VOL.  8.

W m .  H .  W h it e   &  Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

HARDWOOD  LUMBER,

M aple,  Soft  and  R ock  Rim,  Basswood, 

B irch  and  H em lock. 
B irch  and  H em lock, 
f i l e  city, on Pine Lake, am 
Palls, on tbe O. R. & I. K’y. 

Correspondence Solicited.

BOYNE  CITY.  MICHIGAN.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  MARCH  4,  1891.
IN THE  EARLY DAYS  OF THE  WAR. 
ESTABLISHED  1841.
Written for The Tradesman.

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THE MERCANTILE AGENCY
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Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

B E A C H ’S

New  York  ßoffee  Rooms.

P A U L   EIFERT

Manufacturer of

M s ,  Traveling: Bap  and Cases

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Gents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All  Kinds  of 

Order  Cooking  a  Specialty. 
FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

PEOPLE’S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000. 
Capital,  $100,000. 

Cor.  Monroe and  Ionia Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.
Thomas Hefferan, President.
Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President. 
Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.

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D. D. Cody 
S. A.  Morman 
Jas. G. MacBrlde 
Wm. McMullen 
D. E. Waters 
Jno. Patton, Jr. 
Wm. Alden Smith

D IB E C T 0 B 8 .H. C. Russell 
John Murray 
J. H. Gibbs 
C. B.  Judd 
H. F.  Hastings 
C. M. Heald 
Don J. Leathers 

Thomas  Hefferan.

Four per cent. Interest paid on time certificates 
and  savings  deposits.  Collections  promptly 
made  at  lowest  rates.  Exchange  sola  on New 
York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by mall or  telegraph.  Muni­
cipal  and  county bonds  bought and  sold.  Ac­
counts of mercantile firms  as  well as banks and 
bankers solicited.
We  Invite  correspondence  or  personal  Inter­
view with a view to business  relations.

A llen D u r t e s. 

A. D. Leavenworth.

A lle n   D u rfee  & Co.,
I FUNERAL  D1REBT0RS.1

lOS O ttaw a St.,  Grand Rapids.

EATON,  LYON 
CO.,
Staüoneiy ail Bools

JOBBERS OF

A  Complete  Line o f

HAMMOCKS,

FISHING  TACKLE,

MARBLES,
===BA SE  BALL  GOODS =====
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 
E A T O N , L Y O N   & CO.,

about February 10th.

SO and 22  M onroe St.

IT WILL PAY YOU
GOOD CHEER SOAR

To Buy A llen B.Wrisley's

Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

SAMPER  TRUNKS  AND  CASKS 

M ADE  TO  ORDER.

Write for Prices.

4 1   SO.  D IV I S I O N   ST.,

Grand  Rapids, 
F. J.' BARBER. 

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-  Michigan.
A. C. MARTIN.

BARBER,  MARTIN  &  CO.
Commission  Merdnmts

GENERAL

FOR  THE  SALE  OF

Blitter, Eggs, Poilttrg, Friitt,  and  all 

Kinds of Goifnirg  Prodiice,

191  South  Water  Street,

CHICAGO.

THOM AS  STOKES,
S A L T   PISH,

WHOLESALE DEALER IN

New  York  City.

Represented In Michigan by

J.  P.  VI8NER,  Merchandise  Broker,

17  H erm itage  B lock,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Who will quote prices by mail or call on dealers 
wishing a supply for lenten trade.

OYSTERS

We quote:
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SOLID  BR AN D —Selects................................ 24
E. F ......................................22
Standards................  .........2U
DAISY  BRAND—Selects.................................22
Standards............................. 18
Favorites..............................16

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Standards, in balk, $1.25 per gal.

Mince  Meat.
20-lb.  Palls...........................74c per lb.
40-lb. 

BEST  IN  USE.
..........................74c  “

5-lb. Cans,'$4.00 per'doz.
2-lb. Cans (usual weight), $1.60 per doz. 

Choice Dairy Butter, 19c.
Fresh Eggs, 18.
Choice Messina Lemons, $3.50.
Choice Oranges, $2.75 to $3.50.
B. FALLAS & SON

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Prop’s V alley City Cold Storage, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH

lunch  at 

taking  a 

We  were 

the 
Windsor  restaurant, 
in  Chicago,  and 
the conversation naturally  turned  upon 
the different  varieties of food that could 
be hastily brought forward, if necessary, 
in this hurrying age.

“ Quite 

lunch  from 

“ Of course,” said  Charley  Chase,  my 
old-time  companion  and 
schoolmate, 
“ bread and cheese have always been the 
standards,  but since you and I were boys 
numberless  other  articles  have  been 
added, so that it is now quite  convenient 
to step into almost any grocery store and 
select  a  good  cold 
the 
shelves, ready to sit down to,  almost  on 
the instant.”
true,”  I  answered,  “ and, 
speaking  of  lunches,  Charley,  reminds 
me  of  the  question  you asked when we 
first met each other a few days  ago,  and 
that was in regard to how I first obtained 
a  start  in  the  grocery  business.  As it 
has something interesting in it regarding 
lunch counters,  we  will  adjourn  to  the 
office and you shall hear the  story.  You 
will  remember  that,  when  in  my  six­
teenth year, my mother  died. 
I  drifted 
about  here  and  there after that, finally 
bringing  up  in  Davis  county,  Iowa, at 
the age of 23 years and  with  about  $130 
in  cash. 
It  is  too  long  a story now to 
tell you how I came  there,  but  the  vil­
lage I had reached was  small  and  quiet 
and  so  reminded  me of dear old Canada 
that I at once fell in love with it.  There 
were,  at  that  time,  two  general stores 
and one good country hotel in the village. 
One  of  the  stores was kept by Wheaton 
& DuBois, men formerly from Ohio,  who 
furnished the larger share of supples for 
the  surrounding  country.  The  other 
was  hardly  an  apology  for  a  business 
house,  the  stock  being  apparently  the 
odds and ends of  everything,  and it was 
kept  in  an  untidy  manner  by a sandy- 
haired  native  of  Arkansas.  The  only 
grist  mill  within 
twenty  miles  was 
located here on a small stream of  water. 
It  was  the weekly * Mecca ’  for farmers 
in all  directions  and  was  really  worth 
more  to  the  village than a manufactur­
ing  plant  employing  a  hundred hands. 
It was no  uncommon  occurrence for five 
or six farmers’ wagons to  be  seen  here, 
waitiug their turn to  have  their  ‘ grist ’ 
ground,  and  some  would  be  obliged to 
wait  from 
thirty-six 
hours, and, as may be  supposed, the one 
hotel  did  a  flourishing business.  From 
all that I could see and learn  in  a  week 
of  the  village  and  country adjoining, I 
imagined there was a  good  opening  for 
an  unpretending  grocery  and 
lunch 
counter combined ;  so, obtaining  a suita­
ble  room  for  the  purpose,  I  made  a 
journey to Keokuk in  a  farmer’s  wagon 
and expended nearly all my cash  capital 
for  stock.  The  village  was  only a few 
miles from the  Missouri  line,  and  I  at 
once obtained a large patronage from the 
farmers  who  came over ffom that State. 
There  were  a  few  reasons  for  this, of 
which, at first, I was not  aware.  People 
from  Ohio  and  still  farther  east  were 
looked  upon  as  abolitionists,  and  the

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native  Missourian  avoided  them  when 
possible,  while  I,  coming  direct  from 
Canada,  was  regarded  in a far different 
light;  and, having  rented  a  half-base­
ment room for my grocery,  it  was  more 
retired and quiet than  the  large,  roomy 
store  of  W.  & D. and seemed to be pre­
ferred on that account. 
I have observed 
that,  in  general,  people  do  not like to 
lunch in the presence  of  strangers,  and 
that the most  popular  lunch room is the 
one  with  many  small tables,  instead of 
one large one, as small groups of  friends 
prefer  being  by  themselves.  Such peo­
ple  did  not  feel  obliged,  in  my  small 
room, to be as particular  about dropping 
particles of food upon the floor  as  if  in 
a larger and more public store.  1  would 
occasionally  overhear  my  customers 
speak a good word for me to  each  other, 
and  remark  that 1 was not so particular 
as Mr.  So-and-So.  Mine  was  the  third 
place  in  the  town  where  merchandise 
was sold, and there were  no  other  com­
petitors within ten  or  twelve  miles.  It 
is sufficient to say that I was prosperous, 
had  added  much  new  stock  in  a  few 
years,  made  hosts  of  friends across the 
Missouri border and was still doing busi­
ness in the same  town  when  the old flag 
was fired upon  at  Fort  Sumpter. 
I  do 
not  think  I  fully  realized  what was to 
follow.  Everyone  believed 
that  war 
meant hard times for the entire  country, 
and  retail  merchants  were  anxious  to 
get  out  of  the  business,  as,  generally, 
there were but few customers.  At first, 
I, too, was disposed to close up my  busi­
ness, but, soon finding that such a course 
was not possible without  serious  loss,  I 
settled  quietly  down 
to  my  work. 
Wheaton & Du Bois,being quite  unpopu­
lar in Missouri at this time, were serious­
ly  alarmed  at  the  prospective  loss  of 
trade and in June,  1861,  made  prepara­
tions  to  leave  the  State. 
It  was  the 
worst period I have ever known in which 
to dispose of a  country  stock  of  goods. 
Every  business  man  seemed  dazed  at 
what  was  occurring  daily  and all trade 
was,  for the time  being, paralyzed.  W. 
&  D.,  finding that they could dispose of 
their stock only at  a  loss,  concluded  to 
remove  it  to  Northern  Wisconsin, and, 
having on hand at the time  nearly a car­
load of smoked and dried  herring, which 
were a staple article  of  food peculiar to 
Missouri  and  Southern  Iowa,  the  firm 
offered  me  special  inducements  to take 
them off their hands.  As I would be the 
largest retail grocer left in the  village, I 
reasoned that I would require  them  and 
might never again have  the  opportunity 
to  purchase  them  at  the  price  named. 
The fish were not only cheap to  the  con­
sumer,  but  easily  carried  about;  were 
fat and  nutritious,  perfectly  preserved, 
and  no  lunch  was  thought  complete 
without a few  as  an  appetizer.  Where 
they were all caught and  prepared,  I did 
not  know  at  the  time,  but I knew that 
they  came  west  by  the  carload,  and, 
from fifty cents a box at wholesale  a few 
years  before,  they  had  now  fallen  to 
twenty cents.  Rather than  pay  freight 
so  far  on  this  lot  and  risk the sale  of 
them there, the fish  were  offered  me  at

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THE  AflCTEilGLAISr  TRADESMAN.

T P   PW   YORK  BISCUIT  C0„

S.  A.  S E A R S ,  Manager.

Cracker Manufacturers,

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twelve  and  a  half  cents a box.  As the j 
total  amount  of  purchase  money  was | 
only between $140 and $150,1 took them. | 
It  was  the  best  and  most  profitable l 
purchase  1  ever made.  Would  you be- j 
lieve  it,  it  was  really  the  one turning j 
point in my life.  Those who  can  recall I 
that  historic  period  will  recollect  how j 
rapidly,  during  the  autumn  of  1801.  i 
merchandise  of  every  description  ad-1 
vanced  in  price, some articles produced j 
wholly by the hand  labor  of  those  who ! 
had  now  been  withdrawn  and  gone in 
defense of the nation being  sold at three j 
and four times  their  former  price.  All 
articles of southern  production, together 
with those of daily consumption  by both 
citizen  and  soldier,  were the first to re­
ceive  this  impetus.  Within  one month 
from the time  I  purchased  my  herring, 
they  had  advanced  to  40 cents per box 
and 37K in the East by the car lot, while 
my  retail  sales  had  also  rapidly  in­
creased, and then brought me  50  cents a 
box.  Money was becoming  more plenti­
ful.  It was commencing  to  move  from 
the great vaults of the nation,  as well as 
from individuals  who  were  voluntarily 
coming  forward  and 
their 
wealth  to  save  the  Republic.  Others 
were sufficiently far-seeing to know  that 
there  must  be  an increased demand for 
merchandise, which would so  lessen  the 
stocks that no factories could for  a  long 
time  replace  the  goods.  Just  at  this 
time, also, hundreds of tons of  merchan­
dise  of  every  description  was  quietly 
moving over the borders into the disloyal 
states and Southern gold  was  paying for 
them.  The  South  was  supplying itself 
for the inevitable  struggle and the price 
of  goods  was  not  an  object.  Thus, 
money was suddenly and  lavishly  being 
scattered  among  all  classes all over the 
country.  Trade  and 
traffic  returned 
with a bound and prices  ran  wild.  The 
last of September, a man  from  Missouri 
who  bad  heard  that I bad a quantity of 
the dried herring asked my price  for 600 
boxes. 
‘ Seventy-five  dollars  per  hun­
dred,’ was my answer.  Without another 
word he ordered a bill  for  that  number 
made  out  and  receipted  and I received 
the coin.  As soon thereafter as  I  could 
reach  a  telegraph  office, 
there  being 
none in  the  village,  I  ordered  anofher 
carload.  They came billed at S8Ji cents, 
I,  of  course,  paying  my  own  freight. 
Nearly this entire lot  brought  me $1 per 
box, but, as there had begun to  be  some 
competition  in  trade,  I  was  almost  a 
year in getting rid of them.  During the 
past  eighteen  months,  however,  I  had 
reaped  a  harvest  in  trade  which  had 
placed  me  out  of  debt  and  with  over 
$4,000 in cash and goods, all the result of 
my  venture  in  herrings  at  precisely  the 
right  moment.  Without  the  amount of 
capital which this  venture  gave  me,  it 
would  have  been  impossible  to  obtain 
sufficient  groceries  for  the  trade  I had 
already secured, but,  with  this  amount 
of  cash  at  my  disposal,  and  all goods 
constantly advancing duriug  this period, 
I  had  made  the  best  use of it,  and had 
turned  it  and  its  interest  over  many 
times in trade. 
I did not  stop  here  but 
leased 
the  old  store  of  Wheaton  & 
DuBois and  removed  my  stock  into  it. 
Then,  hiring  a  thoroughly  competent 
man  and  his wife, I converted the base­
ment  grocery  into  a  bakery  and  lunch 
room  exclusively.  Watching  the  mar­
kets,  I  took  advantage  of  the  leading 
staples,  more  especially  Southern  pro­
ducts, such as sugar,  tar,  rosin,  turpen-

tine  and  tobacco.  N one  of these goods 
grew  stale  by  keeping  and  were  con­
stantly  increasing  in  value.  Missouri 
being  a  tobacco  producing  State,  and 
large factories being located  at  Glasgow 
and Lexington about  150  miles south of 
me,  1 took advantage of a time  when  all 
troops  were  withdrawn  from  around 
Glasgow to obtain  a  quantity  of  manu­
factured tobacco.  Sending  for two men 
well  known  to  me  who  resided  about 
fifteen  miles over the border in Missouri, 
and whose uncle was one of  the  firm  in 
the  Glasgow  factory,  1  contracted with 
them to purchase  and  deliver  to  me  at 
my  store  from  2,000  to 3,000 pounds of 
different  kinds  of  plug  tobacco,  which 
was 
in  general  use  at  that  time.  1 
cautioned  them  to  let  no one but their 
uncle know that it was going out  of  the 
State,  and  to  load both their wagons in 
the evening and cover as many  miles  as 
possible  during  the first night, as,  after 
that, 
they  could  travel  more  slowly. 
Their  trip  was  a successful one,  the to­
bacco arriving  in  prime  condition,  and 
none too soon, as both factories  at  Glas­
gow  and  Lexington  were  closed within 
the next fortnight  and  the  entire  stock 
on  hand  removed  South  by  the  rebel 
government.  The  moment 
that 
Missouri purchase was in my possession, 
it was worth twenty per cent,  more than 
I paid for it, and six months  afterward I 
could have taken one hundred  per  cent, 
uporf what  was on hand for my bargain.
“ Welt,  Charles,”  said  I  to  my  old 
friend,  “ I have given  you  a  condensed 
account  of  my  first  start  in  business 
away  out  in  Iowa,  and,  to tell you the 
truth,  I  am  there  yet, although retired 
from trade and moved out  of  the village 
on  a  fine  farm  of  my own,  where I ex­
pect to remain  the  balance  of  my  life.
I  take  very little credit for having been 
successful in store keeping, as it  was  at 
a  time  when hundreds of others could— 
and did—accomplish the same thing,  as, 
almost  without  effort  of  hand or brain, 
wealth  was  forced  upon  them.  Times 
have changed since  and  goods  are  now 
more apt to decline than to advance upon 
the merchant’s hands.  The expenses of 
any merchant are more to-day  than  ever 
before  in  the  history  of  the  country, 
arising from modern  customs,  from  the 
requirements expected  from  the  dealer 
and  from  his  own  fancied  wants  and 
desires.  Our  imaginary  wants  are  al­
ways greater than  the  real,  you  know, 
and  few  of  us  are  exempt  from  some 
foibles or follies.  You have promised to 
visit  me  at  my home.  Do not forget it, 
Charles, you shall meet with a  royal  re­
ception.”  And  1  shook the hand of my 
friend and bade him good-bye.
Under the Imputation of Dishonesty.
From the Bad Axe Democrat.
H.  B. Giilard, Supreme Auditor of  the 
Patrons of Industry, made us a  call  this 
week.  Mr. Giilard has  returned  to  his 
farm in Bloomfield, and will  not  be  ac­
tive hereafter in his capacity as Auditor. 
There has been a sub-volcanic  condition 
of things among the supreme officers  for 
some time past  and  oue  of  the  results 
seems to be the unceremonious relegation 
to private life of  Supreme  Auditor  Gii­
lard.  Mr. Giilard  says  he  has  papers, 
documents and  accounts  which  will  be 
very  interesting  matter  for  the  public 
and will place  some  gentlemen  high  in 
the  order  in  unsavory  light.  He  is  a 
Patron of the  original  sort,  one  of  the 
few first men who joined  the  order,  be­
lieves  implicitly  in  its  principles and, 
knowing there are men connected with it 
I who are determined to  prostitute  it  for 
their personal and  political  gain, is  ar­
ranging to have the order rid of them  or 
otherwise  make  a  public  disclosure  of 
j their  operation.

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could  not  be  very  long.  Still, old  and 
alone  yet  hopeful,  I  saw  in  him  such 
stuff as pioneers are made of.

CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER.

VII
Written for The Tradesman.

Away up in Northern Michigan, at the I 
end of  a wagon  road  that  seems to have 
lost itself  in the  forest  and never  found | 
its  way  out  again, I  found  a  merchant 
sitting  on a pine  stump  in  front  of  his 
store.  He  was  old  and  gray,  and  he 
couldn’t have realized more than seventy- 
five  cents on all  the clothes he wore, but 
he was the most hopeful man I ever met.
“ I can’t  give  you  much  of  an  order 
to-day,” he said, crossing  his  legs in the 
vain  hope of  concealing a patch  on  one 
knee;  “it’s a pity  you  didn’t wait two or 
three months.  You see there’s a railroad 
coming in here.”

I  knew  that if  a  railroad  ever  got in 
there, the  men  who owned it would  give 
a bonus, if necessary,  to get it out again, 
but 1 didn’t say so.

“ Then  there’s a man  going to build a 
saw-mill  down  here  on  the  creek,  an’ 
that’ll make things  hum.  You  come up 
here  then  an’ I’ll  let  you  stock  up the 
hull store.”

The  “hull  store”  was  16x20  and was 
innocent  of  both  paint  and  plaster.  A 
pine  block  under  one  corner  had  sunk 
into  the  soft  earth,  and  the  structure 
looked  as  though it  had  taken a sudden 
notion to fall  down and then changed its 
mind with half the act accomplished.

“ I’ve got an option on all these corner 
lots,” continued  the  merchant,  “an’  I’ll 
make  a  pretty  penny  on  them.  We’re 
goin’ to  build  the  church  on  that  little 
knoll  on the  left, right in the  corner  of 
the  buryin’ ground.  My  wife  an’ child­
ren  are  buried  there,  an’  I  thought  it 
would  be  nice  to  have  the singin’ near 
them  Sundays. 
liked 
singin’.”

They  always 

trifling 

thoughts 

There was something so pathetic in the 
very  cheerfulness  of  the  worn-out  old 
man that I hadn’t  the heart  to  interrupt 
him  with  the 
that 
had  been  in  my  mind a moment  before.
“ It was a little different here,” he con­
tinued,  “before  Martha and  the children 
died.  They  slicked  things  up  a  good 
deal,  and  made  things  sort  o’ cheerful.
I get a trifle lonesome sometimes when it 
comes  night  an’ there ain’t no one in the 
store,  an’ go over  there an’ sit  down. 
I 
don’t  suppose  it’ll  make  any difference 
with that when they build  the church. ” 
The  night  was  coming  on,  and  the 
wind  was  making  solemn  music  in  the 
heavy  pine  boughs,  as  the  old  man  sat 
there in the  last years of a wrecked life, 
and  looked  with  failing  eyes  over  the 
acres  of  stump-blackened  land  to  the 
spot  whese  those  who  had  fought  life’s 
battles  all to no  purpose, had  lain down 
to  rest  and  left  him  to  complete  life’s 
journey alone.

“ I  think  sometimes  that  if  it  wasn’t 
for  them  being  buried  here,”  he  con­
tinued,  “I’d  go  away—its  so  lonesome 
here without a house in sight or call, an’ 
I’m  gettin’ old.  But  it wouldn’t  be  the 
square thing for me to go away a*’  leave 
them, an’ then  there  wouldn’t be anyone 
here  to  push  the  railroad.  You’ve  got 
to  keep  at  these  railroad  men  or  you 
wont  get  anything  done. 
I  wish  they 
could have lived to see the engine cornin’ 
around that bend.  They never saw much 
or had much  exceptin’ the ager  after we 
came here, an’ little Mary always wanted 
a ride on the cars.”

I  left  the old  man  sitting there  alone 
in the gathering  darkness, knowing  that 
the  span  between  him  and  the  mounds

*   *   *

I had  been on the road  several months 
before I struck a place where the leading i 
business  houses  were  at  war with  each 
other.  When  I  did  strike  the  place, 1 
wished  1  had  stayed  away, and  after  I 
got  away  I  wished  that  I  had  stayed 
longer.

The settlement  was  not  large  enough 
to  be dubbed a town  or  village. 
It was | 
just a  place.  My  firm  had  the  trade  of 
both the stores, and  every salesman  that  . 
went  there was  sure to get a blowing up 
from one  or  the  other of  the merchants.
I sold one of  the men quite a large bill 
of  goods on  my  way up from  the  depot, 
and  then,  with  fear and  trembling,  took 
my way to the rival store.

“Good  morning,” I  said  as  I  entered  ■ 

the  store  and  presented  my card,  “sold 
everything out since our man was here?” 
“Suppose  they’ve sold  everything  out 

down below?”

I knew well enough what the old pirate 
meant,  but I  kept  still  because I didn’t 
care  to  mix  up  in  their  quarrels,  and 
I hadn’t quite made up my mind whether 
to lie or tell the truth about it.  Of course, 
being  a  commercial  salesman  in  good 
standing, all  my personal  leanings  were 
on the side of  the truth.  But then I had 
the order book to think of, and I actually 
believe that most  salesmen would  rather 
have a full  order  book  than a clear con­
science.

“ I  suppose  they’re  all  sold  out  up 

there? ” repeated the merchant.

I  had  to  say something,  and  the  lie 

seemed the correct thing.

“Couldn’t say,” I replied.  “If he don’t 
sell  any more goods  than he buys of  our 
house, he’d  better turn his old  store into 
a  penny pin  show  or  a  hen-coop.  How 
are you off for sugar?”

“Purty middling.  How  was he off  for 

sugar?”

“Oh,  he  cuts  his  order  down  every 
time.  1  don’t see  how  he  gets a living. 
What grade are you selling?”

“ He  don’t  get  much  of  a  living,” 
grinned  the merchant.  “ His wife haint 
had  only one  pair o’ shoes  in a year, an’ 
the overcoat his boy’s got was made over. 
No, sir;  there  can’t no man like  him get 
the  trade  of  decent  people. 
I  guess  I 
don’t want any sugar to-day.”

“Tea?  Coffee?  Spices?”
“Yes, sir,” continued the pirate, filling 
an old clay pipe that  looked as though it 
had  been in  use  since  the  day  the  ark 
landed,  “his folks is in bad shape.  They 
haint  got no cow,  and  they can’t pay fur 
only  a  pint  o’ milk  a  day. 
I  guess  I 
don’t want  any tea or coffee or spices  to­
day.”

“Baking powder?  Fish?”
“He had to git elected treasurer o’ this 
here  township  last town  meetin’ day  so 
he could run his business with other peo­
ple’s money. 
If  I  had  to  do that  I  be­
lieve  I’d go  out  in  the  cow lot  an’  die. 
No; I guess I don’t care about any bakin’ 
powder or salt fish to-day.”

“Tobacco? ”
“You see  he didn't have  nothin’ when 
he come here, an’ I guess  he’s just about 
kept even. 
I  don’t  see how  he  sells  as 
much  as he  does, the  way he  musses up 
things.  Guess I don’t  want  any tobacco 
now.”
I  presume  I 
could  have  had  the  history,  domestic, 
moral  and  commercial,  of  every  man, 
woman  and child in the place by waiting 
over  one  train, but  I  didn’t. 
I  packed 
up and got out, and was sorry afterwards 
that I didn’t  stay long  enough  to  put  a 
head on the old pirate.

I  was  getting  weary. 

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  an d   D o m estic  C ottons

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & 

C.

THE  PUTNAM  CANDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man ufacturers

Fruit and Nut Jobbers.

ASK  FOR  FRICK  CIST.

INDUE,  BERTSCH  4 1

GRAND  RAPIDS.

•

Buy our Custom Made River 
Boots  and  Shoes.  W e  make 
the  Correct  Styles  in  River 
Goods.  The  bottom  stock  is 
more  solid  and the  fitting  on 
the upper is stronger than any 
other  lines  made.  Our  New 
Spring lines have proved great 
sellers.

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Kent  City—The  O’Connor  &  Thomp­
son grocery stock was bid in at assignee’s 
sale by O. F. & W.  P. Conklin, of Raven­
na, at $1,515.  The  stock  was  inventor­
ied at $2,350. 
It will  be  kept  here  for 
the present and run  in  connection  with 
the  Ravenna  store  of  the  purchasers. 
Mr. O’Connor has resumed business with 
the stock taken for his exemptions.

W ELCOM E  THE  W INNER.

th e   G utta  P erch a.

I T he  " M ed a l  o f  E x c e lle n c e ”  P ain t  is 

4:

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Detroit—W. B. Rice  succeeds  Rice  & j 

Blunt in the pump business.

Kalamazoo—Selig Stern has purchased ! 

the grocery stock of H.  Shear.

Jackson—Chas. D. Brown has sold  his 

grocery stock to Byron Champlin.

Wickware—F. A. Ellis has bought  the | 

general stock of Hugh E. Hunter.

Saginaw—Camille  Marcotte  succeeds 
Marcotte  &  Twist  in  the  grocery  bus- 
iness.

Addison—Wm.  Brown & Son have sold 
their drug  and  grocery  stock  to  F.  J. 
McAdam.

Cheboygan—Thos.  R.  Frawley  suc­
ceeds T.  R. Frawley & Co.  in the grocery I 
business.

Northville—Geo.  J.  Green  has  pur­
the  meat  market  of  Cady  & 

chased 
Boughner.

Jackson—John F. Sauer & Co. are suc­
ceeded by Sauer & Haeffner  in  the  gro­
cery business.

West Bay City—John C. Weber has  re­
tired from the hardware  firm  of  A.  W. 
Weber & Bro.

Amada—Wm.  A.  Gerk  has  sold  his 
boot  and  shoe  and  harness  stock  to 
Herman Tietz.

Roscommon—Miss  F.  A.  Mason  has 
closed  out  her  confectionery  and  sta-1 
tionery stock.

Whiteford  Center—Davenport,  Sulli­
van & Son have sold their  general  stock 
to Jim Bodimer.
Tecumseh—Delos L.  Whitenack  & Co. 
succeed Whitenack, Bordine & Co. in the 
hardware business.

Wyandotte—Jas. Melody  is  succeeded 
by Melody Bros,  in  the  dry  goods  and 
furnishing goods business.

Greenville—C. C. Sprout succeeds Still- 
son & Sprout in the dry  goods,  clothing 
and furnishing goods business.

Detroit—H. J.  Milburn, dealer in drugs 
and  surgical  instruments,  is  succeeded 
by H. J. Milburn & Co.,  incorporated.

Manton—Frank  Weaver  has  sold  his 
grocery stock to the P. of  I.  Association 
and leased the  purchasers  his  building.
Shelby—S.  S.  Spellman  &  Co.’s drug 
store will soon be a thing of the  past, as 
they  will  close  out  the  stock  as  soon 
as possible.

Plain well — H.  J.  Brown  has  repur­
chased  the  People’s  meat  market  from 
H.  H.  Kelly,  of  Wayland,  to whom he 
sold the business last week.

Grattan—E. E. Lessiter has  purchased 
an interest in the grocery, drug and hard­
ware  stock of  M. Byrne.  The  new firm 
name is  Byrne & Lessiter.

Otsego—P.  W.  Travis, 

sometimes 
referred 
to  as  the  “Great  American 
Traveler,”  left  home  Monday  for  a 
month’s trip to the Pacific coast.

Bay City—Wm. B. Osgood  has  retired 
from the jewelry firm of F.  H. Shearer & 
Co.  The  remaining  partners  will  con­
tinue business under the  same style.

Otsego—Barnes  &  Williams  succeed 
C. A.  Barnes  in  the  grocery  business. 
The drug business will be continued  un­
der the former style of C. A. Barnes.

Charlotte—J.  H.  Green  and  Hiram 
Laverty have formed a  partnership  and 
will conduct a clothing  business  in  the 
Titus  building, 
the  firm  dating  from 
March 1.  Mr. Green now owns the  Bar­
rett millinery stock in the  building  and j 
will close it out at once in order to  make 
room for their clothing stock,  which  he 
hopes to get in by April 1.

For  many  years  the  United  States 
Gutta  Percha  Paint Co. has  carried  on 
the manufacture of a Gutta Percha paint 
at  Providence, R. I.  Meeting  a  cordial 
reception  at  the  hands of  both  painters 
and  paint  dealers,  the  factory  has  had 
all  it  could  do  to  supply  the  demand 
created in the Eastern  States—a  demand 
which has necessitated  constant enlarge­
ments  of  the  factory  and  frequent  in­
crease of facilities.

In  the  meantime, occasional volunteer 
orders have been received from the West, 
which  have  increased  from  time to time 
until  a  considerable  trade  has  been 
worked up—all without  special  effort on 
the  part  of  the  manufacturers;  due,  in 
fact, to the superior merits of  the goods. 
Satisfied  that  the  time  has  come  for  a 
vigorous introduction of the gutta percha 
paints throughout the West, the company 
determined  to engage  the  most  aggres­
sive  salesman  to  be  found to bring  the 
merits of  its  product to  the  attention of 
the  people.  From  numerous  applicants 
for  this  position,  the  company  finally 
selected  T.  P.  S.  Hampson, whose  long 
and  successful  career  with  the  Anti- 
Kalsomine  Company  rendered  him  pe­
culiarly  fitted  to  undertake  so extended 
a work.

Mr. Hampson  entered  upon the  duties 
of  his  new  position  about a month  ago 
and  has  met  with a cordial  reception at 
the hands of the trade everywhere.  The 
elasticity, durability and economy of the 
gutta  percha  paint is no  longer a matter 
of  doubt, recommendations  of  the  most 
positive  character  establishing its status 
in this  respect.  Gutta  Percha  paint  is 
the only mixed paint in the United States 
that  was  ever  awarded a special  medal 
for excellency  at  the  hands of  practical 
painters, the American  Institute of  New 
York city having granted this, the judges 
being  the  expert  painters of  New  York 
city. 
Its  superiority is also  attested  by 
a  gold  medal  awarded  by  the  World’s 
Industrial  and  Cotton  Centennial Expo­
sition  at  New  Orleans in 1884.
This  remarkable paint  is  prepared by 
a  process  known  only  to  the  manufac­
turers, of  combining  gutta  percha  with 
linseed  oil, without  the  use of  injurious 
solvents. 
It  is  particularly  adapted  to 
marine  work,  possessing  elements  of 
stability not embodied in any other mixed 
paint on the  market.  For railroad  cars, 
bridges,  water  tanks,  roofs,  etc.,  it  has 
no  equal.  For  ordinary  work, it  is also 
ahead  of  any  competitor,  owing  to  its 
glossy  appearance, as well  as its  lasting 
qualities. 
In  short,  while  this  paint is 
not likely to drive all other brands out of 
the  market, it  is surely  destined to  lead 
all  others  in  point  of  sales.  Miller  & 
Middleton  have  been  appointed  agents 
for this  city, and will  keep a full line of 
the goods in stock at all times.

It  P a y s  to   b e  Prom pt.

The country merchant  who  has  a  re­
gard  for  his  credit—who  is honest and 
never allows his bills to run overtime—is 
a source of pride and satisfaction  to  his 
wholesale  or  jobbing  house.  As a rule I 
he  is  treated  with  more  consideration 
than the  “ perfectly responsible ”  buyer 
who is a sluggard as regards the meeting 
of his obligations.  The  shipping  clerk, 
through  the  introduction  of  the  book­
keeper,  seldom allows his orders to hang 
fire  on  the  order  hook. 
It  pays  to  be 
prompt.

FOR  SA L E ,  W A N TE D ,  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 86 cents.  Advance payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

190

1  stock of furniture and  undertaking:  goods.  New 
hearse.  Living rooms overhead.  Cottage adjoining. 
Barn.  Terms to suit.  Address No. 190,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

ITOR SALE—STORE BUILDING WITH  OR  WITHOUT 
WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  TWO  GOOD  STORES 

and good brick residence, with stock of  general 
merchandise, for a  good  water  power  custom  roller 
mill  on  railroad  in  good  town.  Northern  Michigan 
preferred.  Adpress I. P. Roberts. Springport, Mich. 189
FOR SALE—CLOTHING A FURNISHING GOODS Bus­
iness, established five years in good town  of  1.800 
people.  A snap for someone, as there is but one  other 
clothing 8 to re nere.  L. R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181
ITOR  SALE—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK,  EXCEPT 
drugs and hardware, situated at good country trad 
ing point, 28 n iles  from  Grand  Rarids.  Stock and fix­
tures will inventory about $2,600.  Purchaser will get a 
bargain, as owners have other business which requires 
their attention.  Postoffice in connection.  C.  Eddy  A 
Son, Grattan, Mich.__________________________ 205
I TOR SALE—LARGE  GENERAL  STOCK.  WELL  Lo­

cated. and carrying the good will of a long estab­
lished,  successful  business.  Goods  staple  and  all 
bought for cash.  This is a great  bargain  and  a  r&*e 
opportunity  for  anyone  looking  for  a  good  busi­
ness opening.  Phil M. Roedel, White Cloud, Mich. 804 
OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  ONE  OF  THE  BEST 
villages in Michigan.  Western fever  is  cause  of 
wishing to sell.  Easy terms given to iny one who can 
furnish security.  For full  particulars  address  “Has­
son/* care of Michigan Tradesman. 

I TOR SALE—STOCK  OF  BOOTS,  SHOES.  HATS  AND 

caps.  Will f&ll one or  both.  Bargains  for  some 
one.  For  particulars,  address  18  East  Main  street, 
Battle Creek. Mich. 
ANTED—TO BUT A 8MAl*L  STOCK  OF  GROCER- 
ies for cash, in a  lively town of about 800 inhabi­

tants.  Address Box 174, White  Cloud,  Mich, 

try town of 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 

FTOR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK,  IN- 

ventorying'about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
has other  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK  AND 
new  fixtures  in  desirable  location  in  this  city; 
will sell  at  invoice  on  reasonable  terms;  reason  for 
selling,  owner  has  other  business.  L.  M.  Mills,  54 
South Ionia street,  Grand Rapids. 
136
FOR SALE—A COMPLETE  DRUG 8TOCK AND Fix­
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks, Lowell, 
184
Mich. 
WANTED—I HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAT  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 
86
T   WANT A STOCK OF  GOODS  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR 
JL  a good farm between Muskegon and Grand Rapids 
or  a  house  and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids.  Write, giving 
particulars, to O. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids. 
186

202

199

173

801

664

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

Samples of two  kinds  of  coupons  for  re-
f TOR SALE—DRUG  STOCK AT $1,800 IN CITY OF 5000 
Only  three  other  stores in the  city.  Owner is a 
non-resident and  will  make  favorable  terms  to  good 
man.  For particulars address C. A. Jerman, care Lord, 
Owen A Co., Chicago, 111,_____________________ 194
FOR  SALE—FRESH  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  IN 
good location  Rene of brick store, only $225  per 
year, payable iu trade.  Reason for selling, sickness of 
proprietor, who has been unable to attend to  business 
for two months.  A bargain for some one.  Address  F. 
T. Moore, 408 Franklin st.* East,  North  Lansing  Mich.
203
I  TOR SALE—BRANCH  DRUG  STOCK,  IN  CITY  OF 
1  60,000.  Sales $6 to $8  per  day.  Price,  $500  Will
sell half interest to responsible party.  Address No. 193, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
193
D r u g stock—neat  and a ttractive, and n e w
hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
retail street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  just 
completed, $2,600.  On account of  failing  health,  will 
sell  at  invoice  or  for  $2,400  cash,  if  sold  by  March 
16.  Otherwise will hold it as an investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  investigation  solicited.  Ad­
dress “F.,” care Hazel tine Perkins Drug Co., City. 197

I TOR  SALE-AN  EXCELLENT  AND  WELL  ESTAB 

lished business in  Petoskey,  Michigan,  requiring 
a capital of $4,000;  It  is  a  first-class  chance  for  an 
energetic man; satisfactory reasons  for'selling.  Ad­
dress Lock box W, Petoskey, Mich- 

Fo r sa le  o r  ex c h a n g e—b e in g  d esiro us  o f

devoting our entire time to  our  lumber interests, 
we have  desired  to  offer  our  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise,  consisting  of  dry  goods,  groceries,  hard­
ware, stoves, tinware, boot» and shoes, hats  and  caps, 
notions, farming tools  and  agricultural  implements, 
together with the store furniture and  fixtures,  which 
will invoice about $4,000, at a bargain, or will exchange 
the whole for lumber, either hard  or  soft  wood,  and 
give  good  responsible  parties  a  good  chance.  For 
further particulars write us at Paris, Mich , or address 
our agents Geo.  F.  Lewis  A  Co.,  over  37  Monroe  St. 
Grand Rapids, Mich.  Sticknev A Co. 

200

196

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

WANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 
lady of 80, who has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  does not  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages i ot so much an object as a pleas­
ant place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man__________ _________________________  

188

MISCELLANEOUS.

for spot cash.  Drawer, 37, Sheridan, Mich. 

WANTED—I  WILL  PAY  CA8H  FOR  GENERAL 
steck of from $7,000 to  $15,000.  if  offered  cheap 
198
Druggist—a ppr e n t ic e  w anted from i i to  21 

years of age, address J. J. Coulson,  care  Box  336 
Bessemer, Mich. 
206
UST HATCHED—EASTER PAMPHLET CONTAINING 
fresh laid schemes for  displaying  goods  in  show 
windows and interior store  decorating,  with  illustra­
tions.  Price 50 cents.  Send for a copy to  Harry  Har­
man,  decorator  and  window  draper,  P.  O.  Box  US, 
Louisville,  Kentucky. 
207
ITOR SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 6-ROOM 
house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman.________________ 187.
■ 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  reoeipt  of  $1,  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

6,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Reading—Culver & Marks are succeed­
ed by Culver & Co. in the furniture  bus­
iness.
Perrinton—D.  M.  Brown  succeeds  D. 
M. Brown & Co.  in the stave and sawmill 
business.

Saginaw—Miller & Lewis are  succeed­
ed by Miller & Turner in the lumber and 
salt  business.

Ferry—W.  E. Hightower has returned, 
contrary  to  general  expectation,  but 
will not  resume  control  of  his  shingle 
mill, which will be  operated  by  A.  M. 
Prosser  for  Ryerson,  Davis  &  Co.,  of 
Fremont.

Hart—Matthews & Chappell  have  dis­
solved partnership, dividing  real  estate, 
accounts, debts, etc.  Chappell takes the 
lumber business and leaves D. J. entirely 
free.  Mr.  Matthews  has  not  decided 
what he will do.

Newaygo — The  John  S.  Carpenter 
Furniture  Co.  has  been  incorporated, 
with a capital stock  of  $25,000,  to  suc­
ceed the business formerly  conducted by 
John  S.  Carpenter.  The  officers  are 
John S. Carpenter,  President;  Cora  A. 
Carpenter,  Secretary  and  Treasurer; 
Wm. Graham, Superintendent.

Jackson—The  Jackson  Harrow  Point 
Co. is the style of a new Jackson  organi­
zation,  the  articles  of  association  of 
which were filed last week.  The capital 
stock is $10,000,  all  paid  in,  and  there 
are  1,000  sh'ares,  owned  as  follows: 
Jerome  B.  Wilson,  Eaton  Rapids,  400; 
Melbourne  Pettit,  Jackson,  400;  Geo. 
J.  Schofield,  Eaton  Rapids,  200.  The I 
company will manufacture harrow teeth.

C ollection   E n velop es.

Another  decision  of  importance  con­
struing the law prohibiting  the  mailing 
of  envelopes  having  on 
the  outside 
words calculated to reflect injury on  the 
character of any one was rendered in the 
United States District Court of  Vermont 
a  few  weeks  since.  There was printed 
across the top of  the  envelope  in  large 
letters,  “ Excelsior  Collection Agency.” 
The directions for return, if uncalled for, j 
were in the lower left hand corner of the 
envelope.  The court held that the words 
were so placed  to  attract  attention  and j 
reflect delinquency  in  making  payment 
on the  persons  to  whom  the  envelopes 
were  sent,  and  that the act prohibiting 
the same was violated.

It might be well for mercantile  houses ! 
to remember that they are liable  for  the 
illegal  acts of these agencies whom they 
employ as their agents,  and  are  equally 
with  the  agencies  themselves liable for I 
penalties affixed to such acts.
A sso c ia tio n   N o tes.

The  Luther  Business  Men’s  Association  has 
been organized for the  purpose of  securing con­
cert of action in building up the town.

Watervliet Record;  “The Watervliet Business 
Men’s Association held a meeting Monday even­
ing and considered some important matters rela­
tive  to  the  growth  and  improvement  of  our 
beautiful village.”

A man has invented a chair which  can 
be adjusted to 800 different positions*  It 
is designed for the  small  boy  to  sit  in 
when he goes to church.

THE  MICHIGAN"  TRADESMAN.

5

CRACKERS. BISCUITS  AND  SWEETeGODDS.

LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE
-  *  MUSKEGON,  MICH.
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN AVENUE, 

M u s k e g o n  Cracker Co
fili  Am  Grader  Trust
1   Connection 
Pennsylvania  L uuteM ’s.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  M AIL  ORDERS.

The  best  fitting  Stocking  Rub­
bers in the market.  A  full line of 
Lycoming Rubbers on hand.  Try 
them.
GEO.  H.  REEDER & CO.,

State  Agentsrfor 

LYCOMING  RUBBER  CO.

158  and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

and offer only such seeds as are of the highest grade.

We  carry the  largest  and  most  complete stock of  seeds in Western  Michigan, 

SEEDS!

Parties  wishing  seeds of  any  kind  for  garden 
or  field  please  send  for  our  catalogue  and 
wholesale price list before buying.

The Alfred Brown Seed Store.
Heyman  &  Company,

Parties having Clover Seed to sell, please correspond with us.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Manufacturers  of

Of Every Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-Class  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

6 3   a n d   6 8   C an al  St.

DOUBLE ACTION.  GEARING COMPLETELY COVERED. 

W H ITE CEDAR  PAIL.  SELF-ADJUSTING SCRAPER.

CANS  FULL SIZE. 

USES SMALLEST POSSIBLE QUANTITY CF  ICE.

THOROUGHLY WRAPPED FOR  SHIPPING.

T h a t  th e  G E M   F R E E Z E R   is   recognized as  t h e  Best  in -.-.e  market  is
PROVEN  BY  THE  FACT  THAT  OUR  COMPETITORS  ARE  IMITATING  ITS  COOO  QUALI­
TIES,  AND USE IT  AS THE  STANDARD  OF  COMPARISON WHEN  TRYING TO SELL THEIR 
OWN  GOODS.
DO  NOT  DE  IMPOSED  UPON  EY  THOSE  WKO  MAY  TRY  TO  SELL  YOU  OTHER 
FREEZERS  BY  TELLING  YOU  THEY  ARE  ' 1 JUST  AS  GOOD ”   OR  “  JUST  1HE  SAME 
a s  t h e   G e m .*»
INSIST  ON  HAVING  TH E   GEM  a n d   if
RECULAR JOBBER  WRITE  TO  US AND  WE  WILL  1 
OR  QUOTE  YOU  PRICES AND  DISCOUNT».

inveigled  the  man  of  Celtic  birth 
to 
occupy a room with him at the  hotel and 
then  aroused  him  at  2  o’clock  in  the 
morning  under  the  pretense  that  the 
breakfast  bell  had  rung.  Not  until 
Manley  found  the  dining  room  door 
locked  did  he  realize  the nature of the 
deception.

P u rely   P erso n a l.

J.  A.  Richardson,  general  dealer  at 
Scotts, was in town one  day  last  week.
the  Boone  general 
dealer,  was  in  town  several  days  last 
week.

H.  W.  Worden, 

Ed. Gundry, for some time  past  clerk 
of the Buckner House, at  Manistee,  has 
taken the management of  that  hostelry.
Otto Mix, of the  drug  firm  of  Lee  & 
Mix, at Manistee, was married  last Mon­
day to an  estimable young  lady  of  that 
place.

Frank  Narregang,  the  Byron  Center 
general  dealer,  has  recovered  from  a 
month’s  illness  with  malarial fever and 
la grippe.

S. H.  Knight,  who  has  charge  of  the 
fresh  meat stations of Swift & Company 
within  a  certain  radius,  was  in  town 
several days last week, inspecting the lo« 
cal depot.

Marcus W.  Bates,  for  many  years  a 
resident of this  city,  but  now  Superin­
tendent of the St.  Louis  Land  Improve­
ment Co., of St. Louis, Wis.,  is  in  town 
for a few days.

F.  R.  Hulbert,  who  is  lumbering  at 
Hulbert  Station,  U.  P.,  was  in  town 
several days last week.  He is arranging 
to  erect  a  store  building  at  that place 
and will also plat a summer resort on the 
banks  of  Lake  Benegahmah,  all 
the 
frontage of which he owns.

C.  E. Clapp, general dealer  at  Archie, 
was in town Saturday,  on his  way  home 
from Allegan county, where he has spent 
a couple of months  among  friends.  He 
expects  to  plat a summer  resort  on his 
farm  on  the  Traverse  Peninsula  the 
coming summer.

M. F. Barber has  gone  to  Ishpeming, 
where he  will  open  a  wholesale  candy 
house under the name of the  Upper  Pe­
ninsula Candy  Co.,  as  a  branch  of  the 
candy  house  of  the  Marple-French-Mc- 
Grath Co., of Lansiug.

Will  Granger,  the  immaculate  dude 
who presides over  the  shipping  depart­
ment  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Packing  & 
Provision  Co., 
recently  purchased  a 
country nag which is troubled with  lice. 
If any  of T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’ s  readers  has 
a good recipe  for  that  trouble,  he  will 
confer a favor on Mr.  Granger  by  com­
municating the same to him.

GRAND  RA PID S  GOSSIP.

L.  Vander Jagt  has  opened a grocery 
store  at  224  Madison street.  The Ball- 
Barnhart - Putman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

Perkins  &  Hess  have  platted  their 
eight acre tract in the Fifth ward into 50 
lots and will place same  on  the  market 
the coming season.

Foster, Stevens & Co.  have  purchased 
the sporting goods stock of £. G. Studley 
and also the stock of sporting  goods and 
bicycles  formerly  owned  by Spalding & 
Co.  and  will  departmentize  the 
line 
under  the  immediate  personal manage­
ment of  Wm. Woodworth,  who has been 
connected with the sporting  goods  busi­
ness  for  the  past  fifteen  years.  Room 
has  been  made  for  the  new line in the 
west store of the  firm,  the  tool  depart­
ment  having  been  moved  further back 
for that purpose.

G ripsack B rigad e.

W.  C.  Hedden,  of  Flint, has gone on 

the road for Jas. Craig, of  Detroit.

Wm. Connor was in town  a  couple  of 
days last week  and  filled  several  pages 
of his order book with the peculiar hiero­
glyphics  for  which  he 
is  somewhat 
famous.

Jas. McLeod, whose service as  a  sales­
man  for H. P.  Baldwin 2nd Co., extends 
over a quarter of a century,  was in  town 
several  days  last  week.  McLeod  is  a 
“Shriner.”

Jas. A. Massie was called to Greenville 
Tuesday  to  attend  the  funeral  of  bis 
mother, who died a lingering  death from 
a  cancerous  affliction.  The  deceased 
was the wife of one of the  oldest grocers 
in Greenville.

Wm.  H. Downs has opened  his  notion 
stock in the basement of  the  Hermitage 
block, corner Canal  and  Bridge  streets, 
and pulled off the road a couple of weeks 
for the purpose of sorting up and getting 
out spring  samples.

Chas. L.  McLain was called  to  Toledo 
last Friday by a  telegram  announcing  a 
more serious turn in his  sister’s  illness. 
She  was  taken  with  typhoid  fever the 
same day he went to St.  Mark’s  Hospital 
with  peritonitis,  but  did  not  mend  as 
rapidly as he did.

Milton  Kerns,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  the  cigar  department  of  Dil- 
worth  Bros.,  Pittsburg,  was  in  town 
several  days  last  week.  The  demand 
for Mr. Kerns’ own brand, “El Puritano,” 
is steadily increasing, plainly  indicating 
the superior quality of the cigar.

in 

Chas.  M.  Wheaton,  formerly  on  the 
road for the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co., 
is  now  general  traveling representative 
for  Wetmore  &  Pride,  cocoanut  manu­
facturers  of  Chicago.  His  territory in­
cludes Michigan,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois 
and  the  Missouri  River.  Mr. Wheaton 
was in town over Sunday,  renewiug  old 
friendships and making some  new  ones.
Frank Cole was dropped from member­
the  Northwestern  Traveling 
ship 
Men’s Association after suffering  a  par­
alytic stroke and losing his  reason.  His 
friends brought  mandamus  proceedings 
to  compel  the  Association  to  reinstate 
him,  and  the  court  ordered  that  Cole 
must be treated as a member  as  long  as 
he paid his dues.

Frank  Tilden,  the  irrepressible  wag 
who  sells  sugar  for  future delivery for 
W. J. Gould & Co., of  Detroit,  played  a 
practical  joke  on  Manley  Jones  at  an 
Ionia  hotel  one  night  last  week.  He

Spring  Season 1891.

Manufactured  by  AMERICAN  MACHINE  CO.,

Lehigh  Avenue  and American  street, 

-  

-  

-  

Ph il a d e l p h ia . 

JOHN  H .  GRAHAM  St  CO.,'  manufacturers*  agents,

V »  

113 Chambers Street,  New  York.

If  You  desire to  sell

Garpets  by  Sample
Circiilar  and  Price  List.

Send for

GRAND  RAPIDS.

DE JONGE  l  URN  HEULEN
83 So.  Division  It 130  Oakes  Sts.
Flour, Feed, Hay, Straw, Etc.

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

Pillsbury’s  and  W ashburn’s “BEST” 

Spring  W heat Flour.

A full  line of  Schumacher’s goods and 

all other cereals constantly on hand.

A  W N I N G S

A N D   T E N T S .

Flags,Hone and  Wagon  Coven.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  OUed  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  a Pearl  Street. 

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

T ele  >hon ei!06.

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THE  JÍICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

D ry  Goods.

Prices  Current.

Som e  o f   th e   A d v a n ta g e s  o f  th e   O ne- 

P rice S tore.

Written for The T u s n a u i.

“Are one-priced stores always success­
ful?”  1 asked a dry goods man  the  other 
day.

“They certainly are,  if  good  faith  is 
not broken, nor any distinctions  made,” 
he replied,  “but the  very  moment  it  is 
known that one or more  customers  have 
purchased an article for a less price than 
others, the business is injured almost be­
yond  repair.  The  one-price  store,  if 
properly conducted, possesses  many  ad-1 
vantages  over  the  old-fashioned  sort, 
one of which is readily apparent.  Time, 
now-a-days to  business  men,  is  an  im­
portant  factor,  and  while  others  are 
wasting  valuable  moments  or  hours, I 
quibbling over a price, possibly ending in j 
disappointment to both parties,  the  one- j 
price store has  made  many  satisfactory 
sales and secured permanent  customers.
I  am  aware  that 
the  public  hardly 
recognize  the  existence  of  a  one-price I 
store,  but  they  are  mistaken.  At  the 
first opening of such a store  the  tempta­
tion to the merchant is often almost irre- 
sistable to abandon  the  strict  rule  first j 
adopted.  Here is a  wealthy  customer— 
a lady,  for  instance—whose  trade  runs 
up into hundreds yearly and who is  this 
moment asking a small discount on a $50 
purchase.  Granted, that  she  will  take 
no offense if I refuse the request,  1  may, 
howerer, lose the present sale and, possi­
bly, all her future custom.  All  the  po­
liteness, finesse and suavity of the  sales­
man is now required to  be  brought  into 
action to save this customer to the estab­
lishment, while adhering to  the  invaria­
ble one price.  With this thought upper­
most in his mind,  he must also remember 
not to overdo in conversation, nor betray 
any anxiety, except  to  please. 
In  just 
such  a  case  as  is  here  presented,  the 
skilled  and  gentlemanly  salesman  may 
richly  earn  his  extra  salary.  Whether 
such a desirable customer  is  induced  to 
make  this—perhaps  her  first—purchase 
in the store or not,  is in one sense imma­
terial,  if she departs with a good impres­
sion of the treatment  she  has  received, 
as in time she  will  drop  in  to  look  at 
other goods.  Having come to the conclu­
sion that it is a place having no favorites 
and that rich and poor are  treated  alike, 
she will find exactly what she desires at a 
a  fair  price  and  thereafter  become  a 
permanent visitor.  The  best  and  most 
intelligeift customers  are  not  often  the 
most talkative,  but they  are  thoughtful 
ana observing, are  pleased  with  candor 
and  politeness,  and  will  appreciate  a 
one price store when thay are  once  con­
vinced it is such iu  reality.”

P oin ts for R etailers.

When you can offer a line of staples at 
a less price  than  your  competitor,  you 
get his trade.  To  do  this  you  have  to 
visit this market after the rush  of  trade 
Is over.
Never  become  dissatisfied  with  the 
small gains of your  business. 
It  is  the 
small  streams  that  make  the  mighty 
river; the grains of sand  that  make  the 
mountain.
Some customers prefer not to be  asked 
to buy; they prefer to ask for what  they 
want,  and  any  urgency  or  diversion 
from what they  were  looking  at  drives 
them away.
The merchant should avail  himself  of 
the special offerings  that  always  follow 
It  is 
an active season’s  jobbing  trade. 
the  job  lots  at  special  prices  that  he 
makes his money on.

r n L IlC H Ill  COTTOSB.
............7  ¡CliftonCCC..............6*4
Atlantic  A..............
“  Arrow Brand  5*4
............  6J£ 
H.............
“ 
............6 
i 
“  World Wide..  7
“ 
P ..............
“  LL................   5
............6X| 
D .............
“ 
5*  Full Yard Wide.......  6*4
“  LL.............
7  Honest Width..........63£
Amory.....................
4  Hartford A  .............   514
Archery  Bunting.. 
554 Madras cheese cloth 654
Beaver Dam  A A 
5  Noibe E ....................5*s
Blackstone O, 32
7  Our Level  Best.......6*4
Black  Rock  ..........
754“Oxford  R ...................654
Boot, AL.................
334 Pequot......................  7*4
Chapman cheese cl 
7  ¡Solar.........................   6*4
Comet
Dwight Star.............  754(Topofthe  Heap  ...  7*4

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

shorts

“ 

“ 

Amsburg............
Blackstone  A A
Beats A ll...........
Cleveland........
Cabot..................
Cabot,  X ........
Dwight Anchor.
Edwards.........
Empire...........
Farwell...........
Fruit of the  Loom
Fitchvllle  .........
First  Prize..........
Fruit of the Loom
Fairmount..........
Full Value..........
Geo.  Washington

“ 

7  ¡Glen Mills...............  7
8  ¡Gold Medal............... 754
4*4 j Green  Ticket..........854
7  ¡Great Falls...............  654
7*4 Hope.........................   754
654 Just  Out.........434© 5
654 King  Phillip............754
8541 
OP.....  7*4
6  (Lonsdale Cambric. .10*4
7  {Lonsdale............  @ 854
754 (Middlesex.........  @ 5
834 No Name..................  7*4
7*4 (Oak View................6
6*4 (Our Own..................  5*4
8  (Prideof the West.. .12
4541 Rosalind.....................7*4
654 'Sunlight...................  4*4
8!4lVinyard....................  8*4

HALF  BLEACHES  COTTONS.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Cabot........................   754IDwightAnchor.......  9
Farwell..........   . —   8  I
Tremont N ...............   5*4[Middlesex No.  1.
Hamilton N..............6*4 
2.
L.............. 7 
3.
Middlesex.AT........   8
X..............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Hamilton N .............   7*4'Middlesex A A .........11
“ 
2........ 12
Middlesex P T .........8 
“ 
A T ..........  9 
A O............13*4
“ 
4.........17*4
X A .........9 
“ 
X  F ........ 10*41 
5........ 16
DKESS  GOODS.
... 8  ¡Nameless....................20
.....................25
...  9 
“ 
............... 10*4 
“ 
 
G G  Cashmere........ 21 
“ 
...............30
 
“ 
Nameless  ................16 
“ 
...............   35

.................18  I 

Hamilton

“ 
“ 
“ 

27*4
32*4

“ 

“ 

CORSET  JEANS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

PRINTS.

“ 
“ 
Turkey robes..  7*4
India robes___ 7*4
plain T’ky X 54  8*4 

Blddeford................  6  INaumkeag satteen..  7*4
Brunswick...............6 *4 i Rockport.................... 6*4
Allen, staple............  5*4(Merrim'ckshirtings.  4*4
“  Repp turn .  8*4
“ 
robes.............  6*4

fancy............  5J4 
robes............  5  Pacific  fancy...........6
American  fancy—   554) 
American indigo__   554 (Portsmouth robes...  6
American shirtings  4*4 jSlmpson mourning..  6
greys............ 6
—  6*4 
Arnold 
10*4 
solid black.  6
8*4 Washington indigo.  6

“ long cloth B. 
century cloth  7
“ 
“ 
gold seal.......10*41
“  Turkey red . .10*4
Berlin solids............5*4
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue..........6*41
key red....................  6
“  “.  green___ 6r
6  (Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy....
Turkeyred M......... 7*4
6 
“  madders.
Eddystone fancy. 
6  Martha Washington
6 
Turkeyred..............9*4
Hamilton fancy.  .
staple..
5V4 Riverpointrobes....  5
Manchester  fancy
6  Windsor fancy........ 6*4
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
indigo blue........... 10*4
Amoskeag A C A — 13*41 A C  A....................... 12*4
Hamilton N .............  7*41 Pemberton AAA — 16
D............. 8*41 York............................10*4
Awning..11  Swift River............. 7*4
Fanner..................... 8  Pearl  River...............12*4
First  Prize...............11*4 Warren..................... 14
Lenox M ills............18 
Atlanta,  D ...............  654(Stark  A 
............  8
Boot..........................   634  No  N am e............... 7*4
Clifton, K.................  7>4¡Top of  Heap............10
Simpson................... 20  ¡Imperial....................10*4
...................18  ¡Black.................. 9© 9*4
...................16 
........................ 10*4
Coechco...................1
1 __________
4

“ 
TICKINGS.

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

SATINES.

“ 
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“ 
*

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“ 

“ 

0

| 

|

DEMINS.

“ 

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Amoskeag................12*41J affrey.......................11*4
9 oz.......14*4 Lancaster................. 12*4
| Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13*4
brown .13 
No. 220— 13
Andover...................11*4 
Everett,blue........... 12 
No. 250— 11*4
No.280....10*4
brown....... 12  j 
Lancaster,  staple...  654
Glenarven..................654
Lancashire..............   6*4
Normandie.................7*4
Renfrew Dress........ 7*4
Toll du Nord.. ..10@10*4
Amoskeag................7
AFC.........10*4
Persian.....................  8*4
Bates...........................634
Warwick.................  8*4
Peerless, walte.

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.
fancies__   7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Westbrook...............   8
.........................10
York..........................654
Hampton..................6*4
Winaenneer............ 5
Cumberland............ 5
Essex........................  4*4
colored.. .20*4

CARPET  WARF.
......18  ¡Peerless

“ 

“  

GRAIN  BAGS.

.88

No.

THREADS.

BED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

..33
6  ..
8... ...34
10... ....35
.36
12...

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Amoskeag................16*4  (Valley City............... 15*4
Stark.........................20*4 ¡Georgia.....................15*4
American................ 16*4 ¡Pacific......................14*4
Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour s..
Coats', J. A P ..........45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke....................22*41
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
...38
“ 
16...
39
...39
40
“  18...
"  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
Washington.............  454
Slater........................  454
Red Cross..  ............  454
White Star..............  454
Lockwood..................4*4
Kid Glove................  454
Wood’s ....................  454
Newmarket................454
Brunswick.............  4J4
Edwards..................   454
Fireman................... 32*4|T W............................22*4
Creedmore............... 27*4 F T ....... — ...............32*4
Talbot XXX.............30  J R F , XXX.............. 35
N ameless................. 27*4 ¡Buckeye....................32*4
Red A Blue,  plaid. .40  ¡Grey 8 R W............. 17*4
Union R...................22*4 Western W  ...............18*4
Windsor................... 18*4 D R P.........................18*4
6 oz Western............21  Flushing XXX......... 23*4
Union  B .................. 22*4! Manitoba.................. 23*4
Nameless.......8  ©  9*41 
.......9  @10*4
.......8*4@10  I 
....... 
12*4
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

“ 
Slate.
9*4 
10*4 
11*4 
12*4
Severen, 8 oz...........   9*4 [West  Point, 8 oz — 10*4
May land, 8 oz..........10*4 
“ 
10 oz  ...12*4
Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*4 Raven, lOoz............. 13*4
Greenwood, 8 oz — 11*4 IStark 
............. 13*4
WADDINGS.
White, doz............. 25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz___ 67 50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best................10*4
“  Best  AA.........12*4

Pawtucket................10*4
Dundie.....................   9
Bedford.................... 10*4
Valley  City..............10*4
Coraline..................69 50|Wonderful.............64 75
Schilling’s ..............  9 00! Brighton................ 4 75
Corticelli, doz..........75  [Corticelll  knitting,

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9*4
16
10*4
17
11*4
20
12*4

954 13
10*4 15
11*4 17
12*4 20
DUCKS

DOXET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

CORSETS.

BiLBSiAs.

“ 
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“ 

|

twist,doz..37*4  per *4oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz.. 37*41
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

|No  4 Bl’k A White..l5 
..20
..25
|No4—15  P  3*4.........40

..12  “ 
..12  I “ 
PINS.

8 
10 

No  1 Bl’k A White.. 10 
“ 
2 
“ 3 
No 2—20, M C..........50 
‘  3—18, S C ............45  I
No  2 White A Bl'k..l2 
“ 
“ 
N o2...........................28 

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4 
6 

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18  I “ 
12 
SAFETY  FINS.

|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.23
..26
|N o3........................... 36

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NEEDLES—FEB  M.

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

1  95  6—4. ..2  95

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

W e  have  just  received  a  large  line  of  Outing 
Shirts  in  Flannel,  Silk,  W ool  and  Linen,  Domett, 
Cheviot and  Satine;  also a complete  line of cheap 
and medium price  PANTS.  Inspection invited.

Playing Bards

WE  Ml  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICK  LIST.

Daniel  Lpeli,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

FOURTH N1TI0M1 BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. 

CAPITAL, 

- 

*  doett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

H ake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

o f Country Merchants Solicited.

J.&P.COAIS’

WHITE,  BUCK  KM)  COLORS,

P. STEKETEE & SONS.

H a n d  and  M a c h in e  U s a

FOR  SALE  BY

FOR

Voigt, Hernoleimer & Go.,
Dry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Complete  Fall  Stock  now  ready  for 
Inspection, including a fine line of Prints, 
Underwear, Pants, Gloves,  Mittens  and 
Lum bermen’s Goods.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed.

48, SO and 52 Ottawa SU, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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ROPES.

dlS.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 54 Inch and larger...........................   .. 
854
Manilla..............................................................  1154
75
Steel and Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels................................................ 
60
Mitre................................................................ 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
S3 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..........................................*4 30 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................  4  40 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86............................   ..........dis. 
Silver Lake, White  A ................................ list 
Drab A ....................................   “ 
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White  B .................................  “ 
“ 
“ 
Drab B .................................. 
“  White C....................................  “ 

50
50
55
50
  “  56
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot, —  

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton 825
20
“ 
Hand............................................ 
70
  50
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot—   30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
30
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 
dis.
60*10
Steel, Game.......................................... 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley  a Norton’s 
70
. 
............................18c per doz.
Mouse,  choker 
Mouse, delusion..................................11.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..................................................   65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market................................................   6254
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.................................   3 40
painted.......................................  2 80

w ire. 

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horse nails.

HAMMERS.

 

 

dis.

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HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW WARE

Maydole  & Co.’s ........................................ dis. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................ dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ......................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 80
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand  .. .30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 .................................dls.80&10
State...............................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 444  14'and
longer.............................................................
354 
Screw Hook and  Eye, V4..........................net
10 
“ 
%..........................net
854 
x ..........................net
“ 
754 
“ 
%.......................  net
754 
50
Strap and T ................................................  dis,
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  .  .50*10
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60*10
40
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................ 
60
60
Spiders  .................... 
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list 70
J apanned Tin Ware............................. 
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 3354*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.................................................70*10410
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate nooks and Eyes.......................  
70*10*10
levels. 
70
Stanlev Rule and Level  Co.’s 
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings....... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap.  trimmings 
. . .  55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings  ............. 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings.........................  
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .......... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .............................. 
55
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................... 
55
Adze E y e .............................................116.00, dis. 60
Hunt E ye..............................................115.00, dis. 60
.......................................*18.50, dis. 20*10.
Hunt’s 
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.......... 
50
.. 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ......................................  
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables 
.. 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cle  k’s ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
....................................... 
25

MAULS. 
mills. 

locks—door. 

WIRE GOODS. 

MATTOCKS.

dis.
dis.

dis.

dis.

H Æ R D  W A R B .

S h ip m en t  o f  S to v es.

There is a matter  concerning the ship­
ment  of  stoves  which ought  to  be  cor­
rected, says the  American Artisan.  We 
refer to the  high charge  made for  trans­
porting  stoves  not  “released.”  Stoves 
and  stove  plates are  liable  to  breakage 
unless  carefully  haudled.  The  carrier 
company which  breaks, loses or destroys 
goods  intrusted  to its.care  ought to pay 
for  them.  They  acknowledge  this  obli­
gation,  but  put  on  so  high a charge for 
carrying  goods  this  way  that  the  con­
signee  who  pays the  freight is generally 
ready to have  the goods shipped  under a 
contract  releasing the  railroad  company 
from  liability  for  damage  by breakage. 
This is found  to  be  cheaper in the  long 
run,  as  the  cost  of  replacing  broken 
plates is less than the high freight charges 
where the carrying  company is liable for 
the  damages.  But  stoves  need  not  be 
broken,  except by unavoidable  accident, 
as a collision  or  derailment of  the train. 
All  that is necessary  to  ensure safe car­
riage  is  care on the  part of  the railway 
employes  handling the goods.  But  this 
the  public  have a  right  to  expect  and 
demand  from  transporting  companies, 
and it is not right  that merchants should 
be bled  exorbitantly because of  careless­
ness on  the  part of  those of  whom  care 
should be  iuperatively demanded.  As it 
is, stove dealers have to make good losses 
occasioned  by  those  who  ought  to  be 
made to pay  for  goods if  they break  or 
destroy them.  We would like to see this 
thing mad^right.

C lerks  an d  S alesm en .

The clerk or salesman  who  is  always 
trying to find an easy place  is  rarely,  if 
ever,  satisfied  with  any  position  that 
requires labor and close  attention.
The clerk or salesman who says  “take 
me  on  my  merits  and  see  what  I  am 
worth,” without asking  any  conditions, 
generally  gets  the  pay  his  merits  de­
mand.
The  salesman  in  the  just  and  true 
sense must  be  skilled  in  his  line,  and 
must also  understand  his  business  and 
human nature.
No  sensible  salesman  can  afford  to 
risk his reputation by  an  effort  to  gull 
anybody.  Even  if  he  felt  like  taking 
the risk, his house could not  afford  and 
would not permit such irregularities.
The relation between clerks and  sales­
men and their  employers,  should  be  of 
the most pleasant character,  as  well  as 
of mutual confidence and respect.
A  salesman  should  have  a  perfect 
command of his business.  Knowing that 
the  goods  have  been  purchased  with 
great care, he should have  no  hesitancy 
in  fairly  recommending  or  warranting 
them when requested to do so.
Some one has  said that “obstacles  are 
made to be overcome.”  If all clerks and 
salesmen were to  go  on  that  idea,  life 
would  mean  something  far  better  for 
them than it does in many cases. 
If any 
clerk or salesman  who  desires  to  make 
the  best  use  of  his  abilities  is  handi­
capped by a personal defect, it may  give 
him courage  to  know  that  many  great 
men have carried such  burdens  in  their 
struggle for fame and success, and  have 
been  helped  rather  than  hindered  by 
them. 

_____  

_____

A   N o v e l  Coin.

An exchange suggests  that a new coin 
could be produced which  would  obviate 
ail  objections.  A  new  coin,  it  says, 
should  take  the  place  of  the  gold and 
silver coins now in  use.  Face  one  side 
with  silver,  the  other  with  gold,  and 
then  when  one  side  would  go  up  the 
other would go down, one exactly balanc­
ing  the  other.  No  fluctuations  in  the 
market price of  either  metals  could  af­
fect  the  value,  as  they  always  go  in 
opposite  directions.  Then 
two 
metals  would  circulate 
together  and 
neither drive the other out, either  to  be 
hoarded or exported.

the 

T he H ard w are  M arket.

Nails  and  bar iron  are  quiet.  Tin is 
advancing.  There  is  no change in win­
dow glass.  Sisal  and  manilla  rope  are 
without change.  The present outlook is 
for a general uniformity in  prices.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

T hese  prices are  for cash  b u yers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dl8.

60
Snell’s ................................................................ 
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’,  imitation.......................................50*10

AXES.

*  
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First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................. 1850
D.  B. Bronze...............................  12 50
S.  B. S. Steel...............................  9 50
D.  B. Steel.................................  14 00
dlS.
Xiailroad....................................................— I  14 00
Garden......................................................   net  30 00
dis.

BARROWS. 

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

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain........................................................ 1350
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dis.
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 ................................................. 7G&10
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

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

40

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

BLOCKS.

cradles.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel...................................................per 1b  5
Ely’s 1-10......................................................per m
“
Hick’s  C. F .............................................. 
G. D .........................................................   “
Musket............................................  —  
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caps.

CARTRIDGES.

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

chisels. 

dis.

Socket Firmer...................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................. 70*16
Socket Corner.....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks..........................................  
70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................... 
40
 
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40
25

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

654

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

combs. 
.......................................  
....................................... 
chalk.

White Crayons, per  gross................12@1244 dis. 10

copper.

“ 

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

d rills. 

Small shies, ser pound 
Large sizes, pe;

d ripping pans.
pound...................................  

dis.

elbows.

30
25

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, *18; large, *26.........................  
Ives’, 1, *18;  2, *24;  3, $30..............................  

 

14 

12 

dis.

28
18

Discount, 60

GALVANIZED IRON

files—New List. 

13 
gauges. 

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

dis.
Dlsston’s .................................. 
60*16
New  American................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s .................................................. ■ -60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller's Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

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

FOSTER,
STEVENS& CO.,

50

E xclusive  A gents  for

WESTERN  MICHIGAN.

Grand  Rapids, 

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fflich.

25  Casters, Bed  and  Plate.50*10*10

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dlS.

dlS.

zinc.

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.. 

26c
28c

PIG TIN.

NA ILS 

METALS,

w renches. 

1U PTlI.fi

MOLASSES GATES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 
 

Dampers,  American..................................... 

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars......................................................... 

Au Sable................................. dis. 25&10©36*10&06
dis. 05
Putnam.............................................. 
Northwestern................................... 
dis. 10*10
dis.
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
Bird Cages....................  
50
Pumps, Cistern.
Stebbin’s Pattern...............................................60*10 .  _ — . 
__________
Stebbln’s Genuine.............................................69*10  Screws, New List.......................................   ..  .0*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................................................................  
40
„  i 
JKCl UOI1B, uoac........................ 
1  95  Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
utpel nails  base 
65
Wire nails, base...............................................•*>
Steel.  Wire.
Advance over base: 
Base
go...........................................................Base 
10
go” .]]...................................................Base 
201 
„  
40.. 
20  Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
10 
30.. 
20.. 
30  660 pound  casks................................................ 
15 
6 %
35  Per pound..........................................................  
15 
7
16.... 
12..  . 
35 
15 
10....
40  54@54.........................................................................|6
20 
8....
50 I Extra W iping.................................................  15
. 2 5  
65 
of
40 
7 * 6 .
90  solder  in the market indicated by private brands
60 
] 
4.......
1  50  vary according to composition.
.1  00 
1  50
3.......
2 00 
.1  50 
ANTIMONY
2  00 
2  00
Fine 3.........................................................1 50
90 
60
Case  10.  ....................  
“  8 ..................................................   75
1  00 
1  25 
6.................................................   90
“ 
Finish 10............................................   85
1  00 
1  25
8 ...........................................................................1  00
8............................................................................................1  00
1  50 
6 ..................................................1 15
75 
Clinch  10.............................................   85
90
6............................. 
115
1  00
2  50 
Barrell %................................................... 1 75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................  @4<
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....................................dis. 
40
Iron and  Tinned.......................................—  
Copper Rivets and Burs......................... 
 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
9 20
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 
“

Cookson........................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................................*7-50
14x20 IC, 
7 50
.......................................... 
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
9 25
..................................
14x20 IX, 
I  Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal 
.................................
14x2010, 
.......................................
.......................................
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on thlB grade *1.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester.......................

14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC,
14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
.......
“ 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14X28  IX.................................................
14x31  IX..................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. I 
- per  pound
1
14x60 IX,  “  “ 9 

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
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The  prices  of  the  many  other qualities 

6  50 
8  (0
13  50 
5 75
7  25 
12 00 
15 0)
•14 00 
15 50

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

I  6 50 
6  50 
.  8  00 
8  00

Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

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

Allaway  Grade

rivets. 

SOLDER.

PLANES.

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W EE K L Y   JO U RN A L  D E V O T E »  TO  T H E

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

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

—

Entered a t  the  Grand  Rapids Post  Office. 

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

 

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W EDNESDAY, MARCH  4.  1891.

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ROBBER  PROFITS.

stock 

capital. 

its  average 

The  capital  stock  of 

The following  statistical  statement of j 
the  earnings of the Western Union Tele- 
graph  Company  was  recently  made be- 
fore a  congressional  committee  and,  as 
no  attempt  has  ever  been made to con- 
trovert it, the figures stand as authentic :
the  Western 
Union Telegraph Company  in  1858  was 
$358,700.  The  stock  dividends declared 
between 1858 and 1866 amounted  to $17,- 
810,146,  and  the  stock  issued  for  new 
lilies was $1,937,950;  so  that  the capital  j 
stock on July  1.  1866,  was  $20,133,800. 
In  1866  new  stock  was  created  to  the 
amount of $20,450,500:  so that  the  total 
capital of the Western Union on the first 
of July,1867, was $40,568,300.  The larg­
est dividend declared by the company up 
to  1874  was  414  per cent.  The largest 
amount  of 
ever  divided  at 
one  time  was  $10,000,000,  and  for  a 
period  of  seven  years  the  dividends 
were  about  100  per  cent,  a  year 
on 
It  was  by 
adding  dividends  to  dividends, and  by 
piling the one up on top of the other that 
this tremendous amount of $46,000,000 of 
capital  and debt  was created.  The  his­
tory of  the company shows  no change of 
policy. 
In 1874  the company  bought up 
its own stock and the stock of other tele­
graph companies and accumulated a fund 
of  over  $15,000,000, which  was  held  in 
one  shape or  another  in  the  treasury of 
the company.  An investment of $1,000 in 
1858 in Western Union stock would  have 
received  up  to  the  present  time  stock 
dividends of  more than  $50,000 and  cash 
dividends  equal  to  $100,000, or  300  per 
cent,  of  dividends  a  year.  These  have 
been some of the dividends declared:  In 
1862,  27 per cent.;  in 1863, 100 per cent.; 
in  1864,  100  per  cent.  ; 
in  1878, 
$6,000,000;  in  1881,  one  of  $15,000,000 
and  another  of  $4,300,000;  in  1886,  25 
per cent.  The Western Union plant, ex­
clusive  of  its  contracts  with  railroads, 
could  be duplicated  for $35,000,000. 
Its 
present  capital  is  $85,960,000. 
It  has 
realized  $100,000,000  of  net  profits  in 
twenty-five years by its high charges.
T h e  T r a d e sm a n  has always advocated 
fair and legitimate profits, as such a con- | 
dition  is  the  only  one under which the I 
continuation  of  business 
is  rendered 
either  possible  or  desirable,  but  the 
record of the  Western  Union  monopoly 
carries the matter of  margins  altogether | 
too  far  and  suggests  the  idea  that the I 
time  has  come  when  someone—Uncle 
Sam  or  some  other fellow  or set of fel- | 
lows  with  long  pocket  books—should I 
take  the  matter  in  hand  and  give the 
people  decent  service  at  a  price  com­
mensurate with the expense  and risk in­
volved in such an undertaking.

sleeping car service to $1  per  200  miles 
or  under,  the  wisdom  of  which  T h e 
T r a d e sm a n is inclined to question.  The 
general scope of the bill,  however, is en­
titled to the warmest  commendation and 
will undoubtedly meet with the strongest 
sort  of  approval  at  the  hands  of  the 
traveling public.

The  mercantile  agencies  are  some­
what disturbed over  the  introduction of 
a bill in the Legislature compelling them 
to  put  up  a  bond  of  $100,000  and  re­
stricting  their  reports  to  the  absolute 
truth, making them  responsible  for any 
loss occasioned by the sending of  a false 
report.  The bill was  drawn  by  Gideon 
Rutherford, of this city, having  been in­
troduced  by  a  member  from  Oceana 
county. 

_______________
T he A rt o f D unning.

An  exchange  says:  “A  salesman  is 
born,  pot  made.”  His  make-up  com­
prises many natural faculties  and  pecu­
liarities  which  cannot  be  acquired  by 
any amount of study.  The requirements 
of a collector  are  far  different.  Collec­
tion is an art, and is fairly a subject  for 
study, while capacity to sell is a  natural 
gift.

The Boston Post gives the following as 
its  idea of the best manner to dun a cred­
itor,  and  as  doing  credit  alike  to  the 
heads and hearts of  the  tradesmen  who 
sign it:
Dear  Sir—It  w ill  greatly  convenience 
us if you  w ill  kindly  rem it  the  am ount 
of  your  bill.  Do  not 
inconvenience 
yourself,  but  a  favorable  response  w ill 
be appreciated by 

Very truly yours 
T il e r & Ca in .

This is  a  well-worded  apeal  to  the 
debtor and far  more  liable  to  influence 
him in the direction of paying  his  debts 
than the often brusque demands to  “call 
and settle.’’  A threat is  almost  certain 
to antagonize the person  to  whom  it  is 
addressed, and invariably fails to accom­
plish any purpose favorable  to  the  per­
son using it.  The  collector  ought  cer­
tainly to be as polite as the salesman.

Compare these two  invitations  to  set­

tle up:
Dear Sir—Your account is overdue un­
less paid at once we shall take  measures 
to collect, or we shall put it in the hands 
of a collector. 

Yours, etc.,
S e l l e r & Co.

Dear  Sir—For  some  reason  you  are 
not as prompt as usual in your payments. 
What is the matter. 

Yours,  etc., 
Go o dseller  & Co.

Which request would Mr. Dear  Sir  be 
most 
likely  to  notice?  The  put-your- 
self-in-his-plaee  process  will  give  a 
ready reply,  and in every instance where 
a man deals with his fellow, whether  he 
wants to sell him shoes or have him  pay 
his debts, politeness is  requisite,  and  it 
is the genuinely polite  person  who  suc­
ceeds. 
It gives a  truly  honest  man  as 
much pleasure to pay his debts as to  the 
creditor to receive his  pay,  and  no  one 
likes to be  “dunned.”

T h e  T r a d e sm a n has  frequently  com­
mended the efforts made by various State I 
Legislatures  to  prohibit  sleeping  car 
companies from putting the  upper berth 
down on the occupant  of  a  lower  berth ! 
where the former is not sold or occupied. 
Such measures have already become laws 
in several  States  and  T he  T r a d e sm a n 
is pleased to note that Senator  Doran, of 
this  city,  has  introduced  a  bill to that 
effect in the Michigan Legislature.  Mr. j 
Doran  accompanies  his  measure with a 
clause  restricting  the  rate  charged  for I

Opium 

T he  D ru g  M arket.
is  steady.  Morphia 

is  un­
changed.  Quinine is  firm.  Nitrate  sil­
ver  has  declined.  Sulphur  and  brim­
stone  tend  higher.  Paraffine  wax  has 
advanced.  African  capsicum  has  ad­
vanced.  Turpentine is lower.

A prophet need  not  be  among  us  to 
predict that the demands of the Farmer’s 
Alliance will  be  met  by  the  people  of 
this  country  as  they  should  be,  with 
such a powerful and  repulsive  negative 
as to dispel for the next decade  all  sem­
blance of such nefarious legislation.

TELE  MXCECiaJLlSr  TRADESMAN

A   H ard w are  D ealer's  S trictu res o n  th e 

S tre e t  Fakir.

Written  for  Thx Tradesman.

“ What is the attraction on that  street 
corner yonder ? ”  I  was standing by the 
counter  of  a  hardware  store  where  I 
frequently made purchases  and  had  ad­
dressed the middle-aged  proprietor, with 
whom I was intimately acquainted.  As 
1  asked  the  question,  he  turned  to  a 
shelf behind him and took from a  box  a 
small  and  curiously  shaped  kitchen 
knife for paring fruits,  vegetables,  etc., 
and, holding it toward me, said :

“ He  is  selling  this  knife  and  will 
average  thirty  sales  every  day  in  the 
year, while I sell about one a week.”

The man spoke in  an  impatient  tone, 
and I instinctively felt that he was vexed 
at what we were witnessing.

“ These  fellows  certainly 

interfere 
with regular home  trade,”  I ventured to 
remark.

“ They do,”  he replied,  “ and there is 
a large variety of fancy  shelf  hardware, 
with  which  they  supply  almost the en­
tire country, by thus bringing  it directly 
to the consumers’ attention.  Upon  such 
small  articles,  I  am  free  to admit, our 
profits formerly depended, while  in later 
years we are almost debarred  from  sell­
ing them ;  and when 1 think of the  daily 
profits  that  fakir  is  making  with  that 
one  article,  and  compare  his  expenses 
and  hard  work  with mine, I feel as if I 
wanted to sell  my  stock  and  never  em­
bark in the business again.”

“ What do those knives retail for ? ”  I 
enquired ;  “ possibly  his profits may be 
larger than I supposed.”

“ They sell for 25 cents,” he answered.
“ And  you  said  he  would  average  a 
sale of thirty a day the  year  round ? ”  I 
said.  “Let me see,” I continued, musing 
a  moment,  “ that  is  a  fraction  over 
seventy-six gross  a  year.  He  ought  to 
obtain  bottom  prices  from  the  manu­
facturers if he takes such  a  large  num­
ber.”

“ He  does  purchase  them  less than I 
can,” replied the merchant,  “ because he 
takes such a quantity. 
I need not speci­
fy  particulars,”  he  continued,  “ but  I 
can truthfully tell you,  that  if  he  sells 
the  number  named  (which  1 believe he 
does) he makes a  profit  of $2,200 a year.
I cannot make that in  my  business.  Of 
course, in this country  everyone  is  free 
to  engage  in  any branch of trade which 
his neighbor is engaged in  and  compete 
with him, if he can,  even  side  by  side, 
or  he  may  select  any  one  article  he 
has,  which  is  supposed  to  be  most 
profitable, and — as this  man  is  doing — 
supply the  entire  demand  if  they  can, 
but,  wherever  this  is done, the trade of 
the  permanent  merchant  is  to  that ex­
tent injured. 
It  is  extremely  doubtful 
if on the whole the true interest  of  con­
sumers  is  not  permanently  injured  by 
the fakir;  as  no  merchant can afford to 
keep the large and  varied  assortment of 
stock  on  hand,  if  his  sales  are  to  be 
limited  in  certain  lines.  Let  me  call 
your  attention 
thousands  of 
pocket knives, compasses and  numerous 
other articles of shelf  hardware that are 
hawked  about  the  country  and  offered 
for  sale  on  the  streets.  Whether they 
! are of good or bad quality has nothing to 
do  with  the  fact that they are sold, and 
just 
that  amount  of  money  is  taken 
from  the  legitimate  hardware business. 
The  dry  goods  men,  the  grocers  and 
druggists  are  all  of them injured in the 
It  would  seem  as  if  the |
same  way. 

the 

to 

public who patronize  these  peripathetic 
merchants would long since have learned 
by experience that in such dealing  there 
were  too  many  chances  against  them; 
that  if  deceived  or  disappointed in the 
article,  there was no redress, whereas  at 
their neighbor’s permanent place of busi­
ness, he could not only be  found  at  any 
time,  but  would  also  be willing to talk 
and to make  any  honorable  amends,  if 
any error occurred or an article  was  de­
fective.  The  merchants’  trade  in  all 
lines  now  sold  by  traveling  hawkers 
would be far better  and  his  stock  kept 
fully up to the wants  of  customers.  By 
purchasing in larger quantities, he could 
and would sell at  lower  prices,  were  it 
not  for  this  outdoor  interference  with 
his trade.  A few restricting  laws  upon 
this  evil  have  been  passed  by  the 
different  states  and  heavy  licenses  re­
quired, which in a few instances amount 
almost  to  prohibition,  but  there  will 
have  to  be  complete prohibition before 
the  practice  will  cease.  There  is  one 
more  phase  of  this question that is sel­
dom thought of, yet the dealer  often  be­
comes aware of it.  The average man or 
woman  is  quite  liable,  under  certain 
circumstances to  become  excited—mes­
merized they call  it  in  these  days—by 
observing others hurriedly  making these 
purchases on the street, as if  the  people 
were  getting  double  the  value of their 
money, and there was hardly a  sufficient 
quantity  of  the  article  to  go  around. 
Several of the first purchasers  are  often 
stool-pigeons,  purposely  employed  and 
who with a quick change  of  appearance 
in  hat  or  coat  come  forward with con­
spicuous haste the third  or  fourth  time 
to  call  for  one  or two more, while they 
can  obtain  them  so  cheaply.  By  this 
means many persons are led to  purchase 
what they ought not, or  hardly  have use 
for.  Often  their  scanty  earnings  are 
sorely  needed  by  a  suffering  family at 
home, and 1 have repeatedly  heard them 
remark,  ‘ I  do  not  know  why I was so 
foolish as to buy such  an  article  at  all, 
when every cent I possessed was required 
for half a dozen other purposes.’  I have 
presented  this  subject  in  its true light 
and,  should  it  seem  selfish  from  any 
standpoint, it is no less worthy of thought 
and investigation.”

in  manufacturing  or 

W h y   W om en   F ail  a s   D rum m ers. 
From the Detroit Free Press.
At first  glance  it  strikes  one  as  odd 
that women are not employed  as  travel­
ers by wholesale millinery houses, corset 
manufacturers  and  other  people  em­
ployed 
selling 
articles  of  female  wear  or  ornament. 
The objections  are  many.  A  drummer 
must rough it to a certain extent,  and he 
is  supposed  to rush business.  He must 
travel by day or night, be out in all sorts 
of  weather,  put  up  with  any  kind  of 
fare,  ride  in  a  palace  car  or  take  a 
freight train, and no  woman could stand 
the wear and tear of it.  Then,  much  as 
a  woman  is  supposed  to  be  given  to 
“ gab,” a man can out-talk her in talking 
business.
He  may  have  to  make  three or four 
trips  from  the  hotel  to a store to catch 
the man he wants to see.  He  may  have 
to get up at midnight and carry  one  end 
of  his  sample  trunk  through  rain and 
mud  to  a  depot  a mile away.  He gets 
into a bed on which the sheets are damp, 
gets along without a fire in his room, sits 
down  to  any  sort  of  a  meal  and  has 
customers  to  see  him  both  day  and 
night.  Women have been tried time and 
again, but most of  them  either  quit  on 
account  of  hardships  or  fail  to  take 
enough orders to make it  pay.  As  can­
vassers for books or pictures they are all 
right, as they remain in a town for a few 
days or weeks at  a  time,  and  have  no­
body  is  particular  to  see  and  are  not 
limited as to time.

FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations.

Fifth  National  .....................................................100
Fourth  National...................................................100
Grand Rapids National........................................140
Grand  Baplds  Savings........................................125
Kent County  Savings...........................................131
National  City........................................................ 135
Old National..........................................................135
People’s Savings................................................... 105
Michigan Trust Co................................................115

MANUFACTURING.

 

Aldine Manufacturing  Co....................................60
Anti-Kalsomine  Co.............................................. 150
Antrim Iron  Co......................... 
115
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co.............................. 100
Berkey & Gay  Furniture Co..............................   85
Grand Rapids  Brush Co.....................................  90
Grand Rapids Rlectric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co.................................110
Grand Rapids School  Furniture Co.................110
Michigan Barrel Co............................ 
100
Nelson, Matter  & Co.............................................100
New England  Furniture Co...............................100
Phoenix Furniture Co..........................................  60
Sligh Furniture  Co..............................................  85
Widdicomb Furniture Co....................................120

 

 

MERCANTILE.

Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co.  ... 103 
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug C o ............................100

MISCELLANEOUS.

Alpine Gravel  Road Co.......................................  75
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co.............................  80
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co...................... 120
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................. 150
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co...................  25
Walker Gravel  Road Co  ......................, ...........  80

Financial  Miscellany.

D.  P.  Clay  claims  to  have a panacea 
for  the  salvation  of  the  country.  He 
would have Congress pass a law prohibit­
ing  the  national  banks  from  paying 
interest  on  certificates  of  deposit—any 
kind  of  deposits, 
in  fact.  This,  he 
claims, would keep  the  farmers’  money 
out  of  the  hands  of  the  banks, which 
loan  it  to  business  men  almost solely. 
Instead of being loaned to business  men 
to  promote  business  enterprises, 
the 
farmers would loan it to each other  at  a 
reasonable  rate  of  interest—say  5  per 
cent.—thus doing away with much of the 
mortgage  indebtedness  of  the  farmers 
and bringing about an era  of  good  feel­
ing among the rural  classes which could 
not fail to be a handmaid to progress and 
prosperity.
The Massachusetts savings banks seem 
to be well supplied with funds and  more 
anxious to loan on 5 per cent,  mortgages 
than to invest it in any other  way.

MUSKEGON.

Albert Bush  is  erecting a store  build­
ing  at  the  corner of  Ionia and  Terrace 
streets, 22x45 feet in dimensions.  He will 
occupy  it  with  his  grocery  stock  about 
April 15.

C. 'J. Westerland, boot and  shoe dealer 
on  West Western  avenue,  is  building  a 
double store at the corner of Washington 
and Hudson  streets.

G. H. Bennink, the Mason street grocer, 
is  erecting  two  new  stores,  each  24x50 
feet  in  dimensions,  at  46  and* 48 Mason 
street.  One of the stores will be occupied 
by his  son,  J. H. Bennink, who will  em­
bark in the flour and feed business.

Artificial  Diamonds.

It is said that some  shrewd  swindlers 
in  Amsterdam  have  worked  upon  the 
trade  an  enormous  lot  of  artificially 
colored  diamonds.  The  steel-blue  dia­
mond  was  all  the  go  up to the time of 
the arrival of this new stone, which is of 
a bright yellow tint.  By means of a die 
the sharpers managed to  market  a  vast 
quantity  of  these  inferior  golden-hued 
diamonds in Europe.  The dye can  easi­
ly be renovated  with  ammonia. 
It  was 
this that brought out the  deception,  but 
before it was known here,  a  number  of 
Philadelphia and New Tork houses were 
caught. 
It is said  that  one  New  York 
firm holds them as an investment of $40,- 
000.  The yellow diamond  fad  may  not 
be as popular as it was  thought  ’twould 
be  when  all  the  facts  concerning  the 
case came  out.

■K

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY

DEPARTMENT

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BUILDINGS, 

MACHINERY, 

PATENTED  ARTICLES, 

PORTRAITS.

Estimates and Samples on application.

The  Tradesman Company

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Bolts  Wonted!

sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­
I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.
C.  N .  R A P P   &  CO.,

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

W HOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

9  No. IONIA  ST., GRAND  R APIDS,  MICH.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

ORANGES,  LEMONS and BANANAS.

El.  P uritano  Cigar.
The F tatlO  Gent Gigar

O N   E A R T H .

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILW0RTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids.
BRADD0CK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.

Firm—Furs  Weak.

Wool j Quiet—Hides Unsettled—Tallowo 
The wool trade is quiet but firm. There 
is a fair  inquiry, but  purchases  are  not 
made  freely on account of  the  condition 
of the wools, which  are  heavy in shrink­
age.  Australian  wools  are  used  where 
never used before and are well liked, and 
are taking the  place of  domestic  fleeces 
largely.  This is on  account of  the  poor 
condition  of  domestic  fleeces, which  is 
caused  by  the  neglect  of  the  grower, 
manufacturers  claiming that  the shrink­
age  of  late  years is much  greater  than 
formerly.  Prices are unchanged.

The hide market is in a decidedly unset­
tled condition.  Heavy  hides are  plenty, 
while light are scarce, with dealers hold­
ing at %c to lc per pound above tanners’ 
ideas.  Sales are made to advanced prices, 
when a tanner is  obliged  to  have  some, 
but  our larger  tanners are well  stocked 
and will  not  buy.  Leather  is dull  and 
cannot  be made at the  present  prices of 
hides to give the tanner cost on stock.

Tallow is  in  good  supply and  firm  at

old prices.

Furs  have  weakened,  as  collections 
are  poor  in  qualtity  and  collectors 
have large stocks  at  high  cost  and  are 
now looking for  an  outlet.  The  March 
sales  are  near  at  hand  and  anxiously
waited for.

Not an Unusual  Case.

“ I often get information  in unpromis­
ing places,”  said  an  observant  citizen. 
“ Some  people  never  look  at  circulars 
sent through the  mails,  but  I  read  all 
that  comes  to  me.  Yesterday  a  retail 
grocer sent me  an  eight-page  catalogue 
of his wares, and as I went through  it  I 
got  new  light  on  the  great  variety  of 
comestibles for sale  on  my  own  block. 
A second-hand clothes man sent me a cir­
cular, and  before night time he had paid 
me $8 for my cast-aways.  A  newsdealer 
who  started  in  business  on  my  block 
mailed me his card  and  soon I gave him 
my custom. 
I  find  out lots of things by 
looking  at  the  circulars  and  cards and 
catalogues and  prospectuses  and  speci­
men copies that come to me  through  the 
mails.”

Notice to Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad  Company, 
will  be  held at the general  office, in'the  city of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 
4th, 1891, at one o’clock p. m., for the election of 
thirteen Directors to serve  for the ensuing year, 
and  for the  transaction of  such other  business 
as may be presented at the meeting.

J. H. P. Hughart,  Secretary.

Grand Palace Hotel

81 to 83  North Clark St., Chicago.

Four Minutes from Court House, 
p l a n s '  

W EEKLY.  83.00
iso Hi  n a n s -   t r a n s i e n t s ,  50 c, u p
Restaurant by Compagnon, late Chicago Club Chef. 

POPULAR  PRICES !  NEW  HOUSE !

Cut this out for future reference.

Our  line  of  Rubber  Goods 
cannot  be  surpassed in the 
State.

SHOES,  CLOTH,

AND

Miscellaneous  Rubber  Goods.

ORDER AT ONCE.

We  also  carry  a  large  and 
complete line of Mill Supplies, 
Sporting  Goods  and  Fire  De­
partment Supplies.

Stndley & Barclay,

Grand  Rapids,

M ich.

Send for

catalogue.

HESTER  &  FOX,  Sole Agents,  Grand Ranids,  Mich.

THE BEST ON  THE MARKET.

IO
Drugs 0  Medicines.

S ta le   B o a rd   o f  P h a rm a c y .

One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two Years—Jacob Jess on, Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Fire Years—George Gundrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Meetings for  1S91—Grand  Rapids,  March  S;  Ann 
Arbor, May 5;  Star Island (Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, 
Sept. 1;  Lapsing  Nov. A____________ __ __________
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

President—D. E. Frail. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in October, 1891._______
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o cie ty . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary, Frank H. Esoott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 
June, September and December.______ _________ __
G ran d  R a p id s   D ru g  C le rk s ’ A ss o c ia tio n . 
President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith.______

D etro it  P h a rm a c eu tica l  Society. 
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

M u sk e g o n   D r a g   C le rk s ’  A sso c ia tio n . 

President  C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

T he  M ysteriou s  B ox.

Written for The Tradesman.

I  was at one  time in  my  youth a clerk 
in  a  general  store  in  the  Dominion  of 
Canada.  My  employer  was  an  active, 
good-natured,  live  Yankee,  and  I  have 
since  regretted ever  having left  his  ser­
vice.  The $20 a month and board  which 
I  received  was worth  more  to  me, con­
sidering  the experience  and  information 
I was getting, than  any salary I have ob­
tained since.  And  that  board!  Shades 
of  Epicurue  attend  and  listen!  It  may 
be  summed up by saying  that in truth it 
was one  continued  festival.  The reader 
may judge that it easily might have been, 
when  I  say  that  good  board  anywhere 
except  at  hotels  was  readily obtainable 
at $1.50 per week.  My  employer  was 
man,  small  in  stature,  hut  a  generous 
eater  and  kept a superior  English  cook 
who was given  permission to furnish the 
best food, regardless of expense.  I have 
been particular to speak of  the board, as 
it is generally conceded that “a generous 
liver  is  a sure  indication of  a  generous 
and kind  disposition.”  Before engaging 
with  this  man, I had some experience in 
a  drug  store and  was still  pouring  over 
my  primary  studies  in  this  direction 
whenever opportunity permitted, hoping 
to  fit  myself  for that  vocation  at  some 
future  day.  There  was  no  drug  store 
nearer than ten miles from our village of 
300  people,  with  an  old,  well-settled 
farming country about us.  Any country 
store  in  such a  locality  was, therefore 
obliged  to  keep  a  few  commonly-used 
drugs and medicines to accommodate the 
people, and, in this respect, I often thin 
my  services  in  particular were  secured 
on  account  of  my  knowledge of  drugs 
limited as it was. 
I distinctly remember 
the  few  medicines  usually  found in the 
general  stores at that  time.  The  stand 
ard patent  medicines were Moffat’s Pills 
and  Bitters,  Brandreth’s  Pills, Dailey 
Salve, Godfrey’s Cordial and Turlington 
Balsam of Life.  These, with epsom salts 
gum  camphor,  licorice  extract, calomel 
picra, paregoric  and  alcohol  constituted 
our  stock  in  that  line.  My  employer, 
whose  name  for  several  reasons  1  will 
omit, made a journey to  New York, gen­
erally twice a year, to purchase his stock, 
in  the  interval replenishing  in  a  small 
way  from  some  Canadian  house.  Our 
goods  came  via  canal  and  lake naviga­
tion to the nearest port on Lake Erie and 
thence  by  wagon. 
I  had  been  in  the 
store about six  months  when a large and 
heavy box  came  from  the  port  directed 
to  the  proprietor. 
It  was  made  of  su­
perior one and a quarter inch pine, planed 
and  matched,  and  put 
together  with

MICHIGj^ISr  TRADESMAN,

screws.  The  directions  were  plainly 
painted  and the  name was in full,  indi­
cating an acquaintance with the merchant 
to  whom  it  was  shipped. 
It  was  not 
shipped to his  care,  but  to  him  direct, 
and freight was prepaid.  We opened the 
box  carefully  and  found  it  filled  with 
drugs, but  not a scrap of  writing  inside 
—even  to  a  memorandum of  the  goods. 
My employer  assured me  the  goods had 
never been ordered by him, neither could 
he  imagine  from  whom  or  whence they 
came.  After  waiting  for some  time for 
a letter or  invoice in relation to the box, 
a  correspondence  was  opened  with  sev­
eral  parties  in  the  East, endeavoring to 
gain  some  knowledge of  the  owner, but 
with  no  satisfactory result.  Afterward, 
opened and  placed the  goods upon the 
helves.  From a wholesale price current, 
the  valuation of  them  was considerably 
more than $100.  Most of the contents of 
the box was creosote and valuable essen­
tial oils, from  which it was inferred that 
it was  from some  one who had  intended 
engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  some 
kind  of  ointment  and  had  preferred to 
put  up  the  medicine  in  Canada, rather 
than  pay duty  upon  the  manufactured 
article.  He had  shipped  the  box to this 
merchant,  intending  to  follow  it  soon, 
and  had  probably been  stricken  by  dis­
ease and  suddenly died, leaving no trace 
of  the  property to his  friends.  This,  at 
least,  was  the  theory  upon  which  we 
founded the  shipment of  the  box to this 
part of the province.  A retail  price was 
placed upon the goods and many of them 
sold,  but in after  years  my employer in­
formed  me  no  claimant  had  ever  ap­
peared.  I shall always gratefully remem­
ber that when  leaving the  service of  my 
friend, the  motto of  “ a generous liver,” 
etc.,  was  established  beyond a doubt  by 
his  presenting me  with $25 extra  which, 
as he remarked,  was for the valuable aid 
I had  rendered  him in the  care  and  sale 
of some of the contents of the “mysterious 
box.”

T he  P o sta g e   S tam p   N u isan ce.

Written (or The Tradesman.

“ Are  postage  stamps  either  a  com 
mercial  or  mercantile  article ? ”  was a 
question asked a few days ago.

“ No, sir,” was the very decided reply 
“ They are neither an article of exchange, 
nor  bought  and  sold  as  the  goods  of 
merchants usually  are.  They  take  the 
place of money for  the  payment of post 
age  only,  and  are  not a legal tender in 
payment of anything else.”

The question  came  up  for  discussion 
because a man enquired why  it was that 
druggists, especially,  were  expected  by 
the  majority  of people to keep them for 
sale.  There  is  a  cause  why  the  sup 
position arose that druggists—more  than 
others—were  expected  to  have 
them 
All  druggists  generally  keep  for  sale 
stationery in all its forms, and  it  is  not 
uncommon for a customer to  request the 
use of pen and ink to write a  few  words 
or  direct  a  letter;  and, desiring to mail 
the letter at once, it is natural  to  ask  if 
he  can  be  accommodated  with a stamp 
where  he  had  purchased 
the  paper. 
Possibly  the  druggist  was  not  always 
exempt  from  mercenary  motives 
in 
keeping them, for if pennies were scarce 
he would often save a few cents  by  hav­
ing the exact change in a stamp  or  two, 
which,  if  not  a  legal  tender,  would be 
cheerfully accepted.  Again,  if  it  were 
known that he alone in his vicinity  kept 
them, the public  would  quite  naturally 
purchase  their  stationery  where 
the

stamps  might  also  be obtained, thereby 
giving the  druggist  an  advantage  over 
his competitors.

Many  persons  suppose  that  any  one 
having postage stamps for sale  makes  a 
profit upon them, the same as  upon  any 
commercial article, while the truth  is he 
makes  nqthing  whatever  and  loses  or 
donates his time to wait upon them.  An 
arrangement is made by the  postmasters 
of cities of a certain class,  through  per­
mission  of  the  Postmaster  General, by 
which agencies for the sale of stamps and 
stamped  envelopes  may  be  established 
in  districts  within  the  city  limits, but 
remote from  the  office. 
In  such  cases, 
the agency is usually given to a druggist 
in  good  standing,  who  is  required  to 
purchase and pay for in  advance  a  cer­
tain  quantity;  to  constantly  keep him­
self  supplied  and  to  wait  upon  those 
who  desire  them. 
In  consideration, he 
receives—I believe—the sum  of  $25  an­
nually.  From 
this,  also,  may  have 
arisen the supposition that  druggists are 
obliged to keep stamps  for  sale.  While 
the indiscriminate and wholly gratuitous 
ale of postage stamps might be  a  great 
accommodation  to  the  public,  it  is  no 
ess a nuisance to  any merchant  doing a 
fair business, and the  wider  the  knowl­
edge of his having them is  extended, the 
greater  the  nuisance  becomes.  “ But,” 
says one,  “ a merchant should deem  it  a 
pleasure  to  oblige  his customers.”  He 
should,  and  does,  when he is not asked 
to neglect his daily business  and  devote 
his  time  without  an  equivalent.  Per­
sons  will  often  expect  him  to  oblige 
them  to  a  greater  extent than common 
courtesy  should  ask.  A  lady  has been 
known to enter a drug store with a letter 
in  her  hand,  and,  as  if it were a post- 
office, say,  “ Give  me  a two-cent stamp, 
please,” take it and affix it to the  letter, 
and without a word tender a  $5  note  in 
payment.  The stamp is now in its place 
and  the  merchant  finds  he is unable to 
make  the  change  so as to take just two 
cents  from  the  note.  He cannot, with 
out  much  inconvenience,  go  out  for 
change and the only thing for him  to  do 
is to say,  “ You may hand the  two  cent 
to me at some other time.” 
It is  only  i 
trifle  in  itself,  but  the  incident  is one 
liable to  occur  many  times  over.  Per­
haps, 
the  gentleman  has  been 
obliged to leave a customer  to  obey  her 
command.  A  gentleman  entered  the 
same  store,  threw  down a  silver dollar 
and said,  “ Fifty cents worth of  stamps 
please.”  These are only brief examples 
but will suffice.  1 am  aware,  there  are 
those  who  think  they  would cheerfully 
perform  all  such  insignificant labor for 
customers  with  pleasure,  and  that  the 
respect  and  politeness  due  to  ladies 
especially,  should  demand  it;  but  let 
them  once  have  all 
trials  and 
annoyances of the  “ stamp  act ”  thrust 
upon  them  daily  and  hourly  and 
centuated with  a  command  or  demand, 
and  a  few  months  will  cause a radical 
change  of  opinion.  “ But,”  says  one, 
“ you would surely wish to accommodate 
your  friend  with  a  stamp,  if you took 
the last one from your  pocket to do so.” 
“ Granted,”  I  answer. 
I  have  been 
stopped  by  strangers  on the street who 
have  asked  for  a  stamp  or  a match in 
such a manner  as made it a  pleasure  jo 
oblige  them,  if  in  my power, and 1 am 
thankful  it  usually  was.  Every  true 
lady and gentleman is supposed to be ac­
commodating to friends, and occasionally 
a stranger, but there  are  bounds  to  ac­

too, 

the 

commodation when it includes  an  entire 
community  and  serious  loss  of  time. 
Perhaps  one-half  the  people  are  not 
aware  that  the  postoffice department is 
the only source whence postal  envelopes 
and  stamps  can  be  obtained 
in  any 
quantity—at least  such  is  the inference 
from their actions—and it would be more 
reasonable  to  expect  certain merchants 
to  keep  an  express  office  and  banking 
house, than to  bother  with  the  sale  of 
government stamps gratuitously.

Send for Quotations.

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

Manufacturers of and Jobbers in 

P ie c e d   a n d   S ta m p e d   T in w a re ,  R a g s ,

M e ta ls , I r o n ,  R u b b e r  a n d  W ip in g   R a g s  

204 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

WANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  y o n   h a v e   a n y   o f  th e   a b o v e   g o o d s  to  
s h ip ,  o r  a n y th in g   in   th e   P ro d u c e   lin e ,  le t 
n s  h e a r   fro m   y o u .  L ib e r a l  c a sh   a d v a n c e s  
m a d e   w h e n   d e s ire d .

EAKL  BROS.,  
C o m m is s io n   M e r c h a n t s
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir s t   N a t io n a l  B a n k.  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d esm a n. Grand  Rapidr.

F ilr n itilr e
Nelson, 

-AT-

M atter 
&  Co.’s

S ty le s   N e w ,  C h eap , 
M ed iu m   an d   E x p e n ­

siv e.Large  Variety. 
Prices Low.

cx rrsx x T G   r o o t .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
j y v n j r   D'DAQ  W holesale I>raggisi 
[  I l U A   D l t U o . ,  
GRAND  RAPIDS,

THE  m C H lG A N   TRADESMAN.

11

Wholesale P rice  Current•

Advanced—African capsicum. 

Declined—Nitrate Silver, Turpentine.

Aceticum.......................  
8@ 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
...................... 
30
Carbolicum...................  26® 36
Citricum........................  58® 60
Hy&rocnior.................... 
3®  5
.....................  10® 12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum......................   11®  13
Phosphorium dii........  
20
Salley licum .................1  40@1  80
Sulpnuricum.................   1M@ 5
Tannicum....................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum....................   40® 42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg...............   314®
20  deg...............   5M@
Carbonas  ......................   12®
Cbloridum.....................  12®

Black.................................. 2 00@2 25
Brown.............................  80@1 00
R ed..................................  45® 50
Y ellow ...............................2 50@3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po. 1  50................1  60®1 75
8® 10
Jun ip eru s....................... 
Xantnoxylum ...............   25® 30

BALSAXUU.

Copaiba..........................  6°@ 65
Peru..............................   @1  30
Terabin, C an a d a .......  35®  40
T olutan..........................  40® 45

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian —   ..........   18
Cassiae  ..................................  “
Cinchona Plava  ...................  m
Euonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............  20
Prunus Yirgini......................  12
Guillala,  grd.........................   «
Sassafras  ..............................
XJlmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

BXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po.............  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box 
11®  12
is ...............   13®  14
u s .............  14®  15
2 s .............  16®  17
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
*• 
« 

Carbonate Precip........   ©   £5
Citrate and Quinia....  @3 50
Citrate  Soluble.... .. ..   @  80
Perrocyanidum Sol —   ®  50
Solut  Chloride............  @ 
i®
Sulphate,  eom’l .......... 1M@ 
*
pure.............   @ 
7

•• 

Arnica — ...................  ~8@
Anthémis....................   20®
Matricaria 
25®

 

 

nivelly............... • 

Barosma 
Cassia »Acutifol,  Tin-

....................   20®
25®
Alx.  35®
and  Ms......................  42®
8®

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
Ura Ursi........................ 

“ 

“ 

OUMMl.

“ 
“ 

« 
*> 
“ 
•« 

Acacia,  1st  picked—   @1  00
2d 
....  @ 9 0
3d 
....  @ 8 0
sifted sorts...  @  65
p o ...  75@1  00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  1
“  Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 6
Catechu, Is, (Ms. 14 Ms.
16)............................. 
@  1
Ammoniac.......... .*....  25®  30
Assafcetida,  (po. 30)...  @  1°
Benzolnum...................  30®  55
Camphor»....................   50®  52
Euphorbium  po  .........  35®  10
Galbanum.  .................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po...............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  40)  ...  @ 3 5
Kino,  (po.  25).............   @  20
M astic.........................   @  5®
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
OpU*  ¿   3 85)............2 25®2 40
Shellac  ........................  28®  40
bleached........   ?3@  35
Tragacanth.................  30®  75

“ 
hkrba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium...........................   25
Eupatorlum...........................  20
Lobelia....................................  ®j
Majorum................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  Y lr...........................   25
Rue..........................................
Tanacetum, V ........................  2*
Thymus,  V.............................  25

MAGNESIA.

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

oleum.

16@1 28

80@2 80
90@3 00
50@2 60

Cubebae....................12  00@12 so
Exechthltos.................  90@1  uo
90@2 00
Erigeron........................1 
Gaultheria....................2 
00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce....... 
®   75
Gossipi!,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .....................1 
85@2 00
Juniperl........................  50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
im onis......................... 1 
Mentha Piper................ 2 
Mentha Verid...............2 
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce.............   @  50
Olive.............................  80@2  75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 85)  10®  12
R icini.............................1 
Rosmarini.............  
75®1  00
Rosse, ounce...............  @6 00
Succinl.........................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90@1  00
50@7 00
Santal  ..........................3 
Sassafras......................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  
®  65
Tigli!.............................  @1  50
Thyme.......... ..............   40®  50
opt  .................  @  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20
BiCarb.........................   15®  18
Bichromate.................  13®  14
Bromide.......................   37®  40
Carb..............................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2 
Potassa, Bitart, pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass NItras............... 
7®  9
Prusslate......................  30®  33
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

80@2 90

“ 

RADIX.

“ 

“ 

Aconitum....................  20®  25
Althae...........................  25®  30
Auchusa......................  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 40®2 50
Iris  plox (po. 20®22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr....................   45®  50
Maranta,  M8...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei..............................   75@1  00
cut........................  @1  75
pv.........................   75@1  35
Spigelia........................  48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria..................   40®  45
Senega.........................  50®  55
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po.............   —   @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
15
ingiber a ....................   10®
Zingiber  J...............  
22®
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
..  @
Apium  (gTaveleons)..  15®
Bird, Is...................... 
4®
Carui, (po. 18).............. 
8®
Cardamon....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........4M® 
5
Cydonium....................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 00@2 25
Foeniculum........ ........  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
8
L int.............................. 4  @ 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3M). ■ ■  4  ©4M
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3M@ 4M
Rapa............................. 
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 

6®
8®
Nigra............  11®

6® 

“ 

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“ 
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Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75©2 00
 
“ 

1 
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1
1 
Saacharum  N.  E ..........1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  GalU............. 1 
Vini Oporto...................1 
Vini  Alba......................1 

10@1 50
75@3 50
75@6 50
25@2 00
25@2 00

 

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

1  40

SYRUPS.

00@5 50

Absinthium.................. 5 
A ccad a..................................  50
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Zingiber  ................................  50
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Ipecac.....................................   60
A nisi.............................. 1 
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortex..........   ®2 50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
Bergamli  .....................3 
Rhei  Arom.....................  
50
Caiiputi........................  90@1  00
Simllax  Officinalis...............   60
Caryophyili.................. 1 
Co........   50
Cedar...........................  35®  65
Chenopòdi!................   @2 29  Senega...................................   92
Cinn am eni!.................1 20@1  25  Scillae......................................  50
Cltronella....................   @  45 
“  Co................................  50
Conium  Mac...............   35®  65 j Tolutan..................................  50
 ........—  50
Copaiba  ......................1 20@1  801 Prunus  vir g

90@2 00
75@4 00
20@1 26

>• 

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.

 

tinctures.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellls R..........   60
F ..........   50
Aloes.......................................  60
“  and myrrh..................   60
Arnica...................................   50
Asafoetida..............................  
0
Atrope Belladonna.....  .......  60
Benzoin..................................  60
“  Co.............................  50
Sanguinaria...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides...........................  75
Capsicum..............................   50
Ca damon..............................   75
Co.........................  75
Castor...................................si 00
Catechu..................................  50
Cinchona..............................   50
Co.........................  60
Columba................................  50
Conium..................................  50
Cubeba...................................   50
D igitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................  50
Gentian..................................  50
“  Co..............................   60
Guaica...................................   50
amnion....................   60
“ 
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................  75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Cbloridum.................   35
K in o.......................................  50
Lobelia...................................   50
Myrrh.....................................   50
Nux  Vomica.........................   50
Opii........................................   85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia..................................  50
Rhatany  ................................  50
Rhei........................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co...............  50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stromonium...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian................................  50
Veratrum Veride..................   50

“ 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

@ 

3® 
4® 

T‘ 
ground, 

11;  Ms,  12)..........  @ 
p o ........................   @1 

26®  28 
Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F. 
30®  32
“  4 F .
Alumen........................2M@ 3M
(po.

• 
“ 
) ...........................  
4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antimoni, pò.......... 
5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin....................   @1  40
Antiiebrin...................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  67
Arsenicum.............  
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud.  38® 
40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
9
Cantharides  Russian,
75
@ 25
Capslci  Fructus, a f... 
@ 28
po—  
B po. 
@ 18
Caryophyllus, (po.  18) 
13® 14
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50®  55
Cera  Flava..................  38®  40
Coccus.........................  @  40
Cassia Fructus............  @  20
Centrarla......................  ©   10
Cetaceum....................   @  45
Chloroform.................  60®  63
squlbbs ..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1  40@1  65
Chondrus....................   20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  3M@  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
50
cent  ........................ 
50
Creasotum............ 
Creta, (bbl. 75)............  @  2
“  prep.................... 
5®  5
“  precip...............  
9®  11
“  Rubra.................  @  8
Crocus.........................   30®  35
Cudbear........................  @  24
Cupri Sulph................. 
7
Dextrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................  68®  7C
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po........ ...........   @  3
Ergota,  (po.)  60 ..........  50®  55
Flake  White...............  12®  15
Galla............................   @  23
Gambler........................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  TO
“ 
French............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown............... 
9®  15
“  White.................  13®  25
Glycerins....................17  @  25
Grana Parodist............  @
Hum ulus......................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  95 
@ 8 5
“  Cor ... 
Ox Rubrum  @1  15 
Ammoniati. 
@1  15 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @ 7 5
.1  25@1  50
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform......................  @4 TO
Lupulin........................  50®  55
Lycopodium...............  50®  56
M ad s...........................  80®  86
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M )....!....................  
ä@  J
Mannia,  8. F .............  
50®  60

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Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 20®2  45 
C. C o......................... 2 10@2 35
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstica,  No. 1..........   70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co...............................
@2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., M gal
doz  ...........................
@2  00 
Picis Liq., quarts.......
®1  00 
@  85 
pints..........
@  50 @  1 
Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
©  3 
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__  
©
®  7
Pix Burgun.................  @
15
Plumb! A cet...............  14®
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz.......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30@  35
8®  10
Quassiae...................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W.......  35®  10
S.  German__   24®  30
Rubia  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv.  @ 4 0
Salacin.........................2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Santonine  ..................   @4 50
Sapo,  W .......................   12®  14

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10®

®   25 
Seidlltz  Mixture........
Sinapis..........................
@  18 
®   30
“  opt....................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
@
35 
V oes.........................
@
35 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
12®
13 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .
30®
33
Soda  et Potass Tart...
Soda Carb...................  1M@
5 
Soda,  Bi-Carb..............  @
4 
Soda,  Ash....................  3M@
Soda, Sulphas.............   @
2 55 
Spts. Ether C o............  50®
@2 25 
.  ..  @3 00
2 23)...........................  @2 33
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............. 2M@ 3M
Roll...............  2J£@ 3
Tamarinds.....................  
8® 10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobromae...............  5C@  55
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph.................... 
7®  8

Myrcia  Dom
Myrcia Imp. 
Vii ‘  ■
'ini  Rect.  bbl.

OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
TO
60
50
58

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LIndseed,  b oiled__   58 
Neat's  Foot,  winter
strained  ............... 
50 
Spirits Turpentine__   44 

61
69
50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............1M  2®3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  13£  2®4
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Ber.........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M 2M®3
“  strictly  pure...... 2M  2J£®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__  
S5®88
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red......................  @7M
“  w hite.................  @7M
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gilders'......... 
@90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
Cliff............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.......................1  00@1 20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..................160@1  TO
Coach  Body................2 75©3 00
No. 1  Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp...........................  70®  75

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We have in stock and offer a fall line of

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Rye  W hisky.

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,DMICH.

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THE  MICHTGAJST  TRADESMAN,

GROCERIES*
A Grocer’s Talk on Crackers.

Written for The Tradesman.

It was a pleasant day and there seemed 
to  be  a  lack  of business inside the gro­
cery.  Here  was  the  place  I  had  been 
looking for. 
I dropped- in, passed back 
out  of  the  way  and  seated  myself  to 
study human nature.  Someone  has  re­
marked  that  “ human  nature  is  about 
the same the world over.”  Sometimes  I 
think the fellow who said that never trav­
eled much. 1 wont stop now,  however, to 
moralize  on  the  subject,  as  I  am in a 
large city and time  is  valuable;  besides,
I might get run over.  “ What new ‘fad’ 
have you there?” 1 asked the  proprietor 
as he approached me  soon  after,  point­
ing to what had once been  a  neat  paper 
package  standing  on a show case on the 
opposite counter.  The upper  end of the 
package  presented  the  appearance  of 
having been opened by a small charge of 
dynamite,  gently  placed  upon  it,  and 
protruding from the ragged  opeuing was 
a card bearing this inscription:  “ Take  a 
cracker.”  The man smiled at  my  ques­
tion,  then  glanced  about the room and, 
seeing we were partially secluded, seated 
himself near me and  said,  “ That  pack­
age  has  a  history—shall  I  relate  it ? ”
“ If you please,” I  replied.  “ Three  or 
four days ago,”  said  he,  “ a  little  girl 
came in and enquired for a certain brand 
of crackers sold in packages.  I furnished 
the kind she wanted,  for  which she paid 
and left the  store  with  them.  Half  an 
hour  afterward  she  returned  with  the 
package  opened  as  you  see it,  but well 
wrapped  in  a newspaper, and remarked 
that  her  mother  could  not  use  them. 
The brand was all  right,  but  something 
was wrong with the  flavor of  the  crack­
ers,  and  she asked as a favor if I would 
take  them  back. 
‘Certainly,’ I replied, 
and returned her the money she had paid 
me.  The woman may  have  opened  the 
package  in  haste,  but I said nothing to 
the child about its  appearance. 
In fact, 
it is a mistake in such cases  to have any 
conversation  with  a  child  concerning 
goods  returned,  as  they  are  forgetful 
and  your  remarks  often  go  from them 
distorted  in  a  form  liable  to  occasion 
trouble,  if  not loss of custom, and I did 
not desire the loss of this family.  Then, 
also,  it  might  be  that  something  was 
wrong with this  particular  package. 
If 
there  is  one  thing  more  than  another 
that I take a pride in doing,  it  is to treat 
ladies and children in  the  most  courte­
ous manner possible, even at the expense 
of  personal 
inconvenience  and  loss. 
Aside from any feeling of duty and right, 
it  richly  pays  any  dealer  to do so, and 
fortunate  is  he  who  can  smilingly  re­
ceive any rebuke or implied  abuse  from 
the  public,  and  yet  make  no harsh re­
tort.  At my leisure I  closely  examined 
the crackers, having sold the  same  kind 
for a year or more, and  certainly I could 
find  nothing  in  appearance,  taste  or 
smell  that  seemed  wrong.  Feeling  de­
sirous of knowing whether 1  was  erring 
in  my  judgment,  the  thought  came  to 
place  that  card  upon  them and get the 
opinion  of  others,  for  I  really wish to 
sell good articles, if I can. 
I have asked 
many of my acquaintance to  taste  them, 
and many others  have  accepted  the  re­
quest on the card and  tasted  them  also, 
and  thus  far  only one person has found 
anything  wrong,  and  that  he describes 
as a peculiar smell.  Singular  to  relate, 
at  least  one-third  of  all  who  ‘ take  a

cracker’  remember  that  they  ought  to 
take  some  home and insist upon having 
this brand only, and I am having  almost 
a run upon them, have ordered a  second 
supply this week, something  which  sel­
dom occurs.  My discovery is  not  copy­
righted and it may be that  other dealers, 
either in this or other kinds  of  goods  in 
packages, may find  it  profitable  to  call 
attention to their stock  in  this  manner.
1  do  not  know how it is with other gro­
cers, but many of my customers have ob­
tained  the  impression  that  crackers in 
packages  are  not  as  fresh  as  those in 
barrels  or  boxes. 
I  know  not  how  it 
may be in all places, but  I  am  supplied 
here in the city with about  the  quantity 
I  can  sell  several  times  a  week,  fresh 
from the ovens. 
If I run  short,  I  tele­
phone  for  more. 
If  packages  are  left 
over,  when  the  delivery  wagon  comes 
again,  they  are  asked  for  and  carried 
away, to be opened and  go  into  barrels 
for shipment where they  are  wanted  in 
larger  quantities,  far  from  the  house. 
On the  other  hand,  many  persons  erro­
neously think dust necessarily gets into a 
barrel while the goods are being weighed 
out, and will buy none except  those  put 
up in sealed  packages.  Thus,  you  see, 
we  have  people  of  all  opinions to deal 
with and all sorts  of  whims  and  preju­
dices to contend with.”

S tory  o f   a   S m art  C lerk.

From the  New  York Times.
It seems that Heinrich,  in one of  those 
lulls of  trade which  come in the grocery 
as in other  lines of  commerce,  had  been 
assailed by what appeared to him to be a 
bright  idea.  Procuring a large  piece of 
fair  white  paper, he printed  thereon, in 
large, black letters this legend:  “ N. O. 
Molasses, 50  cents.”  He  hung  the  card 
up  in  a  conspicuous  place  and  waited 
developments.
They  came in  the  form of  a  tall, thin 
woman,  fierce  of  visage  and  sharp  of 
tongue,  the  keeper  of  a  big  boarding­
house  and the  best  customer  Heinrich’s 
employer  had.  Her  keen  eyes  noticed 
the sign at once.
“What’s that!” she said,  “New Orleans 
molasses  gone down  to  fifty cents a gal­
lon?  Thank  goodness, one  thing’s  fell! 
Send me four  gallons at once;  I’ll  lay in 
a stock  before ’t goes up again.”
Here was Hwinrich’s opportunity.  “You 
haven’t read it right,” he said, somewhat 
frightened, but  determined  to  give  his 
bright  idea  an  airing.  “Of  course,  we 
couldn’t  sell  New  Orleans  or  any other 
kind  of  molasses for  any such  price  as 
that, so I—to prevent mistakes, you know 
—put  up  that  sign—‘No  molasses,  50 
cents’—but I can send you some for—” 
“You’ll  send  me  nothin’,”  cried  the 
woman  angrily, and  she  marched out of 
the  store.
She  never came  back.  Heinrich  tried 
to  explain  how harmless  his  bright idea 
was, but the old German  couldn’t under­
stand it.  “You  vas too  schmart for  der 
groc’ry  peesness.  Better  you  get  oud,” 
was  all he  would  say, and  the wretched 
victim of his own brilliancy had to go.

G ood  W ord s  U n solicited .

C.  W.  Peters,  ex-grocer,  Bangor:  “Enclosed 
find 81, which please  place to my credit. •  Please 
send  my  paper  to  Aberdeen, Washington, as  I 
expect  to go to that place soon, and I shall want 
to  know how  my Michigan  friends  are  getting 
along, and  there  will  be  no  better  way  than 
through T he T radesman.”

The business outlook  for  the  coming 
spring and summer is a  good  one.  The 
stagnation of the money market  appears 
to have spent itself, and the spring  tidal 
wave of prosperity seems ready to  burst 
itself over the country.

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

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PRODUCE  M ARKET.

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Apples—Green, S4.25@4.50 for choice eating and 
83.5tS@l3.75 for  cooking  stock.  Evaporated  are 
firm  at  14@15c,  and  sun-dried  are  strong  at 
10@10*4c. 
Beans—The demand is steady and  the market 
without special change.  Handlerspay $1.65@1.80 
for country picked and find  no difficulty in mak 
ing  sales  at  $2.05@2.10 for city picked.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  stronger demand and the 
market is  nearly bare of  choice  stock.  Dealers 
are offering 17c and holding at 18c. and the price 
will likely go to 30c before  the end of  the week. 
Creamery is in good demand at 22@24c.

Cabbages—50c  per doz. or $4 per 1
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Celery—20@25c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market. 
Bell  and  Cherry  are  held  at  89  and  Jerseys 
at 89.50.
Eggs—The market is weak, dealers  paying 14c 
and holding at 15c.
Onions—Moseley Bros, paid  81.18 for a carload 
of choice stock at Billiards last week and as high 
as 81.25 has  been offered  for smaller  lots in this 
market.  Dealers hold at 81.40 in a small way.
Potatoes—The market continues to strengthen 
at  some  of  the  consuming  and  distributing 
points, while in others it is weak and vacillating, 
Handlers  are paying 80c  here  and at the  princi 
pal buying points in the State.

Squash—l*4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in good 
Turnips—30@35c per bu.

demand readily commanding 83.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows ;
Mess,  new.........................................................   10 00
Short c u t..........................................................   10  25
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................   12 50
Extra clear,  heavy
Clear, fat  back.................................................  11  00
Boston clear, short cut...................................   11  50
Clear back, short cut............. s.......................H  50
Standard clear, short cut. best—   .............   12 00

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage..........................................................6*4
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage................................-.................9
Frankfort  Sausage 
.......................................... 7*j
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Bologna,  thick....................................................  5
HeaaCheese.........................................................  5
Tierces..................................................................65*
Tubs.......................................................................7
501b.  Tins........................................................... 7

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard. 

Com­
pound
...5*4
Tierces ................................
5*4
bl/%
0 and  50 lb. Tubs.............. .......534
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case....... .......6*4
6*4
6*4
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case........ .......634
6
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case........ .......6*4
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a  case....... .......6
534
501b. Cans............................. .  -.-534
5*4
BEEF  IN  BARBELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs........................  7
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   6
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................  8*4
10 lbs.......................................... 8$£
12 to 14 lbs....................................9*4
picnic........................................................6
best boneless............................................. 8*4
Shoulders..  ........................................................   534
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................. 8
Dried beef, ham prices................................—   8
Long Clears, heavy...............................................5*4
Briskets,  medium...............................................  534
ligh t......................................................  534

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

Whltefish....................................................
Trout...........................................................
Halibut.......................................................
Ciscoes........................................................
Flounders..................................................
Bluefish...............  ....................................
Mackerel....................................................
Cod..............................................................
California salmon.....................................
Fairhaven  Counts...................................
F. J. D. Selects..........................................
Selects  ...............   .....................................
F. J. D ........................................................
Anchors......................................................
Standards...................................................

oysters—Cans.

©10 © 9 
@18 
@ 5 
© 9 
@13 
@25 
@12 
@18
@38
@30
@25
@23
@20
@18

FRESH  MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:

“ 

Beef, carcass..............................................  5*4@  7*4
hindquarters..................................  @7*4
..................................  @ 4*4
fore 
loins, No. 3......................................10*4@11
©  9
ribs................................................. 
rounds............,...........................   5  @  ¿**
tongues................... .......................  
®10*4
©  W
Hogs............................................................. 
Bologna .......................................................  ©  9
Pork  loins..............................   .......... 
@ 7
shoulders..........................................   @ 9
Sausage, blood  or head...........................  @ 5
liver.............................................  @ 5
Frankfort.................................... 
©  7*i
Mutton........................................................  7**.@8
eal.............................................................  6*4© 7

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

S T IC K   C A N D Y .

B.H.
T w ist.......
palls or pa( 
'b. bbls
240-lb.

Standard,  per  lb .........................................   @ 8
© 8 
©  8
w eight.........   8*4
......   8
.......10
.......  9
.......10

Cut  Loaf... 
Extra H. H.

MIXED  CANDY

 
 

Standard, per lb.

* Bbls.
...7*4
-.-7*4
...8
...8

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

..................................  10V4

Palls.
8
8
8*4
8*4
Royal.................................
9
NoDby....................... 
 
Broken......................................  
9
M idget..................................................................19
English  Rock.................................................   ••  9
Conserves.............................................................   9-
Broken Taffy........................................................net, 9*4
Peanut Squares....................................................net, 9*4
Extra............................  
Kindergarten........................................................10
French Creams.....................................................11
Valley  Creams.............................................— 14
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................ 60
Sour Drops............................................................60
Peppermint Drops................................................70
Chocolate Drops...................................................70
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops.................................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.....................................................65
printed................................................70
Imperials.................................... 
65
Mottoes.................................................................. 75
Cream Bar............................................................. 60
Molasses  Bar........................................................ 60
Caramels........................................................ 16®18
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 90@1  00
Plain Creams................................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams............................................ 1  00
String  Rock..........................................................75
Burnt Almonds.......................................1 00@1  10
Wintergreen  Berries...........................................65
Lozenges, plain, In palls................................... 11 
printed, in pails................................12
Chocolate Drops, in pails................................... 12
Gum Drops, In pails.............................................. 6
Moss Drops, in palls.............................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.............................................10
Imperials, In pails........................ 
11
Floridas, fancy 250-200 176-150 ............  3 5G@$3 75
138-126...........................  3 25@3 50
96..................................  @

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

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Russets, fancy 200-176-150-138..................... 
126-112............................. 
Valencias, choice to fancy 420 .............  
“ 
300-240........ 
Messinas, 
200............... 
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3 00
5 75
3 00
3 00

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choice 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Messina, choice, 360...............................3  75© 4 00
fancy, 360 ..............................  4  50© 4 75
choice 300...............................  
4 00
fancy 300...................v ..........4  50® 4 75
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........   18@20
“ 
.........  @16
Fard, 10-lb.  box.............................  @10
“ 
@ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................4  @ 6

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Almonds, Tarragona.  .............................  @17*4

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

50-lb.  “ 

Ivaca.........................................  @17
California................................   @17
Brazils..........................  .............................  @
Filberts......................................................   @ 
,,
Walnuts, Grenoble....................................  @15*4
“  Marbot......................................   @12
Chili...........................................  @10*4
“ 
Table Nuts, No. 1.....................................   @15*4
No. 2.....................................   @14
Pecans, Texas. H. P ..................................  14@16
Cocoanuts, full sacks..............................   @4 50
Fancy, H.  P., Suns...................................  @ 6
“  Roasted  .................... 7*4@ 8
.  Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .......-  ......................_,  @ *
“  Roasted...........  .......7*4@ 8
i 
Roasted...................6*4® 1

PEANUTS.

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SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100........................................ 1  25@1  50
.....................................  75@1 00
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Clams,
BULK  GOODS.
@1 25 
Standards,  per gal. 
@1  65 
Selects,
1  50
Scrimps,
1  50  Choice, H. P.,  Extras
Clams,
1  50
Scallops,

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WHOLESALE

CO.,

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR  SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TELE  MT CETI O^VIST  TRADESMAN.

Wholesale Rrice  Current*

The  quotation*  given below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

Chicago goods.................. 744@8

APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.

Frazer’s.

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Peerless.

Diamond.

Wood boxes, per  doz........ 10 80
“ 
3  doz. case...  2 40
“ 
per gross........  9 00
25 lb. pails, per  doz............13 00
15 lb.  “ 
per  gross........   8 50
Aurora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz..........$0 60
3 doz. case...  1 75
per  gross___6  00
Wood boxes,  per doz  .......$0 50
3 doz. case...  1 50
per  grosB___  5 50
25 lb. p alls............................ $0 90
Thepure, 10c packages. . . .  SI  20
1  56
2 28
  2 76
4 20
5 40
26 CO
...  45
2 
85
1  “  ....  1 10
45
85
.. 1  50
60
1  20
2 00
9 60
Red Star, M lb  cans.............  40
............ 
80
............  1  50

Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
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10
Teller’s,  14 lb. cans, doz.. 
“  .. 
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Arctic, 14 lb can s........;. 
 
 

BAKINS  POWDER.
 
14 lb. 
 
6 oz. 
 
14 lb. 
12 oz. 
 
1 lb. 
 
 
51b. 
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz 

141b.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
 
14 lb  “ 
 
1 lb  “ 
5 B>  “ 
 
44 B>  “ 
1 lb  “ 
BATH BRICK.

141b.  “ 
lib .  “ 
bulk................... 

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2 dozen in case.

E nglish..........................  90
Bristol..............................  70
Domestic........................   60
bluing.  Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................. 4  00
8oz 
7 00
pints,  round........... 10 50
No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
N o.8, 
...  4 00
No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz hall  ...................  4  50

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No. 2 Hurl..................................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet......................- -  2 25
2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.............................2 75
Common Whisk................... 
90
Fancy 
1  20
M ill..............................................3 25
Warehouse.................................. 2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun..................................5 00
York State............................
Self Rising.................................. 4 50

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BUTTERINE.
Creamery.

Dairy.

Solid packed......................  1314
R olls...................................   14
Solid packed........................  11
R olls...................................   1114
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   10
Star, 
Paraffine..............................   11
Wicklng................................25

................   914

CANDLES

40 

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CANNED  GOODS.

FISH.

“ 

21b.  “ 

Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  10
Clam Chowder, 3 lb...................2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  25 
“ 
....2  25
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic.............1  90
2  lb.  “ 
............2 65
1 lb.  Star...................... 2 50
2 1b. Star...............  .3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.3 50
1 lb.  stan d .............1 20
2  lb. 
2 00
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 50
3 lb.  soused............3 50
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  75@1  90
5@ 6 
Sardines, domestic  MB 
7® 8 @1» 
44s
.
@11 
imported  44s •
spiced,  44s  ..
10 
2 50
Trout, 3 Id. brook-----

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4 00

Gages.

FRUITS.
Apples.
York State, gallons....
Apricots.
Santa  Cruz..................
2 40
Lusk’s ...........................
Cherries.
Red................................
1  20 
1  40
Pitted Hamburg..........
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
@1  65 
E rie..............................
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  10
P ie ................................1  60@1
M axw ell...................... 
2  25
2
Shepard’s ....................  
California....................2  60@2
Domestic......................  
1
Riverside...................... 
2
Pineapples.
1  30
Common.......................  
Johnson’s  sliced....... 
2 40
2 65
grated......  
Quinces.
Common...................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red................................  
1  30
Black  Hamburg..........  
1  40

Peaches.

Pears.

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MEATS.

CHEESE.

CHICORT.

VEGETABLES.

Strawberries.
1  10
Lawrence.................... 
2 00
Hamburg..................... 
Whortleberries.
Common...................... 
1  40
Corned  beef 
....................... 2 00
Roast........................................ 1 75
Beans, soaked  Lima............  85
“  Green  Lima...........@1  60
“ 
String..................... ©  90
“  Stringless.....................  90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked.. 1  40 
Corn, stand,  brands.. 1  05@1  25
Peas,  soaked.........................   75
“  marrofat.....................@1 30
“  stand June......................1 40
“  sifted  ‘ 
@1  75
“  fine French....................2 10
Mushrooms............................. 1 80
Pumpkin.............................@1 00
Squash.....................................1 10
Succotash, soaked................  85
standard...............1 30
Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  00@1  10
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................... 
22
Premium............................. 
34
38
Pure............ 
.....................  
Breakfast  Cocoa............... 
40
Bulk.........................................4
Red........................................... 7
Fancy Full  Cream  ... 11  ©1144 
Good 
...1 0   @1044
Part Skimmed.............  8  @ 9
Sap  Sago......................  @22
@1  00
Edam  ......................... 
Swiss, imported........   24@  25
domestic  __   15@  16
Limburger.............................  15
Rubber, 100 lumps................35
.................40
Spruce, 200 pieces................ 40
Snider’s, 44 pint......................1 35
pint........................ 2 30
quart.......................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes  ........................ 50
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk................................4  @444
Pound  packages............  @7
75
Valley City........................... 
Felix.........................................1 15
Hummel’s ............................. 
65
Rio, fair........................  @20
“  good......................  @21
prime....................   @22
fancy,  washed...  @2444
golden...................  @2344

CHEWING  GUM.
200  “ 

coffee—Green.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

rATSTTP

Santos............................ 20  @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23  @25
Java,  Interior...............24  @26
Mandheling___27  @29
Peaberry....................... 22  @24
Mocha, genuine.......  26  @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 44c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola........................ 
2414
in cabinets...............   2454
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX....2454
Lion  ....................................... 2454
“  In cabinets  .................. 2544
Durham...............  
2444
Cotton,  40 ft............per doz. 1  35
1  50
175
2 00
2 25
1  00
115
Eagle.....................................  7  50
Anglo-Swiss................6 00@ 7 70

 
CLOTHES  LINES.
“ 
50 ft........... 
60 ft...................“ 
70ft........... 
“ 
80 ft........... 
“ 
60 ft........... 
“ 
raft-......... 
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.

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COUPONS.
“Superior.”
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“Tradesman."
 

$ 1, per hundred.................  2 50
* 2,  “ 
3 00
4 00
$ 5,  “ 
*10,  “ 
5 00
#20,  “  “ 
......................  6 00
* 1, per hundred...................2 00
2 50
* 2,  “ 
3 00
#5,  “ 
#10,  “ 
4  00
#20,  “ 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over......  5 per cent.
 
10 
500  “ 
“
1000  “ 
............. 20 
“
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter..........
“ 
Seymour 
..........
Butter...........................
“  family.................
“  biscuit...............
Boston...........................
City Soda......................
Soda..............................
S. Oyster......................
City Oyster. XXX........
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure..................
Grocers’...........................

.......  744
.......544
.......544
.......  144
.......  644
.......744
.......  7*
.......6
.......  544
.......544

D R IE D   FRUITS. 

DOMESTIC.

“ 

Apples, sun-dried...... 1044@11
evaporated__ 14  @15
“ 
Apricots, 
__ 14  @20
Blackberries “ 
9
.... 
Peaches 
“ 
.......20 @22

PRUNES.

PEEL.

Turkey.........................   @ 9
Bosnia....................   @10
French........  .........  @11
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum.......................  @18
In boxes.......................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........   @554
in  44-bbls........   @ 544
in less quantity  @  6 
raisins —California.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

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Foreign.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Bags............................. 7
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
Muscatels, 2 crown  ... 

2  10
2 20
2 35
1  65
:  00
Valencias..................... 
8
Ondaras........................  844@  9
Sultanas....................... 16  @20
Farina, 100 lb. kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   55
imported.......  @11
Pearl  Barley............... 3  @  344
Peas, green......................  @1 10
“  split......................  @344
Sago,  German.................  @ 5
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  5  @ 6
Wheat,  cracked..........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  import—   @11
domestic...  @55
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole...................  554@ 544

“  bricks................  744® 9
“  strips..................  744® 9

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“  kegs, 

Halibut.......  .................   @10
Herring, gibbed,  bbl 
5 25
 
3 00
44 bbl.. 
“ 
12 00
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
80
“ 
... 
“ 
Scaled............ 
25
Mackerel, No. 1,  44 bbl.. 
12 00
10  lb  kit  .110
“ 
Pollock......................... 3 00@3 25
Trout,  44  bbls.............   @5 50
•'  10  lb.  kits...................  80
White,  No. 1, 44 bbls.. 
10 lb. kits.......  95
“ 
Family,  44 hbls........ 3 00
“ 
•- 
kits...............   55

@7 00

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

HERBS.

JELLIES.

LAMP WICKS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box...  75 
125
3 oz 
... 1  00 
1 50
“ 
4'oz 
...1:50 
2 00
“ 
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3 00
...2 00 
6oz 
8 oz 
.. .3 00 
4 10
“ 
GUN  POWDER.
K egs.......................................5 60
Half  kegs..............................3 00
Sage........................................ 15
Hops........................................25
Chicago  goods......................  4
30
No.  ... 
40
No. 1....................................... 
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 25
16
Black  StTap........................ 
Cuba Baking...................... 
19
Porto  Rico..........................19@23
New Orleans, good............ 
25
35
choice........  
fancy..........  
45
One-half barrels. 3c extra

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

MATCHES.

LYE.

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OATMEAL.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

Barrels  .................................. 6  00
Half barrels................................ 3 25
ROLLED OATS.
Barrels........................ 
@6 Oo
Half bbls......................  @3 25
Medium......................................$7 50
“ 
44 b b l............................4 25
Small, bbl..................................  9 00
“  44  bbl.......................... ....5  60
Clay, No.  216...............................1 75
Cob, No.  3....................................1 25
Carolina head..........................7
No. 1........................6
No. 2...............  @ 5
Japan, No. 1.............................7
No. 2........................6
SAUERKRAUT.

“  T. D. full count............  75

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Barrels......................................... 4 50
Half barrels.......... ................ 2 75
Kitchen,3 doz.  in b ox.......2 50
Hand  3  “ 
.......  2 50
Snider’s  Tomato........................2 40

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.
SPICES.

RICE.

Whole Sifted.

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Allspice.................................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........   7
Batavia in bund___15
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboyna.................25
Zanzibar................... 15
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1........................ 75
“  No.  2........................ 65

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Pure Ground in Bulk.

Pepper, Singapore, black__15
w hite...  .25
shot.......................... 19
Allspice.................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon..................... 35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 30
“ 
Zanzibar................ 20
Ginger, African.....................15
“  Cochin..................... 18
Jamaica.................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste..................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“  white.......30
Cayenne.................25
Sage........................................ 20

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SUGARS.

448
Allspice..........................  80 150
Cinnamon.......................  84 1  55
Cloves.............................   84 1  55
Ginger, Jam...................  84 1  55
A f......................   80 1  50
Mustard..........................  84 1  55
84 
Pepper........................... 
Sage.................................   84
Cut  Loaf......................  @744
Cubes...........................  @ 7
Powdered....................  @ 744
Standard  Granulated. 
©  7
Fine............  @  7
Confectioners’ A .........  @ 6*4.
White Extra  C............  @644
Extra  C........................  @ 6
0 ...................................  @544
Yellow 
.......................  @544
Dark  Molasses............
Less than 100 lbs.  Me advance 
Tea, 2-lb,  tin  scoop..........$ 6 50
.........   7 25
“  5-B>,  tin  scoop..........   8 75
“ 
.........   8 75
Grocers’, 11-lb,  tin  scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12  25
“ ..1 3   25
brass  “  ..  14 75

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  brass  “ 

22-tb,  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes............................   644
40-lb 
........................... 644
Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................  6
3-lb 
....................... :  6
6-lb 
 
644
40>nd 50 lb. boxes...............   444
Barrels...................................   444
Scotch, in  bladders..............37
Maccaboy, In jars.................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

snuff.

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SOAP.

SODA.

SEEDS.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

SAL  SODA.

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
Old Country, 80.....................3 20
Uno,100..................................3 50
Bouncer, 100..........................3 00
B oxes....................................... 544
Kegs, English..........................434
Kegs......................................   134
Granulated,  boxes................. 2
Mixed bird...................  444@ 6
Caraway....................................9
Canary..................................... 344
Hemp........................................ 444
Anise...................................... 13
Rape.......................................  6
Mustard....................................744
Common Fine per bbl.......  @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  27
28 pocket............................... 1  75
60 
“ 
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................................2 15
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags...................  75
 
Higgins  “ 
75
“ 
Warsaw “ 
35
 
“ 
44 bu  “ 
...................  20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases —  1  50 
28-lb sacks  25
“ 
50
56-lb 
“ 
“ 
60  pocket.2  25
28 
.2  10
“ 
“  barrels..  .1  75

SALT

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SALERATUS.

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Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .544
Dwight’s Cow...........  .............544
Taylor’s ....................................5M
DeLand’sCap Sheaf..........544
pure...........................544
Our Leader...........................  5
Corn, barrels...................... 
25
27
“  one-half barrels.... 
Pure Sugar, bbl............. 30@40
hglf barrel__ 31@42

SYRUPS.

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

7
844
8
8
8
.75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

155

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

Fair . 
@20
@21
Good.
Choice............................ 24  @29
Choicest.........................32  @36
D u st...............................10  @14
F a ir ..............................   @20
Good.............................  @22
Choice............................ 24  @29
Choicest.........................32  @?6
D ust............................... 10  @14
F a ir..............................   @20
Choice...........................  @25
Choicest........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair............25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy............. 75  @85
Common to fair............25  @30
Superior to  fine............30  @50
Fine to choicest............55  @65
Common to  fair............20  @?5
Superior to fine............. 40  @50
Common to  fair............18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40

YOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F a ir ....;....................... 25  @30
Choice............................ 30  @35
B est................................55  @65
Tea D ust.......................  8  @10

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Smokin g.

Hiawatha  ................... 
60
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good...................... 37
Peach  P i e .................................34
“Tobacco” .................................35
Hector......................................17
Plow Boy, 2  oz......................32
4 oz......................31
15 OZ......................32
VINEGAR.
40 g r...........................................8
50 g r.........................................  9
Tin foil cakes, per doz............ 15
Baker’s, per  lb ..........................30

yeast—Compressed.

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Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
.................................... 175
R ockfalls.....................  
200
H ardw are................................ 244
B akers......................................244
Dry  Goods....................   544@6
Jute  M anilla...............   644@8
Red  Express  No.  1............  5
No.  2 .............4
48 Cotton.............................. 25
Cotton, No. 1..........................22
 
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 H em p............................18
!  No. 6  “ ....................................17
W ool.......................................  7
Tubs, No. 1...........................  7 00
“  No. 2...........................  6*00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.- 
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
50
Bowls, 11 inch.......................  1 00
.......................   1 25
........................2 00
.......................   2 75

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MEAL.

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splint 

WHEAT.

M ILLSTUFFS.

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

13
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 59 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
35
“ 
bushel...................  1  50
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
“ 
“  No.2 6  25
*“  No.3 7  25
■* 
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 4  26
“ 
“  No.3 5  00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF'S
W hite..................'........ 
94
Red............................... 
94
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..................................  1  45
Granulated.........................   1  65
FLOUR.
Straight,  In sacks  ..........  5 00
“ 
“ barrels.........   5 20
Patent 
“ sacks...........  6  00
“ 
“ barrels.........  6 20
“ sacks...........  4  80
Graham 
Rye 
“ “ 
2 00
Bran.....................................  19 50
Screenings.........................   18 10
Middlings...........................  20 50
Mixed Feed........................  22 00
Coarse meal........................  22 00
N o .l............. ......................  @56
No. 1.....................................  1  25
No. 2....................................   1  20
Small  lots...........................  58
Car 
“  ...........................   55
Small  lots...............................52
Car 
“  ...............................48
No. 1.....................................   9 00
No. 2.....................................  8 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal:  *
HIDES.
Green...........................  4
Part  Cured............
Full 
5
 
Dry................................  6
Kips, green...................4
“  cured...................  5
Calfskins,  green...........5
cured.........  5
Deacon skins................10

@ 5 
@ 5
@ 5

BARLEY.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

@30

RYE.

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No. 2 hides 44 off.
PELTS.

FURS.

WOOL.

@25
Shearlings.....................10  _
Estimated wool, per 3) 20  @28
Washed............................... 20@30
Unwashed...........................10@22
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger............................#0 20@#1 00
Bear..............................   5  00@30 00
Beaver......................  2  00© 8 CO
Cat,  house............... 
05@  25
Cat, wild..................  
10(3  50
Coon  .......................  
25@ 1  00
Fisher......................  4 00® 6 00
Fox,  cross.’.............  2 00@ 5 00
Fox,  red  ..................  1 00® 1  75
Fox,  gray................. 
40@  70
Lynx.........................   2 00@ 3  00
Martin, pale and yel­
40@  1  00
low  ........................ 
Martin, dark............  1  50@ 3  00
25®  1  25
Mink......................... 
Muskrat....................  07 
20
Opossum..................  
05 
15
Otter.........................   3 00  10 00
Skunk...................... 
10  1 40
3 00 
Wolf  .........................  1 00
Beaver castors, per
5 00
l b ............................. 2 00
Thin and green......................  10
Long gray...............................  20
Gray................. 
25
Red and  blue........................  35
Tallow.........................   3  @ 4
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches......................  144© 2
Ginseng......................  2 59@3 01

 
MISCELLANEOUS.

deerskins -Per  pound.

OILS.

follows:

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as 
Water White...............
Michigan-test.............
Naptha.........................
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Cylinder..................... 27
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

14
Building  and  Loan  Associations  vs.

Saving's  B an k s.

From Bradstreets.
Building and loan associations are fast 
becoming a financial factor of magnitude. 
They are absorbing vast sums of the peo­
ple’s  earnings, and  if  their  present rate 
of  growth continues  they will  soon  pass 
the  savings  banks  in  importance,  and 
come  near  monopolizing  the  field  for 
small real estate  loaus. 
It is interesting 
to speculate as to whether they tan main- I 
tain this rate of growth.
The  building and  loan  association, or, 
as  it  is  more  aply termed,' the  co-opera­
tive  bank, is nothing more or less than a | 
savings bank. 
It  differs  from the  insti­
tution  ordinarily known  as  such  only in 
the  technical  details  of  the  borrowing 
and  lending  of  money. 
Its  depositors 
agree to  make  their  deposits  regularly, 
and,  by  what  is  called  a  purchase of 
shares,  indicate  how  large  they  mean 
these  deposits  to  be.  The  bank  lends 
only to depositors,  lends  to  the  highest 
bidder,  provided  the  security  is  good, 
and  secures by the  share  system  repay­
ment  on  the  installment  plan. 
It  is  in 
these  details  that  must  be  found  the 
secret of the relatively greater success of 
the co-operative bank in comparison with 
the  old-style  savings  bank.  That  it  is 
greater  cannot  be  denied.  The  last  re­
port  of  the  Comptroller  of  Currency 
showed  that  of  the  637  purely  mutual 
savings  banks  in  the  country  all  but 
eleven are in the New England  and Mid­
dle  States, with  Maryland  and  the  Dis­
trict  of  Columbia.  Contrast  with  this 
showing  for the  rest of  the  country  the 
fact  that the  west  has  hundreds, not to 
say thousands, of  building  and  loan  as­
sociations. 
In  Michigan  alone,  for  in­
stance, there are more than two hundred, 
against not a single mutual savings bank, 
and only sixty-seven stock savings banks. 
In  the  New Jersey  State  Convention of 
Building and  Loan Associations, held  at 
Trenton last week, 179 were represented, 
and  there are  sixty-seven  others, said to 
represent  in  all  $20,000,000.  New Jer­
sey’s  mutual  savings  banks  number 
twenty-six,  and  have total resources of a 
little  less  than  $34,000,000.  The  first 
savings  bank in Boston, and  the  second 
in  the  country,  was  established in 1816, 
and  Massachusetts  now  heads  the  list 
with 177, the total resources of which are 
$350,000,000.  Co-operative  banks  were 
introduced  there only a dozen  years ago, 
and already there  are  106 of  them,  with 
new  ones being  organized  at the  rate of 
ten  a  year.  Thus  far  their  assets  are 
small compared with those of the savings 
banks, being only $10,000,000.
The aggregate resources of the savings 
associations  of  the  country  are  nearly 
60  per  cent,  of  the  entire assets of all 
state, savings,  loan and  trust  companies 
and  private  banks  and  bankers  from 
which  reports  were  received  last year. 
Their  deposits  were  less  than  10  per 
cent  below those of the  national  banks, 
and were more than twice as large as the 
total capital stock of the  national banks. 
With this true now, when  ordinary  sav­
ings banks are practically  confined  to  a 
small part of the country, what  will hap­
pen when the new form of  savings  bank 
gets its growth throughout the Union?
The  mathematical  bearings  of  that 
question indicate what may be the future 
of  co-operative  banking.  The  system 
hardly displays the rosy hue  pictured by 
its  enthusiastic  advocates.  Like  most 
financial enthusiasts they  are  too  ready 
to waive the laws of supply and demand, 
and  to  ignore  the  economic  truth that 
profits tend to a level.  The avowed pur­
pose of these associations is to aid  home 
building.  They  could  not  well 
turn 
their  investments  in  other  directions 
without  losing  much  of  that which has 
attracted the popular fancy, and  deserv­
edly.  But the field of  real  estate  loans 
is not limitless.  There are  not  too  few 
houses now.  Were the demands for real 
estate  loans  enormous  they  would  not 
be,  as  they  are  now, only a little more 
than a third of the resources of  the  sav­
ings banks, for few investments  so  com­
bine  security  and  profit. 
It  is inevita­
ble, then, that as the  building  and  loan 
associations grow,  and  the  aggregate  of 
their  resources  outstrips  the  demand 
from  house-builders,  as  it  must,  their 
auction sales will  have  less  eager  com-

the 

loan 

law  restricts 

petition  and  their  dividends  must fall. 
Already this is happening. 
In  the  case 
of  Boston  banks  the  loaning  rate  has 
fallen  within  a  year  from  a  range  of 
6.9@7.2  per  cent,  down  to  a  range of 
6.3@6.6  per  cent.  The  Massachusetts 
banks  accept  no  bids  at  less  than  5c. 
premium, which means that 6.3 per cent, 
is  their  minimum  rate  to  borrowers. 
Right beside them are the savings banks, 
with  plenty  of  money  to  lend  on  the 
same  sort  of  security  at  from  5 to 5% 
per  cent,,  the  only  difference  being 
that 
the  savings 
bank 
to  60  per  cent,  of 
the  value  of 
the  property,  while 
the co-operative bank  can  go  up  to  70 
per cent.  The reason for this is that the 
co-operative bank is made  the  more  se­
cure by the obligation for  repayment  in 
regular, frequent and small installments, 
but when the savings banks adopt a  like 
method,  as  they  easily  can  and  may, 
where then will be the advantage  of  the 
co-operative bank, and how can it expect 
to  earn  a  higher  rate  of  interest?  At 
present it has an apparent advantage be­
cause it pays its depositors a higher rate, 
averaging 6% per cent, to the 4 per cent, 
of the savings  bank;  but  it  is  feasible 
for  the would-be house-owner to  borrow 
his money at 5 per cent, from the savings 
bank, and still  by depositing it in the co­
operative bank get 6}^  per cent,  interest 
on  the  installments  toward  paying  for 
his house.  This is now possible,  because 
few of the depositors are shrewd  enough 
to realize it.
Yet  the  co-operative  bank  has  seme 
features  that  will  continue  to  give  it 
superiority. 
It is conducted in the main 
by  people  who  give  it  their  time  for 
nothing, or rather without money return, 
for they have doubtless satisfactory com­
pensation in the knowledge that they are 
really accomplishing good.  As the bank 
meets but once a  month,  in  some  room 
or hall where settees and a small safe are 
all  the  necessary  furniture,  it  saves 
again in the matter  of  rent  and fittings. 
It has a decided hold on its depositors  in 
that they really control  and  manage  it. 
The people feel that the ordinary savings 
bank is apart from and above them; they 
suspect  its  directors  of  making  some­
thing out of it.  There is more  democra­
cy  iu  the  co-operative  bank. 
In  these 
respects  the  newer  institution  is  the 
more  admirable,  and  there  have  been 
few instances where the  trust  thus  put 
in  the  people  by  each  other  has  been 
abused.  The  states,  too,  are  rapidly 
bringing  them  under laws  that improve 
their  security. 
In  Michigan,  for  in­
stance, a bill is now ready  for  introduc­
tion into the legislature providing  for  a 
commissioner of building and loan  asso­
ciations, through  examinations  and  se- 
I vere punishment for  embezzlements. 
It 
looks,  indeed, as if the  institution  were 
one that will find a  permanent  place  in 
our financial  system, and  serve  a  most 
admirable end, but that it  will  continue 
long its present rate  of  growth  and  re­
markable profits  is  outside  the  pale  of 
probability.
I The  Handsomest Grocery Store in  the 

World.

It  has  a  grand  front  on 

A gentleman who  has  wandered 
nearly the entire world writes:
“The handsomest grocery I  ever  saw, 
or ever expect to see, is  in  Belfast,  Ire­
two 
land. 
streets.  The  goods  are  arranged  with 
| the best  effect.  The  ornamental  wood­
work  is  of  black  walnut,  traced  with 
gold.  The floor would answer for a ball 
room. 
Innumerable  gas-jets  flood  the 
place with  light,  and  gorgeous  mirrors 
double the brilliancy.  Sixty  clerks  are 
employed in  this  establishment,  mostly 
i young  men  and  neatly  dressed.  You 
could shake hands with any one of them,
I and not smell  like  a  mackeral  for  two 
| hours after.  The proprietor boards  and 
lodges all  of  them.  Their  dining-room 
! through  the  day  becomes  their  sitting 
I room  in the  evening.  He  not  only gets 
the work out of  them for his  money,  but 
I he also  keeps a careful  eye on their per­
sonal interests.”

BEFORE BUYING GRATES
^et Circular and Testimonials.  S e n t   F r e e .
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and  Artistic.» 
ALPINE  FIRE  PLACE,  GRASP RAPID!, MICH. 1

£ r \ r r \   \
> ¡3  J . 
MANUFACTURED  BY

RBI) T h e   m o st  e ffectiv e  C o u g h   D rop  in  
COUGH  ££,.Tri
A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Finest  Line  of  Candu  in  the  State. DROPS

th e  m a rk et, 
S e lls   th e  
q u ic k e st  an d   p a y s  th e

Grand Rapids, M ich,

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Jennings'

Flavoring  E xtracts

L Are  Acknowledged  the  Most  Profitable.

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

ESTABLISHED  30  YEARS.

ONE  OF  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE

R O C H E S T E R ,  N.  Y .

Michael  Kolb  &  Son,
Wholesale  Clothing  Manilfactiirers
»BUSINESS  established  30  years 

C lothing M anufacturing B usiness 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  it  is  an  ad­
mitted  fact  through  the trade  generally 
that  he  has  not a rival  in  style,  fit  and 
make  up of  every garment  shipped  out 
of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & 
Son.  The  senior  member  of  the  firm 
always was  and is opposed to leaders  or 
baits  in  any special  line, he  adopts  the 
honest system of  small  profits, one price 
and quick returns.
The firm’s  representative in Michigan, 
William Connor, who is in his tenth year 
with us, will wait upon any of  the  trade 
and  show  our  line, buy or not  buy, giv­
ing  every one  an  opportunity to see  our 
line, learn our prices and equitable terms 
and  trusting^to future  events. 
In  addi­
tion,  Mr. Connor  attends  periodically at 
Sweet’s  Hotel in Grand  Rapids  and will 
be  there  Thursday  and  Friday,  March 
26 and  27,  in  room  82, when customers’ 
expenses  are paid  who  meet him  there to buy.  Such of  the  trade wishing  him to 
call, kindly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich.

speaks well  for its  integrity  and 
it is  just 30 years  since  Michael 
Kolb  first  entered  into  the  wholesale 

MICHA.BL,  KOLB &  SON.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

-W HOLESALE

F ruits, Seeds, Oysters § Product

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.f 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPE

Cou  try  and  Save  Money.

Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 
The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids
T T   TTI  t — *   «—*»
X X   XLi  O   O

P E R K I N S   &
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  182 and  184  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  R APIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USB.

T here  is   A lw a v s  “ R oom   a t  th e   T op .”
Written  for T h *   T r a d e s m a n .

It is a common  saying  among  Ameri­
cans,  when  speaking  of  success in any 
business, that “ there is always  room  at 
the top.”  The only  question  then,  for 
youth  to  consider  is,  Has the top been 
reached ?  Even if it has,  that  round  in 
the  ladder  of  business  or  fame  is  not 
crowded as are those at the  base  and  it 
is  well  to  make  the  trial  to  reach  it. 
This will apply to the  merchant  or  me­
chanic,  to  the  farmer,  or  any  of  the 
professions;  for  those  who  use  their 
brain alone are  yet  producers  of  ideas, 
for still others  to  clothe  with  life  and 
power.

circumstances,  were 

This article is suggested from someone 
having asserted that farming is a failure, 
or  is  simply  furnishing  a  bare  sub­
sistence, without interest or profit.  We 
live in an age  in  which,  while  poverty 
exists, the masses  are enabled to possess 
the comforts, if not the luxuries  of  life. 
There  is  also  great wealth in the hands 
of a larger number of persons  than  ever 
before  known ;  and  this latter class are
the ones who constantly are  seeking  for 
the best of everything and  are  perfectly 
willing to pay the  prices  asked.  At  no 
period  within  a  century  past,  except 
during the time of war,  or  under  extra­
ordinary 
even 
wealthy  people  so  willing to pay round 
prices for everything used  or  consumed 
by them as at present. 
In  this  respect, 
wealth is a patron of science and art and 
a  talisman  for  the  laborer.  We  look 
into our  warerooms,  upon  the  magnifi­
cent  and  artistic furniture and  furnish­
ings for our palatial residences or stores, 
and are amazed  at  the  vast  amount  of 
labor and  intricate  machinery  required 
in producing them, and  at  the  princely 
prices  obtained  from  those  to  whom 
thousands  of  dollars  are  mere  pocket 
money.  There  are  those  so  jealously 
blind  that  they  will  not  see  that  this 
wealthy  class  is  scattering  gold by the 
handful among the  producers  and  deal­
ers in all these costly  things,  and regret 
that anyone has sufficient wealth to  pur­
chase them at all.  Why is it that one man 
can  obtain  two  or  even  three ordinary 
prices  for  his  productions  while  an­
other cannot?  It is because  by the skill 
of his brain or hand,  or  both  combined, 
he  has  produced  a  better article of the 
same  kind  than  others. 
I may  specify 
articles of food as examples,  as this will 
apply  to  the  assertion  mentioned, that 
“ farming is a failure,” while the  princi­
ple is still applicable to  all  descriptions 
of business.  One  man,  we  say,  is  ob­
taining 40 cents a pound for all  the  but­
ter he can make.  Another is selling his 
cheese  and  his  fruit  at two prices con­
tinually.  Still  a  third  is  obtaining  a 
fancy price for  all  the  spring  chickens 
he  can  furnish  to  a  few  metropolitan 
hotels,  and  while  he  commenced  with 
limited means, but with a  determination 
to  win  at  one  thing,  he has arrived at 
that  position  where  his  accumulated 
wealth enables him  to  furnish  his  pro­
duct every day  in  the  year,  if  wanted, 
regardless  of  sunshine  or  storm.  The 
artisan  who  confines  his  talents  and 
skill  to  one  branch  of work attains the 
same end.  These persons are specialists 
and demonstrate the perfection  and suc­
cess  which  may  be  attained  by a com­
bination  of  mind,  energy  and  perse­
verance upon one or two exclusive  ideas 
or articles.  Specialists are the  glory  of 
the  present  century.  One  grocer  is

patronized  by  rich  and  poor  alike, not 
because the same  goods  are  any  better 
or different in price, but because  he  has 
them in more tempting  forms  and  in  a 
cleanlier  and  sweeter  store  than  his 
neighbor.  To those who seek a business 
for themselves and  have imagined every 
avocation  already  over-supplied, it  will 
be  seen  that  there  is  still  one avenue 
open by which even limited  capital  may 
succeed. 
In  the  production  of  every 
kind  of  food  in  its  purity and cleanli­
ness and the tempting  package  or  man­
ner  in  which it is offered for sale, there 
is still'ample room for fame  and fortune 
to those who desire to stand  at  the  top. 
It  is  the  same  in all trades and profes­
sions and in every branch  of  mercantile 
business.  Do not fear an  over-supply of 
the  best,  as  herein  is  a field, as yet al­
most unoccupied and unexplored.

F. A.  H.

JOBBER OP

Bulk  and Canned

F.J.DETTEN THALER
Qy st e r s,
Lake Fish X Ocean Fish

And  Fresh and Salt

M ail  Orders  R eceive  Prom pt  A ttention. 

See quotations in another column. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Parties  having  beans  or  clover  seed 
for sale will find a purchaser,  if  samples 
and prices are right.

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MICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

128,130 and 132 West Bridge St., 

We pay highest market  price  and  are 

We  also want
P o ta to e s  a n d   O n io n s
In car lots.

always in the  market.
W. T.  LAMOREAUX  &  CO.

EDMUND B.DIKEMAfJ

Watch fUaker 
44 GRNKL 8Y„

i Jeweler,
Grand Rapids,:  ■  p ii

THE  GREAT

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Michigan (Tentfal

15

G rand  R apid s  & Indian a.

In effect February 1,1891.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
For'Saginaw, solid tr a in .........  
For/Traverse City......................I  5:15 am  
For,Tra verse  City A Mackinaw jj  9:20 am  
For Saginaw, solid train........... 
For Cadillac............................... f 2:15 p m 
For Mackinaw..........................t 7:45 p m 
From Kalamazoo.............. .........t 8:55 p m

Arrive from Leave going 
North.
t  7:80 am
+  7:05  am
tll:30 am
t 4:30 p m
t 5:00 p m
B 10:30 p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

South.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North. 
For  Cincinnati.......................... | 6 .00 am  
f 7:00 a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .fiO: 15 a m  +10:30 a m
From Saginaw............................  11  45 a m
t 2:00 pra
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For Cincinnati...........................t 5:30 pm  
|  6:00 pm
For Kalamazo and  Chicago... .+10:00 p m 
|11:05  pm
From Saginaw............................+10:30 p m
Trains marked (|) run daily; (t) daily except 8unday. 
Sleeping and parlor car  service:  North—-11:30  a  m 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 pm  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car  for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:80 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago: 6pm  
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:05  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago.

T oledo,  Ann  A rbor  8s  N orth  M ichigan 

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  between 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 7:23 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t.................1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Lv. Grand Rapids at.......6:30 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at.................1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

W. H. B ennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

R ailw ay.

VIA d., l. & N.

VIA D., S. H. A M.

A Mums

FIT  FOR

Table:

All  goods bearing the

n a m e  o f

THURBER. WHYLAND  &  CO.,

O B

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

correspondence addressed  in our care.  We shall 
be glad to he of use  to  them in  any  way.  Write 

Grocers visiting New  York  are  cordially Invited 
to   call and  see  us. and if they  wish, have  their 

ns about anything you wish to know.

THURBSE,  WHYLAND  &  00., 

West Broadway, Bea ’e & Hudson Streets 

New Yrrk City

For Portable  or  Stationary  Engines, 1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working Machinery,  Plan­
ers, Matchers, Moulders, etc., call on
W.  C.  DENISON,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88,  90, 93 [So.  D ivision  St.,  Grand  Rapids 

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

DEPA RT.  ARRIYK
Detroit Express..  ...........................I7:20»m  10:00 p m
Mixed  .............................................. 6:80 am   6:00 pm
Day  Express.............. .................... 12:00 a m   10:00 am
"Atlantic A Pacific Express............ 11:15pm  6:00 a m
New York Express............................5:40 pm   1:16 pm

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

"Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. B r ig g s , Gen'l Agent. 85'Monroe St.
G. S. H a w k in s, Ticket Agent, Union* Depot.
Gko. W. Mu n so n ,‘Union Ticket.Oflice, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u g g l k s. G. P.  A  T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

.  NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ion ia............Ar
St.  Johns  ... Ar
Owosso.......  Ar
E. Saginaw  Ar
Bay City.......Ar
F lin t..........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac........Ar
Detroit..........Ar

I  20am
II 25am 
12 17am
1 20pm
5 < 0pm
6 25pm 
3 55pm 
6 50pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18j»No.  28
3 45pm 10 55pm
6 50am
4 52pm 12 37am
7 45am
5 40pm]  1 55am
8 2- am
6 40pm  3 15am
9 15am 
........
8 45pm 
11 05am 
9 35pm!...........
11 55am 
11  10am
10 30pm|  7 35am
3 05pm
8 55pm  5 50am
10 57am
9 50pm|  7 20am
11 5 am
WESTWARD.
j  »No. 81

8 Of pm]  5 40am

Trains Leave 

tNo. 13
Grand  Rapids,  Lv|  7 05 am 1 00 pm 5  10 pm
Grand  Haven,  Arl  8 50 am 2 15:pm 6 15 pm
Chicago Str,  Arl.............

tNo. 11

»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m„ 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10 a. m., 3:35 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82jWagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J ohn W. L oud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO 

DEPART FOR

Chicago..............
Benton Harbor..
3t. Joseph..........
Traverse  City... 
Muskegon..........

JANVAKY 4,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  BY.
A. M. P.  M.  ! P. M . P. M. P. M.
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t7:25
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DEPART  FOR

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train to Traverse City.

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Grand  Haven... 
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Holland.............
tWeek Days.  »Every day.  § Except Saturday.
9 .rvn   A. M. has through chair car to Chlca- 
«UU  go.  > o extra charge for seats.
1 t AA   p  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
•UU  with Wagner buffet car;  seats  75 cts 
t»  rvr  P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
O .U O   Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R. ; solid 
■ 
g t   P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 
. 0 0   ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago.
DETROIT,

NOVEMBER  30,  1890.
Lansing & Northern R R
A  M. P. M. P. M.
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
Detroit  and  East....................
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
Lansing...................................
t7:25 tl :20 *6:25
Howell.......................................
t7:25 tl:20 *6:25
Grand  Ledge...  ....................
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t7:2
Lake Odessa.............................
Plymouth.................................. +7:25 tl:20 *6:25
t4:30
Howard  City........................... +7:30
t4:30
+7:30
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Alma..................... 
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t7:30 t4:30
t7:30 t4:30
Saginaw  City...........................
»Every Day.  tWeek Days.
fT .op r  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
I  •*—iO  lor ca
1:20p
Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De­
, n r   P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
6 *
.^<0 lor  car, seats  25  cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

A  M. runs through t 
lor car;  seats 25  cents.
troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

ror Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, 
10:10am
7:00 a m  
11:15 am  
3:45 p m
5:40 pm  
8 :15 R.

From Muskegon—Arrive.

Through tickets and full information can  be had by 
■ailing upon A. Almqulst,  ticket  agent  at  Union 8ta- 
Jen,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 57 
ionroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.^

General Passenger and Ttsket Agent.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

MUSKEGON’S  PROGRESS  FOR  1890 As follows:  Three  lines of  Electric  Railway, six  miles of  paving, making 
twenty-five miles in all;  new Water Works with  Lake Michigan as source of 
supply;  four  miles 24-inch main put in;  five new school  buildings, several churches, numerous  residences, and  the finest public library in the  State were  built.  The 
Muskegon Iron and  Steel Go., The Chase Bros. Piano Co., The  Sargeant  Manufacturing Co., The  Heaps Earth  Closet Co., The  Muskegon  Cracker Co., The Muskegon 
Milling Co.,  The Kelly Bros. Manufacturing Co., The Michigan Washing  Machine Co. and The Electric Power Co. each  built a good plant.  All of  these are now com­
pleted and  running.  Besides the nine  factories above  enumerated several  more were started  and are well  under way, viz.:  The  Muskegon  Machine Co., The R. D. 
Scott & Co. Carriage and Cart Co., The Morton  Key Seating Co., The Muskegon Malleable Iron Works,  The  Morton  Implement Co.  These  together with  the Nelson 
Piano Co., The Gray Bros. Manufacturing Co., The  Muskegon  Furniture Co., The Muskegon Wire  Nail  Co., The Alaska  Refrigerator Co. and  others will be pushed to 
completion early this spring.  Come and see for yourself or send -for printed matter to

F.  H.  H O L B R O O K ,

Secretary  of  the  Board  of Trade.

NO  DEALER  EVER  LOST  A  CUSTOMER  BY  SELLING  HIM

THE  FRAZER

A L W A Y S   U N IF O R M .

O F T E N   IM IT A TE D .

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

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

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

|P  CoodJEreaseli^ ^  

Cheap Crease K ills Trade,

One Pound Decorated Tins

1  DOZ.  n r   A  CASE.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP 
FRAZER HARNESS OIL 
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL

