlotte—Geo.  J.  Barney  has  pur­
chased the interest of  John L.  Dolson in 
the  carriage  manufactory  of  Dolson  & 
May.  The new firm  will  be  known  as 
the Dolson & May Carriage  Works,  May 
& Barney,  proprietors.

BOUNCED  180  TIMES.

Beating' His  Way Across the  Continent 

on a  $1,500  Wager.

From  th e Kansas City Star.
A  man  arrived  in  Kansas  City  this 
morning on the California express of  the 
Santa Fe Railroad  who  has  traveled  on 
railroads  across  the  continent  without 
having  paid a penny  for  transportation 
and without having a pass.
A little  over  three  months ago Alfred 
Sen ter, of  Somers ville, Mass.,  and  L. B. 
Griffin, of Lowell, wagered $1,500, Senter 
to  win  the  money  if  he  succeeded  in 
“beating”  his  way from  Boston to  San 
Francisco and back, and  lose  the  wager 
if  he paid fare while  en  route.  Edward 
F.  Locke, the  referee,  was to accompany 
Senter,  and  his  expenses  were  to  be 
borne by the loser.
Senter  and  Locke  arrived  in  Kansas 
City this  morning.  Senter  is  a  hunch­
back,  and  appears  to  be  about  thirty 
years of  age.  Senter said:
“We  started  out  on  the  evening  of 
July  4, on  the  Boston  &  Albany  Rail 
road,  and  got  to Albany without  being 
put off.  My troubles  began  on the New 
York  Central  Railroad. 
I  was  put  off 
three times the  first day, and, of  course, 
Lock  had  to  go with me.  Owing to my 
deformity,  I  was  not  treated  harshly. 
Fifteen  times  I  was  put  off  trains  be­
tween  Albany  and  buffalo.  Between 
Buffalo  and  Chicago,  on  the  Michigan 
Southern,  I  concocted a tale  of  robbery 
and on promise to pay at Detroit was not 
molested. 
In  order  to  deceive  the offi 
cials,  I sent a bogus  telegram to Chicago 
for  money.  Altogether  I  have  been 
ousted  from  trains  180  times.  On  the 
southern  roads  to  California  I  was  al 
lowed  to  ride  long  distances.  At  one 
time I had to plead with an old lady with 
tears  in  my  eyes  not to pay my fare, as 
that  would spoil my chances of  winning 
the  bet. 
I  have  bad  several  offers  to 
have my fare paid, but Locke’s eye was on 
me  and  that  settled  it. 
rough experience and  would  not  under 
take to do it again for  twice  the  money 
wagered. 
It is. all right being put off  in 
a large town where there are good hotels, 
but to be planted down in a small village 
New  Mexico  with  no  place  to go to 
is another  thing.”
The conditions of  the wager  were that 
Senter was to travel in first-class passen­
ger  coaches all the way.  Senter says he 
will write a book when he reaches  home.

I  have  had 

A  Growing1 House.

A  reporter  of  T h e  T r a d esm a n  re­
cently passed  by  the  wholesale  confec­
tionery  establishment  of  W. R. Keeler, 
at  412  South  Division  street,  and  was 
surprised  to  see  so  large  a  display  of 
Christmas  toys,  and  so  well-selected  a 
stock of  staple and  fancy confectionery. 
Mr. Keeler started in business  less  than 
two  years ago, but he has already worked 
up a large line of  customers and carries a 
stock which  would be a credit to a much 
more  pretentfous  establishment.  He 
pursues the policy of  selling good  goods 
only, at close  margins  for  cash or short 
credit periods,  and his house is evidently 
destined  to  take  rank  with the  leading 
confectionery houses of  the State.

The daily papers  announce the “resig­
nation” of Manager Baxter, Local Mana­
ger of the Western Union  Telegraph Co. 
The  resignation  was  not  one  of  those 
voluntary separations which the employee 
sometimes feels  impelled  to  make,  but 
followed as a result of  a  request to that 
effect from headquarters.  “Discharged” 
would be the  proper  word to use in that 
connection.

'There is  no  greater  mistake  that  a 
business man can  make than to be mean 
in his business,” says  Wealth and Worth. 
‘Everybody has  heard of  the proverb of 
Penny wise  and  pound foolish.’  A lib 
eral expenditure in the  way of  business 
is always sure to be a capital investment.
The First  State  Bank of  Holland will 
open  its  doors  for  business on  Decem­
ber 15.

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

Stev-

J.  B.

Ketchum.

ens &  Farrar.

E. P: Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk.

The following are the P.  of  I. dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:
Wehle.

sions.
Fish,  Mrs. L. A. Gardiner.
& Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock.

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Belding—L.  S.  Roell.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Burnside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Clio—Nixon &  HubbelL 
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F. Shaw 
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. 
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson, 
Grand  Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil 
zinski,  F. W. Wurzburg.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hoytville—Mrs.  A. E. Combs. 
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon, M.  L. Whit­
Lapeer—C.  Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
Maple Rapids—L.  S. Aldrich. 
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V.  R.  Lep- 
per & Son, Jno. Butler.  Richard  Butler. 
Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H.  S.)  Knight. 
Millington—Chas.  H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H.  Gage.
Remus—Geo. Blank.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard. 
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
S p arta—D ole  &  H aynes.
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler■*—.Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
H.  C.  Breckenridge,  M.  H.  Bowerman, 
Thos.  Horton.

ney.
nings.

White Cloud—J. C. Townsend.

Lee.

Card of Thanks.

To the Traveling Men of Grand Rapids:
In behalf of  myself  and family, I ten­
der my heartfelt  thanks to the  traveling 
men  and friends for  their  generous  re­
membrance. 
I assure them that the  gift 
is appreciated and  I  hope  to  live  long 
enough to be  present,  in the position of 
donor,  at many other  similar  occasions 

L.  L. Loomis.

EST A B L ISH E D   1870.

CMS.  SCHMIDT  X  BROS,,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and 

American

Granite and Marble

Monifmcnts m Statuary

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

WORKSHOP AND  POLISHING  MILLS: 

Cor. West Fulton  and  Straight Streets.

OFFICE  AND SALESROOM:

93  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

-  MICH.

f

SHOW  CH8E8I

0 - f t  e a s e  lik e  a b o v e

6-ft Gase,- square, with metal Gorners, same  priGe.

T he  ab ove  offer  is  no  “ bluff ”  or 
snide  work..  W e   sh a ll  continu e  to 
turn out on ly the B E ST  of w o r k .  A ll 
other eases at eq u a lly  lo w  prices.

flEYMUN  i   G0MPÄNY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand.  Rapids,

Mich.

Monterey—C. S. Doud  has  bought  the 
Runnels  &  Van  Middlesworth  shingle 
mill  and  moved  it  upon  some  of  Geo. 
Huskinson’s land,  where he  will  build a 
new  mill,  using  the  engine  and  boiler 
from his mill at Heath.

Detroit—While  H. S. Robinson & Bur- 
tenshaw have  sold  their  manufacturing 
department to Pingree & Smith,  the new 
firm of  H.  S. Robinson & Co. will manu­
facture some lines  of  goods,  in  connec­
tion with their jobbing business.

Petoskey—W.  H.  Goodrich  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  F.  K.  Winsor’s 
woodenware  factory,  and  the  business 
will  be  conducted  hereafter  under  the 
name  of  The  Winsor  Woodenware  Co 
A sawmill will be added to the plant and 
the capacity of  the  factory otherwise in 
creased.

Muskegon—Hackley  &  Hume’s  mill 
has  shut  down  for  the  season,  their 
piling room being exhausted.  The other 
mills  are  all  in  operation,  and  will be 
stopped only by Jack Frost.  It is already 
evident  that  there  will be a large stock 
of  logs  left  over—some  of 
the  mills 
having almost a supply for  next  season.
Detroit—The Detroit Odentunder Man 
ufacturing Co. has  filed  articles of  asso 
ciation, with a paid-up capital of $50,000 
Odentunder” is  an  anaesthetic  used in 
surgical  and  dental  operations.  Frank 
S. Cobb, trustee, holds 25,000 shares,  and 
Lucius  H.  Collins,  Marvin'  W.  Cobb 
Eurates D. Merriam, Frank A. Cobb  and 
Benjamin G. Eaton,  5,000 shares each 

Au Sable—The J. E. Potts Salt & Lum 
ber Co.’s logging railroad, now known as 
the Au Sable & Northwestern,  which has 
been  extended  during the past  year and 
is used for general freight and passenger 
as well as for  hauling logs, has  been ex 
tended  to  within  300  yards  of  the  De 
troit, Bay City &  Alpena  Railway.  The 
company has also  stretched  eighty miles 
of  telephone wire  along  the  line of  the 
road  which  will  be  used  for operating 
purposes.

Muskegon—The  shingle  cut  of 

the 
city will be at least  200,000,000 less than 
last  year.  The  cut  of  the  Muskegon 
Shingle &  Lumber  Co.’s  mill  has  been
60.000.  000.  The  mill  has  a  capacity of
120.000.  000.  The  cut  of  the  Michigan 
Shingle  Co.’s  mill  has  dropped  off  in 
about the  same  proportion.  Every mill 
on the lake has reduced  its cut below the 
output  of 
last  year.  There  will  be 
about 300,000,000  shingles  made at Mus­
kegon during the present  year.

Manistee  —  The  salt  output  nearly 
touched  the  100,000  barrel  mark  last 
month, while the  total  State  output for 
the  month  was  about  412,000  barrels. 
Louis  Sands  is  evidently going  to have 
enough bin room, as aside  from  the new 
building he  recently erected,  he has torn 
down one of  his  old  buildings  that was 
settling, is driving  piles to  make a solid 
foundation  and  will  enlarge  it, so that 
he  will  have  bin  capacity  for  about 
0,000  barrels  of  salt.  That,  with  hi 
storage  for  the  product  in barrels,  will 
make  him  almost  independent  of  the 
boats during the winter season.

Purely  Personal.

F. A.  Holbrook, the Hubbardston drug­

gist,  is in town for a day or two:

C. F. Walker,  the Glen  Arbor  general 
dealer,  is in town  for a few days, buying 
his winter stock.

G. W. Mokma, the Graafschap  general 
dealer,  will take a position  in  the  First 
State Bank of  Holland.

O. J. Graves, Secretary of  the Luding 
ton B. M. A.,  was in town  one  day last 
week on business for his Association.

L. C. Bradford,  of  the  firm of  McDon 
aid  &  Bradford,  shingle  manufacturers 
and general dealers  at  Baldwin,  was 
town one day last week.

Frank E. Chase has  received  his usual 
annual  consignment  of  fish  from  Cape 
Cod, and  remembered  his  friends  until 
the bottom of  the  package was  reached
C. F. Wheeler,  formerly  of  the  drug 
firm of Wheeler & Holbrook, at Hubbard 
ston, has taken the position of instructor 
in botany in the  Agricultural College, at 
Lansing.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give 

satisfaction.

great

Dr.  Talmage  Again an Editor.

Beginning  with  January 1,  next,  the 
Rev.  T.  De Witt  Talmage,  D.  D.,  will 
become one of the editors of  The Ladies' 
Home  Journal,  of  Philadelphia.  The 
famous  preacher  will have a regular de­
partment  each  month,  written  by  him­
self,  with  the  title,  “Under  My Study 
Lamp.”  His first contribution will appear 
in the January number  of  the  Journal. 
Dr. Talmage’s salary is  said to be one of 
the largest ever paid  for  editorial work.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisem ents will be inserted  under  th is  head fo r 
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 a n  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCE'

588

■ __________  _____  ____ 
FRESH,  GENERAL
m erchandise doing good business  fo r  tim ber, oak 

p referred.  26 Box E, Fostoria, Ohio.__________ 

Fo r   s a l e   o r   e x c h a n g e —h o u s e   a n d  l o t , t w o

blocks from  postoffice, in  city   of  5,000 in h ab itan ts 
in S outhern M ichigan;  also farm  of 76 acres, tw o m iles 
from  sam e city , clay loom  soil,  w ith  good  buildings; 
will exchange fo r stock of m erchandise.  Address No. 
539, care Tradesm an. 

$3,000—fo r a  d rug  store;  some  cash  added.  E.  J. 

Barnd, Fostoria. Ohio.___________________________540

TO  EXCHANGE—TOPEKA,  KANSAS,  PROPERTY— 
Fo r   s a l e —n e w   s t o c k   o f   h a t s ,  c a p s  a n d

gents’ furnishing goods;  will invoice about $4,000; 
also new stock  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers,  will  in­
voice about $6,090.  G. W. W atrous,  Jackson, Mich.

_______ 589

537

534

PAYING  BAKERY,  GONFEC 
tionery and resta u ra n t business;  ow ner obliged to 
leave city on account of  ill  h ealth .  Address,  No. 541, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an.______________________ 541
T   HAVE  SOME  FIRST-CLASS,  IMPROVED  FARMS  IN 
JL M anistee county, ran g in g  in price  from   tw o  to   six 
thousand dollars, to exchange fo r stocks  of  m erchan 
535
dise o r fu rn itu re.  S. S. Conover,  Man  stee. 
FOR SALE—NEW  STOCK  OF  BOOTS  AND  SHOES 

a t a  b argain, w ith lease of finest store and location 
in  city of 1.600;  cash or will  exchange  p a rt  clothing. 
Address L. D. Goss, M orrice,  Mich. 
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX 
X   change fo r m erchandise, G rand Rapids  city   prop 
erty , or will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best o f soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O  F. Conklin. Grand Rapids, Mich._______

_______ 529

talin g, H art, Mich.______________________  

for S600 w orth of groceries.  Address  E. S.’Hough- 

City, Mich., bringing fo rty  doUars m onthly ren t, 
fo r g eneral stoch or special line of m erchandise.  Ad­
dress 529, care Tradesm an. 

WILL SELL OR  TRADE  PROPERTY  IN  TRAVERSE 
Gr o c e r ie s —t w o   o . r . c it y   l o t s   in  e x c h a n g e
Fo r   s a l e —w e   o f f e r   f o r   s a l e ,  o n   v e r y
F o r  s a l e —d r u g   s t o r e s —f ir s t  c l a s s—in  d a y -
Fo r   s a l e —a n  in t e r e s t   in   s h o e   s t o r e —o r

favorable term s, th e  F.  H. Escott d ru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street, G rand R apids,  H azeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000.

ton, Ohio;  o thers in v arious locations.  If you w ant 
to buy, sell or exchancre, w rite W.  E.  Donson,  D ayton 
Ohio. 

will join stocks w ith a  good shoe  m an;  old  estab- 
Ished  business  and  best  location  in  city.  Address 
Shoes,” « are Tradesm an, G rand R apids, Mich. 
/IA S H   AND  FINE  PROPERTY  FOR  GOOD  MERCAN- 
K J  tile  establishm ent.

528

530

524

C a r p e ts ,

O il  C lo th s , 

R u g s ,

C h in a   M a ttin g s  

D r a p e r ie s ,

and

P a r l o r  S c r e e n s
Smith  it Sanford,

O ttaw a  and  P earl  Sts.,  L edyard  Block.

F, Ä. Wilrzbilrg  it  Go.,

Exclusive  Jobbers  of

DRY  GOODS,  HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MIOH.

IN  THE
city o f M uskegon a t 75 cents on the dollar; reasons 

TpOR  SALE—THE  FINEST  DRUG  STORE
o th er business.  C. L. B rundage, M uskegon  Mich.

rr'OK SALE—A  GOOD  GROCERY  BUSINESS HAVING 
Jj  th e cream  of th e  trad e;  best  location  in   th e  city ; 
stock clean and well assorted; th is is a  ra re  chance fo r 
any one to get a  good  p ay in g   business;  po o r  h e a lth  
th e only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalam azoo,  Mich.

F OR SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  IN  GOOD  LOCATION 

W ill inventory  $7  0  to  $800  and doing a  business 

of about $13,000.  Address No. 502. care Tradesm an.

520

502

H E LP  WANTED.

VTTANTED—REGISTERED  ASSISTANT  PHARMACIST 
W  —References required.  Address 542,  care  Michi­
g an  Tradesm an._______________________  
542
MIS« IELLAN EOUS.

EGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  BY  DISCARDING  THE 
annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in 
its  place the Tradesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $ l  for 
sam ple order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids.______ ___________
___ _ 
COMIC
_ 
song and joke books, 10c; b an jo  and g u ita r
m usic, etc.  J. W. R eading, music  d ealer,  G rand  R ap­
ids, Mich. 
586
■ DARK
g ray ;  well m atched;  w eight 3,100pounds.  Address 

6 000 COt' I!iS  SHEET  MUSIC. 10« COPY-
FOR  SALE—DRAFT  TEAM  6 YEARS  OLD

M. W. W illard, Kinney. Mich.  __________________522

_________________  

___________  

ANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE 8UTLIFF COU- 
pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e  m ost  com plete 
and finest  on th e   m ark et  and  ju st  w hat  every m er­
ch an t should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
country a re  now using them . 

437

F O R   S A L E .
Portable  Sawmill  with  Engine  and 
Boiler, capacity 5 000 to  10,000  feet  per 
day,  $600.  One  stationary  boiler  and 
engine, 30 horse  power,  $600.  One  set 
Stearns’  eccentric  head  blocks  with 
winged  knees,  $100;  or with both  wing 
and  single  standard  knees, $150.  One 
top saw rig,  adjustible,  $25.  All  of  the 
above in good condition  and  offered  for 
sale for  want  of  use,  not  because they 
are worn out.  Terms, cash,  or time with 
good  security.  Address  No.  527,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

527

LION
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 ou san d s  of  T h em

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

Every  Wide-Awake  M erGhant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

A n  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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

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

\V oolson   Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

Ii. W IN TERNITZ,  Resident A gent, Orand Rapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

The B e s t

Silier  Tirai

Sauerkraut.

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer.

ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.
Michigan  Business Men’s Association. 

 

_ 

, „

President—C. L. Whitney,'Muskegon.
First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
Secretary—K. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W.  Parker, Owosso.
Executive  Board—President;  Frank  Wells.  Lansing; 
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse City;  N. B. Blain, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgeman,  Flint;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand 
Rapids,  Secretary. 
.  _
Committee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rap 
ids-  Oren  Stone, Flint;  Wm. Woodard, Owosso. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Frank  Wells,  Lansing;
H  H. Pope, Allegan;  C  H. May, Clio.
Committee on Trade Interests—Frank Hamilton, Trav 
erse City:  Geo.  R.  Hoyt,  Saginaw;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Committee on Transportation—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint;
M. C. Sherwood. Allegan;  A. O. Wheeler,  Manistee. 
Committee on Building  and  Loan  Associations—N.  B. 
m .i e , Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar SpringB;  P. J. Con 
nell,  Muskeg*«. 

Local Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official O rgan—Th e Michigan Tbadbsmak.____________
The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association;

_ 

,

K o .  I —T r a v e r s e  C ity  B . M .  A . 

President. J. W.MUliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.

' 

S o .  2 —L o w e ll  B . M .  A .

President, N. B. Plain ; Secretary, Frank T. King.

N o .  3 —S t u r g is  B .  Ml. A .

P resident.H .8. ChurcioBecretary, Wm. Jora._______

N<*.  4 —G ra n d   B a p ld s   M .  A .

President.E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.______

N o .  5 — M u s k e g o n  B .  M . A .

President, John A. Miller;  Secretary, C. L. Whitney.

N o . 6—A lb a   B .  M . A .

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

N o .  7 —D im o n d a le   B . M . A .

President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, S. H. Widger.
* 
President, F. H. Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

N o . 8—E a s t p o r t   B . M . A .
N o . 9—L a w r e n c e  B .  M - A .

President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
N o.  10— H a r b o r  s p r in g s   B .  M .  A . 

President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.

President. H. P- Whipple; Secretary.!). E.  Wynkoop.

N o . 1 1 — K in g s le y   B .  M . A . 
N o . 12—Q u in c y   B . M . A  

N o .  1 3 —S h e r m a n   B . M . A .

President. C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
'  
President, H. B. Sturtevant;  Secretary, W.  J, Austin 
N o .  1 4 —N o .  M u s k e g o n   B . M . A . 
“ 
President, 8. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens,
‘ 
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

N o .  15- B o y n e  C ity   B .  M . A .

N o .  17—P l a in w e ll  B . M . A .

N o .  1 6 —S a n d  L a k e   B .  M .  A . 
President. J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W■ Rasco.
~ 
President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
President, WarrenP. Woodard; Secretary.8. Lamfrom. 
’ 
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel._____

N o .  1 8 —O w o sso  B .  M , A .

N o .  1 » —A d a   B . M . A .

N o .  8 0 —s a u g a t m - k   B .  M .  A . 

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe. 
' 
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

N o .  3 1 —W a y  la n d   B . M .  A .

N o .  2 3 —tir a n ti  L e d g e   B . M . A . 

President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke,

N o   3 3 —C a r so n  C ity   B .  M . A  

President. John W .Hallett:  Secretary, L  A. Lyon.

President; J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W, H. Richmond,

N o .  3 4 —M o r le y   B .  M . A .

N o .  2 5 —P a l o   B .  M . A .

President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.

No. 36—Greenville !•’>. M. A. 

President. A. C. Batterlee;  Secretary. E. J. Clark.

N o   2 7 —D o r r   B .M .  A . 

President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. K. Fisher.

N o .  3 8 —C h e b o y g a n  B . M . A  

President, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.

N o .  2 9 —F r e e p o r t  B . M . A .

President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough
President, A. 6. Avery;  Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling.

N o .  3 0 —O c e a n a   B . M . A .

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

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

President. W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.

N o .  3 2 —C o o p e r s v ille  B . M . A . 
N o . 33—C h a r le v o ix   B .  M . A . 

President,  L.  D.  Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

N o .  3 4 —S a r a n a c   B . M .  A .

N o .  3 5 —B e l la i r e   B . M . A .

President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

N o .  3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M . A .

N o .  3 7 —B a t t le  C r e e k  B .  M . A . 

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  E. W, Moore.

N o . 3 8 —S c o t t v ille   B .  M . A .

President. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
~  
President, W, 3. Wilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.

N o .  3 9   - B u r r  O a k  B . M . A .

N o . 4 0 —E a t o n   R a p id s   B .  M . A . 

President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.

N o . 4 1 —B r e c k e n r id g e   B . M . A . 
President. C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.

N o . 4 2 —F r e m o n t  B . M .  A . 

President, Jos. Gerber;  Secretary  C. J. Rathbnn.

N o . 4 3 —T n s t in  B . M .  A .

President, Frank J. Luick;  Secretary. J. A. Lindstrom. 
~ 
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.______

N o . 4 4 —R e e d  C ity  B . M . A .

N o . 4 5 —H o y t v i ll e   B .  M .  4 .

President, D. E. HaUenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

N o . 4 6 —L e s lie  B .  M . A .

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
' 
President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham.

N o .  4 7 —F l in t   M .  U .

N o . 4 8 — H u b b a r d  « to n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

President,  A.  Wenzell ; Secretary, Frank Smith.

N o .  4 9 — L e r o y   B   M .  A . 

N o . 5 0 —M a n is t e e  B .  M . A . 

President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis.
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Good Words  Unsolicited.

A.  J.  Youngs,  furniture  dealer,  Buchanan 
“It is a good paper  and  comes  to  us like an old 
friend.”

Wm. Madison, grocer,  Harrison:  “I  consider 
your paper a very  valuable  publication  and do 
not wish to be without it.”

Boyd Redner, grocer and boot and shoe dealer. 
Hubbard«ton:  “I like the paper and your enter, 
prise in making  it  better and better each year.

Omaha Merchants' Criterion:  “ T h e   Mic h ig a n  
T r a d e sm a n has done much for the advancement 
of the retail trade and is very  popular  through 
out the territory it reaches.”

John W. Brainerd, harness dealer, Vassar: 

like  the  way  yon  treat  the P.  of  I.  question 
which is hurting business all over  the  State, 
think that by  combined  effort  it may come to 
speedy death.”

L. J. Law, clothing dealer, Cadillac:  “I  take 
pleasure  in  renewing  my  subscription  to T h e 
T r a d e sm a n .  At  the  price  you furnish it, it is 
like  buying  staple  goods  of  well-established 
reputation at ten cents  on the dollar.  In regard 
to the size and shape  of  T h e   T r a d e sm a n  in the 
future, would say for myself that it matters little 
in what shape it comes.  Continue to give us the 
same quality that you have given in the past and 
we will be glad to get it in any shape.  As a mer­
chant, I  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  you 
for  the  excellent  paper  you  publish  in  our 
interests.”

Reserved  for  Men.

A Pennsylvania  editor  answers a cor 
respondent  who  propounded  the query 
see  a  bald-headed 
“Did  you  ever 
woman ?”  in the following  strain:
“No, we never did.  Nor did  we  ever 
see a woman waltzing around town in her 
shirt  sleeves,  with a cigar  between  her 
teeth.  We never saw a woman go fishing 
with a bottle in her hip pocket, sit around 
on the damp ground all day and go home 
‘boozed’  in  the  evening.  Neither have 
we seen a woman  yank off  her  coat, spit 
on her hands and  swear she  could  whip 
any man  in  town.  All of  the foregoing 
‘privileges’ are reserved for men.”
Battle  Sons’ of the P.  of I.

Meco sta,  Nov.  16, 1889.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
De a r   Sir—We  hand  you  herewith  a 
little  poem  in  regard  to  the  P.  of  I. 
written by one of our farmers  who  does 
not think much of  the trust:
We are a band of P. I.’s, and  by  the P. I.’s we’ll 
Railroads and monopolies  we’ll banish from the 
We'll arrange all the  prices  by which we’ll sell 
Aad we’ll  run  the  blarsted  country, root, hog 

stand;
land;
and buy,
or die.

Respectfully,

Woo»  &  W e x d l in g .

Following  Another  Bohemian  Oat 

Swindle.

From  th e  Monroe Dem ocrat.
Patrons  of  Industry  advocates  assert 
that the retail  merchants  make an aver­
age profit of  139 per cent,  on sugar, and 
this statement is on a par  with the other 
pretenses of the order.
The  retail  merchant  rarely  makes  a 
profit  on  sugar—never  more  than  two 
per  cent,  but  more frequently sells at a 
loss.  To-day our merchants  are  selling 
fine sugars one cent per  pound less than 
cost, and any of  our  grocers  will  guar­
antee to furnish from  one  to  1,000  bar­
rels at an advance of  35 cents per barrel 
above cost.  Of  course, we do not blame 
the farmers or any other class of individ­
uals for  doing  the  very  best  they  can. 
In fact, this is  just  what we  have  been 
urging them to do.  OHr advice has been, 
and  will continue  to  be—“get  all  you 
possibly can for  your  products, and buy 
your goods  where  you can buy them the 
cheapest.”  This  is  the  true  theory of 
economy.  No  one  can  object to it, be­
cause it is the basis  of  success  and  the 
foundation of trade.  But don’t nibble at 
everything  that  comes  along.  Don’t 
work to keep up your reputation of being 
the earliest class on the face of the earth 
to be  “guiled”  by every scoundrel  that 
comes along.  A few  years ago you were 
swindled most outrageously by your own 
neighbors in the  Bohemian  oat deal. 
It 
almost  ruined  some  of  the farmers  up 
the river.  We  told  you at  the  time  it 
was a fraud, and  you  insisted that  “we 
didn’t  know  what  we  were 
talking 
about.”  But  what is the result?  There 
is  not  a  Bohemian  oat  dealer  in  the 
country but  what  is  looked  upon  with 
suspicion, and a note or  any other trans­
action that has  the  smell  of  Bohemian 
oats about it  cannot  be  collected in the 
courts of the State.  We are not prepared 
to say that the farmers, individually,  are 
“paying too much for their tin  whistle.” 
Perhaps not.  But, from the best inform­
ation we are able to obtain,  a few people 
are  becoming  very  wealthy  from  this 
scheme, and in one  year they made more 
money than they had been able to accum­
ulate in a life-time.  We do  know that a 
Patron of  lnudstry storekeeper in order­
ing  a  bill  of  goods  from  a  wholesale 
grocery house in  Detroit  asked  that es­
tablishment to make  him  two  bills, one 
for the actual cost  of  the goods and one 
with 10 per cent,  added to the cost of the 
goods—the latter he  wished  to  show  to 
his  customers.  We  know  that  grocery 
drummers  are  telling  their  customers 
that  this is becoming  a  common  occur­
ence with Patron storekeepers.

Berlin—B. C.  Chappell  has  opened  a 

meat market.

VISITING  BUYERS.

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A Norris & Son,  Casnovia 
F A Holbrook,Hubbardston 
J N Wait, Hudsonville 
S T Colson, Alaska 
Geo k* Stark, Cascade 
J B Watson, Coopersville 
Dr  A G Good son,  Rockford 
W N H utchinson, Grant 
L Cook, Bauer 
E Mead, Coral 
G TenHoor,  Forest  Grove 
John Spyker,  Zeeland 
John Giles & Co., Lowell 
WC Congdon.CedarSprings 
H M Lewis, Ionia 
Kelly, Pettys  & Co.,
Carson City
Haller &  "o..  Lake  Odessa 
G S Downs, Vermontville 
DenHerder & Tanis,
Vriesland
Frank Cornell. Sebewa 
A Purchase. 80 Blendon 
C G Stone, Lowell 
Ida Anaway, Alle&an 
J Grutter, Grand ville 
Alba Handle Co., Alba 
Bartram & Millington,
Paw Paw 
G F W hitney & Son, Ionia 
Packard & Betts,  Benzonla 
Hams & Van Armen,
G B Nichols,  Martin 
Frace & Hohn, Saranac 
Wm A Hazen. Hastings 
C F Walker, Glen Arbor 
W S Adkins, Morgan 
Johnson & Seibert.
Eli Runnels, Corning

Caledonia

Hastings

John G unstra, L am ont 
E E Hew itt,  Rockford 
S T McLellan, Denison 
H A Dailey, Lum berton 
R B  Gooding&Son,Gooding 
B arry & Co., Rodney 
H J  Fisher, H am ilton 
J  L Purchase, B auer 
Jno Farrow e. So Blendon 
J  M Cook, Grand H aven 
C F  Sears, Rockford 
L N Fisher,  D orr 
C K Hoy tA Co.,Hudson ville 
McDonald & Bradford,
Baldwin 
A & J  Griswold, H arvard 
C S Blom, K alkaska 
E Young, R avenna 
J  Coon, Rockford 
J  H M anning, Lake P O 
J  R aym ond, B erlin 
W  E H inm an. S parta 
Lam oreaux & Beerman, 
F ru itp o rt
L Maier, Fisher Station 
G F Cook. Grove 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
P ickett, Bros., W ay land 
D R stocum , Rockford 
Q B row n>ard,  Lake 
P& rkhurst Bros., N unica 
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
J  V C randall & Co.,Sand Lk 
H B W agar, Cedar  Springs 
A W B lain, Dutton 
M M Robson, B erlin 
Sm allegan & Pickaard,
Forest Grove 
A M Church. Englishville 
W H Pipp, Kalkaska 
C C Tuxbury, Sullivan

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

It is reported that Parks Bros, will put 
in groceries in  connection  with  their P. 
I.  hardware store, at Mecosta.

Belding  Banner:  “L.  S.  Roell  has 
signed with the Patrons of  Industry, and 
purchased  a  stock  of  goods  for  their 
trade.”

Bellevue  Gazette:  “Report  says  that 
the Patrons of Industry ha.ve no contracts 
with  Bellevue  business  houses. 
Past 
contracts  were  unsatisfactory  on  both 
sides.”

J. L.  Clock, successor  to  Clock & Her­
rick, general dealer at Fenwick, writes as 
follows:  “It is not true that I have signed 
a  contract  with  the  P.  of  I.’s.  The 
thing is too thin to bear decent investiga­
tion  and  I  have  no  time  or  means  to 
squander on such a wildcat scheme.”

advancement  of  our  enterprising town. 
We  are  glad  to  know,  however,  that in 
every instance the P.  I.  stores  are  short 
lived,  and  in  the  long  run are a benefit 
to other  dealers,  and  we are also glad of 
the  fact  that all of  our advertisers  and 
honest American dealers declined to have 
anything to do  with P. I.  prices.”

A  Clio  merchant  writes  as  follows: 
“Not  wishing  to  see  any of  my fellow- 
merchants slighted or withheld from any 
degree of  prominence which may be con­
ferred upon them, I adopt  this  means of 
telling  you  that  your  list  of  P.  of  I. 
merchants  does  not  include the ones at 
Clio.  The  name of  the  firm is Nixon & 
Hubble—J. W.  Nixon  and Chas.  Hubble. 
This firm  first  contracted  with the P. of 
I.’s last winter, but for the  lack of  some 
sort of  courage (perhaps moral courage), 
they canceled  the  contract,  and  signed 
an agreement with the rest of  us to have 
nothing  to  do  with  P.  of  I.  contracts; 
but,  as there was no  forfeiture named in 
the  agreement,  they lose  nothing by re­
contracting with the  Patrons, except the 
confidence and respect of  the honest and 
legitimate dealing part of the community 
in  which  they  reside,  which  might  be 
considered enough in most cases.”

that 

the j 

fairly 

convinced 

Geo.  W.  Brown,  general  dealer  at 
Shiloh,  writes  The  Tradesman as fol­
lows :  “You  ask  me  if  I  have  signed 
with  the  P. of  I.’s. 
I will  answer,  no, 
sir,  nor  do  I  intend  to,  although  they 
have  organized  here  in  this  place and 
have  taken  some of  my best  customers. 
I do not expect to sell much fora while.”
A. B.  Schumacher,  the  Grand  Ledge 
druggist  and  grocer,  is  by  no means a 
large man,  but he was "big enough to cas­
tigate  a  bully  of  P. of  I.  persuasion,  a 
few days  ago,  administering  a  punish­
ment which the disciple of the Port Huron 
trio will probably be able to remember as 
long as he lives.  At  the end of  the en­
counter,  the  bully’s face is said to have 
resembled  a  piece  of  hammered  beef­
steak.
A Conklin merchant writes as follows : 
“The  P.  of  I.’s  have  not  made  much 
headway  in  this  vicinity.  They  had a 
meeting at Big  Springs  some weeks ago, 
without  success;  also  at  Chester  town- 
house,  with  the  same  result. 
I under­
stand  that  they  will  have  a  meeting 
again this  week.  This is a Holland  and 
German  neighborhood,  and as a general 
thing  they  are a class  of  people  not  so
easily taken in with such  taffy as are the j 
Yankees.” 
I 

Evart Review:  “Wednesday being the 
day set for representatives of the P. of I. 
—the  new  farmers’ society,  which  has 
had  such  phenomenal  growth  in  this 
locality—to visit  Evart  for  the purpose 
of making contracts  with dealers to sup­
ply members of the order with such goods 
as  they  may  need,  eleven  associations 
were represented.  Contracts  were  en­
tered  into  with  Mark  Ardis,  general 
dealer; E.  F.  Shaw,  boots and shoes,  and 
Stevens & Farrar, hardware.  These con­
tracts vary,  according  to  circumstances, 
but  the  base  aimed  at  is  to  allow the 
dealer  10  per cent, above cost for hand­
ling the  goods  laid  down  in  the store. 
The order  has about twenty-five associa­
tions in the county, of which U  S.  Hold-
of  Hersey township,  is  President.
order is sure  to  cause  considerable
Grand  Rapids  Workman:  “We  are ! disturbance in all business, not excepting 
pretty 
^armer<  After  the  present  excite- 
P.  of  I.  fellows  care  little  about  the j men*  has  subsided,  we  shall  be  better 
union  label  cigar,  union  beer, the  early | a^ e to judge who is to receive the benefit 
closing movement,  and  other  matters of j 
agitation—the  farmer,  the  mer-
interest to organized  labor.  One  of  the  chant, or the organizers!
stores that is a nesting  place  where  the 
P. of  I. people get their  feathers beauti­
fully plucked  is a ‘sheep’ clothing  store 
on  Canal  street, near  Redmond’s  opera 
house. 
It  is  a  store  that  keeps  open 
nights  and  Sundays  and employs ‘pull- 
ers-in.’ ”
A Belding correspondent writes:  “We 
are all  of  us  more  or  less  attached  to 
something besides ourselves.  The farmer, 
in  many instances, becomes attached to a 
raised note;  a changed  order for tools to 
a note in payment for  twice the amount; 
a Bohemian oat note;  a patent  right;  he 
can  swear  by  eight  foreign grains that 
have been raised in his own  county,  but 
are  now  sold  at  fictitious  prices,  and 
last,  but  not least, he  becomes  attached 
to the P.  of  I.  He  has  not  yet  deter­
mined which has swindled him the most.” 
Tustin Echo:  “The Patrons of Indus­
try are  becoming  extensively  organized 
Osceola  county,  many lodges  having 
been instituted.  Whether  the  members 
will achieve all the  benefits  claimed  for 
them, is a question to us, but we are satis­
fied that  it  will  result in accomplishing 
much good in one  respect—it  will,  in  a 
large measure,  do away  with  the  credit 
business  and  make  the  competition  in 
prices  more  of  an  object to all dealers, 
A strictly cash basis would prove a great 
saving to our people, with the  exception 
of those  who  pay  for  their  goods with 
promises.”

The  Grand  Rapids  Workman,  which 
looks at things through the smoked glass 
of trade unionism, is not inclined to favor 
the P. of I., if the following extract from 
a long article on  the  subject  is any cri­
terion:  “This is a free  country  and  the 
farmers  have a right to  run  their  busi­
ness just as  they  see  fit. 
It is in their 
power to change the order of things  in  a 
line both commendable and sensible. 
In 
the  West,  the  national  organization  is 
moving in the direction of  the elevators. 
They  propose  to  store their own wheat. 
They  may  go  further  and  corner  the 
wheat,  and no one  need say nay,  as long 
as  that  is  the  order.  Why  shouldn’t 
they do their own shipping, charter cars, 
own cattle pens,  build  flouring mills and 
grind their own wheat, buy their reapers 
aud mowers from headquarters, at whole­
sale rates ?  But when the farmers think 
they can get their supplies of  dealers  at 
the low rate of 10  per  cent,  profit,  they 
think wrong.  The handling of the goods 
alone is worth that  much.  Besides,  in 
this P. of  I.  deal,  they  are  not  hitting 
those who áre  their  enemies,  but  those 
who are their best  friends.”

Monroe  Democrat:  “Another  scheme, 
known  as ‘The  Patrons  of  Industry,’  to 
catch  the  loose  change of  the farmers, 
seems  to  have  secured a foothole in the 
county,  and it strikes  us, from  what  we 
can  learn of  it,  that  it  is  on a par with 
the Bohemian  oats  scheme.  Of  course, 
Alpine correspondence Sparta Sentinel.
the  amount of  money taken  out of  each 
The P. of  I.’s have started in  on  their 
farmer is not as much  as  the  Bohemian 
second  half  year,  but I am  still  vainly 
oats  sharks  gathered  in, but we believe 
waiting  to  learn  of  any good they have 
it to be a swindle  just the  same,  and ad­
accomplished.  So  far,  the organization 
vise the  farmers to keep  their  hands off 
has only succeeded in putting money into 
until  they are  satisfied  beyond  a doubt 
the pockets of organizers and causing its 
that  it  is  straight  business.  The  head 
members to be systematically humbugged 
office  is  at  Port  Huron,  and a letter ad­
by designing  and  unscrupulous dealers. 
dressed  to  the  prosecuting  attorney  or 
It is plain  to  see  that  the  whole thing 
any of  the county officers located  at that 
must  soon  prove  to  be  as  senseless as
place for information, or information ob-
tbeir peculiar  tickling  grip  and  is fitly 
represented by their sign—brushing away j ta‘nec*  through  the  bankers of  this city 
an  imaginary  something  that  they  can l concern*n£  the  standing  of  the  ‘grand 
officers’ of  these ‘Patrons,’ may be relied 
neither locate nor control.”
j  upon. 
It  is  said,  but  with  how  much 
truth  we  have  not  been  able to inform 
ourselves as  yet, that  the  grand  officers 
accumulated about  $30,000 to themselves 
last  year—and  surely they did not get it 
out of  the business men.  Just think the 
matter  over  from a business  standpoint 
anasee if  there is  any reason why every 
played out city sharper  should  resort  to 
the country with his schemes.”

Reed City Democrat:  “As  an  illustra­
tion of  the great benefit  which  the P. of 
is to the farmer in  buying  goods at 10 
per cent, profit for cash, a Hersey farmer, 
who is a member of  the  order,  visited a 
P.  of  I.  store  with  his  wife, a few days 
ago, and priced  some  ladies’ underwear.
She  was  told that to members of  the or­
der  the  price  was  $1.35.  The  lady 
thought the price was too  high  and con­
cluded  not  to  buy.  She  went  to  the 
store where she formerly did her trading, 
and on pricing the self-same goods, found 
that  she  could  buy it for  ninety  cents, 
and the merchant  doesn’t  pretend to sell 
his goods for 10  percent,  profit, either.”

Grand Rapids  Workman:  “The farm­
ers who go into the P. of  I.  have an idea 
that they will  make money by the opera­
tion,  and  perhaps  they would,  if  they 
could  have it all their  own  way,  but  it 
takes  two to make a bargain.  They  ar-
Hesperia News:  “B. Cohen  has  joined j gue that if  they trade at  one  place  and
the P.  of  I.’s and  has  contracted  to sell 
pay cash they can  get  goods  at  bottom 
goods  to  the  Patrons  of  Industry at 15 
rates,  but who is going to buy their  pro­
per cent, profit.  As we run our paper in 
duce?  That’s  the rub.  A  grocer  may 
the interest of  the village  and surround­
decline  to  buy their  potatoes  with  the 
ing country,  and believe this organization 
full knowledge  that  they will  go  home 
to be a detriment to any town or vicinity,
and  buy  their  sugar  at  the  “special”
It isn’t to be  denied  but that the 
we  are  compelled, out of justice to  our ( store. 
patrons, 
to  denounce  the  order  as  a  credit  system is  very destructive.  Sup­
stumbling block in the way of the further  posing a corner grocer has a weekly trade

The  Value  of  Politeness.

Hundreds  of  men  owe  their  start  in 
life to  their  winning  address.  “Thank 
you, my dear,” said  Lundy  Foote to the 
little  beggar  girl  who  bought  a penny­
worth of  snuff.  “Thank  you,  my dear 
please call  again,” made  Lundy Foote a 
millionaire.  Some years ago a dry goods 
salesman in a London store had acquired 
such a reputation  for  courtesy  and  ex 
haustless patience, that it was  said to be 
impossible to provoke  from  him any ex 
pression  of  irritability  or  the  slightest 
symptom  of  vexation.  A  lady of  rank 
hearing  of  his  wonderful  equanimity 
determined  to testit by all the annoyances 
with which a veteran  shop visitor knows 
how to  tease a salesman.  She  failed  in 
the attempt,  and thereupon set him up in 
business.  He  rose  to  eminence  in  his 
trade,  and  the  mainspring  of  his  later 
as well as his earlier  career, was  polite 
ness.

Dry  Goods.
P rices  Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A..............   734
Atlanta A. A ...........634
Archery  Bunting...  4M
Amory.....................  734
Beaver Dam  A A...  5J£
Berwick  L ..............  614
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Chapman.................  4
Cohasset A..............   734
Comet......................  7
Clifton CCC...........634
Conqueror XX........  5
Dwight Star............  714
Exeter A.................   634
Full Yard Wide.....  654
Great Falls E ..........7
Honest Width.........   7
Hartford A..............   534

Integrity XX........... 534
King, E F ..................614
u  EX
“  e c,32ïii:..::  5*4
Lawrence L L ..........534
New  Market B........53*
Noibe R...................  534
Newton...................6:
Our Level  Best...... 7
Riverside XX.........   5
Sea Island R ........... 634
Sharon B  ................ 
_
Top of the  Heap__   7*4
Williamsville..........
Comet,  40 in.........
Carlisle  “ 
.........   734
New MarketL,40in.  734

Blackstone A A......   8 
Beats All.................  4%
Cleveland.............   7
Cabot.......................754
Cabot, 
.............634
Dwight Anchor......   9
shorts.  834
Edwards..................6
Empire....................   7
Farwell................... 8
Fruit of the  Loom..  834 
Fitchville  ..............734

BLEACHED  COTTONS.
iFirst Prize
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount.................434
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
Lonsdale................. 8
Middlesex...............5
No Name........:.......  734
Oak View................6
Our Own.................   534
Sunlight  .................  434
Vinyard...................  834

“ 

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HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

7341 Dwight Anchor... ..  9

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Cabot.....................
Farwell................... 834
TremontN..............
Hamilton N............. 634
L............. 7
Middlesex  AT........ 8
X........... 9
No. 25.... 9
BLEACHED CANTON  FLANNEL.

f 34 Middlesex No.  1.. ..10
“  2.. -.11
“  3.. ..12
“  7.. ..18
“  8.. ..19

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“ 
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“ 

• 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
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Hamilton N ............. 734 Middlesex A A__ ..11
2.... ..12
Middlesex P T ........ 8
A T ........ 9
A O .... ..1134
X A........ 9
4.... -.1734
X F ........ 1034
5.... ..16

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CORSET  JEANS.

Biddeford.. 
Brunswick.

6  INaumkeag satteen:.  734 
634lRockport................. 634
Allen, staple...........6
Merrim’ck shirtings.  534 
fancy........634
Reppfurn .  834
robes........634
Pacific  fancy.......... 6
American  fancy__ 6
robes............ 634
American indigo__ 634
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  534 
Simpson mourning..  634
“  —   634
Arnold 
greys........ 634
long cloth B.IO54
“ 
solid black.  634 
Washington Indigo.  634 
“ 
“  C. 834
“ 
century cloth  7
“  Turkey rpbes..  734
“  gold seal...... 1034
“  India robes__ 734
“  Turkey red.. 1034
“  plain T’ky X 54  834 
“ 
“  X...10
Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......   634
key red..............  6
“ 
“  green__   634
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy........  6
| 
“  madders...  6 
Turkey red 34......   734
Eddy stone  fancy...  6  I 
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  934
Hamilton fancy.  ...  634
staple__   6
Riverpoin t robes....  5
Manchester  fancy..  6 
| 
Windsor fancy........  634
new era.  634
Merrimack D fancy.  6341 
indigo "blue..........1034

Berlin solids........534

gold  ticket

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TICKINGS.

Amoskeag A C A .... 13341 Pearl  River.............1234
Hamilton N .............  734lWarren.....................14
Amoskeag...............1334 ¡Everett..................... 1234
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15  Lawrence XX........... 1334
Andover..................11341 Lancaster................. 1234

DEMINS.

GINGHAMS.

Glenarven...............  634 Renfrew Dress.......... 8
Lancashire..............  634! Toil du Nord........... 1034
Normandie.............   8 

|

Peerless, white....... 18341Peerless,  colored...21

CARPET  WARP.

I

GRAIN  BAGS.

Stark........................... .  20 Georgia..................
..16
American................. ..17 Pacific...................... .  .14
Valley City........... ..16 Burlap...................
...11*4

THREADS.

KNITTING  COTTON. '

No.  6  ..  ..33
“ 
8........ 34
“ 
10........ as
“  12...........36

Clark’s Mile End.. ..45 Barbour’s............ ...8 8
Coats’, J. & P ....... «.45 Marshall’s .......... ...88
Holyoke............... ..2234
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14........ 37
39
16........ 38
“ 
40
“  18........ 39
41
“  20...........40
CAMBRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45
Slater.......................... ..  43ü|Kid Glove.............. ...4J£
White Star............... -  4 ¡Newmarket........... . ..   4M
Fireman................... ..3234 T W ........................... ...2234
Creedmore............... -.2734 F T .............................
,.323i
Talbot XXX______ ..30
Nameless.................. -.2734 Buckeye.................. •••3234
Red & Blue,  plaid ..40 Grey 8 R W ........... ...1734
Union R ............... ..2234 Western W  ........ ...1834
Windsor...............
.1834 D R P .................. ...1834
6 oz Western........
.21
Flushing XXX...
..2334'
Union  B..............
.22541 Manitoba............
..2334
DUCKS.
.  9341 Greenwood, 8 oz. -.1134
..  934

J R F , XXX........... ...35

MIXED  FLANNEL.

RED  FLANNEL.

Severen, 8 oz.......
May land, 8oz........ ..11 West  Point, 8 oz.
Greenwood, 734 oz • ■  934
White, doz............... 20  • Per bale, 40 doz..
Colored,  doz..........

WADDINGS.
.25
SILESIAS.
.  9 Pawtucket.............
.  9 Dundie....................
.1034 Bedford..................
• 1234
CORSETS.
Coraline.................... #9 5T|Wonderful............
Shilling’s .................
9 00| Brighton.................

Slater, Iron Cross.
Red Cross..
Best  ............
Best  AA...

.#7 25

..11
..  9
..11

.*4 75
.  4 75

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SEWING  SILK.

Corticelli, doz......... 85
twist, doz. .48
50 yd, doz..42

“ 
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[Corticelli  knitting, 
per 34oz  ball....... 30

75

COOPER TO O LS

of  $400,  book  business,  and 5 per cent 
of  that trade is a dead loss on the books, 
Does the grocer lose it?  Not if he can help 
himself.  That loss is  charged up to the 
expense account the  same as  taxes  and 
insurance, and the  honest  patrons  have 
to pay it.  Every workingman  who pay: 
his grocery bills  also  pays  the  bills  of 
the dead beats  and those  who are out of 
work  and  can’t  pay.  Now  suppose 
grocer makes a bargain with 100 families 
whose average  grocery bills  are  $4  per 
week  that  they  shall  pay cash.  That 
grocer  can  afford  to sell at a good  deal 
less than the  ordinary price,  but not on 
a  margin  of  10  per  cent.  But  this 
what  we  understand  to  be  the plan of 
the farmers’ trust.”

e n d e a v o r  

to   c a r r y  

a s s o r tm e n t.

a   fu ll

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,
10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

RAPIDS,  MICH.

MOLASSES GATES. 

Stebbln’s Pattern...........................................60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

d ls.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

PENCE  AND  BRADS.

GRAND
HJLRDWAJtjB .
P rices  Current.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.
AUGURS AND BITS.
Ives’, old style  ..............................
60
........  
Snell’s ..............................................
60
........  
........ 
40
Cook’s ............................................ .
25
........  
Jennings’, genuine.........................
Jennings’,  imitation.....................
......... 50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................* 7 00
D.  B. Bronze...........................  11  00
S. B. 8. Steel............................  8 50
D. B. Steel...............................   13 00

AXES.

“ 
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Railroad....................................................... $ 14 00
Garden.................................................... net  30 00

Stove................................................................ 50&10
Carriage new list...........................................  
75
Plow................................................................ 40&10
Sleigh shoe...................... *............................. 
70

dls.

dls.

barrows. 

BOLTS. 

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

Well,  plain.................................................... 8 3 50
Well, swivel........................................................   4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60&10
Wrought  Table...............................................60&10
Wrought Inside Blind....................................60&10
Wrought Brass..............................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s................................................ 70&10
Blind,  Parker’s...............................................70&10
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85...............  
  40
Grain...................................................... dls. 50&02
Cast Steel..............................................per fl> 
454
Ely’s 1-10.............................................. per m  65
Hick’s  C. F ........................................... 
60
G. D ......................................................  
35
Musket.................................................. 
60
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
Rim Fire, United States.........................dls. 
50
Central  Fire............................................dls. 
25
Socket Firm er................................................ 70&10
Socket Framing.............................................. 70&10
Socket Corner..................................................70&10
Socket Slicks...................... ; ........................ 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
40
Curry,  Lawrence's  .......................................40&10
Hotchkiss......................................................  
25
CHALK.
White Crayons, per  gross.............. 1201234 dls. 10
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 . 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..
Cold Rolled, 14x48...................
Bottoms...................................
DRILLS.
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................
Paper and straight Shank.............................
Morse’s Taper Shank.....................................

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

combs. 

“ 
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“ 

dis.

dis.

dls.

50d to 60d
lOd.........
8d and 9d 
6d and 7d 
4d and 5d
3d...........
2d...........
4d.........
3d........
2d.........
12d to 30d
lOd...........
8d to 9d  .. 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............
%  Inch.

PINE BLUED.

CASKING AND BOX.

COMMON BARREL.

25 
10 
25 
40 
60 
1  00 
1  50
1  00
1  50
2 00
50 
60 
75 
90 
1  10 
1  50

C LIN CH .

2 25
Ii4 and  lJi inch........................................... 
135
j  .5
2 and 2\  
........................................... 
“ 
234 and 2Ji  “ 
...........................................  1  go
3 inch.............................................................. 
35
334 and 434  inch........................— III!IIIIIII 
75

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

,  

d l s .

rL A N E S . 

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.............................  406&10
Sciota  Bench.................................... ..!!!!’!  <S60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...................!. .40@10
Bench, first quality........................................
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...  .... 20&10
60
Fry.  Acme................................................dls. 
Common,  polished................................... dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
50
Copper Rivets and Burs...................III III”  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

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

Broken packs 34c per pound extra.

................... d i s .

r i v e t s . 

P A N S.

R O P E S .

 

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"  d l s .

1114

SQ U A R E S. 

SHEET IRON.

75
60
20
Com. 
S3 00 
3 00 
3 10 
3 15 
3 25 
o ^
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Sisal, 34 inch and larger......................  
Manilla...................................................
Steel and  Iron.................... 
 
Try and Bevels......
M itre................. ........................................
„  
Com.  Smooth,
Nos. 10 to  14......................................{4 20
Nos. 15 to 17...................................  4 20
Nos.  18to 21...................................!!  4 20
Nos. 22 to 24................................. 4 20
Nos. 25 to 26...................... ......  " " " 4 4 0
No. 27.................................................... 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86....................................... dis.40&10
gq
Silver Lake, White A..............................  list 
55
«  50
«  «
•«  35

“ 
DrabA...... ............ . —III!!'  “ 
“  White  B ..............................  
“ 
D rabB................................ 
“  White C..............................  

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

 

Discount, 10.

Solid Eyes..............................................per ton *25

SASH WEIGHTS.

H and.............................

saws. 

dis.

 

 

 

dls.

traps. 

ELBOWS.

.............dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

piles—New List. 

‘ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X-
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................. 

Small sizes, ser pound.................................
Large sizes, per pound...........................
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................doz. net
Corrugated...................................... dis. 20&10&i6
Adjustable......................................................... dis. 40&10
dls.
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, *24;  3, $30............................. 
25
Disston’s ........................................................ 60&10
New  American...............................................60&10
Nicholson’s ................................................... 60&10
Heller’s ...........—......  
50
Heller’s Horse fcasps..................................... 
50
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
28
18
15 
List 

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts', per foot,’T V 7 0  
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot 
30 
¡¡8
Steel, Game. .,. 4. . ............ 
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
35
70
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
Hotchkiss’.........................
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  .............. /.I!.............. 
to
Mouse,  choker.................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... #1.50 per doz.
dls
Bright Market..................................... 
6734
Annealed Market.................................. 
to&10
Coppered Market.................................  
«au
Tinned Market............................ IIIIIIII!  "  683S
Coppered  Spring  Steel........... 50
PWn Fence........  .............................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized........................ 
painted.....................I.IIIIII  2 80
B right...................................................... TO&10&10
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......................  
Screw  Eyes.............................................. 70A10&10
s .......................................................70&10&10
Maydole  & Co.’s ................................................ dls. 25
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............................. 70&10&10
Kip’s. ........................................................ dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s. .•...........................................dls. 40&1O
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................  
30
Coe’s  Genuine........................................* * * ‘ 
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
50
to
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40410 I Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, . . . . . . .
.75410
Coe’s  Patent; malleable. .’..’.I!."!!. 7.Y.W.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................ dis.60410
Bird Cages................................................. 
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 434  14  and
Pumps, Cistern.................................11—1"" 
75
Screws, New List..................................  
longer.........................................................  
334
go
Screw Hook and  Eye, 34......................... net 
10
Casters, Bed  and  Plate....................        50410410
Dampers, American......................................  
%..........................net  834
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods...!!. 
65
3i..........................net  734
%..........................net  734

u  _■ ^ ___ o
MISCELLANEOUS. 

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

galvanized iron.

wire goods. 

Discount, 60

WRENCHES. 

..........dls.

■WIRE. 

dlS.

dis.

dis.

12 

14 

50

“ 

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*3 45

diS.

HANGERS. 

HORSE NAILS.

HOLLOW WARE

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Strap and T ...............................................dls. 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti-friction..............................   60410
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
40
Pots................................................................. 60405
Kettles.............................................................60405
Spiders........................;................................60405
Gray enameled..............................................  
50
Stamped  Tin Ware..........;..............new list 70410
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list 3334410
Au Sable................................dis. 25410025410410
Putnam...................................... dls.  541042344234
N or thwestern.................................   dis. 1041045
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................  
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  A  Co.’s ............................. 
55
Branford’s ......................... 
55
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
L E V E L S . 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................  
70
Adze Eye.......................................... *16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye..........................................*15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s....................................... #18.5$, dis. 20&10.
d lS .
Sperry St Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................  
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s.................. 
40
“  Enterprise.......................................... 
25

LO CK S— D O O R . 

M ATTOCKS.

m il l s. 

M A U LS. 

dls.

d iS .

d lS .

 

70 METALS.

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large........................................................... 260
Pig Bars.............................................................. 280
Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
6K
660 pound  casks..................................... 
Per pound............................................—" —."""*2
*4@34...................................................................  16
Extra W iping....................................................
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  or 
solder In the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

Hallett’s........................................ 
10x14 IC, Charcoal................................ 
14x20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20EX, 

..................*.................... -per  pound  14M
jn J
*
C 6 00
6 00
- .- I !! ! !! ! !   775

TIN—MELYN GRADE. 
.......................... 
.......  .......... 
 

“ 
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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
............................. 
 
« 
“ 
...........................

10x14 IC,  Charcoal..............................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 ix , 

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

Sn5 40
6*0

"   e

Each additional X on tills grade tl.so!

........

l‘ 

 

ROOFING PLATES

 

“ 
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“ Worcester....................................   5 50
!! 
.................. ... 
‘  Allaway  Grade................ 

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
7 00
20x28 IC, 
11  50
14x20 IC, 
4  go
14x20 IX, 
6  40
20x28 IC, 
10 50
20x28 IX,
13 50
14X28  IX......................................................  
tig
14x31  IX..... ...................................................;  13
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I ___ 
14x60 IX,  “ 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

per pound—

“  g 

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The MichiganTradesman

OfflcU.1 Orean of Michigan Bucine«« Men’s  Association.

A  W KKKLY  JO U RN A L  D «V O TE D   TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine  State.

E.  A. STOWE  &  BBO., Proprietor*.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Bntered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  NOVEMBER  20.  188».

TROUBLE  AHEAD. 

T ra d esm a n  has  it  on  unques- 
The 
authority  that  the  organization 
tioned 
as  the  Farmers’  Alliance  will 
known 
invade  Michigan,  making  the 
shortly 
battle  grouud  for  the 
State  its  chief 
While  this organization 
year  to  come.
will necessarily absorb  the  membership 
of  the  Patrons of  Industry,  it  will  not 
better  the  situation,  so  far  as the mer­
chant  is  concerned,  as  it  supplants an 
irresponsible and  impotent  organization 
with a strongly fortified  league of  farm
ers, having working  branches  in  nearly I 
every Western State.

tween couptries, each of which is seeking 
to develop its own  resources  to  the  ut­
most and to train its people in every  line 
of  production for  which  they have  any 
fitness.  And on  these  lines  very much 
may be done,  especially if  the  Congress 
shall see its way to making  any arrange­
ment for the establishment  of  close and 
rapid  communication  between the ports 
of all the free states on the continent.

At present we are buying  great  quan­
tities  of  tropical  and  sub-tropical  pro­
duce,  but chiefly from  the  colonial  de­
pendencies  of  European  Powers,  and
notably from  those  which still maintain 
human  slavery.  Why not  discriminate | you do 
in favor of the products of the free states 
of  this continent  and of  free labor? 
If 
we  were to put such produce on the free 
list ol> our tariff,  the whole of  the north­
ern half of South America would be bene­
fited,  and  articles  they now  produce  in 
comparatively  small  quantities  would 
become their staple  products.  As  mat­
ters now stand,  we are the chief commer­
cial patrons  of  human  bondage  and  of 
colonialism  in  America  —  two  things 
which  it  certainly  is  not  our  public 
policy to maintain.

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and Truthful?

As a consequence, the Trust could neither
maintain prices nor find work for its own 1 c&n a Dry  Goo(js  Clerk  be  Successful 
plant.  The  price  of  cotton-seed  was 
forced up  while that  of  the  refined  oil  Qne day A. T.  Stewart walked into one 
was forced down to figures  which left no  of  his  departments,  and  taking  up  a 
Sn  I Diece  of  goods, asked  one  of  the  sales-
margin for profitable  manufacture.  So,  P ^  .f 
sir<>>  ^e  replied,  “it  is  not  all
after a brief struggle,  it had to succumb. 
all
It has been converted  into  a  joint-stock I WOol,  but  it  would  sell  easily  for 
business,  and the  same  economic forces | wool.”
all  wool,”  said  Mr.
Well, sell 
probably will produce  the  same  results 
Stewart.
in the case  of  all these mischievous  or­
“But  it  isn’t  all  wool, Mr. Stewart, 
pleaded the  young man.
ganizations.
“You do as I want  you to, please,”  re­
sponded Mr. Stewart, as he walked away.
Some  time  later  in  the  day, a buyer 
was  looking  over  these  goods,  and  the 
same man was selling him.
the buyer asked.
it,”  answered the salesman.

This  paper  is  printed  by  electricity, 
but  there  is  nothing  in  it to shock the 
mildest nerves.
but  don’t  chew  them  up,  burn them  or | salesman and said : 
drink  them.  Let  tobacco  and  whisky 
alone.

Pointers  from  Our  Wise  Man’s  Pen. 
You need not fear the  wrath of  God if

Certainly, my son,  love  your  enemies, 

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“These  are  all  wool,  are  they not 
“They’re  not  all  wool,  but very near 
The next day Mr. Stewart sent  for  the
I understand that  you propose to rep 
resent my goods  differently from  w hat. 
wish  you to. 
If  I overlook  the  mistake 
of  yesterday,  will  you  do  as I wish  you 
to do in the future ?”
“I  will  be  very glad  to  do  anything 
that  you  wish  me  to  do,  Mr.  Stewart 
except to lie,”  replied  the  young man 
“Do  you  consider  it a lie to  call  that 
piece of  cloth  all  wool, when  with  the 
little  cotton  it  contained it was really 
better material than all wool ?”

A  hunter  absent-mindedly used a ten- 
dollar  bill as  wadding.  A minute  after 
there was a great issue of  fractional cur­
rency.
Some country roads  resemble  another 
celebrated road  being  paved  with  good 
intentions, but  too  many  roads  haven’t 
even that paving.

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AFTER  THE  TRUSTS.

Will  It Pay the  Patrons? 

Under  Certain  Conditions.

The  Greatness  of  London.

595 361 cenary object before thein

Every four minutes marks a birth. 

‘Do you like the  Scotch ?”  asked  one 
traveling man of  another  who was read­
ing Burns.

THE  LESSON  PROM  LEXINGTON.
No review  of  American events for the
t  tw 0  weefcS  Can  well avoid a refer-1 says an exchange

In view  of  these  things,  the  outlook 
for  the  merchants of  Michigan  is by no 
court
means re-assuring.  Even at this  stage of 
a sudden and brief encoun-1 plaster,  liniment  and a  good  supply of 
The details of this 1 remedies for cuts,  bruises and scratches, 
the movement,  it is plain to be seen  that
the margins  of  merchandising  are  to be I affair, we undertake  to  say, have caused  Then,  when  in  conversation with a red­
time to I a more painful impression upon the pub-  headed  girl,  bring  m  the  subject  of  a 
considerably curtailed  for  some 
come. 

Apples packed in salt will keep a year,
And  after  they have
ence to the  shocking  occurrence at Lex-1 been  kept  in  that way a  year, they will
ington, Kentucky, when  two
men  Colonel  William  Cassius  Goodloe 1 eat  them.
and  Colonel  Armstead M. Swope, killed  Get  a  good  supply  of  arnica.
each other in 
ter in a public place.

“Yes, sir.”
“Well,  you  can  draw  your  money 
and go.”
Before  the  young  man  had  left  the 
store he  was  brought  back to  Mr. Stew'
prom inent  keep  to all  etern ity   before  a n y o n e w ould  a rt, s  office,  received  im p o rtan t  in stru c
tions  and  was  sent  to  Europe to carry 
them out.  He was afterward  frequently 
employed  by  the  merchant  prince  to 
transact  business  which  required strict 
integrity.
A well-known merchant, not,  however, 
in  the dry  goods  trade,  was in the  habit 
of  asking  applicants for work a question 
something like the following :
“If  it  is  necessary  to  lie,  can  you
. 
An  “Oh, yes,”  in  answer,  would  find

The  most  prosperous  country is  that 
The savagery of the impromptu  which has the  best  roads.  The farmers 
of  human, not to  who  can  get  to  market  in  any kind of 
sen-  weather  will  average  from  5  to  10  per

lie mind  than  anything  which could be  white horse.
classed  with it has done in a long  series 
of years.
duel shocks the  sense 
^  H .............. H R  
say Christian,  feeling, and  creates a
sation  of despair that, after all,  the pas-  cent,  more for their  products  than those  needed,  which woul< 
sions  of  men can.  in a moment, so over-1 that are stuck in  the mud  a third of  the  ^  “No, sir,” would i
iwJ   J
If  good roads  are  an evidence of
straints.  The circumstances of the double civilization,  most of  us  are  living  m  a

From  th e London Telegraph.
In 
the  next  two  hours after you read this, 
thirty babies have  been born and twenty 
deaths will have taken place.  Think of 
it, the  evening  paper  that  records  the 
doit?” 
births and deaths  of  the preceding four-
the applicant with his name and  address  and-twenty hours must  give 300 separate
, on  the  list, to  be  called if  he was  ever | items. ^Yerily, ^¿oys^and
1 a multitude.  London has 7,000  miles  of
insure  the  applicant  streets, and  if  you  walked  them at the 
rate  of  twenty  miles  a  day, you would 
have  to  walk  almost a year,  and  more 
1 than a year by nearly fifty  days,  if  you
h. a. B arber, in V erm ontviiie Echo. 
I should rest  on  Sundays.  And,  if  you
When  we  wrote  our  first  article that  Were  a  thirsty  sort  of  a  traveler  and 
appeared in the  Echo a few weeks since, I couldn’t  pass  a  public  house,  don’t be I 
in which we discussed briefly some of the  alarmed—the  7,000  miles have five-and-| 
more salient features of  the organization  seventy miles  of  public  houses;  so you 
known as the Patrons of Industry, it was  need not think of thirst.  In a year,  Lon- 
not our intention to  pursue  the  subject  don  folks  swallow  down  500,000  oxen, 
beyond  the  first  article.  A number of  2,000,000  sheep,  200,000  calves,  300,000 
farmers,  however,  having  expressed an  swine, 8,000,000 head of  fowls,  500,000,- 
interest  in  the subject and a desire that  000 pounds - of  fish,  500,000,000 oysters, 
we. continue the topic, we have consented,  200,000,000  lobsters—is  that  enough  to 
with some reluctance, to do so. 
figure on?  If not, there are some million
Thus  far,  the  question has  been  agi-  tons of canned provisions, no end of fruit I 
tated mainly from the standpoint of those I and vegetables and 50,000,000 bushels  of 
persons who are getting up  these  organ-  wheat.  But how they wash all the food j 
izations  among  the  farmers,  and  who  down you might  feel  glad  to know. 
It 
seemingly can have but little  interest  in  takes  200,000,000  quarts  of  beer.  But 
the result beyond the pay they  obtain  in  more  than  this,  they  drink  10,000,000 
perquisites  or  fees  from the lodges that  quarts  of  rum  and  50,000,000 quarts of 
A rc  organized 
These  agitators  have  a I wine—the wine, the  rum,  the beer, 260,- 
f l i p   h p p r.  2 A0 .-
Purchasing  lumber,  shingles,  lath, 
personal end in view.  Are  they  philan- 1000,000 quarts.
salt and putting in and buying logs*  252,8C<  78 
Manufacturing  and  freight on lum-
I thropists and humanitarians or does some 
her, etc.............................................   143,442 95
other motive govern them ?  Quite likely |
Office  re n t, c le rk  hire, tra v e lin g   ex - 
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13,879 56 I jjjgy aj-g not public benefactors, but more
penses, etc  ......................................  
l*-«» £   likelv have a political, personal  or  mer-
Receivers’ salaries  ................... 
24,933 84  u a e ij  a « «   “
Taxes, insurance, looking land, etc.. 
Bills against vessels........................... 
it is not  our  purpose  in  any  way  to
I n te r e s t o n  s e c u re d   c la im s ....................■  8,131041 
Secured  claims  paid  by  order  of  , f4P584 391 antagonize the farming  interests.  This
Counsel fe e sT !” . " ! " " " .  ” -''"-. --  ’  15,’o96  131 is an agricultural section almost entirely.
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13’198 16  All business interests a,re dependent upon
W  K  t h i s ^   Mlamitacturmg, M

The  Superior  Court of  New York has 
sustained the  decision of  Judge  Barrett 
that the Sugar Trust is an  illegal  organ
ization,  and  ordering  its  dissolution 
Judge  Daniels, the  author  of  this  new  wheim  all  nobler  convictions  and  re- time. 
decision, says that  such  an  association, 
“having  for  its  object  the  removal of  murder, especially those  in  the  acts  of I barbarous country
competition and the advance of  the price I (Lionel Goodloe,  are  hideously painful, 
yet it is well  known  that  this  man
of  the  necessaries  of  life, is  subject  to I 
a  most  winning,  and, ordinarily, a
the  condemnation  of  the  law, by which I 
it is denounced as a criminal enterprise.”  most  genial  and  kindly  nature. 
Is the 
This is  even  more  decided  than  Judge I savage nature of man, after all, so strong 
Barrett’s  language,  as  he  confined him-  —or must we account the  action  of  both 
self  to  declaring  that it was  ultra vires  actors  in  this  tragedy  as  a momentary 
for corporations to  combine without  the I xnadness, in which reason as well as con- 
consent of  the State.  The question  now | scjence was eclipsed ?
Many remarks  have  been made On the 
goes by a second and  final  appeal to the 
state  of  society  in  Kentucky, in which 
Court  of  Appeals,  by  which  it  can  be 
such things  can  occur.  Most  of  these 
heard next January.  But  the  friends of 
are, doubtless,  just;  the  false standard 
the Trust have little hope of  a favorable 
of “honor,” the  low valuation of  human
decision  there.  They  talk of  ascertain-1
ing from that Court  what are the legally  life? and the disregard of law, are all fea- 
weak points in their arrangement,  and of I tures which in that  State sadly need bet- 
correcting these.  But if  the  Court  sus- J terment. 
tains Judge Barrett in ordering the whole
concern  into  the  hands of  a receiver,  it I  A Detroit  paper  asserts  that  P. of  I. 
will be too late to make such a re-adjust-  dealers can get  all  the goods they want, 
ment of  their plans to  the  requirements I either of Detroit or Grand Rapids whole
of  the  law. 
It  seems  likely  that  they  sale grocers.  T h e  T r a d esm a n  is  not 
will be  taught  that  a corporation which  authorized to speak for the Detroit trade,  cash on hand................................ 
accepts Its  ftaachise at the bapds ot  tb e L t,s o  tar as Grand Rapids isconcerpcd, 
State must keep itself  “within  the  four  the statement is false.  A  Grand  Ledge I  The receivers give notice that they will I county  With the success of agriculture 
corners  of  the  charter,”  and  does  not I p. of  I.  dealer  spent  a  day  among  the I apply  to  have  their  accounts approved I ¿epen(js the success  of  all our interests 
possess the freedom  of  action  which be-  wholesale grocers of the city a week ago,  by the court on Nov. 22.  There  are  yet  Hence,  when the farms are remunerative 
longs to individuals,  who get  their  fran-  but was unable to obtain goods for either  tw 0 secured claims which  are  contested,  and  the  farmery have 
but they will  probably  be adjusted dur- j “dmit tha? OUr  business
chises from their Maker.
ing the present term  of  court,  when the I
cash  balance  of  $13,000  will be divided ] 
among the unsecured creditors.

Status of the  Engleman Estate.
The receivers of  the Manistee Salt and 
Lumber  Co.  have  issued  the  follo’wing 
statement to the creditors:
Sale  of  lumber  and  other  personal
property... ....................................... 8  552,452 43
38,276 54
Manufacturing, commerce,  freights. 
Real estate,  etc...................................  496,579  15
R e n ts , ta x e s , in s u ra n c e ,  e t c ................... 
„ . S i
Vessel property...........................• ■ ■ • ■ 
34,500 00
Interest on bills receivable and land
contracts..................................................7,871  56
Stocks,  collaterals,  bills  receivable 
and  land  contracts and ledger ac­
counts  .............................................   404,021  65
Total.............................................81,537,252 55

In  Missouri the last Legislature passed 
an anti-trust law of  the  most  severe de­
scription,  and  the  State  authorities  are 
proceeding to enforce it.  Every corpora­
tion  doing  business  within  the State is 
required  to  file  an  affidavit of  the man­
agers  declaring that it is a partner in no 
combination to restrict  competition or to 
affect prices. 
If  the  object be to put an 
end  to  the  increase of  corporations, the 
law is very well conceived.  Nobody who 
has money to invest will  select  for  that
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purpose a commonwealth  which  forbids  sarilv lessen the amount of  traffic.  Wltnl the  mechaniCal  problems  necessary  t o '------  
corporations in any emergency or in  any 
way to guard  their  investments by even 
a temporary arrangement  to  avoid  cut­
throat competition.  The law  will  prob­
ably  restrict  the  development  of  the 
State  without  accomplishing  what  its 
authors  hope  for.  Private  understand­
ings  without  definite  agreements  will 
come into use,  as among  our coal-mining 
and  coal-carrying  companies, and  even 
these will be cancelled the day before the 
affidavit is signed, to be  renewed the day 
after, as was done once in Pennsylvania.
The last Michigan  Legislature  passed 
an anti-trust law  hardly less severe than 
the Missouri measure, but no attempt has 
yet  been  made  to  enforce  the law, nor 
to-
have  any steps  been  taken  looking 
ward its enforcement.

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thus  depen-
So of every merchant  in the rural j
districts and outside  the  manufacturing 
centers.  Their condition is one of depen­
dence  on  the  farms.  But  not more so j 
than is the condition of the farmer.  His 
success is better assured by  his  immedi­
ate surroundings.  The concentration  of 
more money near him reduces the rate of
sugar  is  derived  from  European  b e e t______
root.  Science, chemistry and mechanical  interest  and in  a  measure increases  the
skill have  combined'to transfer the hab-  values of all real estate  and  products  of
itat of  a prime necessity of  life from the  the  soil.  With  the scarcity  of  money
tropics,  where  only  it  was supposed it I comes general  depression  in the price of 
Bad  roads,  on  the  contrary, I could be produced, into the northern lat- every commodity  and  inability  to effect
itudes.  Science  has  shown  the  way to  saies.  Likewise, with the best competi-
wiiv, I prepare the soil  for it, has  overcome all I tion near at hand comes lower  prices  for
»nH  higher
every  purchasable  article  and  higher 
prices for  every  article  of  produce  the 
farmer has to sell.  This fact is so potent 
to every person,  that the bare .statement 
makes it a truism. 
It is not a two-sided 
proposition.
Now, in case the  so-called  Patrons  of 
Industry accomplish  what  they are aim­
ing at,  do they not strike down this com­
petition that is the life of trade and drive
During 1890, The Century Magazine  (whose^re^
caiiital  th a t is  em ployed in th e ir m idst to  cent successes have included the  famous  War 
papers,” the  Lincoln  History  and  George Ken-
cap ital  tn a t is  em p iu jcu  iu  to 
the com m ercial  centers of  trad e fo r  pro  j na£?s serjes on “Siberia and the Exile  System”)
In  case  of  success, there can
will publish the  long-looked-for  Autobiography 
of  Joseph  Jefferson,  whose  “Rip van Winkle” 
be no doubt of such result.  The Patrons
has made his name a household word.  No more 
say,  “we want  only  one  stpre of a kind 
interesting record of  a life upon the stage could 
in a locality and that the Patrons’ store.” 
be laid before the public.  Mr.  Jefferson  is  the 
fourth in a generation  of  actors,  and,  with his 
Grant it and  what  would  be the result? 
children  and  grandchildren,  there are six gen
A large increase in the cost of everything 
erations of  actors  among  the  Jeffersons.  His 
the  Patrons  might  buy and a less price 
story of  the  early  days  of  the American stage, 
when, as a boy,  traveling  in  his  father’s  com­
for everything they have  to  sell.  This 
pany, they  would  settle down for a season  in  a 
would  follow  as  nearly  as  the  law  of 
Western town, playing in their own extemporized 
“supply and demand”  governs the price 
theater—the  particulars  of  the  creation  of  hi* 
famous  “Rip  van  Winkle,”  how  he  acted 
of  every  article  bought  or  sold^he  it 
“Ticket of-Leave  Man”  before  an  audience of 
labor or the product  of  labor, 
^g^can 
that class  in  Australia,  etc.—all  this, enriched 
see  how,  in a misguided zeal, the  Akjm- 
with illustrations and portraits of contemporary 
actors and actresses,  and  with  anecdotes,  will 
ers’  alliances can be  made so stron^^Rt 
form one of the most  delightful serials The Cen 
the Patrons’ store shall, under a penalty, 
Vary has ever printed.
be the  only  one patronized by the farm­
Amelia  E.  Barr,  Frank  R.  Stockton,  Mark 
Twain,  H.  H.  Boyesen,  and  many  other well- 
ers and all others have the boycot applied. 
known  writers  will  furnish  the  fiction for the 
How long, think  you,  would capital  and 
new volume,  which  is  to  be unusually strong; 
brains  beg  for  employment  under such 
including several  novels, illustrated novelettes, 
and short stories. 
‘The Women  of  the  French 
strictures ?  They  would  both  take the 
The  Real  Freeman.
Salons”  are  to  be described icfe brilliant series 
first out-bound train  possible and seek a 
of illustrated papers.  The impiBlant discoveries 
I honor the man who is ready to sink
more  encouraging  field  for  operations
made with the great Lick Tele^Bre at San Fran­
Half his present repute for the freedom to think. . — - 
cisco (the  largest  telescope  i^ H L w o rld )  and 
And, when he has thought, be  his  cause  strong  Money will not be used, only in a limited 
the  latest  explorations  relatij^ asg -p rehistorlc 
way and at a high price, where those who
America ( ncluding the  fam ou®||Bent Monnd, 
Will risk t’other half for the freedom  to  speak; I 
.-glut.  — j
want it are hostile to it.  Our farms  and 
of Ohio,) are to be chronicled ia K B  Century.
Caring not for  what  vengeance  the mob has in j 
Prof. George P. Fisher,  of  YaBB*tiversity, is 
products are made more valuable by hav­
to write a series on  “The Nature j3M¥ Method  of 
ing  a  thriving  village  near  by,  where 
Let that mob be the upper ten thousand or lower.
Revelation,” which will attract evWy Bible  stu­
business  men  are  striving  in  competi­
dent.  Bishop Potter, of New York, will  be  one 
of several  prominent  writers  who  are  to  con­
tion;  where  money crystalizes somewhat 
tribute a series  of  “Present-day  Papers  on liv­
to meet the social wants;  where it builds 
ing topics, and there will  be  art  papers,  timely 
good school houses and maintains a good 
articles, etc., etc., and  the choicest pictures that 
the greatest artists  and  engravers  can produce.
school; where it erects good churches and 
Every bookseller, postmaster and subscription 
invites good ability.  These  things  add 
agent  takes  subscription  to  The  Century (84 a 
to the value of  every  farm.  We look to 
year) or remittance may be made directly to  the 
publishers,  T h e   Ce n t u r y   Co.,  of  New  York. 
these  things  when  we  are  buying  and 
Begin  new  subscriptions  with  November  (the 
They  are considered
first issue of the volume and  get  Mark  Twain s 
essential concomitants where  we  dwell. 
story, “A Connecticut Yankee in  King  Arthur s 
We can imagine no  one thing that would
! Court,” in that  number.

In Newfoundland there has been a trial 
of strength between  the two parties who 
are affected by the law which forbids the 
sale of bait to our fishermen.  Those who 
are  themselves fishermen, of  course,  ap­
prove of the law  as  helping  to  hamper 
the Americans in competing with them in 
our own markets.  But a very large class 
have been depending on their sales to  us J ernment officers, 
for  their  living,  and  they  embrace the 
opportunity  offered  by  an  election  of 
members  of  the  House  of  Assembly to 
make their  discontent felt.  The  result 
has been a defeat for the present govern­
ment,  which  probably  will  procure  a 
repeal  of  the  law.  And, should New­
foundland  take  this  step,  Canada  will
have to do the same, as her refusal to sell | was the reply 
bait would do us no harm, while it would
enable the Newfoundlanders  to  prosper 
at her expense.

Now that the  Pan-American  Congress 
has completed its circuit of the principal 
American cities and  settled down to talk 
of business, the real value of its meeting 
will be tested.  As T h e  T r a d esm a n has 
already stated,  nothing  could  be  worse 
for all the  countries  concerned  than  to 
attempt to establish such  commercial re­
lations as would  be  sure  to  cramp  the 
development  of  the  weaker  and  make 
them  dependent  on  the  wealthier  and 
more  advanced.  As  believers  in  the 
maximum  of  national  industrial  life 
throughout the world, we must deprecate 
any arrangement which  would  inure  to 
the injury of  our  sister  republics, how­
ever much it might seem  to  benefit  our­
selves.  Our  problem is to develop  that 
mutual commerce  which should exist be-

The  break-down  of  the  Cotton-Seed 
Oil  Trust is  another  happy outcome  of 
the struggle between  lawless monopolies 
and the public interest.  To be sure, that 
particular  monopoly  never  was  a  very 
strong  one.  The  plant  required  for 
crushing  cotton-seed and refining the oil 
extracted is not costly.  Rival  establish­
ments therefore could be originated with 
little difficulty, and as  soon as the  price 
of  the  product  reached a paying figure, 
they sprang  up  as  fast  as  mushrooms.

Playing  cards  are  produced  by  the 
United States and  by almost every coun­
try of Europe in vast numbers.  Russia, 
however, leads all  the  rest.  With her, 
the printing of playing cards is a govern­
ment monopoly.  As gambling  is largely 
practiced in Russia, the demand is extra­
ordinary, the daily output  of  the  estab- I selling  on  land.
lishment  being  24,000  packs,  that  is, 
7,200,000 packs per annum.

Some  of  T h e  T ra d esm a n’s  readers 
may think that too  much  space has been 
yielded, of  late,  to  the  subject of  coun­
try  roads,  but a moment’s  thought  will 
convince the most skeptical  that nothing 
is  more  intimately  connected  with  the 
prosperity of  business men.  Good roads 
mean  better  business,  because  they en­
courage  riding,  driving  and  the sale of 
vehicles,
lp„   business because they neces- 
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this  understanding  of  the  subject,  it  tbe extraction of  the sugar, made its cul- 
behooves every business  man to lend en-1 tivation  profitable,  and  given  employ- 
couragement and  support to every move-  ment to tens of  thousands wage  earners,
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.  and all this within the last twenty years,
ment looking toward the improvement of | 
future of  this  great  industry seems
public thoroughfares.

Health  Officer  Duffield,  of  Detroit, 
states that about twenty grocers  of  that 
citv Dersist in selling butterine for butter I tection ? 
and  warns them that,  unless they desist 
from the practice,  he  will  publish their 
names in the  newspapers  and  turn  the 
evidence of  illegal  sale over  to the gov-

“Why do  you put  the  hair of  another 
woman  on  your  head?”  asked  a  Paris 
avenue  traveling  man  of  his  wife,  the 
other evening.

“For  the  same  reason  that  you wear 
the skin of  another  calf  on  your  feet,” 

‘Yes,”  was  the  reply,  “if  its  cold 
weather and the Scotch is  hot  enough.’

Already  more  than  half  the  world’s 

almost boundless in its possibilities.

“ The Century Magazine ”  in  1890—Joseph 

cash or credit—and he had both.

Ready to Drop  the  Subject.

Jefferson’s Autobiography—Novels by 

The Bogus for the  Genuine.

Progress  of  Beet  Sugar.

Frank R. Stockton, Amelia E. Barr 

and Others-A Capital Program. 

NOW  FOR  BUSINESS.

JOSEPH  JEFFERSON.

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be such a death blow to the prosperity of 
our country towns as the  complete  suc­
cess of  the  Patrons of Industry scheme.
Why, in this  undertaking  the  farmer 
is doing  just what he should not do.  He 
is building up a huge combination hoping 
to receive a benefit, which  will  result in 
positive  injury. 
If  there  is  any  one 
class of  our citizens  who  should be hos­
tile to all forms of  combinations  in  bus­
iness affairs, it is the farmer.  He should 
oppose for self-preservation and  interest 
every restriction  laid upon the freest in­
tercourse  in  business  and  the  free ex 
change  of  commodities. 
In  this  direc 
tion  he  would  find  some  of  the  relief 
that  he  is  seeking  through  forced  and 
unnatural channels.  He must insist with 
his  voice  and  vote  that  other kinds of 
business  shall  be  conducted  under  the 
same  governmental  methods  that  his 
business is conducted.
When  the  farmers,  as  a  class,  shall* 
take  this  position  and  stand  ready  to 
main  ain it, they will be on the high road 
to  the  dawn  of  a more  prosperous  era 
for  them. 
In  this  direction  they  will 
win dollars  where in their  combinations 
they will  gain  cents, if  they  make  any 
gain. 
If  the farmers, who  are the great 
producers of  wealth,  could  only see the 
amount  of  direct  and  indirect  taxation 
and the proportion they must carry,  they 
would see their greatest  burden.
From  these  burdens  he can get no re­
lief  by counter  combinations.  His com­
bine  will not relieve the pecuniary pres 
sure, nor for any length of  time cheapen 
what he buys. 
It  will  rather  have  the 
opposite effect  by removing  competition 
and  giving  him  poorer  goods.  The 
larger the competition  and  the freer the 
trade,  the better it will be for all classes. 
Our  economic  ills  are  nearly all  trace 
able  to  one  cause.  Remove  the  cause 
and nearly all these  troubles  will disap­
pear.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

K . B o lle s  &  Có.,

77  CAÑAD  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

" W h o le s a le   C ig a r   D e a le rs .

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Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

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The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1889.

Plain Talk to the  Patrons  of Industry.
H. G. Barber, In Vermontville Echo.
I have been  very  much  interested  of 
late in noting the sentiments  of  various 
persons in  different  localities  regarding 
the effect upon  business  throughout  the 
State,  resulting  from  the  organizations 
known  as  the Patrons of  Industry. 
In 
the main, the prevailing sentiment seems 
to be that  the  object  sought will not be 
obtained.  We anticipate different results 
in different  localities. 
It  must  depend 
largely  on  the  amount  of  capital  em­
ployed to accomplish  certain results and 
the  character  of  the  men  or  firms em­
receiving  and  disbursing 
ployed  as 
agents.
In doing business with the farmers and 
laboring  men,  who  constitute the back­
bone of the organization, confidence is an 
essential  quality.  There  have  been so 
many swindlers of late  years  who  have 
secured  farmers’ notes  through  various 
tricks  and  given  absolutely  nothing in 
return,  that, in the eyes  of  the  farmer, 
almost all legitimate business is degraded 
and  looked  upon  as  methods  to  catch 
their money.  The  agents  who  contract 
with  the  farmers’  organization  to  sell 
them goods at a uniform  profit  are  like 
all men working for results.  Their  aim 
is to make some  gains. 
It  is  useless  to 
deny this.  All traders are after money, 
not  seeking methods to get rid of money 
faster.  They announce  themselves pub­
licly  your  friends,  because  they  want 
your money. 
It is all a means to an end.
Now, then, can any merchant lay down 
any arbitrary rule of fixed profit at which 
he will sell his goods and succeed?  With 
our experience  of  over  thirty  years  of 
close attention to this  kind  of  business, 
we are more than satisfied that he cannot. 
Why?  Because competition and custom 
require the sale of many goods  at  much 
less than 10 per cent, profit,  and  even  at 
cost and less than cost.  This is emphati­
cally the  case  with  country  stores that 
deal largely with  the  staple goods, such 
as the farmer  uses  most  largely.  The 
large  profit  is  on  the  fancy goods;  the 
small profit on the domestics and staples, 
Herein  the  country  stores  are at a dis­
advantage  with  the  city  stores.  They 
are precluded from  large  sales  of  fancy 
goods.
But  there  is  a  necessity  for all mer­
chants  to  conduct  their  business  with 
some degree of elasticity.  What  do  we 
mean by this?  Simply that no merchant 
can  iron  clad  his  business  with an un­
deviating or uniform profit.  If he under­
takes this,  he will  soon  sell  out  or  fail 
out.  Every  merchant  soon  learns this, 
The laws of trade are inexorable.  Com 
petition steps in, supply and demand step 
in and require the  tradesman to do what 
he dislikes.  He must  sometimes  sell  at 
a very  fine  profit  and  possibly without 
profit on some articles,  in  order to meet 
a cut made by a neighbor,  or  to  unload 
some unseasonable,  unsaleable  or  over­
stocked line of goods.  Hence we say no 
merchant can make a contract  and  keep 
it  with  his  customers  on  a  fixed profit 
and  succeed.  His  customers  will  find 
that  the  free  trader  is  beating him on 
many  points  and  then  dissatisfaction 
begins.  As  a  temporary expedient, for 
the merchant who desires to close out an 
old stock of goods, it is probably  a  good 
move.  But we are not discussing tempo­
rary  devices  or  expedients. 
If a mer 
chant can make a closing sale  at  10  per 
cent, profit, he has a big thing.
The efforts  of  all  persons  engaged in 
business are—or  should  be—to  make  it 
successful. 
If the tradesman  is  in  any 
way handicapped  or  placed  under  any 
restraints, he is very  liable to undertake 
to extricate himself.  And here is trouble 
It is in the line  of  deceit and dishonesty 
and the violation of  contract.  No  mer­
chant can or  will  sell all of his goods at
10 or 12 per cent,  profit for any length of 
time.  What is he liable to do in order to 
save  himself?  He  is  liable  to  obtain 
false  duplicate  invoices.  This, we are 
reliably 
from  wholesale 
sources,  is  already  being  done  in  our 
good county of Eaton.  One salesman in 
formed us  only  yesterday  that he had 
sale canceled, by a merchant running one 
of these Patron stores, because he refused 
to  give him a duplicate  invoice,  adding 
to it 15 per cent. 
In many cases this is 
sure result.  There  are  other  method 
that  may  be  resorted  to, if  the  dealer 
isn’t fire proof.  The  temptation to beat 
just  a  little  is a strong  one.  Changing 
the brands  or  cards  on  the goods, so a: 
to mislead the committee of farmers who 
have  not  been  initiated into the hidden 
mysteries;  mixing the tea,  watering  the
011 and many other little  tricks,  to  sav 
from loss, you know.  They try  to  beat 
us, so we will try and beat  them. 
“If 
a poor rule that  won’t work both ways.
It  was  our  purpose,  when  we  com 
menced this hurriedly written article 
speak  of  other  burdens  that  are  not 
imaginary,  that  rest  upon  the  farmers 
more heavily  than  any  other class, that 
they  can  in  a  large  measure  remedy 
Space  requires  us  to  reserve  this  for 
another  paper.  The  farmers, through 
these combinations,  are  endeavoring 
secure a plan whereby they may cheapen 
all that they buy.  The methods resorted 
to cannot be  very  successful. 
It is not 
remarkable that the effort is being made 
The farmer has  as good right to combine 
as, the manufacturer, or  the government 
even.  The  difficulty  is,  he  has not an 
equal opportunity.  Money will combine 
where labor and the product of labor can 
not combine.  One  is  independent, per­
fectly free to go and  come;  the  other 
dependent and trammelled by unjust and 
unwise  laws.  We  need not go very far 
to find the best obtainable remedy.

informed, 

The  Advantage of  Self-Denial.

The people  of  this  country  have the 
reputation of being the most extravagant 
in  the  world.  While  there  are  many 
shining examples of  thrift and economy 
the people as a whole  are extravagant 
their way of living.  Often this extrava 
gance is more real than apparent; that 
people spend so much money in  unneces 
sary  ways. 
It  is  more  a  misdirection 
than a willful waste of their money.  Re 
ferring  to  this  subject,  the  New  York 
Journal of Commerce remarks:
Self-denial is not only the law of great 
ness and of  goodness, but also of all ma­
terial success.  The sunken reef on which 
so many enterprises  are wrecked may

labeled with the  one phrase,  “self-indul­
gence.”  Sometimes, like the coral  bed, 
formed  of  many  minute  particles 
that combine, to founder the adventurous 
bark;  and  again  it  is  the  single  rock 
against which the voyager is dashed with 
sudden tempest.  A  young couple who 
had  rented  a  cosy  tenement  and  were 
making  their first essay at housekeeping, 
found  it  impossible, they  said, to make 
both  ends  meet.  A  wise  friend  bade 
them  put  down  for  two or three weeks 
ery cent  of  their disbursements,  even 
here  the  money  went  for  a  postage 
tamp or a street car ticket, and to bring 
him the list at the end of  that time.  He 
heard  nothing  from  them  for  a  month 
and went to see  them.  The man and his 
ife both  laughed, as he brought up the 
bject, and said frankly that the expense 
book was an unexpected revelation.  They 
found that more than  half the amount of 
their earnings had  been spent for things 
hich  might  just  as  well  have  been 
omitted,  and a little sober self-denial had 
made them more self-supporting,  for  the 
wife  brought  out  a  little wooden bank, 
the  contents  of  which  already  jingled 
ith the two or three weeks’ savings. 
The great bane of the poor,  by  which 
e mean  those  who  live  from  hand to 
mouth,  is  their  want  of a resolute self- 
denial in the use of their daily or weekly 
earnings.  And this runs all the  way  up 
the man  of  business, who  wastes  his 
thousands a year through self-indulgence 
the part of himself or  his  household, 
and finally goes down in credit and pocket 
for want of the capital which might have 
been gathered in the exercise of a proper 
elf-restraint.  Young clerks,  whose  sal- 
ies  have  been  deemed  by  them to be 
sufficient  for  their  decent  support, 
ould  find a surplus left,  if they  would 
practice a  little  self-denial,  and  would 
soon  be  able  to lay by something, how- 
er  small,  of a stipend  that  seemed  so 
If  every  person  w7ho  has 
inadequate. 
failed  to  accumulate  any  savings from 
annual  income  would  put down on 
paper  an  accurate  account  of  his  dis­
bursements, he would soon find  where  a 
little  judicious  self-denial would enable 
him to begin  the long-neglected fund for 

wet and "wintry day.

Fraud  Collection  Agencies.

From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin.
A case of  considerable  interest  to  the 
business  world  was  brought  before the 
public in Minneapolis last week. 
It was 
the  assignment of  a collection  company 
of  great pretensions for the benefit of its 
reditors, who were  none  other  than its 
customers.  The  company had  collected 
accounts entrusted to its care  and  failed 
turn  over  the  money to  its  rightful 
owners.  Growing  impatient  at  the  re­
peated failure of  the concern to disgorge, 
several patrons threatened legal proceed­
ings, and in order to gain time,  assignors 
claim, they took the above step.
Investigation  disclosed  the  fact  that 
the  institution  never  had  any  capital 
orth speaking o f;  that a large business 
as being transacted  with  an  extensive 
force of  collectors,  clerks, etc.,  and  that 
the  managers  were  living  in  luxury, 
hile  the  company could  not  meet  its 
obligations.  This  condition  of  affairs 
together  with a number  of  questionable 
methods brought to light by inquiry, con- 
inced  the  creditors  that  they had  not 
been  fairly dealt  with, and  the  officers 
nave  been  arrested  on  several  counts 
charged with embezzlement.
The  question  now  arises,  can  the 
officers be convicted  of  this  charge ?  If 
an individual  collector for a private firm 
should  convert  funds  collected  to  his 
own use,  there is no doubt  that he could 
and  would  be  convicted  tor  embezzle 
ment, as established  by precedent.
Whether  or  not  these  parties  can be 
convicted  bf  the  charge  under  which 
they are  held,  however, is  of  but  little 
mportance to  the  general  public.  The 
occurrence illustrates how little  security 
afforded  patrons  of  some  collection 
agencies and shows what  an easy  matter 
it is for such  firms to come  into  posses 
sion of  immense sums, which  would not 
be  entrusted  to  the  care  of  an  honest 
business  man  without  a  satisfactory 
statement  of  his  financial  standing, 
other  security. 
It  will  also  teach  the 
business man that there are irresponsible 
collecting  agencies  as  well  as irrespon 
sible merchants.

An  Ingenious Idea.

An ingenious machine for  writing  and 
delivering messages to persons at railway 
tations,  or  in  clubs  and  other  public 
buildings, has been  introduced into Lon 
don.  The  apparatus  consists  of a desk 
at  which  to  write  the  message,  and 
cabinet to contain  the  messages  left  in 
charge. 
In order to write  a  message 
penny is dropped into a slit of  the  desk 
thus releasing a locked handle,  which on 
being pulled out discloses a paper on the 
desk.  The message is written on this by 
a pencil provided,  and the initials of  the 
sender or other sign are written on a sec 
ond slip of paper always exposed to view 
On turning the handle back, the message 
disappears into the cabinet  above.  The 
person who expects the message,  on  ex 
amining the machine,  sees the initials or 
sign  of  the  sender,  and  on  dropping 
penny into a slit in the cabinet is enabled 
to read through a window  by  turning 
handle.  The machine, while in working 
order,  does  not  forget 
to  reveal  its 
secrets.

Suspicious of the  Cutter.

From the Pennsylvania Retail Merchant.
In a recent visit to one of  our flourish 
ing towns in  Lancaster county the ques 
tion was asked,  “Do  you get a profit on 
sugar?”  Certainly,”  was the response of 
the proprietor of  the largest and neatest 
general store in the place.  “My opponent 
on 
the  other  corner  for  years  has 
sold sugar at or below cost, always push 
ing it as an advertisement to the country 
people who come  with their goods to ex 
change  and  buy,  but  it  has  created 
suspicion among  the  thoughtful people 
and they are afraid to deal  with him. 
may do in larger  towns to sell  sugar be 
low cost,  or give presents with  poor tea 
but our people are very timid about buy 
ing from  such  merchants,  as  they have 
found out the extra  twenty-five cents on 
the shoes and miserable coffee for twenty 
five cents is not desirable.

THE  DRUMMER  IN  THE  TUNNEL. 

“I hate a tunnel!” the maiden said,
And closer to the drummer drew;
“They always make me feel afraid 
Of some disaster;  don’t they you!”
And then the drummer shook his mane, 
“You’re safe enough with me!” said he, 
“Whatever happens to the train,
You always can rely on me!”

And with ear-splitting whistle’s shriek,
The train plunged in the dark  abyss;
The drummer sought her blooming cheek, 
And frescoed it with manly kiss. 
Emboldened by her sweet alarm,
As on they tore through that eclipse,
He laid her head upon his arm.
And friezed a dado on her lips.
‘Ah me!”  the maiden sweetly smiled, 
As he arranged her tumbled I1 hat,
And once again  the sunbeams filed 
In at the window  where they sat.
Ah m e!  for once that horrid pest 
Was robbed of every startling fear; 
thank you for your interest;
Excuse me, sir, I get off here!”

And so she left him drowned in sighs, 
And on the sea of soft dreams tossed, 
Of her sweet lips and  pure bright eyes, 
So quickly gained and quickly lost.
To dream!  but ah, at last to wake 
And learn that in the tunnel’s din, 
She’d seized upon her chauce to snake 
His watch and chain and diamond pin!

Safe  Remedies.

Sir William Gull says that when fagged 
out by professional work  he  recruits his 
strength  by  eating  rasins,  and  not  by 
drinking  wine or brandy.  Another good 
saying from the  same  source:  A pint of 
warm water, taken on  an empty stomach 
the morning,  is the  safest and  surest 
all remedies for habitual constipation, 
stimulates  peristaltic  action,  thereby 
giving a normal action  without pain. 
If 
the  tongue  is  coated,  squeeze  a  lemon 
into the water and drink without sweeten­
ing.

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Jugs, % gal., per doz.....................................  65
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fruit  jars—Per  gro.

Mason’s, pints..............................................  $ 9 50
quarts............................................ 10 00
H-gahon..........................................  13 00
Lightning, quarts.........................................   12 00
^-gallon.....................................   16 00

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Derivation of Bill.

Bill means literally “a  sealed  paper,” 
and is derived from the low Latin  bulla, 
a seal.

PLEADS SlUG-  Bias's  Rute
ßovvi/  WOOO«.MtTAL  FuRNITURE
¡ » S ?  EXIT GRAND RAPIOS M ICH-

D IR E C T IO N S

We aavr cooked the corn in tin* can 
sufficient!, 
Should  be  Th<rroughly 
Warmed Cnot cooked) adding  piece ol 
jood Butter (size of hen’s egg) and giL 
fresh  tniik  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit wnen on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature*

Canning 0o.

Davenport,  In.

A T   THIS

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SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
I D  PULLEYS» sp e c u l t y .
FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT.
Send Specifications for  Estimates  before  Contracting
THE LANE & BODLE Y CO.
2 to 4 3  JOHN  ST., CINCINNATI.  O
P u tn am   C an d y  Co.,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich•

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

R oad 

L o g g i n g  

D e liv e r y  
P le a su re

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SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

Tin Top for the Holidays

H.  L E O N A R D  & SO N S.,  G rand  R apids, M ich.

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  NO.  110,  TIN  TOYS.

The prices on this assortment of staple tin toys  are  lower  this  season  than 
ever before,  and is most carefully selected from the best sellers of the entire holiday 
line.  The net price—only $14—for the assortment allowing a clear profit of seventy- 
five per cent.
TO  THE  RETAILER—This advertisement appears  but  once.  Cut out and 
send  order at once.  Holiday bills due Jan. 1.

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Wholesale. 
...  42—  42
1  Doz. 37 Assorted Tin  Animals.......
1 Trotting Horses.................. ...  42—  42
1 
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...  75—  75
2
1 
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38 Animals on Wheels...........
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Steamboats......................... ...2.00—  67
H  “ 219
“ 134 Horses and  Carts.............. ...  70—  70
1 
City  Cars........ ...  80—  80
1  U 242
Wagons........... ...1.25—  63
H  “ 137
...2.25-1.13
138B
Tin Flutes.......................... ...  35—  35
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...4.00—  67
1-6  “ 924B Picture Wagons................
...9.00—  75
1-12 ‘ 508-1  Trains of Cars Complete..
...5.50—  46
1-12- 400-5
...4.25—  71
1-6  “ 400-4
3 Kitchen  Sets...................... ...4.50—  75
1-6  “
...3.75—1.25
4 Toy  Kitchens...................
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...1.75—  30
1-6  “
It 
...  75—  37
8
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...  42—  21
9
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“ 170 Stoves and  Furniture — ...  75—  75
j 
Crown  Banks..................... ...  45—  45
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...4.75—  79
1-6  “ 500 Mechanical Locomotives.
$14.00

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Retail. 

5—  60
5—  60
10—1.20
10—1.20
25—1.00
10—1.20
10—1.20
20—1 20
25—1.50
5—  60
50—l.i 0
1.25—1.25
75—  75
60—1.20
•  50—1.00
50—2.00
25—  50
10-  60
5—  30
10—1.20
5—  60
65—1.30
$24.00

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C O .,

M ICH IGAN
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The  Most Popular Cigar. 

B i s   Rapids, M ich .

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

G.” “ Yum

The  Rest Selling Cigar on the Market.

SEND  FOR  TRIAL  ORDER.

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

Manufacturers of the following well-knöwn brands:

QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE,

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 
PHŒNIX, 
AND

SUPERIOR,

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE, 
OTHERS.

CZAR,

CAMEO

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.

For quotations in larger

G.  U A W K T JV S,

Salesman for Western Michigan, 

LOCK  BOX  173. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

BJLIXBN  &  A I L Y N ,

quantities,  address,

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG F  Brand of  Oysters.

In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS.  Wemake 

a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 

consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.

H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager.

63  Pearl  3t.

WHO U RG ES  YOU

T O   K E E P

T H E   F T J B U jI O  !

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

C U R T IS S   &  C 0.9

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

ever made.

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13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.
W M .  R.  KEELER  *6  C O .,

W h olesale 

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

We wish to announce to the trade that we are prepared to meet all competition in 

our line,  which comprises a full line of confectionery, fruit and nuts.

We  also  carry  the  Finest Line of Christmas Goods in the City.

Do not forget that we are agents for Rueckheim Bros.’ Penny Goods, which are 
the best goods made, although sold at the same price as other makes.  Mail orders 
promptly attended to.

EDW IN 

P.AS,
Butter, Ee p, Fairfield Cleese, Foreip Fruits, Mince Meat, Nats, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast.  Butter and Sweet Potatoe» 

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Grand Rapids Fruitami ProdUGe Go,

JOBBER  OF

FOREIGN  B R U ITS.

O ranges,  L em on s  and  B an an as  a  S p ecia lty .

3 NORTH IONIA  8T., GRAND RAPID8.

O O

MOSELEY  BROS.,

F r u it s ,  S e e d s, O y s te r s  § P r o d u c e .

-WHOLESALE-

No. 98—Woodenware,  Tinware,  Etc.

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUES,  AS  FOLLOWS:
No. 99-Glassware and Crockery.
No. 100—Holiday  Goods.

No. 101—Lamps and Lamp  Goods.

No.  102—Silver  Plated  Ware,

H.  L eonard  &  Sons.

H E S T E R ,   «So  E O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents fo r

S A W  -ÄJNTD  G R IS T  MXXjZi M A C H I N E R Y
Send fo r 
C atalo g u e  

Prices* ATLAS

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ENGINE 
WORKS
INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S.
STEMM EMG IN ES & BOILERS.,
rCerry Engines and Boilers In Stock j 

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O P

for  immediate  delivery.

Saws, B elting  and  Oils.

Planers, M atchers, Moulders and all kinds of W ood-W orking Machinery, 

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

Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

44.46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

All  kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to bear from yon.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

Alfred  J.

WHOLESALE

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

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A. H I  M B S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Lehigh l/alleg Goal Go.’s  l 

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapide, Mich.

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THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL  IN CAR  LOTS GALWAYS 

SHIPMENT.

ON  TRACK  READY  FOB

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mand.

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The  entry*  of 

ilies at Their Homes.

It is a bad one, madam.”

The Condition of Trade.

The  Grocer’s  Experience.

READY  MADE  MEALS.

G R O C E R I E S .

Tallow is dull and low,  with  little de­

“Yes,  sir. 
“Oh, no, of  course  not! 

held, with little or no disposition to  con­
cede  price,  and  yet  the  market  can be 
said to be in buyer’s favor.

“Is it possible?”
“I believe you knew that it  was  a  bad 
one,  and  dropped  it  on  purpose,  and 
didn’t  try  to find it,” continued the gro­
cer.

Hides  remain  quiet  and  in  good de­
mand  at  the  low  prices.  The  leather 
trade  has  been  good  and  the  boot and 
shoe men  have  had a large trade, which 
holds up.  Supplies are ample.

“I want a peck of green peas,”  said  a 
young  woman,  as  she entered a grocery 
store.  “And  shake  the  measure  down 
good,  please,” she added.
“Lemme see,” said the grocer, without 
moving to wait  on  her;  “you  are  Mrs.' 
Small that lives around  the corner, ain’t 
you?”

“Yes, sir.”
“You was in here to get a peck of  per- 
taters, the  other  day,  wasn’t  you?  and 
jest as you was a-goin’  to settle,  you said 
you  dropped a half-dollar  down  behind 
them barrels over there?”
“Yes,  sir—accidentally,  of  course,” 
said the woman, apprehensively.
“You  looked  for  it,- but said that you 
couldn’t  find  it,”  went  on  the  grocer, 
“and  you  said  never  mind,  you would 
call again for  the  change when I moved 
the barrels and found it?”
I  don’t  want  to  trouble 
you.”
I found the 
fifty cents, but I haven’t got  any  change 
for you. 

The  fur  market  has opened at higher 
prices  than  foreign  markets  will  war­
rant,  and with  considerable  said  in  the 
way  of  cautionary  remarks,  indicating 
that the high prices are  quoted with con­
siderable  misgiving  as  to  the outcome. 
None  need  be  surprised  to  see  these 
prices break in the near future, especially 
so if  we have continued  warm  weather. 
This condition  has  been  brought  about 
by the  flurry last  year, caused by undue 
excitement and  strife  among  buyers, of 
which they repented later.  Assortments 
will  be  close,  and  one  must  buy with 
caution.

Kansas,  were  at a loss to understand the j 
startling  unanimity  of  prices  asked  by 
traveling men  from  competing  cities on 
the  Missouri  River.  The  Chinese  wall 
was  a  success.  This  combination  of 
jobbers  represented at least  $45.000,000, 
and  a  member  of  the  association  has 
been  quoted  as  stating “that  the  com­
bination  saved  at  least  $25,000  which 
they would have  lost  on  sugar,  through 
the  present  recent  decline,  had  it  not 
been  for  their  thorough  organization, 
which enabled them to sustain the price.” 
The  Interstate  Grocer  is  in  favor of 
any legitimate organization among either 
wholesale  or  retail  grocers.  By  legit­
imate,  we  mean  associations  organized 
for the  development  and  enlightenment 
of  the  members,  and  not  for  a  selfish 
purpose.  For  instance,  the  Associated 
Wholesale  Grocers  of  St.  Louis  have 
done a grand work in correcting  and reg- 
ulating  various  abuses,  but  have  long 
since recognized the fact  that  any inter­
ference  tending  to  sustain  prices  and 
hamper  legitimate  competition  was  a 
false policy,  and  finally resulted in dam­
age to their own interests.

How New York Caterers  Supply Fam­
“It  would  seem,”  said  a  New*  York 
woman recently,  “that we have not taken 
very kindly to what might  be  ealled the 
itinerant catering service.  A friend from 
a Western town who is in the city with a 
crippled child for treatment  wrote me to 
secure for her a furnished  room near her 
physician,  and  arrange  to  have  their 
meals served there.  1  went at once,  af­
ter engaging a very pleasant back parlor, 
to look up the  New  York Catering Com­
pany,  which I hazily recollected  used  to 
be on  Sixth  avenue,  somewhere  among 
the forties.  Not finding  it readily,  1 in­
quired in the neighborhood  and  learned 
that the concern sold  out  and  went  out 
of  existence two or three  years ago, pre­
sumably on account of non-support.  My 
informant told me  besides  that he knew 
of but one other similar enterprise in oper­
ation  in the city, and that was conducted 
by  a  colored  man  further  down  the 
avenue  on a much  less  extended  scale. 
I  found  and  interviewed  this  person, 
and was surprised at the moderate prices 
he gave me.  Seven dollars per week for 
one,  twelve dollars for  two,  or  sixteen 
dollars for  three.  He  gave me a list of 
dishes for that day’s service, eggs, chops, 
a cereal,  two  kinds  of  hot  bread,  and 
coffee for breakfast,  with soup, fish, roast 
beef and two vegetables,  a salad,  desert, 
and  coffee for  dinner.  Only two  meals 
are served. 
In  answer to my inquiry he 
told me that the  roast  meat  was  sliced 
and served on a small platter, a generous 
portion  being  allowed  for  each. 
I 
rather  objected to this,  and  after  some 
further  discussion  he  agreed  to  serve 
whole  joints,  entire puddings  and  pies 
and the like,  for the two  persons  whose 
need  I  was  endeavoring  to  supply,  for 
$20  per  week.  My  friend  is  greatly 
pleased with his service, says everything 
that  ought  to  come  hot  does,  and  all 
things  come  garnished  and  appetizing. 
Before I finished  with  the  man I found 
out that most of  his  custom comes from 
furnished room occupants and small flats 
occupied by two or three adults,  who can 
by this means dispense  with a servant or 
need only an  inexpensive  one.  Yet the 
fact  that  he has  not  all  the  customers 
he  wants and that he is  almost  the only 
representative  in the field  (I heard later 
of  one other,  less  prosperous even than 
he)  indicates  that  the system  is  not  a 
popular one.”

From the New York Shipping List.
The volume  of  home trade  keeps  up 
to surprisingly large proportions,  in con­
sideration of  bad weather influences and 
the lessened distribution of certain kinds 
of  manufactures  which  is customary at 
this  advanced  period  of  the  Autumn. 
The  foreign  trade  is  also  in  a  satis­
factory condition,  indicated  by the con­
tinued large withdrawals of imports from 
warehouse for entry into the channels of 
consumption,  and  the  free  exportation 
of  cotton,  grain and  other  agricultural 
productions. 
foreign 
goods at this port is decreasing,  which is 
partly due  to  an  advance  in  prices  of 
certain kinds of manufactures in Europe 
to  a  point  which  precludes  their  free 
importation to be sold in successful com­
petition  with  our  own  productions  of 
similar character.  This is probably the 
reason  why  the  production  of  many 
kinds of our home manufactures, notably 
iron and its products, has been so largely 
stimulated  of  late  to  take  the  place 
of  goods  which  have been hitherto sup­
plied to us from abroad.  The conditions 
of  the  export trade  continue favorable. 
Plans of  South American Trade.
The  yield of  the principal fruits of  the 
soil  has  been so large  this  season  that 
From th e New Y ork S hipping List.
Our export trade with the River  Plate, 
speculators  have found  it  impossible to 
which has been more than  usually active 
so manipulate the produce  markets as to 
during the last  year or two, especially in 
seriously  interfere  with  the  outward 
lnmber,  has recently received  a  decided 
movement,  as  has  frequently  been  the 
check,  by reason of financial disturbance 
case  in  some  former  seasons.  Thus 
at Buenos  Ayres,  the commercial capital
during  the past  month  our  produce ex­
of  the Argentine Republic,  probably the
ports  from  this  port  were  more  than
three  million  dollars in excess  of  those j most progressive of  all the South Ameri- 
for the  corresponding  month  last  year, j can States.  The financial system of  our 
and about four  millions  larger  than the j southern  neighbor  is  not  very  unlike 
same  month  the  year  before.  The ex-j that of  the  TJuited  States,  and it is now 
ports of  cotton from the Southern ports, | undergoing a strain similar to that which 
and  of  grain  from  Baltimore,  shows | was imposed  upon  us  during  the  civil 
even larger gains than  have  been  made  war.  The Argentine  Republic has been 
in our  local  exports.  Our  cotton  crop  receiving  large accessions to her popula­
te s   year is not only a large one, but the  tion from Europe, notably from Italy and 
surplus  will  yield us much more money  Spain,  during  the past few  years.  She 
than did that of  last  year,  owing to the  has also  been  rapidly developing her re­
higher  prices  at  which  the  staple  is  sources,  largely with  borrowed  capital, 
being marketed.  Breadstuffs,  it is true,  and has thus,  by having  mortgaged  the 
are  much  lower  than  they  were  last  future,  accumulated  a  colossal  debt, 
season,  but the  greater  surplus for  ex-  Thus, with  a  population  of  some  four
millions,  her per  capita debt reaches the 
portation  will bring  us  better  returns. 
astounding figure of  .$119,  or very nearly 
During the first four  months of  the cur­
double the highest per capita debt of the 
rent fiscal  year  the  outflow  of  produce 
United States at the period  of  our  max­
from this port  alone  shows  an  increase 
imum  indebtedness  after  a  prolonged 
ten  million  dollars  over  the  cor­
of 
and exhausting  civil  war.  Gold has for 
responding  period  last  year,  and  the 
several  years Hbeen at a premium in  the 
returns from the  Southern  ports,  when 
Argentine  Republic,  but  latterly it has 
completed,  will  probably  show,  pro­
mounted  up  to  130  or 
thereabouts. 
portionately, a still larger increase, since 
From  th e Inter-S tate G rocer.
This  sudden  rise  seems  to  have  been 
The  “Inter-state  Commercial  Associa­
the  cotton  crop  was  somewhat  earlier 
promoted by the failure of her last wheat 
tion” is, or was. the  name of  a combina­
than usual,  and the dearth  of  supplyin 
crop,  whereby  she  has  become  an  im­
tion  of  Missouri  River  jobbing  grocery 
England  served to greatly promote ship­
porter . instead  of  an  exporter  of  this 
houses, including  several  states  and all 
ments  at  the  outset. 
In  the  leading 
cereal,  several  cargoes  of  which  have
the  large  cities  on  the  Missouri River, 
countries  of  Europe,  as in this country, 
lately been drawn from this country.  As j with headquarters  at  Kansas City.  The 
consumption  has  so  largely  increased 
the recent  material  advance in the  gold  objects of  the association were to sustain 
that  industrial  and  commercial  pros­
premium  was  not  accompanied  by  à  uniform  prices  among  jobbers,  avoid 
perity is the rule. 
Iron  and  steel  have 
corresponding  rise  in  paper  currency  ruinous competition  among  themselves,
.advanced  to  a point  in  England  which 
prices,  the merchants  of  Buenos  Ayres 
and  do  business at a profit.  An  execu­
enable us  to  successfully compete  with 
and the other  important  ports  of  entry 
tive committee,  consisting  of  members 
her in the sale of these great products in 
found that they were doing business at a 
of  wholesale  houses  in  Kansas  City,
some markets of  which  she  has  always 
loss,  or  without  profit.  As  a  conse­
Omaha, St. Joseph and Lincoln,  by using 
heretofore had the control, to say nothing 
quence,  many  orders  for  merchandise 
the wire  came to a conclusion  each  day 
about  the  greatly  reduced  imports  of 
To meet a funeral  procession is a sign
as to the price staple goods should be sold 
that had  been forwarded to this  country 
these metals  into  our  own  country. 
It 
at,  and every member of  the  association j of death.
and  Europe  were  promptly  counter­
is evident  that  the  volume  of  business 
bills
was  bound by his  agreement  to sustain j  To lose a pocketbook  containing 
manded—hence the pause in our exporta­
has largely increased in  all  the  leading 
the  price  fixed  upon  by  the  executive | of large denominations is considered very 
tions in that direction.  There have been 
countries of the world,  and if  we are not 
committee.  These prices  were  wired as j unlucky.
no unusual failures  at  Buenos  Ayres or 
getting our full share of the export trade 
often as necessary from the headquarters |  When a cat prepares to wash its face,  it 
at the other ports, however,  and no indi­
we are doing  very well,  with  the  pros­
of  the association  in  Kansas City.  The | is a sign that some  one in the house will 
cations  of  an impending panic.  There 
pect of doing better in the future.
retail  trade,  especially in  the  State  of 1 shortly receive a licking,
has  simply  been  a  pause,  or  reaction 
following over-action, which  in  the  na­
ture  of  things  is  ter  be  regarded  as  a 
healthful indication.  A  country so rich 
in resources and so  progressive,  withal, 
will not be  apt  to  remain for  any very 
lengthened  period  under  a  financial 
cloud,  and  after  currency  prices  shall 
have been adj usted to the gold  premium 
it is quite probable that a revival of busi­
ness  on a more  conservative  basis  will 
follow.  Meanwhile, our  trade with  the 
neighboring ports in Uruguay, of  which 
Montevideo is  the  chief,  has  not  been 
interrupted by this financial episode, and 
even our current  exports  to the  Argen­
tine ports  would  have been regarded  as 
quite  liberal  a  few  years  ago,  though 
small when contrasted  with the very ac­
tive movement during the first two  quar­
ters  of  the  year.  Our  exports  to  the 
River  Plate  mainly  comprise  lumber— 
which during the present year have been 
the  largest on  record,—agricultural  im­
plements, tools,  hardware, naval  stores, 
tobacco,  petroleum,  sewing  machines 
and  wooden ware.  Of  dry  goods  and 
other  manufactures  not  enumerated 
above, our exports, not only to the River 
Plate, but to all parts of  South America, 
are insignificant in comparison  with  the 
exports of  such  products in  that  direc­
tion from  England,  Germany and  other 
countries of Europe.
How to extend the market for  our pro­
ducts in the countries  south  of  us,  and 
to broaden and diversify the field  of  our 
activities, is a question that  has engaged 
the  attention  of  merchants  and  states­
men for  more  than a generation;  and it 
was  obviously for  the  consideration  of 
this question the  Pan-American  Confer­
ence was brought into existence. 
In the 
estimation  of  the representative men of 
the  country,  irrespective  of  party, the 
best  and  most  feasible  way  to  accom­
plish this laudable purpose  is  to  estab­
lish  reciprocity in  trade.  That  would 
unquestionably open an avenue for profit 
to  this  country  whose  value  cannot 
readily be overestimated.

NELSON  BROS.  &  CO„
Well Paper and Window Shades.

Novelties  in  Perfumery,

“Sir!”
“Oh, you  women  is  awful  innercent, 
but you can’t bluff me  with  your  ‘sirs.’ 
You  don’t  get  no  green  peas from me, 
shook down or bulged up, till  you  settle 
for them pertaters.”
The woman  went  out,  with a flaming 
face,  without another word.
“Yes,”  said the grocer, as  she  turned 
the corner,  “that’s another of their tricks 
I’ve always noticed 
to cheat the  grccer. 
that them people that’s  so  particular  to 
have their measure shook  down,  and  an 
ounce  or  two  added  to every pound,  is 
the  very  ones  that  would  steal a brick 
house and lot,  if  they  could  lug it off.”

The following item is going the rounds 
of  the  State  press:  “It  won’t be lone­
some at Lansing  about the last few days 
of  December.  The Knights of  the Grip 
■(sack)  will  be  there,  several  hundred 
strong,  taking their voices and appetites 
with them.  The  State  Teachers’  Asso­
ciation  will also be there—but, of course, 
the drummers will not molest the school- 
ma’ams.”

P E R K I N S
H id es, F u rs, W o o l &  T a llo w ,

Jennings  &  Sm ith,

spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago.

Fred H. Ball  and  Walter  H. McBrien 
A. F. Peake, President of the Michigan j 
Knights of  the Grip, was  in  town  Mon­
day.

Geo. F.  Owen has recovered sufficiently 
from  his  recent  illness to be able to get 
around  town.  He  will  probably  not 
start out  on  the  road,  however,  before 
the beginning of the  year.

W.  A.  Mitcheii,  traveling  represent­
ative for the Winfield Manufacturing Co., 
of  Warren, Ohio, is  in town for a  day or 
two.

Byron  Yant,  general traveling  repre­
sentative for  Hiram W. Davis & Co., the 
Cincinnati carriage  manufacturers,  was 
in town last Wednesday.

John H. .Jewett has engaged  to  travel 
for Carter, Rice & Co., of  Boston, on the 
Pacific coast.

Comprising many  N gw Shapes  in  Bottles, Brass Stands, China Stands, 

AT.T.  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.

Grand. Rapids, Mich.

NOS.  182  and  184  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS,  M ICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE

O R D E R

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands,  from

The  Chinese  Wall a  Success.

Gripsack Brigade.

Trite Truths.

H E

DEALERS IN

not 
rise

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,

MICH.

Disastrous  Competition.

It  would  certainly  pay two-thirds  of 
the traders of the land to board and lodge 
the  remaining  one-third  if  they  would 
simply get out of  business  and  cease  to 
annoy and impoverish by expensive com­
petition. 
If  one-third of  the  railways, 
one-third of  the stores  and  offices  were 
to  cease  to  do  business  to-morrow, the 
other  two-thirds  could  better  afford  to 
keep  the  parties  concerned  at  the best 
hotels in the land,  and let them go to the 
theater  every  night,  than  to  stand the 
terrible expense which  undue  and  inju 
dicious competition now  creates. 
In the 
end the public pay for all  these  extraor­
dinary expenses  incident to competition, 
One way or another, the obligations must 
be met.  Failure, loss  and  disaster  may 
come and do come to  individuals  in  the 
meantime;  but in the great  balancing up 
of  a series of  years  the' accounts are all 
squared  in 
the  clearing-house  of  the 
purse of  the  public. 
It  must  be so, or 
business  would come to a standstill;  but 
meantime  is it a problem  that  calls  for 
reform,  this  unlicensed  expensive  and 
disastrous saturnalia of  competition

BROW N  &  SEH EER,

DEALERS  IN

Agricultural  Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

F<

Comer W est Bridge and  North  Front  Sts.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Albert C. Antrim has  been  sojourning 
at the Ponce de Leon,  Alcazar  and  Car- 
dova Hotels,  at St.  Augustine,  Fla., and 
has favored  several  of  his friends  with 
handsome souvenirs  of  the  visit. 
In  a 
remembrance to Hi.  Robertson,  Mr. An­
trim states that the contrast is somewhat 
marked between Flagler’s marble palaces 
and the  “Country Tavern”  described so 
graphically by  Happy  Hi.  at  the  Mus­
kegon banquet last summer.

If  there 

is  anything  Lew. Hawkins 
prides himself  on, it is his  knowledge of 
horses.  Since  serving  on  the  Board of 
Fire  and  Police^Commission,  he  has 
superintended  the  purchase  of  most  of 
the horses for both  departments,  and his 
seldom-failing  luck  has  usually  served 
him to good purpose.  His last purchase, 
however,  proved  to  be  a  balky  horse, 
and  the  quiet “roasting” he is receiving 
in consequence is somewhat annoying.

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs and Wool.

The sale of  fleece  wool  was  light the 
past week, at no higher prices than ruled 
during the few  weeks  previously, while 
California,  Texas  and  Oregon  wools 
sold rather  freely, making the volume of 
sales  fully up.  X wools  are very quiet, 
with offers up to %c of  asking price, but 
the offers are refused.  Fleece is strongly

PRODUCE  M A RK ET.

make at 1154@1254c.

per bbl., fancy Kings commanding $2.50.
tl.50 for picked, holding at tl.75@t2 per bu. 

Apples—Dealers hold winter  fruit  at  ta@SS.25 
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—Dairy Is held steady at 18@20c.  Cream­
ery is firm at 24@25c.
Buckwheat Flour—$4.50 per bbl.Jfor New  York 
stock.
Cabbages—$3@$4 per 100.
Cheese—Jobbers bold September  and  October 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  readily  command  $9 
@,$9.50 per bbl.
Dried  Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8@ 
854e  and new sundried at  514c.
Eggs—.Jobbers pay 19c  for  fresh  and  hold  at 
21c.  Pickled and cold storage  stock  commands 
about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per bu.; 
medium, $3.50.  Timothy,  $1.50 per.bu 
Grapes—New York Concords command 45c per 
basket and Catabas 50c per basket.
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 35@40c  for  clean  stock, 
bolding at 50@55c.
Pop Com—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  a  good  deal  of  a 
conundrum and Is likely to be weak  until  afttr 
a spell o f. evere weather.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Fancy Jersey stock commands 
Turnips—30c per bu.

$4 per bbl.  Muscatines, $3.50 per bbl.

PROVISIONS.

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PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...................  ................................   10 50
Short c u t.......................................................   10  50
Extra clear pig, short cut.............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................   12 00
Boston clear, short cut.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs........................................  9%
16 lbs........................................1054
12 to 14 lbs.................................1054
picnic..........................  
654
best boneless........................................... 854

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

lard—Refined.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

Shoulders......................................................  554
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   9
Dried beef, ham prices....................................   9
Long Clears, heavy.........................................   654
Briskets,  medium.............................................. 654
lig h t....................................................654
Tierces................................................................ 754
Tubs...................................................................   754
501b.  Tins........................................................... 754
Tierces................................................................6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs................................J...........654
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case........................"............  6?4
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case....................... 
6%
10 lb. Palls, 6 in a ease......................................   654
20 lb. Fails, 4 in a case................. 
6%
501b. Cans...............................  
.654
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts......................................   8  75
Pork Sausage.....................................................  654
Ham Sausage....................................................12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage...................................................  554
Bologna, straight..............................................  554
Bologna,  thick.................................... 
554
Headcheese...................... 
554
In half barrels'................................................. 3 25
In quarter  barrels............................................ 2 00
In half  barrels................ .*............................. 3 00
In quarter barrels................:.......................... 2 Oo
In kits................................................................  75

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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3  @4

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters.................................  5  @ 554
fore 
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loins........  .....................................  7  @  7%
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ribs..............................................  @  654
tongues........................................   @10
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Hogs.........................................................   @ 5
Pork loins................................................  @8
shoulders........................................  @ 5
Bologna...................................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or head..........................  @ 5
liver..............  
........................   @ 5
Frankfort..................................  @ 8
M utton....................................................6  @654

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OYSTERS and  FISH .

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FRESH  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefish.................................................  
.  @ 754
smoked.....................................  @ 8
Trout........................................................  @ 754
Halibut.......................................................... @20
Fairhaven  Counts..................................  @35
Selects.................................................... 25  @28
F. J.  D.’s .................................................   @20
Anchors...................................................  @18
Standards................................................   @16
Standards.............................. *.............   @$1  15
Selects..................................................  @  1  60

oysters—Bulk.

oysters—Cans.

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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2001b.  bbls..............................................9
2001b.  bbls..............................................10

Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................   954
25 
Twist, 
954
Cut Loaf, 25 
1054
Royal, 25 lb. palls...............................................954
Extra, 251b.  pails............................................. 1054
French Cream, 25 lb.  palls........ ..................  1154
Lemon Drops..................................................... 12
Sour Drops........................................................ 13
Peppermint Drops............................................. 14
Chocolate Drops................................................ 14
H. M. Chocolate Drops..................................... 18
Gum Drops.......................................................10
Licorice Drops....................................................18
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 14
Lozenges, plain.........................   .....................14
printed.............................................15
Imperials............................................................14
Mottoes...............................................................15
Cream Bar.............................................. .......... 13
Molasses Bar..................................................... 13
Caramels..................................................... 16@18
Hand Made  Creams..........................................18
Plain Creams..................................................... 16
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds..................................................22
Wi'ntergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls....................................11,
printed, in pails................................1254
“ in bbls................................ 1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails..........................................  654
in bbls.......................................   5J4
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
in bbls.......................................   954
Sour Drops, In pails.......................................... 12
Imperials, in pails............................................. 11

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FRUITS.
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In bbls...............................................1054
Oranges,  Florida,  choice,  146 to 226__   @3 59
112 to 128....  @3 25
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«fancy,  146 to 226____   @3 75
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golden russets..........  @3  50
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Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360...................  @4 00
300...................   @4 25
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fancy, 360...................   @4 50
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300...................   @4 50
“  Malagas,  choice, ripe.................   @2 75
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........14  @15
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“  choice, 7 1b.......... .........................8  @ 9

54 frails, 50 lb.
“  50-lb.  “ 

Dates, frails, 50 lb......................................   @ 454
@554 
@   9 
754® 8 
6  @   754 

“  Fard, 10-lb.  box............
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Persian, 50-lb.  box......
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Bananas...................................
Almonds, Tarragona..............................   @17.
Ivaca.........................................   @15
California.............................. 13  @15
Brazils.........................................................   @9
Filberts,  Sicily........................................  @
Walnuts, Grenoble......................... .......   @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................................  754@12
Cocoanuts, per 100...................................  @
GameCocks................................................  @854
Star................... 
@754
Horse............................................. 
 

California...............................   @1254

PEANUTS.

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Wholesale  J P rice   Current.

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

2  “ 
2 

Arctic, 54 lb. cans, 6 doz... 
“  4  “  ... 
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75
1 40
2 40
“  1  “  ...12,00
Absolute,  54 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
541b.  “ 
50s..18 75
I  lb. 
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Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz.. 
85
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541b.  “ 
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1 lb. 
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Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz__  
75
1 50
54 lb. “ 
2  “  .... 
3 00
1  “  .... 
1 lb. “ 
bulk.........................  
20
45
85
1 50

Red Star, 54 lb. cans, 

54 lb.  “ 
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BUTTERINE

BATH BRICK.

BUCKWHEAT.

21b.  “ 
 

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*2

Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

rolls 
CANDLES
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Frazer’s............................... $2 60
Aurora.................................  1  75
Diamond.............................   1  60
English, 2 doz. in case.....  
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
75
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American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Gross
BLUING. 
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3 40
54 Pt...........   7 
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8-oz paper bot  7 20
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Pepper  Box  No. 2  3 00
“  4  4 00
“  5  8 00
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...........................  1  70
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2 Carpet................. —   2 00
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem........................... 2 60
Common Whisk............ 
Fancy 
................  1  00
M ill.....................................3 25
Warehouse......................... 2 75
Kings 100 lb. eases..............4 50
“  80 lb. cases................3  85
Dairy, solid  packed...........1254
rolls..........................  13
Creamery, solid packed—   1354
.  14
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...........1054
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
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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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  50
2  lb.  “ 
2 65
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1 lb.  Star............... 2 00
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2 lb. Star................. 3 75
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1 lb.  stand..............1 75
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2 lb. 
3 00
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3 lb. in Mustard.. .3  00
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3 lb.  soused............3 00
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Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  ..1  90
1 lb.  Alaska...........1  80
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Sardines, domestic  54s........  
5
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“  Mustard 54s..........  @ 9
imported  54s..’. 1054@16
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10
Trout, 3  Id. brook.............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand..........2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard.........1  20
pitted......................1  40
Damsons............................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stand............... 1  15
Gooseberries.......................1  00
Grapes ...........................
Green  Gages............................. 1 15
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
seconds...................1  45
P ie...........................1  15
Pears..........................'..........1  25
Pineapples..................1  20@1  50
Quinces..................................... 1 00
Raspberries,  extra....................1 75
red................... 1  40
Strawberries.......................1  25
Whortleberries.................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  85
“  Green  Limas__   @1 06
“  Strings................  @  90
“  Stringless,  Erie...,—   90 
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy...... 1 00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Peas, French...................... 1  68
“  extra marrofat... 
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June, stand................1  40
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“  French, extra fine...  . 1  50
Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 1  00
Succotssb,  standard...........   90
Squash  ................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @95
Good Enough_95
BenHar...............95
stand br....  @95

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23
35
  38
48
37

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

Michigan Full  Cream 1154@1254 
Sap  Sago.....................16  @1654
German Sweet.............  
Premium....................... 
Cocoa............................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa.........  
Broma...........................
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
200 
35
Spruce.................................. 30
Bulk......................................  6
Red.......................................   754
Rio, fair.......................17  @19
“  good..................... 1854@20
“  prime...................   @21
“  fancy,  washed... 19  @22
“  golden..................20  @23
Santos..........................17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry.....................20  @23
Java,  Interior............. 20  @25
“  Mandheling__26  @29
Mocha, genuine......... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54 c. per lb. for roast 
Ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

coffee—Green.

coffees—Package.

Jute

COFFEE EXTRACT.

CRACKERS.
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CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.
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7 2 f f ........ 
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CONDENSED MILK.

100 lbs
Lion...................................... 2354
“  in cabinets...................2454
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....2334
Durham................................2354
Thompson’s  Honey  Bee— 26
Tiger.............. 24
Good  Morning.....................24
Valley City.........................
Felix....................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 ft..........per doz.  1  25
1  50 
1  60
2 00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
7  50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss.......................   6 00
Kenosha Butter...................  8
Seymour 
6
Butter.....................................6
“  family.........................   6
“  biscuit........................  7
Boston.....................................8
City Soda..............................   8
Soda......................................  654
S. Oyster..............................   6
City Oyster, XXX..................  6
Picnic..................................... 6
Strictly  pure......................  
38
Grocers’..............................  
24
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   554®  534
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Apricots, 
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Blackberries“ 
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Nectarines  “ 
 
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Peaches 
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Plums 
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Raspberries  “ 
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DRIED FRUITS—CltTOn.
In drum................—   @23
In boxes......................  @25
Zante, in barrels........  @534
in less quantity  @ 6

dried fruits—Currants.
@7

CREAM TARTAR.

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d r ie d   f r u it s—Prunes.

13
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SODA.

TEAS.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

d r ie d   f r u it s—Raisins.

split.....................  @ 3

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............g
Sugar  Creams............ g
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal  Crackers......
Boxes...........................
Kegs, E nglish....,...!.’

Turkey........................  4  @ 6
B o sn a ..................................  554@  654
California...................   8  @10
Valencias....................  754® 8
O ndaras............................. 
@ 9
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  @2 50
London Layers,  for’n.  @ 
Muscatels. California.  @2 00 
Lemon......................... 
japan—Regular.
Orange........................  
F a ir..............................
@16
Good........................ig
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............  04
Choice................... ” 24
@29
Hominy,  per  bbl................. 3 50  Choicest...............’’  "on
@34
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
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\iflPQ rntii  Hum  19 IK h n r  
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SUN CURED.
imported.......  @954
F a ir...................  
14
@15
Pearl  Barley..............   @ 254
Good.......................;;;ie
@20
Peas, green..................  @1  10
Choice..........................24
@28
Choicest.................     .30
@33
Sago,  German.............  @654
BASKET  FIRED.
Tapioca, fl’k or p’r l...  @ 654
F a ir.............................
@20
Wheat,  cracked..........  @654
Choice..................
@25
ermicelli,  import__   @10
Choicest.................
@35
domestic...  @60 
Extra choice, wire leaf 
@40
GUNPOWDER.
Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
Common to fair.......... 25
@35
oz. Panel, doz.  85 
1  25
Extra fine to finest..! !so
@65
2 25
“  1 40
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Choicest fancy............75
@85
2 25 
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3 25 
1  00 
No.  3, 
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Common to fair..........20
@35
2 75 
4 00 
No.  8,  “
Superior to fine............40
@50
No.10,  “
4 50 
6  00 
YOUNG HYSON.
No.  4, Taper,  1 
1  60 
2 50 
Common to  fair........... 18  @26
4 25 
54 pt,  Round, '
7 50
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
8 50 
15 00
Common to fair...........25  @30
FISH—SALT.
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
^®Jr...............................25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
®e st--...........................55  @65
Tea  Dust.....................   8  @10

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LICORICE.

MOLASSES.

LAMP WICKS.

GUN  POWDER.

Cod, whole.................   434@ 5
H alibut 
..............   954@10
Herring,  round,  54 bbl.. 
gibbed.............  
Holland,  bbls.. 
Scaled  ...........  

boneless..............   @754
2 75
2  75
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  70
22
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  12 00 
12  lb kit..l  30 
..1  20
10 
Trout,  54  bbls.............4 00@4 50
10  lb.  kits..................  60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls........... 5 25
121b. kits....... 100
10 lb. kits.......  80
Family,  54  bbls........2 50
kits..............   50
K egs.....................................5 25
Half  kegs.............................2 88
No. 0...................  ............... 
30
No. 1........ 
40
No. 2..................................... 
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
Black  Strap......................  
23
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 24@35
New Orleans, good...........25@30
choice.........33@38
fancy
OATMEAL.
Half barrels...... 3  i2
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 75
Half bbls..  @3  12
Cases....... 2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test.....................  954
Water White.........................10%
Medium... 
.. 5 00@5 25
54 b b l...........2 75@3 00
Small, bbl..................................6 25
54  bbl.............................. 3 50
Clay, No.  216............................. 1 75
T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No. 3.............................  40
Carolina head........................ 654
No. 1........................ 534
No. 2.................554®
No. 3....................... 5

Muscatine, Barrels..................5 75

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

ROLLED OATS

PIPES.

RICE.

OIL.

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SALT

Jap an ............................. 554@654
Common Fine per bbl.......76@80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  28
28 pocket........................'__ 2 05
 
“ 
60 
2 15
..........................— 2 40
100  “ 
Ashton bu. b ag s..................  75
..................  75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
..................  37
..................  20

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54 bu  “ 

SALERATUS. 

SEEDS.

DeLand’s,  pure....................5 
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............. 5 
Dwight’s ................................ 5
Taylor’s ..................................5
Mixed bird...........................   454
Caraway................................ 10
Canary................................... 4
Hemp.......................................4
Anise.....................................  854
Rape.....................................  454
Mustard..................................754
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............. 75
Scotch, in  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SHOE  POLISH.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

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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
Ola Country, 80......................... 3 30
Una, 100..................................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100..............................3 15
Allspice................................  9
Cassia, China in mats..........  8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
Cloves,  Amboyna.........  
26
Zanzibar..................20
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
“  No.  1.......................75
70
“  No.  2.............. 
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
“ 
w hite...  .26
“ 
spices—Ground--In Bulk.
Allspice................................ 15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 20
and Saigon.25
Saigon....................42
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 32
Zanzibar................ 25
Ginger, African....................1254
Cochin....................15
Jam aica................ 18
Mace  Batavia.......................90
Mustard,  English..-............. 22
and Trie..25
Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................ 25
Herbs & Spices, small......   65
“ 
large...... 1  25

shot__ .-..................20  **

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STARCH.

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SUGARS.

Mystic,  64  pkgs....................4 48

barrels...................... 6
Cut  Loaf.....................  @734
Cubes .........................  @ 754
Powdered...................   @ 754
Granulated, H. & E.’s..  @754
Franklin..  @754
Knight’s...  @  7%
Confectionery  A........  @6.94
Standard.....................   @634
No. 1, White Extra C ..  654@ 634
No. 2 Extra  C.............6
@ 53£ 
No. 3C, golden...........
® 554 
No. 4 C, dark..............
No. 5  C........................
@  634
SAL  SODA.
Kegs...............................  134
Granulated,  boxes..............   2
Kitchen,3 doz.  in box—  
Hand, 
....
Silver Thread, 15 gallons..

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.
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SAPOLIO.
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2 35 
2 35
2 95 
4  75

30

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SYRUPS.

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Com,  barrels...............  @24
Pure  Sugar, bbl......... 28@36

one-half barrels—   @26
“ 
half barrel....30@38

TOBACCOS—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x 12 and  2x12........... 3T
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........36
Vinco, 1x6, 454 to  lb................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........34
Wheel, 5 to  fi>.................. 
37
Trinket, 3x9, 9  oz....................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 37-
Double Pedro..........................37
Peach  Pie  ............. 
37
Wedding  Cake, blk...........,.'.87
“Tobacco” ...............................37

toba ccos—Fine Cut.

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D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha...................  
62
Sweet  Cuba................ 
37
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
$ 2, per hundred................2 50
|  5,  “ 
3 00
$10,  “ 
4  00
$20,  “  “ 
................. . . 5  00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............   5 per  cent.
500-“ 
1000  “ 
40 gr......................................   7
50 gr......................................   g

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

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$1 for barrel.

YEAST.

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PAPER.

TWINES.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Fermentum,  Compressed.  .
Cocoa Shells,  bulk............   754
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  5
Sage.....................................  15
PA PE R  &W OODENW ARE
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw ....................................160
“  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar.................................... 180
Hardware..............................254
Bakers...................................254
Dry  Goods............................5
Jute  Manilla.........................8
Red  Express 
No. 1.5
No. 2................4
48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No. 2........................ 20
“  3.........................18
Sea  Island, assorted............40
No. 5 Hemp..........................16
No. 8 B............................. ,..17
Wool.....................................  73£
Tubs, No. 1.........................   7 25
“  No. 2..........................  6  25
“  No. 3..........................  5 25
1  60 
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  75 
. 
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60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls, il inch....... ............   1  00
1  *"
.....................  1  25
13  “ 
“ 
.......................2 00
15  “ 
“ 
.....................  2 75
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
Baskets, market..................  40
“ 
bushel...................  1  50
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
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WOODENWARE.

splint 

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WHEAT.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
New.  Old.
W hite..........................   78 
78
78
Red.............................. 
78 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
Straight, in sacks..............  4  50
“  barrels............  4  70
Patent  “  sacks..............  5  50
“  barrels............  5  70

FLOUR.

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No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25
No.2 4 25
No.3 5 00

MEAL.

90

RYE.

HAY.

OATS.

FURS.

CORN.

BARLEY.

“  ..........................  3754

Bolted....................... 
Granulated........................  1  00
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran...................................  10 00
Ships..................................  11  00
Screenings........................  11  00
Middlings..........................  11  00
Mixed Feed......................   15 00
Coarse meal.....................  15  00
Small  lots..........................  39
Car 
Small  lots............................25
Car 
“  .............................23
N o .l.........................   @35
NO. 1...................................  1  10
No.2.........................   105
No. 1...................................  11  00
No. 2...................................  9 00
H ID ES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Mink, dark...................   40@1 25
pale....................  25@ 80
Coon..............................   80@1 00
Skunk...........................   80@1 20
Muskrat...... ................  15@  20
Fox, red............................ 1  25@1 75
“  cross....................2 005 5  00
“  grey.......................  40@ 70
Badger........................  75@1  00
Cat, wild.......................  50@ 75
Fisher...............................4 00@6 00
Lynx.................................3 00@5 00
Martin,  dark....................1  25@3 00
pale &  yellow  60@  75
Otter,  dark.............. 6 00@10 00
Wolf..................................2 00@3 00
Bear......................... 15 00@25 00
Beaver............................. 2 oO@7 oO
Oppossum....................  15@  cO
Deerskins, per lb........  15@  35
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
HIDES.
G reen......................
@  454 
Part Cured..............
@  454 
@ 5 
“ 
Full 
..............
@ 6 @ 6 
Dry......
Dry  Kips 
f skins,  green....
@ 4
Calfi ' '
cured........   454@ 5
“ 
Deacon skins.............. 10  @20

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54 off for No. 2.
PELTS

WOOL.

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Washed.............................2S@30
Unwashed.......................   12@22
Tallow........................  354@  4
Grease  butter.............3  @  5
Switches.....................  154®  2
Ginseng......................2 00@2  75

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wholesale Brice Current»

Advanced—Cream Tartar, Gum Camphor, Oil Pennyroyal.

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Stone-Paint.

8taie  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

President, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

G ra n d   R a p iti»   P h a r m a c e u t ic a l  S o c ie t y . 

o f September,  1890.____________________ ________  

iwi.->.ig!.n  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n.

M u s k e g o n   D r u g 'C le r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 
President, C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.______

President, F. D. Kipp:  Secretary, Albert Brower.
O e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty  

Drugs $¡£ Medicines»

President. J. W. Hayward.  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
G ra n d  Rapids Drug: Clerks’ Association. 

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Three Years—8tanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Four  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Years—James Vemor, Detroit.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next  Meeting—At Lansing November 6 and 6.

President— Frank Inerii».  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Bernen Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vemor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. 
Executive C om m itte#-0. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Prall,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J- Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday 
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sets are ample  and can be realized faster 
in  liquidation  than by a continuance  of 
business,  we have  sold  our  stocks  and 
business  to  parties  who  will  continue 
the same, while we shall push collections 
as hard as possible  and meet  all  obliga­
tions as fast  as  we  can. 
In  the  mean 
time any creditor  who prefers  can  have 
secured  notes,  county warrants  or  real 
estate at a price that  will  make  a  pay­
ing investment.  We  can  turn  out  real 
estate that  pays  8  to  10  per  cent,  net 
now, and will in all probability be worth 
50 to 200 per cent,  more  in  10  years  or 
less. 
If so situated that  you can tie  up 
a few hundred dollars in productive  real 
estate for a few  years,  you  can  help us 
out, and make some money, too.
Really,  this  is  a  pathetic  document. 
Inevitably it calls  up  to  mind a picture 
of  generous trading  methods, large faith 
in  the  future  and a desire  to  serve the 
community  wherein  the  bq^iness  was 
planted—ending, 
it  would  appear,  in 
keen anxieties, ineffectual  struggles and 
broken  engagements.  We  may possibly 
be wrong, but  this  is  the  impression to 
be gathered from the  amount  and  char­
acter  of  the  securities  which  the  firm 
From the St. Paul Globe  we  select  the 
seems to have taken from its neighboring 
following  remarkable,  if  true, discovery 
debtors of  the  farming  class.  And  the 
of  a workman:
impression  is  confirmed,  if  we  mistake 
In  the  matter  of  recent  inventions, 
not,  by  a  few  words  in  the  other  an­
that  paper  says, it  is  safe- to say that a 
nouncement referred to, and which issues 
St. Paul  man  carries off  the  palm.  His 
from  an  enterprising  firm  who  have 
name  is  August  Boorfried,  and  he is a 
bought  out a store  and  business  of  the 
Hungarian  about  49  years  of  age.  He 
embarrassed  concern.  These gentlemen 
has  lived in comparative  poverty on the 
say, after the customary greeting to their 
West  Side  for  several  years,  earning a 
new neighbors and trade:
poor  living by working at his trade of  a 
“We can’t and won’t extend  indefinite 
stonemason.  But  if  his  new  discovery 
time  to  anyone, and  must  have cash or 
proves  a success,  of  which  there  is  no 
secured  credit,  but  to  people  who  can 
doubt, he  will  count  his “wealth by the 
and  will  pay  we  offer  better  goods  at 
millions.  The  discovery  is  this:  By  a 
lower prices  than  any house in this sec­
combination  of  chemicals, the  nature of 
tion of  the country.”
which he refuses to disclose, he  has  dis­
,  We  need  not to  say more  at  present. 
covered  a  liquid  which  will  dissolve 
These utterances from the far Northwest 
stone with incredible  rapidity.  The dis­
seem  to  indicate  a  trade  experience of 
solution  is  not  the  crumbling  kind  or 
which  we  shall  learn  many further in­
disintegration  occasioned  by  treating 
stances.  We have  quoted  them but as a 
marble  with  sulphuric  acid, but a com­
specimen of  the teachings  and  penalties 
plete transformation from solid to liquid.
of  credit. 
Marble  and  granite,  lime  and  sand­
stone,  are  alike  dissolved  by the  mere 
The P. of I. Originators Ignorant on the 
submergence  in  a vat  filled  with a dis­
solving  liquid.  No matter what kind or 
From the Michigan Farmer.
how  hard  the  stone  is, the effect is the 
The organ of  the  Patrons  of  Industry 
same.  What  is  the  strangest part of it 
wants  the  farmers of  Michigan  to raise' 
all  is  that  the  stone,  after  being  dis­
.sorghum  and  thus  defeat the monopoly 
solved,  forms, into a sort of  sirupy  sub­
of  the  sugar  trust. 
If  the  parties'who 
stance, which can be applied to anything 
are  conducting  the  P. of  I organ  knew 
having  a stone  or  glass  surface  with a 
even a little  bit  about  the  agriculture of 
brush, and immediately hardens  so  that 
this or any other  State,  such  silly advice 
to make an  impression on  it even with a 
would not be given.  Michigan has been 
chisel is almost an impossibility.  By ap­
i through  the  sugar-from-sorghum «fever, 
plying  some  other  chemical,  Boorfried 
j and  the  experience  cost  her  farmers a 
has  discovered  that  the  liquid  thick-
! large  sum  of  money.  There  is  not a 
ens mto a heavy mass, which can  be 
j sugar-making  plant  in  operation in the 
into  molds and baked like bricks.  After , gtat„  an(j  never  wm  be until new and 
it has  been  subjected  to  the  heat for a j cbga 
r  mg^bods  of  manufacture  have 
certain length of  time,  it becomes harder  jjeen foun(j out.  Sugar  has  been  made 
than flint, and  almost  as  transparent as | from  sorghum in Kansas, but  the cost is 
glass,  and  by  polishing  it  assumes  a i aboye profitable production.  The  newly 
It  varies  in colors ac-  discovere(j “roasting  process”  is alleged 
brilliant  luster. 
cording  to  the  kind of  stone  used, and ¡ 
bg  the  most  Satisfactory,  so  far, but 
can  be had from a bright  red to a beauti  ■
j  the plant costs from $30,000 to $35,000, and 
j  demands  skilled  labor to run it.  Where 
ful azure hue.  Now. Boorfried’s idea is 
that  this  liquid  of  his  can  be  used in 
I is  the  man  who is going to put  $30,000 
making a substance for  the  construction 
j  into machinery to lie idle eleven  months 
of  residences, floors, and  even windows. 
i  in the  year,  and  work  on a margin  of 
By taking this  liquid  and  sprinkling  it 
fraction of  a cent per pound on the sugar 
on  a  street  previously  coated  with  as-
manufactured during the twelfth month
phalt,  a pavement  as  glossy and smooth • gorgbum for  sugar  production  is an ex 
as a toboggan slide can be  produced. 
pensive crop to raise on  our  high-priced 
aTld* is  also  more  susceptible  to 
ever, yet the  idea is a good  one, and  by i frogt  tban  corn. 
it  must  be  manufac- 
further research some process for  roug  -  ^ured immediately upon being harvested 
ening  the  surface  will  be  discovered.  Qr nQ  sugar  can be obtained. 
It is  just 
Just  imagine a residence  built of  trans-  ag wejj tQ reajiZC)  without  further costly 
parent  stone, so  that  when  a  lamp  rs  experimentation,  that  Michigan is not 
lighted  in  the interior its rays, softened |  *
and  changed  into  roseate  hues,  can  be j 
seen  shining  through  from  the  street. |
The effect would be marvelous and beau­
tiful.  Mr.  Boorfried  claims  that  car | 
wheels can be made  from  the  stuff,  also 
rails,  and  there  is  no  reason  why  it 
should  be  doubted, if  the  other is true. 
He expects to go East in a few  days  and 
endeavor to interest  wealthy  capitalists 
to take hold of  the matter with him.  He 
refuses  to  state  what  the stone-melting 
liquid is composed of, as  he says he does 
not intend that  other  people  shall  take 
away from  him  what  has  taken  nearly 
his whole life to perfect.

This  would  hardly be profitable, how-1 » 

experimentation, 
sugar-producing State.

Subject of Agriculture

The Drug  Cocoa.

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Three  hundred  years  ago  a  Spanish 
traveler described its  use by the Indians, 
who chew a paste  made from the leave 
in  order  to  keep off  hunger  and  thirst 
while on their  journeys and enable them 
to  undergo  fatigue.  At  present  the 
plant is largely cultivated in  the  Andes 
from  the  Argentine  Republic  to  New 
Granada,  the  chief  depot  being  at  Las 
Paiz, in Bolivia.  Nearly all the  product 
is consumed in South America. 
It grow 
best in the mild and moist climate of  the 
lower  mountains  at  a  hight  of  2,000 to 
5.000  feet  above  the  sea level.  Two or 
three crops of  the  leaf  can  be  gathered 
in the  year;  and  the  largest  leaves  are 
preferred,  as  containing  most  of  the 
alkaloids  which  make  the virtue of  the 
of
plant.  The  leaves  have  an  odor 
blended  hay and chocolate when broken 
and  are of  rare  green  color.  Since the 
discovery of  cocaine the leaves have been 
exported to Europe;  but the  sea  voyage 
is found  to  rob  them  of  the  alkaloids, 
and, therefore, it  is  the  custom  now to 
extract these in South  America and then 
export  them  for  the  manufacture  of 
cocaine.

The Penalties  of Credit.

From the American Artisan.
In  our  growing  Western  and  North­
western  states,  where  land  is  still  the 
chief wealth and money comes but slowly 
to pay the husbandman for its produce— 
this produce,  besides,  being  subject  to 
casualties of  blight and insect, flood and 
tempest—the question  of  credit,  as  be­
tween dealers and the  rest  of  the  com­
munity,  is  about  the  most  important 
which concerns the general  welfare. 
In 
an inquiry on this  subject from a firm of 
Iowa hardware  merchants,  which  is set 
forth  in  an  adjoining  column,  may be 
What Constitutes  a Business Man.
discerned  the  solicitude  with  which 
honest  dealers  are apt to look for  some 
From the Detroit News.
The “business  man” cry in  local  pol­
guidance,  chiefly as  it may be found  in 
itics  is  a  decidedly  humorous  one.  A 
the  custom  and  experiences  of  those 
fellow is a business  man  if  he  keeps a 
similarly  disposed  and  situated.  We 
store or runs a factory.  He is  not a bus­
doubt not that from  the  replies  thereto 
iness  man if,  as a lawyer,  for  instance, 
many interesting facts will be developed, 
he keeps the storekeeper  and the factory
but  pending the receipt  of  these it may 
also be  useful  to  give  the  points  of  a  owners  on  their  feet  financially by get 
single case which has come before us this  ting their bad claims collected and giving 
week,  in  a  couple  of  trade  announce- | them the legal  advice  they need.  He is
not a business  man, again,  unless he has 
ments from another  Northwestern state.
a  store  or  factory,  though  he  do  ten 
These  are  both  from  the  one  town.! 
times  as  much  business  as  any  of  the 
The first is  that  of  a firm,  now  retired 
storekeepers  and  factory owners, and do 
from business,  who have  carried  on  an 
it, as the genial Col. Mike  Jieffers, of  the 
active  trade  in  hardware,  harness  and 
United  Saginaws,  does,  by keeping  his 
furniture at that and another point.  Ap­
office  in  his  hat.  He  is  not a business 
parently  they  have  not  been  lacking 
man if  he is employed by one, nor  yet is 
either in business capacity or enterprise, 
he a business man if  he has been so long 
and  certainly  not  in  mercantile  honor 
in business that he  has  retired as a cap­
and good faith.  Withal,  they have been 
italist. 
The  definition  of  “business 
obliged to  wind up the business,  selling 
man” is singularly elastic  in  the way it 
out both their  stores, for  the security of 
can  be  stretched  so  as  not  to  cover 
the creditors whose claims they had been 
people.
unable to meet on time.  What they now 
say to those creditors  tells  its own story 
and carries its own lesson.  Omitting all 
names, as being  uncalled for in this con­
nection,  we give the precise words of the 
firm’s  appeal:
Having taken in the course of business 
and by foreclosures, etc.,  real estate that 
now stands us in some  $10,000,  but can’t 
be  turned  into  money without  a  large 
sacrifice,  although it is so situated that a 
few  years time  will make  it  very valu­
able;  we  also  carry a  large  amount  of 
notes  and  accounts  that  are  nearly all 
well secured but can’t  be collected  very 
fast;  in addition to  which  we  have sev­
eral thousand dollars of live stock.  Ow­
ing to poor crops, etc.,  we deem it to the 
best interest  of  ourselves  and creditors 
to wind the business up,  and as  our  as-

Cream tartar has  again  advanced  and 
the prospects  are  that a combination  of 
manufacturers  will again be formed and 
higher prices will rule.  Tartaric acid will 
also  be higher.  Gum  camphor  has  ad­
vanced,  with  indications  of  a  higher 
market.  Gum shellacs are lower.  Opium 
is quiet.  Morphia  is  unchanged.  Qui­
nine is unsettled  but  advancing.’  Some 
foreign manufacturers quote higher than 
others.  Oil  Pennyroyal  has  advanced. 
Turpentine is lower.

handle the  P.  «fc  B. cough

The Drug  Market.

It pays  to 

drops.

THE  DIAMOND.

This  year  the  cut  was  also  10,000,000 
feet, which is now in  the yard  ready fofr 
shipment.

Speculations  of  Scientists  as  to  Its 

Probable  Origin.

The origin  of  the diamond has been a 
fruitful  topic  for  speculation  among 
scientists;  hence  many  contradictory 
theories have been  advanced and argued

There  was to  be  company at  dinner, 
and  Bobby’s  mother  had eautioned him 
to be careful of  his behavior,  especially 
hll* aftpr aii  to eat sparingly and  always to say thank

... 

A Point Well Taken.

COMBINED,

account  for 

Acknowledged to be the

We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

E.  I. STOWE 

n r in i7   D D n o   Wholesale Druggists, 
r L U x L   L )± lU o « j 

LIQUOR iPOISON  RECORD
B e s t o n  th e  M a r k e t.
iBRO.,
C I2TS2CXTG  R O O T .

in the  dark.  Theories  answer  a  good I ev^ tsFthey kept the bostess so 5usy that
purpose,  since they often  lead  the  way 
1 she found no time to  wait  upon  Bobby. 
to  truth.  But this is not all;  they illus­
The little fellow grew desperate.
whispered, after a time,
trate the ingenuity in the human mind in , 
eftt spari£ ly and  say thank
the  methods | 
seeking  to
Nature takes for  the  accomplishment of j 
anythin*»”
her  secret  operations.  Some  of  these | y°u lf I don t get anything.
theories about the origin of  the diamond 
interesting, 
are  very  ingenious  and 
though the amount of truth they embody 
remains to be proved. 
It has  been  sug­
gested that the vapors  of  carbon during 
the coal period may have been condensed 
and crystallized into  the  diamond;  and 
again, the itafolumite, generally regarded 
as the matrix,  was saturated  with petro­
leum,  which,  collecting 
in  nodules, 
formed  the  gem by gradual  crystalliza­
tion.  Newton believed it to have  been a | 
coagulated, unctuous substance,  of vege- j 
table origin,  and  was  sustained  in  the 
theory  by  many  eminent  philosophers, j 
including Sir  David  Brewster,  who  be-' 
lieved the diamond  was  once  a  mass of
__derived  from  certain  species  of
wood, and that  it  subsequently assumed 
crystalline form.  Dana and  others ad- 
ance the  opinion that it may have been 
8@  10
produced by the  slow  decomposition  of | Acetlcum 
80@1  00
egetable  material,  and  even from  am- , 
______  
30
mal matter.  Burton says  it  is  younger 
Carboíicum..................  40® 45
Citricum .......................  50® 55
than  gold,  and  suggests  the possibility
Hydrochlor.............   3®  "
that it may still be in  process  of  forma-  __________
Nitrocum  .....................  10® J*
tion,  with  capacity of  growth.  Speci- j oxalicum................  13®
mens of  the diamond have been found to . Pbosphorium dll  ..... 
g
inclose  particles  of  gold—an  evidence, | l^yiicum ^...........   Jg®  K
he  thinks,  that its formation  was  more 
Tannicum................... 1  40@1  60
Tartaricum..................  40®  w
recent  than that  of  the  pecious  metal.
The theory that the diamond was formed 
a m m o n ia.
immediately from  carbon  by the  action j Aqua, 16 deg............  3@  5
of  heat is opposed by another, maintain-!  “  W  d e g .
t
in g   that it could not have  been produced  CarDona^.............. 
14
in this way, otherwise  would  have  been j 
consumed.  But  the  advocates  of  this | 
«
view  were  not  quite  on  their  guard 
.......  80®i 00
against a surprise, for some quick-witted  jje(j....................  ...  45®  50
opponent  has found by experiment  th at, yellow....................2 a*®3 00
diamond will sustain great heat  without 
combustion.
Cubeae (po. 1  60..........1  85®2 00
Juniperus........... :■••• 
™
Xantnoxylum.............  26®  30

GRAND  RAPID8.

ACIDUM.
................. 

AKXTmT.
ANI 

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BACCAE.

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Some  Changes in Hardware.

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FOLIA.

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g u m m i.

CORTEX.

35

12

wuoka.

“ 
and 

@  15 
®3 50 
®  SO

Alx.  35®  50

24®
11®
33®
13®
14®
16®

.......................  *2®

is.
V4s.........
.........
F E R R U M .

Acacia, 1st  picked....  ®1 00

...................  1®®
|=®

A No-Mistake  Cure for Corns. 

b a l sa m u m .
Copaiba........... ...........
Peru........................ 
**
45®  50
Terabin, Canada 
Tolutan......................   45®  oO

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 
nivelly.... ..  ••••••• 
Salvia  officinalis,  &s
UraUrsi......................

the  m iddle toe of his le ft foot, w hich  had j  Kino, 
bothered him for many years. 
and  adopted  a  unique and sudden m ethod | Shellac

From the Age o f Steel.
The changes  in  hardware  during  the 
past nine mouths have  been  cumulative 
n effect, and are  fast bringing a new or­
der of things into existence.  In builders’ 
hardware  many  of  the new designs are
Abies,  Canadian.........
remarkable for their beauty of finish and  g ^ na j^Va " i" "  
artistic conception.  The trimming  ot  &  Euonymus  atropurp... 
house with the proper  hardware—a sub- | Myrica  Cerifera, po.... 
ject so long neglected-baa now assumed ;
its true importance, and is  as  much  the  g^8gafras  .................
subject of personal choice on  the part of : uimus Po (Ground 12). 
the  owner  as  anything  else  connected 
EXTBACTUM.
with the building. 
In  bronze goods, es- j GiyCyrrhiza  Glabra...
pecially, there  is  an  increasing demand i 
for the best and handsomest that  can  be  Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 
made, the question of price being no con­
sideration whatever.  The new steel lock 
has  made  a  favorable  impression,  and 
seems destined to hold » permanent place,  carbonate Precip.
The substitution of mild steel for wrought | Citrate « ^ ^ n ia .... 
iron has gone on at a very rapid rate,  in  peiTOcyanidum Sol—  @
butts  and  hinges  it is universal—it has j solut  Chloride..........   @
partly made its way into bolts and tacks,  Sulphate,  com 1....... U4@
and  in  numerous  small  articles  it  has |
proved its superiority.  In tensile strength i 
and toughness it compares  with the best 
30©
imported Norway and Swede brands, and \ jiatrjCaria ...............  30®
the days of wrought iron goods are clearly '
The wire nail grows steadily
nutnbered. 
in favor. 
In consequence of its capacity 
for  being  barbed  and  being  furnished 
with  almost  any  head  or point desired, 
its  usefulness is increased  an  hundred­
fold. 
Its latest form is  the  wire  screw 
nail,  a very practical combination of  the 
wire nail and the regular  screw.  Owing 
to the advance in prices, the prospects of 
the steel nail  are  brighter, but the ques­
tion  of  gauge  still  remains  unsettled. 
The new gauge has been adopted by only 
a few mills, and it  must  receive the ver­
dict  of  the  consumers  before  it can be 
said to be  a  success.  The  chances are 
for a compromise  between  the  old  and 
new gauges.

2d 
....  ®  90
....  ®   80
3d 
sifted sorts...  @  65
po...............  75@1 00
i Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
I  “  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®   12
I  “  Socotri, (po.  60).  @ 50
I Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 )4s,
1
|  16)........................... 
®
30 
1  Ammoniae...................   *0®
15
<©
Assafcetida, (po. 30)... 
55
! Benzoinum...................   50@
40
! Camphor®.................            37®
35®
Eupfiorbium po  ........
I 
gef  s*
A resident  of Concord  had a  corn  on Guaiaeum, (po.45)  ...  @  40
(po.  25)..........   ©  20
@  40
One m orning he could  bear  it no longer j  0 pii  (pc. 5  10)...........3 50@3 55
.................  25@  35
bleached........  28®  30
.,  I Tragacanth................   30®  75
firmly, muzzle  downward, on a board set  Ahrinth<,im.........................   25
for the  purpose.  Then  he.laid a board j j;Upatorium.....................  29
down  under  it  and  fired it twice.  The j Lobelia............................
bullet entering the  board  at  exactly the j ^ j^ fp ip e rito " "!"” ^   23
same point each time, convinced him that i 
y i r ...................... . 
25
the  rifle  was  firmly fixed  and  properly I Rue  . . . ...... ............... •••••  §°
a d ju s te d ,  an d   h is   n e x t  m o v e  w a s   to   p la c e   1  Tanacetum, V.........................
his  bare  foot  on  the  board so that  the 
corn  on  his  toe  came  directly over the 
bullet  hole.
This  matter  being arranged to his sat­
isfaction, he got a friend,  who was  pres­
ent  during  the  preliminary operations, 
to  pull  the  trigger.  The  result  fully 
equaled if  it did not exceed  his  expecta­
tions.  The bullet  went  through his toe 
and  carried  the  corn  with  it, leaving a 
large  ragged  hole, which  will  be  quite 
likely  to  give  him  as  much trouble as 
did the corn.
He  refused  to  have a  physician,  and 
says a bullet  hole  is  better  than a corn 
any day.

Absinthium..........”....5  00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25®7 50
A nisi............................ 1 S*0®2 j)9
Auranti  Cortex............   @2  50
Bergamli  ................... 2 80®3 00
Cajiputi......................  
99
Caryophylli.......   @! 
50
C edar..........................  35@  65
Chenopodii.......   @1 
75
Cinnamonii..................... 1  35@1 40
Citronella...................  @  *5
Conium  Mac..............   35@  65
Copaiba.............   90@1 
00
Cuhebae................... 16 00@16
Exechthitos................  90@1  00
From the Chicago Timberman. 
Erigeron.......................... 1  20@1 30
The  little  village of  Keno, four  miles  g S ^  onncelV.i  ^ T S
north of  Woodville, is one of  the newest j Qossipii, Sem. gal.....   50®  75
It was | Hedeoma  ...................1  75@l 85
lumbering  points  in  the  State. 
started  last  year  with  the  building  of j 
g g j «,
Hart & Horning’s mill, and its immediate | Lim onis............................l  50@l 80
mission is to transform into  lumber Wm. ! MenthaPiper  ...........2 35@2 40
Peter’s  large  tract of  timber,  which  is  Mentha Verid...............2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80@1  00
estimated  to  cut  80,000,000  feet.  Mr.
Myrcia, ounce.............  @  50
Peter  has  owned this tract for a number 
Olive...........................1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12 
of  years, but he has cut none of  it, until
R icini.:......................1  24@1  36
he recently made a contract  with Hart &  j jjosmarini: . 
00
Horning,  of  Big Rapids,  to take all  this Rosae, ounce..... 
00
timber from the stump,  saw it, cross-pile i 
....................  gJJgj ^
50@7 oo
and load it on the cars for shipment.  The  Santai 
price paid  for  this  work  is  said  to  be  Sassafras....................   55®  60
$5.25  per  thousand  feet.  The mill was 
®ss, ounce....  @t ®
built last  year and everything  furnished  TSyine 
40®  “
op t.:............ .  @
in time to make a cut of  about 10,000,000  « 
It has one circular and one  Theobromas.............  15®
feet in 1888. 
band saw, with a daily capacity of 70,000 | 
b  potassium. 
13® 
feet.  The  timber  is  taken  by  loggingBichromate "
roads direct from  the  stump to the mill. I Bromide...................  37®

He  obtained  a  rifle  and  fastened  it  HEBBA—in ounce packages.

MAGNESIA.
Calcined, Pat.............
Carbonate,  P a t ........
Carbonate, K. &  hi...
Carbonate, Jenning5.

A  N ew   L u m b e r  C e n te r. 

Thymus,  V.

55®
20®
20®
35®

75@l 
<®6 

OLEUM.

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Anisum,  (po.  20)........   @
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
Cnenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterlx Odorate.........1  75@1  85
Foeniculum................  ©  15
Foenugreek,  po.........  
6@  8
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4)4© 4)4
Lobelia........................  35@  40
Pharlari8 Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
R apa........................... 
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu............. 
8®  9
“ ’  Nigra...........   11®  12

SFIRITUS.

 
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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
Vini  Alba........................ 1  25@2 00

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage................... 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................  
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage.......... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage ........................ 
65
Hard for  slate  use—  
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ........................... 
1  40

SYRUPS.

Accacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...................................    60
Ferri  Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega.....................................50
Scillae...................... 1..........   50
•  Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunus virg..........................  50

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Aconitum  Napellis R ..........  60
F ..........  50
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafoetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................   60
Co...........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................   50
Barosma..............................   50
Cantharides..........................  75
Capsicum.............................  50
Cardamon.............................  75
Co.......................  75
Castor....................................1 00
Catechu................................  50
Cinchona.............................  50
Co.......................  60
Columba................... 
50
Conium................................  50
Cubeba.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot....................................   50
G entian................................  50
Co.............................  60
Gualca .. :.............................  50
ammon...................  60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyo8Cyamus........................  50
Iodine...................................   75
Colorless.................   75
Ferri  Chloridum..................  35
K in o .....................................  50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................   50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii......................................   85
“  Camphorated__ »........   50
“  Deodor......................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Quassia................................  50
R hatany........................  - ■ ■  50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
Co..............   50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stromohium..........................  60
Tolutan................................   60
V alerian..................... 
  50
VeratrumVeride..................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ground,  (po.

Alther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28
Alumen........................2)4®  3)4
7)..............................   3®  4
Annatto......................   55®  60
4®  5
Antimoni, po..............  
et Potass T.  55®  60

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D n1i«hin9  is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as,full 
rU llo illM   directions accompany  each  bottle.
D oll s h in  9  Is  Put 
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D n lietiin u   is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
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SUSPENDED!

Ö 2  3
.-i  s   o®  >-t
S.H&

Carb.............................  12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 20)........ 
IS®  20
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Iodide..........................2  80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  32®  34 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  
8@  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7@  9
Prussiate.....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum...................   20®  25
Althae..........................  25®  30
Anchusa.............\.......   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,  Us..............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15@  18
R h e i..:......................   75@1  00
cut......................   @1  75
py........................  75@1  35

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Spigelia......................   48®
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  ©
Serpentaria..................  40®
Senega........................  60©
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ©
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........   10®
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po.....................  @
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©
German...  15@
Zingiber a ...................   10®
Zingiber  j ...................   22®

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Declined—Gum Shellac, Turpentine.
Antipyrin...................1  35@1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum.................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
9
11 ;  Ms,  12)................. 
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
75 
Capsicl  Fructus, a f...
18 
16 
’ po.
14 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
23©
25 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75 
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
50®  55
Cera Flava.................  
_
Coccus........................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  15
Centraria.....................  @ 
io
Cetaceum...................   @  35
Chloroform................  32®  35
squibbs..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20©  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  4®  10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........... ............  @  60
Creasotum.................   @  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep................... 
5®  5
“  precip................ 
8®  10
“  Rubra........; ___  @  8
Crocus........................  35®  38
Cudbear.......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®  9
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......................   10®  11
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @  90
“ 
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box TO less
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®  15
“  White................  13®  25
Glycerina...................   22®  25
Grana Paradisi...........  @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  9C
®  8C
“  C or 
Ox Rubrum  @1  00
Ammoniati.  @1  10 
Unguentum.  45@  55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla, Am...... 1  25@1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  ResubI...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4  70
Lupulin......................   85@1  00
Lycopodium..............   55®
M acis..........................  80®
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod..................  @
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10® 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bfil
1)4)...........................   2®
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45®
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 65©2  90 
C. C o.......................2 S5@2 90

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Blood Diseases 

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F em ale

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the market and  is  recommended  by  a) 
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.

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House.Diamond  fflediGine  Oo.,

PROPRIETORS,

DETROIT,  -  MIOH.

Hazeltine & Terkins D rug Co.

WHOLESALE  AGENTS,

GRAND RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

J E T T I N E .

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any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
Ing.  See quotation.  MABTELL BLACKING 
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S. N.  Y.  Q. &
Moschus  Canton........
Myristica,  No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia.....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................
@2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ..........................
@2  00 
@1 00 
Picis Liq., q u arts......
pints..........
@  70 
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..
@  50 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
@  18 
Piper Alba, (po g5)__
@  35
Pix  Burgun................  @
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
8®  10
Quassiae..................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W ......   42®  4'
S.  German__   33®  45
Rubia  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactispv..  @  35
Salacin...................... 2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .....................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................   12®  14
8®  10
“  G........................  @  15
Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis............................  @ 18
“  opt......................   ® 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes...........................   @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
il@  12 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  ,  
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
2®  2)4
Soda Carb...................  
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash................... 
3®  4
Soda, Sulphas................   @ 2
Spts. Ether C o ...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05).............................  @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl.............. 2)4® 3%
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 
7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  TO 
70
60
Lard,  extra................  55 
50
Lard, No.  1................  45 
61
Linseed, pure raw __   58 
Lindseed,  b o iled __   61 
64
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................   50 
69
Spirits Turpentine__   51)4  56
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............1)4  2@3
Ochre, vellow  Mars__t%  2@4
Ber........1I£  2@3
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Putty,  commercial__2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2)4@3
Vermilioh Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ........................... 
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  6)4@7)4
“  w h ite..................6)4@7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.  ........................ 
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints...................... 1  00@1  20

Roll.............. 2K@ 3

paints. 

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No. 1 Turp  Coach.......1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................1  60@1 TO
Coach  Body............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp F um ........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
f u n » ........................  70®  75

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W e  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S]' ^MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

W e have in stock and offer a full line of

W h iskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Bum s.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Co* 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whiskyyand Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

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Buckwheat*

(ALWAYS  PURE)

W e again call your attention 
to  the  high  grade  of  Buck­
wheat  Flour  characteristic  of 
our mill.

Orders from  the  trade  solicited.

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The  brightest  o f   the  children's  ■ 

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F I V E   G R E A T   S E R I A L S - .

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adventures and his sister’s on their father’s 
acres with laughter and breathless interest. 
THE NEW SENIOR AT ANDOVER 
By Herbert D. Ward.  A serial of school- 
life in famous Andover — our Rugby.  The 
boys,  the professors, the lodgings, the fur.. 
THE  SONS  OF  THE  VIKINGS.” 
By Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen.  A right 
down jolly story of modern Norse boys. 
BONY  AND  BAN, one of the best of the 
Mary  Hartwell  Catherwood serials. 
SEALED ORDERS.  By Charles Rem­
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story of “ wet sheets and a flowing sea.” 
CONFESSIONS  OF  AN AMATEUR 
PHOTOGRAPHER.  By  Alexander 
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LUCY  PERVEAR.  First  of  a series of 
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TALES  OF  OLD  ACADIE.  Twelve 
powerful  true  stories  by  Grace  Dean 
McLeod, a Canadian author.
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About men and women who did great things 
in the face of seeming impossibilities.
THE PUK-WUDJIES.  By L.J. Bridg­
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BUSINESS OPENINGS FOR GIRLS 
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really helpful papers by Sallie Joy White. 
Twelve  more  DAISY-PATTY  LET­
TERS.  By Mrs.  Ex-Governor Claflin. 
TW ELVE  SCHOOL  AND  PLAY­
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“ LAMBKIN ;  Was  He  a  Hero  or  a 
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£3?“  Postal-card  Votes  and  Cash  Prizes. 

SHORT STORIES sifted from thousands: 
Santa  Claus  on  a  Vegetable  Cart. 
Charlotte  M.  Vail.  Rijane.  William  Preston  Otis. 
Sow  Tom  Jumped  a  Mine.  Mrs.  H.  F. 
¿tickney.  The Run of  Snow-shoe Thomp­
son.  Lieut.  F.  P.  Fremont.  Polly at the Book- 
kitchen.  Delia W.  Lyman.  Trailing Arbutus. 
Hezekiah Butterworth.  Golden Margaret.  Janus 
C.  Purdy.  Peggy's  Bullet.  Kate  Upson  Clark. 
How Simeon and  Sancho  Panza Helped 
the  Revolution.  Miss  Risley  Seward.  The 
Difficulties  of  a  Darling.  L. 
Walford.
One Good Turn.”  Harriet  Prescott  SpofTord. 
ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES,  novelties: 
D olls O f N oted W om en.  Miss Risley Seward. 
H ow to  Build a  M ilitary Snow -F ort.  An 
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“Polo.  Madame  de  Meissner.  A ll  A round  f 
rontier F ort.  Lieut.  F.  P.  Fremont.  Home 
Of  Ramona.  Charles  F.  Lummis.  A  Rabbit 
Round-Up.  Joaquin Miller.  Japanese F igh t­
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Base  Ball P layers.  F.  L.  Sloaneof “ The Hamp­
ton  Indian  Nine.”  A P arty in a Chinese Pf. 
ace.  E.  R.  oddmore.

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more interesting than ever.
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admit  a  great serial  of  adventure, by Grant Allen 
entitled;  W EDNESDAY  T H E   TENTH  A  
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SOAP.
PURE.
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THE
LAUNDRY
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GENERAL  HOUSEHOLD
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THE  ELOPEMENT.

Jiegant  reproduction  of  the  famous  Water  Goloi 
jy  Kaemmerer,  issued  by  us  at  a  cost  of  ovei 
3,000  dollars.  A  copy  sent  free  to  any  address or 
receipt of 2 5   wrappers  from the

f Soap

60WANS  &  STOVER,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Common ^ ens^
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Two Years
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E.  6.  8YUDLEY,

Wholesale  Dealer in

R u b b er

Boots and Shoes

Manufactured by

G A M E  RUBBER  GO.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue  and 

Price List.

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No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, »MICH.

Lem on  &  Peters,

W H O L E S A L E

G R O C E R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Eautz Bros.  &  Co.’s  Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  Cheese

GRAND  R A P ID S .

Jot  Printing!

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

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

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

Company,

100 Louis  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GEO.  H. REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber of

1 1   Lycoming  Rubbers
Medium Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Diltnam  Bandy  Bo

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

Ionia P a n ts  & O v erall Co.

The M ichigan Tradesm an

AN  OLD  STORY.

Fisherman John is brave and strong— 
He owns a cottage and fishing smack,
And, what is truer than I could wish, 

None more brave on the coast than he;
As snug as ever need be;
Fisherman John loves me.

Often and often, when day is done,
With smiling lips and eager eyes,
He comes to woo me;  in every  way 
That a man may try, he tries
To win me;  but that he can never do, 
Though he woo me till he dies.

Fisherman Jack is a poorer man—
He owns not cottage or fishing smack;
But a winning voice and smile is his 
Where  he would not have.  Alack!
Why should I break my  heart to tell? 
But I love Fisherman Jack.

He loves not me, but every night 
Never a smile has she for him,
Who cares no more  for love of hers 

He sits at the feet of Kate Mahon;
For she loves Fisherman John,
Than the sea he sails upon.

Often we wonder, do Kate and I,
That Kate should cross us so cruelly;
We think of the lovers we do not love, 
And dream of what life would be,
If only Fisherman John loved her,
And Fisherman Jack loved me.
THE  DRIED  FRUIT  SWINDLE.

Repacking-  and  R eprocessing— Short 

W eights  and  Undergrading.

From the Inter-State Grocer
“A false balance is  an  abomination to 
the Lord.” 
If  the proverbial  King  had 
chanced to drop into any large city in the 
United  States  and  acquainted  himself 
with the  methods  adopted  by manufac­
turers  and  packers  in  the  Nineteenth 
century, he might have added,  “and they 
are  all  an  abomination.” 
It is  time to 
call a halt.  To the ignorance  of  the re 
tailer,  as to the quality and  character of 
the  goods  which  he  retails  over  h 
counter daily, is due more than anything 
else, 
the  gross  impositions  which  are 
practiced by manufacturers and packers, 
He buys kiln dried,  pulverized cocoanut 
shells for ground pepper—if  the price is 
right;  roasted  peas  and  chicory  for 
ground coffee—if  the price is right;  mo 
lasses adulterated with gluscose, in place 
of straight O.  K.,  N. O.—if  the  price i 
right;  in  fact,  what  with  adulterated 
spices,  baking powder,  vineger,  etc.,  in 
stead of  being—as the refrain of a popu 
lar song  says—“all a matter of  taste,  it! 
all a matter of price.”
A  decade  ago,  before  the  California 
raisin industry had  attained  its  present 
mammoth  proportions,  Malaga  raisins 
were  packed  specially for  export to the 
United States,  in  extra  heavy boxes, at 
short  weights  ranging  from  17  to  18 
pounds,  when  the  accepted  standard 
allowing for  natural  shrinkage,  was  2: 
pounds net.  A thorough investigation of 
the fraud ill conjunction with  California 
competition led to a partial  reformation 
The  prune,  however,  has  gained  the 
greatest victory of any California product 
in  competition  with  Europe,  and  the 
California raisin cured  prune is prefered 
by our  home  consumers  to  the  French 
article on account of its rich but delicate 
flavor,  small  stone,  and  meaty quality 
French prunes,  until this  year, have in 
variably had  the  preference,  the  fines 
qualities in  glass,  tin.  and fancy paper 
cartoons,  justly  so,  on  account  of  the 
careful manner in  which they have been 
handled,  sorted  and  packed,  retaining 
the natural bloom  and  delicate flavor of 
the fruit unimpaired.
We no sooner  knock out foreign  com 
petiton and a national  product  attain 
national reputation,  than  the  schemer 
who live  and feed  on  the  ignorance  of 
the retailer,  rush  in,  and  by manipula 
tion  are  doing  all  they can  to  kill the 
goose that is laying a golden egg  in Cal 
fomia,  discrediting  one  of  the  fine! 
American  products in  our  own  market 
and retarding the  growth  of  a  national 
industry.
The  California  prune  was first  intro 
duced by reliable packers on  the  Pacific 
slope in boxes  weighing 25  pounds  net 
Following the foreign custom of gradin 
they were  carefully  sorted  and  packed 
according to size and" the  boxes  plainly 
branded, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90, 90-100 
meaning that the fruit, as packed in that 
particular box, runs from 50 to 60 prunes 
to each pound. 
In addition to this,  they 
have recently been  shipping the product 
in  sacks, 
less  expensive  than  boxing 
saving  about one-half  cent per pound to 
to  the  retailer  and  consumer.  Now 
comes the fraud.  For several years past 
there have been creeping  into the  trade 
men  who make a business  of  repacking 
and  reprocessing old fruit,  mixing  with 
new.  Old currants  have been  steamed 
syruped,  mixed,  repacked  and  sold  a 
new.  Zante  and  Patras  currants  hav 
been doctored up,  repacked in boxes and 
sold as Yostezzi, and in some instances 
reputable importer’s  shipping  mark has 
been skillfully imitated and stencilled on 
the box to give  color to  the fraud.  Old 
prunes  have  been  steamed,  doped  and 
sold ifor  new.  Turkish,  repacked  and 
sold for  Salonicas,  in  fact  anything  to 
make money, it almost appearing in some 
instances as though a nickel made in this 
fashion  was  preferable  to  the  nickel 
made legitimately.  As  we  said  before 
it is time to call a halt.
The  California prune has made such 
splendid reputation  that  we  cannot  af 
ford to fritter  it away.  The fruit repro 
cessors are laying  seige to this article 
commerce, and the latest  dodge is to 
pack the  California sacked  prunes  into 
boxes, mark up the quality, that is, brand 
a small 90 to 100  prune  70 to 80, and in 
stead of  putting  25  pounds  net  in  the 
box, put them up at short weights;  vary 
ing from 23 to 23% pounds.  A 25-pound 
box  of  prunes,  legitimately  cured  and 
packed,  maybe  reasonably expected 
shrink in the course of  a  year about one 
pound.  The  reprocessed  article,  how 
ever, will shrink  still more.  The writer 
saw a lot of  California repacked  prunes 
shipped  into  this  market,  and  though 
newly packed from  sacks  they averaged 
only 23 pound net to the box.  This  was 
a  steal.  The  grade  was  off  also a full 
one-half  cent  below  what  they  were 
marked.  The  retailer  who  buys  Cali­
fornia  prunes  should  weigh  the  goods 
and see that he gets  what  he  pays  for. 
Look out for boxes  topped off with 70 to 
80 fruit,  while 90 to 100  are filled in be­
low.  Better than  this,  if  you  are  not 
looking  for  anything  especially  fancy, 
buy the California sacked prune and  you 
will be sure to  get the  weight  you  pay 
for.  You  can  see from  this  that  it  is 
not altogether a matter of  price and that 
quality has something to do with it.

if

H A R D W O O D   L U M B E R .

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........................................ H 00@13
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
  @20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................   @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................  @25 00
Red Oak, log-run.......................................20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...............................26 00®28 00
Red Oak, & sawed, 6 inch and upw’d .38 00@40 00
Red Oak, £  sawed, regular.......................30 00©32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................  
@25 00
Walnut, log ru n ...................................  @j® 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll...................................... 
„@f5 00
Grey Elm, log-run..................................... 12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
White-wood, log-run..................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................... -........ 17 00@18 00
Tiite Oak, & sawed, Nos. 1 and 2... .42 00@43 00

>RESS  FO R   SA L E .
A 7x11  Prouty  press,  with  steam fix­
tures, good as  new, for sale at a bargain. 
Call on or address

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

100  Louis  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,
HE
STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 
BOOKS,
The larg est and m ost com plete line of  above  goods in 
th e S iate, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers a re invited to 
call.  Send fo r o u r circulars and p rice lists.
Corner Larnecl  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

WHOLESALE

PERIODICALS.

E,  W,  HELL  PUTTING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating
Corner Pearl and Front 8ts., Grand Rapids.

SEEDS!

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

S e e d  S to re,

71  Canal  St.,  G RAN D  R A PID S.
W . T . L A M O R E A U X .

WITH M O M  MM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bownk, President.

Geo.  C. P ierce,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general  banking  business.

tfake a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

af Country Merchant« Solicited.

WA.NTBD.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything  in  tbe Produce  line, let 
ns bear  from  you.  Liberal cash advances 
made when desired.

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157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  Fir s t   Nationa l  Bank,  Chicago.
Mich ig a n T radesman. Grand Rapide.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In  effect Oct. 6,1889.
.   T R A IN S  GO IN G   N O RT H .

Traverse City & M ackinaw................7:00 a  m
T raverse  City  Express.......................  9:80a m
Traverse  City & M ackinaw................S:05pm
From  C incinnati................................. 8:15pm

Arrive.

G O IN G   SO U T H .
C incinnati  Express...........................
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11 :45 a  m
Cincinnati  Express........................... 5:80 p m
Kalam azoo and C hicago..................10:10 p m

7:00 a  m 
12:46 a m  
0:00 p m  
11:05 p m
T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t  7 p.  m .,  ru n s  daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  S ervice:  N orth—7:20 a. m 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p a rlo r cars for 
Mackinaw City.  South—7 a. m. tra in  has c h air c ar and 
6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c ar fo r Cincinnati; 11:05 
p. m. tra in  has W agner sleeping car fo r Chicago.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 
Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m .......................................................................10:15 a m
11:15a m .......................................................................  3:45pm
6 :4 0 p m .......................................................................  8:45pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etroit, Grand H aven & M ilw aukee.

G O IN G  W ES T .

Arrives.
J
t2:50p m
tM ornlng Express.............................12:50 p m
4:10 p  m 
tT hrough M ail.....................................4:10 p  m
.10:40  p m
tG rand Rapids  Express...................10:40  p m
6:40 a  m
•N ight Express....................................6:40
tMlxed.................................................
G O IN G   KAST.
tD etroit  Express................
•10:10 a m
tT hrough Mail................................... 10:10 a  m
3:85 p m
tE venlng Express...............................3:85 p m
.10:30 p m
•N ight Express..................................10:30 p m

Leaves.
1:00 p m
4:20 p m
7:00 a  m 
7:80 a m
6:50 a  m
10:20 a  m
8:45 p m
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to  D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r all p oints  E ast, arriv in g  in  New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  c a r  D etroit  to 
G rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  h as  W agner  sleeping 
c a r to  D etroit, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
-secured  a t 
D.,G. H. A M.R’y  offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J a b .  C a m p b e l l . Citv Passenger Agent. 

tickets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

b erth s 

and 

c a r 

J no. W. L oud, Traffic M anager, D etroit.

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 
af 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. Paisley, Gen’l Pass. Agent

Bombinatioo Here

It  is  h ard ly  n ecessary  for  us  to 
inform   the trade that w e  do  not  b elon g 
to the W h o le sa le  Grocers* C om bination 
and that w e  do  not  sell  good s  at  co m ­
bination  prices.

Telfer  Spice  C o m p an y .
R in dge, 

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

Bertsch &  Co.,

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  C O .

We carry a full line in stock and  guarantee  terms and prices as good as any house 

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

12,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  ML8H-DE  ROO  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Daily  Capacity,

400 Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
DAISY. 
PURITY, 
IDLEWILD,
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

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Graham,

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena,

Rye Flour,

Buckwheat Flour,
Bolted  Meal,
Rye Meal,
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl  Barley, 

Oat  Meal,

Rolled Oats.

Correspondence  Solicited.

ßood-ByßiPass Book.
Tradesman  Greflit  GoUpon  Book,

Adopt  the

A nd you  w ill  find the savin g  of  tim e  to  be  so  #  
great  th at  you   w ill  n ever  perm it  the use of 
an oth er pass  book in  you r estab lish m en t.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modem in 

the market, being sold as follows:

2 Coupons, per hundred.................$2.50
3.00
5 
4.00
$10 
$20 
5.00

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SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
Orders for  200 or over..........5 per eent.
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“  500  “ 
“   1000  “  

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

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

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO.,

Grand  Rapids.

B u y   a  C a se  of

T I G E R

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) 
t h a n   any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Go

6RIP  RAPIDS,  (UGH.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  JaGkets,  Shirts,  Etc.

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of  these  goods  enables him 
to turn out a line especially adapted to the  Michigan  trade.  Samples  and  prices 
sent on application.

IONIA,  MIOH.

C O F F E E .
I.  M.  C E A R K   &  SON.

Sold  Under  Our  Personal  Guarantee.

