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GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY.  AUGUST  5,  1891.
the fool  i’  our house,  but  dang me  if  he 
shall meddle i’ t’ squire’s!”

T H E   G O O D -F O R -N O T H IN G .

they  meant 

“Richard’s main  fault  is that he’s just 
good for uothing;”  and Josiah Broadbent 
tapped the ashes out of his pipe in a very 
desponding way.
“1 don’t  believe that,  Josiah.  Nature 
does not  put  such a grand  dome  over  a 
fine face for ‘nothing.’  Richard  has  not 
had a fair trial; that is all about it.”
The subject of  this conversation sat at 
an open window at  the other end  of  the 
long  parlors,  and as  the  two  older  men 
looked  toward  him,  he  raised  his  eyes 
from the  book in  his  hand,  to follow the 
upward  flight of a  white-winged flock of 
pigeons.  Rational,  full,  deep-set  eyes, 
and  a bright,  keen  face,  surrounded  by 
soft, 
light  curly  hair.  Most  people 
would have  looked  at  such  a  face  in  a 
man  with  dim  doubts  and  forebodings. 
His  father  did.  Richard  was  a  stray 
soul in a stray  body in  that  plain,  mat­
ter-of-fact family.  None of  the  Broad- 
bents had-ever  been  the  least  like  him. 
Yeomen,  wool-staplers, 
spinners  and 
weavers,  great  hard-headed,  hard-fisted 
Yorkshiremen,  what kin to them was this 
bright,  clever  youth,  who  looked  like  a 
knight just stepped out of a  fairy  book?
At first,  Richard’s love of learning had 
rather amused his household.  Old Josiah 
was not adverse to  seeing  his  son  carry 
off all the honors of his school,  and when 
people spoke of the  lad’s attainment and 
of the promising career ahead of him,  he 
thought,  of  course, 
that 
Richard would greatly increase the busi­
ness of Broadbent &  Sons,  and,  perhaps, 
in the end,  get into Parliament.
But Richard  showed no disposition for 
business,  and  after  a  year  of  fruitless 
and aggravating efforts to find something 
he could do in  the  works,  the  trial  had 
been  abandoned.  His  elder  brothers, 
Stephen  and  Mark,  were  very  fond  of1 
this lad,  who was ten years younger than 
either  of  them,  and  whose  beauty  and 
bright  ways  had  been  their  pride  for 
twenty years. 
Indeed.  Richard’s  mother 
dying  at  his  birth,  these “big brothers” 
had adopted  “little Dick”  with  all  their 
hearts,  and when  he complained that the 
smell and  noise of the  works  made  him 
ill, Stephen  had  spoken  very  decidedly 
to  his  father  about  forcing  the  trial 
further.
“There plenty o’  brass i’  Leed’s  Bank 
to  keep  him,  father,  an’ Mark  an’  I can 
well fend for oursel’s.  Let  the  lad  be. ] 
He’s none like us.”
And, Josiah,  having  also a tender spot 
in  his  heart  for  his  youngest  son,  had 
sighed,  and then left  Richard  very much 
to his own devices.  But  every now  and 
then  he  wanted  his  grumble  about  the 
lad’s  shiftless,  good-for-nothing  ways, 
and this night he had had it to  his  chief 
friend,  the Reverend Samuel Sorley,  rec­
tor of his parish.
Mr. Sorley  knew  Richard  better  than 
either his father or  brothers,  and he was 
glad the subject had been opened.
said,  gravely,  “tell 
Stephen and  Mark that  I  want  Richard 
for  four  years.  You  can  give  him  a 
thousand  pounds,  or not,  just as you can 
trust  me,  but  at the  end of  that  time  I 
think  I’ll prove  Richard  Broadbent  no 
fool.”
“What wilt  thou do  wi’ him,  Samuel? 
Send him to  Oxford?”
“Thou  must ask no  questions,  Josiah. 
I’ll have the lad entirely at  my own  dis­
posal.”

“Josiah,”  he 

Then the two men looked toward Rich­
ard  again,  bnt  he  had left  his seat  and 
was strolling off  toward  Saurham  Park. 
They walked to the window and watched 
him,  and  the  father  lifted  the  book  he 
had  laid  down,  and  with  a  mixture of 
contempt and indignation threw it aside.
At  this  moment  Stephen  Broadbent 

entered the room,  and said,  angrily:

“Father, Dick is off to  Saurham  Wood 
again.  I’m willing enoug’ to let Dick play

I know it. 

“What does thou mean,  Stephen?”
“I mean that our  Dick an’  Miss  Saur­
ham have gotten  some  love-nonsense to­
I’ll  tell  thee  how: 
gether. 
Jim Harkness,  going home from t’ works, 
has seen them meet ivery night.  Now,  I 
ween’t have it.”
Father  and  son  were  both  equally 
angry  and  distressed,  but  this  circum­
stance so  favored  the  rector’s  proposi­
tion,  that  it  was  eagerly  seconded  by 
Stephen,  and  was  regarded  as  settled. 
Then  the rector put himself in Richard’s 
way and  met  him just  at  dark  outside 
Saurham Park.  He  was  a  man  accus­
tomed to  look  well  after  his  parishion­
ers and their  children,  both  temporally 
and  spiritually,  and  therefore  Richard 
was  neither  astonished  nor  offended, 
when he said:
“Who  have  you  been  walking  with, 
Dick?  Tell me the truth,  my son.” 
“With Agnes Saurham,  sir.”
The light of love was still in the young 
fellow’s face,  and  the  rector  could  not 
help noticing how handsome he was.  He 
did not say to him:  “You have uo right, 
Richard—the young  lady  is  far  beyond 
your station.  You are going to  make  a 
deal of trouble,”  and so on.  On the con­
trary,  he  praised  Agnes’  beauty  and 
worth,  and  then  showed  him  how  law­
fully the  squire  might  refuse  her  hand 
to any man until he  had done something 
to prove himself worthy of it.

“What can I do,  sir?”
“I’ll tell you,  Richard.”
And then the old  man took  the  young 
one’s arm and  talked so solemnly and  so 
earnestly,  that  Richard  caught  his  en­
thusiasm,  and  whatever  Mr.  Sorley’s 
plans  were,  he  entered  heartily  into 
.them.
“You shall have every help that money 
can give you,  Richard;  only,  mind, I will 
have no love-making,  and  your  proceed­
ings shall be kept  a secret from  all your 
friends. 
I don’t want Stephen and Mark 
running  up to see  you  and  meddling  in 
my plans.”
One  thing  Richard,  however,  insisted 
on: he  must  see  Agnes  once  more  and 
tell her he was  going away; and Mr.  Sor­
ley  agreed to  this,  on  condition  that  he 
saw the squire  also.  The first interview 
was easy and satisfactory enough; Agnes 
praised his ambition and genius,  prophe­
sied all sorts of honors to him and prom­
ised  to  wait  fathfully  for  his  return. 
Her  father  was  a  different  person  to 
manage,  and  Richard’s  heart  quaked  as 
he entered the squire’s own peculiar par­
lor. 
It was a sunny room,  littered  with 
odds  and  ends  of  hunting  and  fishing 
matters,  and  the squire was  sitting on  a 
big,  old-fashioned  sofa,  playing  with  a 
couple  of  thoroughbred  black  English 
terriers.

He said frankly enough:
“Good-day,  Richard  Broadbent;”  but 
he did not trouble himself to rise, for the 
Broadbents  had  been  tenants  of  Saur­
ham  from  the  days  of  King  Stephen. 
That in these  cotton-spiuning  days  they 
had grown  rich did not alter their position 
at all 
in Squire  Saurham’s eyes.  Fifty 
years ago  the great landed proprietor did 
not consider  money as an  equivalent for 
good birth; so the squire  treated Richard 
pretty  much  as  he  would  have  done  a 
favorite servant.
“Miss  Saurham  says  thou  art  going 
away, Richard.  What for,  lad?”
“To study,  sir.”
“Yes, yes,  ‘When  lands and  money all 
are  spent,  then  learning  is  most  excel­
lent.’  I  have  always  heard  that;  but, 
lad,  thy  father  has  money—why  need 
thou go study?”
“Because, sir,  1  wish to  make  a  great 
name,  to become  famous;  then,  sir,  per­
haps,  squire—then—”
“The  dickens!  Speak  out,  lad—then 
what?”

NO.  411

“Then,  sir,  perhaps  you  will  permit 
me to  tell  you  how  dearly  I  love  Miss 
Saurham.”
“No,  Richard,  I shall  never allow any­
thing of the kind. 
If  ’twere not  for  old 
Josiah I would  say  worse  than  this  to 
thee.  Come,  Giddy!  Come,  Rattle!  We 
will  go  to  the  hay-field. 
I  hope  thy 
study,  Richard,  may  teach  thee  to  be 
more modest and sensible.”
Richard  watched the  sturdy  figure  in 
its green coat, white corduroys and buff top 
boots across the  lawn,  and then,  with  a 
very angry feeling  in his  heart,  left the 
Hall.  He disappeared  soon  afterwards, 
and after a few desultory  inquiries from 
various  acquaintances  he  seemed  to  be 
forgotten.  The Broadbent mills went on 
as usual.  Josiah and  Stephen and Mark 
passed  to and  from  them as  regularly as 
if  their life  was  ordered  by  machinery, 
and once a  week  the  rector  went  up  to 
to  their  house,  smoked  a  pipe  with 
Josiah,  and generally said,  as he left:
“All  is  well  with  Richard,  Josiah— 
very well indeed.”
In  the fourth year of his absence  there 
was  much trouhle between the mill-own­
ers  and  the  operatives.  The  masters 
were everywhere  threatened,  and  many 
mills were set on fire,  and the excitement 
and  terror  were  hardly  allayed  even 
when the prominent  offenders  had  been 
imprisoned.  Their  trial  was  one  that 
affected the interests of all the  manufac­
turing  districts,  and  the  spacious  court 
house was  crowded.  Josiah,  of  course, 
was present; so were Mark and  Stephen.
Now,  if there was  anything these  men 
had an  almost idolatrous  respect  for,  it 
was the paraphernalia of the law.  Those 
advocates  in  their  black  gowns,  those 
grave men in their  imposing  wigs, those 
wise-looking,  calf-bound  volumes,  the 
pomp and ceremony of the  sheriffs,  con­
stables and criers  were  to them the most 
obvious representative  of the majesty of 
of English law and power.
Conceive, then, their amazement, when,' 
prominent  among  these  gowned  advo­
cates, giving directions to other lawyers, 
and  demeaning  himself  as  one  having 
authority,  was Richard Broadbent.  Old 
Josiah flushed and trembled, and touched 
Stephen  and  Mark,  who  were  also  too 
much affected to do anything  but  grave­
ly nod their heads.  But when the  argu­
ments were over,  and Richard Broadbent 
rose  as  special  pleader  in  the  matter, 
curiosity  changed  to  amazement  and 
amazement 
Such  a 
speech  had  never  been  heard  in  West 
Riding  before. 
It  was  cheered  and 
cheered,  till even  Yorkshiremen’s  lungs 
were weary.
The  good rector had his  reward  when 
he stood  beside  his protege  and  saw  the 
squire  and  the  city  magnates  crowd 
around  the brilliant  young  lawyer  with 
their  congratulations.  But  far  greater 
was his joy when old Josiah and Stephen 
and Mark  pressed  forward with  radiant 
faces and  full  hearts.  They  were  not 
men  given  to  speech,  and  the  happy 
father  could  say  nothing  but: 
“God 
bless  thee,  lad!”  while  Stephen’s  and 
Mark’s pride and  love found its  full  ex­
pression in: 
“Well,  Dick!  Dick!”  But 
no words could have been more  satisfac­
tory.
The  good-for-nothing  had  found  his 
vocation.  Two  years  after  his  depar­
ture from  Leeds  he  had  been  called  to 
the bar at Gray’s Inn,  and  since then,  by 
his  tact  and  eloquence,  had  made  him­
self  one of the  acknowledged leaders  of 
the Oxford circuit.
There was nothing now that his father 
and  brothers  would  not  have  done  for 
him.but he asked just  the one  thing  Jo­
siah was  loth to move in: he  wished him 
to speak to  the squire  about  his  daugh­
ter.  Josiah promised but,  he  was  think­
ing of deputing the  business to  the  rec­
tor,  when the way  opened unexpectedly. 
Coming  out of Leed’s  Bank,  he  met  the

to  enthusiasm. 

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when his  customer would  like to have  a 
good  story,  and  when  not;  who  knows 
enough to have his story clean.  No man 
has any great respect for  the narrator of 
nasty  stories,  although he  may laugh  at 
the  time,  and  the  traveler  who  de­
sires the esteem and good will of the best 
merchants avoids that  style of entertain­
ing them.
The  drummer we refer  to  always  has 
his  samples  neat  and  clean.  He  can 
generally give  you a price the moment it 
is asked for,  and is not afraid to tell  you 
what the prospects are  on a certain  line 
of goods even if it should be against him­
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it does  not pay to deceive a customer.
It pays  to  treat that kind  of  a  drum­
mer well. 
If  there  is  a  bargain  in  his 
sample case he  is  apt to save  it  for  the 
man  who does so.  He  will  take  special 
pains  to  see  that  the  order  is  filled 
promptly  and  exactly  as  wanted.  He 
will not  put in  a  case  or more  of  some­
thing for  you  to  try  just  as  an  “opener 
for that item.”  He  will  see  that  your 
goods are sent by  the cheapest route and 
little  favors  that  are  really 
do  many 
worth something.
A very amusing  instance  was  told  us 
where  a  few  weeks  ago  a  salesman, 
the  customer  by 
anxious  to  please 
prompt shipment,  wrote on  a slip of  pa­
per  “Ship----- ’s order  quick.  He is  the
biggest  kicker in  the  State.”  This  he 
pinned  to the  order and  it  was  allowed 
to  remain  there  for  the  benefit  of  the 
shipping and bill clerks.  The bill clerk 
thought it a good  idea to  leave it for the 
benefit of the  mail clerk,  who  evidently 
did not  think  anything  at  all  about  it, 
for  he  sent  the  bill  off  with  the  slip 
pinned to it.  As a  result,  the next  time
the  drummer  came  around,  Mr.-----
wanted to know what  he meant  by  such 
remarks,  but at the  same time it pleased 
him so well  that  he  gave  the  drummer 
another order.  He  appreciated the  fact 
that his interests were being looked after.
We  claim,  therefore,  that  it  pays  to 
treat traveling  salesmen with  some  con­
sideration.  As a rule  they  are  a  hard­
working, 
intelligent  set  of  men,  who 
labor under many discouragements, away 
from home most of  the  time,  needing  a 
cheerful  word of  sympathy  and  encour­
agement,for all of which they are w illing 
to pay the  very  heaviest kiud of interest 
in  a  solicitous  anxiety  for  the  best 
interests of those who  favor  them with  a 
share of  their  orders.
Of  course it  is  impossible  to  give  an 
order 
to  every  salesman  who  comes 
along,  but  a  kind  word,  a  pleasant  re­
quest to be excused  from  ordering  any­
thing  that  day,  and  a  cherry  good-by, 
are capital  which is bound  to bring  you 
good  returns.

“I  believe  it,  Josiah. 

squire,  who  had a  troubled, preoccupied 
look.  He passed Josiah with a nod, then 
suddenly turned and,  touching him, said: 
“Josiah  Broadbent,  your  house  and 
mine have been long friends, eh?”
“Say that,  squire.  Broadbents  served 
Saurbams when  King Stephen was fight­
ing  for  the  crown o’  England;  they  are 
just as ready to serve them now.”
I  want  four 
thousand pounds.  My  boy  Rodger  has 
I would  rather  owe it 
got into  trouble. 
to you than to mortgage Saurham.” 
“Thou  can  have  ten thousand pounds, 
twenty thousand,  if thou need it,  squire, | 
an’  Josiah  Broadbent  wants no  security 
but  Squire  Saurham’s  word—he  wor  a 
bad un if he did.”
Then  Josiah,  standing there on Market 
street,  laid  his  bank-book  on  a  bale  of 
wool,  and,  signing a  blank check,  put  it 
into the squire's hand.
The  fewest  words  in  such  cases  are 
best.  With the tact of a true gentleman, 
he  turned  the  conversation  to  Josiah’s 
son,  and finally,  hesitating  a  little,  said: 
“There was some bit of youthful  love- 
making between  Richard  and my  Agnes; 
thou  didst not  know  it,  belike, Josiah?” 
“Yes,  that for he were sent away main­
ly;  but  he’s as  fond  as  iver  about  her. 
Thou  mustn’t  strive  wi’  him,  squire— 
love is beyond our ordering.”
“I had no thought  of it now.  Richard 
has proven his metal.  You may tell him 
if Agnes says  ‘Yes’ still,  I’ll never be the 
one to say  ‘No.’ ”
“Thank you,  squire; it is a great honor; 
an’  if so be you’d niver name the  money 
to the young uns,  I’d tak’ it kind.  That’s 
between  us,  squire: I can’t draw a  sword 
for you, as  Rufus Broadbent  did for  the 
first squire of Saurham,  but I can draw a 
check for  you,  and  I’m  proud  and  glad 
to do it.”
As Richard had secured Agnes’  “Yes,” 
the future  arrangements were easily set­
tled,  and  within  a  year  lovely  Agnes 
Saurham  became  Richard  Broadbent’s 
wife,  and  the squire  had  good  cause  to 
be proud of the alliance.  Old Josiah  also 
lived to see  his son  not only  one  of  her 
majesty’s  counsel,  but  also  member  of 
Parliament  for  his  native  city  and  a 
baron of the Court of Exchequer.
Thus  the  good-for-nothing  in  a  spin­
ning mill  was good  for an honorable and 
noble  career  in  a  court-room. 
Young 
men,  act  out  your genius;  nothing  else 
avails. 

Amelia  E. Barr.

Is  the  Salesman  Your  Friend?

From the American Grocer.

We  wonder  if  it  occurs  to  the  retail 
dealer that it is a good  thing  to  number 
the  traveling  salesmen  among  his  best 
friends.  Their  acquaintance  can  cer­
tainly  be used to good advantage by care 
ful,  thoughtful,  shrewd traders.  We do 
not mean  that it may be taken advantage 
of, or that friendliness  with  a  salesman 
may  be  the  cover  for  squeezing  him 
down to the last  farthing  in  his  prices. 
That  would be  unjust  to  the  salesman, 
and,  in  the  end,  to the  disadvantage  of 
the trader.
In the first  place,  have  you  his  confi­
dence?  Does  he  feel  when  he  enters 
your  store  that  he  is  not  going  to  be 
browbeaten  or treated as  if  he  were  an 
intruder; that his  goods are  not going to 
be made the scapegoat for all the offenses 
of  which  the  clerks  in  his  employer’s 
store  qiay  be  guilty;  that  he 
is  not 
to be  blamed  because the  last  shipment 
did not arrive  until fifteen  days  after  it 
was due?
Such things are calculated  to  take  all 
the confidence and starch out of a man in 
about two minutes.  Don’t you  think  if 
you  greeted him  pleasantly  with  a  few 
words  as to  his health,  what  district  he 
had been in  last,  what the business pros­
pects were there  and asked him  what  he 
had new  to offer  he  would  be  more  apt 
to give you  closer attention and  perhaps 
a little better prices  than  he gave  a  few 
moments  before to your  competitor who 
treated him differently?
We do not forget  that there are  drum­
mers and  drummers; that  some  of  them 
ought to be hoeing potatoes  or pounding 
rocks.  The drummer  we refer  to is  the 
man  who knows his business; who knows 
how  and  when  to  approach a merchant; 
who  does  not  offer  goods  that  are  not 
what the merchant  wants;  who  can  tell

The  Jobber  Pays the  Freight.

“The country  towns generally manage 
to  m ak e  the  city  pay  the  freight,”  re­
m ark ed   a  prominent wholesaler the other 
day.  “When they build their  churches, 
they  often  send delegations  to  the  city 
after subscriptions,  and their  civic  and 
military organizations  and charitable in­
stitutions  are  never  backward  about 
strikiug the city  business man  for  assis­
tance.  But the latest  scheme is to make 
the jobbing  houses in the  city  help  pay 
for the Fourth of July celebrations in va­
rious  villages  where  they  have  cus­
tomers.
“The jobber  receives a letter from the 
subscription committee to  the effect that 
his customers,  Messrs.  Doe,  Roe,  Jones 
and Smith,  will consider it a  favor  if  he 
will  do  something  toward  the  celebra­
tion.  The letter says  that  the  celebra­
tion will call  a  great  many  people  into 
town,  and,  of  course,  the  sale  of  goods 
will be  increased,  for special  pains  will 
be taken  to push the  sale of  goods  pur­
chased of those who help the celebration 
by subscription.
It  is a  species  of  blackmail  that  the 
jobbers  must wink  at,  and the  result  is 
he sends his  little  check  for  five or  ten 
dollars,  at  the  same  time  bottling  his 
wrath.  You can see if he receives  similar 
letters from  four or  five towns the  draft 
upon  him is not  small,  and that  he pays 
tribute to four or  five of them  is  an  as­
sured  fact,  as I  have  letters  to  prove. 
There  are  very few flies on  the  country 
subscription  committees,  I  can  assure 
you.”

In  either  case,  we  should  have  clear  photograph  to  Work 

from.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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I   also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

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vantage  over  the  grocer.  Suppose  the 
average citizen wishes to purchase a suit 
of clothes, how  is  he to know what dealer 
in  town sells  the cheapest?  He  may be 
attracted  by  somebody’s  advertisement 
or he  may prefer to trade  with  some one 
person,  but  he  has no possible  means of 
ascertaining  who  will  really  give  him 
the best value for his money.  The writer 
was once annoyed,  while engaged  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  business,  by a very  offi­
cious individual who imposed  upon  him­
self the  task of  informing the  people of 
the village that they could purchase their 
boots  and  shoes at a much cheaper  rate 
in an  adjoining town.  The  writer came 
upon him  while thus  engaged,  one even­
ing,  in a prominent  grocery  store.  This 
very  knowing person  had  but  recently 
served a term as sheriff of the county and, 
having  returned  to his  own  village,  he 
was declaiming to his old neighbors some 
of  the great  advantages of  living at the 
county seat. 
In  order  to  prove  to  all 
who  were  inclined to rely upon  the  ex 
sheriff’s  judgment,  the  writer  stepped 
across  to  his  own  store  and  returned 
with  three  pairs  of 
ladies’  shoes  and 
placed them upon the grocer’s show-case 
and  the  loquacious  ex-guardian  of  the 
county was  asked to  select  what  in  his 
judgment  he  considered  the  best  pair. 
The  shoes  cost  $1.G0, $2 and  $2.25.  He 
chose the  pair  which cost  $1.60.  These 
shoes  retailed  at $2, $3 and  $3.50,  yet he 
did not  know  the difference  between  $2 
and $3.50 when it come to judging shoes. 
We find  men behind the  counter who  do 
not know as much  as they think they do, 
but a far greater number of  this class of 
fellows  are  buzzing  about  who are  not 
behind the counter. 
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written from the experience and  observation  of 
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Grand  Rapids.

To whom it may concern:
I  hereby  forbid  any  and  all  persons 
giving  any  credit  to  my  wife,  Hattie 
Conkey,  on  my account,  or paying to her 
any bills now or hereafter due to me.

LEO NARD  L.  CONKEY.

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F. J. DETTENTHALER,

117  M onroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

RELIABLE!

LIFE  BEHIND  THE  COUNTER. 

Written for Tan Tradesman

syrups, 

In the last  article  under this  head,  it 
was  stated  that 
the  grocer  had  more 
difficulties  to  contend  with  than  any 
other  single-line  retailer,  and,  in  ad­
dition  to  the  many  reasons  mentioned 
therein  in  support  of  the  statement,  I 
wish to  add further,  that  the grocer  is 
placed  at  a  very  great  disadvantage, 
owing  to  the  nature  of  the  goods  he 
handles.  His  sugars, 
fruits, 
seasonings, canned  goods,  etc.,  differ in 
no  important  particular  from  those  of 
his competitor  in trade  and hence  he is 
deprived  of the  valuable means of  pro­
tecting  himself  which  dealers in  other 
lines  possess.  When  injudicious  and 
incompetent  dealers  cut, 
slash  and 
slaughter,  he cannot  dodge the issue  by 
superiority of  goods,  but must  stand up 
and meet it or  take a rest,  which  is the 
very thing a  live grocer  cannot offord to 
do.  Better  sell  for  a  time  at  ruinous 
prices  and  hold  your  customers  than 
allow them to slip away  from you.  When 
the general dealer  advertises  24 pounds 
of  granulated  sugar  for a  dollar,  as  a 
leader,  there  is  no  alternative  for  the 
grocer  but-  to  do  likewise.  He  cannot 
claim,  by way of reconciling his patrons, 
(like  the boot and shoe  dealer)  that  the 
article  he  sells  is  worth  more  money 
than  the  other.  He  cannot  make  his 
customers  believe  that  his  granulated 
sugar  is  of  superior  manufacture  and 
that  he is  the  only  agent in town  who 
carries it.  He would  fail in  an attempt 
to  convince  his  constituents  that  the 
other 
fellow’s  granulated  sugar  was 
shoddy goods.  He  is denied  this means 
of  defense,  and 
is  forced  to  take  his 
chances  in  an open  field and must meet 
squarely  all difficulties  and  annoyances 
which  unscrupulous  and  incompetent 
rivals may subject him to.

increase 

Of all the moves every made to increase 
sales,  the stupidest  and  most  senseless 
one is to  make a  general  cut  in prices. 
This foolish  act is  promped  by the mis­
taken and  narrowly-contracted idea that 
all one  has got  to do in order to  induce 
people to buy more  than they want is to 
cut off a  little of  the  price;  or,  at  least, 
to make  them  believe  that  prices  have 
been  reduced.  This  erronious  idea  is 
founded  upon  the  assumption  that  the 
masses  of  the  people  are 
too  poor  to 
supply 
themselves  with  the  food  and 
raiment they require and that, by making 
a  reduction  in  prices,  they  will  avail 
themselves  of the  opportunity to supply 
their wants. 
It is very doubtful if a cut 
in prices in staple  goods  ever caused an 
appreciable 
in  consumption 
It hardly seems possible that  the Ameri­
can people  are unable  to  supply  them­
selves  with all of  tire  staple  articles of 
necessity they require when we remember 
that 
the  most  extravagant 
buyers of fancy and unnecessary  articles 
in  the  world. 
the 
people buy what they  want and  a  cut in 
the price will not  make  them  buy  more 
than  they  want;  but  the  short-sighted 
and  selfish  dealer 
imagines  that,  by 
cutting the price,  more people  will come 
to  his store  to  buy,  so  that  if  his own 
customers  do  not 
their  pur­
chases,  the cut will  attract other dealers’ 
customers to his  store and  his sales will 
be increased  thereby.  But does  it  have 
this effect?  Is  it reasonable to  suppose 
that your  competitor  over  the way will 
sit down  and quietly wait  until you have 
unloaded  your  stuff  on  his  customers?

In  staple  goods, 

they  are 

increase 

Suppose  it  was  the  other  fellow  who 
made the  cut,  would  you  sit  down and 
whine while he was  filling  up your cus­
tomers with supplies? or would  you say, 
“Here,  Mrs.  Brown,  you needn’t go over 
there  for  sugar,  I  am  selling  just  as 
many pounds  for a dollar  as he is.” And 
you wouldn’  tell  her that it was less than 
cost,  either; or that  old Perkins  had cut 
the  life  out  of it.  You  would  simply 
put on a  good face,  weigh  out the  stuff 
and make the best of the  situation like a 
man,  and hold your trade at all  hazards. 
If you got  mad and  made a  further  cut 
through sheer  spite  and swore  that you 
would cut  Perkins  wide open  before he 
got  through  with  it,  it  would be  con­
clusive  evidence that  you  were  just as 
prominent a fool as Perkins.

Fifteen years of  active life behind the 
counter  has  given  the  writer  a  varied 
experience  in  this  cut-throat  business. 
While  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
in  a  little  town  in  Canada,  during  a 
period of  six years,  he was  continuously 
annoyed by the general dealers who were 
in  the  abominable  habit  of  advertising 
some staple article In the  grocery line as 
a leader.  One would take sugar, another 
would use rice,  and a third would choose 
coal oil.  Of course, they would advertise 
the  article  at a price  less  than  its  cost, 
as  a  drawing  card,  and  rely  upon  the 
general  stock  to  make up for  the  loss. 
You  may safely  conclude  that this  con­
dition of  affairs  made it highly  interest­
ing for the  writer,  who was the  only ex­
clusive grocer in the town. 
It was high­
ly entertaining but lacked the element of 
fun. 
In  fact,  about the  only thing  that 
occurred  that  afforded  even  a  ghastly 
apology for  fun was a little soap bubble. 
OUfe of the most totally depraved of these 
general  dealers,  after  searching  in vain 
for a meaner thing to do, resolved to soft 
soap  the  dear  people by cutting an  ugly 
gash into  soap.  This will  not appear so 
very odd  after all  when  you  remember 
that the only  bar soap in use in the town 
at  that  time  was  a  certain  four-pound 
bar  which cost  four cents  per pound or 
sixteen cents per bar,  and which retailed 
everywhere  at  twenty  cents,  giving  a 
profit of  25  per  cent.  When  a  placard 
appeared in  the  window across  the  way 
bearing these words, “ W e are selling soap 
at 16 c en ts  per bar,”  th e   writer  gave up 
in despair and exclaimed in  th e   language 
of  Cresar,  “Thou  too,  soap!”  Patience 
ceased  to  be  a virtue  and  he  retaliated 
by placarding it at 14 cents.  Fool  No.  1, 
over  the way,  was determined not  to  be 
beaten at his own  game and  soap  took a 
tumble to 12 cents.  At this juncture fool 
No. 2  recanted  and  resolved  to  unload 
his enemy at 12 cents and  save him  from 
the necessity of  making any  further cut. 
For  this  purpose  the  writer  employed 
several  small  boys  to  purchase  in  five 
bar lots,  pass around the  corner in oppo­
site  directions  and  return with  it  by a 
back way to the back door of the writer’s 
store,  where  it  was  repacked  in  cases. 
Several cases of soap were secured  in this 
way  and  the  old  fool  never  suspected 
what was going on  until the  last bar had 
been carried away.

No  dealer in  any other  single  line of 
merchandise could  ever be persecuted in 
this  way,  for each  one has his own  par­
ticular  brands,  patterns  and  makes  of 
which he is the manufacturer’s agent and 
no  other  dealer in his  neighborhood can 
purchase  them.  Then,  again,  the  in­
finite variety of  grades of  value in these 
other  lines  give the  dealers a great  ad­

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T H E   M ICH IGAN  TRADESM AN

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Adrian—D. L.  Morris  has sold his gro­

cery stock to  Jas.  Rowley.

Ogden—J.  W.  Robinson  has  sold  his 

general stock to A.  J.  Baker.

Saginaw—J.  L.  Bannister  succeeds  J. 
L.  Bannister & Co.  in  the  drug business.
Evart—C.  J.  Mills succeeds Mills Bros, 
in the confectionery and  cigar  business.
Negaunee—A.  Boulson  is succeeded by 
White & Peterson in  the  tailoring  busi­
ness.

Mt.  Pleasant—C.  P.  Wilcox  succeeds 
Wilcox  &  Boyer  in  the  furniture  busi­
ness.

Muskegon—N. Freidman has purchased 
the dry goods stock of  John  F.  Murdock 
& Co.

West Bay City—Reuben  Green  is  suc­
ceeded by Prescott  Gilkey  in  the grocery 
business.

Cassopolis — Chase  &  Underhill  are 
succeeded by  Richert & Underhill  in  the 
grocery  business.

Midland—Walter N. Salisbury succeeds 
Salisbury  & Randolph  in  the  drug  and 
grocery business.

North ville—Ditsch & Suiitheruiau have 
sold  their  furniture  and  undertaking 
stock to Sands & Porter.

Bay City—G. E. VanSyckle is succeeded 
by  G.  E.  VanSyckle & Co.,  incorporated, 
in the piano and organ business.

Saginaw—Magdalena  (Mrs.  John)  Nei- 
derstadt  is  succeeded  by  E.  W.  McCor­
mick & Co.  in  the grocery business.

Cadillac—The Cummer Manufacturing 
Co.  is turning out a new  store front  and 
fixtures for a drug store at Frankfort.

Grattan—C.  E.  Eddy has sold  his  gen­
eral  stock  to  Geo.  Whitton  and  Ed. 
Brooks,  who will continue  the  business.
Sturgis—T.  F.  Thornton  has  sold  his 
drug stock  to F.  S.  Packard  & Co.,  who 
will  continue the  business  at the  same 
location.

Luther — Chas.  Kingsley  has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  Kingsley  &  Gardner, 
grocers,  and the business  will  be contin­
ued  by  the  remaining  partner,  Delmar 
Gardner.

Battle Creek—C.  H.  Mechem,  booksel­
ler and stationer,  has taken  in  a partner, 
Jas.  S.  Geddes having  purchased  a  half 
interest  in  the  stock.  The  firm  name 
will hereafter be Mechem &  Geddes.

Muskegon—Byron J.Parker,the Eighth 
ward druggist,  has  made  an  assignment 
to  P.  P.  Misner  for  the  benefit  of  his 
creditors.  His  liabilities are  estimated 
at  about  $1,600,  with  assets  about  $100 
less.

Cadillac — Franklin  MacVeigh  &  Co. 
have sold the Fred Kieldsen grocery stock 
to Chas.  Kingsley,  formerly  of  the  firm 
of Kingsley & Gardner, grocers at Luther, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
former location.

Shelby—D.  S.  Rankin  has  purchased 
J.  C.  Rings’  interest in  the drug business 
and  has sold  the  stock  and  business to 
Tuxbury & Sams,  who  will  continue the 
business  at  the  old  stand.  Mr.  Rings 
has not yet decided where he  will locate.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Tecumseh—B.  Burtch  has  sold  his 

grist mill to Heck & Son.

Cheboygan—Alex  McRae has resumed 

the manufacture of cigars.

Hartford—H.  C.  Ball  succeeds  H.  C. 

Ball  & Co.  in the flour mill  business.

Reed City—H.  M.  Lowell, of Olean,  N. 
Y.,  will  erect a stave  and  heading  mill 
here.

Hungerford—Parker  &  Dove  are  suc­
ceeded  by  S.  E.  Parker  in  the  sawmill 
business.

St.  Ignace—R.  Conway  is  building  a 
shingle mill at  Kennedy Siding, north of 
this place.

Pontiac—License  has  been  granted to 
incorporate  the Pontiac  Box  Co.,  with a 
capital stock of $6,000.

Shepherd—J.  E.  Wilson  has  leased  C. 
E.  Coon’s  shingle  mill  and is putting it 
in shape for  business.

Mt.  Pleasant — C.  W.  Althouse  "will 
manufacture  6,000,000  elm  staves  this 
season in his mill here.

Coldwater —  Edward  O’Shaughnessy 
succeeds  O’Shaughnessy  &  Co.  in  the 
manufacture of cigars.

Huron  City—F.  W.  Hubbard,  who  has 
operated  a  lath  mill  here,  has  sold  it, 
and it will be removed to Bad Axe.

Owosso—W.  H.  Mumby has purchased 
and  moved  to Corunna  the  former  out­
fit of J.  A.  Beebe  & Son,  cigar  manufac­
turers.

Mt.  Pleasant—The Mt.  Pleasant Manu­
facturing Co.  is putting in electric lights 
for the  purpose  of  running  its  sawmill 
nights.

Reed City—George  Lee, of  Clare,  and 
William  Smith,  of  Flint,  have  formed a 
copartnership,  and  will  erect a mill  for 
the manufacture of bed slats, pickets and 
lath at Pennock’s.

Marquette—The Nester  estate has  the 
contract  for  furnishing  the  timber  for 
the  Huron  Bay  ore  dock  of  the  Iron 
Range & Huron  Bay  Railway,  and  has 
already delivered about 500,000 feet

Cheboygan—EJlis  &  Stinchfield  have 
converted  the  old  Mullet  lake  extract 
factory  into  a  shingle  mill,  and  it  is 
about ready  to run.  They will also add 
sawmill machinery for cutting hardwood 
lumber.

Marquette—George  L.  Burtis  has  put 
on a night crew at  his sawmill.  He  has 
been  running a  quarter  of  a  day  over­
time  right along this  season,  but  found 
this would  not enable him  to cut out  all 
his stock,  and so puts on  the extra force.
Frankfort—The  Frankfort  Hardwood 
Manufacturing Co. has been incorporated 
to manufacture flooring, handles and gen­
eral  wooden ware,  by  W.  O.  Strong,  De­
troit,  and  A.  G.  Butler,  William  M. 
Strong,  D.  B.  Butler  and  R.  Evans,  of 
Frankfort.  Capital  stock, $15,000.

Cadillac—A new  logging railroad is be- 
| ing built by J.  Cummer  &  Son,  from  an 
intersection  with  the  Cadillac  &  North­
eastern  Railroad  on  section  23,  in  Har­
ing,  to  a  tract  of  pine  owned  by  them 
upon  section  15  in  that  township.  The 
l new road  will  be about  one and one-half 
| miles long.

East  Tawas — The  mill  of  the  East 
Tawas Manufacturing Co.,  formerly  the 
Sibley  & Bearinger,  or  AuGres  Lumber 
Co.  mill,  but  purchased  last  winter  by 
George Chamberlain,  E.  E.  French, Tem­
ple Emery and  Milo  Eastman,  manufac­
tured 5,000,000  in May and  June,  and  it 
is  expected  the  season’s  cut  will  reach 
17,000,000 feet.

Muskegon—The Morton Manufacturing 
Co.,  which recently  commenced  work at 
| Muskegon  Heights,  has filed  articles of 
incorporation  with 
the  county  clerk.
I The business of the  company is given as 
I  the  manufacture and  sale of machinists’ 
tools, 
etc,  The 
capital  stock  is  $100,000,  with  $56,000 
paid  in.  The  stockholders  are  Wm. 
Rowan, Jr.,  Matthrew Morton,  Henry E.

implements, 

farm 

Morton,  James B.  Stephens, each  1,050 
shares;  John  L.  Reid,  700;  Matthew 
Morton,  trustee,  4,400;  Thomas R.  Reid, 
by  J.  Reid,  attorney,  700;  total,  10,000 
shares.

Keno—The  Chicago &  West  Michigan 
Railway  has  completed  siding  for  four 
new mill sites  on  its  Keno  branch.  A 
fifth sidings has  been surveyed  and will 
be put in at once.  These sidings include 
about seven miles of  track,  and  will  af­
ford an outlet for the mills of the  Phelps 
Lumber Co.,  the Clark & Hardy mill,  the 
McDuff mill and the Vincent  mill.  The 
output will be  chiefly  logs,  lumber  and 
bark,  and  it  is  estimated  the  business 
will continue about five years.

East Tawas—The  sawmill  of  Temple 
Emery  has  manufactured  6,000,000 feet 
of lumber this season.  He purchased the 
interest of  his brothers in the  mill plant 
last winter.  The  logs now  being cut  at 
the  mill come  from  Georgian  Bay,  and 
17,000,000  feet will  be  rafted  from  that 
point  to  this mill  this season. 
It is cal­
culated  that the mill  will cut  over  20,- 
000,000 feet, 6,000,000 of which is  for Mr. 
Emery,  12,000,000 for the  Moore Lumber 
Company,  of  Detroit,  and  the  remainder 
for  other  parties.  Last  winter a  band 
mill  was added to the  circular and  gang 
equipment,  and  400  feet  of  new  dock 
built.  The  mill  was  originally  built  by 
Van  Valkenburg & Grant  nearly  twenty 
years  ago,  but  its  capacity  has  been 
doubled  and  the  machinery modernized.
Spring  Lake—The  Cutler  &  Savage 
Lumber Co.  will  remove its mill  now  lo­
cated  here to Sawyerville,  to replace  the 
mill at the  latter  point  recently burned. 
Since  1879  the  concern  has  converted 
into lumber,  shingles  and  lath over 500,- 
000,000  feet  of  pine,  and  has  done aits 
share toward clearing up the Grand  River 
valley of  its  forest. 
In  1884  alone  the 
company sawed 68,198,076  feet,  the com­
pany’s  high water  mark at Spring Lake. 
Since  1884  the  product  gradually  de­
creased  until  1887,  when it was  48,000,- 
000  feet,  then in  1888  it  dropped  to 28,- 
000,000 and  in  1889 to a little over 4,000,- 
000.  Last  year the  amount  sawed  was 
merely nominal,  and  even then  many of 
the  logs were  brought in by  rail.  This 
year some sawing has  been going on,  but 
the  bulk of  the company’s  business  has 
been done at Sawyerville.

The  Manistee  Extension.

T r a v e r s e   C i t y ,  Aug.  1—Considerable 
friction  has  been  engendered  between 
the  owners of  the  Manistee  and  North­
eastern  Railway  and  the  managers  of 
Traverse Beach  resort,  owing  to  the  at­
tempt of the  former to  run  their  exten­
sion  from  Carp  Lake  to  Traverse  City 
through  the grounds  of the  latter.  The 
original survey took the road on  the west 
side  of  Cedar  Lake,  but  a  more  recent 
survey follows  the east side of the Lake, 
running lengthwise  through the  land  of 
the Traverse Beach  people.  Both  sides 
to the  controversy  have appealed  to  the 
business men of this place for assistance, 
and  Hon.  Perry Hannah  has  announced 
himself  in  favor  of  the  latest  survey, 
while other business men are using  their 
influence to induce the  company to come 
in  over  the 
intended. 
The result of  the clashing will  probably 
be  the  postponement of the  extension  to 
Traverse City until another season.

line  originally 

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade: 

Johnston  & Thurston,  Lisbon.
J.  Steinberg, Traverse City.
A.  R.  Chappell,  West Troy.
R.  B.  Gpoding & Son,  Gooding.
A.  B.  McCall,  Leslie.
E.  M.  Smith,  Cedar  Springs.

From  Cotton  to Wearing  Apparel  In  a 

Day.

Guests  were  invited to repair,  on  the  * 

Some years  after the close of  the war, 
when  the  “Empire  State of  the  South” 
was anxious to demonstrate to the people 
that  she  had  not  lost  her  grip  on  her 
ancient  title,  it  was  decided  to  have  a 
cotton  exposition  in  Atlanta.  One  day 
was  set  apart  for  a concentrated  effort 
which  was to show,  in  one  grand  coup, 
just  what  Georgia  could  do in  the way 
of agriculture and  manufacture.
early morning of  the  day in  question,  to 
the  nearest  cotton  field.  A  few  were 
there by the  time the  sun was,  and  they 
watched  nimble  black  fingers transfer a 
lot  of  cotton  from  the  bolls—where  it 
had just matured—to the waiting baskets. 
Then  cotton  and visitors  were taken  in 
all  haste to  a  factory,  where  the  staple 
was spun,  woven and dyed black.  Next 
it  was hurried on to a fashionable tailor, 
and,  he,  with the  help of  every assistant 
who  could  get a band on  the  work,  cut 
and made a dress  suit in  which  the gov­
ernor appeared at a ball that evening.
His  Excellency might have been  fash­
ionably  late,  but  he was  there,  and  his 
outward  adorning  was the  identical cot­
ton  which  the visitors  had  seen  in  the 
field that morning.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

C.  G.  Stone  &  Son,  dry  goods  and  notions 
Lowell:  “Enclosed find $1  for The T r a d e sm a n , 
which is like seed sown in good ground.”

James  H. Sartwell, general  dealer, Rothbury : 
“During the three years I have been in business, 
I have tried a number of  trade  papers, but  T he 
T radesm an leads  them all in point of  accuracy 
and suggestiveness.”

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

295

294

293

Will 

500  to  600  inhabitants.  Two  railroads, 

two 
churches,  and  the  best  of  schools.  Address  18. care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

F o r  sa l e —m eat  m a rk et  in  t o w n  o f  from
f JOR SALE—CLEAN STOCK  OF  DRY GOODS, BOOTS.
shoes and groceries.  Comparatively  new.  Good 
trade in one of the best towns in the State.  Good rea­
sons for selling.  Address  Kester A Arnold, Marcellus, 
Mich. 
I  ¡'OR SALE—OR WILL  EXCHANGE FOR  CITY PROP- 

erty.  Stock of  drugs in small  village.  About 16 
miles from Grand Rapids  Will sell stock  separate or 
with  store, on  easy  terms  of  payment.  Inventories 
about 91,000.  Address  No. 291, care  Michigan  Trades­
man^________________________________________291

iX m   SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE.

invoice  about  $2,400.  Best  of  locations. 
Everything new.  Only  been in business two years.  A 
rare  chance  for a man  with a small  capital.  Reason 
for  selling,  poor  health.  Address  Geo.  P.  Mosier, 
Cloverdale, Mich. 

I  TOR  RENT—LEL AND  HOTEL.  NO.  522  SOUTH  Di­

vision street; steam-heated throughout; has bath 
room8, closets, gas, etc., on each floor;  the  right  loca­
tion for a good paying business.  Ed. E. Mohl, 91 Mon­
roe  street. 

I  WILL  PAY  ABOUT  50  CENTS  ON  THE  DOLLAR.
more  or less, spot  cash,  for  dry  goods,  clothing, 
ladies* and  men’s fam ishing  goods, etc.  J. Levinson, 
Petoskey,  Mich._____________________________ 285
FOR SALE—A COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK AND  F ix ­
I  ¡'OR  SALE—A COMPLETE  LOGGING  OUTFIT  AT A 

tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 

bargain.  Will  sell  all or part,  as  desired.  Also 
one  standard  guage  Shay 
locomotive  in  first-class 
•working condition.  Apply  to  W. A. D. Rose, Big Rap- 
*ds, Mich. 

I ¡»OR BALE—ON  ACCOUNT OF ILL  HEALTH. I WISH 

to  sell  my  stock of  general  merchandise,  com­
prising dry goods, clothing,  hats  and caps, boots  and 
shoes, and men’s furnishing  goods.  This is one of the 
best  stocks in Northern  Michigan, as there is nothing 
but good salable goods, and no dead stock.  Sales, last 
year, $18,000.  A splendid chance for some one looking 
for  an opportunity to better  his  condition.  For  par- 
ticulars, address W. E. Watson, Mancelona/Mich.  288 
ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 

dress No. 36, care Michigan Tradesman. 

276

124

282

26

; 

SITUATIONS  W A NTED .

steady  and  industrious. 

■   PERFECTLY  RESPON8I 
SOBER,
to  fill  al­
most  any position, will  be at liberty  after August  15. 
Address  No.  292,  care  Michigan
Good  references. 
Tradesman._________________________________ 892
Y¥7ANTED—SITUATION  BY  MANSOF  EXPERIENCE 
V? 
in general  store, 30 years  old.  Married.  Satis­
factory  references.  Address  for  particulars,  P.  O. 
Box 875, Traverse City, Mich. 

290

MISCELLANEOUS.

f 'OR  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 
ment.  Comer  lot  and  5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman.____________________   187

FOR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Oheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

187.

TH E  MICECIGJLlSr  TRAJDESMAN.

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Alex G.  Runnels has opened a  grocery 
store at West Troy.  The  Olney  &  Jud- 
son Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

The  Gunn  Hardware  Co.  has  fore­
closed  its  mortgage  on  the  hardware 
stock of F.  L.  Sargent, at Lake Odessa.

Peter  Verplanck  has  closed  his meat 
market at the corner of  Madison  avenue 
and  Hall  street  and  retired  from  the 
business.

Nearly  all  the  arrangements  for  the 
grocers’  picnic have  now  been  consum­
mated,  giving good grounds for the belief 
that  the  event will be the  most  success­
ful  gathering of the  kind  ever  held  by 
the Grand Rapids grocers.

Ed.  Hollestelle andG. YanWestereinen 
have formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Hollestelle  &  YanWestereinen 
and engaged in  the  grocery  business  at 
Grand  Haven. 
The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished  the stock.

The Canal street grocery stock of  Van 
Every <& Co.  was sold, Saturday, to Henry 
Fralick  and  S.  A.  Goss,  who  will  con­
tinue the business  under  the  form  of  a 
stock company  which  will  be  organized 
later in  the week  with a capital stock  of 
$10,000.

Purely  Personal.

Capt.  Jas.  Bradford  is  spending  this 
week at  Detroit,  taking  in  the  G.  A.  R. 
encampment.

Ed.  M.  Smith,  the  Cedar  Springs  gro­
cer,  spent Sunday in  the  city,  the  guest 
of Byron S.  Davenport.

A.  K.  Wheeler  has  leased  the  E.  W. 
Withey residence,  37 South  College  ave­
nue,  and has already taken  possession.

W.  H.  Shaver,  who  has  clerked  for 
Gilbert  &  Sturtevant,  at  Sherman,  for 
several years,  is spending a  few days  in 
the city.

W.  D.  Struik,  the  Byron  Center  gro­
cer,  was  in town last week  for  the  pur­
pose  of  purchasing  supplies for  a  new 
arrival  at his  house—a  young  lady  who 
tips the beam at nine pounds net.

A.  B.  McCall,  the  Leslie  grocer  and 
produce  dealer,  was  in  town  last week 
for  the  first  time.  He  was  pleasantly 
surprised  at the  beauty of  the  city  and 
the magnitude of  its manufacturing  and 
jobbing interests.

A.  R. Chappell,  who  operates  a  saw­
mill  near  West  Troy  during  the  win­
ter  months  and  varies  the  monotony 
of 
the  summer  season  by  handling 
considerable hemlock  bark,  was in town 
last  Friday  and  favored  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n office  with a call.

Gripsack Brigade

W.  C.  Glines,  State  agent for Fleisch 
the  city  for  a  few 
man  &  Co.,  is  in 
days  and  will  remain  until  after  the 
grocers’  picnic on  Thursday.

Wm.  Logie  was  in  St.  Paul,  Minn, 
when the news of his infant  son’s illness 
reached him.  ne  started  home  on  the 
first  train,  but  the 
little  one  passed 
away a few hours beforeffie  arrived here.
M.  K.  Walton  and Paddy  Miles  have 
returned  from Michipicoten  Island,  near 
the north shore of Lake  Superior,  where 
they  camped  and  fished  for  ten  days. | 
They  tell  tall stories as  to  the size and 
weight of  their fish,  but  brought  home 
no evidences of  having  caught  a single 
minnow.  By  continually  holding  his 
compass  in  his  hand,  Walton  escaped 
the annoyance  of getting  lost this year.

Result from an Invention.

to  share 

luxury  of  life. 

Dr.  Lardner,  writing  of  the  steam 
engine,  said:  “To  enumerate its  present 
effects  would be  to count  almost  every 
comfort  and  every 
It 
has  increased  the  sum  of human  hap­
piness, not only  by calling new pleasures 
into  existence,  but  by  so  cheapening 
former  enjoyments  as  to  render  them 
attainable  by  those  who  before  could 
never  have  hoped 
them. 
The surface of the land and the face of the 
waters are  traversed with  equal facility 
by its  power;  and  by  thus  stimulating 
and facilitating the intercourse of nation 
with nation,  and the commerce of people 
with people,  it has knit  together remote 
countries by bonds of amity not likely to 
be  broken.  Streams  of  knowledge  and 
information  are  kept 
flowing  between 
distant  centers  of  population, 
those 
more advanced diffusing  civilization  and 
improvement among those  that are more 
backward.  The  press  itself,  to  which 
mankind owes,  in  so large  a degree, the 
rapidity  of its  improvement  in  modern 
times,  has  had its  power and  influence 
increased  in  a  manifold  ratio  by  its 
union with  the steam engine. 
It is thus 
that  literature  is  cheapened,  and,  by 
being cheapened,  diffused; it is thus that 
reason  has  taken the  place of  force and 
the pen  has  supperseded the sword; it is 
thus  that  war  has  almost  ceased  upon 
the earth,  and that  the differences which 
nevitably  arise  between  people  and 
people are for the most  part adjusted by 
peaceful negotiation.”

That Marion  Failure.

M a r io n ,  July  30—In  your  paper  of 
July  29  you  have  an  article  entitled 
I  wish  to  say 
“ Failure  at  Marion.” 
through  your  paper  that  the  article  is 
false from beginning to end. 
In the first 
place,  the store was not closed on a chat­
tel  mortgage,  and  Mr.  Lemon  came  to 
Marion at  our  own  request  and  he  did 
not  bring  an  attorney  with  him,  as 
stated.  Mr.  Trail did go north,  as stated, 
but took no property  with  him that  was 
covered by chattel mortgage.
* We  have  taken  your  paper  a  good 
many  years  and  believe  that  you  like 
square  dealing,  so  if  you  will  please 
print this article in your next paper, you 
will oblige 

N. A.  V a n D e c a k .

To  Test  Shears.

An  old method of  testing  shears,  but 
one that is not known to everybody is this: 
If  a pair of  shears will  cut  a  piece  of 
cotton batting neatly  to the point,  with­
out the cotton  having to be guided,  they 
are  of good  quality  and  make. 
If  the 
cotton  flattens  between  the blades,  the 
shears have  “soft spots”  and  are  “sec­
onds.” 
In  shear-factories  old  muslin 
coming from  discarded buffing wheels  is 
used for testing the blades.

Mason Fruit Jars.

Although  manufacturers’  prices  are 
firm  at the  last  advances,  local  dealers 
are quoting fruit jars at  $11.50,  $12  and 
$15 per  gross  for pints,  quarts  and  half 
gallons,  for  a  few  days,  subject  to  jars 
being  in  stock  when  order  is  received. 
Stocks are  light in this  city  and  higher 
prices may be looked for any day.

Bank  Notes.

J.  E.  Just has sold his  interest  in the 
Muir  banking  firm  of  Webber,  Just & 
Co.  to S.  W.  Webber and C.  W.  French. 
Mr.  Just has been a  member of  the firm 
since 1878.

The First State Bank of '„Petoskey  will 
open  its doors  for  business  August 10, 
with  a capital  of $50,000.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  declined 

in  New  York  on 
| Monday.  Other  articles  in  the  grocery 
line are without material  change.

On four seats of a railway car,
Amidst his traps,  the  drummer sat, 
And wished  that he  had one seat more 
In which to  place  his high  silk hat.

\ m T RITE  u s  for  Samples and  Prices. 
* *  Possibly  we  can  save  you 
money.  We  have  a  good  white  en­
velope (our 154) which we se ll:
No
Size 3%*.«%
$ 1.50
2.40
2.10
1.85
1.70
Special  prices  on  larger  quantities. 
This  is  not a cheap  stock,  but  good 
fair envelope.  We  have  cheaper and 
have  better  grades,  but  can  recom­
mend this one.

No  6
Size 3 >4x6
$ 1.40
2.25
2.00
1.75
160

500
1,000
2,000
5,000
10,000

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Above Prices Include Printing!

$ 1 0 0  G IV E N   AWAY

To tit* Smoker* of th*

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

T* .the  persoe  guessing the  nearest  to  the  number  of  Imps that will 
appear In a series of cuts in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $60;  2d, $25;  3d, 15;  4tli, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 25c. worth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been published 23cuts, with a total of 30 3  Imps.

MANUFACTURED  BY

A X vB X .
G o r d o n ,  D o t r o i t , M l o l x .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt.

R IN D G E ,  B E R T S C H   &  CO.,

Manufacturéis and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes.

Our  fall  lines  are 
now complete in every 
department.
Our  line  of  Men’s 
and  Boys’  boots  are 
the best we ever made 
or  handled.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’,  youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s shoes.
We  bave the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  the lead 
ing lines of felt boots and 
socks.
I  We solicit  your  inspec­
tion before purchasing.
“Agents  for  the Boston 
Rubber Shoe Co.”

'TTTW  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Dry Goods Price Current.

DENIES.

6

H o w   R ib b o n s  a r e   N u m b e re d .

From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

In  this  country  ribbons  are  sold  by 
numbers,  and very little attention is paid 
to  the  French  line  measure  (or  lign). 
Every wholesaler,  however,  buys his rib­
bons by the line.  The reason is obvious. 
The line is  a uniform  measure,  as  stan­
dard as an inch,  while numbers vary  ac- I 
cording to the  quality of  the ribbon,  or 
perhaps the caprice of the  manufacturer 
or wholesaler.  The line is  marked on a 
rule,  precisely  the  same  as  metres  or 
inches,  and anyone  can  apply  this rule 
to the width of the ribbon and  tell what 
the line measure is. 
It is for this reason 
that  wholesale  dealers  always  refer to 
the  line  in  making 
their  purchases. 
There is  a fraction  over  11  lines to  an 
inch.
As  to  the  numbers  no  one  can  tell 
definitely just what  width a given  num­
ber does  indicate.  A number  5 ribbon, 
for instance may be in 10,  11 or  12 lines. 
A 10  line No.  5  would be a  low  grade, 
he 11  line  No.  5  would  be  a  medium, 
and a 12 line No.  5 would be a fine grade. 
A No.  9 used to  run  from  16 to 20 lines, 
but now it only is fouud  in 16,  17 and 18 
lines.  The ordinary numbers in  ribbons 
are  2, 3, 5,  7,  9,  12,  16, 22. 
In  cotton 
backed  velvet  ribbons,  however, 
the 
numbers  run  in fractions  considerably, 
as 13*,  IK , etc.
In  England  one  will hear  merchants 
speak of “ten penny” or “twelve penny" 
ribbons.
According  to  a  gentleman  who  has 
spent his life  in  the  wholesale  trade in 
Canada,  where  the  English  system  pre­
vails,  these expressions have no  relation 
to price.  They  orginated  in  this  man­
ner:  It was the  custom to measure  such 
things  by the  width  of a  penny,  and a 
“ten penny ribbon”  would be as wide  as 
ten  pennies piled up on top of each other. 
This designation seems to  have gone out 
of use  in recent  years,  and  there is  no 
standard  in England  that  is  absolutely 
accurate.

Clever  Diamond  Smuggling.

“Talking about smuggling reminds me 
of a trick I saw resorted  to by  a  passen­
ger on  one of  the big  steamers a couple 
of years ago,” said a loquacious commer­
cial  traveler. 
“You  know  there  is  a 
duty on diamonds,  and one of the passen­
gers had three large stones,  worth sever­
al  thousand  dollars  which  he  had  pur­
chased in London.  The problem  of how 
to evade paying  the  duty  on  the  stones 
worried him  considerably,  but at last  he 
evolved a  plan,  and  a  few  days  before 
the steamer arrived in New York he pro­
ceeded to execute it.
“The chief officer had a little skye ter­
rier,  and the  passenger  after  considera­
ble coaxing,  induced him to sell the  dog. 
As  soon  as the  smuggler  gained  posses­
sion of the  animal  he  tied  him  up  and 
gave him nothing to eat until just before 
we were to go ashore.  He then procured 
some fat meat from the cook, and cutting 
off a piece a little  larger  than  a  walnut 
made a hole  in  it  into  which  he  placed 
one of the diamonds.
“A dog will generally  bolt  a  piece  of 
fat without chewing  it,  and  of  course  a 
diamond  would  go  down  with  it.  The 
hungry dog  swallowed  the  meat,  as  his 
owner expected he would,  and in  a short 
time  the  three  diamonds  were  safely 
stowed  away  in  his  interior.  The  dia­
mond smuggler had no difficulty in evad­
ing the  vigilance  of  the  Custom  House 
officials,  and  was  soon  on  his  way  up 
town leading the dog by a string.
“I met him again a few days afterward, 
and  asked  him  how  he  recovered  the 
stone. 
‘As 
soon  as  I got  home I  shot  the  dog and 
found  the diamonds after a short search. 
Of course I  was sorry  for  the  dog,  but 
dogs are cheap and  the tariff on stones  is 
high,  and I never  allow sympathy to  in­
terfere with  business.’ ”

‘Easy enough,’  he replied. 

Not  Much  of  a   Reception.

A Texas  merchant  sent  his  clerk  for 
the  twentieth  time  to the residence of a 
prominent citizen to collect a bill.
“Did  you  get  anything?”  asked  the 
merchant, on the return  of the clerk.
“Nothing  at  all.  They  told  me  to 
come  into  the  reception-room,  as  usual, 
but I didn’t receive anything.”

O P..... 7«

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Arrow Brand  534 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A driatic...................  7
“  World Wide..  7
Argyle  ....................   634
“  LL.................5
Atlanta A A ..............634
Pull Yard Wide.......614
Atlantic  A ............... 7
H
Georgia  A ...............   6*4
Honest Width..........614
P ............... 6
“ 
Hartford A ..............5
D ............... 6%
“ 
Indian Head............  714
“  LL...............  53£
Amory.......................7
King A  A................. 614
Archery  B unting...  4 
King E C ...................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  534
Lawrence  L L ........ 514
Blackstone O, 32__ S
Madras cheese cloth 614
Newmarket  6 ........ 6
Black Crow............. 6}i
B  ..........514
Black  Rock  ............7
N ......... 614
Boot, AL.................  714
Capital  A .................514
D D ....  514
X .........7
Cavanat V ............... 5%
Noibe R ....................  5
Chapman cheese cl.  3$£
Our Level  Best.......614
Clifton  C R ............. 5J4
Oxford  R .................  614
Comet
Dwight Star.............  714 Pequot......................714
Clifton C CC ............  614 Solar.........................   614
| Top of the  Heap__ 714
Geo.  W ashington...  8
A B C .
Amazon.....................8
Glen Mills...............  7
Gold Medal.............   714
Amsburg.................. 7
Green  Ticket.......... 8I4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Great Falls...............  6I4
Blackstone A A.......8
Hope......................... 714
Beats A ll..................414
Boston..................... 12
Just  Out.......  414® 5
King  Phillip............714
Cabot........................   714
Cabot,  %...................614
Charter  Oak............  514
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Conway W ...............  714
Lonsdale............  @  814
Cleveland................7
Middlesex.........   @ 5
Dwight Anchor.......834
No Name..................  714
Oak View.................  6
shorts.  814
Edwards................... 6
Our Own..................514
Empire.................. 7
Pride of the W est.. .12 
Parwell..................714
Rosalind...................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  73¿ I Sunlight...................   414
Fltchville
Utica  M ills............. 814
First Prize............... 614
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Fruit of the Loom %.
Vinyard....................  814
White Horse............6
Falrm ount............... 414
Full Value...............6M
“  Rock..........   .  814
Cabot...........................714|DwlghtAnchor
Far well.................... 8 
|
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Tremont N ...............  514
Hamilton N ................6I4
L ..............7
Middlesex  AT.........8
Y 
q
No. 25..I!  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Middlesex No.  1....10
2....11
3.. 
7 .. 
8 .. 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

....  8
....  9
....  9
....1034
CARPET WARP.
....18

Hamilton N __ ....  734 Middlesex A A....... .11
2....... .12
Middlesex P T.
A T.
A O....... .1334
4....... .1734
X  A.
X  F.
5....... .16
Peerless,  white.
.21
colored__ 2014 White Star................1814
colored..21
Integrity...................18141
Hamilton  ................8
Nameless..................20
..........25
...................9
.......... 2714
G G  Cashmere........ 21
.......... 30
N am eless............... 16
.......... 3214
.................18
.......... 35

Integrity, colored.

................1014

DRESS  GOODS.

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CORSETS.

Corallne..................$9 SOlWonderful.  ...........84  50
Schilling’s .............   9 00| Brighton................. 4 75

CORBET  IE AN8.

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PRINTS.

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Armory....................   634
Naumkeagsatteen..  714
Androscoggin..........7J4
Rockport................  614
Conestoga................ 634
Biddeford................   6
W alworth................  614
Brunswick...............614
Allen turkey  reds..  534]Berwick fancies....  14
robes............514 Clyde  Robes..............5
pink a purple  614 Charter Oak fancies  414
b u ffs............  6  DelMarine cashm’s.  6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  514 
stap les.........514
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
shirtings ...  414 
chocolat  6 
American  fancy....  534
rober....  6 
American indigo__ 534
sateens..  6 
American shirtings.  414 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
stap le....  514 
Argentine  G rays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  434
Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
__ 634
new era.  6 
Arnold  Merino-----6
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 10141Merrlm’ckshirtings.  414 
Repp fu r a .  814
“  C.  814 
century cloth  7  Pacific  fancy...........6
robes......... 614
gold seal.......1014I 
“  green seal TR 1014 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow  seal..1014
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge.............. 1114
greys.........6
f‘ 
“ 
solid black.  6
“  Turkey  red.. 1014
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
colors.  514
Turkey robes..  714
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__ 714
red and  orange...  514
plain T*ky X 34  814
Berlin solids............514
“  X...10
“ 
oil blue........ 614
Ottoman  Tur­
“   green ....  614
“ 
Martha Washington
“  Foulards ....  514
red 
“ 
34...7
Martha Washington
“  X  ..............914
“ 
“  4 4............10
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Riverpomt robes....  5
Cocheco fancy........   6
Windsor fancy........ 614
madders...  6
“ 
indigo  blue.....1014
X X tw ills..  614] 
Bolide.........514)
Amoskeag AC A. ...13
Hamilton N ............. 714
D ............. 814
Awning.. 11
Farm er......................8
First  Prize............... 1114
Lenox M ills............18
Atlanta,  D ...............  634|6tark  A
Boot...........................  634  No Nam e....
Clifton, K .................7»4|Top of  Heap
Simpson...................20
...................18
...................16
Coechoo...................1014

AC  A ....................... 1214
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York......................... 1014
Swift River.............   714
Pearl  River............. 1214
W arren.....................14

key red .  6
Turkeyred 34.........714
Turkey red.914

Imperial................... 1014
Black..................9@  914
............. 1034

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

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Amoskeag............... 1214
9 oz.......1414
brown .13
Andover..................1114
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

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blue  814 
"  d a twist  1014 

Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue............12
brown........12
Haymaker blue.........734
brow n...  734
Jeffrey.......................1114
Lancaster  ................1214
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1814
NO.220....13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 1014

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OINOHANS.
“ 
fancies__ 7
“  Normandie  8

“ 

Amoskeag........—

“  Persian dress  814 
“ 
Canton ..  814
“ 
AFC........ 1214
Arlington staple —   634 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres  814 
staples.  614
Centennial..............  1014
C riterion..................1014
Cumberland  staple.  514
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 414
Elfin.........................   714
Everett classics...... 814
Exposition.................714
Glenarie...................  614
Glenarven..................634
Glenwood...................714
Hampton.................... 614
Johnson Chalon ol 
14 
Indigo blue  914 
zephyrs__ 16
Lancaster,  staple...  634

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Lancashire...............  614
Manchester..............  534
Monogram................. 614
Normandie.................714
Persian....................... 814
Renfrew Dress........ 714
Rosemont...................614
Slatersville..............6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  .....................714
Toll  duN ord.......... 1014
W abash...................... 714
seersucker..  714
Warwick.................  814
Whlttenden............. 634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook................8
..............10
Windermeer............ 6
York............................634

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GRAIN  BAOS.

Amoskeag................1654|Valley City................ 1514
Stark.........................20  Georgia......................1514
American.................I6I4Í Pacific  .......................1434

Clark’s Mile End..
Coats’,  J. & P .......
Holyoke................

THREADS.
.45 Barbour's.
.45 Marshall’s
• 2234

KNITTING  COTTON.

...88
...88

No.  6  ..  ..33
8.........34
“ 
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10.........35
“  12.........36

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14...... ..37
16...... ..38
“ 
39
“  18...... ..39
40
.40
41
“  20......

White.  Coloree
42
43
44
45

..12
..18
..19

Slater................. ........   4 W ashington.  .
White Star— ........   4 Red Cross........
Kid Glove...... ..........  4 Lockwood........
........  4 Wood’s ...............
Newmarket...
........  4 B runsw ick___
Edwards..........
BSD  FLANNEL.
........3234 T W ......................
Firem an..........
Creedmore— ..........2734 F T ........................
......... 30
J  R F, XXX___
Talbot XXX..
Buckeye.............
Nameless........
........27*
MIXED  FLANNEL.

. . . .   334
....  3?4
. . . .   4
...   4
...  4

....2234
....8234
....35
....8234

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  Grey S R W ............. 1714
Union R ...................2214 Western W  ............... 1814
Windsor...................1814 D R P ...............  
1814
6oz W estern........... 21  FlushingXXX......... 2314
Union  B ..................2214 Manitoba...................2314

DO MET  FLANNEL.

Nameless.......8  @  914] 
.......834@10  I 

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.......9  @1014
....... 
1214

Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate.  Brown.  Black. 
914 
1014 
1114 
1214

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

934
1034
1134
1234

13
15
17
20

9* 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20
DUCKS.

8 oz.......... .  934 West  Point, 8 oz. -.1034
10 oz
, 8 0Z......... .1034
..1234
K>d, 734 oz. .  934 Raven, lOoz.......... .1334
>od, 8 oz... ■ 1134 Stark
.......... -.1334
WADDINGS.

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White, doz............... 25 
Colored,  doz............20 

|Per bale, 40 doz__ 87.50
|

SILESIA 8.

Slater, Iron Cross...  8

“ Red Cross....  9
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Best...............1014
Best AA 
1214

Pawtucket................1014
Dundie.....................   9
Bedford.....................1014
Valley  City............. 1014

SEWING  SILK.

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2 
3 

“ 
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Cortlcelll, doz...........75  [Cortlcelll knitting,

..12 
8 
..12  I “  10 

tw ist,doz..3714  per Hoz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz. .37141 
HOOKS AND ETE8—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..lO  [No  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5 
..20
« 
» 
..25
No 2-20, M  C........... 50  INO 4—15 F  314............40
‘  3 -1 8 .S C .............45  I
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White & Bl’k..12 
|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
“  10 
.  28
» 
..15 
..26
..18  I “  12 
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BAFKTT  PINS.
No 2............................28  |N o3..  ........................36

PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

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

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3  101
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2   10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown...................... 12
Dom estic.................1814
A nchor.................... 16
B ristol......................13
Cherry  Valley........ 15
I X L ......................... 13
PLAID
Alabama...................634
Alamance.................  614
Augusta]...................714
A n sapha.................  6
Georgia....................   614
G ran ite....................  534
Haw  River..............5
Haw .J ......................5

N ashua.................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply.... 17
North Star............... 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1714 
P ow hattan..............18

OSNABURGS.

Mount  P leasant....  614
Oneida......................  5
Pyrmont  .................  534
K andelm an............. 6
Riverside.................  514
Sibley  A ...................  614
Toledo.....................  6

Voigt, HorpolsMimer & Co.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

OARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Ets.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Ghallies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection. 

Chicago and Detroit,Price» Guaranteed. 

48, SO and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

-----AND-----

GarpBts, 
Riles,
  Ghrtains. -
-
Floor  Oil  Blotlis

Write  for  our  Prices on

-----AND----

Oil  Gloth  Bindings.
SMITH  &  SANFORD.
A W N I N  G S

A N D   TENTS.

Flags, Hora» and Wagon  Coven,  Seat  Shade»,  Large 
Umbrella»,  Oiled  Clothing, Wide  Cotton  Duoka, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for. Illustrated  Catalogne.

T elep h o n *   106.

EATON,  LYON  i  GO.,

A Complete Line of

HAMMOCKS,

FISHING  TACKLE,

MARBLES,
 BASE  BALL  GOODS = =
=
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 

about February 10th.

E A T O N , L Y O N   & CO.,

SO and 22 Monroe St.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and Gravel  Roofers,

And  dealers  In  Tarred  Felt,  Building  Paper. 
Pitch,  Coal  Tar,  Asphaltum,  Rosin,  Mineral 
Wool, Etc.

Corner Louis and Campau Sts., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

T'T-TTO  TVnTTFTTO A ~NT  T R A D E S M A N .
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

7

The  Farmer on Top.

Erastus Wiman  has  earned  the  grati­
tude of all,  especially the  farming inter­
ests,  by showing in  his valued  article in 
the North  American Review,  the  trend 
of events relating to the relative increase 
of food consumers and  of food products.
Every farmer should have the informa­
tion  given therein  and  take heart  with 
the coming  conditions.  The  key  of the 
article is “that the power of consumption 
of food products has at  length caught up 
to  the  power  of  production.”  This  is 
shown  in  a  series  of statistics;  census 
figures  show an  increase  in  population 
of  26  per  cent,  in  the  whole  country, 
while the  farming  population  increased 
only  14  per  cent.

While the population increase is 12 1-2 
per cent,  in  every five  years,  the area of 
food growth  increased  only 7  per  cent.
* and 
it  is  yearly  and  progressively 
lessening.

“It is  a significant  fact  that the  pro­
land  which  is 
duction  of  cultivated 
marketed  abroad  has declined from  21,- 
000,000  acres  in  1885,  to  13,000,000  in 
1890.

“In  the  decade from  1870 to  1880 the 
wheat  area of  the  world  increased 22,- 
000,000 acres,  and  from  1880  to 1890 the 
increase  was  only  5,000,000  acres, 
to 
which  this  country  contributed  not an 
acre.”

With the greater increase of population 
over the increase of food,  there has been 
a steady reduction of the  vast surplus of 
wheat in the market  of the world.

“From the best  data,  it  appears  that 
the average  world’s  crop  of wheat  and 
rye is now  70,000,000  bushels less  than 
the yearly  consumption.  And  that the 
reserves accumulated  during  the decade 
of  the surplus  acreage  are  everywhere 
nearly or quite  exhausted.”

This is also  confirmed by  the  scale of 

prices.

$1.64 per bushel.

In  1875  wheat  in  Great  Britain  was 

During the five years  ending with 1889 

it was  95 cents  per bushel.

All  the signs  are  in  favor  of  dollar 

wheat at the  farms.

This means an increase  of 40 per cent, 
to the farmer’s income.  “A greater eco­
nomic revolution than has  ever been wit­
nessed.”  The farmer  out of  debt,  as  a 
borrower he will no longer be the servant 
to the money lender.  This  change  will 
bring the American farmer on  top.

It  will  make  him  of  all  classes  the 
most  prosperous,  and  he  will  be  the 
most independent,  Intelligent  and pros­
perous  producer  of  his  period.

With ability to buy twice or  thrice the 
quantity of goods  hitherto,  and to  deny 
his children nothing  they need  and  can 
enjoy,  the  absorption  of  manufactured 
goods  will be enormously  increased,  and 
this will aid greatly to absorb  the excess 
of present production.

With  the  improved  condition  of  the 
farmer,  a larger  demand  will exist  for 
all classes of  goods.

There will,  doubtless,  therefore be  felt 
throughout  the  country  a  new  com­
mercial  activity,  “as the  result  of  the 
enchanced  prosperity  of  the  worthiest 
group  of food  growers  that  this  world 
has ever seen.”

Mr.  Wiman,  by presenting  these facts 
has  done a  signal  service,  not  only  to 
the food  grower,  but also  to  the  goods 
manufacturer.  And 
the  results  of  all 
wil* be a  returned tide  of general  pros­
perity to this  country, exceeding  any  in 
the past, hi story.

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p ay   p ro m p tly   a n d   b u y   in   fu ll  pack ag es.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dls.

Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
25
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50410

AXES.

*  
“ 
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First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................. 1750
D.  B. Bronze...............................  12 00
8.  B. S. Steel...............................  8 50
D.  B. Steel.................................   13 50
Railroad...........................................................« 14 00
Garden.......................................................net  30 00

BARROWS. 

dls.
Stove..................................................................50&10
Carriage new list.  ..........................................  
75
Plow.................................................................. 40410
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

bolts. 

dlB.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain.......................................................I 3 50
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60&10
Wrought Loose P in...........................................60410
Wrought  Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought Brass................................................ 
  75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70410
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’K>................. 

40

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Grain........................................................... dls. 50402

dls.

dls.

Cast Steel.................................................per lb 
Ely’s 1-10.................... ? ....! ..................perm  
Hick’s  C. F .............................................. 
G. D .........................................................  
M usket.................................................... 

“ 
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5
66
60
35
60

CARTRIDOBS.

CHISELS. 

Rim  F ire..........  .............................................. 
50
Central  Fire.......... .................................... dls.  %

Socket Firm er.................................................. 70410
Socket Framing................................................ 70410
Socket Comer....................................................70410
Socket Slicks....................................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

combs. 

chalk.
COFFER.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12@12H dls. 10

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

dls.

DRIPPING FANS.

Small sizes, ser p o u n d .................................... 
Large sizes, per  pound.........................  
 

 

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

07
6H

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In .............................. dos. net 
75
Corrugated.................... .................... dls. 20410410
Adjustable.................................................dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dlB.

files—New List. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126.........................  
Ives’, 1, »18;  2,124;  3, fee............................... 
Dlsston’s ............................................................60410
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s .......................................................60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

30
25

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

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

13 
oauoes. 

Discount, 60

Stanley Rnle and  Level Co.’s ........................ 

14 

28
18

50

dls.

dls.

dls.

HINGES.

dls.
dls.

levels. 

hangers. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  4  Co.’s ...................................................dls. 25
Rip’s ....................................................................... dls. 25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s .................................................dls. 40419
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... — 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and— 30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ..................................dis.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 414  14  and
r '
3H
10
.......net
K ..................
%................... ----- net
8H
.......net
\
7V4
..................
%................... .......net
7H
50
...... dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50410
Champion,  anti friction................................  60410
40
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................ 
60
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  Tin W are.......................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are........................new list 3314410
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes........................ 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ....................... 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
RusBell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze Bye...................................................116.00, dls. 60
H unt Bye.  ...........................................115.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s .  .......................................«18.50, dls. 20410.
dlS.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cle*k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
25
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
26
Steel nails, 
Wire nails, 
2  20
 
Steel.  Wire.
60...............................................  
Base
  Base 
10
50...........................................................Base 
20
40 
05 
30..........................................................  
20
10 
30........... 
30
15 
16..........................................................  
35
15 
35
12..  .....................................................  
15 
40
10...........................................................   20 
50
8 .............................................................  25 
65
7 4 6 .......................................................  40 
90
4........................ 
60 
1 50
3..............................................................1 00 
2 .. .. ......................................................1  50 
2 00
2 00
Fine 3.................................................... 1 50 
90
Case  10 .................................................  60 
8.....................................   .........  75 
1  00
125
6......... 
90 
1  00
Finish 10...............................................  85 
1 25
8.................................................1 00 
1 50
6................................................ 1  15 
75
Clinch!10..............................................   85 
90
8..............................................1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
1 00
Barrell X ...............................................1 75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   @4»'
Sclota Bench....................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   .@40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dis. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

NAILS
base......................................... 1 85
base................. 

patent pla n ish e d iron.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

“ 
« 
« 
« 
“ 
» 

FLANKS. 

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

r ive t s. 

PANS.

dlB.

dlS.

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken packs He per pound extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES. 

8
dlB.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, H Inch and la rg e r...............................  
M anilla..............................................................   11H
Steel and Iron..................................................  
75
60
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre.................................................................. 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
*3 10
3 20
320
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

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

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
56
35

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“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

saws. 

H and............................................ 

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton 125
20
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
70
Special Steel Dex  X Cuts, per foot.... 50
Special Steel Dla.  X Cuts,“per foot_______  30

“ 
“ 
" 
“  Champion  and  Blectrlc  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root................................................. 

dls.

“ 

dls.

wire. 

traps. 

30
Steel, Game........................................................80410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s —  
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per dos
Mouse, delusion................................. «1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed M arket............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned M arket.................................................  62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............................   3 40
painted..................................  2  85
Au Sable................................. dls. 25410@25410405
Putnam ............................................. 
dls. 05
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10410
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
Bird Cages........................................................ 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
Screws, New List.................................... 
70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate.............................50410410
Dampers,  American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dls.

METALS.
FIG TIN.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks...............................................
Per pound......................................................... 

ZINC.

26o
280

7

SOLDER.

........................................................................}6
Bxtra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder m the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................• 7 50
..............................................  7  50
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
.......... ...................................  9  25
“ 
14x20 IX, 
.............................................   9  26
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14IC, Charcoal............................................ «6 5 0
..............................................  6  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
.............................................  8  00
14x20 IX, 
 
00

Each additional X on this grade, «1.75.

Bach additional X on this grade «1.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

 
 

 
 

“ Worcester....................................   6 50

“ 
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade.................. 
“ 
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“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
8  50
14x20 IX, 
13  50
20x28 IC, 
5  75
14x20IC, 
7  25
14x20 IX, 
12 00
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15 00
14x28  IX....................; .....................................  W4  00
14x31  IX...............................................................15
14*60ix ’ 
10

I  BoBer*’ 1 P®r pound 

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A M M U N IT IO N

G U N S .

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T H E   M IC H IG A ii  TRADESM AN

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail Trade of the Voliferine State.

The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Poet Ojf. -■

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  AUGUST  5,  1891.

SHORT  WEIGHT  CODFISH.

Noting the complaint of Lee Deuel, the 
Bradley  general  dealer, 
in  regard  to 
short-weight codfish,  the Olney & Judson 
Grocer  Co.  clipped  the  item  from  The 
Tradesman and forwarded it  to  one  of 
the largest fish house  in  Gloucester,  ac­
companying the  same  with a  request for 
an explanation.  The  reply  was  as  fol­
lows:

In  handling  boneless  fish,  please  re­
member you  are handling something that 
is subject to a  continual  shrinkage until 
consumed.  Those  fish  you  complain 
about falling  short  will  in  two  weeks’ 
time  from  now  fall  short  four  or  five 
pounds  per  box  and  they will continue 
to shrink quite  fast until  they  will  fall 
short six or seven pounds per box.  After 
that the shrinkage will be more gradual. 
We give full  weight. 
In  order  to  have 
our fish hold out,  we would be obliged to 
give  considerable  overweight  and  this 
we cannot  do  and  do  business.  We,  as 
every  other  shipping house  in  Glouces­
ter,  will guarantee full  weight when fish 
are packed.  This is all  anyone  can  do. 
We  will  also  guarantee  to  place  our 
goods  alongside  of  any  fish  put  up  by 
any  house as  regarding  holding  out  in 
weight,  providing  the  fish  have  been 
packed  an  equal  leugth  of  time.  We 
wish  we could put  up  fish  so  that  they 
would  hold out in  weight,  but,  consider­
ing that pickled cured  fish  are  wet  and 
subject to a  continual  drain,  you  must 
see that it is  impossible for us  to  do  so. 
As regarding mistakes  in  weight,  we put 
up on an  average  400 boxes fish  per  day 
and our scales are tested about every day. 
Every box of fish  is  weighed  by  a  man 
employed especially  to do this one thing.
Accepting  the  above  explanation  as 
authe: tic,  the  retail  dealer is placed  in 
an  uncomfortable  position. 
If  he  buys 
fish which has been  in the jobber's hands 
two weeks, it is four to five pounds short. 
Two  weeks  later  it  has  shrunken  still 
more  and is  six to  seven  pounds  short. 
What shall he do about  it—pay  for what 
he  gets  or  what  he is supposed  to  get? 
In the  opinion of  The Tradesman, cod­
fish  should  be sold  net weight  and  the 
process of  curing or the  method  of  sale 
should  be  so  reformed  that  the  goods 
would  get  to  the  dealer at  the  weight 
named  in  the  invoice. 
In  the  present 
condition of  things,  it  is  manifestly un­
just to ask the jobber to stand the shrink­
age,  for  he pays on the basis of the billed 
weight, the same as the retailer, but some 
coneert  of  action  should  be  undertaken
which  would  result in the  goods  being 
put  up  net  or  an  adequate  tare  estab­
lished.

The Tradesman will have.more to say 

on this subject later.

A  TIMELY  RESOLUTION.

At a recent  convention of  the  Patrons 
of  Industry  of  Osceola  county,  the fol­
lowing 
resolution  was  unanimously 
adopter:

Resolved,  That  we  will  not  support 
any  person  but a farmer  or  laborer  for 
Representative to  the  State  Legislature 
from  this district  in the  year  1892,  and 
that we will support such a man.

It is well  that the  Patrons  “take  time 
by  the  forelock”  and  “resolute”  about 
things a year ahead, for there will not be 
enough of them left twelve months hence 
to  make a  respectable  prayer  meeting. 
Both  the  membership  and  enthusiasm 
are waning so fast that it is extremely un­
likely if any one  but the officials who re­
ceive dues and levy assessments will sur­
vive the present season.  Strange to say, 
these barnacles  will  stick to the ship un­
til she is completely  engulfed.

WILL  CEASE  DETECTIVE  WORK.
The  Detroit  News  publishes  the  fol­
lowing,  without  stating  any  authority 
therefor:

The State Board of Pharmacy has been 
spending $1,400 a year in  the work of de­
tecting  druggists who do  business  with­
out  a  license,  but  are  convinced  that 
this  is  usurping  part  of  the  duties  of 
prosecutors  and  will  turn  over  $1,721, 
now in  their  hands,  to  the  State  Treas­
urer.
The  validity of  the  Pharmacy act has 
been passed upon by  the Supreme  Court
and  the  law  held  to  be  constitutional. 
The  case  was  that  of  Dr.  Moorman,  of 
Belding,  who was  convicted in  the  Ionia 
Circuit Court for dispensing  drugs with­
out  first  securing  a  license  from  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  full  text  of 
the decision will appear in The Trades­
man next week.

If  it  is  a  fact  that  the Board has  de­
cided  to abandon  the  work  of  detecting 
druggists  who  are  pursuing  their  busi­
ness  illegally,  the law  will  be  enforced 
still less  than  it  has  in  the  past—and 
past enforcement has  been in  the  nature 
of a burlesque,  so far as  preventing  any 
considerable number of violations of  the 
The  Tradesman 
law 
hopes  that the  statement of  the News  is 
incorrect,  for a law  which is not enforced 
is worse than no  law at all,  and the only 
practical  method  of securing a  rigid  en­
forcement of a  law is to  provide  an  offi­
cer charged with that special duty.

is  concerned. 

Since the drug market  was put  on the 
press,  all  brands  of  morphine  have 
declined  10 cents per  ounce.

A  Disturbed  World.

national 

.  Nearly the whole of the civilized world 
is disquieted just now; and  if the  “signs 
of the times”  are to  be trusted,  History 
will have a wild and  woeful tale to tell a 
few years  hence.  Fighting  on a  grand 
scale  may  soon  commence  in  Europe. 
All Europe is more  or less  distracted by 
conflicting 
and 
jealousies,  while the popular  element is 
everywhere  asserting itself  with a bold­
ness,  vigor  and  success  perilous  to 
dynastic rule.  The fires  of  discord may 
smolder  for  some  time  longer,  or they 
may  break out  suddenly  and soon,  but 
that a  bloody  crisis  is  not  far  distant 
seems to be about as  certain as anything 
in the  future can  be.

interests 

Since the  beginning of  the year  1891, 
over seventy million dollars of gold have 
been sent  from  this country  to Europe, 
and the greater  part of this amount  has 
found  its way to Russia.  What is Europe, 
and  Russia in  particular,  accumulating 
so much gold  for?  It is in  anticipation 
of the fact  that  when  a  nation’s  legal 
tenders become depressed in consequence 
of  the  uncertainty  of  a  war  issue,  it 
becomes necessary that  the treasury of a 
nation »thus  engaged  should  be  well 
stocked with the yellow metal,  which for 
liquidating  foreign  obligations  has  no 
equal?

EIGHT  PER  CENT.

The  striking 

The  launching  on  the  market  of  a 
number of new  industrial  undertakings 
comes  very  opportunely  to  break  the 
insupportable dullness which has latterly 
prevailed in Wall  street. 
It  makes  me 
think of what the famous  Sexton Brown 
of Grace  Church said  one  winter  when 
balls  and, parties,  the  management  of 
which supplemented his religious duties, 
were  few,  and  his  collateral 
income 
therefrom  was scanty:  “Nothing is going 
on in the way of dancing,  but  I contrive 
to make  the  funerals  lively.”  For,  in a 
certain not invidious sense, each of these 
new  industrial  companies  represents  a 
funeral. 
Its formation  marks the death 
of an old,  well-established  private  con­
cern and its resurrection as a corporation. 
Its  future  lot,  like  that  of  individual 
mortals,  is veiled from  human eyes,  and 
only time and  experience  will reveal it.
feature  to  me  of  the 
advertisements of these  undertakings is 
the liberality  of the  terms they  offer to 
investors.  Eight per cent.,  preferred and 
cumulative,  seems to  be by common con­
sent  the  income  which  they  promise. 
This is due partly,  I am told,  to the law 
of New Jersey,  under  which the compa­
nies  mostly  are  formed,  limiting  pre­
ferred  dividends  to  eight per  cent,  per 
annum,  and  partly to the  fact  that the 
preferred  stocks  of  similar  companies 
already on the  market,  such  as,  for ex­
ample,  the American  Sugar  Refineries, 
sell  at  prices  which  return  eight  per 
cent,  and  over to  the  purchaser.  What­
ever may be the reason,  the fact remains 
that both  by the  promotors  and by  the 
public, eight per cent,  is  taken to be  the 
proper and normal  hire  of money  when 
it is to be  invested  in industrial  under­
takings like  those now presented,  on the 
best security that  they can  furnish.

This  is  a  phenomenon 

that  merits 
investigation,  not only by those  who  are 
disposed to  put their  money  into  these 
undertakings,  but  by  disinterested  ob­
servers  like  myself.  Why  is 
it,  and 
what does it mean, that when  the Govern­
ment  can  borrow  at  2  per  cent,  per 
annum,  muncipalities 
at  3,  private 
owners of city real  property at  from 4 to 
5,  and railroad  companies  in  good credit 
at  5,  the  proprietors  of  these  private 
enterprises,  which,  if these prospectuses 
tell the truth, have long been enormously 
profitable,  and are to continue  under the 
same management as  heretofore,  cannot 
procure capital  at less  than 8 per cent.?
The  impression  first  produced  upon 
my  mind,  as  it  doubtless  is  upon  the 
minds  of  all  who  have  seen for  many 
years the ups and  downs of  speculators, 
is that this high rate of  interest is a bait 
covering  a  hidden  risk. 
It  brings  to 
remembrance  the  saying  attributed  to 
the Duke of Wellington,  “High  interest 
means bad security,” and I am reminded 
by it of an  anecdote of  the late  Stephen 
Whitney.  He had been  solicited  to join 
in  a speculation  upon  which  was figured 
out a  clean  profit  of 100  per cent,  in  a 
few  months.  Mr.  Whitney,  not  liking 
either the  speculation or the  speculator 
who  was  managing  it,  declined  with 
thanks,  saying:  “My dear sir,  the thing 
is  too  good  altogether;  my  conscience 
would  not  allow me  to  make  so  much 
money.”  So,  the offer of eight per cent, 
per annum for the use of capital implies, 
at first eight,  either  that the  investment 
is  doubtful  or  that  the  dividends  are 
unconscionable.

At the  same  time I  admit  that  these 
enterprises  are still  comparative  novel­
ties, and  have yet  to  win  their  way to 
public favor.  When,  some six  or seven 
years  ago,  the  Standard Oil  certificates 
to the amount of $70,000,000 were offered 
on  the  market,  they  brought  only  90 
cents on the  dollar,  although  they were 
paying 12 per cent,  per annum,  and those 
who  bought  them at  that  price  did  so 
with  considerable  hesitation. 
Since 
then $20,000,000  of pure  water has been 
added to the $70,000,000 original  capital 
without reducing the  dividend rate,  and 
the  whole  $90,000,000 is  now selling  at 
somewhere  between  160  and  170.  The 
steady  payment  of  dividends has  given 
the investment a good reputation,  which 
it did  not  enjoy at  the outset,  and  the 
early  purchasers  of  it  are  reaping  the 
reward of  their  audacity. 
It  may  well 
be,  therefore,  that the offer of 8 per cent, 
on par,  which  is considerably  less  than 
the  12  per  cent,  on 90 offered  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Trust,  indicates  no  more 
than the amount of temptation necessary 
to induce capitalists  to put  their  money 
into  an  undertaking  good  enough  in 
itself,  but which  lacks the  stamp of ap­
proval  attainable  only  by  a  career  of 
several years of success.  Balancing this 
consideration against the distrust aroused 
by 
income 
promised, each  investment  is  left  to be 
judged upon  its intrinsic  merits.  Here 
is  where the real  difficulty  arises.  Peo­
ple  in  general  have  not  the  means  of 
forming  a  satisfactory  opinion  upon  a 
business in which  they themselves  have 
had no personal knowledge, and of which 
they  can  learn  nothing  except what  is 
told  them  by  persons  who  have  the 
strongest motive to  represent matters as 
favorably for themselves  as possible.

seemingly  excessive 

the 

Then,  too,  comes the  further  inquiry: 
Why,  if  these  various  concerns 
into 
which the public are invited to put  their 
money are as  profitable as they  are rep­
resented to be,  is it necessary  to appeal 
to  the  public for  money  at  all?  I  can 
well understand why a  partnership com­
posed of many  partners and having large 
and widely extended  transactions should 
be  converted 
into  a  corporation.  A 
partnership is  dissolved by the death  of 
a  single  member  of  it,  and  has  to  be 
liquidated  and organized over  again,  at 
great trouble and expense, with probably 
great  loss of  capital  through  the with­
drawal  of the  deceased partner’s  share; 
whereas a  corporation  goes  on  forever, 
like  Tennyson’s  brook,  and  disregards 
individual catastrophes.  For  this reason 
Tiffany &  Co.,  W.  & J.  Sloane,  and Park 
&  Tilford  have  been  formed  into  cor­
porations,  although no  change has been 
made in  their  mode  of doing  business, 
and so far from  asking  money from  the 
public,  these  stocks  are jealously  kept 
in the hands  of their original  members.
They  have  all the  capital  they  want 
and  do not  desire to  share  their  profits 
with  outsiders.  But  when,  in  addition 
to  incorporating  itself,  a  firm  of  long 
standing  and  good  reputation  offers 
practically  to  sell out at  a low  price,  it 
is impossible to avoid the  suspicion that 
there are other reasons for the  step than 
those which  appear  on  the surface.

Here,  again,  a satisfactory explanation 
is  possible,  and  the  suspicion  I  have 
mentioned may  be completely  removed. 
Not to repeat  the illustration  furnished 
by  the  Standard  Oil  Trust,  there  are 
plenty of cases to show that a willingitess 
to admit the  public as  shareholders in a

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A  Turk’s  Notion  of Justice.

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the  money 

business may arise not  from any wish to 
unload it upon them,  but either to obtain 
permanently capital  which has  hitherto 
been raised only by continual  borrowing, 
or to  enable the  proprietors  to  use  for 
other  purposes 
they  have 
locked up in  it.  Thus,  Guinness  &  Co., 
the Dublin  brewers,  sold an  interest in 
their brewery  with  great benefit to those 
who bought it;  and from all that I  hear, 
Mr.  Lorillard has  ample justification  for 
disposing of a part of  his  tobacco  busi­
ness in the  advantage 
to be  gained  by 
having ready cash  for its  needs,  instead 
of  being  under  a  perpetual  necessity 
of  borrowing.

After all,  the question  comes  back,  as 
I have frequently said on other.occasions, 
to  the  personal  character  of  the  men 
who are to conduct the concerns in  which 
investors  are  asked  to  invest.  A  cor­
poration cannot  successfully  run  itself 
any  more than  a  partnership  can,  and 
calling  a  man  President,  Secretary,  or 
Director does not endow him with honesty 
and sagacity.  His  shareholders  are,  to 
the  extent  of  their  shares, 
special 
partners with  him,  and  it is a safe  rule 
not to buy stock in any corporation which 
is  managed  by  men  who  would not  be 
desirable  general  partners  in  a  private 
firm.  Especially 
to  be  avoided  are 
stocks-  in  which the  officers  of the com­
panies  are gambling  on  the  Stock  Ex­
change.  The  exigencies  of  their  sit­
uations  compel  them  occasionally,  if 
not to tell lies,  at  least to  suppress  the 
truth,  and  without a full  knowledge  of 
the  truth it  is  impossible  to  use  one’s 
judgment with  any hope  of a sound  re­
sult.

Bearing all  these things in  mind,  and 
exercising reasonable  discretion,  I think 
that investments in these new  industrial 
enterprises  may  properly  be  made  by 
those who can  afford to  lose  what  they 
put in if fortune should prove adverse to 
them.  They offer,  first,  a probability of 
a large return upon the amount invested, 
and then,  if,  as  time goes  on,  they  de­
monstrate their ability to pay this income, 
year  in,  year  out, 
their  price  in  the 
market  is sure  to  advance,  like  that of 
the Standard Oil  certificates.  When the 
seeming bad security  is  demonstrated  to 
be  good  security,  its  capitalized  value 
will increase,  and will  reduce the  high 
interest to  low  interest.  This  has  been 
the case so often that I need not mention 
instances.  Time tries all  things,  and the 
almost universal  wedding process  is  in­
evitable.  In the  struggle  for  existence, 
which  prevails  in money  making  as in 
everything  else,  the fittest  survive,  and 
the weaker go  under.  To  pick out  the 
winners  in advance  and  to  discard  the 
losers requires  knowledge,  skill,  and  a 
certain instinct which may be sharpened 
by exercise, but which cannot be supplied 
by art if it  is wanting  by  nature.  I can 
only offer  suggestions; my  readers must 
dp  the rest  themselves.

Matthew  Marshall.
New  Shoe  Stock—Change  of Base.
Ada, July 31—Ed.  C.  Duff,  grocer,  has 
added a full line of boots and shoes.  The 
Watertown Shoe Co.  furnished  the stock.
Lester &  Co.  have  purchased  the  fix­
tures  and last end of the  Fish  stock,  at 
Rockford, of J.  F.  Ferris, of  Grand  Rap­
ids.  They will immediately remove their 
stock of dry goods  to Rockford and  con­
solidate the two stocks and close them out, 
preparatory to  opening  a  grocery  store 
at South Cascade,  a  new point on the D., 
L.  & N.  Railway,  one  and  a  half  miles 
from Cascade Springs,  where the Lesters 
own  a farm.

A grocer of  Smyrna  had  a  son,  who, 
with  the help of  the  little  learning  the 
country could afford, rose  to the  post  of 
naib,  or deputy to the cadi,  or  mayor  of 
that city,and as such visited the markets, 
and  inspected the weights and  measures 
of all  retail  dealers.  One  day,  as  this 
officer was  going his  rounds,  the  neigh­
bors,  who  knew enough  of  his  father’s 
character to suspect that he might  stand 
in need  of  the  caution,  advised  him  to 
shift his  weights for  fear  of  the  worst; 
but the old cheat, depending on his  rela­
tionship to the inspector,  and sure,  as he 
thought,  that his son  would never expose 
him to a public affront,  laughed  at  their 
advice,  and stood calmly at his shop-door 
waiting for his  coming..  The naib, how­
ever,  was well assured of the  dishonesty 
and unfair dealing of  his father,  and re­
solved to detect  his  villainy  and  make 
an  example  of  him.  Accordingly  he 
stopped  at his  door,  and  said  coolly  to 
him:
“Good  man,  fetch  out  your  weights 
that we may examine them.”
Instead of  obeying  the  grocer  would 
fain have put it off with a laugh,  but was 
soon  convinced  his son was  serious,  by 
hearing him order  the officers  to  search 
his shop,  and  seeing  them  produce  the 
instruments of  his  frauds  which,  after 
an impartial  examination,  were  openly 
condemned and  broken  to  pieces.  His 
shame and confusion,  however,  he hoped 
would plead with  a son to  remit him  all 
further  punishment  of  his  crime;  but 
even this though entirely  arbitrary,  the 
naib made  as severe as for the  most  in­
different offender,  for he  sentenced  him 
to a fine  of fifty piastres  and  to  receive 
a  bastinado  of  as  many  blows  on  the 
soles of his  feet.  All  of  this  was  exe­
cuted  upon  the  spot,  after  which  the 
naib,  leaping from  his horse,  threw him­
self at his  feet,  and  watering them  with 
his tears,  addressed him thus:
“Father,  I have discharged  my duty to 
my God,  my sovereign,  my  country  and 
my  station; permit  me  now,  by  my  re­
spect and submission,  to acquit  the  debt 
I owe a  parent.  Justice  is  blind;  it  is 
the power of God on  earth;  it has no  re­
gard  to  father  or  son.  God  and  our 
neighbor’s rights  are  above  the  ties  of 
nature.  You have  offended  against  the 
laws of  justice; you  deserved  this  pun­
ishment; you would  in the  end  have  re­
ceived it from some other;  I am  sorry  it 
was your fate to receive it from me.  My 
conscience  would  not  suffer  me  to  act 
otherwise.  Behave  better  for  the  fu­
ture,  and,  instead  of  blaming,  pity  my 
being reduced to so cruel a  necessity.”
This done,  the naib  mounted his horse 
again  and  continued his  journey  amidst 
the aclamations  and praise of the  whole 
city for so extraordinary a  piece  of  jus­
tice; report of  which being  made  to  the 
Sublime Porte,  the  sultan advanced  him I 
to the post of  cadi,  whence,  by  degrees, 
he rose to  the  dignity  of  mufti,  who  is 
the head both of religion  and law among 
the  Turks.

Trade  Schools  Useful.

The editor  of  the  Builder  and  Wood 
Worker  believes  in  trade  schools. 
It 
gives a young  man,  in a few  months,  he 
says,  instructions that it would take him 
the same number  of  years  to  “pick up” 
haphazard  in  a  shop,  and  accompanies 
this  instruction  with  a  technical  and 
scientific  teaching  of  the  whys  and 
wherefores  of  his  work  that  the  shop 
seldom or never  furnishes.  At the same 
time it enables him to reach the  stage at 
which he attains a value  as  a  mechanic 
that much  earlier than  if he went into a 
shop as a boy.  He can  commence  with 
the trade schools  in  his  seventeenth  or 
eighteenth year,  and would be just as far 
as the shop boy on completing  his  trade 
school  course,  with  the  incalculable ad­
vantage,  if he  has  wisely  used his  time, 
of possessing the  foundation  for an edu­
cation that will ever help him.

Economy is the parent  of integrity,  of 
liberty and of ease,  and the sister of tern 
perance,  of cheerfulness  and of  health; 
and  profuseness  is  a  cruel  and  crafty 
demon,  that 
involves  her 
followers in dependence  and debts,  that 
is,  fetters  them  with  “irons  into  their 
souls.”

generally 

We  are  headquarters, as  usual,  for  Peaches,  handling 
daily  average  200 to 300  bushels, which is over  one-third of 
the  receipt of  the  early Alexander  peaches.  We expect in a 
few  days to commence on  the early Rivers  and by latter  part 
of  the  week  the famous  PTaJe’s  JE$ar*ly will  begin  to 
come.

The careful estimate of  the  crop to be marketed  here  is

This means that our share of the crop will be over 50,000 

bushels.

If  you wish us to keep you  posted  regularly as to condi­
tions of our market, we will quote you with  pleasure.  Please 
drop us a postal card.  Address all correspondence to
A L F R E D   J.  B R O W N ,

G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

To Clothing and General Store Merchants—

It  will  pay  you  well to see  our  line of  fall  and  winter 
clothing, especially our elegant line of  the real  genuine “Tre- 
voli  Mills” all wool  fast  colors.  Kersey  overcoats  at  $8.50 
and  $9, silk  faced, single  and  double  breasted.  Also  our 
Melton  overcoats  and  one of  the nicest  line of  Ulsters in all 
shades, grades  and  material in the  market.  Our  Chinchillas 
are up to the equal standard, the whole  selected from  the best 
foreign and domestic goods.

S U IT IN G S .

We have an excellent  assortment in fine worsted, cheviot, 
pequay, meltona, cassimere and other famous mills.  We have 
a  reputation of  over 30 years  standing  established for selling 
excellent  made  and  fine  fitting  clothing  at  such  reasonable 
prices  as  enables  merchants  to  cater  for  all  classes.  Our 
Prince Alberts  have got a world fame popularity and our line 
of pants is most attractive.
William  Connor,  for  nine  years  our  representative  in 
Michigan,  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  in  Grand  Rapids  on 
Thursday and  Friday, August 13  and 14, and will be pleased 
to show our  line.  Expenses  paid for customers  meeting  him 
there, or he will  wait upon you if  you  drop  him a line to his 
address at Marshall, Mich., or we will send samples.

MICHAEL,  KOLB  &  SON, 

Wholesale Clothiers,

Rochester, N. Y.

William  Connor  also  calls  attention to his  nice  line of 
Boys’ and Children’s Clothing of every description for fall  and 
winter  trade.

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Drugs  Medicines*

State Board  of Pharmacy.

One  T ear—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
Two  Tears—Jacob  Jeeeon,  Muskegon.
Three  Tears—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Four Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Five Tears—George Gundrum. Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Nov. 4.______________________________________ K

Meetings  for  1891 — Houghton,  Sept.  I;  Lansing 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical  Aa'n. 

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President— H. G. Coleman, Kalam azoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Win Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.

Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.______________ _
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks* Association. 
resident, F. D. Kipp ;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.______

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary,  J. P. Rhelnfrank.
Muskegon  Drag Clerks* Association. 

President  N. Miller;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

Is  the Contract  Plan  Desirable?

Written  for  Thk Tradesman.

“My  soul  is  wrought  within  me”  at 
the action of the manufacturers of certain 
proprietary medicines, in forcing through 
the  wholesalers  a  pledge  or  contract 
upon  the retail druggists  of the country, 
binding  said retail  druggists to sell said 
manufacturers’ nostrums  at certain fixed 
rates.

It  seems  to  me  that 

trade,  by  agreeing  with 

the  wholesale 
said 
drug 
manufacturers  not 
to  sell  to  such  of 
their trade as refuse  to sign certain con­
tracts, discriminate against the retailers, 
and  in  favor of the  manufacturers.  For 
instance,  I want one bottle of I)r. Sharp’s 
Liver Exhilirator and only  one,  for  my 
trade.  Perhaps I could  not  sell  another 
in a year.  Not having signed the pledge, 
i am obliged to pay  full  retail price,  for 
my one  bottle;  and  should  I  sign  the 
pledge,  on one single  article I  would  be 
obliged  to  pay  10  per  cent,  above  re­
gular wholesale rates.

We  also  see  these  cunning 

little 
pledges  which  our  friends(?),  the patent 
medicine  men,  want  us  to  sign,  an 
agreement  not  to  substitute  any 
like 
for  an  article  of  their 
preparation, 
manufacture  and  also 
to  keep  a  full 
supply of their articles on  hand,  etc.

The  object,  and  the  only  object,  of 
these manufacturers in  exacting pledges 
of  the retail  trade, 
is  to  increase  the 
sale of their  preparations.  The  scheme 
directly  benefits them  by having  a  ten­
dency  to  increase  the  volume  of  their 
sales  by compelling  the  retailer to  buy 
in larger quantities. This,  and the article 
in  their  pledge  against  substitution,  is 
the sum  and substance of their excessive 
and  almost  paternal  regard  for  the re­
tailer,  as set  forth  in  the pledge  which 
we  must  sign,  in  order to  “protect the 
retail  dealer 
in  realizing fair and liberal 
profits on  the sale of our medicines,” etc. 
Now,  I do not cut on the price of patents, 
nor do I intend to,  neither do I sign  con­
tracts  of any  kind.

shelves, 

What  is  it to  A.,  B.  and C., or  other 
patent  medicine  proprietors,  if  I sell  a 
dollar bottle of Dr. Shark’s System Tick­
ler for 83 X cents, 
cents  on even 25
cents?  After the stuff has been paid for 
and  placed  on  my 
is 
certainly  none  of  the  manufacturer’s 
business what  I get  for  the  same.  Let 
the retail  druggists’  associations  in  the 
different States,  and  in  National  assem­
bly,  attend  to  the  vexed  question  of 
cutting of prices and let patent  medicine 
men  attend  to their  own  business  and 
things  will 
right  themselves.  United 
action  on  the  part  of  retailers  would

it 

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

bring  to 
time  these  patent  medicine 
proprietors,  who  imagine that  they own 
the retail  druggists of  America.

I believe that the retail trade will soon 
awaken to  the  true  inwardness  of  this 
pledge scheme  and proceed  to  sit  on it 
as  hard as they recently  did on  the Hood 
plan. 
Co lum biavillb, July 28, 1891.

Retailer.

The  White  Lead  Trust.

At a meeting  to be  held in  New  York 
on August 27,  the  National White  Lead 
Trust will,  no doubt,  be reorganized into 
a  corporation  under  the  laws  of  New 
Jersey,  that  State  having  more  elastic 
laws  affecting  corporations  than  most 
others.  The  adoption  of  a  corporate 
management,  instead of  trust  methods, 
is undoubtedly due to the express wishes 
of  a  large  number  of  shareholders and 
the  manifest  feeling  against  the  ques­
tionable  business ethics of  all  trusts,  as 
also  a  desire to conform  to  the  laws of 
such states as prohibit trusts or any part 
of  them  from  exercising business  func­
tions in their localities.
The  White  Lead  Trust  is,  without 
question,  well  officered  and  financially 
healthy, strongly intrenched  to  do  busi­
ness, and capable of realizing satisfactory 
and legitimate profits to its shareholders, 
and  under  the  proposed  new  order  of 
working  it  will  probably  meet  the  ap­
proval of the public and those pecuniari­
ly interested.  At  the  meeting called  it 
is  proposed to reduce  the  capital  stock 
from $89,000,000 to $30,000,000, of  which 
$15,000,000  shall  be  cumulative  7  per 
cent,  preferred  stock  and  the  rest  com­
mon stock. 
It will also be proposed that 
there  shall  be $3,000,000 6 per  cent,  de­
benture  bonds, $371,364  of  them  to  re­
deem mortgages on  real estate, aud $149,- 
487 to reimburse  trustees  for  cash  paid 
for  properties acquired  since the  organ­
ization of  the  Trust,  the  balance  to  be 
disposed to acquire additional capital for 
carrying on  the various businesses to  be 
acquired.  The trustees are to be author­
ized to carry out  this  plan. 
In  the new 
company  the  holders  of  six  shares  of 
National  Lead Trust can  have one  share 
of the new preferred aud one of common. 
The transfer  books  close  August 17 and 
will re-open on August 28.

New  Thing in Metallc  Paint.

is  a  valuable 

If  the  newly  discovered  property  of 
cottonseed oil,  which  has been so widely 
proclaimed,  shall  prove to be  all  that is 
claimed  for it,  good  j udges  are of  the 
opinion 
that  the  usefulness  of  that 
abundant  product  is  likely  to  be  very 
considerably  extended.  The  simplicity 
of  the  process 
feature 
which gives probability  to such a result. 
One gallon of  pure cottonseed  oil being 
placed in  a suitable  iron  vessel,  twenty 
pounds  of  lead  are  melted and  slowly 
poured  into the  oil,  which  at the  same 
time is thoroughly  stirred,  under  which 
operation  the lead separates  in globules, 
and  when  the  oil  is  poured  off,  after 
cooling, 
is  found  to  be  about 
seventeen  pounds  only  of the lead,  the 
balance  being  absorbed  by  the  oil.  On 
the  lead  being  again  melted  and  the 
operation repeated to the  fifth pouring— 
the amount  of lead  absorbed being  less 
at  each  succeeding  pouring—the  total 
amount  of  lead  absorbed  is  about  ten 
pounds.  The oil  thus charged  with the 
lead is  then  used  as a paint,  being ap­
plied  in  the  ordinary  way 
to  metalic 
surfaces,  which  it  is  desired  to protect 
from oxidation  or  corrosion,  the  liquid 
adhering  closely  and  becoming  very 
hard.

there 

An  Every  Day  Occurence.

“Any arsenic?”  softly  asked  the  little 
woman  as  the  druggist  came  forward 
with bis  usual retail  smile.

ister  it?”
suppose.  Isn’t that the general way?”

“ Yes’m.”
“I’d like a quarter’s  worth,  please.”
“Yes’m.  How  are you going to admin­
“Why—why,  on  cheese  or  bread,  I 
“Some give  it  in  coffee.”
"Why,  rats  don’t  drink  coffee,  do 
“Oh  it’s for  rats,  eh?  Then  cheese is 

they?”
the  proper  thing.”

The 

“But  presently  I  discovered 

The  Underlying  Cause  of His  Failure.
From  the  Youth’s Companion.
The red flag  fluttered  over the door of 
Gillam’s  Emporium. 
villagers 
were crowding the sidewalk,  while from 
within came the sound of the auctioneer’s 
nasal tones and the  rap of  his  hammer. 
Mr.  Whiffin,  a merchant  from the neigh­
boring county  town,  stopped in  a  group 
of men outside.
“ Ned Gillam  sold  out by  the  sheriff! 
What  does  that  mean?  I  should  have 
said  that  of all  the young  men  in  this 
village he  was  the one  who would make 
his way.  Has  he taken to drink?”
“Not at  all,”  said  the  squire.  “He’s 
sober enough.”
“Ned  understood  his  business,”  pur­
sued  Whiffin,  still  carious.  “He  was a 
salesman  for  me 
for  two  years,  you 
know. 
I never had  a more polite fellow 
to customers,  nor  one  who  could  run off 
goods  faster.  I never had  any  damaged 
goods left on  his counter.  He sold them 
at full price.  He was almost too smart.”
“You have  hit  the  nail  on the  head, 
there!”  said  the  squire.  “Gillam  is  a 
pleasant,  polite fellow,  but tricky.  When 
he  opened  the  Emporium  we all  went 
there  to buy. 
I  took  my  custom  from 
old  David  Longaker  at 
the  corner, 
thinking  that  we  must  have  the  ’fine 
table delicacies’  which Ned  promised.
that 
whenever  he  could  palm  off  inferior 
I  never 
goods  for  the  best he  did so. 
went back  to him.  David’s  goods  were 
just  what  he  represented  them  to  be. 
He’s a crusty old  fellow,  but his word  is 
to be  taken.”
“Our  experience  was the  same,”  said 
the  doctor.  “My  wife  and  daughters 
wanted to keep up  with  the fashion,  and 
bought their  hats and  gowns which Ned 
declared were  the style in  New York.
“But when they  found  they were  old 
auction  goods  which  he  had  bought1 
cheap and sold at  high profit,  they never 
went into his  store again.
“That  is  the  history of  his  dealings 
with  most  of  the  villagers.  One  after 
another  dropped  away  until  he  had 
nobody  left.  Hence—the  red  flag  and 
the sheriff!’’ waving  his hand.
“Well!  well!  1  always  thought  Ned 
Gillam  would  score  a  success  in  this 
world!”  said Mr.  Whiffin,  as he climbed 
into his  buggy  and drove  toward home. 
“Such a  polite  fellow and so  agreeable 
to everybody!”  he muttered,  flicking his 
horse gently.
Young Gillam  himself,  as he  watched 
the auctioneer and the  buyers,  wondered 
bitterly  at  his  defeat.  He had  started 
with but little capital,  but  clear of debt. 
Now he owed  every  one,  and the  assets 
would not cover his debts.
“I tried  to be  civil and  pleasant,” he 
said.  “I  looked  sharply  after  my  own 
interests.  I don’t know where my mistake 
was!”
But every  villager  in the crowd knew.
The  secret  was a  truth  as  old as  the 
first trade  which was  made between the 
children  of  Adam;  it  repeats  itself  in 
every  individual  life  to-day;  and  most 
readers  who  have  seen  this glimpse of 
village  history can  tell  what it is.

Profitable.

Linseed Oil  Manufacture  Growing Less 
Coming on the heels of an open market 
for linseed oil,  the reduction of  the divi­
dend of  the National  Linseed Oil  Co.  to 
one-half  its usual  size  becomes a matter 
of  common comment.  The August  divi­
dend is 50 cents  per  share,  a 2 per  cent, 
basis.  The preceding fourteen dividends 
were with  great  regularity one  dollar a 
share,  a 4 per cent,  basis—or just double 
that of  August.  True,  the dividend  for 
any  one  year  is always  paid  upon  the 
basis of  the profits  for the  yekr  preced­
ing, but  this  serves  very little  to  help 
toward  a  hopeful  view of  the  apparent 
reduction  in  earnings.  Without  doubt, 
as the officers of the company assert, they 
are  quite  able  to  declare a dividend  of 
equal  proportion to that of  the previous 
three  and a half  years without  interfer­
ing  greatly with  their  treasury surplus, 
but  the fact  that  they do  not do  so,  be­
cause of  an adherence  to the  rule which 
governed  the  declaration  of  previous 
dividends,  is a better  key to the  real sit­
uation  than  any fictitiously  based  divi­
dend would be.

While this action of the company shows 
the carefulness and  probity of  the board 
and officers, it also  demonstrates  the un­
certain  possibilities  of  the  linseed  oil 
business  in  respect to its  being a profit­
able one in the face of  keen competition.

True  Philosophy.

Madame Neckar  relates the  following 
anecdote of  M.  Abauret,  a  philosopher 
of Geneva:
“It was said  of him that he never  had 
been  out  of  temper;  some  persons,  by 
meaus of his female  servant,  were deter­
mined  to  put  this  to  the  proof.  The 
woman  in  question stated  that  she  had 
been his  servant  for  thirty  years,  and 
she protested that  during that  time  she 
had never seen  him  in a passion.  They 
promised  her  a  sum  of  money  if  she 
would endeavor to make  him angry;  she 
consented,  and knowing  he was particu­
larly fond of having  his bed  well  made, 
she on  the  day  appointed  neglected  to 
make it.  M.  Abauret  observed  it,  and, 
the next morning,  made  the observation 
to her;  she answered,  that  she  had  for­
gotten it; she  said  no  more,  but,  on  the 
same  evening,  she  again  neglected  to 
make the bed;  the same observation  was 
made on the morrow  by the philosopher, 
and she  again made  some  such  excuse, 
in a cooler manner than before.  On the 
third day,  he said to her:  ‘You  have  not 
yet made my  bed;  you  have  apparently 
come to some  resolution on  the  subject, 
as  you probably found  it  fatigued  you. 
But after all,  it is of no  consequence,  as 
I begin to accustom myself to it  as it is.’ 
She threw herself at his feet and avowed 
all to him.”

Canine  Common  Sense.

A French dog was  taught by  his  mas­
ter  to execute  various commissions,  and 
among others,  to fetch  him  vituals  from 
the cook-shop in  a basket.  One evening, 
when the dog  was returning to  his  mas­
ter  thus  furnished,  two  other dogs,  at­
tracted by  the savory smell  of  the  con­
tents  of the  basket  that  this  new  mes­
senger  was  carrying,  determined  to  at­
tack  him.  The dog  put  his  basket  on 
the ground,  and set himself courageously 
against  the  first  that  advanced  against 
him; but while he  was engaged  with the 
one, the other ran  to the basket  and  be­
gan to help himself.  At  length,  seeing 
there was no chance  of beating  both the 
dogs and saving his  master’s  dinner,  he 
threw  himself  between  his  two  oppo­
nents,  and,  without  further  ceremony, 
quickly dispatched the  remainder of the 
good things himself,  and  then  returned 
to his master with the empty basket.

Potato  Salad.

From the New York Sun.

Nine Anglo-Saxon women in ten among 
those  who eat  potato salad  in  a German 
restaurant  imagine it to be  an  easy  and 
simple dish to have  at  home.  They find 
out  their  mistake,  for  one of  the  chief 
ingredients  in  it  is  one that  is  seldom 
suspected.  That is beef  stock  or  bouil- 
lion.  To sufficient  potatoes for five  per­
sons  add a cup of  beef  stock  poured on 
while  the potatoes are hot.  That  sinks 
into the vegetable and keeps it moist and 
delicious.  After  adding  the  beef  stock 
sprinkle pepper and salt to suit the taste, 
a  little  sharp  vinegar,  as  much  oil  as 
you  please,  and  chop  up  a  small  onion 
very  fine  to  throw  over  the  completed 
dish. 

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The  Drug-  Market.

Opium is dull.  Morphia is unchanged. 
Quinine is steady.  Turpentine  is lower. 
Linseed oil is steady.

Dn[[ Store for Sale at a Barpin

On  long  time  If  desired,  or  will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Stock clean and 
well assorted.  Location the best in the city. 
I wish to retire  permanently from  the drug  bus­
iness.

0.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave.

Muskegon,  Mich.

GX2TSX2TG  R O O T .

We pay the htgheet price for It.  Addreee

D P n ir   D o n e *   Wholesale  DruKgtote, 
|  LAIV/Ja.  JjIiU O i)  GRAND  RAPIDS.

T H E   MTCHTQ^LlSr  TRADESM A N

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S. N.  Y.  Q. A

Morphia,  S. P. & W ...2 05@2  30 
C. C o .........................1  95®2 20
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myristlca, No. 1..........   70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o..............................   @2 00
Plcis  Llq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcis Llq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Pix  Burgun.................  @  7
Plumbl A cet...............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10®1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30®  35
Quassiae...................... 
8®  10
Qulnia, S. P. A W .......  33®  36
S.  Germ an....22  @  30
Rubla  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
SaccharamLactlspv. 
@  33
Salacln......................... 1  80@1  35
Sanguis  Draconis.......  40®  50
Santonine  ...................... 
4  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
M.........................   10®  12
@  15

“  G..............  

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Seldlltz  M ixture.........  @  25
Slnapls...........................  @  18
“   opt.....................  @  30
Snnff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes..........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras,  (po. 13).  .  12®  13
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
Soda Carb....................  1)4@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb...............  @  5
Soda,  Ash.....................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas...............  @  2
Spts. Ether C o .............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p........   @3  00
2 27)...........................  @2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 3  @ 4
Roll.................  2?ii@ 3)4
Tam arinds.................... 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice........   28®  30
Theobrom ae.................  45® 5C
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................... 
7®  8

Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.

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OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  55 
Lard, No.  1.................  45 
Unseed, pure raw —   37 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
40

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11
43
Undseed,  b o ile d __   40 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
60
50 
Spirits Turpentine__   40)4  46
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars... 1 Si  2@4
“ 
Ber.........13i  2@3
Putty,  commercial_2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure..... 2)4  2Si@8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red......................   7  @7)4
“  w h ite .................7  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  
@90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints...................... 1 00@1  20

VABNIBHES.

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

Wholesale Price Current*

Advanced—Nothing. 

Declined—Turpentine.

ACID UK.

A ceticum ..................... 
8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  oo
Boraclc 
...................... 
20
Carbollcum...............   23®  35
C itricum ......................  55®  58
H ydroehlor................. 
3®  5
...................  10®  12
Nitrocum 
O xalicnm ....................   11®  13
Phosphorium  d ll........  
20
Salicylicum.................1  30@1  70
Sulpnuricnm...............   15S£®  5
Tannicum ....................1  40@1  60
Tartaricum ...................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

n 

Aqua, 16  deg...............3)4@ 
5
20  deg...............   5)4®  7
Carbonas  ....................   12®  14
Chlorldum ..................   12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

90®1  10
8®  10
.  25®  30

Cubeae (po.  90).........
Jun íp ero s..................
Xantnoxy lu m ............
BAL9AMUM.
55®  60
Copaiba......................
@1  75
Peru.............................
Terabln, Canada  — 35®  40
35®  50
T olutan......................
CORTEX.
.........  18
Abies,  Canadian.......
.........  11
Cassias  ......................
.........  18
Cinchona F la v a .......
.........  30
Enonymus  atropurp.
.........  20
My rica  Cerifera, po..
.........  12
Prunus Vlrgini..........
.........  14
Quillaia,  grd.............
........   14
Sassafras  ...................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........   10

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EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  G labra.. 
po..........
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
Is.............
)48............
)4s............
FERRUM.
Carbonate Preclp.......
Citrate and Quinta...
Citrate  Soluble..........
Ferrocyanldum Sol...
Solut  Chloride..........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
pure............

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

@  15
@3  50
@  80
@  50
@  15
1)4®  2
@  7

FLORA.
A rnica.......................
A nthem ls...................
Matricaria 

18®  20
20®  25
— 25®  30

FOLIA.

Barosma 
..................
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
nivelly....................
Alx
Salvia  officinalis,  )4s
and  )4s....................
U raU rsi......................

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GUMMI.

20®  70
25®  28
35®  50
12®  15
8®  10

“ 
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@1  00
Acacia,  1st  picked... 
@  90
2d 
...
“ 
@  80
“ 
3d 
...
@  65
sifted sorts..
75@1  00
po 
..............
50®  60
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)..
®  12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)..
@  50
“  Socotri,  (po.  60)
Catechu, 1b, ()4s, 14 !4s,
@  1
16).............................
30®  35
Ammoniac.................
@  20
Assafœtlda,  (po. 30)..
50®  55
Benzolnum.................
52®  55
Camphor»...................
35®  10
Euphorbium  po  .......
@3 00
Galbanum..................
80®  95
Gamboge,  po..............
@  25
Guaiacum,  (po  30)  ..
@  20
Kino,  (po.  25)............
@  90
M astic.........................
©   40
Myrrh,  (po. 45)............
Opii.  (po. 3  801.......... 1  90@2 00
23®  30
Shellac  ......................
bleached.......
28®  33
30®  75
Tragacanth  ...............

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HEBBA—In ounce packages.

........   25
Absinthium ...............
.........  20
Eupatorium ...............
Lobelia......................... ........   25
M ajorom...................... ........   28
........   23
Mentha  Piperita.......
.........  25
“  V lr...............
........   30
R ue..............................
Tanacetum, V ............
........   25
Thymus,  V .................
MAGNESIA.
Calcined, P at............
Carbonate,  P at..........
Carbonate, K. &  M ...
Carbonate, JennlngS.

55®  60
20®  22
20®  25
35®  36

OLEUM.

Absinthium ............... 5 00@5 50
45®  75
Amygdalae, D ale.......
Amy aalae, Amarae...
8 00@8 25
A n lsi........................... 2 00@2 10
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 3 60@3  75
Bergamil  .................. 3  75@4  00
70®  80
C aliputl......................
90@i  no
Caryophylli...............
35®  65
C ed ar.........................
@2 00
Chenopodi!  ...............
Clnnam onll............... 1  15@1  20
@  45
C itronella..................
35®  65
Conlnm  Mac...............
Copaiba  ...................... 1-20@1  30

Cubebae........................
Exechthitos...............   2
Brlgeron...................... 2
G aultherla................... 2
Geranium,  ounce.......
Gosslpii,  Sem. gal.......
Hedeoma  .....................l
Juni peri........................
Lavendula..................
Limonis........................2
Mentha Piper................2
Mentha Verld..............2
Morrhuae, gal.............. 1
Myrcia, ounce..............
Olive.............................
Plcis Liquida,  (gal.,35)
R icinl........................  .1
Rosmarini.............
Rosae,  ounce...............
Snccini.........................
S abina.........................
Santa]  ..........................3
Sassafras.  ...................
Slnapls, ess, ounce__
Tiglii............................
T hym e.........................
opt  .................
Theobromas.................
POTASSIUM.

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@  7 50 
50®2 75 
50@2 75 
00®2  10 
@  75 
50®  75 
85®2 00 
50@2 00 
90@2 00 
G0@3  10 
90®3 00 
20®2 30 
00@1  10 
@  50 
90@2  75 
10®   12 
04®1  20 
75®1  00 
@6 00 
40®  45 
90®1 00 
50®7 00 
45®  50 
®  65 ®1 00 
40®  50 
®   60 
15®  20

BlCarp.........................  15®  18
Bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide.......................   35®  40
Carb..............................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16)........   14®  16
Cyanide.......................   50®  55
Iodide...........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass Nltras............... 
7®  9
Prnsslate......................  30®  33
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

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A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  25®  30
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  '  ®  25
Calamus........................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (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. 35®38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  )4s...... 
®  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei..............................   75@1  00
“  cu t.......................   @1  75
“  pv.........................   75®1  35
Splgella.......................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentaria...................  40®  45
Senega.........................   50®  55
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  ®  40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dns,  po......................  @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Ingiber a ....................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
22®  25
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
..  @ 1 5
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is ................. 
 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon................... 1  00@1  25
Corlandrom...................  10® 12
Cannabis Sativa..........  
4® 4)4
Cydonium......................  75® 
Cnenopodium  ..............  10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate........2 00@2 25
Foenlculum.................  ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
U n i .............................. 4  @4)4
Llni, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia...........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__ 3)4®  4)4
R ap a............................. 
6®  7
Slnapls,  A lbu.............  
8®  9
N igra............  11®  12

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BPIBITUS.

 
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Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ........1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T —  1  75@1  75
...............1  75®3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  GalU................. 1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto...................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

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

STBUP8.

A ccacla.......................
Zingiber  .......................
Ipecac............................
Ferrl  Iod.......................
Aurantl  Cortes............
Rhei  Arom.................
Simllax  Officinalis__
CO
Senega ...........................
Scillae............................
T olutan.......
Prunus  flrg

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5050
60
50
50
50
60
50
50

505050

50

TINCTURES.

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26®  28
30®  32

r‘ 
ground, 

Aconitum  Napellis R .. 
.......  69
F ..
.......  50
Aloes.............................. .......  60
and  m yrrh.......... .......  60
A rnica........................... .......  50
Asafoetlda...................... ....... 
0
Atrope Belladonna....... .......  60
Benzoin......................... .......  60
Co.................... .......  50
Sanguinaria.................. .......  50
Barosm a........................
....  50
Cantharides.................. .......  75
Capsicum ...................... .......  50
Ca  damon...................... .......  75
Co.................. .......  75
Castor............................ .......1  00
Catechu.........................
....  50
C inchona......................
....  50
Co..................
-.  .  60
Columba.......................
....  50
C onium .................
....  50
Cubeba...........................
....  50
D igitalis......................
....  50
Ergot..............................
....  50
G entian.........................
....  50
Co......................
....  60
G uaica...........................
....  50
ammon.............
....  60
Z ingiber.......................
....  50
Hyoscyamus.................
....  50
Iodine'.............................
....  75
Colorless............
....  75
Ferrl  Chlorldum..........
....  35
K in o ..............................
....  50
Lobelia...........................
....  50
M yrrh.............................
....  50
Nux  Vomica.................
....  50
O pii................................
....  85
“  Camphorated........
....  50
“  Deoaor..................
....2  00
Aurantl Cortex..............
....  50
Q uassia.........................
....  50
Rhatany  ........................
...  50
Rhei................................
....  50
Cassia  Acutifol............
...  50
Co.......
....  50
Serpentaria..................
....  50
Stramonium..................
....  60
T olutan.........................
....  60
V alerian......................
....  50
Veratrum Verlde..........
....  50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F .. 
“  4 F ..
A lum en......................... 2)4® 3
(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antimoni, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
A ntlpyrin....................   @1  40
Antifebrln....................  ®   25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum..................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud.......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  )4B.  12)...............
@ 9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................
@1  20
Capsid  Fractus, a f... 
® 20
25
@
20
i°po:-
®
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15) 12® 13
Carmine,  No. 40..........
m 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ....... 50® 55
Cera Flava..................
38® 40
Coccus.........................
® 40
Cassia F ractus............ @ 20
Contraria...................... @ 10
Cetaceum....................
@ 42
Chloroform.................
60® 63
squibbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd (Äst........ 1  50@1  70
C hondros....................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  3)4®  12 
Corks,  Ust,  dis.  per
uouv  ..........
60
cent  ........................ 
Creasotum .................
@ 50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
@ 2
5® 5
“ 
prep....................
preclp...............
“ 
u
9®
“  Rubra.................
8
@
Crocus  .........................
28® 30
Cudbear........................
® 24
Cupri Sulph................. 5 @ 6
D extrine......................
10® 12
Ether Sulph.................
68® 70
Emery,  all  numbers.. 
@
@ 6
po....................
Brgota, (po.)  60..........
50® 55
12® 15
Flake  w hite...............
G alla............................
@ 23
Gambler....................... 7  @ 8
@
Gelatin .Cooper..........
70
40®
F rench............
“ 
60
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10.
by box60and 10
Glue,  Brown...............
9® 15
“  W hite.................
13® 25
G lycerine.................... 17  @ 25
Grana Paradis!............ @ ta
Hamulus......................
25® 55
® 90
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
“  C o r__
® 80
Ox Rubrum
®1 60
®1 10
Ammonlatl..
Unguentum. 45® 55
Hydrargyrum..............
70
®
25®1
Tjhthyobolla,  A m .. 
. 1
50
75®1 00
Indigo...........................
Iodine,  Resubl............3 7E@3 85
®4 70
Iodoform......................
Lupulin........................ 35® 40
Lycopodium...............
48
85
M acis...........................
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
dr arg Iod..................
® 27
10® 12
Uqnor Potass Arslnltls 
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
2®
8
1)4).............................
50® 60
Manul a,  S. F .............

45®
80®

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TH E   MTCHIGAJST  TRADESM AN.

W aste  of Brain  Energry.
From the  “Spectator”  in Christian  Union.

G R O C E R I E S .

Something  For  Nothing.

 

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.

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thinking 

From the American Grocer.

in  mid-ocean; 

about.  Hurrying 

Pleasant Villages.

If you will take your  stand on a  busi­
ness street  of  any  great city and  watch 
the faces  of the passers-by,  you  will  be 
surprised to see how many men there are 
who  put into their legs  the brain energy 
which they ought to put to their business. 
It  is  not  rapid  walking,  but  hurried 
walking  that  wears  men  out.  A  man 
may form  a habit  of rapid  walking,  and 
walk  his  five  miles  an  hour  without 
knowing it.  Another man  may walk no 
faster,  but you see  by his face that he is 
putting his mind on his  pace,  that is the 
essence of  hurrying.  His  nerve energy 
is all  going into his legs;  his brain is all 
alive  with  the  question  whether  he  is 
going to get there in time.  His neighbor 
gets  there  perhaps  just  as  quick,  but 
without thinking  about it.  A man  ought 
to learn  to  walk  with  his  muscles,  and 
leave his  brain  free to  think on  things 
worth 
is 
walking  with  your  nerves  instead  of 
your  muscles.  “Men  break  down  pre­
maturely,” said the  professor,  “for  the 
same reason  that ocean  steamers  break 
their  machinery 
they 
habitually  put  ail  the  strain  on  their 
machinery  it  can  bear,  and  some  day 
suddenly it  snaps.”

A leading receiver of  country  produce 
who had lost the  patronage  of a leading 
steamship  company  which he  had  held 
for several  years replied  when  asked in 
relation  thereto:  “Some one  else wanted 
to furnish something  for nothing. 
I get 
nothing for doing nothing, and, therefore, 
am just as well off.  Ain’t  I?”
Our answer  was yes.  What  is yours? 
If we judge by the record  and results we 
find  that  there are  thousands,  yea,  tens 
of thousands  answering  differently; they 
are engaged  in furnishing  something for 
nothing.  They  work  supplying  house­
hold  goods  fourteen  to  eighteen  hours 
per  day,  year  in  and  year  out,  adding 
nothing to  their capital  and many  trad­
ing  the  something  with  which 
they 
started business for nothing.  The cutter 
is a giver of something  for nothing.  The 
dealer who sells  granulated sugar at 4 to 
4)4 cents  per pound  is working  for less 
than  nothing,  because  he  throws 
in 
paper,  string,  loss in  weight,  time and a 
portion  of  his  general 
store  expenses 
just for the fun  of the thing.
Another class  distribute  popular  pro­
prietary  articles for nothing: others,  pro­
visions  or  staple  canned  goods.  For­
tunately, we  now and  then  meet a pros­
The  villages  of  New  England  are 
perous retailer  who  talks#in this way:
among the pleasantest in  the world,  and 
“I get 10 per  cent,  advance  on sugar, 
the  chief secret  of their  charm  is sum­
and average  a fair profit all  around;  we 
med up in one  word: Trees.  The people 
keep  such  an  extensive  line  of  goods 
who  laid  them  out,  a  century  or  two 
that  this 
is  much  easier  to  do  than 
ago,  had  the  good  sense  to  plant a few 
formerly.”  The one in  mind has a very 
score of young trees about the green and 
extensive  business  in  two  large  cities
along  the streets.  Now,  look  at  them!
and is a type of the  successful  grocer m  i (jiorious  elms  arch  the  streets,  and 
envelop the place in  shade.  The meanest
all  cities. 
The men  who have  made  their  mark  co^tage js  pleasant and  picturesque if it 
in the retail trade are not those who have  S£an(js  beneath  a  fine  old  tree.  The 
aimed at  selling goods  at very low price.  p00rest  village  is  good  to  live  in if it 
rather,  those whose  constant  study  has  nesjies under  giant  trees.  Plant  trees, 
been high quality,  variety  and a complete  pjant them  round the schoolhouse.  Plant 
service. _ 
ith  such  a  policy  one  can  them  round the  church.  Plant them on 
win against all competitors,  irrespective  the  common.  Plant 
the 
of  location or  class of  customers served,  j  street.  Make all  the villages  and towns 
man  who  has  made  a  fortune  selling! 
butter and cheese.  His  stand is  crowded 
from mom till night,  in  marked contrast 
to other nearby  stands where  customers 
are only seen occasionally.  His indexible 
rule  has  been  to  keep  only  the  finest 
grade  of butter,  cheese and  eggs.  The 
result has been  a reputation  for  quality 
that is In itself worth a  competency.
tailers,  who  started  fifty-one  years  ago j 
with  $900,  and  to-day  is a  millionaire, 
said,  when  asked for  the  secret  of his 
success:  “Only  one  thing.  Always  re­
liable.  Everything  we  sell  must  be of 
that  character;  there  must  be  no  de­
viation.”
People  are  willing  to  pay  for  satis­
factory  service. 
It  is  akin  to  paying 
your tailor,  or  shoemaker  for  style and 
fit, or your  doctor for  his  skill  and ex­
perience.
Even  the heathen  prefer to pay for the 
gospel 
free.  Father 
Gavazzi.  the Italian  missionary,  said  the 
free distribution of Bibles was a mistake, 
because the  poor argued  that  what was 
not  worth  paying  for  was  not  worth 
having,  and  so they lit  their pipes with 
the  tracts  and  Testaments  that  cost 
nothing, 
treasuring 
them,  however, 
when they  were  obtained  at  some cost, 
no matter  how slight.
People  are  always  suspicious  of the 
merchant  who  offers 
for 
nothing, or  next  door  to nothing.  And 
they are right.  Customers  know  that it 
costs  something to  open  a  store,  heat, 
light,  superintend and  carry  it on,  and 
that  they are  expected  to pay  therefor, 
in  addition  to  a fair price  for  the mer­
chant’s  time,  knowledge  and  service. 
The moment the seller  announces  goods 
at  cost,  he  challenges  suspicion.  Why 
then  pursue 
the  wretched  policy  of 
“giving  something 
for  nothing,  when 
you can get nothing for  doing nothing?”

No. 0 Sun...............................................................1  75
No. 1  “ 
...............................................................1  88
No. 2  “ 
...............................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top................................................2 35
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top................................................2 60
2  80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz............................... 1 25
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.................................................1 35
No. 3 
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The Michigan Board of Pharmacy  will 
meet  at  Houghton,  Sept.  1,  to  examine 
candidates for  registration.  The exami­
nation for both  registered  and  assistant 
pharmacists will  begin at 9  a.  m.  of  that 
day.
Crockery & Glassware

Another  of  our  most  successful  re- j chanting outing place in  Michigan, 
Next  Meeting  of the  Board.

From the Cadillac News.
A  party'  of  business  men  and  their 
families  make  the  shores  of  Traverse 
Bay ring with merriment in  the  locality 
of their  select  resort.  The  entire  com­
pany vote Traverse  Point  the  most  en- 

No. 0 Sun..............................................................   45
No. 1  “  ...............................................................  50
No. 2  “  ...............................................................  75
T ubular................................................................   75

In one  of our  large  city  markets  is a  pleasant with  trees.

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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..........................1  50
............................................1  60

Camping  at  Traverse  Point.

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LA ir chimneys.—Per box.

Mason’s or  Lightning.

them  along 

than  have 

something 

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. in box.

FRUIT JABS.

La Bastfc.

Pearl top.

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2 40
3  40

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For the finest coffees in the world,  high 
grade teas,  spices, etc.,  see  J.  P.  Yisner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  general  representative  for  E.  J. 
Gillies & Co.,  New  York City.

Qu a rts ...................................................................... 12 00

P into..........................................................................11 50
alf gallons............................................................. 15 00
Rubbers............................................................... 
Caps  only................................................................   4 50
Butter Crocks, per g al...................................  
Jugs,  % gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.......................................1  80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c) —   65 
“  90c).  ..  78
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PRODUCE  MARKET.

at 10c.

Apples—Common cooking command $1.50@1.75 
per ddI.  Fancy eating ard held at #2.2o@2.50.
Beans—Dry beans are  firm  and  In  strong  de­
mand at 82 per bu. for choice hand picked.  Wax 
and string command 50c per bn.

Beets—Green, 10c per doz.
Butter—The market is full all around,  dealers 
purchasing only for  immediate wants at 10@15c.
Blackberries—S@10c per qt.
Celery—30c per doz. bunches.
Cabbages—50@75c per doz.
Corn—Green, 8c per doz.
Cucumbers—20c per doz.
Eggs—Dealers  pay  15c  and  freight,  holding 
Grapes—Ives command 8c per lb.
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Onions—84 per bbl. for red or  yellow  Danvers.
Mnskmelons—81 per doz.
Potatoes—50c per bu.
Peas— 5C@75c per  bu.
Peaches—Alexanders and  Hale’s  Early are in 
free supply at 81@81.35 per bu., the supply  being 
considerably larger than the demand.
Radishes—In  plentiful  supply, but  little  call 
for stock.
Raspberries—Black, 8c per qt.,  Red,  10@12%c 
per qt.
Tomatoes—50c per  crate  of  fancy Acme.
Watermelons— The market  is  in better shape, 
consignments  being  less  in  number  and  the 
quality improved.  Dealers  are now  asking 15® 
18c for choice  stock.

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for live weight:
@12 
@ 8* 
@11 
®12 
@10 
®  9

Spring  chickens....................................... 11
Fall  chickens............................................  8
Turkeys.......................................................10
Spring ducks.................... 
10
Fall  ducks.................................................  9
Geese  ........................................................... 8

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,  new..........................................................   11 75
Short c u t ............................................................  12 00
Extra clear pig, short c u t................................  14 00
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back..................................................   13 50
Boston clear, short cu t...................................   13 75
Clear back, short cu t.......................................  13 75
Standard clear, short cut. best.....  ..........  
14  00
Pork Sausage.......................................................  7
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..........................................  
...........................................   8
Frankfort  Sausage 
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Bologna,  thick....................................................  5
Headcheese.........................................................  5

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

 

 

lard—Kettle Rendered.

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight.
....  6%
Standard,  per  lb .........................
“  H.H................................
....  6%
....  6%
Twist  ...........................
“ 
Boston  C ream .............................
Cut  Loaf.  ....................................
....  7%
Extra H. H............................ .......7%

Bbls. Palls.
7%
7%
7%
»%
8%
8%

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

“ 

Bbls.
.......10%
.......11

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

.......5
.......8
.......  8%
.......10%

Palls.
7%
7%
8
8
8%
8%
8%
8
8%
9
10
10%
13%

Bbls.
Standard........................................ .6%
Leader..............  ...........................
Special........................................... . .7
Royal..............................................
Nobby............................................ ..7%
Broken.......................................... • •7%
English  Rock.............................. ■ •7%
Conserves.....................................
Broken Taffy................................ -.7%
Peanut Squares.............................
E xtra..............................................
French Creams.............................
Valley  Creams.......... -.................
fancy—In bulk
Pails.
Full Weight.
Lozenges,  plain.........................
11%
12%
printed........................
12V6
Chocolate Drops.........................
14
Chocolate Monumentals............
Gum Drops..................................
6%
9
Moss Drops..................................
9%
Sour Drops..................................
11%
Imperials.....................................
Per Box.
Lemon Drops........................................................55
Sour D rops............................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................65
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 B ar............................................................. 60
Molasses  B ar........................................................ 55
Hand Made  Creams.......  ............................85@95
Plain Creams..................................................80@90
Decorated Creams..................................................1 00
String  Rock..........................................................70
Burnt Almonds.................................................1  00
Wlntergreen  Berries...........................................65
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...........................   34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................,.................. 1  10
9
California, Med.  Sweets  128s............
150-176S.......
Sorrentos,  200.......................................
Messina, choice, 360.............................
fancy, 360............................
choice  300............................
fancy 360.............................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

CARAMELS.
 
“ 
 
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“ 
ORANGES.

4  00 
4  SO
4  25
@5  00 
@5 50
5 00 
5  50

LEMONS.

3 
2 
3 

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lard. 

Family. 

T ierces....................................................................8%
Tubs.................................................... 
85£
501b.  Tins.............................................................  8%
Corn-
pound.
6
6%
7
7%
6
6
6%

Tierces..........................................6% 
0 and  50 lb. Tubs....................... 63£ 
3 lb. Palls, 20 In a  case...............7% 
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case.................7% 
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case................7% 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a  case...............7 
501b. Cans.....................................6% 
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 300  lbs.......................   8 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   8  50
Boneless, rump butts............................................. 12 50
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................10%
16 lbs...........................................11
12 to 14 lbs...................................11%
picnic..........................................................8%
best boneless............................................9
Shoulders.............................................................   7
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  9%
Dried beef, ham prices......................................11
Long Clears, heavy.............................................   7
Briskets,  medium.  ............................................  7%
lig h t....................................................   73i

smoked  meats—-Canvassed or Plain.

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choice 

“  50-lb.  “ 

Fard, 10-lb.  box.............................
.............................
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................4
NUTS.

Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........   18@19
.........  @16
@ 12% 
@10 
@ 8 @  6
Almonds, Tarragona....................................  @17
Ivaca.........................................  @16%
California................................  @17
Brazils, new...............................................   @7%
F ilberts......................................................  @11%
Walnuts, Grenoble....................................  @14%

Chill............................................  @

“  Marbot.......................................   @12
“ 
Table  Nuts, No. 1.....................................  @14
No. 2.....................................   @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ....................................  15@17
Cocoanuto, full sacks..................................  @4 50
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...................................   @  5%
“  Roasted....................... 7  @  7%
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..................................  @5%
“  Roasted............ ......... 7  @7%
Choice, H. P.,  E xtras..............................   @4%
“  Roasted...................  @  6%

PEANUTS.

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FRESH  MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:

 

 

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Beef, carcass.............................................   5
“  hindquarters...................................  6
fore 
“ 
3
loins, No. 3......................................
“ 
ribs..................................................   8
“ 
rounds..............................................  6
“ 
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tongues............................................
Bologna......................................................
Pork loins...................................................
.......................................
shoulders 
r head...........................
Sausage, blocd 
.....................................
liver 
Frank 
...................................
M utton...............................................   —   7
Veal.............................................................

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FISH an  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  PISH.

Whlteflsh....................................................
T rout...........................................................
Halibut.......................................................
Ciscoes.......... .............................................
Flounders...................................................
Blueflsh...............   ....................................
Mackerel....................................................
Cod..............................................................
California salmon.....................................

oysters—Cans.

Falrhaven  Counts...................................
Oysters, per  100........................................
Cli

SHELL  GOODS.

ami,

H ID E S ,  PELTS  an d   FURS.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

“ 

G reen.........................................................   4  @ 5
Part  Cured.................................................  @ 5
Full 
.................................................   @ 5
Dry................................................................   6 @ 7
Kips, green  ................................................. 4  @4%
“  cured...................................................  5 @ 5%
Calfskins,  green.........................................  4 @ 5
cured........................................   5 @ 6
¡D eaconskins................................................10 @30

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No. 2 hides % off.

FELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings.....................................................10 @25
Lambs........................................................... 20 @60
Washed............................................................ 20@30
Unwashed.................................................. 
.  10@20
T allow .......................................................   3%@ 4%
Grease  butter  ..........................................   1  @ 2
Sw itches....................................................  1%@  2
Ginseng  ..................................................   2 50@3 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  1 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids:
Water W hite..............................................  @8%
Special W hite............................................  @8%
Michigan T est...........................................  @7%
N aptha........................................................  @ 7%
Gasoline.....................................................  @8%
Cylinder.................................................... 27  @36
R n g ln e..............................................  .....13  @21
Black,  Summer.........................................  @ 8

@  7 
@  4% 
@  9% 
®   8% @  7 
@
@  5 @10% 
@7% 
@  5 
®  5 
@ 7% 
@  8 @ 6%

@ 8 @ 8 
@15 
@ 5 
@ 9 
@10 
@25 
@12 
@20

@40

1  50 
1  00

APPLE  BUTTER.

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

AXLE GREASE.

F raz e r’s.

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Wood boxes, per  doz...... 

80
3  doz. case . ..  2 40
“ 
per gross  ___   9 00
“ 
25 lb. palls,...........................  1  00
75
15 lb.  “ 
 
A u rora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz...
60 
3 doz. case
1  75 
per  gross.
6  00

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D iam ond.

Wood boxes,  per doz  ....... 

50
3 doz. case...  1  50
per  gross..
5  50

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P eerless.

25 lb. p a ils....................
BAKING  POWDER.
.
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz 
2  “  ..
441b. “ 
1  “  ..
11b. “ 
bulk.......................
Teller’s,  ¡4 lb. cans,  doz 

441b. 
“
lib . 
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Arctic, 14 lb c a n s ............
44 fl>  “ 
............
l lb  “ 
............
5lb “ 
...
Red Star, 14 lb cans
44 lb  “ ... .. .. .  
1 lb  “ 
BATH BRICK.

90
45 
85 1 00 
10 
45 
85
..  1  50 
... 
60 
...  1  20 
...  2 00 
...  9 60 
... 
40
80
............  1  50

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bluing. 

E nglish..................................  90
Bristol.....................................  TO
Domestic................................   60
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4  00
“ 
8oz 
pints,  round...........10  50
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  .....................4  SO

Gross

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BROOMS.
 

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No. 2 H url...................... 
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................  2
2 50
No. 1
2 75 
Parlor Gem........
90
Common W hisk. 
Fancy 
1  20
3 25
Mill
Warehouse...........................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun............................5 00
York State............................
Self Rising............................4  50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   1014
Star,  40 
...............   1014
Paraffine.............................. 12
Wicklng...............................25

CANDLES
“ 

CANNKD  GOODS.

FISH.
Clams.

Whortleberries.

Strawberries.
1  < 
Law rence...............
Hamburg......................
Erie...............................
1  65
Common......................
1  40 
F. &  W.........................
1  25 
Blueberries.................
1  30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s...........2  10
Roastbeef,  Armour’s...........1  75
Potted  ham, % lb .......................1 50
“  M lb .................. 100
tongue, 44 lb ................... 1 10
95
34 lb ...........  
95
chicken, 34 lh ........... 

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VEGETABLES.

MEATS.

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Beans.

 

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Peas

“ 
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Corn.
....................  

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Hamburg  stringless............ 1  25
French style....... 2  25
Limas........................ 1 40
Lima,  green.................................1 30
soaked.......................   90
Lewis Boston  Baked............ 1  35
Bay State  Baked........................ 1 35
World’s  F air...............................1 35
Hamburgh 
1 25
Tiger ......................................
P u rity ..........................................1 10
E rie .............................................. 1 15
Hamburgh m arrofat............
early Ju n e ............ 1  50
Champion Eng...
nam burgh'petit  pois  .........1  75
fancy  sifted.........1  90
Soaked...................................   65
Harris  standard...................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early Ju n e............130
Archer’s  Early Blossom.... 1  35
F ren ch .........................................1 80
7 00
F rench................................ 17*518
E rie.........................................  90
H ubbard......................................1 30
H am burg.................................... 1 40
1 75
Soaked..........................  
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
Van  Camp’s .................................1 10
No. Collins.................................. 1 10
H am burg.................................... 1 30
Hancock........................ 
Gallon  .................................... 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
22 
German Sweet.. 
.............
34 
Premium.............................
38 
Pure................................
40
Breakfast  Cocoa...............
CHEESE.
© 944 
N orway....................
©  944 
N. Y. or Lenawee...
©  9 
Allegan  .................
©  8 
Skim ........   .............
Sap  Sago................
@22 
©1  00 
Edam  .......................
■   2516
Swiss, im ported........   24@
domestic  —   15©
Limburger.............................  H
Rubber, 100 lumps................. 35
Spruce, 200 pieces..................40
Snider's, 44 pint..........................1 35
p in t................................2 30
quart..............................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Tomatoes.

2 00

85

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Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

5 gross boxes..........................40
Bulk...................................  @4
Pound  packages............  @7

Little Neck, l i b ....................1  10
2 lb .................. 1  90
Standard, 3 lb .......................2 30
Standard,  l i b ..................... 1  10
21b..................... 2  10
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb ...............................2 45
“  2  lb ...............................3 45
Picnic, 1 lb ............................. 2 00
21b..............................3 00
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb .......................1  20
2  lb .....................2  00
Mustard,  31b...................... 3  00
Tomato Sauce,  31b............ 3 00
Soused, 3 lb ..........................3 00
.2044
Salmon.
F a ir... 
Columbia River, flat.............1  85
Good.. 
.21
“  tails...............1  65
.2144
Prim e.
Golden................................... 2244
Alaska, 1  lb ........................... 1  20
Peaberry............................... 23
21b............................. 190
Sardines.
F a ir........................................ 2044
American  Ms....................   5@  6
Good.......................................21
44s..........................7© 8
Prim e.....................................2144
Imported  54®.......................11012
44s...................... 13@14  Peaberry  ............................... 2244
Mustard  Ms 
Brook, 3 lb .............................2 50

....................   @10 |  Mexican and Guatamala.
F air........................................ 22
Good.......................................23
Fancy.....................................25

COFFEE.

GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

“ 
“ 

Trout.

“ 

Maracaibo.

interior .

3 25
90
25 
50
35
»0
120
1
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
. 
i  ¡5!  coffee, add 44c. per lb. for roast 
1  du 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrlnk-

roa sted.

Mocha.

McLaughlin’s XXXX.

PACKAGE. 

24M

FRUITS.
Apples.

 

2 
2 
2 

 
. . .  

Gages.

Cherries.

Apricots.

Gooseberries.

York State, gallons.... 
Hamburgh,  “  —  
Santa  Cruz........... 
Lusk’s .................... 
Overland.............. 
Blackberries.
F.  &  W......................... 
Red.............. 
Pitted Hamburg. 
W hite...............
E rie ...................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green  I age. 
60
E rie .......................  @1 
Com m on.............. 
10
1 
P ie ................................1  60©1  75
M axw ell...................... 
2 25
Shepard’s ....................  
2 25
California....................2 60@2 75
Domestic...................... 
1  25
Riverside...................... 
2 25 |
Pineapples.
Common.......................  
1  30
2 60
Johnson’s  sliced........  
2 85
grated........  
Quinces.
1  10
Common...................... 
Raspberries.
130
R ed................................ 
Black  Hamburg..........  
1  50
Erie,  black................... 
1  40

Peaches.

Pears.

“ 

Lion........................................9*X
in cabinets  .................2544
Durham.................................2444

“ 

EXTRACT.

Valley City........................... 
75
Felix......................................1  15

“ 

Hummel’s, foil....................   1 50
t i n ......................2 50
CHICORT.
Bulk........................................  444
Red.........................................   7
Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  25
1  40
160
1  75
1  90
90
1  00
Eagle.....................................  7 40
C ro w n ...............................6  50
Genuine  Sw iss.................. 8  00
American Swiss...................7  00

CLOTHES  LINES.
50ft............ 
“ 
“ 
60 f t ...........  
“ 
TO f t............ 
80 f t ...........  
“ 
60 ft...........  
“ 
7 2 f f .......... 
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

COUPON  BOOKS.

“ . . . .

“  
“ 
“ 
“
“  “
“  “

“Tradesman
3 1, per  hundred.......
$  2,  “  
.........
*  3, 
» 5, 
*10, 
*20, 
*  1  per hundred.................  2 50
*2,  “ 
----
“ 
* 5, 
*10, 
“ 
“ 
820, 

“Superior.”

“
“
“

 
 
 
 

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

$  1, per hundred............... *2  50
*2, 
*3, 
*5, 
#10,  “ 
....................... 6 00
*20, 
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
1 05
ing  discounts:
200 or over................5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

10 
“

 

 

............. 20 
CRACKERS.

 

“ 

Kenosha Butter....................   744
Seymour 
544
B utter....................................... 544
“  family............................. 544
“  biscuit........................... 644
Boston................... 
744
City Soda.................................. 744
Soda.......................................... 6
S. O yster.................................. 544
City Oyster. XXX...................  544
30
Strictly  pure........................ 
Telfer’s  Absolute...............  
35
40
Grocers’...............................10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

 

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

PEEL.

PRUNES.

California Evaporated.

Sundried......................   @ 9
Evaporated..................  ©11
14
Apricots.. 
644
Blackberries.. 
1312
N ectarines....
Peaches  .........
Pears,  sliced...
Plum s..............
Prunes,  sweet.
Turkey..
Bosnia..
French ..
Lemon..
Orange..
In drum.
In boxes
Zante, in

© 644
©  8
©  9
18
18
@24
@24
CURRANTS.
© 544
barrels........
© 5M
In 44 -bbls........
In less quantity © 6
r aisin s —California.
1  7?
2 00
“ 
2  25
“ 
1  40
1  50
644
@  6M

-2344 London Layers,  2  cr’n 
3  “
.26
fancy.
.28 Muscatels, 2 crown  ...
.29
3  “
Foreign.
.25
Valencias.....................
• 8844 Ondaras.......................
Sultanas........................ @15

CITRON.

“ 
“ 

“ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Lima  Beans.

Farina.
4
Hominy.
........................... 3 TO

100 lb. kegs..................... 
B arrels 
G rits.....................................
6
Dried............................... 
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box —  
45
Imported........................ 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs.................................. 3M@3M
Green,  bu............................. 1  10
Split, bbl.
.6  00
German ... 
East India.

Sago.

Peas.

TETE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

Wheat.

F IS H —Salt. 

Bloaters.

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Mackerel.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth.............................
Whole............... ...............  ©644
Bricks..............................   8@844
Strips................................  8©9
Smoked........................ 
Scaled...........................  
Holland,  bbls.............. 
kegs.............. 
Round shore, 44 bbl... 
“  M  bbl.. 

1044
24
11  00
TO
2  75
1  50
No. 1, 44 bbls. 90 lbs............ 9  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  1 20
Family, 44 bbls., 100 lbs__ 3  50
45
Fancy.........................   3  50© 1 00
Russian,  kegs......................
No. 1, 44 bbls., 90 lbs............ 5 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  80
No. 1, 44 bbls., 90 lbs............ 7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................1  00
Family, 44 bbls., 90 lbs........ 3 00
kits. 10 lbs...............  50
Jennings’ D C.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

kits, 10 lbs............. 

Whitefish.

“ 

HERBS.

JELLIES.
LAMP WICKS.

Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
1  50
2  00
3 00
4  tO
.5 50

2 oz folding box
1  00
“
3 oz 
...1 50
“ 
“
4 oz 
. .. 2  00
“ 
“
6 oz 
...3 00
“ 
5 oz 
“
GUN  POWDER.
K egs.............................
Half  kegs....................................3 00
Sage.........................................15
Hops..............................  -  ...25
3 00
Chicago  goods.............   @4
4 00
5 00
30
No.  ... 
40
No. 1...................... 
7 00
NO. 2...................................... 
50
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  18
Condensed,  2  doz.......................1 25
No. 9  sulphur..............................1 65
Anchor  parlor................ — 1 70
No. 2 home.................................. 1 10
Export  parlor.............................4 25

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

LYE.

“

 

 

 

16
19

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u se ......................  
O rdinary............................. 
P rim e.................................
Fancy ..................................
F a ir.....................................
Good....................................
Extra good..........................
Choice.............................
Fancy.................................

New Orleans.

One-half barrels. 3c extra

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200...................  @5  50
Half barrels 100................. @2 88
ROLLED OATS.
© 2 88 
Half  bbls 90...............
©5  50
Barrels  180...................

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200  count............ 86  50
Half  barrels, 600 count__   3 50
Barrels, 2.400  count  ..........   7  50
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  4  00
Clay, No.  216..........................1  75
“  T. D. full count............  TO
Cob, No.  3...............................1  25

PIPES.

BICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head..........................7
“ 
No. 1..........................6
“  No. 2.................  ©  5

Imported.

Broken..................................
Japan, No. 1.............................64»
“  No. 2............................. 544
Jav a.....................................   5
Patna.....................................   5

BOOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size.............................1  75
3 dozen.................................*500
2 50 
2 50

Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box 
Hand 
Snider’s  Tomato........
SPICES.

SAFOLIO.
“
SOUPS.

3  “ 

Whole Sifted.

Allspice................................. 10
Cassia, China In m ats........   744
“  Batavia in bund — 15
“ 
Saigon in rolls..........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 22
“  Zanzibar.....................13
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 80
“  No.  1........................TO
“  No.  2........................ 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
r‘ 
w hite...  .25
shot........................... 19
“ 
Pure Ground In Balk.
Allspice................................ 15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“  Saigon......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 30
“  Zanzibar................... 20

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Ginger, African....................
Cochin....................
Jam aica.................
Mace  Batavia........................
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..
Trieste....................
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................
Pepper, Singapore, black__
“  white.......
“ 
“ 
Cayenne..................
Sage........................................
“Absolute” in Packages, 

Ms
A llspice........................  84
Cinnamon....................   84
Cloves...........................  84
Ginger, Jam .................  84
“  A f....................   84
Mustard........................  84
P epper........................ 
84
Sage...............................   84

SUGAR.

© 5% © 4M 
Cut  Loaf.............
C ubes..................
© 4M 
Powdered............
Granulated..........
4.44@444 
4 31©4% 
Confectioners’  A.
© 4M 
Soft A  .................
©  4
White Extra  C__
374© 374 
Extra  C...............
C ..........  ..............
344© 35 
Yellow
3M@  35
Less than 100 lbs.  Me advance

“ 

“ 
“ 

SOAP.

..  6V4
--  6M
..  6
..  6
..  644
..  4M

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.......................
40-lb 
......................
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ..................
....................
3-lb 
6-lb 
....................
40 and 50 lb. boxes..........
Barrels..............................
Scotch, In  bladders.........
Maccaboy, In jars............
French Rappee, In J a rs..

..37
..35
.43
Allen B. Wrislev’s Brands.

SNUFF.

SAL  SODA.

..3 20
..3 50
..3 00
...5M
...4M
IX

Old Country, 80................
Uno, 100.............................
Bouncer, 100....................
B oxes................................
Kegs, English...................
Kegs...................................
Granulated,  boxes..........
Mixed bird..................   444©  6
Caraway................................. 10
Canary................................... 344
Hemp.......................................444
Anise.......................................13
R ape.......................................  6
M ustard.................................   744

SEEDS.

SODA.

SALT

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

Diamond Crystal.
.82  40 
100 3-lb. sacks...................
60 5-lb.  “ 
...................
!  2  15
28 10-lb. sacks.................
2014-lb.  “ 
...................
1  50 
24 3-lb  cases....................
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
281b. 
.. 
“ 
za
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
35
28 lb. 
- ■ 
18
56 lb. dairy  bags.................  TO
56 lb. dairy  bags................. 
75
56 lb.  sacks.........................  
27
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common Fine  per bbl....... 
90
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .544
Dwight’s Cow...........  -.......... 544
Taylor’s ....................................5M
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf..............544
pure...........................544
Golden Harvest. 
SYRUPS.
Corn.

Ashton.
Higgins.,
Solar Rock.

................5

SALERATUS.

“ 

Pure Cane.

Barrels....................................28
Half bbls.................................30
A m ber.........................83
Fancy drips................28
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams.............
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal  Crackers —
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. In  box—  

©30

844
8

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

@17
F a ir..............................
@20
Good.............................
©26
Choice........................... 24
Choicest......................... 32  ©34
D u st............................... 10  @12
SUN CUBED.
@17
F a ir ............................
Good...........................
@20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
©IS
D ust........................... -10
BASKET  FIRED.
F a ir................................18  @30
@35
Choice...........................
@35
Choicest.......................
@40
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fair............ 35  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy..............TO  @85
Common to  fair............23  @26
Superior to  fine............28  ©30
Fine to choicest........... 45  @55
Common to  fair............23  @26
Superior to fine.............30  @35
Common to fa ir........... 18  ©26
I Superior to  fine........... 30  @40

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

18

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

r t u r ............. ................10
Choice...........................24 @28
B est.............................. 40 @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Palls unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  ...................
60
Sweet  Cuba.................
34
McGinty......................
24
ya
44 bbls..........
22
Little  Darling............
44 bbl..
20
20
1791..............................
19
1891,  44  bbls.................
33
Valley  City.................
Dandy Jim ..................
27
Searhead......................
40
Joker ...........................
24
Zero..............................
22
gii
L. & W . ........................
Here  It Is....................
88
Old Style......................
31
Old  Honesty...............
4)
Jolly Tar......................
33
Hiawatha..........  ........
37
Valley C ity.................
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good............. .......38
Toss  Up..  ........................ .......26
Out of Sight.....................
.  ..25
Boss................................... ..  12&
Colonel’s Choice.............. ...13  "
W arpath........................... ...14
B anner............................. ...14
King Bee........................... . ..20
Kiln  Dried........................ ...17
Nigger Head.................... __2S
Honey  Dew...................... ...24
Gold  Block...................... ...28
Peerless............... ............. ...24
Rob  Roy........................... . ..24
Uncle  Sam........................ ...28
Tom and Jerry................. ...25
Brier Pipe.........................
...30
32
Yum  Y um ........................
Red Clover........................ ...32
Handmade........................ ...40
F ro g .................................. ...33
40 gr................................... ...  8
50  gr..................................
$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

Bulk, per gal  ...................
30
Beer mug. 2 doz in case.. .  1  75
te äst-  -Compressed.
Tin foil cakes, per doz... .......15
Baker’s, per  lb .................
...3 0
P A P E R  & W O OD EN W A RE
Straw 

............................. __

PAPER.

“ 

H ardw are........................ ----244
B akers.............................. __ 2*4
Dry  Goods....................
@6
Jute  Manilla................. @6
Red  Express  N o .l........
No. 2........
22
48 Cotton...........................
Cotton, No. 1.................... ...20
“  2...................
...18
Sea  Island, assorted..........35
No. 5 H em p....................
...18
WOODENWARE.

TWINES.

“ 

Tubs, No. 1....................... ..  7  00
“  No. 2....................... ...  6 00
“  No. 3....................... ,..  5 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop. ...  1  TO
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
50
Bowls,  11 Inch...............   1 
00
“ 
13  “ 
.................. 
  1 25
“ 
15  “ 
.......................2 00
“ 
17  “ 
......................  2 TO
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
35
“ 
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
“ 
..  1  25
full  hoop  “ 
50
“  bushel...............  1 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
5 TO
“  No.2 
“ 
6 25
“  No.3  7  25
“  No.l  3 60
“ 
“  No.2 
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 

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

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

splint 

4 25
5 00

2 40

 

 

1 

M EAL.

W H EA T.

M ILLSTU FPB.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF'S 
New  Old
88
I No.  1 White (58 lb. test)  86 
No. 1 Red  (60 lb. test)  86 
86
Bolted....................................  1 TO
Granulated...........................  2 00
FLOUR.
Straight, 
in sacks  ...........   5 20
“ barrels.........   5  40
“ 
“ sacks.............   6 20
Patent 
“  barrels...........  6 40
“ 
“ sacks...........  2  40
Graham 
Rye 
“ “ 
Bran......................................  17 00
Screenings.........................
Middlings............................  19 00
Mixed  Feed.........................  26 00
Coarse meal.........................  25 50
Milling....................’..............  80
F e e d ......................................   65
BARLEY.
..1  25 
Brewers, per  100  lbs.
..  65
Feed, per  b u ..............
Small  lots...........................  70
Car 
“  ...........................   66
Small  lots...............................48
Car 
“  ...............................46
No. 1...............HAT.‘..............   15  00
No.2.....................................  14  00

CORN.

OATS.

BYE.

1 4

T H E   MICTHGAN  TRADESM AN

EMPLOYER  A N D   EM PLOYE.
Relation  of  the  Two  Succinctly 

Forth.*

Set

It is a profound  satisfaction  to  me  to 
see with what  felicity of expression  and 
clearness of statement  our younger busi­
ness  men  are  able  to  present 
their 
thoughts to a meeting  like  this.  While 
listening to  the  preceding papers of  this 
discussion  1  have  been  impressed  with 
the  superiority  of  the  American  mer­
chant  and  average  man  of  business  in 
this  important  respect  Anybody  who 
has  had  the  opportunity  of  making  a 
comparison  between  the  American  man 
of business and the English merchant,for 
illustration,  must be  forcibly  impressed 
with  the  rare  ability  possessed  by  the 
former in  this particular.  The  English 
merchant is thoughtful,  studious  and es­
pecially well posted in  the philosophy of 
his trade,  if  1  may  use  the  expression, 
but he seldom  possesses  the gift of easy, 
fluent,  forcible and  concise  speech. 
lie 
is a good thinker and a good  writer,  but 
rarely,  1 believe,  a good speaker.  On the 
other  hand, the American  man  of  busi­
ness  seems to have  been  born  with  the 
‘•gift  of  tongues.”  Any  man  will  be 
convinced of this  who  attends a business 
convention  and  listens  to  the  speeches 
made by the average members.  This  is 
why  it is to  be  so  regretted  that  certain 
lamentable conditions  keep the ordinary 
business man out of political affairs.  In­
telligent  political  interests  broaden  and 
deepen the  mind  more  than  any  other 
type  of  study.  Especially  would  they 
enlarge the  horizon  of  the  man  who  is 
confined to the necessarily narrow sphere 
of  commercial 
interests,  and  the  very 
general  abstinence  from  political  affairs 
that  characterizes  the  American  mer­
chant  is  doubly  regretable,  because  of 
his  manifest  fitness  for  that  career  of 
usefulness and  honor.
1 have  been  led  into  this  train  of  re­
flections by the  very admirable  speeches 
we have listened to to-night,coupled with 
the  fact that I  am almost wholly  unpre­
pared to take  any intelligent part in  this 
discussion.  So brief  has  been  the  time 
within  which such  preparation could  be 
made that nothing but  my habit to  obey 
the  commands  of  my  superior  officers 
brings me before you at all.
Surely there is no subject of more uni­
versal  interest than  that of the ethics  of 
the relation  between  employer  and  em­
ployed. 
In that  relation  we see  the  in­
fluence of the law  of  evolution.  All  of 
the problems that have  arisen tending to 
complicate that relation are, of course, of 
purely modern  growth.  As far as histo­
ry shows the primitive man, it shows him 
to be lazy  and disinclined to labor,  Ue is 
seen as either  throwing  labor  upon  the 
weaker  sex,  or  upon  slaves  who  were 
captured in  battle.  Labor  is  the  badge 
of servitude and  degredation. 
It  is  re­
ligiously  supposed to  be  the  penalty  of 
sin.  Capital  was  not  the  employer  of 
labor: it  was its  owner. 
In civilization, 
the  Jews  seem  to  have  been  the  first 
people  who had any  notion  of  the  true 
dignity of labor,  and even  they regarded 
it  as  a  burden  which  man was divinely 
ordained  to  endure;  only  they  felt  it to 
be  a  burden  which  all  men  should 
share in  common. 
So  while  all  other 
people were looking with contempt upon 
labor,  the Jew was  teaching  all  classes 
to  engage 
in  honorable  employment. 
And while  the Bible  permitted  slavery, 
it  nowhere  looks  with  contempt  upon 
the  humblest  kind  of  handicraft. 
Its 
greatest teachers  and  scholars  were  oft 
men who  had  been  trained  in  mechani­
cal trades.  This  peculiarity of  the  He­
brew race tinged  and colored  the  Chris­
tian  church,  even  at  its  periods  of 
haughtiest supremacy.  When Feudalism 
bore  its most abundant  fruit,  the  hum­
blest handiworker always found a career 
open to his  ambition  inside  the church. 
That  church  might  be  an  aristocracy; 
but it was an  aristocracy  of  brains  and 
piety.  Still, 
in  spite  of  the  church’s 
example  and  teaching,  the  spirit  of 
Feudalism  was hostile to the  rise  of  in­
dustrialism. 
The  hand-worker  was 
practically,  even  when  not  actually,  a 
serf,  and  it  was  not  until  the  rise  of 
great  cities,  like  Amsterdam  and  Ant­
werp,  that the modern  idea  of  the  true

relation  betweeu  capital  and  labor  be­
gan,  very slowly,  to be evolved.  Now the 
process of  this evolution  is  exceedingly 
interesting  to  a  student  of  history. 
It 
began at a time when all the inequalities 
of  social  and  political  condition  were 
supposed to  be  of  divine  appointment. 
The slave,  the serf,  the laborer,  the poor 
man,  were  all  taught  to  be  contented 
with the  condition  in  which  they  were 
born,  because  God  himself  had  fixed 
their condition and it would  be  impious 
to be restless and dissatisfied.  The doc­
trine  of  “divine  right”  was  extended, 
not only to  kings,  but to  priests,  feudal 
lords,  owners of the soil and employers of 
labor,  as well.  All  authority was of  di­
vine origin.  Very slowly  this  doctrine 
began to be  displaced.  Feudalism  was 
destroyed.  The serfs  of  the  soil  were 
emancipated,  and vouchsafed some meas­
ure of freedom in  disposing  of  their  la­
bor to  the  highest  bidder.  This  condi­
tion  of  things  arrived  much  sooner  in 
England  than  in  any  other  European 
country,  and it was in  England  that  the 
great revolutions of the seventeenth cen­
tury finally  discredited the  doctrines  of 
the  “divine  right”  of  kings.  The  per­
manent accession of  the  house  of  Han­
over and  the  active  control  of  the En­
glish  church by the  English  parliament 
prepared the way for  the pure American 
doctrine that all sacred  and secular  gov­
ernments  are  of distinctly human origin 
and owe  their right  to  exist  simply  in 
their  ability to advance  human  welfare. 
Everywhere,  except  in  certain  forms  of 
ecclesiasticism,  the  doctrine  of  “divine 
right”  has been utterly discredited.

And 

they 

have 

Sometimes  we  fail  to  see  bow  com­
pletely the abandonment of this doctrine 
has  revolutionized  certain  fundamental 
social  ideas upon  which  ancient  society 
rested. 
In the old day,  to revolt against 
government or the fixed  order of society, 
was to fight  against God.  Rebellion and 
blasphemy  were  kindred  sins.  But  a 
period  of  questioning  has  come.  Men 
are sure that  no priest  has  the  right  or 
shall have the power  to  command  their 
spiritual  allegiance,  that  no  kind  has 
the  right  to  command 
their  political 
allegiance. 
not 
stopped  there.  They  have  begun  to 
question  the  foundations  of  property 
rights.  To say to the landlord and labor 
employer,  “What is the process by which 
you  have  obtained control  of  what  you 
call capital?” 
In a  word,  the  very  con­
ception of property  is undergoing  revis­
ion,  and  the relation  between  employer 
and employed materially  altering.  The 
laborer once received  the right  to  labor 
as a boon from the holder of capital.  He 
was grateful for the  opportunity to earn 
his own  bread  while  increasing  his  em­
ployer’s material  wealth.  He  generally 
recognized the  right of  the  employer  to 
fix his wages and  determine his hours of 
labor. 
In  any  maladjustments  of  rela­
tionship  between  capital  and  labor  the 
latter  occupied  the  position  of  a  peti­
tioner.  This  condition  of  things  has 
changed,  or  is  rapidly  changing.  The 
laborer now regards  his labor  as  a  part 
of the capital in every  enterprise—as,  in 
truth,  the  most  necessary  part  of  the 
capital.  He 
insists  upon  meeting  the 
employer upon  equal terms. 
In  fact,  he 
aims at  making  the  term  “employer”  a 
misnomer.  He  hopes  to  make  capital 
and labor joint owners  of all the sources 
of material  wealth.  This is  the root  of 
all  the labor agitation and  organizations 
in the land.  This serious change in sen­
timent has made a  marked change in  the 
social  relations  between  employer  and 
employed.  The old feeling  of loyalty has 
measurably  evaporated.  The  spirit  of 
caste has  been  intensified.  Barriers  of 
prejudice  are  being  erected.  The  two 
classes are thrust into a  position  of  bit­
ter antagonism.  Each  gives  only  what 
he must and is  quick  to  resent  the  en­
croachments of the other.  A problem of 
the gravest  character and  proportions is 
certainly  arising,  and  its  solution  de­
mands the wisest and most delicate treat­
ment. 
I do not propose to  offer  any  so­
lution to-night.  We are  met for the dis­
cussion of great subjects,  not necessarily 
for their  settlement. 
In  my mind  some 
things are certain.  We are unquestiona­
bly going through a process of industrial 
evolution. 
It  is vain to  expect that  the 
ancient relation between  labor and capi­

tal—the  employer  and  the  employed— 
will ever  be restored in  modern  society. 
The old doctrine that  the  employer  has 
all the  rights and  the  employed  all  the 
duties,  will  never be  tolerable  again in 
the higher ranges of civilization.  I think, 
also,  that the present wage  system is  in 
process of  extinction.  Whether  it  will 
be  replaced by  any  existing  system  of 
profit sharing in  some  of its aspects,  in­
tensifies  competition  and  makes  what 
would  be  a  personal  conflict  between 
industrial leaders,  become  an  industrial 
battle between two clans. 
It  is  equally 
certain,  I  think,  that  the  wage workers 
themselves  have done much  to  intensify 
the lamentable caste and  spirit  between 
themselves and their employers.  Beyond 
question,  the great labor organizations of 
England  and  this  country  have  done 
much to improve wages  and arouse capi­
tal to a  keener sense of its  responsibili­
ties.  But the philosophy that underlies 
these  organizations; the gigantic strikes 
that impoverish  labor and  capital  alike; 
the bigotry and  exclusiveness  that  gen­
erally govern  their  actions,  promise but 
little  help in  the  solution of  this  grave 
social problem.  Great social revolutions 
are successful only in proportion  as they 
are directed  by the  calmest wisdom  and 
the richest experience.  Labor  organiza­
tions are very generally, I fear, governed 
by  an  overmastering  prejudice  against 
the  employer,  than  by  a wise determina­
tion to find some  adjustment of interests 
that  shall  be  mutually  advantageous. 
Socialism,  in  any  of 
its  modifications, 
even if ideally desirable,  will  be no prac­
tical solution of the question in this gen­
eration. 
In fact,  the  wage  worker  is  so 
easily  and  naturally transferred into the 
capitalist  that this will  probably be  the 
last  country  on  the globe  to  surrender 
the  present ideas  concerning  the  rights 
of individual property.
I  am  aware,  of  course,  that  I  have 
answered  no question  and  have  opened 
I do  not think  the  time  for 
not a few. 
answering these tremendous questions has 
yet  come. 
I  distrust  a  medicine  that 
guarantees  to  cure  every  disease,  as  I 
distrust any system that promises to heal 
all social ills. 
I feel  sure that the  time 
for  violent  revolution,  at  least  in  this 
land,  has passed.  No man  will  be  vio­
lently dispossessed of his property.  Too 
many wise and unselfish men are pledged 
to the solution  of this great  problem,  to 
permit the selfishness  either of the capi­
talist or the wage worker,  to force us in­
to anarchy.  But the situation  is one  of 
extreme gravity.  We must not shut  our 
eyes to the  facts.  There  are  labor  agi­
tators  who  are  a  social  pest;  there  are 
capitalists whose stupid selfishness keeps 
them  in  constant  antagonism  with  the 
best interests of society;  men  who  have 
neither sense nor sympathy and  who are 
constantly clamoring for legal protection 
against the natural consequences of their 
own blind stupidity.  But between these 
dangerous  classes  a  body  of  wise  and 
conservative  men  is  growing  up,  who 
shall  finally  teach  the  capitalist,  that 
money,  like  all human possessions,  shall 
be held subject to  the supreme  interests 
of human  life; and shall  teach  the  wage 
worker that  the hand cannot  say  to  the 
head,  “ I have no need of thee.”

Ten  Reasons  for  Failure.

The New York Press  has been  getting 
from people who have  failed in  business 
their opinions as to the cause of It.  One 
bankrupt has been frank enough to  send 
in the following,  in which will  be  found 
causes  which  bring  about  failure  more 
often than  people are  generally  willing 
to acknowledge:

get rich.
giving credits.
ner of living not warranted  by income.

Reason No.  1—In  too  much  haste  to 
Reason No. 2—A  reckless  method  of 
Reason No.  3—Extravagance 
in  man­
Reason No.  4—Pride.
Reason No.  5—Numerous 
penditures for unnecessaries.
Reason  No.  6—Speculation.
Reason No.  7—Betting on race  horses.
Reason No.  8—Gambling.
Reason No.  9—Reckless inattention  to 
Reason No.  10—Doing too  much  busi­

regular and legitimate business.
ness for the amount of capital.

trifling  ex­

A. D. SPANGLER & 00.,
Commission  MerGltanls

GENERAL

And Wholesale Dealers In

Fruits and Produce.

We solicit correspondence with both buy­
ers and sellers of all  kinds of  fruits,  ber­
ries and produce.

SACINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

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6  and 8  Rrie St., GRAND  RAPIDS.

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THE LUSTIG CIGAR CO.

J. LUSTIG, State Agent.

S . A .  Morman

WHOLESALE 

Petoskey,  Marblehead  and Ohio

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Akron,  Buffalo and Louisville

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Stucco and Hair,  Sewer Pipe, 
FIR E   BRICK  A N D   CLAY.

Write  for Prices.

20  LYON  ST., 

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A. J.  Bownk, President.

D. A. i•«  i  d u e t t , Vice-President.

H.  W.  Nash, Cashier
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THE  A  B  O  OF  MONEY.

B T   AND REW   C A R N EG IE.

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One reason urged why silver should be 
purchased and coined is that the country 
has  not enough “ money,”  and that  free 
coinage of  silver will give it more.  But 
if we need more  “money,” the only metal 
which  it  is wise  to  buy  is  gold.  Why 
issue your notes for  silver,  which is fall­
ing in  value and  involves unknown dan­
gers,  when  for these same  notes you can 
get  the  solid,  pure  article 
itself,  real 
money,  gold,  which  cannot  possibly en­
tail a loss upon  the  country?  But  is  it 
true  that  the  country  has  not  enough 
“money” ?—that  is,  you  remember,  the 
coined article used  for exchanging  other 
articles. 
If  so,  it  is  a  new  discovery. 
We  have not suffered for want of  coined 
money in times past,  and yet there is for 
each man,  woman,  and  child  five dollars 
more  “money”  in circulation  than  there 
ever  was.  We  have  more  circulating 
medium—that  is,  “ money”— per  head 
than  any  country  in  Europe,  with  one 
exception,  France,  where  the  people  do 
not  use  checks  and  drafts  as  much  as 
other  similar  countries — a  fact  which 
makes necessary many times more coined 
money than  we  require.  Still,  there  is 
little  objection  to  having  just  as  much 
coined money as is desired, provided it is 
not  debased,  but honest  money;  and the 
only way to be sure of that is  to buy gold 
and coin it into “money”—not silver,  the 
future value of which is so doubtful, aud 
the purchases of  which have so  far been 
a losing speculation.  Ask  the  advocate 
of  more  money why gold is not  the best 
metal  for  the  government  to  buy  and 
coin into  money  for the  people,  and  see 
what  he has to say.  Gold is as much an 
American  product  as  silver;  our  mines 
furnish  more  than two  millions of  dol­
lars of  it every  month.  He  could  have 
no objection  except that  this would  not 
tend  to  keep  up  the  price of  his  own 
product,  silver.  He could  not deny that 
it would give safer money for the people.
There is another plea urged  on  behalf 
of  silver.  Many public men  tell us that 
silver  coinage  “is in the  air,”  that  peo­
ple  want  it  because  they  think  that  it 
will make  money  “cheap,”  and that,  sil­
ver  being  less  valuable than  gold,  the 
debts of people could be more easily paid. 
But  let  -me  call  your  attention  to  one 
point  just  here.  The  savings  and  the 
property of the people could only bg thus 
reduced  in  value  if  the  gold  standard 
fell.  As  long  as  all  government  notes 
were  kept  equal to  gold,  as  at  present, 
no matter what amount of silver the gov­
ernment bought or coined, not the slight­
est  change  is  possible.  Only after  the 
financial  crisis  had  come,  and  the  gold 
standard  had  gone  down  in  the  wreck, 
and every dollar of  gold was  withdrawn 
and  held for  high premiums,  could  any 
change occur  to  favor  one  class  or  an­
other. 
If  any man is vaguely imagining 
that  he is to save  or  make in  some  way 
by the government becoming  involved in 
trouble  with its debased  silver coin  and 
silver  purchases,  let him remember that, 
in  order that  this vain  expectation  can 
be realized,  there  must  first  come to his 
government  a  loss  of  ability  to  make 
good  its determination to keep  its  silver 
dollar  equal to gold,  when gold would at 
once vanish  and  command  a  premium. 
A  wise  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  has 
truly foretold the result:
“This sudden  retirement of  §600 000,- 
000 of gold,  with the accompaying panic, 
would cause  contraction and commercial 
disaster  unparalleled  in  human  exper­
ience,  and  our  country  would  at  once 
step down to the silver basis, when there 
would  no  longer be any inducement  for 
coinage,  and  silver dollars  would sink to 
their bullion value.”
The man  who tries to bring  about this 
disaster in the hope to profit by it is twin 
brother to him  who would wreck  the ex­
press train  for the  chance of  sharing its 
contents, or would drive the ship of state 
on the  rocks for the  chance of  securing 
a  part  of  the  wrecked  cargo.  He  is  a 
wrecker  and a speculator.  His interests 
are opposed to the interests of the toiling 
masses.
Again,  we are  constantly told  that the 
masses of  the  people  favor “free  silver 
coinage,” or  at  least uphold the  present 
silver  laws, because  they have  received

the  impression, somehow  or  other,  that 
the  more silver there is coined the  more 
money  will  come to them.  Let us  look 
into that.  When  the  government  buys 
silver  bullion,  it gives  its  own  notes or 
silver  dollars  for  it.  Who  gets  these? 
The  owners of  the silver  bullion.  How 
can  these  be  taken from  their  pockets 
and  put  into the  pockets of  the people? 
From  what we know of  the silver  men, 
we cannot  expect  them to present  many 
of  their  dollars to anybody;  it will  only 
be  when they  buy the  labor or the  pro­
ducts of  the  people that  they will  give 
these  dollars at the  value of  a  hundred 
cents which have cost them only seventy- 
eight.  Will  they  give  more  of  these 
seventy-eight-cent  dollars  than  they 
would  have to give  of  one-hundred-cent 
dollars  for  the  same  labor or products? 
No,  not  until or unless  the effort of  the 
government to give  an  artificial  value to 
silver  broke  down,  and  our  money  lost 
value,  when a dollar  might not be worth 
half a dollar  in  purchasing  power;  cal­
culated  upon  gold  value,  they  would 
always give less value than before.  How, 
then,  can  the  working  people  or  the 
farmers  be  benefited?  It is the  owners 
of  the silver,  who will  give the  govern­
ment  seventy-eight cents’  worth of  bul­
lion  and  get  for  it  a  dollar,  who  will 
make  the  profit.  Surely  this  is  clear. 
Up  to  this  time  the  dollar  which  the 
farmer  or  workingman receives  is  still 
worth a dollar  because  the  government 
has  been able,  by trying  hard,  to keep it 
worth  this;  but  when  “free  coinage  of 
silver” comes, the silver dollar  must fall 
to  its  real  value—seventy-eight cents— 
and  the  farmer and  workingman  will be 
defrauded;  so that  the  interests  of  the 
farmer, mechanic,  laborer,  and  all  who 
receive wages are that the  “money” they 
get  should be of  the  highest  value,  and 
not cheap—gold,  and not silver.
Up to  this  time we  have  held  fast to 
gold as the  standard.  Everything in the 
United States is based  upon  gold to-day, 
all silver notes or coins being kept equal 
to gold.  Has that  been a wise or  an un­
wise  policy?  Would  it  now  be  best to 
let  the  gold  standard  go,  to  which  the 
advanced  nations  cling,  and  especially 
Britain,  and adopt the silver  standard of 
our  South  American  neighbors?  Upon 
the solid rock of gold as our basis article 
we  have  built up the wealthiest country 
in  the world,  and  the  greatest  agricul­
tural,  manufacturing,  and  mining  and 
commerical  country  ever  known.  We 
have  prospered  beyond  any nation  the 
sun  ever  shown  upon. 
In  no  country 
are wages of labor  so high  or the masses 
of the people  so well  off.  Shall we dis­
card the gold basis,  or even  endanger it? 
This is the question  before the  people of 
the United  States  to-day.
The New York Evening  Post is a free- 
trade organ,  but it has recently  said  that 
it would rather be  the party  to pass ten 
McKinley Bills than one Silver  Bill such 
as was urged;  and I,  a  Republican and a 
believer  in  the  wisdom  of  protection, 
tell you that I  would  rather give up the 
McKinley Bill and pass  the Mills Bill,  if 
for the exchange I could have the present 
Silver  Bill  repealed  and  silver  treated 
like other metals. In the next presidential 
campaign,  if I have to vote for a man  in 
favor of silver and  protection,  or  for  a 
man in  favor of  gold standard  and  free 
trade,  I shall vote  and work  for the  lat­
ter,  because  my  judgment  tells me  that 
even  the  tariff  is not  half  so important 
for the  good of  the country as the  main­
tenance of  the highest  standard for  the 
money of the people.

Would it not  be well  for  you to listen 
to  men  who  have  your  confidence,  and 
who have been compelled by their official 
positions  to  investigate  and  study  this 
silver  question  well?  President  Harri­
son is well known as a most conscientious 
man.  He is not  rich;  he is poor. 
If he 
has  anything at heart,  it  is the  good  of 
the plain working people of  his country. 
He  has  had to study this  subject,  and he 
tells you  that he finds that the first thing 
a  debased  silver  dollar will  do is to  go 
forth  and cheat  some poor  man who  has 
to take it for his products or labor.  Ex- 
President Cleveland,  like  President Har­
rison,  is a poor  man;  his sympathies are 
with  the  plain  working  people — the 
masses.  He  had  to  study the  question 
that he  might act  upon it;  and although

R U M   FOR  BUSINESS!

Do you want to do your customers justice?
Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way?
Do you want the confidence of  all who trade with you?
Would  you  like to rid  yourself  of  the  bother of  “posting” your  books  and 

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

Do you  not  want  pay for all  the  small  items  that go  out of  your  store,  which 

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

Did  you  ever have a pass-book  account  foot up and  balance  with the  corres­

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?

Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain that  they have  been  charged  for 
items they never  had,  and is not your  memory a little  clouded  as  to whether they 
have or not?

Then  why  not  adopt a system of  crediting  that will  abolish  all  these  and  a 
hundred other objectionable features of  the old  method,  and  one  that  establishes 
a CASH  BASIS  of  crediting?
enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the

A new era  dawns,  and  with it new  commodities for its  new demands;  and  all 

Tradesman  or  Superior  GoUpons.

COUPON  BOOK vs. PASS

BOOK.

We beg leave to call  your  attention to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
consider  its  merits. 
It takes  the  place 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask him to bring each 
time  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book.  This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is  lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the pass book system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done when  you can  illy afford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers  waiting  when it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system,  it is avoided.
Now as to the use of the  coupon book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book,  you hand him a coupon  book,  say 
j  of the denomination  of  $10,  taking  his 
note  for  the  amount.  When  he  buys 
anything,  he  hands  you  or  your  clerk 
the  book,  from  which  you  tear  out 
coupons for the amount purchased,  be  it 
1 cent,  12 cents,  75  cents  or  any  other 
sum.  As the book never  passes  out  of 
your customer’s hands,  except when you 
tear off the coupons,it is just like so much 
money to him,  and when the coupons are 
all gone,  and he has had  their  worth  in 
goods,  there is  no  grumbling  or  suspi­
cion of wrong  dealing. 
In  fact,  by the 
use of the coupon book,  you have all  the 
advantages of both  the  cash  and  credit 
systems and none  of  the  disadvantages 
of either.  The coupons  taken  in,  being 
put into the cash drawer,  the  aggregate 
amount of them,  together with the  cash, 
shows at once  the  day’s  business.  The 
notes,  which are  perforated  at  one  end 
so that they can be readily detached from 
the book,  can  be  kept  in  the  rsafe  or 
money drawer until the  time has arrived

for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing incident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in  any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down to a certain limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book aud a line  of  $10, 
and they will  overrun  the  limit  before 
you discover it.  Give them  a ten  dollar 
coupon book,  however,  and  they  must 
necessarily stop when they  have obtained 
goods to that amount.  It  then rests with 
the merchant to determine whether he will 
issue  another  book  before  the  one  al­
ready used is paid for.
In many localities  merchants  are  sell­
ing  coupon  books  for  cash  in  advance, 
giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent, 
for advance payment.  This is especially 
pleasing  to  the  cash  customer,  because 
it gives him an advantage over the patron 
who  runs  a  book  account  or  buys  on 
credit.  The cash man  ought to have  an 
advantage  over the credit  customer,  and 
this  is easily  accomplished  in  this  way 
without  making  any actual  difference  in 
the  prices of  goods—a  thing which  will 
always create dissatisfaction and loss.
Briefly stated,the coupon system is pref­
erable to  the pass book method because it 
(1)  saves the time consumed in recording 
the  sales on  the pass  book  and  copying 
same  in blotter,  day book and  ledger;  (2) 
prevents  the  disputing  of  accounts;  (3) 
puts the obligation in the form of a note, 
which is prima facie evidence of  indebt­
edness;  (4)  enables  the  merchant to col­
lect  interest on overdue notes,  which  he 
is unable to do with ledger  accounts;  (5) 
holds  the customer  down  to the  limit of 
credit established  by the  merchant,  as it 
is almost  impossible to do  with the  pass 
book.
Are  not  the  advantages  above  enu­
merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the 
coupon  system?  If  so,  order  from  the 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons  in the 
country and  address your letters to

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

TILE  MICETTO^N  TRADESM AN.

many of  bis party  have  been  led  away 
into the crusade  for silver—temporarily, 
it is to be hoped  (for to its credit,  let me 
say,  the  Democratic  party  has  hitherto 
been the stanch friend of the best money 
for the people)—Mr. Cleveland  felt  that 
he  must tell  the truth  and denounce the 
free-silver-coinage idea, because he found 
that  it must  injure  the  workers of  the 
nation.  His  recent letter gives  another 
proof  that  he is a natural leader of  men 
—a  brave man  and  not a coward.  His 
personal prospects he weighs not against 
the true  welfare of  the toilers  who once 
made  him  President. 
In  addition  to 
these,  no  abler,  purer,  or grander  Demo­
crat  ever  managed  the  finances of  this 
nation  than  Mr.  Manning;  no  abler, 
purer,  or grander Republican ever did  so 
than  Mr.  Windom.  These  men  were 
friends of  the masses,  if ever the masses 
had friends.  Both had to investigate the 
silver  question  that  they  might 
learn 
what  was best  and act so  as to  promote 
the  permanent  welfare  of  the  people. 
Both became deeply concerned  about the 
impending  danger of  “debased money,” 
and  used all their powers to stop  repre­
sentatives  in  Congress from  forcing the 
government  to  imperil  the  interests  of 
the workingman,  who must have the best 
money  for  his  labor or  products,  or  be 
the  prey  of  speculators.  These  great 
men,  two of  them exalted to the  highest 
political  office  upon  the  earth  by your 
suffrages,  had and have at heart only the 
good of the many as against  the  possible 
enrichment of  the  .few.  Political  oppo­
nents  as  they  were  or  are,  that  they 
should  agree  upon  this  question  must 
surely give  every farmer,  mechanic,  and 
workingman  in the  United  States  grave 
reason  for  believing that  they,  and  not 
the  advocates  of  silver,  are  his  wisest 
counsellors.

I  close with  one  word of  advice to the 
people.  Unless  the  government  ceases 
to  burden  itself  month  by month  with 
more silver,  or if  the free coinage of  sil­
ver be seriously entertained, avoid silver; 
when  you  lay  by anything,  let  it be  in 
gold;  when  you  deposit  in  the  savings- 
bank,  let  it  be  a gold  deposit—ask  the 
bank to give  you a gold receipt therefor. 
There is no  use in the  poor  taking  any 
risk. 
If  you  do not  thus act  promptly, 
you will  find no gold  left for  you.  The 
speculators  and  those  closely  identified 
with  business will  have  it  all. 
It  is  a 
fact full of  warning that no bonds  could 
be  sold to advantage to-day  which  were 
not  made  specially  payable 
in  gold. 
There  is  danger ahead.  Whatever  hap­
pens,  you  can sleep  soundly upon  gold. 
Silver will bring bad dreams to wise men. 
Our  government  can do much;  it is very 
strong;  but  there  are  two  things which 
it cannot do: it cannot—by itself,  against 
the world—permanently give  to  silver a 
higher value than it possesses throughout 
the world  as  metal,  though  this is what 
it  is  trying  to  do;  and it cannot  lessen 
the  value of  gold.  Some  day,  perhaps, 
you may have reason to thank me for the 
advice I have given you,  although I hope 
not.

Do not  think,  however,  that  I  despair 
of  the  republic—never;  even if  dragged 
into the  difficulties inseparable  from  sil­
ver,  and  matters become as bad  with  us 
as  they are  to-day in the  Argentine  Re­
public,  where  one gold  dollar  is  worth 
two and a half  currency  dollars,  there is 
no occasion to fear the final  result.  The 
good sense of  the people will restore  the 
gold  basis  after a time,  and the  republic 
will  march  on to the  front  rank  among 
nations;  but  the  silver  experiment will 
cost much;  and it is better that the direct 
loss should fall as much as possible upon 
the few of  the moneyed  class than  upon 
the  masses of  the people.  At  best  the 
latter must suffer most, for moneyed men 
know better  than others  can  how to pro­
tect themselves.  All this loss,  I am sure, 
the  people would  prevent if  they could 
only  be made to understand the question; 
for  their  inteiests,  far  more than  those 
of  the  rich,  lie with  honest  money,  and 
their  wishes  have  only to be  expressed 
to  their representatives  to  prevent  the 
threatened crisis.

Silver,  owing to changes of  value,  has 
become the tool of the speculator.  Steady, 
pure,  unchangeable  gold  has ever  been, 
and  never was so much  as now,  the  best

instrument  for  the  protection  of  the 
masses of the people.
I  have  written  in  vain if  this  paper 
does  not do  something  to  explain  why 
this is  so,  and to impel  the  people to let 
their  representatives in Congress clearly 
understand  that,  come  what  may,  the 
stamp of the republic must be made true, 
the money of  the American  people  kept 
the  highest  and  surest  in  value  of  all 
money in the  world,  above all  doubt  or 
suspicion,  its  standard  in the  future,  as 
in  the  past,  not  fluctuating  silver,  but 
unchanging gold.
The  Best  Reference  a  Boy  Can  Have.
John was fifteen,  and  wanted  a desir­
able place  in the  office of a well  known 
lawyer,  who  had  advertised  for a boy, 
but  doubted  his  success because,  being 
a  stranger  in  the  city,  he had  no refer­
ences.
“I'm afraid  I’ll stand  a poor chance,” 
he thought,  “but  I’ll  try  and  appear as 
well as 1 can,  for that may  help.”
So  he was  careful  to  have  his dress 
and person  neat,  and  when  he took his 
turn to be interviewed,  went in with his 
hat in his hand,  and a  smile on his face.
The  keen-eyed 
lawyer  glanced  him 
over from head to foot
“Good face,” he thought, “and pleasant 
ways.”
Then he noted the neat suit—but other 
boys had  appeared in new  clothes—saw 
the well-brushed  hair  and clean-looking 
skin.  Very  well,  but  there  had  been 
others  here  quite  as  cleanly;  another 
glance showed the  finger-nails free from 
soil.
“Ah!  that  looks  like  thoroughness,” 
thought the  lawyer.
Then  he  asked  a  few  direct,  rapid 
questions,  which  John  answered  as 
directly.
“Prompt,”  was his  mental  comment; 
“can  speak up  when  necessary.  Let’s 
see your writing,”  he added aloud.
John took the pen and wrote his name.
“Very  well,  easy to read,  and no flour­
ishes.  Now,  what references  have you?”
The dreaded  question at last!
John’s  face  fell.  He  had  begun  to 
feel  some  hope  of  success,  but  this 
dashed it.
“I  haven’t any,” he said slowly;  “I’m 
almost a stranger in  the  city.”
“Can't take a boy  without references,” 
was  the  brusque  rejoinder,  and  as  he 
spoke  a sudden  thought  sent a flush  to 
John’s cheek.
“I  haven’t  any  references,”  he  said 
with hesitation,  “but here’s a letter from 
mother I just received.”
It  was a  short 
The  lawyer  took  it. 
letter:
“My Dear John—I  want to remind you 
that  whenever you  find work you  must 
consider  that work your  own.  Don’t go 
into it,  as some boys do,  with the feeling 
that you will do  as little as you can,  and 
get something better  soon; but  make up 
your  mind you  will do  as much  as pos­
sible,  and make  yourself so necessary to 
your employer that he will never let you 
go!  You  have  been a  good  son  to me. 
Be  as good  in  business  and  I am  sure 
God will bless your  efforts.”
“H’m! said the  lawyer, reading it over 
the  second  time.  “That’s  pretty  good 
advice,  John—excellent  advice! I  rather 
think  I’ll try  you,  even  without  refer­
ences.”
John  has  been  with  him  five  years, 
and last spring was  admitted  to the bar.
“Do  you 
that  young 
man  into  partnership?”  asked a  friend 
lately.
“Yes,  I do.  I couldn’t  get along  with­
out  John.”
And  John  says  the best  reference  he 
I  ever had was a mother’s good  advice and 
| honest praise.

intend  taking 

-------------------

Prospective  Growth  of  Central  Lake.
C e n t r a l   L a k e ,  Aug.  1—The business 
men of  this  place are  assured  that  the 
management of  the  C.  & W.  M.  Railway 
expect to  make this point one of  consid­
erable  importance  in  a  manufacturing 
way,  the  company  having purchased  300 
feet  frontage on  Intermediate Lake  for 
the use of a  corporation  which will em­
bark  in the  manufacture  of  specialties 
in  woodenware.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

M i c h i g a n  P e n t f a t ,

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................6:90 am   10:00 pm
Mixed  .................................................... 6:40 a m  4:30  pm
Day  Express.......................................12:40 a m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A Pacific Express............. 11:15 p m 
6:00 am
New York Express.............................. 5:40 pm  
1:20 pm
•Dally.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent, 86 Monroe St.
G. S. H a w k in s , Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
G e o . W. Mu n s o n , Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W .R u g g d b s.G . P.  A  T. Agent., Chicago.

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

Detroit

GRAND HAVEN TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Io n ia ............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
Owosso  .......Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar
Bay City.......Ar
F li n t............Ar
Pt.  Huron... Ar
P ontiac........Ar
Detroit......... Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 ♦No.  28
10 55pm 
6 50am
12 37am 
7 45am
1 55am 
8 28am
3 15am
9 15am 
1105am 
11 55am 
1110am
305pm
10 57am
11 5'am

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 40pm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
8 00pm
1030pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

1 120am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3 COpm 
3 45pm
3 40pm 
600pm 
305pm
4 05pm

5 40am 
7 35am 
5 50am 
7  0am

WESTWARD.

Trains Leave 
G’d Rapids,  Lv 1  7 05am 
G’d Haven,  Ar  8 50am 
..............
M ilw’k eeS tr  “ 
Chicago Str.  “  |  ..........

|*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 tNo. 15
10 30pm
11 30pm 
6 45am

5  10pm
6  15pm 
6  45am
6 00am

1  00pm
2  15pm

♦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, 6:45 a.  m.,  10:10 
a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
ear.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o h n W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket A gent

23 Monroe Street.

§6:30
§6:30
t6:30

CHICAGO
&  WE!
DEPART FOR

JUNE  21,1891.
MICHIGAN RY.
A. X.  1  P.  M.  !  P. M. P.M.
t!0:00  tl:15 *11:35 
t 10:00  tl:15  11:35 
tl0:00  tl:l5  *11:35 
tlu:00  tl:15 *11:35
t7:25|  t5:25 *11:30
+9:00  +1:15 +5:40 
+7:25  +5:25!........
t7:25|  t5:2o|........
t7:25  t5:25  .......
t9:00|  tl:15 t  5:40 *+6:30

Chicago............
Indianapolis ... 
Benton Harbor.
S t Joseph.........
Traverse  City..
Muskegon.........
Manistee  .........
Ludington.......
Big  Rapids.......
Ottawa Beach..
tWeek Days.  »Dally.  § Except Saturday.
10:00 A. M. has through chair car to Chica­
go.  No extra charge for seats.
1:15
P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
with Wagner buffet car;  sea s  50 cts. 
5:25
P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.
H . O f   P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 
■  •Q A   P.  M.  has  Wagner  Sleeping  Car  to 
«O U   Traverse City.
6 .O A   P.  M.  connects  at  St.  Joseph  with 
•OU  Graham & Morton’s steamers for Chi­
DETROIT, 

• O tr  ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago, 
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via Ben­
ton Harbor.

n x * * ™ .

Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. X. P. M.
t6:50 t l  :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :(<0 *6:25
t7:05 t4:30
t7:05 •¡4:30
t7:05 ¡4:30

Detroit.......................................
Lansing...................................
Howell...................................
Lowell.......................................
Alma.....................  
............
St.  Louis  ..............................
Saginaw  City...........................
6 . PÍA  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
1 .A A   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
•VFvF  troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
lor  car, seats  25  cents.
r j • A K   A. M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
t   . " t l   25 cents.
For  tickets  and  Information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

lor car;  seats 25  cents.

DEPART  FOR

cago.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r  Agt.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

-----OR-----

P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

Grand Rapida & Indiana.

In effect  July  19,1891.

6:06 pm

North.
1 9 9 a m
7 -.30 a m
11:80 a m
1:30 p m
p m 10:30 p m
Train  arriving at 6:50  dally;  all  other  trains  dally 

South. 
For Saginaw & Big Rapids.........  
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 
(:60am  
For  Traverse  City & Mackinaw  9:16 a m 
For Saginaw,.................................  
For Traverse City..........................   9:16 pm  
Fo iMackinaw City.........................  8:15 
except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

South.
10:30 am
2:00  pm
10:30 p m
Train  leaving  for Cincinnati  and  Chicago  at  10:30 

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:00 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
10:20 a m  
From Big Rapids & Saginaw....  11:60 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For  Ft. Wayne..............................  5:26 p m  
For Cincinnati and C hicago.... 
From Saginaw................................. 10:10 p m
p m daily;  all other trains dally except Sunday.

10:00 p m 

7:00 am

0:00 pm

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a m
7:00  a m  
12:15 p m  
5:15 pm
6:30 p m  
10:16pm

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NOHTII—7 :3 0   a m  train.—Sleeping and  parlor 
chair  car.  Grand  Rapids to Mackinaw City. 
Parlor  chair car  Grand  Rapids to Traverse 
Oity.
1 1 :3 0  a  m  tr a in .—Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Mackinaw.
10:30 p m train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to  Mackinaw City.
SOUTH—7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 am  train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
1 0 : 3 0   p  m   t r a in .—Sleeping  Car Grand 
Rapids  to  Chicago.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.

Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Air Chicago 

10:30 a m  
3:56 p m  

2:09 pm  
9:00 p m  

10:30 pm

6:50 am

10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
10:30 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
3:10 p m  10:10 p m
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
6:50 afm
8:50 p m  
3:10  p m   through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

7:06 a m 
2:15 p m  

Through tickets and full Information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor &  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

v ia D., L. & N.

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

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

Return connections equally as good.

V .  H.  B enn ett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

EDMUNDB.DIKEMñN
Watch  fllaker 

THE  GREAT

s  M eier,
44  GANE  8T„
-

Grand  Rapids 

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,  

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

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

