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FOOD  INSPECTION.

The  Necessity  of  a  State  Inspector— 

Where the  Dairymen  Stand.

No inconsiderable  portion of  the  time 
of  the recent convention of the Michigan 
Dairymen’s Association, held at Allegan, 
was devoted to a discussion of, the neces­
sity  of  securing  the  enactment  of  a 
measure providing  for  the  appointment 
and  maintenance  of  a  State  Food  In­
spector,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to en­
force  the  numerous  laws  now  on  the 
statute  books having for their  object the 
improvement of  the  food  supply of  the 
people.  The President and  Secretary of 
the Association  both  recommended such 
an enactment,  the  Committee  on  Legis­
lation  reported in favor of  the measure, 
and Hon E.  N.  Bates,  the  Moline cheese- 
maker,  came to the  rescue  with  the fol­
lowing  comprehensive paper on the sub­
ject :
One needs to  go  among  the  people in 
all  their different capacities,  in  order  to 
get an adequate idea  of  the condition of 
the public mind.  The producer needs to 
come in contact with  the consumer,  that 
the  wants  of  the  one  may  have  their 
modifying  effect  upon  the  products  of 
the  other.  When  the  contact  is  thus 
close,  there is less  difficulty  in  arriving 
at conclusions satisfactory to both parties 
than when there are several intermediate 
hands.
In the  case  of  one  class,  at least, of 
dairy  products,  the  intermediate  treat­
ment may he wholly  responsible  for  the 
unsatisfactory  condition  of  the  article 
when it reaches  the  hands  of  the  con­
sumer,  and as complaint  comes  wander­
ing back it  leaves  the  one who is not to 
blame in a doubtful state  of  mind  as to 
what he must do  to  avoid a repetition of 
offenses.  Needed  legislation!  “Well,” 
said a grocer with whom  I  was  recently 
talking,  “I think that we ought to have a 
law that would punish a farmer for mak­
ing a lot of bad butter and then  bringing 
it into town to sell,  and,  furthermore, we 
ought to have a law that would punish  a 
man  who  would  make a lot  of  A No.  1 
butter and then keep it until it is spoiled 
and then try to palm it off as good!”
Yes, that sounds  well,  but  would  not 
such a law necessarily have, as a basis,  a 
knowledge of  the exact amount required 
for consumption,  so that  production and 
consumption  could 
travel  on  exactly 
parallel lines?  Without  doubt, we  will 
probably  get  that about  the  same  time 
that we arrive at  certain  other idealistic 
positions of which  we sometimes dream. 
Our  present  law  is competition and not 
co-operation,  and that law has very strong 
provisions of just such a character as that 
of  which  our  friend, the  grocer,  spoke. 
The express  terms  of  that  law are that 
every  pound  of  butter  shall  be bought 
and  sold  upon 
its  comparative merits; 
that is to say,  if Mr. A.  produces a better 
article than Mr. B., he must receive more 
for it, and the law has provided an officer 
to see that  these  provisions are lived up 
to,  and  that  officer,  under  our  present 
competitive system,  is the dealer.
Let us stand by  and  notice  its  work­
ings.  Here comes a lady customer, bring­
ing a jar of butter.  Her  appliances  at 
home are not of the best and,  in fact, she 
is not very neat about  her work,  and the 
product shows it in several  ways.  The 
grocer puts his trier down through it and 
smells and tastes of  that brought out and 
thinks—oh,  but I dare not  tell  what  he 
thinks, for he is like the Dutchman’s boy 
who  was  punished  for  swearing— “he 
tinks vat he dare not  say.”  But a part 
of  what he does “tink” is in the form  of 
a soliloquy  and  runs  about  like  this: 
“Mrs.  A.  is  a  good  customer  of  mine, 
and,  although her butter is poor,  I  shall 
lose more if I lose  her  trade  than I will

on  what  little butter she makes;  and, if 
I tell her  her  butter  is  worth less than 
the market price,  she will  go  across  the 
street, and they will  buy  it  just  to  get 
her  trade.”  So he takes the butter and 
says,  “We  will  allow  you  14 cents, the 
highest market price.”  But here comes 
Mrs.  B.,  also with  a  jar. 
She does not 
make a specialty of butter-making and is 
not near any large town;  so she markets 
here what  extra  butter  she makes,  as it 
helps to  pay the grocery bill.  The grocer 
tries it,  as before,  and thinks,  “I’ll  take 
that home with me to-day,” or, “I’ll keep 
that for Mr. C.  He  told me to save him 
some nice butter.” 
So  he  says to Mrs. 
B.,  “We will allow you  14 cents for jour 
butter.”
Now,  Mr.  Officer,  we  have  an  indict­
ment against  you.  Under the  great and 
glorious law of  competition under which 
we  are  now  working,  you, as an officer, 
were  charged  with  the duty of  discern­
ing between the merits of articles brought 
to  you for  inspection and of  dealing out 
rewards  in  accordance  therewith.  You 
were  charged  with the duty of  not only 
dealing  out  rewards according  to merit, 
but  of  proclaiming  merit,  that  in  this 
way  producers  might  be  stimulated  to 
bring  forth  articles of  more  excellence. 
You have failed to  proclaim  merit,  and 
you  hqve  awarded  to  one  that  which 
belonged  to  another.  You  have appro­
priated meritorious  goods  and  declared 
market values  on  inferior  articles,  and 
your  punishment  shall  be  loss  of  mer­
itorious  goods  and a surplus of  inferior 
ones;  and,  you,  producers,  who  have 
taken no pains to  learn  the  better  way 
and  who  have  thrust  upon  the  market 
goods  of  exceeding  great  strength,  to 
your  action  is  due  the  fact  that  good 
goods are brought into competition  with 
one  devoid  of  merit  except  that  it  is 
cheaper  and  will,  perhaps, keep  longer 
than  pure  butter.  This,  I fancy,  is  the 
real cause why I have  been  required  to 
publish this paper.
The condition of  trade in this  class of 
goods this winter is almost  without  pre­
cedent.  Grocerymen’s cellars  and  com­
mission houses,  as  well  as  cold  storage 
houses,  are full of  old  butter,  which is a 
constant menace  to  the  trade.  What is 
the cause ?  Have the people  really con­
sumed less than usual ?  The price early 
in the fall  was  very fair;  in midsummer 
it was low,  as  usual.  Many were storing 
their butter  in  expectation of  very high 
prices,  on  account of  dry weather,  and, 
while  they were  saving  their  butter to 
spoil,  the  imitation  butter  man  got  in 
his work  in  good  shape  irrespective of 
law.
The  States  of  New  York,  Ohio, Wis­
consin, Minnesota  and  some others have 
appointed Dairy or Dairy and  Food Com­
missioners, who have given  their time to 
seeing  that  the  laws  enacted  in  those 
States  prohibiting  the  sales  of  impure 
goods,  including  dairy  products,  were 
enforced.  The New York Commissioner, 
in  his  1889  report,  says:  “No oleomar­
garine or imitation  butter  is  now made 
in this State,  so far as we have  been able 
to ascertain, and it is confidently believed 
that  none  is  made.”  He  also  says,  in
P e r fe c t io n   S c a le •

The Latest  Improved  and  Best.

Does  Not  Repro  Don  Woiilit.

Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  by  leading  wholesale grocers.

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La Bastic.

LA M P  BU R N ER S.

6 doz. in box.

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Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s 
Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and 
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

We have on hand a complete line of Columbia. 
Victor and other  cheaper  bicycles, also a splen­
did assortment of  Misses’  Tricycles,  Children’s 
Velocipedes and small  Safety Bicycles.
E. G. Studley,

Bicycles,
Tricycles,
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods

Crockery & Glassware
No. 0 Su b ............................................................ .
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No. 0 Sun...............................................
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... * 25
No. 1 
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No. 2 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... *60
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No. 2 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1  *5
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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Butter Crock's, per gal............................... 
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Jugs, H gal., perldoz...................................   75
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Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)....  65
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cite  instances  of 
the  adulteration  of 
this report, on page  484,  that  six of  the 
spices,  candies,  lards,  liquors, etc.,  and 
leading manufacturers of  oleomargarine, 
especially of  spices. 
It is stated  in  one 
in a statement over their own signatures, 
of  our  National  Agricultural  Reports 
say that, in  1886,  there  were  manufac­
that it is a common thing for wholesalers 
tured  100,000,000  pounds of  this  article, 
on a large  scale  to enquire  what  priced 
and we must remember that nearly all of 
goods  their  customers  desire,  and  then 
this was put upon  the  market  as  butter 
put into the hopper as  much  pure as can 
and at a price equal to that asked- for but­
be afforded for the price named and make 
ter.  But.  says  some  man,  “If  it  could 
up the weight with useless  material.
not be told from  butter  and  tasted  like 
Now,  some  one  will  doubtless  say, 
butter,  where  was  the  harm ?”  With 
“Why did  you not prosecute  the  keeper 
equal  propriety  we  might  ask 
if  a 
of  the hotel who  told  you  he  could  get 
spurious §10 bill  which  could not be told 
butterine  cheaper  than  he  could  your 
from a good one by ordinary men is found 
butter ?”  Well,  simply  because I could 
in circulation and answers every purpose 
not  afford  to,  and,  besides,  almost  all 
of  a good one, where is the  harm ?  The 
such prosecutions  have  the  appearance 
fact  is  that  they are  both  counterfeits 
of  simply  gratification  of  spite;  and, 
and  both deserve the same treatment.
furthermore,  it  is  not  right  that  such 
In 1887, it  was  enacted by the  people 
prosecutions  should  be  done  at the ex­
of  the State of  Michigan  that “Any per­
pense of  individuals,  nor  should it  even 
son  who  knowingly  sells, or  offers  for 
be done at  the  expense of  a class of  in­
sale,  any oleomargarine  or  butterine  as 
dividuals—that is to say, it is neither my
butter shall  be  guilty of  a misdemeanor, 
place  nor  the  place  of  the  Dairymen’s
and  every hotel  keeper  or  restaurant or
boarding house keeper who shall use the I Association to prosecute  such  cases. 
It 
same  without  causing a sign or notice of  is an expense for the  benefit of  the pub- 
the  fact  to  be  posted in some  conspic-  lie and should be instituted  and  carried 
uous place in the dining room, so that all  through by an officer  appointed  for that 
who  eat at such  a place  may know what  purpose. 
It is the testimony of  the New 
they  are  eating,  shall  also  be  deemed I York  State  Dairy  Commissioner  that, 
guilty of  a misdemeanor.”  1 have never  while  his  efforts  were  strongly resisted 
seen  anything  that  looked 
like  com-  at  first,  there  came  afterward  a  senti- 
pliance with that law.  and  yet I  know of  ment so  much  in  favor of  the object he 
several  so-called  first-class hotels  where  was  seeking  to  accomplish  that  resist- 
butterine is used:  and  when I have tried  ance  has  given  place to assistance,  and 
to  contract  with  them  to  furnish them | dealers have  expressed a desire to aid in 
with  butter,  their  only  plea  was,  “We  compelling  every  article to go upon  the 
can get the other cheaper.” 
So, Mr. President,  I  believe  that  we 
During the  first  year  that  the  cheese 
factory  was  run  in  our  place,  a  lot of  need,  first,  a law  for  branding  these  so 
cheese  was  sold to a certain wholesaler, 
that the different qualities will  bear their 
and after a few days  one  cheese was re-  proper  marks,  and,  if  butter  can  be 
turned with a brand  around the cover in | helped by the same method, then  compel 
large  capitals,  “Jersey  Full  Cream.”  every maker of  butter to brand  the  date 
Accompanying  the  cheese  was  a  state- I upon which made—and,  if required,  any- 
ment that it was not merchantable.  Our I one could have a private brand by making 
salesman  immediately returned  the box,  application to the  Commissioner,  giving 
saying that  there  must be some mistake,  statement  of  process  used,  number  of 
as  we  did  not make or sell that kind of  cows  kept,  submitting  to 
inspection, 
cheese at our factory. 
etc.—and, last,  but  by  no  means  least,
During  the  session of  1889,  there was  we  should  have a Dairy and  Food  Com- 
enacted a  law  in  relation  to  cider vin-1 missioner  appointed,  to  see  that  these 
which  said :  “All  vinegars sold or | laws are strictly enforced.  Among other
egar,
it  should  be  his  duty  to  visit 
things, 
offered  for  sale  shall  be  without  arti­
every  factory,  either  in  person  or  by 
ficial  coloring  and  shall  have  acidity 
report  its  condition,  and
deputy,  and 
equivalent  to  the  presence  of  not  le:
than 4 per  cent.,  by  weight,  of  absolute  where difficulty is met he should be ready
to  assist  and  give  instructions  in 
the 
acetic  acid,  and,  in  the  case  of  cider 
manufacture.  He should be required to 
vinegar,  should  contain,  in addition,  not 
prosecute  every  case  of  adulteration 
less  than  1%  per cent, of  cider vinegar 
where the same comes to him with  satis­
solid.”
factory evidence and  proof,  and  thereby 
Speaking  of  the  results  of  this  law, 
stamp out this tendency to cheapen goods 
the editor of T he Mich ig a n T radesman 
by  the  addition  of  useless  or  harmful 
s a y s :
material.
“This  law  went  into effect on July 1, 
I  was  one  of  a  committee  to  whom 
1889,  but all sorts of  vinegar continue to 
this  matter  was  given  in charge at the 
be  sold  under  the  brand  of  ‘cider’  or 
last  convention,  and,  after  looking  it 
‘apple’  vinegar,  and  quite  as  much  vin­
over,  we did  not  recommend it,  because 
egar below  the  standard  is sold as ever. 
we  saw  the  apparent  ease  with  which j 
When the law went into effect, there was 
new officials are created  and  understood 
a geuera!  sentiment  in  favor of  observ­
their  wonderful  tenacity  of  life;  and, 
ing its provisions,  but  as  soon  as it was 
furthermore,  we  confess  to  not  have 
seen  that no concerted  effort  was  made 
given the other  side of  the question  due 
to punish  those  who  violated the law— 
consideration;  but,  after seeing what has 
that no provision  was made  for an officer 
all thought  been  accomplished  in  New  York,  Ohio 
to attend to its enforcement 
faded  into j  and  other  states  through  their  Dairy 
of  the  law and  its  penal tie
I Commissioners,  we  are  thoroughly  con­
forgetfulness.”
vinced  that it is more  necessary to have 
President  Almendinger  is  reported to 
what  laws we  have at present enforced, 
have  said,  in  the  course of  his  annual 
than to continue  to  pile  up  enactments 
address before the  Fruit  Manufacturers’ 
only to be  wholly ignored.  A very good 
Association,  which  convened  recently 
example in this line is  the history of oui 
at Benton  Harbor:
game and fish  laws.  Perhaps no class of
•I  saw  a  single  shipment of  glucose
j e l l y   f r o m   a  D etroit concern  o f   4,000  gal-  enactm ents  were  observed  as  little  as
those for the protection of  game and  fish 
labeled, 
Ions  to  one  wholesale  house, 
until  after  the  appointment  of  Game 
‘Pure Fruit Jelly’  and sold as such, when 
Warden  Smith,  but,  during  the  time 
there  was  probably  not  100  pounds  of 
from  March  15,  1887, until December 15,
pure  fruit  in  the  whole lot.  that single 
1888, there have been  not  less  than  482 
shipment  taking  the place of  more than 
arrests,  or  an  average of  29 per month.
750 barrels of  cider boiled  into  jelly.”
Commenting upon the above, the editor I and of  this ° ^ e r  398  were  convicted 
of  T h e T radesm an  continues: 
" xntb,fnrtion
“True as the above charge probably  is, ! the amount of  §5,bJ2. 
tisfaction.
the  cities  do  not  turn  out  all  the  un-|  And  when  we  think  of  the  relative | amdU giving entire  sattefcuAwn. 
wholesome  food.  The  fruit  manufact-  importance to the people of  this State of 
urers themselves are not  faultless in  the ! the dairy interests as compared  with fish 
matter,  as a circumstance  known to T h e | and game, and  when  we see the utter dis- 
T radesm ax  bears  sufficient  evidence. I regard  of  the  present  laws  relating  to 
Within a hundred  miles  of  Grand  Rap-  dairy  products,  and  also  remember  the 
ids,  a  jelly  factory  converted  into  jelly  necessity of  more  stringent laws to com­
pel all products of  this  kind to  bear the 
hundreds of  barrels of  cider  made  from 
appropriate brand,  then do  we  feel  like 
rotten  apples,  straw,  manure  and  other 
saying,  “Let  this  Association  take  the 
articles of  a foul character.  A glance at 
initial  step  toward  securing  such  an 
the pile  of  filth shoveled  into  the  cider 
officer,  and let the effort be backed up by 
press was enough  to  turn  the  strongest 
all  lovers of  good laws and their  observ­
stomach.”
ance,  as the legislation most needed.”
Mr. President,  we  might  continue  to

Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.:
Gentlemen—The roller  mill  put  in  by 
tuMlt*  to
on last August has  run from   twelve  to 
fifteen  hours  every  day  since  it started 
J J  ,  . 
Your Purifier  and  Flttur  Dresser  are 
I have used nearly all  the  best 
dandies. 
purifiers and bolting machines made, and 
can  say yours discounts them all.
A ny miller  who  intends  making  any 
change in his mill will save money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold li 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injur; 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after fret i 
ing.  See quotation.  M A KTELL; BLACK I > I 
CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, 111.

Call and  see  them 
or  send  for  large, 
illu s tr a te d   cata­
logue.

j e t t i n e :

Remus  Roller  Mills, 

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Remus,  Mich., Jan. 20,  1890.  f

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SUSPENDED I

Yours truly,

D.  L.  QARLING

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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THTC  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

O ld G ro c e rs

Unanimously agree  that  the  famous

TRADr-MA**

JACKSON,  MICH.

Is the most  uniform  brand  on  the  market and 
gives the best general  satisfaction. 
If  you  are 
not  handling  this  brand,  send a trial  order  to 
the factory.
JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,

I BEFORE  BUYING  GRATES

;et  Circular and Testimonials.  He lit  F r e e . 
’  Economical,  Sanitary.  Cleanly  and  Artistic. 
ALDINE  FIRE  PLACE,  GRASP RAPID!, MICB.

JVIagiG  Coffee  Roaster,

The Best in the World.

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

ROBT.  S.  W EST,

48-80  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

N elson, 
M atter 

&  Co.,

-FOR-

T7urite.

See  w hat  they can  do 

for  you.

A .  D .  S p a n g le r  &  C o

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS moPRODUGE

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

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

TETE  MICHTOAJST  T R A D E S M A N .

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Ash, Black,  log-run.................................14 00@16 00
Ash, White  log-run.................................14 00@16 00
Basswood, log-run.................................. 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run.......................................... 15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2............................. 00@24 00
Cherry, log-run........................................ 30 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2............................... 60 00@65 00
Cherry, Cull........................................   @12 00
Elm, Grey, log-run.................................. 12 60@13 00
Mapie, log-run.........................................12 00@13 00
Maple, soft, log-run.................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @30 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................  @25 00
Maple, white, selected............................ 25 00@30 00
Red Oak, log-run..................................... 20 00@22 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..............................26 00@28 00
Red Oak, 14 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, V sawed, regular................. 30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................  @25 00
Walnut, log run..................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................   @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll.....................................  @25 00
Whitewood, log-run.................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run.................................. 17 00@18 00
White|Oak,|54.Bawed. Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

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JACKSONVILLE

NEW ORLEANS
94 Miles tl»e Shortest and  the Q u i c k e s t .

Cincinnati  to  New  Orleans.
Entire  Trains,  Baggage  Car, Day  Coaches  and 

Time  27  Hours.

Sleepers run through without change.

110 Miles the Shortest.  7 H«.urs Quickest.

Cincinnati to JacVsonville.i'la.

Time  27  Hours.

The  Only  Line  Running 7 Solid  Trains  and 

Through Sleeping Cars.

ONLY LINE FROM  CINCINNATI  TO 

Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., Shreveport, La.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Fort Payne, Ala., Meridian, 
20 Miles  Shortest  Cincinnati  to  Lexington, Ky. 
5 Hours Quickest Cincinnati to Knoxville, Tenn. 
116 Miles the Shortest  Cincinnati to Atlanta and 
114 Miles Shortest  Cincinnati  to  Anniston.  Ala. 
26 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Birmingham, Ala. 
15 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Mobile, Ala.
Direct connections at New Orleans  and  Shreve­

Augusta, Ga.

port  for

Texas, Mexico  and  California.

Trains leave Central  Union Depot, Cincinnati, 
crossing  the  Famous  High Bridge of Kentucky 
and rounding the base of Lookout Mountain.
J5TPULLMAN BOUDOIR SLEFPERS_gJ 

On all Through Trains.

Over One Million Acres of Land in Alabama, the 

future  Great State of  the South, subject to 

pre-emption.  Unsurpassed climate.

For Rates. Maps, etc., address 

A. E. LIPPINCOTT, Northern Pass. Agent, 

155  Jefferson  Ave.,  Detroit.

A BOARDING-HOUSE  LITANY.
John 8. Grey in the New Jersey Retail M erchant.
From landladies who put on airs,
And talk about their past affairs,
When rank and  opulence were theirs—

May heaven preserve u s!

From tea too weak to stand alone:
From tenderloins all fat and bone;
From eggs which have quite ancient grown— 

May heaven preserve us!
From soup in which a mystery lies;
From meat which human teeth defies;
From pudding strange, and doubtful pies—

May heaven preserve u s!

From poultry of a by-gone age,
Which, stuffed with onions, bread and sage, 
Would put a Spartan in a rage—

May heaven preserve us!

From butter, strong  in smell and taste;
From buckwheat cakes like office paste;
From mutton chop with cinders graced—

May heaven preserve us!

From latch keys which are useless quite,
To let you in when late at night,
Though in the day-time they’re all right—

May heaven preserve us!
From lady boarders, gaunt and lean,
Who always better days have seen,
Whose uncles have great statesmen been—

May heaven preserve us!

From  rooms  through  which  the  draughts will 
From stoves which smoke by night and  day; 
From modern boarding houses, pray—

play:

May heaven preserve us!

The Immorality  In  Competition.
W. 8. Lilly In F ebruary Forum.
The cheapening of  commodities by un 
restricted competition has been the guid­
ing  idea  of  manufacture  and  of  com­
merce, during the last half  century.  To 
get  out  of  men  the  utmost  exertion of 
which  they are capable, for  the smallest 
wages  they can  be  induced to accept,  is 
very  widely  supposed  to  sum  up  the 
whole  duty of  an  employer  toward  his 
“hands.”  We have  forgotten that these 
“hands”  are  men.  Well,  I  say,  unhes­
itatingly,  that  to  pit  a  destitute  man 
among  his  destitute 
fellows,  and  to 
wring from him  his  labor  for  the scan­
tiest  pittance to which he can be ground 
down, is  wrong.  The  necessity  of  the 
seller  does not make it  just to underpay 
him. 
If  I give him less than a  just pay­
ment,  an  equitable  price,  for  his  work,
I do in fact rob him.  And this is at once 
the  most common and  most  disgraceful 
form of  theft.  The most common,  for it 
is found  in  all  departments of  life;  the 
most  disgraceful, because it is the  most 
cowardly.  But the very notion of  a just 
price has  well  nigh' died out of  the pop­
ular  mind,  which  sums  up  its  code  of 
commercial  morality  in 
the  maxim: 
“Buy in the cheapest  market and sell in 
the  dearest.”  Freedom  of  contract? 
Good.  But to constitute freedom of con­
tract  there  must be parity of  condition. 
What  parity  of  condition  is  there  be­
tween  the 
replete  capitalist  and  his 
starving “hand ?”
Assuredly, nothing can be less  reason­
able than  the  regime of  competition,  in 
support  of  which  so  many  ponderous 
tomes of  nonsense,  dignified  as  political 
economy,  have  been  inflicted  upon  a 
long-suffering  world.  The  task  which 
lies  before  the  world  is the reorganiza­
tion of  industry  upon  an  ethical  basis. 
The abuses of  the old-world organization 
were manifest.  They have  disappeared. 
But  the  organization  has  disappeared, 
too.  The  old  fellowship  of  labor  is  a 
thing of  the past.  The  new  fellowship 
of  labor is the hope of  the  future.  The 
era  is  certainly  approaching  when,  in 
Herbert  Spencer’s  happy  words,  “One 
man  will  not  be suffered to enjoy  with­
out  working,  that  which  another  pro­
duces  without  enjoying;”  when  what 
Mr.  Mill  justly  calls  “the  great  social 
evil  of  a  non-laboring  class”  will  no 
longer be  tolerated;  when  the  true  an­
swer  to  socialism,  with  its  barbarous 
schemes for the abolition of  capital,  will 
be  given  by  a  vast  extension  of  co­
operation which will make  every laborer 
a capitalist.  Co-operation !  That  word 
is  the  key  to  a  solution  of  the  great 
problem.  The  introduction  of  machin­
ery  and  steam,  it  is  said,  has  brought 
about the  vast  conflict  between  capital 
and 
steam! 
Change in economic condition !  There is 
more  struggle.  There is this:  That our 
industrial  system  has  been  based upon 
competition,  while it should  have  been 
based upon co-operation.

labor.  Machinery  and 

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E G G   C A S E S   &   E I E E E R S .
Having taken the agency for Western and Northern  Michigan  for the LIMA
EGG  CASES  and  FILLERS,  we  are  prepared to offer same to the trade  in any
__
quantity. 
_ 
Less than 100.
Lots of  100. 
No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete.................................................33  c. 
35c.
10c.
No.  1—Fillers, per set................................................ -............. 
Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with every 10  sets  of  Fillers  (no 
broken cases sold),making 10 sets with Case $1.25  (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards 
constitute a standard set).  Strangers to  us  will  please  remit  money  with  their 
orders  or  give good reference.
W.  T.  LAMOREAUX,  71  Canal St., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Putnam  Canio

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O r a n g e s ,

L e m o n s ,

B a n a n a s,

N u ts ,  e t c •

110

klLEÒ

A .   H I M E S ,

il Dealer in
Wholesale and  Retail  Dealer in

Lime,  Cement,

Fire Brick, etc.

Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 

GOAL  AND  WOOD,

Yard  and Warehouse on Line of 

G.  R.  & I.,  C. & W.  M.  and L.  S.  & M.  S.  Rys.

--------A LL  SHIPMENTS  MADE  PROMPTLY.--------

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .,

------W H O LESA LE------

F r u its,  S eed s, O ysters * P rod u ce.

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS

E D W IN   FALLAS,

Bitter, ïip , Fairfield Cleese, Foreip Fruits, Mince Meat, Nits, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast. 
Special  Bargain  in Choice 
Office and  Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Brani Rapids Fritit and ProdUGB Bo.,

F O R E IG N   F R U IT S.

JOBBER  OF

Oranges,  Lemons  and  Bananas  a  Specialty.

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

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Note  quotations 
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We  are  headquarters  for  the  cele- 

brat« d

Bltlefield  Bananas,

Receiving  regular  consignments 

direct receivers of

Also

and 

Send  iu  sample 
put 
order, 
your  business  on 
a  CASH  BASIS.

If  Not, 
YoU 
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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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AMONG THE TRADE.

ABOUND  T H E  STA TE.

Manistee—II. P. Yandevender will open 

Manistee—Albert Mukautz has  opened 

Muskegon—John Timmer has opened a 

a grocery store.

a grocery store.

dry goods store.

Bronson—C. J.  Kerps has  sold his gro­

cery stock to L. M.  Leet.

Allegan—I).  H.  Dowd has sold his meat 

market to Kent & Austin.

Albion—E. F. Mills has sold  his  stock 

of  dry goods to M.  D.  Galloway.

Leroy  —  Frank  Sprague 

Owosso—Chas.  F. Goodhue  is  making 
preparations to go into the seed business.
succeeds 
Sprague & Everett in the meat  business.
Edmore—L.  M. Mills  has  sold his fur­
niture stock to R.  L. Carl,  late  of  Sher­
idan.

Tustin—Compton  &  George  succeed 
G.  A. Skaglind in the flour and  feed bus­
iness.

St.  Charles—Mrs.  E.  Deitzler  succeeds 
Chas.  Deitzler  Jr.  & Co.  in  the  grocery 
business.

Ann  Arbor—Wines  &  Worden  have 
sold their  stock  of  dry goods  to  E.  F. 
Mills & Co.

Frank R.  Miles  is  at  Caledonia  for  a 
day or two,  inventorying the Bergy hard­
ware  stock.

Middleville—H. L. Moore has opened a 
candy store in connection  with  his  boot 
and shoe store.

Pewamo—Houck & Fox,  general  deal­
ers, have dissolved.  They are succeeded 
by Houck & Cotter.

Carsonville — W.  R.  Harvey  &  Co., 
hardware dealers,  have  sold  their  stock 
to Sherman &  Reed.

Ferris—Martha Walker is conducting a 
dry  goods  and  grocery business  in  the 
store formerly occupied by J. E. Bennett.
Evart—Fred  Mills  has  purchased the 
iuterest  of  the  late C.  F.  Leasia  in  the 
confectionery and  fruit  firm  of  Mills & 
Leasia.

Mulliken—B.  L  Whelpley  has  pur­
chased the interest of  his partner, Alvin 
Cogswell,  in  the  hardware  business  of 
Whelpley & Cogswell.

Leroy—August  Swanson  has  sold  his 
interest in the general firm of Swanson & 
Gustafson  to  Peter  Olsen,  and  the  firm 
is  now known  as Gustafson & Olsen.

Adrian—Henry  Meyer  has  sold  his 
bakery  to  Louis  Emmer  and  Joseph 
Schwarz, who will continue  the business 
under the style of  Emmer & Schwarz.

Bellevue—Tompkins  &  Squires, grain 
and produce dealers,  have dissolved.  Mr. 
Tompkins has purchased  the  interest of 
his  partner  and  will  continue  the bus­
iness.

Plainwell — The  death  of  Morrison 
Bailey dissolved  the  partnership  lately 
formed with  J.  M.  Travis, to engage in 
the drug  business.  The surviving  part­
ner,  Mr.  Travis,  does not  think it advis­
able to embark in the business alone.

Leroy—Frank  Smith  has  added a line 
of  drugs to his  grocery stock.  The new 
department  will  be  under  the  manage­
ment  of  Fred  Pollock,  who  formerly 
clerked for M.  V. Wilson,  the Sand Lake 
druggist

Caledonia—A.  &  E.  Bergy  have  bar­
gained  to  sell  their  hardware  stock  to 
Stephen Brooks,  formerly engaged in the 
meat and stock  business  under the style 
of  Stow  &  Brooks.  Unless a disagree­
ment occurs on  the  matter of  inventory, j 
the transfer will occur this week.

Pinconning—Brown  &  Hudson,  who 
have  been  cutting  elm,  ash,  maple and 
other  hardwood  logs  near  here,  have 
completed  their  cut  of  1,300,000  and 
broken  camp.  The  logs  go to Bay City 
and Saginaw by rail.

TILE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Kent City—Elmer  Thompson  has pur­
chased  the  interest of  the  late John A. 
Holmes in the grocery and dry goods bus­
iness of  John  A.  Holmes & Co., and  the 
new firm  name is O’Connor & Thompson. 
Mr. Thompson  was  formerly in  the em­
ploy of  L. B.  Lull  and  of  A.  L.  Power.
Saranac—Johnson  &  Rogers,  grocers, 
have not been  getting  along  very pleas­
antly for some  time,  and it was  decided 
than  an  inventory should be taken  with 
a view to the retiracy of  one of  the firm. 
The morning  after  the  agreement,  Mr. 
Johnson  went  to  the  store to find  that 
during  the night every dollar’s  worth of 
goods had been  removed.  Mr.  Johnson 
will  appeal to the  courts  and  establish 
his rights in the premises.

Bay City—The sawmill  of  Rust  Bros. 
& Co.  burned to the  ground on the 17th, 
except  the  engine  and  boilers  in  the 
brick house adjoining the mill.  The loss 
is estimated  at  $40,000,  and  the  insur­
ance $20,000.  A drill house belonging to 
the  salt  block adjoining was  destroyed, 
but there  was  $5,500  insurance  on  the 
salt block.  None  of  the  lumber in pile 
on the docks  was injured.  The mill was 
a  pioneer  establishment,  having  been 
built in 1861  with 4,000,000 capacity,  but 
had undergone numerous  alterations and 
improvements,  and  was a small circular 
and  gang  mill,  with  20,000,000  annual 
capacity, with latest improved machinery 
which  was  being  put in as fast  as  pro­
duced.

Zeeland—Jas.  Boone has  retired  from 
the firm of  De Pree,  Boone & Co.,  wagon 
makers.

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTERS.

Hamilton—The Hamilton Brick  Manu­
facturing  Co.  is succeeded  by Veneklas- 
en’s Sons.

Manistique  —  E.  G.  Sovereign  has 
banked  2,000,000 feet of  pine  near  here 
and is now cutting cedar ties  and  posts.
Ionia—Webber  Bros,  are  putting  in a 
small stock of  pine  logs,  which  come by 
rail from a point about sixty miles  north 
of  here.

South Manistique—Hall  & Buell  have 
secured most of  their  anticipated  cut of 
50,000,000 feet for  their  mills  here  and 
hereabouts.

Cadillac—W.  J.  Williams  has  rented 
the  Ballard  shingle  mill,  at  Pleasant 
Lake,  and  will  run  it  this  season. 
It 
was idle all  last year.

Manistee—The  East  Shore  Furniture 
Co.  has  begun  making  cheap  bedroom 
furniture  and  will  soon  work  into  the 
finer grades of  goods.

Eaton Rapids—Wm.  Smith has the con­
tract for making the  wood  work  of  500 
fence  machines  for  the  United  States 
Fence Machine Co.,  at Charlotte.

St.  Ignace—J.  B.  Kanouse,  of  West 
Bay  City,  is negotiating  to  operate  the 
mill  of  the  Mackinaw  Lumber Co.,  but 
wants a bonus  from the business men of 
the place.

Albion—W. C.  Holt will  start a lambs’ 
wool  rug  factory here.  There  are only 
two institutions of the kind  in the coun­
try now, one in Detroit  and  the other in 
Wyandotte.

Cadillac—G.  A.  Bergland  has  sold 
300.000  feet  of  standing  pine  in  Boon 
township,  Missaukee  county,  to  John 
Moon  for  $3,000.  He will  cut  it  into 
square timber.

Hamilton—The  Zeeland  Brick &  Tile 
Co. has purchased the brickyard formerly 
owned by Costing,  Van  Ark & Co.  The 
yard  will  be  improved to the extent  of 
$6,000 and  will  be  run to its utmost ca­
pacity next season.  The price paid  was 
$7,500.

Detroit—W.  K. Anderson, Joseph Tay­
lor  and  D.  R. Shaw,  of  this  city,  and 
J.  D.  Norton,  of  Pontiac,  are  stockhold­
ers in a $1,000,000  company organized to 
manufacture  safety railroad  signals,  in­
vented  by  Eugene  Fontaine, of  Toledo.
I The  factory will  probably be  located in 
this city.
j  , Kalamazoo — The  American  Playing 
Card Co.  has  been  organized with a cap- 
| ital  stock  of  $50,000,  to  engage  in  the 
i manufacture of  playing cards.  The fac­
tory will have a daily capacity of  thirty- 
five  gross  of  packs  of  cards,  necessi­
tating  the  employment  of  about  fifty 
hands, mostly girls.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Owosso  Press:  “M.  L. Burch, of  this 
city, has  commenced  suit in  the Circuit 
Court  against  James  Fee,  Secretary  of 
the  County P.  of I.,  for  $2,000  damages, 
for slander.”

Wexford correspondence  Grand  Trav­
erse Herald:  “Two lecturers of  the P. of
I.  held a meeting  here  last week,  with a 
view to organizing an association.  After 
the  lecture  closed,  a secretary pro  tem. 
was elected  to  receive names of  charter 
members,  but none responded.”

Thomas Sloan is the leading  merchant 
of  Dimondale.  The  Patrons  recently 
placed a boycott on  his  town,  and  trade 
was  rather  slim  for a fe.w  days.  Tom 
didn’t  like  that,  as  he  prefers  to  see 
things  go  off  lively.  So  he  came  to 
Grand  Rapids  and  counseled  with  the 
ablest legal luminary of  the  city.  Then 
he  went  home  and  called  a meeting of 
the  bell-wethers  of  the  P.  of  I.  lodge. 
He  firmly  and  plainly  informed  them 
that  they must  remove  the  boycott  in- 
stanter or criminal  suits  for  conspiracy 
would be promptly instituted.  The com­
mittee  consulted  an  attorney,  satisfied 
themselves  that  they  were  acting  con­
trary to  law,  and  the  boycott  was  de­
clared off.

An  East  Paris  correspondent  writes: 
“There  was  a  meeting  here  last  night 
for  the  purpose of  organizing a P.  of  I. 
society.  The speaker made  the  rankest 
kind of  statements.  He said  he  had no 
proofs of  anything—all  he  knew  about 
it was what he could  see  and  hear.  He 
made the statement  that  the  retail  gro­
cers all had  one  price;  that  there  were 
250,000  traveling  men  in  the  United 
States,  costing  more  money than would 
pay the  National  debt—and  the  farmer 
paid  it  all.  He  said  he  saw  in  T h e 
Mic h ig a n  T radesm an  a statement  that 
the wholesalers would  not sell to private 
families,  hotels  and  boarding  houses, 
and  that  the  retail  grocers  made  from 
33%  to 150  per  cent, on everything they 
sold.”

Suspension  of the  Free  List.

The change in form  in  T h e  T rades­
man  involves so much additional expense 
that it has been deemed necessary to sus­
pend the free list altogether, except in the 
case of  trade  journal and newspaper ex­
changes.  The few  who  have  been  re­
ceiving  the  paper  through the courtesy 
of  the  publishers  will  be  reluctantly 
dropped from the list.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  th is  head for 
two  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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X  will sell m y stock of  drugs and groceries a t a  dis­
count of $1,000;  a  rare chance for some one.  R. Baker, 
Vicksburg, Mich. 

("'1 RAND  OFFER—IF  TAKEN  BEFORE  MAY  1,  I 
Fo r   s a l e   o r   r e n t - f o u n d r y   a n d  m a c h in e
Fo r  s a l e —s t o r e ,  d r u g   s t o c k   a n d   f ix t u r e s ,

shop in one  of  the  finest  villages  in  Michigan. 
Correspondence  solicited  by  R.  Baker,  Vicksburg. 
Mich. 

including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
term s, owing to ill  health;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in  center  of  fine fru it  section.  Address  Dr. 
S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich. 

for cash.  Church A Fenn, C harlotte, Mich.  596 

OR  SALE—AN  ATTRACTIVE  DRUG  STORE  FOR 
sale o r exchange,  situated on a  principal business 
street of Grand Rapids;  good  reasons for selling.  Ad­
dress Physician, care C arrier No. 15. 
TTXANTED—GROCERY  STOCK;  MU8T  BE  CHEAP 
VV 
"VTASHVILLE. MICHIGAN,  OFFER8  FINANCIAL IN- 
J-N  ducements t©  m anufacturers  looking  for  desir­
able locations.  Address  C.  W.  Smith,  Secretary Im ­
provem ent Committee, for  particulars. 
WANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120  ACRES  OR 
village  property fo r  stock  of  goods, hardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  Michigan Tradesm an.
573.
Fo r   s a l e —h a r d w a r e   s t o c k , 
in v e n t o r in g
about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business; 
can reduce the stock to suit purchaser;  best of  reason 
for  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  A  Co.,  Reed  City 
Mich. 
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX- 
J-  change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids  city prop 
erty, o r will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
the best of soil, are  under  good  state  of  cultivation, 
and located between the  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich._______

568

599

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3

HELP  WANTED.

594

Chicago  College  of  Pharm acy.  Address Box 94, Rich­

cist; 
land, Mich. 

TTTANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST OR ASSIST- 
YV  ant.  A. E. Gates, M. D., C rystal, Mich. 
SITUATIONS WANTED.
WANTED-  SITUATION BY REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
two  years'  experience  and  g raduate  of 
WANTED—A  REGISTERED  OR  ASSISTANT  PHAR- 

m acist;  would  prefer  one  who  speaks the Hol­

land language. Jonker A Bruqma, G rand Rapids  8
TTTANTED—POSITION BY FIRST-CLASS  DRUGGIST; 
VV  nine  years  experience.  Address  C.  M.  Shaw, 
Sparta, Mich.____________________________________ 2

10

MISCELLANEOUS.

n ish  outfit, w ants  p artn er  with  $500 or $1,000 to 
engage in the m eat business.  Address No. 7 care Mich­
igan Tradesm an. 

WANTED—EXPERIENCED MAN,  WHO  WILL  FUR- 
COMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRON8  OF  IN- 

dustry,.from   the  inception  of  the  organization; 
only a  few copies left;  sent postpaid  for  10  cents  per 
copy.  Address  The  Tradesm an Company, G’d Rapids 
EGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  BY  DISCARDING  THE 
annoying  Pass  Book  System  and  adopting  in 
its place the Tradesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sample order, which will be sent  prepaid. „ E. A. Stowe 
A Bro., Grand Rapids.

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Embossed  Cards,

Pictdre Advertising Cards,

Advertising  Folders.

Having  a  lot  of  the  above goods, 
consisting  of  several 
thohsand  of 
different  designs, we offer the/cards 
much less than our.usual prices.

The  Tradesman  Company,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Gook  X  Berthold,
SHOW  BASES.

M A N U FA CTU RERS  OF

Prices  Lower  than  those  of 
any competitor.  Write for cata­
logue and  prices.

06 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n M e r c h a n t s
Reference:  F i r s t   N a t io n a l   Bank,  Chicago. 
M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n , Grand Bapida.

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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Kqtlal  to  Custom

Made means a great deal. 
It means  that  extra  care is taken 
in the  cut;  that  great  pains  throughout  is  required  in  the 
stitching;  that  every  portion  ox  one  work  must receive the 
closest attention;  that  the  garment when completed shall be 
perfect.

You do not often get these qualities  in  the  shirts you buy. 
It is  just that fact  that  gives  us  (Michigan  Overall  Mfg. 

Co., Ionia, Mich.)  such a trade on our shirts.

We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO.
Our  shirts  are  immense  in  size.  Large  enough  to  fit  a 

double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too.

Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt.
These  qualities,awhen  combined  in  a  well-made,  neatly- 
fashioned  garment, make  shirts  that  sell—sell  easily  and at 
good profits.

Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4 50 to 
$7.50 per dozen.  The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns 
and pleasiDg combinations of handsome coloring.

We  should  like  to  have  you ask  us  to  send  you, at our 
expense, samples  of  our line, that you can compare them with 
your present goods and see the difference in every way.

Will  you?

h  Will F.  Griffith  is  out  with  a  card to 
the trade, announcing the  fact that he is 
now  with  the  house  of  Farrand,  Wil­
liams & Clark,  of  Detroit.  He will cover 
the same territory as in the past and will 
continue to reside at Howell.

Geo. W.  Kellogg, who  has been  behind 
the counter  for the H.  M.  Patrick Co., of 
Leroy,  for  the  past  five  years,  has  en­
gaged  with  Leahy  &  Hardy,  the  Mus­
kegon dry goods dealers,  and  will  spend 
about half  his time on the road.

Chas.  W.  Mansfield  has  purchased  a 
farm of seventy-two acres,  located in the 
suburbs of  Ypsilanti,  which he  will con­
duct  as a dairy and  poultry farm.  Mrs. 
Mansfield  and  daughter  have  gone  to 
Toronto, where  the  latter  will  undergo 
medical treatment for a  year.

Frank  Parmenter  expects  his  wife 
home from Adrian Friday i where she has 
been for the past eight  weeks  in  search 
of  renewed  health.  The  many  friends 
of  the family will  be  glad  to learn that 
her  health  is  almost  restored  and that 
she is on the  speedy road to complete re­
covery.

L. L.  Loomis  requests  T h e  T r a d es­
man  to  return  his  heartfelt  thanks  to 
Joe F. O.  Reed  for  his  generosity in  re­
turning  the  watch  recently won by him 
in  a  raffle.  Loomis  thinks  that  Joe’s 
heart is built  on  the  same  plan  as  his 
body and will ever hold  him in thankful 
remembrance.

Five more omissions  have  been  noted 
in the list of Grand Rapids traveling men 
recently published in T h e  T radesm an— 
Leo Kymer and Geo.  Rayner, who  travel 
for  Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co.,  and  Albert C. 
Antrim, T.  P.  S.  Hampson  and  Geo.  W. 
Gage,  who represent  the  Alabastine Co. 
and the Anti-Kalsomine Co.

Secretary  Seymour  is  receiving  very 
liberal responses to the request  for  con­
tributions  to  furnish  a traveling  men’s 
room  at  the  new  St.  Mark’s Home and 
Hospital.  He requests T h e T radesm an 
to  state that  all  who  have  not  yet con­
tributed  to  the  fund,  and wish to do so, 
are requested to do so without delay.

Purely  Personal.

J.  H.  Williams,  the “Slim Jim”  grocer 

of  Leroy, spent Sunday in the city.

Walter  H.  McBrien  succeeds  H.  F. 
Hastings  as  broker  for  Arbuckle Bros. 
Coffee Co.  at  this market.

J. E. Bennett, the Madison avenue gen­
eral dealer,  spent  several  days at Vesta- 
burg and Ferris last week.

Geo.  R.  Mayhew,  the  Monroe  street 
boot agd  shoe  dealer, has purchased the 
summer  cottage  of  Gen.  Withington, of 
Jackson, at Harbor Point.

B. A.  Hoxie,  the West Side druggist, is 
rejoicing  over  the  advent of  a son, who 
put  in  an  appearance  on 
the  15th. 
Weight, nine  pounds, avoirdupois.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Peter  Vegter  has  removed his bakery 

business from Zeeland to this city.

E.  H.  Manley opened his  new  grocery 

store at 400 East street last Saturday.

M. A.  Bellows  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Six  Lakes.  Lemon  &  Peteis 
furnished the stock.

Evans  &  Co.  have  opened  a  grocery 
stock  at  Lagrange, Ind.  The stock was 
purchased at this market.

L. Sams  has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  at  Woodruff,  Ind.  The  stock 
was furnished by a Grand Rapids  house.
E.  A.  Bignall  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  the  corner of  East  Bridge and 
Union streets.  The  Olney & Judson Co. 
furnished the stock.

It  is  reported  that  a  number  of  vin­
egar manufacturers  will  shortly make a 
raid  on  the  city  trade,  with a view  to 
flooding the  market with  cheap  goods— 
cheap in quality, as well as in price.

W.  H.  Price,  of  the  former  firm  of 
Hale & Price, general dealers at Orleans, 
will open a general  store at Lyons about 
April  1.  The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.  furnishes  the  groceries  and  Burn­
ham,  Stoepel & Co.  the dry goods.

The  matter of  establishing a city mar­
ket is again  under  consideration  in offi­
cial circles.  One  of  the  most  available 
locations for a market is the tract of land 
on the east  side of  Kent  street,  between 
Crescent avenue and Bridge street.

L.  F.  Morton and C.  J.  Clark,  formerly 
engaged in the  manufacture of  cigars at 
462 South Division street,  under the style 
of  Morton  &  Clark,  have  formed a  co­
partnership  under  the  style of  the Dia­
mond Cigar Co.  and  will  engage  in  the 
same  business  at  463  South  Division 
street  about  April  1,  running  a  retail 
cigar store in connection.

The  bread  bakers  have cut  the  price 
of  their product until 5 cents  per loaf  is 
now  the  ruling  price,  at  wholesale,  in 
this  market.  The  reduction is due alto­
gether  to  the  fierce  competition for the 
grocery trade, which has led  the  bakers 
into  granting  concessions  which  never 
would have been  accorded retail custom­
ers.  The retail price remains  the  same 
as before—8 cents per loaf.

Gripsack Brigade.

S. Mainzer is now  on the road for Cur­

tiss & Co.

It  is  understood  that  Steve  Sears  is 
carrying  a  side  line  of  crockery  and 
queen’s-ware now—at least, such was the 
case at Pentwater one day last week.

Leo A. Caro  is  confined  to  his  house 
with a serious  attack of  inflammation of 
the bowels.  He has  suffered  two weeks 
and is likely to spend  another  fortnight 
in bed.

Chas.  S. Robinson  has  been  called  to 
Fayetteville,  N.  Y.,  by  the  serious  ill­
ness of  his  father.  His  route  is  being 
taken this week by the immaculate dude, 
Will Granger.

“By  Gee  Crip”  Jennings,  who  has 
pounded a pillow for  past two  weeks by 
reason of  a severe attack of  pneumonia, 
is rapidly recovering and will soon be on 
the warpath again.

T h e T radesm an has  in  preparation a 
list of  traveling men who  live  in  Grand 
Rapids but represent outside houses,  and 
solicits the name and house of every per­
son coming under that head.

Gaius  W.  Perkins,  President  of  the 
Grand Rapids  School  Furniture Co.,  and 
Chas.  F.  Pike,  Receiving  Teller  of  the 
Old National  Bank, left  Friday for New 
Orleans,  where  they will  be  joined  by 
Jas.  M.  Barnett,  Vice-PresideHt  of  the 
Old  National  Bank,  and  make  a  four 
weeks’ tour of  Mexico.

The  belt formerly worn by John  Caul­
field,  as  the  champion  pugilist  of  the 
wholesale grocery trade, which has since 
been in the possession of  Wm.  H.  Hoop9 
and Wm.  Widdicomb,  is now  claimed by 
Samuel M. Lemon, by reason of a victori­
ous  scrimmage  which  he  recently  had 
with  a  railway employe who  attempted 
to collect a bill for demurrage. 

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

D EA LER S i n

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

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE-

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T H E   MTCTTTOATsT  T R A D E S M A N .

D r y   G o o d s•
A Pleased  Customer.

From the Dry Goods Economist.
“I am disgusted with  the  majority  of 
salesmen  and  saleswomen  whom  I  am 
obliged  to  employ,”  said  a  buyer  last 
week.

“What is the matter with them?”
“The whole matter is lack  of  interest 
in  the  goods  which  they  sell,  lack  of 
interest  in  the  stock  for  which  they 
work,  and lack  of  interest  in their cus­
tomers. 
I have made innumerable plans 
for the mutual benefit  of  customer,  firm 
and salesmen, and yet the best plans will 
not make a good  salesman.”
The  gentleman  was  in  a  bad humor, 
and not without cause.  He had just fin­
ished  selling a lady some  hosiery  under 
circumstances  which  will  be 
readily 
recognized  by  buyer  and  customer 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of 
the  land.  The  lady,  going  up  to  the 
counter,  said:  “A friend  of  mine  pur­
chased last week  some striped hose from 
you, and I want to get some of  the same. 
It is rather difficult  to  describe,  but if  1 
saw it 1 would  recognize it at once.” 
“ What kind of  hose did you say?”
It would  be  only  tiresome to give the 
dialogue;  but the questions  were  many. 
“What price goods?”
“When were they bought?”
“Did the clerk  tell  you  what  quality 
they were?”
“Are  you  sure  that  your friend pur­
chased the goods here?”
The lady could  give  no information as 
to price or  quality,  and it was plain that 
she was  not  pleased  with  the examina­
tion  which  she  was  undergoing, for she 
arose  to  leave,  when the buyer  stepped 
up just in  time,  and saying “I will show 
you  the  goods  you  are  after, madam,” 
threw  out  upon  the  counter  box  after 
box, style after style, until  the lady was 
dazzled with the  display.
Now,  as a matter  of  fact,  the  buyer 
had no idea  what  particular pattern the 
lady  was  in  search of,  but he did know 
that  she  wanted  to  buy  something  in 
hosiery,  and  therefore  he  had  a  plain 
line to follow.  Samples  must be shown, 
and a favorable impression made,  so that 
even  if  the  particular  thing  which she 
desired was not in the  lot,  she  would be 
just as well pleased  with something else 
and purchase it.  When the  goods  were 
spread  before  her,  she  saw  the  style 
which she wished, and exclaimed:  “There 
is the very thing  I  was  looking for,  but 
I  see  so  many  other  styles  which  are 
prettier,  that I will select from them.” 
She selected two and a half dozen, only 
because  she  saw  so  many pretty styles 
that she did not know when to  stop;  but 
the  best feature  of  the sale was the fact 
that she went away pleased, and a pleased 
customer  always  makes  more,  while  a 
displeased customer  can  do  more  harm 
than a  full  page  advertisement  can  do 
good.
“ 1 have  drilled  my clerks to say little 
and  do  much  with  excellent  results in 
some  cases;  but,  as 1 said,  with  poor  or 
no result in the  majority. 
1 believe the 
reason 
is  that  many  young  men  and 
women think that all that is necessary to 
make them valuable employes is for them 
to  go  behind a counter and chin  to  the 
customer.  They  firmly  believe  that  if 
they do that,  the ducats will  How  out  of 
the customer’s pocket into  the  cashier’s 
desk  with  the  volume  of  a  Niagara. 
These  are  the  people  that wonder why 
they are not taken  into the firm,  and can 
never  get  over the ‘dumb luck’ of  other 
clerks  whose  books  show a larger num­
ber  of  sales.  You take my word for it, 
and tell the  Economist  readers  that the 
modern  retail  dry goods  merchant  does 
not  so  much  want men who talk as men 
who  act.  The  modern  customer  can 
often give points to the salesman.  The 
best man that ever sold goods behind this 
counter  was a dumb  man—or  rather  he 
had so exaggerated an impediment in his 
speech  that  he  might as well have been 
dumb.  He  bad  a  pad  on  which  was 
written,  ‘I am  dumb,  but I can  hear  all 
that  you  say,  and  I  will be glad  to  sell 
you  what  you  want.’  Did he sell any­
thing?  He  sold  more  than  any  other 
three clerks in the  place.  He  watched 
his  customers’ actions so closely that  he 
anticipated  their  wishes.  He  is  now

iLonsdale................   @ 814

Prices  Current.

UNBLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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Atlantic  A..............  7  iCliftonCCC...........  644
“ 
H..............  6% Conqueror XX........4  34
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P ...............6  Dwight Star.............  744
“  D.............. 6%  Exeter A..................  644
“  LL..............  5^1 Full Yard Wide...... 644
Atlanta A. A...........  6*4 Great Falls E ......... 7
Archery  Bunting...  4  Honest Width..........  644
71* Hartford A ................544
Amory
Integrity XX..
Beaver Dam  A A
King, E F ............... 644
Berwick  L.........
“  EX.............   614
Blackstone O, 32__  4%
“  EC, 32 in......   5J4
Black  Rock  ...........  7
Lawrence L L .........   5%
Boot, F F ...............   634
New  Market B........  5
“ 
2X................ 6
Noibe R.  ...............  51*
“ 
C...............  594
Newton..................6
“  At................. 714
Our Level  Best......644
“ PL, 40 inch...  814
Riverside XX.........   434
Continental, C........  714
Sea Island R...........  614
D,  40-in  8>4
Sharon B  ...............  634
E, 42-in 10 
Top of the  Heap__714
W, 45-inll
H, 48 inl2
Williamsville..........7
Comet,  40 in ...........  814
Chapman................  4
Carlisle  “ 
.........   744
CohassetA..............  714
New Market L, 40ln.  744
Comet..................... 7
Amsburg  ...............  7  I Glen Mills..............  7
Blackstone A A......  8  Gold  Medal............   714
Beats All................   414 Green  Ticket......... 814
Cleveland.............  7  Great Falls.............   614
Cabot......................   714 Hope.......................   714
Cabot,  %.................  634 Just  Out........  494® 5
Dwight Anchor......9  King  Phillip.............794
OP......   714
I Edwards.................   6 Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Empire...................   7 
Farwell...................  734 ¡Middlesex.........   @ 5
Fruit of the  Loom..  834 No Name................   714
Fitch ville  .............714 Oak View................  6
First Prize..............614 Our Own.................... 514
Fruitof the Loom %.  8  Pride of the West 
.12
Fairmount..............  414 Rosalind.................   714
Full Value..............694 Sunlight  ..................  414
Geo. Washington...  844lVlnyard..................  814
Cabot......................  7141Dwight Anchor......   814
Farwell..................   7341

H A L F  BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

shorts.  8341 

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BLEA CH ED   CANTON  FL A N N E L .
Hamilton N............   714! Middlesex A A
Middlesex P T ... ...  8
A T ... ...  9
X A ... ...  9
X F ... ...10*4

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2.. ..11
3.. ..12
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8.. ..19

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D B ESS  GOODS.

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Hamilton

CO RSET  JE A N S .

...............1014
G G Cashmere.......21
Nameless.................16
.................18

8  Nameless.................20
.25
2714 
.30 
-3214 
.35
Biddeford................   6 INaumkeag satteen..  714
Brunswick.............644! Rockport...................   614
Allen, staple...........  514
Merrim’ck shirtings.  49£ 
“  Repp furn .  814
fancy...........  514
Pacific fancy.........6
robes...........  5
American  fancy__  6
robes........... ¿54
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Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo—   594 
American shirtings.  414 
Simpson mourning..  614
greys.......   614
“  —   614
Arnold 
solid black.  614
long cloth B. 1014 
“ 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
“  C.  814
“ 
century cloth  7
“  Turkey robes..  714
“  gold seal......1014
“  India robes__714
“  Turkey red.. 1014
“  plain T’ky X 34  814 
Berlin solids...........  514
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......  614
key red................    6
“ 
“  green__ 614
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Turkey red 3i..... 714
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........  914
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614 
staple...  514 
Ri verpoint robes....  5
Manchester fancy.  6 
Windsor fancy.......  ¿14
new era,  614 
gold  ticket 
Merrimack D fancy.  614
indigo bine.........1014
A C  A.....................1214
Amoskeag AC A— 1214
Pemberton AAA__17
Hamilton  N  .........   714
York.............. 
1014
D...........814
Awning. .11
Swift  River........  ..  614
Pearl  River............12
Farmer....................8
First Prize..............1114 Warren
.........14
COTTON  D R IL L . 
Atlanta,  D....... . 
Boot........................  634 
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drawing  a  large  salary  for  a  position 
which  he  holds  in  the treasurer’s office 
of oneof our largest railroad companies.”

Zeal in  Selling  Goods.

Mr.  A. T.  Stewart, in strolling through 
his retail store one day, overheard a new j 
clerk  trying  to  make a sale.  Every art 
of  which the  young man was master was 
brought into play,  and  at length the cus­
tomer  purchased  some  dress  material. | 
She  was  not  pleased,  however,  for she 
had not been able  to  secure  the  article 
she  desired,  and  had  purchased  some­
thing in  its  stead  which  the  clerk  had 
forced  upon  her  by  his  eloquence  and 
zeal.
After the customer  had  departed,  Mr. 
Stewart  took  the  clerk  aside and said: 
“I see that  you are a new man  and have 
not  yet  become  familiar  with  my ideas 
of  doing business.  You will  learn them 
in time,  but  there  is  one  rule  which  I 
wish  you to learn at once—no  customers 
of  mine must  be  made to buy what they 
really  do  not  want.  You  have a good 
share of  zeal, but  it  is  not well to have 
too  much. 
If  a  customer  takes  home 
something which she has bought  only to 
shut up a clerk’s mouth,  she is not a sat­
isfied customer,  and she  will  not  return 
with  pleasure  to  my store. 
I want  my 
customers to have  only what  they select 
themselves.”
“I will  do  as  you  wish in  future,” re­
plied  the  clerk,  “but  it is a great temp­
tation to run up a bill.”

The  Dry  Goods Market.

Light  prints  have  dropped  to  4)^c; 
standard  indigoes  to 5%c;  Allen  Cham- 
brays  to  5J£c,  and  off  brands  can  be 
bought  as  low  as 4%@5c.  Unbleached 
cottons  are  about  the same, two brands 
having  dropped  l{c.  Bleached  cottons 
are a  little  firmer,  Fruit  and  Lonsdale 
being  %c higher.

Some  elegant  silks  have  alternate 
stripes of  brocade  and  satin,  others  of 
plain  goods  and  brocade  in  black  and 
white.  Heavy surahs  have  stripes  and 
bars  of  both  narrow  and  broad  white 
satin. 
In  some instances  the  fine  lines 
are increased in  width and  number till  a 
plaid  effect is produced.

Orleans—A. J.  Hale is the name of the 
successor  to  the  general  firm of  Hale & 
Price.

Voigt, HemolsMmer & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralls,  Etc,

Complete Spring  Stock  now ready for 
inspection.  Chicago and  Detroit  prices 
guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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A W N I N  

A  N  r 

T E N T S .

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S

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TH R EA D S.

fancies 

C A R PET  W A R P .

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45
434

Jeffrey....................II14
Lancaster...............1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1314
No. 220....13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 1014
Imperial..................10J4
Black................ 9® 914
....................1014

Amoskeag.............. 1214
9 oz......1414
brown .13
“ 
Andover.................1114
“ 
12
Everett, blue..  . 
“ 
brown...... 12
SA TIN ES.
Simpson.................. 20
.................18
.................16
“ 
Coechco.................. 101
GINGHAM S.
Lancaster,  staple...  634 
Glenarven................ 6314
“ 
.  7 
Lancashire.............   614
“  Normandie  814
Normandie............. 8
Westbrook..............  8
Renfrew Dress........8
Toil du Nord  .. ,10@1014
.........................10
“  
York..........................634
Amoskeag.................634
Hampton...................614
AFC........1014
Windermeer...........   5
Persian...................   814
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.......................  634
Essex.....................,  414
Warwick...............   814
Peerless, white.......18  ¡Peerless  colored. ..2014
G R A IN   BAGS.Valley City.............16
Amoskeag...............1614
Harmony................ 1614
Georgia..................16
Stark......................  1914
Pacific.................... 14
Burlap....................1114
American............... 1614
Clark’s Mile End__45  I Barbour’s.................88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s................88
Holyoke..................22141
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
No.  6  ..
..33
“  16...
39
" 
8...
...34
...38
40
“  10...
.. .35
...39
“  18...
41
“  12...
..36
“  20... ....40
Slater.............
......  444 Washington__
White Star__ .  ..  454 Red Cross........
......  444 Lockwood.......
Kid Glove......
Newmarket  ..
.  444 Wood’s...........
. 
Edwards......... ......  444 Brunswick__
Fireman.................3214
T W.........................2214
Creedmore.  ...........2714
F T ..........................3214
Talbot XXX...........30
JR F , XXX............35
Nameless..............2714
Buckeye................. 3214
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  IGrey S R W............ 1714
Union R..................2214 Western W  ..............1814
Windsor................. 1844 D R P .......................1814
6 oz Western  ......... 21  Flushing XXX....... 2314
Union  B.................22141Manitoba.................2314
Nameless...... 8  @ 9141 
...... 9  @1014
1214
...... 814@10  I 
....... 
....................1714
....................16
CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate.  Brown. 
Black.
13
914 
914 
13
15
15
1014 
1014 
1114 
1114 
17
17
1214 
1214 
20
20
Severen, 8 oz..  ......   914|Greenwood, 8 oz
-.1114
.  934
Mayland, 8oz......... 1014 West  Point, 8 oz
Greenwood,714 oz.  9141 
10oz
-1114
White, doz............   18  ! Per baie, 40 doz  .
Colored,  doz.
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  Pawtucket............... 1014
“  Red Cross....  9  Dundle...................  9
“  Best  ............. 1014 Bedford...................1014
“  Best  A A....... 1214  Valley  City.............1044
Corallne................19 501 Wonderful............(4 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00] Brighton............... 4 75
Corticelli, doz......... 85  ICorticelli  knitting,

91413 
1014 15 
111417 
1214 20 
D U CK S.

W AD D IN G S.
.14
SIL E SIA S.

M IX ED   F L A N N E L .

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.

R E D   FL A N N E L .

SEW ING  S IL K .

CORSETS.

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twist,doz..4214  per l4oz  ball  ......30
50 yd, doz. .42141
HOOKS  AND  EY ES— P E R  GROSS.

No  1 Bl'k & White..l0  (No  4 Bl’k & White.,15

12 
“   8 
12  I  “  10

P IN S .

No 2—20, M  C ...........50 
INo 4-15, F  314
•  3—18, S C ............45 
I
COTTON  T A PE .
No  2 W hite &  Bl’k..12 
INo  8 W hite &  Bl’k..20 
23
..15 
“  4 
“ 10 
“  6 
..18  I  “  12 
.  26
SA FETY   PIN S .
N o 2 ............................28 
|N o 3 .............................. 3G

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N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

A. Jam es  ................. 1  501 Steam boat...................  40
Crowely’s..................I  35 Gold  E y ed ...................1  50
M arshall’s ................ 1  00,
5—4 

..2  25  6—4 ...3   2515-4.... 1  95  6—4 ..2   96 

TA B LE  O IL  CLOTH.
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...3   10|

“ . . . 2   10 

P. 

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

JOBBERS  OF

Dry  Goods  and  potions.

Overalls, Pants, Jackets, Jumpers, Waists,  Flannel  Shirts,  Domet 
Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in all  qualities. 
Embroideries,  Lace 
Caps,  Ruchings,  Linen  Collars  and  Cuff's, Aprons,  Lace Collars,  Bibs, 
and a Complete Line of Ladies’  Windsor Ties.

Selling  Agents  for  Valley  City,  Georgia  and  Atlanta  Bags. 
Correspondence Solicited.

Twines,  Batts,  Peerless Warp,  Waddings. 

83  Monroe  and  10,12,  14,18  i  18  Foilalain  Sis..  BRAND  RAPIDS

Flags, Horse and  W agon’ Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A .  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106,

HAJRDWAJEtB.

Improvement in Locks.

“I know  of  no recent improvement in 
the  way  of  hardware  specialties  that 
equals the  advance in locks,”  remarked 
Edward T. Cooke, a St.  Louis locksmith, 
to the St.  Louis Stoves and Hardware Re­
porter.  “Some of the new tumbler locks, 
for instance,  are  wonderful in the preci­
sion and  ingenuity of  their  mechanism, 
and they are afforded at fairly reasonable 
prices,  too, considering their  excellence. 
We handle locks of  all kinds in our busi­
ness and must know the ins and outs and 
merits and defects of  each one.  On gen­
eral principles a cheap lock is of very lit­
tle  use  as  a  protection  or  safeguard, 
since almost everybody can force it.  But, 
do  you  know  that  the  popular  notion 
regarding  the  protection  afforded  by 
even  a  good  lock is  very peculiarly ex­
emplified?  For  instance,  a  man  will 
build a fine house and put  an  expensive 
lock on  his front  door.  May be he will 
add an electric alarm attachment connect­
ing with his bedside,  and the minute any 
one  monkeys  with  the  front  door  the 
sleepers are aroused; and by an  addition­
al electric device a flood of light is simul­
taneously turned on  all over  the  house. 
Well,  that  protects  the front  door,  cer­
tainly, and in the case  of  several recent 
burglaries in the  West End it was found 
that the front  door  was  not so much  as 
touched, 
let  alone  being  carried  off. 
This  is  easily explained.  Burglars  do 
not  call  at  the front  door;  and  if  the 
householder  had  expended a small  part 
of  his  outlay on that,  in putting a good 
lock on his  back  doors,  he  might  have 
been spared the attentions  of  the preda­
tory  visitor.  But  the  average  house­
holder  is  content  with  the  commonest 
kind  of  protection  for  the  kitchen  or 
cellar doors, and the burglars know them 
very well.  The same protection afforded 
the rear of the house,  where it is needed, 
as is now  wasted on the front,  would be 
economical;  but  men  will  continue  to 
spend  hundreds  for  burglar  alarms for 
the front,  whereas a good lock  and elec­
tric alarm  connection is more  necessary 
for rear doors and windows.”

Bapid Depreciation in Value.

In  the  published  report,  some  days 
since,  of the sale of the famous Planters’ 
Hotel,  at St.  Louis, Mo.,  the statement is 
made that the  mammoth  kitchen  range, 
which was put into the hotel  about three 
years  ago  at  an  expense of  $5,000, was 
sold for less than $100. 
In  this  connec­
tion  the  phrase,  “How  are  the  mighty 
fallen,”  seems  quite  appropriate.  This 
does  not  necessarily  reflect  upon  the 
quality  of  the  range. 
It only  indicates 
that there was a poor market in St. Louis 
at  the  time  for  second-hand  ranges  of 
very large size.

Another Plate Olase  Establishment.
The  new  town of  Charleroi,  in  Penn­
sylvania,  forms  the  site of  an extensive 
plate  glass  establishment, of  which  ex- 
Congressman  Crouse,  of  Akron,  is  pres­
ident  and  W.  D.  Hartupee  engineer. 
They promise to have 5,000  people there 
by next November and employ 1,200 men, 
of  whom 300 will be skilled workmen.  A 
proposition  to  receive  1,000  workmen 
from  Belgium  and  $1,000,000  in  cash, 
made  by  a  foreign  syndicate  not  long 
ago,  was declined with thanks.

The Hardware  Market.

Steel  nails  continue  weak,  but  no 
change in price has occurred.  All  kinds 
of  wire remain the same.  The new glass 
list has gone into effect, having been gen­
erally accepted by the trade.

A  company  has  been  organized  at 
Chicago,  with a capital  of  $2,000,000, to 
build  a  plate  glass factory  at  Elwood, 
Ind., which,  it is said,  will be the largest 
in the  world.  The  incoporators  claim 
that they have discovered a  way to make 
plate  glass  which  excels  the  French 
product.

A California  court  has  recently  de­
cided that a note  reading,  “On  demand, 
after  date,  for  value  received,  I  prom­
ise  to  pay,”  etc.,  became  immediately 
due  without  the  formality  of  presenta­
tion.

7

THE  MTCITTGAN  TRADESMAN,
dis.

Prices  Current.

wire goods. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
AUGURS  AND  B IT S.
Snell’s.............................................
60
........... 
Cook’s .............................................
........... 
40
Jennings’, genuine.........................
25
........... 
Jennings’,  imitation......................
...........50*10
D.  B. Bronze............ ....... 8 7 50
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............
...........  12 00
S. B. S. Steel............
...........  8 50
D. B. Steel...............
...........  13 50

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A X ES.

d i s .

BARRO W S. 

d iS .

Railroad......................................................$ 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
TO
Carriage new list.  ....................................... 
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe...................................................  
70

b o lts. 

dis.

B U C K ETS.

Well,  p lain ................................................ C 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................   4 00

dis.
 

b u t t s,  cast. 
figured.................. 

Cast Loose Pin, 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60*10
Wrought  Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark's...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s............................................. 70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s .........................................  

70*

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.

40

Grain.....................................................dis. 50*02

Cast Steel.............................................per lb  5

CROW   BA RS.

Sly’s 1-10.............................................per m 
“ 
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
G. D .....................................................  “ 
Musket................................................ 
“ 

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire........................................... dis. 

C A R TRID G ES.

65
60
35
go

50
25

c h i s e l s . 

Socket Firmer..............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................70*10
Socket Comer............................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...................  
40

d i s .

 
dis.

Curry,  Lawrence’s.................................. 
Hotchkiss..................................................... 

40
25

combs. 

White Crayons, per gross..............12@12H dis. 10

C O FFE R .

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ....................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48.................................  
 
Bottoms........................................................ 
dis.

D R IL L S.

28
*26
26
26
27

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks............................    
50
 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound...................................  6H

D R IP P IN G  PA N S.

ELBO W S.

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated......................................dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable.............................................dis.  40*10
dis.

 

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dis.

dis.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

................. 
MOLASSES GATES. 

Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes..............................70*10*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.......... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............ 
55
Door,  porcelsin, trimmings....................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...... 
70
diS.
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list 
55
Mallory, Wheeler *  Co.’s .............. 
56
 
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adze Eye  ......................................   116.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye................................... 
115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... 118.50, dis. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .....................  
40
.. 
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clt  k’s ................. 
40
"  Enterprise 
 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails,  base..................................................2 40
Wire nails,  base..................................................2 90
Steel.  Wire.
60......................................................Base 
Base
50...................................................... Base 
10
05 
40.......................... 
20
30...............  
10 
20
20.........  
 
15 
30
16.................................................   . 
15 
35
12.....................................................  
15 
35
10.....................................................   20 
40
8 .......................................................   25 
50
7 * 6 ..................................................   40 
65
4........................................................   60 
90
3 ........................................................1 00 
1 50
2......................................................... 1 50 
2 00
Fine 3................................................ 1 50 
2 00
Case  10 .............................................  60 
90
8.............................................  75 
1 00
6 
qn 
1 «
Finish 10..........................................   85 
1 00
8.............................................1 00 
1 25
6  ....................................  ...1  15 
1 50
Clinch  10..........................................  85 
75
8..........................................1  00 
90
6........................................... 1  15 
1 00
Barren %...........................................1 75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................  @30
Sciota Bench................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @30
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.........   *10
60
Fry,  Acme............... 
dis. 
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs............................. 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 
9 20

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

dlS.

dis.

 
 

 

 

ROPES.
 

 

SqUARES. 

Sisal, H inch and larger.............................  13
Manilla.............. 
16
dis.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre............................................................ 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
83 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 E0
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.......................................84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4  20 
NOS.  18 to 21......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ...................................   4  40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra

SHEET IRON.

SAND  PA PE R .

Listacct. 19, ’86...................................... dis. 40*10
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
50
Drab A.................................  “ 
55
White  B..............................   “ 
50
Drab B.........   ................  
“  55
White C.................................“ 
35

SASH  CORD.

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Discount, 10.

SASH  W EIG H TS.

d i s .

s a w s . 

wire. 

TRAPS.

Solid Eyes.............................................per ton 825
Hand........................................25@25&5
0 
50 
30
X
28 
dis. 
60*10 
35

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 
Cuts,  per  foot......................................
Steel, Game............................................
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s  .........
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s
Mouse,  choker................................ 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............ ..................81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market...................................    ’  70
Coppered Market.......................................   ’  60
Tinned Market...................................  
62H
Coppered Spring  Steel  ...................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.........................  400
............................  3 40
Au Sable.............................. dis. 25*10@25*10*05
djB.  05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern  .............................  
dis. 10*10
dis.
Baxter's  Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  ......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable  ..............................75*10
dis
Bird Cages.......................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate  ..  .  ..................50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods 
65
... 

wrenches. 
....................... 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

painted 

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PIG TIN.

 

 

 

6H
7

ZINC.

SOLDER.

26c
  28c

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks................................  
Per pound..................................... 
16
H@H............................................... 
Extra W iping.............................  .. 
13^
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett's......................................  
13
TIN—MELVN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   1660
14x20 IC, 
6  60
........................................ 
.........................................   8 35
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
 

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
“ 
“ 
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8600
 
...............   .......................  7  50
7 50

Each additional  X on this grade, 81.75.
............................... 

10x14IC, Charcoal 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional  X on this grade 81.50.

................. 
ROOFING PLATES

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“ Worcester.................................   6 00
“ 
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“ 
....................... 
“ Allaway  Grade  ..................  
“ 
 
“ 
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
7  50
14x20 iX, 
20x28 IC, 
12 50
5 25
14x20 IC, 
6 75
14x20 IX, 
11  00
20x28 IC, 
 
14 00
20x28 IX, 
 
14x28  IX................................................. 
813
14x31  IX....................................................... 14  50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Hollers. 1 
.
9H
^ per pound
14x60 ix.  “ 

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8 35

6 00

30
25

dis.
60*10
60*10
.60*10
50
50

28
18

50

d i s .

EX PA N SIV E  B IT S.
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826.......
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824 ;  3, 830 ............
p i l e s —New List.
Dis8ton’s .....................................
New American............................
Nicholson’s ................................
Heller’s .........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................
G A LVANIZED  IRO N

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

12 

14 

Discount, 50*10

13 
g a u g e s . 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 

HAM M ERS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s......................................dis. 
25
Kip’s........................................................ dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s.............................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__30c 40*10

H IN G ES.

Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ...............................dis.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14  and
longer........................................................  3H
Screw Hook and  Eye, H.........................net 
10
“ 
96................. .......net  8H
M........................net 
7H
“ 
%.........................net  7H
Strap and T .............................................dis. 
70

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H A N G ER S. 

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40

HOLLOW   W ARE

Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders.........................................................  
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10

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

Stamped  Tin Ware.........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are......................new lIst33H<&10
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 

dis.

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- 

- 

The rope market is high  and  advancing, and the 

price at present is as follows:
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13c  pound.
16c  pound.

SISAL 
MANILLA 
If  you  cannot  stand  these  prices,  we  have  in 
stock what is called
N e w  P rocess Rope
Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal.  We  have  the 
following sizes and  quote:
- 
- 
WILL  YOU  TRY  IT?

1-4, 5-16, 3-8 
7-16  and 5-8 

9 l-2c pound.
9c 
pound.

- 
- 

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

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 412Louis St.,

W h o l e s a l e   H a r d w a r e ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

8
The Michigan Tradesman
Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association. 

A  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State,
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26,  1890.

TRUTH  ABOUT  FARM  MORTGAGES.
Joel Benton, the individual who contrib­
uted  a  prominent  article  on  “The De­
cadence of  Farming,”  in one of  the pop­
ular magazines,  must hail from the India- 
rubber State,  judging from the stretches 
he gave his vivid  imagination in the em­
ployment of  figures  to  substantiate  his 
arguments. 
It is a matter of  serious re­
gret that one  should  appear  before  the 
public  as  a  writer  on  so  vital a topic, 
without  giving  some  authority  for  his 
arithmetical  assumptions. 
It  may  be 
bold,  but it cannot be said to be prudent, 
to assert  that “in the Western States the 
farm mortgages amount  to  three  billion 
four  hundred  and  twenty-two  million 
dollars.  This  is  equivalent to a debt of 
two hundred dollars per capita  for  each 
person,  or one  thousand  dollars  to each 
head of  a  family.” 
It  is  not  prudent, 
because the statement,  without evidence 
of  authoritative  endorsement, carries no 
weight with it,  and its  influence  may be 
bad  on  unsuspecting  individuals.  T h e 
T radesm an  inclines  to the opinion that 
the figures were  obtained  from what has 
been  peddled  around  the country as  an 
“authority in  financial  matters,”  a  cer­
tain  bankers’ 
journal.  That  “author­
ity” says the mortgages  on  farms in the 
following states are:
Kansas............................................... 8 235,000,000
Indiana.........................................  
635,000,000
Io w a..................................................  576.000,000
Michigan.................................  ........  500,000,100
Wisconsin..........................................   357,000,000
Ohio................................................... 1,127,000,000
Total............................................83,430,000,000
It must not  be  supposed  that  it is an 
easy matter  to  disprove  such broad and 
sweeping  assertions,  in  the  absence  of 
almost  any official  statistics  bearing on 
the subject.  Too  frequently  advantage 
is taken of just such a condition of things 
by persons having a special axe to grind. 
Happily,  in  the  case  of  Michigan,  we 
have  some  definite  information,  which 
will not only enable us to place our State 
in  its  true  light, but form a reasonably 
correct  basis  for  calculations  in the re­
maining states.

Hon.  A.  H.  Heath,  Commissioner  of 
Labor  Statistics,  in  his  most  excellent 
report for the year 1888, gives the follow­
ing useful information:  The number of 
farms embraced in the report was 90,803, 
or 58 per cent,  of all within  the  borders 
of the State, and  which had  an  assessed 
value of $194,854,633.  The true value of 
these is estimated by that official at $243,- 
568,291,  and  43,079  farmers  out  of  the 
90,803  reported  that  their  farms  were 
carrying  mortgages  amounting  in  the 
aggregate to $37,456,272.  There  can  be 
no disputing the  figures  thus  far.  The 
Commissioner  estimates 
the  assessed 
value  of  all  the  farms  in  Michigan at 
$335,000,000—their  actual  market value 
$420,000,000.  Assuming  the  same ratio 
of mortgage on all  farms  as  those  actu­
ally known  to  be  mortgaged,  the  total 
mortgage indebtedness would be $65,000,-

000,  or  15K  per  cent,  of  the  figures 
assumed by the prolific  calculator.

It must  be  borne  in  distinct  remem­

brance that the vast  quantity  of  money ■ 
that has been  pouring  into Michigan has ; 
not  all  been  plastering  mortgages  on 
farms.  A very large percentage has gone 
toward developing internal improvments, 
building up cities and  enterprises  of  all 
kinds and character. 
If  the  statement 
of  Mr.  Benton were true, that each head 
| of a family was  saddled with an average 
financial burden  of  $1,000,  we should be 
tempted to write down the State as hope­
lessly  bankrupt.  But  the  commonest 
kind of common  sense  suggests  the ab­
surdity of  such a statement.

REGULARITY  OF  HABIT.

One of  the most  difficult of  all  minor 
habits to acquire is that of  regularity.  It 
ranks  with  that of  order.  The  natural 
inclination of  most  persons  is  to  defer 
until the last possible  moment, or to put 
it  off  to  another  time,  where  this  can 
possibly  be  done.  Yet  habits  of  regu­
larity contribute  largely to the  ease and 
comfort of  life.  A  person can  multiply 
his  efficiency  by it.  All  know  persons 
who have a multitude of duties,  and  who 
perform a vast  deal  of  work  daily, who 
set apart certain hours for  given  duties, 
and are there at the moment  and  attend 
rigidly to what  is  in  hand.  This done, 
other  engagements  are  met,  each  in 
order, and a vast  deal  accomplished,  not 
by strained  exertion,  but  by regularity. 
The mind can be so trained  to  this  that 
at certain hours in the  day  it  will  turn 
to a particular  line of  duty,  and at other 
hours to other and different labors.  The 
very diversity is  restful,  when  attended 
to  in  regular  order.  But  let these run 
together,  and the duties mixed,  and what 
before  was  easy  is  now  annoying  and 
oppressive,  and  the  exact  difference be­
tween  many is at this  point.  There are 
those who confuse and  rush  and  accom­
plish  little,  while  another  will  quietly 
proceed  from  one  duty to  another,  and 
easily  accomplish  a  vast  amount  of 
work.  The  difference  is  not  in  the 
capacity of  the two, but  in  the  regular 
methods  of  the  one  as  compared  with 
the irregular and confused  habits of  the 
other. 

________________

ERRONEOUS  STATEMENTS.

So  much  misrepresentation  has  been 
made about the  mortgaged  indebtedness 
of  Michigan  farmers,  that  we  may  be 
pardoned if  what may seem to be a more 
than proper  amount of  space is devoted 
to  removing  the false  impressions  pro­
duced  by  them.  One  salutary  effect 
these  misleading  statements  will  have 
will be an incentive to local organizations 
to gather together reliable statistics bear­
ing  on  the  subject. 
It  is  a  strange 
feature  of  this  matter  that the farmers 
themselves,  under  the  cover  of 
their 
Patrons of Industry lodges,  have contrib­
just  portion  to 
uted  more  than  their 
sending  forth 
statements. 
This is done evidently under  the  smart­
ing  heat  of  other  oppressions,  which 
were not altogether allied to that of their 
own financial  burdens.  We  are  rather 
inclined to think  the  weapon  used  will 
prove a  boomerang,  and  that  they will 
find  credit  in  farm  loans  as  desirable 
securities  will  be  shaken,  rendering  it 
difficult to procure  funds at future dates 
when most needed by them.  There  has 
been  taken  a  too  narrow  view  of  the 
debt question.

erroneous 

The time  ought to speedily come when

T h   h :  M i c n i G A . i s r   t r a d e s m a n .

every  state  will  have  a  yearly  census 
taken,  showing  the extent  of  mortgage 
indebtedness,  both  on  farm  and  other 
property.  This  would not entail a great 
amount of  additional expense and labor,
if  the  work  of  the  assessors  could  be 
made to include it;  for  we  think  this is 
where  it  properly belongs,  where  there I 
are no separate  bureaus  or  departments 
for that purpose.

LIABLE  TO  INDICTMENT.

T h e  T radesm an has it on the author­
ity of  one of  the  leading  legal  counsel­
ors of  Grand  Rapids  that  any one  who 
votes to place a boycott on a merchant or 
the  merchants of  an  entire  community, 
because they refuse  to  contract  to  sell 
goods at a stipulated  price,  is  guilty of 
conspiracy and can be indicted under the 
law for such offense.

In the light of  these  facts, the Patrons 
of  Industry who are placing  boycotts on 
merchants  and  towns  would  do well to 
consider  the  liability attaching  to  their 
actions. 

________________

Some farmers  never  make any money, 
simply because  they don’t keep track, in 
a methodical way, of  what they gain and 
lose. 
It  is  all  guess work.  Last  year, 
in Virginia,  sixty-five  out of  eighty-nine 
counties reported  their  farmers as keep­
ing  no  accounts  whatever.  How  long 
would a merchant or manufacturer stand 
that  kind of  business.
Comments of the Trade and State Press.
Hastings  Banner:  T h e  Mic h ig a n 
T radesm an is now  issued in book form. 
T h e  T radesm an  is  bound to get to the 
front  and  is  one  of  the  leading  trade 
journals in this part of the country.

Shoe and  Leather  Review:  That  ably 
edited journal,  T h e  Mich ig a n  T rades­
man,  has wisely abandoned  the old-fash­
ioned folio form. 
It  is  now  issued  in 
book form,  with pages about  the size of 
the Review.

Northwestern  Trade:  T h e  Mic h ig a n 
T radesm an,  an able  journal  published 
at Grand Rapid>,  Mich.,  comes  to  hand 
this  week in  sixteen  page  book form,  a 
handsome  improvement  over 
the  old- 
fashioned folio which it succeeds.

Pennsylvania Grocer:  “ T h e Mich ig a n 
T radesm an  has been  changed  from the 
old-fashioned  and  troublesome  blanket 
sheet  to  a neat  sixteen-page  paper. 
It 
is now one of  the  most  attractive  trade 
papers  in  the  country,  and deserves all 
the success it is getting.”

Charlevoix  Journal:  T h e  Mich ig a n 
T radesm an  has  been  changed to a four 
column paper of  sixteen  pages,  stitched 
and trimmed.  The change  is  decidedly 
for  the  better. 
It  is  convenient  for 
handling,  reading,  filing,  binding,  and 
the paper can  be increased in size,  to suit 
convenience  or  necessity,  by  adding 
pages. 
It is the best possible  style for a 
publication  of  the  character  of  T h e 
T radesm an.

Merchant's Criterion:  T h e  Mich ig a n 
T radesm an comes to our table this week 
decked out in a new  dress  and made  up 
in a new form. 
It is a vast improvement 
over the old way and  we are glad to note 
this  evidence  of  material  prosperity. 
The  success  of  one  trade  paper  ought 
always to  be a matter  of  congratulation 
to all  the rest. 
It  is  evidence  that  the 
people  are  beginning  to  recognize  the 
usefulness of  such sheets,  and the legiti­
macy of their mission.
Business  World:  When Bro.  Stowe,  of 
T h e  Mich ig a n  T radesm an,  makes  up 
his  mind  to  do  anything,  he  proceeds 
straightway to ask the advice of  his sub­
scribers  and  the  rest  of  his  enemies. 
The latest instance of  this is the form of 
T h e  T radesm an  which  came to us last 
week in a neat octavo,  looking much like 
the  Business  World  without  a  cover. 
The change  promises  to  be  more  con­
venient  for  the  reader  and  advertiser 
than for the publisher,  but  we  suppose 
the latter  will have to endure  it,  if  the 
former like it.

MULLIKEN’S  MISTAKES.

Some  Reasons  Which  Led 
Enforced  Retirement.

to  His 

If T h e T radesm an  were to  be  called 
upon to enumerate some of  the mistakes 
which  rendered ex-Manager Mulliken so 
unpopular  with  the business public and 
finally induced  the  directors  to  ask for 
his resignation, it would  epitomize them 
about as follows:

1.  The  overbearing,  arrogant  manner 
which characterized his treatment of men 
whom he did  not  consider  his equals or 
superiors.

2.  The almost prohibitive rate charged 
non-competing  points  previous  to  the 
enactment  of  the  Inter-state  Commerce 
law  and  the  pools  maintained  at such 
points as Ionia and Big Rapids.  Under 
the  exhorbitant  rate  charged  non-com­
peting  points,  such 
towns  as  Grand 
Ledge,  Portland  and  Greenville  were 
stunted almost beyond the hope of recov­
ery.  Buyers of grain and produce were 
at  a  tremendous  disadvantage,  as com­
pared with similar dealers at Grand Rap­
ids,  Lansing  and  Owosso, and  the mer­
chants  were  compelled  to  pay freights 
which  were  little  short  of  prohibitive. 
The pool entered  into with the D., G.  H. 
& M.  Railway,  putting a higher  tariff on 
Ionia than was exacted of Grand Rapids, 
was a hard  blow  to  that  city  and  the 
effects of the discrimination used against 
that  place will be felt for many years  to 
come.

the 

3.  Failing  to  cultivate 

lumber 
traffic of Montcalm, Isabella and Mecosta 
counties,  to the end that the D.,  L.  &  N. 
might carry  out  the  enormous quantity 
of  fine timber  naturally tributary to the 
line in those counties.  By  maintaining 
exhorbitant rates on the lumber business, 
the  men  who  owned  the  timber  were 
compelled  to  seek  other  outlets,  as  a 
result of which most of the timber which 
could have been  diverted to the D., L. & 
N.—resulting in the  creation  of  several 
lively  towns,  as  well  as  increasing the 
business of the road—was permitted to go 
down  Grand  River  by  means  of  the 
Flat River and  other  tributaries.  This 
mistake  the  road  will  never  be able to 
recover from,  as the lack of strong towns 
between  Ionia  and  Howard  City  and 
Ionia and Big Rapids will militate against 
the  profitableness  of  those  portions  of 
the road for all time to come.

4.  The construction of  a bridge across 
the Muskegon River at Big Rapids, which 
cost  the  system  $60.000  and  has never 
been  used enough to keep the track from 
rusting. 
It was built for  the  ostensible 
purpose  of  handling  the  freight  traffic 
between  Detroit  and Muskegon, but the 
enactment of  the  Inter-state  Commerce 
law rendered that  route impracticable.

5.  The  construction of  the  connecting 
line between Grand Ledge  and  this city. 
However  advantageous  this  route  may 
be to Grand Rapids and  Detroit, it was a 
sorry  investment  for  the  stockholders. 
No  expense  was  spared in its construc­
tion  and 
thousands  of  dollars  were 
wasted  unnecessarily.  The bull-headed 
policy pursued  by the  General  Manager 
resulted  in  his  paying  twice  what  the 
right of  way  was  worth  and  every con­
tract  was  subject to  criticism. 
It is re­
ported that the contract for grading  was 
let with the understanding that the Man­
ager’s son-in-law should  receive a salary 
of  $500 a month as paymaster—a stipend 
fully $400  in  excess  of  what  the  work 
performed  was  worth.  The  extension 
was  built  and  equipped on the  express

promise  of  tlie  Manager  that  it  would 
add  $300,000 a  year to the  net  earnings 
of  the  road.  As a matter of  fact,  it  did 
not pay running  expenses  and  will  not 
do so for some time to come.  The reason 
for this is obvious:  The  road  is depend­
ent  almost  wholly on  local traffic,  both 
freight  and  passenger.  Through  pas­
sengers  or  freight  go  either  over  the 
Michigan  Central  or  Grand  Trunk sys­
tems.

6.  The purchase of the Saginaw Valley 
& St.  Louis line,  after the country tribu­
tary  to  the  road  had  been  completely 
“skinned” by John Elwell. The passenger 
traffic is small and the country is passing 
through the transition period from lumber 
to farm products, which will not afford any 
considerable shipping  business for years 
yet.  “Mulliken’s  Folly”  would  seem to 
be  a particularly  appropriate  name  for 
this purchase.

7.  The  unification  of  the  C. & W.  M. 
and  D., L.  & N.  Railways,  placing  both 
under  the  same  management  at  the 
munificent salary of  $17,000 per  year.

8.  The  adoption of  an  aggressive pol­
icy toward  Muskegon,  resulting  in  the 
growth  of  a cordial  hatred  of  the  road 
on  the  part  of  business  men—a  spirit 
which  has  culminated in turning over a 
fraction  over  half  the  freight  business 
of  the city to the G.  R.  & I.  Railroad.

9.  The leasing of the belt line of tracks 
at Muskegon—which could have been se­
cured by no other man  than  ex-Manager 
Kimball—to the G.  R.  & I.—a concession 
which  put  the  road  at  the  mercy of  a 
strong and better-liked competitor.  This 
course  was  so  contrary to  the  rules of 
business  and  the  primary  principles of 
railroading as to give ground  for  the be­
lief  that the man who  authorized  such a 
transfer must  have been actuated by sin­
gular motives.

10.  Making  Pentwater  a 

terminus, 
when a short  extension  would carry the 
road to the  thriving  cities of  Ludington 
and Manistee.  To the ordinary observer, 
this  looks a good  deal  like  climbing to 
the gates of  Paradise  and  then refusing 
to go inside.
11.  Building an  extension  from  Bald­
win  to  Traverse  City  through  a  long 
stretch of  country which  would not sup­
port a goat—the  jack pine  tract of  Man­
istee  county.  This  extension  will be a 
good  thing  for  Traverse  City  and  the 
country  along  the  line, but  it  will not 
pay  running  expenses  the  year  round 
carrying  summer  tourists  during  July 
and August.

12.  The  “rule  or  ruin”  spirit  man­
ifested at the time  the T., A.  A. & N. M. 
attempted to cross his line at Howell and 
the  treatment  accorded  the  Newaygo 
Manufacturing Co.,  at Newaygo,  because 
that corporation attempted to prevent the 
railroad from trespassing on its property.
13.  His  inability  to  treat  his  subor­
dinates with  the  commonest  kind of  re­
spect.  Nearly every man in the  employ 
of  the  road  was  prevented  from  exer­
cising  his  best judgment,  by  reason  of 
the  domineering  spirit  of  the  General 
Manager,  who  insisted  upon  dictating 
how every detail  should be arranged and 
how  every arrangement  should  be  car­
ried out.  So offensive  was  Mulliken  in 
this respect, that it was frequently stated 
that no one could  serve  under  him  and 
maintain  his  self-respect.  While  this 
statement  is  probably  overdrawn,  it is, 
nevertheless, a fact that  the  lieutenants 
of  the deposed Manager labored with less 
enthusiasm than those of  any other  rail­
way in the State.

Directors Elected.

At a meeting of  the  Michigan  Lumber 
Manufacturers’ Association,  held at East 
Saginaw  on'the  20th,'twelve  directors 
were elected, as follows:

Saginaw.
Torrent), Kalkaska.
ber Co.),' Au Sable.
Sons), Cheboygan.
Detroit.
ling.
Cadillac.
Grand Rapids.

A. T.  Brown  (Brown  &  Ryan),  East 
John  Torrent  (Smith  Lumber  Co.  & 
H.  M.  Loud (II.  M.  Loud & Sons  Lum­
Ephraim  Smith  (Thompson  Smith’s 
F.  P.  Eatherly  (Moffatt  &  Eatherly), 
R.  Hanson  (Sailing & Hanson),  Gray­
W.  W.  Cummer  (Cummer  &  Sons), 
W.  H.  Hoops (Tucker,  Hoops  &  Co.), 
F.  W. Gilchrist, Alpena.
II. Howard,  Port Huron.
John Welch,  Bay City.
J.  Littlefield, Farwell.
Another  meeting will be held  at  East 
Saginaw  on  the  28th,  at  which  time 
officers will be elected.

Impending Boom  at Muskegon.

Arrangements  have  been  made  by  a 
syndicate of  Muskegon  gentlemen to in­
augurate  a  real  estate  boom  at  that 
place  in  the  near future.  L. G. Mason, 
Geo.  Erwin,  Postmaster  Holbrook  and 
others  have  purchased  a large  tract  of 
land  south of  the  city,  platted it some­
what after the style of  the Oakdale Park 
addition to Grand  Rapids  and  have  ar­
ranged  for  the  services  of  a number of 
professional  boomers, who  will  shortly 
put in an  appearance.  One street in the 
new addition will be set  aside  for  man­
ufacturing  purposes, and  business  and 
residence  lots  will  be  sold on the guar­
antee  of  the  syndicate  that  a  certain 
amount of  manufacturing will be located 
on the addition within a specified time.

Referred to the  Board of Trade.

I th a c a,  March 20, 1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Grand  Rapids  is  pretty well supplied 
with  outlets,  in  the  shape of  railroads, 
but a line could penetrate  one  direction 
and  open  up a comparatively uncovered 
field.  A railroad  from  Grand  Rapids to 
this place,  a distance of sixty miles, run­
ning  through  Carson  City and  Belding, 
would  undoubtedly  be  a  good  invest­
ment,  as  it  would  penetrate  splendid 
farming  regions  all  the  way.  Should 
circumstances  seem  to  warrant  it,  the 
road could be extended to  Saginaw, thus 
making a connection thirty miles shorter 
than the Saginaw Valley & St.  Louis.
I suggest that  you call the attention of 
your Board of  Trade to  this  project, or, 
better  yet,  enlist  the  co-operation  of  a 
set  of  men  with  less  sail  and  more 

Merch a nt.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
14.  His inability to  meet  shippers  on 
common ground and treat them as equals, 
no matter how  large  might be their bus­
iness or how profitable it could  be  made 
to the road.  To thii? weakness is largely 
due the antipathy felt  toward  the  road, 
in greater or lesser degree,  at every point 
it touches.

Such,  in  brief,  are  some of  the  mis­
takes which caused  Mulliken’s  downfall 
and plunged the roads  under  his  super­
vision  into  the  deplorable  condition 
above depicted.

It is to be hoped that the new Manager 
will  profit  by the experience of  his pre­
decessor,  avoid  the  mistakes  made  by 
Mr.  Mulliken,  thus giving  the  roads un­
der his charge a character  and  standing 
which one of  them enjoyed, to a remark­
able extent, while under the management 
of  Mr. Mulliken’s predecessor.

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Lawn Tennis, Etc.

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D r u g s ^ M e d i c i n e s .  I

State Board of Pharmacy»

Meetings  during  1890—Star Island,  June 30 and July 

One Y ear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Year»—Stanley E. P&rkill, Owosso.
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Years—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Five Years—O ttraar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
1;  M arquette, Aug.  13  and 14;  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6. 
^Michigan State  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   Ass’n. 
President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry K ephart, Berrien Springs 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Prall,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday 
of September,  1890._________________________ ______
Grraod  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
a t i r a n d  Rapids Drug Clerks9 Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, Albert 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  

President, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks9  Association.

President. C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H o y t.________
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Gossip  Among the  Trade.

Frank Bogard  has transferred his alle­
giance  from  Williams,  Sheley & Brooks 
to Farrand,  Williams & Clark.

L.  M.  Mills  is  sadly  afflicted  these 
days.  The family cat died  one  day last 
week  and  the  next  day the  dog  disap­
peared.

C. A. Soule, of  the drug firm of  Brain- 
ard & Soule,  at Eaton Rapids,  is taking a 
course in the  medical  department at the 
Ann Arbor University.

Harry Tremayne,  formerly on the road 
for Jas.  E. Davis & Co., but for  the  past 
two  years  traveling  salesman  for T.  H. 
Hinchman  &  Sons, now represents Wil­
liams, Sheley &  Brooks.

It is still thought that the  drug  house 
of  John J. Dodds & Co.  will  be  merged 
into the new house of  Farrand, Williams 
&  Clark,  as negotiations  with  that  end 
in view are still in  progress.

Many complaints come to T h e  T r a d e s ­
m a n   of  the  failure  of 
transportation 
companies to  adjust  losses  sustained in 
the shipment of  goods.  Many payments 
are  avoided  in  this  manner,  most  of 
which are probably just  claims.  Unless 
losses are paid  promptly and  honorably, 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s   advice  is  to  bring 
suit against the company’s agent, as such 
a  course  almost  invariably  brings  the 
companies to time.

A recent shipment of  goods to Owen & 
Bullis,  at Maple  Rapids,  included a bar­
rel of  whisky.  When the  goods reached 
Fowler, one of the brakemen on the train 
attempted  to  unload  the  whisky alone, 
but let the barrel drop, the  chime  strik­
ing on the rail and  breaking it in  such a 
munner that but two gallons remained in 
the  barrel  when  it  was  righted.  The 
man immediately left  the  employ of  the 
road,  and  Owen &  Bullis  are  now  en­
deavoring to secure an adjustment of the 
loss  at  the  hands  of  the  railway  com­
pany—a  proceeding  the  company  will 
probably delay as long  as Owen & Bullis 
desist  from  forcing  collection  by  legal 
process.

A Dual Traveling Man.

A Carson City correspondent  writes  as 

follows:

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

so singular to T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’ s  corres­
pondent  can  be  easily explained.  Mr. 
Tremayne has  transferred his allegiance 
from  Hinchman  &  Sons  to  Williams, 
Sheley  &  Brooks  and  the  old  contract 
probably terminated  and  the  new  con­
tract probably went into effect  while Mr. 
Tremayne was  walking  across the street 
on the day in question.
m  »  »

to  February,  1888.  During 

Hair Turned  Black by Jaborandi.
Dr.  Prentiss  relates a remarkable  oc­
currence following  the use of  jaborandi. 
The  patient was a woman,  aged 72, who 
had  snow-white  hair for  twenty  years. 
For the symptoms of  beginning  uraemia, 
due  to  contracted  kidney, 
twenty  or 
thirty  minims  of  extract  of  jaborandi 
was prescribed several times daily.
The  drug  was  taken  from  October, 
1886, 
the 
autumn of  1887  the  eyebrows  were  be­
coming  darker, and the hair of  the head 
became  also  darker  in  patches.  This 
continued until the  patches of  hair were 
quite dark, contrasting  with the  natural 
patches  of  snow-white  hair.  The  hair 
did  not  universally  change  before  her 
death. 
In  1881  Dr.  Prentiss  had  pub­
lished  another  case  of  kidney  disease, 
pyelonephritis, treated with  pilocarpine. 
The  hair of  the  patient, a lady  twenty- 
five  years  old, changed  from  blonde  to 
black  under  the  influence of  the  drug. 
The  pilocarpine  was  administered  hy­
(one-sixth  of  a  grain) 
podermically 
tw enty-tw o  times  in  the  course of  two 
months;  the dose was then increased. 
In 
one month after beginning  the treatment 
the hair changed from a light blonde to a 
chestnut  brown;  four  months  later  it 
was “almost a pure  black.” 
It  is satis­
factory  to  find  that  eight  years  after­
ward the hair is again a dark brown.
Who  Shall Draw  the Trade.

Which is the better way for proprietors 
to  manage  a  business;  to  look  to  the 
clerks for drawing  a  trade,  or  to  draw 
trade by their own exertions and devices?
We  like  the  instructions  given  by a 
certain  large  retail firm to their  clerks. 
The  firm  says  in  substance: 
“We  do 
not expect  you to draw  trade, nor do we 
hire you for that purpose. 
It is our bus­
iness to  draw  customers,  and  what  we 
ask  of  you is  to sell  them  goods  after 
they get here.  We  will do the  drawing; 
you are to do the selling.”
We  believe it is a great  mistake to de­
pend upon the clerks for  the drawing  of 
customers.  By so  doing  the  proprietor 
confers upon the clerks the  work  which 
he  himself  should  do,  and  makes  his 
future success depend upon holding  that 
clerk and  his  “trade.”  We  are  aware 
that the amount of trade a clerk can con­
trol is not as large as the clerk  generally 
supposes,  yet  when a store is run  upon 
that plan the loss  of  a  clerk  mean  the 
loss of trade. 
If  the owners  of  a  store 
do not  know  how to get  customers  into 
their places  of  business,  they had better 
resign,  and let the  clerk  who  can  draw 
trade take their places.
Is it any wonder  that proprietors com­
plain that  when they get a good clerk he 
soon  leaves  and  goes  into  business for 
himself.  Well,  why shouldn’t  he?  He 
has been doing  the business  of  the pro­
prietor before,  and no  wonder he prefers 
to be  proprietor for  himself  instead  of 
for someone else.
When a merchant depends on his clerks 
for trade, the wisest thing he can do is to 
give those  clerks an interest in the busi­
ness,  and thus  their  services  will  he re­
tained,  and they will be in  their  proper 
position as proprietors.

A  Bank  Where  the  Directors  Meet  to 

Direct,  and Do  It.

From the New Y ork Sun.
“There is one bank in this country that 
will never get in trouble as long as it has 
its  present  Board  of1 Directors,”  said a 
well-known Orange  county lawyer,  “and 
that  is  the Chester Bank,  in our county, 
up  among  the  onion  farmers.  Every 
director  of  that  bank  is  a  farmer,  and 
every Saturday the  entire  Board is pres­
ent at the  bank  promptly at 2 o’clock to 
examine  the affairs of  the institution,  to 
see  that  nothing  has gone wrong.  The 
cashier is a man that any member of  the 
Board  would  mortgage  his  farm  to get 
money to loan  to  him,  on his own secur­
ity,  if  he  wanted  it,  and  the  President 
the Board would trust with  all  its  indi­
vidual wealth and  take his word  for  the 
disposal  of  it.  But  when  they  meet at 
the bank of  a Saturday, these  rural cen­
sors of  its management drop all  individ­
uality.  They  are  bank  directors  then, 
and  they  are  there 
to  direct.  They 
don’t  take  the  cashier’s  word  or  the
President’s word  or  statement  for  any­
thing.  The  cashier  can’t  show  them a 
package and  tell  them  there is so much 
money and such and such  securities in it 
and then put it in the safe without being 
asked  to  show  it  up.  These  model 
directors say:
“ ‘Fetch  out  your  books.  Empty  the 
vault  and  safe,  and undo all  your pack­
ages.’
“Every  envelope  is  opened,  and  its 
contents  examined  and  noted.  Every 
bill  is  counted  and scrutinized.  Every 
coin is enumerated  down to the last cop­
per  in  the  till.  Then  the  books  are 
looked  into and gone over with the same 
care,  and  they have to balance to a cent 
or  the  directors  will  know  the  reason 
then and there.  The cashier of the bank 
told me once that at one of  these  weekly 
examinations of  the bank’s affairs,  itwas 
discovered that  the cash on hand did not 
agree  with 
the  books.  There  was 
twenty-five cents  entered  on  the  hooks 
which was not  on  hand,  and it could not 
be  accounted  for.  Every  package  was 
re-examined by each one of  these farmer 
bankers,  and  every  dollar  of  cash  re­
counted,  but  still  the  twenty-five-cent 
deficiency was apparent.  After an hour’s 
search for the  missing  money without it 
being  found,  the  President of  the bank, 
who  had  grown  tired  of  the  business, 
said to the Board that as the discrepancy 
was  evidently the  result  of  some  little 
error that the clerks would  discover  and 
correct  on  Monday,  he  would  put  the 
missing twenty-five  cents in the cash out 
of  his  own  pocket,  so  that  the  books 
could  he  balanced  and the  Board could 
adjourn.  But,  no, sir-ee !
‘“ It may be  an  error,  and  it  maybe 
something  else!’  said  the  watchdog  of 
the  bank’s  treasury. 
‘Whatever it is,  it 
must be cleared  up  before  this  meeting 
adjourns.’
“The safe was emptied of  its  contents 
six  different  times,  the  counting  gone 
over every time, and the books examined 
as many times more.  The sixth time the 
contents  of  the  safe  were  dragged  out 
the  missing  quarter  was found in a big 
envelope,  where  it  had  caught  in some 
way  under a loose  flap.  The  coin  was 
turned  out  on  the  table and counted in 
with the cash.  This made everything all 
straight;  the directors passed on the acts 
of 
the  bank’s  officers  and  approved 
them, and the  meeting  adjourned.  The 
Chester Bank isn’t a very big one,  but no 
Claassen  or  Pell or any other ‘kiters’ or 
wreckers  could  get  their  work  in on it 
while  that Board of  Directors is looking 
after  the  affairs of  the concern.  Not by 
a  jugfull they couldn’t.

Harry  Tremayne  was  in  town  last 
Friday, representing two drug  houses at 
the same time.  He sold  B.  F.  Sweet  a 
bill of  goods for T.  H. Hinchman & Sons 
and went across the street and sold Kelly 
& Cadwell a bill for  Williams,  Sheley & 
Brooks. 
Just  where  the  dividing  line 
between the two  houses lies is  just  now 
a matter  of  speculation.  One  thing  is 
not in doubt,  however—when  Tremayne 
is  on  the  north  side  of  the  street,  he 
represents  Williams,  Sheley  &  Brooks; 
when he is on the south side of the street, 
he is in the employ of  T.  H.  Hinchman 
& Sons.

The circumstance  which appears to be

The Drug;  Market.

There are no important changes to note 
this week.  Quinine and opium are tend­
ing  lower.  Morphia 
is  unchanged.
Soda ash,  sal soda and bi-carhonate sodas 
are  higher. 
Japonica  has  advanced.
Turpentine is higher.

They  Come  High.

Customer—I’d like  to  get  about  fifty 
cents’ worth of  these  cucumbers,  if  you 
| please.
Dealer in fine groceries, tropical fruits, 
etc.  (with  withering  scorn)—Can’t  you 
' afford to buy a whole one ?

Taking Very  Little.

“Have  you  taken  anything  for  your 
trouble?”  asked  the  doctor  of  a  long, 
lank,  hungry looking  man,  who  came to 
him  complaining  of  being  “all  run 
down,”  so that  he  didn’t seem to be  “no 
manner o’ correct,” his  appearance veri­
fying his words.
“Well,  I  ain’t  been  taking  much  of 
anything, doc., that is, nothing  to  speak 
of. 
I tuk  a  couple  o’  bottles  o’  Pink- 
ham’s  bitters a while  back,  an’ a bottle 
of  Quackem’s  invigorator,  with a couple 
o’  boxes  o’ Curem’s  pills,  and  a  lot o’ 
quinine  and  some  root  bitters  my  old

woman  fixed  up. 
I’ve  got  a  porous 
plaster  on  my back  an’  a liver  pad  on, 
an’  I’m wearin’  an ’lectric belt an’  takin’ 
red clover  four  times a day,  with a dose 
or two o’  salts  every other  day;  ’ceptin’ 
for that I ain’t taken nothin’ ”
CX2TS2C2TG  ROOT.

We pay the highest price for It.  Address 

D r n i r   D u n o   W holesale  Druggist«, 
r i l G A   D I lU O ., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.
Do  You  Observe  the  Law?

If not, send $1 to

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

For their combined

LIQUOR 4 POISON  REGORD.

T H E   M O S T  R E L I A B L E   F O O D ;
For Infants and Invalids«
U sed  everyw here,  w ith   u nqualified 
success.  S o t a medicine, b u t a steam - 
cooked  foody  suited  to   th e   weakest 
stom ach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  b y  
druggists.  In cans. 35c. and upwards

Mg Stock For Sale.

For the next ten days we  offer 
the F.  H.  Escott  Drug  Store, on 
Canal street, this city, at a reduc­
tion of  10 per cent,  from  inven­
tory, or $3,750—Cash.  This  is a 
rare  chance for a good  druggist 
to start in business at an old and 
established stand.
Haxeltine  &  Perkins Drifg Co.

“THE  WEAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALUE."

We still have in stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P rep a red

P a in t.

MIXED  READY  FOR  USE.

Having sold  same  to  our  trade  for  over  ten 
years, we  can  say it  has  fulfilled the manufac­
turer’s guarantee.  Write  for  sample  card  and 
prices before making your spring purchases.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

POLISHINATHE™^TURE

SOLE  AGENTS

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

1 1

W h o le s a le   P r i c e   C u r r e n t•

Advanced—Soda Ash, Turpentine.

ACIDUM .

Aceticum.....................  
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1 00
Boracic 
....................  
30
Carbolicum.................   40® 45
Citricum......................  50® 55
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
Nitroeum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum.....................  10® 12
Phosphorium dil........ 
20
Salicylicum.....................1 40@1 80
Sulph uricum................  154® 5
Tannicum........................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum...................  35® 38

AMMONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg................  
3©  5
18  deg................   4®  6
Carbonas  ....................   11® 13
Chloridum...................  12® 14

A N IL IN E .

Black............................... 2 00©2 25
Brown..........................   80@1 00
Red...............................  45® 50
Yellow............................ 2 50®3 00

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po. 1 60.............. 1  85@2 00
Juniperus.....................  8® 10
Xantnoxylum..............  25® 30

BALSAM UM .

C o p a ib a ...............................  70®  75
Peru............................  ®1  30
Terabin, Canada  ........  45® 50
T o l u ta n ...............................  40® 45

CORTEX .

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cassiae  ...............................  JJ
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
M y rica  C e rife ra , p o ................   20
P ru n u s  V lr g in l..........................   12
Q u illa ia ,  g r d ..............................   12
Sassafras  ...............................  J*
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)........  10

EXTRACTUM .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
p o .........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
54b...........
54s.............
FER R U M .

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia....
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

“ 

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

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
154®  2

FLO R A .

A rnica.......................   J4@  16
Anthemis..............  30® 
35
M atricaria...........  30® 
35

F O L IA .

“ 

“ 

nivelly................  25® 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  10®  12
28
Alx.  35®  50
12
10

Salvia  officinalis,  54s
Ura Ursi.................  
SITMMI.

and  54s...............   10® 
8® 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @1  00
2d 
“ 
....  @  90
3d 
“  —   @  80
sifted sorts...  @ 65
po ...................  75@1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po.  60)...  50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @  50
Catechu, Is, (54b, 14 54s,
16)...................  
© 
1
30
Ammoniae............  25® 
Assafcetida, (po.  30)...  @  15
Benzoinum............  50® 
55
Camphor».............   60® 
65
Euphorbium  po 
..  35®  lo
Galbanum.............   @ 
80
Gamboge,  po.........  80® 
95
Guaiacum, (po.55)  ...  @ 50
Kino,  (po.  25).......   @ 
20
Mastic............ ..........   @1  00
Myrrh, (po  45)......  @ 
40
Opii,  (pc. 5 20)............ 3 75@3 90
Shellac  ......................  25®  35
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth..........   30® 
75

“ 
herba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
.  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

“ 

MASNESLA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat  .........   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLEUM .

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Anisi............................1 90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamii  ................... 2  80@3 25
Cajiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophylli.................1  25®1 30
Cedar..........................  35® 65
Chenopodii...............   @1  75
Cinnamonii............   .1  35@1 40
Citronella...................  ®  75
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba.......................1  20@1 30

“ 

R A D IX .

POTASSIUM.

Cubebae.......... 16 00@16 
50
ExechthitOB................  90@1  00
Erigeron..................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultheria..................2 10®2 20
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  60® 1  75
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis...................... 1  50@1  80
Mentha Piper.............. 2 00®2  10
Mentha Verid.............2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
olive...........................1  25@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini..........................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............ 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglii..........................   @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20
Bi Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide..................  
37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 86@2 90
Potassa, Bi tart,  pure..  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, o p t__   8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7@  9
Prussiate....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18
Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................   15®  20
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhtza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45)....................  @  40
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................... 2 25@2 35
Iris plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  30®  35
Maranta,  Qs..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  45®  50
Similax, Officinalis,  H @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................  10®  15
22®  25
Zingiber  j .............. 
SEM EN.
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
@ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonium...................  75@1  00
Cnenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........1  75®1  85
Foeniculum...............   ©  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L lni............................4  ® 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4Q@ 4)4
Lobelia.......................   35@  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4% 
Rapa..........................  

6®

“ 

“ 

“ 

Nigra...........  11®  12

 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

SPONOES.

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

ST R U PS.

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

“ 

“ 

Declined—Quinine, Opium.

T IN C TU R ES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

CO.......................  b

Aconitum Napellis R.........
F .........
Aloes...................................
and  myrrh.................
A rnica................................
Asafoetida............................
Atrope Belladonna..............
Benzoin...............................
“  Co..........................
Sanguinaria........................
Barosma.............................
Cantharides.........................
Capsicum............................
Cardamon............................
Co..  ....................
Castor..................................1 00
 
Catechu........................ 
0
C i n c h o n a ....................................
Columba.............................
Conium...............................
Cubeba............................  ..  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50 i
Gentian...............................  50
“  CO............................  60
Guaica................................   50
ammon...................  60
“ 
Zingiber................ 
50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..  ..............................  75
Colorless.................   75
Ferri  Chloridum................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
M yrrh ..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
O pii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated......... ......  50
“  Deoaor........................ 2 00
Auranti Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

« 

German 

squibbs .

et Potass T

ground,  (po.

Antip. 
Antifébrin

Corks,  list,  dis,
cent  ..............
Creasotum......
Creta, (bbl. 75)..
“  prep........
“  precip......
“  Rubra__

11;  )4S,  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian
po.......................
Capsici  Fruetus, af...
rpo-.-
Caryophyllus,  (po.  20) 
Carmine,  No. 40.. 
Cera  Alba, S. & F
Cera Flava.........
Coccus ...............
Cassia Fruetus...
Centraria............
Cetaceum...........

26® 28
30@ 32
2)4® 3)4
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
1  &5@1 40
@ 25
© 68
5® 7
38© 40
2 10@2 20
@ 9
@1 75
@ 18
@ 16
© 14
15® 18
@3 75
50® 55
33® 35
@ 40
@ 20
@ 10
@ 35
50® 55
@1  00
1  50@1  75
20® 25
15® 20
4® 10
@ 60
@ 50
@ 2
5® 5
8® 10@ 8
35® 38
@ 24
8® 9
10@ 12
68® 70
@ 8
@ 6
50® 55
12® 15
@ 23
.  3  @ 9
@ 90
.  40® 60
ir cent.
.  9® 15
25
.  13® 
25
.  22®
@ 15
.  25® 40
@ 95
@ 85
a  @1  05 
@1  15
■  45® 55
Hydrargyrum..
© 80
Ichthyobolla, Am......1  25@1  50
Indigo..........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75®3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.......................   85@1 00
Lycopodium...............   55® 60
Macis..........................   80® 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IQ ).............................  2®  3
Mannia,  S. F .................  45® 50

Cudbear.. 
Cupri Sul] 
Dextrine .
Emery,  all  numbers
PO  ............
Ergota, (po.)  60......
Flake  White...........
Galla.......................
Gam bier......................  8
Gelatin,  Cooper

Grana Paradisi.
Hydraag Chlor  Mite. 
“  Cor ...
Ammoniati.
Unguentum. 

by box 62% less 
Glue,  Brown......

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 S5©3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3 10
Moschus  Canton........  @ 40
Myristica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  32®  35
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., % gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  70
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80) ..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassiae.........-..........   8®  10
Quinta, S. P. & W  ....  44®  49
S.  German__  30®  36
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 25
Salaein.......................1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
-apo,  W......................  12®  14
,f  M....................... 
8®  10
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

Seidlitz  Mixture........ @  25
Sinapis.......................
@  18
30
“  opt...................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................... @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  . 12®  13
Soda  et Potass Tart... 30®  33
Soda Carb.................
2® 2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb............ @  5
Soda,  Ash..................
4®  5
Soda, Sulphas............
©  2
Spts. Ether C o........... 50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom...... @2 00
@2 50
“  Myrcia Imp........
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)......................... @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......
@1  10 
Sulphur, Subl............
234® 3)4 
“  Roll..............
2)4® 3
8®  10
Tamarinds.................
Terebenth Venice...... 28®  30
Theobromae.............. 50®  55
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
7®  8
Zinci  Sulph...............

OILS.

Bbl.  Gai
Whale, winter........... 70 
70
55 
60
Lard,  extra...............
45 
50
Lard, No.  1...............
65
Linseed, pure raw  ... 62 

“ 

paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled  —   65 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine—   49 

68
69
55
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2Q  2)4 @3
“  strictly  pure......2)4 234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
75@80
Green,  Peninsular......  70@75
Lead,  red....................   @7)4
“  w hite................  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff..........................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1  00@1  20

V A R N ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................1 60©1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  Furn....... 1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1 55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  75

H A Z E L  T IN E

&  P E R K IN S

D R U G   CO.

Im p o rters  an d   J ob b ers  o f

- D R U G S -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents^for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

Whiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  Wines,  Bums.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Go., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

ftaltine  l Perkins  Drug  ßo„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

1 2

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R I E S .

Wool,  Hides,  Pelts and Furs.

There are no new elements in the wool 
trade.  Wool is low  and  manufacturers 
are  willing  to  take  it  at price,  only as 
their  wants  require,  but  will  not  buy 
ahead of those  wants.  A  heavy  failure 
in the woolen goods trade does  not  help 
matters any for  the  better.  While  the 
sales  are  considerable  in  amount,  the 
prices do not give  dealers  a  uew  dollar 
for their old one by considerable.

Hides  are  poor  in  quality and low in 
price,  with  a  fair  demand  for  choice. 
Most  tanners  are  stocked  with  early 
hides,  and  buy  present  take  off  only 
when offered at a low price.

Tallow is  low. in  large  supply.  The 
market is weaker  on  account  of  soapers 
not being able  to  get  caustic  or vessels 
to  get  lading, owing  to  strikes  in Eng­
land.  Large lots  of  stearine have been 
exported  this  week,  which  may  relieve 
the market.

Furs have had another black eye at the 
Lampson and  Hudson  Bay Co.’s sales  in 
London,  and  many  exporters  have  quit. 
There is no demand  at  home  or  abroad, 
and dealers  are  tired  and will  only buy 
at extreme low prices.

Failure of  Walling’  Bros.,  at  Lamont.
Walling  Bros.,  who  have conducted a 
general  store  at  Lamont  for  the  past 
twenty  years,  have  finally gone  under. 
On the afternoon  of  the  18th,  they exe­
cuted  a  chattel  mortgage 
to  W.  D. 
Stevens,  as trustee for Foster,  Stevens & 
Co.,  Old  National  Bank,  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins Drug Co.,  Hawkins,  Perry & Co. 
and  Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co.,  whose  claims 
aggregate SI,000.  The following day the 
stock and  building  were attached by Ed- 
son, Moore &  Co.,  of  Detroit, on a year- 
old claim for  $7,000,  and on the 22nd the 
mortgage  was foreclosed by the  trustee, 
who advertises  the  property for  sale on
the 29th. 

$8,500  and  the  building  about  $1,500. 
The  firm  bought  a stock  farm  several | 
years  ago,  paying  $1,000  and  giving  a 
mortgage  for  $3,500,  but  as  no interest 
has been paid in the  meantime, the  firm 
has really no equity in the property.

Sold to the Syndicate—Childs Stays Out.
The  J.  P.  Morgan  Paper  Co.’s  straw 
board  mill,  at  Battle  Creek,  has  been 
transferred to the American Straw Board 
Association,  but  the  business  will  be 
managed,  the  same  as  heretofore,  by 
J. P.  Morgan.

H.  H. Childs, the  Childs’  Mills  paper 
maker informs T h e  T radesm an that he 
has been solicited to sell out to the Asso­
ciation, but  says  he  would  rather  con­
tinue business  as  an  independent insti­
tution.  He does not  make  straw  board 
for builders’  use,  but wrapping paper for j 
merchants.

She  Might Regret It.

Wife—John,  if  we  go  to  the  theatre 
to-night will  you have to go out between I 
the acts to see a man.
Husband—I’m very much afraid I shall. I 
Wife—Well,  here’s a dollar and a half, 
extra.  Get a ticket for him and  let  him 
sit with ns.

Jas.  T.  Watson,  shipping  clerk  for 
Foster,  Stevens  & Co., has  invented  an 
automatic  alarm  for  elevators,  which is 
the  simplest  device  ever  used  for  that 
purpose.  A  patent  has  been  asked for 
on the invention.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are a little  easier and  have de­
clined about a  sixpence, but  there  is  no 
particular reason for  looking for a lower 
market.  Currants,  prunes, raisins  and 
dried fruits are higher and firmer.  The 
is  large  and  the 
demand  for  currants 
price is  rapidly advancing. 
It  is  pre­
dicted that Ondara  raisins will touch 12c 
in New York inside of thirty days. 
Sal 
soda is a little higher.  Pearl barley has 
advanced a fraction.
Will  Need Vapor  Burners  No  Longer.
William C.  North, of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
one of  the  pioneers  in  the  vapor stove 
business,  died  recently of  Bright’s  dis­
ease,  aged  73  years.  He  began  exper­
imenting with vapor  burners  something 
like fifteen  years  ago, and  for  the  past 
ten  years  has  been  identified  with  the 
manufacture of  the “Front Rank”  vapor 
stove.  Recently he brought out  North’s 
ventilated  broiler,  which is  well  known 
to the trade.  He  was  one of  the organ­
izers  of  the  “Consolidated  Vapor  Stove 
Association”  and was active  in  all  mat­
ters connected with it.

Dirty,  but Dignified.
“ Mornin’  paper,  sir?”  sang  out  the 
newsboy.  “Only two cents.”
“Here’s five cents, sonny,”  replied the 
facetious  customer. 
“Keep  the  three 
cents,  buy a cake  of  soap  with  it,  and 
give  your face a washing.”
The newsboy handed back  the  change 
with great dignity.
“Keep  the  change  yourself,  sir,”  he 
said,  “and  use  it  in  buying  a book on 
decorum, s ir!”

liquidation, 

As a remarkable instance of  rapid nat­
ional  debt 
this  country 
stands  pre-eminent.  Only  a few  years 
ago we paid  in  interest  nearly as much 
as Great Britain;  to-day we have  to  pay 
only $35,000,000,  against  Great  Britain’s 
$130,000,000;  France’s $258,000,000;  Aus- 
tro-Uungary’s  $126,000,000; Italy’s $100,- 
000,000; Russia’s $220,000,000, and Spain’s 
$56,000,000; while of  the  German  states 
Prussia alone pays $44,000,000.

Association Notes.

The Citizens’ Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co. was 
organized  at  Muskegon  last  week,  under  the 
auspices of the B. M. A. of that place.  John  A. 
Miller  was  elected  President  and  M.  C. Kelly 
Secretary.  The  company will confine its opera­
tions to Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties.
It is understood  that  the  Northern  Michigan 
Development  Association, recently organized at 
Traverse City under the auspices of the B. M. A. 
of that place, will  hold  another meeting in this 
city the latter  part  of  April  or  the first part of 
May.  President  Milliken  is  sending out circu­
lars to the jrbbing trade, soliciting the co-opera­
tion of that branch of business.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Vriesland

Big Rapids 

Alex Denton.  Howard City John Dam stra,  Gitchell 
J B W atson, Coopersvilie  H Seegmiller, Kingsley 
C F Sears, Rockford 
R Osterhoff, Ferrysburg
Isaac quick. Allendale 
G S Putnam , Fruitport 
W H Pierce, Lyons 
H Daimon, Allendale
Den H erder  & Tunis,
E E H ewitt, Rockford 
J  S Crosby, Olga 
G F Cook, Grove
E S Botsford, Dorr 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove S H Ballard, S parta 
Hessler Bros., Rockford 
E Heintselm an, Logan
Carrington & North,  Trent P  Bresnahan, Parnell 
Dr F B Smith,  CoopersviUe  Wm Barker. Sand Lake 
T Armock, W right
Henry Avary, 
Slocum’s Grove  C A W arren, Milton June 
J  Raymond, Berlin
G M Huntley, Reno 
J  Kinney, Kinney
J  C Scott,Lowell 
Mas ton & Hammond,
W E & C J  D arrah, 
D R Stocum, Rockford 
S Cooper, Jam estow n 
M Heyboer & Bro., Oakland
L Cook, B auer 
John Gunstra, Lam ont 
C S Comstock, Pierson 
C Engels, Muskegon
C H Doming, Dutton 
Jno Farrow e. So Blendon
E Young, Ravenna 
A Purchase, So Blendon
H Brownyard,  Lake 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville
W alling Bros., Lam ont 
BoonegaardASon.GdHaven Thompson & O’Conner, 
John Cole,  Frem ont 
Kent City
F E Boosinger, East Jordan 
O B Granger, Plainwell 
J H W illiams, Leroy 
B Gilbert & Co., Moline 
S C Sibole, Breedsviile
Ashley & Bennitt, 
Howard City  W R Lawton, Berlin 
L Schorck, Clarksville 
N Bourns, Fisher 
M J  B utler, Sand Lake 
Eli Runnels, Com ing 
Struik Bros,  Byron  Center G ilbert Bros., Trent 
Sm allegan & Pickaard,  Mrs E  Scott.  Dunningville 
T H Condra, Lisbon 
J L Thomas,  Cannonsburg
H Van Noord,  Jamestown

Forest Grove  R Gannon, White Cloud 

GrandvUle

Few  trade  journals  start  out  under
more  flattering  circumstances  than  the
The  stock  is  estimated  to  be  worth  New  Jersey  Retail  Merchant,  which
bears every evidence of a long and profit­
able  career.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

25c.

ll@12c.

ern Spys command $3.50 per bbl.
$1.35 for picked, holding at $1.50©$1.65 per  bu.

Apples—Golden or  Roxbury  russets or North­
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—Scarce  and  higher.  Creamery  is  in 
fair demand at 26c.  Choice grades  of  dairy  are 
in  active  demand,  dealers  paying  15@17c  and 
holding at  17@19e

Buckwheat Flour—$1.75 per ICO lbs.
Cabbages—$S@$9 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—10@llc per gal.
Cooperage—Fork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
Cranberries—About out of market.
Cucumbers—Too  high to quote.
Dried  Apples — Evaporated  are held  at  9© 
10c  and sundried at  5@6c.
Eggs—Dealers  now  pay  He and  hold  at  13c. 
Consumption is enormous  and  the  tendency  is 
higher.
Field Seeds—-Clover, mammoth,  $3.50  per  bu.; 
medium, $3.50.  Timothy, $1.50 per bu.
Honey—White  clover is in fair demand at 15c. 
Dark is in small demand at  1214c.
Lettuce—15c per lb. for Grand  Rapids  grown.
Maple  Sugar — 8@12c  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.
Onions—The high price has curtailed consump­
tion very materially.  Dealers  hold  at  $1.90@$2 
per bu.

FRESH  MEATS.

Beef, carcass................................... ......  5*4© 6*4

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes — The  market  is  without  material 
change.  Dealers  pay 25c and hold at 35c per bu.
Radishes—35c per doz.
Squash—Huibard, 2c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Illinois  stock  commands  $5 
per bbl.
Tomatoes—Early Southern stock commands  $1 
per peck  (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—25c per bu.
Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters................................  7  @8
fore 
“ 
...............................  4  @5
loins, No. 3..................................  @10
“ 
ribs..............................................   8  @ 8*4
“ 
“ 
tongues.........................................8  @10
Hogs........................................................  @ 6
Bologna.................................................   @5
Pork  loins...............................................  @ 7*4
shoulders.......................................  @ 6
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
“ 
liver.........................................   @5
Frankfort.................................  @8
“ 
Mutton................................................... 8  @8 *4

“ 

“ 

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

10*4

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

STIC K .
Standard, 25 lb. boxes.....................................   9
25 
Twist, 
............................... ......9
Cut Loaf, 25 
 
M IX E D .
Royal, 25 lb. pails...................... 
................. 9
2001b.  bbls............................................. 8*4
Extra, 25 lb.  pails...........................................10
200 lb.  bbls...........................................   9*4
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..  ......................  11*4
Lemon Drops.................................................. 12
Sour Drops..................................................... 13
Peppermint Drops...........................................14
Chocolate Drops..............................................14
H. M. Chocolate  Drops...................................18
Gum Drops..................................................... 10
Licorice Drops................................................ 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops......................................14
Lozenges, plain...............................................14
printed.......................................... 15
Imperials........................................................ 14
Mottoes........................................................... 15
Cream Bar.......................................................13
Molasses Bar.................................................. 13
Caramels....................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams......   ...............................18
Plain Creams.................................................. 16
Decorated Creams...........................................20
String  Rock....................................................is
Burnt Almonds...............................................22
Wintergreen  Berries......................................14
Lozenges, plain, in  pails................................12*4

fancy—In bulk.
in bbls................................. 11
printed, in pails............................ 12
in bbls..............................11*4
Chocolate Drops, in pails............................... 12
Gum Drops, In pails.......................................... 6*4
in bbls..........................................  5*4
Moss Drops, in pails....................................... 10
in bbls..........................................  9*4
Sour Drops, in pails....................................... 12
Imperials, in pails............................................11

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F R U IT S .
Oranges, Messina, choice....................  @ 325
fancy.....................  @ 850
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Florida, choice..................... 3 75® 4 00
fancy...................... 4 25© 4 75
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“  Riverside, fancy.................... 3 75@ 4 00
“  Mountain,  “ 
....................3 50© 3 75
“  Wash.  Navals, fancy.............4 25© 4 50
“  Valencias,  large...................   @600
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360..................   @3 25
300.................  @
“ 
fancy, 360................  @3  75
“ 
300................  @4 00
“ 
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........14  @15
“ 
.......12  @12*4
“  choice, 7 lb............. • ...................   @
Dates, frails, 50 lb..................................  @
“ 
*4 frails, 50 lb..............................  @
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @10
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Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  6  @ 6*4

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Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @16
Ivaca.....................................  @15
California.............................15  @16

Brazils....................................................   @11*4
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @15*4
California..............................   @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................10  @13
Fancy, H.  P., Bells.........  ....................   @8*4
“  Roasted..........   .......  @10*4
Fancy, H. P., Suns................................   @8*4
“  Roasted....................   @10*4
Choice,  H. P„  G...................................   © 7*4
“  Roasted...  ..............  @ 9*4

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The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

PROVISIONS.

FO R K   IN   B A R R E L S.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new................................................
Shortcut.................................................
Extra clear pig, short cut.......................
Extra clear,  heavy..................................
Clear, fat  back........................................
Boston clear, short cut..........................
Clear back, short cut..............................
Standard clear, short cut, best...... .......
sausage—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage...........................................
Ham Sausage...........................................
Tongue Sausage.....................................
Frankfort Sausage.................................
Blood Sausage........................................
Bologna, straight...................................
Bologna,  thick.......................................
Headcheese...........................................
Tierces ...................................................
Tubs........................................................
501b.  Tins..............................................

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Family.

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

30 and 50 lb. Tubs..................................
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..........................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case............................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case...........................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...........................
50 lb. Cans...............................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
Boneless, rump butts............................. ......
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................
16 lbs....................................
12 to 14 lbs............................
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
Dried beef, ham prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium........................................
light.............................................

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OYSTERS and  FISH.

11  00
10 75 
12  00 
12  00
11  50
12 00 
12 00 
12 00
..  6*4 
..  9 
..  9 
..  8 
..  5 
..  5 
..  5 
..  5
7*4794
7*4
5*4
554
6*4
694
6*4554
.5*4
6 50
7 00
8  SO
.  9 
.  994 
.10 
.  7 
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.  8*4 
.  8 
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F R E S H   F IS H .

oysters—Cans.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows :
Whitefish................................................
smoked....................................
Trout......................................................
Halibut...................................................
Haddies..................................................
Ciscoes...................................................
Fairhaven  Counts.................................
Selects....................................................22
F. J.  D.’s ................................................
Anchors.................................................
Standards..............................................
Favorites...............................................
Standards...............................................   @$1 15
Selects................................................   @  1  50
Clams........................................................   @1 50
Shrimps.....................................................  @1 50
Scallops.....................................................  @1 50
Horseradish..............................................   @ 75
Shell oysters, per 100.............................1  00© 1  50

@15 
@ 7 
@  4
@35
@27
@20
@18
@16
@14

oysters—Bulk.

*  clams, 

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@ 75

SEEDS!

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

7 1   C anal  S t.,  G R A N D   R A P I D S .
W . T . L A M O R E  A U X .

B .   » /•  M a so n   &   C o . ,

Proprietors of

Old Homestead Factory
Preserves, Evaporatefl Apples 

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Jellies  and  Apple  Batter,

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  made 

from wholesome  fruit  and  are  free 

from any adulteration or  sophis­

tication. 

See quotations in 

grocery  price current.

The Grand Rapids  trade  can  be  sup­
plied  by  GOSS  &  DORAN,  138  South 
Division street.  Telephone,  1150.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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W h o le s a le   P r i c e   C u r r e n t•

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers wh/ 

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

A P P L E   B U T T E R .

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A X LE  GREA SE.

BUTTERINE

B A K IN G   PO W D ER .

Telfer’s,  V4'lb. cans, doz.. 

Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz__ 

341b.  “ 
lib. 
“ 
hi lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
B A TH   B R IC K .

V41b. 
lib . 
K lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
bulk.................  20

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6
Frazer’s............................. $2 60
Aurora...............................   1  75
Diamond................ .'..........1  60
Absolute, hi lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
“  50s..10 00
“  50s.. 18 75
75
2  “  ....  1 50
1  “  ....  3 00
Our Leader, 34lb.  cans.......  45
....... 
90
...... 1  60
45
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50
English, 2 doz. in case..
80 
Bristol,  2  “ 
75 
American. 2 doz. in case
70
Dozen 
BLU IN G .
Mexican,  4oz.........
30 
“  g  oz............
60 
16 oz...........
“ 
90
BROOMS.
No. 2 H url..............................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
.............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet...........................  2 25
No. 1 
..........................  2 50
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Parlor Gem............................ 2 75
Common W hisk.....................  
Fancy 
...................  1  20
Mill ....................................... 3 25
W arehouse...........................2 75
Dairy, solid  packed............1234
rolls...........................  13
Creamery, solid packed—   13*4 
r o l l s .................14
CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   10 34
Star,  40 
9*4
Paraffine............................... 
*2
Wicking................................... 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb ............. 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 
....1   90
“ 
21b. 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  75
“ 
2  1b.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star.................2  15
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2 lb. Star.................3  15
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
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1 lb.  stand................... 1 20
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2 lb. 
2 00
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3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
“ 
31b.  Boused............2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska............1  90
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Sardines, domestic  Ms........ 
5
“ 
Ms........ @ 9
“  Mustard Vis.........  @  9
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imported  J4s  . ,10V4@16
“ 
spiced,  Ms........... 
10
Trout, 3 lb. brook............ 
2 60
CANNED GOODS—FrultS.
Apples, gallons, stand..........2 75
Blackberries,  stand.........   90
Cherries,red standard 1  10®1 20
p itted ......................1  40
Damsons................................1  15
Egg Plums, stand.......1  15@1 35
Gooseberries......................... 1  00
Grapes ....................................
Green  Gages.................1  15@1 35
Peaches, yellow, standi  75@1  85
seconds.........1  10@1  45
P ie...........................115
Pineapples....................i   io@l 50
Q uinces..................................1  00
Raspberries,  extra...............1  75
red .................... 1  40
Strawberries.................1  15@1 35
W hortleberries..................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.........
Beans, Lima,  stand.........   85

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“  Green  Limas—   @1  20
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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
“ 
Peas, French......................... 1  68
“  extra m arrofat...  @125
“  soaked.......................  80
“  June, stand.................. 1  40
“ 
“  sifted.......... 1  65@1  85
“  French, extra fine...  . 1  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden..  @1  10 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash................................... 1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95®1  00
stand  br 
  95@1  00
CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

Michigan Full  Cream 11M@12 
Sap  Sago......................16  @16M
German Sweet.......................  
“Alden  Premium" ................ 
Cocoa....................................... 
Breakfast Cocoa................... 
Broma...................................... 
Rubber, 100 lumps.................25
.................35
S pruce.................................. 30
Bulk........................................ 6
R ed............................................7M

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

CHICORY.

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COFFEE EXTRACT.

Valley City.............................. 
Felix......................................1  10

85

23
28
38
48
37

c o f f e e —Green.

Rio, fair......................  @21
“  good..................... 21  @22
“  prime..................   @23
“  fancy,  washed...  @24
“  golden.................. 23  @24
Santos..........................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior..............24  @26
“  Mandheling___27  @30
Peaberry..................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.

c o f f e e s —Package.

COUPONS.

Lion........................................2534
“  in cabinets....................2596
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X __ 25Vi
Durham................................. 25
Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  25
1  50
1  75
2 00
2 25
1  00
115
Eagle.....................................  7  50
Anglo-Swiss...............6 00@ 7  60

CLOTHES  LINES.
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60 f t ............ 
70 f t ...........  
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80 f t............ 
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60 f t ...........  
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7 2 f f .......... 
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coupons—“Superior.”

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coupons—“Tradesman.”

............. 20 
CRACKERS.
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$ 1  per hundred.................  2  50
$2, 
3 00
$5, 
4 00
5 00
810, 
$20, 
......................  6 00
$  1, per  hundred.................  2 00
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2 50
$2, 
3 00
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$5, 
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810, 
4 00
“ 
820, 
5 on
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over...............5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter....................  7M
Seymour 
534
B utter....................................... 5M
“  family...........................  5M
“  biscu it.........................   6
Boston.....................................  6M
City Soda.................................. 7M
Soda.........................................  7M
S. O yster................................   5V4
City Oyster, XXX...................  5M
Picnic....................................... 5M
Strictly  pure........................ 
38
Grocers’................................ 
25
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  496®  5
evaporated__   @10
“ 
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Apricots, 
“ 
__ 5  @  6
Blackberries “ 
 
Nectarines  “ 
14
14
 
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
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Raspberries  “ 
 
25
dried fruits—Prunes.
Turkey.........................   6J4@  6Vi
Bosna............................  6M@ 696
California....................  9  @11
Lemon..........................  
18
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum ........................  @23
Inboxes.......................  @25
dried fruits—Currants.
Zante, in  barrels........   @ 6

DRIED FRUITS—CitTOn.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

CREAM TARTAR.

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in less quantity  @  6Vi 

dried fruits—Raisins.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Valencias.....................  @10
Ondaras........................  @11
Sultanas......................  10  @12
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  2 50@3  75
London  Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.1  75@2 25 
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported.......  @ 9 Vi
Pearl  Barley...............   ©  2M
Peas, green...................  @1  10
“  split..........................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @  6M
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l . .. 
6@  7
Wheat,  cracked..........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  import—   @10
domestic...  @60 
fish—salt.

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gibbed.................. 

Cod, whole...................5  @ 6
“  boneless............... 6M@  7Ji
H alib u t......................  9M®10
2 65
Herring,  round,  M bbl.. 
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2 75
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
“ 
Scaled  ............ 20©  22
“ 
12 00 
“  12  lb kit.. 130
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Trout,  M  bbls............. 4 00@4 25
“  10  lb.  kits.................  60

Mack,  sh’s. No. 2,  M  bbl 
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JE L L IE S .

LA M P W ICK S.

GUN  PO W D ER .

White,  No. 1, M bbls. .5 50@5 75
“ 
121b. kits....... 100
10 lb. kits.......  80
“ 
Family,  Vi bbls....... 2 50
kits..............  50
Kegs.....................................5 25
Half  kegs.............................2 88
Sage.....................................   9
Hops.....................................14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6 
Chicago  goods....................  3M
30
No.  ... 
No. 1..................... 
40
No. 2................................... 
50
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur......................2 00
Anchor parlor......................1  70
No. 2 home.......................... 1  10
Export  parlor......................4 00
Black  Strap...................... 
20
Cuba Baking.................... 24@25
Porto  Rico....................... 30©35
New Orleans, good........... 24@28
choice........30@35
fancy..........42@45

One-half barrels, 3c extra

MOLASSES.

L IC O R IC E ,

M ATCHES.

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OATM EAL.
Muscatine, Barrels.............5 25
Half barrels......2 75
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__  @5  25
Half bbls..  @2 75
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  9J4
Water White........................10J4
Medium.................................@6 50
“  M b b l.................... 3 75
Small,  bbl............................ 7 50
“  Vi  b b l........................4 25

PIC K L E S .

O IL.

P IP E S .

R IC E .

P R E SE R V E S.

Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3............................ 1  25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  8
Carolina head........................6M
“  No. 1........................5-Si
“  No. 2................5M@
“  No. 3........................5

Japan............................ 5M@6M
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

S N U FF.

SOAP.

SEED S.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior...............................3 30
Queen  Anne........................3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German................. 3 00
Old German.........................2 70
TJ. S. Big Bargain................2 00
Frost, Floater......................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .................... 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36
Happy Family,  75................2 95
Ola Country, 80....................3 30
Una, 100................................3 65
Bouncer, 100........................ 3 15
Mixed bird.................  4M@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary................................   334
Hemp.....................................3M
Anise......................................8
Rape....................................  6
Mustard.................................7M
Allspice................................10
Cassia, China in mats........... 8
“  Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar................. 20
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1.......................75
“  No.  2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18 
“ 
“  white...  .26
shot........................ 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon....................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................32
“ 
Zanzibar................25
Ginger, African...................12M
”*  Cochin....................15
Jam aica................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 90
Mustard,  English................22
and Trie..25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25

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Cut  Loaf....................  75£@ 7%
Cubes.........................  734© 7%
Powdered...................  734© 796
Standard  Granulated.  @6.56
Fine...........  @6.56
Confectioners’ A____  © 696
White Extra  C...........  © 636
Extra  C ....................   @6
C ................................   534® 594
Yellow.......................   @534

SALT

TOBACCOS—Plug.

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Vinco, 1x6, 4% to  Tb........

Diamond  Crystal,  in  cases
S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
f  24  packages...............
...1  50 Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12...... ...37
Common Fine per bbl...
...  80 Reception, 2 2-5x12,16 oz... ...36
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.
..30
28 pocket......................
...1  90 Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz...
..34
60 
.......................
...2 00 Wheel, 5 to  lb.................... ...37
...2 15 Trinlrpt. Sxd  9  nz..............
.......................
100 
2R
Ashton bu. bags............ ...  75 Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
...  75 Something flood....
Higgins  “ 
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38
Warsaw 44 
............ ...  35 Double P edro..................
..35
............ ...  20 Peach  P ie ......................
.. .36
Wedding Cake, blk...........
.35
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .534 “Tobacco” .........................
.37
Dwight’s Com................. ...534
tobaccos—Fine Cut.
Taylor’s.......................... ...5
D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf__ • • • .534 Hiawatha..................
...534 Sweet  Cuba...............
Our Leader..................... ..  496 Our Leader...........
Kegs................................
Granulated,  boxes.........
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box... ..  2 50
Hand 
..  2 50
Silver Thread, 15 gallons. ...2 90 40 gr...................................

62
35
35
196 Our  Leader....................... 16
Hector................................ 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................. 32
4 oz.................. 31
16 oz.................. 32
VINEGAR.
8
...4 00 50 gr................................... 10

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.
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SAPOLIO.
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SAL  SODA.

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fl for barrel

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lows:

SODA.

PAPER.

TEAS.

SUN  CU RED .

TWINES.

SHOE  POLISH.

MISCELLANEOUS.

japan—Regular.

half barrel... • 28@37

one-half barrels... .  ©26 Cocoa Shells, bulk............
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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar  Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers__
Boxes.............................
Kegs, English............... . ....4«
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box__ .. 
.75

Corn, barrels.................. •  @24
5
Pure  Sugar, bbl.............. .26@35 PA PER & WOODENWARE
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as fol-
8
834 Straw................................
.160
“  Light  Weight...........
.200
834
8
Sugar................................
.180
Hardware..........................
8
.234
Bakers...............................
.234
...534 Dry  Goods........................
.6
Jute  Manilla.....................
.8
Red  Express  No. 1........... 5
No. 2 .........
.4
48 Cotton............................ 22
Cotton, No. 2..................... 20
“  3...................... 18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 Hemp....................... 18
No. 6  “ ................................................. 17

F air............................14 @16
Good...........................18 ©22
Choice.........................24 ©20
Choicest..................... 32 ©38
F air............................14 @15 Wool.................. ...............
Good..........................16 @20
Choice........................ 24 @28
Tubs, No. 1......................... 7 00
Choicest..................... 30 @33
44  No. 2......................... 6  00
“  No. 3......................... 5 00
BA SK ET  T IR E D .
F air............................ @20
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  50
Choice........................
@25
“  No. 1,  three-hoop— 1  75
Choicest.....................
@35
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes — 60
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
Bowls, 11 Inch...................
1  00
13  “ 
“ 
.................... 1  25
GU N PO W D ER.
.................... 2 00
15  14 
44 
Common to  fair......... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest__50 @65
2 75
Choicest fancy...........75 @85
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
Common to  fair......... 20 @35
40
Superior to fine...........40 ©50
bushel  ............... 1  50
“ 
“  with covers  1  90
14 
Common to fair......... 18 @26
“  willow cl’ths, No.l 5 75
Superior to  fine......... 30 @40
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
“ 
Common to fair......... 25 @30
“  No.l 3 50
“ 
Superior to  fine.........30 @50
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
“  No.3 5 00
“ 
Fine to choicest......... 55 @65
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
F air............................25 ©30
W H EA T.
Choice........................ 30 @35 W hite.........................
80
Best............................55 @65
80
Red............................
Tea Dust....................  8 @10 All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.

Baskets, market.................

EN G LISH   B R EA K FA ST.

W OODENW ARE.

YOUNG  HYSON.

splint 

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

@ 49£

M EAL.

o a t s .

CORN.

FL O U R .

Bolted...............................  1 00
Granulated.......................   1  10
Straight, in sacks..............  4 10
“  barrels............  4  30
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks.............   5  10
“  barrels............  5 30
“ 
M IL L ST U FFS.
Bran..................................  12 00
Ships.................................  11  50
Screenings.......................   11  00
Middlings.........................  13 00
Mixed Feed......................  13 50
Coarse meal......................  13 50
Small  lots.........................  36
Car 
“  .........................  32
Small  lots............................28
Car 
“  ............................ 26
No. 1.................................   @35
No. 1..................................  1  10
No. 2..................................  106
No. 1..................................  10 00
No. 2.................................   9 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green.........................  4  @434
Part Cured.................  @ 4
Full 
4 
Heavy  steers, extra...
Dry.............................   5  @6
Dry  Kips 
................   5  @6
Calfskins,  green......   3  © 5
cured......   434© 5
Deacon skins................10 @20

B A R L E Y .

H ID E S .

H AY.

R Y E .

“ 

“ 

 

 

36 off for No. 2.

P E L T S .

“ 

“ 

furs—10 per cent. off.

Shearlings....................10 @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Mink, dark...................  25© 75
pale.........   .......   25© 50
Raccoon.......................   40© 80
Skunk..........................   75@ 80
Muskrat.......................   15@ 18
Fox, red....................... 1  25@1 50
“  cross................... 2 00@5 00
“  grey......................  40© 70
Badger.......................  75®1 00
Cat, wild......................  50© 75
Fisher..........................4 00@5 00
Lynx............................2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark............... 1 25@3 00
pale & yellow  60©  75
Otter, dark..................6 00©8 00
Wolf.............................2 00@3 00
Bear........................ 15 00@20 00
Beaver........................ 2 o0©6 oO
Oppossnm.....................  15@ 20
Deerskins, per lb........  15©  25
Above  prices for  No. 1 skins
only.
Washed............................25@30
Unwashed....................... 12@20
Tallow........................  3 @334
Grease  butter...............2 @3
Switches.....................  1V6@ 2
Ginseng.......................2 no@2 50
Above prices are nominal and 
for immediate  delivery only.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

W OOL.

D B T R O I T   S O A R   C O ’S

Q ueen  A n n e  Soap

FAMOUS

The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest  Selling  Laundry and General Family 
Soap in the Market.  No  Grocery  Stock  Complete  Without  This Brand.  Handsome 
Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches,given for  25  QUEEN  ANNE  SOAP  WRAPPERS.  Our 
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale Grocers.
U r  
, 

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t-F.  I l i l   I V L V I lV V S j  LOCK  BOX  173. 

Salesman for Western Michigan,

I T   A  T T 7 T / T V C  

GRAND  RAPIDS.

A.  E  B R O O K S   &  CO.,
Pure  Candies.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

The  Only Hoilse in the  State  whiGh Pilts Goods  Up  NET  WEIGHT.
NO CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„ 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

W HO  U R G B S   Y O U

TO  K.EEP

THEE  P U B L I C !

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

14

Would  Make  the  Work  of  the  Ohio 

Commissioner Easier.

The following  letter,  from  the  Assis­
tant Food  Commissioner  of  Ohio,  is self 
explanatory:

J e f f e r s o n ,  Ohio,  March 20,  1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
1 am  glad to note that  you approve of 
the action of  your  State Dairymen’s As­
sociation in petitioning for  the  appoint­
ment of  a State Food Inspector.  We all 
hope that  Michigan  will speedily follow 
the example set by several other Western 
States.
In Ohio  we  would gladly hail  a  good 
set of food laws for Michigan and a Food 
Commissioner  to  enforce  them.  Your 
city of Detroit now furnishes an immense 
quantity of the vilest of maple syrup and 
vinegar  and no city in the  nation  needs 
to  have  her  morals  more 
thoroughly 
renovated,  except  Chicago,  which 
is, 
without any doubt, the bed rock for cuss­
edness on the face of the earth.
If  your  Legislature  would  enact  our 
maple  syrup  law,  vinegar  law,  oleo­
margarine  law  and  the  pure  food  law 
now  before  the  General  Assembly  and 
then appoint a Dairy and  Food  Commis­
sioner for the  State,  the  same  as  Ohio 
has done,  with no greater  salaries or ex­
penses,  you  would  soon  find  patriotic, 
capable men who would do the work (not 
politicians),  and for  an  expense  to  the 
State of ¡56,000 you could save the farmers 
of Michigan over  one million dollars per 
year,  in the advanced  sale  and  price  of 
dairy goods,  besides nearly as much more 
on the maple syrup and  vinegar  product 
of  the  State;  and also at the  same  time 
give to consumers honest  goods  and  ex­
actly such as  they pay for.  The  manu­
facture of counterfeit money and passing 
the  same  is  of  much  less  importance 
and  lesser  in  magnitude  of  crime  than 
fraud in food.  Both injure us financially 
exactly alike,  but our  health and happi­
ness goes from  us by the  consumption of 
impure food.
I am  gratified  to  note  the  increasing 
attention given this  subject all  over  the 
new  world  and  I most  devoutly hope to 
see  Congress  give us such  national  laws 
that fraud in  food  will  be no more.  Un­
til that time and in order to create a pub­
lic sentiment that  would sustain  it,  our 
respective States must champion the good 
cause and press it to success.  We  have 
had to  tear  down  Legislatures  in  Ohio 
and build  them up again,  committed  to 
these needed  reforms,  and this action de­
pends so  largely upon  the  work  of  the 
farmer that they must not neglect it. 
In 
no other  way can they serve their  inter­
ests better at the present hour.

Respectfully,

H e n r y   T a i .c o t t .

Good-Bye  to the P. of I.

The following are  among  some of  the 
merchants who have been under contract 
with the P. of  L, but have  thrown  them 
overboard:
p Blanchard—L.  D. Wait.
■  Cedar Springs—L.  A. Gardiner. 

Driele & Kotvis,  John Cordes.

Chapin—-J.  I.  Vanderhoof.
Clio—Nixon & Ilubbell.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Eaton Rapids—G. W.  Webster. 
Fremont—Boone & Pearson.
Grand Ledge—A. J.  Halsted  & Son. 
Grand  Rapids—F.  W.  Wurzburg,  Van 
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Kent City—R.  McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—MeCartney Bros.
Lowell—Chas.  McCarty.
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J.  W.)  Pattison. 
Millington—Forester & Clough.
Minden City—I. Springer  &  Co.,  F. O. 

Olivet—F.  H. Gage.

Hetfield & Son.
[  Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
WOtisco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
•  Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
WReed City—J.  M. Cadzow. 
r  Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A.  Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Frank E.  Shat- 
tuck, Brayman & Blanchard.
Sparta—Woodin &  Van Wickle. 
Springport—Cortright & Griffin. 
Sumner—J.  B. Tucker.
Williams ton—Michael Bowerman.

t h e   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

AreyouSour? LostTrade? Cheap Grease!

WO  DEALER  EVER  LOST  A  CUSTOMER  BY  SELLING  HIM

THE  FRAZER

A LW A Y S  U N IF O R M . 

O F T E N  

IM iT A T E D . 

N E V E R   E Q U A L L E D .

K N O W N   E V E R Y W H E R E . 

N O   TA L K   R E Q U IR E D   T O   S E L L   IT .

Cood Crease Makes Trade. 
Let Petroleum and Imitation Greasesffn ■ ^C Q E very Package Bears oar  Trade  Mark. 
Alone, 
the  G e n u i n e r i l A f c l » l l p ; : L - ;- »axes.Canr °*.Hs, Kegs&Bbls»

Cheap Crease Kills Trade.

and  Buy 

Io n ia  P a n ts  & O v e ra ll Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  JaGkets,  Shirts,  Etc

Warranted  Not to Rip-

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect

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

IONIA,  MIOH.

H E S T E R .   <fe  E O X ,

SA W   A Km CRIST MIï .L MACHINERY

Manufacturers' Agents for

ATLASENGINEWORKS

MANUFACTURERS  OP

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  8. A
1TEMI E1HS1NES& BOltEBS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  Immediate delivery.

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and ail kinds of  Wood-Workm*  Macntntu , 

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

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

Pullej  and become convinced of their  superiority.

W rite fo r   P r ic e * . 

4 4 . 4 6  a n d   4K S o . D ifiiilo D  S t.,  G R A N ’ I»  R A P II» *

[1
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  Bo w n e. P resid en t.

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

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

Transacts a general  banking business.

< a k e  a   S p e c ia lty  o f   C o lle c tio n s .  A c c o u n ts  

»f C o u n t r y  M e r c h a n ts  S o lic ite d .

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids & Indiana.

I n  e f f e c t M a rc h  16,1890.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

A r riv e . 

T r a v e r s e  C ity  A M a c k in a w ...................  
T r a v e r s e   C ity   E x p r e s s ..........................9:20 a  m  
T r a v e r s e  C ity  A  M a c k in a w ...................3:25 p m  
F r o m  C in c in n a ti ........................................ 9:15 p   m
C a d illa c   (M ix e d ).......................................... 

6:50 p   m
T h r o u g h  c o a c h e s  f o r  S a g in a w   o n   7 :10 a  m   a n d   4:10 p  

L e a v e .
7 :10 a  re

I I  :80 a  m
4.10  p m

m  t r a i n .

GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
Fort W ayne Express........................11:45 a m 
C in c in n a ti  E x p r e s s ................................5 :8 0 p m  
F ro m  M a c k in a w  A  T r a v e r s e  C ity ..10:40 p  m
F ro m   C a d illa c .................................................9:56 a  m

7:15 a m
12  2 > p m
6  00 p  m

T r a in  le a v in g  f o r  C in c in n a ti a t  6 p .  m .  a n d   a r r i v i n g  
fr o m   C in c in n a ti  a t   9:20 p .  m .. r u n s  d a ily ,  S u n d a y s   in  
c ln d e d .  O th e r  t r a i n s  d a ily  e x c e p t S u n d a y .

S le e p in g  a n d   P a r l o r  C a r   S e rv ic e :  N o r th —7  00 a .  m 
a n d  4:10 p .  m .  t r a i n s  h a v e   s le e p in g  a n d   p a r l o r  c a r s   fo r 
M a c k in a w   C ity .  S o u th —7:15 a .  m .  t r a i n   h a s  c h a i r  c a r  
a n d  6 p .  m . t r a i n  P u llm a n  s le e p in g  c a r   f o r   C in c in n a ti-

Munkegoii, Grand  Rapids At  Indiana.

I n  e ffe c t N o v . 10,  1889.

L e a v e  
A rriv e
7  0 0 a m ................................................................................  •  10:16 a  in
1 1 :1 6 a m ....................................................................................  5 :4 6 p m
5:40 p m ....................................................................................  8:46 p m
L e a v in g  tim e  a t   B r id g e  s t r e e t   d e p o t 7 m in u te s  l a t e r  
T h r o u g h  tic k e t s  a n d  f u ll  in f o r m a tio n   c a n   b e  h a d   b y  
c a llin g  u p o n   A .  A lm q u is t,  t i c k e t   a g e n t   a t   d e p o t, o r  
G eo . W .  M u n so n , U n io n   T ic k e t  A g e n t.  67  M o n ro e   S t., 
G r a n d   R a p id s , M ich.

O. L . Lo c k w o o d, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WR8T.

Arrives.
♦Morning Express............................ 12:60 p m
♦Through Mail.................................... 4:10 p m
tGrand Rapids  Express.................. 10:40  p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 a m
♦Mixed................................................
GOING  BAST.
♦Detroit  Express.............................
tThrough Mail...................................10:10 a m
tEvening E xpress..............................8:56 p m
•Night  Express.................................10:50 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m  
4:20 p m

6:60a i 
10 20 a i 
5:46 p i
10 66 p l

tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit Express  and  Evening  Express  have  parlor 
cars attached and m ake d irect connections  in  Detroit 
for all points East.
Morning express and Grand Rapids express have par 
lor cars attached.  Night express has W agner sleeping 
car to Detroit, a rriving in Detroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
Through  railroad 
tickets 
at 
i., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t the depot 
J no. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

sleeping 
J a s. C a m p b e l l. Citv Passenger Agent 

tickets  and  ocean 

secured 

berths 

and 

car 

Toledo,  Ann Arbor  &  Northern.

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

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

D IRECTIO N S

We iiavc cooked the corn in this can 
sufficient;! 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed  not cooked) adding  piece  ol 
Jroo**. Butter (size of hen’s egg*) aud gil- 
•>f fresh  milk  (preferable  tô  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bear) ng the signature o»
Canmt*  (Jo, 

Davenport,  la.

Mighican(Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................  6:45 a m  10:16 p m
5:30 p m
Mixed 
....................................................6:50 a m  
Day  Express........................................11:55 a m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A Pacific Express..............10:45 p m 
6 00a m
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p m 
1:55 pm

trains to and from  Detroit.
Express to  and  from   Detroit.

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor  cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapids 
Fred M. Briggs. Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S  H a w k in s , Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u g g l k s.G . P.  A  T. Agent.. Chicago

» e r

S t e r e o t y p e d

p l e a d s S^uc?. 8 Raw aut
R o y « / 
m, plc°G«' GRANO RAPIOS MICH-

w o o d *. M C  t a l   F u r n i t u r e

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

1 5

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

The following are the P.  of  1.  dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:

Ada—L. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L.  T.  Lochner, Burleigh  Bros., 
Sharp &  Baker.

Allendale—Henry Dalman.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John  D.  Swart.
Bay City—Frank Bosnian & Co.
Belding—L. S.  Roell.
Bellevue—John Evans.
BigBapids—W. A.Verity,A. V. Young, 
E.  P.  Shankweiler  &  Co.,  Mrs.  Turk, 
J. K. Sharp,  A.  Markson.
Blissfield—Jas.  Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Bridgeton—Geo. H.  Bainouard. 
Burnside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A.  B.  Loomis,  A.  Y. Ses­
Casnovia—John E.  Parcell.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish, B. Tripp.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith,  J.  Andrews,  C.  P.  Lock,  F.  H. 
Goodby.

sions.

chek & Bro.
C. Devitt.

Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Cold water—J. D.  Benjamin.
Conklin—Wilson  McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Dorr—Frank Sommer.
Dushville—G.  O.  Adams.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- 
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E.  F.  Shaw, John 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  & Clark. 
Fremont—J.  B.  Ketchum,  W. Harmon. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D.  Sanford, 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—Frank  O.  Lord.
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wil- 
zinski, Brown &  Sehler,  Yolmari & Von 
Keppel,  Houseman,  Donnally  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee.

Jas. Croskery.

Bros.,  C. E. Pel ton.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes &  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City — 0.  J.  Knapp,  Herold 
Hubbardston—M. H.  Cahalan.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Ionia—H. Silver,  Wm, Wing.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R.  Cessna.
Kent  City—M.  L. Whitney.
Laingsburg—D.  Lebar.
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller &  Co., 
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew 
Langston—F. D. Briggs.
Lansing—R.  A.  Bailey,  Etta  (Mrs. 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son,  W.  II.  Jen­
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride’s—J.  McCrae.
Mancelona—J.  L.  Farnham.
Manton—A.  Curtis.
Maple Rapids—L.  S.  Aldrich.
Marshall—W.  E.  Bosley, S.  V.  R.  Lep- 
per & Son, Jno. Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

E.  F. Colwell &Son,  Fred Miller.
All & Bro.

Israel) Glicman.
nings.

& Son, F.  H. Cowles.

Gauntlett, Jas.  Gauntlett, Jr.

Mecosta—Ferris & Parks.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. 
Millington—Chas.  H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E. Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. 
Nashville—H. M.  Lee.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Potterville—F.  D.  Lamb & Co.
Remus—C. V. Hane.

Reed.

ington & Hammond.
Co.

Richmond—Knight & Cudworth,  A.  W. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sebewa—P.  F.  Knapp.
Shepherd—H.  O.  Bigelow.
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson,  Well 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stan wood—F.  M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. 
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson. 
White Cloud—J.  C. Townsend,  N.  W. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson,  John  Haver-
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.
Wiley.
kate.

Darrow,  D.  D. Paine.

A Book-keeper Gone.

the cai’,  “my book-keeper is gone.”

“Well,”  he said, as he stepped  aboard 
“N o!”
“Yes.”
“When  did it happen ?”
“Last night.”
“Phew!  Well,  do  you know,  I’ve al­
ways had my suspicions of that man,  and 
once or twice I have felt as if  I  ought to 
warn you.  How  much are  you stuck ?” 
“Stuck !  Why,  the man is dead !” 
“Oh!  You meant that he died, instead 
“Yes.”
“Well,  I always believed he would  die 
or do something of  the  sort"  He  had  a 
bad, bad head on him.”

of skipping to Canada ?”

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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
Plum bers’  Supplies.
184  East  Pillion  81., Head  of Monroe,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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the use of this tool everybody can file th eir own  saws 
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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Oranges,  Lemons,  Kilts, 

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Dates,  Citron,  Etc.
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One of the most perfect  wagons  ever produced,  combining strength,  durability 
and cheapness of price. 
Just the wagon for light delivery,  farmer’s run-about, or 
for pleasure.  Send for price list and  description.
THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  &  SLEIGH CO., Grand  Rapids.
GEO. H. REEDER,

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State  Agent

and Jobber of

Lycoming  Rubbers
Hedimn Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Micb.
3R.in.cige,  Bertsoli  <&  Co.
Satin  Oil  Galf

The  dandy  line 
of medium  weight 
goods.  Made 
in 
congress  or  bals, 
regular  or  o ld  
width,  and 
in  first  or  second 
quality.

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

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87, 89 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

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“00r Loader}} Goods.

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

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

Sentiment  in  favor of  school  savings 
banks appears to be on the increase.  And 
there  would  seem  to  be  no  reasonable 
reason  why  the  youthful  mind  should 
not  receive  daily  instruction  in  thrift, 
economy and  matters of  finance,  as well 
as  physiology  and  dozens  of  dry  sub­
jects,  some of  which  will  not be of  the 
least  practical  value in after life. 
It is 
mighty  seldom  that  Latin  nouns  and 
Greek roots prove to be an  aid in solving 
the perplexing and intricate  problems of 
the  business  day.  This  is  a  hustling 
age,  and,  to a certain  extent, the mental 
training of  our  youth  should conform in 
some  manner  to  its  present  and  pros­
pective demands.  The  National Bureau 
of  Education has given  its  emphatic en­
dorsement  to  the  school system of  sav­
ings,  and  other  educational  bodies,  and 
men of  thought  and  brain,  have  lent it 
their approval.  About  $58,000  thus far 
has  been  deposited  by 9,700  scholars in 
the  different  states.  Aside from the ed­
ucationary effect  on  the  youthful mind, 
the gratitude of  parents  throughout  the 
country  will  be  earned,  if,  instead  of 
looking  to  legislation  to  correct  such 
vicious and destroying habits as smoking 
cigarettes  and  the  like,  the  habits  of 
thrift, economy and the care of the phys­
ical body,  and  the little  pennies  turned 
into these  savings  banks can be made to 
correct these pernicious evils.

*   *   *

The question of endorsing paper as  an 
accommodation  for a friend  is  one  that 
recent  occurrences  in  business  circles 
have again brought into prominence.  “It 
is time,” said a leading bank  officer to  a 
reporter,  “that the old  weakness  of  en­
dorsing and becoming security for others 
on a basis  of  friendship  should  be dis­
continued.  The woes that have followed 
this  folly  and  wrong  can never be ade­
quately told.  To be responsible,  and to 
make oneself  and one’s family  responsi­
ble for that which  he  cannot  control, is 
too unbusiness-like  an undertaking to be 
reasoned  about  calmly.  The  accommo­
dation  endorser, even for solvent friends, 
is always on the anxious seat,  but  when 
he allows himself  to be used by acquain­
tances  or  friends  who  are  not solid in 
business connections and financial stand­
ing,  he  generally  has  to  meet  the  loss 
himself.  There  is  no act so irrational, 
from a business  point  of  view,  as  this 
accommodation endorsing, and the friend 
who requests it is unjust in asking for it, 
and unfair in receiving it.”

#   *   *

“The  increase in the number  of  mer­
chants who discount their bills is remark­
able,” observed Samuel  M.  Lemon,  the 
other  day. 
“I  note  that  many dealers 
are now  discounting  who never thought 
of such a thing a year ago, and this leads 
me to repeat  what I have  stated  a  hun­
dred times before, that the merchant who 
does  not  discount his  bills is not a good 
merchant and  is  not  doing  squarely by 
himself.  The change made by the sugar 
refiners  in  this  respect—increasing  the 
cost discount from %  to  %  per  cent.— 
shows the  drift  of  public  sentiment on 
this  important  matter.  Although  rich 
almost  beyond  computation,  the refiners 
find it to be  good  policy to stimulate the 
discounting of  their bills.  The  jobbers 
go them  one better  by granting  the  re­
tailer 1 per cent,  discount on sugar,  pork, 
ham,  lard  and provisions  generally,  and 
the man  who does not take advantage of 
his discounts is sure to be left in the race 
or supremacy.”

Bill S nort

We  guarantee  this  cigar  the 
best  $35  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
ter sent with each order.

Bharleiioix  Cigar  MTg  Co.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

JF IT   F O R

A Gentleman's

T A /iL f i:

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  Whyland 

%  Go.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

JOBBER  OF

F.J  DEYTENTHMR
Lake  Fish?

Fresh  and  Salt

Ocean Fieli

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

S We  respectfully  call  your  attention 

to the fact that  we  carry the most 
in 
Western  Michigan.  Send
for  our  wholesale  price 
catalogue 

complete  stock  of  seeds 

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and 
before  buving
Glover,
Timothy, 
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Red  Top.
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ONION  SETS,  n
In  fact,  everything 
in  our  line  at  lowest 
market  values. 

Brown’s  Seed  Store,  ^

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Our Leader  Cigars,

Olir  Leader  Smokiag,

Odr  Leader  Fine  Gift.

Olir  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  Saleratiis,

Olir  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

IN  F A C T

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.

M . 

C O A R K  &

I. 
S.  K.  BOLLES. 

S .  K .   H o l i e s   &   C o.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C igar  D ealers.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

« T O S S   U P !

99

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.

Lem on  &  P eters,

W H O B B SA B B

G R O C B R S.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Bautz  B ro s•  &   C o.’s   Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

A m b o y   C h oo se

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