The  Michigan  Tradesman.

n

VOL.  7

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER  11,  1889.

K .  KNUBSON,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And  D ealer in

Gents’ Furnishing Goods.

Fine stock of Woolen  Suitings  and  Overcoat­
ings, w hich I will make to order cheaper than any 
Perfect fit guaranteed. 
other house in the city. 
.

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COUGH

DROPS
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[iG  Coffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

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And a complete line of

♦ F a n c y

H oliday

Goods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

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Wm,  B rtim m eler
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

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Prices.

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AND

if  desired.

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THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMÄN
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§  Jeweler,
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We buy and sell all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.

MY  GIRL.

A little corner with its crib,
A  little  mug, a spoon, a bib,
A little tooth, so pearly white,
A little rubber ring to bite.
A  little plate ail lettered round,
A little rattle to resound, •
A little creeping—see! she stands!
A littlestep'tw ixtoutstretched hands.
A little doll with flaxen hair,
A little willow  rocking chair,
A little dress of richest hue,
A little pair of  gaiters blue.
A little school, day after  day,
A little sehoolnia'am to obey,
A little study—soon ’tis past,
A little graduate  at last.
A little muff for w intry weather,
A little jockey hat and* feather,
A  little sack with  funny pockets,
A little charm, a ring and lockets.
A little while to dance and bow,
A little escort homeward  now,
A little party, somewhat late,
A  little lingering at the gate.
A little walk in leafy June,
A little talk  while shines the moon,
A  little reference  to papa,
A  little planning with mamma.
A little ceremony grave,
A  little struggle to he brave,
A  little cottage on the lawn,
A little  kiss—my girl  was gone.

J ohn  S.  A dams

THE  MISSING  BRIG.

When  I  was  a  boy  of  sixteen,  I laid 
aside  my  grammar  and  rhetoric  “for a 
spell”  and  “tended  store.”  That  is to 
say, I became  first  clerk,  second  clerk, 
salesman,  book-keeper,  porter and  store- 
sweep to worthy Mr.  Cricket,  who kept a 
general  assortment  of  what  were  then 
called English goods,  West  India  goods 
and notions,  in the snug village of Bunk­
um ville,  on  the  coast  of  Maine.  Our 
stock was  very miscellaneous.  We  sold 
silks  and  molasses,  fine  cambrics  and 
rum,  broadcloths,  fiatirons,  rock  salt, 
spices,  codfish,  raw  cotton,  books  and 
stationer}’,  grindstones,  eheese,  powder 
and shot—in short,  matters and things in 
general.
I  took  to  my  new  occupation  with 
great ardor,  thinking, in my folly,  that it 
was a great  piece  of  promotion  to  quit 
my  studies  and  “ ’tend  store.”  My 
schoolmates  envied  me,  and  I  thought 
myself  almost  a  man. 
I  left off  ruffled 
shirts, the  fashion  for  boys at the time, 
and wore a neckcloth, and my jacket was 
laid  aside  for  a  dress  coat. 
I  put my 
hair  under a course of  Macassar oil,  and 
cultivated a foretop,  that  is,  a  bunch  of 
hair  sticking  straight  up  over the fore­
head, as  you see represented in the med­
als of  the  officers  of  the  1812  war,  for 
that  was  the  period  of  which  I  am 
writing; and  then  foretops were univer­
sal.  1 wore swell  black  boots,  with silk 
tassels.  These  boots  came nearly up to 
the  knee  and  formed a brilliant feature 
in  one’s  dress.  Thus  attired, I  set  up 
for a village beau, and  thought myself  a 
pretty fellow.
One  day there  came  into  the  store a 
middle-aged countrywoman,  w’ho  made a 
I  observed  that 
number  of  purchases. 
she eyjed me  rather  narrowly;  and when 
she heard Mr. Cricket call me Martin, she 
said to m e:

Martin Jones?”

“Are  you Martin Jones?”
“Yes, ma’am,” said I.
“Do  tell!  well,  I  never!  so  you  are 
“To be sure I am.”
“Well, Martin, I am so glad to see you. 
My name is Jerusha Thompson.  Did you 
never hear  your mother speak of me?”

“No, ma’am,” said I.
“Well, you  must  know, when I was a 
young  woman,  I was  help iu  your  fam­
ily.  1 lived with  your mother when you 
was a little  baby,  and I have tended  you 
a  thousand  times  before  you  were  old 
enough to talk. 
I do think you were the 
prettiest  baby  I  ever  saw.  Haw  you 
have altered /”
I put  up  the  woman’s  packages  as 
quickly as I could, aud bowed her out, not 
without  much  handshaking  and  many 
good wishes on her part. 
I did not take 
a particular fancy to her, however.
In the  autumn  Mr. Cricket  used to go 
to  Boston  to  replenish  his store with a 
new  stock of  goods.  On  one  occasion, 
walking the  streets of  Boston, just as he 
was  finishing  his  purchases, he  met an 
old acquaintance.  This  was  none other 
than  Captain  Life  Jenkins (Life  being 
the  short  for  Eliphalet).  The  captain 
commanded  the  brig  Sally  Ann,  of 
Bunkumville Port, just  thred miles from 
Buukumville,  where  our  store  was  sit­
uated.  He  had  just  returned  from  a 
freighting voyage  in  Europe, had  taken 
out his cargo,  and was bound  for  Bunk­
umville Port.  As  his  vessel  was  quite 
empty,  he offered  to  take  Mr.  Cricket’s 
goods  on  board  without  charging  any 
freight.  Mr. Cricket was greatly obliged. 
To  send  them  by the  fast-sailing  little 
packet  which  ran 
regularly  between 
Bunkumville Port and Boston would cost 
a few  dollars,  and  Captain  Life’s  offer 
would  save  all  that.  The brig, being a 
heavy, clumsy craft,  built for large  bur­
dens, would  be a day  or  two  longer on 
the  passage,  probably.  But  what  of 
that ?  A week would be quite  sufficient 
for her passage,  aud the  packet took two 
and  sometimes  three  or  four days.  So 
the  goods  were  put  on  board the Sally 
Ann,  and Mr. Cricket came home to wait 
for their arrival.
It  was  late  in  autumn, about  two or 
three  weeks  before the annual  Thanks­
giving.  Mr.  Cricket,  with  a  particular 
view to what would be required  for  this 
festival, so popular  and  so generally ob­
served  in  New England,  had  purchased 
a  good  assortment  of  Thanksgiving 
goods.  He had  bought  many barrels of 
choice  family  Hour,  dozens  of  hams, 
sugars  of  all  sorts,  spices,  tea,  coffee, 
figs,  raisins,  currants, oranges,  lemons, 
citrons,  West  India  preserves,  to  say 
nothing of  the  West  India  rum, French 
brandy, Holland gin  and  the  choice  as­
sortment of  wines,  which  were  deemed 
absolutely necessary in those days to ren­
der  a  Thanksgiving  feast  sufficiently 
merry.  Besides  these  supplies,  there 
was  the  usual  assortment  of  English 
goods, hardware  and crockery.

This  year  Mr.  Cricket  was  going  to 
cut out  all  the  other  storekeepers with 
his  splendid  and  rich  assortment  of 
Thanksgiving goods;  and  he did not hes­
itate to tell the neighbors  that,  when the 
Sally  A nn  should  arrive,  “they should 
see what  they should  see. 
If  Bunkum­
ville did not  have a merry Thanksgiving 
this  year,  it should not be his fault.”
At  the  end of  a week, the  Sally A nn 
had not arrived.  On  the  tenth  day she 
had  n>>t  arrived—had  -not  been  heard 
from.  Mr. Cricket was  getting  nervous 
about  his  goods,  and  especially  those 
Thanksgiving  goods.  He got a spyglass 
and  went  to  the  top  of  the  steeple of 
the  village  meeting-house,  where  he 
could see the entrance to thè harbor,  and 
watched for an hour in  the cold  Novem­
ber wind,  hoping to see her come in.  But 
she  did  not  come  in  that  day, nor the 
next,  nor  for  several  succeeding  days, 
although  Mr.  Cricket  climbed up to his 
post on the steeple  and  watched for her 
each  day,  as  if  that  would  hasten  her 
coming.
There had  been a good  deal of  stormy 
weather — cold  northwesters — two  or 
•three  snow  storms.  Mr.  Cricket  grew 
positively anxious  as  Thanksgiving day 
approached.  He  read  the  list  of  ship­
wrecks  in  the  newspapers, expecting to 
find that of  the Sally  Ann;  but he could 
not  find it.  He  rode  down to Bunkum­
ville Port to see  the  owners of  the  brig 
and ask them what they thought about it. 
But  they were  as  much  in  the dark as 
Mr.  Cricket,  and  they frankly told him 
they could  not make it out at all.  They 
did  not  know  what  had  become of  the 
Sally  Ann,  and,  as  she  was  fully  in­
sured,  they probably did  not  care.  Mr. 
Cricket thought  they were altogether too 
indifferent about  the  affair,  and he came 
home as wise as he went.
At length Thanksgiving day came, aud 
the  Sidly  -Arm  had  not  arrived.  Mr. 
Cricket ate his Thanksgiving dinner with 
a very long  face,  and  did  not  give  the 
usual dance in the evening.  The  neigh­
bors,  and especially the  traders who had 
paid  their  freight  and  got  their  goods 
safely by the regular packet, did not sym­
pathize with him;  on  the  contrary, they 
laughed  at  him.  They  inquired  what 
had become of  those Thanksgiving goods, 
and  wanted to know' if freights  were low.
Another  month  rolled  away.  Christ­
mas  came;  but  the  Sally A nn  did  not 
come.  Probably  she  had  foundered  at 
sea.  January and  February had  passed 
away,  and still no news of the Sally Ann. 
Mr.  Cricket began to console himself with 
having  fully  insured  his  goods.  That 
would  be  hard  cash  in  hand.  March 
passed aw7ay;  no  news  yet.  On the first 
day of April, a boy, on  horseback,  with­
out a saddle, came riding post-haste from 
Bunkumville  Port, jumped off  his  horse 
in  great  haste,  ran  into  our  store  and 
bawled  out  to  Mr.  Cricket :  “The Sally 
A nn is arrivV’
“When  did  she  arrive ?”  said  Mr. 
Cricket.
“This morning, bright and airly,” said 
the boy.
“ Where 
is  she  from?”  said  Mr. 
Cricket.
“From St. Barts,”  said the boy.
“That  won’t  do,”  said  Mr.  Cricket. 
“Go back to the folks  that sent  you, and 
tell them they can’t make  an  April  fool 
of  me this time.”
Poor Mr. Cricket had been  badgered so 
much  about  the  Sally  A nn  aud  those 
Thanksgiving goods that  he  had  grown 
very suspicious.
In  vain  did  the  boy  relate,  circum­
stantially, all  the  particulars of  her  ar­
rival,  and protest,  over  and  over  again, 
that he was telling the truth. 
I was con­
vinced of  his  sincerity and  suggested to 
Mr. Cricket that  it  would do no harm to 
ride down to the harbor  and see for him­
self.  He  refused  to  go,  but  he  said I 
might go if  I chose.
Glad  of  an  opportunity to ride, I sad­
dled  the  gray mare  and  set off  inconti­
nently for Buukumville Port. 
I was not 
long in reaching it.  Sure enough,  there 
was the Sally Ann.  with  her  colors  fly­
ing.  She  looked  a  good  deal  battered 
and  weather-beaten,  but  all  her  spars 
were sound.  Captain  Life  received  me 
very cordially,  inquired for Mr. Cricket’s 
health,  and invited  me  into  his cabin to 
take a glass of  punch.
When we  were  alone,  I  said  to  him : 
“Well,  captain,  how  about  our  goods, 
especially the Thanksgiving goods?”
“Well,  Martin,”  said the captain,  “the 
less  we  say  about  them  Thanksgiving 
goods the better;  but the other things are 
all right.”
“Why,”  said I, greatly alarmed, “what 
is the  matter?”
“The fact is,”  said the captain,  “when 
I sailed  from  Boston I did  not calkilate 
to  be  out  more  than two or three days, 
more  particularly as  we  were so strong­
handed;  for  there  came  aboard a dozen 
sailors,  all  belonging  to  Bunkumville 
Port, who  had  been  discharged the day 
before,  and I offered  them a free passage 
home if  they would  find  their own grub. 
So I only laid  in  provisions  for my own 
crew  for  four  or  five  days.  When  we 
were  off  Marblehead,  there  set  in  the 
most awful nor’wester I ever  seed in my 
life.  It blew, and it  snew,  and it sleeted. 
It was  as  dark  as  Egypt and as cold as 
Grinland. 
It held on this  way all night. 
So  we  had  to  put off  to sea.  And this 
was  only the  beginning of  our troubles. 
We got  blowed  off  the  same  way every 
time we cajne near the coast.  At last, in 
a dreadful  nor’west  gale,  after  we  had 
scudded before the  wind three  days, our 
maintop-mast  Was  carried  away and we 
sprung a leak.  We were in  the  latitude 
of  the West Indies, and I had to put into 
St. Barts to refit.  There  we  were  both­
ered  and  hindered  for weeks before we 
could get our repairs done.”
“Well,” said I, cutting short his rather 
long-winded story,  “what has  all  this to 
do  with  those  Thanksgiving  goods  of 
ours ?”
“Why, Martin,” answered the captain, 
“the fact is, them Thanksgiving  goods is 
all used up.”

“Used up !”  roared  I.

great suavity.

“Yes, used up,” said the captain,  with 
“I don’t understand it,” said I.
“Why,  you see, Martin,”  said  the cap­
tain,  “the  fact  is,  when  we  were  four 
days out,  our provisions guv out entirely, 
and I was obliged to use  the  Thanksgiv­
ing  goods.  There  was  nothing  else  in 
the brig, you know. 
I had  two crews on 
board  for  nine  weeks, and  they did eat 
very  hearty.”
I thought  so  when  I  came  to see the 
remains  of  Mr.  Cricket’s  luckless  in­
voice.  That  fine  flour  was  all gone,  so 
were  the  fifty hams, the  fifteen  baskets 
of  figs, the forty Connecticut  cheese, the 
twelve  boxes  of  layer  raisins, the  five 
kegs of  Smyrna  raisins, the four barrels 
of  Zante  currants, 
the  nine  jars  of 
fresh grapes, the two barrels of  oranges, 
the three boxes of  lemons—it  was awful 
to  think  of.  They had used up the bar­
rels of  loaf  sugar.  This was  to  be  ex­
pected.  But how they got through with 
the three barrels of  coarser  sugar  was a 
mystery to me,  until  the  captain kindly 
explained that a great  deal of  sugar was 
required to swgeten the toddy and punch 
which they made out of  our  lemons  and 
our West India rum  and  French brandy.
“It  was  so  cold,  you kuow,” said the 
captain,  “when  we  was  off  the  coast, 
that the poor sailors  was  obliged to take 
a little toddy to keep  them warm;  and it 
was so hot off  there in  the  West  Indies 
that  they  had  to  take a little  punch to 
keep them cool.”
“A  little!”  said  I.  “But  where  did 
they  drink  up  twelve  baskets  of  fine 
wine  and  the  three  barrels  of  other 
wines?  They must  have  used  them up 
where it was neither hot nor cold.”
“Oh,  ah.”  said  the  captain,  “the wine 
was only used in cases  of  sickness.”
In  short, every  consumable  article of 
Mr.  Cricket’s  invoice  was  gone,  except 
one of  the  bags of  coffee  and  part of  a 
chest of  tea.
“Talk  of  a devouring  element.”  said 
I to myself;  “there is no  devouring  ele­
ment like a hungry sailor.”
Mr.  Cricket  was  dreadfully chopfallen 
when 1 got  home  and  told  him  what  I 
had  seen  and  heard.  He went down to 
Bunkumville Port the  next  day and had 
a long  talk  with  the  captain  and  the 
owners.  They  did  not  offer  to  make 
any compensation.  His insurance policy 
could not be used as a remedy;  it insured 
him  against  the  dangers  of  the  sea, 
pirates and war,  but not against  famine. 
Mr. Cricket came home very much vexed. 
He wanted  to go to law  with  somebody 
about it;  but the neighbors  now laughed 
at  him  worse  than  ever, and  he finally 
confeluded  that  if  he  commenced a law­
suit  he  should  be  kept  in the courts a 
great  while,  and,  moreover, 
that  he 
would  never  hear  the 
those 
Thanksgiving  goods  as long as he lived. 
So he gave up the notion.
The day after the Sally A nn's  arrival, 
Captain  Life  called  at  our  store,  and 
kindly  presented  Mr.  Cricket  with  a 
monkey and a gray parrot,  which  he had 
brought  home 
from  St.  Barts.  Mr. 
Cricket  received  them  very  graciously, 
considering all the  circumstances of  the 
case;  but  when he had got them,  he was 
at his wit’s end to know what  to do with 
them. 
If  there  was  anything  in  the 
world  which  he  hated more thoroughly 
than the squalling of  a parrot, it was the 
very sight of  a monkey.”
“Why did  you  receive  them ?”  said I, 
as  he  was  scolding  about  it, after  the 
captain had gone  away.
“Oh,” said Mr. Cricket, “I  was  afraid 
of  hurting  Captain  Life’s  feelings  if  I 
should refuse to take them.”

last  of 

Amiable Mr. Cricket!
“Suppose you make a present  of  them 
to Miss Piper,”  said I.
“The  very  thing!” said  Mr.  Cricket. 
“Take  them,  Martin,  quick!  run up  to 
the Mansion House and  present  them  to 
Miss Piper, with my compliments.”
“Had you not  better  write her a little 
letter?”  I said. 
“It would  seem  more 
respectful, you know.”
This suggestion was adopted.  The let­
ter was written in  Mr. Cricket’s best big 
ledger  handwriting,  and,  with  the  par­
rot’s cage in one hand  and the monkey’s 
chain in the other,  1 set out for the  Man­
sion House.
Miss Piper was  the chief personage  in 
Bunkumville.  She was a young lady  of 
sixty, who had  never  been married,  and 
yet nobody in Bunkumville  presumed  to 
call Miss Piper an old maid, for  she  was 
very  rich — owned  a  large  homestead 
called  the  Mansion  House  estate,  two 
hundred acres and more,  besides  farms, 
bank  stocks, bonds  and  mortgages  and 
“all that  sort  of  thing;”  moreover,  she 
was a gay, cheerful, lively  little  person 
and very charitable to the poor.  She was 
at once the leader of fashion and the lady 
bountiful of the parish.  I knew her very 
well. 
She  used  to pat me on the head, 
coming out of church, and tell my mother 
I was a very pretty boy.  This was when 
I wore ruffled shirts and had not lost  the 
good  looks  of  my  infancy,  so much re­
gretted  by  Jerusha  Thompson. 
She 
received me very graciously,  on the pres­
ent occasion, and was perfectly delighted 
with Mr. Cricket’s present.  Before I left, 
however,  she told me that  I was entirely 
out of my sphere in Mr,'Cricket’s store— 
that I must leave it,  and  fit  for  college 
“I have been going to speak 
forthwith. 
about it  to  your  mother,  Martin,” said 
she, very condescendingly. 
“You have 
got  talents,  Martin,  and  so  had  your 
father before  you.  He was a very good 
lawyer  and  you must be a lawyer, too.” 
As nobody in Bunkumville ever thought 
of  disputing  Miss  Piper’s  will, I  was 
forthwith sent back to my grammars and 
Latin in order to become a lawyer.
Meantime, Miss Piper began to patron­
ize  Mr. Cricket’s,  store. 
She  not  only 
bought her groceries and  wines  of  him, 
but  she  made a great many  costly  pur­
chases  in  the  department  of  silks  and 
laces.  She sent for him to  come  to  the 
Mansion House,  and made him her agent 
for collecting rents, writing conveyances, 
and making himself generally useful.  In 
a short time, he was  her rightrhand man

NO. 325.

—her  prime  minister.  This  gave  Mr. 
Cricket position,  as  well  as  hard  cash. 
He began to rise in the world;  and, when 
I went home  in  the  college vacations,  I 
was told more than once  that  he  was  a 
rich man.  After this,  when  the  neigh­
bors referred to the voyage  of  the  Sally 
A nn,  Mr. Cricket replied that “it was an 
ill wind that blew nobody good.”
When  Mr.  Cricket  had  become  very 
rich, the whole  affair was discreetly and 
studiously  forgotten,  and  no  further 
mention was ever made of “those Thanks­
giving goods.” 

M a r t i n   A r t h u r .

S afeguards  A gainst  Fires.

As  the  cold  weather  approaches, the 
more  frequent  conflagrations emphasize 
the  necessity  of  looking  after  our fire- 
extinguishing  apparatus. 
In  city  and 
country,  in  private  house  and  factory, 
the  water pipes  and  supply should be a 
special object of  solicitude  at  this time. 
The  causes  of  fires  multiply  with  the 
cold, more open fires are in use,  furnaces 
are started,  and  defective  flues aud ker­
osene lamps begin to do their destructive 
work.  The  same  cold  weather  that in­
creases the sources of conflagration tends 
to impair  the  water supply of  buildings 
and of  street hydrants,  so  necessary  for 
its extinction.
Before the winter has begun, the pipes 
and faucets should  be  inspected.  Many 
factories and  stores  have  automatic ap­
paratus,  including  sprinklers  aud  other 
appliances.  This  class of  work  may be 
permanently injured  by freeziug,  so that 
it  will  be  useless  in summer or winter. 
But if  not  thus  injured  it  may be  ren­
dered  quite  useless  by the stoppages in 
the water  flow  caused  by ice forming in 
the  pipes,  back of  valves, or in  exposed 
places.  A small  amount of  ice  may in­
terfere with  the  turning  of  a stop-cock. 
A miuute  spent  in  thawing it out when 
water  is  urgently  needed  may  allow a 
fire to obtain considerable headway.
This  is  the  season  for  carefully  in­
specting  all  such  apparatus.  Hydrants 
and valves  should  be  examined,  should 
be opened and shut,  and oiled in order to 
insure  easy  working.  The  oil  is not a 
matter of  indifference,  as  some  oil  cor­
rodes brass,  and will  do  more harm than 
good.  By  one  authority,  heavy mineral 
oil is recommended for  the  purpose. 
If 
this is properly made,  it will  never  gum 
and  will  be  non-corrosive.  Sometimes 
the  entire  system  of  automatic  sprink­
lers  and  connections  are  emptied  of 
water and kept so, the main supply valve 
being  permanently  closed  and  pet  and 
drain  cocks  being  opened  for  a  short 
time, to  remove  the  contents. 
In  such 
cases  the  pet  cocks  should  be closed as 
soon  as  the  water  ceases  running,  and 
care should be taken to inform the proper 
people  that  the  main  valve  for  every 
alarm of  fire is to be opened.
Although  this  course  is spoken of  as 
one often  followed,  it is not a  good one. 
The essence of  an automatic system is to 
be always ready.  Where  the  turning of 
a single  valve  by hand  is  required,  the 
system  loses  much  of 
It 
would be far better  to  run  the  pipes in 
such  places  that  they would  not freeze 
and  to  keep 
the  water  permanently 
turned on.
To prevent pipes from  freezing,  wrap­
ping in non-conducting  material is often 
recommended. 
It  does  protect to a cer­
tain  extent,  but  cold  will  in time  pen­
etrate  the  best  packing.  A  very  slow 
current  of  water  through  a  protected 
pipe, however,  will  do  more  to  prevent 
freezing than a more rapid  flow  through 
an exposed one.
Fire  hose  is  in  many buildings hung 
against the walls, and is coupled  always 
to the water pipes.  Such  hose  is  often 
of  no use.  and is too weak  to  stand  the 
strain of  use.  Purchasers  of  this  class 
of  hose are often asked if  it is for actual 
use or merely to satisfy the  fire  inspect­
ors.  Of  course,  a  high  quality  is  not 
needed,  as  it  will  never  have  over an 
hour’s service to perform.  But it should 
be  able  to  resist  the  water  pressure. 
When coiled, it should  be properly done. 
If  of  rubber  aud coiled with “buckles,” 
or sharp bends, these impair its efficiency 
greatly, and may lead to rupture.
Most  of  these  remarks  apply  to  fac­
tories, large  stores and hotels.  But  the 
private  house  owner  should  watch  his 
fixtures  with  equal  care,  and should be 
assured that at short  notice water can be 
drawn  on all the floors of  his  residence, 
and that buckets  shall be at hand for in­
stant  use.  Where  a  more  complicated 
system  cannot  be  obtained,  the  use  of 
fire  buckets  placed  in  the  hallways  or 
convenient localities  should not be omit­
ted.  Many a fire has  been  nipped in the 
bud, especially in localities  where a flow 
of  water  cannot be reached,  by means of 
this  simple  precaution.  Perhaps in the 
distant  future  better  building  methods 
will  be  adopted  by us, and  our  houses 
may eventually be  less  exposed  to  fire. 
Until  that  period,  we  must  not neglect 
appliances  for  extinguishing fires when 
they do occur.

its  value. 

A  clergyman  married  a  couple,  re­
ceived his fee and  sent  them  away, ap­
parently  satisfied, but a day  or two after 
the bridegroom  returned aud said he had 
come  to  pay more,  as  the  woman  had 
turned out  better  than he had expected.

P erfection  Scale,

T he  L a te st  Im p ro v e d   a n d   R est.

Does  Not R epo  Down Weijht.

Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

proved very satisfactory to all concerned. 
Mr.  Hosbury  carries  the  credentials of 
nearly 100 representative houses, dealing 
in stock and  produce  of  all  kinds, and 
has carte  blanche to buy carlots  of  any­
thing which finds a ready sale, providing 
the price is acceptable to both  parties to 
the purchase.  No commission is charged 
either the buyer  or  the  seller,  the only 
condition exacted by Mr.  Hosbury being 
the  transportation  of  the  goods  over 
the line of the Clover Leaf.  The scheme 
has been in  operation  about six months, 
but has proved so satisfactory all around 
—to the  buyer  and  seller,  through  the 
saving  of  the  usual  expenses  of  such 
transactions, and te the Railway, through 
the  augmented  freight  traffic  secured— 
that it will  probably be  copied by other 
transportation lines in the near future.

W ool,  H ides  and  Tallow .

Wools  remain  firm  and  are  strongly 
held at the  late  advance  of  lj£@2c per 
pound.  They are still below the seller’s 
ideas, or where they  were  in  July  last, 
when purchased.  On  the  other  hand, 
manufacturers  say  they would stock up 
if the goods  market  would warrant, but 
in their present condition and  price  it is 
of no object to buy  wools and work them 
at a loss.  The foreign markets are high 
and strong and wools  cannot be brought 
into the states  and  sold  on our market. | 
The lost by the Boston fire of  knit goods I 
was large and creates  quite a stir in that 
line.

Hides  remain  quiet  and  low  and are 
likely to be  lower,  rather  than  higher. 
The leather trade is  good  and prices be­
gin to show a margin for tanning.  Hides 
are plenty  anji  the  demand  is fair, but 
must  be  low  in  price  to  induce  pur­
chasers.

Tallow  is  plenty,  low and weak, with 
large supplies of  stearine offering at low 
prices. 
It must rule low for  some  time 
to come, as at this time the kill  is  large 
and stocks accumulate.

Furs do not sell to the  home  trade,  as 
the weather is warm  and  manufactured 
goods do not sell readily.

BUSINESS  FOR  A  GOOD 
nine,  Box  E,  Fortori a, 

p a y in g   b u ¡
tfp i ^UUU  farm .  Fifty-:
553
Ohio
x tt-a n t e d - t o   e x c h a n g e   h o u s e   a n d   l o t   in
W  
th riv in g  city  of  B attle  Creek  fo r  stock  of  dry 
goods, notions,  boots  and  shoes  o r  groceries.  H.  E. 
M erritt & Co.. 668 W ealthy Ave., G rand Rapids. 

_______________________ 562

chandise,  groceries  p referred ;  will  p ay   p a rt 
cash, balance good realty .  Address J. Leet, Reed City, 
Mich. 

WANTED—BY  DEC.  16—SMALL  STOCK  OF  MER- 
Fo r   s a l e   o r   e x  jh a n g e —n e w  s t o c k   o f   h a t s ,

caps  and  gents’  fu rn ish in g   goods;  will  invoiee 

ab o n t $4,000.  G. W. W at reus. Jackson, Mich.____ 546
fc-rv  PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM-OWNER  OF  RETAIL 
O U   grocery wishes to engage in  exclusive  wholesale 
business  and  desires  to  sell;  now  carry in g   $15.000 
stock;  trad e v ery g ood;  profits  as above;  re n t reason­
able.  Address,  The W est Coast Trade. Tacoma, W ash.

551

539

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  postoffiee. 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 loam  soil,  w ith  good  buildings; 
will exchange fo r stock of m erchandise.  Address No. 
539, care T radesm an. 
X   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
L   change for stock of goods; G rand Rapids  city  prop 
erty , o r will sell on easy p aym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best of 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. G rand Rapids, Mich._______
OFFER  FOR  SALE,  ON  VERY
_  favorable term s, th e F.  H. Escott d ru g  stock, a t 75
Canal street, G rand R apids,  H azeltine & P erkins D rug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 

531
F o r   s a l e —t h e   f in e s t   d r u g   s t o r e
THE
city of Muskegon a t 75 cents on th e dollar; reasons
o th er business.  C. L. Brundage, M uskegon  Mich.
520
F o r  SALE—a   g o o d   g r o c e r y   b u s in e s s   h a v in g
th e cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in   th e city ; 
I  stoek clean and well assorted; th is is a  ra re  chance fo r 
an y  one to g et a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h ealth  
th e  only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalam azoo,  Mich. 

________  

548

518

M IS C E L L A N E O U S .

VTTANTED—GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  AGENTS  TO 
W   handle  th e  New  P a ten t  Chem ical  In k   E rasing 
Pencil.  G reatest  novelty  ever  produced.  Erases ink 
in  tw o seconds, no abrasion o f paper. 
200  to  500  p e r 
cent, profit.  One a g e n t’s sales am ounted to $620 in  six 
days—an o th er $32 in tw o hours.  T errito ry   absolutely 
free.  Salary  to  good  m en.  No  ladles  need  answer. 
Sam ple 35 cents.  F o r term s  and  fall  p articu lars,  ad­
dress,  The  Monroe  E raser  Co.,  M anufacturers,  La 
Crosse,  W is. 

___________545

annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  ad opting  in 
its place th e T radesm an C redit  Coupon.  Send  $1  fo r | 
sam ple order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe  | 
& Bro., G rand Rapids._______________________________

Be g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b y   d is c a r d in g   t h e
WANTED—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 the  m ark et  and  ju s t  w hat  every mer- 
chairt should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
country a re  now n sing them . 

437 

|

001

Annual  M eeting  o f the  M ichigan  Com­

m ercial  T ravelers’  A ssociation.

The  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa­
tion will be held at Cleland Hall, Detroit, 
Friday, December 27, at 9 o’clock a.  m.

The most important  matter which will 
be brought before the meeting will be the 
recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Trus­
tees,  relative  to  the  amendment of  the 
constitution  so  that  the  Secretary  will 
be  selected  by  the  Board  instead  of 
elected  by ballot  in  open  meeting,  as. at 
present,  and the increasing of  the salary 
to such a sum that  the  Secretary will be 
enabled  to  give  his  entire  time  to  the 
service of  the  Association.  The  recom­
mendation of  the Board is as follows : 
Every  year,  when  reviewing  the  af­
fairs  of  the  Association,  we  recognize 
the benefits and  blessings derived by the 
beneficiaries of  our  deceased  associates 
and  are  inspired  with  renewed  zeal to 
make greater  efforts to extend these ben 
efits, by providing a way to  increase  the 
'membership.  This  question  was  dis­
cussed at our last annual  meeting.  Sev 
eral  plans  were  proposed.  The  plan 
most  favored was.one to provide  for the 
election  of  the  Secretary-Treasurer  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  with  the  view 
that  they  could, if  advisable,  employ a 
Secretary-Treasurer  who  would  devote 
his entire time to the affairs of  the Asso­
ciation  and  to  efforts  to  increase  the 
membership.
In  furtherance of  this  object, a  com­
mittee was  appointed to  prepare amend­
ments to the  articles  of  association  and 
constitution.  Upon  investigation,  the 
Board  believe  this to be  the  best  plan, 
and  recommend  the  adoption of  the re­
port  of  the  committee,  which  will  be 
submitted at the next annual  meeting of 
the Association  for approval.  A copy is 
herewith enclosed for your consideration.
The Board request  your  attendance at 
the next annual meeting.
The Association  has  now  been  in op­
eration  fifteen  years.  During  that time 
there  has  been  paid  to  beneficiaries of j 
deceased members $110,525.00,  and there ! 
is  now  on  hand an accumulation on de­
posit  of  $25,265.00.  Our  records  show 
that the average cost per $1,000 for insur­
ance  per  year  to  the  members  is  less 
than  one  per  cent. 
It  is doubtful if  a 
better  record  can  be  found, or a better 
investment  made,  than  can  be  had  in 
a certificate of  membership  in the Mich­
igan  Commercial Travelers’ Association.
We ought to have a larger membership, 
and  believe  it  can be had with a Secre­
tary devoting his  time to,  and capable of 
presenting the above and  other  interest­
ing facts regarding the Association.  The 
Board  of  Trustees  think  this  plan  is 
worthy of  a trial and ask  your  co-opera­
tion with  them. 

Very truly  yours, 
T h o m a s   M a c l e o d .  Chairman.

P urely  P ersonal.

S.  S.  Schantz,  the  Woodland  general 

dealer,  was in town last Thursday.

Morris H. Treusch  left  Saturday  for a 

trip to New York and  Meriden, Conn.

Miss  Ida  Duffy has  taken the position 
of  assistant  book-keeper  for  Perkins & 
Hess.

Albert  Retan,  the  St.  Johns  general 
dealer,  was in town a couple of days last 
week.

Charles H.  Leonard  has  been  granted 
a  patent  on  his  corrugated  iron  storm 
house.

Clary & Eaton,  who own and operate a I 
1 
sawmill  at  Turtle  Lake,  near  Inland, 
were represented in this market last week.
L.  Winternitz put in  a couple  of  days 
at  Toledo  last  week,  spending the most 
of  his time in  the  vicinity  of  the Wool- 
son Spice Co.

W. T. Lamoreaux and wife  are  happy 
ever  the  adoption of  a handsome infant 
of  the  feminine  persuasion.  The  little 
one is about two months old and balances 
the beam at 9% pounds, net weight.

The sympathy of the trade will  go out 
to F. J. Dettenthaler, in his bereavement 
by  the  death  of  his  wife,  which occur­
red Monday morning.  The deceased was 
30 years old,  and had been ill only a year, 
quick consumption  having  been  the pri­
mary cause of  death.  A  little  daughter 
is left to share the grief of the father.

The M ichigan T radesm an

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   G O SSIP.

H. P. Smith  has  removed  his  confec­
tionery  stock  from  547  Ottawa  to  168 
Stocking  street.

Dayton  &  Pamenter  have  opened  a 
grocery store at Sears.  Lemon  &  Peters 
furnished the stock.

R. Purdy has moved  his  grocery  stock 
from Grant station  to Walker, otherwise 
known as D. & M. juuction.

The Olney & Judson Grocer Co.  booked 
the order  for  the  grocery  stock  at  Hol­
land, putin by Notier & Verscheur.  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  secured  the  dry 
goods order.

Owen & Pinkney  have engaged  in  the 
grocery and  crockery business at Perrin- 
ton.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
furnished 
the  grocery  stock  and  H. 
Leonard & Sons the crockery stock.

John R. Vance has  engaged in general 
trade near East Jordan.  The Ball-Barn­
hart-Putman Co. furnished the groceries 
Rindge,  Bertsch  &  Co. the  boots  and 
shoes  and  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  & Co. 
the dry goods.

R. G.  Dun & Co.  have  leased  the fine 
front  rooms  on  the  third  floor  of  the 
Widdicomb  building and will occupy the 
same with the beginning of the new year 
The new quarters  afford plenty of  room 
for the collection  department  which has 
lately been  added to the agency busines: 
proper.

Geo. W. Tubbs, for  several  years  en 
gaged in the meat business on Grandville 
avenue,  but for the past three  years em­
ployed  as  patrolman  on  the city police 
force,  has purchased the meat  market of 
John Heinzelman, at 568  South  Division 
street, and  will  take  possession  of  the 
same on the 16th.

Sparta—Frapk  Heath  succeeds Heath 

& Holt in the grocery business.

Traverse City—M. Winnie  has  sold an 
interest  in  his  grocery  stock  to  J.  W. 
Fleming,  and  the  business will be  con­
tinued under the style of Winnie & Flem­
ing.  They will  also  run  C.  A. Baker’s 
store at Acme.

M A N U FA C T U R IN G   M A TT ER S.

Muskegon—W.  J  . Danforth  has  en­

gaged in the lumber business.

Otsego—Duhammer  Bros,  have  sold 

their feed mill to J.  M. Ballou.

Memphis—John  Clegg,  of  the firm of 

John Clegg & Son, founders, is dead.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Sanitary Supply 
Co. has  increased  its capital  stock from 
$5,000 to $50,000.

Saginaw—Flatt, Bradley & Co., dealers 
in  timber,  staves, etc.,  have  dissolved,
M.  F. Van Sickle & Co. continuing.

Lamont—Homer  Dennis  and  Robert 
Tucker have purchased the red mill,  and 
will put in a broom handle  factory.

Traverse City—The new machine  shop 
and foundry will start up under the style 
of  the  Traverse City Manufacturing  Co.
Manistee—P. N. Cardozo has contracted 
with the Filer  Town  Manufacturing  Co. 
to manufacture 2,000 of his patent ribbon 
trays.

Pentwater—Sands &  Maxwell propose 
to  build  an  addition  to  their  furniture 
factory  in  the  spring, 38x80  feet  in  di­
mensions.

Three Rivers—The  Acme  Manufactur 
ing  Co.  has  been  formed  to  engage  in 
the  manufacture  of  Wegner’s  patent 
thill coupler.

Saginaw—The  Whitney  &  Batchelor 
sawmill cut a little  over  30,000,000  feet 
the past season,  and  the  stoek  has been 
pretty well sold up.

Cheney—William Jackson, of  Jackson 
is putting up a small  sawmill  here.  He 
has  3.000.000  feet of  logs to cut, beside 
some for other parties.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

Crystal—John  Walsh  has  engaged  in 

general trade.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Gilbert  Brull  has 

opened a harness shop.

Norway—C.  T.  McElroy  has  removed 

his general stock to  Ironwood.

Gardner’s Corners—Rodgers  Bros,  are 

closing out their general stock.

Manistique — Cornelius  Klogstad  ha 

engaged in the grocery business.

Nunica—Mr.  Jubb  succeeds  Judd  <1 

Needham in the grocery business.

Yorkville—W. S. Wedge  has  added 

dry goods stock to his grocery line.

Traverse  City—Capt. D.  Matteson  ha: 

re-engaged in the grocery business.

Saginaw—John  Diebel  succeeds  Phil 

Diebel in the boot and shoe business.

Chelsea—Wm.  Emmert  succeeds E. M. 

Fletcher & Co.  in the grocery business.

Belding—F. Boelio has sold his restau­
rant and bakery business to J. Dennison.
Bloomingdale—John  C.  Speicher  has 
sold  his  grocery stock to J.  G. Lockhart 
& Son.

Eden—Fay &  Collier  succeed John  W. 
Tripp &  Co. in the  general  merchandise 
business.

Muskegon—Eistedt & DeVries succeed 
John  Henry  in the  meat  business  at  21 
Ottawa street.

Muskegon—Laughray  &  Co.  succeed 
Laughray & Elends  in  the sale  of  musi­
cal merchandise.

Traverse City—Capt.  Geo. Baldwin and 
his son, Thomas, will  shortly embark  in 
the meat business.

Eaton Rapids—L.  L. Kelch & Co., deal­
ers in ladies’ furnishing goods, have been 
closed by creditors.

Whitehall—J.  &  A.  Van Kuren  have 
removed their millinery and  fancy goods 
stock to Grand  Rapids.

Big Rapids—Jno.  R. Campbell has sold 
his boot  and  shoe stock,  and will  seek a 
new location  elsewhere.

Muskegon—A.  Gagnon  has  removed 
his  grocery stock from  his  old  location 
on Catharine street to Bluffton.

Charlotte—C.  P.  Locke  has purchased 
Fred  Mygrant’s  harness  shop,  and  has 
consolidated the stock with his own.

Elmira—C. E.  Mosher has admitted his 
son  to  partnership  in the  grocery busi­
ness under the style of C. E. Mosher & Co.
Traverse  City—E.  R.  Kneeland  has 
sold  his  meat  market to Frank  Brosch, 
who  was  the  pioneer  butcher  of  the 
Grand Traverse region.

Holland — M.  Notier  and  John Ver­
scheur  have formed a copartnership  un­
der  the style of  Notier & Verscheur and 
engaged  in  the  dry goods  and  grocery 
business.

Rockford—The  firm  of  McConnell  & 
Woodruff  has  been  dissolved.  Mr.  Mc­
Connell will continue the furniture  busi­
ness  and  Mr. Woodruff  the  undertaking 
business.

North  Muskegon—J. ^ W.  Feighner, 
whose drug stock was recently destroyed 
by fire, is considering the idea of locating 
somewhere  else.  His  loss  was  about 
$1,800,  only  partially  covered  by insur­
ance.

Manistee—John  Hellesvig,  the grocer, 
has torn down his old store and  will  re­
place it with a new frame building, 35x66 
feet  in  dimensions.  The  building will 
be two stories high and  have  an elevator 
running through it.

Bay City—Lever & Bobst have  started 
their box factory and the  Michigan  Cen 
tral  has put in a switch  at the  works to 
facilitate shipment of  products.

South Haven—Mayhon & Son, proprie­
tors  of  the  extensive  tannery here,  are 
excavating a site for another large build­
ing adjacent to their present group.

Detroit—Judge  Reilly  has  appointed 
William G. Smith  receiver  for  the Wm. 
Dwight &  Co.  insolvent  lumber  estate.
A bond is required in the sum of $25,000.
Saginaw—The  Ross Sapless Cedar Co., 
is reported to have the  machinery on the 
ground  for a mill  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Cedar,  which  will  cut  both lumber and 
cedar blocks for paving purposes.

Mason—C. D.  Huntington has removed 
his clothes pin factory to Shepherd, where 
he  proposes  to employ fifteen  persons in 
turning  out  100  boxes  of  old-fashioned 
clothes pins per day.

Charlotte—Judge Jennings has sold his 
interest in the  furniture factory of C. M. 
Jennings & Co.  to  Seth Ketcham.  Busi­
ness  will  be  continued  under  the  style 
of  the Charlotte Furniture Co.

Lake George—Magoon & Touchette, of 
East Lake, have purchased the C. L. Gray 
shingle  mill,  at Knowles’ Siding, and the 
timber on 3,600 acres of  lan d.  A  circu­
lar saw will be put in  next  spring.

Olivet—Pinch  &  Van  Geison, dealers 
in  agricultural  implements,  have  dis­
solved,  E.  B.  Van  Geisen  continuing. 
Mr. Pinch as bought the gjfist mill  prop­
erty  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Bee»her  and  will 
continue the business.

Bay  City—It  is  reported  that a wood 
alcohol plant  will soon be erected in this 
city  that  will  employ  seventy  hands. 
There is an  abundance  of  the  raw  ma­
terial,  as mill refuse will be consumed in 
the manufacture of  the product.

Bay  City—C.  H.  Plummer’s  sawmill, 
at  Ogemaw  Springs,  has  gone  out  of 
commission  for  the  season.  The  mill 
will  be  stocked  this  winter  for  next 
season,  which  will  practically  exhaust 
the timber owned by Mr.  Plummer.

Manistee—All the mills shut down last 
week except that of  Buckley &  Douglas, 
which will run on hardwoods the greater 
part of  the winter, or  at least until  they 
get  their  docks  so  full  of  lumber  that 
they cannot conveniently hold  any more.
Choeolay—The  C. T.  Harvey  sawmill, 
which had  been leased to J.  H. Gillet for 
six years,  and  has sawed  almost  entirely 
for  the  local  market,  has  been  turned 
over to its owners by  Mr. Gillet, he  hav­
ing cut up all his timber and retired from 
the lumber business. 

,

Michigamme—The  T. W.  Reed  &  Co. 
sawmill  shut  down  for  the  season  the 
fore  part  of  last  week.  This  concern 
will  start  a  mill*  at Eagle Mills  at once 
for their winter’s sawing. 
It will rail in 
some  logs, but  will  depend  largely  for 
stock on logs to be hauled in  by  a  steam 
logger.

Manistee—E.  D.  Wheeler  succeeds 
Canfield & Wheeler  in  the  ownership  of 
the  sawmill  at  the  mouth of  the  river, 
which stands on the site of  the  first mill 
that was built at Manistee.  The firm has 
not  a  large  amount  of  timber,  and  has 
for several years  sawed  by the  thousand 
for John Canfield.  Mr. Wheeler is some­
what  troubled with  rheumatism, and  as 
he has  been limping around with  a cane 
for the past week, has decided to  try the 
effect  of  a  water  cure  in  the  southern 
part of  the  State.

Dowagiac—The  Round  Oak Stove Co. 
has brought suit against the Indianapolis 
Stove Co. for infringement of trade mark.
Saginaw—The  West  Side  Lumber Co. 
is the first to hand in statistics of its cut. 
The mill  cut  8,100,Q0Q  feet  of  pine,  1,- 
783,000 feet of hemlock,  and  506,500 feet 
of  hardwood lumber, and  1,987,000  lath. 
There is on  the  mill  dock 4,515,500 feet 
of  lumber,  of  which  680,000  feet  has 
been sold.

Detroit—Dr.  John  J.  Mulheron  went 
into  partnership  in  the  dairy  business 
with  G.  A.  Murney &  Co., putting $700 
into  the  business.  He  now  asks  for  a 
dissolution of the partnership,  and Judge 
Reilly  has  made  an  order  restraining 
Murney from collecting any of the debts, 
pending a settlement.

Ontonagon—The Diamond Match Com­
pany  is  buying  a  good  many logs from 
the homesteaders and pre-emptors on the 
Marquette,  Houghton  &  Ontonagan  and 
Ontonagon  &  Brule  River  forfeiture 
lands.  The  logs  are  mostly bought de­
livered in the Ontonagon river, the price 
paid being $8.50 a thousand.

Manistee—Rumor  has  it  that  Peters’ 
logging  railroad  is  sold  again,  but as it 
has been disposed of  so often for the past 
two years,  according to the  newspapers, 
it is  getting to  be somewhat of  a  chest­
nut.  The officials of  the  Chippewa Val­
ley Road were here a week or so ago  and 
went up with  Peters  over  the  road, but 
it is not given out that  any definite trade 
was closed.

Charlotte—The council has  voted John 
L. Dolson  $5,000 in cash, conditional  on 
his erecting two brick buildings, 100 feet 
long and two  stories  high,  and engaging 
in  the  manufacture  of  his  patent  road 
wagon.  The  city  is  guaranteed  immu­
nity from  any consequences  which  may- 
follow  in  the  wake of  the appropriation 
by 102 responsible business men.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Cracker Co. 
has been organized,  with a  capital  stock 
of  $12,000,  all  paid in,  and will immedi­
ately engage in the manufacture of crack­
ers and  sweet  goods.  Charles H.  Hack- 
ley will serve  the  corporation  in the ca­
pacity of President, C.  L.  Gunn as Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  and  Harry  Fox  as 
Superintendent. 
It  is  expected that the 
company will be in shape  to  begin busi­
ness by Feb.  1.

Candy  b y   th e  Carloa,d.
Grand Rapids, Dec.  7,

1889.

Editor  Michigan  Tradesman:
D e a r   S ir—We see a good deal  of  talk 
in the papers of  late  in regard  to  large 
orders  of  furniture, which  we  are  very 
glad to see; but one would naturally come 
to the conclusion that there was no other 
manufacturing  business 
in  the  town. 
Lest such an  impression  go  abroad,  we 
wish to record one transaction  under the 
head  of  large  orders, but of  a  different 
line.  We  are  to-day shipping to one  of 
the heaviest jobbers in Toledo  a car load 
of candy, consisting of 100 barrels.  Thi 
is  a  single  order, but we have  received 
within the past  few weeks  single orders 
from the  same class  of  trade as  high as 
three car loads, and we are  informed  by 
the contracting agent of  one of  the lead­
ing transportation lines that we were the 
first parties in the  State  to  apply  for 
full car rate on candy.

Yours truly,

The  Putnam  Candy  Co.

The  Salt  Outlook.

The salt inspection  year closed on Sat­
urday.  and  the  annual  report  of  State 
Inspector  Hill  will  be  made  about the 
middle of  the  month.  The  quantity in­
spected  is  likely to  slightly exceed that 
of  last  year.  The  quantity now  in  the 
hands of  manufacturers is reported to be 
about the same as at a corresponding date 
last  year, not far from  1,800,000  barrels. 
There  is  no  change  in  quotations,  and 
unless a combination is effected  the  out­
look is anything  but  encouraging.  The 
discovery  of  a  new  salt  field  in  Ohio, 
with a stratum 100 feet thick, will not add 
to  the  consoling  reflections of  Michigan 
salt men.
C hange  in  the  B rackett  H ouse,  at  Big 

Rapids.

Big  Rapids,  Dec. 6,  1889.

To the Traveling Public:
Having  rented  the  Bracket House, in 
this  city,  and  thoroughly  refitted it and 
put  in  new  furniture  throughout, I am 
satisged 1 am in a position  to  please the 
traveling public, if ten  years’ experience 
in the hotel business counts for anything. 
My  wife  and  daughters  will  give  the 
kitchen and dining  room  their  personal 
supervision,  and a leading feature of  my 
management will  be  the  most  delicious 
cup of  coffee to be had  anywhere  on the 
road.  As  my  rates  are  only  $1.50  per 
day, I am confident  that  one  visit to my 
hotel will satisfy everyone that my house 
is the best place to put up at.

Yours truly,

A. J. J akeway, Prop’r.

W ill  N et  N early  $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 .

The  receivers  of  the  Manistee Salt & 
Lumber  Co.  went  before  the  court last 
week and showed up  their  accounts and 
declared a dividend of 47 cents,  and there 
are about enough  outstanding  properties 
that have not been realized upon to make 
up another cent.  As the Manistee  Lum­
ber Co. and the State Lumber  Co.  bought 
all  the  unsecured  claims  except  about 
$12,000,  at  30  cents  on  the dollar, they 
will  net  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars on the speculation.

Jas. D. Wadsworth  has taken the posi­
tion  of  house  salesman  for  Lemon  & 
Peters  and  John  Osting  will  cover the 
city trade heretofore seen by him.

The P.  &  B.  cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents will be inserted  under  th is  head fo r 
tw o  cents  a   w ord  th e   first  in sertio n   and  one cent a  
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

B U S I N E S S   C H A N C E S .

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L IO N
COFFEE

M e r c h a n ts,

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

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

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

Every  Wide-Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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. 

VVoolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L.  WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

The B e s t

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Silver  Thread

S a u e r k r a u t ,

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

SHOW  CASES!

6 - f t  ca se lik e  a b o v e

6 -ft  case,  square, w ith  metal corners,  same  price.

T h e   a b o v e   o ffer  is  n o   “ b lu f f ”  o r 
sn id e   w o r k .  W e   s h a ll  c o n tin u e   to 
tu r n   o u t  o n ly   th e   B E S T   o f w o r k .  A ll 
o th e r   c a s e s   a t  e q u a lly   lo w   p r ic es.

HEYMRN  i   GOMPRNY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand  Rapids,

Mich•

F. Ä. Wilrxbilrg  X  Go.,

E x c l u s i v e   J o b b e r s   o f

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWERR,

1 9   &   2 1   S O U T H   D I V I S I O N   S T .,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

B egin the  N ew   Y ear  Right.

Those who need a set of new books by the 
first of next  year, would do well to write 
for Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger Sheet and 
Price List before  purchasing  elsewhere, 
as his Ledger requires only  one  book for 
bookkeeping.  Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger 
Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Kalamazoo Savings Bank claims to 
have been the  first State  bank  to  organ­
ize under the new banking law.

O. F.  Conklin, whose advertisement ap­
pears  in  this  paper,  is entirely reliable, 
and means what he says.

A   N ew   Idea.

Robert  Hosbury,  Produce  Agent  for 
the  Toledo,  St.  Louis  &  Kansas  City 
Railway,  was  in  town a couple  of  days 
last  week.  Mr.  Hosbury  was  formerly 
engaged in the produce commission bnsi- 
ness at Toledo and  owes  his  connection 
with the  Clover  Leaf  systen to a happy 
idea which originated  with himself,  but 
was  readily  adopted  by  the  General 
Freight  Agent  of 
the  road  and  has

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S t a t e   A g e n t
m

S *   GEO.  K  REEDER,
w  w
W  O 
S*  8 
I  g  Lycoming  Rubbers
|*   M eta Fries Shoes.
?  5  Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE  DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,

a n d  J o b b e r  o f

W H O L E S A L E

s t a t io n e r y  

f a n c y  

GOODS,

The largest and m ost com plete line o f  above  goods in 
th e Siate, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers a re  invited to 
call.  Send fo r o u r circulars and price lists.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  18  NOW  COMPLETE.

W A.NTED .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED  b o o k s, 

FRUIT,  BEANS

and all kinds of Produce.

I f   y o n   h a v e   a n y   o f   t h e   a b o v e   g o o d s   t o   I  C o r n e r   L a r n e d   a n d   W a y n e   S t s .,  D e t r o i t ,  

s h i p ,   o r   a n y t h i n g   i n   t h e   P r o d u c e   l i n e ,   l e t  
n s   h e a r   f r o m   y o n .  L i b e r a l   c a s h   a d v a n c e s  
m a d e   w h e n   d e s i r e d .

E A R L   BROS.,.
C o m m issio n  Me r c h a n t s
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  Fir s t  Nationa l  Bank,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n T radesman. G rand Rapids.

E.  ¥.  HALL  PLRTING  W0RK8,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass’and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating
C o r n e r  P e a r l  a n d   F r o n t   S ts .,  G r a n d  Rapids

COOPER TOOLS

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to  c a r r y  

a  fu ll

a sso r tm e n t.

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,

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

RAPIDS,  MICH.

M OLA SSES  G A TES. 

Stebbin’s  Pattern............................................... 60*10
Stehhln’s Genuine..............................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.............................. 
25

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N A IL S
Advance above 12d nails.

F E N C E   A N D   B R A D S.

50d to 60d..
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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 5 d . . .  
3d..............
%  inch.

F IN E   B L U E D .

CA8ETNG  A N D   BOX.

COMMON  B A R R E L .

ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.

M ic h i g a n   B u s i n e s s   M e n ’s   A s s o c ia tio n . 

President-—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon, 
f ir s t  Vice-President—C. T. Bridgem an,  Flint, 
geoond Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood. A llegan. 
S ecretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
T reasu rer—H. W.  P arker, Owosso.
Executive  Board—P resident;  F rank  W ells,  Lansing; 
F r a n k   H am ilton, Traverse C ity;  N. B. Blaln, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgem an,  F lin t;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
Com m ittee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rap 
ids;  Oren  Stone, F lint;  Wm. W oodard, Owosso. 
Com m ittee  on  Legislation—F ran k   W ells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, A llegan;  C. H. May, Clio.
Com mittee on Trade Interests—F rank H am ilton, Trav 
erseC lty :  Geo.  R.  H oyt,  Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague, 
Greenville. 
.
Com m ittee on T ransportation—C .T. B ridgem an, F lint;
M. C. Sherwood, Allegan;  A. O. W heeler,  M anistee. 
Com m ittee on B uilding  and  Loan  Associations—>.  B. 
«loin  i „well •  F. L. Fuller. Cedar S prings;  P. J. Con
Blain, Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs; 
nell,  M uskegen. 

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Local S ecretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw. 
Official O rgan—T h *  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

_ 

,

The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association-

N o .  t —T ra v ers* «   C ity   B .  M .  A . 

President. J. W. M illiken; Secretary, E. W. H astings.

N o .  2 —L o w e l l   B . M . A .

President, N. B. P lain; Secreta ry , F ran k  T. King.
' 
President. H. S. C hurch; Secretary , W m. Jo ra._______

N o . 3 —S t u r g i s  B . M . A .

N mT 4— G r a n d   B a p i d s   M .  A .

President. E. J. H errick; 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. W hitney.

No. 6—A lb a  B. M. A.

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

No. 7—D im o n d ale B. M . A.

P resident. T. M. Sloan; S ecretary, S. H. W ldger.
“  
P resident, F. H. T hurston; Secretary, G eo.L.T hurston.

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 . 

P resident, H. M. M arshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
N o.  IO —H a r b o r  S p r in g »   B .  M .  A . 

P resident, W . J. C lark; Secretary , A. L. Thompson.

N o . l l — K i n g s l e y  B .  M . A . 

President. H. P. W hiople: Secretary, D. E.  W ynkoop.

N o .  1 2 —Q u i n c y  B . M . A .

P resident, C. McKay; Secretary , Thos. Lennon.______
“  
President, H. B. S tn rtev an t;  Secretary, W.  J. Austin.

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

N o .  1 4 —N o .  M u s k e g o n   B . M . A . 
P resident, 8. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens.

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

President, R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

N o .  1 6 —S a n d  L a k e   B .  M .  A . 
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary , W. Rasco.

N o .  1 ' —P l a i n w e l l   B . M . A . 

President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.

P resident, W arren P. Woodard ; Secretary. 8. Lam from.

N o .  1 8 —O w o s s o  B . M , A .

" 

N o .  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A .

President, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel._____

N o .  2 0 —S a u g a t u c k   B . M . A . 

President, John F. H enry; Secretary , N. L. Rowe.

N o .  2 1 —W a y l a n d   B . M .  A . 

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

N o .  2 2 —G r a n d   L e d g e   B . M . A . 

P resident. A. B. Schum ach er; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke. 
‘ 
P resident. Jo h n  W .H allett;  S ecretary. L  A. Lyon.

N o   2 3 —C a r s o n  C ity   B . M .  A .

P resident, J. E. Thurkow ;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o . 2 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.

N o .  2 6 —G r e e n v i l l e   B . M . A . 

P resident. A. C. Satterlee;  S ecretary. E. J. Clark.

N o   2 7 —D o r r   B . M .  A . 

Preside n t, E. S. Botsford: Secretary, L. S . Fisher. 
‘ 
President, A. J. Paddock;  S ecretary, H. G. Poser.

N o .  2 8 —C h e b o y g a n  B . M . A

P resident, W m. Moore;  S ecretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh,

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

P resident, A. G. Avery ;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtallng.

N o .  3 0 —O c e a n a  B . M .  A .

N o .  3 1 —C h a r l o t t e   B . M . A . 

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. 6 . Fleury.

N o .  3 2 —C o o p e r s v il le  B . M .  A . 

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

N o .  3 3 —C h a r l e v o i x   B .  M . A . 

President,  L.  D.  B artholom ew ;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

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

P resident, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. W illiam s. 

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

President, H. M. H em street; S ecretary, C. E. Densmore. 
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P resident, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, Jo h n   M. Everden. 
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President,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E. W. Moore.

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N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  M . A .

N o . 3 8 —S c o t tv i ll e   B .  M . A . 

P resident. H. E.  Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

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

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

N o .  4 0 —B a t o n   R a p i d s  B . M . A . 

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

N o . 4 1 —B r e c k e n r i d g e   B . M . A . 
P resident, C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. W aggoner.

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

P resident, Jos. G erber;  S ecretary  C. J. R athbun.

P resident, F rank J. Luick;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.

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President, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H- Smith.

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

P resident, W m. H utchins; Secretary. B. M. Gould. 

N o . 4 6 —L e s li e  B . M.. A . 

N o .  4 7 —F l i n t   M .  U .

President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham .

N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d s t o n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd R edner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

P resident,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F ran k  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 .

Presiden t, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  Grannie._____

President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary , W. C. Congdon. 

N o . 5 1 —C e d a r   S p r in g s   B .  M .  A . 
N o .52—G r a n d H a v e n   B .  M .  A .

President, A. 8. Kedzle;  Secretary, F. D. Vos,________

N o , 5 3 —B e l l e v u e   B . M . A . 

President, F rank Pheips;  S ecretary, A. E. Fitzgerald.

P resident, Thom as B. Dutcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller, 

N o . 5 4 — D o u g la s  B . M . A .

N o .  5 5 —P e t o s k e y   B .  M .  A .

President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

President, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.

N o . 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  M .  A . 

N o . 5 7 —R o c k f o r d   R . M . A . 

P resident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

N o . 5 8 —F i f e  L a k e  R . M . A . 

P resident, L. S. W alter; S ecretai; ,C.g  Blakely.

N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i l l e  B .  M . A . 

P resident F. S. Raym ond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
- S o u th   f i o a r d m a n   B .  M . A .
. H ogan; Secretary, 8. E. N elhardt.

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N o .  6 1 —B a r t f o r d   B .  M . A .

P resident, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

N o .  6 2 —E a s t  S a g in a w  M . A . 

President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C. W.  Mulholand.

N o . 6 3 —E v a r t   B . M . A . 
President, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
N o , 6 4 —M e r r i l l  B . M . A . 

President, C. W. R obertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

N o . 6 5 —K a l k a s k a  B . M . A . 

President, AIL Q. D rake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom.

N o . 6 6 —L a n s i n g  B . M .  A . 

President. Frank W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

N o . 6 7 —W a t e r v l i e t   B . M . A . 

President, W. L. G arrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

N o . 6 8 —A l l e g a n  B . M . A . 

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

N o . 6 9 —S c o tts  a n d   C l im a x  B .  M .  A . 
P resident, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. S. W illlson.

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Presiden t. Wm. Boston;  Secretary. W alter W ebster.

P resident, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clutterbuck.

N o .  7 1 —A s h l e y   B .  M .  A .

- E d m o r e   B . M ,  A .
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N o ,  7 3 —B e l d i n g   B . M . A . 

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

N o . 7 4 —D a v is o n   M .  U.
F. C artw right; Secretary  C. W. Hurd.

N o .  7 5 —T e c iim s e ll  B .  M .  A . 

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacraus.

N o .  7 6 —K a l a m a z o o   B . M . A . 

P resident, S. S. McCamly ;  Secretary,  Chauncey Strong.

N o .  7 7 —S o u t h   H a v e n   B .  M .  A . 

P resident, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Robs.

N o . 7 8 —C a l e d o n ia   B .  M .  A .

Presiden t, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary. J. W. Saunders. 
N o .  7 9 —E a s t  J o r d a n  a n d   No.  A r m   B .  M . A . 
P resident, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison. 
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P resid en t,F. L. H arrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.

N o .  8 1 —F l u s h i n g   B .  M .  A .

President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

N o .  8 2 —A l m a   B   M .  A .

President,B . 8. W ebb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.

N o . 8 3 —S h e r w o o d  B .  M . A .

President. L. P. WUcox;  Secretary, W. R. M andlgo.

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

N o . 8 4 — S t a n d i s h   B . M . A .

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President. J. M. Beem an;  S ecretary, C. H. May._______
N o . 8 6 —M l l l b r o o k  a n d   B l a n c h a r d   B . M .  A . 
President. T. W. P reston:  Secretary,  H.  P.  Blanchard.

N o .  8 7 —S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. B ent;  Secretary. A."W. H urst.

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

A ssociation  N otes.

Grand Traverse Herald:  At the annual meet­
ing  of  the  B.  M. A., held Wednesday evening, 
J. W. Cochran, J. F. Powers,  W.  F.  Griffin  and 
J. W. Fleming were elected members.  The m at­
ter of the annual banquet  was left in the hands 
of the executive committee.  Considerable rou­
tine business was transacted and the old officers 
were re-elected.

Good  W ords  U nsolicited.

Delmore Hawkins,  general  dealer,  Hawkins: 
“ I  am well pleased with T h e   T r a d e sm a n .”
J.  M.  Shaffer,  drugs and groceries, G ladw in: 
“I have received great  benefit from your expos­
ure of the P. of  I.  Keep  on in the good work.”

PATRONS

INDUSTRY.

S u ccin ct  H istory  o f  th e  Order  from 

the  B eginning.

So  many demands have been  received 
for copies of  the  paper  containing T h e  
T r a d e s m a n ’ s   exposure  of  the  Patrons 
of  Industry—demands which it has been 
impossible to comply with,  owing  to the 
fact that everyedition containingthe series 
of exposures has long been exhausted—it 
has been deemed advisable to reprint the 
leading  articles in the series, as follows:

I— T H E   O R IG IN A T O R S.

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O ne  W a y   to   S e c u re   B u sin e s s.

It is a somewhat common  remark  that 
farmers  are  not, as a rale,  orignators— 
A  contemporary  relates  an  amusing 
that they do not invent their  plows,  nor 
story in  connection  with  the  buyer for 
even  their  lightning  rods;  yet they are 
an  American  dry  goods  house.  The
the  constant  prey  of  swindlers  of  all 
ability of  this  gentleman  to  rise,  so to 
classes,  from the  alleged  inventor  of  a
speak, to the occasion never had a better  £n  washing  machine~to the fellow  who
illustration than in  his  conversion from 
secures a signature to a raised note.
the cut  and  dried  methods  of  a  retail 
Considering the  gullibility of  the  av- 
mantle buyer to the advanced expedients 
verage farmer,  then,  it is not at all sur­
necessary mowadays  to  the  proper  dis­
prising  that  three  men  should  have 
semination of  the  same  articles from  a 
gotten their heads together at Port Huron 
wholesale house.  A  new  salesman,  by 
a few  years  ago  and  hatched  a scheme 
name  Moise,  a  bright,  smart,  pushing 
by which  the farmer  could  be  made  to 
fellow,  had been engaged for  the far  off 
bleed  most  liberally.  Nor is  it  at  all 
trade,  his range extending from Texas to 
surprising that none  of  these men  were 
the Indian Territory.
farmers, nor that  one  was  at  the  same 
“Now,  Moise,”  exclaimed  Mr.  Read 
time  in  the  employ  of  a  railroad — a 
instructively, when  the  salesman  came 
species  of  employment  which  does  not 
up  for  his  samples  of  mantles,  “you 
usually tend to  promote  the  profundest 
don’t  want to take  water from anybody! 
sympathy for  the  rural  portion  of  our 
Mind  you, we control several large cloth 
population.
mills;  we  have a huge factory;  we  man­
The  wheel  horse of  the  Patrons  of 
ufacture our  own goods;  we employ five 
Industry is F.  W.  Vertical»,  a  superan­
hundred girls,  and not one of  them pays 
nuated  Presbyterian  preacher,  about 60 
less  than  six  dollars  a  week  board. 
years of  age,  whose last  pastorate  was 
Dwell on that, Moise;  it appeals to  their 
at Tyre,  Sanilac  county. 
It  is  under­
regard  for  the  fair sex,  Bear in mind, 
stood  that  the  parting  with  his  las" 
also, Moise,  we pay good  wages  because 
charge  was  not  of  a  particularly affec­
we must turn out good goods, and we are 
tionate character,  and  quiet  rumors are 
under  the  market  at that!  Give it ’em 
rife to the effect that  the  gentleman is a 
straight,  my  boy,  and  you  might men­
trifle  to  thrifty to  be  a  consistent  fol­
tion that  the  girls  are  all tidy and gen­
lower of the Cross.
erally  good-looking.  Let  the  customer 
The second member of  the triumvirate 
who buys of  you  feel  he’s a sort of  phi­
sails under the  name  of  F.  H.  Krause. 
lanthropist !  It won’t do  him any harm, 
He is a German by birth, but has enough 
and it will swell  your  orders every time. 
Yankee blood coursing through his veins 
And,  Moise, I  give  a basket  of  wine  to 
to render him a tolerably shrewd schemer. 
the  man  who  sells the  biggest  total of 
He  is  about  forty  years  old,  with  a 
mantles for the season.”
swarthy complexion,  Chin  whiskers and 
Mr.  Moise  had  several  subsequent re­
thick-set  frame.  He  does  not  attend 
hearsals  previous to  departing upon  his 
church regularly and  his  reputation for 
tour,  and  finally  sallied  forth  primed 
profanity is as wide as the Detroit River. 
with any number of  unanswerable  argu­
He formerly conducted a  retail furniture 
ments,  besides  being  infused  with  a 
store at Bad  Axe,  but  report has it that 
large  amount of  enthusiasm.  Never be­
the enterprise ended in disaster—for  his 
fore in the history of the wholesale trade 
creditors.  Krause came out of the failure 
of  Kansas City had such a traffic in man­
the same way he is coming  out of  the P. 
tles been done over  the  route which Mr. 
of  I.  movement—first  best.  His  next 
Moise traversed.  Each  mail  brought in 
occupation was as agent for bronze monu­
a rattling  good  order.  The  new  sales­
ments  and  tombstones,  in which he was 
man  was  voted a hummer,  but  the  key­
eminently successful, owing to the bogu 
note  of  success  was  sounded  by  Mr. 
character  of  the business.  He next ap­
Moise  himself  in a letter to his chief  in 
peared  in the field as a detective in Uncle 
which he stated: 
“When I describe  the 
Sam’s Secret Service,  which brought him 
huge factory building to them  in  detail, 
a stipend  of  $120  per  month. 
In  less 
they begin to weaken;  but when I spring 
than a month after President Cleveland’s 
five  hundred  tidy-looking  girls,  it  just 
retirement,  however,  he  was  removed 
throws  ’em right down.”  A subsequent 
from office for  reasons best known to his 
letter from the salesman  announced that 
superiors,  when he  resumed active con 
Mr.  Joe  Gordon,  who  ran  a  store  in 
nection  with  his  newspaper,  the  Port 
Texas,  and  a  branch  establishment  in 
Huron  Herold,  a  weekly publication in 
Montana,  and  was an excellent customer 
the German  language. 
In the meantime 
of  the  house,  would  shortly  arrive  in 
he  started a monthly paper  in the inter 
Kansas City,  and  “would Mr.  Read show 
I ests of the P.  of  I., the Patrons'  Guide, 
him some  little  attention.”  Mr.  Read 
Probably the  most  mercenary member 
would,  of  course.  But  when the mer­
I of  the trio—or triangle,  as it is called in 
chant-ranchman  arrived,  having  in tow 
the  Cronin  murder  case—is I.  R. Wads 
two  associate  cowboys,  Mr.  Read had a 
worth,  who is a decidedly slim individual 
festival  in  hand  he  had  scarcely  bar­
of  fifty winters,  with  black  eyes and 
gained for.  However,  Kansas  City was 
swarthy complexion.  Until  April  1,  of 
served  up 
in  the  most  approved  and 
the present year,  he was General Passen 
entertaining style,  and the  visitors were 
ger and Freight Agent of the Port Huron 
immensely  gratified.-  Mr.  Joe  Gordon, 
& Northwestern Railway—and the love i 
indeed, with an admixture of  pathos and 
railroad  man  bears  the farmer  is prov 
good  feeling,  fell  upon  Mr.  Read’s 
erbial  the  world  over.  Having  spent 
shoulders during the  “good night”  part­
several years,  while in the employ of the 
ing  of  the last evening  of  his stay, and 
railway, in devising methods of wringing 
confided to his host  that  there  was only 
exorbitant  transportation  charges  from 
one  thing  yet for  him to see  before  he 
the farmers,  he was  well adapted to per 
returned homeward,  and then his cup of 
form his part in the work  of  originating 
happiness would be full.
a scheme which would put Yanderbilt or 
“What  is  it?”  queried the unsuspect­
Gould to the blush.  He is inclined to be 
ing  Read. 
“Well,  you  see,”  was  the 
a little  careless in financial matters, and 
answer,  “your  man,  Moise,  has  been 
is  everlasting  “hard  up,”  no  matter 
tellin’  me  about  that factory  o’  yourn 
how large his income may be.  A leading 
and  them  gals,  and I ask it as a special
merchant of  Port  Huron  asserts that he
favor to show  me  through  the plage be-  would not trust him for a pound  of  tea,
and it is current report that he still Owes 
fore I go back.”
“With  pleasure,  my  dear  boy,”  re­
the men who plastered  his  house,  years 
spondent  Read,  cheerily,  “come  round 
ago.  Krause  bewails  the  fact  that  it 
to-morrow,  and I will steal  enough time 
“takes lots of money to ran Wadsworth,” 
out of  the day to gratify  your curiousity 
and it appears to  be  an  established fact 
that his income as Supreme  Secretary of 
fully.”
the P.  of I.  and his salary as Deputy Col­
The next morning Mr.  Read visited the 
lector of  the Port of  Port Huron,  which 
large  overall factory of  a friend of  his, 
brings  him  $150  a  month,  are not suffi­
and  stating  his  plight,  asked the  priv­
cient  to  enable  him  to  keep  his  head 
ilege  of  passing  the  edifice  off  as  his 
above water.J
cloak factory.  The request  was  readily 
Such,  in brief,  are the men who origi­
granted; moreover, the plan was feasible, 
nated and are  now  at  the  head  of  the
there being  no sign  upon  the  building
Burnham,  Hanna & Hunger have a small  Grand Order of the Patrons  of  Industry.
factory where they manufacture overalls 
in another  street,  and the buyer sent in­
structions of his coming there.  At noon­
time,  accompanied  by his  customer,  he 
visited  his  friend’s  factory,  and  Mr. 
Gordon  of  Texas and Montana was duly 
impressed by its immensity.
“But where are  the  girls?”  he  asked 
wonderingly.
“Oh, 
they  are  all  at  lunch  on  the 
upper floor,  and to intrude upon them at 
the  sacred  meal-time  hour  would  be 
breaking an iron rule upon  which even I 
would not care to infringe.”

The organization known as the Patrons 
of  Industry  owes  its  existence  to  the 
combined  effort  of  three  men—“ Rev.” 
F.  W.  Vertican,  F.  H.  Krause,  and I.  R. 
Wadsworth.  These  men do not live far 
apart in Port Huron and during the  year 
of  1885-86  they frequently visited  back 
and forth,«occasionally meeting  together 
at the house  of  Krause,  where most  of 
constitution and ritual  of  the  organiza­
tion were prepared.
The idea  of  combining  the farmers in 
the  manner  pursued by the  Patrons  of 
Industry first found  lodgment in the fer­
tile  brain  of  the  reverend  end  of  the 
trio,  who was unable to secure a position 
to  preach and found  it  necessary to de­
vise  some  other  means  of  securing  a 
livelihood.  He first  considered the plan 
of  originating an  organization for labor­
ing  men,  embodying  the same ideas ad­
“Great Scott,  what a system!”
vocated by the Knights of Labor,  Sons of 
“And  now,”  continued  the  volatile 
Industry and the  various  trades unions, 
Read,  “I will  take  you  around  to  the 
but  subsequent  investigation  satisfied 
‘Annex,’  a  smaller  building  where  we 
him  that  no field  was  so  inviting,  and 
manufacture  overalls.”
promised such rich results,  as the  rural 
And  the  bewildered  customer  was 
communities of the commonwealth.  The 
forthwith  inculcated  into  the  subleties 
average  farmer,  he  argued,  permitted 
of the overall traffic,  while several of the 
others to  do  his  thinking for  him,  and 
best  looking  girls  were  sent by a half- 
was easily influenced when stirred up on 
dozen tidies in review.
the subject of trusts and monopolies. 
In 
“That  was a close  call,”  soliloquized 
a letter to a friend,  written in February, 
Mr.  Read  serenely after he had received 
dD  CD
1886, he said : 
the hearty thanks of  his  customer,  and 
“You  ask  how  I  am  getting  along 
bade him a final farewell.
with the  new  organization. 
I  think  I 
It is perhaps  unnecessary to  add  that
have  struck a rich  vein. 
I  propose  to
the graphic and go-ahead Mr.  Moise that | 
on  the  gullibility  of  the  average 
, 
season obtained the prize basket of wine. 1 v 
farmer,  making him think the merchants 
are in league with the  Standard  Oil  Co. 
and the Diamond Match  Co.  That  will 
good  cabinet  photograph  to I make the farmer  hate the merchants and
11  think it  will be easy for  me  to  make 
money in two  ways—compel the farmers 
to pay me well for  organizing  them and 
compel  some  merchant  to  pay  me  a

“And the mantles.”
“There are no stocks  kept on hand  at 
this time  of  the  year;  it  is  all  in  our 
large warehouse down the street, and the 
garments in course  of  manufacture  are 
each locked  in  a  separate  receptacle to 
avoid  confusion  when  the  girls  return 
from lunch.”

Hamilton’s  Art  Gallery,  79 Canal street, 
and get a first-class, life-size, crayon por­
trait  for  $10.  Correspondence solicited.

Portraits  for  the  H olidays.

I I — H A T C H IN G   T H E   P I.A N .

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Send

A  Pointer.

Merchants failing 
To display 
W hat they have 
From day to day, 
Cannot very 
Well expect 
That the people 
Will select 
From a line of 
Goods not shown, 
And of course 
To them unknown. 
If you’d have 
The people choose, 
Let them  read 
As public news 
In the papers,
Oft’ ana well,
Ju st the goods 
You  have to sell.

goodly amount for turning the trade over 
to him  who  will agree to sell goods on a j From  th e H erald o f Trade.
10 per cent,  margin.  Of  course, I don’t 
expect  the  merchant  to  do anything of | 
the kind. 
I don’t  believe he can do bus­
iness  on a 10 per  cent,  profit  and  live, 
but all I care for is for  him to  make the 
farmers believe that  he  is  doing  as  he 
agrees.
What  do  you  think  of  my scheme? 
Don’t  you think I have indeed  struck it 
rich—playing  on  the  credulity  of  the 
farmers?”
Such is the plan that Yertican unfolded 
to his neighbors, Krause and Wadsworth, 
and it is affirmed that those worthies lost 
no  time  in  assuring  Vertican  that  his 
scheme was a grand  one  and  that  they 
must  be  counted  in  on  the deal.  Yer­
tican then prepared the skeleton  work of 
the  constitution  and 
ritual,  drawing 
largely on  the  ritual  of  the  Patrons of 
Husbandry and  copying  entire  sections 
from  the  constitution  and ritual of  the 
Ancient  Order of  United  Reformers  an 
order long  since  defunct.  The trio fre­
quently met  every evening  in  the week, 
noting  the  progress  made  and debating 
over the  wording of  certain  sections  of 
the organic work of  the order.  Vertican 
was  rather  moderate in  his  views as to 
the charges to be made for  admittance to 
membership,  but  Wadsworth — having 
great and abiding love for the fanners by 
eason  of  his  occupation  as  a  railway 
official—argued that  the  more it cost the 
farmer 
to  join,  the  more  anxious  he 
would  be  to  solve  the mysteries of  the 
order.  Krause usually sided with Verti­
can and more  moderate  views  generally 
prevailed.  As soon  as  the  constitution 
and ritual were completed,  and the word- 
ng  of 
the  necessary  blanks  decided 
upon, copies were  printed  and the selec­
tion of  officers was' made.  Vertican was 
elected  president. Wadsworth was given 
the position of secretary and Krause took 
the  remaining  office—that  of  treasurer. 
Considerable  discussion  followed  over 
the matter of  salaries,  but  the  question 
was  finally settled by voting  Vertican a 
salary of  $2,000 a  year,  while  the  other 
chemers—in view  of  the  fact  that  one 
held  a  situation  on  the  Port  Huron & 
Northwestern Railway and the other was 
the recipient of  $120 a month from Uncle 
Sam—agreed to serve in their  respective 
capacities for $1,000 a  year.

H astings 

VISITING  BUYERS.

F orest Grove

Big  Rapids  E W hite, Lee 

L am bert & VanXorman, 
Clary & E aton. Inland 
Baldwin
S S Schantz. W oodland 
W R Law ton,  Berlin 
A lbert R etan, 8 t Johns 
Alex Johnston,  Reed City 
Hessler Bros., R ockford 
M  Heyboer & B ro„ O akland 
A C W alt, C oat’s Grove 
Sm allegan & P ickaard
H M Roys, Farw ell
G Ten Moor.  F o rest  Grove 
Tanis & Bierema,M uskegon 
S McNitt. Byron C enter 
H Dalmon, A llendale
R A H astings, S p arta 
B V oorhorst,  Overisel 
H H Childs, Rockford 
P E W itherspoon, H arrison  Mills & Mills, A shland 
Maston & Ham m ond, 
W m Black, C edar Springs
G randville  R G Sm ith, W ayland 
Geo F Goodrich,  Fennville  W McWilliams, Conklin 
Osborn A H am m ond,Luther N F M iller. Lisbon 
E T V an O strand, A llegan  T H C ondra, Lisbon 
H P Dunning. A llegan 
J  W Mead, Berlin 
S J  M artin, Sullivan
Grand-Glrand A Co., 
Goodyear & B arnes, 
J  Raym ond, B erlin
J  Coon, Rockford 
R B  Gtooding*8on,Gooding  L N Fisher,  Dorr 
Wm K arsten, Vriesland
R Purdy, W alker 
C arrington & N orth,  T rent 
Jno B Beavie & C o.,H art 
A D M artin, B itely 
G H Speneer, Peach B elt
G H W albrink, A llendale 
Geo A Sage, R ockford 
D O W atson, Coopersville  8 Cooper, Jam estow n 
N Bouma, F isher 
H Ade, Conklin
S H B allard, S parta 
L Maier, F isher S tation
N otler* VerScheur,Holland  D  W Shattuck,  W ayland 
Jno Farrow e, So Blendon  C H Deming, D utton 
W mVerM eulen.BeaverDam  Avery & Pollard,
G S P utnam , F ru itp o rt 
Slocum’s Grove
Tucker,Hoops & Co.»Luther Silas Loew, B urnip’s Cors 
John Sm ith, Ada 
S M  G eary, Maple Hill 
John De Vries.  Jam estow n A & E Bergy, Caledonia 
H M eijering. Jam estow n 
H V an Noord, Jam estow n  C utler & W right, Morley 
John D am stra. Gitchell 
J  L Thom as,Cannonsburg 
S A Bush. Lowell 

Geo P  Stark. Cascade
T H A tkins.Carln le S tation 
Sam pson & D rury, CadUlac 
F J Pom eroy, Lisbon §
J Colby,  Rockford 
Jo h n  Canfield, Olga

• 

U N B L E A C H E D   COTTONS

A tlantic  A ..................... •  7Î4 Integrity  XX............ 5
.  654 King, E F .......................... 6)4
Atlanta A. A ...............
“  E X ................. 6)4
Archery  Bunting.. .  4)4
“  E C , 32 in ....... 554
Amory...................... .  7)4
.  534 Lawrence L L .......... 554
Beaver Dam  A A.
Berwick  L .............. ■  6)4 New  Market B ......... 55,
.  5 Noibe  R ..................... 5M
Blackstone O ,  3 2 . .
.  4 N ew ton .............................. 63Í
Chapm an........................
Cohasset A .................... •  7)4 Our Level  B est.......... 7
Riverside XX ............... 4&
Comet.................................
•  654 Sea Island R .................. 6)4
Clifton C C C .............
.  5 Sharon B  ......................... 6)4
Conqueror  XX—
•  7)4 Top of the  Heap___ 754
Dwight Star...............
.  654 W iiliamsville.................
Exeter A .......................
.  63Í Comet,  40 in .................. 8)4
Full Yard W ide.. .
.  7 Carlisle  “ 
Great Falls  E .......
.................. 754
.  6%f New M arketL,40in. 754
Honest W idth.. . . .
Hartford A .................. ■  5 )4

B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

.  8 First  Prize ....................... 7
.  454 Fruit of the Loom % 8

Blackstone  A A .. .
Beats A ll......................
C leveland...............
Cabot.........................
Cabot,  %...................
Dwight A nchor.......
shorts.
Edwards....................
Em pire......................
Farw ell.....................
F ruit of the  Loom.. 
F itch v ille................

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r%\

454 
Fairm ount—
Lonsdale  Cambric
.1054 
Lonsdale................
.  854 
•  5« 
M iddlesex.............
No N am e...............
54
Oak V iew ...............   6
Our  Own...................  554
Sunlight....................  454
V inyard....................   854

H A L F   B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Cabot.........................   7541 Dwight A nchor.......9
Farw ell.....................7341

U N B L E A C H E D   CA NTON  F L A N N E L .

....  554JMiddlesex No. 1.  ..10
Tremont N .......
2....11
....  654
Hamilton N ....
3....12
...  7
L . . .
7....18
....  8
Middlesex  AT.
X .... ....  9
8....19
No. 2E....  9
B L E A C H E D   CANTON  FL A N N E L .

“ 
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“

“  
“ 
“ 

....  754 Middlesex A A .......11
Hamilton N ----
2 .......12
....  8
Middlesex P T.
“ 
A  O .......1354
A  T. __   9
4 .......1754
....  9
X A.
“ 
5 .......16
X  F.
....1054
CO RSET JE A N S .
....  6 Naumkeag satteen..  754
........654

Biddeford.........
Brunswick........ __   6541 Rockport.........

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P R IN T S .
.  6
fancy............  654
“
robes............  654
“ 
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   654 
American shirtings.  554 
“  —   654
Arnold 
long cloth B. 1054 
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
“ 
century cloth  7
gold seal.......1054
“ 
“  Turkey  red .. 1054
Berlin solids............   554
‘i  oil blue........   654
“  g re e n __ 654
“ 
Cocheco fancy.........  6
“ 
m adders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
i 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple ...  6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  654 
Merrimack D fancy.  654

Merrim’ck shirtings.  554 
Repp furn .  854 
Pacific  fancy........... 6
robes..............  654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654 
g rey s. .. . . .   654
solid black.  654 
W ashington indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“ 
India robes____754
“  plain T’ky X %  854 
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key re d ............... 
M artha Washington
T nrkeyred %.......  754
Martha  Washington
Turkey red ............  954
Riverpoint robes__  5
Windsor fancy.........  654
gold  ticket 
indigo  blue........... 1054

“  X...10
6

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T IC K IN G S.
.1354¡Pearl  R iver............. 123l£
-  7541W arren..................... 14
D E M IN S.

Amoskeag A C A  
Hamilton N .......
Amoskeag................. 1354 (Everett • - ■ -j__-...........1254
Lawrence XX...........1354
Amoskeag,  9 oz.......15
A ndover...................1154 ¡Lancaster
....1254

G INGHAM S.

G lenarven................ 6X|Renfrew Dress............. 8
Lancashire...............  654;Toil du N ord.............1054
Norm andie...............  8  I

Peerless, white....... 1854¡Peerless,  colored...21

C A R P E T   W A R P.

Stark................
Am erican.......
Valiev City —

G R A IN   BA G S. 
..  20
.17 
.16 
T H R E A D S .
.45 
Clark’s Mile End..
Coats’,  J.  & P .......... 45
Holyoke.................... 22541

G eorgia.....................16
¡Pacific....................  .14
[Burlap......................1154

¡Barbour’s .................88
M arshall’s ................ 88

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
6 ..  ..33
16...
39
...38
......34
8.
18... ....39
40
......35
10.
20... ....40
41
12. ...... 36
C A M BRICS.
  4% j Kid Glove.
.

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.

White.  Colored.

42
43
44
45

III.— T11K  STATE  CONVENTION.

“ 

the 

ruralists,  and 

As has been already shown  in the pro- 
vious  chapters  of  the  History  of  the 
Patrons of Industry, the constitution and 
ritual of  the order  were  prepared in the 
house  of  F.  H.  Krause,  at  Port  Huron, 
having  been  unanimously “adopted”  by 
Krause, Vertican  and  Wadsworth.  One 
paragraph  of  the  constitution  so  pre­
pared  read as follows:
“The  state  convention  shall  meet on 
the third  Wednesday in April,  1890,  and I 
on the same date  every four  years there­
after.  The  national  convention  shall 
meet  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May,
1892, and every four  years  thereafter on I 
the same date.”
By placing the date of  the “state”  and I 
“national”  conventions  so  far  in  the 
future, the wily originators of  the move- j 
ment  assumed  that  they would  be  able 
to  squeeze  the  lemon  dry  before they 
would  be  compelled  to  render  an  ac­
counting to their  constituents;  but  they 
reckoned  wrongly,  as  the  farmers  whoj 
composed  the  membership  of  the order i 
> uspected 
that  the  trio  were  enjoying 
rather  too  many  emoluments  and  per-1 
quisites,  and so long  ago  as  last fall be­
gan  clamoring  for  a  “state”  meeting.
During  the  winter  mouths  the  farmers 
became  thoroughly  convinced  that  the 
three  men  were  living  in  clover at the 
expense  of 
they 
brought  continual  pressure  to  bear  on 
the Port Huron contingent, finally result­
ing in a call for a state  convention,  to be | Allen, stapje.. 
held  at  Port  Huron on April 17, 18 and 
19.  The trio  conceded  the  demand  for 
the  meeting  very  reluctantly,  as  they 
realized  that  a  gathering  of  farmers 
would very soon put  an  end  to  the  fat 
salaries  and  other  perquisites they had 
been  the  recipients  of  up  to that time.
The call for the meeting  appeared in the 
April  issue  of  the Patron's Guide, each 
chartered  association  in  good  standing 
being  entitled  to  one  delegate.  The 
opening  meeting  was  called to order by 
“Grand  President”  Vertican  on 
the 
morning of April 17.  three sessions being 
held  both  that  and  the succeeding  day 
and  one  session  on  the  morning of  the 
19th. 
In  describing  the  temper  of  the 
men  composing  the  gathering,  Krause 
recently remarked to  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s 
detective:
“Before the first meeting was. called to 
order,  we  plainly  saw  our  jig  was  up.
The  farmers  came  to  the meeting with 
blood in their eyes, bent on  reducing our 
salaries to a hard-pan basis  or  throwing 
us  overboard  altogether. 
It  seemed 
pretty tough that  the  originators of  the 
order should be compelled to take a back 
seat,  but it was  back  zeat  or  nothing— 
we could take that or step out altogether.
The fact of  the  matter  was,  the scheme 
which  we  hatched  with  so  much  care 
produced  so  numerous a brood  that  we j 
could not control them.  Instead of being 
looked  up  to  and  praised,  they accused 
us of  being embezzlers, appointed a com­
mittee to go through  our  books and inti­
mated that several instances  of  crooked­
ness  were  discovered. 
It is pretty hard 
to  be  disowned  by the  child  you  have 
nurtured  since  infancy,  but  that’s  just 
the shape we’re in now.”
At the first meeting of  the convention,
F.  S. Porter, of  North Branch, was made 
chairman,  and  Lewis  Baker, of  Lexing­
ton, was selected  to  serve  as  secretary.
Committees  on credentials,  order of  bus­
iness, permanent organization  and  reso­
lutions'were also  appointed.
At  the  second  session,  “Grand  Secre­
tary”  Wadsworth was asked *to state how 
many  members  the  order  numbered  in 
this  state—a  task  he  was unable to ac­
complish—60 an expert was  appointed ot I Severen  8 oz 
go 
the “national”  convention.  Resolutions 
were  adopted  condemning  the  binder 
twine trust and approving the bill w hich 
subsequently passed the Legislature,  pro­
viding for an increasedn  the  bounty for 
the destruction of  English sparrows.
The third session  was  taken up with a 
wrangle over the question of  representa­
tion in the “national” convention, result­
ing  in  the  defeat  of  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Resolutions, 
the 
“state” convention  select  the  delegates 
to the subsequent convention.

through  his  books  and  report  at  --  •  1  *

Firem an__
Talbot XXX. 
Nameless

Slater...............
W hite Star__

that 

No.

“ 

[C O N T IN U E D   ON  F IF T H L P A O E .]

Mayland, 8oz.......... 11 
Greenwood, 754 o z..  9541

White, doz..............20  ¡Per bale, 40 doz —  $7 25
Colored,  doz............25 

|

W A D D IN G S.

S IL E S IA S .

Slater, Iron Cross...  9 ¡Paw tucket...............11
¡Dundie.....................   9

Red Cross....  9  J | ______
“  B est............ ..1054 Bedford..
“  Best  A A ........ 1254!

....1054

C O RSETS.

Coraline...................89  50|W onderful.............$4 75
Shilling’s ................   9 00|Brighton.................4 75

SEW IN G   S IL K .

Corticelli, doz.......... 85  (CortieeUi  knitting,

per 54oz  ball.........30

twist, doz. .42 
50yd,doz..42  I

43£
¡Newmarket..............  43¿

R E D   F L A N N E L .

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

3254IT W ......................... ..2254
2754 IF T .......................... ..3254
30 
2754|Buekéye................. ■  3254
ED  F L A N N E L .
40  ¡Grey S R  W ........... -.1754
2254¡Western W  ........... ..1854
1854 |D R P ..................... .1854
21 
¡ Flushing XXX__ ..2354
2254I M anitoba............... ..2354
D U C K S.
9541 Greenwood, 8 oz.

..1154
¡West  Point, 8 oz—   954

Red & Blue,  plaid.
W indsor...............
6 oz W estern.......
Union  B ..............

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

GRAND
JL A E D W A R E .
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.
A U G U R S  A N D   B IT S .
Ives’, old style  ................................
60 
60 
Snell’s ..................................................
Cook’s ................................................
40 
Jennings’, genuine..........................
25
Jennings’,  imitation
.50*10

AXES.
First Quality, S. B. Bronze. 
D.  B. Bronze.
S. B. S. Steel.
D. B. Steel...

“ 
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BARROWS. 

................t   7 00
................  11  00
...................  8 50
.................  13 00

diS.

R ailroad.............................................................$  14 00
G arden......................................................... net  30 00

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

BOLTS. 

BUCKETS.

CAPS.

BUTTS, CAST.

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

Well,  plain.........................................................6 3  50
4  00 
Well, swivel............................................
dis. 
..70*
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................
. .60*10 
W rought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t...
..60*10 
W rought Loose P in ...............................
. .60&10 
W rought  Table......................................
. .60*10 
W rought Inside B lind..........................
75
W rought Brass...................  ................
..70*10
Blind,  Clark’s ........................................
..7G&10
Blind,  Parker’s ......................................
70
Blind, Shepard’s ...................................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.................  
40
G rain..........................................................   dis. 50*02
454
Cast Steel..................................................per»)
.......per m
65
Ely’s 1-10.................................................. perm  
Hick’s  C. F ...............................................  
60
35
G. D ................... ........................................«  “ 
69
M usket......................................................  
“ 
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester new lis t.. 
Rim Fire, United States............... ............dis. 
50
Central  F ire................................................dis. 
25
Socket F irm e r................................................... 70*10
Socket Fram ing................................................. 70*10
Socket Corner.....................................................70*10
Socket S licks.....................................................70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... . 
40
Currv,  Lawrence’s  .......................................... 40*10
H otchkiss...........................................................  
25
W hite Crayons, per  gross............... 1201254 dis. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound 
28
14x52, 14x56,14x60 ..........................  
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..........................  
24
Cold Rolled, 14x48.............................................  
24
25
B ottom s............................................................... 
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks............................................ 
Paper and straight Shank...............................  
40
Morse’s Taper Shank........................................ 
40

CHALK.
COPPER.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

DRILLS. 

combs. 

diS.

dis.

dis.

“ 

DRIPPING PANS.

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

07
Small sizes, ser p o u n d ..................................... 
Large sizes, per  pound....................................  
6)4
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ...............................doz. net 
70
C orrugated..........................................dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable.................................................. dis.  40*10
Clark’s, small, 818; large, $26.......................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, 830 ...............................  
25
Disston’s ............................................................. 60*10
New  Am erican...................................................60*10
Nicholson’s ............................................... 1...60*10
5®
Heller’s ............................*..................................  
Heller’s Horse Rasps........................................ 
50
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
28
15 
18
List 
dis.

•  files—New List. 

GALVANIZED IRON

Discount, 60

dis.

dis.

12 

14 

 

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“ 
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hinges.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................  
50
May dole  & Co.’s ........................................... dis. 
25
25
Kip’s ................................................................dis. 
Yerkes & Plumb’s .....................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand.*.. .30c 40*10 
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................... dis.60&10 !
State.................................................per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 454  14  and
lo n g er.................................................. ........... 
354
Screw Hook and  Eye, 54.............................net 
19
34............................net  854
“ 
34............................net  754
“ 
754
%............................ net 
« 
Strap and T ....................................................dis. 
70
dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track —  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.................................  60&10
Kidder, wood tra c k .......................................... 
40
P ots........................................................................60&05
Kettles.........................  
60*05
S p id ers.................................................................60*05
Gray enam eled................................................... 
50
Stamped  T inW are............................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin W are..........   ............................ 
25
Granite Iron W are ........................new list 3354*10
Au Sable...................................dis. 25*10035*10*10
P utnam ......................................... die.  5*10*2)4*254
N orthw estern....................................   dis. 10*10*5
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings......................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings...................  
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings................ 
Door,  porcelsin, trim m ings...................................55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................... 
Russell & Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ........... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s . . . . ..............*........ 
55
Branford’s ............................... 
56
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................... 
LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ........................  
70
MATTOCKS.
Adze E ye.............................................. $16.60, dis.  60
H unt E ye..............................................$15.00, dis. 60
H unt’s .   ........................................$18.50, dis. 20*10.
dis.
50
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled........................  
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ........................................ 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ...................  
40
“  E n terp rise.............................................  
25

knobs—New List. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

dlS.

dis.

dis.

 

 

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

50
60
75
90
10
1.50

2 26
1  36 
1 15 
1  SO 
85 
75

C LIN CH .

1*4 and  IX in c h .........  ...............
2  and  2)4 
..........................
254  and 23£ 
......................................
3 in c h ..............................................
314 and 454  in ch ...........................
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

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fl aNes. 

dis.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y .....................................40@10
Sciota  Bench......................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40@10
Bench, first quality...........................................   b
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.............20&10
Fry,  Acme...................... ...........................dis. 
60
Common,  polished.................................... dig. 
70
Iron and  T inned.
50
....................... 
Copper Rivets and B urs............................
50
10 20 
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 
9  20

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

Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

r i v e t s . 

P A N S.

dis.

R O PE S.

 

 

dis.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  54 inch and la rg e r............
1154
M anilla................................................................  1354
SQUARES. 
Steel and  Iro n .......................  
75
Try and Bevels..................................................  
60
M itre.................................................................... 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14........................................... (4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ..........................................  4  20 
Nos.  18 to 2 i...........................................  4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24...........................................  4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ..........................................  4  40 
No. 27 ......................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dis. 40*10
Silver Lake, W hite  A ................................. list 
50
Drab A .....................................  “ 
56
W hite  B ..................................  “ 
50
Drab B .....................................   “ 
55
W hite C....................................  “ 
35

SAND PAPER.
8ASH CORD.

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$3 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
3 25

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

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Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root..................................................  

Solid Eyes.................................................. per ton $25
H a n d .............................................25025*5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game..........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .................  
35
70
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s ___ 
Hotchkiss’........................................................... 
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ......................................  
70
Mouse,  choker........................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion..................................$1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright M arket....................................................  6754
Annealed M arket............................................... 70*10
Coppered M arket...............................................  6254
Tinned M arket..................................................  62;R
Coppered  Spring  Steel....................................  
50
Plain Fence........................................... per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.....................................C3 45
painted...........................................  2 80

wire. 

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WIRE GOODS. 

dis.

wrenches. 

B right.............................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes...................................................70*10*10
Hook’s ........................................................... 70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes................................. 70*10*10
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled....................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought,.......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable................................... 75*10
Bird C ages.........................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern.  .......................................... 
75
50
Screws, New List............................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.............................. 50*10*10
Dampers,  American.......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.................... 65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlS.

dis.

M ETALS,

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.................................................................26c
Pig B ars....................................................................28c
D uty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
600 pound  casks...................................................... 6)4
Per  pound...........................................................  
654
540)4...........................................................................16
E xtra W iping........................................................1354
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson.............................................per  pound  14)4
Hallett’s ...........................................  
11)4
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal..............................................$ 6 0 0
...............................................  6 00
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
..............................................   7  75
14x20 IX, 
...............................................  7  75

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
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BOOPING PLATES

10x14 IC,  C harcoal.................................................$05 40
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

...............................................  5  40
...............................................   6
.............................................

Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

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“ W orcester.......................................  5 SO
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“ Allaway  G rade.......................  
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
..............................  7 00
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
............................   11  50
14x20 IC, 
4  90
6  40
 
14x20 EX, 
. .. .. 1 0   50
20x28  IC, 
13  50
 
20x28 IX, 
14x23 IX ........................... 
$12
14x31  IX .......................................................... ....13
14x60S i  f"  N“ ‘ 9 B 0“e” ’ I*** *>“ <*-• 

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09

 
 
 

TheM ichiganTradesm an

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W EE K L Y   JO U R N A L   DEVO TED   TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine  State.

E.  A. STOWE &  BBO., Proprietors.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered,  at  the  G rand  R apids  Post Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  DECEMBER  11, 1889.

THE  PRESIDENT’S  MESSAGE.
In  preparing his first  message to Con­
gress, it is rather  unfortunate  that  Mr. 
Harrison  should  revert  to  the  conven­
tional  type  of  message,  in a way which 
exaggerates its  defects.  His  communi­
cation is a kind  of  summury of  all  the 
documents  which  preceded  it,  and  the 
analysis  of  these is drawn  out to an ex­
tent  which  is  wearisome.  He  begins 
with  the  usual  communication  of  the 
work  of  the  State  Department,  which 
takes the place of  a  distinct report from 
the  Secretary  of  State.  Not  until  we 
get near the »end do we  come  upon  any 
discussion of  topics which especially be­
long to the President. 
If  the  middle of 
the document had been  boiled down into 
as many sentences as there now  are par­
agraphs,  those  sentences  consisting  of 
brief  references to the recommendations 
of  the Secretaries, the whole would have 
gained in force  as  well  as unity.  As it 
stands it  lacks  both. 
It is chiefly made 
up  of  remarks—very sensible,  perhaps, 
in  themselves—but  either  not  very im­
portant  or  relating to matters on  which 
the President  has  no  special  means  of 
information.  As a consequence,  what is 
important and special loses its force, and 
the whole seems weak and even tiresome.
In  the  opening  of  the  message,  the 
most  important  suggestion  is that  of  a 
reconsideration  of  our 
treatment  of 
China.  Mr.  Harrison favors  the policy 
of  excluding  Chinese labor  as  “an ele­
ment  incompatible with our social life.” 
But  he  feels  that  we  have  not  dealt 
courteously with a Power  which  always 
has shown courtesy to  us,  and  which is 
entitled,  at  least,  to the assurance that 
those  of  its  subjects who are already in 
the  country  will  enjoy the fullest  pro­
tection of our laws.

The four topics on which the President 
evidently has felt  constrained  to  speak 
his mind  are  Civil  Service Reform, Na­
tional Aid to Education,  the Suppression 
of the Negro Vote in  the South,  and Our 
Merchant Marine.

As to Civil  Service Reform, on what is 
said of the classified service and the work 
of the commission created  to  administer 
it, we  have  little  to  remark.  We  are 
glad  to  see  that  the President gets full 
credit for  making  the  best  selection of 
commissioners that the  country has had. 
But the classified  service constitutes less 
than  a  fourth  of  the  places  under the 
National Government, and the most hon­
est and capable administration of the law 
concerning  it  gives  but  little  security 
against  the  demoralizing  abuses  which 
have grown out of the spoils system.

As to National  Aid  to  Education, the 
President expresses approval of the prin­
ciple,  but hints of  serious  objections  to 
the  Blair  bill,  in that it is not a vote of 
money from year to year,  but  an  appro­
priation  extending  over  several  years. 
He fears that  this  might  cause some re­
laxation  in  the  efforts  of  the  states 
afflicted with illiteracy for the  education 
of their own  people.  He  suggests that 
the plan of aiding  state schools from the 
Treasury  be  undertaken  in  a tentative 
way, and so as not to weaken the energies 
of local effort in the same direction.  We 
fear that this method of procedure would 
work  badly. 
It  would  not  be  worth 
while for any state  to create the “plant” 
of an educational  system more extensive 
than it now has, unless  it had the assur­
ance that the aid to make  it  useful  was 
likely  to  be  extended over  a  series  of 
years.  An appropriation  for one or two 
years is much more likely to quench local 
hopefulness and zeal for education, while 
the  proposal  of  Senator  Blair  would 
awaken  both.

As to the legislation  which  should  be 
undertaken  for  the  vindication  of  the 
political  and  civil  rights  of  the  freed- 
men, Mr. Harrison is sufficiently conserv­
ative.  He  deprecates  any  attempt  to 
stretch  the  powers  granted to Congress 
for this  purpose  beyond  their  constitu­
tional limit.  He even deprecates the full 
exercise of  the power to control and reg­
ulate  the  elections of  Congressmen  and 
President.  He  would  prefer  that  the 
partial  control  already exercised should 
be “strengthened” to  such  an  extent as 
may be  found  necessary  to  secure  the 
negro  voter the right to have  his  ballot 
freely  cast  and  honestly counted.  And 
he would exercise the undoubted national 
authority to  secure  the  freedman in his 
rights  in  the  use of  the  United’States 
courts,  and  as a traveler  on  those  rail­
roads  which  cross  state lines.  With all 
this  we  have  no quarrel, but we should 
be sorry to see the people of this country 
rest satisfied With this. 
It is the natural 
and inherent right of  a nation as such to 
protect  its  citizens  from  wrong  and 
violence, and  the  denial of  this right to

our  national government is one of  those 
anomalies of  our system  which  threaten 
the  peace  and  security  of  the  whole 
structure.  We confess we see no imme­
diate way to its  correction,  but we think 
that,  as  in  the  case  of  slavery  itself, 
every reference  to  it  should  be  accom­
panied  by  an  acknowldgemeut  of  its 
being  an  anomaly which  some day may 
have  disastrous  consequences 
to  the 
country.

The  last, and  on  the  whole  the  most 
satisfactory part of  the  message,  is that 
which discusses the Nation’s policy with 
regard  to  the  Merchant  Marine.  Here 
the President appears to the  best  advan­
tage.  He calls attention  to  the destruc­
tion of  our steamship  lines  through  our 
withholding the aid so  freely granted by 
subsidies and subvensions to foreign lines 
from their own governments.  He  points 
out  our  neighbors  to  the West  and  the 
South as  those with whom  we should  at 
once  establish  close  communication  by 
the use of  a similar policy, and expresses 
his confidence that the other independent 
states  of  the  continent  will  co-operate 
with us  in  this work.  And he  suggests 
that  we  follow  the  English example in 
securing the construction of  ships—mer­
chant ships which may be  used  as  ships 
of war if  that should be necessary.

MR.  WINDOM’S  DEPOSIT  POLICY, 
Of  the  many  excellent  suggestions 
contained  in  the  annual  report  of  the 
Secretary of  the  Treasury,  none  are  so 
distinctively  entitled  to  the  immediate 
consideration  of  business  men  as  the 
argument  in  favor of  withdrawing from 
the banks all deposits of the Government 
money.  Against  the  plan  of  his prede­
cessor,  and  in  favor  of  his  own,  Mr. 
Windom  marshals  three  distinct  argu­
ments :

(1.)  That  making  deposits of  Govern­
ment  money  in  banks  selected  by  the 
Secretary of  the Treasury  is  favoritism, 
as to the banks chosen.

(2.)  That  it  gives  him  a  dangerous 
power,  by enabling  him  to  increase  or 
diminish,  at  pleasure,  the  amount  of 
money in circulation.

(3.)  That the withdrawal of the money, 
when it may be needed for the Treasury’s 
use, is a delicate  process,  liable  to  dis­
turb the business of  the country.

All of  these  arguments  relate  to  the 
existing  circumstances  and  conditions. 
They  would  not  apply  to  a sound  sys­
tem.  They do  not  reach  the  kernel of 
the  subject.  Mr.  Windom is arguing  as 
though there  had  been no financiers be­
fore  the  day  of  Andrew  Jackson  and 
Roger  B. Taney;  as  if  the  policy  and 
methods  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  pur­
sued by his successors  until  the  time of 
Jacksoi^ were not  even  defensible;  and 
as if  the course  of  all  civilized  nations 
except our own, in respect to the deposit 
of  their cash,  wras unsound  and  unwise. 
Nothing  that  he  says  reaches  the  real 
question,  which  is,  “Shall  the  Govern­
ment’s  balances  be held out of  the  gen­
eral  circulation,  or  be  a  part  of  it?” 
Mr. Windom does not need to be told that 
Hamilton,  and Dexter,  and  Gallatin,  and 
Dallas,  and Crawford,  and  Rush  worked 
under the  latter  plan—most of  them,  no 
doubt,  believing  that  no  other  would 
have been statesmanlike—and that it was 
not  until  Jackson  had  destroyed  the 
Bank of  the United  States,  and then the 
crude and reckless policy which  he  sub­
stituted  had  broken  down,  that  finally 
refuge  was  taken  in  the  independent 
Treasury system, and  it  was  decided to 
keep the Government money entirely out 
of  circulation—this  being,  not  a  con­
clusion  of  statesmanship,  or  of  wise 
financiering,  but  one  of  politics,  con­
ceived  under  the  shadow  of  circum­
stances which did not then permit a wise 
or sound policy.

It  does  not  need  much  argument  to 
demonstrate that the withdrawal of  vast 
sums  of  money  from  public use by the 
agents of the Government, and their con­
cealment in hoards, out of touch w'ith the 
business of the country,  is  bad  finance. 
The greater  the  operations  of  the  Gov­
ernment,* the worse the  injury they must 
do. 
It was Mr.  Fairchild’s  sense of  this 
which  led  him  to put  out  the  deposits 
that Mr. Windom now  proposes  to  take 
back.  Since the Cleveland policy was to 
nurse the surplus (and not to buy bonds, 
as Mr. Windom has  done),  he  took  the 
deposit plan  of  avoiding  fatal injury to 
the country’s business.  But such a dam­
age is always  occurring,  while  the  Gov­
ernment’s funds are segregated and dead. 
It is a  matter  of  degree  only.  As  we 
have said, Mr.  Fairchild avoided wounds 
which  might  have  been  too  deep;  but 
under the law he dealt  blows  every  day 
at the economic functions  of  the nation.
What Mr. Windom ought to  have  pro­
posed was a plan  which would have  put 
the  Government’s  funds  on  deposit  in 
the  national  banks,  without  risk  and 
without favoritism;  which would operate 
as  naturally, continuously and  publicly 
as any other function of the Government. 
We do not need a great bank of the United 
States;  the depositaries  are in existence, 
distributed, as they should  be,  through­
out the country.  They are easily reached, 
either to deposit in or draw upon.  And 
presuming  that  a  safe  balance—which 
need not be large—should be held in  the 
main treasury and  the several sub-treas­
uries, the movement  of  funds  into  and

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out of the depositaries  would  be  steady 
and without  shock.  The collections of 
the public revenues  and  their  expendi­
ture go on throughout the year;  the sums 
in the Government’s hands change slowly, 
not suddenly:  and if the methods we sug­
gest  were  once  settled upon a scientific 
plan,  they would avoid all the objections 
which Mr. Windom advances, at the same 
time that they answered the  demands  of 
enlightened financiering.

PROGRESS  IN  SORGHUM  CULTURE.
No daylight appears,  yet,  in the efforts 
to  establish  sorghum  sugar  culture  in 
the West.  The  enterprise is still  in the 
stage of  experiment, and  there  has been 
no  achievement  of  “a  commercial  suc­
cess.”  Prof.  Wiley’s  report  on  the op­
erations  of  last  year  simply  expresses 
confidence  that  the  result  will be satis­
factory.  But  this  year’s  operations,  if 
we  may  trust  unofficial  reports  from 
Kansas, have been less encouraging  than 
those  of  1888.  The  deficiency  in  the 
crop of  this  year  appears  to  have  been 
mainly in the cane itself,  which  did  not 
mature well,  and did not form a satisfac­
tory  amount  of  saccharine  matter. 
It 
must  be  anticipated  that  the  official 
statements  to  be  made  concerning 1889 
will be even  less  satisfactory than those 
for 1888,  and that-we  shall  still  have to 
feed  on  the  hopes  of  accomplishing 
something  of  commercial 
importance, 
after further effort.

import 

The  case, therefore, is  simply that we 
are still in the  stage of  experiment as to 
sugar  from  sorghum.  There  is  no  in­
crease,  as  yet,  in  our  ability to supply 
ourselves  with  home-grown  sugar,  and 
the  enormous  collection  of  duties  on 
what  we 
remains'  a  revenue 
measure, and  not one of  protection.  Of 
course,  in  view  of  the  enormous  gain 
which  the  country  would  make  by 
creating its own  sugar  supply,  some ad­
equate means of  encouraging  and assist­
ing the experimental  operations  in  sor­
ghum  and beets ought to be maintained, 
but  this  can  be  well  and  easily  done 
through a system of  bounties,  and  while 
they are  going  on  we shall undoubtedly 
serve the general interests of the country 
by using  our  sugar  market as the lever 
with  which to develop  the  trade  which 
we are now so hopefully looking for with 
the  sugar-producing  countries  south  of 
us.  Let  us  keep  in  mind  the  simple 
facts of  the case:

1.  That  we  have  the  greatest  sugar 

market in the world.

2.  That we  do  not,  and  cannot  now, 
produce ourselves  one-tenth of  our  con­
sumption.
3.  That  the  countries  with  which we 
desire to build up trade are largely sugar 
growers.

And  keeping  these  points in mind, is 
thefe not here a clear case for statesman­
like action ?

MR.  W ANAMAKER’S  RECOMMEN­

DATIONS.

The  report of  the Post  Office  Depart­
ment contains  a number of recommenda­
tions in. the direction of the better organ­
ization  and  more  effective  operation  of 
the  department. 
It  is  in  dealing  with 
such details that Mr. Wanamaker’s acute 
and  energetic  business  sense  shows  it­
self to best advantage.  He  proposes the 
division  of  the  country  into  twenty-six 
postal districts.  He urges  that the office 
of  Fourth  Assistant Postmaster-General 
be created, to have  direct  charge  of  the 
great  divisions of  the  railway mail,  the 
foreign mail,  the money  order office, the 
registry  and  supplies  divisions, and  the 
Dead  Letter  office.  He  desires,  also,  a 
“General Manager.”  Such an officer, he 
says,  should  have  a  large  salary—.$10,- 
000  a year  would not be  too  much—and 
be appointed  for  a  ten  years’ term.  “I 
would  have  this  place,” says  the  Post­
master-General,  “the apex of  the  whole 
postal service,  the ambition  of  every su­
perintendent of  a bureau, chief  inspect­
or, division head, or postmaster, and sim­
ilarly,  and  not  too  remotely,  the  ambi­
tion of every active,  creative man  in  the 
service.”

He is not prepared to accede to the pro- 
posol of  reducing letter rates to one-half 
of  what they are,  as was  proposed in the 
platform adopted by the National Repub­
lican Convention last June, as he believes 
that would reduce the revenue from  that 
source by some fifteen millions.  Neither 
is he ready, for  several  reasons,  to  copy 
the example set by the British post  office 
in establishing a “pareels-post,” although 
he  intimates  very clearly that he thinks’ 
it desirable to do  so,  when  the  facilities 
—the  post  office  buildings,  the railway 
mail cars,  etc.—are adequate,  and  when 
it  is ascertained that  such service would 
not entail- a loss of  revenue.  He  recom­
mends the extension of  free  delivery  to 
every  town  of  5,000  people, where  the 
local  post  office  yields  a  revenue  of 
$7,000 a year.  And he  advocates,  as  did 
several of his predecessors, the establish­
ment of  post  office  savings  banks in ten 
thousand  fourth-class  offices,  selecting 
these on the  ground  that they are in  lo­
calities  where  ‘depositaries  are  most 
needed.  He omits, however, any sugges­
tion  what  shall  be done with the  funds 
which shall be  received  on  deposit.  As 
the  Government  is  not  a borrower, but 
has already an excess of  revenue, it does 
not need this money, and might with dif- '

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

ficulty  provide  for  its  care  and invest­
ment.

As to the  postal  telegraph, Mr.  Wana- 
maker acknowledges with regret the fail­
ure of  his efforts to  secure the  co-opera­
tion of  the Western  Union  Company  in 
that direction,  and he asEs for legislation 
which will enable him to begin the work.
The  collapse  of  the  cotton  seed  oil 
trust  illustrates  the  point  frequently 
made by T h e   T r a d e s m a n   to  the  effect 
that the trusts contain within themselves 
elements of  self-destruction.  Their days 
are  numbered.  Sound  legislation  will 
finish the  work.  Trusts  may come  and 
go,*  but  large  combinations  of  capital 
will remain.  We  have  reached a period 
in  the  industrial  development  of  the 
country specially marked  by  the  aggre­
gation  of  capital. 
It is taking  place on 
every  hand,  and  in  every  line  of  bus­
iness.  Large  manufactories  are  taking 
the  place  of  small  shops.  The  big 
store  has  swallowed  up  half  a  dozen 
little ones.  The  milling  business illus­
trates the change that  is  going on.  The 
small  mills  are  going.  They  cannot 
compete  with  the  big  mills.  Why? 
Simply because  the  large  mill  can con­
vert  wheat 
into  flour  and  place  it 
in  the  hands  of  the  consumer at a less 
cost  than  the  small mill.  A single one 
of  the  great  Minneapolis  mills  has  a 
capacity of 7,500 barrels of flour per day. 
A net profit of  only five  cents per barrel 
amounts to something in a mill  like this. 
It is said that  some of  the  big  mills are 
making  and  selling  flour  at a profit  of 
five cents per barrel as a regular business. 
Now,  it  is  plain  that the consumers are 
benefited by having wheat converted into 
flour as cheaply as possible.  There is no 
danger in a great combination of capital, 
as long as it is engaged in a strictly legit­
imate  business.  So long as it does that, 
it is a great public  benefit. 
It is when it 
seizes  control  of  the  market, and  fixes 
the  price  to  both  the producer and the 
consumer,  that  it  is  against  the public 
welfare.  This is  what  legislation  must 
prevent,  and  when 
it  has  done  that, 
it has done all that is necessary.

to  the  gentle  voice  that  said  “Follow 
Me,” you  may  avoid  every  danger and 
j  get out  of  every  difficulty,  and  at last 
j find rest,  and  peace  and  joy  that  will 
i never pass away.

He  Was  Too  Honest.

The Hudson Enterprise  says  that  one 
j  of the business  men  of  that town was a 
! good deal taken back the other day to see 
! a man walk into his store  and, throwing 
down a $10  bill,  exclaim: 
“Two years 
| ago I came  into  your  store  and  stole a 
j  pair of  shoes;  it  has  haunted  me  ever 
j  since,  and I now  ask  you  to  take your 
| pay  for  them.”  The  merchant looked 
j upon him pityingly and made the desired 
! change.  About  an  hour  later  he  was 
j  looking for that  conscience-stricken man 
i  with a club,  to invite  him  to  return tire 
I change for that  finely  executed  $10 bill.

Tem pting  V iands.

Hungry  Guest—What  have  you  got 
New Waiter—We have some  fine  fried 

\ good to eat ?
fish.
J  Guest—Is it  ready ?
; before  yesterday.
C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

Waiter—Oh,  yes;  it  was  cooked  day 

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

6 doz. in box.

First quality.
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lamp  chimneys.—Per box.
No. 0 Sun......................................................
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................................
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No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled............
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge, 
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La Bastic.
No.  1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz................
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 crimp, per doz...................................
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XXX Flint.

Pearl top.

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Jugs, 54 gal., per doz.................................
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Milk Pans,  54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) 
90c)
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quarts..........................................
&-gallon......................................
Lightning, quarts.......................................
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.2  15 
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L E S T E R  & CO.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  m erchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, lo g -ru n .................................. 13 
00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 
00@16 00
@22 00
Birch, Nos.  1 and 2................................. 
Black Ash, log-run.................................. 14 
00@16 00
00@40 00
Cherry, log-run......................................... 25 
00@65 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2...............................60 
@12  00
Cherry, C ull.............................................  
00@13 00
Maple, lo g -ru n ......................................... 12 
00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run.................................11 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
@20  00
@25  00
Maple,  clear, flooring............................ 
@25 00
Maple,  white, selected.......................... 
00@21 00
Red Oak, log-run......................................20 
Red Oak, Nos.  1 and 2............................. 26 
00@28 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, ¿  sawed, regular.................... 30 
00@32 00
@25  00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank................... 
@55  00
W alnut, log ru n ....................................... 
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
@75  00
........................................  
@25  00
W alnuts, cull 
Grey Elm, log-run.................................... 12 
60@13 05
W hite Aso, log-run.................................. 14 
00@16 00
Whltewood, log-run.................................20 
00@22 00
W hite Oak, log-run.................................. 17 
00@18 00
W hite Oak,  54 sawed, Nos.  1 a n d 2 ... .42 00@43  00

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F o r   S a le !

This corner brick store,  center  of  thriv­
ing village,  with  well  assorted  stock of 
dry goods and millinery.  Leading trade 
in the village.  LESTER  &  CO.,  Lake 
Odessa,  Mich.
LIQUOR i POISON  RECORD

COMBINED.

Acknowledged to be the

B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

E.  I  STOWE i  BR0„oAa x u k a pid s

F .  

. / .   D B T T B N T H Æ B B R ,

JOBBER  OF

Oysters

-----a nd-----

Salt Fish,

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  Quotations  in Another  Column. 
_____________ CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

Having stood the test of time and the  battle  of  competition  and 
come  off  victorious,  we- have  no hesitation  in  recommending  to  the 
trade our line  of

Our Leader  Cigars,

Odr  Leader  Smoking,

Olir  Leader  Fine  Ciit,

Olir  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  Saleratiis,

Olir  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S 

IN  FACT

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

send  in  sample  order  for  the  full  line and see how your 

trade in these goods will increase.

I.  M.  C B A .R K   &  SO N .

P .  S T E K E T E E   &  S O N S ,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS  ON

Red, White, Pink, Grey  and 
Blue Flannels, in all weights 
and prices.  Also  Domets, 
Canton  Flannels,  Bleached 
Browns and Colors'.  Blan­
kets, Comforts, Bed Robes.

Wifi  se ll

STARK,

AMOSKEAG, 
HARMONY'. 
GEORGIA, 
VALLEY  CITY, 

PACIFIC,

10 oz. BURLAP

83  M om s  aid  10,12,  14,18  i  18  PmJntain  81s„  G R IP   RBP1DS.

B L IV E N   &  A.LLYN,

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG F”  Brand  of  Oysters.

In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS  We make 

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

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

H.  M.  BL1VEN,  Manager. 

63  Pearl  St.

Uncle John’s  Story  of  the  Shoes.
From   an  English Exchange.
Everybody in the world was barefooted 
a thousand years  ago.  There  were  no 
new shoes in the shops,  and  old  ones  in 
the attics.  There were none at all in the 
whole widg  world, and probably no shops 
or attics either.  In those good old times, 
when  all  feet  were  bare,  a  man could 
step on his neighbor’s toes without bring­
ing on spasms of  agony, for bunions and 
corns were unknown.
Finally,  somebody—whether  man  or 
woman,  nobody  knows—made a pair  of 
shoes.  Not of calf skins,  with high heels, 
foxed toes,  and polished uppers, but flat, 
rough  “foot-mats”  of  woven 
reeds. 
These,  when tied on with leather thongs, 
kept the feet from tfie burning sands.
More and more people wore these queer 
“foot  mats”  until there were hundreds, 
and  thousands  and  hundreds  of  thou­
sands of pairs in use.  For everyday use 
they were light and strong. 
Some were 
gaily  colored  and  bound  with  fancy 
thongs;  and  those  of  the soldiers were 
iron bound, with strong nails in the heels, 
and often whole soles of  copper. 
In the 
days when  all  the  shoes  were new and 
before people  had  begun  to pinch their 
feet, they were  used for queex  purposes. 
If a man purchased  a  piece  of  land, he 
threw a shoe over it as a sign  of  owner­
ship;  if he entered a house,  he  removed 
his shoes as a sign of  respect.
There is an old story of a shoemaker of 
Rome,  long  years  ago,  who  thought he 
must  become  a  preacher.  Taking  his 
brother, he  started  out to tell the heath­
ens of France and Britain  about  Christ. 
They were very poor, so they  paid  their 
way by making  shoes.  Very  nice  ones 
they made,  and found plenty  of  custom. 
For a long time they followed these occu­
pations,  until at last, in  savage  Britain, 
they were  martyred.  And  to this day, 
the 25th of October,  the day upon which 
Crispin was killed,  is called St. Crispin’s 
day,  and  every  shoemaker  in the world 
is called a son of St. Crispin.
For  hundreds and  hundreds  of  years 
people have been  wearing  shoes  of  all 
kinds, of leather,  wood and reeds;  brass- 
bound, 
iron-bound,  gold-bound;  with 
wide, blunt  toes,  with  narrow,  pointed 
toes,  a foot long;  but  the  right shoe and 
the left shoe  of  each  foot  were exactly 
the same in shape.  About the year 1800, 
a man invented “rights and lefts,” which 
was a step in the right direction.  Eigh­
teen  years  later  a man  named  Joseph 
Walker invented the shoe  peg.  Before 
this,  all  the  shoes  had  been  sewn  by 
hand,  a long, slow process;  but now they 
were pegged.
Inventors  now  began  to construct all 
kinds  of  curious  machines  for  making 
shoes.  Great  buildings  were  erected, 
machinery put in, and thousands of pairs 
turned out every day, millions every year. 
If one had sharp  enough ears, and could 
listen and hear the clatter of the millions 
of wooden shoes in China, Japan, France 
and  Holland, 
the  softer  thud  of  the 
leather shoes in our own country, and  in 
other parts of  Europe,  the  click  of  the 
sandals in the sleepy lands  of  the  East, 
the swish of the snow shoe over the Can­
ada snow crust, or the ring  of  the  four­
teen-foot shoe  of  the  Jemdtland winter 
hunter,  what  would  these  sounds tell? 
Would  the  footfalls  say to the listener, 
“These  busy  feet  are  all  bound on er­
rands of  mercy;  over  the  hill, through 
the valley, in steep and dangerous places, 
these shoes do not slip or  falter, or tarry 
to do wrong;  they belong  to earth’s war­
riors,  who are shod  with the preparation 
of the gospel of  ppace ?”  Would this be 
the answer of them  all ?  Alas,  no !  In 
the broad way are many, many feet,  hur­
rying on to death.  Clogged  and  heavy, 
weary with sin,  they stumble  on,  blind, 
reckless,  lost.
Little shoes,  strong,  willing,  eager to 
do right, beware of the first  step  out  of 
the narrow way.  There  are  mountains 
to climb, deserts to  cross, rivers to ford; 
but little shoes, little  feet,  if  you listen

A NEW COUNTRY!

IN  THE  PINE,  CEDAR, 

HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD 
Districts of Wisconsin  and Mich­
igan  is  opened  by 
th is  new- 
th ro u g h  
th e  East. 
ro u te   to 
S P E C IA L   A D V A N TA G ES 
to   P A K T IE S   W H O   E re c t 
[SA W -M ILL S 
FA C - 
T O R IE S .  Mill  machinery 
tra n s p o rte d   F R E E .  Choice 
farm ing lands cheap—mostly on time.  R a ilw a y   Com ­
p a n y  p a y s (-a -h   fo r cordw ood.  For  map» and  infoi- 
m ation  address  LA N D   D E P A R T M E N T  
“ goo” 
R a ilw a y ,  M inneapolis.  M inn.

a n d  

9Gords'IIOjS

Runs Easy 

NO  BACKACHE.

B Y   O N E  M A N ,  W rite fo r descriptive catalogue coi 
tam ing  testim onials  from   hundreds  of people  who  hai 
sawed from 4 lo 9 cords daily.  25,0o0now successfully use. 
Agency can  be had  w here th ere is a  vacancy.  A  ,NK 
INVENTION fo r filing saws sen t free w ith each machine, b 
the use of th is tool everybody can file th eir own  saw 
now an d  do it better th an  th e  g reatest expert can witl 
out it.  Adapted  to  all cross-cut saws.  Every one wh 
owns a  saw should have one.  Ask your dealers o r writ 
F O L D IN G  S A W IN G   M A C H IN E   CO., 8 0 8   to  81 
South Canal S tre e t, Chicago, 111.

UCTR otVPCRS

T   S t e r ’c o t y p e r ^  ^

LEADS 

BRass  R,u.l£ 

wv,
Bokta/  „  woooLMCTAL  Furniture
GRAND RAPIOS MICH-

TIME  TABLES.
Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In  effect  Nov. 17,1889. 
t r a in s   g o in g   n o r t h .

A rrive. 

Leave.
7:10 a m
11:30 a m
4:10 p m
6:30 p m
T hrough coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a  m  and 4:10 p 

T raverse C ity A  M ackinaw ............... 
T raverse  City  E xpress......................9:80 a m  
T raverse City A  M ackinaw................3:15p m  
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)...................................  
m  train .

g o in g   SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11:45 a m  
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:30p m  
From  M ackinaw A  T raverse City..l0:40 p  m
From  C adillac.........................................9:55 a  m

7:15 a m
18:60 p m
6:00pm

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   Cincinnati  a t  9:20 p. m., ru n s daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s d aily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  S ervice:  N orth—7: :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s h ave  sleeping and p arlo r cars for 
M ackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  has ch air car 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c a r  fo r  Cincinnati. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In  effect Nov. 10,1889.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m ............................ 
10:15am
11:15am ................................. 
3:45pm
5:40pm ........ 
 
8:46pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t depot 7 m inutes later. 
T hrough tick ets and full  inform ation  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g en t  a t  depot, o r 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent.  67  M onroe  St., 
G rand  Rapids, Mich.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

 

 

 

GO IN G  W ES T .

Arrives.
fM om lng Express.................. 1........ 12:50 p m
fThrough M ail...................................4:10  p m
fG rand R apids  Express................. 10:40  p m
•N ight E xpress..................................6:40 a m
tMixed..................................................
G O IN G  E A ST .
fD etroit  Express..............................
fT hrough M ail...................................10:10  a  m
tEvening E xpress............................ 3:35  p m
•N ight Express.................................10:30  p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m  
4:80 p m
7:00 a  m 
7:30 a  m
6:50 a m 
10:80 a  m 
3:45 p m  
10:55 p m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  h as p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
d irect connections fo r all points  E ast, a rriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. nex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  car  D etroit  to 
G rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
c a r to D etroit, a rriv in g  in D etroit a t 7:80 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
secured  a t 
D., G. H. A  M .R’y offices, 83 Monroe St., and a t th e  depot.
J as. Campbell, C ity Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

T hrough  railro ad  

b erth s 

and 

J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, D etroit.

c a r 

Toledo,  Ann Arbor  & Northern.

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

A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass. Agent

The M ichigan T radesm an

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER  11.  1889.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Brief  Digests  of  Recent  Decisions  in 

Courts of  Last Resort.

D E B T O R   —  CO N V ERSIO N  —  G A R N ISH M EN T .
Where a debtor transfers his mortgaged 
personal  property  to  another,  who con­
verts the same,  he is answerable  in  gar­
nishee proceedings to  the debtor’s credi­
tors for the value of the property in excess 
of the liens,  according to the  decision of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Indiana,  in  the 
case of Joseph vs. The  People’s  Savings 
Bank.

N E G L IG E N C E — T K L E G R A l’lI  W IR ES.
The fact that a city ordinance prohibits 
the use of  neutral  ground  in a street to 
vehicles does not  justify the  erection  of 
wires by a telephone  and telegraph com­
pany along  such  neutral  ground so low 
as to endanger the occupants of vehicles, 
and a company so erecting wires thereon 
is guilty  of  negligence,  according to the 
decision of the Supreme Court of  Louisi­
ana.

N E G L IG E N C E   —   EX T R E M E   H E A T   —   F IR E .
Where a porcelain factory in  the  city 
of New Orleans took fire- while  the  kiln 
was left unattended and unguarded from 
the  time  the  feeding  of  the  fires  had 
ceased, when the heat was at a very high 
degree,  until the  kiln  cooled—a process 
requiring from twelve to fifteen  hours— 
and set  fire to an adjoining saw mill, the 
Supreme  Court  of  Louisiana  held that 
the owners of  the porcelain factory were 
guilty of negligence.
IN S U R A N C E —LOSS—R E C O V ER Y —LIM IT A T IO N
Where a  policy  of  insurance  against 
fire and  wind  storms  provided  that  no 
action  upon  the  policy  should  be sus­
tained  unless  commenced  within  six 
months after the “loss or damage” should 
occur,  and  that  the  insurance company 
should have  sixty  days  after the proofs 
of loss had  been  made  in  which to pay 
the loss, the Superior Court of  Kentucky 
held that the time  limited for the begin­
ning  of  the  suit  did  not  begin to run 
until after  the  expiration  of  the  sixty 
days.

B E N E F IT   L IF E   IN SU R A N C E   D E C ISIO N .
Vice-Chancellor  Van  Fleet,  of  New 
Jersey, has  rendered a decision  of  some 
interest  in  the  case  of  Britton vs. The 
Royal Arcanum.  This case was brought 
to compel the payment  of  a $3,000 mem­
bership  certificate  to  the  mother  of  a 
deceased member.  When the latter joined 
the society, he assigned his  certificate  to 
one Brennan, to secure a debt, the  latter 
being described  as  a  cousin,  though  in 
fact unrelated, and  the mother not being 
mentioned in the  member’s  application. 
The  Vice-Chancellor  decided  that  the 
money must be paid to the mother of the 
deceased,  holding  that  the  object  for 
which the society was  incorporated  was 
to  accumulate  a fund to  be  paid to the 
dependent  relatives  of  deceased  mem­
bers. 

_____  
The Condition of Trade.

__

From  th e New Y ork Shipping Li6t.
The  fall  season  having  passed,  the 
volume of  home  trade  naturally  shows 
a gradual  diminution, though  it  is  still 
above  the  usual  average at this period, 
despite  the  influence  of  a  close  money 
market, which is likely to  continue until 
after  the  holidays.  The  currency  re­
quirements  of  the  West  and  South  for 
crop movement and  trade  purposes have 
been  largely met, but  the  reflux  move­
ment  has  not  yet  fairly  commenced. 
True,  the  local  bank  statement for the 
past week is  more  favorable, but the re­
serve  limit is still some ten millions less 
than it was a  year ago.  We  are nearing 
the end of  the  year, when large amounts 
of  money  will  be  needed  by  corporate 
companies for  dividend and interest pay­
ments,  so  that  the  banks  are naturally 
disposed  to  husband 
their  resources. 
The  rates  for  money have seldom in re­
cent  years  remained  so  long  at  such a 
high  level,  and  present  indications  do 
not  warrant  the  expectation of  any ma­
terial decline until after the requirements 
incident to the annual  settlements  have 
been met.  Meanwhile, most of  the more 
prominent  industries of  the  country are 
in a healthful  condition,  whilst  general 
trade  has  seldom been on a better basis. 
The  flourishing  condition of  the iron in­
dustry is emphasized  by the  starting up 
of  a number of  new  stacks  in  Pennsyl­
vania and Alabama,  and most of  the fur­
naces  that  have  been  idle  during  the 
summer  and  autumn  have  been  put in 
blast.  Contingent  industries  are  also 
doing an increased business.  The cotton 
manufacturing  industries  have  done so 
well that new mills are being erected and 
many  old  ones  improved,  both  in  the 
North and South.  The export trade con­
tinues  in  the  main  active.  Complete 
statistics  of  the  export  trade  of  the 
whole  country show that only once in its 
history has  the  value  of  products  sent 
abroad in October  ($97,669,417)  been ex­
ceeded.  That  was  in  the month of  De­
cember, 1880.  Our  imports,  it  is  true, 
are  also  large,  amounting in October to 
$68,127,520;  but the  increase  in imports 
is  decidédly  less  than  that  of  our  ex­
ports,  so  that  the  balance  of  foreign 
trade is greatly in  our  favor, the  excess 
of  exports over imports  for  that  month 
having been more than $29,000,000, which 
is  the  largest  excess  on  record.  This 
renders an outgo of  gold  from this coun­
try very improbable,  and  in  the  present 
condition of  the  money market is a very 
encouraging  feature.  We  have  been 
hampered in some  respects,  prices  for a 
number of  our  articles  being  on a high 
basis,  but  the  improvement  in the bus­
iness  situation  abroad  has  been  felt in 
an increased demand for a number of our 
products,  which  demand  we  are,  for­
tunately, in a position to satisfy.

He .Had  Studied It.

Old Gentleman—Oh,  young  man,  you 
do not know the power of rum. 
It is an 
evil, destroying element.  You have never 
studied it in all its phases, have you ?

Young Man—No, sir;  but I’ve studied 
it in some  faces,  and,  as you say, sir, it 
is a destroying  element.

PATRONS  OF  INDUSTRY. 
[c o n t in u e d   f r o m   t h ir d   p a g e .]

accomplish,  as the amount of  work actu­
ally effected was next to  nothing.

•

Flushing.

The  fourth  session  was  occupied  by 
the  election  of  two  delegates  to  the 
“national”  convention,  when a commit­
tee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the 
“grand  officers”—the  mercenary  trio— 
for tie purpose of  ascertaining  whether 
such  delegates  would  be  permitted  to 
serve. 
The  fifth  session ordered the Patron's 
Guide sent to every local  member  in the 
State;  decided  to  make 
the  “state” 
association  permanent and  hold the next 
convention in  Flint  the  last  Wednesday 
in February of  next  year.  Amendments 
to the  constitution  were  referred to the 
“national”  association,  and the following 
officers wSre elected :
President—F. S.  Porter, North Branch.
Vice-President  —  A.  F.  Partridge, 
Secretary—Peter Scott, Romeo.
Treasurer—J. J.  England, Caro.
Sentinel—H.  A.  Daniels, Elva.
The sixth session invited “Grand Pres­
ident” Vertican to “exemplify the secret 
work”  at  the  following  session  and ap­
pointed  county  delegates  to  tHe  “na­
tional” convention.
At the last session a special  committee 
on  inventory  reported  that  the  associa­
tion had property in fixtures and supplies 
to the amount of $198.19.  Every one was 
given a vote of  thanks and the farce was 
at an end.
Such,  in  short,  were  the  proceedings 
of  the  first  “state”  convention  of  the 
Patrons of Industry.  Much  of  the pro­
ceedings  was  mere child’s play,  the  en­
tire seven sessions  comprising much less 
effective  work  than  would  be  accom­
plished by a convention of  business men 
within the space of a single session.

IV .----T H E   N A T IO N A L   C O N V EN T IO N .
About  two  years  ago,  twenty-seven 
men  assembled  at Washington, voted  to 
call themselves the “National Pure  Food 
Association,”  and  proceeded  to  instruct 
Congress  what  sort  of  a  measure  the 
sixty millions of people  of  this  country 
needed to protect  themselves from being 
imposed upon by the  manufacturers  and 
vendors of  sophisticated food and drink. 
The proposed law endorsed  by that  con­
vention  is  covered  so  deeply  with  dust 
that  it  is  doubtful  whether  any  of  the 
framers  of  the  measure  could  put  their 
hands on a copy of the document.  Both 
the  convention  and  its  work  have  long 
since passed into obscurity and forgetful­
ness.
So  it  will  be  with  another  so-called 
“National”  convention,  held  at  Port 
Huron  on  May  1,  2  and  3,  1889,  and at­
tended by thirty-three persons.
The  original  constitution  of  the  Pat­
rons of  Industry, which  was prepared in 
Krause’s house  by Yertican, Krause  and 
Wadsworth,  contained the following pro­
vision:
“The  national  convention  shall  meet 
on the first Wednesday in May, 1892, and 
every four years thereafter, on  the  same 
date.”
In placing the date of  the first conven­
tion so far in the future, the conspirators 
imagined that  they would be able to line 
their  pockets  with  the  contributions  of 
the  farmers,  before  being  compelled  to 
render an accounting;  but  the victims of 
the  conspiracy  were  not  so green as the 
trio supposed them to be.  They argued 
that  the  hand  which  made  could  also 
unmake—that if three men could make a 
constitution, thirty men could unmake it 
and make it  over  again.  Acting  under 
this belief, the lay members of  the order 
demanded  a  “ National”  convention,  to 
the end that such  revisions in the const! 
tution  be made as to curtail  the  perqui 
sites of the three men who had up to that 
time  received  all  the  “benefits”  which 
had  resulted  from  the  inauguration  of 
the order.
The convention convened on the morn 
ing of May 1, but immediately adjourned 
until afternoon, when the following reso­
lution was adopted:
“The  National  convention  shall  be 
composed  of  the  officers  of  the  Grand 
Association,  with  the  Grand  Auditing 
Committee, together with  two  delegates 
from  the  state  and  two  delegates from 
each  county, the  said  delegates  having 
been elected by the  state convention.
Under this rule the following would be 
entitled to seats in the convention:
Officers  of  Grand  Association—F.  S 
Porter,  North  Branch;  A. F. Pa*rtridge 
Flushing;  Peter Scott,  Romeo;  Joseph J. 
England, Caro;  H. A. Daniels, Elva.
Grand Auditing Committee—H. B.  Gil- 
lard,  Redman;  Louis  Baker,  Lexington; 
M.  D. York,  Millington.
Delegates at Large—H.  M.  Buchanan, 
Lapeer;  John Chalmers, Sparta.
County  Delegates — Lapeer,  Carlton 
Peck, James P.  Smith;  Calhoun,  F.  A. 
Stark,  M  A.  Lamb;  Huron,  Henry B. 
Gillard,  John  Hunt;  Tuscola,  Robert 
Smith,  Mv  H.  Smith;  St.  Clair,  David 
Quail, Wm.  Mason;  Genesee, B. F.  Long, 
A. W. Whipple;  Sanilac, John Nicholson, 
John Mitchell;  Isabella  and  Gratiot,  A. 
Townsend;  Oakland, G. W. Scott;  Eaton, 
Clinton  Hockenberry,  C.  H.  Whittum; 
Livingston, Chas. Abbott,  Chas. Whited; 
Kent,  Charles  J.  Rice;  Lenawee, B. E. 
Niles, Howard Dowell;  Newaygo, Wm. R. 
Wolfe;  Macomb, Peter Scott.
Not all the  above  were  present  at the 
sesions  of 
the 
Supreme  President  and  Vice-President, 
Supreme  Secretary  and  Deputy and Su­
preme  Treasurer  were  on  hand  at  all 
times, so that at one  session  there  were 
as many as thirty-three men who answered 
to  the  roll-call  of  the  first “National” 
convention!
The sessions of the second  day  of  the 
convention  were  given  up  wholly  to 
amendments  to the constitution, leaving 
it in the revised form  published  in a re­
cent issue of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  During 
the  last  day’s  session,  the  report  that 
Secretary Wadsworth was a defaulter was 
denied;  each  delegate  was  voted  three 
cents  per  mile  milage  and $3 per diem; 
it was voted to hold the next  convention 
in Lansing the third Wednesday in March, 
1891,  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected:

the  convention,  but 

drew.

Supreme President—F. W.  Yertican. 
Supreme  Vice-President ■— John  Anv 
Supreme  Secretary—1. R. Wadsworth. 
Supreme Treasurer—F. H. Krause. 
Supreme Trustees—H. B. Gillard, B. E. 
Niles, C. H. Whittum.
Taken as a whole,  the  convention was 
chiefly remarkable for what  it  failed  to

V .— T H E   CO NTRACT  A G R E E M E N T .

It is generally  considered  contrary  to 
good business policy to have two  se s  of 
prices in any kind of a store, or to  favor 
one class, clique or clan at the expense of 
another.  Such,  however, does not appear 
to  be  the  guiding  star  of  the  P. of  1. 
dealer  who  is  foolish enough to sign the 
following contract:
This agreement, made and entered into
by and between-----,  of  -----,  dealer  iu
-, of the first part, and the Patrons  of 
Industry, of the second part,  witnesseth, 
that the said  party  of  the first part,  for 
and in consideration  of the covenants  to 
be performed by the parties of the second 
part,  hereby agree with the parties of the 
second part as  follows:
‘1.  To sell goods  to  members  of  said
Order as follows, to wit: 
-----  will  sell
all lines of goods  in  -----  store  or  that
- may hereafter  offer for sale at  -----
store, at the following named prices  (and 
furnish invoice of same  if  required)  for 
cash  or  its  equivalent  in produce to be 
taken at the market price:
* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

*

‘2.  In case  that  any goods are sold to 
persons not members  of  the  Order,  as a 
leader’  or ‘specialty,’  or for other cause, 
at less than the above rate, then the same 
kind  of  goods  shall  be sold to all mem­
bers of the Order at such special price.
‘3.  The party  of  the  first part agrees 
to show the invoice  of  said goods to any 
member of  said  Order, having authority 
of said Order,  to  be copied by said mem­
ber if he so desires.  And  the said party
of the first part further agrees  th a t-----
will not sell  goods  to  persons not mem­
bers  of  the  Order, at the  prices  afore­
said.
‘And the Patrons of  Industry, parties 
of the second part,  agree to and with the 
aid part— of  the first part, to patronize
said part—  of  the  first part in -----line
of  goods,  and  to  protect  -----  by their
efforts and influence.  And the parties of 
the second  part  further  agree that they 
will not make known to persons not mem­
bers  of  said  Order  the  prices they pay 
for goods.
‘Should  any member of  the order feel 
himself  wronged  by  any  deal,  he  shall 
furnish  the  president of  his association 
with  the  bill  and  a description  of  the 
goods  purchased,  giving  kind,  marks, 
etc., sufficient to identify them,  and  said 
president shall investigate the same and, 
if  he  cannot  satisfactorily  arrange  the 
matter,  he  shall  refer  the  same  to the 
proper committee,  who shall  take  action 
thereon.
‘And it is further  agreed  by  and  be­
tween the parties that  this contract shall
be and remain in force fo r----from this
date,  to  be  renewed  if  desired  by the 
parties.
‘Witness our hands  and seals th e-----
day of  ------- , A. D.  18—

-------------------------  
------------------------------- 

[l . s.]
[ l . s .]

The  dealer  who  signs the  above con­
tract  ties  his  hands  pretty  effectually 
and  becomes party to agreements  which 
no honorable  man  would  abide by.  No 
more  iniquitous  provision could be con­
ceived  than  the  last  paragraph of arti­
cle 3, to the effect that low prices are not 
to  be  granted  anyone not a P. of  I. 
In 
other words, the  mechanic who goes into 
the store with the money in his fist is not 
to receive the  same  consideration as the 
farmer  who  brings  in a basket  of  poor 
butter  or  ancient  eggs.  Any merchant 
who  agrees 
to  such  an  arrangement 
should not receive a cent’s worth of trade 
from persons not members of the Patrons 
of  Industry, and the  chances are that he 
will not be troubled with their patronage 
as soon as it comes to be understood  tlmt 
he is making fish of  one class of  custom­
ers and  flesh of  another.  The  usual ex 
perience of  the village  merchant  is that 
the sighing of  the contract, deprives him 
of  the better part of  his village trade,  as 
well  as  the  loss  of  the  better  class of 
farmers—a  class  which  is  seldom seen 
identified with the P.  of  I.

V I .— W E A K N E S S   O F  T H E   P L A N . 

.

To  make  the  P.  of  I.  a  success,  two 
things  are  essential—the  organization 
must  attract  the better class of  farmers 
and the dealers who sign with the Patrons 
must live up to the spirit of the contract.
The  first condition is absolutely essen 
tial  to  the  success of  the movement, as 
the Patrons start out with the determina 
tion to pay cash for everything they buy, 
and only the  better  class of  farmers are 
situated  so  they  can  pay cash the  year 
round.  Such men are always favored by 
the  dealer,  because  they  are  generally 
desirable customers  and  are  entitled  to 
more  consideration  than  the individual 
who  runs  a long-winded  book  account, 
which he pays with  truck  which he can 
not dispose of  elsewhere, but  turns  over 
to his creditor as a last  resort.  This ex 
plains  why  the  better  class of  farmers 
have not been  attracted by the ingenious 
clap-trap of  the Patrons of Industry, but 
have  steadily declined  to  identify them 
selves with the organization, being  satis­
fied  that  they can  obtain  better prices 
quality of  goods considered, on their own 
account than their deluded neighbors can 
through the medium of  a foolish and im­
potent organization.  At rare  intervals a 
representative  farmer  is  wheedled  into 
the  ranks, but  such  cases  are  about as 
scarce as hens’ teeth.
Hard  as  it  is to find  a  representative 
farmer in  the  ranks of  the P. of  I., it is 
very  much  harder  to  find  a  contract 
dealer who does as  he  agrees.  Supreme 
Treasurer  Krause admitted to a reporter 
of  T h E   T r a d e s m a n  that it was  next  to 
impossible to find a merchant  who would 
not  swindle  the  Patrons  unmercifully, 
whenever  he  had them so completely in 
his  power, and it is a matter  of  common 
knowledge that, in nine cases out of  ten, 
the  Patrons  are  paying  more for goods 
than they ever did  before.
Take  the  case  of  Henry  Strope,  at 
Morley, for instance :  He purports to sell 
goods  on a basis  of  10  per  cent, profit. 
A dry doods  salesman  was in the store a 
few days ago, but  the  customers were so 
numerous  that  he  couldn’t get a chance 
to talk  with  the  dealer, who asked him 
to step behind the counter  and wait on a 
customer  or  two.  He  did  as  requested 
. and showed a woman some ticking.  Sat- 
' isfied  with  the quality of  the goods, she 
asked the  price—P.  I.  price, of  course— 
and was told it was 14 cents a yard.  The 
salesman  recognized  the  goods  as  the 
same he had sold the  owner of  the  store 
for  9  cents  a  yard.  Of  course,  there

isn’t so much difference been 55 percent, 
and 10 per cent., but  there  is  enough to 
show the Patron  that  when he thinks he 
can beat the merchant,  at the merchant’s 
own game, he is handling  the  gun at the 
wrong end.
Take another  case in point:  A certain 
wholesale grocery house sends out a bun­
dle of  blank  invoices  with  each  bill of 
goods  sent  to P. of  I.  dealers,  thus  en­
abling  the  dealer  to  figure  the  “cost 
price”  anywhere he wants to.  A farmer 
recently  entered  a  P.  of  I.  store  in  a 
neighboring town and  informed the mer­
chant  that  he  would buy five pounds of 
tea,  if  he  could be assured that he got it 
at  10  per  cent,  above  cost.  The  mer­
chant offered to dicker on that basis, and 
the  farmer  picked  out a variety  which 
he thought would suit the “old woman.” 
The merchant  went  behind his desk and 
billed himself  a chest of  tea  at  50 cents 
a pound,  and the farmer was  not shrewd 
enough  to  notice  that  the  ink was still 
green when the bill was shown him.  He 
paid  55 cents a pound  and  went  out as 
happy as a basket of chips, telling every­
body  what  a  snap  the  P. of  I.  is,  and 
what  an  advantage  he  gained  through 
being  a  member  of  the  organization. 
That tea cost  the  merchant 22 cents and 
his  regular  price  was  only  30  cents  a 
pound!
In  the  light  of  the  above facts,  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   believes that  the movement 
of  the  Port  Huron  trio  will never be a 
success  for  the  reasons  above  given— 
neither the  membership of  the order nor 
the contract merchants  are  composed of 
the  right  material.  The  leaders of  the 
movement are sharpers,  and  the  follow­
ers,  as a class,  are  ignorant  and  unso­
phisticated.  The  dealers  are 
taking 
advantage  of 
their  opportunity  and 
fairly skinning the poor devils alive.

V I I .— F A L L A C Y   O F  R E A SO N IN G .

It  is  the  stock  threat  of  the  P. of  I 
organizers  that  the  merchants  who  re­
fuse  to  contract  with  the  organization 
will live to see “grass grow in the streets” 
of  their towns  and  villages.  They viv­
idly  picture a condition of  affairs  when 
every merchant  wrho  refuses to listen to 
the entreaties  or  threats  of  the P. of  I. 
will  be  following  a  plow  in  the  field, 
while their  vacant  stores in the villages 
and  the  grass  in  the  streets in front of 
every  building but the P. of  1. store will 
be a constant reminder of  the supremacy 
of  the  new'  doctrine. 
In  other  words, 
they argue  on  the  assumption  that the 
nearer  the  Patrons  can  crush  out  all 
competition in merchandising, the nearer 
they will be to the farmers’  millenium.
The fallacy of such reasoning is readily 
apparent to ifny  man  of  ordinary  abili­
ties.  Carried to a legitimate conclusion, 
such a policy  would  leave  but one mer­
chant in towns of ordinary size and not to 
exceed a dozen stores in cities as large as 
Grand Rapids and Detroit.  Under such 
a  curtailment  of  the  number  of  mer­
chants,  a  pool  or  understanding  would 
necessarily  follow—the  prices  on  mer­
chandise would not  be held to the 10 per 
cent,  basis,  while  the  prices  paid  for 
agricultural products of  all kinds would 
suffer a  corresponding  reduction.  The 
farmers would find themselves unable  to 
extricate themselves from  the  trap  into 
which  they  had  unconsciously  fallen. 
Farm  property  would  decline  in  value 
until it would be next  to  worthless—all 
because of the absence of a home market, 
which is the best market the farmer ever 
had or ever will  have.  Bankruptcy  and 
starvation would necessarily follow, as a 
legitimate result of the  absence  of  com­
petition.
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  wishes it to be under­
stood that it does not  predict such a con­
dition of affairs.  The  sturdy good sense 
of the rank and file of the farmers of this 
country would never permit  their  being 
led  into  so ruinous a pitfall as the P.  of 
I.  organizers are  endeavoring to precipi­
tate.  The pitiful wrail of the miners and 
lumbermen  who  suffer  at  the  hands of 
the company store—or “pluck me” store, 
as it has come  to  be  known—warns the 
farmer against placing himself in a posi­
tion where he could  be made the prey of 
designing  and unscrupulous  men.  The 
experience  of  those  who  espoused  the 
cause of the P.  of  I. a year ago, and have 
found that, instead  of  being a benefit, it 
is a  positive  detriment  to  the  farmers, 
should also warn the thinking men of the 
farming community that the  officers  and 
organizers of  the P. of  I.  are teaching  a 
false doctrine, knowing it to be false, and 
that the man who  listens  to their seduc­
tive  promises  and  prophesies is sure to 
regret  it  before  many  months  have 
passed.

California Raisins.

California  is  beginning  to  outstrip 
Spain in the production of raisins.  Con­
sul Marston,  of  Malaga,  indeed,  makes 
the significant statement that the Spanish 
vinedressers who  have  suffered  of  late 
years from the phylloxera  have replaced 
vines that have been destroyed by Amer­
ican stock. 
In 1882 the  crop  of  raisins 
produced  in  Malaga  reached  1,900,000 
boxes,  of  which  there were shipped  to 
the United States nearly 1,000,000 boxes. 
Since that  time  shipments to the United 
States  have  been  gradually but steadily 
decreasing..  In 1888,  when the total pro­
duction amounted to about 700,000 boxes 
only 112,000  were exported to this coun 
try.  Mr. Marston  adds that many Span­
iards  predict  that  the  vintage  of  1889 
will  reduce  still further  the  purchases 
made  for  exportation  to  the  United 
States,  and  that in a few  years  Malaga 
raisins will be replaced even for consump­
tion in Spain by those produced  in  Cali­
fornia.

A Girl on a  Step Ladder.

A New York retail  shoe  establishment 
makes  a  point of  having  a  particularly 
neat girl on a step-ladder in the window. 
She  is  kept  there  arranging  and  re­
arranging  the  exhibits,  and  shopping 
ladies  do  not  fail  to  see  that  her  un­
usually small and shapely feet  are  shod 
in  the  newest  and  nicest  shoes.  The 
very latest novelties in gaiters  and  slip­
pers are displayed  by means of  her,  and 
in an artful  manner  that has all the ap­
pearance of  artlessness.

His  Tailor.

“Will you trust me, Fanny ?” he cried.
“With all my heart, with  all  my soul, 
with all  myself,  Augustus,”  she  whis­
pered, nestling on his manly bosom.
* ‘Would  to  heaven  that  you were my 
tailor,”  he  murmured  to  himself,  and 
took her tenderly in his arms.

TRICKS  OF  COUNTERFEITERS.

How  Some  People  Pass  Bogus Money 

on Themselves.

Several merchants sat  chatting around 
a table at the Peninsular Club  the  other 
night and their conversation drifted upon 
counterfeit money and  the methods,  new 
and  old,  which  those  who  “shove  the 
queer,”  as the  rogues  say,  have  of  im­
posing upon their victims.

“I must tell you  what happened to me 
not long ago,”  said  one. 
“A  drunken 
man came  tottering  along  the sidewalk 
and  fell  heavily  against  one  of  our 
smaller plate glass windows.  The clerks 
rushed  out  and  grabbed  him  and  the 
shock  seemed  to  sober  him  somewhat. 
He was inclined to  be impertinent, how­
ever,  and  said  we’d  better  send  for  a 
policeman,  as  he’d  like  nothing  better 
than a term in jail, now that cold weather 
was  coming  on. 
I said I did not care a 
rap what became  of  him,  what I wanted 
was pay for  my  broken  glass.  He  de­
clared he had  not a cent in the world,  at 
the same time turning  his trousers pock­
ets inside out  to  show  how  empty they 
were. 
I noticed that  he buttoned up his 
coat,  however,  in  a  suspicious  manner 
and  something  about  him  gave  me the 
impression that he was lying.

“ ‘What have you  got  in  your  waist­
coat  pockets,’  I  said,  ‘turn  them  out, 
too.’

“ ‘I hain’t got no  money,  I  tell  you,’ 
he replied,  angrily,  as  he  tried  to  jerk 
away from the two clerks who were hold­
ing  him. 
‘ Send  for  a  cop, I say,’  he 
added,  ‘that’s  all  you’ve  a  right to do. 
You  hain’t  got  no  right  to  search  my 
pockets  and  take  my money;  besides, I 
hain’t got none.’

“By this time I felt sure he had  some, 
and,  as  having  him  locked  up for dis­
orderly conduct was  not  going to do me 
any good and was evidently just the thing 
he wanted,  I resolved  to disappoint him. 
So I began  to  go  through  his waistcoat 
pockets,  and in a little  one inside,  in the 
lining, what should I find but an old  $20 
bill.  The tramp set up  a  howl  of  rage 
and imprecation when I took the bill and 
gave him back  eight  big  silver  dollars, 
but we fired him out  of  the shop and he 
disappeared down the street.

that  afternoon, 

“When my book-keeper took  that  bill 
with the rest  of  the  day’s receipts over 
to  the  bank 
it  was 
promptly  returned  to  him  as  a  danger­
ous  counterfeit. 
Imagine  my  disgust 
and how my clerks grinned.  And I don’t 
even believe I could prosecute the rascal, 
for he certainly  made no attempt to pass 
the money on me. 
In fact, I passed it on 
myself.”

“Well,  that  is a pretty good  joke  on 
you, old man, said another  of  the party, 
“and I  never  heard  of  that  particular 
trick before, though it  somewhat  resem­
bles one that is  played now and again on 
merchants  who  are  suspected  of  being 
dishonest. 
I saw it  done  myself,  once, 
in a  store  where  I  was  calling  to  sell 
goods, in the days when I was a drummer. 
A drunken man came along,  as  in  your 
case,  between  daylight  and  dark,  just 
before the lamps,  kerosene in those days, 
were lighted.  He  bought  some  tobacco 
and  then  began  a  slow  and  lumbering 
search through  his  pockets  for change. 
From one he pulled out a crumpled  bill, 
looked at it awhile,  and  then  continued 
the search for so long  that the merchant 
became impatient.

“ ‘Give  me  the  bill,  then,’  said  he, 

testily,  ‘I’ll change it for you.’

“ ‘Sh’my  lash  two-dollar,’ hiccoughed 
the inebriate,  ‘and don’t want schanger.’ 
“ ‘All right,’  snapped the merchant, as 
he grabbed the parcel of tobacco from the 
man’s  feeble  grasp,  and  threw  it back 
into a drawer  with  a  bang,  ‘when  you 
find your  change  let  me  know  and I’ll 
give you the parcel, I can’t wait  all  day 
on you.’

“ ‘Now, don’ get  ’xcited,  ol’  fel’,’ said 
the man,  ‘take the bill.  Shmy lash two- 
dollar, but take it,’  and  he  threw  down 
on the  counter a bill  that  you could see 
plainly,  even  in  the  dim  light  of  the 
store,  was a ‘V.’  The  crafty  merchant 
saw the mistake in a jiffy  and  looked  at 
me sharply out of the corner  of  his eye. 
1 thought it  was  none  of  my  business, 
anyway, and  pretended  not  to have no­
ticed anything.  So  old  skinflint  swept 
the bill into his drawer, made change for 
two  dollars,  and  got  his  bibulous  cus­
tomer out of  the store as quickly as pos­
sible.

“The next  time  he  went  to  the cash 
drawer,  after  the  lamps  were  lighted, 
how he did  swear.  He  was  so mad he 
forgot his  own  duplicity  and gave him- 
selfjaway.  The bill was a ‘V,’ to be sure, 
but so bad a counterfeit  that  if  he  had 
taken  time  to  examine  it,  and had not 
been  in  such  a  hurry  to  get  it  out of 
sight,  he  would  have  spotted  it  in  an 
instant.”

Valuable Liquid  Glue.

Liquid glue, possessing  great resisting 
power and particularly recommended for 
wood  and  iron, is prepared  as  follows: 
Clear gelatine, 100 parts; cabinet-makers’ 
glue,  100 parts;  alcohol, 25 parts;  alum, 
2 parts;  the whole mixed with  200  parts 
of 20 per cent,  acetic acid and  heated  on 
a water  bath  six  hours.  An  ordinary 
liquid glue,  also well  adapted  for  wood 
and iron, is made  by boiling together for 
several hours 100  parts  glue,  260  parts 
water and 16 parts of nitric acid.

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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., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

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GÄ8H  CÄPITÄL  $401),080.

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LOSSES  PÄID  $500,800.

D.  Whitney, Jr.,  President.

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

The Directors of

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our own  State.

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Grand  Rapids.

GROCERIES.

Gripsack Brigade.

The  Park  House,  at  Richland,  has 
signed the hotel agreement of  the  K.  of 
th e  G.

Thos.  Macleod,  traveling  representa­
tiv e  for  H. P. Baldwin 2nd  &  Co.,  was 
in  town last Saturday.

The  Lansing  traveling  men  whose 
slumbers  have  been  clouded by visions 
of  the “Spring Poet”  will  be  compelled 
to turn their gatling  gun  from the direc­
tion  of  Grand  Rapids  to  that  of  Mt. 
Giemens  on  the  occasion  of  the annual 
convention of  the K. of  G.

A. F. Peake’s weather indicator played 
him false  last  week,  in  consequence of 
which  he  made  his  territory  clad  in a 
summer  overcoat.  The  ridiculous part 
of  the  mistake  was  that  he  invariably 
charged  the  shivering  condition  of  his 
system  during  the  week  to  the lack of 
covering on the hotel beds.

Y.  E.  Winchell,  J.  H.  Myers,  W.  S. 
Turner and George T.  Lewis  are  now on 
the  road  for  the  DiamondnWall Finish 
Co.  and the  Gypsine  Co.  Mr.  Winchell 
started  Saturday  for  a trip  through the 
Eastern states.  Mr.  Wykes  left  Sunday 
for atrip through the West. oMr. Turner 
is working through Illinois and Missouri, 
and  Mr.  Lewis  in Ohio and Indiana.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Four P.  of  I.  dealers  have thrown up 
their  contracts  during  the  pa*t  week— 
Elias Underhill,Diamondale; John Evans, 
Bellevue;  Michael Bowerman,  Williams- 
ton;  Ward Bros.,  Harvard.

(groceries), 

A Gladwin correspondent writes: “Jno. 
Graham 
J.  D.  Sandford 
(dry  goods),  and  Jas.  Croskery  (boots 
and  shoes)  are  running  P.  of  1.  stores 
here,  but  the  P.  of  l.’s  do not stick to 
them very close.”

Fremont  Indicator:  “The  Sheridan 
Center  Patrons  of  Industry,  without  a 
dissenting vote, have passed the following 
resolution :  Resolved,  That if the Grange 
and  Farmers’ Alliance  and  other  inter­
ested organizations  will  co-operate with 
us  after  December  1, or any other  date 
fixed  upon,  we  will  not  buy  any more 
sugar for 30, 60 or  90  days, or  longer, if 
necessary,  to break the sugar trust.” 

Evart  Review: 

“There  have  been 
nearly forty  P.  of  I.  associations  organ­
ized in Osceola county  since  the  middle 
of September.  As the organizer gets $10 
for each one  organized, it can readily be 
seen that he, at least, is not satisfied with 
a profit  of  10  per cent. 
Four hundred 
dollars for  less than three months’ work 
is  a  very  fair  salary,  taking  into  con­
sideration  the  amount  of  capital 
in 
vested.”

“Honest  John”  Eaman,  who  has  cov­
ered  this  territory  for the  past  twenty 
years  for  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  of 
Chicago, has been directed to confine  his 
operations to the Indiana  trade  hreafter. 
His  successor  is  Alford  E.  Dore.  Mr. 
Eaman has formed hundreds of acquaint­
ances during the  past  two  decades who 
will regret  to  learn  of  his  enforced  re­
tirement from this State.

A special  car  has been secured to con­
vey  the  Grand  Rapids  and  Muskegon 
members of  the K.  of ¡the G. to Lansing 
on the occasion of the annual convention. 
It will be attached to the 6:55 a. m. train 
on  the D.,  L.  & N. Railway,  leaving  the 
union  depot  the  morning  of  the  27th. 
The Ionia  members  will  join  the party 
at Grand Ledge. □ The Bay City, Saginaw 
and Owosso members will go in a special 
car over the J..  L.  & S.  Railway.

The conflict  of  dates  for  the  annual 
meetings of  the M. C.  T.  A.  and K. of  G. 
is due to a misunderstanding on the  part 
of  the  latter  organization,  which  pur­
posely fixed upon Friday,  as  the  annual 
meetings  of 
the  former  ¡organization j 
have always  been held on Saturday.  The | 
change from  Saturday to Friday, made at j 
the last aunual  meeting,  was unknown to | 
several members ofJtlie M. C. T. A.,  whoj 
were present at the birth of the K. of G., j 
and on whose advice  the annual meeting j 
was voted to be held on Friday.

Robert Beattie,  a traveler employed by 
Beatty, Fitzsimons & Co.,  at Detroit, ran 
about $2,000 short in  his  accounts.  Dr. 
Donald  Maclean  indorsed  his  note  for 
that amount to make the  shortage  good. 
Beatty, Fitzsimmons &  Co.  subsequently 
presented  the  note  for  payment.  Dr. 
Maclean began a suit  in  chancery to re­
strain them  from negotiating it, claiming 
that the firm  had agreed to retain Beattie 
in their  employ  until  tliecshortage was 
paid,  whereas  they  had discharged him. 
Judge Reilly has fcthrown  the cast out of 
court,  holding that the proper remedy  is 
in law and not in  chancery.

M.  J.  Matthews  is  being  pushed for­
ward  by his friends for  the  position  of 
Secretary  of  the  Michigan  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association.  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n  is informed that Mr.  Matthews was 
was loth to have his  name  considered in 
such connection,  but has been persuaded 
to waive  his  objections, n Whether there 
are any other candidates in the field,  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   is  not  informed,  but  cer­
tainly no  better  choice  could  be  made 
than  the  enthusiastic  old  veteran  who 
has  grown  grey in the service, as he car­
ries into  his  work  all  the  bouyancy of 
youth  and  the  activity  of  a  naturally 
aggressive character, u 

Secretary Silverstone announces his in­
tention of  resigning the Secretaryship of 
the  T. P.  A.  at  the , next  meeting  of  the 
National Board. S  The  State : Secretaries 
have failed to send in the amounts owing 
to  the  National  Association,  and  the 
finances  are  such  that  he  is  unable to 
draw his salary.^He feels  that  his  first 
duty  is  to  his  family, .¡and  this  is  his 
chief  reason  for  taking  the step.  Gen­
eral  Manager  Van  Pelt  and^ Chairman 
Hirshberg,  of  the  Hotel Committee, also 
announce their  intention of-resigning at 
the next meeting ofathe Board, when the 
work  of  burying  the T. P. A.  as  an  or­
ganization  w ill|  probably  be  consum­
mated,

American Commercial Traveler:  “The 
Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip  have 
adopted  a  method  of  conducting  their 
legislative work  which,  it seems, should 
meet with  great success.  A  Vice-Presi­
dent  is  elected  in*  every  Congressional 
district in  the  State.  This  Vice-Presi­
dent circulates  a  petition,  setting forth 
the  wishes  of  the  Knights, in  his  own 
district, the  petition  being  addressed to 
the  Congressman  representing  that dis­
trict.  Pressure is  thus  brought to bear 
upon  each  Congressman  from  his  own 
constituency,  and  the  results  certainly 
should  be  greater  than  where  the d e ­
mands  come  from  entire  strangers  in 
whom the  Congressmen  have no special 
interest.”

Muskegon  News:  “The  Patrons of  In­
dustry  have  eight  organizations  in  the 
eastern part of  this county,  with a mem­
bership,  as  estimated  by them,  of  1,000. 
At their  general  meeting last Friday,  at 
Ravenna, they had a P. I.  dinner, and all 
the  edibles  were  ‘home-made,’  except 
the  salt  and  soda.  They  will  meet  at 
Trent on the  second  Wednesday in Jan­
uary,  when  they will  give  another P. I. 
dinner.  An  organizer  will  be  in  Mus­
kegon soon.”

Lisbon correspondence Sparta Sentinel: 
“There  is  considerable  talk  nowadays 
about 10 per cent.—selling goods for two 
or three prices—boycotting  the  town  by 
the P. of  l.’s,  and the  like. 
I  have  no 
quarrel with the Patrons of Industry, and 
the  worst  wish I could  make  for  them 
would  be  that, if  they  think a man can 
run a  store  and  pay  taxes,  insurance, 
clerk hire and  numerous other expenses, 
he just try it.  The fact is,  it is a strug­
gle for ninety-nine out of  a  hundred  of 
those in trade to-day  to  make  anything 
more than a living.”

Stanton Clipper:  “It appears that the 
P.  of  l.’s in this county have two county 
associations, owing to the invasion of the 
county  from  two  different  directions. 
There  was a meeting  of  delegates from 
the two associations, at the court  house, 
in this city,  Tuesday, for  the purpose of 
merging the two organizations  into  one. 
It was agreed to let  matters  stand  until 
the first of January, when a new associa­
tion.  embracing the  entire  county,  will 
be formed.  They claim there are seventy 
associations  in  the county, with a mem­
bership of 2,500.”

Dorr correspondence Allegan Journal: 
“The P. of  I.  organizers are still at work 
around here and  have  been trying to or­
ganize the  Smith  and  Gilbert  neighbor­
hood, but the people  of  that  section are 
not to be gulled by any such swindle, and 
only three  men  signified  their  willing­
ness to bind themselves to trade with one 
merchant  only,  so  the schemers betook 
themselves  to  better  fields.  As an ex­
ample  of  how  the  P. of  I.’s get  a  low 
price at a 10 per cent,  rate, I will give an 
example which any  man  can  prove  for 
himself, viz:  The best steel carpenter’s 
square is sold in Dorr for 85 cents, while 
the  P.  of  I.  hardware  store  at  Grand 
Rapids sells the same tool for $1.  This 
is an example of  how P.  of  I. prices  are 
cheap and  way  down  below other deal­
ers.  Now,  if  the P. of  I.  store at Grand 
Rapids  only  makes  10  per  cent, above 
cost,  how  can  the  Dorr  hardware mer­
chant sell the same  article  for  85  cents 
and still make a margin on cost ?  If any 
of the P. of  L’s can explain this,  let him 
stand up and answer.  The  fact  of  the 
matter is, no merchant  can  do  business 
for 10 percent., and those  who  contract 
to do so  must  use  the  same schemes as 
shown  in the above example or go  to the 
wall.  We are glad to note, however, that 
the shrewdest and best of the community 
give  the  scheme a wide berth  and  will 
have nothing to do with it,  willing  that 
sharp competition fix prices for them.”

The  Grocery  Market.

Raw sugar is strong,  having  advanced 
faster than the  refined.  The  difference 
between  the  raw  and  the  refined  has 
ruled  lc @  13£c during the past eighteen 
months,  but it is  now  only  %c,  which 
gives good ground for the belief  that re­
fined  grades  will  shortly meet  a  sharp 
advance.  Syrups  are  without  change. 
Low  grades  of  Japan tea are very firm. 
The  pumpkin  pack  has  passed  out  of 
packers’  hands  and is the  strongest  ar­
ticle in the canned  goods line.  The new 
crop of rice  appears  to be all running to 
high grades, the  quality  being  the  best 
for years,  in  consequence  of  which it is 
selling at the price  of  low  grades.  An 
advance is  in  prospect,  as  the  crop  is 
not heavy.  Corn  syrup and kerosene oil 
are still in open market,  no  price  being 
established on either article.

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B. cough 

drops.

THE
How He

LONDON  TRADESMAN.
Does  Business  and  How Hei 
Does the  American.

London Correspondence New York  Tribune.
The cry of  the tradesman for fair rent 
has been  met by a cry from the consumer 
for fair prices and full weight.  So much 
might have been foreseen.  The? customer 
is a worm,  but  he  turns  at last.  He is 
tired of  paying too much and not getting 
what he pays for.  He begins with coals 
—I put it in  the  plural because he does. 
Your true John Bull never orders coal to 
be put on the fire,  but coals.  He'writes 
to one of  his favorite organs to complain 
that the coal  merchant  gives  him short 
weight.  The innocent soul!  As if there 
had not been for years a coal ring in Lon­
don which charges what it likes for coal. 
Whether it robs the consumer by putting 
a dollar a ton on the price  or  by  taking 
off a few hundred  weight, makes but lit­
tle difference to the victim.  He is robbed 
as effectually  in  one  way  as  the other. 
A London coal merchant  says the cheat­
ing by weight is done only or  mainly  by 
dealers of an inferior sort.  Another says 
you may order  coals  from  any five mer­
chants and  four  out  of  the  five will be 
short  weight,  and  you  will be lucky if 
the fifth is not short,  too.
The remedy ?  There  is  none,  or no 
practical  remedy.  There is a law which 
has every merit but that of accomplishing 
its end,  which is  to  prevent dishonesty. 
The  law  says—or  is  it  custom ?—that 
coal  shall  be  delivered  in  sacks,  each 
containing two hundred weiglit,and ten of 
these sacks go to the ton,  and  you  have 
only to count them from the dining room 
window.  Sometimes the confiding house­
holder  does  count,  finds  there  are ten 
sacks,  and  retires  happy  in  the  belief 
that he has the ton of coals  he  has  paid 
for.  But it is now  explained  that  some 
sacks are made narrow,  and some are not 
filled,  and  the  sack  test  is a delusion. | 
But they may be weighed.  The carman 
is by law commanded to carry scales, and 
to weigh each sack,  if  the skeptical cus­
tomer shall  require  it.  But his scales, 
alas!  are  constructed  with  cunning  in 
the interest of the seller,  and  not  of  the 
buyer,  and even if  they be honest scales, 
it is not everybody who can  tell whether 
the weighing  be  honest.  Nor does the 
British householder like to stand  on  the 
sidewalk  and  superintend  these  opera­
tions,  and  be  jeered  at  by  a sidewalk 
committee.  It is believed that a sidewalk 
committee  can  be  collected  in  London 
more  quickly  and  in  greater  numbers, 
within a given  time,  than anywhere else 
in the world.
This  discussion  became  interesting, 
from the moment the coal merchants took 
part in  it.  There  are  jealousies  in  the 
coal trade;  even members of the ring are 
not all content,  and  there  must be mer­
chants,  big  or  little,  outside  the ring, 
who know something of  what is done in­
side.  One  of  these  gentlemen declares 
that  the  buyer  does  not  get more than 
38 cwt. for every  40  cwt.  purchased and 
paid for.  He could tell of  worse things, 
and hints at other revelations  which  for 
the present he withholds.  Then  a “coal 
agent” appears on  the  scene. 
“There 
is,” says  the  coal  agent,  “a  piquancy 
about  this  confession, coming  from  so 
authentic a source,  which  is  seasonable 
as  well  as  charming;  and  as  coal this 
winter will undoubtedly be  dearer  than 
it has been for ten years,”—why, he  ap­
peals  to  the  merchant  to  unravel  the 
mystery,  and  promises  to  do so himself 
if the merchant does not.  The excellent 
coal agent is,  it appears,  a colliery  man­
ager, and is prepared to indicate  “several 
ways” in  which  the  public  is mulcted. 
This sounds well.  The  colliery  owners 
and  managers  are  understood  to  be of 
the opinion that  the  coal  merchants get 
far more  than  their  fair  share  of  the 
profits of the coal business.  They must 
know how it is  done,  and there seems no 
good  reason  why  they  should  not tell. 
Then the  big  coal  merchants  who  ape 
respectability  are  on  ill terms with  the 
guerrillas  of  the  trade,  who sell by the 
sack off “trollies”  in the street, and with 
other  merchants  who  sell  by  circular, 
offering coal  at  prices  which  of  them­
selves imply cheating.  Well, there is an 
adage that when certain people  fall  out 
certain other people come by  their  own, 
and the public lives  in  hope;  vague,  no 
doubt,  and  faint  and  oft-deferred,  but 
still it is hope.  And,  meantime,  a  poor 
wretch  of  a  carman  has  been charged 
with stealing coal from his employer and 
committed for  trial.  When  taken into 
custody,  he  only said,  “They all do it.” 
When the employer is  in custody,  too—I 
don’t mean this particular employer,  but 
the coal merchant  in  general—beautiful 
disclosures may be expected.
There ought to be, say the reformers,  a 
body of  coal inspectors.  There are milk 
inspectors  already.  They  perambulate 
London, stop  what  milk-cart  they  will; 
and  may  then  and  there  compulsorily 
test  the  milk  on  its  way  to  the  milk 
drinker.  Milk  dealers  have  inspectors 
of  their own to stand  between them and 
their  distributing  servants.  Yet,  with 
all this,  I never  heard  that  the  quality 
of  London milk was reckoned to be  very 
high,  or that  the  pump  had  been  alto­
gether put down, or  that  dairymen took 
prizes for virtue.  The  milk  inspection, 
however,  with  the  help of  science  and 
lactometers  and  suitable  fees to the in­
spectors,  does  some  good,  if  not  all the 
good it might,  and some  similar  propor­
tion  of  good  and  some  approach to the 
standard,  not  of  ideal  honesty,  but  of 
the honesty of  the  market  place,  might 
be attained by a similar or better  system 
of  inspecting  coal.  When that has been 
done, there  will  be  still  something left 
for  the  reformer  and  the  champion of 
honesty  to  attempt.  There  is  a  short 
letter  in  another  journal  headed  by  a 
suggestive  editor, 
“The  Morals  of 
Trade,”  asking  plaintively  whether  it 
might not be well for  buyers to look into 
other matters than  coal, and he tells this 
instructive little anecdote :
“A  young  man,  who  has  quite  re­
cently been behind the counter in a large 
provision shop,  told me this morning that 
when he w as  selling  bacon  his  firm ex­
pected  him  to make a profit out of  shor.t 
weights  at  the  rate  of  one  shilling for 
each eight pounds of  bacon sold.”
Tea,  sugar,  coffee  and  many  other 
things  are  notoriously not  always what 
they  pretend  to  be,  nor  is  the  pound 
always a pound.  The plain truth is that 
the  London  tradesman  is  not  content 
with honest profits, no matter how large. 
He  grows fat  on  dishonest  profits.  He 
and vour servants are in  collusion to rob

you, and rob  you they do  and will, spite 
of  any scrutiny  or  supervision  possible 
to enforce. 
It  is  no  novelty.  There is 
a kind of  tradition that the  British man­
ufacturer  and  the  British  merchant,  at 
some unknown past period,  prided them­
selves on Braking honest goods  and  sell­
ing  them  honestly.  A great  authority, 
perhaps  the  greatest  in  such  matters, 
once told me his  opinion on this subject. 
There  never was, in his opinion, a foun­
dation  for  this  tradition.  There  w'as, 
perhaps, a time when  things were not so 
bad as now,  but  never a time when adul­
teration and  fraud  were  not  habitually 
and generally practiced.
The matter  touches  individual Amer­
icans  rather closely, because  Americans 
buy largely  in  the  retail  shops of  Lon­
don.  The American  trader or merchant 
can, I presume, be trusted  to  look  after 
himself.  But  how is the American trav­
eler,  who visits London for the first time, 
to know' how he is  dealt  with ?  He may 
not  even  know  that  he  is known as an 
American,  but  he  is.  There  is  not  a 
clerk  in any shop  in  the  West  End  of 
London  w'ho  does  not  spot  him  as  an 
American the moment he sets foot  inside 
the  door. 
It  is  not  merely his  speech 
that  betrays  him;  he is identified by his 
dress,  his  manner,  his  way  of  looking 
about  him,  and a hundred other notes of 
differentiation.  Whether  his  accent or 
his apparel  be  better  or  worse than his 
British  cousin’s  is  not  the point.  The 
point is  that  they are unlike,  and so un­
like  as  to  be  instantly  recognizable by 
the least expert of  shop-walkers or coun­
ter-jumpers.
recognized or not? 
It signifies this,  that 
an  extra  price  is  at once put on for his 
benefit.  There  are  shops  in  London 
where  they  have  two  regular  and  au­
thorized  scales  of  charges—one  for  the 
Englishman,  another  and a much higher 
one  for  the  American.  Some  of  the 
West  End  tradesmen  who  go  in  for 
American  custom  have  reduced  it  to a 
system. 
It is systematized robbery.  The 
American  is  supposed  not  to know the 
value  of  what  he  is  buying, or  not  to 
care;  it  matters  nothing  to  the  shop­
keeper  w'hether  it be ignorance or indif­
ference:  up goes the price and the Amer­
ican pays,  as  the  phrase is,  through the 
nose. 
In  other  shops  the  two  tariffs, 
English  and  American,  may  not  be 
enacted  by  the  proprietor  himself,  but 
the clerk  is expected to  vary his demand 
according  to  the  nationality of  the cus­
tomer,  and  does.  Not  in  vain  is  the 
British net  spread in  sight of  the Amer­
ican  bird.  He  is  addressed specifically 
through  the  advertising columns of  the 
London press.  “To Americans  in  Lon­
don”  is a common  enough  headline,  and 
the  American  flag  may  be  seen  flying 
over  shops  in  Regent  street, and  Bond 
street,  and Oxford  street, and elsewhere. 
The  American,  I must  say, has himself, 
and especially herself,  to thank  for some 
of  the extra  attention  bestowed  on him 
or  her,  and  to  some  part  of  the  extra 
prices charged.  We have  invited  extor­
tion,  and all the  London  tradesman  has 
done  is  to  accept  the  invitation  with 
alacrity.

What  does  it  signify  whether  he 

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

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

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

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle, L.  T.  Lochner.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Belding—L.  S.  Roell.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Blissfield—Jas.  Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Burnside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C.  Sigel.
Carson City—A. B.  Loomis,  A.  Y.  Ses­
sions.
Casnovia—Ed.  Hayw’ard, John  E.  Par- 
cell.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P.  Lock, F.  H. 
Goodby.

ens & Farrar.

Ketchum.
Jas. Croskery.

Chester—P.  C.  Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E.  F.  Shaw,  Stev­
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  & Clark. 
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson,  J.  B. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D.  Sanford, 
Go wan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J.  Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil- 
zinski, F. W. Wurzburg.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hoytville—Mrs.  A. E. Combs. 
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon, M.  L. Whit­
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co. 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
McBride’s—J.  McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L.  S. Aldrich.
Marshall—W.  E.  Bosley, S. V.  R. Lep- 
per & Son, Jno.  Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

nings.

& Son,  F.  H. Cowles.
Lee.

Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H.  S.)  Knight. 
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J. W.) Pattison. 
Millington—Chas.  H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H. E.  Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Otisco—C. V. Snyder & Co.
Remus—Geo. Blank.
Riverdale—J. B.  Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole  &  Haynes.
Stanton—Fairbanks  & Co.
Stan wood—F.  M. Carpenter.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend. 
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.

ney.

PR O D U C E  M A R K E T .

make at ll@ 12c.

$2.75  per bbl.,
$1.50 for picked, holding at $1.75@$2 per bu. 

Apples—Dealers  hold  w inter  fruit  at  #2.26@ 
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—The  m arket  is  decidedly  sick,  there 
being no demand for the staple  anywhere.  The 
country  m erchants  are  loaded  up  w ith  stock 
which they have paid  I6@18e  for, w hile the top 
of the m arket from jobbers’ hands is 20c.  Cream­
ery is in fair demand at 24@25c.
Buckwheat Flour—$4.50 per bbl. for New  York 
stock.
Cabbages—$4@$5 per 100.
Cheese—.Jobbers hold 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.  Bell and Bugle are  in  good  de 
m and at $10 per bbl.
Dried Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8©  
854 c  and new sundried at  5@55ic.
EggS_ jo b b ers pay 19@20c for fresh and hold at 
21@22c.  Pickled  and  cold  storage  stock  com­
mands  about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per b u .; 
medium, $4.35.  Timothy,  $1.50  per  bu 
Grapes—New  York  Concords  and  Catawbas 
are in good demand at 50c per basket.
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay  4C@45c  for  clean  stock, 
holding at  60@65c.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—There  appears  to  be  a  “rift  in the 
cloud,” 
the  Southern  demand  showing  evi­
dences  of  looming  up  in  good  shape w ithin a 
short  time.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys  and  Muscatine stock 
Illinois  stock 

are  out  of  m arket  at  present. 
commands $4 per bbl.
Turnips—30c per bu.

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lard—Kettle Rendered.

smokes  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...........................................................   10  50
S h o rtc u t.............................................................  10  50
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t...............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy...........................................   12  00
Clear, fat  back...................................................  11  50
Boston clear, short c u t.....................................  12  00
Clear back, short c u t........................................   12  00
Standard clear, short cut, best.......................  12  00
Hams, average 20 lb s............................................  934
16 lb s............................................. 9%
12 to 14 lb s................................... 10
p icn ic............................................................634
best boneless................................................834
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................   83£
Dried beef, ham  prices........................................  834
Long Clears, heavy................. 
6J4
Briskets,  medium.................................................   634
lig h t.........................................................634
T ierces....................................................................   734
Tubs..........................................................................  734
50 lb.  T ins.................................................................734
Tierces........................................................................6
30 and 50 lb. T u b s............................ 
634
3 lb.  Pails, 20 in a  case........................................   634
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case..........................................  634
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case..........................................  654
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case..........................................  634
501b. Cans................................................................-634
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.........................  7 00
E xtra Mess, Chicago packing..........................   7 00
Boneless, rump butts..........................................  8  75
Pork Sausage..........................................................  634
Ham Sausage......................... 
12
Tongue Sausage....................................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage.  ............................................  8
Blood Sausage........................................................  534
Bologna, straight..................................................   534
Bologna,  th ick .......................................... 
534
H eadcheese............ ..............................................  534
In half barrels..............................................................3 25
In quarter  barrels.......................................................2 00
In half  barrels............................................................3 00
In quarter barrels.......................................................2 00
In k its......................................................................  75

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

labs—Refined.

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3  @ 4

Swift and Company quote as follow s:
“  hindquarters.....................................  5  @  534
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@  634
tongues............................................   @10
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Pork  loins....................................................   @ 7
shoulders............................................  @ 5
B ologna........................................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or h ead............................  @ 5
liv e r.............................................   @ 5
F rankfort.....................................  @ 8

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OYSTERS  a n d   F IS H .

F. J.  D ettenthaler quotes as follow s:

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W hitefish......................................................  @  9
sm oked........................................   @ 8
T rout.............................................................  @ 8
I Mi i b u t.........................................................   @20
H addies.............................................. .........  @  7
Fairhaven  Counts.....................................  @35
Selects..  ......................................................22  @27
F. J.  D.’s ...................................... 
@20
A nchors........................................................  @18
Standards.....................................................  @16
Favorites......................................................  @14
Standards................................................. 
@  1  50
Selects....................................................... 
Clams................................................................   @1 50
Scrim ps............................................................   @1 50
Scallops............................................................  @1 50
H orseradish.....................................................  @ 75
Shell oysters, per 100................................. 1  00@1  50

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T h eJ’utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes..........................................  9
..........................................   9
Twist, 
25 
Cut Loaf, 25 
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. p a ils...........  ................................... 9
2001b.  bbls.........  .....................................   834
Extra, 25 lb.  pails..................................................10
2001b.  bbls.................................................  934
French Cream, 25 lb.  p ails..  .........................  1134
Lemon Drops.......................................................... 12
Sour D rops..............................................................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
Im perials................................................................. 14
Mottoes.....................................................................15
Cream B ar............................*................................13
Molasses  B ar.......................................................... 13
C aram els.......................................................... 18@18
Hand Made  Creams..............................................18
Plain Creams.......................................................... 16
Decorated Creams................................................. 20
String  Rock............................................................15
B urnt Almonds...................................................... 22
W intergreen  Berries............................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................... 12
in bbls....................................... 11

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Chocolate Drops, in pails.....................................12
Gum Drops, in pails..............................................   634
“ in bbls......................................................  5J4
Moss Drops, in pails........................ i .................. 10
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Sour Drops, in {mils............... 
12
Imperials, in pails...................................... r........ 11
in bbls.................................................. 1034
Oranges,  Florida,  choice,  146 to 226—   @3  25
112 to 128... .3  00@3  25
fancy,  146 to 226—   @3  75
golden russets............ 2  75@3 09
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360................. 3  50@4 00
300................... 4  25@4 50
fancy, 360................... 4 25@4 50
300................... 4  50@5 00
Malagas,  choice, ripe..............3 25@3  50
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Dates, frails, 50 lb ......................................
34 frails, 50  lb .................................
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NUTS.

Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.........14  @15

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Ivaca..........................................
C alifornia..................................
Brazils...........................................................
W alnuts, Grenoble.....................................
C alifornia..................................
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..................................   9
Game Cocks....................................................
Star...................................................................
Horse................................................................

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@   534 
@10 
@  8 
@ 734

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@16@1034
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@13

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Wholesale p r ic e   C urrent.

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

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Red Star, 34 lb. cans, 

34 lb. 
34 lb.  “ 
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Arctic,  34 lb. cans. 6  doz... 
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... 1  40
... 2  40
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Absolute, 34 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
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50s.. 18  75
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Telfer’s,  34 lb. cans,  doz.. 
85
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1 lb. 
Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz__  
75
34 lb.  “ 
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1  “  .... 3 00
1 lb.  “ 
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45
85
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Frazer’s ..................................$2  60
A urora....................................  1  75
Diamond................................  1  60
English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
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American. 2 doz. in case... 
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bluing. 
Gross
Arctic Liq,  4-oz...................  3  40
34 p t..................  7 00
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8-oz paper bot  7  20 
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Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00 
4  4 00
5  4 00
BROOMS.
No. 2 H url..............................  1  70
..............................  1  90
No. 1  “ 
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No. 1 
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Common W hisk................... 
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Fancy 
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M ill........................................   3 25
W arehouse............................2  75
Kings 100 lb. cases...............4  50
80  lb. cases.................3 85
Dairy, solid  packed............1234
rolls............................  13
Creamery, solid packed —   1334
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Star,  40 
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Paraffine................................ 
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W icking................................. 
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ...  ....... 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stan d __1  10
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic..T........1  40
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1 lb.  Star..................2 00
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2  lb. Star.................. 3 00
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
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1 lb.  stand...............1  20
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31b.  soused............ 2 85
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Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .1  80
1 lb.  A laska...........1  80
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Sardines, domestic  34s......... 
5
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“  Mustard 34s ..........  @ 9
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Trout, 3  Id. brook..............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.  ___ 2  25
Blackberries,  stand..............  90
Cherries, red standard.........1  20
p itte d ........................1  40
Damsons ................................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stan d ................1  15
Gooseberries.........................1  00
Grapes  .....................................
Green  Gages.........................1  15
Peaches, all  yellow, stand. .1  70
seconds........ ............ 145
P ie ..............................115
Pears.......................................1  25
Pineapples................... 1  20@1  50
Q uinces.................................1  00
Raspberries,  ex tra..............1  75
red .....................1  40
Straw berries........................ 1  25
W hortleberries.......................  75

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Asparagus, Oyster Bay.........
Beans, Lima,  stan d ..............  85
“  Green  Lim as—  @1  06
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Strings................  @  90
“  Stringless,  E rie...........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.......1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00 
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Early Golden. 1  00
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Peas, F rench........................ 1  68
“  extra m arrofat...  @125
soaked............................  80
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“  sifted ....................1  55
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Mushrooms, extra fine.......2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb.  Golden.......1  00
Succotash,  standard............   90
S q u ash .................................. 1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enougb95@l  00 
BenH ar  ...  95@1  M
stand br___  95@1  00
IPHEESE.
Michigan Full  Cream 1134@1S 
Sap  Sago.. *...................16 @1634
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet............... 
23
Prem ium ............................... 
38
Cocoa............................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa........... 
48
Broma.............................. 
37
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps..................25
200 
35
Spruce...................................... 30
B ulk..........................................  6
R ed.........................  
Rio, fa ir.......................... 17 @19
“  good....................... 1834@20
“  prime.....................  @21
fancy,  w ashed... 19  @22
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Santos..............................17 @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
P eaberry........................ 20 @23
Java,  Interior................20 @25
“  M andheling___ 26 @29
Mocha, genuine............ 25 @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 pier  cent,  for shrink­
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100 lbs
Lion.......................................... 2434
“  in cabinets......................2434
M cL au g h lin 's  X X X X ___2434
D urham ................................... 24
Thompson’s  Honey  Bee— 26
Tiger................ 24
Good  M orning....................... 2434
Valley City............................ 
75
F elix .........................................1  10
Cotton,  40 f t .......... per doz.  1  25
150
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’2 25
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E agle......................................  7  50
Anglo-Swiss..........................  6  00
Kenosha B utter...................   8
Seymour 
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B utter......................................   6
“  family............................  6
“  b iscu it..........................  7
Boston......................................   8
City Soda.................................  8
Soda..........................................  634
S. O yster.................................  6
City Oyster, XXX...................   6
Picnic.........................................6
Strictly  p ure........................  
Grocers’................................. 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  5  @ 6
evaporated—   @  834
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Blackberries “ 
Nectarines  “ 
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Peaches 
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In drum ........................   @23
In boxes................ 
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dried fruits—Currants.
Zante, in  barrels.........  @ 6

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DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

dried fruits—R aisins.

T urkey..........................   434©  6
Bosna.............................  534@  634
California.....................  8  @10
Valqncias.....................  @834
Ondaras...............  
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Sultanas.........................1034@12
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  
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London  Layers, for’n.  @
Muscatels, California.2  10@2  20 
Leqion...........................  
Orange........................... 
Farina, 100  lb.  kegs..............  04
Hqpainy,  per  b b l..................3  50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
im ported.......  @  934
Pearl  Barley................  @234
Peas, green...................   @1  10
Sago,  German..............  @634
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l ...  @ 634
Wheat,  cracked...........  @634
Vermicelli,  im port__   @10
dom estic...  @60

“  split.......................  @ 3

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

13
14

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Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills 
■  
1  25
85
2 oz. Panel, doz.
“ 1  40
“ 
4 oz. 
2 25
3  25 
“ 2  25
“ 
5 oz. 
No.  3,  “
1  60
1  00
4  00 
“ 2  75
No.  8 ,  “ 
“ 4  50
No. 10,  “ 
6  00 
No.  4, Taper,  “
2  50 
1  60
34  pt,  Round, “ 4  25
7  50
1  “ 
“ 8  50
15 00
IH—SALT.
F IS H —-SA LT.
Cod,  w hdie...................   434@  5
H a lib u t.......................  934@10
Herring,  round,  34 bbl.. 
“ 
gibbed................ 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
“ 
Scaled  ............... 
“ 
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  34  bbl 
“ 
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“  boneless................  7  @734
2  75
2  75
12 00
“  kegs, new  @  75
22
12 00 
“  12  lb  k it..130
“ 
..1  20
“  10 
“ 
Trout,  34  bbls..............4  00@4  50
“  10  lb.  k its...................   60
White,  No. 1,  34 bbls..............5  25
“ 
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121b.  k its.....100
10 lb.  k its....   80
“ 
Family,  34 bbls..........2  50
k its................  50
K e g s........................................ 5  25
Half  kegs............................... 2  88
No. 0.......................................  
30
No. 1........................................  
40
No. 2.......................................  
50
P ure..........................................  30
Calabria...................................  25
Sicily........................................   18
Black  Strap........................  
23
Cuba B aking....................... 22@25
Porto  Rico...........................24@35
New Orleans, good.............25@30
choice.........33@38
fancy........... 45@48

GUN  FOWDER.

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

One-half barrels, 3e extra

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P IP E S .

P IC K L E S .

Michigan  Test..............
W ater  W hite.................

O A TM EAL.
Muscatine,  B arrels__ ....5   75
Half barrels ....3  00
Cases.........2  15@2  25
R O L L E D   OATS
@5  75
Muscatine, B arrels....
Half bbls..
@3  00
Cases.........2 15@2  25
....  934
....1034
00@5  25
“ 
34 b b l............2 75@3  00
Small,  b b l.......................
....6   25
“  34  bbl...................
....3   50
Clay, No.  216.................
....1   75
“  T. D. full count...
....  75
Cob, No.  3.......................
....  40
Carolina head................
.......634
No.  1 ; ..............
.......53SÍ
No. 2................ 534@
N o .3 ................
.......5

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J a p a n .............................. 554@654
Common Fine per bbl..
....  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks .......  27
....1   95
28  pocket........................
........................ __ 2 00
60 
....2   15
........................
100 
....  75
Ashton bu.  b a g s...........
Higgins  “ 
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....  75
....  35
Warsaw “ 
..........
....  20
.........
8A L E R A T U 8.
DeLand’s,  p u re ...........
.......5
Church’s, Cap  S heaf...
.......5
.......5
Dwight’s ........................
.......5
Taylor’s ..........................
Mixed b ird .....................
....  434
Caraway..........................
....10
....  4
C anary............................
Hemp...............................
....  4
Anise...............................
....  834
R ap e...............................
....  434
M ustard........................
.......734
SH O E  P O L ISH .
Jettine,  1  doz. in  box..
... 
.75
Scotch, in  bladders__ ...3 7
Maccaboy, in ja rs......... .......35
French Rappee, in Jars .......43

S N U F F .

S E E D S.

SA LT

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Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior..........................
....3  30
Queen  A nne.................
....3  85
....2  40
German  Fam ily............
Mottled  Germ an..........
....3  00
Old  Germ an................... ...... 2  70
U. S. Big  B argain.......
...1  87
...3   75
Frost,  F loater................
Cocoa  Castile  ..............
....3  00
....3  36
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...
....2   95
Happy Family,  75.........
Old Country, 80.............
....3   30
.......3  65
Una, 100..........................
Bouncer,  1 0 0 ...........................
...3   15
s p i c e s —Whole.
Allspice..........................
. . . .   9
Cassia, China in m ats..
. . . .   8
Batavia in bund
.11
Saigon in  rolls.........40
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 26
Zanzibar....................20
Mace  B atavia.........................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................... 80
No.  1.........................75
“ 
No.  2.........................70
“ 
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18
“ 
w hite...  .26
shot...........................20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
A llspice....................................l5
Cassia,  B atavia..................... 20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
Saigon.................... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna................32
Zanzibar.................25
Ginger, A frican......................1234
Cochin.....................15
Jam aica................. 18
Mace  Batavia......................... 90
Mustard,  English..................22
and T rie..25
Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................... 80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
' 
w hite........to
Cayenne..................25
Herbs & Spices, sm all.......  65
“ 
large.......1  25

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s t a r c h .

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

barrels.........................6

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SU G A R S.

534

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Cut  Loaf.......................  @834
C ubes.....................   @ 7%
Pow dered.....................
Granulated,H. & E.’s..
F ranklin..
Knight’s...
Confectionery  A .........
No. 1, W hite E xtra C.
No. 2 Extra  C..............
No. 3 C, golden............
No. 4 C, d ark ................
No. 5  C..........................
SA L  SO D A .

r.3i@ 
r  3 i@  
r.3i@ 
@  
6 3 4 @  
6 3 4 @  
5 3 4 ®

SA PO LIO .
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SA U E R K R A U T .

Kegs...................................... 
Granulated,  boxes................  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......  2 35
Hand, 
.......  2  35
Silver Thread, 15 gallons... .2  50 
........4  50
Corn,  barrels.......................  @27
one-half  barrels—   @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl..................28@36
“ 
half b arrel— 30@38

SY R U P S .

134

30 

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SW E E T   GOODS.
X  XXX
834
Ginger Snaps................ 
Sugar  Creams..............  
834
9
Frosted  Creams........... 
834
Graham  Crackers....... 
Oatmeal  Crackers....... 
834
B oxes.........................................534
Kegs, English...........................434

SODA.

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

 

SU N  C U R E D .

G U N PO W D E R .

B A S K E T   F IR E D .

F a ir ...............................,.14 @16
G ood................................ 18 @22
Choice.............................. 24 @29
Choicest...........................30 @34
F a ir .................................. 14 @15
G ood................................ 16 @20
Choice.............................. 24 @28
Choicest...........................30  @33
F a ir ...............................   @20
Choice.............. 
  @25
Choicest........................   @35
E xtra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fa ir.............25 @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50 @65
Choicest fancy...............75  @85
Common to  fa ir.............20  @35
Superior to fine.............. 40  @50
Common to  fair.............18  @26
Superior to  fine.............30  @40
Common to  fa ir.............25  @30
Superior to  fine............ 30  @50
Fine to choicest............ 55  @65
F a ir ................................. 25  @30
Choice..............................30  @35
B est................................. 55  @65
Tea  D ust........................  8  @10

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

YO U N G   HY SO N .

IM P E R IA L .

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Plug.

tobaccos—F ine Cut.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12.............37
Reception, 2 2-5x12,16 oz......... 36
Vinco, 1x6, 434 to  B>..................30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz......... 34
Wheel, 5 to  fit............................ 37
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz..................... 25
Jas.  G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good....................... 37
Double P edro............................37
Peach  P ie................................... 37
Wedding  Cake, b lk ..................37
i  “ Tobacco” .................................. 37
I  D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
H iaw atha..................... 
Sweet  Cuba.................  
$ 2, per  hundred.................   2  50
$ 5,  “ 
3  00
$10,  “ 
4  00
$20,  “ 
5  00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over................ 5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 g r..........................................  7
50 g r..........................................  9

62
37
TR A D ESM A N   C R E D IT   COU PO N S.

 
10 
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V IN E G A R .

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Y EA ST.

P A P E R .

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

Fermentum,  Compressed.  .
Cocoa Shells,  bulk..............  734
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails.................   4
Sage........................................  15
P A P E R  & W O O D EN  W A R E
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
S traw .........................................160
“  Light  W eight................200
S u g a r.........................................180
H ardw are................................. 234
B akers.......................................234
Dry  Goods..............................5
Ju te  M anilla...........................8
Red  Express 
No. 2 .................4
48 Cotton..................................22
Cotton, No. 2...........................20
“  3...........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.......... 40
No. 5 H em p ............................ 16
No.  8 B ..................................... 17
W ool........................................  754
Tubs, No. 1............................  7  25
“  No. 2............................  6  25
“  No. 3..............................5  25
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
60

Pails, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes___ 

W O O D E N W A R E ..

No. 1.  5

T W IN E S .

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Baskets, m arket............ 

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assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
40
1  50
“  with covers  1 90
willow cl’ths, No.l 5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
“  No.l 3 50
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
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GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
New.  Old.
78
78

W h ite............................  78 
Red...............................  
78 

splint 

W H E A T .

F L O U R .

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4  20
4  40
5  20 
5  40
1  00 
1  10
10  50
11  00 
11  00 
12  00 
14  00 
14  09

Straight, in  sacks.......
“  barrels__
Patent 
“  sacks.........
“  barrels__
Bolted............................
Granulated.....................
M IL L S T U F F S .
Bran.................................
Ships................................
Screenings................... .
M iddlings.......................
Mixed  F eed...................
Coarse m eal...................
Small  lots......................
Car 
“  ......................
Small  lots......................
Car 
......................
@40
No. 1...............................
1  10 
NO. 1.................................
I NO. 2.................................
1  05
I T.T
11  00 
No. 1.......
9 00
No. 2.......
H ID E S ,  PE L T S  a n d   FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

B A R L E Y .

c o r n .

o a t s .

HA Y .

R Y E .

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lows:
G reen ............................  4  @  434
Part  Cured...................   @434
...................   @ 5
Full 
“ 
D ry.................................   5  @ 6
Dry  Kips 
......   5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green......   3  @  4
cured......   434@  5
Deacon skins............... 10  @20

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F U R S .

Shearlings......................10  @25
Estimated wool, per Tb 20  @28
Mink, d ark .........  40@1  25
pale.............   25@ 
80
Raccoon..............  80@1  00
Skunk.....................  80@1 
20
M uskrat..................  15@ 
20
Fox, red......................... 1  25@1  75
“  cross......................2 00@5  00
“  grey................  40@ 
70
B adger................  75@1  00
Cat,  w ild ................  50@ 
75
F ish er.............................4  00@6  00
L ynx...............................3 00@5 00
M artin,  d a rk ................ 1  25@3  00
pale  & yellow  60@  75
Otter,  d ark ................. 6  00@10  00
Wolf................................2 00@3  OO
B ear............................ 15  00@25  00
B eaver...........................2 oO@7  oO
Oppossum...............  15@ 
30
Deerskins, per lb.  15@  35
only.
W ashed............................... 25@30
Unw ashed..........................  12@22
M ISC E L L A N E O U S.
T allow ...................   334® 
Grease  b u tte r.............3  @ 5
Sw itches................  134© 
G inseng......................... 2  00@2  75

Above  prices  for No. 1 skins

W OOL.

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believes them t6 act  in  conformity  with 
their external form.
The Chinese pharmacists are a very in­
fluential caste, to whom  great  respect is 
shown  by  the  people.  Their  dress  is 
similar to that  of  the  well-to-do trades­
man,  including a large  robe and a large 
conical straw  hat, w’hich  in  summer  is 
covered with horse  hair,  and  in  winter 
with  velvet.  As  they  are  well  aware 
1 that their exterior  should be in harmony 
| with the  supposed  wisdom  that  dwells 
i within  them,  they affect a stoical exclu- 
j  siveness, make use of  sententious  utter- 
; ances and do not disdain to have recourse 
! to all sorts of  artistic legerdemain to im- 
! press the laity with their intellectual su- 
| periority.

The D rug  M arket.

Gum camphor has again advanced,  and 
is  higher.
is  very  firm.  Gum  opium 
! Morphia 
is  unchanged.  Quinine  is 
steady.  Balsam copabia is tending high­
er.  Chloroform has advanced.

success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 

T H E   B A O S T  R E L I A B L E   F O O D  
For In fa n ts an d   Invalid s. 
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  b? 
j druggists.  In  cans, 85c. and upward. 
Woolbich  &  Co. on every label.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Houseman  Block,

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Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
will save you their cost at least 
three times each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
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Drugs 

Meds .

Stale  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

One T ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two T ears—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Three Y ears—8tanley E. P ark lll, Owosso.
F o u r  Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es Vernor, D etroit. 
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, D etroit.
T reasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
R e rt  Meeting—At L ansing Novem ber 5 and 6.

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

P r e s i d e n t —F r a n k  I n g U s ,  D e te o lt.
F i r s t  V ic e - P r e s id e n t—F . M.  A ls d o rf, L a n s in g
Sec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs.
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, D etroit. 
Executive Com mittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ¿bb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 
— —

of Septem ber,  1890._______ ______________

v   _

“How is the trade disposed to view the 

law ?”
“Those who have taken  the  trouble to 
comply with  its  provisions  are dissatis­
fied, because they feel it to be a manifest 
injustice to compel  one  class  of  men to 
register  and  permit  another  class to go 
unregistered.  Those who are  practicing 
pharmacy without  the  requisite  author­
ity are uneasy,  because  they  realize that 
they  are  liable  to  prosecution  as  any 
time.  Either  the  law  ought  to  be  en­
forced  or  be  repealed. 
In  its  present 
condition  it  is  an  incubus on the trade 
and a disgrace to the State.”

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty - 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard,  Secretary, F ran k  H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’'Association. 

P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

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

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

THE  PHARMACY  LAW .

Xs  it  Properly  E nforced?—The  P attison 

Case.

The article in T h e  T r a d esm a n of last 
week, calling attention to  a  violation  of 
the pharmacy law,  at  Millbrook, appears 
to  have  caused  considerable  comment 
among the trade,  if the subjoined commu­
nications  are  any  criterion.  Secretary 
Yernor’s rejoiner was as follows:

Det r o it,  Dec. 5,  1889.

E. A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids:
De a b   Sir—Yours,  enclosing  printed 
clipping  in relation  to  violation  of  the 
law  by  Dr.  Pattison,  of  Millbrook,  at 
hand.  The same will receive  immediate 
attention.  While  I  regret  the publicity 
you have seen fit to give the matter, there­
by making it much harder to  procure the 
necessary evidence upon which to secure a 
conviction,  I thank you  for the informa­
tion on behalf of the Board.

Respectfully,

J a m es V ern o r,  Sec’y.

O P IN IO N   OF  A T T O R N E Y   K IN N A N E .

J.  H.  Kinnane,  of  Kalamazoo,  who  is 
the  legal  counselor  and  prosecutor  of 
the Board,  was in the  city  last  Wednes­
day, and was  seen by a  reporter of  T h e 
T r a d e sm a n.

“Yes, 1 have seen  the  Pattison  article 
in T h e  T r a d esm a n,”  said  Mr. Kinnane 
“and  the  statements  therein  contained 
are  correct, so  far  as  my knowledge  of 
the  case  goes.  1  went  to  Millbrook  a 
few months ago to secure evidence against 
the old gentleman, but he  evidently  had 
been  apprised  of  my coming,  as  he  de 
dined to sell me any articles which would 
place him under  the ban  of  the  law. 
thought  then—and  do  yet—that  he 
running an  illegal liquor  business under 
the guise of  a  drug  store,  but  he  has 
no authority to do either.”

“How  successful  have  you  been 

prosecuting  cases  of  this  kind?”  asked 
the reporter.

“Remarkably so, considering  the  diffi­
culties I  have had to contend  with.  W 
have  had about  forty  prosecutions,  and 
in only three cases have we failed to con 
vict.  When  you  consider  the  obstacle 
we  have  to  overcome  in  cases  of  thi 
kind—the difficulty of  securing  evidence 
necessary to  convict,  and the apathy  of 
the  prosecuting  attorneys—apathy  fre­
quently approaching opposition—I  think 
I  am  warranted  in declaring our record 
of  convictions a remarkable one.”

“What will be your policy in regard to 
future  prosecutions?  Do  you  propose 
to investigate every  violation brought  to 
your attention?”

• ‘I am glad  you ask  that  question, for 
it enables  me  to  establish  my status in 
this  matter. 
I  am  a  creature  of  the 
Board, acting  only  on  orders  from  the 
Board, and have no discretionary powers 
1  do  as I am  directed 
in  the premises. 
and  aim  to  do  it  well. 
I  institute  no 
suits until  so  directed by the Board,  and 
then  only after a personal  investigation 
for  the  purpose  of  securing  evidence 
necessary to convict.”

“You do  not  know, then, whether  the 
policy  of  the  Board  will  be  more  ag­
gressive in the future than in the past ?” 
“That  is a question  I am  not  author­
ized to answer,  as it concerns  the Board, 
for which I do not wish to speak.”

in t e r v ie w   w it h   a  t r a v e l e r ,

“I see you take the Board of Pharmacy 
to task  for  failing to enforce  the law in 
regard  to  registration,” said  a  Chicago 
drug  salesman,  who  made T h e  T r a d e s­
man  a call one day last week.

the  Board  appeared  to  have 
overlooked a violation of  the  law  in the 
Millbrook case,”  replied  the  office  man 
of  T h e  T r a d esm a n.

“Yes, 

“In  one  case!”  exclaimed  the  sales-j 
man,  “why, I  can  cite a hundred  cases 
where  the  law  is  not  enforced. 
I saw; 
your article on the Pattison case Tuesday 
evening,  and since that time—four days—I 
I have run  across  twenty-four clear  vio­
lations  of  the  law—either  cases  where' 
the  proprietor  is not  himself  registered 
and has only an  assistant  pharmacist in 
the  store, or where  the  store  is  left  in 
charge of  a person  who  never  attended 
an examination of  the Board and  has  no 
intention of  doing so, until compelled to. 
I was talking with a couple of drug sales­
men down at Kalamazoo,  a few days ago, 
and  we  agreed  that  from  one-third  to 
one-half  of  the  men  who  are  selling 
drugs  within  the  line drawn by the law 
are  not  entitled  to  do  so—that a strict 
enforcement  of  the  statute  would  add 
fully 2,000 names to the list of registered 
and assistant pharmacists.”

O P IN IO N   O F  A   R E P R E S E N T A T IV E  

DK ÏJG -

G IST.

Big  Ra p id s,  Dec.  9,  1889.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
De a r   Sir—Your article in  relation  to 
the  violation  of  the  pharmacy  law  at 
Millbrook—a violation of  long standing, 
to my  personal  knowledge—meets  with 
the general approval of the drug trade of 
this city,  and is  favorably considered by 
several  druggists  from  other  towns  in 
this  vicinity,  whom I have  met  during 
the week.
I have never wavered in the belief that 
the law’ is a good one,  but  the  way  it is 
enforced leads me to think that it is more 
of an injury to  the  trade  than a benefit, 
as those who live  up  to  the law are at a 
disadvantage,  as  compared  with  those 
who do not  observe its provisions. 
I am 
a registered pharmacist  myself and keep 
a registered  pharmacist  in  my  employ. 
One or the other  of  us  is  always in the 
store during business hours.  One of  my 
competitors  is  regularly  registered,  but 
employs  a  registered assistant,  and  the 
latter puts up more prescriptions—in the 
employer’s absence—than  the  employer 
does during the rest  of  the  day.  You 
can readily see that I am at  a  disadvan­
tage,  as  compared  with  my competitor, 
as he  is  getting  the  same  work for $40 
per  month  that  costs  me  $75. 
I have 
made  several complaints to the Board  of 
Pharmacy,  but have  never had the satis­
faction even of receiving an acknowledg­
ment of my letters.
While I dislike to see  you  agitate  the 
matter, in  the  way  your  initial  article 
indicates  you  propose  to  do,  I  cannot 
help feeling that it  will result in good to 
all concerned—to the Board, by securing 
a more rigid enforcement of the law, and 
to the trade  at  large,  by  stimulating  a 
more  wholesome  respect  for  its  provi­
sions.  Therefore, I say, go oh exposing 
those who  daily  violate  the  law, and if 
the Board continues to turn a deaf ear to 
complaints from those who live up to the 
letter of the statute and  are subjected to 
loss from the competition  of  those  who 
do  not—why,  we’ll  band  together  and 
secure the repeal of the law.

Yours truly,

R e g ist e r e d  P h a r m a c ist.

ECHO  FR O M   OLD  L E N A W E E .

A d r ia n ,  Dec. 7,  1889.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
De a r   Sir —Glad to see you stir up the 
Board of Pharmacy for neglect  of  duty. 
When the Board’s lawyer has made mince 
meat of the Pattisons,  ask  him to take a 
run through Lenawee county and we will 
point out a dozen  violations  of  the  law 
within as many miles of  the county seat. 

Respectfully, 

*  *  *  *

Chinese  Apothecaries.

receives 

the  entrance 

Dr.  Yvans gives an interesting descrip­
tion  of  the apothecaries in China.  The 
rooms  of  his house, he says, include the 
shop  in  the  basement  fronting  on  the 
street,  a storeroom in the rear,  a  gallery 
reached  by  a  winding  stairway,  and a 
terrace in the open air.  The  rear  store­
room  also  serves  as a laboratory.  The 
shop,  as  well  as  the  gallery connected 
with it, is overstocked  with all kinds  of 
medicinal  substances.  Roots and herbs 
are dried on  the  terrace  in  broad  sun­
light.  The door to the  shop is high and 
wide,  so  that fresh air  can easily enter.
sides of 
The  counters  extend on both  s 
angles
the room  and are  united at right 
at the  rear  end.  This  arrangement  at 
the same time removes the manipulations 
of  the  assistants from  the  gaze  of  the 
public,  chairs  being  placed in the open 
space of  the shop for the convenience of j 
the latter.  The  walls  are  ornamented j 
with  signs  and  maxims  bearing on the 
art  of  healing.  The  wall  immediately 
opposite 
the 
owner’s  particular  attention in the  line 
of  ornamentation.  Here  porcelain  jars 
are arranged in an orderly manner, inter­
spersed  with carefully labeled  drawers, 
and  the  whole  is  crowned by an octag­
onal urn  of  zinc  or  some  other  bright 
metal,  whilst  above  all  an  ornamental 
sign proclaims the name of the proprietor.
In one corner  of  the  drug  store is an 
altar,  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  his 
ancestors.  Upon  this  altar  are  placed 
the favorite dishes  of  the deceased, and 
perfumed candles are here kept burning. 
The  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  is 
usually found  sitting at  the entrance of 
his shop,  from  where  he  supervises his 
business.  All  prescriptions are brought 
to  him;  he  examines  them,  and  then 
turns  them  over to his  assistants.  All 
consultations take place  here  also,  and 
the prices are agreed upon.  A few large 
granite and marble mortars,  a few sieves 
and  several fireproof  crucibles represent 
about all the armamentarium of a Chinese 
laboratory. 
It  is  true,  a few  chemical 
substances  are  prepared  by  the  native 
pharmacists, but without any knowledge 
of the principles involved.
The  apothecary  manifests  the  most 
scrupulous care in gathering and prepar­
ing plants and other products of  nature; 
different  properties  are  ascribed  to the 
buds,  flowers,  roots  and  leaves  of  the 
same plant.  These parts of  a medicinal 
plant  are  to  be  gathered  at  different 
stages  of  their  development,  and  so it 
follows  that  they  are  busy  the  year 
around  gathering  them.  How  careful 
they  are  in  preparing  and  preserving 
drugs is shown by the  extraordinary fine 
preservation  of 
the  colors  in  dried 
flowers, buds and  leaves.  Another  ex­
planation  of  the  great care exercised in 
this  direction  may be  discovered in the 
fact  that  the  Chinese  ascribe  different 
powers  to  medicines  according  to  the 
manner in  which they are applied.  The 
physician, for  example,  prescribes pow­
der. pills  and solutions,  not on the prin­
ciple  of  their divisibility  or  solubility, 
but rather for  the  reason  that he firmly

Wholesale P rice  C u rrent.

Advanced—Gum Camphor, Gum Opium, Chloroform.

C arb................................  12®
Chlorate,  (po. 20).........  18®  20
C yanide........................   50®  55
Iodide............................2  80®2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  p ure..  32®  34 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®   15
Potass  Nitras, o p t....... 
8©  10
Potass N itras................ 
9
7® 
P russiate.......................  25®  28
Sulphate  po..................  15®  18

15 i  A ntipyrin.....................1  35® 1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
A rsenicum ...................  
Balm Gilead  B ad .......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  10@2  20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (34s
11;  Hs,  12)............  @
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ...............................   @1
Capsici  Fructus, a f... 
©

5®

A C ID U M .

A ceticum ........................ 
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
...’.................. 
30
Carbolicum  . , ..............   40®  45
C itricum .......................  50®  5o
H ydrochlor....................  
3®  ®
Nitrocum  .......................  10® i f
O xalicum .......................  13®  14
Phosphorium dii....... 
"
Salicylicum ....................... 1  40@1 80
Sulphuricum............ 
»
Tannicum ..................... 1  40@1  «0
Tartaricum ..........................  

a m m o n i a .

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................... 
3®  5
4®  6
18  deg................... 
Carbonas  .......................   }l®  J"
C hloridum .....................   1*®  14

a n i l i n e .
. . . . . . . . . . . 2  00@2  25
Rlftck 
Brow à” ...........................  80@1 00
..........................   45® 50
Yellow......................  50@3 00

b a c c a b .

Cubeae (po. 1  60................1  85®2 00
Ju n ip eru s.......................  J ®  ™
X antnoxylum ................  25® 30

BA LSA M  UM .

“ » i »
p e r ^ ba 
Terabin, C a n a d a .......  45®  50
T o lu tan ......................... 
50

C O R T E X .

Abies,  C anadian...................  18
Cassiae  ................................... 
i i
Cinchona P ia v a ....................  J®
Euonym us  atropurp............   go
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............
Prunus V irgini.......................  *5
Quillaia,  g rd ..........................
Sassafras  ............ ..................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

e x t r a c t u m .
Gly cyrrhiza  G labra...
p o ... .. .. .
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is ...............
34*............ -

“ 
“ 
“ 

24®
11©
33®
13®
14®
16®

F E R R U M .

Carbonate Precip........  @ 
lj>
Citrate and Q uim a....  @3
Citrate  S o lu b le........  @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol—  
<©  "
Solut  C hloride............  &   “
Sulphate,  com’l ...........D4® 
*
pure..............  @  7

•« 

Arnica  . • - 
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

14®  16 
30®  35 
30®  35

F O L IA .

Barosma 
.................. 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
mveny 
(1  Alx  ^  
nivellv .*.••••  ...........  25@
Salvia  officinalis,  34* 

16®  ^
50

and  V4s.......................  * S t

6UMMI.

f  

“ 
“ 
“ 
tt 

“ 
“  ■••• 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @1  00
••••  ®   90
2d 
3d 
§2
sifted sorts...  @  50
po ..• • • •  •••••  75@1  00
Aloe.  Barb,  (po. 60).. -  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®   72
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, is, (34s, 14 34s,
161 
@  1
........................... 
A m m oniae.....................  25® 30
Assafcetida,  (po. 30)...  @ 
15
Benzoinum.....................  
j0® 00
Camphor®......................  45® 47
Euphorbium  po  ...........  3°® JO
|  Galbanum . 
................
I Gamboge,  po........ —
Guaiacum,  (po. 50) —   @ 
Kino,  (po.  25).............. 
I ®
©  40
Myrrh,  (po  45)............ 
Opii,  (pc. 5  10)............3 5o@3 60
Shellac  .. 
 
 
bleached.........  28®  30
T rag acan th ...................   30® 7o

“ 
h e r b  a —In ounce packages.

45

 

A bsinthium ............................  25
E upatorium ............................
Lobelia.....................................  ~
M ajorum .................................
Mentha  Piperita...................
Rue.
Tanacetum, V ........................   *2
Thymus,  V ..............................

V ir.

m a g n e s i a .

Calcined, P a t...............   55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t ...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate,  Jenning5..  35®  36

O LEU M .

00@5 50

90@2 00
80@3 00

A bsinthium ...................5 
Amygdalae, D ulc.........  45@  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 7  25@7  50
A n isi............................... 1 
Auranti  Cortex..........   @2  50
Bergamil  ..................... 2 
C ajiputi........................   90@1  00
C aryophylli.................   @1  50
Cedar  ............................  35®  65
C henopodii.....................  @1 75
C innam onii...................1 
35@1 40
C itronella............... —   @
Coni urn  M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba..........................   90@1 00
Cubebae...................16 00@16  50
Exechthitos..................  90@1  00
E rig ero n ....................1   20@1  30
G aultheria.........................2 20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. g al.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ..................... 2 00@2  10
Juniperi.........................  50@2 00
L avendula...................  90@2  00
L im onis.............................. 1  50@1 80
Mentha Piper..................... 2  10@2 25
Mentha  V erid....................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce..............  ©   50
O live.........................................1 00@2
Picis Liquida,  (gal.,35)  10®  12
R icin i..................................1  24@1 36
Rosmarin!.......,... 
75®1 00
Rosae,  ounce................  @6  00
Succini............................  40@ 45
S ab in a ............................  90@1 00
Santal  .......................... 3 50@7  00
Sassafras......................   55®  60
Sinapis, ess, ounce —   @  65
T iglii.............................   @1  50
T hym e..........................   40®
opt  .................   @
Theobromas.................   15®  20
B iC arb..........................  15®
B ichrom ate.................  13®
Bromide....................... 
37®

PO TA SSIU M .

“ 

R A D IX .

A conitum .....................  20®  25
A lthae............................  25®  30
«
A n ch u sa.......................  15®  20
Arum,  po.......................  @  25
Calamus.........................  20@  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).......................  ©   45
Hellebore,  Ala,  po —   15@  20
Inula,  po.......................  15@  20
Ipecac,  p o .....................2 00@2  20
Iris  plox  (po. 20®22)..  18©  20
Jalapa,  p r.....................  25®  30
Maranta,  34s................  @  35
Podophyllum, po.........  15®  18
“  c u t........................  
©J  75
“  p v ..........................   75@1  35
S pigelia.........................  48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria...................   40©  45
S enega..........................  60®  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po.......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®   25
Germ an...  15®  20
Zingiber a.'...................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .....................  22®  25

“ 

« 

“ 

Anisum,  (po.  20).........  ©
i*
Apium  (graveleons)..  10@ 
Bird, I s . '.................. 
4® 
6
Carui, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardam on.....................1  00@1  2o
Corlandrum ..................  10@  12
Cannabis Sativa...........334© 
4
Cydonium.....................  75@1  OO
Chenopodium  ............   10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 1  75©1  85
Foeniculnm ..................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po ........... 
8
L in i............................... 4  ®  434
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) . ..   434@  434
Lobelia..........................   35©  40
Pharlaris C anarian—   334@  434
6®  7
R a p a .............................. 
Sinapis,  A lbu.............. 
9
8® 
N igra............  11®  12

6@ 

“ 

D. F. R. 

S P IR IT U S .
Frumenti, W., D.  Co

.2 00@2  50 
.1  75@2  00 
.1  10@1  50 
.1  75©1  75 
Juniperis  Co. O. T ...
.1  75@3  50
Saacharum  N.  E .......... 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli..............1  75@6 50
Vini O porto...................1  25@2 00
Vini  A lba......................1  25@2 00

g>@ 35

SPO N G ES.

wool
Florida  sheeps’
.......2 25@2  50
carriage.........
wool
Nassau  sheeps’
carriage  ...................
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage...........
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage.....................
Grass sheeps' wool car­
riage  ..........................
Hard for  slate  use —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................
Accacia..........................   50
Zingiber  .........................  50
Ipecac.............................   60
Ferri Iod.............. 
50
Auranti Cortes.................   50
Rhei Arom......................   50
Similax Officinalis............  60
“  Co.......  50
Senega :.........................
Scillae.............................   50
Co.........................  50
Tolutan..........................   501
Prunns virg.....................   50

SYRUPS.

“ 

 

TINCTURES.

“ 

Aconitum Napellis R........  60
F........  50
Aloes..............................   60
and myrrh..............   60
Arnica............................  50
Asafoetida........................  50
Atrope Belladonna............  60
Benzoin...........................  60
Co.......................  50
Sanguinaria.....................   50
Barosma.........................   50
Cantharides.....................   75
Capsicum..................... ‘ ■  50
Cardamon........................  75
Co.....................   75
Castor..............................1 00
Catechu...........................  50
Cinchona  ........................  50
Co................-  -  60
Columba.........................  50
Conium..........................   50
Cnbeba............................  50
Digitalis.........................  50
Erget..............................   50
Gentian..........................   50
Co........................  60
Guaica............................  50
amnon.................  60
Zingiber.........................  50
Hyoscyamus....................  50
Iodine.............................   75
Colorless................  75
Ferri Chloridum..............   35
Kino..............................   50
Lobelia............................  50
Myrrh.............................  50
Nux Vomica....................  50
Opii................................  85
“  Camphorated__... —  50
“  Deodor.....................2 00
Auranti Cortex.................  50
Quassia..........................   50
Rhatany  ..........................  50
Rhei................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol................  50
“  Co............  50
Serpentaria.....................   50
Stramonium.....................  60
Tolutan................. 
60
Valerian.........................  50
VeratrumVeride..............   50

“ 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.
r‘ 
ground,  (po.

Æther, Spts Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
‘ 
Alumen..................  234® 334
“ 
7).........................  3®  4
Annatto..................   55®  60
Antimoni, po............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60

“ 

(po.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

4® 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

cent  ..........................  @  1

Caryophyllus,  (po.' 28)  23®  25
Carmine,  No. 40...........  @3  75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50®  55
Cera  F lav a...................  28®  30
C occus..........................  @  40
Cassia  F ructus............  @  15
Centraria......................  @  10
C etaceum .....................  @  35
C hloroform .................   40®  42
squibbs  ..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst.........1  50@1  75
C hondrus.....................  20®  f
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  :
German 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
C reasotum ...................   @
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............ 
©
.  “ 
5®
prep..................... 
precip..............«.. 
8®
“ 
“  R ubra.................   @
C rocus..........................   35®
Cudbear.........................  @
Cupri Sulph.................. 
8®
D ex trin e.......................  10®
E ther Sulph..................  68®
Emery,  all  num bers..  @
po.....................  @
Ergota.  (po.)  45..........   40®
Flake  W hite................  12®
G alla..............................  @
Gambier........................  
8®
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  @
F rench............  40®
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brow n................ 
9®
“  W hite..................  13®
G lycerina.....................  22@
Grana Paradis!............  @
H um ulus.......................  25®
Hydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @
“  Cor*....  @
Ox Rubrum  @1
Ammoniati. 
@1 
Unguentum .  45©
H ydrargyrum ..............  @
Ichthyobolla,  Am.......1  25@1
Indigo............................  75@1
Iodine,  Resubl............3  75@3
Io d o fo rm ...;................  @4
L u p u lin .........................  85@l
Lycopodium ................  55®
M acis............................  80®
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod...................   @
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2@  3
134).............................. 
Mannia,  S. F ................  45®  50
Morphia,  S.  P.  & W. ..2  65©2 90 
C. C o ......................... 2  @5@2  90
Moschus  Canton.........  @ 4 0
Myristica,  No. 1...........  60®  70
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia.......................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac,  H.  & P. D.
Co ................. 
@2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., 34 gal
doz  ............................  @2  00
Picis Liq., q u a rts .......  @1  00
p in ts...........  @  70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1 8
Piper Alba,  (po g5)____   @ 35
Pix  B urgun.....................   @  7
Plumbi A c e t..................  14®  15
j  40  Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  p v ............   35®  40
8® 10
Q uassiae.........................  
Quinia, S. P. & W .......  42®  47
S.  German__   33®  45
Rubia  Tinctorum .......  12®  14
Saccbarum Lactis pv..  @ 3 5
Salacin........................ 2  25@3  35
Sanguis  Draconis.......  40®  50
Santonine  ...................  @4  50
Sapo,  W .........................  12©
“  M.........................  8®
“  G .........................   @
Seidlitz  M ixture.........  @
Sinapis...........................  @
“  opt..................... 
®  20
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o e s..........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
il@   12
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .  
30®  33
Soda  et Potass T a rt... 
Soda Carb.....................  
2®  234
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............. 
4@ 
5
Soda,  A sh..................... 
3@  4
Soda, Sulphas....................  @  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 00
“  Myrcia Im p.........  @2  50
“  Vim  Rect.  bbl.
2  05)...............................   @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur,  Subl..............2%@  334
T am arinds...................  8®   10
Terebenth Venice.......  28©  30
Theobrom ae................  50®  55
V anilla........................ 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph.................  
7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, w inter............  70 
70
Lard,  ex tra.................   55 
60
50
Lard, No.  1.................   45 
61
Linseed, pure raw  ...  58 
Lindseed,  boiled  __   61 
64
Neat’8  Foot,  winter
stra in e d ...................  50 
69
Spirits Turpentine__   5034  56
bbl. 
lb.
Red  V enetian................154  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 154  2@4
B er.........134  2@3
“ 
Putty,  commercial— 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure....... 234  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican .............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
Lead,  red ..............
......
w h ite ......... 
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
@90
W hiting,  Gilders’......... 
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.............................  
1  46
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P a in ts..........................1  00@1 20

R oll................2y,® 3

paints. 

O ILS.

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V A R N ISH E S.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........ 1  10@1 20
E xtra T urp.................... 1  60@1 70
Coach  Body.................. 2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  F u rn .......... 1  00@1 10
Eutra Turk D am ar— 1  55@1 60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
.....................  70®  75

Turn  . 

AND

Plumbing,

Steam and  Hot Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lie s.
184  East  Pillion  81., Head  of Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.
21  Scrilmer  Street,
Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MICH.
P O U I S H I N A

(T R A D E   M A R K   R E G IS T E R E D .)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

D n lio liin a   will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
FBlloIHQd  will add a lustre which for  beauty 
and durability cannot be excelled:
Clnli o b i n o   is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  full 
r U llo llllla   directions accompany  each  bottle
D a lio h in o   18  Put  UP  in  LARGE  BOTTLES, 
r  DilO III lid  and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
D n lio k in o   I* the Best F urniture Finish in the 
r B llo I lllld   market.  Try it, andm ake your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
rOlloflllla  ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard 
ware Stores.

D nli o h in o   is for 8ale  by a11 Druggists, i^ rn i 

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

F O B   S A L E   W H O L E S A L E

HSZELTINE  i   PE R K IP  DRUB  CO.j

G R A N D   B A P I D S ,  M I C H .

SUSPENDED I

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W arranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold It 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
y,v Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after  frees 
ing.  See quotation.  MARTE LL BtACKlNf 
CO., Sole Manufacturer»,  Chicago, ill.

ABSOLUTELY

* A K - L H F

SOAP,
PURE.áTHE BEST EOF 

THE

,  LAUNDRY,
THE BATH
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD
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For  Sale  by  all  Grocers.

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A S K   FOR  IT.

THE ELOPEMENT.
,’gant  reproduction  of  the famous  Water  Coloi 
7  Kaemmerer,  issued  by  us  at  a  cost  of oven 
,000  dollars,  A copy sent free to any address or 
o.npt of 25 wrappers from the

¡IaMeaf Soap
FOURTH RATIONAL BAKK

GOWANS & STOVER. Buffalo, N.  Y.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

G e o .  C. P i e r c e ,  Vice President.

CAPITAL,

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

Transacts a general banking business.

take a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

• f  Country Merchants Solicited.

.OGOVJWXHGi ^VOVASVAHG.

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The Best Scouring: and Cleaning: Seap in the World
Costs as m uch to m anufacture as Sapolio'  yet  sells  at 
about half the price  (#2.75 per box of 72 cakes).  Can be 
retailed for as  much  w ith  equal  or better value to the 
consumer,  although  it  is  generally  sold  at  5  cents  a 
cake  Cut this out, and ask your  Jobber  to  send yon a 
box of Pride of the Kitchen.  It is worth trying.

O  R  ID.E  IR.

Novelties  in  Perfiimery,

Comprising many  Now Shapes  in  Bottles, Brass Stands, China Stands,

Glass  Stands, Wicky  Stands, from

Jennings  &  Smith,

Grand Rapids,  Mich,

AT.T.  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.

H A Z E L T IN B

&  P E R K IN S  

D R U G CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S -

Chem icals  and  D ruggists’  Sundries,

Dealers  in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  for the  Celebrated  Pioneer Prepared  Painte.

W e  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and oflfer a full line of

W b i s k i e s ,  B r a n d i e s ,

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

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky ¿and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

, 

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Jtoltine i Perkins  Drug  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Ionia P a n ts  & O v erall Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jackets,  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,  MICH

Tin Tous for the Holidau

H .  L E O N A R D   &  S O N S .,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  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.
1  Doz. 37 Assorted Tin  Animals — ...  42—  42
...  42—  42
1 Trotting Horses.................
1 
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1 
“
38 Animals on W heels............. ...  75—  75
“
1 
\z  ** 219
Steamboats............................ ...2.00—  67
“ 134 Horses and  Carts................ ...  70—  70
1 
City  Cars......... ...  80—  80
. 
V  “ 242
W agons............ ...1.25—  63
h   :: 137
...  35—  35
Tin F lutes...........................
1 
...4 .0 0 -  67
1-6  “ 924B Picture Wagons..................
...9.00—  75
1-12 * 508-1 Trains of Cars Complete..
...5.50—  46
1-12 • 400-5
1-6  “ 400-4
3 Kitchen  Sets........................ ...4.50—  75
1-6  “
...3.75—1.25
4
...1.75—  30
25
L6  “
8
75—  37
4» 
41 
1 /  it
...  42—  21
9
Stoves and  F u rn itu re__ ...  75—  75
1 
“ 170
Crown  Banks....................... ...  45—  45
1 
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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
5—  60
50—1.10
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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THE  WflLSH-DE  ROO  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Daily (Capacity, 

400 Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
DAISY.
PURITY,
1DLEWTLD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING STAR, 
DAILY BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Graham,Wheatena, 

Wheat Grits,

Buckwheat Flour, 
Rye Flour, 
Bolted Meal, 
Rye Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 
Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 
Rolled Oats.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

Road.

B o g g i n g

m e a s u r e 8

D e liv e r y

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SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.
CORLISSIL^lane&bodley co.
W U I I L I W U i h   AUTOM ATIC  C U T  O FF
FN6IHFS

t u  N R IV A L L E D  for S T R E N G T H
t 
“C L O S E   R E G U L A T I O N .

D U R A B IL IT Y   a n d  

rhe Michigan Tradesman

NUISANCES  IN  Law .

Brief  Inquiry  into  th e  L egal  M eaning 

o f th e  W ord  N uisance.

The law relative to  the  abatement  of 
nuisances rests on one of the most funda­
mental  principles  of  government—that 
every man shall so use his  own as not to 
injure another in  the  enjoyment  of  his 
rights.  We  call  government  a  “social 
In the savage  state,  society 
compact.” 
is  a  jungle  for  wild  beasts,  in  which 
every  rattlesnake  has  an 
inalienable 
right to  bite,  when  life  is  a  battle—a 
struggle  for  existence.  Society  is  or­
ganized  to  do  away w ith  this  struggle 
and  to  guarantee  to  all  equal  rights. 
We form a  social  compact. 
I  give  up 
my liberty to murder  you  and  you give 
up  your  liberty  to  murder me.  Tour 
hobby  may  be  a  hog-pen.  another’s  a 
cess-pool,  mine  a  slaughter-house,  but 
we mutually give up our liberty to injure 
one  another  with  our  hog-pens,  cess­
pools  and  slaughter-houses. 
Strictly 
speaking, any use  of  property annoying 
to  another’s  rights  is a nuisance.  Two 
things  are  necessary — a  right  and  an 
injury.  No matter  how  much  your re­
fined taste may be  violated by the archi­
tectural  structure  of  your  neighbor’s 
house,  it is  not a nuisance,  because  no 
right is violated.  So  I  may not like the 
looks of  your pig-pen, but I can look the 
other way.  When,  however,  your  pig­
pen gives off  offensive  odors it is a nuis­
ance,  because  every man  has a right  to 
pure air.  There  must  be  not  simply a 
violation of  a  right to constitute a nuis­
ance,  but the violation of  the right must 
make  somebody  uncomfortable.  One 
cannot  urge  that he is especially dainty 
or fastidious,  but  any  use  of  property 
which renders  uncomfortable a plain or­
dinary  American  is  a  nuisance.  The 
nuisance need not be injurious to health; 
it is enough if  is annoying to the senses. 
Nuisances are  classified  as  public,  pri­
vate,  and  mixed—the  latter  being  a 
public nuisance  in  which  some  private 
person is entitled to special  damages for 
some special injury.  Nuisances  are also 
classified  as  (1)  nuisances  per  se— in 
themselves,  and  (2)  occupations  wfiich 
may become  nuisances  through  neglect 
or  improper  use.  Decaying  matter is a 
nuisance in itself; a slaughter-house may 
become  such  because  of 
its  improper 
location.  Most  nuisances may be classi­
fied as violations either  of  our  rights to 
pure air or  pure water.  Every  man has 
a right to air uncontaminated by noxious 
vapors,  odors,  and  noises.  Among the 
trades which under certain circumstances 
have been declared  to  be  nuisances  be­
cause  of  the  contamination  by  noxious 
vapors  may  be  mentioned  bone  millj, 
chemical  works, 
stables 
(where  horse’s  hoofs  are  burned),  dye 
houses—all  legitimate  occupations  but 
carried on so near dwellings as to interfere 
with rights to pure air.  The courts have 
held  that  a  blacksmith’s  shop  was  a 
nuisance  when  the  cinders  discolored 
well-water  and  entered  an  adjoining 
house;  glass  works are  nuisances  when 
the  smoke from  them  produces  an  un­
pleasant taste  in  the  mouth,  also  lead 
works  and  breweries  which  give  off 
noxious  vapors. 
If  a  neighbor is culti­
vating foreign  plants,  smoke  which de­
stroys  them  is a nuisance,  even  though 
this  smoke is not  injurious  to  ordinary 
vegetation.  Among  those  occupations 
which are  nuisances  because  of  the of­
fensive odors which they give off may be 
mentioned:  Tallow  factories,  soap fac­
tories,  tanneries,  boiling  carrion,  pig­
pens,  vaults,  cess-pools  and  slaughter­
houses,  A  slaughter-house  located  in 
the  suburbs  of  the  city may  not  be  a 
nuisance,  but  if  the city grows out to it 
it may become one.  Dust in the air  may 
become a nuisance,  also a hospital located 
in a  public  place.  Livery stables  may 
become  nuisances  because  of  offensive 
stenches,  the collection  of  flies,  or  the 
noise  of  horses’ feet.  Thus we see that 
our  rights  may  be  violated  by  noises. 
Dogs barking at night,  the shop of a tin­
smith  who  works  nights,  discharging 
guns,  singing at unreasonable  hours are 
nuisances. 
If  your neighbor  “blows on 
a  cracked  clarionet”  it  is  a  nuisance. 
Brass  bands  and  whirligigs  have  been 
declared to be nuisances.  You  see  how 
careful the courts are to guard the rights 
of  man to air  uncontaminated by vapors 
odors  and  noises.  Every  man  has  a 
right to pure water.  Polluting rivers used 
for  drinking  purposes  by  refuse  from 
mill, brewery, or sewer is a nuisance. 
It 
has been declared a nuisance  where  the 
contents of a vault percolate into a neigh­
bor’s well.

veterinary 

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
FLOBIDA  PHAMS,  LEMONS, IT S,  ETC.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

WHO  U R G E S   Y O U

T O   K E E P

T H E   I P T J B L jI O !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods it 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  Without effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANT JOBBER WILL BE GLAD. TO FILL YOOR ORDERS.

known brand of

Packers of the well

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
P  i B  OYSTERS
SelBGlod Herbs »4 SpiGes I
THOMSON  &  TAILOR  SPICE  COMPANY

P r e p a r e d   b y

THE

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

The  F inest  Ingredients  for  use  in 

Seasoning M eats,  P ou ltry, 

Game  and Fish.

SOLD  BY ALL  GROCERS.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAh

S .   K .  B o lle s   &  C o . ,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRANI»  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C igar  D e a le r s.

« T O S S   U P I ”

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

W M . SEARS & CO;

GraGker  ManiifaGtiirers,

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

P E R K I N S   &   H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  122  and  184  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.___________

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.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

No.  102—Silver  Plated  Ware.

NEW  HOUSE  AJXD  N EW  GOODS.

A .   23.  B R O O K S   &  C O . ,

WHOLESALE

Confectionery,  Nuts  and  Figs.
Our  Specialty—Candy made from sugar and good  to  eat.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„ 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

H E S T E R   Sc  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW  AXTD GRIST MILL K&CSHTEHY.
S en d   for 
C a ta lo g u e  

P n c e s . ATLASENGINEWORKS

an d  

IN D IA N A P O LIS.  IN D .,  U.  S .  A .
__________ M ANUFACTURERS  OP
STEAM  ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and  Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate  delivery. 

1

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

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

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

THE LÄSE &  BfiDLEY CS«

A .  H I  M B  S ,

•  Lehigh l/alleyGoalGo.’s COAL

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Shipper and Retail Dealer in

THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL  IN  CAR  LOTS  ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  READY  FOB

SHIPMENT.

Co,

WM.  R.  K E E LE R  <6  C O . ,

W h o lesa le 

418  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

TELEPHONE  98-3R.

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.

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

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

QUEEN  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR,

TRUE  BLUE, 
___________ 

SUPERIOR, 

PHŒNIX, 

AND  OTHERS, 

______________

MASCOTTE, 

CAMEO,|

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

ITT 
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W l L l l v O y   LOCK  BOX  173, 

quantities,  address,

Salesman for Western Michigan,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MOLASSES!

The  Proper  Length.

A  lawyer  is  presumed  to  be  always 
able  to  suggest  a  difficulty,  no  matter 
how self-evident the case jpay seewi;  but 
the  truly  great  lawyer  knows  how  to 
state a point so that  even a brother  law- 
«^ar cannot start an  objection,  Stephen • 
A. Douglas  and  Mi:i  LGVejoy  were  gos­
siping  together  when Abraham  Lincoln 
came  in.  The  two  men  immediately 
Turned  their  conversation  upon 
the 
proper length of  a man’s legs.
“Now,” said  Lovejoy,  “Abe’s legs are 
altogether too long, and yours, Douglas, I 
think,  are  a little  too  short.  Let’s  ask 
Abe what he thinks about it it.”
The conversation  had  been carried on 
with a view to Lincoln’s  overhearing  it, 
and they closed it by saying:

“Abe, what do  you think about it?” 
“Mr. Lincoln  had a far-away  look  as 
he  sat  with  one  leg twisted around the 
other, but he responded  to  the question, 
“Think of  what?”
“Well, we’re talking  about the proper 
length  of  a man’s  leg.  We  think  that 
yours  are  too  long  and  Douglas’  too 
short,  and  we’d  like to know what  you 
think is the proper  length.”
“Well,”  said  Mr.  Lincoln,  “that’s  a 
matter that I’ve never given any thought 
to, so, of  course, I may be  mistaken,  but 
my first  impression  is  that a man’s legs 
ought  to  be  long  enough to reach from 
his body to the ground.”

A   N ovel  Sign.

A sign  that is attracting  hundreds  of 
people to where  it  hangs,  on a carpenter 
shop, in Patterson, N. J., reads:  “Coffins 
made  and  repaired.  Extra  strong ones 
for country people.”  The  old  man who 
owns  this  establishment  has  his  own 
coffin on hand. 
It is  made of  pine wood 
and  is  covered  with  a  neat  pattern  of 
wall paper.

W h o le sa le  C lothiers

MANUFACTURERS OF

WATER

W e   h a v e   r e c e iv e d   la r g e   s h ip m e n ts   of 
m o la s s e s ,  d ir e c t  from   th e   p la n te r s   in   L o u is i­
a n a ,  w h ic h   w e   a r e  o ffer in g   to   th e   tr a d e   a t  o u r  
u s u a l  lo w   p rices.

P erfect-F ittin g  Tailor-M ade  Clothing

AT LOWEST PRICES.

h  common 

M AIL  ORDERS sent in care L.  W.  A TK IN S will receive  PROMPT  ATTENTION.

138-140 Jßfferson Rue., 34-36  WoodHridp 81., Detroit.
E.  6.  STUDLEY,
Wholesale  Dealer in
R u b b e r
Boots and Shoes

Idea.

Two Y ears
T e s t .

Manufactured by

CRNDEE RUBBER  00.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue [and 

Price List.

Telfer  Spice  C o m p an y ,

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.  COFFEES  AND   SPICES.

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

DIRECTIONS

We nav** cooked the corn in this can 
•uliicienCi. 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warned 'not cooked) adding  piece ot 
Good Butter ( size of hen’s egg) and gib 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of
Davenport  Canning (Jo,

«Davenport,  la.

R in d g e ,   B e r ts c h   & 

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

C o . ,

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T E L E P H O N E   4 6 4 .

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

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

18.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

