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THE  ROMANCE  OP  A  FLOOD.
They had parted coldly.
Richard  Holmes  had  walked  rapidly 
up the  street to his boardiug-plaee  with 
a white face,  sternly set lips,  his  hands 
clasped 
tightly  behind  him,  and  his | 
whole  frame  quivering  with  wounded 1 
pride and keen disappointment.
Eloise Ellison  had  turned  her  pretty 
I face homeward  with a proud  little  toss, 
and a look of  something  like triumph in 
her coquettish dark eyes.
That  she  was  a  spoiled  and  petted 
beauty,  every one  in  the  village  knew; 
and  that  she  was as willful  and  capri­
cious  and  exacting  as  she  was  bright 
and  pretty  and  bewitching,  every  one 
knew  as  well.  The  only  child  of  the 
wealthy  mill-owner,  from  her  very  in- 
| fancy  indulged  in  her  every  wish  and 
j fawned  upon  by admiring friends,  it  was 
I no wonder  that she was,  when she chose 
to  be,  a  most  tyrannical  specimen  of 
I womanhood.
She had  chosen to be  such  the  after­
noon  she  met  Richard  Holmes,  her 
father’s book-keeper,  on  the street,  and 
allowed him to turn and  walk beside her. 
It  was raining,  and she  graciously closed 
her own  elegant  little umbrella to share 
j the larger one he carried.
They  had  gone  on  together,  enjoying 
j the rain,  laughing  and  chatting  gayly, 
gossiping in  their usual  light  way about 
this and  that happening in the social  life 
of the village.
Perhaps he had chosen an inauspicious 
moment to declare his love and  offer  her 
| his hand,  but,  inauspicious  or  not,  he 
I had spoken and  received  his answer.

They  had  exchanged a few  hot  words 
j and  then  parted  in  a  sudden  frigidity 
which seized  them both.  She had added 
such  scorn  and  disdain  to  her  refusal 
that it was not herself  he  loved,  but her 
father’s wealth.  She  had  wounded him 
cruelly  and 
intentionally,  and  he  had 
left her suddenly with a cold adieu.

tried 

It was absurd !

to  be  angry  at 

Eloise raised her  own  umbrella with a 
defiant little laugh,  and a glance  at  the 
retreating figure,  and then turned home­
ward humming a fragment  of  the  latest 
opera.
Her  father’s  book-keeper !  Presume 
to offer her his hand ! 
Thus  she  communed  with  herself  as 
she went on  up  the  street to her  home. 
She 
the  pre­
sumption of the man,  but in spite of her­
self  she  could not.  She had always ad­
mired him—yes,  in a way she  had  quite 
liked him,  and  it  was  pleasing  to  her 
vanity to know  he loved  her—but,  mar­
riage—that  was  another  thing,  indeed, 
and quite out of the question !
It  grew 
For days and days it rained. 
I monotonous and  wearisome.
Eloise,  wandering  aimlessly about the 
drawing-room,  looking  over  a book  ab­
stractedly;  striking a few  chords  on the 
piano;  going from  window to window to 
look out at the falling  rain  and  the dis­
mal landscape,  was wretchedly lonesome 
and ill at ease.
Why  did  not  some  one  call!  Even 
Richard  Holmes  would  be  a  welcome 
caller,  if  only to quarrel  with.  He used 
to  drop  in  so  often  to  play a game  of 
chess or listen to her music.  She wished 
she had  not  treated  him  quite so badly 
the  other  day.  Why could she not have 
said, as other  girls would have said, that 
she  would  be a sister  to  him ? 
It  had 
never  occurred  to  her to say that.  She 
wished she  had  been  less  unkind  that 
day—wished that she had  held him off  a 
little longer  at  least—it  used  to  be  so 
pleasant to have him drop in for  an hour 
or two.
The  day  was  closing  in  dark  and 
stormy.  Eloise from the  window looked 
at the swollen  river,  and the pools  that 
stood here and there on the lawn.
Suddenly she stood  erect,  and  looked 
eagerly  at  a  well-known figure  coming 
1 toward the house.  It was Richard Holmes.

The girl  stood  watching  his  progress 
eagerly,  as he picked his  way among the 
pools of water, her lips parted,  her pretty 
head thrown  back,  her  dark  eyes  glad 
and bright.
“I am glad  he  is  coming,”  she  said,  . 
softly to herself,  as she stood, surrounded 
by the creamy draperies of  the  window, 
waiting for him.
She heard  his firm  step on the piazza. 
She heard  him ring  the  bell,  and  then 
speak  a  few  words  to  the  maid  who 
opened the door.
Suddenly a great  roar filled all the air, 
drowning  the  voices in the hall,  drown­
ing the silvery chime of the little French 
clock,  drowning  everything,  swallowing 
up  everything  in  its  awful  volume  of 
sound.  There was a terror  in  it  unlike 
the heaviest crash of  thunder—a strange 
and terrible menace in the sound,  swell­
ing  and  gathering  and  growing  louder 
every moment.
Eloise stood paralyzed  with  fear.  She 
I was  powerless to cry out,  to  move  her­
self;  she  could  only stand  and listen to 
that awful,  all-pervading roar.
She did not think  what it might mean. 
She had  heard vague rumors of  fears for 
the great dam above,  but had not heeded.
In a moment it was all over;  the sound 
had come  upon  her  in all  its awfulness. 
She fell  back,  overpowered  with terror, 
and became unconscious.
A  violent blow on  her  head roused her 
to  herself.  She found  herself  floating 
on the strong  current,  borne  along at a 
sickening  speed,  upheld by the strength 
and fury of the roaring waters.
Near her  she  saw  the  great  elm tree 
that  had  stood  before  the  house  ever 
since  she  was  a  child. 
It  must  have 
been a branch of  that  which struck  her 
and  brought her back to life.

With  great,  dark  eyes  dilated  with 
horror,  and a face  white  and  ghastly as 
the faces of the dead,  the girl flew along. 
She had caught hold  of  the  branches of 
the great tree, and was  clinging  with  a 
grasp like death itself.  Life  was  sweet 
—too sweet to lose. 
In  her first moment 
of  consciousness,  she  had  thought  of 
Richard Holmes.  Where  could  he  be? 
Drowned ?  0,  God forbid—not  drowned 
—the thought was  dreadful to her. 
In a 
flash  she  was  revealed to  herself.  She 
loved  him—loved  him  with  her  whole 
heart—had loved  him all  the time  with­
out knowing it.  What  had  he  come to 
the door for  that night ? 
It seemed ages 
ago to  her  now—to  bring a message  of 
warning?  Her  father—was  he  safe?
O heaven,  that appalling  darkness—that 
dreadful roar of rushing waters !

She  raised  her  voice  and  called, 
“Richard!” 
It  was  lost in the  roar  of 
the flood.  She  tried  again,  summoning 
all  her strength,  and  sending  her  clear 
voice  out  over  the  waters— “Richard ! 
Richard!”
She thought she heard a human  voice, 
faint and far away—could it be his?  He 
was  near  her  when the flood struck the 
house;  he might  be  somewhere near her 
now.
She raised  her  voice again,  and called 
his name with a desperation born of  fear 
and love.  A  dark  object  was  floating 
near her,  tossing up and  down on the re­
sistless  current.  She  could  see  that it 
was a man,  clinging to a mass of  boards. 
The  face  was  turned  from  her,  but the 
head looked  familiar.  She cailed again, 
and the man turned and  looked at her.
“Is it  you, Eloise ?”  he screamed;  and 
then she barely heard him—“you, Eloise? 
Thank God!”
She breathed a sigh of  relief.  She felt 
safe  now—safe,  even  on  the  bosom  of 
this  rushing ocean of  fierce  waters  and 
crashing debris—if  he were near.
She  saw  that  he  was trying to get to 
her,  but  could  not;  that  he  dared not 
loose  his  hold of  the  boards  and  trust 
himself  one  instant  in that  mighty cur­
rent.  She could  see his  face, white and

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agonized, turned  to  her—always turned 
to her.  Something had  struck  him  and 
cut a gash in his head,  and the blood was 
trickling  down  his  pallid  cheek;  she 
could see it from where  she  clung in the 
branches of  the elm tree.
She did not know  that  one  beautiful, 
white arm was bare to the  shoulder  and 
bleeding  from a cruel  blow  she  had re­
ceived—she  did  not  realize  the pain in 
her head where the tree had struck  her— 
such things were trivial now.  Life  was 
the  only thing  to  be  thought of—life— 
and death—if  death should come.
A house came reeling down and struck 
the  mass  of  boards  to  which  Richard 
clung.  The shock loosened his hold and 
tossed  him  far  out  in  the water.  The 
horrible undercurrent sucked him in and 
he  sank  from  sight.  The next moment 
his white  face  showed  above the water. 
Such horror and despair Eloise had never 
seen as she saw there.  One  last  appeal­
ing look at her, one  cry from  his  white 
lips,  and  he  was  gone  again.  Eloise 
prayed—prayed as she had never dreamed 
of  praying before;  crying  aloud for help 
and pity in this time of  need.
Richard came  to  the  surface  again— 
near  her  this  time.  Could  she  reach 
him ?  Only a little  nearer—he was  half 
unconscious and  could not help himself. 
She leaned far out over  the dark torrent, 
holding  to the  tree  firmly with one arm 
and touched him with  her  hand—caught 
him by his collar and held his head above 
the water as they were borne along.  She 
called to him wildly.  He  heard and un­
derstood,  made  one  great  effort to seize 
the branches of the tree, and at last, with 
an  almost  superhuman  strength,  drew 
himself  up into  the  sheltering  arms  of 
the old elm.
There he clung with what frail strength 
was left him;  but  he  was  too  weak for 
words. 
It was no time for speech.  The 
scene was more terrible  than  any of  the 
imaginings  of  Dante.  Great  masses  of 
timbers,  that  ten  minutes  before  had 
been houses and homes, came rushing by 
with shrieking  women  clinging to them, 
and 
little  children  borne  along  upon 
them.  Strong men were tossing like egg­
shells on the waters,  and  horses and cat­
tle were plunging  madly for  life  among 
the ruins of  great barns that came crash­
ing by.  Now and then, some wild shriek 
or  unearthly  moan  would  mean 
the 
death cry of  a human being  going  down 
to eternal sleep under the roaring waters.
A great mass of  timbers  came  tearing 
along down  the  highway of  death;  with 
one blow it  sent  the  elm  tree  spinning 
far  ahead  on  the  waters.  Eloise  and 
Richard were hurled into the air and fell 
together,  clinging to whatever they could 
find—a door,  a  fence—anything  to  keep 
afloat.  At last they climbed to the ridge­
pole of  a  house  and  clung  there.  All 
night  they floated,  bruised  and  cut  by 
heavy  objects 
them,  almost 
losing their  hold  many times,  but never 
quite—tossing,  plunging,  flying  with  a 
speed that was terrible.
In the first gray dawn of  morning they 
were 
rescued.  Friendly  hands  drew 
them  from  their  perilous  position  and 
bore  them  to a place  of  safety.  There 
they 
lay  for  days  unconscious.  The 
shock  had  been  too  great—human  en­
durance had been too sorely tried.
The  physicians  who  dressed  their 
wounds  and  the  nurses  who  cared  for 
them shook their heads  gravely over the 
young strangers  given so mercifully into 
their hands.
Richard  woke  to  consciousness  first, 
but lay with closed eyes,  resting and try­
ing to think why he was there  and  what 
had happened.
All  at  once he heard a voice  he knew 
and loved. 
It was  Eloise, delirious with 
fever.  “Richard,”  she  was  saying,  “I 
love  you now,  I loved  you  all  the  time, 
but I did not  know it.  Richard, did  the 
horrible  waters  drown  you ?  O,  my 
darling!”
He opened his eyes and  looked  across 
the  room  toward  the  weak voice dying 
away  into  silence.  What  he  saw'  was 
Eloise lying on the snowy cot with closed 
eyes and flushed cheeks—Eloise, pitifully 
thin  and  changed,  but  Eloise  still, de­
spite  the  streaks of  silver  in  her  dark 
hair,  and the lines of  pain  on  her white 
brow,  left  there  by  the  agony  of  that 
fatal night.
Richard, looking at her thus, loved her

striking 

all the better for  these marks of  sorrow; 
they  made  her  tenfold  dearer  to  him; 
their  mutual  distress  had  welded  to­
gether their souls forever.

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was  no  time  for  merrymaking  and  re­
joicing.  Death  and poverty were every­
where.  Her father  was  among the lost; 
the servants  were  missing; many of  her 
friends had gone from  human  sight for­
ever.  Every  dollar  of  her  father’s 
wealth had been  swept  away.  She was 
penniless.  The beautiful  home  was en­
tirely destroyed.  Nothing that had been 
hers remained.
Nothing  she  had  loved  in  the  old 
days  was  left  her.  Nothing?  Yes, 
thank God,  her husband—her good, brave 
Richard!  They  had  gone 
together 
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henceforth  through  life lay side by side.
Eloise  was  a changed  woman.  What 
had  been  wrong  in  her  became  good. 
What had been  vain and  foolish  became 
beautiful  and  pure.  Her  whole nature 
was  changed—her  heart  ennobled  and 
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In  Defense  of Nationalism.

Detr o it,  April 12,  1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
1 quote from  your editorial of  April 9, 
delining  competitition  and  criticising 
Nationalism:
“It  is  that  which  makes  one  man 
virtuous,  or  rich,  or 
influential;  it  is 
in 
that  which  makes  one  man  excel 
literature, science,  art;  it  is  that  which 
makes  one  man  a  better  mechanic  or 
laborer,  and  which  makes  his  home 
warm,  snug,  comfortable. 
In  the  Na­
tionalists’ new  republic there is to be no 
such  competition,  and,  of  course,  no 
ambition  to  excel.  All  men  are  to be 
upon  the  same  physical,  mental,  moral 
plane, and, equally, of  course,  upon  the 
very  lowest,  as  the  human  heart  and 
mind  are  to be deprived of  the desire or 
purpose to excel.”
Do  you  really  believe  all  this ?  Do 
you  soberly and  earnestly contend  that 
the greed for wealth is the only incentive 
to  excellence  in  art,  science,  literature 
and the  mechanics ?
Did  the  old  masters  in art and music 
work  for  the  material  results  of  their 
labor  or  for  the love of  art ?  Have the 
great men of  all  ages  devoted  their en­
ergies to producing wealth or to building 
for  themselves  an  euduring  name  and 
fame ?  Did  Lincoln  work  for wealth or 
for  his  country ?  How  about  the  sol­
diers  who  offered  their  lives  for  their 
country?  Even  in  this  age  of  avarice 
and vice,  some of  our  greatest  talent  is 
devoted to the elevation of  the people.
It is to  the  higher  instincts  that  the 
Nationalist appeals.  He  does  not  wish 
to curb  ambition for fame. 
Indeed,  he 
wishes rather  to  encourage it by elimin­
ating  all  fear  of  poverty and  allowing 
our  better  instincts  and  ambitions  to 
have full  play, rather  than  be  crowded 
out of the  lives of  most men and women 
by  the  grinding  poverty to which  they 
are condemned.  Do  you  contend that it 
is  this  crushing  competition for  oppor­
tunity to work,  which  exists among  our 
wage  workers  to-day,  that  makes  men 
virtuous?  You  must  have  read  some 
parody on  Nationalism  rather  than  the 
original  plan.  Confess  now  that  you 
have not read  “ Looking Backward.”
I am not a Nationalist,  but believe  in 
having all sides fairly represented.  The 
object  of  Nationalism  is  praiseworthy. 
They wish to bring  about  a  social  con­
dition free from  vice and avarice,  where 
each member of  the brotherhood of  man 
could  employ his finer faculties to  their 
full  capabilities,  but  they overlook  the 
great cause of the impoverished condition 
of  the  masses  and  charge  competition 
with evils  which competition itself  does 
not produce.
Free competition  would bring about as 
near an approach  to  the  millennium  as 
It is 
this  world  can  expect to witness. 
restricted  competition  that  causes 
the 
mischief we deplore. 
Instead  of  bring­
ing all  production  uuder  governmental 
control,  it is better  to  leave as  much  as 
possible to the individual  and  give  him 
equal access  to  the  natural forces  with 
all  other individuals.
It is the denial  of  Ihe  right  of  labor 
(the creator of all  wealth)  to  our natural 
opportunities (the source of  all  wealth) 
that cripples industry and breeds paupers
and millionaires.  The Nationalists’  mis­
take is in asserting  that  capital controls 
production and, consequently,  all capital 
should  be  owned  by  the  government. 
Capital  does  not  control  production. 
Labor  controls  production  and,  given 
access  to  unused  mines,  forests  and 
vacant  lands,  could  soon  reproduce  as 
much  wealth as we  have  to-day,  if  all 
our present capital was destroyed.

Yours truly,

J. B.  How'artu.

Leather  Jokes.

“There’s a lot of  money in leather.”
“Is there, now ?”
“ Yes;  purses  are  made  of  leather, 

ain’t they ?”
too.”

It’s  great  as a fertilizer, 

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“A  fertilizer?”
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“W elts!”

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------WHOLESALE------

F ru its,  Seeds, O ysters * P r o d u r r ,

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26,28. 30 and 32 Ottawa  St.. 

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Balter,Eip, FairfleM Cheese, Foreip Fraits,Mince Meat, Nats, Ft’.

JOBBER  OF

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast. 

Special  Bargain  in Choice 

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

B A N A N A S !

Office  and  Salesroom,  No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids,  M ir}
We  are  receiving 
from  two  to  four 
carloads of bananas 
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a  week,  which 
more  fruit thau can be handled by any other house-at tills  market.  Remember

W e A r e  H ea d q u a rte rs.

GRAND  RAPIDS 

SEN»  A  TRIAL  ORDER  TO

JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,
Jobbers  of  Candy, Nuts, Cheese and Cigars.

JACKSON,  MICH.

FRUIT  AND 

Wholesale  dealer 

PRODUCE  CO.

in  Foreign,  Tropical  and 
Domestic

F  J,  BROWN,
Friths and Seeds.
California  Oranges——
= M essin a  Lemons.

Direct Receivers of

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HEADQUARTERS  FOR

B A N A N A S .
When in  want  of  large  lots  of  California  Oranges,  we are prepared to make you 
16  and 18  North Division St., GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH. Send for Price List, Issued W eekly

low prices from fresh cars.

H E S T E R   «So  E  O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW  A2TD GRIST MZZiZ. M A C H IN ER ?,

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMAN
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We  guarantee  this  cigar  the
best  $35  cigar  on  the  market.
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
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STEAM EHGIHES &
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for  Immediate delivery.

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

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T H “E  ^ I I C m G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

AMONG THE  TRADE.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Lowell—Luther F.  Severy  will  open a 

Eaton  Rapids—J.  0. Chaffee has opened 

tin shop.

a millinery store.

Almira—J. J. Gray  succeeds  M.  Lake 

in the grocery business.

Hart—W.  Weideman  has  engaged  in 

the boot and shoe business.

Harriette—Mr. Cole has opened a meat 

market in his new building.

Owosso—Davis  &  Davis,  of  Detroit, 

will  shortly open a tin shop.

Alba—Q.  B.  Stout  has  purchased  the 

meat market of  W. J.  Kling.

Sturgis—P.  D.  Keim  has sold his stock 

of  groceries to A.  L. Crandell.

Cheboygan—John Craig will soon open 

a bakery and confectionery store.

Klwell—T.  J.  Ellerton  has  purchased 

the general stock of  J.  L.  Fleming.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Chas.  Hursley  has 

opened a fruit and confectionery store.

East  Jordan—Harry  Branch  has  sold 

his stock of drugs to Gordon  W. Beall.

Grand Ledge—A. D. Burnham succeeds 
Winnie & Burnham in the drug business.
Sault  Ste.  Marie—P.  M.  Church  will 
shortly engage in the hardware business.
Owosso—Sutton  &  Pray  have  pur­
chased  the  business  of  the  city  music 
store.

Alpena—Henry  Beebe  has  sold  his 
stock of  groceries and  drugs  to  McKen­
zie Jt Co.

Wakefield—The  Wakefield  Mercantile 
Co.  has  purchased  the  general  stock of 
Chas. Bock.

Detroit  —  Feist  Rothschild,  of 

the 
wholesale  tobacco  firm of  Rothschild  & 
Bro.,  is dead.

Byron  Center — Walter  H.  Struik  & 
Bro.,  general dealers,  are  succeeded by 
W.  D.  Struik.

Kalamazoo—Hollestelle  &  Co., dealers 
in  peddlers’  supplies, are  succeeded by 
Gumbinsky & Co.

Wayland—B.  Burlington  has  aban­
doned  the  meat  business  here  and  re­
moved to Lawton.

Montague—W.  A.  Austin  has  pur­
chased the  grocery stock  and fixtures of 
Shattuck & Shepherd.

Addison—Lapham &  Wilcox,  the meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  Mr.  Lapham 
will continue the business.

Bellaire—Owen  Schoolcraft  has  pur­
chased  S.  J.  Nash’s interest  in  the  gro­
cery firm of  Schoolcraft & Nash.

Onekama—Williamson  &  Dailey  have 
formed a copartnership to engage  in  the 
cigar and confectionery business.

Cheboygan—Frawley Bros.'have leased 
the  store  recently  occupied  by  Reid & 
Co.  aud  will open up a grocery stock.

Nashville—A.  E.  Knight,  of  Hartford 
City,  Ind.,  has  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  jewelry business of  James  Fleming.
Charlevoix — A.  T.  Washburne  has 
bought the interest  of  Wm.  Gow  in  the 
dry goods business of  A.  T.  Washburne 
& Co.

Vestaburg—E.  F.  Owen,  who  recently 
sold  his  drug  stock  here  to  Dr.  W.  C. 
Van Lieu,  has  re-engaged  in  the  same 
business.

Fenton—W.  D.  Murray  has  sold  his 
clothing  business  to  N.  C.  Belding,  of 
Wauseon. Ohio,  who  will continue at the 
old stand.

Otsego—C. A.  Barnes  has  bought  the 
C.  H.  Adams drug stock and will conduct 
the business  in  connection with his gro­
cery business.

Manton—C.  B.  Bailey  has  leased  his 
store  and  stock  of  goods  to  J.  Ward 
Bailey  for  one  year.  C.  B.  will  take  a 
vacation for his health.

Constantine—Geo.  Felt has sold his in­
terest  in the drug  firm of  Felt & Felt to 
his partner,  who  will  continue  the bus­
iness under the style of  C.  H.  Felt.

Muskegon—A.  N.  King  has  opened  a 
house furnishing  goods  store at 7  West­
ern avenue,  continuing  the  second-hand 
I furniture business at 61  Pine street.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—L.  H.  Conley  has 
sold  his  interest in  the Harrison & Con- 
| ley book  and  stationery stock  to  Harry 
Harrison, who will continue the business.
Big  Rapids—S.  S.  Wilcox  &  Co.,  who 
have been in the hardware  business here 
for many years,  will close out their stock 
by special  and auction sales,  preparatory 
to going out of  business.

Owosso—W.  Lee Crowe has  purchased 
an  interest in  the firm of A.  E.  Hartshorn 
& Son, dealers in agricultural implements 
and buggies.  The style  of  the new firm 
is Hartshorn, Son & Crowe.

Tustin—J.  A.  Lindstrom, who recently 
sold  his  interest  in  the  general firm of I 
Lindstrom & Lovene,  was  the  recipient 
of  a farewell  party at  the  hands of  his 
friends on the evening of  the 15th.

Detroit—W.  N.  Winans  &  Co.,  dry 
I goods  dealers,  have  merged  their  bus­
iness  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
same style.  The capital stock  is §20,000, 
all  but  two  shares  being  held  by  Mr. 
Winans.

Detroit—The  Black  Hardware Co.  has 
been  merged  with  the  Seattle  (Wash.) 
Hardware  Co.,  C.  A.  Black  being  made 
president of  the new  corporation.  The 
Detroit  stock  will  be  shipped 
to  the 
booming western city as soon as possible.
Plainwell—W.  D.  Case  uttered  four 
chattel  mortgages on his  boot  and  shoe 
stock on  March 24,  aggregating  8969.46. 
On  the 11th he gave  Pingree & Smith,  of 
Detroit, a mortgage for  $1,719.64,  and on 
the  12th  uttered a mortgage for $692.30, 
in  favor  of  Childs,  Lee  &  Dunlap,  of 
Toledo. 
then  took 
possession  of  the  stock  on their  mort­
gage.  and  it  is  advertised to be sold on 
the 22d.

Pingree  &  Smith 

Manistee—The  railroads  seem  to  be 
crowding the small  boats  off  the freight 
waters,  and the Sanford,  which has been 
running for years between this point and 
Frankfort,  has 
recently  been  sold  to 
Sands  &  Maxwell,  of  Pentwater,  who 
will run her between that point and Lud- 
ington.  This  will be a great  accommo­
dation  to  business  men  generally,  who 
often want to patronize  that  route,  aud 
do not like staging it.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—A.  C.  McGraw  &  Co.’s  new 

shoe factory is now completed.

Muskegon—The  mills of  the Michigan 
Shingle Co.  and  the  Muskegon  Shingle & 
Lumber  Co.  start  up  for  the  season 
Wednesday morning.

Muskegon—W.  D.  Kelley  and  E.  S. 
Kelley,  late of  Menominee,  have formed 
a copartnership to engage  in  the  lumber | 
commission and real estate  business.

Detroit—The Hortense  Mining Co.  has 
incorporated with  $1,000,000 capital. 
It 
will  operate 
in  the  Upper  Peninsula, 
with  offices  in  Detroit.  H.C.  Hart  has
I, 
II.  C.  Fechheimer  1,700,  A.  Marymont 
1,800,  Jacob  Brown  200,  S. T.  Douglas 
100,  and  Joseph  Trounstein, Cincinnati,
1 2,334.

800  shares,  Seymour  Brownell  7,428,

Mancelona—C.  I.  Case  and  James 
Streeter  have  formed a copartnership to 
carry on  the  ashery business  and  have 
commenced  the  erection  of  a  building 
for the same.

Mt.  Pleasant—J.  & E.  Horning,  form­
erly of  Clare, have  purchased the site of 
the  Leaton &  Upton  Mill  premises and 
I are erecting a shingle mill.  They expect 
to have timber enough for  several years’ 
run.

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Manistee—S.  R.  Howell,  who  has cor­
nered  about  all  the  laths  in  Chicago, 
seems to have his  eye  cast  this  way, as 
his boat loaded  1,500,000 here last week, 
which about  cleaned  out  all  that  were 
held over here.

Hart—G.  F.  Cady  and  Ed.  Spellman 
will  engage 
the  manufacture  of 
“Cady’s  Catch-’em  Sure”  sticky fly pa­
per,  under  the  style  of  the  Hart  Fly 
Paper  Co.  Mr.  Cady  was  formerly en­
gaged in the drug business.

Charlotte—George  J.  Barney has  pur­
chased the interest  of  J.  B.  May in the 
firm of May & Barney, carriage manufac­
turers.  and  will  continue  the  business 
alone.  Captain  May  will  continue  to 
represent the business on the road.

Bay City—The  sawmill  of  Mitchell & 
McClure will  start,  probably,  next week. 
The  timber  of  this  firm  in  the  Lower 
Peninsula will  be  practically exhausted 
the  present  season.  They  have  large 
holdings in Canada, and will undoubtedly 
erect a mill  at  Duluth,  where  they own 
350,000,000 feet of  stumpage.

Manistee—There  is  some  talk  among 
some of  our  capitalists of  establishing a 
first-class large ship-yard here, and there 
could be no better point along  the  lakes 
for such a venture.  With abundant tim­
ber of  all kinds close at hand, and a very 
large  country  tributary by rail  to  draw 
upon,  it would seem that all the elements 
of  success are at hand,  if  the  right  par­
ties take hold of  the venture.

Manistee—Two  sawmills  started  up 
last  week—those  of  the  State  Lumber 
Co.  and  White, Friant  &  Co.  The bal­
ance  of  them  will  hardly get to sawing 
much before  May 1.  The  State Lumber 
Co.  is making  about  its  first  venture in 
the  hardwood  line,  having  brought  in 
about  1,000,000  feet  of  hardwood  logs 
from  along the  Manistee & Northeastern 
Railroad,  and  dumped  them  in the mill 
yard.

destroyed,  involving  a  loss of  $130,000, 
with an insurance of  $80,000.  The plant 
covered  four  acres,  and all of  the build­
ings,  with the  exception of  a shop,  were 
new,  having  been  erected  within  two 
years. 
It is not  likely the plant  will be 
rebuilt.

INDIANA  ITEMS.

Woodruff—L. Sams has  purchased the 

grocery  stock of O. C.  Heimes.

Elkhart — Nye  &  Co.  succeed  L.  H. 

Miller in the grocery business.

La Grange—H.  & C. Crocker  have sold 

their stock of groceries to J.  Thomas.

Middlebury — A.  C.  Falks  succeeds 
Miller & Boyts in the grocery and bakery 
business.

J.  Vander  Yeen,  of  Holland,  is  now 
traveling  in  Indiana  for  Buhl,  Sons  & 
Co., of  Detroit.

A Pleasant Event.

David  Holmes,  buyer  for  the  West 
Michigan  Lumber Co.,  at Woodville,  was 
naturally opposed to the employes of  the 
corporation  making  the  store  a  loafing 
place  in  the  evening and decided to ob­
viate the difficulty by constructing a hall, 
in which will be placed  newspapers  and 
books,  card,  pool  and  billiard  tables. 
The hall was “dedicated” last  Thursday 
evening, 
the  company  giving  a  social 
party to its  employes  and a few  invited 
guests.  Music  was  furnished  by  Coff­
man’s  orchestra  and  a  somewhat  elab­
orate  spread  was  served  by  Miss  Rose 
Bisel,  who manages the  culinary depart­
ment of  the company’s business.  Among 
the guests from  abroad  were Capt.  E.  B. 
Wright, S.  A.  Sears  and  wife,  and A. D. 
Baker and  wife, Grand  Rapids;  John P. 
Oggle  and  wife,  Holland;  C. W.  Hayes 
and  wife,  Big  Rapids;  Geo.  Burns  and 
ladies, Diamond  Lake.  The  event  was 
hugely enjoyed  by those in  whose  honor 
it was  given  and  the  generosity of  the 
company will long be remembered.

F.  N.  Cornell, 

the  Sebewa  general 

dealer,  was in town last Friday.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  Qoffee  Rooms,

61  Pearl  Street.

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

OYSTERS  IN IL L  STYLES.

Bay City—Another  industry  that  has 
been of  vast benefit to this city has  been 
wiped out by fire.  Last  Tuesday  morn­
ing the extensive plant of  the Bousefield 
Woodenware Works,  said  to  be the larg­
est in the  United  States,  including saw­
mill, factory, dry kilns, etc., were totally
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IN  THB

WORLD!

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

W. G. Sinclair has rented the basement 
of  his  meat  market,  on  South Division 
street, to  Brown, Hall & Co.

The  Grand  Rapids  Stave  Co.  has  ar­
ranged  to  maintain  a  warehouse  for 
storage purposes at Hastings.

The  Princess  Dressing  Case  Co.  has 
contracted with the Lowell Furniture Co. 
to manufacture 100 of  its cases.

W.  W.  Howe  has  purchased  the  dry 
goods  and  notion  stock  of  Mrs.  F.  J. 
Parker, at 199 East Bridge street.

Thos.  Blain  has  arranged  to  open  a 
I. M. 

grocery store  at  Sault Ste. Marie. 
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

R. J. Cooper,  bazaar dealer at William- 
ston,  has  added a line of  confectionery. 
The  Putnam  Candy  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

N. C.  Westra has purchased an interest 
in the  general  stock of  W.  F. Willemin, 
971 Hall  street.  The  new  firm  will be 
known as  Willemin & Westra.

Chas.  E.  Williams, 

the  Plainfield 
avenue  grocer,  contemplates forming  a 
copartnership  with Chas.  L.  Lawton and 
engaging  in  the  grocery  business  on 
Shawmut  avenue.

Chas. E. Morgan,  formerly on the  road 
for Jennings & Smith,  has opened a gro­
cery store  and  bakery at Fremont.  The 
grocery stock was furnished by the Olney 
& Judson Grocer Co.

Albert Euppenheimer  has arranged  to 
re-purchase an interest in the cigar busi­
ness of August Kuppenheimer  on May 1, 
after  which  time  the  business  will  be 
conducted under the style of Kuppenhei­
mer Bros.

Walter H.  Struik,  who  has  lately sold 
his interest in  a general store near Byron 
Center, will shortly embark  in  the  boot 
and shoe  business on Grandville avenue, 
occupying a store now in  process of  con­
struction.

The Iron Cottage Co.—alias, the Grand 
Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.; otherwise,  the 
Northern  Refrigerator  Co.; 
in  other 
words,  H. Leonard & Sons—has arranged 
to  manufacture  a  line  of  portable  cot­
tages from  corrugated  iron.  The work 
will be done at  the  firm’s  factory on Ot­
tawa street.

The Grand  Rapids Bending Works has 
arranged to remove its  business to Hills­
borough, Ohio, about June 1.  The Grand 
Rapids Portable House Co.  will leave the 
city,  but  has  not  yet  decided  upon  a 
location.  The buildings occupied by the 
above concerns  have  been leased for ten 
years by H.  Rademaker & Sons, who will 
occupy the premises  with  their  ball bat 
and  croquet  set  factory,  taking  posses­
sion about July 1.

A paper is being passed around among 
local  capitalists,  soliciting subscriptions 
for  stock  in  a corporation  which  shall 
undertake the consolidation of the Grand 
Rapids Gas Co., the nearly defunct water 
gas  project  and  the  Grand  Rapids Hy­
draulic Co.  As the latter  concern is un­
derstood to be a long ways from being on 
a paying basis, it is proposed to pump the 
water out of  the pipes  and  use  them to 
convey gas instead.

Judge Palmer, of  the  Mecosta  Circuit 
Court,  dissolved  the  attachment  on  the

general  stock  of  W m.  Berridge,  of | 
Mecosta,  issued  at  the  instance  of  the 
Olney & Judson  Grocer  Co.  and  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer & Co.  As  Berridge  has 
since  mortgaged  the  stock  to  Robson 
Bros., of  Lansing,  for $180  and  to  four 
other  creditors  for  $100,  there  will  be 
little left for the other creditors after the 
exemptions are deducted.

Gripsack Brigade.

S. F.  Downs  has  been  confined  to his 

house by illness for the past ten days.

A.  S.  Doak  has  returned  from  Coat- 
icook,  Quebec,  whither  he  was called by 
the death of  his  brother.

Geo.  W.  Spoor,  of  Lansing,  succeeds 
E.  W.  Campbell  as  traveling  salesman 
for  Howard & Solon,  fruit  and  tobacco 
jobbers of  Jackson.

Dr.  Will De Lano has  discontinued the 
practice  of  medicine  and  gone  on  the 
road for Reed & Carnrick, manufacturing 
chemists of  New York.

Frank  E.  Chase,  whose  ankle  was 
turned  while  alighting  from  a  train at 
Ada  on  March 21,  is out on the warpath 
again,  although  he is compelled  to use a 
crutch.

Ad.  Morrison 

B.  F.  Parmenter has sold his  residence 
at  the  corner  of  Wealthy  avenue  and 
South  Union  street to S.  Frost  and  will 
take  up  his  residence  at  116  Summer 
street about May 1.
is 

the 
McDonald & Bradford stock,  at Baldwin, 
at  the  instance  of  the  mortgage  cred­
itors.  His city trade in the meantime  is 
being  covered by Heman G.  Barlow, who 
makes  sorry work of  kissing  the  babies 
and  chucking  the  misses  under  their 
chins.

inventorying 

The project of  organizing  an  accident 
insurance  company is being  agitated by 
some of  the  local  traveling  men. 
It  is 
estimated 
that  the  500  travelers  who 
write  Grand  Rapids  after  their  names 
send  at  least  $10,000 a  year  to  outside 
companies,  which  could  just  as  well  be 
contributed to the maintenance of a local 
institution.

Chas. S.  Robinson  and  E.  W.  Baxter, 
while  meandering  their  way homeward 
late  last  Thursday  evening,  discovered 
the fire in the  Newell  barn,  on Fountain 
street.  Charley broke  in  one end of  the 
building and saved the  cow  and  Baxter 
led  out  the  horses,  sustaining  a severe 
cut on his  right  hand by coming in con­
tact with a window glass.

Geo.  P.  Gifford,  Jr.,  who  has  lately 
covered  this  territory for Armour & Co., 
has  been  offered  the  copper  and  iron 
towns of  the  Upper  Peninsula,  Duluth 
and the principal Wisconsin cities,  which 
he  has  concluded  to  accept,  retaining 
only the  shore  towns on this side of  the 
Lake.  He  will  remove  his  family  to 
Milwaukee  about  May 1, as  that  city is 
about  the  center  of  his  new  field  of 
action.  Frank E. Higgins  will  probably 
resume his visits to the  trade of  this ter­
ritory.

Feminine  Jealousy.

Miss Crabtree—See  what  nice  shoes I

Miss Gillman—Why, these I’m wearing 

bought for $5.

cost me $10.

Miss Crabtree—I  suppose  they charge 

according to size.

♦   .   ♦

E. J. Gillies & Co., New York,  are  the 
largest scheme spice and tea house in the 
world.  Write  J.  P.  Visuer,  agent,  17 
Hermitage  block,  Grand  Rapids,  for 
special inducements.

O ur  P a n ta lo o n s ,  O veralls, 
S h irts  and  Jackets  are  the  Best 
Made.

E v e r y   P a ir   G u aran teed  

an d   W a r r a n te d .

B u y   these G o o d s— Perfect 
jin  Fit,  M ak e,  S ty le   an d   "W ork­
m a n s h ip .

E v e r y   G a r m e n t 

F elled 

S e a m   T h r o u g h o u t.

T R I A L ,  O R D E R S   S O L I C I T E D .

M ic h ig a n   O v e ra ll  M fg. Co.,

IO N IA .,  M I C H .

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1890.

Correspondence solicited. 

HI  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
IN ELSO N   B R O S.  &  CO.,

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

D B T R O I T  vS'OAI* CO’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 35 QUEEN  ANNE  SOAP  WKAPPEBS.  Our 
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale  Grocers.
• 

-mrw  M  IT T T /’T 'V C } 
A l i i   w V H ilW  O ,   LOCK  BOX  173, 

Salesman for  Western Michigan,

o b a n b   r a p id s.

W g~\ 

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T H E   M C H I G A N   T E A D E S M A N .

D r y   G o o d s •

P r ic e s  C urrent.

Note  quotations 
of  TRADESMAN 
COUPONS  in  the 
Grocery Price  Cur­
rent.

and 

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

If  Not. 
You  Are 
Losing 
Money !

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY. 

Grand  Rapids.

A W Ñ T Ñ G S

AN 

TEN TS.

Flags, Horse and  Wagon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COVE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

Voigt, HemolsMir & Co.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

D r y  Goods

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  OUeralls,  Etc.

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

48,50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Gook  i  Beryihold,
SHOW  CASES,

MANUFACTURERS  07

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

67 Canal St.,  GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

FOliattì HATUMAIi BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bonne, President.

Geo. C.  P ie r c e ,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general  banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts, 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

-P. 

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

JOBBERS  OF

Dry  Goods  and

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

& Bro.

Pelton.

Croskery.

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had 
not cancelled their contracts at  last accounts: 
Ada—L. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle, 
L. T. Loohner. Burleigh  Bros.
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almont—Oolerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman & Co.
Belding—L. S. Roell, Lightstone Bros..
Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—Verity  &  Co..  A. V. Young, E. P. 
Shankweiler  &  Co.,  Mrs.  Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. 
Markson.

Blissfield—Jas. Gann tie tt, Jr.
Brice—J. B. Gardner.
Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions. 
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A.  Fish, B. 
Tripp.
Charlotte — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Smith, J. Andrews,  C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby. 
Chester—P. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Cold water—J. D. Benjamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Go.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Baton  Rapids—Knapp  &  Rich,  II.  Kositchek 
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon.
Gladwin—John  Graham,  J  D.  Sanford, Jas. 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord.
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wilzinski, 
Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Dounaily  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee. Wasson  & Lamb, Chas. Pettersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 
Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B. Cohen.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros., Porter Megan.
Ionia—H. Silver, Wm. Wing.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison  (mill onlyi.
Kalamo—L.  R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake  Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.,  E.  F. 
Colwell & Son, Fred Miller.
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew  All  & 
Bro.
Langston—F  D.  Briggs.
. Lansing—R. A.  Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glic- 
man.
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. II. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride's—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—W. E  Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt- 
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman.
Morlev—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. Vermett  &  Son, 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
Newaygo—W. Hannon.
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.
Richmond—Knight  &  Cudworth, A. W. Reed. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp, John Bradley.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Spencer Creek— M.  M. Eider.
Sprit.gport— Powers  &  Johnson, Wellington & 
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling A Co.
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Harrow, i 
Vassar— Me Hose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  II.  ('. 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N.  W. Wiley. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate. 
Williams ton—Thos.  Horton.
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.

lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

F. H. Cowles.

1». D. Paine.

Hammond.

Breckenridge.

The  Dry Goods  Market.

Cotton  goods are a little stiffen  Prints 
are  still  cheap.  Carpet  warp  is up y,c. 
»Stark  and  American  grain  bags  are 
higher.

Flushing—Tubbs  &  Farthing  succeed 
Thompson &  Farthing  in  the  hoot  and 
shoe business.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Continental, C......

Atlantic A............7  Clifton CCC...........   6%
“  H............  65Ü Conqueror XX.......4 5£
'• 
P ..............  6  1 Dwight Star............   714
“ 
D..............Gtj I Exeter A...................  64
“  LL..............  5* Full Yard Wide......  6*4
Atlanta A. A...........  614 Great Falls E ..........7
Archery  Bunting...  4  Honest Width.........  6*4
Amory
"’4  Hartford A..............  5)4
Beaver Dam  A A
141 Integrity  XX...........  5
Berwick  L.........
King, E F ................. 614
Blackstone O, 32__  4%
“  E X ...............   654
Black  Rock  ...........7
• “  EC, 32 in......  5*4
Boot, FF...........   63S£
Lawrence LL .........   5*4
3X.................   6
New  Market B........  5
C..........   53£
Noibe R..................55*
Newton..................6
Our Level  Best......  6*4
Riverside XX.
Sea Island R......
Sharon B  ..........
Top of the  Heap. 
Williamsville.... 
Comet,  40 in —  
Carlisle  “ 
......
New MarketL,40in. 7*4

“ 
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“  Ab.................  754
“ PL, 40 inch..
854
D, 40-in  84
E, 42-inlo 
W, 45-inll
H, 4S-inl2
Chapman.................4
Cohasset A..............   7J4
Comet..................... 7
Amsburg  ...............  7  I Glen Mills.............   7
Blackstone A A......  8  Gold  Medal...........   754
Beats All................   4*4 Green  Ticket........ 854
Cleveland.............  7  Great Falls............   654
Cabot...................... 7*4 ¡Hope........................ 7*4
Cabot,  X.................  614!Just  Out.......  454® 5
Dwight Anchor......  9  King  Phillip  .........   754
OP...... 7*4
Edwards.................   6  Lonsdale Cambric.. 10*4
Empire...................   7  Lonsdale...........   @ 8*4
Farwell...................754
Middlesex........   @ 5
Fruit of the  Loom..  854
No Name................   7*4
Fitchville  .............7*4
Oak View  ............   6
First Prize..............6*4
Our Own................ 5*4
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Pride of the West 
.12
Rosalind.................7*4
Fairmount..............  4M
Full Value..............654
Sunlight  ................  4*4
Geo.  Washington...  854
Vinyard..................  8*4
Cabot......................   7*4¡Dwight Anchor
8*4
Farwell...................  7541
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Tremont N..............  5*4 Middlesex No. 1. 
..10
“ 
Hamilton N............   6*4 
“  S....12
L............   7 
Middlesex  AT........  8 
“ 
X...........  9 
“ 
8....19
  9
No. ¡S> 
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“  shorts.  8541 

2_11
7_18

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PRINTS.

Hamilton N ............ 7*4| Middlesex A A.......... 11
Middlesex P T ........8 
2........ 12
A T ........   9 
A O.........13*4
X A........  9 
4........ 17*4
X F ........10*4| 
5........16
......... 8  ¡Nameless.................20
 
 
25
............... 27*4
.................30
.................32*4
 
.35

Hamilton 
 
9 
.................10*4 
G G  Cashmere....... 21 
Nameless................16 

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DRESS  GOODS.
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18  “ 
CORSET  JEANS.

Biddeford...............  6 
| Naumkeag satteen..  7*4
Brunswick..............6*4  Rock port...................  6*4
Allen, staple...........  5*4
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4*4 
fancy...........  554
“  Reppfnrn .  8*4
robes...........  5
Pacific  fancy..........  6
American  fancy—   6
robes............  6*4
“ 
American Indigo__554
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  4*4
Simpson mourning..  6*4
Arnold 
6*4
greys........6*4
long cloth B.10*4 
“ 
solid black.  6*4 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
“  C.  8*4
century cloth  7
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7*4
“■  gold seal......10*4
“  India robes__ 7*4
“  Turkey red.. 10*4
“  plain T’ky X 54  8*4 
Berlin solids...........  5*4
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue....... 6*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................ 6
“ 
“  green ....  6*4
Coeheco fancy........  6
Martha Washington
“  madders...  6 
Turkeyred 54........ 7*4
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
Martha  Washington
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6*4 
Turkey red..........   9*4
staple ...  5*4 
Ri verpoint robes....  5
Manchester  fancy.  6 
Windsor fancy........  6*4
new era.  6*4 
gold  ticket 
Merrimack D fancy.  6*4
indigo blue.........10*4
Amoskeag AC A....12*4|A C  A..................... 12*4
Hamilton N............   7*4 Pemberton AAA__17
D............ 8*4  York....................... 10*4
Awning..11  Swift River............6*4
Farmer....................8  Pearl  River..............12
First Prize..............114, Warren....................14
Atlanta,  D..............64 ¡Stark.........................  7*4
Boot........................   634  “ 
Clifton, K.........  ...  6v,j  “ 

.......................  7
.......................10

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

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Amoskeag—

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9oz......14*4
brown .13
Andover  ..............114
Everett, blue..  .  12
brown...... 12
Simpson.................. 20
.................18
..............................16

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DEMINS.
12*4(.Iaffrey....................11*4
Lancaster  ............. 12*4
Lawrence, 9 o z..... 13*4
No. 220....13
“ 
“  No. 260— 114
No. 280... 10*4
“ 
Imperial.................10*4
Black................9® 9*4
10*

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

“ 
Coechco..................10*4
GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  654 
Glenarven................ 654
.7  
“ 
Lancashire.............   6*4
“  Normandie  8*4
Normandie.............  8
Westbrook..............  8
Renfrew Dress......... 8
Toil du Nord.... 10@10*4
.........................10
York....................... 654
Amoskeag..............   654
Hampton.................6*4
AFC........ 10*4
Winaermeer........... 5
Persian...................  8*4
Cumberland........... 5
Bates.........................654
Essex......................4*4
Warwick...............   8*4
Peerless, white.......18*4¡Peerless  colored.. .21

CARPET  WARP.

fancies 

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No.

THREADS.

CAMBRICS.

RED  FLANNEL.

...37 
...38 
..39 
...40 

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

GRAIN  BAGS.
.  .17  ¡Valley City........... 16
Amoskeag.
Stark.....................   19*4 Pacific....................14
American...............17  ¡Burlap.................... 11*4
Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour’s............... 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke..................22*41
White.  Colored. | 

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45
Slater......................... ■  4*4 Washington......... ...4 4
4*4 Red Cross.............. ■ ■ •  4*
White Star...........
-  4*4 Lockwood.............
Kid Glove...............
..  44
Newmarket.........
•  4*4 Wood’s............... • •  4*
Edwards  ............ ■  4* Brunswick........ ■ •  44
.32*4 T W.................... ■224
Fireman..............
Creedmore...........
.27*4 F T ............................
•  324
Talbot XXX........... 30 J R F, XXX.......... ...35
.27* Buckeye................. • •■324
Nameless...............
Red & Blue,  plaid .40 Grey S R W ..........
.174
.22*4 Western W  .......... ...184
Union  R ..................
-18*4 D  R  P ...................... ...184
Windsor...................
Flushing XXX... ...234
6 oz Western  ........
.21
.22* Manitoba............... ...234
Union  B..........
........  9 @104
Nameless........  8  @  9*4
124
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate.  Brown. Black.
94 13 
13
9*4 
104 15 
15
10*4 
114 17 
17
11*4 
124 20 
12*4 
20
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz.........
.  94 ¡West  Point, 8 oz. ...1 0 4
Mayland, 8 oz........
10 oz. ...124
" 
.104
Greenwood, 7*4 oz .  94 Raven, lOoz.......... ■ ■•124
Greenwood, 8 oz..
.114 ¡Stark 
........ ...15
WADDINGS.
White, doz.............. 25 Per bale, 40 doz  . ..»7 50
Colored,  doz..........
.20
SILESIAS.
Slater, Iron Cross.
.  8  ! Pawtucket............
-104
9 Dundie...................
Red Cross..
..  9
Best 
.104 Bedford..............
104
.........
.12*41 Valley  City.......... ...104
BestAA...
CORSETS.
Coraline................... 19 50 ¡Wonderful........... ..W 75
9 00 Brighton................ ..  4 75
Schilling’s ..............
.85 Corticelli  knitting.
Corticelli, doz........

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9*4
15
10*4
17
11*4
12*4
20

DOMET  FLANNEL.

........8*4@10

SEWING  SILK.

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“  8 
“  10 

per 4 oz  ball  .. ...30

twist, doz .424
50 yd, doz .424
HOOKS AND EYES—-PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10 No  4 Bl’k & White..15
“  2
.12
.20
“  3 
..25
.12
No 2—20, M C........
.50  !No4—15, F  34... . .  40
‘  3—18, S C ..........
.45
No  2 White & Bl’k..12 No  8 White & Bl’k..20
“  4 
.15
.  23
“  6 
.18
.26
No 2............................
.28 No 3.......................... ...36

COTTON TAPE.
“  10 
“  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James..................
Crowely’s.................
Marshall’s ...............
.2 25  6—4.
5—4. 
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.1  50 Steamboat.............. ...  40
.1  35 Gold  Eyed............ ...1  50
1  00
.3 2515—4--- 1  95  6—4 .  2 95
.3 10

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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" ....2  10 

W e   h a v e  ju st  r ec e iv ed   lOO  C ases  o f  B o y s’, 
Y o u th s’, M en ’s,  M isses’an d   L a d ie s’ S tr a w  H ats 
in  R u sh ,  C hip  an d   S tr a w ,  w h ic h   w e   offer at 
V e r y   L o w   P rices,

83  Monroe  and  10,12,  14,18  1  18  Follatala  Sts.,  GRAND  RÄPID8.

H JLR D W JLK E.

P r i c e s   C u r r e n t .

The Hardware  Market.

Nails  are  stiffening  up  again.  The 
price  got  lower  than  that  of  the  steel 
from  which they were made,  which com­
pelled  manufacturers  to  call  a halt  on 
the  downward  market or quit  manufac­
turing.  The  scarcity of  steel is making 
it difficult for  manufacturers of  agricul­
tural  implements to get  sufficient  quan­
tities  to  fill  their  orders  for  manu­
factured goods.  Barbed wire is about the 
same.  Wire nails  are  weak,  caused by 
so many new factories  starting up.  Rope 
is firm,  owing to the continued  agitation 
of  an  increase  in  the  duty  of  l%c  a 
pound,  which  has  unduly  excited  the 
market.  The indications are that an ad­
vance in glass will shortly occur.

is 

in  hardware  circles 

Combination of Axe Manufacturers.
One of  the  most  important  of  recent 
events 
the 
completion  of  the  organization  of  the 
American  Axe  and  Tool  Co.  This 
corporation is said to include all  the axe 
manufacturing  concerns in the  country, 
with one  exception.  The thirty-five axe 
factories  in  the  United  States turn out 
about 700,000  dozen  axes  per  year,  at a 
cost for  labor  alone of  about $2,500,000. 
The new company will  designate  which 
of  the  factories  comprising  the  trust 
shall turn out  the  different  and  special 
brands  demanded by the  various  indus­
tries,  and  will  supply all  orders,  both 
domestic  and  foreign,  which  may be re­
ceived  in  the  future. 
It is hard to con 
jecture at present  the  probable effect of 
this new trust upon  the  hardware trade, 
and the  question  remains one of  consid­
erable importance.

Good-Bye to the P. of I.

have found the level  profit  plan a delusion and 
a snare:

Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard.
Casnovia—John E. Parcel!.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Central Lake—H. Sissons.
Chapin—J. I. Yanderhoof.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Coopersvllle—W. D. Reynolds & Co. 
Bimondale—Elias Underhill.
Eaton Rapids—G. W. Webster.
Fremont—Boone 4  Pearson.
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted  & Son.
Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Di 
Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros.
Lowell—Charles McCarty.
Marshall—John Fletcher, John  Butler, C 
Millbrook—T. O.  (or J. W.) Pattison. 
Millington—Forester 4   Clough.
Minden  City—I.  Springer & Co., F. O. Hetiield 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.
Sand  Lake—C.  O.  Cain,  Frank  E.  She 
Sparta—Woodin & Van  Wickle.
Springport—Cortright  4  Griffin.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.

Brayman 4  Blanchard.

Fletcher.

4  Son.

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 ou
Birch,  log-run....................................15  00@18 00
Blreh, Nos. 1 and 2.............................22  00@24 (0
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
Maple, log-run...................................12  00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run...........................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2.............................   @20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................  @25 00
Maple,  white, selected.......................25 00@30 00
Rea Oak, log-run................................ 20 00@22 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.........................26 00@28 00
Red Oak, >4 sawed, 6 inch and upw'd.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, X 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  00318 00
White Oak, X sawed. Nos. 1 and 2__ 42 00@43l.00

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze..  ......

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages.
dls.
Snell’s........................................... .............. 
60
Cook’s ........................................... .............. 
40
Jennings’, genuine.......................
.............. 
25
Jennings’,  imitation..................
..............50410
D.  B. Bronze........... ..............8 8 00
..............  12 50
S.B.S. Steel........... ..............  9 fO
D. B. Steel.............. ..............  14 00
dls.
Railroad........................................ ............ 8 14 00
Garden......................................... ...... net  30 00
dlB.
Stove.............................................
..............50410
Carriage new list.........................
70
.............. 
Plow.............................................
..............40410
Sleigh sh o e................................
.............. 
70

BARROWS.

BOLTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

BUCKETS.

..............8 3 50
............   4 00

Well,  plain..................................
Well, swivel................................
BUTTS, CAST.
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...............
..............704
1  Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint..............60410
1  Wrought Loose Pin......................
..............60410
1 Wrought  Table............................ ............... 60410
Wrought Inside Blind................. ............... 60&10
Wrought Brass............................
.............. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s....................  ......
..............70410
Blind,  Parker’s............................ ............... 70410
Blind, Shepard’s .........................
.............. 
70

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85 .............. 

40

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Grain...........................................

......  dls. 50402

Cast Steel..................................... __per 1b  5
Ely’s 1-10.....................................
Hick’s C. F ..................................
G. D ............................................
Musket........................................
CARTRIDGES.

—  per m 
“ 
.... 
....  “ 
.... 
“ 

CAPS.

Rim  Fire.....................................
56
.............. 
Central  Fire................................ ......... dis. 
25
Socket Firmer............................. ................70410
Socket Framing............................ ............... 70410
Socket Corner............................... ............... 70410
Socket Slicks............................... ............... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...........
40

...  ........ 

CHISELS.

dis.

65 
60
35
60

COMBS.

dis.

“ 

dis.

CHALK.

COPPER.

DRILLS.'

28
26
26
26
27

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

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

40
25
White Crayons, per  gross........... • 12312X dis. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60...... ...............  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60__ ...............  
Cold Rolled, 14x48....................... ................ 
Bottoms...................................... ........  . . .  
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................... ...............  
Taper and straight Shank........... ...............  
Morse’s Taper Shank.................. ...............  
Small sizes, ser pound............... ...............  
07
Large sizes, per  pound............... ...............  
«X
Com. 4 piece, 6 in.......................
. .doz. net 
75
Corrugated..................................
..dis. 20410410
Adjustable..................................
........dis.  40410
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clark’s, small, *18; large, 826......
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, *24;  3, 830 ...........
p il e s—New List.
Disston’s ..................................... ......  ...... 60410
New  American............................ ............... 60410
Nicholson’s .................. .............. ............... 60410
Heller’s........................................ ...............  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................. ............... 
50

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

DRIPPING PANS.

ELBOWS.

50
50
50

dis.

dis.

30
25

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

Discount, 50&10

13
GAUGES.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s—

28
18

50

dis.

HAMMKKS.

dis.

dis.

HINGES.

longer...........

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

x ...........
%........... .  . 
3i................ 
%.........

Maydole  & Co.’s.................................... dls. 
25
25
Kip’s ................................ ............... 
dls. 
Yerkes & Plumb’s...........................  dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............  
30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand 
. .30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ........  .................... dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4X  14  and
3X
Screw Hook and  Eye, X
net
10
net
SX
net
7X
net
7X
Strap and T.
dis.
70
dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50410
Champion,  anti-friction..................
60410
Kidder, wood track.....................
HOLLOW  W A RS
Pots............................................
Kettles........................................
SO
Spiders 
.....................................
60
Gray enameled............... ...........
40410
Stamped  Tin Ware.....................
new list 70410
Japanned Tin Ware....................
25
Granite Iron W are.................... new list 33X410
•tlB.
LEVELS.
70
-Hanley Rule and Level  Co.’s
dis.
WIRE GOODS.
Bright.........................................
........  70410410
Screw  Eyes.......................
___70410410
Hook's....................... 
...........
70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes..
70410410
knobs—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ...
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain__
locks—DOOR.
Russell 4 Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  4  Co.’s ..........
Branford’s ...................................
Norwalk’s ......................................
Adze E y e .....................................  116.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye 
115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s .....................................118.50, dis. 20410.
dls.
mauls. 
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled..........  
mills. 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s  ........ 

MATTOCKS.
............................... 

“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cl-  k’s 
“  Enterprise 
MOLASSSS GATES. 

SO
40
40
40
25
dis.
60410
Stebbin’s Pattern............................. 
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
26
Steel nails, base.............................................. 2 1
Wire nails, base................................................... 2 70
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60...................................................... Base 
50...................................................... Base 
10
20
40 ....................................................   05 
30.....................................................  
20
10 
30
15 
20.........  
16.....................................................  
35
15 
12.....................................................  
15 
35
10......................................................  20 
40
8........................................................   25 
50
7 4 6 ..................................................   40 
65
4........................................................   60 
90
1 50
3.........................................................1  00 
2 00
2.........................................................1  50 
2 00
Fine 3................................................1  50 
Case  10. ...:......................................   60 
90
1 00
8.............................................  75 
6.............................................  90 
1 25
Finish 10..........................................   85 
1 00
8............................................ 1  00 
1 25
6  .......................................... 1  15 
1 50
75
Clinch 10..........................................   85 
90
8..........................................1  00 
6...........................................1  15 
1 00
Barrell %...........................................1  75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @3u
Sciota Bench................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.........................  @30
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
...  410
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood 
60
Fry,  Acme.............................................dis. 
Common,  polished................................ dis. 
70
dls.
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.

Advance over base: 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

FLAKES. 

rivets. 

NAILS

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

FANS.

dlS.

. 

. 

 

 

 

 

ROPES.

squares. 

Sisal, X inch and 
Manilla......................................................... 
Steel and Iron............................................. 
Try and Bevels....................................... 
M itre........................................ 
 
SHEET IRON.

larger...................   13
j6
dis.

75
go
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

3 tO
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14......................................34 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ....................................   4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................  420 
Nos. 22 to 24 ...................................  4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ..................... 
4  40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.......................... 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
« 
Drab A................................ 
White  B......................  i 
“ 
DrabB.................................   ■■ 
White C................................  “ 

........dig. 40410
50
55
50
55
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

320

 

*3 10
3 20
3 30
3 40

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

WIRE. 

saws. 

TRAPS. 

...  ...... 

Hand....................... 

Solid Eyes............................................per ton 125
dis.
...........2802545
70 
50
30

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.............................. 
28
dls.

Steel, Game.................................................   60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.............................. *1.50 per doz
diS.
Bright Market............................................... 
g5
Annealed Market.............................................70
Coppered Market..........................  . . . 
. . .."  ¿0
Tinned Market................................................62 X
Coppered  Spring  Steel  ..................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............   .. . ...  3 85
3 25
Au Sable.............................. dis. 25410@35410405
dls. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern..............................  
dis. 10410
dis
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled......................   '30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 
75
............................75410
Coe’s  Patent, malleable 
Bird Cages..................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate  ..  .  ......  
50410410
Dampers, American....  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel g o o d s 66

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

MISCELLANEOUS. 

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

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

painted 

dls

“ 

 

 

METALS.

PIG TIN.

gx
7

28c
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Xc per pound.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound..................................................  
16
X@X............................................................ 
jgjj
Extra W iping........................................... 
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson............................... . 
per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ 1660
“ 
14x20 IC, 
6 60
8 35
“ 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
8 35
TIN—ALLAWAV GRADE.
“ 
“ 

.................................. 1600
6 00
..................... ............... 
......................................   7  50
___  7  50

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

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

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

“ 

Each additional X on this grade 11.50.

ROOFING PLATES
“  Worcester  ....................... 
“ 
............  
..... 
“ 
..................  
“ Allaway  Grade 
.............. 
 
“ 
“ 
“ 
 
“ 
 
“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX....................................................  
14x31  IX....................................................  
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. 1  _ 
14x60 TX! 
“ 9 “ f ner pound 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

,

6 00
7  50
12 50
5  25
 

 
 

6 75
11 00
14 00

*13

14 50

.  9*

FOSTER.,  STEVEN'S  <&  O O.,

10  4   12  MONROE  ST.  and  33,  35,  37,  39  4   41  LOUIS  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

S en d
for

C ircu lar.

T H E   M I C I T I T R A D E S M A N .

UNLIMITED  CREDIT.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

W hat  His  Mother  Would  Do  if  She 

Were  Short of Money.

A  country  schoolmistress  had  much 
trouble with her  pupils,  and,  to avoid it, 
made her examples  placed  before  them 
of  an  explanative  character,  or  illus­
trative.  The  effect  was  often  unex­
pected. 
In going over their  usual  read­
ing lesson, a line was  chosen by the lady 
upon  which  to  test  the  merits  of  the 
scholars.  The line read :  “And he was a 
man of  unlimited credit in business.”
“Now, John, can  you  tell  me  what is 
meant by the word  credit  when  used as 
in this lesson ?”
Thus  she  addressed one of  the  stum­
bling-blocks of  the school.
“1 dunno,  marm,”  said  Johnny,  look­
ing sheepishly.
“You don’t know?”  said the  mistress. 
“Well, look here.  Suppose  your mother 
was to come short of  money at the latter 
part of  the week and needed  provisions, 
etc.,  now,  what would she do?”
She was satisfied  that  her  illustration 
was plain and awaited  the  correct reply, 
and it came thus :
“Well,  marm,”  replied  Johnny,  “1 
dunno  what  she  would  do  unless  she 
pawned dad’s Sunday coat.”
The subject was instantly dropped and 
the teacher has lost all faith in that style 
of  illustration.

A  Little  Would  Do  Him.

Small  Boy  —  Mister,  how  much  is 

creamery butter a tub?

Grocer  (smiling  pleasantly)  —  Some 
sized tubs of  the very best are §10.  How 
much  did  your  folks  want,  my  little 
man ?

Small  Boy  (placing  a  nickel  on  the 
counter)—Mother wants  the  biggest five 
cents’  worth  you’ve got in the store.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a   word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
*  word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise- 
|  m ent taken for less th an  25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

15

17

IpOR  SALE  —  WELL-ASSORTED  STOCK  OF  DRY 

!  goods and  groceries  of  about  $4,500  in  summ er 
!  resort town of  Charlevoix, Mich.;  sales  $25,000.  easily 
increased;  rare  bargain to quick  purchaser.  Address 
J. L. Hurd, 99 Washington St.,Chicago. 

IpOR  SALE-STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  CARPETS, 

!  boots and shoes  in  town  of  1,200  in habitants  in 
!  Southern  Michigan;  new  double  sto re ;  clean,  fresh 
I  stock of about $8,000-,  an established paying  business; 
junction  two  railroads;  good  reasons  for 
selling. 
Address No. 15, care Michigan Tradesm an. 
OR~SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  MEDICINES  AND 
fixtures  in  town  situated  in a thriving  farming 
community, which  is  also a growing  summer  resort: 
ten  miles  distant  from   any  town  containing  drug 
store;  a  good place to m ake m oney on a  small capital 
j  reasons for selling, o th er business.  Address  Druggist, 
!  Crystal, Mich. 

F1 

F OR SALE-STORE,  DRUG  STOCK  AND FIXTURES, 

4
for cash.  Church & Fenn, C harlotte, Mich.  696

including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
! term s, owing to ill  h e a lth ;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in  center  of  fine fruit  section.  Address  Dr. 
S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich. 
TJtrANTED—GROCERY  STOCK;  MUST  BE  CHEAP 
W  
INVENTORING 
about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business ; 
for  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  A  Co.,  Reed  City
,  Mich.  ______  
566

Fo r   SALE—h a r d w a r e   STOCK, 

can reduce the stock to su it purchaser;  best of  reason 

16

 

SITUATIONS WANTED.

 

18

ANTE DEPOSITION  BY  REGISTERED  ASSISTANT 
pharm acist; best of  references furnished.  S  R. 
Smith, Coopersville, Mich._____________ 
WrANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist;  city preferred;  good  references.  Address 
19
Lock box 265, Lake view, Mich. 
___ MISCELLANEOUS.____________
A  BOLISH  THE  PASS BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE  THE 
A   Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  m erchants— all  of  whom are  warm  in 
praise of  the  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesm an Company, Grand Rapids.
R e nt  f r e e   f o r  t w o  y e a r s  t o   c o m p e t e n t
landlord who  will furnish  summer  resort  hotel. 
E.  A.  Stowe,  Secretary  Traverse  Point  Association,
Grand Rapids, Mich._________________ __________
OR  8ALE—ONE  NEARLY  NEW  STEAM  POWER 
and feed  m ill;  good  location;  owner  unable  to 
attend to business on account  of  sickness;  this  valu­
able  property  will be sold  very cheap.  Address  A.  S.
Johnson, Mecosta, Mich. 
OMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRONS  OF  IN- 
dustry, from  the  inception  of  the  organization; 
only a few copies left;  sent postpaid  for  10  cents’1 per 
copy.  Address  The Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids 
QAMPLES  OF  TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS. FOR  RE 
tailers  will  be  sent free  to   any dealer  who  will 
O  
write for them  to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N. Y. 

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Ball-Bamhart-Pütmao-ßo

8
The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

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

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL  23,  1890.

THE  PENSIONS  SITUATION.

The danger is still great that  the  peo­
ple  will  be  enormously  and  most  un­
reasonably burdened by the  granting  of 
excessive pensions  to  those  who  served 
in  the  last  war.  Already  the  list  of | 
these pensions  surpasses anything in the 
experience  of  nations.  Last  year  the 
payments  on 
their  account  reached 
§110,000,000;  for the present and  coming 
years this sum is  certain to be increased, 
even if  the most sweeping measures now 
proposed  should  be  defeated.  There is 
not only need  for  caution,  but  there  is 
an  imperative  demand  for a courageous 
check.  The  nation  ought not to be beg­
gared  by any unsound  and  indefensible 
system of  expenditure—no more with re­
gard  to  one  class  of  citizens  than  an­
other.

The  real  question  is :  What  can  be 
j ustlv asked of  the  Nation  with  regard 
to  those  who  served  in its armies ?  If 
the present  pensions are enough, judged 
by a fair  standard, they ought  not to be 
increased,  and the lavish  expenditure of 
the  public  funds  with  regard  to  them 
would  be  as unjustiriable as it would be 
on any other account.

What, then,  is the  just way of  looking 
at  the  soldiers’  service ?  Unquestion­
ably,  it  was  demanded of  them,  in  the 
emergency of  1861-65,  on  the  ground of 
public  duty.  Those  who  were  of  the 
military age  were  called  upon,  as every 
country may and does  call  upon the like 
class  of  its  citizens. 
If  the  war  had 
been earlier,  or later,  other  men  would 
have been summoned, and many or all of 
the present veterans would have escaped. 
In  the  time  when  the  war did occur it 
was  they  who  were  required, according 
to  the  accepted  system  of  governmen t, 
to  bear  arms  for  the  common defense, 
and in  doing it they simply did  the duty 
falling to their share.

Upon no other ground, indeed, can the 
service of  the soldiers be justified, either 
as a measure of  government,  or as an in­
dividual  act. 
If  the  nation  were  not 
entitled to such  service  from the men of 
fighting age,  its conscription laws  would 
be tyrannical:  if  the  men did not render 
the service as an act of public duty, they 
would  be  no  more  than  mercenaries, 
serving for pay, or adventurers, shedding 
blood  for  their  own  gratification.  No 
one who  recalls the days of  the war will 
need to be told that this  was  thoroughly 
understood  then.  When  the  soldiers 
were called for it was  not on the  ground 
that they would find the army a place for 
money-making,  but 
the  Nation 
needed  them  for  its defense;  and when 
the  people  answered, as  they did  more 
than once—
“We  are  coming. Father  Abraham,  three  hun­
it  was  with  the  swelling  heart  of  a 
patriotic devotion.

dred thousand more’’—

that 

The  money consideration  that  accom­
panied the enlistments—the pay and sub- '

sisteuce by the  Government;  the ‘■boun­
ties”  which  were  so  liberally  given 
everywhere by states,  localities, commit­
tees,  and  individuals;  and the assurance 
of  pensions to those  who  should  be dis­
abled,  or  to  the  families  of  those  who 
fell,  was a distinct  matter, intended sim­
ply to show the generous and hearty sup­
port which those not in the  field  gave to 
those  who  were  sent there.  There was 
no idea that this would  be  without limit. 
It was never presumed  that the pensions 
would outrun  in  kind  and in amount all 
that had  ever  been  done by the country 
under  like  circumstances. 
It  was  pre­
sumed,  of  course,  that  they  would  be 
given,  simply, to those who really needed 
them,  and  not  those  who  were as fully 
able as other citizens to do without them.
And  here is where the question of pen­
sions  presents  a  distinct  and  easily 
recognized issue. 
It impinges  upon  the 
simple choice between  “Dependent” and 
“Service”  payments.  That  is  the ques­
tion  before  Congress.  There  is  not an 
unwillingness,  enormous as  the  pension 
rolls already are, to diffuse the aid of the 
Nation to those  soldiers who are sick,  or 
disabled, or who  are  otherwise  depend­
ent.  There  is a  just  objection,  on  the 
other  hand,  to  giving  out  the  public 
money  simply  for  account  of  service. 
As we have already shown,  service was a 
patriotic  duty, not a mercenary  engage­
ment,  and  the  attempt  to measure it in 
money  is  both 
futile  as  a  process  of 
economics, and  degrading as a matter of 
ethics.  No true American  defended the 
Union  for  hire—much  as  has  been 
charged  to  the  contrary by the Union’s 
enemies—and  no  true  American  would 
desire  to  have  the  heroic  record  of 
1861-65 buried  beneath a mercenary sys­
tem  of  extravagant and  unjustified pen­
sions—the greed for the Almighty Dollar 
besmirching  the  very colors of  the flag.
One of  the  most  mischievous  ideas is 
that  the  revenues of  the  country are so 
great that  extravagant  pensions  may be 
justified.  The  fact  is  that  those  rev­
enues which  are  not themselves wrongly 
derived  are  not a dollar in excess of  the 
country’s—we  mean  the  whole  people, 
not simply their  Federal  system—actual 
needs.  Cries against  taxation  are heard 
in  many quarters, in  some  with  reason, 
and  this  when  there  are  not  enough 
schools, and hardly any good roads,  when 
upon  every hand  the  necessities of  our 
local  governments  outrun 
re­
sources. 
If,  under these  circumstances, 
the  Treasury  shall  be  drained  for any 
unjustified  purpose,  it would  be a crime 
against  the  Republic,  wounding  it  not 
only now  but  for  all  future  time.  To 
deplete  the  Treasury  is  to  cripple  the j 
proper  functions of  the  government;  to 
pension  citizens  for “service”  simply is | 
to entail a burden,  and establish a prece­
dent,  which  may  make  impossible  the 
future  defense of  the  country  in a time 
of  peril.  When the Republic  makes the 
protection  of  its  integrity a commercial 
transaction,  we shall not be far  from the 
hour of  its downfall.

their 

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

Gideon Noel,  druggist  and  bookseller, Good- 
“I  enclose  herewith renewal money for 
hart: 
I  would  not  attempt  to get 
Th e T r a d e sm a n. 
along  without  T h e  T r a d esm a n,  even  in   the 
little business I do  away  up  in  this out-of the- 
way place.  It  is  of  great  value, if for nothing 
else than to keep  me alive to what may be done 
here some day.”

A.  D.  Burnham, 

the  Grand  Ledge 

druggist, was in town last  Saturday.

CIGAR  DEPARTMENT.

We  are  Michigan  Agents  for  Carl  Upmann,  New  York, 
and  can  confidently  recommend  the  goods  of his  manufacture 

as  possessing absolute  merit  and  being  particularly  adapted 
to  the  taste of  the  trade.

We  are  direct  importers of  Havana cigars,  which  enables 
us  to  put  the  goods  on  the  market  at  half  the  margin  usually 
I charged.

S e n d   fo r   o u r   C ig a r   L is t,

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. 
35c.
No.  1—30-doz. Cases, complete.................................................  33  e. 
No.  1—Fillers,  per set............................................................... 
10c.
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.

. 

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Purely  Personal.

Frank  L.  Fuller,  the  Cedar  Springs 

banker, was in town last Friday.

J.  L.  Handy, the  Boyne  City druggist, 

was a buyer in this market last week.

Homer  Klap,  who  shovels  sugar  for 
Chas.  E.  Smith,  now  rides  a safety bi­
cycle.

Henry J.  Webb,  the  Cassopolis  drug­
gist,  was  in  town a couple of  days  last 
week.

M.  Carman,  the  Mecosta  lumber  and 
shingle  manufacturer,  was in town  last 
Friday.

Dr.  Albert E.  Gates,  the  Crystal  drug­
gist,  has  gone  to  Tennessee  on  a pros­
pecting tour.

Geo.  H.  Spencer,  general  dealer  at 
Cleon,  made  considerable  purchases  in 
this market last week.

N.  J.  Whitney,  agent  for  the  Vienna 
Yeast  Co.  at  Kalamazoo,  spent  Sunday 
with  friends in this city.

Geo.  H.  Minchener,  Michigan  manager 
for  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  was  in  town a 
couple of  days last week.

Elmer R.  Thompson,  book-keeper  for 
Perkins  &  Hess,  is  rejoicing  over  the 
advent  of  Miss  Prohibition  Thompson, 
who tips the beam at ten pounds.

Ben  W.  Putnam and wife spent Sunday 
in  Kalamazoo, the  guests of  his  former 
stenographer,  Mrs.  Burdick,  formerly 
known as Miss Florence Busbnell.

J.  P.  Platte,  the  umbrella  manufac­
turer,  is  no  longer  occupying  the  old 
stand,  but has removed into E.  P.  Kidder 
& Co.’s store,  one  door  east  of  the  old 
stand.

J. A. King,  formerly  with  Seubert  & 
Warner, of  Syracuse, has taken the man­
agement of  I.  M. Clark & Son’s  cigar de­
partment,  which has been made a leading 
feature of  their business.

Byron  J.  Robertson,  formerly  con­
nected with the  wholesale grocery house 
of  Arthur Meigs & Co., but now engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Breedsville,  was in 
town a couple of  days last week.

Geo.  Felt,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug  business at Constantine  under  the 
style of  Felt & Felt,  has  taken  the posi­
tion of  prescription  clerk for J. C. West 
& Co., the Canal  street druggists.

F.  B.  Kelley,  who  has  conducted  the 
clothing  business  at  Cadillac  several 
years under  the style of  W.  R.  Dennis & 
Co.,  has gone to Kansas City,  Mo., where 
he will embark in the same business.

J.  A.  Lindstrom,  formerly  engaged in 
general  trade at  Tustin,  was  in  town a 
couple of  days  last  week,  buying a line 
of  crockery and  glassware  for  the  new 
store he will open next week at Manistee.

R IN D G E , 

B E R T S C  &  CO.,

Olir  " Hustler ”

The best  heavy shoe made.  Has  as 
Cut 
much  wear  in  it  as  a $5 boot. 
from  veal  kip  or  Pfister  &  Vogel’s 
Milwaukee grain.  Made in  two  soles 
or two soles  and  tap. 
In  buckle  or 
hook lace.

13.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

LEM ON  &  P E T E R S,

Wholesale  Grocers.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

L a u tz   B r o s •  &   C o .’s   S o a p s ,
N ia ga ra   S ta r c h ,
A c m e   C h e e s c — H crU im  e r  C o .,  N .  Y .

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

I. M.  C L A R K  & SON.,

Importers and  Jobbers of

Fine Havana, Ken West and Domestic
C I G A R S !

Sole  Agents  for  V.  Martinez  Ybor  &  Co.,  “El  Principe de Gales”  Factory,  Key 

West;  Baltz,  Clymer & Co.’s “El.  Mereto”  and “Henry Clay”  brands; 

Celestino Palacio & Co.’s “La Rosa”  (full  line); Seiden- 

berg  &  Co.’s “Figaro”  and “Knapsack.”

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

W. D.  Reynolds & Co., the Coopersville 
grocers,  found  the  contract  system  un­
desirable  and  gave  the P.  of  I.  the cold 
shoulder.

Grand  Rapids  Warkman: 

“ T h e
T radesm an has a list  of  Grand  Rapids 
P.  of  I.  stores.  Many of  the merchants 
who went into the scheme quit in disgust.”
Elba  correspondence  Davison  Index: 
“The Lessen  P. of I. lodge has two goats. 
Where  can it be beat ?  Wonder if  those 
who  join have  to  ride  both of  them be­
fore being initiated!”

Caledonia  News:  “A  second  attempt 
was recently made  to  organize a P.  of  I. 
society  at  Hoover’s  grange  hall.  The 
meeting  adjourned, 
there  not  being 
enough of  the crowd  present  interested 
or willing to go ahead and organize.”

Hesperia  correspondence  Hart Argus: 
“Porter Megan has  moved  into the Mun- 
roe building  and  opened up the P.  of  I. 
store. 
If  the P.  of  I.  can  furnish plows 
for $6  and  $7  where  they  now  pay $12 
and $14, as is  claimed,  it  will  certainly 
give relief  to some  poor men on farms.”
Freeport Herald:  “ Rumor has it that a 
stock  company is about to be formed for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  a  P.  of  I. 
store in Freeport,  with Edward Edwards, 
of  O’Donuell,  as  manager.  There  is 
plenty  of  room  in  Freeport  for  such a 
store,  and  we  hope  the  company  may 
begin operations soon.”

Detroit  Journal:  “At  Shelby 

the 
Patrons of  Industry elected W. H.  Lewis 
supervisor,  but  as  his  name  didn’t  ap­
pear  on  the  poll  list,  he is disqualified, 
and  another  election  will  be necessary, 
at  considerable  expense.  Even 
the 
Patrons  of  Industry  will  know  more 
when they find more out.”

Petoskey  Democrat:  “The  Patrons  of 
Industry are stirred up  over the way the 
order is being milked by Grand Treasurer 
Krause,  who runs  the printing establish­
ment at Port  Huron,  where all the  work 
of  the  order  is  done. 
It  is  said  that 
Krause has a bonanza,  getting  big prices 
for all  kinds of  printing  and  striking a 
large number of  the  members  for a sub­
scription  to  his  paper,  the  Farm  and 
Home.  The  trouble  with  such  organ­
izations is that  instead of  getting  down 
to the real cause of  the trouble of  which 
they  complain,  they  fritter  away  their 
efforts on small matters,  and  afford  self­
ish  men  an  opportunity  for  personal 
gain.”

Detroit Journal:  “The  Patrons  of  In­
dustry have  broken off  one  matrimonial 
match,  and still  the  sturdy farmers will 
go  into  it.  Early  in  March a marriage 
license was issued to Walter J. Wood and 
Lucy Miller,  living near  Shelbyville,  111. 
A few  days  later  the  county  clerk  re­
ceived the license  endorsed,  ‘Indefinitely 
postponed.’  This caused some comment, 
and an investigation  was set on foot. 
It 
transpires  that  Lucy  is  a  stalwart Re­
publican,  and  her  lover,  though  form­
erly of  that  faith,  had  gone  and  joined 
himself  to  the  Patrons,  so  as  to  help 
down  the  grasping  merchants  and  get 
goods 10 per  cent,  above  cost.  He also 
accepted a nomination for assessor on the 
Patrons’  ticket,  and was  elected over the 
G. O. P. candidate,  but  when  this  came 
to  the  knowledge  of  his  betrothed,  she 
waxed wroth and  advised  the  inconsid­
erate  youth  that  he  must  get  his  wife 
and  his  political  offices  from  the same 
party.  Walter  Wood  wishes  he had re­
mained a Republican.”

Bank  Notes.

P.  M.  Kinney,  Vice-President  of  the 
Farmers’  and Merchants’ Bank of Benton 
Harbor,  died  last  Friday  of  heart  dis­
ease,  aged 53  years.

The Citizens’  Savings Bank  of  Detroit 
has  arranged to double its present  capi­
tal stock,  which  is  $100,000.  The  new 
stock was sold  at  140.  which  will  give 
the new Bank a capital of  $200,000 and a 
surplus  of  $80,000.  The  Bank  is  now 
paying  12  per  cent,  dividends.  New 
quarters will  be  taken  on  the  opposite 
side of the street

Making  Over  Hours.

From the Ionia Standard.
The Michigan Overall Co. find it neces­
sary to  work  “overtime,”  in  order  to 
keep up with the demand for their goods. 
Its line now  includes  shirts, duck coats, 
jackets, pantaloons and overalls,  and the 
“felled-seam”  feature  makes  the  goods 
ready sellers.

We  want  your  trade  on  Havana  and  Key  West  goods  and  are  prepared 

to give you satisfaction in every instance.

/ .   M.  C L A R K   &  SON.

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D r u g s  0  M ed icin es»

State  Board  of Pharmacy.

One  Tear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Tears—Stanley E. Park! 11, Owosso.
Three  Tears—Jacob  Jess on,  Muskegon.
Four  Tears—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Tears—Ottmar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—J&s.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings  during  1890—8tar Island,  June SO and July 
1;  Marquette, Aug.  13  and 14;  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Atw’n. 

President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bug bee, 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.________________ ________________
Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. 
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks* Association.
President, F. P. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith._______
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Detroit P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society 

If 

Muskegon Drag Clerks' Association. 
President. C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J- ^  Hoyt.________
The  Tribulations  of  the  Retail  Drug­
gist.*
♦Paper read by Frank Inglis  at  a  meeting  of  the  De­
troit Pharmaceutical Society.
That the trials and tribulations  of  the 
retail druggist  are numerous is unneces­
sary for  me  to  say.  To  the  outsider, 
ours is a life  of  ease.  How often do we 
hear  people say,  “What a nice  business 
it must be,  everything so nice and clean, 
no heavy goods to handle,”  and  they in­
variably  wind  up  by  referring  to  the 
enormous profits.  When  people  want a 
postage  stamp,  postal  card,  package 
nicely  done  up,  to  use  the  telephone, 
consult the directory, or any information 
whatever,  you  will observe they always 
make for  the neighboring  encyclopedia, 
the drug  store on the  corner. 
If  these 
same  people  want  to  buy a hair-brush, 
sponge or nice bottle  of  perfume,  where 
do  they go ?  They pass by the  accomo­
dating  drug  store,  where  they  get free 
telephone service,  and  single  stamps at 
the thousand rate,  and  go  to  a  cut-rate 
store. 
in  want  of  an  Allcock’s 
plaster, they will  spend ten  cents in car 
fare to  go  to  a  down-town  drug  store, 
where  they  do  not  believe  in  cutting 
prices,  oh,  no;  they  simply  sell 
the 
plasters at fifteen  cents  each, or two for 
a quarter.
Sunday and night  work,  are also some 
of  our  tribulations.  To spend our Sun­
days at our place  of  business,  when our 
neighbor is at home  spending  the day in 
the pleasant companionship  of  wife and 
children,  and when,  unlike men in other 
lines  of  business,  we  are obliged to re­
turn  to  our  stores  in  the  evening,  it 
makes  a  man  sometimes  wish  he  had 
never been born.  Still  another  trial we 
have to bear is,  to  have to listen  almost 
daily to the  old  story,  said to have been 
first told before Noah built the ark, about 
the druggist who made a sale of fifty-five 
cents,  and afterwards discovered that the 
fifty-cent  piece  was  bad,  but  finally 
figured out that he had made  three cents 
on  the  sale,  as  the  five-cent  coin  was 
good.  We must laugh at this every time 
or else run  the  risk  of  displeasing  the 
customer.  This  and  other  threadwom 
stories have to be listened to and laughed 
at,  and as a brother druggist puts in,— 
“Should a good paying patron while talking with 
Declare the world flat, why agree with  him,  do, 
For it seems pretty flat when a man  can talk  so, 
And its business for you to go on with the show.”
In  an admirable  paper  written by one 
of our wholesale dealers, and read before 
our  society a short  time  ago.  on  “The 
Trials and Tribulations of the Wholesale 
Druggist,”  (E r a , January  15),  he merely 
mentioned  the  subject  of  retailing  by 
wholesalers and dropped it,  saying,  that 
“this is probably more  of  a  trial  to the 
retailer than to the wholesaler.”  We,  as 
retail druggists, cannot expect any favors 
from  the  bazaars,  fancy stores, and cut- 
rate  dealers,  but  from  the  wholesale 
druggists we ought notouiy to expect, but 
demand  protection.  They say,  they do 
not  know  where  to  draw  the  line. 
1 
don’t  think  they  want  to  know.  Our 
own  customers  go  to  the  wholesaler— 
from whom we make our purchases and by 
whom we are solicited for trade,  and who 
thinks it a terrible thing if  we make any 
purchases  in  the  East—and  can  buy a 
pound of Maybells,  a bottle of Extract of 
Malt, or  a  toilet  set at exactly the price 
we pay for it. 
I have not heard of  their

you,

getting these  articles  any cheaper  than 
we do, but that they get them at the same 
price,  there is no doubt.
The subject of help is also a great trial 
to many retail druggists, for which,  how­
ever.  we are  often  to  blame  ourselves. 
Do not expect everything from a man be­
cause he is a drug clerk,  because for the 
number  of  hours  put  in,  and  the  re­
sponsibility imposed  upon  them,  clerks 
are  as  a  rule  poorly  paid.  When  we 
leave our stores, as we must do occasion­
ally to get acquainted  with our families, 
the clerk  has the entire  business resting 
on his  shoulders,  and he  must be atten­
tive to all,  patient  with  cranks,  wear a 
smile  when  called from  his  work to sell 
a stamp,  must be polite to those  who are 
by no means the same to him,  must listen 
to and smile at the old  yarn  of  which 1 
have spoken,  and all this for  the  paltry 
sum  of—not  to  exceed  in many cases— 
forty or fifty dollars  a  month.  A  good 
clerk  deserves  good  treatment; 
if  he 
wants a day off,  let  him  have it and let 
him have  one  often;  make life as pleas- 
| ant as possible for  him,  and  he,  in  his 
turn,  will work for  our  interests  when 
we leave him in charge of our affairs.
Another trial  that  some of  us have to 
I contend  with is,  the  lack  of  originality 
on the part of  some  of  our  competitors. 
If  you  put  up a tooth  powder,  cleaning 
fluid,  preparation for the hair, face wash,
I or anything else,  in an  original  style, in 
appearance  entirely different  from  any­
thing before  offered,  spend  considerable 
money advertising it,  and try to work up 
an  honest  trade  on  it.  it is rather  dis­
couraging to pass by another  drug  store 
and find in the window a large number of 
bottles,  same  size  as  yours,  wrapped in 
| the  same  colors,  type  on  label  almost 
identical,  and  part  of  the  name  used,
| which  yon  have  created  a demand  for.
| This I do  not  consider  legitimate  com­
petition.  We  should  put  up  all  the 
preparations  we  can,  make  all  we can 
out of  them,  but  let  us  not  try  to  get 
what  belongs  to  another,  earned by  his 
originality, time and money.
We probably have  more  peculiar peo­
ple  (it  is  kindness  not  to call  some of 
them  by a  harsher  name  than  this)  to 
deal with than  almost  any other class of 
merchants.  There is the man who comes 
in and wants to have “that last prescrip­
tion of  mine  renewed.”  When  asked if 
he has the bottle  with  the number on it, 
he  replies  that  “you  have  it  on  your 
book;  it  was  put  up  about a  year  or a 
year and a half  ago.”  He thinks us very 
unaccommodating when  we tell him that 
we have had several prescriptions besides 
the one he  left, and it will be impossible 
to find his,  or if  we  say that it would be 
necessary to  lay  off  a week  and  devote 
the  entire  time  to  trying to find it (the 
prescription, not the  week),  he  declares 
“he has spent the  last  cent  he ever will 
at that store,”  and leaves without saying 
“good bye.”
By some of  us the  traveling  salesman 
is considered  a  nuisance.  Personally, I 
consider him  just the reverse.  He brings 
to our notice many things  which,  were it 
not  for  him,  we  might  never  know of. 
There  are  some, of  course,  as there  are 
among  our  own  members  and  among 
every class  of  people,  who  are  not  the 
most  agreeable  men in the world, but as 
a class,  1 think  the  traveling men in the 
drug and sundry line compare  favorably 
with  any  class  of  men.  They are, as a 
rule,  open-hearted,  generous,  polite, and 
in every way thorough gentlemen.
Sometimes it is our fate to come in con­
tact  with  physicians  who  are  mighty 
trials,  prominent among whom is the one 
who  feels  it  his  privilege  to  stop  at a 
drug  store  to  enquire  where  a  certain 
family  lives,  get  his  information,  put 
half  a  dozen  cigars  in  his  pocket  for 
which he never  intends to pay, make his 
call and insist that the patient  have  the 
prescriptions  prepared  at  another drug 
store.  I look upon the druggist who will 
not lose his temper at this as a saint, and 
too good for this world.
Then  there  is  the  country  physician 
who comes into our  store,  who  probably 
is a man we have never  heard of  before, 
and  will  probably never  see again,  who 
feels very much  insulted  because we do 
not make a discount to him of  at least 50 
per cent,  on his  purchase,  amounting in 
some  cases  to  as  much  as  twenty-five 
cents.

THE  MICHIGAJSr  TRADESMAN.

T h e D ru g  M arket.

Cream  tartar  and  tartaric  acid  have 
advanced.  Gum opium is dull.  Morphia 
is unchanged.  Quinine,  in  the  absence 
of  speculative  demand,  is a trifle  lower. 
Gum camphor is in large demand  but un­
changed in  price.  English chemicals are 
lower—sal  soda,  chloride of  lime,  soda 
ash,  etc.  Spermacetti  has  advanced, on 
account  of  scarcity.  Nitrate  silver  is 
higher.  Olive oil,  Malaga,  has  declined 
and will be lower.  Jalap  root  is  about 
out of  market.  Dentists’  plaster  paris 
has  advanced.  Caraway seed is advanc­
ing.  Yellow beeswax  is  firm  at the ad­
vance.  White wax  will be higher  soon. 
The B.  J.  Kendall Co. has  reduced  price 
of  Flints’  Powders to $1.60 and $3.20 for 
small  and  large.  Turpentine  is  lower. 
Glycerine has declined.  Aqua ammonia, 
all degrees,  have advanced.

The druggists of Lockport,  N. Y., have 
been  somewhat exercised  during the last 
month from the fact that a grocer in that 
city  has  put  in a stock  of  the  leading 
patent  medicines,  and is selling  them at 
prices much lower than  regulation rates. 
They, therefore held a meeting  to  which 
the erring grocer was invited.  He came, 
but  could  not  be brought under subjec­
tion,  saying that he was simply acting on 
the  injunction to demand  an  eye for an 
eye and a tooth for a tooth, and  that  the 
real source of  the  trouble  was  the  fact 
that some of  the  druggists  handled gro­
ceries which  they turned over at a small 
margin,  and  that  the  grocers  therefore 
intend  to  resent  the  wrong.  The pros­
pect  is  for a very hot  and  acrimonious 
fight.

“THE  WEAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALU E."

We still have in stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P r ep 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  RAPID8,  MICH.

SOLE  AGENTS

P O L I S H  I N A TH% ™ TÜRB

CUTSBJTG  ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Addrees 

D r f l F   D U  H Q   Wholesale  D r u g g is t., 
r i l U A   D H U o . ,  
GRAND  RAPIDS.
Do  You  Observe  the  Law?

If not, send 81 to

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

For their combined

LIQUOR i  POISON  RECORD,

CME WHITE  LEAD 

& COLOR WORKS

manufacturers of

D E T R O I T ,
LATEST
ARTISTIC
SHADES

FOR
Interior
AND
EXTERIOR
DECORATION 
F. J. WURZBUR6, Wholesale Agent,

GRAND RAPID8.

SUSPENDED I

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B  p  jj 
OR  ST

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J E T T I IsT E.

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold :t 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injmy 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
lug.  See quotation.  MARTKLL; BLACKim 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

Eaton,  Lyon  ä  Go.,

JOBBERS  OF

F ish in g   T a c k le , 

B a se B a lls a n d  

S u p p lies, 
C roquet, 

H a m m o c k s, 

L a w n  T en n is, E tc.

State  Agents  for  A.  J.  Reach  A  Co.’s 

Sporting  Goods.

Send  for  Catalogue.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

W  ft  22  Monroe  St., Grand  Rapids
T H E   M O S T  R E L I A B L E   F Q Q P l  
‘T U  I . f ? l  
For Infants and Invalids.
V  A 1 1 1  M  S p w v Csed  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
" A  I I I  L I M *Jm cceM .  Not a medicine, but a «team- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
druggists.  In cans. 36c. and upward. 

m

0 0 D

WOOLBICH  A  CO. on ever^Jhif^

W HO  U R G B S   Y O U

T O   T L m -B Y F »

THEE  PUBLIC!

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

TÜTE  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

11

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

A d van ced —Tartaric Acid, Cream Tartar, Aqua Ammonia.

Declined—Gum Opium, Malaga Olive Oil, Sal Soda, Soda Ash, Turpentine, Glycerine.

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R.........
F .........
Aloes...................................
and  myrrh.................
Arnica................................
Asafcetida............................
Atrope Belladonna..............
Benzoin...............................
“  Co..........................
Sanguinaria..............  ........
Barosma.............................
Cantharides.........................
Capsicum............................
Cardamon............................
Co.........................
Castor..................................1
Catechu...............................
Cinchona............................
Co.........................
Columba.............................
Conium...............................
Cubeba............................  ..
Digitalis.............................
Ergot...................................
Gentian...............................
Co..........................
Guaica................................
ammon....................
Zingiber.............................
Hyoscyamus.......................
Iodine..................................
Colorless..................
Ferri  Chloridum.................
K ino...................................
Lobelia................................
Myrrh..................................
Nux  Vomica.......................
Opii.....................................
Camphorated...............
Deoaor........................ 2
Auranti Cortex....................
Quassia...............................
Rhatany.... ........................
Rhei.....................................
Cassia  Acutifol..................
Co..............
Serpentaria.................. ......
Stromonium.........................
Tolutan.... ..........................
Valerian.............................
V eratrum Veride.................

‘ 
1 

“ 

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

‘ 

ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F .
“  4 F .
ground,  (po.

26© 28
30© 32
2K® 3K
3© 4
55© 60
4© 5
55© 60
1  35@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
©50© 65
12© 15
© 23
3  © 9
© 90
40© 60

Antifebrin  ......
Argenti  Nitras, ounce

Calcium Chlor, Is, (Kb
11;  Ks,  12) ..............
Cantharides  Russian,
PO....................................
Capslci  Fructus, af...
rpo ".
Caryophyllus,  (po.  20) 
Carmine,  No. 40.........

“ 

- 

00@1 25

Coccus  ........?.
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla.........
Cetaceum........

squlbbs .

“ 

German 

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

Cudbear......
Cupri Sulph

“ 

Emery,  all  numbers.
P»  ...............
Ergota, (po.)  60........
Flake  White............
Galla.........................
Gelatin,  Cooper.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

Grana Paradisi.
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
“  Cor ...
Ox Rubrum
Ammontati. 
Unguentum. 

r cent.
9© 15
. 
13© 25
19K© 25
© 15
25© 40
©  95 
©  85 
@1  05 
©1  15 
45©  55 
©  80
Hydrargyrum............   ©  80
Hydrargyrum
IchthyoDolla, Am......1  25@1  50
Indigo..........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7S@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.......................   85@1 00
Lycopodium................  55© 60
Macis..........................   80© 85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2©  3
Mannia,  S. F ...............  45© 50

IK)............................. 

ACIDVK,

Aceticum.....................  
8© 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
....................  
30
Carbolicum.................   40© 45
Citricum......................  50© 55
Hydrochlor..................  3©  5
...................  10© 12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum.....................  12© 14
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley licum .....................1 40@1 80
Sulphurlcum................  Hi® 5
Tannicum........................1 40@1 60
Tartaricum...................  38© 40

ammonia.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................. 
4©  6
6©  7
18  deg................. 
Carbonas  ....................   11© 13
Chloridum...................  12© 14

ANILINE.

Black...............................2 j]®®2 jS
Brown..........................   30@1 00
Red 
.........................   45© 50
Yellow"............................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  60..............1 75@1 85
ffiSSSte::::::::: 
8
7 @i S
Terabin, Canada  ........  45© 50
Tolutan........................  40® 45

BAL8AMUM.

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................
Cinchona F la v a .................
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrica  Cerifera, po............
Prunus Virglni....................
Quillaia,  grd.......................   “
Sassafras  .................... 
 
ii
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........

extractum. 
ycyrrhiza  Glabra...
“ 
po.........
lematox. 15 lb. box.. 
lB...................
“  
“  KS...........
“  K«...........
FERRUM.
.rbonate Precip........
trate and Quinta—
trate  Soluble...........
irrocy anidum Sol —
lut  Chloride...........
ilphate,  com'l.........
pure............

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

©  15 
©3 50 
©  80 
©  50 
©  15 
IK®  2 
©  7

A rnica.......................   14®  1®
Anthemis...................  30©  do
Matricaria.................  30©  35

FLORA.

FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...........10©  12

nivelly....................  25©  28
Alx.  35©  50 
and  Ks....................  10©  12
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  &s
UraUrsi...................... 

.. 

y 

QUMMI.

“  
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
•• 

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts... 
po ........  75@1 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @1 00
90
  © 
....  ©  80
©  65
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ©  12
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  ©  50
Catechu, Is, (Ks, 14 Ks>
16)..........................  
©  1
Ammoniae.................  25©  30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)... 
15
Benzoinum.................   ^O©  55
Camphors...................  60©  65
Euphorbium  po  ........  35©  10
Gafbanum...................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80©  95
Guaiacum, (po. 55)  ...  @  50
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @ 20
Mastic.......................   @1  00
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  @  40
Opil,  (pc. 5 20)................3 65@3 85
Shellac  ......................  25©  35
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth...............   30©  75

“ 
hbrba—In ounce packages.

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

 

MASNESIA.

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

OLEUM.

75@1 00

Cubebae.................. 16 00@16 50
Execbtbitos.................   90@1 00
Erlgeron.....................1  20@1  30
Gaultheria................. 2 10@2 20
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
lossipil,  Sem. gal......  50©  75
Hedeoma  .................. 1  60©1  75
Juniperi.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Limonis...................... 1  50@1  80
Mentha Piper.............. 2 00@2  10
Mentha Yerid.............2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce................  @ 50
Olive...........................1  10@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10©  12
Ricini.........................1 20@1  32
Rosmarinl................. 
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.........................  40© 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santa!  .......................3 50©7 00
Sassafras....................  50©  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglii..........................  @1  50
Thyme................. 
40©  50
opt  ......... ......  @  60
Theobromas...............  15©  20
Bi Garb.......................  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, Bitart,  pure..  $@  33 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ©  15
Potass Nitras, opt  .... 
8©  10
Potass Nitras..............  7©  9
Prussiate....................  25©  28
Sulphate ’po...............   15©  18

POTASSIUM.

‘ 

RADIX.

“ 

“ 

Aconitum..................   20©  25
Altbae.........................  25©  30
Anchusa....................  15©  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20©  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (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)..  IS©  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   38©  40
Maranta,  Ks..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48©  53
Sangulnaria,  (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen taria.................  40©  45
Senega......... .'...........   45©  50
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dns,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15©  20
Zingiber a ..................   10©  15
Zingiber  j . . . , ........ 
22©  25
SEMEN.
@ 15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15©  18
Bird, Is..................  
4©  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8©  12
Cardamon.....  ..........1 
Corlandrum...............   10©  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3K@ 
4
Cydonium..................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10©  12
Dipterix Odorate......... 1 75@1  85
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po......... 
6©  8
L ini............................4  © 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4&@ 4K
Lobelia.......................  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3K® 4K
Rapa..........................  
6©  7
Sinapis,  Albu............ 
8©  9
Nigra...........  11©  12

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

SPIRITUS.
Frumenli, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
 
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 
Vini  Alba....................1 

1 

26@2 00
25@2 00

10@1 50

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage................... 2 
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage ....................... 
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 

25@2 50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

Absinthium.................... 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45©  75
Amydalae, Amarae—  8 00@8 25
A nisi............................... 1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamii  ...................2 80®3 25
Cajiputl......................  90@1  00
Caryopbylll........  ... .1  25©1  30
Cedar.........................  35©  65
Chenopodii...............   @1  75
Cinnamonil............   .1 35©1 40
Citronella...................  @  75
Conium  Mac..............  35©  65
Copaiba...........................1 20@1 30

SYRUPS.

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

“ 

“ 

“ 

s  

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85©3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3 10
Moschus Canton........  ©  40
Myristica, No. 1.........   70©  75
Nux Vomica, (po20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  32©  35
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N. C.,  K gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......  ©1  00
pints.........   ©  70
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  ©  50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30©  35
Quassiae.................... 
8©  10
Quinia, S. P. & W  —   41©  46
S.  German__  30©  36
Rubia  Tinctorum......  12©  14
Saccharum Lac tis pv..  @ 25
Salacin.......................1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconls......  40©  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
,r  M....................... 
8©  10
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

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

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

“ 

Whale, winter...........  70
Lard,  extra...............   55
Lard, No.  1...............   45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  62

“ 

paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled  __   65 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine—   44 

68
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............IK  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  IK  2@4
“ 
Ber........IK  2@3
Putty,  commercial__i \   2K@3
“  strictly  pure......2K  2K©3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
75@80
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  ©7K
“  w hite................  @?K
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

VARNISHES.

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 
Turn........................   70©  75

H AZB B TIN B

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PBRKIN
DRUG  CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

--D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medioines, Paints, Oils, UarnishBs.

Sole  Agents  fori the  Oelebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDI

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W liislsles,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Bum s.

W e are  S ole  A g en ts  in  M ichigan  for  W . D. & Go. 

H enderson C ounty, H and M ade  Sour M ash 

W h isk y and D ru ggists’ F avorite 

R ye  W h isk y.

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

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

toltine  Ï Perkins  Drug  Go.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S,  M ICH.

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G Ä O C B R I B S .

Wool,  Hides  and  Tallow.

The wool market is irregular, with con­
siderable selling.  Prices are fairly well 
maintained,  especially  when  the  buyer 
finds a lot he  wants  for  immediate  use. 
Holders are firm, in hopes of  the present 
tariff  bill taking effect to help  them  out. 
Against  this  comes a decision  from  the 
United States Court that worsteds cannot 
be classed as woolens, consequently they 
will  be  admitted at the low duty of  one 
year ago. 
Importers  have  taken advan­
tage of  this,  and  are  ready  with  large 
stocks to put on  the  market,  which will 
seriously affect some  grades of  wool, be­
fore the new tariff  bill  can  pass or take 
effect.

Hides are firm and  scarce,  with  larger 
tanners  out  of  the  market,  being  well 
supplied  with  stock to last  until  June. 
The advance in  light stock is checked, as 
it becomes more  plenty.  The shoe trade 
is good and calls  for  large  quantities of 
leather, on  which  sellers are obtaining a 
good  advance,  and  makes  tanners  feel 
free to buy hides.

Tallow is firm at low prices and in fair 

demand.

Failure  of  McDonald  &  Bradford,  at 

Baldwin.

McDonald  &  Bradford,  shingle  mill 
operators  and  general  dealers at  Bald­
win,  have  been  compelled to lay down, 
owing to the back-set  incident to the un­
seasonable  winter.  They  recently sent 
the Olney & Judson  Grocer  Co.  a  trust 
mortgage  on  their  stock,  securing  the 
following creditors in the amount named:
Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids $500 00
Hugo Schneider &  Co........ 
..  19300
W m. Sears & Co..................  
..  203 08
Smith &  Jackson, Baldwin  ......................  200 00
Webber & Hatch, Newaygo.......................  503 60
Greg. Luce, Holland..................................  167 84
The firm  subsequently  secured  Haw­
kins, Perry  &  Co.  for a 5500 claim on 80 
acres of  stump land,  and  secured  Stan­
ton,  Sampson* Co., of Detroit, by assign­
ing their mortgage on the shingle mill.

The firm voluntarily yielded possession 
of the stock to  the mortgage trustee and 
an  inventory is now being taken.

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Soap  Syndicates  and Suits.

From the American Analyst.

A suit commenced  by a firm of business 
brokers against Charles  S.  Higgins,  the 
soap  manufacturer,  promises  to  throw 
some light on the methods of the so-called 
English syndicates in  purchasing  Ameri­
can  industrial enterprises. 
It seems that 
in  this  instance  Mr.  Higgins  named  a 
large  sum,  a considerable  share  in  the 
new company and  a  comfortable  salary 
as the price of  his soap factory,  and con­
ditions of selling the same to the British­
ers.  There was also said to be a guaranty 
of  an 8 per cent, earning capacity on the 
large  capital  required.  But  when  the 
cautious  Englishmen  sent their account­
ant over to investigate the  books,  access 
I was denied him.  Of course, the negotia­
tion  fell  through  and  the  brokers  are 
suing for their commissions.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars are a little higher  and the mar­
ket is by no means quiet.  The price will 
probably continue  to  advance  for  some 
time to  come.

The  Grocery  Trade  of Kalamazoo. 
Kalamazoo  has  seventy-four  grocery 
stores,  fully two-thirds of  which are con- 
ducted by Holland people.

PRODUCE  MARKET.
Apples—Golden or  Roxbury  russets or North­
ern Spys command $3.50@.$4  per bbl.
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.40  for  unpicked  and 
$1.50 for picked, holding  at  $1.65@$1.75  per  bu. 
The market is firm.
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—The market is easier, except for strictly 
choice.  Creamery is in fair demand at 26c.  Choice 
grades of  dairy  are  in  active  demand,  dealers 
paying  I5@l6c  and  holding at  17@l8c
Buckwheat Flour—$1.75 per ICO lbs.
Cabbages—$4@$5 per crate, for new stock.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
ll@12c.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cucumbers—$1.50 per  doz.
Dried  Apples — Evaporated  are held  at 10® 
11c  and sundried at 6@6c5£.
Eggs—Dealers now pay 10c and  hold at 11c.
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $3.50  per  bu  ; 
Honey—Scarce and nearly out of market
Lettuce—12c  per  lb.  for Grand Rapids grown
Maple  Sugar —8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to' 
Magle Syrup—75©85e per gal.
Onions—Green,  20c  per  doz.  Bermuda,  $3 
Parsnips—60c per bu.
Pieplant—5c per lb.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  about  10c  per  bu. 
lower at  the  principal  distributing  markets, so 
that local buyers have dropped to 40c.

medium, $3.50.  Timothy, 11.50 per bu.

Radishes—35c per doz bunches.
Spinach—$1 per bu.
Squash—About out of market.
Sweet Potatoes—Nominal.
Tomatoes—Early Southern stock commands  $1 
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—25c per bu.
Vegetable Oysters—40c per doz.

per crate.

quality.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

13 00 
12  00 
13 50 
13 50 
13 50 
13 75 
13 75 
13 75

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new................................................
Short c u t................................................
Extra clear pig, short cut.......................
Extra clear,  heavy..................................
Clear, fat  back........................................
Boston clear, short cut...........................
Clear back, short cut..............................
Standard clear, short cut, best...............
sau sa ge—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage.........
Ham Sausage.........
Tongue Sausage__
Frankfort  Sausage.
Blood Sausage........
Bologna, straight...
Bologna,  thick......
Head Cheese..........

lard—Kettle Rendered. 

Tierces ............................................
Tubs.
selb. Tins.......................... ;;
lar d—Family.
Tiprppfl
30 and 50lb.'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...................................
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.....................   7 06
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   9«
16 lbs...................................... 10
12 to 14 lbs............................... 1054
picnic..................................................   7
best boneless......................................"  3^4
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................  gu
Dried beef, ham prices...................................   9
Long Clears, heavy................................  
6
Briskets,  medium................................... 
654
light....................................... 
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OYSTERS and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

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Whitefisb...............................................   @754
®  a
smoked.................................. 
Trout......................................................  @ 6
Halibut..................................................  
©15
Ciscoes............... ...................................  ® 4

oysters—Cans.

Fairhaveu  Counts................................   @35
Selects.,  .........................................25  @30
F. J. D.’S...............................................   @25
a w
Anchors.................................................  

FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.........................................   554@ 654
“  hindquarters................................  7  © g
fore 
............................. !  45i@ 4U
loins, No. 3..................................  @10
ribs............................................   @ 854
tongues.......................................  8  @10
.......................................................   554® 6
Pork loins..............................................   ® g
® g
Sausage, blood  or head................. 
@ 5
ijveri v v ................................  @5
Frankfort................................   @ g
Mutton............ :....................................   © 9

“  shoulders.................................. 

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes....................................... 9
..................................... 9
25 
Twist, 
 
Cut Loaf, 26 
MIXED.

Royal, 25 lb. pails........................................... 9
2001b.  bbls............................................8H
Extra, 25 lb.  pails............................................10
200 lb.  Dbls............................................  9 yt
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..  ......................"  llH

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1054

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

 

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Lemon Drops......... .....................  
12
Sour Drops...................................................."13
Peppermint Drops..................................... ! .  14
Chocolate Drops.......................................’ '44
H. M. Chocolate Drops................................"!.18
Gum Drops..................................  
"10
Licorice Drops..  ..................................... I ' 1 8
A. B. Licorice  Drops......................................!l4
Lozenges, plain...............................................!l4
printed............................................15
Imperials.....................................................14
Mottoes..........................................................*15
Cream Bar........................................
Molasses Bar................................  
..............43
Caramels 
............................. .'" i" ! '.i6@18
Hand Made  Creams......  ..........................  
ig
Plain Creams.......................................16
Decorated Creams.........................  . . . . . . . . 
20
String  Rock.................................IIJIII'III  "  15
Burnt Almonds....................... . 
I.*.’"’""* * '22
Wintergreen  Berries...................... .'.! " " ! " ! l4
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails........... 
101/
in bbls....................... .......... 11
printed, in pails..............................12
In Dbls..............................  1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails.............................   12
aiz
Gum Drops, in pails................... 
in ¿bis............................................¡jg
Moss Drops, in palls...................... 
 
in ''
in bbls.................... . . . 
!........  914
Sour Drops, in pails.......................... ’
Imperials, in pails.........................11

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fruits.
Oranges, Messina, choice....................  ©
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fancy................. @ 4 00
Florida, choice................... 3 75® 4  00
fancy.....................4  go® 4 75
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“  Riverside, fancy.....................  ® 4 25
“  Mountain,  “ 
® 4 on
“  Wash.  Navals, fancy.............   ®
“  Valencias,  large.............. 
®
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360............@3 50
“ 

300.......   ... . 3 75@4 00
,   “ 
fancy,  360...............  @4 00
300...............4  25@4 50
“ 
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........  @16
choice  “ 
.......13  ®  14

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Dates, frails, 501b.............. 

“  choice, 7 lb............................
“  % frails, 50 lb................eh
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“  Persian,50-lb.  box............¡¡ua

u d> IS 'ii-b.?x ..........................   @10

®

NUTS.

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Almonds, Tarragona..................  

J J S f * - :.........................@15
California.............................  

®jg
»14
Brazils............................................. 
a i 1 «4
Walnuts, Grenoble............ 
¡nt-ifi
Pecans, Texas, H. P...............................u   ® 14

California..................

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PEANUTS.

Fancy, H. P., Bells................................  ®  9
Fancy, H. P., Suns  ............................"   © 9*
choice,  h. p.,  g .......................S

“  Roasted...................   @ 9i4

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VISITING  BUYERS.

Tustin

Whitneyvile 

Grandville 
Vriesland

Sullivan
A M Church, Englishville
H Morley, Cedar Springs

John Kamps, Zutphen 
L Maier, Fisher Station 
Lindstrom & Lovene,
G H Spencer, Cleon 
D J Peacock, Grant 
J  Pikaart, Fremont 
J B Brooks, St Ignace 
M Heyboer A Bro., Oakland 
Wm Barker, Sand Lake 
Pickett Bros., Wayland 
S McNitt, Byron Center 
W DStruik,  Byron  Center 
T Armock, Wright 
C Freyermuth, McCords 
8 Cooper, Jamestown 
E Heintzelman, Logan 
G H Walbrink, Allendale 
S M  Geary, Maple Hill 
A C Barkley, Crosby 
Munger, Watson & Devoist, 

A Steketee. Holland 
C Van Amberg.
B Steketee, Holland 
C F Sears, Rockford 
A C Walt, Coat’s  Grove 
I A Woodard, Ashland 
8 Wolcott, Shelbyville 
Bakker Bros., Drenthe 
L N Fisher, Dorr 
R A Howey, Ravenna 
▲ Mulder, Spring Lake 
J Vinkemulder A  Son,
Den Herder  & Tania,
G H Spencer. Pewamo 
R G Smith. Wayland 
J H Manning, Lake P O 
Eli Runnels, Coming 
J Raymond, Berlin 
L Cook, Bauer
J F Harvil,Hopkins Station J R Harrison, Sparta 
G F Cook. Grove 
B N Rose, Sherman 
S S Drvden & Sons, Allegan  H Van Noord,  Jamestown 
W H Goodyear, Hastings  W R Lawton, Berlin 
Geo R Slawson,  Greenville Smallegan A  Pickaard.
R B McCulloch. Berlin 
L T Kinney,  Kinney Siding B Gilbert A  Co., Moline 
J Kinney, Kinney 
J N Wait, Hudsonville 
J L  Thomas,  Cannonsburg C K Hoyt& Co.,Hudsonville 
E S Botsford. Dorr 
E H Foster, Man ton 
Mas ton A Hammond, 
Grandville  A M Porter, Moorland 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove J Kruisenga, Holland 
N Bouma, Fisher 
W G Tefft, Rockford
L M Wolf, Hudsonville
S T Colson, Alaska 
Henry J  Webb,  Cassopolis WmVerMeulen.BeaverDam 
J L Handy. Boyne City 
John De Vries,  Jamestown 
A D Burnham,Grand Ledge A Purchase. Bo Blendon 
Wm Mieras,  Grand  Haven Alex Denton.  Howard City 
J D Noah, Moline 
R A Brown, Edgerton
Milo Deuel, Bismark 
Frank Cornell, Sebewa 
T Van Eenen&am,  Zeeland John Gunstra, Lament
C E Eddy, Grattan 
N H Beebe, Big Rapids 
Lamoreaux A Beerman, 
A D Farllng, Mill brook 
Fruitport 
Gilbert Bros., Trent 
H Meilering, Jamestown 
S T McLellan, Denison 
Ezra Brown, Englishville 
L E Paige, Sparta 
J T Pierson, Irving 
Daniel E Rogers, Saranac 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
John Baker. Chauncey 
Le Febre & Meyer,
N Harris, Big Springs
Grand Haven

M J Butler, Sand Lake
8 H Ballard, Sparta 
T H Condra, Lisbon
Herder A  Lahnis,  Zeeland
W H Harrison,  Harrisburg

Forest Grove

F o i  S a le  b y   L e a d in g   W h o l e s a l e   G rocers.

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

I7ie  quotations  given  below  cure  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

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SEEDS.
Mixed bird............
454®   6
........9
C&raway.................
Canary...................
........  354
Hemp.....................
........  354
Anise......................
.........8
.....  6
Rape......................
Mustard.................
......754
SALT
Common Fine per bbl.........   80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......  27
28 pocket.............................1 90
............................. 2 00
60 
100 
............................. 2 25
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
Higgins  “ 
75
 
Warsaw “ 
 
35
.................  20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases —  1  50 
28-lb sacks  25
56-lb 
50
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SALERATUS.
Church’s, Arm A Hammer
\..5H
Dwight’s Com.........................
...5H
Taylor’s ............................
...514
...5X
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf........
pure....................
,...5 %
Our Leader....................... .  5
Corn, barrels.................... @24
one-half barrels__ @26
26@35
Pure  Sugar, bbl...............
“ 
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half barrel__

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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar  Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers___
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box........ . 

8
854
854
8
8
.75

TEAS.

ja pa n—Regular.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air.............................14  @16
Good...........................18  @22
Choice......................... 24  @29
Choicest...................... 32  @38
F a ir.............................14  @15
Good...........................16  @20
Choice..........................24  @28
Choicest...................... 30  @33
F air............................  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest.....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair..........25  @35
Extra fine to finest__ 50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
Common to  fair..........20  @35
Superiortofine............40  @50
Common to  fair.......... 18  @2t
Superior to  fine..........30  @40
Common to  fair.......... 25  @36
Superior to  fine..........30  @50
Fine to choicest..........55  @65
F air............................ 25  ©To
Choice......................... 30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea  Dust....................   8  @10

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

SODA.

Boxes....................................554
Kegs, English....................... 4%

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha  ................. 
Sweet  Cuba...............  
Our Leader........... 
tobaccos—Plug.

63
36
35

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12........... 37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........36
Vinco,lx6,454 to  B>................30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........34
Wheel, 5 to  B>.........................37
Trinket, 3x9,  9 oz...................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................   38
Double Pedro  ....................... 35
Peach  P ie ..............................36
Wedding  Cake, blk................35
“Tobacco” ............................  37
Our  Leader............................ 15
Our  Leader......................... 16
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz....................31
18 o z ..................32
VINEGAR.
40 gr.....................................  8
50 gr......................................10

tobacco—Shorts.
tobaccos—Smoking.

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•  PAPER.

PAPER & WOOD EN WAR*
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw....................................160
“  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla.........................8
Red  Express  No. 1...........  5
No. 2  .............4

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WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1........
“  No.
“  No. 3........
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes. 
Bowls, 11 inch 

48Cotton..  ................  ....  22
Cotton, No. 2........................20
“  3........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........  40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool...................................   8
.  7 00
.....  6 005 00
1  50 
.  1  75
55
.....  1 00
.......   1  25
.....  2 002 75 
2 50 
2 75
40 
1  50 
1  90
5 75
6 25
7 25 
No.l  3 50 
No.2 4 25 
No.3 5 00

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assorted, 17s and  19s 
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Baskets, market.................
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bushel.................
“  with covers
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CORN.

MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
84
W hite......................... 
Red............................ 
84
All'wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1  20
Granulated.......................   1  3o
Straight, in sacks.............   4 30
“  barrels............  4 50
Patent  “  sacks..............  5 30
“  barrels............  5 50
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran..................................  14 00
Ships.................................  14 00
Screenings.......................  12 00
Middlings.........................  15 00
Mixed Feed......................  15  50
Coarse meal......................  15 50
Small  lots........................   42
Car 
“  ........-...............   38
Small  lots...........................32
“  ........................... 2854
Car 
No. 1................................. 
45
No. 1..................................  1  10
No. 2.................................  1  05
No. 1..................................  10 00
No. 2.................................  9 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows:
Green........................   4  @454
Part Cured.................  @ 4
Full 
........  ...... 4  @554
Heavy  steers, extra...
Dry.............................  5  @ 6
.  ......  5  @ 6
Dry  Kips 
Calfskins,  green......  3  @ 6
cured......  454© 6
Deacon skins............. 10  @20

BARLEY.

HIDES.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

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PELTS.

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pale  & yellow  60®

furs—10 per cent. off.

Shearlings..................10  @25
Estimated wool, per 1b 20  @28
Mink, dark...................   10© 50
5@ 25
pale.................... 
Raccoon........................  20® 75
Skunk........................... 
5@ 75
Muskrat........................  05® 16
Fox, red.....................1  25@1  50
“  cross..................2 00@5 00
“  grey......................   25® 50
Badger.........................   50® 75
Cat, wild......................   15® 50
Fisher........................4 00@5 00
Lynx............................   50@1 50
Martin,  dark.............1  25@3 00
Otter, dark................4 00@6 00
Wolf.......................... 2 00@3 00
Bear...........................  400@12 00
Beaver.... ..................2 00@4 00
Oppossum.....................  02® 15
Deerskins, per lb........  10©  20
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
Washed............................ 20@25
Unwashed..  .............  
.  10@18
MISCELLANEOUS.
3  @ 354 
Tallow 
Grease  butter 
1  @ 2 
Switches.......
154® 2
umsentr 
............... 2 00@2 fO
Above prices are nominal and 
for Immediate delivery only.

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AXLE GREASE.

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CANDLES
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“ 
14 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “

Our Leader, !4lb. cans...
...
... 
Teller’s,  !4'lb. cans, doz 
“

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods
Frazer’s...........................
Aurora.............................
Diamond..........................
BAKING  POWDER.
Absolute, 14 lb. cans, 100s
50s
50s
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz.. 
“  Klb.  “ 
2  “ ..
lib .  “ 
“ 
1  “ ..
“ 
bulk......................

*2 60 
1  75 
1  60
11  75 
10 00 
18 75 
75 
1  50 
3 00 
20 45 
90 
1  60 
45 
85 
1  50
80
English, 2 doz. in case... 
Bristol,  2  “ 
“
70 
American.'2 doz. in case.
Dozen 
BLUING.
30 
Mexican,  4oz.........
60 
8 oz...........
90
16 oz..........
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..........................   1  75
.......................... 2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2 25
No. 1 
“ 
.......................   2 50
Parlor Gem.........................  2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................  1  20
M ill....................................3 25
Warehouse.........................2 75
Dairy, solid packed...........1214
rolls.........................  13
Creamery, solid packed__  13*4
...  14
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  10
9«
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................ 
10
Wicking.............................  
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —  1  15 
....1  95
“ 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  75
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
...........2 65
“ 
1 lb.  Star............... 2 35
“ 
2 lb. Star............... 3 25
Mackerel, In Tomato Sauce.2 85
“ 
1 lb.  stand............1  20
“ 
2 lb. 
...........2 00
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
“ 
31b.  soused.......... 2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  ..2 00
1 lb. Alaska...........1  90
“ 
Sardines, domestic  14s........ 
5
“ 
54s........@9
“  Mustard 54s........  @ 9
imported  54s.. .1054@16
“ 
“ 
spiced,  54s.........  
10
Trout, 3 Id. brook...........  2 60
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.........3 00
Blackberries,  stand............   80
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted....................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
“ 
Pie........................ 100
“ 
paaN 
1  OR
Pineapples 1111“  II" I!i’io@l  50
Quinces...... ........................1 00
Raspberries,  extra..............1  75
red...................1  40
Strawberries...............1 15@1  35
Whortleberries....................   75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand............   85
“  Green  Limas—   @1  20
“  Strings................   @ 90
“  Stringless,  Erie.........   90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked.. 1 40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........  90
“  Morn’g Glory.  90
“ 
“ 
“  Early Golden.  90
Peas, French.......................1  68
“  extra marrofat  ..  @125
“  soaked.........................  80
“  June, stand.................1  40
“ 
“  sifted...........1 65@1  85
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Goldenl  25@1  35
Succotash,  standard__ 90@l  40
Squash................................ 1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1 00 
Good Enough  @95 
Ben Har  ... 
@95
stand  br 
@95
 
CHEESE.
Fancy Full  Cream 
  @12
Good 
“ 
Part Skimmed............  9  @10
Sap Sago....................19  @20
E dam ........................   @1  00
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................. 
22
Premium....... ..................  
35
Pure.................................. 
38
40
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
Broma............................... 
37
Rubber, 100 lumps................25
Spruce................................. 25
Bulk.
Red..

CHEWING GUM.
200  “ 
 

....  @1154

CHICORY.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

coffee—Green.

@21
.21 @22
@23
@24
23 @24
.22 @23
,23 @24
.24 @26
.27 @30
.22 @24
26 @28

Bulk.............................4  @454
Pound  packages...........554@6
Valley City........................  
85
Felix..................................   l  10
Rio, fair.................
“  good...............
“  prime..............
“  fancy,  washed
“  golden............
Santos....................
Mexican & Guatema
Java,  Interior........
“  Mandheling
Peaberry...............
Mocha, genuine__
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__2554
Lion  ....................................2554
“  in cabinets..................2854
Durham............................... 2554
Cotton, 40 ft....—  per doz.  1
1  50
1
1  75
1
2
2 00 
2 25 
2
1
1  00 
1  15
1
Eagle.
50
Anglo-Swiss............. 6 00® 7 60

CLOTHES  LINES.
**
“ 
50 f t ...
“
“ 
60 ft....
14 70 ft...
“ 
“
“ 
80 ft.  .
“ 
60 ft...
Jute
“
“ 
72ff ..
CONDENSED MILK.

coffees—Package.

COUPONS.

 

 

 

... 

10 
“

coupons—“Superior.”

“ 
"
“
“

“ “ 
“  “ 
“ “ 
“ “ 

............ 20 
CRACKERS.
“ 

* 1, per hundred...............   2 50
$2, 
..........................
3 00
*5. 
.............
4 00
5 00
*10, 
...................
*20, 
...................
6  00
coupons—“Tradesman
* 1, per  hundred...............   2 00
2 50
* 2,  “ 
----
3 00
“ 
*  5, 
4 00
“ 
*10, 
5 00
" 
*20, 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............. 5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.................  754
Seymour 
554
Butter....................................554
“  family.........................  554
“  biscuit.......................  6
Boston..................................  654
City Soda.............................  754
Soda........!...........................  754
S. Oyster.............................   554
City Oyster, XXX.................  554
Picnic 
............................... 554
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure.....................   38
Grocers’.............................  
25
.  DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......  6  @ 654
evaporated__  10@11
@19 @ 6 
Apricots, 
Blackberries1 
....15 
‘ 
Nectarines 
.. .8@18
Peaches 
‘
Plums 
‘
__10
Raspberries  “
.30
Turkey.......................65i@ 654
Bosna.........................  @ 754
California.................. 10  @11
Lemon........................ 
18
Orange.......................  
18
In drum.....................   @23
In boxes.....................  @25
d r ie d  fru its—Currants.
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 6

d r ie d  fr u it s—Prunes.

DRIED  FRUITS—Citron.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

in less quantity  @  654 

d r ie d f r u it s—Raisins.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Valencias...................  @10
Ondaras......................  @1154
Sultanas....................  10  @12
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.....................  2 60@3 00
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California. 1  90@2 25 
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl.................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__  60
imported.
©  954 
Pearl  Barley...........
@ 254 
Peas, green..............
@1  00 @3 
“  split.................
© 6 
Sago,  German.........
6® 7 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl.
© 5 
Wheat, cracked......
Vermicelli,  import.. 
@10 
@60
domestic.
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole.................  5  @ 6
“  boneless..............  654@ 754
H alibut....................  @1054
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
“ 
gibbed.............. 
2 75
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12 00
“  kegs, new  @  75
“ 
Scaled  ........  .20®  22
“ 
Mack,  sb’s, No. 2,54  bbl  12 00
“  12 lb kit..130
“ 
• “ 
“ 
“ 
“  10 
..120
Trout,  54  bbls............ 4 00@4 25
“  10  lb.  kits.................  60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls. .5 50@5 75
“ 
“ 
121b. kits.......100
10 1b. kits......   80
“ 
“ 
“ 
Family,  54  bbls........2 50
“ 
kits..............  50

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

35

GUN  POWDER.

Kegs.........................................5 25
Half  kegs.................................2 88

“ 
“ 

LYE.

JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage.
Hops.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6
Chicago  goods........7.........  354
........ ...  30
No.  ... 
No. 1..............................
40
No. 2.............................. ... 
50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria........................ ......  25
Sicily...................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz...............1  25
No. 9  sulphur..............
. . . 2  00
Anchor parlor..........   ........1 70
No. 2 home.................... ....1   10
Export  parlor.............. ......4 00
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap..................
20
Cuba Baking...........
.  24©25
Porto  Rico.................. ...30@35
New Orleans, good...... ...24@28
choice__. ,.30@35
fancy...... ,.42@45

MATCHES.

One-half barrels, 3c extra

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, Barrels............5 00
Half barrels ......2 65
Cases........2 15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__ @5 00
Half bbls.. @2 65
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  9*
Water White.......................10M
Medium......................... ..@7 00
4 00
Small, bbl..................... ......7  50
....4 25
...1  75
...  75
.1   25

“ 
54 b b l...........
“  54  bbl.................
Clay, No.  216................
“  T. D. full count....
Cob, No.  3....................
PRESERVES.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods ..  8
Carolina head......................654
“  No. 1...................... 514
“  No. 2............... 554@
“  No. 3......................5

Japan........................... 5 54 @6 54
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars.................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SNUFF.

PIPES.

RICE.

OIL.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“

SOAP.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

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

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Happy Family,  75...............2 95
Ola Country, 80...................330
Una, 100.................................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100........................ 3  15

SAL  SODA.

Kegs.................................  
Granulated,  boxes................2
Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox......  2 50
Hand 
......   2 50

SAPOLIO.
“ 

134

3. “ 
spices—Whole.

Allspice................................10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
“  Batavia in bund__ 15
“ 
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“ 
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No. 2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16 
“ 
“  white...  .26
shot......................... 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice................••.............15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“  Saigon.................... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
“ 
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................1254
“  Cochin.....................15
“ 
Jam aica................18
Mace  Batavia......................90
Mustard,  English................22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

SUGARS.

“ 

Cut  Loaf....................  @  1%
Cubes.........................  @
Powdered..................   @ 674
Standard  Granulated.  654® 634
Fine...........  654© 6%
Confectioners’ A........  @6.31
White Extra  C...........  654@ 654
Extra  C......................  @ 6
C ................................   @ 5M
Yellow.......................   @554

2 90

14:

C A N D Y   IN  P A IL S.

H ow   It  H as  C om e  to  b e  P u t  U p  Sh o rt 

W eig h t.

Grand Rapids,  April 17,  1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Having  been  favored  with  a copy of 
your  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association, 
at Muskegon  in  July  last, and  noticing 
the  remarks  by  some  of  the  members 
concerning the  weight of  candy in pails, 
we ask  that  you  permit us,  through the 
columns  of  T he  Tradesman,  to  say  a 
few words in explanation of  this matter.
Many  years ago, when the  confection­
ery business  in  this  country was  in  its 
infancy,  it became necessary to ship stick 
and mixed candy from the  manufacturer 
to  the  then  comparatively few  country 
towns  and  villages.  These  goods were 
put  up  in  cases of  24  pounds each,  and 
called 25 pounds, the one pound shortage 
paying for the  package, and the price on 
the candy so packed  remained  the same 
as  when  sold  in  paper  packages to the 
city dealer.  This  has  been the basis on 
which these goods  have been put up and 
sold  all  over  the  land,  and  we believe 
most of  the trade understand these facts, 
as they have  always  been  freely talked 
and explained.  You  will see at a glance 
that  it is a great  convenience  to  manu­
facturers and dealers alike, when quoting 
prices  on  any certain grade of  goods,  to 
have  it  apply  to  the  several  different 
packages  in  which  the  same is put up, 
and when receiving orders  from the mer­
chant,  whether called for in paper sacks, 
cases,  pails  or  barrels,  the  price would 
be unchanged, except  it  may be  on  ac­
count of  quantity.  To explain, the price 
on  Royal  Mixed  candy,  for  instance,  is 
8 cents in barrels,  and the same  goods in 
ten-pail  lots (making the quantity about 
equal) would  be  identical,  when put up 
the  usual  way,  1%  pounds  short,  but 
when sold in pails put up  net  weight,  it 
must  as a natural  consequence  necessi­
tate  increasing  the  price  )4  cent,  or 
making a charge  for  the  package, as in 
many cases  these  goods,  in the quantity 
mentioned  above,  are  sold  on a margin 
cent per pound.  Stick candy 
of  about 
is  put  up  28  pounds,  and  all  mix­
lozenges,  etc.,  28)4 
tures,  chocolates, 
pounds,  with  prices  made  accord­
ingly,  which  is 
cent  under  net 
weight  prices.  To  further  explain, 
a  pail  of  candy,  80  pounds  net,  at 
8}4  cents would be $2.55;  a  pail regular, 
2S3^  pounds,  called 30  pounds at 8 cents 
would  be  $2.40.  The  buyer in  the case 
of  the  net  weight purchase has paid  15 
cents for his pail,  though it comes in the 
form of  }4  cent  addition  in the price of 
the goods, but, on the other hand, the  1 )4  
pound  short weight in the regular packed 
package  costs  the  purchaser  12  cents, 
leaving a balance  of  3  cents in favor of 
the regular package.  This rule will  also 
apply to  all  cheap  and  medium  priced 
stock,  which covers three-quarters of  all 
the goods  handled in pails. 
It  matters 
not which  way taken,  as it is as broad as 
long,  and all  this cry of  net  weight  aud 
no  charge for  the package is  misleading 
and calculated  only to confuse  and  irri­
tate  those  who  have  been  wrongly  in­
formed;  and  as  manufacturers  we take 
this  opportunity  to  say  that  our  rules 
and regulations regarding the putting up 
of such goods as stated above are as care­
fully  and  thoroughly  enforced  as  any 
other  rules  governing  our  business  af­
fairs,  and  we believe the same to be the 
case  with all  the leading  manufacturers 
throughout  the  country,  and  the cost of 
the package when  used,  must  appear in 
one form  or  another,  as much as the ex­
pense of  freight on a stock  of  goods, or 
the  stock  or  buildings  upon  a  man’s 
farm.  To  prove  to  the contrary would 
be,  as  we  view it,  to prove the truth  to 
be false,  which is a most difficult matter 
in this enlightened age,  and we feel con­
fident that when this matter is thoroughly 
understood, 
impression 
now  existing  with  some  will  cease  to 
exist. 

B.  W.  P u t n a m ,

the  erroneous 

President Putnam Candy Co.

Tustin—N.  Stevensen  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  J.  A.  Lindstrom  in  the 
general  stock  of  Lindstrom  &  Lovene. 
The  new  firm  will be known as Lovene 
& Stevensen.

T H E   MICECTG^JST  T R A D E S M A N .

A.  H I M E S ,

Wholesale and  Retail Dealer in

B ig s,  D a te s ,  N u ts ,  e t c •
In fa n ts 9  G e n u in e   C h a m o is   M o c c a sin s.
These  goods  are  all  worked  in 
SILK  and  WARRANTED  NOT  TO 
SHRINK. 
Sent  post  paid for $2.25 
per  dozen.

Send  for  our  catalogue  and  note 
low  price  on  Shoe

our  specially 
Dressings.
118  Canal  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
HIRTH  *  KRAUSE,
A.  E.  B R O O K S   &  CO.,
Pure  Candies.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

The  Only Hoifse  in  the  State  which  Pills Goods  Up  NE'  WEIGHT.
NO CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.

CODY  BLOCK.  158  EAST  FULTON  ST..

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

AreyouSour? L ostïraJe? üheao C reasi!

A T  THIS

NO  D E A L E R   E V E B   LOST  A   CUSTOMER  B Y   SE L L IN G   H IM

THE  FRAZER

A L W A Y S   U N I F O R M .

O F T E N  

I M I T 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 F

N O   T A L K   R E Q U I R E D   T O   S E L L   I T .

Good Crease Makes Trade. 
Let Petroleum and imitation GreasesFn ■
Alone,  and  Buy 

 V P n E v ery  Package Bears our  Trade  Mark. 
the  Genuine!  U M A E iIlPutup tn Boxes,Cans,Pails, Kegs &Bbl$.

Cheap C rease Kills Trade.

Lime,  Cement,

Fire  Brick, etc.

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

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

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

Yard  and Warehouse on Line of 

GOAL  AND  WOOD.
Putnam  Bandy  Bo.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O r a c g e s ,

L e m o n s ,

B a n a n a s,

TIME  TABLES.
G rand   R apid s  &  Indiana.

TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive. 

Leave.
7:10 a m
11:90 am
4:10 p m
5:90 p m
Through coaches for Saginaw  on  7.10 a m and 4:10 p 

Traverse City A  Mackinaw............... 
Traverse  City  Express.....................9:*) am  
Traverse City A  Mackinaw.............. 3:25 p m 
From Cincinnati.................................9:15 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed).................................. 
m train.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
Fort Wayne Express........................11:45 am  
Cincinnati  Express..........................5:90 pm  
From Mackinaw A Traverse City.. 10:40 p m
From Cadillac........................................9:55 am
Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6 p.  m.  and  arriving 
from  Cincinnati  at 9:20 p. m.. runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  Other trains dally except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7:00 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. trains have  sleeping and parlor cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car 
and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car  for  Cincinnati.

7:15 a m
12 25 pm
6:00 pm

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana.

Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m ......................................................................10:16 am
11:15 a m .....................................................................  9:46 pm
5:40 p m ....................................................................   8:46 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and full  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent,  67  Monroe  St., 
Orand  Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

D etroit,  G rand H aven  &  M ilw au k ee.

GOING W EST.

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

Arrives.
tMorning Express..........................12:60 p m
tThrough Mail....................................4:10 p m
tQrand Rapids  Express.................. 10:40 p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 am
tMixed................................................
GOING  EAST.
tDetrolt  Express.............................
tThrough Mail.................................. 10:10 a m
tEvening Express..............................3:36 p m
•Night Express.................................10:90 p m

6:60 a m 
10:20 am  
3:46 p m 
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit Express  and  Evening  Express  have  parlor 
cars attached and make direct connections  in  Detroit 
for all points East.
Morning express and Orand Rapids express have par­
lor cars attached.  Night express has Wagner sleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a.  m.
steamship 
sleeping 
tickets  and 
secured  at 
D., O. H. A M .R’y offices, 29 Monroe St., and at the depot 
Jab. Cahpbrll. City Passenger Agent. 

Through  railroad  tickets  and  ocean 

car  berths 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  A n n   A rb o r  &   N orthern.

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  prom) 
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. Paislbt. Gen'l Pass.  Agent
Michigan C entral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

 

6:60 

D EPA RT.  A R R IV E
Detroit Express........................................6:46 a m  10:15 p ra
Mixed  ............, ........................ 
Day  Express........................................11  55 a m  10:00 a m
"Atlantic & Pacific Express................10:46 p m  6:00 a m
New York Express.................................. 5:40 p m  1.95 p m

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

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

DRINK
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A True Combination  of  MOCHA, 
Picture  Card  Given
With every pound  package.  For 
Sale everywhere. Wool«» Spice Co,Toledo, 0.

JAVA and RIO.

get  Circular and Testimonials,  ( te n t  F r e e .

I3EFORE  BUYING  G R ATES

ALPINE  FIRE  PLACE,  GRASP  RAPID',  MICH.

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The  Fine  Frosting  Sugar  now-being sold in this 
market is the finest goods known  for  frosting  fine 
cakes, and all  pastry  work,  and  easily  used.  To 
prepare  icing,  simply  mix  the  sugar  with a little 
warm milk  or  water to the proper consistency and 
flavor  to  taste.  No  trouble to make,  no eggs,  no 
beating or boiling to be done.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

A • D . Spangler & Co
FRUITS »ndPRODUGE

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.

[.Established  1780.]

“LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATliRE.”

W.  BAKER ft  CO.’S  R e g ist e r e d  T rade-Mark.
No Chemicals  are  used  in 
any of Walter Baker & Co.’s 
Chocolate and  Cocoa  Prep­
arations.

These  preparations  have 
stood  the  test of  public  ap­
proval  for  more  than  one 
hundred years,  and  are  the 
acknowledged  standard  of 
purity and  excellence.

WANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference: First National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

WAYNE  COUNTY  SAVINGS  BANK. 

DETROIT,  MICH.

500,000 TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS 

Issued bv cities, counties, towns  and school dis 
tricts of Michigan.  Officers of these municipal! 
ties  about  to  lstue  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this  bank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  without 
charge.  All communications and inquiries will 
have prompt attention.

January, 1890. 

8. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

The Condition of Trade.

From the New York Shipping List.
The prevalence of  spring weather over 
a large section of  the country, which has 
materially  improved  the  condition  of 
country  roads  and  resulted in a general 
renewal  of  out-door  occupations,  has 
stimulated the demand  for  merchandise 
in  nearly  all  the  interior  distributing 
centers  and a large  volume  of  business 
is generally reported, but in this city the 
volume of  trade has  undergone but mod­
erate  changes  since  the  close  of  last 
week  and a feeling  of  hesitation is still 
observed,  which  is  accounted for by the 
unfavorable  features  that  characterize 
the  outlook  and  that  are  beginning to 
attract  more  attention.  Among  these 
are the strikes  that  have  commenced in 
the  building  trades  in  several  cities, 
based  upon a demand for eight  hours to 
constitute a day’s  work,  which is said to 
be  the  beginning  of  a  struggle  that 
eventually will include  all  departments 
of  confederated  labor.  There  is,  there­
fore,  an  unsettled  feeling  among  those 
who employ labor.  Then  the  crop  out­
look is not at present  very  encouraging, 
the unfavorable  weather of  the past two 
months having caused more serious dam­
age  than  expected, as  indicated  by the 
Government  report  of  the  condition of 
winter wheat.  A depressed  feeling still 
characterizes  the  iron  and  coal  trades, 
for,  notwithstanding  that a good  deal of 
new  business is being  transacted, values 
are drifting  downward  and  in  both in­
stances  depression  is the  result of  over­
production and  the accumulation of  sur­
plus stock that is difficult to  move.  The 
monetary outlook is not  altogether satis­
factory,  for  the  surplus  reserve  of  the 
banks  in  this  city has  been practically 
wiped  out,  the  interior is  still  drawing 
money from  this  city with no immediate 
prospect of  its  return, and  an  outward 
flow of  gold to Europe  may  result  from 
the stiffening up of the rates of exchange 
and a falling off  in the exports of domes­
tic  produce.  Speculation  in  grain  and 
provisions, has again been  characterized 
by wild  excitement,  and,  with  enormous 
trading both here and  in  Chicago,  a still 
further  advance  in  prices  has  taken 
place,  but chiefly in wheat.  The advance 
as well as the activity of  speculation has 
been  due  chiefly  to  the  covering  of  a 
large  short  interest,  which  was  fright­
ened  into buying by the serious  damage 
to  wheat  shown  by the Government re­
port,  the  condition  of  the  crop  being 
estimated at 81 against 94 last  year,  and, 
therefore, a reaction  is to be expected as 
soon  as  the  excitement  has ceased,  for 
the  wheat  crop of  the  country has  not 
been  ruined and  the  planting of  spring 
wheat  has  but  just  about  commenced. 
Corn has also advanced in sympathy,  and 
the  speculative  condition  of  pork  has 
afforded  an  opportunity for an artificial 
squeeze  in  Chicago,  which  has  carried 
the price  up about $3 per barrel.  Cotton 
has advanced  on  lighter receipts,  petro­
leum is a little firmer  and  coffee  easier. 
Boston  reports a more  active  wool mar­
ket, but trade has  been quiet; India rub­
ber  is  quiet  but  firmly held,  the  metal 
market is dull,  with lower  prices for tin, 
lead and spelter.  Haw and refined sugar 
have  ruled firm and more active.  Tariff 
revision  has  a  restricting  influence  in 
some departments, because of  the uncer­
tainty as  to  what  may be  the  result of 
proposed  changes, and  the  prospect  of 
important legislation that  will affect the 
price of  silver  causes  some  uncertainty 
as  to  values,  especially  of  East  India 
products.

The side-wheel  steamer,  Queen of  the 
Lakes, which was  run  between  Holland 
and  the  Macatawa  resorts  during  the 
past three  years,  will  run  on  the  east 
arm of  Grand  Traverse  Bay the coming 
season,  making  regular  trips  between 
Old Mission, Elk  Rapids  and  East  Bay, 
to  which  point  the C.  & W.  M. Railway 
will be completed before the resort season 
opens.

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Bay  City—N.  B.  Bradley  &  Sons  are 
starting a new  camp  in  Arenac county, 
where  they  will  put  in  8,000,000  feet, 
which will be  hauled over a tram road to 
be constructed.

The  Fruit  Powdered  Sugar,  for all kinds of  table use, especially  for  fruit, 
berries, jellies,  etc.,  and for lemonades and all kinds of summer  and  winter  drinks, 
hasno equal. 
It dissolves quickly, and when once introduced is always in demand. 
These Sugars are warranted strictly pure, and sold in palls, half-barrels and barrels 
by all the wholesale grocers in Grand  Rapids.

State  Agent

5-ir  GEO. H. REEDEK,
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I I   Hediam Price Shoes
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D uplex 2 ”  W  agon

and Jobber of

One of the most perfect  wagons  ever produced, combining strength, durability 
and cheapness of price. 
Just the wagon for light delivery, farmer’s ruu-about, or 
for pleasure.  Send for price list and  description.
THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  &  SLEIGH CO., Grand  Kapids.

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

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Ete.

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._____________________

W M . SE A R S & CO.,

GMer  Manufacturers,

8 7 , 8 9   a n d   41  K e n t St.,  G rand  R a p id s.

C U R T I S S   &   CO.,

Paper  Warehouse,

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

Houseman  Block, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WHOLESALE

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II. LEO N ARD  &  S O N S ,

Grand.  R a p id s ,  M ic h •

Jobbers of Seasonal Goods, Grockerg and Glassware.

Agents  for  the  Mason  anil  Danflii  Pnlit

Prices  quoted  on  application.

Net, Each.
2 quart Lightning Freezer..........................$1.35
3  ** 
1.62
2.00
4  “ 
6  “ 
2.52
8  “ 
3.25
10  “ 
4.00
14  “ 
5.00

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“Champion”  Oil Stove, with Cast Iron Keser

voir,  per  doz..............................................$9.00
“Volunteer,”  with Tin Reservoir...............   8.00

Many  other  styles  of  One,  Two  and  Three- 

Burner Oil Stoves to select from.

NO. 3 IRON  LAWN  VASE.

Height 32 inches.
Diameter at top 21 inches.
Bottom 15 inches square.

Net, Each, as show n...................................$6.00

We have other styles from $3.75 to $9.00 each.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

WATER COOLER.
 

 

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Net, Each.
$1.35
1.60
 
1.75
2.35
2.75
3.65

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

77  CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o l e s a l e   C igar  D ealers.

E.  B.  D1KEMAN.

(Formerly Sbriver, Weatherly & Co.) 

CO NT BA CTO B 8  FO B

Galuankeii  Iron  Cornice, 

Plumbing & Heating Work,

Dealers in

Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS,' 

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MICH.

Playing Cards

WE  m   HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lunch,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

Remus  Ro ller  Mil ls, 

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Remus,  Mich.,  Jan.  20,  1890.  ) 

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

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.

AND

B icples, 
T ricples, 
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
I  Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s 

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Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and  I 
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. Q. Studley, 

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

Call and  see  them
or  send  for  large,
i l l u s t r a t e d   cata-
logue.

“T O S S   U P ! ”

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

F .J .D E T T E N Y H M R

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complete  stock  of  seeds 

We  respectfully  call  your  attention 
to the fact  that  we  carry the most 
in 
Western  Michigan.  Send
for  our  wholesale  price
catalogue 

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T T 1  Glover,
ONION  SETS,  H   . 
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In  fact,  everything 
in  our  line  at  lowest 

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See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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