YOL. 7.
REMPIS &  GALLMEYER,
F O U N D E R S

BE  Gene ral  Jobbers and Manufacturers of 

Settees,  Lawn  Vases,  Iioof  Crestlngs,  Carriage 

Steps, Hitching Posts and Stair Steps. 

54-56 N. Front St. 
Grand Kapids, Mich.
B e st and Cheapest

Thorough, Practical and Complete.

GRAND  R APIDS,  MICH.

M cM ullen  B lock,  23  South  Division  St., 
Is the Best Place to obtain  a  Thorough,  Prac­
tical  and  Complete  Education. 
The  Best 
ACTUAL  BUSINESS  Department  in  the State. 
The most  thorough  and  practically  conducted 
Short-Hand and Typewriting  Department in the 
West.  Do not fail to write for particulars.

A. E.  YEREX.  P resident.

SEEDS!

Write  for  jobbing  prices  on 
Mammoth,  Medium,  Alsyke  and 
Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard 
Grass,  Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Field Peas,  Beans, Produce and

W O O L .

C.  A in s w o r t h ,

76 So.  Division St., Grand Rapids.
S .  G.  K E T C H A M ,

DEALER 

IN

L im e , Hair, Cem ent

BRICK, SEWER PIPE, TILE, ETC.,

GRAND  R A PID 8, 

14  W est B ridge  St.,
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MICH

S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill S nort

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

Gliarleioix  Cigar  M'fg  Co.,

SEEDS!

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

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W. T. LAMOREAUX.

(Successors to Steele & Gardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and  12  Plainfield  A rc.,  Grand  Rapids.

Sui-Annel  Clearance  Sale
Fine  Millinery.

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WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

A  Fine  Opportunity  to  Buy  Trimmed 

Hats and  Bonnets  Cheap.

A d a m s   &  Co.,

90  MONROE  ST

OPPOSITE  THE  MORTON  HOUSE.

W .  C.  W ILLIA M S.

A.  SH ELEY .

A.  S.  BROOKS.

W I L L I A M S ,

S R B L B F

<£  BROOKS
Successors to

FARR AND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,

AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

Corner  Bates  and  Lam ed  Streets, D etroit.

A llen  D c r f e e.

A. D. Leavenw orth.

A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103  O ttaw a St.,  Grand  Rapids.
S .  A .  Mormon,

WHOLESALE

PETOSKEY,

M ARBLEHEAD

AND  OHIO LIME.

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

AKRON,  BUFFALO  AND  LOUISVILLE

H a v e   an   E lectric  B ell
In your residence.  Complete outfit $2.50.  Full 
Instructions.  6km  be put up by any one in one 
hour.  Address

PENINSULAR  CO.,

C E M E N T S ,
Stucco and Hair, Sewer  Pipe,  Fire Brick 

and Clay.

Write  for  prices.

Grand  Rapids.

69  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  25  1890.

NO.  353.

OUT  OF  EGYPT.

When  Abraham Lincoln set the slaves 
of  my father’s Maryland household free, 
he left  me  bound—bound  with a double 
chain of  pride  and  prejudice to old tra­
ditions aud old  habits, and  hugging  the 
fetters  which  no  process  of  law  could 
disannul. 
I  had  been  very  rich,  and 1 
was  now  very poor.  Between  the  iron 
clasps that bound  together had and now, 
what  misery  lay—war,  famine,  pesti­
lence, poverty !  The first three had done 
their  worst,  and  gone;  the  last,  gaunt 
and  melancholy,  sat  down  on  my des­
olated hearthstone  and  promised me his 
perpetual  companionship. 
It  did  not 
seem to me at that time that I could htlp 
it.  Work  or  beggary  was  the  only 
avenue of  escape,  and 1 fancied  one wa§ 
just as disreputable  as  the  other.  Nor 
did  it  help  me  to  see  my  companions 
gradually  abandoning  their  principles. 
Emily Latrobe  had gone to school-teach­
ing;  Julia Home was helping her mother 
to keep a boarding house.  Even Richard, 
who had always sworn I  was  perfect,  be­
gan  to  listen  silently, and to shake  his 
head  at  what  he  called  my  “impracti­
cable views.”
“I’ll tell  you  what it is, Lulu,”  he re­
plied one  night,  after I had been  talking 
a great  deal  about  Emily’s degradation, 
“old  Latrobe  was  as grand a gentleman 
as I shall  ever  see  again,  and  Emily as 
dainty  a  little  lady;  but  it  was  either 
work or starve  with her.”
“Then  she  ought  to  have  starved. 
Many of  the  old  French  nobility did do 
it,  rather than degrade their order.”
“Stuff,  Lulu !  We  are  nearly a cen­
tury  older  now,  and  we  know  better. 
Besides,  1 tried  starving in camp in Vir­
ginia  last  year,  and  it  is  hard  work. 
And, what is more, if  business  does  not 
come soon, I shall pull  down my shingle 
and  teach  or  preach,  or do  any kind of 
work I can get to do.”
In that  case,  our en­
“Very well, sir. 
gagement would terminate.”
We  had  many  such  disputes,  and 
Richard  grew  graver  and  sadder  each 
time,  while  Emily’s  and  Julia’s  new 
dresses and  bright faces  continually irri­
tated me.  They began  to give advice:  I 
was a splendid musician.  Why did 1 not 
try and make a little money ?
“Make  a  little  money!”  I  replied, 
scornfully.  “Make  money and  lose my 
self-respect!  The Pelhams never worked 
for their living.”
“Well,” said Emily,  “I think  it is time 
you  began  to  redeem  their  character 
Come,  Lulu;  Mrs.  Home  says  you  can 
have Nettie to begin with.”
My message  to  Mrs. Home  was  not ¡ 
tiattering one,  and a few  more  such con 
versations broke  up  the  friendship of  t 
lifetime.
One  night,  while  still  smarting from 
some such rencontre, I saw Richard com 
ing up the avenue.  What  a  lazy grace 
was in his supple form !  What slumber 
ing power in his magnificent  length  and 
strength  of  limb!  And when  he  came 
closer,  I saw the fire of a new purpose in 
his eye.  This  purpose  was to abandon 
his profession,  and  accept a situation in 
New  York which a friend  had  procured 
for him.  1  was  amazed  and  indignant 
“Go into trade, Richard,  what nonsense!’ 
We had many bitter words;  and when he 
went away with a sad heart  but resolute 
step from my presence, I knew that 1 had 
sealed my own misery.
After  Richard’s  departure, I went out 
less aud less,  and  daily grew  more  and 
more unlike the society around me,  which 
was  changing  continually, as  it assimi­
lated itself  to  the new  order  of  every­
thing.  But in  1870 I-stood  where I had 
stood in 1860—a  relic  of  a  class  which 
would  soon be a tradition. 
In  the first 
week  of  1870,  however,  a fire occurred, 
which destroyed my sole remaining prop­
erty,  the  rent  of  which  v^as  my  only 
means of  procuring actual bread. 
I had

“Oh,  Lulu!  Lulu,  darling!” 

now a chance to put my fine theories into 
practice,  and starve,  but such  a  dernier 
resswrt  never  occurred to me.  That fire 
seemed to liberate  all the  latent  energy 
and power of  my nature. 
I took prompt 
and rapid  counsel  with myself,  and de­
termined  at  once  to  break  away  from 
every old  association;  to  come  to  New 
York and teach, or sew or write,  or  any 
other  thing  my hand found to do.  Per­
haps  some  hope  of  meeting  Richard 
again  was at the foundation  of  this  re­
solve;  but  if  so,  1 did not  acknow ledge 
it,  though 1 had been longing for any ex­
cuse  which  would enable  me  to  renew 
our  old  relation.  Whatever  was  my 
motive,  l followed out my design,  though 
for  many  long,  weary  weeks  nothing 
prospered with me.  Work  was very hard 
to get,  and  when I had succeeded, I was 
in actual  want  before my first  quarter’s 
alary was due. 
I suffered so much,  that 
began to be afraid of my own pale,  thin 
face,  and of  the hunted look in my eyes, 
and to solemnly wonder,  if  I  should die 
in the night,  whether Richard would hear 
of  it,  and bury me decently.  But when 
the tide has ebbed  quite out,  then it be­
gins to How again.
One  night,  as  I  came  up  Broadway, 
faint  and  weary,  and  wondering  how 
much  longer I  should  be  able  to suffer, 
some one put his hand upon my shoulder 
from behind,  and cried  out,  with a great 
pity: 
I 
knew it was  Richard,  but 1 was too faiut 
and  sick  to  do  more  than look into his 
face and put my hand  in his.  He placed 
me in a carriage and took me somewhere,
I don’t  know  where,  but  the  light  and 
warmth  and  comfort  seemed  Paradise; 
and he got me wine and food;  and pretty 
soon I had made a clean breast of  all  my 
mistakes and sufferings.  A great tempta­
tion came to me when  he  asked  where 1 
lived.  For a moment the mean, miserable 
thought of hiding my real residence urged 
me;  but  only for a moment.  The  next 
one, I looked  him  steadily  in  the  face, 
“My home, Richard, 
and said,  frankly: 
is  in a small  room  on  a  third  floor  in 
Bleecker  street.” 
I  am  sure he knew 
how  much it cost me to say  this,  for  he 
flushed with  pleasure  as  he  answered: 
“You dear, brave  little  woman!”  Then 
he put my  arm  in  his,  and walked with 
me to my abode.
With  that  confession,  the last link  of 
my chain  fell  from  me.  The  sting of 
poverty is in being ashamed of it.
We were not married until the summer 
vacation;  for I was determined  to  show 
Richard that I had learned the obligation 
of  business  arrangements.  Our  home 
was  quite  down  town,  and  I  dare  say 
fashionable people  would  not  acknowl­
edge that they had ever heard  of  such  a 
place;  but  we  had  three  bright,  pretty 
rooms there,  and it was near to Richard's 
place of business,  and quite accessible to 
those whose  friendship is not limited by 
localities. 
I suppose you will  say that  I 
only came out  of  one bondage to go into 
another.  Well,  that  was  twenty  years 
ago, but Richard is a better master to me 
than ever 1  was to myself. 
I have never 
felt my  bonds,  and  I look  upon  the little 
gold emblem of my captivity  with  more 
love and respect than if it was an amulet 
of the saints. 

Amelia E.  Bakr.

The  Line  of Distinction.

From the Detroit News.
The  peculiar  scruples  of  one  corner 
grocery-keeper were nicely illustrated on 
Crawford street, on a recent  Sunday.  A 
domestic  was  sent  with a pitcher to get 
some vinegar.  The woman of  the  house 
took the  pitcher and  inquired :  “Beer?” 
“No;  vinegar.”  “We don’t  sell  grocer­
ies on Sunday,”  remarked  the woman as 
she slammed the door.

Fourth of July goods of all kinds.

P utnam  Ca ndy Co.

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A  MERRY  MERCHANT.

W hat  He  Could  Get for  Fitting  out  a 

Rural Picnic.

Written for The  Tradesman.

The merchant sat on a box on the wide 
platform in front of his store and smoked 
his. pipe  while the girls and boys  of  the 
village  went by on their  way to a picnic 
in the grove.  There was a mighty flutter 
of mull and lawn and muslin in the fresh 
June  air,  and a more  dazzling  array of 
ribbons  was never  seen  since the world 
began.

“I shall be sick on account of it,”  said 
the old gentleman, pointing with the long 
stem  of  his pipe  toward the procession, 
“I know I shall be sick of  i t ”  Then he 
j umped off  the box to chase the son of  a 
prominent citizen away from the  cracker 
barrel,  which  feat  successfully  accom­
plished he came  back to his  seat and his 
story.

‘‘I’ve been asked a thousand  questions 
and rejected a million  propositions  over 
every square inch  of  the  attire  of  that 
procession,”  he continued.  “You think 
when  you  come  in  here from the fields 
and the shops  that I have a blamed easy 
time sitting on this box,  don’t you, now? 
Well,  if  you’d been me when the mother 
of that tall girl with freckles on her nose 
came in to negotiate for  that picnic  out­
fit  you’d have gone out  somewhere  and 
let the oxen walk on you.

“The first time she came she wanted to 
trade a load  of  cowslip greens for those 
festive  habiliments.  Greens  are  nice 
things to trade off  for  dry goods !  You 
can find more  greens in every back  yard 
of this village thau  you can find temper­
ance votes  in  Sparta.  1  don’t object to 
temperance  votes,  but I draw the line at 
greens.

“If  the woman had  brought in a supe­
rior  article  of  rabbit  tracks,  perhaps I 
might have done business with her.  Ever 
brace up  your  system on rabbit tracks ? 
They are said  to be mighty popular with 
defeated  politicians  and  men  out  on a 
long strike.  You get ’em in the morning 
after a light fall of  snow,  and  you must 
be careful not to break  the snow  around 
the  track  when  you  pick  ’em,  as that 
spoils the flavor of  the  broth.  But  she 
didn’t have rabbit tracks; she had greens, 
and  went  away mad because I wouldn’t 
take ’em.

“She came back in the afternoon  with 
a  clipping from  a  Grand  Rapids  paper 
showing  that  butter  was  selling  for 
eighteen cents a pound there.  She wanted 
me to take a crock of butter at seventeen 
cents. 
I tried  to  compromise by saying 
that if  she would pay for the girl’s shoes 
in  freight cars and  iron  nails and rights 
of way, so that I would stand some chance 
of getting her butter to market at a profit, 
1 might pay her  seventeen cents a pound 
for it.-  She wouldn’t  do that,  and  went 
away mad again.

“I  followed  her  out  past  the  black­
smiths shop to see if  she wouldn’t try  to 
trade  a  punched  cable  ticket for a new 
wagon wheel,  but she didn’t.

“The next day she  came in  with  some 
money that 1 had  paid  her  husband for 
stave bolts.  When  she  showed up  that 
money  she  owned  the  store.  There 
wasn’t anything  good enough for her, or 
cheap enough. 
I felt like  going out and 
pulling down  the house, but 1 had to stay 
there and  sell  goods. 
I knew that some 
confounded  Grand  Rapids  drummer 
would be along  next  day who  wouldn’t 
trade his goods for cowslip greens.

“Gentlemen,  the colors  in  everything

TUTS  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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

WE  m   HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpeb,

19  So.  Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  goffee  Rooms.

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMflN
Watch Maker 
s Jeweler,
44 BINE 8T„
fliBh,
- 
Grand Rapids 
W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and ail kinds o f Produce.

If you  have  any  o f  th e  above  goods to 
ship,  or anything  in  the  Produce  line,  let 
aa  hear  from  yon.  Liberal  cash advances 
made  w hen  desired.

E A R L   BROS.,
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

Reference:  First  N a t i o n a l   Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan T r a d e s m a n .  Grand Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A  J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ierce,  Vice President.

CAPITAL, 

-  - 

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

Transacts a general  banking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

Importers and  Jobbers o f

Fine Havana, Ken West anil Domestic

C I G A R S !

Sole  Agents  for  Y. 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.” 

*

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

to  give you satisfaction in every instance.

I.  M. C L A R K   &  SON.
THE  WÄL8H-DE  ROO  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

D aily  Capacity. 

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

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rve Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

SOLICITED.

CORRESPONDENCE 

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N ELSO N   BROS. &  CO.,

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

_________________ 68  MONROE  STREET._________________

W H O  U R G E S   Y O U

T O   R . B H P

THE  PUBLIC!

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

B  ®
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GEO. H. REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber e f

Lycoming  Rubbers
Mediai Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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that woman  bought that day are fast. 
I 
know,  because she tried every dod gasted 
one of them in a barrel of rain-water that 
1 keep out here to make  things  nice and 
comfortable for the  boys  who come here 
every night to  scrape  my molasses  bar­
rels  and  tell  smutty  stories  under  my 
windows.  Some  of  the  colors  were  so 
fast in getting  out  of  the fabrics  that I 
am afraid most of  the boys will have red 
splashes on  their  shirts for a few  days. 
Past!  Dexter  wasn’t a circumstance to 
the fastness of  those colors.

“She didn’t buy any of  that kind.  She 
said she wanted goods that  would  wash. 
1  offered  to  let  her  take  half  a  dozeu 
bolts  of  cloth  home  so  that  she  could 
wash ’em  out  in  lye and lay ’em on the 
grass  to  bleach  for a few  days, but she 
said she  couldn’t very well do it and get 
her  girl  ready  for  the  picnic.  1 guess 
she’d have done it,  though,  if  I’d offered 
to furnish the lye and the grass.

“When  she  went out,  a mild sort of  a 
woman  came  in.  She  wanted  to  get a 
muslin dress in exchange for a farm gate 
that a  peddler  had  worked  off  on  her 
husband.  She  said  she  would take the 
goods home herself  if  I’d  drive  her out 
as  far  as the swamp,  and 1 could go out 
and  get  the  gate  any time  1 wanted  it. 
She said I’d  find  it in the pond where the 
boys  had  used  it  for a raft  when  they 
wanted to fish  nights.  1 haven’t a word 
to say  against  the  gate.  1 rather think 
from  the  many  pleasant  things  1  have 
heard said of it during the  past tive years 
that it is quite a gate,  only it  must  have 
caught its  quota of  suckers  long  before 
this.

“ 1  stood  this  kind  of  racket  until a 
man came in and offered to tell  me where 
I could  find a bee  tree if  I’d  fit  his boy 
out  with a drum.  Then  1  shut  up  the 
store and didn’t open  it again  until after 
this  procession  started. 
I’m  going  to
contract  with  a  drummer  to  run  this 
store during  the  next  picnic  epidemic. 
If  he  gets  through  without  trading  a 
sample trunk for au iron-heam plow with 
the heaves,  I’ll start him in  business.” 

Then  the  worthy  merchant  kuocked 
the ashes out of  his  pipe  to  go  in  and 
reject au offer of  a string of  red peppers 
for  a  tin  lantern  with  a  picture  of 
Napoleon worked iu holes ou one side.
A l f r e d   B.  T o z e r .
Don’t  Stand  on  “ Your Rights.”
Au  old  aud  successful  merchant  re­
lates the following anecdote :
Wheu I  was quite an old clerk—that is, 
old for the  years  I  had  been  clerking, 
though only twenty  years of  age— 1  was 
told by  the head  clerk  one morning that 
the  senior  member  of  the firm  had  di­
rected  me to be sent to his  residence  as 
soon as I appeared.
“The  porter is to go  with  you,”  said 
the head clerk.
Sometliiug in his face  made  me  think 
that he knew  what  I was  wauted for,  so 
1 asked :

“ What’s to pay ?”
“He wants you and  Bill to take up and 
shake hiscarpets,”  was the answer, giveu 
with a peculiar smile.
For a second I thought of my rights.  1 j 
had hired out to be eutry-clerk and  book­
keeper,  aud  here I was  expected  to  go 
down to the residence  of  the  proprietor 
and beat carpets !  1  was  troubled  with
as much pride as the average  young man 
of  twenty possesses,  and that is no small 
amount. 
I  don’t  remember  anything | 
more distateful ever offering itself to me; j 
but I said:

“All  right;  I’m  ready when Bill is.”
We went at our  task. 

I  didn’t  pout, 
or sulk, or  assume an  aggrieved air,  but 
went on my knees  pulling  up the carpet 
as cheerfully as 1 could.  We had a day 
of  it;  the  carpets to take up,  be  beateu, 
aud then put back.

The  proprietor  was  chatty,  his  wife 
was sociable,  and 1 made  the most of my 
opportunity;  it never harmed me.  1 had 
evidence  afterward  that  my work  that 
day  was  a  stepping-stone  in my career, 
and I might almost call it one of the turn­
ing-points in my life.

Fire Works—Immense line.

P utnam  Candy Co.

Cook  X  Bergtiiold.
SHOW  CASES.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

67 Canal S t,  GRAND RAPIDS,  MICU.

FIT  FOR

i M inn's

Table:

All  goods bearing  the 

name  of

THUKBEli, WHY LAND  &  CO., 

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT,  JR .

Grocers visiting NVw  York  arc  cordially invited 
to  call arid  see  us. a n d   if   they  wish, have  their 
correspondence ad d ressed  iu our  care.  We shall 
be glad to be o f  u se   to  them iu any way.  Write 
us about auything you wish to know.

THtJRBER, WHYLAND & 00.,

West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets, 

New York City.

CUTS  for  BOOM  EDITIONS

----OR----

P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

PünUWre

N e ls o n , 

JS/Iatter 
&  C o s

S T Y L E S :

N e w ,
C h e a p ,
M e d i u m

AND

E x p e n s i v e .

L a r g e   V ariety  and 

Prices L o w ,

R indge,  B ertseh   &  Co.,

F op  w a r m   w e a t h e r   w e   w o u ld   c a ll  a tte n tio n
o f th e trad e to ou r 
lin e  o f  w a lk in g  
sh o e s  at  p o p u la r  
p rices.  W e   c a r r y  
a 
lin e  o f  ru sset 
an d  b la c k , in tu rn  
an d   M.  S., tips  a n d   p la in ,  o p era   a n d   c o m m o n  
se n se   toes,  a n d   in v ite  in sp ectio n .

We  also  solicit  your  fall  order  for  Boston and Bay State rubber goods, and 

guarantee prices and terms as low as any house selling the same brand.

12,  14  AND  10  PEARL  ST., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

F I R E W O R K S !

I have the agency for several of  the  best  manufacturers  of  fireworks  in  the 

country and am prepared to quote lower prices than any other dealer in my line.
K
W h o le sa le  
C o n fe c tio n e r ,

W M .  R .  

AND  JOBBER  IN  FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  FRUITS.

418  SOUTH  DIVISION  8T. 

T kl.EFH O SK   «3-3R. 

Send for Price List.

W e Manufacture
Everything in the Hue of

Candy

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

------W HOLESALE------

F ru its,  Seeds, O ysters § P ro d u ct

A ll kinds o f Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 O ttawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPID:

BANANAS!

We  are  receiving 
from  two  to  four 
carloads of bananas 
is
a  week,  which 
more fruit than can be handled by any other house at this  market.  Remember

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

GRAND  RAPIDS 

FRtJIT  AND  PRODUCE  CO.

Wholesale  dealer 

in  Foreign,  Tropical  and 
Domestic

A.  J.  BROWN,
Fruits ani Seeds.
California  Orano es=
^ M e ssin a   Lemons.

Direct Receivers of

---- AND----

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 weekly

low prices from fresh cars.

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AMONG  THE TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.

Manistee—Anton Sclileif  lias opened a 

Rondo—M.  M.  Pike  will  soon  engage 

meat market.

in general trade.

Goodrich—Chas.  Moorland has engaged 

in the drug business.

Hudsonville—J.  N.  Wait  has  moved 

into his new store building.

Royal Oak—Charles N. Marshall, miller 

and general merchant, is dead.

Muskegon—C.  II.  Butzer  succeeds M. 

W.  Steiner in the meat business.

Marion — Chas.  M.  Kilmer  succeeds 

Geo.  E. Orr in the meat business.

Oscoda—Chas. Trumbley has purchased 

the stock of groceries of I.  Aubin.

Palms  Station — Sam  Callaghan  has 

sold his general stock to Chas.  Snay.

Owosso —  Warren  Woodard  will  en­
gage  in  the  furniture  business  about 
July 1.

Cheboygan—Barney Brogan  will  open 
a grocery and  meat  market  in  the near 
future.

Chase — J.  S.  Pierce,  meat  dealer  of 
Reed  City,  has opened a branch  store at 
this  place.

Hesperia—David  Maize  has  added  a 
line  of  candies and canned goods to  his 
meat market.

Bancroft—John J.  Atherton has closed 
his  meat  market,  and will  soon  open a 
line of  groceries.

Lake Odessa—Geo. A.  Weed & Co.  suc­
ceed  Weed  &  Cass in the furniture  and 
undertaking  business.

Calumet—Chas.  E.  Lyon & Bro.,  hard­
ware dealers,  have dissolved.  F.  B.  Lyon 
continues the business.

Kalamazoo—Edwards  &  Chamberlain 
succeed  Edwards,  Chamberlain & Co.  in 
the hardware business.

Plainwell—W.  L.  Squier  is closing out 
his  stock  of  groceries,  preparatory  to 
moving to Grand Rapids.

Owosso—W.  S. Lusk  has  sold his boot 
and shoe stock to Geo. Bartholomew, who 
will continue the business.

Cheboygan—Frank  J.  Todd  has  pur­
chased  John  Quay’s  stock  of  groceries 
and continues the business.

Beilaire—J.  Childs  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  stock of  dry goods  and  gro­
ceries of  Owen Schoolcraft.

Detroit—W.  N.  Winans  &  Co.  have 
opened a branch  store at  the  corner  of 
Woodward and Grand avenues.

Grand Ledge—B.  S.  Pratt & Son’s jew­
elry  store  was robbed  of  §200  worth of 
watches and jewelry the night of the 16th.
Stephenson—Chas.  B.  Marson,  under­
taker,  and  dealer in flour, feed and fur­
niture,  is  succeeded by Winther & Mar- 
son.

Eaton  Rapids—W.  B.  Reynolds  has 
sold his stock of  boots and shoes to 1.  N. 
Reynolds,  who  will  continue  the  bus­
iness.

Hudsonville—Starkin Bros, have leased 
the  store  building formerly occupied  by 
J.  N. Wait and will  shortly put in a gen­
eral stock.

Saginaw— Morley  Bros.,  dealers 

in 
camp  supplies  and  all  kinds  of  heavy 
hardware,  have incorporated,  with a cap­
ital  stock of  §350,000.

Traverse City—Anton Novotny has dis­
continued  his  meat  market. 
Frank 
Stepan  has rented the  building  and  will 
open a line of  meats and  vegetables.

Vicksburg—G.  M.  Clement,  who  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  stock  of  C.  B. 
Mason,  has removed  the  same  to  Wex­

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

ford,  where he will continue the business.
Manistee—Buckley & Douglas  are evi­
dently not going to be caught with a fire, 
if  precautions  will  prevent  it,  and,  be­
sides  having  hydrants  from  the  city 
water  works  all  over  their  yard,  they 
have  recently put  in a complicated  sys­
tem of  mains of  their own,  and  have set 
up a powerful  pump  with a capacity  of 
1,000,000  gallons in twenty-four hours.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Romeo—The  Morton  Manufacturing 
Co.  will remove its business to Muskegon, 
for a bonus.

Detroit—Faulconer  &  Emery,  whole­
sale  lumber  dealers,  are  succeeded  by 
C.  R. Emery.

Allegan—James  Fairfield  has  bought 
an interest with S.  A. Guard  in the Men­
del flouring mill.

Detroit—The  Hercules  Keg  &  Barrel 
Co.  has  been  incorporated,  with a cap­
ital stock of  §500,000.

Big Rapids—Putnam & Co. is the name 
of  a new bakery firm  on  the north side. 
W.  A.  Verity is the Co.

Tecumseh—Heesen  Bros.  &  Co.  are 
erecting a building  and  furnace  for the 
moulding of  gray iron castings.

Wakeshma  —  Hubbard  &  Hampton, 
harness  makers,  have  dissolved.  The 
business  will be continued by Mr.  Hub­
bard.

Jonesville—The Jonesville flour mill is 
building a 35,000  bushel  grain  elevator 
and increasing the capacity to 200 barrels 
per day.

Clarion—Buckley,  Milor & Co.’s wood- 
enware  factory burned on the 18th,  with 
1,500,000  feet  of  maple.  Loss, $15,000; 
no insurance.

Reed  City—Joe  Entrop  has  added  a 
line of  pipes,  cigar  holders,  and manu­
factured chewing  and  smoking tobaccos 
to his  cigar factory.

Albion—The  firm of  Parmelee &  Sons 
has  been  dissolved, Clark  Parmelee  re­
tiring. 
In  the  future F.  R.  Parmelee & 
Co.  will run the planing mill.

Saginaw — E.  T.  Unicorne  has  con­
tracted to construct the road bed for four 
miles of  a logging railroad  for  Whitney 
& Batchelor and Murphy & Dorr.

Hancock—The Houghton Wood  Work 
ing Co.  has located a hoop and barrel fac­
tory at this  place.  The  company has a 
capital of $5,000,  and 2,000 acres of wood 
land.

Albion—Rousseau & Alsdorf  are  mov­
ing into their new harness factory.  L.  Y. 
Hill,  of  Allen,  will  occupy the  store va­
cated  by  them  with a stock  of  general 
merchandise.

Gladwin—J.  Baker has shut  down  his 
sawmill,  having cut 1,500,000 feet,  a con­
siderable portion being  basswood,  which 
is now being shipped to Ohio.  The shin­
gle mill is still running.

Bay  City—The  men  at  Miller  Bros.’
| mill  quit  the  other  day,  wanting  their 
I pay  once 
instead  of 
| monthly.  The firm conceded the request 
j  and the mill resumed operations.

in  two  weeks, 

Bay  City—The  new  mill  of  Green & 
j Braman, on  Stone  Island, is doing  good 
1 work, cutting  from  40,000 to 50,000  feet 
j daily. 
It is  not  unlikely that a planing 
I mill will  be erected  this fall by the firm.
Bay City—Seaver &  Babst  shut  down 
; their box factory on  the  14th  and  paid 
off  their  men.  They have  been  paying 
] $125 a month  rental for the building and 
] machinery,  and  unless  a  reduction 
is 
made  they propose  to  seek a new  loca- 
I tion.

Ludington—The Pere Marquette  Lum­
ber Co.  sawed a lot of  510 logs,  recently, 
which were so small  that they ran about 
forty-four  to  the  thousand.  According 
to this, they must have  been little better 
than broomstick timber.

Detroit—The  §58,000 chattel mortgage 
of the  Detroit Steel & Spring Works,  is­
sued last  March,  has  been  extended to 
May 1, 1891.  Mrs.  Helen Newberry, who 
owns $75,000 worth of bonds of  the com­
pany, has waived her prior claim in favor 
of the banks holding the mortgages.

Detroit—The  Home  Knitting  Works 
has  begun  a  replevin  suit  against the 
Western  Knitting  Co.  to recover several 
thousand dollars worth  of  goods  which 
the  Home  concern  claim it should have 
got,  but did  not,  out  of  the  old  Wert­
heimer Bros.,  failure three or four  years 
ago.

Manistee—The boilers for Louis Sands’ 
sawmill,  at Lake City,  which  were  built 
at  this  point,  left  by rail  last week for 
their  destination.  Charles  Sands  is  to 
have charge  of  the  operations,  and  his 
experience in the yard  business at South 
Chicago will  stand  him in good stead in 
this new venture.

Saginaw—John  A. McLean, a plaining 
mill owner,  recently disappeared,  and at­
tachments  aggregating  $1,200 have been 
placed on his property,  which  is  worth 
$8,000.  The strikers declare that McLean 
has gone away to avoid  acceding  to  the 
demands  of  the union men, and that the 
other  mill men will probably make good 
his losses.

Saginaw—E.  R. Ayres & Co. purchased 
the old salt block of  Warner & Eastman, 
and are removing it to their planing mill 
plant.  They  have  considerable  refuse, 
which they argue would cost them a good 
deal to get rid of,  and  they can utilize it 
to advantage in the  manufacture of  salt, 
even  at  the  low  price  of  fifty  cents  a 
barrel.  They  expect  to  have  the  new 
block in operation about September 1.

Shepherd—One  of  the  industries  of 
this  place is a clothespin  factory. 
It is 
operated  day and  night, giving employ­
ment to thirty-five hands, and  turns  out 
a  car-load  of  clothespins  every  eight 
days.  The  concern  is at present  filling 
an  order  for  fifty  car-loads.  The  pins 
are made of  beech,  maple  and birch. 
It 
is  not  unlikely that a toothpick  factory 
will  be  added  to  the  industries of  the 
town.  There are several  small sawmills 
in this vicinity,  cutting  from  10,000  to 
18,000  feet  of  hardwood  each,  daily, 
which is shipped by rail from here.

Substitute  for Butter.

A lady went to one  of  the groceries in 
Wildwood,  Fla.,  and  bought two pounds 
of butter  that  had  been  bought  in  the 
country  by  the  merchant  When  the 
nice yellow  lump  was  cut  in two there 
was found in the center of it a large Irish 
potato, nicely peeled  and  carefully cov­
ered over with butter.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Brush Ridge  correspondence  Hastings 
Banner:  “Some  of  the P.  of  I.  are  dis­
satisfied with the order.”

Rice & Webster,  the  Dowling  general 
dealers, signed the P.  of  I. contract on a 
12 per cent, basis on the 14th.

Two  Good  Things.

“Nothing succeeds  like  success,”  said 
“Except a failure,”  remarked  an  old 

a cynic.
business man.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.
C. E. Morse,  general  dealer,  Seney: 

not do without it.”

‘-Could 

He  Knew the  Cigars.

Detective (to country  grocer  who  has 
been robbed)—What  kind  of  goods  did 
the burglars take?
Storekeeper—No  goods;  only  money; 
didn’t even touch my cigars.
Detective—Ah,  there’s  a  clew;  must 
have been somebody who knew the place.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Mills A Mills, Ashland 
Gee T Wilson, Dowling 
Smith & Bristol, Ada
E S Botsford, Dorr 
W D Strnik,  Byron  Center
A Evers, So Blendon 
Sullivan Lnm Co.,  Sullivan W R Lawton, Berlin 
A BUz, 8pring Lake 
S H Ballard, Sparta
J B Watson, Coopersvllle  Den Herder  &  Tanis,
C B Shafer,  Kalkaska 
Vrieeland
DrDB Kilpatrick,Woodland Herder & Lahnie,  Zeeland 
T Van Eenenaam,  Zeeland
Hessler Bros., Rockford 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove M M Robson, Berlin 
A W Fenton. Bailey 
J F Hacker. Corinth
A P 8rlver, Bumip’s Cors  Ellen Kinney, Ensley 
Geo J Stevenson. Bangor  L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
F L Heath, Hastings 
Jno Farrowe, So Blendon
A Purchase. So Blendon
Dr G B Nichels, Martin 
Neal McMUlan. Rockford  H Van Noord,  Jamestown 
John De Vries,  Jamestown 
G S Putnam, Fruitport 
ST Colson, Alaska 
G H Remington, Bangor
C L Glasgow,  Nashville 
B F Winch, Bangor 
Carrington A North,  Trent Morrell & Crawford,
J N Wait, Hudsonville 
John Gunstra, Lamont
C A Barnes, Otsego 
W D Wing  Co.,  Wingleton Geo A Sage, Rockford 
A D Lashell, Oakfleld 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
M Heyboer & Bro., Oakland Gilbert Bros., Trent 
J DenHerder &Son,Overisel
M A Side, Kent City 
L Cook, Bauer
Smallegan A Pickaard, 
Forest Grove  N Harris,  Big Springs 
Gus Begman, Bauer 
John Damstra. Gitchell 
J Riddering, Drenthe
N F Miller, Lisbon 
G N Reynolds,  Belmont 
G H Walbrink, Allendale 
J R Harrison, 8parta 
Jas Barnes, AusterUts
Fred Ashley,  Howard  City Isaac Quick, Allendale 
Ezra Brown, EnglishvUle  G M Hartwell.Cannonsburg 
A M Church, EnglishvUle  W McWilliams, Conklin 
A J Patterson, East Paris 
C 8 Comstock, Pierson 
D F Watson, Ada 
C E Pratt. Moline

Kalkaska

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

F o r  sa l e—tw o  w h e e l s,  u p r ig h t   a n d  p r e s s,

used in manufacture  of  excelsior, for sale cheap. 

Donker A Zuiet, 215 Elizabeth St., Grand Rapids. 

OR SALE—AT A GREAT BARGAIN, A FIRST-CLASS 
water  power, fully developed,  with  ten  acres of 
land;  good house, barn and other out  buildings.  For 
particulars, address E. B. Martin, Rsed City, Mich.  50 

51 

EAT  MARKET  FOR  SALE—DOING  GOOD  BUSI- 
ness;  to a practical  man a good  chance.  W. H. 

Davis, Elk Rapids, Mich. 

F OR  SALE-GROCERY  STOCK  AND  FIXTURES 

consisting of shelving, counters and complete set 
of grocery tools;  wUl sell cheap.  Also  wanted to buy 
for spot cash a stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and 
shoes,  men's furnishing  goods,  etc.  H.  P.  Whipple, 
South Boardman, Mich. 
42
"ITT ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
VV  general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
25
dress No. 25, care Michigan Tradesman. 
OR SALE—8TORE,  DRUG  STOCK  AND FIXTURES, 
including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
terms, owing to U1  health;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in  center  of  fine fruit  section.  Address  Dr. 
8, J. Koon, Lisbon, Mich.__________________________4

32

H ELP  WANTED.

ANTED—AT ONCE  REGISTERED  PHARMACIST, 
good habits.  Address Benson A Co.,  Woodland, 

A Son Company, Warren, Pa. 

WANTED — SALESMAN  EXPERIENCED  IN  SOAP 

trade, able to show record.  Address B. A. Lynde 
ANTED—A  GOOD  TINNER,  GIVE  EXPERIENCE 
and references.  Address A.  W.  Gammer A Co., 

42

Box 10, Coloma, Mich. 

45

25

Mich. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

TO  AGENTS  WISHING AN  ELEGANT  SIDE  UNE, 

which will more than pay their running expenses, 
Itemized Ledger Co.. No. 28 Canal St.,  Rooms 16 and 15, 
Telephone 388, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

we will on receipt of  $1.25 send the  outfit.  Grlnghuis* 

45

bill stuff  in  lots  of  ten  thousand feet  or  more. 
For prices write Walter N. Kelley, Traverse City, Mich. 
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F o r   sa l e—o n e  m illio n  f e e t   o f  hem lock
■ BOLI8H  THE PASS BOOK  AND  SUBSTITUTE THE 

Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchante—all  of  whom are  warm in 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  SI.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

Sa m pl e s o f t w o  k in d s  o f   oo upo nb  f o b   r e

tailors  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N. Y. 

654

Embossed  Cards,

Picture  Advertising Cards,

Advertising  Folders.

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

GRAND  R APIDS. 

The  Tradesman  Company,
*
H o w   to   K e e p   a   S to re .
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bus! 
ness,  Location,  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $1.50.
THE  TRADESMAN  (COMPANY.

Grandi Rapids.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Paul W. Friedrich,  dealer  in 
instruments,  is  succeeded  by 
& Co.

musical
Weeden

Monroe—E. Yeager’s  Sons  succeed E. 
Yeager & Son in the boot  and  shoe  bus­
iness.

Z. W. Gooding  has  opened 
store  at  Belding.  The  stock 
chased at this market.

a  grocery 
was  pur-

B.  F.  Winch  has  opened  : 
store  at  Bangor.  Musseiman 
comb furnished the  stock.

i  grocery 
&  Widdi-

The  location  of  the  factory  of  the 
newly-organized  Gunn  Folding  Bed Co. 
has not  yet been decided upon.

A. Yonk is erecting a store building on 
Wealthy avenue,  which  he  will  occupy 
with a grocery stock in about a month.

S. A. Wilson,  grocer at St.  Ignace,  has 
added a line  of  crockery  and  glassware. 
H.  Leonard & Sons furnished  the  stock.
Adrian  De  Yos  has  opened a grocery 
store  on  Baxter  street,  just east of  the 
city limits.  The Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co. furnished the  stock.

The White-Quigley  Lumber  Co., com­
posed of  John B. White,  John  F.  Quig­
ley  and  H. W.  Reid,  succeeds  John  F. 
Quigley & Co.  in the lumber  and shingle 
business. 

It is not a stock company.

“A  year  ago  to-day  we  had  150,000 
ponnds of  wool  on  hand,” said  Wm.  T. 
Hess, of  the  firm  of  Perkins & Hess, on 
Monday,  “but  so  far  this  year we have 
purchased less than 20,000  pounds.  We 
are  not  anxious to take any wool at any­
thing over 27 cents.

Alva  L.  Thompson,  formerly engaged 
in the  drug  business  at  Plainwell  and 
Harbor  Springs,  has purchased  John H. 
Towle’s interest in the drug firm of  John 
H.  Towle & Co.,  at  128  Monroe  street. 
The business  will  be  continued  by Mr. 
Thompson  and  Niles H.  Winans  under 
the style of Thompson & Winans.

Gripsack Brigade.

O. A.  Ball  accompanied  Dave  Haugh 

on his trip to the Straits last week.

W.  H. Matthews  succeeds  J.  R. Dyke- 
house as city salesman  for John R.  Ken­
ning & Co.

Cornelius Crawford is a grass  widower 
pro  term.,  pending  the  absence  of  his 
wife and children at Reed City.

A. W. Peck  is  out  with  a  new story, 
entitled “The Drummer,”  which  invar­
iably “brings down the house.”

H.  F.  Hamilton,  the Sand Lake general 
dealer,  was  in  town  Saturday,  being 
called hither as a witness  in  an  assault 
and battery case.

S. W. Smith,  traveling  representative 
for  the  Marple-French-McGrath  Co., is 
spending  the  week  among  the trade of 
the Huron Peninsula.

J. C. Bright,  who has been on the road 
many  years for the  Michigan  Cigar Co., 
at Big  Rapids,  has engaged to travel for 
Wm. Tegge, of Muskegon.

Chas. S. Robinson  now  tackles  every 
friend  he  meets to buy his span of  trot­
ters. 
If  he  doesn’t  find a  purchaser, it 
will  not  be  due  to  the lack of  persist­
ency.

Albert  C.  Antrim,  the  veteran  travel 
ing representative for the Alabastine Co., 
is home from a five months’ trip  through 
New England aud  some of  the  Southern 
States.  He does  not  expect to start out 
again before August.

Dick Savage severs his connection with 
the Telfer  Spice  Co. July 1 to take a po­
sition on the road for H. C.  & C. Durand, 
of  Chicago.  He will cover the same ter­
ritory as in the past.

Jno. J. Bush,  Secretary  of  the  Mich­
igan K.  of  G., was  in  town  Saturday to 
attend a meeting of  the Board of  Direct­
ors of  that  organization,  and  remained 
over Sunday with  friends.

E. D. Leach, Detroit  city salesman for 
the  Peninsular  White  Lead  and  Color 
Works  for  nearly  two  years  past,  has 
gone  to  Chicago  jo  establish  a  branch 
house for the Peninsular company.

Geo. F.  Owen  celebrated  the  twenty- 
fifth anniversary of  his advent as a trav­
eling salesman last Friday. 
In the quar­
ter of  a century he has  traveled for four 
different  houses,  the  first  being  Shaw 
Bros.,  wholesale  notion  dealers  of  De­
troit.

J. J.  Sullivan, traveling representative 
for the  Morley Button  Sewing  Machine 
Co., of  Boston,  is  in  town  for  the pur­
pose of  collecting royalties on  the use of 
the Standard  machine,  which  has  been 
declared  to  be  an  infringement  of  the 
Morley machine.

Henry Snitseler,  who  has  been  chief 
clerk  in  the  wholesale  department  of 
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co. for the past 
twelve  years,  will  go  on  the  road  for 
the  house  on  July 1.  Henry is a faith­
ful worker and will  undoubtedly make a 
success of  his new  undertaking.

At a meeting  of  the  directors  of  the 
Mich.  K.  of  G.,  held  in  this  city last 
Saturday, L. M. Mills,  Geo. F. Owen and 
C. F.  Ballard  were  appointed a commit­
tee to select the  next  place  of  meeting. 
It is understood  that  Owosso is likely to 
be chosen,  as the traveling  men  of  that 
city are anxious for the honor.

The base ball challenge  uttered by Hi. 
Robertson having  been  accepted by Jas. 
N.  Bradford,  The  Tradesman  is  re­
quested  to  ask  all  traveling men inter 
ested  in  the  national  game  to  meet  at 
Sweet’s Hotel next  Sunday afternoon,  at 
2  o’clock.  Happy  Hi.’s  nine  will  be 
made  up  as  follows:  John  Fell,  A. W. 
Peck,  Oil Van  Leuven,  Candy Van Leu­
ven,  B.  S.  Davenport,  Will  S.  Bush, 
Frank  Hadden, David  McGoun  and  the 
captain of  the club.

Keep Busy.

The secret of  success  in life is to keep 
busy, to be persevering,  patient  and un 
tiring  in  the  pursuit or calling  you are 
following.  The busy ones  may now and 
then  make  mistakes,  but it is better  to 
risk  these  than to be idle  and  inactive 
Keep  doing,  whether  it  be  at  work or 
seeking recreation.  Motion  is  life,  and 
the busiest are  the  happiest.  Cheerful 
active labor is a blessing.  An old philos 
opher  says:  “The  firefly  only  shines 
when  on  the  wing;  so  it  is  with  the 
mind;  when once we rest, we darken.”

Some Bananas.

The Grand Rapids  Fruit  and  Produce 
Co. has handled twenty-eight  carloads of 
bananas  so  far  this  year,  which  they 
claim is more than  was ever  handled by 
any other  Grand  Rapids house in an en­
tire  year.  The  company  is  receiving 
regularly from  two to three  carloads  of 
New York bananas every week.

The  Challenge  Accepted.
Grand  Rapids, June 21,1890.

H. S. Robertson, Grand Rapids:
Dear  Sir—In  behalf  of  a nine of  ex­
pert  ball  manipulators,  I hereby accept 
the  challenge  promulgated  in  the  last 
issue  of  The  Tradesman  to  play  a 
match game of  base ball, time and  place 
to  be  hereafter  determined by personal 
agreement. 

J. N.  Bradford.

HIRTH  i  KRAUSE.
Rilssett Shoe Polish,

Billions,
Laces,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Porpoise  Shoe  Laces  in  light,  medium 
and  heavy.  Parisian  Leather Reviver, 
Glycerine Leather Reviver,  “Rubberine” 
a  waterproof  dressing.  We  carry  13 
distinct  shoe  dressings  and  a complete 
line  of  Shoe  Store  Supplies. 
Send us 
your orders.

list,  for 

The New, Simple W ay for Bookkeeping.
Have you Gringhuis’  Itemized Ledger V 
If not,  se’nd at once  for sample sheet and 
price 
time  is  money,  as  the 
above book will more than pay for  itsel 
inside  of  two  months. 
See  what  the 
bookkeeper  of  Keen  Bros.  &  Stedmau 
hardware  dealers  at  Elkhart,  Ind., sayi 
of the  ledger:
Gents—I purchased one of your 240-page item 
Ized  ledgers  over  a  month  ago  ana  I  cannot 
speak too highly of it.  We  have  found  it  very 
convenient  in  making  settlements, and  it is so 
simple that any of  the  clerks can understand It 
as well as the person who keeps the books.
Yours resp., H. 'J. B o st w ic k.

We have hundreds of other testimonial 
from persons who  highly recommend the 
ledger.

Office at 28 Canal street. Grand Rapids 

Rooms 15 and 16.  Telephone 388.

Bicycles,
Tricycles,
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods

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

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

4   Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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

[Established  1780*]

“ LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATliRE-”

W.  BAKER & CO.’S  Registered  Trade-Mark.
No Chemicals  are  used  in 
any of Walter B aker & Col’s 
Chocolate  and  Cocoa  Prep­
arations.

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

S

complete  stock  of  seeds 

We  respectfully  call your  attentino 
to the fact  that  we  carry the most 
in 
Western  Michigan.  Send

B for  our  wholesale  price 

catalogue 

and 

list 

E

before  buying
Cloier,
Timottifi, 
Red  Top,
  Ete„ 
Etc.

■

In  fact,  everything 
in  our  line  at  lowest 
market  values.

Brown's  Seed  Store,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

DO  YOU  NEED  AN

Engraving of Yoilr Store

In  advertising  your  business ? 
If  so,  The 
Tradesman Company is glad to send samples and 
quote prices.______________________ _

We are now ready to make contracts for 
81  SOUTH DIVISION

the season' of 1890.
ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Correspondence solicited. 

6

THE  MCHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

D ry  Goods•

THREE  ROCKS

On  which  Many Young  Business  Men 

are  Stranded.

Andrew Carnegie  gives  the  following 

advice to  young men :

There  are  three  great  rocks ahead of 
the practical  young man  who has his feet 
upon the ladder  and is beginning to rise. 
First,  drunkenness,  which,  of  course,  is 
fatal.  There  is  no  use in wasting time 
upon any  young man  who drinks liquor, 
no  matter  how  exceptional  his  talent. 
Indeed,  the  greater  his  talents  are the 
greater  the  disappointment  must be. 
I 
do  not  mean  by  drinking  liquor,  the 
taking  of  a  glass  of  beer  or  wine  at 
meals. 
It  is not  necessary for a man to 
be a total  abstainer  in  order to be  tem­
perate.  The  rule  should be :  never en­
ter  a bar-room  and  never  drink  liquor 
except at meals.
The second  rock  ahead is speculation. 
The business of  a speculator  and that of 
a manufacturer or  man of  affairs are not 
only  distinct  but  incompatible.  To  be 
successful  in  the  business  world,  the 
manufacturer’s and the  merchant’s prof­
its  only  should  be  sought.  The  man­
ufacturer  should  go  forward  steadily, 
meeting  the  market price.  When there 
are goods  to  sell,  sell  them;  when  sup­
plies are needed,  purchase them, without 
regard to the market price in either case. 
1 have  never  known a speculative  man­
ufacturer or business man  who  scored a 
permanent  success.  He is rich one day, 
bankrupt  the  next.  Besides  this,  the 
manufacturer  aims  to  produce articles, 
and  in  so  doing to employ labor.  This 
furnishes a laudable  career.  A  man  in 
this avocation is useful to his kind.  The 
merchant  is  usefully  occupied  distrib­
uting  commodities;  the  banker  in  pro­
viding capital.
The third rock is akin to speculation— 
endorsing.  Business  men require irreg­
ular supplies  of  money,  at some  periods 
little,  at others  enormous sums.  Others 
being  in  the  same  condition,  there  is 
strong  temptation  to  endorse mutually. 
This rock  should be avoided.  There are 
emergencies,  no  doubt,  in  which  men 
should  help their  friends,  but there is a 
rule  that  will  keep  one safe.  No man 
should place his name  upon  the  obliga­
tion of  another if  be has not sufficient to 
pay it without  detriment to his own bus­
iness. 
It is dishonest to do so.  Men are 
trustees  for  those  who  have 
trusted 
them,  and  the  creditor  is  entitled to all 
his  capital  and  credit.  For  one’s  own 
firm,  “your  name,  your  fortune,  your 
sacred honor;”  but for others,  no  matter 
under what circumstances, only such aid 
as  you  can  render  without  danger  to 
your  trust. 
It is a safe  rule,  therefore, 
to give the cash  direct that  you  have to 
spare for others, and never your endorse­
ment or guarantee.

A  Grate  Fire  Is  Also  a Fire.

What is a fire? is the  question which a 
Paris  eourt  was  recently  called  on  to 
decide.  The Countess Fitzjames had had 
all  her effects insured  by the Union  Fire 
Insurance Co.  for  685,000 francs. 
In the 
list of jewels covered  by the policy  was a 
pair  of  pearl  earrings valued  at  18,000 
francs and insured for 10,000.  One after­
noon,  while  dressing, 
the  Countess 
knocked the ear-rings,  accidentally, from 
the  mantelpiece into the  open  fire.  De­
spite  her  strenuous  efforts  with shovel 
and  tongs,  the  jewels  were  destroyed. 
She recovered the  gold,  valued  at  sixty 
francs,  and demanded  from the company 
9,940 francs indemnity for the loss of the 
pearls.  The  company refused  to  pay  a 
cent,  on  the  ground  that  an  ordinary 
grate  fire  was not the kind of a fire con­
templated in the insurance policy.  The 
Countess  appealed  to the courts and got 
a decision in her favor.  The Judge held 
that “an  insurance  against  fire  was an 
insurance against all kinds  of  fire—that 
was,  insurance against  any  loss  caused 
by  any  flames.”

Detroit—Calvin A. Hunt,  P. M. Gamble, 
Emery J.  Vance and Edward  Leech have 
incorporated the  Hunt  Chair  Co.,  with 
$50,000 capital, paid in. 

P r ic e s  C urrent.

UN BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

Clifton CCC...........  6V4
Atlantic  A..............  7
“  Arrow Brand 5% 
H..............654
“ 
“  World Wide..  6%
•* 
P ..............6
“  LL 
............   6
D............. 6%
“ 
Full Yard Wide......614
“  LL................   554
Honest Width.........  6%
Amory.................  7!b
_ Hartford A  ............   514
Archery  Bunting..
¡Madras cheese cloth (it,
Beaver Dam  A A..
5  ¡Noibe R..................  51*
Black stone O, 38...
7  Our Level  Best......614
Black  Rock  .........
714 Oxford  R  ..............  614
Boot, AL...............
3’ilPequot....................  714
Chapman cheese cl
Comet..................... 7  I Solar
614
Dwight Star............  734lTop of the  Heap—   7H

BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Olen Mills.............   7
Arnsburg  ...............7
Gold  Medal............   754
Blackstone AA......8
Green  Ticket......... 814
Beats All................   414
Great Falls.............   654
Cleveland.............  7
Hope
Cabot........................714
Just  Out........  434© 5
Cabot,  %.................654
King  Phillip...........734
Dwight Anchor......  9
OP......714
shorts.  834
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Rdwards.................   6
Lonsdale...........  @ 814
Empire...................   7
Middlesex........   @5
Farwell...................754
No Name................   714
Fruit of the  Loom..  854
Oak View...............  6
Fitchville  ............. 714
Our Own................   514
First Prize................614
Pride of the West  ..12
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Rosalind.................  714
Fairmount..............414
Sunlight.................   414
Full Value..............654
Geo.  Washington...  814
Vinyard..................  814
Cabot......................   7!4|Dwight AncRor...... 814
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  514 Middlesex No.  1.
Hamilton N............   614
L............ 7
Middlesex  AT........8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEA CH ED   CANTON  FL A N N EL.

U N BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FLA N N EL.

H A LE  B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

..1 0
-.11
..12

“ 
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“ 

Middlesex A A........11
2 ......... 12
4 
5 

A O........1314

“ 
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Hamilton N ............   714
Middlesex P T ..........8
A  T.......  9
X  A.......  9
X  F ....... 1014
DB
............. 8
Hamilton 
.................   9
 
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless................ 16
.................18

1014

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CO RSET  JE A N S.

................. 2714
.................30
................. 3214
..............  35
Biddeford...............  6 INaumkeag satteen..  714
Brunswick..............614! Rockport...................  614
Merrim’ck shirtings.  414 
Allen, staple...........  514
fancy...........  554
“  Repp furn .  814
Pacific  fancy..........6
robes...........5
American  fancy__  6
robes............  614
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo__6
American shirtings.  414
Simpson mourning..  614
Arnold 
614
greys........  614
long cloth B. 1014 
“ 
solid black.  614 
“  C.  814
“ 
Washington indigo.  6 
century cloth  7
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  714
“  gold seal......1014
“  India robes___ 714
“  Turkey red.. 1014
“  plain T’ky X &  814 
Berlin solids...........514
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......   614
key red................    6
“ 
“  green  ....  614
Cocheco fancy........  6
Martha Washington
“  madders...  6 
Turkey red \
......  714
Eddy stone fancy...  6 
Martha Washington
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614
Turkey red..........   914
staple__514
Riverpointrobes....  5
Manchester fancy..  6 
Windsor fancy..........614
new era.  614 
gold  ticket 
Merrimack D fancy.  614 
indigo blue..........1014
[NOS.A C  A......................1214
TICK
Amoskeag A C A__13
Hamilton N ............  714
Pemberton AAA__16
York........................1014
D.............. 814
Awning. .11 
Swift  River............   714
Farmer......................8
Pearl  River.............1214
1154 Warren.
First  Prize.
COTTON  D R IL L .
Atlanta,  D.... .........  63£|Stark...
Boot........................  634  “ 
...
Clifton, K...............   6541  “ 
•••
SA TIN ES.
Simpson..................20
.................18
.................16
Coechco................. 1014

Imperial..................1014
Black................9© 914
....................  1014

“  X. ..10

“ 
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14

“ 

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Amoskeag.............. 1214
9oz......1454
brown .13
Andover.................1114
Everett, blue..........12
brown.......12

Jaffrey................
Lancaster.........
Lawrence, 9 oz  .. 
No. 220.
No. 250.
No. 280.

1114
.1214
• 1314 
.13
■ 1114
• 1014
Lancaster,  staple...  63£ 

“ 
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GINGHAMS.
fancies —   7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Westbrook..............  8
........................10
“  
York........................63*
Hampton.................614
Windermeer........... 5
Cumberland........... 5
Essex......................  414

Glenarven................6J£
Lancashire.............   614
Normandie.............  714
Renfrew Dress.......  714
Toil du Nord.... 10@10!4
Amoskeag................ 63a
AFC........1054
Persian...................  814
Bates.........................63C
Warwick...............   854
Peerless, white....... 18!4|Peerless  colored.

C A R FET  W A R P.

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TH R EA D S.

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

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34
...35
...36

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R ED   FL A N N EL.
. ..32141T W—

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

GRAIN  BAGS.Valley City.............1614
Georgia..................1654
Pacific.................... 14

Amoskeag.............. 17
Harmony................1614
Stark.....................   20
American............... 17
Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ................88
Holyoke..................22141
KN ITTIN G   COTTON.
White.  Colored.
...37
38 No.  14...
No.  6  ..
“  16...
39
...38
“ 
...39
40
*•  18...
“  10...
“  20... ...40
41
“  12...
CAM BRICS.
Washington. 
43i
Slater.
Red Cross.. 
White Star............   4
Lockwood...
Kid Glove.................4-J£
Wood’s........
Newmarket.............. 4%
Brunswick  ..
Edwards.................  43¿
Fireman...
Creedmore..............2714IFT.
Talbot XXX........... 30 

- 4?á•  4?4
2214
.3214
.35
27!4|Buckeye........... — 3214
Grey S R W............1714
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R................. 2254| Western W
1814
— 
1814
Windsor................. 1814 D R P
6 oz Western.......... 21  FlnshingXXX........ 2354
....................1714
Union  B.........:... .22541 Manitoba................. 2314
....................16
@1014
1214
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate.  Brown. Black.
13
9V4 
15
1054 
17
1114 
20
1214 
Severen, S oz....... ■  9141 West  Point, 8 oz ... 1014
10 oz ...1254
Mayland, 8 oz......
Greenwood, 714 oz .  914 Raven, 10oz......
...1354
...15
......
Greenwood, 8 oz..
White, doz........... 25 Per bale, 40 doz
..17 00
Colored,  doz........
Slater, Iron Cross.
Red Cross..
Best  .........
Best AA...

914 13 
1014 15 
1114 17 
1214 20 
DU CK S.
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.lH4lStark 
W ADDINGS.
.20
SILESIA S.
.  8 Pawtucket........
.  9 Diindle..........
.1014 Bedford.... 
...
.1214 Valley  City......
CORSETS.
Coraline............... 19 50 [Wonderful__
9 00; Brighton.........
Schilling’s ...........
Corticelll, doz.........85

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
914
15
105-4
17
»  14
20
1214

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.
8  © 9141 
8!4@10  I

.  .1054
.  9
.  1014
...1014
»4  75
. .  4 75

twist, doz.. 4254 
50 yd, doz. .42541
HOOKS  AND  E T E S — P E R  GROSS.
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No  4 Bl’k & White.,15 
“   8 
.  20
.12  I  “  10 
..25
.50  !No4—15, F  354  ......40

No  1 Bl’k & White..10 
“  2 
*•  3 
No 2—20, M  C. 
‘  3—18, SC..

Corticelli  knitting, 
per 54oz  ball........30

SEW ING  SIL K .

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! White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20

COTTON  T A P S .
..15 
“  10
..18  I  “  12
SA FETY   P IN S . 
|No3..
....28 
N E E D L E S—P E R   M.

No 2.

.36

A. James.................1  501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed.............. 1  50
Marshall’s .............. 1 00|
5—4. ...2 25  6—4... 3 2515—4 ... 1  95  6—4 ..2  95

TA BLE  O IL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3  10

“  ....2 10 

Ba?iin5  p i a n o
fjdslin 
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AT  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

Chas.  A.  C oye,

11  PEARL  STREET.

J.&P.CQATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,

IN

FOR

FOR  SALE  BY

Hand and Machine Use.
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS
Voigt,  HemoMeimer  &  Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

D r y   G o o d s

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralls,  Etc.

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

48,50 and 52 Ottawa SL,

OR AND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

P . 

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

Dry  Goods  and  potions,

WHOLESALE

L a w n s ,  C h a llies,  W h it e   G oods,  N a in so o k  
an d   E m b ro id eries  O u tin g  C lo th s--A ll  K in d s. 
N e w   L in e  U m b r e lla s  a n d   P a r a so ls,  S u m m e r  
G lo v es an d  M itts.  W e  are se llin g   H a m m o c k s  
in  all grades.

Agents for Georgia and  Valley City Bags.  Wadding,  Twines,  Batts.

83  Monroe  and  10, 12,  14,16  i  18  FoM ain  81s.,  GRAND  RÄPID8.

'

Level-Headed

Business  Men

Use  Coupons  and  put  their  Business 

on  a

C A S H   B A S I S .

We  are  the  largest  manufacturers of 
Coupons  in  tiiis  country  and  solicit  a 
trial  of  either  our  “Tradesman”  or 
“Superior” brands.  Note quotations  in 
Grocery Price Current.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapid«.

HAKDWJLbtH.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Men and  Their Hobbles.

A  statement  made  by a wise  man  is 
that “Every  honest  man has  a  hobby.”
The man in question  did not use these 
precise words, says the  American  Culti­
vator,  but  they  amount  to  the same in 
substance.
A man who is always tinkering around, 
making  something  or  other  in  the me­
chanical  line,  is  never  found  spending 
his leisure  hours  in a gin-mill or saloon. 
The  young  man  whose  hobby is  study 
will be found at his books as soon  as  his 
day’s  work  is  done  and supper is swal­
lowed.
The chap who has “music on the brain” 
will  be  puifing  or  scraping  his instru­
ment  early  and  late,  until  his  friends 
almost wish he would quit his hobby and 
relegate himself to the rum shop.
Many  young  men  ride  a  mechanical 
hobby, and  are  often  building  experi­
mental  machines,  and  making “young” 
steam engines.  To such men, electricity 
possesses a most  enticing  field.  There 
is  no  end  to  the  directions  in  which 
thought may be  profitably turned in con­
nection with electricity.  Well developed 
as it is,  electricity  is  as  yet  an  almost 
unknown thing,  which  will  require life­
times  of  study  to  reduce  to  the  full 
understanding of all.  Electricity is the 
future  power  of  the  world,  as  it  has 
always  -been its life, although  unknown 
and uncomprehended for ages.
That a young  man  will  waste  hours 
and days of  his  life in doing worse than 
nothing,  when he has  such a field before 
him, is scarcely to be comprehended,  but 
it is a disgraceful fact.  Let  the  young 
men awake to the idea that  the  advance 
of the world  depends upon them person­
ally;  that the years  to  come may be bet­
ter or worse,  as they choose  to  study  or 
to be idle,  and it  seems  as  though  they 
would quit beer drinking,  dice  shaking, 
and  card  shuffling  instantly,  to  avail 
themselves of the privileges before them.
A roan may  be  about  what  he makes 
himself nowadays, and  if  he  chooses  to 
become  a  sot,  the  way  is  open;  if  he 
chooses  to  become a power in the  land, 
he  can  do  so by going to  work  in  that 
direction and keeping at it.

A Hopeful View of the  Situation.
From the St. PauI Journal of Commerce.
Altogether  too  much  importance  is 
attached  to  the  co-operation  threats of 
the Farmers’ Alliance.  At best all such 
co-operative attempts will be short lived. 
In the very nature of things, it cannot be 
otherwise.  A few years  ago  the  writer 
lived  in  a  county  in  Ohio  where  the 
grange  store  fever  started  up.  These 
men had  five  or  six  large  stores put in 
operation.  The business  was  placed  in 
the hands of honest  farmers,  who  knew 
all about farming and nothing  about  the 
grocery  business.  They  were  regular 
suckers to sell goods to,  and  the  jobbers 
reaped  a  rich  harvest  while  it  lasted. 
Things went at sixes and sevens.  There 
were losses here and there simply because 
parties had undertaken to run  and  man­
age a business  they knew nothing about. 
Changes were made, new and experienced 
managers secured,  but it was found to be 
a failure.  No one who took stock in any 
of the grange stores got out whole.  All 
were glad to go back to  the old methods; 
all 
satisfactory  and 
cheaper.  Retail merchandizing is a study. 
It is a business  that  requires more care­
ful training in all details than almost any 
other.  There  are  more  failures,  by a 
large percentage, than  in any other busi­
ness. 
If  the  profits  were so enormous, 
this would not be the case.  Competition 
is so strong and sharp that it requires the 
most careful business methods to make a 
living.  These facts are patent to men of 
common  sense,  but  some  fool  fanatics 
must learn them by experience.  Let them. 
The sooner the better,  if they must.

it  more 

found 

Detroit—The crucible and hammer  de­
partments of  the Detroit  Steel & Spring 
Works,  destroyed by fire on the 18th,  will 
be rebuilt at once.  The loss  is  now  es­
timated  at  about  $40,000;  insured  for 
$21,000.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dls.
60
Snell’s ........................................................... 
40
Cook’s ........................................................... 
Jennings', genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  imitation................  
50&10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

 

AXES.

First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................... « 8 00

*” 
“ 
“ 

D.  B. Bronze...........................   12 50
S. B. S. Steel.............................  9 00
D. B. Steel.............................   14 00

BARROWS. 

(Us.

Railroad...................................................... 1 14 00
Garden...................................................net  30 00
dis.
Stove................  
50*10
70
Carriage new list.......................................... 
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70

BOLTS. 

 

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain........................................................ 6 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s............................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85...............  
40

 

 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Grain.....................................................dls. 50*02

Cast Steel............................................ per lb  5
Ely’s 1-10.............................................per m  65
Hick’s C. F .........................................  
60
“ 
G. D .....................................................  “ 
35
Musket................................................  “ 
60

CARTRIDGES.

50
Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire........................................... dis. 
25
Socket Firm er............................................. 70*10
Socket Framing............................................70*10
Socket Corner...............................................70*10
Socket Slicks...............................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................  
40

chisels. 

dis.

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

40
25

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

dls.

combs. 

chalk.

COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms..............  ....................................  . 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks....................................... 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

drills. 

dis.

28
26
26
26
27
50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound.................. 

 

07
e>%

elbows.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ........................... doz. net 
75
Corrugated..................................... dls. 20*10*10
Adlustable.............................................dls. 40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 826....................... 
Ives’, 1,118;  2,124; 3, *30............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

diB.

dis.

Dlsston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
 
Heller’s .................................................. 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................................... 
50

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

13 
g a u g e s . 

d l s .

“ 
“ 
“ 

H IN G ES.

HAM M ERS.

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
Maydole  & Co.’s..................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s ............................................. ........ dls. 
2S>
Yerkes *  Plumb’s............................................ dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2 ,3 .............................. dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4y£  14  and
longer........................................................  3H
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, %........................net 
“ 
“ 
8H
96........................net 
16........................net 
“ 
“ 
1%
“ 
“  %........................net 
7K
Strap and T ............................................dls. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
40
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles................................................. 
 
60
Spiders......................................................... 
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  TinW are.........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware................................  
25
Granite Iron Ware...................new list33}<&10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.......................... 

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

HOLLOW   W A RE.

70*10*10

W IR E   GOODS. 

HAN G ERS. 

dls.

dls.

7

50
55
50
55
35

LEVELS. 

(L*.
dis.

dls.

diB.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  ........... 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ...........................  
55
55
Branford's................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
Adze Eye...........................................116.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye.........................................  115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ....................... 
...........118.50, dis. 20*10.
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...........  ...................... 
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  ... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Clr  k’s ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
25
.................................. 
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails, base................................................... 2 00
Wire nails, base................................................... 2 50
60......................................................Base 
50......................................................Base 
40 ....................................................   06 
10 
30............... 
20..........  ........................................ 
15 
16..................................................... 
15 
12.....................................................  15 
10 ....................................................   20 
8........................................................  25 
7 *  6 .................................................   40 
4........................................................  60 
3............................  
1  00 
2.........................................................1  50 
Fine 3................................................ 1  50 
Case  10.  ..........................................  60 
8.........................................  
6.............................................   90 
Finish 10...........................................  85 
8.............................................1  00 
6 ........................................... 1  15 
Clinch  10 .........................................   85 
8..........................................1  00 
6...........................................1  15 
Barrell %...........................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @30
Sclota  Bench................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @30
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.'s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................dis. 
70
dis.
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 

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
1  50
2 00
2 00
90
  75  1 00
1 25
1 00

PA TEN T  PL A N ISH E D   IRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

dls.

Broken packs 54e per pound extra.

 

 

 

RO PES.

 

dis.

SqU A R B S. 

Sisal, *% inch and larger.............................   12%
Manilla............... 
15%
Steel and Iron..............................................  
75
Try and Bevels............................................. 
60
Mitre............................................................ 
20
SH E E T   IRON.Com.  Smooth.  Com.
«3 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................... 14 20 
Nos. 15 to 17......................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26...........................  
..4  40 
No. 27 ................................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................................dis. 40*10

SAND  P A P E R .

Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................   “ 
DrabB..................................  “ 
White C................................  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton «25
Hand........................................25@25*5
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  root........................................ 

28
dls.
Steel, Game...............................................60*10
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..............................................  65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market........................................   62>4
Coppered  Spring  Steel........................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 60
painted...................................   3 00

wire. 

“ 

horse nails.

wrenches. 

Au Sable.............................. dis. 25A10@35&10&05
dls. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern....... ........................  
dls. 10*10
dis.
Baxter's  Adjustable, nickeled............ 
30
Coe’s  Genuine....................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,.......  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
dls.
50
Bird Cages........................................... 
Pumps, Cistern..................................  
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate......... .................50*10*10
Dampers, American........................... 
40
ForkB, hoes, rakes  and ail steel goods  .... 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS,

PIG TIN.

26c

6¡4
7

 
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large............................................  
Pig-Bars.............................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2¡4c per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per  pound.................................................... 
%®%.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping............................................ 
1344
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIM ONT.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
is
T IN — M ELTN  G RADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal................................   ...  «660
14x20 IC, 
6 60
10x14 IX, 
8 35
14x20 IX, 
8 35

...................................   . 
...................................  
................................ 
Each additional X on this grade, «1.75.
10x14IC, Charcoal  ............................... 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN — ALLA WAV  G RA D E.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

«600
6 no
7  50
7  50

Each additional X on this grade «1.50.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

ROOFING  PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

14x20 IC, 
 
  6 00
14x20 IX, 
7  50
12 50
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, “  Allaway  Grade.....................   5 25
6 75
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
11  00
20x28 IX, 
14 00
14x28  IX.......................  ..........................  «18
14x31  IX.....................  
S

“ Worcester  ..........................  
“ 
...................... 
“ 
....................... 
“ 
“ 
“ 
B O IL E R  SIZE  TIN   PLA TE.
................. . 

 if : f°r N‘‘• I  B°” er8' } per pound 

.14  50
9«

“ 
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NOTICE!

O ur q u o ta tio n   in  la st w e e k ’s issu e on  In tel­
lig e n t  O il  C ans  is  w ith d r a w n   a s  it  w a s   an 
error.  T h e  p rice  sh o u ld   h a v e   read:

2 -Q u a rt  $ 4   p er doz. 

4 -Q u a rt  $ 4 .8 0   p er doz,

F o s t e r ,  

S t e v e n s   &  
G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

C o . ,

THE  m CHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

8
The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Boglnew Men’s  Aaaociatlon. 

A  W EE K L Y   JO U RN A L  DEVO TED   TO  THE

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

strictly in advance.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.______

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W EDNESDAY. JUNE  25,  1890.

ANOTHER  ERA  OF  PROSPERITY.
In the midst  of  the  discussion  about 
the prevailing agricultural  depression,  it 
is refreshing to read the  prediction  that 
the time is near at hand when the farmer 
will be prosperous. 
In a May Forum ar­
ticle the ground is taken that the absence 
of  prosperity among  farmers  is  largely 
due to excessive production of  nearly all 
farm products.  Statistics  show  that for 
a  long  period  of  years  production  in­
creased much faster than the population. 
The  writer assumes that the farmer  can 
hope for  prosperity only when  the  bal­
ance between  production  and  consump­
tion  has  been  restored,  and  domestic 
consumption  shall  absorb  nearly all bis 
products.  “Assuming,” says the writer, 
“the  population  to  be  now  65,000,000, 
with the area in cereals  producing  aver­
age  crops,  and  current  consumption 
fifteen per cent, greater, per capita, than 
in  the  five  years  ending  1874,  present 
supplies  are in excess  of  population  as 
follows:  Corn  for  5,000,000  people,
wheat for 14,000,000, cattle for  6,000,000, 
and swine for  11.000,000.  Should popu­
lation continue to increase as heretofore, 
and production  not  increase  more  than 
seems probable,  home  requirements will 
absorb all food products  before  the  end 
of  the  century.”  A  review is  given of 
the area  of  production  of  the principal 
crops,  and it is shown  that the balancing 
process  between  production  and  con­
sumption is  already at work.  The  corn 
area is approaching  its limit,  the rate of 
increase duriDg the past three  years  be­
ing very small; by 1895 the probable area 
under cultivation will  just about supply 
the demand.  The wheat area during the 
past five  years has decreased; it seems to 
have reached and  passed its limit.  With­
in five  years  the  supply will not exceed 
the domestic  demand.  This  will  be  a 
most important  change,  since  wheat  is 
by far our most important  cereal export.
In  regard  to  the  rate  of  increase  of 
cultivated acres, the writer says :  “Upon 
the  assumption  that  the  requirements 
are now such as to employ 3.15  acres per 
capita to produce  the  cereals,  potatoes, 
hay,  tobacco  and  cotton  consumed  at 
home,  and the  tobacco,  cotton  and  ani­
mal  products  exported, 
the  statistics 
show that the trouble of  the farmer may 
be attributed to the bringing of too many 
new acres into cultivation in the fourteen 
years  ending  in  1884; 
that  the 
process  of  readjusting the disturbed re­
lations  between  production  and  con­
sumption  has been  in  operation  several 
years,  as is clear from the rapidly dimin­
ishing  quantity of  new land  being  em­
ployed  in the production of staplecrops.” 
In conclusion,  he says that,  assuming 
the substantial  correctness  of  the  esti­
mates of  area by the Department of  Ag­
riculture,  and  that  home  requirements 
will  be such as to employ 3.15  acres  per 
capita, 
to  the  question, 
“ When  will the farmer  be prosperous?”

the  answer 

and 

should  be  sufficient 

resolves itself into a calculation as simple 
as the following:  January,  1894,  a popu­
lation of  73,000,000 will require in staple 
crops an area  of  236,800,000 acres;  area 
now  employed  in  growing  such  crops, 
211,000,000;  additions to be made to such 
area  in  four  years,  12,000,000;  acreage 
deficit,  January,  1894,  3,800,000  acres. 
This  deficit 
to 
neutralize  any  possible  under-estimate 
of  the  area now in cultivation.  There­
fore, he claims that the evidence adduced 
shows  that  before  this  decade  is  half 
spent, all the  products  of  the farm will 
be  required  at good  prices,  that  lands 
will appreciate greatly in value,  and that 
the American farmer  will  enter upon an 
era of  prosperity, the unlimited continu­
ance  of  which is assured by the exhaus­
tion of  the arable areas.

AFTER  THE  ADULTERATORS.
The Senate is  invoked to secure  “Pure 
Food”  for the country, and  the House to 
secure  it “Pure  Beer,”  by passing  laws 
to  prohibit  and  punish  adulterations. 
This  is a matter  which  has  been  dealt 
with  broadly in legislation  only  within 
the two last decades.  The English Adul- 
teration-of-Foods  Act  dates  from  1872; 
the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  New  York 
and  New  Jersey  are  more  recent  and 
generally  copy 
the  provisions  of  the 
English  act.  The  legislation  of  other 
states  is  partial  and  sporadic,  dealing 
with  single  articles,  such  as  oleomar­
garine.  Just as the manufacture and ex­
port  of  this  article  all  but  ruined  the 
foreign  market  for  our  butter,  so  the 
adulteration  of  other  articles  of  food 
tends to check  the  demand  for our pro­
duce.  Especially  is  this  true  of  lard 
and  other  products of  the  hog,  and the 
American farmer is beginning to discover 
the  need  of  some  kind  of  government 
inspection to keep  up  the  reputation of 
his exports.

The demand for the suppression of the 
adulteration of  beer comes also from the 
farmers,  and the member  responsible for 
the bill before the  House  represents the 
Prohibitionist  State  of  Kansas,  where 
the farmers  cannot  sell  their  malt  and 
hops to the  brewers as in old  times,  be 
cause the latter have  discovered ways of 
making  beer  out  of  cheaper  materials. 
Beer  by  its  very  definition  is  a  drink 
which  has  malt  and  hops for its  chief 
ingredients;  but out of  refuse rice, corn, 
cocculus  indicus,  and  a  score  of  other 
substances  the brewers  claim to make a 
drink  equally palatable  and  wholesome 
and far  less  intoxicating. 
It may  be so, 
but  the  result is not  beer,  and  it  is  a 
fraud  to  sell  it  as  such.  And  if  the 
! wholesomeness of  the  compound is to be 
tested  by a comparison  of  the  physical 
health  of  American  beer-drinkers  with 
those of  countries  like  Bavaria,  where 
I adulteration is  prevented,  the  evidence 
is against this alleged  “beer.”

reached 

In  wines and brandies adulteration has 
now 
such  a  point  that  no 
I European brand can be obtained  in  any­
thing  like  purity.  French  wines  es­
pecially are carefully “built up”  to meet 
the traditional taste,  by the  most careful 
j application  of  chemical  science.  One 
| European  firm  made  last  year  300,000 
I tons of  a substance  whose only use is to 
color adulterated  brandy.  Formerly the 
French government  threw into the Seine 
every package of adulterated wine which 
I was  brought  to  the  entrance  of  Paris. 
The  law  still  requires  it  to  do so,  and 
> when  the  authorities  of  the  Republic

were asked why it was allowed to become 
a  dead  letter,  they  replied  that its en­
forcement  would  amount  to  the  prohi­
bition  of  drinking,  and  would  make 
Paris the soberest city of  the  world. 
It 
is only in  certain  parts of  America  and 
Australia, and the remoter corners of the 
Mediterranean, 
that  pure  wines  are 
made;  and France draws  her supplies of 
grape-juice  from  all  these  to manufac­
ture clarets, champagnes and burgundies.
A rigidly enforced  law  against the adul­
teration  of  wines  might  give  a  world­
wide prestige to the  California  vintages.

KEEP  OUT  OF  DEBT.

Much  has  been  written  about  the 
causes  of  and remedies for  agricultural 
depression,  but  the fact  is—says a sub­
scriber with plain,  common-sense  views 
—there  would  be  much  less  cause  for 
grumbling about hard times among farm­
ers  if  they had kept out  of  debt.  The 
pay-as-you-go plan would have kept them 
free, 
independent  and  contented,  and 
free from being grumbling slaves to debt.
Since over ninety per cent, of  the men 
who go in business fail,  it is  little  won­
der that so many farmers  do not  realize 
what they expected from the  investment 
of borrowed capital.  Where ten men in­
vest borrowed money and succeed,  ninety 
men fail.  And  the  ninety who fail are 
the ones  who  rush  recklessly into debt, 
and  afterwards  grumble  at  what  was 
brought  about by their own lack of fore­
sight and business  capacity.  Crawl  out 
from under that mortgage, and then keep 
out.

The animus of the leaders of  the P. of 
I.  in stirring up strife between the farm­
ers and  business  men  is now  quite  ap­
parent.  All  have a large  sized  political 
bee buzzing in  their bonnets—from State 
President  Partridge,  who  yearns  for  a 
nomination  for  Governor,  down  to  the 
most insignificant organizer,  who expects 
to be called upon to run for  coroner. 
If 
the farmers  consent to being  led around 
by the nose in this fashion T iik  T rades­
man is greatly mistaken.

Whenever  we  hear  a  man  who  has 
made a failure  of  his  business  talk  of 
quitting it and going into something else, 
we are forcibly reminded of  one of  Josh 
Billings’  noted  aphorisms. 
Josh  said 
that when a man  begins to grow dissatis­
fied with his occupation  and  to  imagine 
that he can make  more  money at  some­
thing  else,  it is usually  just  when he is 
beginning to know enough about his bus­
iness to make a success  of  it.  The  ele­
ments of  success or failure  generally lie 
in ourselves,  not in our business.

Gambling  is  a  great  and  widespread 
It  appears  among  all  classes  of 
evil. 
Its 
society and in many different forms. 
victims  are  numbered  by legions. 
It is 
often disguised,  and the disguise adds to 
the danger, as in stock and  grain  specu­
lations,  where the  victims deceive them­
selves  that  speculation  on  margins is a 
legitimate business, instead of betting on 
the  future  price  of  grain  and  stocks. 
The passage of  a  stringent national  law 
against  dealing  in  options  and  futures 
and all other  similar forms of  gambling 
would prove to be  of  inestimable benefit 
to  the  country.  Gambling  creates  no 
wealth,  but  it  is a heavy  ax  upon  the 
productive industries of  the country. 
It 
is plain  o every one  who  will  give  the 
subject a little reflection,  that thel  iving, 
the  winnings  and  the  stealings  of  the

professional  gamblers  and  speculators 
must come,  in the end, from the earnings 
of  honest labor. 
It is impossible to esti­
mate  the  extent  of  the  evil  effects  of 
gambling,  but it is one  of  the  most po­
tent causes of hard times.  Strict enforce­
ment  of  stringent laws  will  abate  this 
evil,  which is one of  the  most  insidious 
enemies of society.

The  work  on  the  Nicaragua Canal is 
the largest undertaking  Americans  have 
on their hands outside their own country.
It will  furnish a comparative test of  the 
efficiency and pluck of  our people which 
Europe  will  watch  with interest. 
It is 
true that the difficulties are not the same 
as at Panama.  There  is  no  Chagres  to 
sweep away the  works;  no  stony Cordil­
leras to take the  heart  out of  the work­
men;  probably  no  such  prevalence  of 
malaria  as  at  the  Isthmus.  But, after 
all,  the  undertaking  is  one of  gigantic 
extent and prodigious difficulty.  We are 
not to trust  the  rose-colored  pictures of 
the  route  on  which its projectors  have 
dwelt. 
It is a far longer  route than that 
at  Panama.  The  country,  like  all  of 
Central  America,  is  unwholesome,  and 
its  unwholesomeness  makes  the  labor 
problem difficult.  There is no local sup­
ply of  labor on which dependence can be 
placed.  There  are  forest growths to be 
cleared away, great  cuttings to be made, 
and  rocks  to  be  blasted.  Thus far the 
operations  have  been  confined  to  the 
eastern  end  of  the  work,  where  it  is 
necessary to  cut  a canal  from  the  Gulf 
to a point on the  San  Juan  River, as the 
mouth of  the  river is unavailable.  The 
ground  has  been  cleared of  timber  for 
the sixteen  miles  required,  and a paral­
lel railroad  begun  to  facilitate  excava­
tion.  Then will come  the  improvement 
of  the  river  bed  up to  Lake  Managua, 
and the final cutting from the lake to the 
Pacific.

The  Goodyear  & Barnes Failure.
It is reported that  Goodyear & Barnes, 
the  Hastings  general  dealers,  who  ut­
tered  chattel  mortgages  to  the  tuue of 
«9,200  about  ten  days  ago, are offering 
33X per cent,  in full  settlement.  So far 
as  learned,  the unsecured  creditors  are 
holding out for an offer of  50 per cent.

“I  have  not  sold  Goodyear & Barnes 
for some time,”  said a leading represent­
ative of  the Grand  Rapids  traveling fra­
ternity, the other day.  “In  order to sell 
them,  1  was  always  compelled  to  hunt 
around  among  the  saloons  for  Frank 
Goodyear,  and  when I had  finally found 
him 1  was  liable  to  lose  him  again, if 
some crony inviteu  him  in  to  take  an­
other drink.  As the firm was getting be­
hind  in  its  payments,  I  concluded that 
business and whisky didn’t  mix  in  that 
case,  and pulled out.  Lucky, wasn’t it?”

The  Best of Friends  Now.

The misunderstanding  between Morris 
H. Treusch & Bro.,  the  wholesale  cigar 
dealers,  and the Cigar  Maker’s  Union of 
this  city,  was  amicably  settled 
last 
Thursday.  Messrs.  Treusch  &  Bro., 
were bound to be innocent of the charges 
brought  by  the  cigar  makers,  and  the 
Union  made  reparation  by  vindicating 
and  exonerating  the firm  by nolle  pros 
the  case,  and by publishing  their  inno­
cence through all the daily papers.

Moseley  Bros,  have  been  appointed 
distributing agents for  this  territory for 
the water melon trust,  which  comprises 
nine-tenths of the growers of Georgia.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN".

9

El.  P u ritan o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent Giqaf

"ON~~EARTH .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,
Grand  Rapids.
|  BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.
f  T. E. BREYOORT, 
-  Detroit.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

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

77  CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   Cigar  B ealers.

T O S S   U P T 55

The  “ TOSS  U P ”  Cigar  is  not a com petitor 
against  any  other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, 
because  it  is  equal  to  any  10c  cigar  on  the 
market.

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BROWN  &  SEHLER,

Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and MILL MACHINERY, Farm Machinery, 

Agricultural  Implements, W agons  and  Carnages.
¥•

OUT  OF  BUSINESS.

Sale  of  the  Carson  City  Savings Bank 

to  Its  Competitor.

Special Correspondence.
Carson  Cit y ,  June  21.—The  Carson 
City Savings Bank is now a thing  of  the 
past,  the  furniture,  fixtures,  lease  and 
good will  of  the  business  having  been 
sold to the  State  Bank  of  Carson  City, 
which has taken formal possession of the 
new quarters.  The sale was  wholly un­
expected and  the  announcement  that it 
had  been  consummated  fairly took  the 
breath away from a coterie  of  men  who 
imagined they could dictate the policy of 
the  Bank,  although  they did not  own a 
dollar’s worth of stock in the institution.
Conversation  with  one  of  the  stock­
holders of the defunct Bank enables your 
correspondent  to  give  a fairly accurate 
account  of  the  reasons which led to the 
transfer.  Not  to  go  too far  back  into 
ancient  history,  which  would  disclose 
many dark deeds implicating Sam.  Web­
ber and L.  L.  Trask,  who is now a fugi­
tive from  justice,  I  will speak  of  the 
Bank only since Frank Hale assumed the 
position  of  Cashier.  Naturally  bright 
and attentive to business,  Hale attracted 
many  friends  and  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  able to put  the  stock  above 
par in a short time,  if  he could have had 
the benefit  of  good counsel. 
Instead of 
looking  to the  directors for  advice  and 
instruction,  however,  he  sought  both 
from men who were neither directors nor 
stockholders, thus making the business of 
the Bank common  knowledge.  Consort­
ing with improper characters and making 
loans  which  no  banker  of  experience 
would think of entertaining,  he naturally 
incurred the displeasure of the directors, 
who  requested a reformation in both his 
habits and his method of  conducting the 
Bank’s  business.  Both  requests  were 
disregarded and openly disobeyed,  when 
the  directors  very  properly  asked  for 
Hale’s resignation, which was reluctantly 
tendered. 
Instead of stepping out of the 
Bank  promptly,  as  the  penalty for  be­
traying  and  defying  the  directors,  he 
sought to  keep  himself  in  position  by 
fortifying  himself  behind  some  of  the 
customers of  the Bank,  who  signed  an 
agreement  to  withdraw 
their  business 
from the  Bank  in  case  Hale  was  dis­
missed.  This  action  temporarily  kept 
him in place and he improved the oppor­
tunity to  set  afloat  statements to the ef­
fect that his wages had  been  raised and 
that presents  had  been  made to him by 
the directors—both of  which were false.^
Satisfied that  Hale  was not capable of 
making  the  Bank a success,  and  deter­
mined that the men  who  had no interest 
in the Bank  should  not  dictate  how  it 
should  be  conducted,  the  stockholders 
accepted an  offer from  the  State  Bank, 
with the result above mentioned.
Carson City is now  left  with  but  one 
banking  institution,  which is fully ade­
quate to the needs of the community and 
will  undoubtedly receive all the business 
naturally tributary to  this  point,  winch 
is worth anything to a bank. 

X

No  G oods  at Retail.

“Positively no  goods  sold at retail”  is 
a sign which nearly every  wholesale house 
displays  in  one  of  other  of  its  depart­
ments.  “ All a mere  pretense,”  says the 
grumbling  retailer,  who,  if  he  had  the 
earth with a fence  around it,  would  still 
cry because  the  fence  was  not braided 
with  pink  ribbon.  But  the  average 
dealer who visits the city to buy a bill of 
goods  knows  that  the  sign  means  just 
what it says,  and  that  the  house  which 
displays  such a sign is one  that  he  can 
trust to protect him  from  that most pes­
tilential of  customers,  “the man who has 
a friend in the business.”

An incident  which  occurred  to one of 
the grumbling kind of  store-keepers, the 
other day, ought to cure him of  his skep* 
ticism.  He had been dealing  for a short 
period with a house which recently added 
a  new  department. 
Iu  a  conspicuous 
place upon the walls of  this  department 
the aforementioned sign  was  displayed,

but the dealer  had  not  seen it, when he 
approached one of  the salesmen and said 
he  wanted to buy a single  article  in the 
line  mentioned.

“We don’t sell  at  retail,  sir,” politely 
replied the clerk, at the same time point­
ing to the cardboard.

“Oh, that’s all right. 

I understand all 
I  am  always 

about  that  sort of  thing. 
able to buy goods at retail.”
“Not in this house,  sir.”
“Nonsense.  There  never  was a rule 
without  some  exceptions.  Can’t  you 
make an exception for me?”

“If  you were  in  the  trade, of  course 
you could buy  just  what  you  want,  but 
we  have  to  adopt  that  rule in order to 
protect our customers.”

“Why, of  course,  I  am  in  trade  and 
have  been  dealing  with  your house for 
quite a while now.”

“Excuse  me,  then,  sir. 

If  you  had 
said  that, of  course, there  had  been  no 
objection.  A  twelfth  of  a  dozen,  did 
you say, sir?”

laying  down  his 

But  the  dealer  concluded  he  would 
order a complete  dozen,  and,  moreover, 
on  referring  to  his  memorandum book, 
discovered that he  had  an  order  which 
he  intended  giving  to a rival  establish­
ment,  but  under  the  circumstances  he 
decided to make one bill of  the lot.
Map  Out  Your  Course,  Young  Man.
The man  who starts  in  pursuit of  for­
tune  without  carefully  surveying  the 
line  of 
ground  and 
march beforehand,  is a reckless Absalom, 
who is pretty sure . to  be  caught  by the 
“wait-a-bit”  thorns of  speculation,  and 
left  helplessly struggling in  their midst, 
a ridiculous  spectacle to all  right-think­
ing men.
Map out  your  course,  young  man,  be­
fore  you  set  forth  on  your  business 
journey.  While  you  are  yet  out of  the 
tumult and toil of  the  busy world, adopt 
a set of  principles.  Let them be such as 
your conscience and  your  common sense 
approve.  Then  fashion  a  code  of  laws 
for  your  future  government—rules  of 
conduct,  based on the duties  you  owe to 
God,  to  your  neighbor  and  to  yourself.
Don’t  wait  until  you  are  assailed by 
temptation  or  beset  with  difficulties to 
determine what  you  shall  do  in  either 
dilemma.  Determine  in  advance  what 
ought, to  he  done  under  certain  circum­
stances,  and,  when 
they  occur,  do  it. 
You are better  qualified to  judge rightly 
what is  just  and  prudent in any contin­
gency  before  the  contingency  is  upon 
you,  than  you can be  in  the  moment of 
difficulty. 
In  your  trouble,  don’t  trust 
to the impulse of  the  moment. 
Impulse 
is a blind guide in serious  matters.  Re­
fer  back to  your  chart.  This  has  been 
the practice of  wise and  good  men from 
time immemorial.
Experience  is,  no  doubt,  a  capital 
teacher,  but  her  lessons are bitter;  and 
if  you  begin  life  with a cool  head,  an 
honest  purpose,  a  dauntless  spirit  and 
fixed principles  and  rules of  conduct of 
the right kind,  you will be  all  the  more 
likely  to  escape  the  lash  of  that  hard 
task-mistress.  Lay your course  straight 
in  the  beginning,  and  stick  to  it  as 
closely as you can  in storm and sunshine. 
Providence is the underwriter  for  those 
who  sail  this  “sea  of  troubles”  by the 
chart of  honor and  the  compass of  pru­
dence,  and  even if  blown  on  the  rocks 
they are  not  likely to  perish  there  for 
lack of  help.

Preliminary  Call.

Gr a n d  R a p id s , June 14,1890.

The fifth annual convention  of  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association will be held at Sagi­
naw on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19 and 
30, convening at 9 o'clock  a. m. of  the  day  first 
named. 
The programme is not yet completed, but surn- 
clent features have already been arranged for to 
warrant the  statement  that  the meeting will be 
dt*> of the most pleasant and profitable  conven­
tions ever held by the Association.
All  local  Business  Men's  Associations  are 
requested  to  elect  full  sets of  delegates and a 
cordial invitation is extended  all  business men 
to attend the convention.

, 

.

E. A. St o w e, Sec y.

Come one, come all !
C. L. W h i t n e y , Pres.

Corner W est  B ridge and  North Front  Sts

F in e   F r o s tin g   S u g a r.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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Pineapple juice, or the Syrup from any kind  of  Canned  Fruit or Berries with most 
excellent results. 
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRAlDESMAlIST.
A  man  perfectly adapted to one  line of 
trade may be unfit for another,  and when 
going into business he tries to select that 
branch of trade for which he is best fitted. 
Why shouldn’t  a  farmer  study  himself 
and his soil and  then  select  that branch 
of  agriculture  that both are best  suited 
for? 
It  would  be  pleasing  to  see  the 
farmers have better opportunities for ed­
ucating their children,  and then improve 
them.  They deserve the  encouragement 
of  all in this.  We realize that they have 
some  very discouraging  obstacles  to en­
counter and,  although the trade  scheme 
would  have  meant  ruin  to  many  mer­
chants,  had  it  proven  successful,  we 
k n o w 7  it was not and  could  not be a suc­
cess, and  where it has spent its force let 
the  old time friendly feeling be renewed 
between  dealer  and farmer  and  it  will 
rebound to the benefit of both.

IO
Drugs 0  Medicines•

State  Board  of  Pharm acy.

One  Tear—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley £. Parkill, Owosso.
Three  Tears—Jacob  Jess on,  Muskegon.
Four  Tears—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
I;  Marquette, Aug.  13  and 14;  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

Meetings  during  1890—Star Island,  June 30 and July 

President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President— F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Third Vice-President— Jaa. vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Prall,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday  j 

of September,  1890.______________________

Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids  Drug Clerks* A ssociation. 
President, F. 0. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

Detroit  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, J.  W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

President. C. S. Koon;  Secretary. J- W. Hoyt. 

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WHY  IT  FAILED.

Some  Reasons for  the  Non-Success  of 

the  P. of I. Movement.

W ritten  f o r  T h e  T r a d e sm a n.
To  ileal  with  the  subject  of  the  Pa­
Industry  from  a  mercantile 
trons  of 
point of  view,  it  will  be  well to divide 
the  contracting  merchants 
into  five 
clas es,  according to the objects they had 
in  view when signing contracts.
The lirst and most considerable class is 
composed of  those  who went into it with 
the  intention  of  using  trickery  and  to 
make  all  they could,  as long as the con­
fidence of  the farmers could be held.
The second are those who  lacked  abil­
ity  to  work  up  a  trade  in a legitimate 
way and  expected to do so  through  this 
organization.
The  third  class  of  merchants  had  a 
large number of past due accounts among 
the  Patrons  and  expected  to make col­
lections by signing.
The  fourth  were  heavily  in debt  and 
hoped by this means to clear themselves.
The fifth are business men, shrewd and 
successful,  who  signed  for  reasons best 
known to themselves,  but soon looked on 
it  as  one of  the  mistakes of  their  bus­
iness career.
Review  the  history  of  any  merchant 
who has contracted and  you  will see that 
his  case  fits  one  or more of  the classes 
named,  and also  that  dissatisfaction has 
invariably  been  the  result,  if  the  con­
tract  has  run  long  enough  to  be fully 
tested.
At  Lapeer,  Holly,  Saginaw,  Bay City 
and  many towns  in  the  Eastern part of 
the State there has  been  very little satis­
faction.  One thing  which  has  been no­
ticed in particular is,  that the  larger the 
town,  the sooner the idea is rejected; but 
even in  the  smaller  towns,  there is not 
that  distressed  feeling  that there was a 
year  ago.  The  merchants  are 
less 
alarmed and the  farmers have  lost  that 
tenacious  enthusiasm  with  which  they 
were then so  completely  filled.  Travel­
ing  men  were  told  by  their  customers 
that  they  must  not  sell  to  the P.  of  I. 
stores, but now they do  not  seem to care 
enough about it to ask  whether  they sell 
to Patron merchants or not.
Let us consider a few reasons  why the 
scheme has failed:
The  first  class  of  merchants  have 
usually  lied  to  the  Patrons  about  the 
cost of  their goods,  and covered up their 
deceit by having false  or  duplicate bills 
made with a good big  percentage  added; 
or have  bad  an  understanding with the 
wholesalers  that  they were  to  bill  the 
goods  high  and allow a cash discount of 
15  or  20  per  cent.  When the  Patrons 
would enquire elsewhere regarding prices 
and find the same goods  sold  cheaper by 
other dealers,  these merchants would ap­
peal  to their loyalty to the order and say, 
“They are  selling  below  cost to run me 
out;  you should stick by me for the good 
of  the  organization;’’  and  the  Patrons 
“stuck  by”  until  they  saw  into  the 
game.  Continuance under these circum­
stances could not exist, and the experience 
of  many  merchants 
in  many  towns 
proves it.
The second class of  merchants  did not 
have a good,  profitable  trade  and,  per­
haps,  wondered why it was, not thinking

the  fault  was in themselves.  Doubtless 
they were  not  shrewd  enough to buy at 
right prices, or did  not  kuow what kiud 
of  goods  their  particular  locality  de­
manded, or  did  not  kuow  how  to sell. 
Anyhow,  their  competitors had the bulk 
of  the trade and  they thought a contract 
with  the  P.  of  I.  would  be  just  the 
thing to give them a lead;  but the  farm­
ers soon realized the  situation, and,  find­
ing goods  sold  cheaper by others, would 
then  ask  the  trade  committee,  “Why 
can’t  we  get  a  better  merchant  than 
that?”  As  the  trade  committee  has 
always  secured  the  best  one  they  can 
persuade  to  sign,  the  members  of  the 
organization do not  feel  obliged to trade 
there unless it is to their  advantage,  and 
so go elsewhere.
The merchants  of  the third class have 
frequently put clauses in  their  contracts 
to the effect that individual Patrons were 
not to have the benefit of  reduced prices 
until they paid  up  old  accounts.  The 
farmers who had old accounts  and  were 
trying  to  pay cash  for  all  they bought 
found  it  hard  to  get  money to  supply 
their immediate  wants,  without  paying 
back  debts.  This  kind  of  contracts 
caused  any  amount  of  displeasure  on 
their part and was a complete failure.
The merchant of  the fourth class  was 
generally under the thumb of  the whole­
saler,  with  whom he was obliged to deal j 
and pay whatever prices were asked.  He 
could  not  compete  with  the  merchant 
who bought tor cash in the cheapest mar­
ket,  could not sell at prices to please the 
Patrons, and the cases are frequent where 
this  sort  of  merchant  has  failed,  soon 
after signing the contracts.

Every business man,  however  success­
ful he may have been, can look  hack and 
see  mistakes  he  has  made.  The  fifth 
class of  merchants  always look  on their 
signing P.  of  I.  contracts as an error in 
judgment.  They usually realize  it,  too, 
before the first contract  expires.  Where 
competition 
is  strong,  contracts  have 
been rejected  after but two or three days’ 
trial.
So it can be truthfully said that,  taken 
as a whole,  the merchants  who hoped to 
profit  by  this  scheme  have  as  a  rule 
lacked,  either  in  honor,  or  ability,  or 
both,  and the failure  of  the  scheme  is 
their just reward.

In his Adrian  speech  State  President 
Partridge said there  were  several  ques­
tions to ask :  First,  What’s the matter? 
Second.  What’s the remedy ? 
In  every 
occupation  there  are  always  some  un­
pleasant  features,  some  disadvantages, 
something the matter,  and every individ­
ual  is  brought to more fully realize  the 
particular  disadvantages of  his own vo­
cation, and is apt to think they are greater 
than those of  other callings,  not  under­
Some  may  have 
stood  by  himself. 
greater disadvantages and more  unpleas­
ant features than  others. 
If  this be the 
case with farmers, their remedy surely is 
not  in  blaming  their  nearest  and  best 
neighbor—the retail merchant.  Let them 
go to the root of their own difficulties.  If 
Mr.  Partridge  knows  anything  about 
farming (and  his position as president of 
the  state  organization  would 
indicate 
that he does)  let him go about the country 
telling his fellow men what he does know 
about tilling the soil,  instead of what he 
doesn't know about running a mercantile 
business;  let him explain to them how to 
work  the  ground to the best  advantage; 
what can be raised most  profitably;  how 
flocks  should  be  cared  for,  and  show 
them how to study out the  cost  of  their 
products;  let him  tell  them  how a farm 
can be run  with less expense and greater 
profit—not  what  needless  expense  he 
thinks merchants are to.  He is supposed 
to know all about the former  and  seems 
to know  nothing  about the latter.  The 
successful  merchant  knows  the  cost  of 
| every article he has for  sale and will not j 
handle a line  of  goods  without a profit 
Let the farmer do the same. 
It  can  be 
done,  and then he  will know  what he is 
doing.  1 have frequently heard farmers, 
and  hard  working  ones,  too,  say  that 
every bushel of  grain they sold was pro­
duced at a loss,  and I have  wondered  if 
there was not  something  else  that  they 
themselves  and  their  soil  were  better 
adapted to.  Merchants  who  have failed 
in  one  line  of  goods  have  frequently 
proven  eminently successful  in another.

T he D ru g  M arket.

There  are  no  changes  of  importance 
this  weeek.  Opium,  morphia  aud  qui­
nine  are  steady.  Nitrate  strontia  is 
scarce  and  higher.  Quicksilver  has 
again advanced.  Ail  mercurials  will be 
higher.  Balsam  fir,  Canada,  is 
lower. 
Malaga oil has declined.  Oil  peppermint 
is very firm.  Oil sassafras is lower.

Milk Shakes and Ice Shaves.

P utnam  Candy Co.

J E T T I N E .
Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold In 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injuij 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
lug.  See quotation.  M ASTELL  BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

IF  YOU M M S™

— •WHITE  TO—

C. W .  J o h n so n  &  C o , 

DRUGGISTS'  PRINTERS,

44 W est Larned St., DETROIT, MICH

------FOR  CATALOGUE------

TH EY CAN SA VE  YOU MONEY

Do  You  Observe  the  Law ?

If not, send SI to

THE  TRADESM AN  COMPANY,

For their combined

LIQUOR 4 POISON RECORD.

“THE  WEAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALU E."

We still have In stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

Prepared

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  R A PID S,  MICH.

SOLE  AGENTS

P O L IS H  IN  A  TnB™S',TCKE

GINSENG ROOT.
P r f l l f   TJT5 H Q   W holesale  Druggists, 
r ilO -D .  A JilU lO ., 

We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

t h e   m o s t  r e l i a b l e   f o o d

|G E|
00D F o r In fa n ts  a n d  In v alid s...

Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  N ot a  m edicine, but a steam- 
cooked  fo o d ,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
druggists.  In cans. 35c. and upward. 

Wooi.Eimt |  fip,

Hay Pity, June 23,1890.

Edwin 6. Pipp.

R e p en tan ce  Colum n.

The following are some of  the merchants who 
have been under contract  with the P. of  I.,  but 
have found the level  profit  plan a delusion and 
a snare:

& Pearson.

Belding—I,. S. Roell.
Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard.
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Chester—B. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F . Knapp, G. W .  Webster.
Fork Center—D. Palmer & Co.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum,  W.  Harmon.  Boone 
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted  & Son.
Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & 
Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Ionia—E.  S. Welch,  WVn. Wing.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller.
Lowell—Charles McCarty.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—.John Fletcher, John  Butler, Charles 
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Millbrook—T. O.  (or J. W.) Pattison.
Millington—Forester*  Clough.
Minden  City—W.  A.  Soules,  F.  O.  Hctficld 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
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.
Sparta—Wood in & Van Wickle, Dole* Haynes.
Si ringport—Cortright  & Gridin.
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.

Fletcher.

* Son.

A  G rocer  D oes  N ot  U n d e rsta n d   His 

B usiness.

From the New York Retail Grocers’ Advocate.

When  he  hangs  his  table  celery  on 
hooks in front  of  his  store,  where  the 
wind,  sun and dirt can reach it.
When he spreads his spinach or sprouts 
where  they will  get sun-cured, or leaves 
his salad uncovered.
When  he  gives  more  potatoes  for  a 
peck  than  he ought to for a half-bushel.
When he  buys teas or coffees  and  de­
pends  upon  others  for  the  selection of 
quality.
When  he pays  eight  cents a pound for 
granulated sugar and sells it for seven.
When he takes it for  gospel truth that 
there  are  as  many  oranges  in a box as 
marked and sells them accordingly.
When he spends  ten  minutes selling a 
head of  cabbage,  when in the  same time 
he could have sold a pound of  tea.
When he  takes  goods  on  sale and ac­
cepts a  bill  for  same,  as  if  purchased 
outright.
When he buys on credit,  when  he  can 
save money by buying for cash.
When  he tries to palm off  Peaberry for 

best Mocha or Java coffee.
When  he  tries to persuade a customer 
against her will that  what he has to offer 
is better than the article she wants.
When he keeps  goods  he ought to sell 
and sells goods he ought to keep.
When he gives  credit to those  who ap­
ply  without  strict  enquiry  as  to  their 
financial standing.
When he looks after  the  horses in the 
stable while his clerks neglect patrons in 
the store.

THTC  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

11

Wholesale lárice  Current.

Advanced—Quicksilver.

Declined—Balsam Fir, Malaga Olive Oil, Oil Sassafras.

ACIDUM .
Aceticum.................
Benzoicum  German.
Boracic 
...................
Carbolicum..............
Citricum...................
Hydrochlor..............
Nitrocum 
...............
Oxalieum ■  • 
......
Phosphorlum dii......

Tannicum.................
Tartaricum...............
a m m o n i a .
Aqua, 16  deg............
18  deg............
Carbonas  .................
Chlorldum...............
a n i l i n e .

“ 

8® 10
80®1 no»i
38® 12
50@ 55
3® 5
.  10© 12
.  11® 13
20
.1  40@1 80
.  1M® 5
.1  40©1 60
.  40® 42

4® 6
6® 7
. 
.  11® 13
.  12® 14

.2 00@2 25
80@1 00
o
..........  ...  45@  50
Yellow . !....................... 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50......... 1 W
Juníperos......
Xanthoxylum

m  io
25®  30

b a l s a m u m .

Terabin, Canada  ......
Tolutan............

“l i ?
40®  4E

C O RTEX .

Abies,  Canadian.  ..............
Cassiae  .........................¡¿
Cinchona F la v a.................
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.............
Prunus Virgin!....................
Quillaia,  grd.......................
Sassafras  ...........................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)
EXTBACTUM .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
p o ..........
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
“ 
“  Ms...........
“  Ms.............
PE R R U M .
Carbonate Precip.......
Citrate and Quima—
..  ©
Citrate  Soluble..... 
Ferrocyanidum Sol —  
Solut  Chloride.............  ©
Sulphate,  com’l ..  1M©
®
‘ai

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

pure... 

“  

@  15 
@3 50

© ou

Arnica.......................   £*©
Anthémis...................  fj©
Matricaria.................  ■“ ©

Barosma 
......•••••••
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin 
nivelly 

12®   20
* g

“

“ 
“ 
“ 
« 

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsl...................... 

and  Ms....................   1®®
8®
OUMMI.
@1  00 
Acacia,  1st  picked.
@  90 
2d 
®  80
3d 
“ .
sifted sorts
po.................  75@1  00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  m 
50

“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
16)..........................   @
Ammoniae.................  ~d©
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...  @
Benzoinum.................  
-*•©
Camphor»...................  60®
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®
Gafbanum...................
Gamboge,  po..............  88®
Guaiacum, (po.60)  ...  @
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @
Mastic............ ..........   ©1  00
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  ®
Opti,  (pc. 5 20)...........3 50@3
Shellac  ......................  25®
“ 
bleached........  27®
Tragacanth................  30®
Herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.........................
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia................................
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................  ¿3
“  Y ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanaeetum, V ......................  "
Thymus,  V..........................   525
Calcined, Pat.............. 
§2
Carbonate,  P a t.........   20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20@  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36

MAGNESIA,

OLEUM .

Absinthium.................5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae —  8  00@8 25
Anisi............................1 90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergami!  ...................2  80@3 25
C'ajiputi......................  90®1  00
Caryophyili.................1  25@1 30
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodi!...............   @1  75
Cinnamonii.................1  35@1 40
Citronella...................  ®  75
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba.......................1  20®1 30

POTA SSIU M .

Cubebae.................. 14 00® 14 50
Exechthitos...............   90@1  00
Erigeron.................... 1  20@1  30
Gaultheria......................2 10®2 20
Geranium,  ounce......   ®  75
Gossipi!, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  G0@1  75
Juniperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Limonis...........................1  50@1 80
Mentha Piper...................2 25@2 40
Mentha  Verid.................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce............   @ 50
Olive............................... 1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini..............................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
San tal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce—   @  65
“ iglii..........................  @1  50
'hyme.......................  40@  50
opt  ...............   @  60
“ 
Theobromas...............  15®  20
18
Bi Carb.......................  15®
14 
Bichromate................  13®
40
Bromide.............  
37®
15 
arb............................  12®
18
hlorate, (po. 18)........  16®
50®  55 
yanide ......
80©2 90 
Iodide.....................
3>@  33 
'otassa, Bitart,  pure 
©  15 
Potassa, Bitart, com.
Potass  Ni tras, opt  ..
8®   10 @  9
Potass Nitras...........
Prussiate....................  28®
Sulphate  po...............   15®
Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  @  25
ialamus......................  20®  50
lentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
llychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  4:
Maranta,  M8..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75©1 00
cut......................  @1 75
75®1  35 
p \ ___
53 
20

 

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“ 

Spigelia......................  48®
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @
Serpentaria.................  40®
Senega.......................  45©
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  ©
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®
German...  15®
Zingiber a ...................  10®
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®
SEM EN .
@
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®
Bird, Is................... 
4®
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®
Cardamon.................. 1  00@1
Corlandrum...............   10®
Cannabis Sativa.........3M@
Cydonium..................   75@1
Chenopodium  ...........  10®
Dipterix Odorate........2 25@i
Foeniculum......   ......   @
Foeuugreek,  po.........   6@
Linl........................  4  © 4M
Lilli, grd,  (bbl. 4  ).. •  4M® 4M
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian—   3M@ 4M
Rapa..........................   6@  7
Sinapis,  Albu............  8®  »
“  Nigra.........   11®  12

SPIRITU8.

1 

 
“ 

“ 
•• 
•i 

Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R........1  75@2 00
10@1 50
Juniperls  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 

25@2 00
25@2 00

SPONOES.

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 
use.......................

25@2 50
2  00 
1  10

65
75
1  40

SY R U PS.

jjj}
Accacia............................... 
Zingiber  .............................  °0
Ipecac............................ 
• •  «0
Ferri  Iod.............................   »
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  ®o
Prunus vlrg.........................  50

“ 

•* 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

60

60

Co.................... 

TIN C TU R ES.
Aconitnm  Napellis R 
F
Aloes........................
“  and  myrrh......
Arnica.....................
Asafcetida.................
Atrope Belladonna...
Benzoin....................
“  Co...............
50
Sanguinaria..............
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
.  60
Columba.............................  50
Conium...............................  56
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
Co............................  60
Gnaica................................   50
tmmon....................  60
Zingiber.............................  50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
M yrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor..........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol..................   50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan................... 
60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

‘ 
“ 

ground,  (po.

A3ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alomen.....................   2M© 3M
7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T .  55®  60
Antipyrin..................1 35@1 40
Antifebrin..................   @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ©  75
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N........... 2 10®2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11;  Ms,  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
@1
po............................
Capsid  Fructus, af...
@
@
Fpo.-
©15®
Caryophyllus, (po.  20)
@3
Carmine,  No. 40
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
40 
Cera Flava.................  38®
40 
Coccus
@
Cassia Fructus
20 
Centraria....................  ©
10 50 
Cetaceum...................  @
55
Chloroform...............   50®
squlbbs ..  @1  00
Chloral HydCrst........1  50@1 75
Chondros...................  20@
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®
German 
4®
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .......................
@
Creasotum.................
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
@5®
precip...............   8®
Rubra
@

“  prep

« 

:: 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Crocus.......................   35®  38
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cupri Sulph...............   8®  9
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po  .................  @  1
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambier......................  3  @9
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  90
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent. 
bybox62M less
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina...................19V4©  25
Grana Paradis!...........  ©  22
Humulus....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @1  00
“  Cor ....  @  88
Ox Rubrum  @1  10
Ammoniati.  @120 
Unguentum.  47®  57
Hydrargyrum............   @  85
lahthyobolla, Am...... 1  25@1  50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  85@1 00
Lycopodium..............  55®  60
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M)..........................   2®  3
Manilla,  8. F ............   45®  50

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“ 

®70®
30®

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

@ 2  00
@2  00 
@ 1  00

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 S5©3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3 10
40

MoBChus Canton
Myristica, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co...........................
Picis  LIq, N.  C., M gal
doz  .........................
Picis Liq., quarts......
p i n t s ...............
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80) ..
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..
Piper Alba,  (po g5) —
Pix  Burgun...............
Plumb! A cet..............
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  ®j
Pyretbrum,  pv...........  30®
8®
Quassiae.................... 
Quinta, S. P. & W----   41®
S.  German__  30®
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®
Saccharum Lactis pv..  ®
Salacin.......................1  S0@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Santonine  .  ..............  @4 50
Sapo,  W.....................   12®  14
8®   10 
@  15

@
14®

“ 

Seidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis.......................
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De  .
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  . 
Soda  et Potass Tart...
Soda Carb.................
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
Soda,  Ash..................
Soda, Sulphas............
Spts. Ether C o...........
“  Myrcia  Dom......
“  Myrcia Imp 
bbl.
“  Vini  Rect.
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

®  35 
12®  13 
30®  33
1MÔ  2©  5
3M@  4
@  2 
50®  55 
®2 00 
®2 50
@2  22
©1  10
Strychnia  Crystal..
Sulphur, Sub!........
..  2M@ 3M
..  2M@ 3
Roll.........
Tamarinds............ ... 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28®  30
..  50®  55
Theobromae.........
.9 00@16 00
Vanilla..................
Zinci  Sulph........... ...  7®  8

12)

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OILS.
Whale, winter......
Lard,  extra...........
Lard, No.  1...........
Linseed, pure raw

Bbl.  Gal 
70
60
50
65

..7 0  
..5 5  
..4 5  
62 

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P A IN T S. 

...  65 
Liudseed,  boiled 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69 
strained.................  50
48 
Spirits Turpentine—   43 
.  lb. 
b b l
2©3 
Red  Venetian..............lit
2@4 
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  lit
2®3
“ 
Ber........1M
Putty,  commercial —  2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure......2M  21i®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16 
ican ..........................
S0@S2 
Vermilion,  English —
70®75
Green,  Peninsular  ....
@7M 
Lead,  red....................
“  w hite...............
@7M @70 
Whiting, white Span.  .
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders’........
White, Paris  American 
1  00
Whiting,  Paris  Eng. 
cliff
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.......................1 00@1 20

V A R N ISH ES.

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

H A Z B L T IN B

A  R B R K I N S  

D R U G CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers of

-D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medieines, Paints, Oils, l/arnishes.

Sole  AgentsJforDthe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY,

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies,  Brandies,

CSlns,  W in e s ,  Brune.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Oo. 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

W e sell Liquors for M edicinal Purposes only.
W e give our Personal A ttention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar­
Ail orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

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

Jiazeltine i  Perkins  Drug  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

1 * 2

g h o c b r i b s .

Making Purchases.

Learn 

to  withstand 

From the American Grocer.
Overbuying is a common fault with re- 
toilers.  Stock should  always  be  bright 
and fresh.  With transportation facilities 
frequent and  prompt,  there is no longer 
necessity, except in exceptional instances, 
of  carrying  a  heavy stock.  There is no 
economy in the extra discount if  it over­
loads  and  makes  an  interest  account 
against the goods greater than the induce­
ment  ottered to purchase.  Besides  that 
consideration  is  anothef  of  greater  im­
portance;  the  quality and appearance of 
the goods.  Shelf  goods find quicker sale 
if  the  labels have a bright,  new appear­
ance,  if  there is no dust  on  the tops of 
tins  o r   about the neck of  the bottles.
the  cajoling, 
smooth  words  of  flattery of  the cheery, 
good-natured  drummer.  Use  him well, 
and  treat  him fairly,  but  fight  against 
purchasing where the only inducement is 
an extra discount or  some  other  trifling 
advantage.  Customers  soon find out the 
dealer  whose  store  wears  a fresh  look 
and  where  they see.  or  think  they see, 
something new at every visit.
Often times in introducing  new  goods 
it  pays to buy a liberal quantity,  particu­
larly  if  a special price is made. 
In such 
case,  push the  goods at about  cost for a 
limited period,  thus  advertising  the  ar­
ticle and  the  store  at  trifling  expense, 
but  with grand results. 
l)o not continue 
the  special  price  beyond  the  specified 
time.  This is a splendid way of creating 
demand.
Wool  W eak—Hides  Firm — Tallow 
The  wool  market  is  more  depressed 
than  for a long time.  Manufacturers are 
s h u t t i n g   down  or  running  short  time. 
Failures are frequent  and it is said more 
are to follow.  The  low price  of  goods 
and a  dragging  market  have  had  their 
effect,  that no tariff  legislation can affect 
for the better. 
Foreign  manufacturers 
will  flood  our  markets  with  all  goods 
possible  before  a  new  tariff  can  take 
effect  and  dealers  or  growers  of  wool 
need  not  look 
for  anything  better  in 
prices for a long time.

Lower.

Hides  remain  firm,  but  offerings  are 
larger and equal  to demand.  No  higher 
prices  need  be  looked  for  in  the near 
future.

Tallow is lower.  The demand is light, 
with light offerings and no accumulation.

Purely  Personal.

Frank A. Jenison,  the Manton  general 
dealer, spent Sunday with friends in this 
city.

Geo. T.  Wilson,  the  Dowling  general 
dealer,  was in town a couple of days last 
week.

W.  F.  Dermont,  Manager of  the W.  D. 
Wing Co.,  Limited,  of  Wingleton,  was in 
town one day last  week.

David  Holmes,  buyer  for  the  West 
Michigan  Lumber  Co.,  at  Woodville, 
spent Sunday in the city.

Dr. G. B. Nichols,  the Martin druggist, 
was  in town  last week,  in  attendance on 
the meeting of  the State Medical Society.
The wife of  Howard  Mosher,  general 
dealer  at  Cloverdale,  was  seriously  in­
jured  by lightning  on  the  17th. 
It  is 
thought she will recover.

A. L.  Thompson,  who  has  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  Tibbs drug store, on 
Monroe  street,  will continue to reside in 
Plainwell for the  present,  spending Sun­
day at the  family hearthstone.

Augustus  Kuppenheimer  leaves  for 
New York next  Monday, whence he sail« 
on  the  3d  for  Hamburg,  spending  a 
couple  of  months among  the friends in 
Germany  he  left  behind  twenty-three 
years ago.

S.  A.  Sears  assumes  the  mantle  of 
Manager of  the  Sears  cracker  factory— 
hereafter known as  the  New  York  Bis­
cuit Co.—with becoming  modesty,  prom­
ising that the business shall be conducted 
even  more  aggressively  in  the  future 
than it has  been in the past.

Frank Inglls,  the Detroit druggist, was 
in  town  a  couple  of  days  last  week, 
called hither by the annual convention of 
the State Medical Society.  He improved 
the  opportunity  to  call  on  his  friends 
among the drug  trade, all of  whom  were 
glad  of  the  opportunity  to  shake  the 
hand  of  the President of  the M. S. P.  A.
Thos.  A Hazlitt  has  started  an  oppo­
sition  ’bus  line  at  Manistee,  charging 
one-half  the  rates  of  the  old  line—25 
cents for a round  trip  and  25  cents  for 
each  trunk.  Mr.  Hazlitt  has  the  en­
dorsement of  the ’Bus  Committee of  the 
K. of  G.  and  will  undoubtedly  receive 
the  patronage  of  traveling  men  gener­
ally.

A  Happy Merchant.

From the Western Merchant.
One of the most popular and successful 
grocers in this city is to-day  doing  busi­
ness on  a  cash  basis,  strictly.  A year 
ago  he  was  doing a credit business,  but 
bad  accounts,  postponed payments,  and 
the expense of  making out bills and col­
lecting them,  sickened him,  and  he  sud­
denly resolved  to  give  credit no longer. 
The  abrupt  change  was  a  surprise  to 
customers and employes  alike,  and for  a 
while things looked blue.  But the grocer 
kept the neatest of  stores and the best of 
goods,  had  no  interest  to  charge slow- 
paying patrons, and a few trials convinced 
his customers  that  if  cash went further 
with  the  merchant  it  also went further 
with them.  To-day.  this  grocer is trans­
acting a larger  business  than  ever,  and 
the smile on  his  face  is as bright as the 
eagle  on  a new silver dollar.  He  buys 
for cash and  sells for cash, and he smiles 
because he is free from care.

. 

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are  down  about  %c  since  a 
week ago  and  the  tendency of  the mar­
ket  is  undoubtedly downward,  although 
higher  prices  will  probably  rule  in  a 
couple of  weeks.  Pickles  are  so scarce 
that  the  price  has  gone  out  of  sight. 
Ollier  articles  in  the  grocery  line  are 
about  steady.

Pineapples good and cheap.

P u tn a m   Ca n d y  Co.

Stolen  W ool.

Perkins & Hess are  the  first  sufferers 
from  wool  thieves  so  far  this  season. 
W. C. Nesen,  their  Lansing  buyer, took 
in  about  1,000  pounds  of  wool  on  the 
16th, which was stolen  the  night before 
from a farmer near St. Johns.  The wool 
was  taken  to  Lansing  by  two  men  in 
lumber  wagons,  who  remained  in  the 
city all  day long,  being  shadowed in the 
meantime  by  the 
sheriff  of  Clinton 
county,  who  had  tracked  the thieves to 
the  Capital  City. 
In attempting  to  ar­
rest one of  the men,  as  he  was  driving 
away from town,  the sheriff  was  pushed 
out  of 
thief 
whipped up his horses and escaped.  The 
other  thief  also  escaped,  but  left  his 
team  and  wagon  behind,  which  have 
been attached at the  instance of  Perkins 
& Hess.  One of  the men  has been iden­
tified  as  Charles  Johnson, who recently 
served a term in prison, having been con­
victed and sentenced in this city.
A  Courteous Concoction.

the  wagon,  when 

the 

will you?

Feedem—Send over six pounds  of  tea, 
Sandham—Certainly.  Green or black?
Feedem—Blackest  you’ve  got. 
I’m 
catering for a big colored wedding on the 
west side.

For the finest coffees in the world,  high 
grade teas, spices, etc.,  see  J. P. Visner, 
17 Hermitage block, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co.,  New  York 
City. 

352tf

Fire Crackers all sizes and prices.

P utnam  Candy Co.

WOOL

I am  in  the  market  for  WOOL. 

I 
WANT  TO  BUY.  Parties  having  any 
for sale,  if  they  will notify me,  if in car 
load lots,  I will  come and look  at  it  and 
try to buy it. 
If  in  small  lots,  if  you 
will send it to me,  I will open it  up  and 
report by return mail what I can give for 
it,  before taking it into account.  There 
will be no charge on it, after it is once at 
my  store.
W   T  L A M O R E A U X ,

25c

7»  CANAL  STREET.
PRODUCE  MARKET.
for evaporated.  The market is quiet.

ing Sl.85@t2.10 for city hand-picked.

crate:  Baltimore stock is out of market.

Apples—Dried, 6@654c for sun-dried and 10@llc 
Asparagus—30c  per doz. bu.
Beans—Dry stock is scarce and firm, command 
Beets—New, 35c per doz.
Butter—Not in shape to make  any  quotations. 
Cabbages—Cairo stock  commands S1.75@S2 per 
Cabbage Plants—50c per 100.
Cheese—Full  cream  stock commands 7@8c. 
Cherries—Sour fruit, $3  per bu.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—40c per doz.
Eggs—The market is steady.  Dealers  pay  12c 
and hold  at  13c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  *3.50  per  bu. 
medium, *3.50.  Timothy, *1.60 per bu.
Green  Beans—Wax, *2  per  bu.  String,  *1.50 
per bu.Lettuce—12c  per  lb.  for Grand Rapids grown 
Maple  Sugar — 8@10e  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.Magle Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—Green, 10@12c  per doz.  Southern, *2 
per sack.
Peas—Green, '5c per bu.
Pieplant—*1 per crate of 50 lbs.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—Old  stock  is  a  little  more  active 
finding  a  moderate  sale  at  40c  per  bu.  New 
Southern is in fair demand at *3@*3 50 per bbl.
Raspberries—Both black and  red  are  in  good 
demand, commanding 81.5U@*2 per crate. 
Radishes—2oc per doz bunches.
Strawberries—Home-grown fruit will probably 
be out of market by the end of the  week,  16  qt. 
cases  commanding *1 for good fruit.
Tomato Plants—35@40c per 100.
Watermelons—Georgia, *30 per 100.
PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................... 854
Dried beef, ham prices...................................  jj
Long Clears, heavy..........................................  #
Briskets,  medium...........................................   J
light................................................6

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OYSTERS and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   F IS H .

 

Whitefish...............................................   @ J*
“  smoked........................................  © J
Trout............................ 
@ U*
Halibut...................................................
Ciscoes...................................................  ® 4
@35
Fairhaven  Counts..........................
@30
Selects..  .........................................
@25
F. J. ................................................
FRESH  MEATS.

oysters—Cans.

 

Beef, carcass..
“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“ 
“ 
“ 

hindquarters..................
fore 
...................
loins, No. 3......................
t/vn(711 PR 
....................................... 

554@
...........  7  @ 8
...........  354® 4
...........  @  9
.........   @754
....................................   ©  9
^   ...
A   F
..................................... 
(tv &
...........  @8
...........  @ 6
...........  @5
...........  @5
...........  @ 8
...........8  @ 9

..............................................  
UnlAcma 
“  shoulders.........   ..............
Sausage, blood  or head............
Frankfort.................
Mutton.....................................

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

“ 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

STIC K .
 
.....................................
M IX ED .

Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................854
Twist, 
854
25 
Cut Loaf, 25 
Royal, 25 lb. palls............................................854
2001b.  bbls.......................................... 8
Extra, 251b.  palls........................................... W
2001b.  bbls...........................................   9
French Cream, 25 lb.  palls..........................   1154
Lemon Drops...................................................12
Sour Drops......................................................
Peppermint Drops...........................................14
Chocolate Drops.............................................. 14
H. M. ChocolateoDrops................................... 18
Gum Drops......................................................1®
Licorice Drops................................................ 18
A. B. Licorice Drops...................................... 14
Lozenges, plain............................................... 14
printed...........................................15
Imperials.........................................................14
Mottoes............................................................15
Cream Bar.......................................................13
Molasses Bar.................................................. 13
Caramels...................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams....................................... 18
Plain Creams.................................................. 16
Decorated Creams...........................................20
String  Rock............................  ......................15
Burnt Almonds...............................................22
Wlntergreen  Berries..................................... 14
fancy—In balk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails............................... 1154
in bbls.................................1054
printed, in pails.............................. 12
in bbls...............................11
Chocolate Drops, In pails............................... 12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................   654
in bbls..........................................  554
Moss Drops, In pails.......................................10
in bbls..........................................  9
Sour Drops, in pails.......................................12
Imperials, In pails..........................................H
in bbls........................................... 10

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PORK  IN  BARRELS.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new..................... 
12 00
Short c u t.....................................................   12 00
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12 50
Boston clear, short cut................................  12 75
Clear back, short cut........................................  13 00
Standard clear, short cut, best....................  13 00
Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.................. 
9
Frankfort Sausage..........................................  8
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick................................................5
Headcheese....................................................   5
Tierces............................................................7
Tubs...................................................................7X
501b.  Tins......................................................... 754
Tierces............................................................   6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs...........................................   6J4
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case....................................  7
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case....................  
6®
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case.....................................  6J£
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.....................................  654
501b. Cans..........................................................614
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Family.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

 

 

16 lbs...................................... 10J4
“ 
12 to 14 lbs............................... 1054
icnic..................................................  734
pici
besest boneless............................ .......... S

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FR U IT S .

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300.
Florida, choice..........
“ 
fancy...........
“ 
“ 
Riverside, fancy........
“  Mountain,  “ 
........
“  Wash.  Navals, fancy.
“  Valencias,  large........
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360..
“ 
300..
fancy,  360..
“ 
300.
choice  “ 

Oranges, Rodi, choice, 200  ..................   @ 650
@  6 50
@
@
@@
@
@00@ 5 50 
@ 5 25 
@ 6 00 
@16 
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........15
13  @  14 
«
@
54 frails, 50 lb..............................  @
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
..........................   @8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  554@
N U TS.

“ 
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“  choice, 7 1b..
Dates, frails, 50 lb.
“ 
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@ 6 00 

“  50-lb.  “ 

Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16
Ivaca......................................   @15
California..............................   @14
Brazils....................................................   @11
Walnuts, Grenoble.................... ............  @16
California..............................   @15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............   ,..............11  @14
Cocoanuts..........................   .................   @4 50
Fancy, H. P., Suns  ...............................  @  954
.................   @1154
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game Cocks.................  @954
Roasted  ......   @1154
Fancy, H. P., Stags  ..............................   @ 9
“  Roasted  ..................10 54@11
Choice, H. P., S tars.............................   @854
“  Roasted...................10  @1054
Fancy, II. P., Steamboats......................  @854
Roasted......... 10  @1054

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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

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Wholesale P rice  Current•

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

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COFFEE EXTRACT.

%lb.  “ 
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coffee—Green.

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CANDLES
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE SBEASE.

“  % lb. 
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6 OZ. 
“  % lb. 
12oz. 
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1 lb. 
51b. 

BAKING  POWDER.
 
 
 
 
 
 

B. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6
Frazer’s.............................. 82 40
Aurora................................  J  75
Diamond'.  ........................... 1  80
Thepure, 10c packages.  . - .81  20
1  56
2 28
  2 76
4 20
  5 40
28 CO
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, % lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s.. 10 00
508.18 75
Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz —   75
V4 lb.  “  2  “ —   1 50
..  3 00
lib .  “  1  “ . 
bulk......................... 
20
Our Leader, %lb. cans......   45
......  
90
...... 1  60
Telfer’s,  Vlb. cans, doz..  45
. ■  85
%  lb.  “  “ 
..  1 50
1  lb.  “  “ 
BATH BRICK.
80 
English, 2 doz. in case. 
.
75 
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Bristol,  2  “ 
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70 
American.r2 doz. In case..
Dozen 
BLUING.
30 
Mexican,  4oz.........
60 
8  oz.........
90
16 oz...........
BROOMS.
1  75
No. 2 Hurl..............
2  00
OOK
No. 1  “ 
...............  
No. 2 Carpet....................... 2 25
.......................   2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.........................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
*20
3 25
Mill
Warehouse.........................2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............  10
Star,  40 
..............   9%
Paraffine.............................  11
Wicking.............................   25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand... .1  !5 
...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 00
2 lb. 
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
“ 
31b.  soused......... 2 85
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  65@2 00 
1 lb.  Alaska..1  40@1  60
“ 
Sardines, domestic  %s........ 
5
“ 
%s........@9
“  Mustard %s.........   @9
imported  %s,..10%@16
“ 
spiced,  V4s........... 
“ 
10
Trout, 3 lb. brook........... 
2 60
CANNED GOODS—FrUltS.
Apples, gallons, stand......... 3 25
Blackberries,  stand............   80
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted....................1  40
Damsons.......................... - I   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.........................l io
Pears........  .........................1  25
Pineapples,  common.. 1  10@1  50 
Johnson’s.2 50@2 75
Quinces...............................J  00
Raspberries,  extra..............1  75
re d .................l  40
Strawberries............. 1  15@1  35
Whortleberries....................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay----
Beans, Lima,  stand............   80
“  Green  Limas—   @1  35
“  Strings..............  @  80
“  Stringless,  Erie.....   80
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1 40 
Corn, Archer’s Trophy......  90
« 
“ 
Peas, French.....................-1  68
«*  extra marrofat...  @1  25
“  soaked.....................  80
“  June, stand................. 1  40
“ 
“  sifted......... 1  65@1  85
“  French, extra fine...  . I 50
Mushrooms, extra fine........2  15
Pumpkin. 3 lb. Golden  @1  50 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash..............................JO
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  oo
Good Enough  @1 00 
®1  10
BenHar  ... 
stand br___  @  95
Snider’s, % pint...............   • J ®
pint........................2 30
quart......................3 50

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
22
German Sweet.................. 
Premium..........................  
35
38
Pure.................................. 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
40
Broma............................... 
37
Bulk.............................4  @4%
Pound  packages.............   @7
Valley City......................... 
80
Felix...................................  1 10
Rio, fair.........................  @21
good.................... 21  @22
prime......................  @23
fancy,  washed...  @24
golden................. 23  @24
Santos.........................22  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior............ 24  @26
“  Mandheling— 27  @30
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola................................. 24%
In cabinets................25%
McLaughlin’s  XXXX.... 25},
Lion  ....................................25J
in cabinets.................26
Durham.............................. 25
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.  1  35
150
1
2  00
90 
1  10
7 50 
60

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.........  
" 
60 ft.......... 
“ 
“i
70 ft.......... 
80 ft.......... 
11
60 ft.......... 
11
72 ft-........  
41
CONDENSED M ILK
Eagle........................ .  ■ 
A n g lo - S w iB S .......................6  0 0 ®
*
coupons—“Superior.”
2 50
$ 1. per hundred...............
3 00
...............
* 2, 
4 00
*5, 
...............
5 00
*10, 
...................
*20, 
6  00
coupons—“Tradesman.
*  1, per hundred...............   2 00
* 2 
* 5 
«io; 
•20 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............   5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.................  714
Seymour 
Butter..................................  “H
family.........................  ’14
biscuit.......................  61%
Boston..................................  714
City Soda.............................   7*4
Sfida.....................................  ®
. Oyster.............................   “H
Ity Oyster, XXX.................  514
Shell.............................  
CREAM   TA RTA R.
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’.............................    25
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......  @ 6
“ 
@10 
@19 
“ 
pricots, 
@   6 
lackberries “
..15 
Nectarines  “
. .8@14 
Peaches 
“
Plums 
“ 
...10 
...30
R a s p b e r r i e s   “  
Turkey.......................  6%@ 614
Bosnia........................„„  @714
lalifornia.................. 10  @11
.......................
Orange.......................
In drum......................
Inboxes.....................  @26
d r ie d f r u it s—Currants. 
Zante, in barrels........  @5%
in less quantity  6  @ 6%
Valencias...................  @9
Ondaras......................  @11H
Sultanas.....................   @1°
jondon  Layers,  Cali­
fornia....................   2 50@2 80
-.ondon  Layers, for’n.  @
Muscatels, California  !  90@2 25
ITagrfi 
5 25
Half  kegs  '. '.  ......................2 88
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, per  bbl — ............3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box....  60
imported......   @ 994
Pearl  Barley.................   @294
Peas, green.................  @1 00
split....................  @3
Sago, German............   @6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl... 
6@  .
Wheat,  cracked.........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  import  ...  @10
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.

..............
......................
dried fruits—Prunes.

............ 10
............ 20
CRACK ERS.
“ 

“  Morn’g Glory
“ 
Early Golden

d r ie d  f r u it s—Raisins.

d r ie d  fr u it s—Citron.

D R IE D   F R U IT S — Peel.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

evaporated, 

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

GUN  POWDER.

CHEESE.

CATSUP.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

18

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

6

 

 

Trout,  14  bbls............  @4 50
10  lb.  kits.................  60
White,  No. 1, 14 bbls..  @6 00
12 lb. kits...... 1  00
10 1b. kits.
Family,  14  bbls.. 
kits........

“ 

“ 

HERBS.

 

 

JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage.....................................   9
Hops.....................................14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6 
Ihicago  goods....................  4
No.  ... 
30
No. 1...................................   40
No. 2...................................  50
Pure.....................................  30
'alabria...............................  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
Black  Strap...................... 
Cuba Baking.................... 
Porto  Rico....................... 
New Orleans, good........... 
choice........ 
fancy.........  
One-half barrels. 3c extra

20
24
30
24
30
42

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LYE.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

OIL.

“ 
“ 

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, Barrels.............4  50
Half barrels......2 50
Cases........2 15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels—   @4 50
Half bbls..  @2 50
Cases........2  15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  9%
Water White....................... 10%
Medium.................................@9 00
“  % b b l................  5 25
Small, bbl...............................10 00
“  %  bbl..............................6 00
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
2 50
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25
3 00
4 00
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
5 (JO
Carolina head....................... 614
No. 1........................5%
“ 
“  No. 2................5V4@
“ 
No. 3........................5
Japan, No. 1..........................614
»  No. 2.......................... 514

“  T. D. full count...........  75

PRESERVES.

PIPES.

RICE.

SNUFF.

Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

SOAP.

3  “ 

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

..................3  15
1M

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
Happy Family,  75.................... 2 95
Ola Country, 80........................ 3 30
Una, 100....................................3 bo
Bouncer, 100
SAL  SODA.
Kegs.....................• ••
Granulated,  boxes...
SAPOLIO.
...  2 50
Kitchen, 3doz.  in box 
Hand 
“ 
...... 2 50
SOUPS.
Snider’s  Tomato............... 2 40
Allspice..............................I®
Cassia, China in mats......  8
“  Batavia in bund —  »5
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 
f* 
white...  .26
shot......................--20
“ 
spices—Ground--In Bulk.
Allspice...............................J®
Cassia,  Batavia.................
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“  Saigon....................®
Cloves,  Amboyna...............
“  Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African..................12V4
”•  Cochin.................... 15
Jam aica..................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................90
Mustard,  E n g lish ...........»
and Trie..25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 . . .......— 80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25
SUGARS.

*> 
“ 

»* 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Fancy Full  Cream....  @7%
Good 
“  —   @7
Part Skimmed...........   6  @7
Sap Sago................... 19  @20
E d am ........................  
w
CHEWING GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................30
200  “ 
40
Spruce, 200 pieces................40
Bulk.....................................06
Red............................. 7H

CHICORY.

“ 

 

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

Cod, whole.................5  @ 6%
“  boneless................694@ 8
H alibut.................-- 
@  9V4
Herring,  round, 94 bbl.. 
2 90
“ 
2 75
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
“ 
Scaled..................18@ 20
“ 
12 00 
“  12 lb kit..130
“ 
.1 20
« 
••  }0 

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl 
“ 

*« 
.. 

“ 

Cut  Loaf....................  @ 754
Cubes............................  @7%
Powdered............... • 
@ 7%
@ 6% 
Standard  Granulated
Fine.........
@   6% 
@ 694 @6.31
Confectioners’ A.
_
White Extra  C.......... 
Extra  C.........................  @6%
...............................  @5%
Yellow..........................   @5%

SEEDS.

 

SALT

“ 
“  H-bu  “ 

Mixed bird.................  4V4@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 3%
Hemp.....................................3%
Anise....................................8
Rape................................... 6
Mustard...................... 
7H
Common Fine per bbl.........   80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......  27
28 pocket.............................1  90
60 
“ 
............................. 2 00
............................. 2 25
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
Higgins  “ 
................  75
Warsaw “ 
 
35
................  20
Diamond Crystal,  cases —  1  50 
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb 
60  pocket.2  25
28 
.2  10
barrels ..  .1  75
Church's, Arm & Hammer.. .514
Dwight’s Com........................514
Taylor’s.................................5%
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............5%
“ •  pure.........................5%
Our Leader............ ............  5
Corn, barrels.................... @27
one-half barrels— @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel  ...28@37
“ 

SALERATUS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SYRUPS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

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

TEAS.

ja pa n—Regular.

F air.............................14  @16
Good............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @29
Choicest...................... 32  @38
F air.............................14  @15
Good........................... 16  @20
@28
Choice........................24
@33
Choicest.....................30
BASKET  f ir e d .

su n  cur ed.

GUNPOWDER.

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
Superior to fine............ 40  @50

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F air.............................25  @30
Choice..........................30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea Dust.....................  8  @10
Common to fair..........25  @30
Superior to  fine..........30  @50
Fine to choicest.......... 55  @65
Boxes................................. 5%
Kegs, English.....................4%

OOLONG.

SODA.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

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

63
36
35

Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.'s  Brands.
Something Good..................   38
Double P edro........................35
Peach  Pie  ..............................36
Wedding  Cake, blk................35
“Tobacco” ..............................37

tobacco—Shorts.

Our  Leader.............................15

tobaccos—Smoking.

Our  Leader....................... 16
Hector.....................  ......... 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz...................32
4 oz...................31
18 oz...................32
VINEGAR.

“ 
“ 
40 gr. 
50 gr.
PA PER SWOODENWARK

614

PAPER.

Curtiss  <6  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw................................... 160
“  Light  Weight.............200
Sugar................................... 180
Hardware.............................214
Bakers..................................214
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla......................... 8
Red  Express  N o.l.............. 5
No. 2 ............ 4

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No. 2....................... 20
“  3.......................18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ .................................17
Wool...................................   8

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1..........................  8 00
“  No.2..........................  7 00
“  No. 3.......................... 6 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —   55
Bowls, 11 inch....................   1 00
13  “ 
.....................   1 25
15  “ 
.................... 2 00
17  “ 
......................2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75

“ 
“ 
•> 
“ 
“ 

.......... 

b u s h e l  

WHEAT.

splint 

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

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

40
..........  1  50
“  with covers  1  90
5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
“  No.l  3  5» 
‘ 
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 on
“ 
GRAINS and  KKEUSTITF* 
W hite........................  
82
Red............................ 
82
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
MEAL.
1  15
Bolted....................
1  3.
Granulated............
FLOUR.
.  .  1 6^
Straight, in  sacks..........
..  4 80
“  barrels.  ...
“ 
5  60
Patent 
“  sacks. . . . .
..  5 80
“  barrels. 
“ 
..
MILLSTUFF8.
13 0 1
Bran......................................
.  13 on
Ships....... ....................
..  12  '»■
Screenings..................
..  14  “O
Middlings  ..................
Mixed  Feed.................
..  is   ro
..  15 00
Coarse meal.................
40
Small  lots....................
37
Car 
“  ...................... 
.
3:
Small  lots  ......................
•32! 2
Car 
“  ........................
No.l  .................................
45
1  IO
No. 1....................................
1  05
No. 2....................................
.  10 75
No. 1......................................
No. 2...................................... . . .  If) 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and F U R S
Perkins  &  Hess  pay as  fol

BARLEY.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

. 

“ 

HIDES.

lows:
Green................................ 5  @ 5V4
Part Cured.................  5
@ 514 
@ 614 
Full 
6
Dry.............................   6
@   8 
@  5
Kips, green  ...............
@ 614 @ (i
“  cured...................6
Calfskins,  green  ......  4
cured........   5  @7
Deacon skins............... 10  @25

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@2f

No. 2 hides 14 off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings...................10
Estimated wool, per lb 20 
W ashed.........................
Unwashed....................
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tallow.........................3
Grease  b u tte r...........  1
Switches  ----
G inseng.........

,20@27
10@20
@ 3% 
@   2 
1V4@ 2 
2 no@-i Î0

F I R E W O R K S !

Besides our FINE LINE of CANDY, we are agents for the Best ALL COLORED 
price;

FIREWORKS,  and have many specialties in this  line on which you can make 
money.  No  old  chestnuts  to  work  off. 
Send for catalogue and get our { 
before  ordering.
If  you  want  the  BEST  CANDY  put  up NET  WEIGHT,  ask  for  our  goods.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  8T„

R E M E M B E R
b u n o l a

T U A   T

Is

b e tte r   and  costs  less 
package  coffees

than  m ost 

lOO-POUND  CASES,  24  3-4;

lOO-CABINETS,  «5  1-4.

FOR SALE  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS  JOBBERS

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

DEALERS IN

H

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S

S

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  B A M D S,  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE.

THEPURE

T I T K   ]\ rX C T T T O A ^ r  TRADESMAN.

BAKING
POWDER

Sold on  a  “live  and  let live” basis, a fair profit 
Deing guaranteed to both wholesale and retail deal­
ers by a system   of  limited prices, while  consumers 
ire furnished the  purest,  strongest  and best cream 
>f tartar baking powder made.

MANUFACTURED  BY

A L B A N Y ,   KT.  TT.

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect June 22,1890.
TRA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

Arrive.

GOING  SOOTH.

11:30 a in 
4:10 p m 
10:30 p m
Train  leaving  at  10:30 pm ,  runs  daily.  Sunday  in 

Big Rapids Sc Saginaw........................
Traverse  City Sc Mackinaw............  * 50 a m
Traverse City  Sc  Mackinaw  ...........9:15 am
Traverse City Sc Saginaw.................. 2:15 p m
Mackinaw City.....................................8:50 pm   _
eluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
6 30 a in 
Cincinnati  Express............................  6:00an
10:25 a m 
Fort Wayne & Chicago................... 10:15 a m
6:00 pm  
Cincinnati  Express......................... 5:40 pm
11:30 I» in
Sturgis Sc Chicago............................10:50  p m
From Big Rapids & Saginaw.........11:50  am
Train  leaving  for  Cincinnati  at  6p.  m.  runs daily, 
Sundays  included.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7  25 a. m. 
and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor 
cars to Petoskey  and  Mackinaw  City.  11:30 a m train 
parlor chair cars to  Mackinaw  City.  South—6:30 am  
train  has  parlor  chair  car and 6 p. m. train  sleeping 
car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m  train, Wagner  sleeping 
car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.

 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids &  Indiana. 

Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m ..............................................................................10:10 am
1120 am .................................  
3:46 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.  07  Monroe  St., 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Orand H aven & M ilwaukee.

 

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
fMornlng Express............................ 12:50 p m
¿Through Mail....................................4:10 p m
tOr&nd Rapids  Express..................10:25  p m
•Night Express...................................6:40 am
tMixed................................................
GOING EAST.
tDetroit  Express........................................6:45 am
tThrough Mail.................................. 10:10 a m
¿Evening Express..............................3:35 pm
•Night  Express.................................. 0:50 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
4.20 pm  
10:30 p m 
8:45 am  
7:30 am
6:50 a m 
10:20 a m 
3:45 p m 
10:65 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving  6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East.
Express leaving at  10:55  p  m  has  Wagner  Bleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit  at 7:20 a m.
Steamboat  Express  makes  direct  connection  a 
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
sleeping 
secured  at 
tickets  and 
D., G. H. & M .R*y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.
J as. Campbell. Citv Passenger Agent. 

car  berths 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and  East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor &  North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. 11. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincln 
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promt 
neut points on connecting lines.

A. J. Paihlet, Gen’l Pass.  Agent
Michigan C entrât,

“  The Niagara Falls R oute’'

D EPA R T .  A R R IV E
Detroit Express....................................7:20 am   10:00 pm
6:00 p m 
Mixed  ....................................................6:30 a m  
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10:00 a m 
Day  Express........................................11:55 a m
6:00 a m 
•Atlantic & Pacific Express..............11:15 p r~
1.25 p m
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p l

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.

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

O. W. Rugglks. G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.
’before  buying GRATESl
L e t  Circular and Testimonials.  S t* IIt  F r e r . l
1  Economical.  Sanitary.  Cleanly and  Artistic. 
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A T rue C om bination  o f  MOCHA, 
Picture  Card  Given
W ith every pound  p a c k a g e .  For 
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TRUE  ECONOMY.

Many people have a false idea of  what 
economy means.  They  believe  they are 
economical  while  they indulge in  many 
articles  which are pure luxuries,  simply 
because  they are  cheap.  They frequent 
bargain  counters  and  buy  many things 
which they do not  need,  under  the  im­
pression that they will need them at some 
future  day.  Thus  they fritter  a  great 
deal  of  money on things  which do them 
no  earthly  good.  They buy two  cheap 
dresses,  when one good  one  would  last 
longer  than  both  of  the  cheap  gowns. 
The  price  of  an  article  is a  very poor 
criterion  to go by in estimating its cheap­
ness.  An inferior article which contains 
intrnsic Haws  is  generally  dear  at  any 
price.  Wise women are seldom led away 
by specious  labels on goods.  They make 
up their minds what they need before they 
start  out on a shopping  expedition,  and 
purchase goods to meet that need.  After 
looking  through  the  shops,  they  often 
select something different from  what they 
had first intended,  because they find  it is 
better suited to their  purpose  or  that it 
will  be  difficult to get exactly  what they 
had  planned. 
It is always  wise to make 
out a shopping list, with the limit of price 
which  you  intend  to  pay opposite  each 
article,  and  keep  yourself,  if  possible, 
within  this limit.  The value of  keeping 
a petty cash account  book in  which every 
article bought for  the  household  is  set 
down  and  balanced  with the amount  of 
money  received  at  the  bottom  of  every 
set  of  pages  cannot  be too highly com­
mended. 
It  keeps  expenses  within 
bounds,  and is useful  to the housekeeper 
in  estimating  the  value  of  articles  she 
intends purchasing. 
It shows  how  long 
the goods and other clothing have  lasted, 
and many other  things  which no mother 
can always keep  in  her memory.  It  is an 
excellent  thing to give  children,  as soon 
as  they  arrive at about  twelve  years,  or 
even before,  a little allowance for spend­
ing  money and an  account  book.  Show 
them how  to keep  an  account  of  small 
expenditures,  and  make  it  a  condition 
that they do  so  if  they wish  to  receive 
their allowance.  There is no instruction 
more necessary to children  than  instruc­
tion  in the wise  management  of  money. 
Children  should  be  taught  early  what 
true  economy is,  and  to  exercise  their 
judgment—not  their  fancy—in  making 
purchases.  A  little instruction  now,  and 
experience,  if  need be,  of  the  genuine 
discomforts  of  extravagance,  may  save 
them much suffering in after years, when 
perhaps,  you  cannot  help  them.  Only 
when people  have  conquered  the  spirit 
of  the spendthrift  within themselves cau 
they help their  children. 
“I  don’t  un 
derstand  it,”  said  a  brilliant,  worldly 
woman,  who had been  accustomed  to in­
dulge every  whim  when  she  could;  “as 
soon  as  1  have any money,  a  necessity 
arises for its use.”  The  secret was that 
what  was a luxury when  she  could  not 
obtain 
it  suddenly  became  a  necessity 
when she could;  and  thus it will  always 
be  with  some  persons.  Trivial  things 
which  they might  do  without  seem  for 
time  to  be  veritable  needs  which 
the 
they  will  be  wretched  if 
they  forego. 
Self-indulgence is an  unmerciful  tyrant.

A. S. M.

Detroit—Cyrus W.  Warren,  Samuel  R. 
Scharfand  William  R.  Warren,  all  of 
New  York,  have incorporated  the  War- 
ren-Scharf  Asphalt  Paving  Co.,  with 
$60,000 capital.

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Woodbury—Chas. Lapo, II.  Yan  Houten. 
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.

Ionia P a n ts & O verall Co

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E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Boats,  M e ts,  Shirts,  Ete.

W arranted  Not to Rip-

2 40
3 40

F it  Guaranteed.

W orkmanship  Perfect.

2 80
3 80
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.,

GraBker  ManilfaGtilm,

3 7 ,  3 9   an d   41  K en t  St.,  G rand  R a p id s

Putnam  Candy  Co.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O R A N G E S ,

LEMONS,

BANANAS, 
jFig's,  Dates,  Nuts,  e tc •

C U R T I S S   &   CO.,

WHOLESALE

P a p e r  

War

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

Houseman  Block, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TWINE.

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A .  H I M E S ,

Wholesale and  Retail Dealer in

L im e,  C em en t,

F ire  B rick , etc.

GOBI  ÄND  WOOD.

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

Yard  and Warehouse on  Line of 

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

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

D uplex S Z  W a g o n

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

& Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. 

not cancelled their contracts at  last accounts: 

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had 
Ada—L. Barns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle, 
h. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros.
Allegan—Chas. Spear.
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Ell Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Banfleld—Andrew Brezee.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman & Co.
Belding—Lightstone Bros.
Bellalre—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—A. V.  Young,  E.  P.  Shaukweiler 
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Bowen’s Mills—Chas. W. Armstrong.
Brice—J. B. Gardner.
Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.
Caldwell—C. L. Moses.
Capac—H. C. Slgel.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A.  Fish, B. 
ripp.Charlotte — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Smith,  C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Beniamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Dowling—Rice & Webster.
Eaton  Rapids—H. Kositchek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Dcvitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & son, Bar­
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Forester—E. Smith.
Freeport—C.  Y. Riegler.
Gladwin—John Graham,  J.  D.  Sanford,  Jas. 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry & Co.
Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.
Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord, Geo. Coryell. 
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wilzinski, 
Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally  &  Jones. 
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.  Pettersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 

ney Granite  and Marble Works.

Croskery.

E.  Covel.

Pelton.

lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs. 
Hastings—J  G. Runyan.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
Imlay City—Cohn  Bros., Wyckoff  &  Co., C. J. 
Buck, E. E. Palmer.
Ionia—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jeuisou (mill only). 
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Kewadin—A.  Anderson 
Kingsley—J. E. Winchcomb.
Lacey—Wm.  Thompson.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.
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. H. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBaln—Sam. B.  Ardis.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Llddle.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Uaunt- 
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. Vermett  &  Sou, 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Richmond—Knight  &  Cudworth, A. W. Reed. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Frank  E.  Shattuck,  Braman  & 
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp, John Bradley. 
Shelbyville—Samuel  Wolcott.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bitz.
Springport—Powers  &  Johnson, Wellington & 
Hammond, Elmer Peters.
Stanton—Sterling & Co.
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Darrow, 
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wayland—Pickett Bros. 
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  H.  C. 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Uaverkate, 
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

Breckenridge.

F  H  Cowles.

D. D. Paine.

Blanchard.

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lamp chimneys.—Per box.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  40
No. 1  “  .........................................................  45
No. 2  “  .........................................................  60
Tubular...................................... 
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6 doz. in box.
No. 0 Sun.......................................................   1 75
No. 1  “  .........................................................1  88
No. 2  “  ........................................................ 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1  25
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No. 2  “ 
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Butter Crocks, per gal................................   06)4
Jugs, ¡4 gal. ,■ per doz...................................   75
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Milk Pans, V4 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)  ...  65 
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IS THE  BEST IN  THE  MARKET.

SEND  A  TRIAL  ORDER  TO

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

JACKSON,  MICH.

piagiG  ßoffee  Roaster.

The Best in the World.

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

ROBT.  S.  WEST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

Eaton,  Lyon  X  Bo„

JO B B E R S   OF

F ish in g   T a ck le , 

B a se B a llsa 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.  Reoch  <fc  Co.’s 

Sporting  Goods.

Send  for  Catalogue.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

g0  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids

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

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B B M O N   &

IMPORTINGo AND

riTTC  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

the fact  that  the manufacturers take an 
interest  in  securing  distributors  a fair 
compensation  for  their  services  should 
commend it to every dealer,  both  whole­
sale and retail. 
It has been  adopted and 
is recommended by the  National  Whole­
sale Grocers’  Association.—Adv.

Lemons—Good time to buy.

Putnam Candy Co.

The  System of Limited Prices.

Owing to the development of machinery 
and  steam  power,  production  and  dis­
tribution have  increased  competition  to 
an  excessive  and  unreasonable  extent, 
and distributors,  both  wholesale and re­
tail, have not in many instances received 
a fair  compensation  for  their  services. 
In  the wholesale trade, that tendency has 
been to some extent neutralized by a sys­
tem of  limited  prices—dealers  agreeing 
not  to  sell  below  a  reasonable  margin 
fixed  by the  manufacturer,  and  whole­
salers now  generally appear to recognize 
that this is a necessity of  the  times  and 
in their interest,
“Thepure Baking  Powder  Company,” 
a  large  and 
responsible  corporation 
which has been  organized in  Albany,  N. 
Y.,  with F.  A. Waterhouse, the  practical 
manufacturer for many  years  of  Cleve­
land’s Baking Powder Company, as Super­
intendent,  proposes to  have  both a lim­
ited  wholesale and a limited retail price, 
with a rebate  payable to dealers  who do 
not sell below said prices,  although they 
are at liberty to get  more  when  circum­
stances require it.
It is evident that the retailer is as much 
entitled  to  protection in this  respect as 
the wholesaler,  and we trust that  “The- 
pure”  Baking  Powder  will  be  a  great 
success.
It is claimed to be a pure cream of tar­
tar baking powder  of  the highest grade, 
manufactured by experienced hands,  and

(Form erly Shrlver, W eatherly & Co.)

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

CONTRACTORS  f o r

Galvanised  Iron  Cornice,

Plumbing & Heating Work,

Dealers In

Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  M antels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

I  GRAND  RAPIDS.

McGinty9s Bine Cut Tobacco,
Bautz Bros.  &  C o .’s   Soaps,
Niagara  Starch,
A cm e Cheese—H erkim er Co., N. Y. 
Castor Oil A x le Grease.

M IC H .

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

MUSKEGON  CRACKER  CO.,

CBACKERS, BISCUITS MB SffEET GOODS.

Finest and Freshest Goods in the Market.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

¡LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE
457,  459,  461,  463  IF.  WESTERN  AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

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Q ueen  A n n e  Soap 

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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 15x30 inches, given for 25  QUEEN  ANNE  SOAP  WRAPPERS.  Our 
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale  Grocers.

Salesman for  W estern M ichigan, 

LOCK  BOX  173. 

GRAND  R APIDS

W.  G.  HAWKINS,
H A M I L T O N ’S

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Paints and  Wall Paper.

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,

M a k es  a  S p e c ia lty   o f  L ife  S ize  P o r tr a its  in 
C rayon , P a ste l  a n d  W a te r   C olors, a t th e  L o w ­
est  P o ssib le   P rices.  C o rresp o n d en ce solicited .

AMBOY

The  best  way  to secure 

a satisfactory  and  profit­

able  cheese  trade  is  to 

handle the very best goods 

obtainable.

O iney & Judson Grocer Co.

SO LE  A G EN TS,

G rand  Ftefpicls, 

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This  old  reliable brand 
has  been  the  standard of 
excellence  in  this  market 
for  nearly  20 years.

Always uniform in qual­
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