YOL. 7.

GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  JU L Y   0,  1890.

NO.  355.

S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill Snort

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.

Gharleuoix  Cigar  M'Fg  Co.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

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

PENINSULAR  CO.,

Grand  Rapids.

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

81  General  Jobbers and M anufacturers o f 

Settees,  Lawn  Vases,  Roof  Crestings,  Carriage 

Steps, Hitching Posts and Stair Steps. 

64-56 N. Front St. 
Grand Rapids, Mich.
B e st and Cheapest

Thorough,  Practical and Complete.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

McMullen  Block,  33  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,  President.

A.  SHELET.

TV. C.  WILLIAMS. 

A.  8.  BROOKS.

W IL L IA M S ,

SLIBLBY

&   B R O O K S
Successors to

FARRAND,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 

W holesale  Druggists,
AT  THE  OLD  STAND.

Corner  Bates  and  Larned Streets, Detroit.

F or  S ale!

Or will exchange for city  property,  saw­
mill  and  about  600  acres  of  hardwood 
timber 
land,  situated  near  Kalkaska. 
Geo.  Metz, 480 Cherry  St., Grand Rapids, 
Mich.________________________________
A . D .  L e a v e n w o r t h .
A l l e r  D u r f e e . 

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

103 Ottawa St..  Grand Rapids.
S*  A#  JXIorman,

PETOSKEY,

WHOLESALE

MARBLEHEAD

AND  OHIO LIME,
C E M E N T S ,

AKRON,  BUFFALO  AND  LOUISVILLE

Stucco and Hair,  Sewer  Pipe,  Fire Brick 

and Clay.

Write  for  prices.

69  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

SEEDS !

S E E D S !

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

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

WOOL,.

C .  A i n s w o r t h ,

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

DEALER  IN

Lime, Hair, Cem ent
BRICK,  SEWER PIPE,  TILE,  ETC.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

14  West Bridge St.,
- 

- 

MICH

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W.T. LAMORE AUX.
SSn-Amd Cimici!  Sale
Fine  Millinery.

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

A  Fine  Opportunity  to  Buy  Trimmed 

Hats and  Bonnets  Cheap.

A d a m s   &
90  MONROE  ST., 
OPPOSITE  THE  MORTON

Co.,
HOUSE.

RAILWAY  RATE  WARS.

W ritten fo r The Tradesman.

The prevailing  view regarding the dis­
astrous  effects of  railway  rate  wars is a 
curious feature of the average newspaper 
comments.  Where such  ideas started,  it 
is hard to say,  except  from  the  pens  of 
alarmed  stockholders  only  partly 
in­
formed concerning their cause and effect. 
Perhaps the associations usually ascribed 
to  any kind of  a  “war”  have  something 
to  do  with it;  whatever  the  cause,  one 
thing is certain,  there hks been  printed a 
great  deal  of  unnecessary  sympathy 
about the matter.  There  are  instances, 
of  course,  where a rate  war has proven a 
great  loss  to a road,  particularly  when 
there was  concerted  action by combined 
rivals  to  oppress a weak  opponent;  but 
these  cases  are  so  exceptional that the 
public  is  not  justified  in  looking  upon 
such disturbances  as  unmitigated evils. 
As a rule,  a rate  war is a great  stimulus 
to  all  kinds of  business;  not  only  with 
all  communities  through  which 
such 
roads  pass,  but  with  the  participating 
railways 
themselves.  When  a  road 
greatly reduces  its  rates,  naturally  peo­
ple ship merchandise for the saving such 
rates  permit.  Buyers  become  more 
numerous  in  all  departments,  aud  fre­
quently buy in order  to  thus  advantage 
themselves.  The manufacturer is pressed 
with  orders,  the  wholesaler  has  hard 
work  to  meet  the  demand,  aud the  re- I 
tailer  advertises  job  lots  and  runs  off 
large  quantities  of  goods,  because  the 
lessened  cost  induces  large  purchases. 
From one trade to another  the  season of 
a  rate  war  is  long  remembered  for its 
geueral prosperity.  Low passenger rates 
induces  an unusual amount of passenger 
travel.  People buy tickets  because they 
are phenomenally  low  and  visit  distant 
and  all  points  which  they  would  not 
think of  doing at the regular rates.  Buy­
ers  go  to  distant points to buy supplies 
which  usually  were obtained  from visit­
ing salesmen,  and lay in  heavy  stocks to 
take advantage of  the  low  freights;  thus 
a  road’s  business  is  greatly  increased, 
and frequently to such  an  extent that it 
finds itself  with  insufficient facilities for 
carriage  to  meet  the  demand.  But the 
oddest feature is the astonishment of the 
railway  officials  when  the  monthly re­
turns are made up;  for most of  them had 
been  led  to  believe  the  road was oper­
ating under a heavy  loss  and  that every 
additional ton carried added to the road’s 
liabilities.  Railway men are in  the habit 
of  estimating  the  cost of  carriage  at so 
much per ton per mile,  aud the estimates 
under  the  conditions  given  are  about 
right,  but  during a rate  war  the  condi­
tions are altered.  Although  the  charge 
per ton  is much  less than the previously 
estimated  cost,  as a rule  it  is  found in 
practice that  the  road  in a rate war has 
made a much  greater  profit  than  at the 
old  rates.  This  is  due  to a greatly in­
creased  traffic  with  no  appreciable  in­
crease of  cost in service.

Of  late,  Western  rate wars have been 
unusually severe,  sufficiently so  to  hear 
from many frightened  stockholders;  but 
the profits of these roads and all roads in 
the  country  have  been  exceptionally

large;  an  average of  fully  13  per  cent, 
for the five  months  since  January 1,  in 
excess of the same period for 1889.  Such 
an  increase,  which  is  net  in  amount, 
greatly surprises  railway officials,  for  it 
was  wholly  unexpected.  The  average 
percentage  given  extends  over  the  en­
tire country.  East,  West and South,  some 
sections doing much  better  than  others, 
the  Southwest  leading the list.  But the 
fighting roads show a full average of  the 
ratio  of  profits,  aud  have  greatly con­
tributed  toward  the  general  prosperity 
throughout the Northwest.  The general 
increase of trade in  all parts of the West, 
as shown by the clearing  house  reports, 
which are nearly 15 per  ceut.  in  excess 
of last year during the same  five months, 
shows  a  condition  of  affairs  that  sur­
prises  many people  who  are  unable  to 
account for  it;  particularly as trade dur­
ing the spring season—the dullest of  the 
year—is  in excess of  the  winter  months 
which precede it.  There  are many good 
reasons  for  considering  this  increase as 
mostly due to the  rate  wars in  the man­
ner above described. 
If  there  are other 
reasons they have  not  yet  come  to  the 
surface.  The crops  of  last season  were 
large,  hut  not  so profitable to the grow­
ers,  who have had no surplus cash to pay 
for supplies.  The movement  of  general 
provisions,  live stock  and cereals by the 
different  roads,  has  been  exceedingly 
heavy,  hut mostly toward  distant points. 
So far, except  cotton,  the  coming  crop 
prospects are excellent  and,  if  equal to 
last season’s,  the  country will  probably 
see some  larger  blocks  of  freight  next 
fall,  owing to the inability of  the  trans­
portation  lines to take  care  of  it,  than 
occurred 
large 
orders  are  being  placed by all  Western 
roads for freight cars and  such  supplies 
as will increase  present facilities.  This 
will  materially affect  the  retail  market 
and increase  present  prices.  As a rule, 
railway rate wars do  little  harm  to  the 
retail interests.  Low rates  induce busi­
ness that otherwise would not take place.

last  year.  Unusually 

J ohn  M.  Ba tch elo r.

B ank  N otes.

Frank  Hale,  formerly  cashier  of  the 
defunct  Carson  City  Savings Bank,  has 
taken  a position  with the  State  Bank  of 
Carson City.

The Charlevoix Savings  Bank has sus­
pended, Banking Commissioner Sherwood 
having  taken  possession  of  the institu­
tion last Thursday.

Marquette  will  have  a savings  hank. 
Its  incorporators  are  C.  II.  Call,  W. F. 
Fitch,  N.  M.  Kaufman,  W.  P.  llenley, 
Mary  Breitung,  and  S.  It.  Kaufman, 
of  Marquette,  Samuel  Mitchell  of  Ne- 
gaunee,  aud  M. W.  O’Brien, of  Detroit. 
It will begin  to receive the pennies about 
A ugust 1.

Five shares of  the  Chemical  National 
Bank of  New York were sold on the New 
York Stock Exchange,  recently,  at $4,925 
per share.  This is the highest price ever 
reached even by that  famous stock.  Al­
though the institution  has  but  $300,000 
capital,  the surplus and undivided profits 
amount to over $5,000,000.

TETE  M I C H I G A N   T R  A D ESM A N T.

State  Agent

s $  GEO. H. REEDER,
w  a  
’
GD  o 
I |   Lycoming  Rubbers
a  c£
Heflium Price Shoes
Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

Great, Genie  Special  S i

Of Trunks and Traveling  Bags,  Satchels,  Etc.  Prices reduced 25 to 40 
per cent.  We are manufacturers and can and will save you money and 
at the same time furnish a better article,  both  as  to  durability,  work­
manship and  finish.
N o w   Is  th e  T i m e   to  B u y ,
As this sale  will continue for a short time  only. 
Trunks and Sample 
Gases made to order.  Repairing neatly done.  Give us a call and con­
vince  yourself  that  we  are  selling  the best and cheapest trunks and 
bags in the city.

H A N IS H   &  E IF E R T ,

Telephone 13. 

74  Waterloo  S t,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

I. M.  CLARK & SON.,

Importers and  Jobbers of

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

T he  P .  of  I.  D ealers.

Felton.

E.  Covel.

& 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. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle, 
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros.
Allegan—Chas. Spear 
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Colerlck & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Banfield—Andrew Brezee.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman & Co.
Belding—Lightstone Bros.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—A. V.  Young,  E.  P.  Shankweiler 
Blisstield—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. Sigel.
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,  I)aron  & 
Smith, F. H. Goodby.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Clio—John W.  Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
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—II. Kositchek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros., S. II. Rinker. 
Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & sou, Bar­
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Forester—E. Smith.
Freeport—C. V. 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.  Wilziuski, 
Brown & Senler, Houseman, Dounally  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.  Pettersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Uey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E.  Burkliardt. 

ney Granite  and Marble Works.

Croskery.

lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

Greenville—Jacobson <& Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs.
Hastings—J  G. Runyan.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herald  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
Imlay City—Conn  Bros., Wyckoflf  &  Co., C. J. 
Buck, E. E. Palmer.
Ionia—II. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison  (mill only). 
Jones—R. C. Sloan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Kewadin—A.  Anderson 
Kingsley—J. E. Winchcomb.
Lacey—Win. 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- 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBain—Sam. B.  Ardis.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
ManceIona—J. L. Farnham.
Man ton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle.
Maple City—A. & O. Brow.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt­
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. II. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
ML  Morris—II.  B.  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.
Pearle—Geo. II. Smith.
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—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 & 
Stauwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Darrow, 
Vassar—McIIose & Gage.
Way land—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.

Hammond, Elmer Peters.

Breckenridge.

F. H. Cowles.

D. D. Paine.

Blanchard.

man.

Woodbury—Henry  Van  Houten, Chas. Lapo.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.
Official  Report  of Secretary  Bush.
L a n s in g , June 28,1890. 

---- OR----

J no. J. Bush,  Sec’y.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
I hand herewith report  of  the  meeting of the 
Board of Directors  of  the  Michigan Knights of 
the Grip, held at the  Morton House, Grand Rap­
ids, June 21.
Meeting called to order  at 2 p. m. by L. J. Kos- 
ter,  chairman  of  Board.  Majority  of  Board 
present.  Proxy  of  A. A. Howard held by L. J. 
Koster.  Mr. Mills read letter from C. S. Kelsey, 
of Omaha, Neb., relative to  sending  delegate  to 
meeting of Nat. T. P. A., at Denver.
The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  write  each 
Michigan  Congressman  and  Senator,  urging 
tlieir support of House Bill No. 10,172 and Senate 
Bill No. 3,786, which is an act to  amend  Section 
22 of the Interstate Commerce bill.
L.  M. Mills, Chas. F. Ballard and Geo. F. Owen 
were chosen to confer with members of different 
localities  as  to  the  best  place  of  holding  the 
annual meeting.  The  date  decided  upon was 
Monday, Dec. 29,1890.
Tiie Secretary was directed  to  issue a circular 
letter to  every  member, getting his views in re­
gard to  the  introduction  of  an  accident insur­
ance feature in our association, as it was deemed 
advisable  to 
incorporate  something  of  this 
nature  to  insure  the permanency of our organ­
ization.
It was voted as  the  sense  of the meeting that 
the action of the ’Bus  Committee,  in  procuring 
the establishment of anew ’busline at Manistee, 
be endorsed by the Knights of the Grip.
The bill  of  125  from  Division  “A,” for  flags 
furnished  at  the  time  of  the last meeting, was 
ordered paid.
The meeting  then  adjourned,  subject  to  the 
call of the President. 

Gook  X  Bergthold,
SHOW  GASES.

Furniture

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

67 Canal S t,  GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

- A T -

Nelson, 

M atter 
&  Co's

S T Y L E S :

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

AND

K x p e n s i v e .

Large  V ariety  and 

Prices Low

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

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

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

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

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

to  give you satisfaction in every instance.

I. M.  CLARK &  SON.
Fine  Frosting  Sugar.

For Fine Frosting and  Pastry this Sugar has no equal,  and only has to be used 
to be appreciated.  With  it there is no trouble in making Nice, Soft,  Smooth frost­
ing.  No  eggs,  beating  or  cooking  required;  simply mix the sugar with a little 
water  or  milk  to  the proper consistency,  flavor to taste and spread  upon  the cake 
with a thin knife.  You can also use,  in place of milk or water,  Orange,  Lemon or 
Pineapple juice, or the Syrup from any kind  of  Canned Fruit or Berries with most 
excellent results. 
Sold by all Grocers.  Warranted Pure,  and manufactured by
P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.,  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich,

W HO  U R G E S   Y O U

T O   K . B H P

THE  IPTTBIjIO!

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

A  Typical Kansas  Town.

The  following  interesting  description  of  a 
typical Kansas village is from the pen  of  Frank 
S. Millington, who was  formerly engaged in the 
drug business  at  Paw  Paw,  under  the style of 
Bartram & Millington:

Kibwin, Kan., June 26,1£90. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Once more  my  foot  is  on my native heath, or 
would be  if  there  was  any  heath  to put it on; 
but the lack of rain, warm wind and warmer sun 
have  parched  said heath until it is a crumbling 
mass  of  yellow,  dead  grass.  This  has  been, 
according  to  the  oldest  inhabitant,  the  dryest 
spring  and  early  summer  in  the fifteen  years’ 
history of its civilization, with one exception.
Kirwin is pleasantly situated  on  the  Solomon 
River,  near  the  junction  of  Deer  Creek. 
Its 
railroad  is  the  central  branch  of  the  Union 
Pacific,  leased  and  operated  by  the  Missouri 
Pacific.  Six mileB north is the air  line  route  of 
the Rock Island road to Denver, which has taken 
from our little city some of its best  trade  by  the 
building  of  new  towns.  Kirwin  is a  town of 
about 800 inhabitants, built  in  the western style 
around a public  square.  We  are 242 miles west 
from  Atchinson  and 
thirty  miles  from  the 
Nebraska  line,  in  the  center  of  John  C.  Fre­
mont’s  historical  “Great  American  Desert,” 
which we used to see in our old geographies.
The season is  very discouraging.  Small grain 
is so short and already ripe that it  will  scarcely 
more than give seed for cutting.  Corn  is  pros­
perous, but a week or ten days’ more warm wind 
and  weather,  without  rain,  will  hurt  us;  and 
corn is king here, if it is only worth 12 cents per 
bushel.  It sold when 1 came here in  March  for 
12 and 12K cents, but is now bringing 21 cents.
I have charge of  a  pleasant little room, 30x40, 
with a 85,000 stock.  My employer is a practicing 
physician  and  one  whom  the  world  has used 
kiudly.  For all our western poverty, we carry a 
better class  of  fine  plush goods than any Mich­
igan dealer in a town of twice the size of Kirwin 
dare carry.  The people  are  discontented, how­
ever, and’ the  Farmers' Alliance  is their anchor 
of faith. 
It is after the  pattern  of  the P. of I., 
but much stronger  and  more powerful.  I have 
had several exciting discussions with prominent 
members lately  regarding  their  contracts  with 
dealers and have been able, so  far,  to  hold  my 
own and convince  them  that  no  merchant can 
do business on a basis  of  10 per cent., unless he 
is  granted  an  enormous  business  and  put  to 
small expense.  Some of our dealers have made 
these contracts.  They will either fleece the poor 
Alliance men or  soon  be  in  the position of the 
man who stepped upon the orange peel 
I must say one word  about the wild flowers of 
this section:  They are numerous and handsome. 
The sensitive rose is a very  fragrant  little  pink 
blossom, about  the  size  of  a white clover blos­
som, and just  a  mass  of  tine  stamens, with no 
visible petals.  The  leaves  close upon contact, 
or after  having  been  severed  from  the  plant. 
Wild verbenas are  wonderfully plenty and very 
pretty. 
I  counted  a  dozen  different  kinds of 
flowers in a seven-mile ride the other day, among 
them two kinds of cacti.
Prairie  dogs  and  jack  rabbits are plenty and 
very interesting, as are also  the  little  cat  owls, 
which inhabit dog  towns.  There is quite a pop­
ulous town less than a mile south of  the  public 
square. 
A large red  ant  infests  the  country, which is 
very  destructive  to  pastures,  often  spoiling a 
spot some ten feet in diameter.  I  had  quite  an 
experience the  other  day  watching a colony of 
them move.  It was a constant  stream  of  some 
eight or ten rods for  twelve  hours,  going  each 
I  missed  seeing  the  queen,  however, 
way. 
although I faithfully spent every spare moment.
The drug business is a picnic  for  fun  in  this 
country.  Some  day  when  I  have more time I 
will give you a few of my experiences.
I am lonesome  without  T h e   T rad esm an  and 
I want it. 
I haven’t the *1 to spare just now, as 
I  am  just  finishing  a  round  with  the probate 
judge, to whom I have  to apply for the privilege 
of selling “blue ruin.” 
I’ll  have  it some time, 
however, and if you won’t  send it to me on tick, 
I’ll send you the stuff  as soon as I can, to insure 
its reception.  I am not doing an “original pack­
age” business—only just using  my  legal  rights 
as a druggist in a prohibition  state.

. . . .

“ Cow bo y”   M il l in g t o n .

Yours resp’y. 

Bobbing'  Country  Towns.

The country towns most subject to vis­
itation by burglars  are  those  which  lie 
on the line of  several  railroads,  and  are 
thus in communication  with many differ­
ent places by various routes.
The  “cracksmen”  arrive  from the city 
by the latest train at night,  after the res­
idents  are  most  of  them  asleep.  They 
have  four,  live  or  six  hours  for  their 
nefarious  work,  and  the  earliest  trains 
in  the  morning  take  them  away  with 
their  plunder,  before  the good people of 
the town have fairly wakened up.
It is also to be noted  that  towns  thus 
abundantly provided  with  railroad facil­
ities  are  likely to  be  prosperous,  and, 
therefore, attractive  to thieves.
In  all  places  so  situated,  the  police 
should  be  particularly watchful  at  and 
above the  various  railway stations. 
In­
deed,  the inhabitants  really need  just as 
much  police  protection  as the  dwellers 
in our large cities.

Detroit—John B.,  Edward, Henry,  Jr., 
Christopher  and  John  Wagner have in­
corporated  the Wagner  Baking Co.,  with 
a capital  of  $50,000, of  which  $35,000 is 
paid in.

*1  Wholesale  dealer 

iu  Foreign,  Tropical  and 
Domestic

BROWN,
Fruits and Seeds.
California  Oranges—
= M essina  Lemons.

Direct Receivers of

---- AND----

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HEADQUARTERS  FOR 

BAJVAJVAS.

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.

R indge,  B ertseh   &  Co.

F o r  w a r m   w e a th e r   w e   w o u ld   c a ll  a tten 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 rr y  
a 
lin e   o f  ru sset 
a n d   b la ck , in turn 
a n d   M.  S., tips  a n d   p la in ,  o p era   an d   c o m m o n  
se n se  to es,  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  16  PEARL  ST.,

W M . SEARS & CO..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Cracker  Manufacturers,

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

W e Manufacture
Everything in the line of

Candy

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed  with pleasure. 

Write  us.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

-WHOLESALE-

F r u it s ,  S e e d s, O y s t e r s  5 P r o d u c t .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

if  you  are in  market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will bt 

26,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDfc

'P H   h:  M I C H I G A N   TTtADESNUADST.

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B A N A N A S !   aweet„hMls

We  are  receiving 
from  two  to  four 
carloads of bananas

more fruit than can  be handled by any other house at this  market.  Remember

We A re H e a d q u a r te r s

GRAND  RAPIDS 

FRUIT  AND  PRODUCE  CO.

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.

W A .N TBD .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S .,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  Fir s t   N a t io n a l   B a n k ,  Ohicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand  Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL M M

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  Pierce,  Vice President.

CAPITAL, 

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H. w.  N a s h ,  Cashier
$ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

Transacts a general  banking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Acconnta 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

Playing Bards

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.D1KEMBN
Watch fflaker 
§  Jeweler,
fflißh.

44 CUNE 8T„
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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE STATE.

Homer—T.  S.  Dorsey  is  succeeded  in 

the grocery  business by  E.  R.  Wallace.

Lake  City—S.  A.  Howey  will  open  a 
complete  stock  of  hardware  and  mill 
supplies about August 1.

Detroit—Pollock,  Pettiboue  &  Chap­
man succeed  Pollock,  Baird  & Co.  in the 
wholesale millinery business.

Kent City—Price Bros,  have sold  their 
meat  business  to  Chas.  Parrish  and C. 
Doughty,  who will continue the business.
Miller—George  V.  Snyder  is  having 
bad luck this year.  His new store build­
ing,  which was being  built on the site of 
the  one  burned  a  few  weeks  ago,  was 
blown down during  a storm,  a few  days 
ago.

Vermontville—Goodman  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  store  building  and  stock  of 
dry goods and drugs to C.  G.  Raunells, of 
Sandusky,  Ohio,  and  A.  Robinson,  of 
Zaleski,  Ohio.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as Robinson & Ranuells.

Minden City—W.  A.  Soule, the general 
dealer,  recently quarreled with  his  wife 
and left for parts unknown.  The  stock 
was mortgaged,  but  his  wife sold a por­
tion  of  it  to  Armstrong  & Graves,  who 
run  it off to Sand Beach.  The  mortgage 
creditors thereupon replevined the goods 
and returned them to  this place.

Detroit—The Black  Hardware  Co.  has 
ceased  to  do  business  in  Detroit,  the 
doors  having  been  closed  last Monday, 
after  the  stock  had  been  shipped  to 
Seattle.  The  ground  floor,  ?<!xl00, has 
been  leased  by  Parke  Bros.  &  Co.,  of 
Pittsburgh,  who  will  be represented in 
Detroit  by  P.  H.  Van Court.  They  are 
manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  bar  and 
sheet steel.

Clare—A corporation with §30,000 cap­
ital has been organized  here to engage in 
the manufacture of woodenware,  and the 
contract has been let for the construction 
of the building,  which will be 40x80 feet, 
and two stories high,  with an engine and 
boiler house  detached. 
It  is  expected 
that forty hands  will be employed at the 
outset,  turning out 330 tubs and 660 pails 
daily.  There is plenty of  pine and bass­
wood available in the vicinity.

Au Sable—The people  here  have been 
disturbed by rumors that  the J.  E.  Potts 
Salt & Lumber Co.  contemplates an early 
transfer of  its mill plant to Tawas.  Mr. 
Potts says that in two  years he will have 
all  of  his  pine  tributary  to  Au  Sable 
sawed,  and that the timber  on  Au Sable 
river has been  secured by manufacturers 
to an extent that  he  knows  of  but  one 
small lot of pine on that entire river that 
can be purchased. 
If  he  continues  the 
business,  the logs must come from  Cana­
da,  and Tawas bay affords better facilities 
for booming logs  than  any other point

much  do  you  want?’ 
‘Well,  use  your 
own  discretion,  but all the way  from six 
to ten columns a day.  Who do you  want 
to  take  with  you ?’ 
‘No one;  I want to 
take my stenographer,  but  no  one else.’ 
‘All right.’  So 1 say to my stenographer: 
‘Girley,  I want  you  to  be ready to go to 
Chicago next Tuesday.  Go to the Leland 
‘I can’t ’ 
House,  and  here is my card—’ 
‘What ?’ 
‘Mr.  Howard—you  know  I 
would  do  anything for  you.’ 
‘Well, go 
on.  Why can’t  you go ?’ 
‘Mr.  Howard, 
you know people  will  talk.’ 
‘All right. 
All right.’  In other words, the employer 
of  to-day is  confronted  by  the  opinion 
expressed  by  Mrs.  Grundy  to  Dame 
Rumor,  and  sent  broadcast  throughout 
the earth by little Miss Tittle-Tattle that 
Mr.  Howard’s  stenographer  absolutely 
went  to  Chicago.  What  for ?  To earn 
the money that she is paid to earn.  The 
stenographer,  in other words, has not the 
courage  of  her  convictions.  Do  you 
mean to tell me that a woman  would  re­
main  in  the  employ of  a man six  years 
and a half, going  on to  seven, if  it were 
not  a  congenial  employment ?  Do  you 
mean to tell me  that  any man born of  a 
woman,  with  sisters,  a wife  and  daugh­
ters,  does  not  understand  the  relations 
womanly that exist between him and this 
most helpful  abetment of  his endeavors, 
and  that  she  would not be treated with 
the  courtesy  that  is  her  meed?  You 
know better.  You know  very well  that 
that would be the illustration of employ­
ment  ninety-nine  times  out  of  a  thou­
sand.  And  yet, so  absolutely controlled 
by the  opinion of  the  dirty  dogs of  life 
was my stenographer,  that she would not 
go with me to Chicago.”
This part  of  his  address  the speaker 
concluded as follows:
“I tell you,  girls,  you  have  got  to  do 
two things.  You  have got to forget the 
Georges  of  life  in  your working hours. 
You have got to say to Mrs. Grundy, ‘Get 
behind me,  you old hag!’  Otherwise,  so 
far  as  you  are  concerned,  and so far as 
that  branch  of  endeavor  is  concerned, 
women’s rights will  never  come  to  the 
front.”
We  might  make  still  other  extracts 
from this  most  interesting  effort,  all of 
which would be entertaining,  but lack of 
space forbids. 
In  closing,  Mr.  Howard 
paid a pleasing tribute to woman’s  worth 
in  business,  as follows:
“I  didn’t  come  here  to  lecture—you 
know that—I came  here  to  have a little 
talk.  1 have had it,  and I want to thank 
I  want to thank 
you for several things. 
you 
ladies  first,  for  inspiration.  My 
mother was a woman. 
I have  been  sur­
rounded by good women all  my life;  and 
I  have  the  intensest  respect  for  good 
women,  and  I  believe  there  is  a great 
future for the good women of this world. 
I long to see women  standing  not  alone 
on the plane of suffrage,  not alone on the 
political, but upon  the plane of comrade­
ship,  and honor,  and respect, of decency, 
of courtesy and helpfulness,  of  the right 
to work in the legitimate channels where 
keen heads,  warm  hearts  and  facile fin­
gers are needed and  can produce results. 
I believe that all true men in  this  world 
treat  a  woman  as  women  wish  to  be 
treated  and  their  sense  of  self-respect 
says they should be treated.  And of  all 
the stenographers that I have  ever  met, 
with the exception of  two high-faluting, 
somersault-turning  girls  in  Chicago,  I 
never in my life have met with  one  who

did  not  conduct  herself,  so  far  as  my 
work was  concerned,  with absolute self- 
respect. 
I presume that the majority of 
you are  stenographers  or  typewriters— 
about the same thing in one sense,  so far 
as public  utilization goes— and I believe 
that,  while  men  have  the  call so far as 
the more  profitable  work  is  concerned, 
yet that in time,  having  put  the  George 
business and the Dame  Rumor  business 
to the rear,  in other words,  being  ready 
to  go  wherever  duty  calls,  that  the 
quicker intuition, more loyal natures and 
more deft  manipulation  of  women  will 
make  them  more  successful  as  stenog­
raphers. 
I shall be heartily glad to have 
it so,  for there  are  many  other  callings 
where  men  can  make  successes,  but in 
this it seems to me women will find  their 
proper  sphere.

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.

tt'OR  SALE — OLD-ESTABLISHED  GROCERY  BUSI- 
Jj  ness  at  Kalamazoo;  clean  stock;  good  location 
and  low  rent;  reason for  selling,  owner  engaged  in 
other business;  a rare  chance  and not a large  invest 
ment.  Address No. 60, care Michigan Tradesman.  60

Gr o c er y  stock—in   t h e  l iv e l y   v il l a g e  o f
Chelsea,  a  stock  of  groceries  and  fixtures;  a 
paper takes all my time; $800 required.  Wm. Emmert, 
Chelsea, Mich. 
57
FOR SALE—STOCK OF g r o c e r ie s a n d f ix t u r e s,
splendid location;  good  reasons for  selling.  For
particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman._____ 58
AKERY,  RESTAURANT AND ICE CREAM  PARLOR; 
$4.000 business last  year;  price $600;  good reason 

53

for selling.  W. M. Smith, Box 382, St. Johns, Mich.  56

will inventory about  $1.200;  must  be cash;  store  may 

hats and caps, together with store fixtures, which 
be rented cheap  Herbert  Brown,  Prairieville,  Barry 
county, Mich.______________________ 

FOR SALE-STOCK OF GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, 
itt)R  SALE—STO^K  OF  HARDWARE  FOR  CASH; 

business established 20 years.  Address  Lock  box
368, Charlotte, Mich._____________________________ 54
QPLENDID  OPPORTUNITY  TO  RENT STORE—RARE 
O   chance for  opening a successful  business  in  Sag­
inaw, east side;  handsome store, 25x117; building three 
stories;  splendid location on center  of  principal busi­
ness street  in  city.  Max  Havenrich,  Saginaw,  E.  S. 
Mich. 
OR SALE—TWO WHEELS,  UPRIGHT  AND PRESS, 
used in manufacture  of  excelsior, for sale cheap. 

Donker & Zuist, 216 Elizabeth St., Grand Rapids. 

FOR 8ALE—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, Reed City, Mich.  50 

55

61

EAT  MARKET  FOR  SALE—DOING  GOOD  BUSI- 
ness;  to a practical  man a good  chance.  W. H. 
Davis, Elk Rapids, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
VV  general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 

OR SALE—STORE,  DRUG  8TOCK  AND  FIXTURES, 
including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
terms, owing to ill  health;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in  center  of  fine fruit  section.  Address  Dr. 
S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich.__________________________4

32

26

HELP  WANTED.

assistant pharmacist.  Address  B,  care  Carrier 

23, Grand Rapids._______________________________ 61

WANTED—REGISTERED  OR  GOOD  REGISTERED 
WANTED-CLERK  IN  GROCERY  STORE;  GOOD 
penman.  Address Lock box 1123, Cadillac,  Mich.
WANTED—A  GOOD  TINNER,  GIVE  EXPERIENCE 
and references.  Address A.  W.  Gammer & Co., 
25
Box 10, Ooloma, Mich. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

W ANTED—POSITION  BY  A  YOUNG  REGISTERED 
pharmacist of good habits.  No.  59,  care  Michi- 
69
gan Tradesman.________________  

MISCELLANEOUS.

Fo r   sa l e—o n e  m illio n  f e e t   o f  hem lock
bill stuff  in  lots  of  ten  thousand feet  or 4more. 
For prices write Walter N. Kelley, Traverse City, Mich. 
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■ BOLISH THE PASS BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE THE 

Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

5,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 

AMPLES OP TWOKINDB  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE- 
tailers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N. Y. 

664

HOGLE  Oil..  CO, 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Oils 

and Makers of Fine Lubricants.

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. 

I WORKS—On C  & W. M. and G. R. & I. R. R.,one

See Quotations.

The largest and most complete oil  line in Michigan. 

Telephone No. 319. | mile north of Jnnction.  Telephone No. G11-3II 
Jobbers  of all kinds of 
Cylinder Oils, Engine Oils,  W.  Ya.  Oils,  Lard  Oils,  Neatsfoot  Oils,  Harness  Oil, 
Signal Oil,  Axle Grease,  Boiler Purger,  Kerosene  Oils,  Naptha,  Turpentine,  Lin­
seed Oils, Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle  Oils,  Machinery  Grease,  Cotton  Waste, 
Etc. 
P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
j Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IX

NOS.  12«  and  124  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Boyne Falls—Wm.  Mears  has added to 
his  shingle  mill  machinery  for  getting 
out chair  stock.

Pentwater—The  Pentwater  Furniture 
Co.’s salesof furniturefo%the six months 
ending June 30, exceed §70,000.

Midland— Shepherd  &  Parker  have 
purchased  machinery and  will  locate  a 
small  saw and  shingle mill at Sanford.

Sullivan—A.  B.  Klise 

is  building  a 
sawmill to take  the place of  the Spauld­
ing mill,  which  was burned about a  year 
ago.

Benton  Harbor—F.  A.  Blackmer  suc­
ceeds to  the  business  of  the  Blackmer 
Pulp and  Paper  Co., S.  McCord  having 
retired.

Lake Odessa—The Lake Odessa Butter 
and Cheese Co.  has been organized.  The 
capital  stock is §10,000,  of  which  §5,800 
is paid in.

Saginaw—E.  O.  and  S.  L.  Eastman, 
who  bought  a  tract  of  timber  on  the 
Tobacco  and  began  lumbering  it,  have 
suspended  operations  for  two  weeks, 
when  business will  be resumed.

Oscoda—The Gratwick,  Smith & Fryer 
sawmill commenced  running  nights  last 
Monday,  an  electric  light  plant  having 
been  put  into the premises.  A force of 
175 men compose the’night crew’.

Oscoda—The  H.  M.  Loud & Sons Co.’s 
new  planing  mill  is  about  completed, 
and  is turning  out 1,800 telegraph cross- 
arms daily. 
It  will  be  lighted by elec­
tricity,  and run  day and  night,  while the j 
capacity  will be increased.
Saginaw—Judd & Judd have closed o u t! 
their  yard  here  and  transferred  their 
lumber  business  to  Tonawauda.  They 
have no timber in this  section  now,  and 
their  stock,  which  comes  from  Lake 
Superior,  can  be  handled at Tonawanda 
to better advantage.

Mt.  Pleasant—William Pickard cut and 
hauled 950,000 feet of  basswood  logs two 
miles  north  of  Clare  to  the  railroad, 
where they were  shipped  to  this  place, 
to be converted into  baskets.  The  bas­
ket factory here  manufactured  2,000,000 
baskets last year.

Female  Stenographers.

Everyone who has listened to Joe How­
ard, Jr.,  speak, or who  has  read  his ar­
ticles in the  daily papers,  recognizes the 
fact that he uses his English  most vigor­
ously.  A  short  time  since  he  was  in­
vited  to  address  the  New York  Steno­
graphers’  Association,  and  choosing for 
.his subject,  “Short-hand  as a Business,” 
gave  the  young  men and  young women 
who  assembled  to  hear  him  not only a 
very entertaining talk,  but  one  contain­
ing a large share of  wholesome  advice as 
well.  He traced the  course of  a brother 
and sister who  together study shorthand 
in  a school,  pointing  out  their  relative 
usefulness to their  employer,  and  indi­
cating  the  points  in  the career of  each 
where  important  changes in life  occur. 
The  young  man  when  he  meets  “his 
fate”  becomes  all  the  more  anxious to 
please and to earn  promotion in business, 
because he is soon to have a wife to  sup­
port.  The  young  woman, on  the  other 
hand,  when  she  “is engaged,”  becomes 
careless  as  to  her  business,  for  she  is 
soon to give it up,  anyhow.  The speaker 
said:
“The  difficulties  that  confront us are 
these :  The women  who are,  in my judg­
ment,  best  equipped by nature  for  sten­
ographic  work,  after  they reach the age 
of  22  are  not worth  the powder to blow 
them  to.  blank  as stenographers, simply 
because  they have  met  ‘George’  around 
the corner.  Men  regard  stenography as 
they  regard  the  sale  of  dry  goods,  as 
they regard  any literary effort.  Women 
regard  stenography as a bridge from the 
now  of  endeavor  to  the  then  of  the 
apathetic state when they no longer have 
their  born  name,  but  take  the name of 
| that  gorgeous  creature,  ‘George’—until 
j they are married—and  then  they  wish to 
j  heaven  that  they  had  stuck  to  their 
crooks.”
To emphasize another limitation in the 
usefulness of  female  stenographers,  the 
speaker drew  upon  his  own  experience,
| as follows:
“ 1 have,  for  thirty  years,  been  strug- 
1 gling along the  journalistic path, and for 
I the past  ten  years I have  utilized  sten­
ographers.  The  past  six  years  and  a 
half  1 have  had  as  good  a one as walks 
the  earth.  Her  George,  thank  God,  is 
not  yet in  view,  but  the  George will ul­
timately  loom above  the  horizon.  Who 
doubts  it?  I don’t,  and she  unquestion- 
| ably  does  not.  Now,  the  New  York 
Herald'8  chief  comes  to  me  and  says: 
‘We  want  you  to  go  to  the  Chicago 
I National Convention.’ 
‘All right.  How

duties of the two positions will  not  con­
flict.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
BiGples,
TriGples,
Velocipedes
ßeneral Sporting Goods

The match  game of base  ball  between 
the nines selected  by  Jas.  N.  Bradford 
and  Happy  Hi.  Robertson,  which  was 
played  at  the  Fountain street park last 
Saturday  forenoon,  resulted  in  the vic­
tory  of  the  latter  by a score of 19 to 9. 
Only five innings were played. 
It  is un­
derstood that another contest  will  occur 
on the occasion of  the annual  picnic  on 
the 26th.

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

AND

5

complete  stock  of  seeds 

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

a  We  respectfully  call  your  attentino 
■ 
before  buying■ Glover,
market  vaines. DRed  Top, 

In  fact,  everything 
in  onr  line  at  lowest 

Timathfi,

Eie., 
Eie.

and 

list 

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.

[Established  1780.]

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.

R G. Studley,

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS

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

HIRTH  X  KRAUSE,
Rteett Shoe Polisti,

Billions,
Laces,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Porpoise  Shoe  Laces  in  light,  medium 
and  heavy.  Parisian  Leather Reviver 
Glycerine Leather Reviver,  “Rubberine’ 
a  waterproof  dressing.  We  carry  1! 
distinct  shoe  dressings  and  a complete 
line  of  Shoe  Store  Supplies. 
Send u 
your orders.

FIT  FOR

A Gentlemans
Table:

All  goods bearing  tho

name  of

THURBEU. WHYLAND  & CO.,

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT,  JR.

G rocers visiting New  York  a re  cordially invited 
to   c a ll a n d   see  us. a n d   i f   th ey   w ish,  h av e  th e ir  
corresp o n d en ce addressed  in   o u r  care.  W e  s h a ll 
b e  g lad  to b e  o f  u se  to   th em   in   a n y   w ay.  W rite 
us a b o u t an y th in g  you w ish to  know .

THURBER, WHYLAND  &  00.,

West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets, 

New York City.

“LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATlistE.”

W.  BAKER & CO.’S  R eoistebed  T rade-Mark
No Chemicals are used in 
any of  }\ alter Baker & Co.'s 
Chocolate and Cocoa Prep­
arations.
These  preparations  have 
stood  the test of public ap­
proval  for  more  than  one 
hundred years, and are  the 
acknowledged  standard  ol 
purity and  excellence.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

L.  Wells  has  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  near  Allegan.  The  stock  was 
purchased at this market.

M.  A.  Blossen  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Mancelona.  Lemon  & 
Peters furnished the stock.

W.  F.  & W.  M.  Wurzburg have opened 
a store  at  Petoskey for the  summer  for 
the  sale  of  Indian  bead  work,  bas­
kets, etc.  _________________

Dr.  L.  E.  Phelps  has  closed  out  his 
drug  business  at  758  South  Division 
street  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
medicine on East Bridge hill.

F.  A.  Wurzburg & Co.,  who engaged in 
the wholesale notion  business about two 
years ago,  have  closed out their stock to 
F.  W.  Wurzburg  and  retired from  busi­
ness.

The Grand Rapids  Portable House Co. 
has  removed  from  the  Grand  Rapids 
Bending  Works  building,  on  Prescott 
street, to 98 and 100  Grandville  avenue, 
the building formerly occupied  by A.  M. 
Collins as an excelsior factory.

H.  E.  Merritt  &  Co.  have  sold  their 
grocery stock  at  the  corher of  Wealthy 
avenue and Henry street to Paul Steketee 
and  Benj.  Vananrooy, both  of  Holland 
who will continue the business under the 
style of  Steketee & Vananrooy.

Chas.  E.  Sinclair  has  purchased  the 
interest of Sarah E. Crissman in the meat 
market firm of W.  G.  Sinclair & Co.  No 
change will be made in  the  style  of  the 
firm and the management of the business 
will be  the  same  as  before,  as the new 
partner is a resident of  Chicago.

II.  Joldersma has purchased  an  inter­
est  in  the  firm of  De Jager  &  Stryker, 
grocers  at  166  Ellsworth  avenue.  The 
new  firm  will  be  known  as  De  Jager, 
Stryker & Co.,  and  the  business  will be 
removed to 305  Center  street,  where A. 
Stryker,  Sr.,  carried on  the  grocery bus­
iness for several  years.

Gripsack Brigade.

The  following  additions  have  been 
made to the hotel list of the K.  of the G.: 
Hotel Buckner,  Manistee;  Hotel Crystal, 
Flint;  Hotel Perry,  Sault Ste.  Marie.

John P. Oggle has gone on the road for 
the  New  York  Biscuit  Co.,  taking  the 
trade of the Pentwater branch, the north­
ern  division  of  the  G.  R.  & I.  and  the 
Upper  Peninsula.

When Albert C.  Antrim  starts  out  on 
his  fall  pilgrimage  for  the  Alabastine 
Co.,  he will head  toward  Mexico,  spend­
ing a couple of  months  among  the  cop­
per-colored denizens of  that country.

Geo.  Seymour  was severely  burned  on 
his right hand  while exhibiting the trav­
eling  men’s fireworks  on  the  evening of 
the Fourth.  He  will go as far as the Soo 
on his next week’s  trip,  taking Mrs.  Sey­
mour along with him.

A.  D.  Baker  and  family go to Chicago 
this week,  where  they will  remain  sev­
eral days as the  guests of  Col.  J.  D.  Bil­
lings  and  family.  From  Chicago  they 
will go to Mackinac Island on the City of 
Traverse,  returning  home  by  way  of 
Traverse City.

B. F. Emery,  Michigan  representative 
for the  North  American  Provision  Co., 
has received the  appointment  of  broker 
for J.  & M.  Schwabacher, rice and molas­
ses jobbers at  New Orleans.  As the two 
houses are owned  by the  same  men, the

The  Ficnic  Committee  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Traveling  Men’s Association  has 
decided  to  hold  the  annual  picnic  at 
North  Park  on  Saturday,  July 26.  All 
who attend  are  requested to meet at the 
corner of  Canal and  Lyon streets at 8:30 
a.  m.,  where plenty of  cable  cars will be 
in waiting to  convey the  entire  party to 
the resort.  The  picnic  will  be  an old- 
fashioned  basket  affair,  and  those  not 
provided  with 
lunch  should  give  the 
caterer plenty of  notice,  in order that no 
delay  may  be  experienced  in  securing 
dinner.
. 
George Houghton in The Office.

Counting-House  Hints.

I think there’s a little more  whetstone 
needed  in  that  circular.  The  blade  is 
good,  and deserves  good,  patient honing.
Instead of  whistling to keep  his  cour­
age up,  he’d do better to plunge his head 
in  work and keep his fears down.
He’s a  walking  negation.  Why,  he’s 
said  “no”  so  often  that  he’s  got  his 
mouth shaped that way.  He ought to be 
a model at  the  temperance  pledge  bus­
iness.
His  advertisements  may  be  all  right 
for his class of  goods  and  for  the trade 
his  battery is aimed at. 
If  so,  all 1 can 
say is,  that  sauce for his goose would be 
“pizen”  for my gander.
All depends on the use we make of the 
so-called  advantages or disadvantages of 
our position.  With right handling, those 
are  synonymous  terms.  A  Grant  or 
Sherman  makes  short  rations  merely a 
spur  to  rush  his  army  to  the  critical 
point,  and thereby saves the campaign.
There’s  a  heap  more  difference  than 
sound between working and shirking.  A. 
and B.  are spelling them experimentally^ 
You’ve only to glance in  their show win­
dows,  and  profit  free of  charge by their 
spelling lesson.
Draw in  our  advertising  horns at this 
stage?  Not  a  bit  of  it!  After ninety- 
nine  years of  watching  and  waiting,  we 
mustn’t let our century plant wither just 
as it begins to poke  up  its  flower stalk. 
Get out  your hoe and watering pot!
Advertising  is  the straw with which I 
make  my  business  bricks.  But  straw 
I must  also 
alone  won’t  make  bricks. 
have a blue  clay bank  at  my  back, and 
plenty of  fire.
To-day  that  new  competitor  may  be 
dangerous,  because he is a schemer,  but 
ultimately  he’ll  prove  harmless  for the 
self-same  reason.  Give  him  time,  and 
some fine morning he’ll  stumble into one 
of  his own bear traps.
Land and forests  and  gold  quartz are 
nil.  The  American  Indian  had  a  con­
tinent  full,  and  what’s  he left to show 
for ’em ?  A few arrow-gads and cracked 
pots.  Sweat  is  the  solvent  that  gets 
nature’s gifts  bottled.
Work,  steady  work,  work  for  which 
he is  fitted,  would  rest  that  particular 
person  more  than  dozing  in  that ham­
mock.  I’m going to put a cannon cracker 
under him !  He may  swear at me to-day, 
but he’ll thank me  year after next.

A  correspondent  of  T h e  T radesman 
at Jones writes:  “The P.  of I.  here pur­
chased  2,500  pounds of  binder  twine  of 
Montgomery  Ward  &  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
paying cash in advance.  Harvest is half 
over  but  the  twine  has  not  yet  been 
received.”

Geo.  R.  Mayhew  leaves Wednesday for 
Boston,  where he will  spend a couple  of 
weeks among the shoe factories.

We are now ready to make contracts for 
81  SOUTH  DIVISION

the season of 1890.
ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Correspondence solicited. 

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

D ry  Goods.
KID  GLOVE  STOCKS.

How  to  Select  an  Assortment,  and 

How to  Sell the  Goods.

From the Dry Goods Economist.

An experienced glove  dealer  has  said 
that a stock  of  gloves under  §5,000  was 
too small  to be a success,  as it could not 
offer variety enough to draw  trade;  that 
§10,000  afforded  a  good  medium  stock, 
and §25,000 a large  assortment  and  suf­
ficient styles to fill all demand.  Yet  we 
think that the business  can  be  handled 
properly  on  less  than  the  largest  sum 
named.  Certainly  no  other  stock  will 
draw better trade or increase trade faster 
if carefully selected and properly sold.
The man,  as it is generally a man,  buy­
ing gloves should know something  about 
skins and the manufacturing  of  the  ar­
ticle,  and  the  clerk  selling  the  gloves 
should  know  this  and  much  more,  in­
cluding a bit of  human nature in dealing 
with shoppers.  The clerk  must  satisfy 
in shade,  fit and  price,  and  yet  display 
patience and tact in every action,  even to 
influencing a woman  asking for  sixes  to 
buy  six  and  a  quarter,  and  surely tact 
cannot do more.
Let the  merchant  investing in a glove 
stock first find an  experienced  and  suc­
cessful  saleswoman,  for  such  must  be 
had for these  goods  if  we  assume  that 
they are kept to make money.
Every locality has an  especial  run  on 
sizes,  as in  the  South  5%  and  5%  are 
common,  with 6 and 
leading in New 
York,  and 6 ^   and  6%  in  the  Western 
cities.  Any  reliable  glove  house  can 
give the purchaser  an idea  of  the  sizes 
aud colors that take in his locality.  Thus, 
New  York runs especially on tans,  Phil­
adelphia on grays,  and  Chicago  on  the 
novel shades as  well  as  those  that  are 
standard.  Under  5}4 or over 7 are  un­
usual calls, but in 5%, 6, 6J£, 6%  and 5% 
the largest variety in suede  and  dressed 
kid should be selected.
The fashion must govern the  length of 
the glove.  Just  now  they  are  wearing 
four  and  six  buttons,  and  eight-button 
mosquetaires  for  the 
in  tan, 
beaver,  black and  gray colorings,  with a 
few  novelties  in  the  way of  heliotrope 
and  old  rose  shades;  medium  brown 
shades  also  take  well,  and for evening, 
cream,  pearl-gray  and  tan,  with  occa­
sional calls for  pale  lavender or pinkish 
cream  and  white.  The  evening  gloves 
are  usually  asked  for  in 
lengths  of 
eighteen to twenty-four  buttons,  though 
thirty buttons are also worn.  The pique 
stitched and  oversewed  designs must be 
had,  also  narrow,  embroidered,  spear 
backs,  etc.  Buttoned,  laced and Biarritz 
gloves  are all in styles,  heavy  and  fine 
kid,  but  suede  especially.  The latter is 
a good clove to keep,  as it will  not  wear 
or clean like a dressed glove.
An assortment for misses  must  not be 
forgotten,  also  men’s 
gloves,  more 
especially in heavy skins  in  tan and rus­
set  shades,  with a few  dark  and  pearl- 
gray,  brown  and  black  pairs,  running 
chiefly  from  No.  7  to  SJ^. 
In  men’s 
gloves  there  is  not  half  the number of 
shades or styles  worn as we find in ladies’ 
gloves.  Among the  latter  we  must not 
forget  some  riding  gauntlets 
in  gray 
and tan.
Do  not  buy  all  of  one  make,  have 
short and  long  fingered styles,  deal with 
a reliable and experienced  house,  have a 
good  saleswoman  for  this  department, 
insist upon the  stock  being kept in per­
fect order,  have the counter  nicely fitted 
up,  and keep the stock  replenished until 
you  become noted  for  having everything 
in  the glove line that is wanted  and when 
wanted. 
___________

street, 

DISSOLUTION NOTICE

The copartnership heretofore existing between 
C. N.  Rapp  and  C. B  Metzger,  under  the  firm 
name of  the  Grand  Rapids  Fruit  and Produce 
Co., is  this  day  dissolved  by  mutual  consent. 
C.  B. Metzger has assumed  all  liabilities  of  the 
firm,  and  to  him  should  be  paid  all accounts 
their due. 

C. N.  RAPP,
C. B. METZGER.

Grand Rapids, June 27,1890.

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 a n d  M itts.  W e  a re se llin g   H a m m o c k s  
in  a ll  g ra d es.

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

83  Mearos  aid  10,12,  14,18  1  18  Potlniaii  Sts.,  BRAND  RAPIDS.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

UNLLEACHED  COTTONS.

CliftonCCC...........  634
Atlantic  A..............7
“  Arrow Brand 534 
H................6M
“ 
“ 
P.............  6
“  World Wide..  634
“  L L ............   5
D........  ...  6M
“ 
Full Yard Wide......6*4
“  LL..............  5M
Honest Width.........   634
Amory....................   7M
Hartford A  ............   534
Archery  Bunting...  414 
Madras cheese cloth 634
Beaver Dam  A A ...  5M 
|Nolbe R..................  5V
5 
Blackstone O, 32 
Our Level  Best......634
Black  Hock  —
Boot, AL...............   734 Oxford  It  ..............  634
Chapman cheesed.  334 Pequot..............  734
—   634
Comet.....................   7  Solar........ 
Dwight Star............  714 Top of the  neap—   73»

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

I

“ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“  
** 

“ 
“ 
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shorts.  834! 

Glen Mills.........   7
Gold Medal......   734
Green  Ticket...  834

Arnsburg.................7
Blackstone AA......  8
Beats All.................. 434
Cleveland.............  7 Great Falls.............   634
Cabot......................   734 Hope......................... 714
Cabot,  X .................  634 Just  O u t..........  434®  5
Dwight Anchor......  9  King  Phillip...........  734
OP......  734
Edwards.................   6  [Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
Empire...................   7 
iLonsdale...........  @ 834
Harwell...................734¡Middlesex..........   @5
Fruit of the Loom..  834|NoName................   734
834
Oak View......  ...... 6
Fitchville  ............. 734
Our Own................   534
First Prize..............634
Pride of the West.. .12
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Rosalind.................734
Fairmount..............  434
Sunlight.................   434
Full Value..............  634
IVinyard..................  834
Geo. Washington...  814
Cabot......................   734|Dwight Anchor...... 834
Harwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  534
Hamilton N............   634
L.............7
Middlesex  AT........  8
X............   9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Middlesex No.  1. 
2 . 
“  
“  3.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALE  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

..10
..11
..12
..18
..19

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Hamilton 

“ 
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“ 
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CORSET  JEANS.

“
....  8
....  9
“
....  9
“
....1034
DRESS GOODS.
....  8 Nameless
__9
...
Q G  ría sit mfvrfi __21
Vamnlnsa
.................18

Hamilton N — ....  734 Middlesex A A... ...11
2... ...12
Middlesex P T.
A O... ...1334
A  T.
4... ...1734
X A.
5... ...16
X F.
...20
......
...2 5
.................27H
.................3 0 '
.................32*4
..............  .35"
Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  734
Brunswick..............  6341Rockport.................634
Merrim’ck8hirtings.  434 
Allen, staple...........  534
“  Repp furn .  834
fancy...........  514
Pacific  fancy..........6
robes...........5
American  fancy—   6
robes..............634
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo__6
Simpson mourning..  634
American shirtings.  434 
greys........634
Arnold 
“  —   634
solid black.  634 
long cloth B.1034
“ 
Washington indigo.  6 
................... C.  834
“ 
century cloth  7
“  Turkey robes..  734
“  India robes__734
“  gold seal......1034
“  plain T’ky X 34  834 
“  Turkey red..1034
“ 
“  X...10
Berlin solids...........534
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue....... 634
key red.................6
“ 
“  green__ 634
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy........  6
Turkeyred M......734
“  madders...  6 
Martha Washington
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Turkey red.......... 934
Hamilton fancy.  ...  634
Riverpofnt robes__5
staple__534
Windsor fancy........  634
Manchester fancy..  6 
gold  ticket 
new era.  634 
indigo blue......... 1034
Merrimack D fancy.  634
TICKINGS.A C  A......................1234
Amoskeag ACA — 13
Pemberton AAA__16
Hamilton N ..............734
York....................... 1034
D..............834
Swift River............   734
Awning. .11
Farmer......................8
Pearl  River............ 1234
Warren................... 14
First Prize.............. 1134
COTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D..............  6M [Stark...
Boot........................ 6M  “ 
...
Clifton, K...............   6341  “ 
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SATINES.
Simpson.................. 20
.................18
.................16
Coechco.................. 103

Imperial.................1034
Black................9® 934
.................... 1034

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734

“ 

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Amoskeag..............1234
9oz..... 1434
brown .13
Andover................ 1134
Everett, blue......... 12
brown......12

Jaffrey....................1134
Lancaster...............1234
Lawrence, 9 oz........1334
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 1134
No. 280  ...1034
Lancaster,  staple. -  6M

“ 
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GINGHAMS.
.  7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
.  8
Westbrook...........
.........
“ 
.10
York.................... ■  6M
Hampton.............
.  634
.  5
Winaermeer........
.  5
Cumberland........
Essex................... •  434

Glenarven..............   6M
Lancashire.............   634
Normandie...............754
Renfrew Dress........734
Toil du Nord__10@1034
Amoskeag..............   6M
AFC........1034 1
Persian...................  834
Bates........................ 6M 1
Warwick...............  834 i
Peerless, white.......1834|Peerless  colored.. .21

CARPET  WARP.

fancies

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GRAIN  BAGS.

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No.

THREADS.

1734 Valley City..............17
Georgia...................17
Pacific.....................1434

Amoskeag—
Harmony............... 1
Stark..................... 21
American...............1734
Clark’s Mile End... .45 
| Barbour s............... 88
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s................ 88
Holyoke.................22341
White. Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
6 ..  ..33
“  16 .......38
39
*•  18 .......39
40
10 .......35
“  20 .......40
41
12 .......36
CAMBRICS.

White. Colored.
42
43
44
45

KNITTING  COTTON.

DOMKT  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“ 
Slate.
934 
1034 
1134 
1234

Slater......................  4M Washington............  4M
White Star............   4M Red Cross..  .............434
Kid Glove...............  4M Lockwood.................4M
Newmarket............   4M Wood’s..................   4M
Edwards.................4M Brunswick.................4M
RED  FLANNEL.
Fireman................. 3254IT W......................... 2234
Creedmore..............2734 FT —
............. 3234
Talbot XXX............30  J R F, XXX............. 35
Nameless  .............. 2734|Buckeye.................. 3234
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 
|Grey S R W............ 1734
Union R................. 2234 Western W  ............. 1834
Windsor................. 1834 D R F .............-.......1834
6 oz Western.......... 21  Flushing XXX.........2334
Union  B................ 2234!Manitoba.................2334
...... 9  @1034
Nameless......8  © 9341 
......   834@10  I 
......  
1234
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20
, 8 oz— __   9341West Point, 8 oz ...1034
Mayland, 8oz......... 1034 
10 oz— 1234
Greenwood, 734 oz..  934 Raven, lOoz........... 1334
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1134'Stark  “ 
.............15
White, doz............25  [Per bale, 40 doz... .17 00
Colored,  doz...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  | Pawtucket...............1034
“  Red Cross....  9  Dundie....................   9
“  Best  .............1034 Bedford...................1034
“  Best  AA.......1234I Valley  City............. 1034
Coraline................69 50|Wonderful............ 64 75
Schilling’s ............  9 00 Brighton................4 75
Corticelli, doz.........85

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
934
15
1034
17
1134
20
1234

9*4 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20
DUCKS.

SEWING  SILK.

Corticelli  knitting, 
per 340Z  ball....... 30

twist, doz. .4234 
50 yd,doz..4234
HOOKS AND  EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No  4 Bl’k & White..l5
No  1 Bl’k & White..10
“  8 
“  2 
..20
..12
..25
“  10 
“  3 
..12
No 2-20, M  C.........50  INo 4—15, F  334.........40
‘  3-18, S C .......... 45 
No  2 White <Sc Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.23
“ 
..26
No2........................28 
|No3..........................36

COTTON  TAPE.
“ 10 
..15 
..18  | 
“  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

CORSETS.

PINS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 
6 

“ 

|

|

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1  50! 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

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“ ....2 10 

.. .3 10|

P . 

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

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  potions.

Voigt, HerpMeier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

D r y   G o o d s

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Oileralls,  Etn,

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

48,50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Leiiel-HeaiM

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  this  country  and  solicit  a 
trial  of  either  our  “Tradesman”  or 
“Superior”  brands.  Note quotations  in 
Grocery Price Current.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids.B“ 5 Plan*

I t i y o

piilslln 

I 

AT  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.
C h a s .  A .   C o y e ,

11  PEARL  STREET.

J.&P.C OATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton
WHITE,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,

IN

FOR

H an d  and M a ch in e U s a
F.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

FOR  SALE  BY

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

P r ic e s  C urrent.

knobs—New List. 

—  

7

dls.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

Advance over base: 

LEVELS. 
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..................  
55
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s................. 
 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
Norwalk’s .................................................... 
55
Adze Eye..........................................116.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye........................................   115.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... »18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables  .  . 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Clr. k’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.................................. 
25
dlS.
Stebbln’s Pattern.................................  
60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails, base...................................................2 00
Wire nails, base................................................... 2 60
Steel.  Wire.
60...................................................... Base  Base
50...................................................... Base 
10
40............................... 
20
05 
20
10 
30...................................................... 
20........................... ........................ 
30
15 
35
16...................................................... 
15 
12.....................................................  
35
15 
40
10......................................................  20 
q 
50
25 
7’&e"
40 
65
4 .......................................................   60 
90
3.........................................................1 00 
1 50
2 00
2.........................................................1  50 
Fine 3................................................ 1  50 
2 00
90
Case  10.  ..........................................  60 
“ 
8.........................................  
1 00
1 25
6..............................................  90 
“ 
Finish  10..........................................  85 
1 25
“ 
3............................................1  00 
“  6  ...........................................1  15 
1 50
Clinch  10..........................................  85 
75
8........................................... 1 00 
“ 
90
6............................................1  15 
1 00
“ 
Barren %...........................................1 75 
2 50
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

p a t e n t  p l a n is h e d  ir o n .

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

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

  75 

Broken packs *4c per pound extra.

100

 

 

 

 

.

 

ROPES,

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Try and Bevels.
Mitre.................

Sisal, %  inch and larger............................
Manilla. 
..................... ......................................

12*4
16
dls.
75
60
20
Com.  Smooth. Com.
»3  10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
A11  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...... .............................(4 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
.............................  4 60
NO. 27...............
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................................dis. 40*10

SAND PAPER.

Discount, 10.

SASH CORD.

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

50
  “  55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton »25
20
7u
50
30
28
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........................ 
 

wire. 

dls.

3 60

dls. 05

“ 

WRENCHES. 

HORSE NAILS.

painted..........  ....................   3 00
Au Sable...............................dis. 25*10@35*10&05
Putnam.................................................  
Northwestern......   .......................  
dls. 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
dis.
50
Bird Cages................................................... 
Pumps, Cistern..................................  
75
Screws, New List.........................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate.....................50*10*10
Dampers, American...........................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

diS.

... 

65

METALS.

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

BOLDER.

26c
  28c

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
680 pound  casks.................................   . 
6*4
Per pound.................................................... 
7
*4@*4................ 
16
Extra W iping..................................................13*4
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s................................... 
13
10x14 IC, Charcoal................................   — I 6 60
6  60
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8 35
14x20 IX, 
8  35

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 

“ 

 
 

 

 

 

10x14IC,  Charcoal...................................  »600
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN—ALLAWAY  GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade »1.50.

 
 
 

 
 

 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

ROOFING PLATES
“  Worcester.........
14x20 IC, 
........
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
.........
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway  Grade
14x201c, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX...........................................
14x31  IX...........................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 
14x60 IX,  » 

“  9 

“
“
“

“

{■por  pound

6  00 
7  50 
12 50
5 25
6 75 
11  00 
14 00
»18 
.14 50
9*4

F oster,  S tev en s  &  Co.,
Wholesale Harflware,

IO and  12  MONROE  ST.,

33,  35,  37,  39  and  41  LOUIS ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

6 00
7 50
7 50

 

H A R D W A R E .

THE  AGE  OF  INVENTION.

Modem  Science  Applying  W aste  Ma­

terial to  Useful Purposes.

We often  speak  about the triumphs of 
invention,  and  mean  thereby  the  con­
quest which science  and  mechanism are 
constantly  making  over  the  forces  of 
nature.  And  it  is,  indeed,  wonderful 
how many of  nature’s  raw  materials en­
ter into the manufacture of  articles used 
to  satisfy  man’s  daily  needs  and  com­
forts.  But  the  wonders  of  production 
are  not  confined  alone to minerals  dug 
from the earth’s bosom,  or to the organic 
life  which  flourishes  upon  its  surface. 
On  the  contrary, man’s  inventive  skill 
has  perfected  the art of  utilizing  waste 
materials,  so that  the  residue of  former 
arts furnishes the  substance upon which 
new  workers  expend their labor. 
Illus­
trations of  this do not  have to be sought 
alone  in  stores for second-hand  clothes 
and furniture,  but rather where new and 
costly commodities are bought  and  sold. 
It is necessary to  specify only a few rep­
resentative  manufactures where the raw 
materials  are  waste products,  to see the 
extent to which they are carried on.  For 
instance,  millions  of  bushels  of  cotton 
seed have been  thrown  away in the var­
ious  states of  the South.  But  now it is 
utilized in the manufacture of oleaginous 
products,  and  promises  to  be the chief 
source of  many kinds of  oils.  The  slag 
of  furnaces for many years was  dumped 
into ravines and piled  upon vacant fields 
until  it  had  accumulated in vast  quan­
tities, but  now it is being  mined  again, 
re-smelted  in  some instances,  made into 
asbestos  or  used 
in  ballasting  roads. 
Paper  is  made  mostly  from  waste  ma­
terials,  and it enters into the composition 
of  a  thousand  things,  from  a  cigarette 
wrapper to a car wheel.  Blood  is  man­
ufactured into  door  knobs,  shutters and 
doors are made from wood pulp,  sawdust 
is a most useful article, dust and dirt are 
transformed into  multitudinous building 
materials,  while  the  waste  products  of 
the gas house  are  more  valuable,  if  pos­
sible,  than  the  original  substance. 
It 
was formerly supposed that clay was use­
ful  only for  embankments,  for  making 
bricks or  pottery.  But  now a most use­
ful  and  beautiful  metal 
is  extracted 
therefrom,  and  clay banks,  rich in alum­
inum,  will  soon  be  as  valuable as iron 
mines.  And  so  the  catalogue might be 
extended  indefinitely,  but  this  is  suffi­
cient  to  show 
the  variety  of  uses  to 
which  waste  products  are  put. 
It also 
shows  a tendency  to  economy  in  man­
ufacture,  which  is  one  of  the  hopeful 
signs of  the times.

The H a rd w a re   M ark et.

Lead pipe,  pig lead  and  shot have  all 
advanced  largely of  late.  Powder  has 
advanced 50 cents per keg.  Recent large 
purchases of  saw manufacturers’  plants 
have caused  quite  an  advance  in  hand 
saws  and  further  advances  are  looked 
for.  Nails, bar iron and barbed wire are 
ail firm,  with advancing tendencies.

Plainwell—A.  P.  Richtmyer  has  sold 
his bakery business to Chas. Spencer and 
closed out his stock of bazaar goods,  pre­
paratory to removing to Chicago.

DISSOLUTION  NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that  the  copartnership 
heretofore existing  between  W. G. Sinclair ana 
S. E. Crissman, under the style of W. G. Sinclair 
& Co., has been this day dissolved, W. G. Sinclair 
succeeding to the business of the late firm.  All 
debts of  the  late  firm  will  be paid by the suc­
ceeding partner, who is also authorized to collect 
all accounts due the late firm.

W. G. SINCLAIR,
S. E.  CRISSMAN.

Grand Rapids, June 26,1890.

Copartnership  Notice.

Notice is  hereby  given  that  a  copartnership 
has been formed by  W. G. Sinclair and Chas. E. 
Sinclair to succeed  to  the  business  of  the late 
firm of W. G. Sinclair & Co., under the same firm 
style.

Grand Rapids, June 26,1890.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dlS.
60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
J ennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................1850
D.  B. Bronze...........................   12 50
s. B. S. Steel.............................  9 50
D.  B. Steel.............................   14 00

“ 
“ 
“ 

Railroad......................................................S 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00

AXES.

dlS.

dls.

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

BABROWS. 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain................................................... t 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

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.............................................per ft 
Ely’s 1-10.............................................perm 
“ 
Hick’s C.  F ........................................ 
G. D .....................................................  “ 
“ 
Musket................................................ 

CAPS.

5
65
60
35
60

Rim  Fire.................................................  
Central  Fire............................................dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

50
dls.

25

Socket Firmer..............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................70*10
Socket Corner............................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer....................... 

combs. 
Curry,  Lawrence’s  .....................................  
Hotchkiss.......................... 
CHALK.

 

 

White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12*4 dls. 10

40
dls.

40
25

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. 

26
26
dlS.
50
50
50

 

DRIPPING PANS.

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

6*4

28
26

27

07

elbows.

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

dls.
Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126....................... 
Ives’, 1, »18; 2, »24;  3, *30.........................■•.. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

30
25

f il e s —New List. 

dls.

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

GALVANIZED IRON

28
18

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

13 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

12 

14 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HAMMERS.

“  %.................  
“ 
“ 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.....................  
50
Maydole  * Co.’8...................................... dis. 
25
25
Kip’s ........................................................ dis. 
Yerkes & Plumb’s ....................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................  
.. 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand  .. .30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ........................dis.eo&lO
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
longer........................................................  3*4
Screw Hook and  Eye, *4.........................net 
10
“ 
net  8*4
X..........................net  7*4
“ 
“ 
%..........................net  7*4
Strap and T ............................................ dls. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
60
Pots...............................................................  
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders  .......................................................  
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware.........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new list 33*4*10
d l8.
Bright......................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.......................... 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE GOODS. 

HANGERS. 

di8.

W e  a re  a g e n ts  for  the 
G em   B en ch   W rin g e r, 
the  best one  m ad e.

70*10*10

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THE  CELEBRATION  OF  INDEPEN­

for their  benefit. 
of more than a nation.

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

Mr.  Porter estimates,  from  the  census 
returns already in hand, that the popula­
tion will  reach the  figure  of  64,000,000. 
The interesting point of its local distribu­
tion  is not j et disclosed.

putteth on his  armor  boast as though he 
were putting it off,”  is  often  quoted  as 
though it  were a piece  of  inspired  wis­
dom.  But in  truth  history has not many 
finer things to show  then  men  buckling 
on their  armor for a righteous  struggle, 
pledging their “lives,  fortune and sacred 
honor”  in  the defense of an outnumbered 
cause,  and appealing  to  the  Arbiter  of 
War  for  his  verdict  upon  their  cause. 
Such  a declaration of their loyal purpose 
is itself  a  grand achievement;  and even 
if there be some boasting associated  with 
the act,  that cannot  detract from  its  es­
sential quality.  The notion  that  boast­
ing Is always the  part  of  a  coward is a 
mistake.  Other  words  than  those  of 
The  unique  character  of  our  chief 
Luther may be—as Richter said  of  his— 
national  festival  of  commemoration  has 
“half-battles.”  The  Declaration,  says 
not received the attention it deserves.  It 
its critics,  will not hold  water  when sub­
is  rare  enough  that  a  nation  is  able to 
mitted to the tests of  historic fact 
It is 
designate the time and the circumstances 
itself  an  historic fact,  which  admits of 
of  its  beginning,  and  to  associate these 
no discounting.  With its  signature  the 
with a single  national  event  of  palmary 
clock of time struck the opening of a new 
importance.  The  only other  case  which
era—one 
in  which  Governments  have
occurs  to  us  is  the  Jewish exodus from 
Egypt, whose perils and triumphs welded I been obliged  to  vindicate  their  right to 
a group of  loosely  connected  tribes  into | exist by the consent of  the governed and 
It  was  the  birth-day 
a compact  nation.  The  nearest  parallel
in  modern  times  is  the  association of  a 
handful  of  Swiss  mountaineers  against 
the dukes of Austria.  But the occurence 
is  shrouded  in  obscurity and  impossible 
myth;  and  after  all it was  not  to  effect 
independence,  but to maintain their right 
of  immediate  relations  to  the  Imperial 
authority, that the men of  the three Can­
tons  joined  hands and  swore to stand  by 
each  other. 
In  our  own  century,  the 
establishment of  the  Norwegian  Consti­
tution of  Eidsvold in  1814  furnishes  the 
nearest  parallel,  as it raised  the  country 
from  its  provincial  position  to  national 
self-government.  But  the  Norwegians 
were obliged to lay  aside that  part of the 
Eidsvold  programme  which  involved  a j 
c la i m   to independence,  and to accept the 
decree  of  the  European  concert,  which 
tore  them  from  Denmark  and  annexed 
them to Sweden.

In  England  and Wales  the  population
is reported  by  the  Registrar-General  to 
be over 29,000,000,  and  to  be  increasing 
at  the  rate  of  700,000 a year,  without 
allowing for emigration  or  immigration. 
In 1840  the  population  of  Ireland  was 
half that  of  England  and  Wales.  By 
famine  and  emigration  it  has been re­
duced to one-sixth.

Distinct  historic  birthdays of  nations 
are  rarely  capable  of  designation  and 
celebration.  The  whole later life of  the 
Jewish nation  was  tinged by its recollec­
tions of  the  exodus. 
Its  supreme  legal 
document,  and  that  by which  it has in­
fluenced  most the ethical development of 
the  race,  begins  with  a reference  to  it. 
“Out of  the land of Egypt and out of the 
house of  bondage”  is the preamble of its 
national constitution.  No  later  deliver­
ance  ever  eclipsed  that one,  and to this 
hour the  annual  commemoration of  it is 
the great social  festival of  the six  and  a 
half  millions of  the Jewish  people scat­
tered  through  all  civilized  and  half- 
civilized  lands.

In Spain they are now  publishing  the 
results  of  a  census  of  1887,  when the I 
population  was found to be  17,550,216,  a 
gain  of  less  than  a million  since  1877. 
This 
is  an  acceleration  of  growth,  as 
compared  with  previous  decades,  and is 
said  to  be  due  to  continued peace and 
greater care to keep the  towns clean and 
wholesome.
The  census  of  this  year  gives  us  as 
j  many cities of  a million  people and over 
as  Europe  has. 
It  indicates  a growing 
density of  population,  which  will  bring 
us to a time when  we  shall  not  need to 
export food.  But this point will  not  be 
reached  as quickly as Mr.  C. Wood Davis’ 
calculation,  when  he puts  the amount of 
I land  required  for each  individual at 3.15 
I acres.  Europe has eight to an acre,  and 
yet feeds the greater part  of  her popula­
tion  with her own produce.  With denser
population  comes  a  greater  outlay  of 
Equally7 permanent  the  celebration of j  capjta| on ian(j  and  more  careful meth­
ods of  cultivation,  until  Northern  Bel­
gium has 1,800 people to the  square mile 
and  little else than  agriculture to sustain 
them.  The limit at which increased out­
lay of  labor ceases to pay has  never  yet 
been  reached by any country.

to  blame. 
In  one  St.  Louis  district 
widely published as incorrectly returned, 
the  enumerator  publicly offered a prem­
ium  of  $5  for  every person  residing in 
the district who had been missed.  At the 
end of  five days after  the offer had been 
made,  not one person  had  come forward 
to  claim  it. 
In  Detroit  a  block  was 
missed through  a  misunderstanding  be­
tween  two  enumerators  respecting  the 
boundaries of  their  districts.  This was 
discovered and  the  count for  the  block 
made.  Aside from  slips  like this,  aris­
ing solely from the natural  limitations of 
the human  faculties,  the  count  will  be 
found to be the most  intelligent and cor­
rect  the  country has  ever  seen.  The 
scope  of  the  census  was  broader thau 
ever before and many obstacles  were en­
countered  through 
the  perversity  and 
folly of  certain newspapers in encourag­
ing the ignorant  not to answer the ques­
tions.  But,  taken altogether,  the  work 
thus  far  has  been  accomplished  with 
very little  friction.  More  than  half  of 
what the public has heard has been sheer 
exaggeration and  imagination.
LAW  BREAKERS.

The law is very plain ou the subject of 
boycotting,  prohibiting  it  in  unmistak­
able terms.  Defj'iug  the  statute books, 
however,  the  Patrons of  Industry  have 
placed  boycotts on six wholesale houses, 
as follows:

Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug  Co., Grand

Rapids.

Telfer Spice Co., Grand  Rapids.
H.  A.  Newland & Co., Detroit.
Jenness & McCurdy, 
“
W. J.  Gould & Co., 
“
Moran  Fitzsimons & Co.,  “
The wording of  the resolution which is 
sent out with the  above  names is as fol 
lows:

W h er ea s,  Certain  wholesale  d ealer 
have  refused  to sell  th eir m erchandise  to 
dealers contracting  w ith  the  P atrons of 
Industry;  therefore.
Resolved,  T hat  the  protection  of  our 
natural  and  God-given  rights  demand 
th at  we  patronize  no  retail  dealer  th at 
buys any of  his  m erchandise  from  said 
boycotting w holesale dealers.

T h e  T radesm an is confident  that  the 
boycott will  not  affect the business of the 
houses attacked,  and  they will  probably 
take  no  notice  of  the  matter.  Should 
they deign  to do so,  however,  every man 
who voted  for the boycott,  or abetted the 
boycotters,  would  have  an  opportunity 
to see the sky behind  prison bars.

It is unfortunate that  in  their  anxiety 
to  tear  down  others  in  order  to  build 
themselves  up,  the  Patrons  of  Industry 
should so far forget  themselves as to put 
themselves 
law­
breakers,  defying the common law of the 
land.

the  position  of 

in 

The  Park  Place  Hotel,  at  Traverse 
City,  is in better condition than ever,  the 
alterations 
in  the  “new  part”  having 
been  completed.  The  traveling  public 
sees  few hotels  which are  more comfort­
able and  homelike than  the  Park  Place.

our  own  Independence day seems likely 
to become.  The War for the Union gave 
us one more holiday, but it has not in the 
least  eclipsed  the  honor of  the  Fourth, 
which,  indeed,  becomes  the  more  wel­
come  as  it  is  a common  festival  of  all 
classes  and  all  sections  of  Americans. 
THE  CENSUS  ENUMERATION.
Historians  speak of  the  latter  struggle 
It  is  about  time  general  complaints 
as  the  more  heroic  of  the  two,  when 
should  cease  in  respect  to  the  census 
measured  by the extent of  the  sacrifices
of  the American  people to secure a great j enumeration.  Nothing  has  been  more 
end.  But  we  decline  all  comparisons  common,  especially  in  the
with  the  heroism of  the representatives  the  exaggeration  of  the 
of  the then feeble  nation,  who put their  cities,  and now,  when  the  actual  count j
hands  to  that  memorable  document,  of  the  population fails to sustain the es-  cKHojtACo^ud^nTUieAiex^n^.H^wartcti 
knowing  that  it  was  signing their own  tablished  exaggeration,  the  chagrin  of j 
death-warrants  if  England got the better  the  people  grows 
into  wrath  and  the 
enumerators receive the blame,  while,  as
of  the impending struggle. 
“Let  not  him  that I a general rule,  the people themselves are

E S Botsford, Dorr
W R Lawton, Berlin 
W D  Strnik,  Byron  Center Q D Van Vranken. Cadillac 
S McNitt. Byron Center 
Nailer & Beeler, Caledonia 
W H Watte,  Bowne  Center G M Hartwell,Cannonsbnrg 
S J Koon, Lisbon 
John Bishop. Montague 
R G Smith. Wayland 
Neal McMillan. Rockford
Hessler Bros., Rockford
N Bouma, Fisher 
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove Geo A Sage, Rockford 
Sm&llegan A Pickaard. 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Foreet Grove  DeVoiet Bros., Alba 
Eli Runnels, Corning
__ _________
J  A Lieber, Caledonia 
8 T McLellan, Denison

!  O W Messenger,  Bpring  Lk DO W atson,Coopersville 
population  o f   A M Church, Englishville 
1  John Damstra, Gitchell 

H Meijering. Jamestown 
A P Brlver,  Burnip’s Corn 
R G Beckwith, Bradley 
C H Milner, Big Rapids 
J T Pierson, Irving

Young & Co, Ferry 
Carlson Bros, Gilbert 
F A Clary, Turtle Lake

than I j R Harrison, 8parta 

VISITING  BUYERS.

Ahab’s  saying: 

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West 

Vrieeland 

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

CO-OPERATIVE  DINING.

D etails  o f  th e   D e c a tu r  N eighborhood 

B oarding  H ouse  Schem e.

From  the Chicago Tribune.

At Decatur,  111.,  public interest is cen­
tered on  “The  Roby.”  There  are  such 
things  on  at  “The  Roby”  as  have  not 
been  witnessed  since the first spirit rap- 
pings  were  heard  at  Rochester.  This 
pretty little city has  electric  street  rail­
ways,  six  newspapers,  a  dozen 
fine 
churches,  metropolitan air, cleau streets, 
good water—and  the  servant  girl  ques­
tion.  But all these “ain’t nothin’,”  as a 
mall boy remarked in my presence when 
these advantages were being enumerated.
We’ve got something  Chicago ain’t got. 
It’s a Bellamy boarding-house.”
I am in the  swim,”  remarked  a quiet 
gentleman.  “Come  down  and  see  us. 
We are living off  the fat  of  the  land for 
$2.75 per week per head.  And  we  have 
no bother,  no worry about servants.  We 
are located at ‘The Roby.’ ”
This is the history of  the  experiment: 
Miss  Fanny  Fuller  and  her  mother 
boarded at  “The  Robj7”  with  Mrs. Guy­
It was the swell  boarding-house of 
ton. 
Decatur.  The  Misses Witherspoon,  two 
handsome  young 
ladies,  also  boarded 
there.  Mrs.  Guyton  never  had  trouble 
with her servant girls.

Why?
Because  the  work  was  systematized. 
One did  the  cooking  and  laundry work, 
another  the  second  work.  One had the 
table to wait on  and  the  dining-room to 
care for.  When their work was done the 
girls  went  where  they  pleased.  Their 
liberty after  work  hours did not depend 
on  the  caprice of  a mistress or  the  ex­
igencies of  a private house.
This  set  Miss  Fanny Fuller  to think­
ing.  One day she  read  “Looking  Back­
ward,”  and  proceeded  to look forward. 
Where  others  read  and  marveled  and 
criticised,  she  read  and  adapted.  One 
morning  she  came  into  Mrs.  Guyton’s 
room  with  an idea.  She read the chap­
ter from Bellamy’s  book  on  the  public 
dining-room.

i 

“Why can’t we do it?”  she aSked.
“We  can,”  said  Mrs.  Guyton,  de­
cidedly.
Miss  Fuller  put  on  her  smart  jacket 
and  hat  and  called on the ladies of  her 
acquaintance  with her idea.  Everybody 
was charmed.  The gentlemen forgot im­
patience and  listened.
A few  weeks  later a meeting was held 
in Mrs.  Guyton’s  parlors.  After a num­
ber  of  whereases,  it  was  resolved  to 
establish:
1.  A  co-operative  association  for  the 
benefit of  all its members.
2.  No debts shall be contracted.
3.  A President,  Secretary  and  Treas- 
user  shall  be  elected  from  among  the 
members.
4.  A superintendent shall be appointed 
to act  as  the  purchasing  agent  of  the 
club,  vouchers  to  be  delivered  to  the 
treasurer.
5.  Members  shall  pay  $2.75  a  week 
board to  the  treasurer;  children  tinder 
ten half price.
6.  The superintendent is to have entire 
charge  of  the  dining room,  kitchen  and 
servants,  under  the  direction of a board 
of managers.

It was agreed by all  present to sign the 
constitution,  these  being  the  charter 
members.  Applicants  for  membership 
should have  their  names  posted  in  the 
dining room three days before admission, 
and no one was to be received if a serious 
objection was raised  by any one member. 
Mrs.  B.  K.  Durfee  was elected President 
and  Miss  Fannie  Fuller  Treasurer and 
Secretary.
Mrs.  Guyton’s  basement  was  rented, 
including  a  large  dining  room,  kitchen 
and  pantries,  a  manager  installed,  two 
cooks and three  waiter  girls  hired,  and 
the  Co-operative  Club,  after  paying  a 
membership  fee  of  $2  and  one  week’s 
board  in advance,  sat down  to  their  first 
meal at  “The Roby.”  Mrs.  Guyton gave 
up keeping boarders, and she  and all her 
guests fell into the new order  of  things. 
There is no  doubt  about  Mrs.  Guyton’s 
enthusiasm. 
She  met  me  aud  began 
another book of her epic.
“What are we doing down  here?  Why, 
you see expenses  foot  up so high in this 
thriving, growing,  booming city of Deca-

tur that people couldn’t  stand  it.  Our 
swell  people  are  swell,  I can  tell  you. 
They formed this  eating  club,  indulged 
In the luxury of doing the discharging of 
servants for once, put out the fires in the 
ranges,  locked  up  their  larders, turned 
their kitchens into sewing rooms or nurs­
eries, closed up accounts and  drove  dull 
care away.
“We  have  fifty-four  members—men, 
women and children—all  of  the  upper- 
crust  aristocracy,  who are used to living 
well,  and they wouldn’t put up with any­
thing but the best.  We get that for $2.75 
a week a head;  half-price for children.” 
Stay to sup­
per and find out.  Now we get everything 
down  to minimum  cost  by  having  each 
family bring their own  linen  and  silver 
and  fancy  dishes.  We have a common 
stock of decorated china.  The club rents 
my basement, including the range. 

“What do you  have to eat?” 
“Everything  in  season. 

Expenses are like this:

Rent  (at $25 a month)...................................#6.00
Manager’s salary..........................................  m.00
Head cook....................................................   "•JJ}
Second cook..................................................  J-JJJ
Three waiters,  at $2.50.................................  7.50
Per  week................................................ $Si.50
The income is from :

Fifty-two grown people,  at $2.75................$142.00
One child, half pay..................................... 
1-40
$143.40
“Miss Fuller  gets  her  board  for  her 
services as Secretary and Treasurer.”
Miss  Fuller  came  in  presently  and 
opened her books for our  inspection. 
It 
was discovered that a certain bill of  fare 
was guaranteed  for  the  price.  This is 
something like what the  club eats:

BREAKFAST.

Fruit, cereal  food  of  some  kind,  two 
kinds  of  meat,  eggs,  potatoes,  biscuit, 
griddle  cakes  or  rolls,  toast,  tea  and 
coffee.

DINNER.

Soup, relish or salad,  one kind  of  fish 
and two kinds of  meat,  three vegetables, 
pie  or  pudding,  fruit, coffee,  tea,  choco­
late or milk.

SUPPER.

and 

Cold  meat,  baked  or  cream potatoes, 
salad,  hot rolls,  cakes or muffins,  fruit or 
dessert,  coffee, tea,  chocolate or milk.
“ T h at  is  about  as  good  as  anybody 
lives,”   rem arked  Miss  F uller. 
“ It  is  all 
dainty  and  well  cooked 
nicely 
served.”
I went  down  into  the  dining room,  a 
large, cool  apartment  in  the  basement 
Eight or nine tables  were  covered  with 
snowy linen.  Napkins  in  rings,  silver 
and  china  were  on  the  table. 
In the 
kitchen across  the  hall,  where  a  range 
was going  at  full  blast, five girls,  black 
as Egypt,  were sitting  around  the  table 
eating  dinner.  Custard  and  cabbages 
were beautifully blended on their plates.
I stayed to supper.  The  ladies came 
in the  newest  thing  in  tea  jackets and 
sat  on  the  front  piazza.  One  of  the 
Misses  Witherspoon  had  an  aureole of 
pale  golden  hair.  The  company  was 
merry and talked volubly about their ex­
periment.  On the wall was the name of 
an applicant for  membership.  He  will 
have to wait until some of  the  members 
go away for the summer.
There was cold roast beef,  baked pota­
toes,  potato  salad,  eggs,  a delicate  cus­
tard,  and cake, with tea, coffee, chocolate 
or milk.  Everything was good and abun­
dant,  and served in the best style.

The membership includes:
Mr.  F.  Anderson and family  of  three, 
Miss E. Anderson, Miss Florence Adams, 
teacher;  Mr.  E.  D.  Bartholomew  and 
family  of  five;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard 
Bohrn;  Mrs. William Chambers and fam­
ily of three;  Mr.  Henry Clark;  Mr.  Geo. 
Durfee,  five;  Mr.  B.  Durfee,  four;  Mr. 
Will Edwards;  Miss  French;  Mr.  C.  A. 
Foster,  two;  Mrs.  C.  F.  Fuller  and  Miss 
Fannie  Fuller;  Mrs.  Griswold;  Mr.  R. 
Johnstone,  two;  Mrs.  Guyton;  Miss Jud- 
son;  Mr.  J.  Powell;  Mr.  Quinlan,  four; 
Dr.  Stoner,  druggist,  five;  Mr.  J.  H. 
Warner,  two;  the  Misses  Witherspoon 
and  Mr.  L. W.  Hatch.
They all expressed themselves as being 
charmed with  the  experiment,  and  did 
not fear the pessimistic  prophecies  con­
cerning its destruction.  The books show 
that bills  are  being  paid up every week 
out  of  the  allowance. 
It  is a success,

P.  o f  I.  G ossip.

A  Jones  correspondent  writes:  “Pat­
rons  are quite thick  here,  but  the  move­
ment is drifting  more and  more into pol­
itics.”

The  Patrons of  Industry  have  closed 
the store  and  business of  F.  D.  Lamb & 
Co.,  of  Potterville.  They  tried  the  10 
per cent,  plan  and  now  the sheriff  is in 
possession.

Davison  Index:  “F.  H.  Krause,  who 
appears  to  have  had  more  money  than 
wit,  and  who  wanted  to bet $100 of  the 
former as to whom  he  considered would 
be  the  next  Governor of  Michigan,  has 
been getting  ‘roasted’ unmercifully by his 
P.  of  I.  companions  for  having  allowed 
himself  to be interviewed  and  ‘pumped 
dry’  by a Detroit Neics  reporter on what 
the order intended  doing in the fall cam­
paign,  and threats of  kicking  him out of 
his fat position have been hinted at.” 

Robert  Rouse  writes  as  follows from 
Pearle:  “I am quite  interested  in  look­
ing over your  ‘P.  of I.  Gossip,’  and not­
ing  the  contract  dealers 
in  different 
places, and also the  ‘Repentance Column,’ 
in T h e T radesm an every week. 
I have 
often wondered how you got the news.  I 
have  been  watching to see if  our  place 
was reported to  you and as I have failed 
to see it,  as  yet,  1 thought I would drop 
you a line and  let  you  know that the P 
of I.  had formed an association at Pearle, 
which  has  been  in  existence  over  two 
months and has about fifty members,  and 
that  George H.  Smith keeps the contract 
store for them.”

Frightened  at  the  storm of  protests 
raised  against  his attempt to divert the 
political  strength of  the  organization to 
a  certain  candidate  for  Governor,  Su­
preme Treasurer  Krause  now pleads the 
baby  act, claiming  that  he  was  misre- 
ported  by the  Detroit  News.  Referring 
to this phase of  the  matter,  the News re­
marks :  “In  a  recent  interview  printed 
in this paper,  F.  H.  Krause, editor of  the 
organ  of  the  Patrons  of  Industry,  said 
some things that were  rather  indiscreet, 
to  put  it  mildly;  and  the  Port  Huron 
Times,  in  commenting  thereon,  puts it­
self  into  a  position  the  foolishness  of 
which it will realize if  it stops to reflect. 
Among  its  remarks  is  one  to the effect 
that  Mr.  Krause  practically  repudiates 
the interview and that the Times believes 
Mr.  Krause.  The News  does  not  know 
what motive moves the Times to speak in 
this way,  but it does know that the inter­
view with Mr.  Krause was the truth,  that 
if  it were  not  Mr.  Krause would  pretty 
nearly have an  action  against  the News, 
and that the News has not had a repudia­
tion or any other communication  on  the 
subject  from  Mr.  Krause.  The  gentle­
man  may be  a fine  newspaper  man, but 
he would have retained the small respect 
which this paper  entertained  for  him  if 
he had  stood  by those  incautious  state­
ments  which  he  most certainly made to 
a representative of  the News.”

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

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BR.O "W JST  <&  SEHLER,

D ealers in  E N G IN E S , B O IL E R S  and  M IL L  M A C H IN E R Y , F arm   M achinery, 

A g ric u ltu ra l  Im p le m e n ts,  W ag o n s  an d   C arriag es.

financially and socially,  so far,  and 1 can 
recommend the table.
If  you  should  ever  go  to  Decatur, I 
advise you to get a room  somewhere and 
take your  meals  at  “The Roby,”  in the 
co-operative boarding house.  Guests are 
charged 25 cents a meal.  By this means, 
you will fare better for less money,  meet 
the cream of Decatur society, and see the 
practical  working of a part of  Bellamy’s 
dream.  You  will  be  converted  to  the 
idea of co-operative cuisines and go home 
to spread the new gospel.  Cooks  will be 
abolished 
from  dwelliug  houses,  an 
housekeepers emancipated.  The servant 
girl question will be solved.

Corner West Bridge and  North Front  Sts.,

Muskegon Cracker Co

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State  Board  of  Pharmacy.

One  Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—S tanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Years—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.

Meetings  during  1890— Marquette,  Aug.  18  and  14; 

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’ll. 

President— Frank Inglis.  Detroit.
First Vice-President— F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, B em en Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E.T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Frail,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald. Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
N ext M eeting—At  Saginaw , b eginn ing third Tuesday 
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, J. W. H ayward,  Secretary, Frank H. E scott.
G ran d  Rapids D rug Clerks’ Association. 
President, F. I). Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

o f Septem ber,  1890.

D etroit Pharm aceutical  Society 

President. J.  W. Allen;  S ecretary, W . F. Jackm an.
Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association. 

President. C- 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

REGISTERED  PHARMACISTS.

N am es  of P erso n s w ho P a sse d  E xam in­

atio n s  a t  S ta r  Island.

The  examination  of  candidates  for 
registered pharmacists’  certificates,  held I 
at Star Island  June  30  and  July 1,  was ! 
attended  by  137  candidates,  fifteen  de­
siring  assistants’  certificates.  Of  this 
number seventy-seven passed  the  regis­
tered  pharmacists’ 
examination,  and 
forty-five failed.  About  twenty-five  of 
the latter will,  if  they desire,  receive as­
sistants’ certificates,  their averages being 
over 40 per cent.  Nine  passed  the  as­
sistants’  examination and six failed.
This class is the largest ever examined 
at  one  time by  the  Michigan  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  The  next  meeting  will  be 
held  at  Marquette  August  13  and  14, 
and the November  meeting will  be  held 
at  Lansing  the  first  Tuesday 
in  that 
month.
The election of  officers for the ensuing 
year  resulted  as  follows:  President, 
Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon;  Secretary, 
James Vernor,  Detroit;  Treasurer,  Geo. 
McDonald,  Kalamazoo.
Following are the names of  candidates 
who passed the examination:
D.  Alton,  Fremont;  J.  H.  Beckton,  Ft. 
Gratiot;  W.  W.  Boy lan,  Detroit;  A.  P. 
Brietenbach,  Detroit;  M.  A.  Britton, 
Pewamo;  J.  E.  Cogwin,  Auburn;  W.  E. 
Collins,  Farmington;  A.  L.  Cooke,  To­
ronto,  Canada;  John N.  Day,  Jr.,  Alma; 
D.  J.  De  May,  Jackson;  J.  M.  Deonund, 
Grand Rapids;  Charles  Bornan,  Elkton; 
M.  H.  Douglas,  Detroit;  W.  S.  Dupont, 
Detroit;  R.  R.  Eaton,  Lowell;  C.  Fuhr- 
man,  Muskegon;  E.  W.  Gallogher,  Sag­
inaw:  N.  A.  Goodwin, C.  Granisher,  De­
troit;  P.  M.  Grice,  Allegan;  C.  A.  Gru- 
bell,  Detroit;  T.  W.  Hammon,  Hillsdale; 
J.  H.  llanley,  Mariette;  J.  W.  Haires, 
Parma;  L.  G.  Hargrave,  Kalamazoo; 
G.  G.  Holden,  Brown City;  C.  W.  Hollis, 
Manchester;  W.  R.  Hubbard,  Detroit; 
J.  H.  Hubert,  Saginaw;  J.  H.  Kotchings, 
Bancroft;  George  D.  Jones,  Detroit; 
W. G.  Kash, Jackson;  G.  Kemp,  Detroit; 
M.  S.  Kirby,  Grand  Haven;  T.  L.  Kirby, 
Grand  Haven;  F.  F.  Koule,  Jr.,  Monroe; 
J.  F.  Lovis,  Detroit;  G.  C.  Lee,  Detroit; 
R.  Lewis,  Dowagiac; J. Lohrsterfer, Port 
Huron;  P.  T.  McGeblim,  Sarnia,  Ont.: 
Wm.  McKimmie,  Detroit; C. E.  Martzloff, 
Manchester,  N.  Y.;  Wm.  Marx,  Detroit; 
F.  N.  Mans,  Grand  Rapids;  G. C.  Merz, 
Monroe:  E.  C.  Mickey,  Detroit;  T.  J. 
Milner,  Big Rapids;  B.  J. Monkman,  De­
troit;  H.  G.  Nierman,  Fort Wayne,  Ind.; 
J.  H.  Nicholson,  Strathroy,  Ont.; 
W.  Palmer,  Ann  Arbor;  A.  B.  Pen- 
ton,  Detroit;  T.  E.  Penton,  Detroit;
I.  E.  Pettitt, Cedar Springs; C. Purtcher, 
Detroit;  G. J.  Robinson,  Detroit;  A.  E. 
Rudolphi,  Dowagiac;  W.  M.  Schuerman, 
Toledo,  O.;  O.  F.  Schmidt,  Ann  Arbor;
E.  F.  Sinclair,  Detroit;  W.  C.  Snyder, 
Horton;  J.  W.  Stevens,  Detroit;  C.  F. 
Stewart,  St. Clair;  W.  S.  Terrill,  Muir; 
L.  C.  Van Gorden, Jackson;  F. Vaughan, 
Stanton;  Cora L.  Waite,  Traverse;  J.  J. 
Wheeler,  Detroit;  C. W.  Wing,  Detroit
The following passed examinations for 
assistants’ certificates:
H.  Ameel,  Mt.  Clemens;  T.  Dugan, 
Lapeer;  F.  W.  Fisher,  Detroit;  O.  Karm- 
sen,  Greenville;  F.  H.  Kelley, Wayne;
J.  B.  Knopman, Detroit;  C.  L.  Osborn,

Vandalia;  F.  S.  Wilson, Mt Clemens;  A. 
Worden, Trenton.

is 

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B usiness.

It was  a  woman  who  did  it  

G overnm ental  C ontrol  o f  th e   Tobacco 
“Un­
known the city of  her birth,  the town in 
which she died  unknown;  her  name has 
perished from the earth;  this  truth  sur­
vives  alone,”  and  the  truth is that she 
caused a nation  of  40,000,000  of  people 
to suffer from the vilest  and  dearest  to­
bacco on the face of  the  earth.  She did 
it  through feminine  vanity,  and  in  one 
moment avenged all that her sex has suf- 
j fered  from  the  selfishness  of  tobacco 
smokers.  And  this is how it happened :
[ One  evening  there  was  a  ball  at  the 
Tuilleries.  Napoleon  said to one  of  his 
ministers:
“Who is that woman  over  there  blaz­
ing with jewels ?”
“That,”  replied the minister,  “is  the 
wife of M .-------- ,  the  tobacco  manufac­
turer.”
“There is money in tobacco,”  said the 
emperor.  “The Government will have a 
monopoly of the  tobacco  business  after 
this.”
So the French  government,  monarchi­
cal or republican,  has ever since  served 
out to its unfortunate  subjects  such  to­
bacco as it thinks  they can smoke  with­
out falling dead  when  they get  the first 
whiff. 
It costs from  half  a  franc  to  a 
franc for a packet containing a couple of 
ounces.  The  government is not content 
with  legitimate  profits,  but  serves  out 
the most abominable  mixture  that  ever 
insulted  a  respectable  pipe. 
black,  stringy,  rank  substance,  and  the 
material  of  which  it  is  made is kept a 
secret  by  the  officials. 
Some  say it is 
made from old rags,  but this is evidently 
untrue,  for rags would  smoke much  bet­
ter than French  tobacco  does.  Fearing 
an  uprising  among  the  English  and 
American residents in  France,  the  gov­
ernment reluctantly consented to allow a 
couple of  brands of  English tobacco and 
one or two brands  of  American  tobacco 
to be sold  in  the  republic.  The  price 
put  on  these  goods  gives  about  three 
times the cost  of  the tobacco to the gov­
ernment.  Thus,  a packet  which sells in 
Detroit for ten  cents  costs in France two 
francs, or 40 cents—four times the Amer­
ican price.  But, in order that the govern­
ment can do its own  swindling  and  that 
the retailer will not have a chance to run 
in his own  little  local  swindle  on  you, 
the government  does one good thing. 
It 
prints  on  every package  of  tobacco  or 
bunch of cigarettes the  price  that  is  to 
be paid.
The tobacco shops of  France  are  gov­
ernment  offices  and  are  filled  with  de­
serving  people  who  have  claims on the 
government;  as,  for  instance, the widow 
of  a soldier who has died in  the  service 
of  his country.  These tobacco shops are 
few,  as compared  with the number found 
in English or American cities.  They are 
all practically sub-postoffices, as they sell 
stamps and weigh  your letters or papers. 
At the door of  most of  the tobacco shops 
are letter boxes.
Herein  lies a hint to the  United States 
Government.  There  has been loud com­
plaint since the days of  Washington that 
there was  not  enough postoffices for the 
patriots  of  the  party  to  fill.  Let  the 
government take over  the  tobacco shops 
of  the United States.  Abraham Lincoln 
said,  when  threatened  with  the  small­
pox,  that  if  he  took  it  he  would have 
something to give every office-seeker.  If 
the United States  Government  absorbed 
the tobacco  business,  it  would be almost 
as well fixed as Lincoln. 
In  most  large 
cities  there  are  thousands  of  tobacco 
shops  to  one  postoffice  or  one  custom 
house.  This  is  a  good  chance  for  the 
government.
But unless  it  wants to stir up a rebel­
lion,  let  it  not  attempt to manufacture 
the tobacco.

The D rug  M arket.

Gum  opium  has  advanced.  Morphia 
is  tending  higher.  Quinine  is  steady. 
Oil  pennyroyal has advanced.  Oil cinna­
mon is higher.

Elk Rapids—Geo.  Harris  succeeds  W. 

H.  Higgins in the restaurant business.

WOMEN  COLLECTORS.

N ew  O ccupation for G irls a n d   One  th a t 

They  E njoy.

From the New York Press.
Bill  collecting  is  a  new  job  for  the 
women of this town.  One of them came 
in to see a Broadway  business  man  last 
Friday,  and telling about it  he  said:  “I 
had  heard  that there were a few female 
collectors  in  New York, but I had never 
met with one. 
It is a good idea, it seems 
to me. 
If a man had presented that bill,
I would have  delayed  paying  for  a  few 
days  until I had  made  my  own  collec­
tions.  But  she  came  at  me  in such a 
quiet,  business-like  way that I had noth­
ing to say,  and went right up to the desk 
and drew a check for the amount.”
One of these  collectors,  an  attractive 
young woman,  talked freely of  her occu­
pation. 
“I enjoy  collecting  bills  very 
much,”  she said.  “1 have plenty of out­
door exercise and the experience of meet­
ing new people every day is pleasing.”
“Are you confined  exclusively to busi 
ness houses?”
“Oh,  no;  1 go to the residence parts of 
the city.  There I have  a  little  amuse 
ment,  which I quietly  enjoy.  The ser 
vants meet  me  at  the  door  with silver 
card servers and ask  for my card to take 
up to the lady of  the house.  This was 
at  first,  somewhat  embarrassing,  and 
resorted to business  cards,  but that plan 
dfd not work  well.  Word would usually 
be  sent  down  to  call  again. 
I had to 
drop that  programme,  you  see.  Now 
when  the  servant  asks  my name,  I say 
no matter,  or something of the kind,  and 
I usually get to see the person I  want  to 
find.  Often, the lady of the house thinks 
an old  friend  has  called  and has a sur­
prise in store for her.  She  rushes  into 
the room, where I await her coming, with 
a face beaming  with  expectant  delight. 
Her disappointment when I make known 
my business and present my bill is great.
“Sometimes the lady,  supposing  that I 
am  making  a call,  sends  word  that  she 
will be  down  presently,  and  then  sets 
about making  elaborate preparations for 
her guest.  I have waited twenty minutes 
or more in this way.”
“Are  you  successful  among  business 
men ?”
“Business men nearly always pay with 
promptness.  Occasionally I meet a crank, 
but the  downright  kickers  are  hard  to 
find.”
The fair  collector  said  that  she  had 
been  accustomed  to  book-keeping.  On 
throwing  up  a  situation,  she 
looked 
around for  something  else.  The oppor­
tunity to collect  bills  happening to pre­
sent itself,  she took it  as an experiment, 
thinking  that  something  better  would 
follow,  but she was  delighted  with  her 
new  business  and  did  not  mean  to 
leave it.
“Do you collect old accounts?” she was 
asked.
“Yes. 
I have collected bills that have 
been running  for  a  long  time.  Nearly 
always I am  pleasantly and cordially re­
ceived,  even in  these  cases.  Seldom do 
I go  more  than  twice  to  collect a bill. 
The firm that  employs  me says it is like 
doing a cash business.” ______
R ep en tan ce  Colum n.

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

Belding—L. S. Roell.
Bellalre—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Ralnouard.
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. L Vanderhoof.
Charlotte—C. P. Lock.
Chester—B. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Cloverdale—Geo. Mosher.
Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co. 
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster. 
Pork Center—D. Palmer & Co.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum,  W.  Harmon,  Boone 
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted  & Son.
Grand Rapids—P. W. Wurzburg, Van Drlele & 
Kotvls, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hersey—John Finkbelner.
Hesperia—B. Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Ionia—E.  S. Welch, Wm. Wing.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller. 
Lowell—Charles McCarty.

& Pearson.

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

Fletcher. 

_  __  .

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.
Mlnden  City—W.  A.  Soules,  F.  O.  Hetfield
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.
Sfihpwa._P  F. Knapp.
Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes. 
Springport—Cortright  & Griffin.
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. 
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.  _______
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Wholesale lárice  Current•

Advanced—Gum Opium, Oil Pennyroyal, Oil Cinnamon.

ACIDUM.

8®  10
Acetieum................... 
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
....................  
30
Carbolicum................  38©  42
Cltricum....................  50@  55
Hydrochlor...............   3®  5
Nltrocum 
.................   10©  12
Oxalicum...................  11©  13
Phosphorium dil........ 
20
Salicylicum................. 1 40@1 80
Sulphuricum..............  11£@  5
Tannicum................1   40@1  60
Tartaricum.................  10©  42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg.............. 
4©  8
18  deg..............  6©  7
Carbonaa  ...................  11®  }3
Chloridum.................  12©  14

ANILINB.

Black........................... 2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1  00
j?ed  ......................  •••  45@.  50
Yellow........................2 50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  50.......... 1  60®1 75
Junlperus................... 
io
Xanthoxylum............   25®  do

BAL8AMUM.

Copaiba......................  0°®  **?
Peru....................... 
  @1  30
Terabin, Canada  ......  35©  40
Tolutan......................  40®  45

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................
Cinchona F lav a.................   «
Euonymus  atropurp...........  •**
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus Vlrginl....................  J“
Quill ala,  grd.......................   “
Sassafras  ........... ................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is.............
V4b..........
J4».......... -
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
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24®
33©
11©
13©
14©
16©

Carbonate Precip........  ®  J®
Citrate and Quinia.... 
go
Citrate  Soluble....—  
©  {*{
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @
Solut  Chloride...........  ®
Sulphate,  com’l......... 1H©
pure............  ©

“ 

A rnica.................  14©
Anthemis............  2U@
Matricaria..........   25©

FOLIA.

.............. •••  12©

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

Alx.  35©

<*  1 

“ 

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Salvia  officinalis,  J4S
and  %s.............  10®
UraUrsi............... 
8©
Acacia, 1st  picked....  @1  00
....  ©  90
....  ©  80
©  65
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  “  

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

“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ©
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @
Catechu, Is, (!48> 14 Ms,
16)..........................   @
Ammoniae.................   25®
Assafoetida, (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum.................  10®  55
Camphors.............  50©
10
Euphorbium  po  ........  35©
Gafbanum...................  „  @3 00
Gamboge,  po........  80©
Guaiacum, (po. 60) 
Kino,  (po.  23)......   @
Mastic......... .............
40
Myrrh, (po  45).....  @ 
Opii,  (pc. 5 20)...........3  i5@4 00
Shellac  .. 
................  25@  QK
“ 
Tragacanth................  30©
hbrba—In ounce packages.

bleached..  27©

...  @

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorlum
Lobelia............
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
«  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MAGNESIA.

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

Cubebae.................. 14 00@14 50
Exechthitos................  90@1 00
Erigeron......................... 1 20@1 30
Gaultheria......................2 10@2 20
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
GossipU, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  75@1  80
Juniperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis...........................1  50@1 80
Mentha PI per...................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
Sinapls, ess, ounce—   @  65
Tigli!..........................   @1  50
Thjrme.......................   40©  50
©  60
Theobromas...............   15©  20
Bi Carb.......................  15©  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.................... 
37©  40
Carb............................  12©  15
blorate, (po. 18)........  16©  18
yanide......................  50©  55
Iodide.........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  30®  33 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7©  9
Prussiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15©  18

POTASSIUM.

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RADIX.

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Aconitum...................  20©  25
Althae.........................  25©  30
Anchusa....................   15©  20
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus......................  20©  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  ©  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20©22)..  1S@  20
Jalapa,  pr...................  40@  45
Maranta,  )4s..............  ©  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
R hei..........................  75@1  00
cut......................  @1 75
p v .....................  75@1  35
Spigella......................  48©  53
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40©  45
Senega.......................  45©  50
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40 
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  1
Svmplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  ©  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
Zingiber a ...................  10©  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22©  25
SEMEN.
©  15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15©  18
Bird, Is.................... 
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8©  12
Cardamon..................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10©  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4©
Cydonium...................  75@i  uu
Chenopodium  ...........  10©  12
Dipterfx Odorate.......2 25®2 50
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........  
L in i............................4  ©  4*4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4M© 4)4
Lobelia.......................  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4© 4)4
Rapa..........................   6©  7
Sinapis,  Albu............   8©  9
Nigra...........  11©  12

6©

“ 

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“ 

SPIRITUS.
.2 00®2 50 
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. 
.1  75@2 00 
D. F. R ....
.1  10@1  50 
.1  75@1  75 
Juniperls  Co. Ö. T ...
.1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli................1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba........................1  25®2 00

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

00@5 50

Absinthium.................5 
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45©  75
Amyaalae, Amarae —  8 00@8 25
A nisi............................1 
Auranti  Cortex.........   @2 50
Bergamii  ...................2 
Cajiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophyili.................1 
Cedar.........................  35©  65
Chenopodli................  ©1  75
Clnnamonli................ 1 
Citronella...................  @  75
Conium  Mac..............  35©  65
Copaiba.......................1 

90@2 00
80®3 25
25®1 30

40®1 50

20@1 30

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................   50
  50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunua vlrg.........................  50

“  Co.......................... 

“ 

“ 

“ 

K 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85@3 10 
C. Co.......................2 85@3 10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  30©  32
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
@2 00
Picis Liq, N. C., H gal
doz  .........................
©3  00 
Picis Liq., quarts......
@1  00 
©  70 
pints.........
©  50 
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80)..
©  18 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..
©  35 
Piper Alba, (po g5) —
@  7
tg>
Pix  Burgun................ 
Plumbi A cet..............  14©
IE
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30©  35
Quassiae....................  8©  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  41©  46
S.  German__  27©  35
Rubia  Tinctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 30
Salacin.......................1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......   40©  50
Santonine  .  ..............  ©4 50

“ 

“  G.......................  ©  15

“ 

b b l. 

©
©

p a in t s. 

Seidlitz  Mixture........
Sinapis.......................
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
12©
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .
30®
Soda  et Potass Tart...
Soda Carb.................  1)4©
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @
Soda,  Ash..................   3)4©
Soda, Sulphas............   @
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®

18 
30
35 
35 
13 
33
5 
4
55 
“  Myrcia  Dom 
@2  00 @2 50
“  Myrcia Imp.
“  Vini  Rect.
2  12) ....................................  @2  22
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............   254© 3)4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28©  30
Theobromae..............  50©  55
v auma...................
..  7© 8
Zinc!  Sulph...........
OILS.

68
Lindseed,  boiled  —   65 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
69
Spirits Turpentine—   46*4  52
lb .
Red  Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  134  2®4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial 
2*4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  234©3
Vermilion 'Prime Amer-
13@16
ican ,
80@82
Vermilion,  English —
7U@75
Green,  Peninsular  ....
Lead,  red....................
@7*4 
@7)4 
“  w hite...............
@70 
Whiting, white Span.  .
@90 
Whiting,  Gilders’........
White, Paris  American 
1  00
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
cliff..........................
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00®1  20
VARNISHES
No. 1 Turp  Coach... 1  10©1  20
.1 60©1  70
Extra Turp..............
Bbl. Gal Coach  Body.............. .2 75@3 00
70 No. 1 Turp Furn — .1  00©1  10
60 Eutra Turk Damar  . .1  55@1  60
50 Japan  Dryer,  No. 1
?(M2k  75
65

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

“  Roll..............  2*4© 3

Turp.....................

bbl.

HAZELTINB

&  PERKINS 
DRUG

CO.

Importen  and Jobben  of

- D R U G S - -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, 1/anMBs.

Sole  Agents  torn the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

Dealen in

We  are  Sole  Proprieton of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We bave in stock and offer a fall line of

W liislsles,  Brandies,

GI21S,  W ines,  R um i.

W e are  Sole  A gents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Co. 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

ftoltine i Perkins  Drug  Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TINCTURES.

“ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum Napellis R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes....................................  60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetida............................  50
A trope Belladonna.... .........  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Cardamon............................  75
Co......................  75
Castor................................. 1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................   60
Columba.............................   50
Conium...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  CO............................  60
Guaica................................   50
amnion..................   60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chloridum...............   35
K ino...................................   50
liobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pii.....................................  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
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

1 
“ 

*‘ 
ground,  (po.

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2)4© 3)4
7).............................   3©  4
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antlmonl, po..............  4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antipyrin.................. 1 35@1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  @  75
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  *4s,  12).............
Cantharides  Russian,
PO............................
Capsid  Fructus, af...
* po.
20)

©
@1  75
©  16 
©  14 
Caryophyllus, (po. 
15®  18 
Carmine,  No. 40. 
@3 75 
50®
55
Cera  Alba, S. & F .
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  20
Centraria....................  ®  10
Cetaceum...................  @  50
Chloroform...............   50©  55
squlbbs ..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15©  20
German  4©  10 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................   @  60
Creasotum.................  ©  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)

“ 

“ 

“  prep

ubra

©5®
8©
©

“ 

Crocus.......................  35©  38
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph...............   8©
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph................  68©
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po  .................   ©
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50©  55
Flake  W hite............   12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambier......................  8  @9
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  90
French...........   40©  60
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent 
Glue,  Brown...............  9®  15
Glycerins....................19)4®  25
Grana Paradis!...........  @
Humulus.....................  25©  40
■ ■ ■   ~~~ 
@1 00
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
©  88 
“  Cor ...
Ox Rubrum
@1 
‘  @1
Ammoniati.
Unguentum.

“ 
by box 62)4 less
“  White.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Hydrargyrum............   @
Ichthyobolla, Am......1  25@1
Indigo.........................  75@1
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3
Iodoform....................  @4
Lupulin......................  85@1
Lycopodium..............  55©
M acis.........................  80©
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
dr arg Iod.................  ©
Liquor Potass Arsinltls  10© 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4) ............................... 
2©
M anilla,  S. F ................. 
45©

1 2

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

That each  member pay annual dues of 
$1, when he signs the roll.
That the President shall call a meeting 
whenever  requested  to  do  so  by  three 
members of  the Executive Committee.
That the annual  meeting of  the  Asso­
ciation be held the last  Saturday of  each 
year and that the officers elected to-night 
hold over until 1891.
That  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to 
engage a hall,  whenever  it  is  necessary 
to do so.
election  of  officers  resulted  as follow s:

T he  report  was  adopted,  w hen  the 
President—H.  S.  Robertson.
Vice-President—J.  F. O.  Reed.
Secretary and Treasurer—Geo.  H.  Sey­
mour.
The President then announced  the fol­
lowing  committees:
Executive—Geo.  F.  Owen,  Wm.  B. 
Edmunds,  J.  N.  Bradford,  W.  F.  Blake 
and J.  H.  Roseman.
Sick—Chas.  S.  Robinson,  A.  B.  Cole 
and Dick Warner.
Geo.  H.  Seymour,  A.  B. Cole and L.  M. 
Mills  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
make arrangements for the annual picnic.
The money in the  treasury of  the tem­
porary organization  was  ordered turned 
over to the present organization.
T h e T radesm an  was made the official 
organ of  the Association.
The meeting then  adjourned.

Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Sec’y.

P u re ly   P erso n al.

Fred  Clark  has  returned  from  a trip 

around the lakes.

Fred  II.  Ball  spent  the  Fonrth  with 

Wm.  Savidge, of  Spring  Lake.

Richard Bean, book-keeper for the Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  is  off  for  a  fort­
night’s  trip  around  the  lakes as  far  as 
Duluth.

Geo.  A.  Pollard,  the  New  Era  general 
dealer,  was married last Saturday to Miss 
Nora Sharp,  of Newaygo.  T h e T rades­
man extends congratulations.

C.  B.  Atwood,  manager of  the shoe de­
partment  of  the  Hannah & Lay  Mercan­
tile  Co.,  was  in  town  yesterday  on  his 
way to  Boston,  whither  he  goes to  make 
purchases of  fall goods.

David  Holmes,  buyer  for  the  West 
Michigan  Lumber  Co.,  has  gone to Sara­
toga,  where  he  will  spend a few  weeks 
in search of recreation and pleasure.  His 
wife preceded him several weeks ago.

W ool  D ull--H ides  F irm —T allow   Q uiet.
The  wool  market East is sadly demor­
alized.  Manufacturers  will  not  buy or 
come to the  market on any prices  which 
are now held.  All  quotations  are based 
on previous  sales,  not  before  reported. 
Large  buyers  in  the  West  have  with­
drawn from the market at country points 
and as growers  are  in  midst  of  haying 
and harvest,  they are indifferent  sellers. 
This stage of  waiting all round,  with no 
encouragement  for  buyer  or  seller  to 
move,  is  likely to  remain.  The future 
outlook is none too good. 
In  the  mean­
time,  foreign  countries  are  sending  all 
the goods to this side they can before the 
new tariff comes.

Hides remain  firm and are in  good  re­

quest,  but are no higher.

Tallow  is quiet,  with  little  doing,  it 
being  too  hot  to  move  stocks  without 
heavy shrinkage.

g r o c e r i e s *
P. o f I. M isstatem en ts  R efuted.

Written fo r T hk  Tradesman.

I  note  that  one of  the  leaders of  the 
Patrons  of  Industry,  in  attempting  to 
account for the depression in farming in­
terests,  asserts  that  the  currency  has 
been  contracted  from  $56  per capita in 
1SGG  to  $6  per  capita  in 1889.  As this 
statement  is  on a par  with  many other 
falsehoods  uttered  by P.  of  I.  orators,  I 
take  pleasure  in  refuting  it by quoting 
from  the  report  of  Secretary  Windom, 
made December 31, 1889:
In  1878  the  net  amount of  money in 
circulation  was  $668,334,000;  in  1889 
it  was  $938,503,000,  an 
increase  of 
$270,169,000.  To this nine hundred and 
thirty-eight  millions of  currency in  cir­
culation must  be added the vast  amount 
of  gold and silver in  everyday use,  mak­
ing a total  of  $22.36  per  capita,  a  sum 
larger  than  in  any  leading  country  in 
Europe except France.

Another statement  frequently made to 
farmers  is  that  national  banks  are not 
taxed.  Let  the  farmer  get  a  thousand 
dollars  in  national  bank stock,  and,  in­
stead of  being assessed at about one-half 
its  value,  as  is  his  farm  property,  he 
would pay taxes on  its  full  face  value. 
A farmer  recently  said,  “The  national 
banks  make 8 per cent,  semi-annual div­
idends,  free  of  taxes.”  Some  of  the 
banks pay 8  per cent,  annual dividends, 
but  the  stockholder  receiving  it pays 2 
per  cent,  taxes,  leaving  him  but 6 per 
cent.,  and  from  1870  to 1886  the profits 
on the  capital  invested in national bank 
stock  has  returned a profit of  but  little 
over 8 per  cent. 
I have  no  bank stock, 
and  am  not  writing  in  the  interest of 
bankers,  but  belong to the great army of 
soil  tillers,  and  fully  sympathize  with 
them  in  their hardships,  but a misstate­
ment of  facts to antagonize  the  farming 
class against the  government,  or against 
the  national  banks,  will  not  help  our 
case nor lift the farm mortgage.  We are 
getting back  in the direction of  ante-war 
prices—have  not  near  reached 
them 
yet in agricultural products,  as our ante- 
war farmers well know—but  rather than 
adopt  the  ante-war  style  of  living  for 
ourselves  and  families,  the  farm  mort­
gage may grow until it takes the farm.

There  are  many  doctors  in  political 
economy with a panacea  for  all  the ills 
that  the  farmer  and  laborer  is heir to, 
but  the  old  law of  supply and demand, 
the success of  those  who spend  less than 
they earn,  and  who  are  industrious and 
provident,  and  the  failure  of  the  im­
provident  and  intemperate,  is,  after all, 
the universal  law—the  law  that  makes 
the poor and the  rich;  that  lifts or fore­
closes the farm mortgage. 
M eeting'  o f th e   G ran d   R apids  T rav el­

A.  S.  M.

ing  M en’s  A ssociation.
Grand  Ra pid s,  June 28,  1890.

At  a  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Traveling  Men’s  Association,  held  at 
Elks’  Hall on Saturday evening, June 28, 
H.  S.  Robertson  was  selected  to  act  as 
chairman.
J.  N.  Bradford,  A.  B.  Cole, J.  H. Rose- 
man,  Wm.  B.  Edmunds  and Geo.  H.  Sey­
mour  were  appointed  a  committee  on 
permanent  organization  and  presented 
the  following recommendations :
That  the  temporary  organization  be 
made  permanent,  to  be  known  as  the 
Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s Associa­
tion.
That the  officers  consist of  President, 
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, 
to be elected  annually by ballot.
That  there  be  two  committees—Ex­
ecutive  and  Sick—to  be  announced  by 
the  President  and  hold  office  for  one 
year.

10

10

W O O L

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  aud 
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 ,

71  CANAI,  STREET.

H o w   to  K eep   a  S tore.
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Busi 
ness,  Location,  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver 
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $1.80.
THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Orand  Rapids.

Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 854
Dried beef, ham prices..................................... 9
Long Clears, heavy............................................£
Briskets,  medium............................................  £
light...........  .................................... 6

“ 

OYSTERS and  FISH.

FRESH  FISH .

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
rhitefish................................................  @ £V4
“  smoked........................................  © 8
Trout......................................................  @J%
Halibut...................................................
lscoes............... ...................................  © 4
Falrhaven  Counts.................................  @35
Selects..  ...............................................   @30
. J.  D.’s ................................................  @2»

o y s t e r s—Cans.

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  ’  hindquarters..................
fore 
“ 
..................
loins, No. 3......................
“ 
** 
tOTÌ gn fis  ...................................... 

...........  6*4® 7
...........3  @3*4
...........  @9
(j$è 9
X m
........................................  K& 9
...........  @ 6
...........  @ 5
...........  @5
...........  @ 8
...........  @  8

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

............................................ 
Rolnoma 

“ 
“ 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

25c.

for evaporated.  The market  Is fairly active.
guaranteed to contain 100 stomachaches.
ing $1.85®$! for city hand-picked.

Apples—Dried, 6@6*4c for sun-dried and 10®He 
Apples—Green,  75c  per  box.  Each  box  is 
Beans—Dry stock is scarce and firm, command 
Beets—New, 30c per doz.
Butter—Not in shape to make  any  quotations. 
Cabbages —Cairo  stock  commands  $1.50  per 
crate;  St. Louis stock, $3 per crate.
Cheese—Full  cream  stock commands  644@7c. 
Cherries—$1.25 per *4-bu. crate.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—40c per doz.
Eggs—The market is steady.  Dealers pay  12*4c 
and  hold  at  13®14c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50  per  bu 
medium, $3.50.  Timothy, *1.60 per bu.
Green  Beans—Wax, $1.50 per bu.  String,  $1.25 
per bu.Maple  Sugar — 8@10e  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.
Magle Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—Green, 10@12c  per doz.  Southern, 
Peas—Green, $1 per bu.
Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—Old stock  is about played out.  New 
Southern is in active demand at $3@$3 25 per bbl 
Raspberries—Both black and  red  arc  in  good 
demand, commanding 8@10c per qt.
Radishes—20c per doz bunches.
Watermelons—25c apiece.
Whortleberries—8®10c per qt.
PROVISIONS.

per bbl.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotas as follows:
Mess,  new....................................................  11  50
Shortcut.....................................................  11  50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back............................................   12 25
Boston clear, short cut................................  12 50
Clear back, short cut..................................... 12 50
Standard clear, short cut. best....................  12 75

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage.. ..,...........................................   9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort Sausage.  .......................................  8
Blood Sausage.................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick.........   ....................................5
HeaaCheese....................................................  5
Tierces............................................................7
Tubs.................................................................7X
501b.  Tins....................................................... 7*4
Tierces............................................................  6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs...........................................6*4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...................................   7
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case.....................................  6%
10 lb. Palls, 6 in a case.....................................  644
20 lb. Pails, 4 In a case...........  .......................   6*4
50 lb. Cans........................................................6*4

lard—Family.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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.......................................  944
16 lbs...................................... 10
12 to 14 lbs...............................10*4
picnic...................................................  744
best boneless........................................8

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

MIXED  CANDY.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Standard,  per  lb...................................   8*4® 9
H.H.........................................   8*4®  9
Twist  ......................................  8*4®  9
Cut  Loaf........................................ 
 
Assorted  Cream  ............................................. 12
Extra  H. H.......................................................11
Standard, per lb................................................ 8*4
Leader.............................................................   8*4
Royal...............................................................   9
Extra............................................. 
 
English  Rock..................................................10
Conserves.........................................................10
Broken...............................................................9
Cut Loaf...........................................................10
French Creams................................................ 12
Valley  Creams................................................ 13
Lemon Drops................................................... 12
Sour Drops...................................................... 13
Peppermint Drops............................................14
Chocolate Drops...............................................14
H. M. ChocolateoDrops.................................... 18
Gum Drops...................................................... 10
Licorice Drops..................................................18
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain................................................ 14
printed............................................15
Imperials..........................................................14
Mottoes.............................................................15
Cream Bar........................................................ 13
Molasses  Bar................................................... 13
Caramels...................................................16®18
Hand Made  Creams.........................................18
Plain Creams....................................................16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock.....................................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................ 22
Wlntergreen  Berries....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain, In  pails.................................12
printed, In pails..............................13
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................................12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................   6
Moss Drops, in pails.........................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................12
Imperials, In pails............................................12
Rodi, choice, 200...................................   @7 50

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

300....................................  ®

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LEMONS.

Messina, choice, 360..................................  ® 6 50
300................................  @ 650
fancy, 360..............................7 00® 7 50
300.............................7 50®  8 00

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Dates, frails, 50 lb__

Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........15  @16
...... 13  @  14

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*4 frails, 50 lb...............................  ©
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“  Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................   @10
“ 
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“  Persian, 50-lb.  box.......................5*4®
HUTS.

“  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............................
@944
“  Roasted  ..............
@11*4
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game Cocks..............
@944
Roasted...
@11*4
Fancy, H. P., Stags...........................
@9*4
“  Roasted..............
@11
Choice, H. P., S ta rs........................
@ 9
“  Roasted..............
@10*4
Fancy, H. P„ Steamboats.................
@ 9
Roasted__
@10*4

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The  G rocery  M ark et.

The sugar  market  is  firm  and  an  ad­
vance  may  occur,  although  it  is  hardly 
looked for.  Other articles in the grocery 
line are about steady.

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

For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

T E T E   M T C H i a ^ l S r   T R A D E S M A N ,

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Wholesale P rice  Current•

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

APPLE  BUTTER.

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AXLE GREASE.

54 lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 

Acme, V lb. cans, 3 doz —  

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

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods
Frazer’s............................$2  40
Aurora..............................  1  75
Diamond............................ 1  80
BAKING  POWDER.
■ SI  20 
Thepure, 10c packages.
.  1  56 
.  2 28 
.  2 76 
.  4 20 
.  5 40 
.28 00
Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, V lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s  .18 75
75
54 lb.  “  2  “  .... 1  50
“  .... 3 00
1 lb.  “  1 
bulk.........................  20
45
90
.1  60
Teller’s,  V'lb. cans, doz..  45
85 
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80 
English, 2 doz. in case......
..  75
Bristol,  2  “ 
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..  70
American. 2 doz: in case...
Dozen 
BLUING
30 
Mexican,  4 oz.......
60 
8  oz.....
90
16 oz.

V41b.  “ 
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Our Leader, 54lb.  cans......  
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CANDLES
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

90
.................  1 20

No. 2 Hurl...............................   1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet..............................2 25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem............................... 2 75
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
M ill........................................   3 25
Warehouse............................... 2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................10
Star,  40 
..............  954
Paraffine..............................11
Wicking............................... 25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb — ........... 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  15 
....195
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic........... 1  75
2 65

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2  lb.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star.....................2 35
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2 lb. Star.................   .3 25
Mackerel, In Tomato Sauce.2 85
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1 lb.  stand..................1 20
“ 
2 00
2 lb. 
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3 lb. In Mustard.. .2 85
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31b.  soused...........2 85
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  65@2 00 
lib.  Alaska.. 1  40@1  60
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Sardines, domestic  54a........ 
5
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54s........® 9
“  Mustard 54s.........  @9
Imported  54s.. .10J4@16
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10
Trout, 3 Id. brook...........  2 60
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand......... 3 25
Blackberries,  stand............   80
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted.....................1  40
Damsons............................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stand...... 1  15@1  35
Gooseberries....................... 1 00
Grapes.................................
Green  Gages..............1  15@1  35
Peaches, yellow, stand  @2 00
seconds........  @1  90
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Pears...............................— I  25
Pineapples,  common.. 1  10@1  50 
Johnson's.2 50@2 75
Quinces...............................J 00
Raspberries,  extra..............1  75
red...................1  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
“  Morn’g Glory.  90
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Early Golden.  90
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Peas, French....................... 1  68
“  extra marrofat...  @125
soaked........................  80
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“  June, stand.................1 40
“  sifted......... 1  65@1  85
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“  French, extra fine...  . 1  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden  @1  50 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash............................ 10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1 00 
Good Enough  @1 00 
®1  10
BenH a r  ... 
stand br....  @ 95
Snider’s, 54 pint...................1  ®
pint....................... 2 30
quart......................3 50

CATSUP.

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Fancy Full Cream....  @7
Good 
Part Skimmed............  5  @6
Sap Sago....................19  @20
E dam .........................  @1  00
Rubber, 100 lumps...............30
................40
Spruce, 200 pieces...............40
Bulk.......................................6
Red......................................754

CHEWING GUM.
200  “ 

CHICORT.

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COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

22 35 
38 
40 
37
4  @454

CHOCOLATE-
German Sweet..
Premium............
Pure...................
Breakfast Cocoa 
Broma................
Bulk
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  80
Felix................................. 1  10
co ppee—Green.
Rio, fair......................
@21
“  good.....................21
@22@23
“  prime...................
@24
“  fancy,  washed...
@24
“  golden..................23
Santos.........................22  @23
Mexican A Guatemala 23  @24
Java,  Interior.............24  @26
“  Mahdheling— 27  @30
Peaberry.................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
CONFESS*
Bunola............
in cabinets............... 2554
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX— 2554
Lion  ....................................<®54
“  In cabinets.................26
Durham...............................25
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1 35
160
175
2 00
2 25
90
110
7 50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss.............. 6 00@ 7 60

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft........... 
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80 ft.........  
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Jute
2 50

-Package.

COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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“Tradesman.”

$ 1, per hundred............... 2 50
8 2 , “ 
3 00
8 5 , 
4 00
5 00
810, 
*20, 
6  00
8 1, per hundred............... 2 00
3 Ot
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CREAM TARTAR.

dried fruits—Prunes.

............ 20
CRACKERS.
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Subject to  the  following  dls 
counts:
200 or over.............   5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter.................... 754
Seymour 
...................054
Butter....................................054
“  family.........................  054
“  biscuit.......................  654
Boston..................................  754
City Soda.............................   754
Soda.......................................6
8. Oyster.............................   554
City Oyster, XXX...................554
Shell...................................... 6
Strictly  pure......................  38
Grocers’.............................    25
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   @6
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evaporated....  @10
Apricots, 
“  —   @19
....  5  @ 6
Blackberries“ 
Nectarines  “ 
............ .16
.............8@14
Peaches 
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Plums 
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Raspberries  “ 
......   — 30
Turkey.......................  654® 654
Bosnia.........................  @754
California..................10  @11
Lemon........................  
18
Orange........................ 
18
In drum.........................  @23
In boxes........................   @25
Zante, in barrels........  @014
in less quantity 6  @ 654 
Valencias......................   @9
Ondaras......................  @1154
Sultanas.........................  @10
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.....................  2 50@2 80
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels. California. 1  90@2 25 
Kegs....................................0 25
Half  kegs............................ 2 88
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, per  bbl................. 3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box....  60
imported......   @954
Pearl  Barley.................  @ 254
Peas, green....................   @1 00
“  split.......................   @3
Sago, German................  @6
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl...  6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked.........   @  0
Vermicelli,  Import....  @10
domestic...  @60
fish—SALT.

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Raisins.

DRIED FRUITS—CltlOD.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

dried  fruits—Peel.

GUN  POWDER.

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Trout,  54  bbls............   @4 50
10  lb. kits...............   60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls.. 
@6 00
121b. kits....100
10 1b. kits....  80
.2 75 
50
kits.

Family,  54 bbls. 

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JELLIES.

LAMP WICKS.

LICORICE.
 

Sage.....................................9
Hops...................................14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6
Chicago  goods.................   4
No.  ... 
30
No. 1....................................  40
No. 2..................................     50
Pure............... 
30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed, 2 doz................1  25
No. 9  sulphur......................2 00
Anchor parlor......................1 70
No. 2 home.......................... 1  10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00
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.

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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....................  95*
Water White........................1054
Medium............................ @9 00
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Small, bbl...........................11 00
“  54  bbl.........................6 00
Clay, No.  216*“ ? ^ ...............1  75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
Carolina head....................... 654
No. 1..................... 534
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No. 3..................... 5
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Japan, No. 1..........................654
No. 2..................... 554
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PRESERVES.

RICE.

SNUFF.

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

SOAP.

 

3  “ 

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

SAL  SODA.

spices—Whole.

SAPOLIO.
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SOUPS.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior................................... 3 30
Queen  Anne............................3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German......................3 00
Old German.............................2 70
U. S. Big Bargain......... .... .2 00
Frost, Floater.......................... 3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .................... 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36
Happy Family,  75.................... 2 95
Ola Country, 80........................ 3 30
Una, 100....................................3 66
Bouncer, 100.............................3 15
Kegs...................................  IX
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box...... 2 50
Hand 
2 50
Snider’s  Tomato......................2 40
Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China In mats........  8
■■  Batavia in bund— 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
No.  1..................... 75
No.  2..................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 16 
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shot........................20
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spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................42
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
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Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................1254
“  Cochin.................... 15
Jam aica................. 18
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Mace  Batavia...................... 90
. .22
Mustard,  English...... . 
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“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
white......30
Cayenne................25

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Cod, whole.................  5  @ 654
“  boneless................654®  8
H alibut.................... 
  @954
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 

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

2 90
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2 75
“  Holland,  bbls..  12 00
“ 
“  kegs, new  @  75
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Scaled  ........... 18@  20

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl 
......................12 lb kit

Cut  Loaf....................  @ 7%
Cubes.........................  @ 6X
Powdered...................  @ 754
Standard  Granulated.  @6.56
Fine...........  @6.56
Confectioners’ A........  @6.31
„  „   White Extra  C...........  @654
12 00  Extra  C......................  5X@ 6
130  C .................................. 5X@ 554
@ 5M
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Mixed bird.................  454® 6
Caraway...............................9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp.....................................354
Anise........*.......................... 8
Rape....................................  6
Mustard.................................754
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket.............................1  90
60 
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100 
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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.. .554
Dwight’s Com........................554
Taylor’s.................................554
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf.............554
pure.........................554
Our Leader.........................  5
Corn, banels.................... @27
one-half barrels— @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel....28@37
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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers......
SHOE  POLISH.

Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

SUN CURED.

F air............................. 14  @16
Good............................18  @22
Choice....................   .  24  @29
Choicest.......................32  @38
F a ir............................. 14  @15
Good........................... 16  @20
@28
Choice........................ 24
@33
Choicest.....................30
BASKET  FIRED.
F air............................
@20 
@25 
Choice.........................
@35 
Choicest.....................
@40
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair........... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65 
Choicest fancy..........TO  @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
@35
Choice......................... 30
@65
Best............................ 55
Tea Dust....................  8
@10

@30
Common to  fair..........25
@50
Superior to  fine...........30  _
Fine to choicest. .*........55  @65

SODA.

Boxes....................................554
Kegs, English........................45i

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

63
Hiawatha................... 
36
Sweet  Cuba...............  
Our Leader...............  
35
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Double Pedro.........................35
Peach  Pie  ..............................36
Wedding  Cake, blk.................35
“Tobacco” ..............................37

tobacco—Shorts.

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

tobaccos—Smoking.

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

40 gr.....................................  654
50 gr.......................: ............754
P A P E R  & TVOODENWARE

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 

lows:
Straw....................................160
“  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods.......................... 6
Jute  Manilla........................8
Red  Express 
No. 
No. 2...............4

“ 

TWINES.

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“ 

48 Cotton.............................22
Cotton, No. 2.......................20
“  3.......................18 
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 Hemp........................18
No. 6  “ ............................... 17
Wool...........................  
 
WOODENWARB.
Tubs, No. 1.......................... 8 00
“  No. 2...........................7 00
“  No. 3...........................6 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  TO 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes....  55
Bowls, 11 inch.......................  1 00
13  “ 
“ 
.....................   1 25
15  “ 
“ 
....................2 00
......................2 TO
17  “ 
** 
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 TO
“ 
Baskets, market.................   40
“ 
bushel................   1  50
“  with covers 1  90
“ 
“  willow Cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
■■ 
“ 
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
*• 
“  No.2 4 25
■< 
“  No.3 5 00

splint 

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GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 

WHEAT.

W hite......................... 
82
Red............................ 
^  82
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1 J3
Granulated.......................  1  3j

MEAL.

FLOUR.

“ 
“ 

Straight, in sacks...............  4 60
“  barrels............  4 80
Patent  “  sacks...............   5 60
“  barrels............  5  80
40

No. 1.................................  

RYE.

MILLSTUFFS.

Bran...................................  13 00
Ships..................................  13 00
Screenings........................  12 00
Middlings..........................  14 00
Mixed Feed.......................  15 CO
Coarse meal.......................  15 00
Small  lots..........................   40
Car 
“  ..........................   37
Small  lots............................35
Car 
“  ............................ 33

CORN.

OATS.

BARLEY.

HAY.

No.l.......................................  1 10
No. 2......................................  1 05
No. 1.......................................  10 75
No. 2.......................................  10 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

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HIDES.

lows:
Green..........................   5 @554
Part  Cured..................   5 © 554
Full 
6 
Dry...............................  6 © 8
Kips, g reen ...................  @5
“  cured..................   6 @ 654
Calfskins,  green.........   4 @6
cured...........5 @ 7
Deacon skins............... 10 @25

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No. 2 hides 54 off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings....................10 @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Washed............................20@28
Unwashed......................   10@20
8
Tallow.......................  3  @ 32i
Grease  butter............  1  @2
Switches....................   154© 2
Ginseng...... ...............2 00@2  f0

MISCELLANEOUS.

LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

follows:
Extra W S Lard Oil.. .53  @58
“  N o .l..................45  @50
“  No. 2..................35  @40
PureNeatsfoot..........52  @60
Harness  Oil...............40  @50
W Va  Summer...........  754@12
“  Medium  Winter.  8  @12
15 Cold Test................   9  @13
Zero................:..........10  @14
Old Reliable  Cylinder  @65 
600 Mecca 
“ . 
@50
Anti-monopoly 
“ . .35  @40
Corliss Engine  Oil__  @40
Golden Machine  Oil. .18  @25 
Mower and Reaper Oil25  @30 
Castor Machine  Oil.. .25  @30 
Boiled Linseed Oil.  ..S3  @66
Michigan WW...........  @10
Turpentine..................46  @51
Naptha........................  8  @12
Gasoline.....................  954@14
Castor Oil,  Pure......$1  26@1  30
“  Mineral__30  @35
“  Distilled ..$1  10@1  25

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TIME  TABLES.

G rand  R apids  & In d ian a. 

In effect June 22,1890.

UOING  SOUTH.

Leave.
6:55 a m
7:25 am
11:30 am
4:10 pm
10  30 p m
Train  leaving  at  10:30 p m,  rune  daily.  Sunday  in­

B ig Rapids & S aginaw .................; . . . .  
Traverse City A Mackinaw.............   6  50 a m 
Traverse City &  Mackinaw............ 9:15 a m  
Traverse City & Saginaw.................. 2:15 pm  
Mackinaw City..................................... 8:50 p m 
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
6 30am
Cincinnati  Express............................  6:00am 
Fort Wayne & Chicago..................... 10:16 a m  
10:25 am
6:00 pm
Cincinnati  Express..............................5:40 p m  
11:30 p m
Sturgis A  Chicago......................... ...10:50 p m  
From Big Rapids & Saginaw.........11:50  a m
Train  leaving  for  Cincinnati  at  6 p.  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 toPetoskey  and  Mackinaw  City.  11:30am  train 
parlor chair cars to  Mackinaw  City.  South—6:30 am  
train  has  parlor  chair  car and 6 p. m. train  Bleeping 
car for  Cincinnati:  11:30 p  m  train, Wagner  sleeping 
car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.

Muskegon, Grand  Rapid*  St Indiana. 
Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m .....................................................................10:10 am
1120am .....................................................................  3:46pm
5:40pm.................................  
(:46pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and full  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent,  67  Monroe  St., 
Orand  Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etroit, G ran d  H aven & M ilw aukee.

 

 

GOING WEST.

GOING BAST.

Arrives.
.......12:60 p m
.......  4:10 p m
.......10:26  p m
.......6:40 am

tMorning Express.................
tThrough Mall........................
tGrand Rapids  Express.......
•Night Express......................
tMixed.....   ...............................
t Detroit  Express...................
tThrough Mail........................
tEvening Express.................
"Night Express......................

Leaves.
1:00 p m
6 .15 p Ri
10:30 p m
8:46 a m
7:30 am
6:60 a m
10:20 a m
8:46 p m
10:66 p m
tDally, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:60 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  10:56  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit  at 7:20 a m.
Steamboat  Express  makes  direct  connection  a 
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
secured  at 
tickets  and 
D., G. H. & M .R'y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

sleeping 
jab. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

.......  6:46  a m
.......10:10 a m
.......8:36 p m
......   9:50 pm

berths 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

car 

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth ern .

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

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

Michigan C entral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

DEPART.  ARRIVE
D etroit E xpress........................................ 7:20 a m   10:00 p m
......................................................... 6:30 a  m 
6:00 p m
Mixed 
Day  E xpress..........................................1156 a m  10:00 a m
"Atlantic A   Pacific E xpress..............11:15 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express...................................5:40 p m  
1:26 p m

trains to and from  D etroit.
Express to  and  from   Detroit.

"Daily.
All other d ally excep t Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  E xpress 
P arlor  cars run  on  Day  E xpress  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Brig g s, Gen'l A gent. 86 Monroe St.
G. S. H a w k in s , T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
G e o . W. Mu n s o n , Union T icket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruogles. G. P.  A   T. A gent., Chicago.

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Whoever  Mr.  Robert  Donald  may be, 
and  the  internal  evidence of  bis article 
on “Trusts in the United  States,”  in the 
June  number  of  the  Contemporary Re­
view,  indicates  that  he  is an American, 
his description  and  indictment of  these 
illegal  combinations  is one of  the clear­
est expositions of  their  nature and tend­
ency that has  yet appeared in print.
the 
So  secret  and  rapid  has  been 
growth  of  these  monopolies  in  various 
lines of  business  that  the people of  the 
United  States  are  hardly aware of  how 
comprehensive they have become.  Their 
number as given in a list,  which is by no 
means  complete, 
simply  startling. 
“There  are trusts in kerosene oil,  sugar, 
cottonseed oil,  steel, rubber, steel beams, 
cartridges,  lead, iron, nails, straw,  paper, 
linseed oil, coal, slates, gas,  cattle,  tram­
ways,  steel rails,  iron nuts, wrought iron 
pipes, stones,  copper,  paving  pitch,  felt 
roofing,  plows,  threshing,  reaping  and 
binding  machines,  glass,  oatmeal,  white 
corn meal, starch,  pearled  barley,  water­
works, 
lard,  castor  oil,  barbed  wire, 
school  slates,  school  books,  lead pencils, 
paper  bags,  envelopes,  meat,  milk, 
matches, canvas-back ducks, ultramarine, 
borax, sand paper, screws, cordage,  mar­
ble,  coffins,  tooth-picks, peanuts, lumber, 
lime, overshoes,  hides,  railway springs, 
carriage  bolts,  patent  leather,  thread, 
white lead and whisky.”
As  Mr.  Donald  says,  the  American 
must deal with  trusts from the cradle to 
If  he  is  a  native  of  New 
the  grave. 
York State,  a trust will nurture him with 
milk which it buys  from  the  farmers at 
three cents a quart  and  sells to the peo­
ple  at  from  seven to ten cents  a quart. 
When  he  goes  to school his slate is fur­
nished by another  trust which has raised 
the  price of  school  states  30  per cent., 
and,  thanks  to  custom,  sends  its  best 
slates to England  and  Germany. 
If  the 
public school boy or benighted  parochial 
school  scholar  wants  a  lead  pencil,  he 
must apply to a trust  which charges him 
cents more than  it asks from foreign­
ers who have not  emigrated.  The sugar 
trust increases the  price  and  decreases 
the  sweetness  of  his  candy,  and  the 
Italian  who sells him  peanuts  purchases 
his supply from the  peanut combination. 
According  to  Mr.  Donald,  if  the school­
boy  developed  a  taste  for  canvas-back 
duck,  the  Baltimore  trust  will  control 
his  appetite  by restricting  the  supply. 
When he has finished the duck,  “another
trust is ready  with a tooth-pick—for even 
such  an  insignificant  industry as tooth­
pick  making  has  not  escaped the trust 
schemers.  The  American may continue 
his progress through life using “trusted” 
envelopes,  wearing “trusted”  overshoes, 
drinking  “trusted”  whisky,  warming 
himself  at “trusted”  stoves, and  patron­
ising other  trusts  which  control  indis­
pensable  commodities.  Should  illness 
overtake him,  a castor  oil  trust  will  do 
its best for him,  and as a duty of  200 per 
cent, on castor oil will  insure it an abso­
lute monopoly,  it will charge very highly 
for its  medicine.  Even  death  does  not 
free  the  American  from  trusts.  They 
pursue  him  to  the  grave.  There  is  a 
coffin-maker’s  ring  in  New  York which 
has raised  prices to the  trust  standard.
The character  of  the trust as  a  mon­
opoly was  defined by Lord  Coke  in  the 
famous case of monopolies,  when he said 
that the inevitable result of  a  monopoly 
were three:  “1.  That the  price  of  the
same  commodity will  be  raised;  2.  That 
the commodity is not as  good  as  before; 
3.  That it tends  to  the  impoverishment 
of  divers artisans,  artificers and others.”
The  system by  which  the trust is gen­
erally formed is described  by Mr.  Donald, 
as follows:  “Each  of  the parties enter­
ing into the  trust  incorporates  his  own 
establishment,  if it is not an incorporated 
company already.  The stock of  the sev­
eral  persons forming  the  trust  is  then 
handed to certain persons called trustees. 
In  payment  for  the  stock  the  trustees 
issue to each  party  ‘trust’  certificates— 
similar to shares of  stock in corporations 
—and  also  ‘trust’  certificates  for  the 
good-will of  the business.  These certifi­
cates generally represent four  times  the 
real  value of the property.  The trustees 
—who have  been  the  prime  movers  in 
the concern  and  leading  manufacturers 
of 
the  product  ‘trusted’—retain  the 
major part  of  the stock in each corpora-

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A .   H I M E S ,

Wholesale and  Retail Dealer in

tion.”  The aim of  such  a  combination 
is to regulate  production and control the 
market.  They raise  prices in one direc­
tion,  lower  them in another,  and  “shut 
down” establishments  when they see fit. 
An idle factory does  not  mean  that  the 
stockholders in the  particular  branch of 
the business are without profits.  A trust 
makes  its  money by the  enormous  sav­
ings  effected in salaries,  in  buying new 
machinery, in finding a market for goods, 
in advertising,  and  in  adjusting  prices 
and wages to suit  itself.  The  economic 
doctrines upon which all trusts are based 
are  sound  beyond  all  question.  They 
mean  production  at  the  least  possible 
cost,  and sale  at  the  highest  price  the 
market will stand without decreasing the 
output.
As an instance  of  how this is worked, 
Mr.  Donald  quotes  the  action  of  the 
Western Distillers’  Association. 
In 1887 
the distillers discovered  that  there  was 
too much  whisky manufactured,  and in­
stead  of  organizing  schemes to promote 
the  consumption  of  whisky  they  de­
termined  to 
limit  its  production,  and 
therefore,  organized  a  Western  Distill­
ers’  and  Cattle  Feeders’  Trust.  On its 
formation seventy distillers joined it and 
the price of  whisky  was  at  once  raised 
from 30 to 40 per cent.  Fifty-seven  dis­
tilleries were closed  and  the  remaining 
thirteen  left to make  profits for the time 
being  for  all  the  share-holders.  Thus 
they saved the wages  in  the  fifty-seven 
distilleries,  and,  as 
this  was  not 
enough,  the wages in the remaining thir­
teen  were  cut  down  from  10  to 20 per 
cent.  The  exorbitant  price  of  whisky 
which  they  had  raised  invited  compe­
tition and new distilleries  were  opened, 
only to be met by a general  over-produc­
tion of  whisky by the  trust  and a cut in 
price  until  the  new  distilleries  suc­
cumbed.  This trust  now  controls more 
than half of the distilleries in the United 
States  and  fixes  the  price  of  “mash” 
used for feeding cattle.

if 

As  yet  American law has  proved  too 
lax, or too  weak,  in  its attempts to deal 
with those features of  trusts  which  are 
contrary  to  public  interests.  As  Mr. 
Donald says :  “Once established,  trusts 
soon become strong—almost impregnable 
—citadels of  capital.  The highest busi­
ness capacity is employed  in  organizing 
and  maintaining  them.  They laugh  at 
public  opinion,  ride  rough-shod  over 
legislative  enactments  and  baffle  the 
courts.  They  bridle  newspapers  with 
subsidies,  and send members to Congress. 
They have  their  agents in every legisla­
ture and bills  are  passed in their  inter­
est.  They tamper with judges, they ally 
themselves  with  political  leaders,  and 
hire  professors  of  political  economy to 
defend them.”  Although  some  legisla­
tures  have  passed  stringent  anti-trust 
laws,  and  although  judges  have  con­
demned  them,  in  the  words  of  Judge 
Barrett, of  New York :  “If  trusts were 
allowed to thrive  and to become general, 
they must inevitably lead to  the  oppres­
sion of  the  people and ultimately to the 
subversion of their political rights,”  and 
although  public  sentiment  is  generally 
awakened to the dangers  of  trusts as an 
illegitimate interference  with  trade and 
a menace to political  liberty,  the fact re­
mains  that  “ona  state  has  very  little 
chance against  a thousand  corporations, 
and trusts  are  generally in a position to 
spend  more  money in  defending  them­
selves than the state treasuries can afford 
for prosecuting them.”

Mr.  Donald 

thinks  that  free  trade 
would strike a blow at trusts,  but he ad­
mits that it would be more of a palliative 
than a remedy;  that it would not abolish 
all  trusts,  and  would  not  effect  the 
Standard  Oil  Trust,  or  the  Cottonseed 
Oil  Trust  The  real  remedy,  he  sug­
gests,  is not the abolition  of  trusts,  but 
government  control.  How  this is to be 
obtained and  exercised  he  does  not  at­
tempt to explain  beyond  the  possibility 
of  the  government taking into its hands 
all  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the 
country.  The problem is one of extreme 
difficulty,  as it  would be hard to find any 
American citizen  who is not willing  and 
hopeful  that  one  day he may become in 
some sense  a  profit-sharing  member  in 
some trust  or  monopoly.  And  yet  we 
are  all  in favor  of  preventing  existing 
monopolies.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP BURNERS.

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................   40
  45
No. 1  “  .................................................... 
No. 2  “  .........................................................   60
Tubular...................................... 
75

 
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First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
“ 
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No. 0 Sun........................................................1  75
No. 1  “  .........................................................1 88
No. 2  “  .........................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... 2 25
No. 1 
“  .......................................2 40
No. 2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2 60
, r .......................................2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
..................................... 3 80
“ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
...................4 70
No. 2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 70
t a  Bastlc.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................  1  25
No. 2  “ 
.......................1  50
No. 1 crimp, per doz.......................................1  35
No. 2  “ 
........................................160

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THE  BELKNAP  WAGON  &  SLEIGH CO., Grand  Rarids.
LEM ON   &  P E T E R S,

IMPORTING ; AND

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

M cGinty’s Fine Gut 'Tobacco, 
jLautz Bros•  &  Co,9s  Soaps,
Niagara  Starch,
A c m e  C h e e s e —H erkim er C o ., N. Y. 
Castor Oil A.xle Grease*
G R A .N D

Putnam  Gandy  Bo.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

OHA.NGES,

LEMONS,

B A N A N A S ,
Bigs,  Dates,  Nuts,  e tc •

C U R T I S S   &   CO.,

WHOLESALE

P aper  W arehouse.

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

Houseman  Block, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TWINE.
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
H A M IL T O N ’S

A R T   G A L L E R Y ,

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 s te l  an d  W a te r  C olors, a t th e  L o w ­
est  P o ssib le   P r ic es.  C o rresp o n d en ce so licited .

D E T R O I T  S O A .P   C O ’S

Queen  A nne  Soap

FAMOUS

T h e]

Soap in  the 1
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L a u n d ry  and T oilet Soaps are sold by all W holesale  G rocers.

W.  a .  HA.W KINS,

Salesman for  W estern  M ichigan, 

LOCK  BOX  173, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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.

Send for Price List.

413  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.  TELEPHONE  93-3R. 

AND  JOBBER  IN  FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC  FRUITS.

V V M . 
W h o le sa le  
C o n fe c tio n e r ,
ABSOLUTE TEAS.
HbsoliJte  Japan  Teas,

We are receiving large direct importations of  our  justly 

celebrated

R. K E E L E R , 

Which  are  universally  conceded  to  be  the  best teas on the 
market.  Wherever these goods have been placed,  they have

WON  THE  TRADE.

We place  these goods in the hands  of  first-class  dealers 
only  and  will  guarantee  an increase in your tea trade,  if you 
handle them.  Try us  on.

Teller  Spice  Co.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

S he  W o u ld n ’t  T ake  a   D are.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel.

W.  S.  Davidson,  a  traveling  man  who 
lives  in  Indianapolis,  was  married  at 
Terre Haute Thursday in  a rather roman­
tic  manner.  Stopping at the same  hotel 
was Mrs. Blanche  Frost,  who  travels for 
a St.  Louis drug house.  She and  David­
son  had  met a few months  ago  and  had 
been corresponding with each other.  As 
they  were  walking  along  the  street  to­
gether  Davidson  said  he  was  willing to 
marry  her.  She said  she, too,  was  will­
ing.
At  this  point  in  their  courtship  they 
boarded  a  street  car and  attended a pic­
nic at Collett  Park.  During the  day the 
subject of  marriage  was not  referred  to, 
but  that  evening  an  incident  occurred 
which propelled  them both  into the mat­
rimonial  current. 
Instead of  getting off 
at the  hotel on their  way back  from the 
park,  they  remained  on  the  street  car 
until  opposite  the  court  house.  Here 
they got off,  and going in, Davidson dared 
Mrs.  Frost  to  marry  him.  The  “dare” 
was  accepted,  and in a very few minutes 
they  had  procured  a  license  and  were 
made  man and  wife  by  Justice  Folsen- 
thal.
Mrs.  Davidson  will  continue  to  sell 
drugs until next Saturday morning,  when 
she  will  quit  the  road  and  assume the 
household reins.  The bride,  a handsome 
woman,  was born in Charleston,  111.,  and 
is 29 years old.

B ead  th e   Sign  W rong.

as the rest of  the druggists.

Indignant  Citizen—You’re  just  as bad 
Druggist—What’s the matter ?

carefully 

Indignant  Citizen—Your 

sign  there 
says,  “Prescriptions 
com­
pounded,”  and here  you have  given  me 
nitro-glycerine pills for quinine.
Druggist  (calmly)—If  you will look at 
that  sign,  sir,  you  will  see that it reads, 
“Prescriptions  carefully confounded.”

She—It  will  be  a pleasure for  me  to 

share your troubles and anxieties.

He—But I haven’t any.
She—Oh,  you will have when  we  are 

married!

(formerly Sliriver, W eat lier ly &  Co.) 

CONTRACTORS  FOR

M ra iie d  Iron  Cornice,

Plumbing & Heating Work.

Dealers in

! Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

Pave  Some  Style  Ähoüt  You!

The  dealer  who  has no printed letter heads on which to ask for circu­
lars,  catalogues and prices,  and  conduct  his  general  correspondence 
with,  suffers  more  every  month  for  want of them than a five  years’ 
supply  would  cost.  He  economizes byusing postal cards, or cheap, 
and,  to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper,  aud  whether  he  states 
so or not he expects the lowest prices,  the best trade.  He may be  ever 
so  good  for  his  purchases,  may  even  offer  to pay cash,  but there is 
something  so  careless,  shiftless  aud  slovenly  about his letter that it 
excites  suspicion,  because  not  in  keeping with well recognized,  good 
business principles.  When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer 
or a jobber,  it goes through  a most searching examination as to charac­
ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin  with. 
It would be 
examined  anyhow,  even  if  handsomely  printed,  but the difference to 
begin  with, would be about equal to that of introducing a tramp  and  a 
gentleman on a witness stand  in court.  Besides, the printed  heading 
would answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and 
at the same time indicate his special line of  trade.  Bad penmanship, 
bad  spelling  and  bad grammar are pardonable,  because many unedu­
cated men have been and are now  very  successful  in  business.  But 
even those are less  objectionable  when  appearing  with  evidences  of 
care, neatness and prosperity.

Please write us for estimates.

'The Tradesman Company,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

AMBOY

The best way to secure 
a satisfactory  and  profit­
able  cheese  trade  is  to 
handle the very best goods 
obtainable.

Olney & Judson Grocer Co.

SO LE  A G EN TS,

G-remd  Ra/pids, 

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IbÆioïl.

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

Always uniform in qual­
the  very 

ity.  Always 
best.

