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Y O L.  9.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  N O V E M B E R   4,  1891.

THE jmr YORK  BISCUIT GO.,

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C r a c k e r  

Manufs ,

8 7 ,  8 9   a n d   41  K e n t St., 
G.  A.  LAMB.

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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  DomestiG  Fruits  and  ProddcB,

8 4   a n d   8 6   S o u th   D iv isio n   St.

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We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We always bill  goods at the 

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VALUE.

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cheap, unreliable  goods.

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U N D E R
T H E IR

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FACTORY  D E P O T ; 

118  Bates  St., D etro it, M ich.

Sheepskin  S lippers.

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F e lt Slippers.

X quality,  per  doz.  p rs..........$. 35
XX  “ 
...........   I  65
Plain,  for rubber  boots..........  1  50
Leather sole,  quarters and
toe  cap....................................  2 25
Parker’s Arctic S o c k .................2 25

H IRTH   <fe  KRAUSE,

H e a d q u a rte rs for B lack in g s, D ressings 

S hoe  B rushes. E tc.

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NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET.  G RAND  R A PID S.  M ICHIG A N. 

WE  CAREY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOE  MILL  USE-

is  the  time  to  lay  in  winter

stocks of  Cheese.

take chances on inferior

grades, but buy the old reliable

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C,

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R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

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made.

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I M P O R T E R S   A N D

Wholesale  Grocers

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

Manufacturers and Jobbeis of Boots and Shoes.

BARNHART 
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JOBBER  OF

SALT  FISH

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  i   GAME
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
in 

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See Quotations in Another Column.

Dealers 

Illuminating  and  LiitriGating

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Bntterworth A?e.

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Grand Rapids,  Big Rapids,  Cadillac,  Grand  Haven,  Ludington,  Howard  City,  M us­

kegon, Reed City, Manistee,  Petoskey,  Allegan.

Highest Price Paidffor Enipty[Carbon and Gasoline Barrels.

O u r  fa ll  lin e s  are 
now   com plete in every 
d e p artm e n t.
Our  line  of  Men’s 
and  Boys’  boots  are 
the best we ever made 
or  h and led.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’,  youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s shoes.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  the lead 
lilies of felt boots and
We solicit  your  inspec- 
‘Agents  ror  the Boston 
ibber Shoe Co.”

before purchasing. 

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"  NO.  424

LATE  ROSES.

The  iiowers  grew  fine and  fair  under 
the  care  of  the  old  florist,  Donald  Mc­
Donald.  His  hot-house  was  a  marvel, 
as,  by the  way,  were  his  open  beds,  his 
little  nursery—all  that  he  kept  an  eye 
over.  No  window-box  need 
lack  the 
choice of  its  owner,  nor  need  any belle 
betake  her  to a ball  without  the  flower 
she longed  for,  while Donald  McDonald’s 
white  sign  with  its  long  black  letters 
hung  between  the two  gate-posts of  his 
garden.

No  one  knew  much  about  him.  He 
had  come  to  the  town  and 
taken  the 
place  from  an old  man  who  had  left it, 
to go  back to his  native Scotland—a fel­
low-countryman,  and,  no  doubt,  an  old 
friend;  but  he  never  spoke of  this,  or, 
indeed,  of  anything else. 
It  was said of 
him that he never spoke to anyone.  This 
was  not  quite  true.  There  were  occa­
sions  on  which a  “ Yes”  or  a  “ No,”  a 
grunt  or  an  “Ah!”  became  necessary; 
more no one could get out of him.

He  lived  alone in his  house,  which  a 
woman  came to tidy once a week;  and it 
was a pretty  house,  those  said,  who  had 
peeped  into it,  and  well  furnished;  and 
in  its  little  parlor  stood  a low  sewing- 
chair  near  a  work-basket  on  a  small 
stand,  as  if  some  woman  were expected 
to  use it;  and  over the  mantel  hung  a 
good portrait of a beautiful young woman. 
And so the legend  gained  belief amongst 
those who  knew  the  florist,  that  he  had 
lost a young wife and that her death  had 
preyed upon him and changed him great­
ly.  And  for this  reason—the  world  at 
large being much  more  sympathetic and 
kindly  than we  usually give it credit for 
being—people pardoned  Donald  McDon­
ald  for his  oddities and  praised  him  for 
his skill  in  his calling.

Certainly  he  was  not  without  friends 
somewhere,  for  he  was  always  writing 
letters and  receiving letters  from  abroad, 
with  important  looking seals  upon them. 
Only  why  should  he  be  so  savage  with 
the children if  one of  them but  thrust a 
dimpled  hand  through the  palings for a 
blade of  grass or a daisy,  or  caught  at a 
fruit-blossom  that the  long  branch  put 
within  reach?  That,  mothers  said,  was 
his worst trait.

But it had come to be that the children 
passed  the  florist’s  garden on the  other 
side of  the  way,  and  never  dreamed  of 
peeping in at the  door of  the  hot-house. 
But  Donald  was  not  parsimonious,  for 
every Sunday  he  carried,  with  his  own 
hands,  a great  basket  of  iiowers  to  the 
church  door  and  handed  it  without  a 
word  to  the  sexton,  who  placed  them 
where  all  could  see  and  admire.  And 
also,  if any  poor woman  in  his neighbor­
hood  were  ill,  one  too  poor to dream  of 
buying  flowers, rare  roses  were  handed 
in  at her  door,  and  they  ali  knew  they 
came from Donald McDonald.  Therefore, 
even  despite  his  surliness  to  the  little | 
children,  and  his  silent  ways,  they  all 
believed  the  florist  to  be a good  man at 
heart.

What would they have  thought of  him 
could  they  have seen  him  sometimes  in 
his  own  home,  when  the  shutters  were

closed  and the  curtains  drawn,  his  men 
gone home for the night, and no eye upon 
him  save that,  perhaps,  of  some of those 
good  angels  who watch and  weep unseen 
with  poor  humanity?  W hat would  they 
have  thought had  they seen  him  kneel 
before  that  fragile 
little  sewing-chair, 
his head upon  its cushions, kissing them, 
weeping,  sobbing, crying upon a woman’s 
name at intervals,  or gathering from  the 
basket  a  little  frock  that  a doll  might 
have  worn,  and  pressing  it  to his  heart 
and  folding  it  reverently  as  a  Catholic 
might  the  relic  of  a  saint,  ere  he  re­
placed  it,  or standing  before  the  lovely 
portrait of  a  woman  that  hung upon  his 
wall,  reaching  his  arms  toward  it,  and 
crying:  “Come  back  to  me,  Jennie,  my 
love,  come back and forgive me?”  Then 
they would have known,  indeed,  that the 
story of his  life was a tragic one.

It  was  in  Scotland 

Ten  years  before,  he  had  had a lovely 
wife—that  was  her  portrait  upon 
the 
wall.  She had been nearly young enough 
to  be  his  daughter,  but  she  loved  him 
fondly,  and  they  were  very  happy  for 
a  while. 
that  he 
married her, and there they lived amongst 
his flowers,  happy  as  the  day  was  long, 
until,  one  sunny afternoon,  a  handsome 
young  Highland  laird  rode  that  way  to 
buy  roses.  He  had  an  eye for  a  pretty 
face,  and  Jennie  was  but  a  girl;  she 
blushed  to be admired.  Afterward Don­
ald  could  not  remember  which  of  the 
“ trifles  light as air,”  which  are  the food 
of  jealousy,  awakened  his.  A  madness 
seized  him.  He believed  her  false;  he 
called  her a foul  name;  he accused  her 
coarsely.  That  night,  when  he  returned 
to his  home,  he  found  her gone;  a  letter 
lay upon the table;  it read  thus:

“I  am innocent  in  word  and  deed;  I 
have  loved  you  only,  nor  has  any  man 
had  cause to believe  otherwise,  but you 
have  insulted  me  so,  that  I  can  never 
look  you  in  the  face  again.  Good-bye 
forever. 

J e n n ie .”

There were not wanting  those  who be­
lieved  that  the  elderly  florist’s  wife  had 
gone  away  with 
the  handsome  young 
Highlander;  but  Donald  himself  knew 
better.  Since  that  day,  despite the  fact 
that the hat she had  worn had  been found 
floating  in  a loch  near  by,  he had  never 
ceased to search for her.  He had written 
to the American  consuls of foreign coun­
tries—the 
large  correspondence  which 
surprised  his  neighbors  was all  concern­
ing his lost wife.  A report  that she had 
been  seen  in  America  had  brought him 
here.  Here,  where the old story was not 
known,  he  made a home  for  her,  believ­
ing then  that she might come to dwell  in 
it.  There stood her chair, her unfinished 
needlework,  there hung her  portrait;  but 
so  many  years  had  passed without  any 
tidings of  her—so  many  years—despair 
had  seized  Donald’s soul  and  made him 
bitter to all  mankind.  This year he  was 
more  miserable  than  ever.  He  saw the 
j  marks of age growing greater in his face, 
he thought  that  somewhere on  earth his 
sou or daughter  might  be  begging  bread, 
for  Jennie  was  not  one of  your  clever 
women,  but as clinging as any  little  ten­
der vine in all  his garden.  He was well- 
to-do;  he had hoarded  for her sake.  How

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ufactured  by the  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame  & C o.:
V index, long  Havana  filler 
.................
T h ree M edals, long Havana filler........
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder.
L a F lo r d e A lfonso,................................
L a D oncella de M o re ra ,.......................
Da  Id eal,  25 in a box................................

$ 3 5  
3 5  
5 5  
5 5  
6 5  
6 5
Also  fine line  Key West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.

10  So.  Ionia  81.,  Grand  Rapids.
Our Complete Fall Line of

W ill be ready S eptem ber 10th 
Itw ill pay 
every m e rc h a n t h a n d lin g  th is lin e o f goods 
to  exam in e o u r sam ples.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 M onroe St.,

G RA N D   R A P ID S, 

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leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

Voigt, Hemoisleier k Go.,
Dry  Goods. Carpets l Cloaks.

W H O LESA LE

W e  M ake a Specialty of  B lankets, 

Q uilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oiir  own  ManiifacWre,
M ackinaw S hirts a t d Lum berm en's 

Socks.

'oiit, HerjoMeimer 4 Go,,

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

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THOS. E.  WYKES,

W H O LESA LE

L im e,  C em ent,  Stucco,  H air,  F ire   B rick , 

F ire   Clay, I.ath ,  W ood,  H ay, G rain,
O il  M eal, C lover and  T im o th y  Seed. 

Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

Write for prices.

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

Cor.  M onroe  an d   Io n ia   Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

Thomas Hefferan, President.
Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President.
Charles M. Heald,  2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTOB8.

D. D. Cody 
S. A. Morman 
Jas. G. McBride 
Wm. McMullen 
D. E. Waters 
Jno. Patton, J r 
Wm. Alden Smith 

H. C. Russell
John Murray
J. H. Gibbs
C. B. Judd
H.  F. Hastings
C. M.  Heald
Don  J. Leathers 

Thomas  Hefferan.

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

We quote:

Solid  B ran d  O ysters.

Selects...................... 26  E.  F ............................22
S tandards..............   20
Selects,.....................23 Standards....................   18
Favorites...............   16

D aisy  B ran d   O ysters.

O u r  F av o rite  B rand.

“ 

M rs.  W Ithey’s H om e-m ade M ince-M eat.
Large bbls............... 6  Half bbls....................6«
401b. palls  .............   654  201b.  palls  .............6M
101b.  palls..............  7
2 lb. cans, (usual ’w eight)...............$1.50  per  doz.
5 lb. 
“ 
............... $3.50  per  doz.
Choice Dairy  Butter............................................  19
Eggs ......................................................................  21
Pure Sweet Cider,  In  bbls.,  ...  15__ «4bbl...  16
Pure Cider  Vinegar................................................10
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half  bbls. 
Above prices are made low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“ 

EDWIN  FELLAS  & SON, 

Valley City Cold Storage.

.T H E .  „

P R O M P T .  C O N SER VA TIVE,  SA FE.

S. F. A s p l n w a ix , P res’t  

W. F b e i> M cB a ix , Sec'y.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

he  had  prayed  for  forgiveness,  yet  God  l 
would  not hear  him.  He thought  him- | 
self  accursed,  and  told  himself  that  he 
was lost,  soul and  body,  unless he might [ 
atone for his great sin. 
In this mood,  he j 
made  no  answer  to the  “ Good  days”  of j 
his men  when  they  were  about  to trudge 
homeward, and was more ready  than ever • 
to  believe  that,  in  spite of  all  his  care, 
the neighbors’ children  robbed  his  tlower 
borders.

In  the  darkness  he  walked  alone down 
the  long,  broad paths of  his rose-garden. 
The latest  roses  only  lingered,  but  they 
were  beauties.  Their fragrance came to 
him tenderly, 
lie sat down upon  a  block 
of  stone,  and  the  soft  grass at  his  feet 
and 
to 
soothe  him. 

the  sweet  stars  above  helped 

“ If  she is dead  she  will  know  my  re­
morse,” he sighed,  his monomania taking 
a  more  gentle  turn,  for  he  never  could 
forget  it for  a  moment.  “ Now,  if  she 
could  but  come  to  me,  a  spirit,  could 
stand  amongst the roses and smile on  me, 
then  1  could  wait  for death  in  peace.”

.

Douald  McDonald  had  in  his veins the 
blood  of  ancestors  who  were  endowed 
with  second-sight.  Nothing seemed  im­
possible to  him.  He  stared  before  him, 
waiting  for  a  sigu,  and  saw  a  slender 
hand  holding  a  rose—a hand  like hers— 
over  the  top of  a certain  old  bush. 
It 
arose between  him and the starlight.  His 
blood  curdled,  his  heart  beat so that  it 
shook  his  frame.  Auotlier  rose  was  in 
the  slender  hand,  now  another.  He 
heard  a sigh. 
“ Was  she  about to  speak 
to  him?”  he  asked  himself.  But  then 
came a cough—of  the earth earthy—and, 
springing  to  his  feet,  Donald  saw  that 
what  he  had  taken  for  the  hand  of  a 
spirit,  materialized  in  answer to prayer, 
was that of  a  boy  who  was  stealing  his 
roses,  his  left  elbow  propped  upon  the 
fence,  his left hand  receiving the flowers 
which he broke from  the  stems with  the 
Other.

The revulsion of feeling  was too great. 
For  an  instant  he  grew  ferocious  and 
seized  the  little  brown  wrist  in  a  grip 
that must  have given  pain.

“You young thief !”  he roared.
The  boy struggled,  but  held the flowers 

fast.

“ I’ll see  who you are;  I  knew some one 
was  robbing  me,” said  Donald,  dragging 
him toward  the house.

Once  where  the  lamplight  fell  on  the 
face of the  boy,  he saw  that the lad  was 
a  stranger.  He  saw,  too,  that  he  was 
clad  in  rags  and  looked  far from  well 
nourished,  but  he  was  beautiful,  with 
the  dark,  soft  beauty  the  sandy-haired 
Scotchman  loved  best,  and  Donald’s fury 
faded  before the  look  in  the  brown eyes.

“There,  you  may go,”  he said.
The  boy  felt  his  wrist  released,  and 

took a  firmer grasp  upon  his roses.

“Thank  you,” he  said.  “ May 1  keep 

the flowers?”

Donald.  ■

' ‘If  stolen  goods give  you  joy,”  said

“ I  want  them  for a sick  woman,” said 
the boy.  “ They will  give her  pleasure. 
She will not  know  how  I  got them.”

“ A sick  person?” said  Donald.  “ Why 
did  you  not  say they  were  for  a  sick 
woman?  H ere!”

He  went out  into his garden again,  and 
clipped  and  bound  until a great, glowing, 
fragrant  bunch  was in  his hand.

“ There,”  said  he,  “come  back  to-mor­
row  night.  Sick—well,  that is different.”
“ Mother will  be so glad,”  said the boy. 

“ God bless you.”

That night  Donald  slept  happily,  for 

the first time in years.*

“ It’s  the blessing,”  he said to himself. 
The  next  night he  waited  long  for  the 
boy.  At  last he saw him ruuning toward 
him.

“ I  had  an  errand  to do  for  a  gentle­
man,”  he explained.  “ And  we  live  far 
across  the  bridge. 
The  flowers  kept 
mother  company  all  day.  You  don’t 
know  what you did  for her.”

This time some  dainty  fruit went  with 
the flowers,  and  Douald  laid  his  hand on 
the  boy’s  head,  ere  they  parted,  with  a 
“Come to-morrow.”

He did.
“ I’ll  walk  with you a bit,” Donald said, 
this  time,  as  the  boy  turned  away;  and, 
keeping  by  his  side,  they  crossed  the 
bridge and  came to the  poor  part of  the 
town,  where  miserable  little  shops  and 
houses  crowded  together.  No  gardens 
there;  no  patch  of  sward;  nothing  but 
the  sordid  surroundings  of 
those  who 
labor  for mere  bread,  and  have no  time 
for pretty  fancies.

“ Is  this  where  you  live?” asked  Don­

ald.

“ Yes,  though  my  mother  is  fit  for  a 

palace,” said  the  boy.

He had  paused at a low door.  A  woman 
stood  beside it,  her  arms  folded  in  her 
apron.

“I’m  glad  you’ve  come,”  she  said. 
“ My children  want  me.  Your mother is 
worse.  She  is  talking wildly.”

She  left  them,  hurrying up  the  street 

and  vanishing in  a dingy  alley-way.

fhe  boy,  with  a cry of  grief,  rushed 
into  the  house.  Douald  followed.  A 
candle  flared  upon 
the  chimney-piece. 
Ou a miserable bed  lay  a  woman, m utter­
ing to herself.

“Mother,  l  have  come,” said  the  boy. 

“ Here are more flowers.”
thin  bauds,  so 

The 

clutched them.

like  his  own, 

“ Flow ers!  More  flowers!”  she  said. 
“ Late  roses’.  Where  is  Donald?  Don­
ald’s garden  used  to be full of  them. 
It 
was  Eden—the Garden of Eden!  But he 
turned me  out,  and  I—1  was true—true 
to him—”

“Jennie!  Oh,  my God! 

It  is  my Jen­
nie!”  cried Donald McDonald, and sprang 
forward,  and,  kneeling  by  the  bed-side, 
lifted the wasted  form  in  his  arms.

“Jennie! My own true wife!” he sobbed. 
“Jennie! 
It  is  Douald!  Forgive  me, 
Jennie!  Live for me!  Oh, Jennie!  Jen­
nie!  1  have  found  you  at  last!  God  is 
m erciful!”

Time glided on;  autumn departed; win­
ter snows were  followed  by  spring  buds 
and  summer  blossoms;  artemisias  were 
blooming in  the florist’s beds.  Amongst 
them  he  walked  smiling,  holding the  lit­
tle  brown  hand of  his  boy  in  his  own, 
and  within the  parlor,  near the  window, 
swinging to and  fro in the long-treasured 
sewing  chair,  sat  Donald  McDonald’s 
wife Jennie.

She was finishing the little embroidered 
robe  she  had  found in  her  basket,  and 
she wore the last late roses  in  her  bosom.

M a k y   K y i . e   D a l l a s .

The Philosophy of Misfortune.

Misfortune  is  never  mournful  to  the 
soul  that accepts  it,  for such always  see 
that  every  cloud 
is  an  augel’s  face. 
Every  man  deems that  he has  precisely 
the trial  and  temptations which  are  the 
hardest of  all  afflictions  for him to bear; 
but they are  so simply  because they  are 
the very ones he  most needs.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

B a n k r u p t  S a le s.

F ro m   th e  C h ic a g o  A p p a re l G a z e tte .

Another 

The  goods 

Go  along  almost  any  of  our  leading 
streets,  and  you  will  not  have so  very 
far to go either,  and you wiU come across 
either a  bankrupt  or  a  tird sale.  These 
sales  are  on  the  face of  them  swindles. 
For instance,  here  is an enormously  pla­
carded store in  which a sale of boots and 
shoes  “at 45  cents on  the  dollar”  is  go­
ing on.  The sign states  in  large  letters 
that  a  certain  manufacturer  of  boots in 
Boston,  Mass.,  being  hard  pushed  for 
money  and  on  the  verge of  bankruptcy 
has.  in  order  to  get  some  ready  cash, 
shipped  to the  city $450,000  of goods  to 
be  sold at  less than  one-half the  actual 
cost.  What a farce!  Such a transaction 
would  ineau  the  immediate  bankruptcy 
of any  manufacturer.  No  business firm 
would  ever be able  to stave off its  credi­
tors  by  any  such means.
instance  is  a  clothing  sale 
now  in  progress which  claims to  be  the 
stock  of a certain  named firm of “popular 
wholesale tailors.” 
It is  hardly  necessa­
ry  to say that the  said  firm of  wholesale 
tailors  is entirely  unknown  to the  trade 
and has no rating in either  Dun or  Brad- 
street’s. 
themselves  are 
worthless, dear at any price.
Both  the  buildings in  which  these  fly- 
by-night  sales  are  being  conducted  are 
for rent, evidence that they are mere cir­
cus side  shows,  ready  to pull  up stakes 
and  be  gone  on  a  day’s  notice.  Such 
sales as these where  cheap,trashy  goods 
are  exploited  as  fine apparel  and  as  be­
ing sold at  great  reductions  in  price  can 
only catch  the  unwary  and  foolish  pur­
chasers,  but  at the  same  time  they  are 
an  injury to the local  dealers and  to  the 
trade  at  large.  They  draw  a  certain 
amount of  trade  from  established  deal­
ers,  who  help  to  support  the  city  and 
who  should  be  protected  by  its govern­
ment.  They  make  buyers  disatisfied 
with  honest  prices and  by selling  them 
poor,  worthless goods render them suspi­
cious  of 
the  stock  of  honest  dealers. 
Laws  similar to  those in  force  in  many 
country  towns  for the  protection of  its 
local  dealers would  not be  out of  place 
in Chicago or  any  large city  where  these 
vampires prey on  the trade  of the estab­
lished  legitimate  dealer. 
If some of our 
aldermen  want  to do  the dealers a  real 
benefit,  let  them turn  their  attention to 
these  fraud  fire  and  bankrupt sales.

J e w is h   H o lid a y s.

F rom  th e  D ry G oods R etailer.

In 

An  estimate  of  the  influence  of  our 
Jewish  citizens  in  the  dry  goods  trade 
could be made during the recent holidays. 
On  the  Day of  Atonement a  marked  ab­
sence of business was apparent.  It seems 
foolish  to talk  of the  Jew as an  agricul­
turist,  in  colonization  schemes.  He  is 
not a  farmer;  he is a born trader, and has 
been  a trader  from  the  days of  the  Pa­
triarchs. 
trade  he  was  successful, 
and  it  was  his  success  in  trade  which 
made  him  the successful  warrior  of old. 
History  repeats  itself.  What  we  have 
seen  in  late  years of  England  and  her 
wars  to protect  her  commercial  interests 
was true of the ancient children of Israel, 
who fought  successfully  with  many na­
tions to protect their interests and whose 
warlike  spirit  could  not  be  entirely 
quenched,  even  after  the  Romans  had 
captured Jerusalem,  after the most terri­
ble  siege  in  history.  To-day  patience 
has  taken  the  place  of impetuosity,  but 
the spirit of trade is still  uppermost,  and 
patience  with time  has placed the Jew  in 
such  a  position  that  when  he  has  a 
the  whole  commercial  world 
holiday 
knows of it.
P A U L   E IF E R T ,

Manufacturer of

Tranïs, Traveling  Bags and Cases

SA M PLE  TRUNKS  AND  CASKS 

M AD E  TO  O R D E R .

Write for Prices.

41  SO.  D IV ISIO N   ST.,

I grand  Rapids, 

- 

-  Michigan. |

(SOLD  MEDAL,  PAEIS,  1878.

1 . Baker & Co.’s
ast
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
1» Absolutely Pure 
and it is Soluble.

v  No Chemicals

are used in its prepar- 
, ation. 
It  has  more 
{than  three  times  the 
Istrength  o f  C o c o a  
*mixed  with  Starch, 
rrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a. 
ip. 
It  is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
lg,  e a s i l y   d i g e s t e d , and admirably adapted
>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 
1  BAKFR & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS.

Sold  by Crocers everywhere.

S eedS

We  carry  the  largest  line  in  field  and 
garden  seeds  of  any  house  in  the  State 
west of  Detroit, such  as Clover, Timothy, 
Hungarian,  Millet.  Red  Top;  all  kinds 
of  Seed  Corn,  Barley,  Peas,  in  fact any­
thing you  need  in  seeds.

We  pay  the  highest  price  for  Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1  at 
35c,  Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in  a case at 
$1.25 a case.

W.  T.  LANIOREAUX  i GO..

I ‘¿a,  130,  1 32 W .  B ridge St..

GRA ND  R A P ID 8,  M ICH.

STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY

A gents fo r th e   C A N D E E   R u b b er  b o o ts, shoes,  a r c ­

tic s, lu m b e rm e n ’s, e tc .,  th e  b e st in  th e   m a rk e t.

W e c a rry  th e  finest lin e  o f  fe lt a n d  k n it b o o ts, socks 
a n d   ru b b e r  c lo th in g   in  th e   m a rk e t.  Send  fo r  p ric e  
list a n d  d isco u n ts.

4  M onroe St.,  G ran d   R ap id s,  M ich.

F or  S a le!

AT  A  BARGAIN.

A  stock  of  Dry  Goods  be­
longing  to  the  estate  of  Jas. 
H. Brown, deceased.

Must be sold at once.
HIRAM  COLLINS,

Special  Rd mini sir,  1D1  Ottawa  St

THE  ABTICLE  OF  GLUCOSE.

W hat  It  Is,  and  the  Process  of Manu­

facture.

There is often  this in  a name—if it  be 
unfamiliar,  and  especially  if  it  pertain 
to  a thing or  substance  that  we do  not 
understand the  composition or nature  of 
—we are apt to regard  it with suspicion, 
at  least,  and  to  distrust,  and  perhaps 
even  denounce  it.  This  has  been  the 
case in the  popular  estimation of the ar­
ticle of  glucose,  though a  more intimate 
acquaintance  with 
its  nature,  and  its 
value  as an  article  of  food,  will  make 
the public more tolerant  of  it.  Glucose 
is  a  saccharine  product, derived  artifi­
cially  from  starch. 
It  is  known  that 
starch,  when taken  into the  stomach,  is 
operated on  by  the  gastric  juice,  which 
turns it into glucose in the  process of di­
gestion.  The  production  of  glucose  is 
carried on artificially,  in  a way  that it is 
here proposed  briefly  to  describe. 
It  is 
known  that  in the  process of  brewing, 
the malting of the grain develops maltose 
from  the starch in  it,  which  is a  next  of 
kin  in composition to glucose.  The lat­
ter is also said to be  produced  in  a meas­
ure by the same process.  At any rate,  it 
is found to answer the same purpose,and 
is largely used  in the  brewing  industry.
How  is giucose  produced  commercial­
ly?  The  process  of  making  it will  be 
best  understood  by  following  the  corn 
from  which  it  is made  from  the time  it 
enters the factory  until it runs out of the 
spigot,  a  clear,  odorless  liquid. 
The 
shell-corn  is first soaked for several days 
in  water  to soften the  hull  and  prepare 
it for  the  cracking  process.  The  soft­
ened corn  is conveyed by elevators to one 
of the highest  stories of the factory,  and 
shoveled into large  hoppers,  from  which 
it passes into mills that merely crack  the 
grains  without  reducing  them at once to 
a fine meal.  The  cracked  grain is  then 
conducted  to  a  large  tank  filled  with 
rinsing water.  The hulls of corn float at 
the top  of the  water,  the germs  sink  to 
the bottom,  and the portions of the grain 
becoming  gradually  reduced to  flour by 
friction,  are  held 
in  solution  In  the 
water.  By  an  ingenious  process  both 
the  bulls  and  the  germs are  removed, 
and  the flour  part  now held in  solution 
contains nothing but  starch and glucose.
This  liquid is then made to flow over  a 
series  of 
tables,  representing  several 
acres in  area,  and  the  difference in  the 
specific  gravity  of  the  two  substances 
cause the gluten  and  the starch  to  sepa­
rate without the use of chemicals.  The 
gluten  is of  a  golden  yellow color,  and 
the starch snow white.  By the time  the 
gluten  has  been  completely  eliminated, 
the starch  assumes a plastic form,  and is 
collected  from the  separating  tables  by 
wheelbarrowfuls  and  taken  to a  drying 
room  where  it is  prepared as the  starch 
of commerce  or is  placed in a  chemical 
apparatus  to  be  converted  into  glucose.
The  conversion is  effected by  submit­
ting the starch to the action of  a  minute 
percentage  of  dilute 
sulphuric  acid, 
which  without  becoming  a  constituent 
part  of  the  compound, produces  by  its 
presence  merely  a  miraculous  change. 
The change  from  starch  to glucose  is  a 
gradual process,  and has four or five well 
defined stages.  On  the  addition  of  the 
acid the  first change  results  in the  pro­
duction of what is  known to chemists  as 
dextrine. 
If  at  this  stage  the  acid  is 
lime 
neutralized  by 
water,  the  process  is  choked,  and  dex­
trine is the  permanent  product. 
If  the 
process  is  allowed  to  go  on,  the  acid, 
however,  works  a  second  change,  and 
maltose  is  the  result.  Here,  also,  the 
process can,  if necessary,  be interrupted 
by  neutralizing  the  acid  by  means  of 
lime water,  and for some processes in the 
art  of brewing  this  is sometimes  done. 
The 
third  and  important  stage  in  the 
chemical  change wrought  by the  action 
results in the production of  glucose,  and 
ju st  here is  where the  greatest  skill of 
the  chemist  is  required.  The  product 
must  show  by tests  that it  responds  to 
the  chemical  formula, C6,  H12,  06.  By 
comparing  the  formula  with 
that  of 
starch,  which  is C6,  H10,  05—that  is,  6 
parts of  carbon to 10 of  hydrogen and  5 
of oxygen—it will  be seen  that  the  sul­
phuric  acid has not  added to the starch, 
but has taken up two  parts of hydrogen,

the  addition  of 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

3

and  the  only gain in  the  starch is  one 
part of oxygen.
The lime  water introduced  to neutral­
ize  the  acid  forms,  with  it,  a  product 
called  gypsum—sulphate of lime—which 
can  be  removed from  the  glucose with­
out  leaving any appreciable  trace.  The 
fourth  stage in  the chemical  process  re­
sults in crystalizing  the  liquid  and  then 
the product is called grape sugar.  There 
is  a  fifth  stage,  in  which  caramel  or 
burnt sugar  could  be  produced  were  it 
of any commercial value.  The  gypsum, 
or sulphate of  lime,  formed by  the  neu­
tralizing lime water and  sulphuric  acid, 
sinks by  gravitation to  the bottom of the 
vessel,  and  the  supernatant  saccharine 
liquid  is  drawn off  the top.  This is  al­
most  pure chemical  glucose,  but is  still 
subject  to  a  filtering  process  through 
bone  black,  and  refined  the  same  way 
cane  sugar  is  refined.  The bone  black 
has  anything  but  the  appearance  of  a 
purifying agent,  but possesses the pecul­
iar  property  of  attracting  to  itself  all 
coloring  matter.  The  glucose,  passing 
through  a labyrinthine  system  of  filter­
ing,  is  drawn  off  through  spigots in  the 
lower  part of the  building,  and  is  ready 
to be shipped  away in barrels.  To  give 
the glucose the appearance of cane syrup 
as well  as to impart  some of the  charac­
teristic  taste,  a  small  amount  of  that 
the 
syrup 
fancy 
of  the  buyers.  To  make  grape  sugar 
the  glucose 
rapidly  re­
volving vessels from  which much of  the 
moisture escapes  by  virtue of the centri­
fugal  force.  Neither the glucose nor the 
grape sugar is  used for domestic purpos­
es,  although  either  one  is  about  two- 
thirds  as  sweet  as  the  sweetest  cane 
sugar.  Glucose is  largely  used  by mak­
ers of cheap  candies;  but chiefly  for  fer­
menting  purposes,  and  of late years  has 
become  valuable to the brewer in making 
beer  and  pale  ales. 
It  is  also  largely 
used  in mixtures  with  cane syrups  and 
molasses,  and  is esteemed  by  those  who 
are  best capable of  forming an  opinion 
on the subject as  being more  wholesome 
than the cane product,  which  is, at least, 
only a side product or residue in the man­
ufacture of sugar.

to 
is  dried 

suit 
in 

is  added 

Thought She W as Swindled. 

it  was?”

“ Look  here,” she  said,  “ are  you  the 
young  man  who  sold  me  this  suit  of 
clothes?”
She  was a very angry  woman,  and  as 
she accosted  the  clerk  she  held  out  to 
him a dilapidated coat and a pair of uick- 
erbockers that looked as though  they had 
been run  over by a mowing machine.
“ I think  1 am,”  replied  the clerk. 
“Well,  do you  remember how  long ago 
“ About a month,  I think.”
“Yes,  a  month,  exactly.  Well,  I’ve 
come to get the  money  back.  1  paid  four 
good dollars  for  these  clothes,  and  I’ve 
been  swindled.  My  boy  Jimmie  wore 
them a month,  and—well,  look  at  ‘em! 
Ain’t 
The clerk had to admit that they  were, 
the 
but  he  ventured  the  remark  that 
money could not be refunded.
“It  can’t,  eh,”  shrieked  the mother. 
“ I’ll find out.  You call  the boss.” 
“Madame,”  said  the  proprietor,  who 
had stepped up,  “ allow me to  ask you  if 
your boy is  healthy.”

they  a  sight ?”

“ You bet he is!”  
“Plays ball?”
“Best in the neighborhood”
“Climbs trees?”
“Like a squirrel!”
“And he has worn these  clothes  every 
“ Yes.”
“And you  expect them  to  last  over  a 
month? Madame,  if you will let me  have 
that suit with a sworn statement that your 
boy has worn  it  every day for  a  month, 
and  has  climbed  trees,  played  ball,  run 
wild  generally,  etc., I’ll  make  it  worth 
your while!”
But  the mother did her darling’s clothes 
up in  a bundle and  vanished.

day?”

>

RUILT 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  yiat  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?

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

enterprising merchants should  keep abreast with  the times and  adopt either the

Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

COUPON  BOOK  vs. PASS  BOOK.

We beg leave to call  your  attention  to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
It takes  the  place 
consider  its  merits. 
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 passbook 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 
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  safe  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  pririui  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 and 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 wil 1 
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, fa d e  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.
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

Are  not 

To  remove  rust  stains  from  nickel 
plate,  grease the rust stains with oil,  and 
after a few  days  rub  thoroughly  with  a 
cloth  moistened with ammonia. 
If  any 
spots  still  remain,  remove  them  with 
dilute hydro-chloric  acid and  polish with 
tripoli.

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

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Onaway—M erritt Chandler has sold his 

general stock to Clark  & Gray.

Marlette—W alter  L.  Nichols,  of 

the 
hardware firm of Nichols & Bro., is dead.
Hastings—F.  E.  Koukle  has  sold  his 
bakery  and restaurant  business to W.  E. 
Allgeo.

Lowell—E.  R.  Powers  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  F.  B.  Clark  in  the  grocery 
business.

St.  Louis—John  Fields succeeds  John 
Fields  A  Co.  in  the  grocery,  flour  and 
feed business.

Cedar  Springs — Sheldon  Bros,  have 
sold  their  meat  market  to  W alter  Mc­
Connell  & Son.

Alamo—C.  C.  Adams has  contracted  to 
sell  his  general  stock  to  Thos.  Conway 
and Wm.  Pickard.

St.  Ignaee—Warren  &  Spice  are  suc­
ceeded  by G.  H.  Warren  iu  the  drug and 
grocery  business.

Lyons—Cassius  White  will  dispose of 
his  stock of  groceries  at  auction  and  re­
move to California.

Hesperia—G.  D.  Webster  has  sold  his 
boot and shoe  stock  and  saw and  planing 
mill to F.  E.  Holt & Co.

Jackson—James  Dawson  succeeds the 
the 

Dawson  Manufacturing  Co. 
foundry and  machine business.

Three Rivers—Jake  Dunham  succeeds 
Dunham  &  Thomas—better  known  as 
Jake & Jack—in the grocery  business.

Muskegon—C.  M  Philabaum  has  sold 
his grocery  stock to  Geo.  H.  Alien  and 
Edward  E.  Philabaum,  who will continue 
the  business under  the style  of Allen  & 
Philabaum.

in 

Hastings—A.  D.  Rork,  meat  dealer, 
has  assigned  to  Jas.  A.  Sweezey.  The 
liabilities are about  §10,000.  The assets 
are  small,  including  a  117  acre  farm, 
mortgaged  for its full  value.

W atervliet— The  store  buildings  of 
Parsons  &  Baldwin  arid  J.  M.  Gardner 
were  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  night of 
Oct.  25.  Both  stocks  were  removed  to 
the  old  ‘‘company  store,” awaiting  the 
action of the insurance companies.

Owosso—Glynn  A  Monroe  is the  style 
of a new  firm  from  Flint  who  will  occu­
py a portion of  the store now  used  by  G. 
A.  Dibble  until  December  1,  after  which 
they will  occupy the whole  store with a 
stock of crockery and bazaar  goods.

Shelby— The  Tuxbury  A  Sams  drug 
stock  has  been  purchased  by  Rinaldo 
Fuller,  who was for  many  years engaged 
in  the  same  business  at  Manton.  Mr. 
Fuller  will remove to this  place and take 
possession  of 
the  stock  in  about  two 
weeks.

Wyandotte—Paul  Adolph  has sold  his 
grocery,  crockery  and  boot  and  shoe 
stock  to  H.  P.  Whipple,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  trade  at  Belding  and  before 
that  at  Kingsley.  Mr.  Whipple  has  al­
ready  taken  up  his  residence  here  and 
will  push  the  business  for  all  there  is 
in  it.

Manistee — Lee  A  Mix,  whose  drug 
stock  was  mortgaged  to  Jacob  Hansel- 
mann for  §2,300  and  to a  father of  one 
of  the  partners  for  §900  more,  have 
turned 
the  stock  over  to  Mr.  Hansel- 
man  for  a  nominal  consideration  of 
§3,100.  The  unsecured  creditors  will 
probably  charge  their  account to  profit 
and loss.

Belding—L.  L.  Holmes A Connell  have 
sold  their grocery  stock to Romaine  Rob­
inson  and  Frank  Hudson,  who  have

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of  Robinson  A   Hudson.  Mr.  Robinson 
has  been  with  Holmes A Connell  over  a 
year and Mr.  Hudson  has  been  identified 
with  the  grocery department of  Spencer 
Bros,  over two years.

Albion—The  new  brick  block of  six 
stores,  on  South  Superior  street,  is now 
ready  for the roof.  The front is of  sand 
brick,  like  the  new  Irwin  block,  and, 
while they are ornamental,  it is doubtful 
if  anything  more  can  be  said  in  their 
favor.  Cracks  have  appeared iu  the  Ir­
win  block  which  cannot  be  charged  to 
the  settling of  the  foundation,  and  the 
supporting  columns  at  the  front of  the 
partition  walls of  the  block  first  men­
tioned  have  given  out,  a portion of  one 
of them having fallen down.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Beaverton—Brown  A  Ryan,  of  Sagi­
naw,  will  operate  a  sawmill  and  stave 
mill  here during the  winter.

Brinton—L.  Russell  intends to  remove 
his sawmill  to Crooked  Lake,  where  he 
has 8,000,000 feet of pine and hemlock.

Gladwin—R.  L.  Colter  has  purchased 
machinery and  is erecting a  new  shingle 
mill  to  replace the one  burned  recently.
Reed City—The  Dewey  Stave  Co.,  of 
Toledo,  has  purchased a  site at  Temple 
and  will  build  a large stave  and  heading 
mill  there.

Marquette—Mullen  Thompson  is  put­
ting  in  a saw  and  shingle mill  at  Pori on 
the Ontonagon  branch  of the  Milwaukee 
& Northern.

Cheboygan—Swift  Bros.’  sawmill  has 
cut  16,000,000  feet and  gone  into  winter 
quarters.  This firm  is  negotiating for  a 
tract of pine near Gaylord.

Ludington—T.  R.  Lyon  has started  up 
his  Lake  county  railroad  camps  under 
Ed.  Goodrich,  and  will  put in  20,000,000 
feet over the road  before July  15.

Saginaw—Thomas  Toohey  is  shipping 
his camp outfit in Gladwin  county to Ot­
sego  Lake,  where  he  is  putting in  25,- 
000,000  feet of logs  for S.  O.  Fisher.

Onekama—The  Onekama  Lumber  Co. 
will  have a good  run  this year,  and  will, 
when it  shuts  down,  have  cnt  about  5,- 
000,000  feet of  hemlock and  hardwoods.
Saginaw—Smith  A  Adams, lumber job­
bers  of  this  city,  have  started  camp  in 
Montmorency  county,  where  they  will 
bank  6,000.000  for  Rupp  A Kerr of  this 
city.

Marquette—Paul  Johnson  is  negotiat­
ing  with the  Michigan  Land  &  Iron  Co. 
for a site for a saw aud  shingle mill  near 
Sidnaw,  on  the  Duluth»  South  Shore  & 
Atlantic.
I  Saginaw—Mitts  A  Co.,  of  this  place, 
ate considering a  preposition  to  erect  a 
shingle mill on the Au Train River, about 
40 miles from  Marquette. 
If the mill  is 
erected,  a  dry  kiln  will  also  be built  in 
connection.

Ludington—Pardee,  Cook  &  Co.  will 
wind  up their operations with this season 
and  will probably remove their mill, such 
parts  of  it  at  least  as  they can  use, to 
some other  point,  where  they  have con­
siderable timber yet to cut.

Marquette—Geo.  L.  Burtis  and  the 
Cleveland  Saw  Mill  Co.  have  both  shut 
down  their mills in  this  city,  having  cut 
out their stock  to the  last log.  Had  all 
the logs come down this year,both of these 
mills  would  have  manufactured  more 
lumber to date and been still  running.

Kenton—Clark  &  Heath,  a  new  firm, 
will move Heath’s mill,  now at  Nestoria, 
to this place,  where  they  have made  ex­

tensive preparations,  have a dam  almost 
completed  across the east  branch  of  the 
Ontonagon,  and  are  now  grading  for 
side  tracks,  piling  ground,  etc.  Their 
mill  will  cut about 50,000 feet a day.

Saginaw—C.  Merrill  A  Co.  expect  to 
close  the  season  at  their  sawmill  this 
week  with  a cut of  about 24,000,000 feet. 
The firm  has 17,000,000 feet of lumber on 
dock,  about  the  same  as  at  this  date a 
year ago.  A  full  stock  of  logs  will  be 
put iu this  winter for next  season.  The 
mill has a stock  in  Gladwin county for  a 
six years’  run.

Republic—W.  J.  Allen, who has logged 
heavily  for the  past  four  years  on  the 
Michigamme river,  making his headquar­
ters at this place,  has  taken the contract 
to cut and  bank on  the Popple.  He  has 
others  interested with  him  and  will  be­
gin cutting at once,  putting in 30,000,000 
feet a year for  ten years.  He  will  make 
his headquarters at Iron Mountain.

M arcellus— Ezra  C.  Gard,  Frank  S.
Hall,  Geo.  P.  Benton,  Manly B.  Welchen 
and  Chas.  E.  Myers  have  merged  their 
school  seat  business  into  a stock  com­
pany  under  the  style of  the Adjustable 
School  Seat Manufacturing Co.  The new 
corporation has a capital stock of $32,000, 
one-half  of  which  has  been  subscribed 
by  the  incorporators,  the  remainder  to 
be taken  by outside parties.

Gladwin—There  has  been  a  material 
decrease  in  the  manufacture of  shingles 
in  Gladwin  county  this  season.  The 
Dutcher mill at  this  place is cutting  for 
the local trade.  F.  A.  Barge  has a stock 
for a few  weeks’  run.  Neff A  Son’s mill 
at Grout,  has changed  hands and will  be 
operated  during  the  winter,  and  W.  B. 
Tubbs is removing his mill east of Wine- 
gar  Station,  where  he  has  bought  the 
timber on 3,300 acres  G.  B.  Wiggins.

Manistee—The Charles  Rietz  A  Bros. 
Salt  A  Lumber  Co.,  which  has  been  in 
business  here for a quarter of a  century, 
and  which  was the pioneer in the salt in­
dustry  at this  point,  has  about come  to 
the end of its  pine,  and  has  decided  not 
to operate at this  point any more,  but  to 
sell  what  little  scattering  pine  it  has. 
The company has  not decided  what  to do 
with its salt plant,  but  may run that  an­
other  season  if  it  can  procure  enough 
fuel  from the  surrounding mills to  keep 
it in operation.

Leroy—The  Sawyerville  mill,  which 
was  burned  July  19,  has been  rebuilt  by 
the  Cutler-Savidge  Lumber Co.,  and  be­
gan sawing October  15.  The  mill  build­
ing  is  40x150 feet;  boiler  bouse,  50x50; 
pump  house,  16x24; machine shop, 26x50; 
filing room, 20x30.  Power  is  furnished 
by  eight  boilers,  which  drive  a  engine 
26x30 inches.  There is  a Stearns  circu­
lar,  aud  a  No.  3  Prescott  band.  The
band saw  will  be  12  inches  wide.  The 
mill  is equipped  with  steam nigger  and 
steam  wench for  the log  deck,  and  slab 
slasher  and  lumber  trimmers.  Shingle 
and  lath  machinery  will  be  immediately 
added.

Detroit—Six years ago  the  Merchants’ 
National  Bank  of  Chicago  discounted 
two  drafts  for  an  aggregate  of  §2,807, 
drawn  by  the Osgood  A Wolfinger  Manu­
facturing Co. of Chicago,  on  the  Detroit 
Knitting  and Corset  Works,  and  accept­
ed  for  the  latter  by  S.  Olin Johnson as 
manager. 
The  Knitting  and  Corset 
Works  afterwards  refused  to honor  the 
drafts, on the ground that they  had  never 
authorized  the  acceptances  by  Johnson 
and  because  the  drafts  were merely ac­
commodation. 
the

The  Bank 

sued 

Works,  but  lost.  Suit  has  accordingly 
been  begun  against Johnson,  as  the  ac­
ceptor,  for §5,000 damages.

Marquette—The Sturgeon  River  Lum­
ber Co.  has  put  a  crew  of  river drivers 
on the  Sturgeon  and  Otter  Rivers,  and 
hope to bring down  all  the logs hung  up 
on  those  streams  last spring.  The  logs 
I are moving  steadily,  the  main  drive  be­
in':  above  the  Baraga  and  Ontonagon 
I State  road.  The logs  belong to different 
parties,  most  of  them  being  owned  by 
the Nester  estate,  Sturgeon  River  Lum­
ber Co.  and  William Coach.  The Nester 
estate  logs  heavily  on  the  Ontonagon, 
and  has  7,000,000  feet  on  that  stream 
near Ewen.  The recent  rains raised  the 
water so that  in  two days a  crew of men 
took the  logs  from  Ewen  to  Ontonagan, 
a distance of over thirty miles.  This ad­
dition to the  logs in  stock will  help keep 
the mills at that place running  until cold 
weather sets in.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

A d v e rtise m en ts w ill be in se rte d   u n d e r  th is   h ea d  fo r 
tw o  ce n ts  a   w ord  th e   first  in s e rtio n   a n d   o n e c e n t a  
w o rd   fo r  e a c h   su b se q u e n t  In se rtio n .  No  a d v e rtise ­
m e n t ta k e n  fo r lesB th a n  85 ce n ts.  A dvance  p a y m e n t.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Dr u g   s t o r e  f o r   s a l e   a t   a   b a r g a i n   i n   t h e

g ro w in g   v illa g e   o f  C aled o n ia,  su rro u n d e d   by 
ric h  fa rm in g  c o u n try .  W ill  sell on ea sy  te rm s.  M ust 
q u it th e   busin ess on a c c o u n t o f  p o o r h e a lth .  A ddress 
J.  W. A rm stro n g , C aledonia, Mich.______________519

FOR  SALE—FRESH  STOCK  GROCERIES.  W ILL IN- 

v e n to ry   a b o u t  $700.  C e n tra lly   lo c a te d   in   th is  
c ity .  G ood  busin ess  an d   good  re a so n s  fo r  sellin g . 
A ddress No. 317. c a re   M ichigan T ra d esm an . 

317

FiO R   SALE  — HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILL,  SIX 

1  m iles  fro m   ra ilro a d , w ith   p le n ty   o f  tim b e r  fo r 
se v e ra l y e a rs’ c u t.  S h in g le m ac h in e  in  ru n n in g  o rd e r 
if  d esire d .  Saw  m ill re a d y  to  se t  u p .  T eam s, tru c k s , 
sleig h s,  sh o p   a n d   b u ild in g  a ll  in  o rd e r to  b eg in  w ork 
a t   once.  A ddress  J.  J .  R obbins,  S ta n to n ,  M ich,  o r 
H unte r, & R eid, 121 O tta w a  s tre e t. G ran d  R apids. 
318

ISOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE, 

’  w hich  w ill  inv o ice  $1,000. sto re , resid e n ce ,  b a rn  
a n d  on e a c re  o f  la n d , lo ca te d  in  th e   b e st w h e a t  g ro w ­
in g   sec tio n  o f  C e n tra l  M ichigan.  W ill  ta k e   h a lf  In 
good fa rm in g  lan d .  A ddress  L ock  Box  11. W aco u sta,
Mich.________  

521

OR SALE OR  EXCHAN GE-STOCK OF GROCERIES, 
w ell  lo ca te d  in  c ity ;  w ill  invoice  *800.  E n q u ire

a t   No. 78 S to c k in g  str e e t. ___________________  

TOR  SALE—CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  8ELECTED 
1  g ro c e ry  sto ck ,  lo ca te d  a t  a  good c o u n try  tra d in g  
B usiness  w ell  e stab lish ed .  A ddress  A.  C.

p o in t. 
A dam s, A d m in istra to r, M orley, Mich.___________ 313

327

 

 

ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
g e n e ra l  o r   g ro c e ry  s to c k ;  m u st be ch e ap .  Ad­

d re ss No. 26, c a re  M ichigan T ra d esm an . 

26

1  w ill  inv o ice  *6.000  o r  *7,000; 

iTOR  SALE — FIRST  CLASS  HARDW ARE  STOCK;

lo ca te d   n e a r  new  
d ep o t, No.  ISO  W est F u lto n  stre e t, G ran d  R apids.  W ill 
d isco u n t  fo r  cash.  Also  new   b ric k   sto re   25x90,  tw o  
sto rie s,  a ll  m o d ern   co nveniences  fo r liv in g   ro o m s in  
second  s to ry .  W ill  r e n t  sto re   a t   re a so n a b le   figures 
o r  sell th e  sam e fo r *7,000.  H as  a  good  p a y in g   tra d e ; 
on ly  re a so n   fo r  sellin g ,  to o  m u ch   o th e r  b usiness  to  
lo o k   a fte r.  Size o f  lo t  25x100  a n d   a lley .  W innns  & 
A llen, 3 & ^ T ow er block.________________________ 328

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

325

XX f  ANTED—SITUATION AS TRAVELING SALESMAN, 
W  
g la ssw a re  o r sp e c ia lty  h o u se  p re fe rre d , by  m an  
o f ex p e rien c e w ho h a s b e st o f re feren ce s.  A ddress 115 
C h arle s s tre e t. G ran d  R ap id s, M ich. 
TX T  ANTED—SITUATION AS  CLERK OR BOOK-KEEP- 
VV 
e r  in  g e n e ra l re ta il o r w holesale  g ro c e ry  h ouse, 
b y   y o u n g   m a n  o f  th re e   y e a rs’  e x p e rien c e  in   e ith e r 
ca p a c ity .  W rite   m e  a t   once.  A ddress  L ock  Box 357,
H a rris o n . Mich._________________________________ 320
TX T  ANTED—SITUATION AS TRAVELING  8ALE8MAN. 
VV  H ave h a d  ex p e rien c e in fu r n itu re  lin e, b u t w ould 
ta k e  an y  lin e o f goods.  A ddress J.  C., 160 C lancy. 
330 
T X T  ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
I f   m a rrie d   m a n   w ho  c a n   g iv e th e   b e st o f  re fe r­
ences.  A ddress  No.  305,  c a re   M ichigan  T ra d esm an , 
G rand-R apids.__________________________________ 305

MISCELLANEOUS.

. 

Ho r s e s   f o r   s a e e —o n e   s e v e n -y e a r  o l d   f i l

ly , o n e th ree -y e ar-o ld   Ally,  a n d   on e six-year-old 
gelding:—a ll sire d  b y  Louis N apoleon,  d am  b y  W iscon­
sin B an n er (M organ].  All fine, h a n d so m e, a n d  speedy; 
n e v e r been  tra c k e d .  A ddress  J .  J. R obbins. S ta n to n , 
Mich.___________________________________________ 311

i jiOR RENT—W ith  o r  w ith o u t fix tu res, n ice sm all new  

s to re , p la te  g lass  fro n t.  G ood  lo c a tio n  fo r  d ru g  
sto re ,  d ry  g o ods,  h a rd w a re ,  je w e lry  a n d   m an y  o th e r 
th in g s.  A ddress  F., c a re   le tte r   c a r r ie r   No.  4,  G ran d  
R ap id s, M ich. 

IjiOR  SALE—CH EA P  ENOUGH  FOR  AN 

INVEST- 
1  m ent.  C o rn er  lo t  a n d   5-room   h ouse  on  N o rth  
L a fa y e tte   S t.,  c e lla r,  b ric k   fo u n d a tio n ,  s o ft  w a te r 
in   k itc h e n .  $1,200.  T erm s  to   su it.  A ddress No.  187, 
c a re  M ichigan T ra d esm an . 

329

187

187.

R   SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 
h o u se on N o rth   L a fa y e tte  st., ce lla r, b ric k  fo u n d ­
a tio n   a n d   so ft  w a te r  in   k itc h e n .  $1,200.  T erm s  to  
s u it.  C h eap  en o u g h   fo r  a n   in v e stm e n t.  A ddress  No 
187, c a re  M ichigan T ra d esm an . 

ijiOR  RENT—A GOOD  STORE  ON  SOUTH  DIVISION 

s tre e t—one o f  th e   b e st  lo c a tio n s  on  th e   stre e t. 
D esirable  fo r th e   d ry  goods  busin ess, as  i t   h a s  been 
used fo r th e  d ry  goods business fo r th re e  y e a rs.  Size, 
22x80  fe e t, w ith   b ase m e n t.  Geo.  K. N elson, 68 M onroe 
s tre e t. 
T F   TO U  HAVE ANY PRO PERTY TO EXCHANGE FOR 
-L  a   re sid e n ce  b ric k   b lock in  G ran d   R ap id s,  ad d ress 
B.  W. B a rn a rd , 35 A llen s tre e t. G ran d  R ap id s,  Mich.  331 
TY T  ANTED—YOUNG  SINGLE  MAN  W ITH   ONE  OR 
f  v 
tw o  y e a rs ’ e x p e rien c e in  th e  d ry  g o o d s b u sin ess. 
W ages m o d e ra te .  A ddress  304, c a re   M ichigan T ra d es­
m an . 

326

304

THE  MICHIGAN  THJlHESIVLAN.

5

j^uckwheat ploor!

We  make an  absolutely pure and  unadulterated article,  and  it 
lias the

Genuine  Old-Fashioned  Flavor

which  is  utterly  wanting in  most of  the so-called  Buckwheat 
Flour  put on the  market.  Our  customers of  previous  years 
know  whereof we speak  and  from  others  we  solicit  a  trial 
order.  Present price  $5  per bbl.  in  paper £ and  1-16  sacks.

Correspondence Solicited.

HOLLAND,  MICH.

3 ml!

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Geo.  G.  Steketee  succeeds  SteKefc  & 
Co.  in  the  drug  business  at  89  Monroe 
street.

J.  A.  Quimbach  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
meat  market  on  Sixth  street,  near  the 
corner of Broadway.

The  Elliott  Button  Fastener  Co.  has 
doubled  its  shop  room,  thus  increasing 
its facilities nearly three-fold.

N.  G.  McPhee has moved  his dry  goods 
and  carpet  stock  from  Oscoda  to  this 
city,  locating on West  Bridge street.

Eaton,  Lyon  & Co.  have purchased the 
stock of the Grand  Rapids Paper Co.  and 
consolidated 
it  with  their  own  paper 
stock.

S.  A.  Wilson,  formerly  engaged in  the 
grocery  business  at  St. 
Ignace,  has 
opened a^rocery store at Petoskey.  The 
L  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

John  If.  Wierenga,  who  recently  sold 
his  grocery  stock • and  meat  market  at 
South  Grand  Rapids  to  Seth  Ellis,  has 
opened a meat  market at 417  Grandville 
aveuue.

Putnam  &  McWilliams  are  succeeded 
by  Putnam  & Company  in  the jobbing  of 
confectionery  at  412  South  Division 
street.  The firm  has  added  a  manufac- 
uring department to its business.

Dr. J.  H.  C.  Van  Deinse,  who  was  en­
gaged in the drug business  at  Muskegon 
several  years,  has  arranged  to  open  a 
drug store at Greenville.  The Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug  Co.  will  furnish  the 
stock.

It  is  reported that  “Iligh Kicker”  com­
pressed yeast has been  temporarily  with­
drawal  from  the  market,  owing  to  the 
failure  of 
train—the  one 
glowingly depicted  on  the  wrappers—to 
arrive.

the  special 

Hawkins & Company  bid  in  the  Holt 
& Co.  grocery  stock,  at  Muskegon,  on at­
tachment sale  one day  last  week.  The 
stock was seized by  Hawkins & Company 
last  spring  and  has  since  been  stored, 
pending  litigation  which has  resulted  in 
favor of the Grand Rapids house.

Hester & Fox  report  the  following re­
cent  sales:  Sawmill  outfit  to  John  H. 
Jeffers,  Moline;  30  horse  power  engine 
to  E.  B.  Stebbins,  proprietor  of  Cato 
Novelty  Works,  Lakeview;  10  horse 
power engine  to  G.  A.  Goul,  proprietor 
of grain elevator at Sand Lake.

O.  A.  Fanckboner  has  opened  a  drug 
store  on  East  Bridge street,  the  Hazel- 
tine <&  Perkins  Drug Co.  furnishing  the 
stock.  Mr.  Fanckboner  was  formerly 
engaged in the drug business at St.  Law­
rence,  Dak.,  and comes  to Grand  Rapids 
with  excellent  recommendations  as  to 
character and ability.

O.  F.  Conklin  and  Peter  DeVois:  have 
formed  a  copartnership  under the  style 
of Conklin & DeVoist  and  the  new  firm 
will  embark in  the  dry  goods,  clothing 
and  hat  and  cap  business  in  the  new 
store  recently erected  by  B.  S.  Harris at 
523 South Division street.  The store will 
open for business about November 15.

E.  M.  Stickney,  for  many  years  en­
gaged  in  general  trade  and  the  lumber 
business  at  Paris,  has  formed a copart­
nership  with  F.  M.  Lillibridge,  formerly 
engaged  in  the lumber business  at  De­
troit,  under  the  style  of  Lillibridge  &

Stickney.  The  firm  will  handle  hard- 
:  wood  lumber  only,  having  an  office  in 
the Tower block.

W.  H.  Downs,  wholesale  notion dealer 
at 8 South  Ionia street,  has  formed  a co­
partnership with  John W.  Parke  under 
the style of Parke & Downs and  the  new 
firm  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same location.  Mr.  Parke  has  been  en­
gaged  in  the  wholesale  notion  business 
in  Chicago  and  Northern  Indiana  for 
twenty-six  years,  having been located at 
South Bend for the past seven years.

The suit brought against the Sheriff by 
J. F.  Ferris,  growing  out  of  the  attach­
ment of the Fish stock, at Cedar Springs, 
by  Spring & Company—on  which  Ferris 
held  a  mortgage  for  $7,000—is  set  for 
trial  in  the  Kent  Circuit Court  on  the 
10th.  The case  will  be  stubbornly  con­
tested on  both sides  and  promises  to  be 
one of the most  interesting litigations of 
the year.  Spring  &  Company  will  de­
fend their action  by contesting the legal­
ity of the  mortgage and  the  outcome  of 
the suit is eagerly anticipated  in jobbing 
circles.

P u r e ly   P e rs o n a l.

Mr.  Hawes, buyer for Buckley & Doug­
lass,  of  Manistee,  was in town Saturday.
D.  H.  Meeker,  the  Perrinton  druggist, 
in  Northern 

is  spending  four  weeks 
Michigan  with  rod and gun.

P.  A.  DeWitt,  the  Spring  Lake  drug­
gist,  leaves home to-day  for  Presque Isle 
county,  where he  will  spend  a month on 
a hunting trip.

John W. Parke, who has come to Grand 
Rapids to take  an  interest in the  whole­
sale notion business of W. H. Downs, has 
lately  returned  from  a three months’ tour 
of Europe.
•  J. C.  Wellington,  formerly  engaged  in 
the grocery  business  at  33  West  Bridge 
street,  has come into possession of a lega­
cy  of  £20,000  sterling  in  England  and 
proposes to spend  a portion of  the wind­
fall in  traveling about  the country  for  a 
year to come.

Chas.  W.  Jennings  will  be  married  at 
Buffalo on  the  evening  of  November  10 
to  Miss Irene  Burt Hawley.  The  cere­
mony  will take place at the First Presby­
terian church and  the  happy couple will 
be*‘at home” at the Livingston after Jan. 
1.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  joins  with  Mr.  Jen­
nings’  many among the trade  in  wishing 
him much joy in his new relation.

W h o   W a n ts   th e   $75?

The Grand  Rapids Savings Bank  is out 
with an offer of $75  in  prizes  for  young 
story  writers.

Four  prizes  are  offered:  First,  $30; 
second,  $20;  third  $15,  and  fourth  $10, 
for  the  best  short  Christmas  story  to 
most  completely  illustrate  the  methods 
and benefits of small savings.  The story 
must contain not  more than fifteen  hun­
dred  nor  less  than one thousand words, 
and  the competitors  are  limited to  girls 
and  boys  under  eighteen  years  of  age 
who reside in Kent or adjoining counties.
The awards will  be made by a commit­
tee of  judges  consisting of  a  member of 
the staff of each  of the  following  Grand 
Rapids papers:  Eagle,  Democrat,  Tele­
gram-Herald, Leader and T h e  Mic h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n .

All competing stories must be addressed 
to  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank,  corner 
Fulton  and South  Division streets,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  to become the  property of 
the Bank,  to  be printed  at its  discretion, 
and must be in the hands of  the Bank by 
December 15,  1891.

Will  best consult  their own  interests and 
that of their trade if they will  post them­
selves  with the  styles,  make  up,  perfect 
fit  and  remarkably  reasonable  prices  of 
our  entire line,  adapted  for all classes of 
trade.  Our  single  and  double  breasted

Box 346, 

¡W IL LIA M   CONNOR,

M arshall,  M ich

Overcoats and Ulsters

while  being worn  cannot  possibly  be told from  the best  made to order  garments. 
The demand  has  been so great  that we are making up  a  large  number  more in  all 
colors  and  grades, Cheviots,  Meltons.  Kerseys,  Homespuns,  Covert Cloth  in  full or 
half roll box,  top and regular cuts,  Chinchillas and Ulsters.
I j l   A T T  
Q T T T T 'Q   Large selections and  newest novelties,  double and 
J?  jl\   1  i 1 1J  O  w  A  A  O  
single breasted sacks,  nobby three button cutaway 
frocks  and  regular  frock  suits,  also  Prince Albert  and other  coats and  vests  in 
“Clays”   worsted and other attractive materials.

i   select line  of pants well  worthy  of attention.

W IL L IA M   CONNOR our Michigan representative  during the  past nine  years 
will  be  pleased  to call  upon  you  at any  time,  if  you  will  favor  him  with a  line 
addressed to him,  box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  where he resides.

MICHABL  KOLB  &  SON,

Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y.
Rous  and  Chlldrons  Uliorcoats and  OUltS  he has  been  highly complimented by mer
_  
„ „ J   o,r'o  „  William  C o n n o r   is  pleased  to state  that
chants  assuring  him  that  they are the  nicest, cleanest, best  made and  lowest  in  price seen this 
season.  September, 1891.

n 

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H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-GIa88  Work  Only.

6 3   and  6 6  C anal  St., 

-  G R A N D   R A P ID S .

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M A N   A N D   H IS   C L O T H E S.

Speaking of  dress  reform—and 1 don’t 
see what  right a sex  that  wears a chim­
ney pot  hat,  a collar  like a band of steel 
and  a  shirt  like  a  coat of  mail,  to  say 
nothing of  a vest that  has no known  use 
in  the world  save to hide a  wearied  shirt 
where  the  all-concealing  scarf  doesn’t 
reach,  and cuffs that are far more respec­
table and  probably quite  as  comfortable 
as  shackles,  has to enter  this  discussion 
from  a  feminine  point  of  view—but 
speaking  of  dress  reform,  as  men  are 
wont to speak most  freely  and  confiden­
tially upon  subjects  they know the  least 
about,  does  it  never  occur  to  the  re­
formers  that  nothing  is  more  discom­
forting at times than comfort.
Dear sisters,  if  you men will  allow me 
to  call  you so,  it is a mistake to suppose 
that  looseness and  slouchiness  are  con­
ducive to ease  and comfort, or that easy- 
fitting  garments,  that  sway and  yield to 
every movement of  the figure,  are  pleas­
ant to  wear. 
I  once  talked  with a man 
who had  been tarred  and feathered.  He 
said it was  the  most  wretchedly uncom­
fortable suit he ever wore,  and he nearly 
killed  himself  trying  to  get  it  off. 
It 
was warm, it fit him like a glove, it clung 
to  him  like  a  Grecian  robe  and  shed 
water  like  a  duck’s  back,  and  yet  he 
never  had  a  moment’s  peace  while  he 
wore it.
After all,  I think there must have been 
heaps of  misery  in the  graceful  garb  of 
I  have an idea  that 
the classic  Greeks. 
a  classic  costume  would  be great  medi­
cine,  if  I may be allowed the expression, 
if a man could  carry his pedestal  around 
with  him,  and  climb  up on it whenever 
he  saw anybody  looking  at  him.  But it 
wouldn’t be  the sort of thing to saw wood 
in or  to wear  while  putting  up a stove­
pipe,  or breaking  the  colt to the  saddle, 
or in  any active employment, 
I have no 
doubt  that  the  spectacle of  Socrates,  at 
his  time of  life,  going  about  clad  in an 
aggravated  ulster  aud  pair  of  sandals, 
ruiued Xantippe’s temper. 
It must have 
been maddening sometimes and extreme­
ly  irritating at others.
There is a thing—I  hardly dare  call  it 
a garment—that  travels  under  the alias 
"dressing  gown”  in  our  own  day,  worn 
by  middle-aged  and  elderly  men,  whose 
sense of personal  pride has suffered  from 
repeated  paralytic  strokes  until  it  has 
lost  all  consciousness.  Very  rarely  do 
men  venture  out in  the light of  day clad 
in  this  disguise,  aud  never  do  they  ap­
I  presume 
pear upon  the  street  in  it. 
the  robe  which  falls  in  such  graceful 
folds  and  curves  over 
the  motionless 
figure  of  a  statue  which  was  made  to 
order for the robe,  looked  something like 
the  modern  dressing  gown  when  it  was 
worn on  the  uneasy  shoulders of  a  live 
man. 
It is so much easier  to  dress  up  a 
statue or a painting than it is a real  man. 
You know that marble bust of your grand­
father, draped in classic style, that stands 
in your  library?  The  majestic  poise of 
the  head,  the  noble  expression  of 
the 
features,  all  set off  so well  by  the grace­
ful folds of  the toga that  fall  away from 
the column-like neck and  drape the mas­
sive  chest?  Yes,  I  see  you  know  it. 
Well,  I knew your old grandfather.  Yes, 
indeed,  1  knew the  old  admiral.  Used 
to  run  a push  boat  up  the  Big Sandy. 
I 
just  fancy I  see  the old  man  clad  in  a 
Roman  toga,  with  a roll  of  parchment, 
.supposed  to  be  the  constitution of  the 
United States,  under  his arm,  poling out 
from  Gatletlsburg  when  the  water  was 
so  low the  catfish  had to stand  on  their 
heads to get a drink.
And sandals,  now  I  suppose if it never 
snowed and never  rained  and  never  was 
muddy and never was  dusty  that sandals 
would  be a comfortable sort of  footwear. 
But  when  a friend  plows  his  way  a  mile 
or  so  down a dusty  road to  call  on  you 
and  then, after he  rings the  bell,  unships 
his  sandals aud  empties  two  nice  little 
heaps  of  dust  and  sand and  gravel  on 
your  doorstep,  a sweet looking place  the 
front  porch  would  be  all  summer, 
wouldn’t  it?  Aud  when  you  gave  a  re­
ception!  Why,  for comfort  and  cleanli­
ness an  Indian  moccasin  “can  get  to ride  I 
where sandals  would  have to  walk.”
"Take,  therefore,  no  thought  of  your 
raiment;” the tailor  and dressmakers  can 
manage these things much  better for us, 
and  with  much  less  trouble than  we can j

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

for ourselves.  Oh, there are some features 
of  our raiment  that  might be improved. 
For  instance,  for the  benefit of  the man 
who  has  to  make  four  pairs  of  panta­
loons last  through  the year,  I think  they 
should  be made reyersible, double bowed, 
like a ferryboat,  so that the wearer could 
reverse  them  every  day—fore  and  aft 
trousers,  so to  speak.  This  would  pre­
vent the fatal disease so prevalent among 
pantaloons  known  as  "bagging  at  the 
knees.”

Something  should  also be done  either 
to  discard 
the  vest  entirely,  as  it  is 
merely  a  thing to hang pockets  on,  any­
how,  or  to  facilitate  its  decay,  so  that 
when  the  women  folk of  the household 
should  confiscate  a  man’s  second-best 
suit and devote  it to  the missionary bar­
rel it wouldn’t  break  his  heart  to  see a 
vest,  good as new,  without a wrinkle  or 
a  break or  a  fray about it,  going  to  the 
frontier with a coat  and a pai r of  panta­
loons that would set the cause of religion 
back ten years, when the frontier heathen 
Indians and other frontier heathen  should 
see the  missionary wearing  them.  And 
many  times,  indeed,  1  know,  from  the 
confessions of  friends who  have unload­
ed their  consciences  upon  me when they 
were billed  to  accompany their wives  to 
a reduction  sale,  or  were  drawn  on  the 
jury  in  Feud  county,  Ky.,  or had  some 
similar  dangerous  mission in  view—that 
men  have  surreptitiously  rescued  their 
vests  from the barrel,  thereby  depriving 
the  missionary of  the only good  piece of 
raiment  in  the  entire  mosaic. 
I  know 
one  man  who  is  afraid,  in  consequence 
of  his  crimes,  to sleep  alone, or  to go to 
bed in the dark,  who for  many years has 
withheld  his vests from the home mission 
barrels by declaring that he wanted them 
to "go  fishing  in.”  To my  own  knowl­
edge,  that  man  hasn’t cast a fly or  wet  a 
in  three  years,  and  yet  he 
bass 
has  saved  nearly  a  barrel  of  vests  for 
"fishing  suits.”   You  would 
think  to 
hear him talk  that when  a man  weut fish­
ing  he  wore  nothing  but  a  vest,  and 
changed it every fifteen minutes. 
I don’t 
believe 
in 
Castle  Garden  last winter  who  wore  on 
his  person  as  many  vests  as  this  man 
owns,  and  that is a very  startling  asser­
tion  to  make.  Do  you  know,  when  a 
Swedish immigrant comes over they make 
him  unbutton  his vests—he doesn’t  take 
them off lest he catch cold and die—while 
the inspector counts them,  and if  he has 
less  than  eighteen  he is sent  back  as  a 
pauper.

there  was  a  Swede  landed 

line 

I  don’t  see, 

indeed,  why 

the  vest 
couldn’t  be made a part of the coat.  Still, 
that  would  be hard on the  laboring man. 
The  honest,  horny-handed  son  of  toil  is 
about  the  only  man  in  our  midst,  as  a 
cannibal  might  say, who utilizes the vest. 
He  keeps a coat to carry on his  arm  and 
a vest to hang on the fence  while he toils 
and  to  put  on  when  he  dresses  for  din­
ner.  A  vest  with  a frontispiece of  some 
unknown  but  imperishable  material and 
an  after  guard of  gauze  will  outlast  a 
bad  reputation.  After  a  vest  reaches  a 
certain  stage of  decay  it  becomes  prac­
tically indestructible.  Perhaps if  a vest 
were  bidden  away in  a dark  closet  and 
left  there  for a century  or  two,  the iron 
tooth  of  time,  assisted  by  the  moths, 
might compass its destruction.  But if  it 
is 
taken  down  and  worn  occasionally, 
especially  out  of  season,  nothing  can 
destroy  it  except an  unusually  destruc­
tive conflagration. 
If  some means could 
be designed  whereby the  life of  the  vest 
might  be  shortened  it  would 
to 
relieve  society  at  every  change  of  the 
season of  the startling eruption of  what 
are  called  “ pot-pourri  suits,” consisting 
of  an  ultra  summer  coat of  pale  gray, 
last  winter’s  pantaloons,  dark  as  crime 
and  heavily  ribbed,  and a plaid  vest that 
can be heard  with the naked eye.  When 
this  array  is  crowned  with a straw  hat 
with a white  band,  in  the  early days  of 
brown October,  a dull,  strange ache,  like 
the  restless forebodings of a discontented 
tooth, gnaws at the heart of the beholder; 
he  broods  over  the  burdens of  life  and 
the strange vicissitudes of existence with­
out knowing what  is the matter with  him; 
sonugfimes  it  drives  him  to  melancholy 
and  he  “ pours through  his  mellow  horn 
the  pensive  soul”  until  it  is  mellower 
than  the born.
The  worship of  the  cast-off  vest  is  a

tend 

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Arrow Brand  514 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A d riatic..................   7
”  World Wide..  7
Argyle  ....................  6%
“  LL.................5
Atlanta AA..............  614
Pull Yard Wide.......614
Atlantic  A .............. 7
Georgia  A ............... 614
H ..............   634
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Honest Width..........  634
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P .............. 6
Hartford A ..............5
D ......... 
6%
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Indian Head............  714
“  LL................  6%
King A  A .................614
Amory......................   7
King E C ...................6
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........   5J4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  6%
Blackstone O, 32__ 5
Madras cheese cloth 634
Black Crow............. 6K
Newmarket  G.........6
B  .........5*
Black  Rock  ............7
Boot, AL.................  714
N .........6H
Capital  A .................5H
D D ....  5>4 
X .......7
Cavanat V ...............5H
Chapman cheese Cl.  334 Nolbe R ....................  5
Clifton  C R ............. 5J4 Our Level  Best......614
Comet....................... 7  Oxford  R ..................... 614
Dwight Star.............  714
Pequot........................714
Solar.........................   614
Clifton CCC ............  614
Top of the  Heap__ 714
Geo.  W ashington...  8
A B C ........................814
Amazon.................... 8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg...................7
Gold Medal.............   714
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket.......... 814
Blackstone A A.......  8
Great Palls...............  614
Beats A ll..................  414
Hope........................... 7J4
Boston..................... 12
Just  Out__ .-.  434® 5
King  Phillip..............734
Cabot........................ 7
Cabot,  %.................. 63£
OP.......  714
Charter  Oak..............514
Lonsdale Cambric. .1014
Conway W ...............714
Lonsdale............  ®   814
Cleveland................7
Middlesex.........  ®  5
Dwight Anchor.......834
No Name..................  714
shorts.  834
Oak View.................6
Edwards................... 6
Our Own..................  514
Empire.....................   7  Pride of the W est... 12
Farwell....................   734 Rosalind.....................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  8l4|Sunllght...................   414
Fitchvllle
Utica  Mills............. 84
First Prize................. 614
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Fruit of the Loom X.
Vlnyard....................  814
Falrm ount................. 4M
White Horse..........   6
Full Value.................634
“  Rock..............814
Cabot........................   734 ! Dwight Anchor.......0
Farwell.................... 8 
Trem ontN............... 514
Hamilton N..............614
L ..............7
Middlesex  AT.........8
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BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Middlesex No.  1 — 10
2....11
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7 .. 
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UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Middlesex P T ..
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CARPET
Peerless,  white..
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Integrity................... 18141 
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............... 1014

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G G  Cashmere....... 21
N am eless...............16
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CORSETS.

Middlesex A A ........11
2.............12
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“ 
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WARP.
¡Integrity, colored.. .21
“  colored..21
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CORSET  JEANS.

Eink * purple 614

Corallne....................... $9 50
Schilling's...................  9 00
Davis  Waists  ___   9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Armory....................  634
Androscoggin..........714
Blddefora................  6
Brunswick...............614
FBI]
Allen turkey  reds..  514 
robes............. 514
u ffs ............  6

W onderful.............$4 50
Brighton........................4 75
B ortree's....................   9 00
Abdominal.............15 00
Naumkeagsatteen..  714
Rockport.................... 614
Conestoga...................634
W alworth  ................ 634
it s .
Berwick fancies__   14
Clyde  Robes............  5
Charter Oak fancies  414 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  514
mourn’g  6 
stap les.........  514
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
sh irtings...  334
chocolat  6 
American  fancy__ 534
rober__   6
sateens..  6
American Indigo__ 5341 
American shirtings.  334 Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
stap le....  514
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
Anchor Shirtings... 
....  614 
Arnold 
new era.  6
...  6  Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B.1014|Merrlm’ckshirtings.  4 
“ 
R ep p fu m .  814
“  C.  814 
“ 
century cloth  7  Pacific fancy...........6
“ 
gold seal.......1014 
“ 
robes............... 614
“  green seal TR1014 Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow  seal.. 1014 Simpson mourning..  6
serge............. 1114 
“ 
greys.........6
“  Turkey  red.. 1014 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid black..  5  Washington Indigo.  6
colors.  514 
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  514
Berlin solids............  514
“  X...10
oil blue........614
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  green ...  614 
key red.....................6
Foulards ....  514
Martha Washington
red 34............7
Turkeyred 34........  714
“  X  ..........   914
Martha Washington
*•  4 4..........10
Turkey red............  914
“  3-4XXXX 12
Riverpolnt robes....  5
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy.......... 614
madders...  6
__  
XX twills ..614|  Indigo blue........... 1014
BOlids.........5*41
Amoskeag A C A __1214
Hamilton N .............   714
» ............. 814
Awning.. 11
Farmer......................8
P in t Prize...............1114
Lenox M ills........... 18
Atlanta,  D ...............  634|Stark  A
Boot...........................  634 No  Nam e...,
Clifton, K .................6>4|Topof  Heap
Simpson...................20
...................18
.................. 16
Coechco  ..................ion

AC  A .......................1214
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York.........................1014
Swift River.............   714
Pearl  River.............12
W arren.....................13

“ 
Turkey robes..  714
India robes___ 714
plain T’ky X 34  814 

Im perial................... 1014
Black 
...........  9ta  914
“  BC............   ®1Q

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TICK IN G S.

SATINEB.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Amoskeag............... 1214
9 01.......1314
brown .13
Andover...................1114
Beaver Creek AA... 10
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  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
brow n........12
Haymaker blue.........734
brow n...  734
Jeffrey.......................1114
Lancaster..................1214
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1314
“  No.220....13
“  No. 250....1114
“ 
No. 280.... 1014

OINSHAMS.

“ 

Amoskeag.................. 734
“  Persian dress  814 
Canton ..  814
“ 
AFC.........1234
“ 
Teazle.. .1014 
“ 
“ 
Angola.. 1014 
“ 
Persian..  814 
Arlington staple—   6M 
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.................734
Glenarie...................  634
Glenarven................  634
Glenwood...................714
Hampton.................... 614
Johnson Chalon cl 
14 
Indigo blue  914
zephyrs__16

“ 
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Lancaster,  staple...  634 

“ 
fan cies....  7 
u  Normandie  8
Lancashire.................614
Manchester..............  534
Monogram...............   614
Normandie.................714
Persian....................... 814
Renfrew Dress........ 714
Rosemont.................614
Slatersville................6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  .....................714
Toll  d u N o rd ..........1014
Wabash....................   714
seersucker..  714
W arwick.................  814
W hittenden..............  634

heather dr.  8
indigo blue  9
W am suttastaples...  634
Westbrook.*.............. 8
............... 10
Wlndermeer...............5
York............................ 634

“ 
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SRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag__ .*..__ 1614 ¡Valley City............... 1534
Stark.........................1914 Georgia.....................1534
American.................1614  Pacific......................1414

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E nd.... 45 
| Barbour's.................88
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s ................ 88
Holyoke................... 2214I

No.

..12
..18
..19

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

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

42
43
44
45

Slater........................   4
White Star..............  4
Kid Glove  ...............  4
Newmarket..............  4

Edwards.  ................  4
Lockwood............ 
4
Wood’s ....................  4
Brunswick.............  4

RED  FLANNEL.

Firem an.................. 3214
Creedmore...  .........2714
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................2714

T W ..........................2214
F T .............................3214
J R F , XXX............ 35
Buckeye..................3214

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“
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DOMET  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ....................2214
W indsor....................1814
6 oz W estern............ 20
Union  B ...................2214
Nameless.......8  @ 9141 
......8!4@10  I 

Grey S R  W ..............1714
Western W  .............. 1814
D R  P ........................ 1814
Flushing XXX.........2314
Manitoba..................2314
9  @1014 
1214
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

“• 
Slate.
934 13
914 
1014 15
1014 
1114 17
1114 
1214 20
1214
DUi
West  Point, 8 oz— 1014 
Severen, 8oz...........   914
10 oz  ...1214
“ 
Mayland, 8 oz..........1014
Raven, lOoz............. 1314
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 
Stark 
............1314
Greenwood, 8 os — 1114 
Boston, 8 oz.............1014iBoston,  10 oz..........1214

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
914
15
1014
17
1114
20
1214

“ 

W ADDINOS.

|

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SILESIAS.

White, doz............. 25  ¡Per bale, 40 dos____ 17 50
Colored,  doz........... 20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
RedCrosB....  9
Best..............1014
Best  A A .......1214
L ................................714
G ........................  ....  814
Corticelli, doz..........75  ¡Cortlcelll  knitting,

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

SEWING  BILK.

tw ist,doz..3714  per 14oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz..37141
HOOKS AND  EYES—FBR GROSS.
“ 
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0  ¡No  4 Bl’k & White.,15
..20
.  25
No 2—20, M  C..........50  ¡No 4—15  F  314.........40

..12 
“ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

“ 
** 

FINS.

2 
3 

3—18, S C............45  I

No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20
.23
..26
|N o 3 ..........................36

COTTON  TAFK.
..15 
“ 10 
..18  I  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

N o2 ......................... 28 

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4 
6 

NEEDLES—FEB  M.

A. Jam es...................1  401 Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’s.................1  35 Gold  Eyed.................1  50
Marshall’s ................1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4. ..3 25|5—4-...1  95  6—4...2 95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3  101
COTTON TWINES.

2 10 

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

7‘ 

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

Mount  Pleasant__ 614
Oneida......................  5
P y rm o n t....... 
534
R andelm an............. 6
Riverside.................   514
Sibley  A ...................  614
Toledo......................  6

PLAID  OSNABURGB

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

Hardware Price Current.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

d is.

60
Snell’s ................................................................ 
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
............ 
»
Jennings1, genuine.............................
............50*10
Jennings’,  im itation.........................

AXES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

............» 7 50
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...............
............  12 00
D.  B. Bronze...............
S.  B. S. Steel............... ............  8  50
............  13 50
D. B. Steel..................
Railroad............................................... ..........1  14  00
Garden.......................................................net  30 00

BARROWS.

dis.

bolts. 

dls.

Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.  .......................................... 
75
Plow.  .................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS,  CAST. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60*10
Wrought Loose Pin ...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

BLOCKS.

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

60

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

CRADLES.

CROW  BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per ft 
Ely’s 1-10........................................  
Hick’s  C. P ................................................. 
G. D ............................................................. 
M usket.......................................................  

perm  65
60
“ 
“ 
35
“ 
60

5

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  Fire............................................... dls.

50
25

chisels. 

dls.

Socket Firm er...................................................70*10
Socket Fram ing................................................. 70*10
70*10
Socket Corner........................... 
Socket Slicks.....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s 
H otchkiss...............
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12012ft dis. 10

combs. 
................................................... 
....................................... 
25
CHALK.

dls.

COPPER.

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

DRIPPING FANS.

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

dis.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6ft

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in .............................. aos. net 
75
Corrugated............................................... dis 
40
Adjustable................................................dls.  40*10
diB.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126.........................  
Ives’, 1,118;  2,124;  3, «36..............................  

80
25

FILES—New List. 

dls.

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

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

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

12 

14

Discount, 60

13
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’i

dls.

sure  indication  of  approaching  age.  1 
don’t think  a young man ever cares  what 
becomes of  a  vest  when  the  rest of  the 
suit is gone.  But  when a man  falls into 
the  habit of  casually  pausing  before  a 
forgotten  vest  when  he  is  rummaging 
through  a  clothes  closet  for  something 
else,  and  stands  thoughtfully  looking at 
it;  when  he takes it down  and  examines 
it,  and  says,  with the air of a Daniel pro­
nouncing  judgment “ Why,  that’s a  good 
vest,”  with the accent heavy on the vest, 
as  though a  “good  vest” was  a  pearl  of 
great  price;  when he  tells  his wife  that 
he  found  a  good  vest,  good  as  new, 
stowed  away among  some of  her things, 
that  man can  take himself  out of  young 
society with  the  positive assurance  that 
he will  not be missed  five  minutes.  He 
may have been  a young man half an hour 
ago,  but he  is  growing old now. 
It  is  a 
sign  more infallible than  blindness, deaf­
ness, 
toothlessness  and  childishness. 
When  a man  begins  to  take  an  interest 
in  saving  vests,  which  save  themselves 
more  than  a  hired  man,  he  is  growing 
old.
There  were  some  other  points of  re­
form to which  1 had intended calling the 
attention  of  our  apparel  designers,  but 
I seem  to  have side-tracked  again.  The 
manager says  that  this tendency  to stray 
from one’s subject and  wander and  maun­
der  around  over  half a dozen  fields  of 
thought — he  pronounces  “ thought”  in 
italics  and  quotation  marks and  with  an 
accent  which  the  proofreader  says  isn’t 
in the  score—is also an  indication of  old 
It is in  other men,  I  know,  but not 
age. 
in  me. 
I  always  was  that  way,  less  or 
more.  When  I was a boy  I  couldn’t get 
through a recitation  in  arithmetic  with­
out  introducing  three  or  four  answers 
that were not  in the book,  and  which the 
teacher said  never were in  any book  and 
never  would  be.  This  was  an  uncon­
scious  tribute  to  my originality,  of  the 
truth of  which  I  was perfectly  conscious 
at  the  time,  and of  which  I  have  been 
justly proud ever since.

R o b e r t  J.  B u r d e t t e .

He W anted His Money.

The  Binghamton  Herald  tells the  fol­
lowing  story  about  the  startling  effect 
upon  a  granger of  a  casli  carrier  in  a 
retail  store:
Some amusement  was  created  in a dry 
goods  store  in  this  city,  the  other  day, 
when  a farmer  came in  to  make  a  pur 
chase.  He bought some calico, and when 
the clerk  placed inside  the cash ball the 
$5 bill  the farm er  gave  him  and  sent it 
spinning  along 
the  wires  towards  the 
cashier’s  desk,  a  funny  sight  was  wit­
nessed.  Our  rural 
friend  evidently 
thought that was  the last  he  would ever 
see of  his  bill,  unless  he  moved  lively, 
which  he  did,  keeping  his eyes  fixed on 
the  ball.  He  collided with  an old  lady, 
fell  over  one of  the  seats,  regained  his 
feet,  and  kept right  on  until  he arrived 
at the cashier’s desk. 
“By gosh!  I  want 
my money,”  he  gasped.  “ I’ve  read  too 
much  about  bunco-steerers  to  lose  my 
money,  and I’ll have my change if I clean 
out the whole sheebang.”  He was  finally 
pacified,  and  departed  amid  the  broad 
smiles of the clerks and customers  in  the 
store.  As  he went out he muttered:  “If 
I  don’t come to the  city  very often,  them 
swindlers can’t  catch  me with  their saw­
dust games.”

A  Model  Collector.

The  chief  requisites  for  a  successful 
collector  of  bad  debts 
in  a  certain 
Southern  State  is  amusingly  illustrated 
by  the  following,  which is a  genuine ad­
vertisement:  “ We desire an able-bodied, 
hard-featured,  bad-tempered,  not-to-be- 
put-off and  not-to-be-backed-down  young 
man,  to collect for us.  Must furnish  his 
own  horse,  saddle-bags,  pistols,  bowie 
knife, and  cow-liide.  We will furnish the 
accounts.  To such  a  young  person  we 
promise constant  and  laborious employ­
ment.”

A woman in  Americus,  Ga.,  is  using a 
lampchimney  that she hasuseddaily  for 
the past eight years,  and she  expects  to 
use it for many  years yet.  She says that 
she boiled  it in salt  and  water  when  it 
was bought,  in  1882,  and no  m atter  how 
large a flame  runs  through  it,  it  won’t 
break.

ROPES.

HAMMERS.

 

d ls .

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES. 

SQ U A RES. 

HANGERS. 

7
d iS .

SASH CORD.

SHEET IRON.

SAND PAPER.

w ir e   g o o d s. 

SASH WEIGHTS.

HOLLOW WARE.

50
50
55
50
55
35

Discount, 10.

Com.  Smooth.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Sisal, % Inch and la rg e r................................ 
M anilla..............................................................   1114
Steel and  Iron..................................................  
76
Try and Bevels................................................. 
60
20
, M itre.................................................................. 
Com. 
12 95 
3 (5 
3 «5 
3  15 
3 25 
3  35
AH  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Maydole  *  Co.’s ................................................... dls. 25
Kip’s ....................................................................... “Is- 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s .................................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand —  30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ..................................dis.60&10 
State...............................................per doz. net, 2  50  Nos. 10 to  14.........................................*4 05
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 414  14  and
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4 05
314
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 05
longer............................................................
10
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 05
Screw Hook and  Eye, %...........................net
814
“ 
X ............................net
NOS. 25 to 26 ........................................   4 25
714
X ............................net
“ 
No. 27....................................................  4  45
%............................net
“ 
714
50
wide not less than 2-10 extra
Strap and T ................................................ dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track. . .  50*10
List acct. 19,’86..........................................dls. 
Champion,  antl-frictlon................................  60*10
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B .................................   “ 
Pots.....................................................................
D rabB .....................................  “ 
White C...................................  “ 
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled................................................ 40*10
Stamped  Tin W are...  ........................... new list 70
Japanned Tin W are.................................  
  25
Granite Iron W are.......................new list 3314*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
l e v e l s . 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings..................  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............... 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain 
l o c k s —DOOR.
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ..............................  
55
Branford’s ............................ 
*
Norwalk’s ....................................... 
5®
MATTOCKS.
Adze Eye  ............................................«16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye 
..  .....................................«15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s 
.......................................»18.50, dls. 20*10.
diS.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ......................................  
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
.. 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clr .k’s ................... 
“  Enterprise 
.......................................  
30

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton 126
“ 
20
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot—   50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot—   30
“ 
champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 
3u
dis.
Steel, Game........................................................ 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  .. 
70
Mouse,  choker...................................... 18c per doz
55  Mouse,  cn o ter................................... ..iscp erao z
55  Mouse, delusion.......WIRB.................®1-50 p  ¿ ^ oz‘

Bright M arket..................................................   65
Annealed M arket.............................................70—10
Coppered M arket.............................................  60
Tinned Market.................................................  62$4
50
_jered  Spring  Steel......................  .............  
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 35
 
 
Au Sable................................. dls. 25*10025410*05
Putnam .............................................. 
dls.  06
N orth western...................................  
dls. 10*10
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............................................ 
"5
Screws,New l i s t ..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods................... 65

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,... 

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

painted.......................... 

k n o b s—New List. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

dls.
dls.

traps. 

MAULS. 

m il l s . 

SAWS. 

dig.

dls.

dls.

d ls .

■ 40

“ 

 

2 85

.
..
.. 

NAILS

MOLASSES GATES. 

8....

Advance over base: 
40

dig .
Stebbln’s  Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self measuring.........................  
25
Steel nails, base.................................................. 1  80
••••••• ij-  05
Wire nails, base.............................. . 
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60..........................................................Base
50.......................................................... Base
10
05
20
40.. 
20
10
30.. 
30
15
20.. 
35
15
16.... 
35
15
12..  . 
40
10....
20 
. 
50
.  25 
65
.  40 
7 * 6 .
90
.  60 
4.......
1  50
.1  00 
3.......
.1  50
2  00 
Fine 3 ...................................................1  50
2  00
90 
Case  10.................................................  60
8.................................................  75
1  00 
g 
go
1  25 
1  00 
Finish 1 0 .'.'..’.7.7.............................   85
1  25
S...............................................100
1  50 
6  ....................................... 1  15
75 
Clinch; 10.............................................  85
90
8 ........................................................................ 1  00
1  00
6............................................. 1  15
2  50 
Barrell %.............................................175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©*|
Sdota  Bench........................................................®§0
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   040
Bench, first quality............. 
060
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........   *10
PANS.
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... “ 1s- 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
Copper Rivets and B urs................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED  IRON.

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METALS,

PIG TIN.

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ZINC.

26c
280

BOLDER.

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Pig Bars.........................................................  
D uty:  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................   OX
Per  pound......................................................... 
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Extra W iping.......  ..................................... 
15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MKI.YN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................... » 7  50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
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14x20 IX, 
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10x14 IX, 
8  25
14x20 IX, 
9  26

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The Kelly Perfect Axe
The Falls City Axe
Tie Kelly Axe I ’s Co,  l»
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W e c arry  a  good  stock of  these  axes 
and  quo te  th em   a t  th e   follow ing 
p ric e s:

S. Bit.
K elly |P erfect, p e r doz.  $7 
F a lls C ity, p e r dez. 
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'-THE  MICH1GAJN  TRADESMAN.

8

Michigan Tradesman

Hiicial O rg an  o f M ichigan B usiness M en's  A ssociation.

▲  WBKKLT  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State.

T he  T rad esm an   C om pany,  P ro p rie to r.

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 Rapide Poet 02r.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W EDNESDAY.  NOVEM BER  4,  1891.

UNION  LABEL  AGAIN  CONDEMNED.
Ti e  Supreme  Court  of  Peunsylvania 
has placed  itself  in  liue with  the  courts 
of 
last  resort  in  about  twenty  other 
States  by  refusing  to  recognize the  so- 
called  union  label,  by  means of which ir­
responsible  demagogues  seek  to  black­
mail decent  people by preventing the  use 
of cigars not  bearing  that  infamous em­
blem  of tyranny.

Cigarmakers’  International  Union  No. 
1*26  of  Uphrata,  Lancaster  county,  by 
bill  in equity,  restrained  John  H.  Bren- 
die from  using the Cigarmakers’ Interna­
tional  Union  label  on  his  goods.  The 
County Court sustained  the  Master’s re­
port in  behalf of this  injunction.  Bren- 
dle is a union  manufacturer who had  in­
curred  the  ill-will  of  local  officials and 
refused  to  use  their  labels.  He  issued 
similar labels or trade  marks of his own, 
and  appealed  to the Supreme Court from 
the injunction.

the 

The  Supreme  Court, 

in  refusing  to 
injunction,  reversed  the 
continue 
lower  court’s  decision  on  the  ground 
that 
the  Cigarmakers’  Union,  formed 
for the  “mental,  moral  and  physical  wel­
fare of its  members,”  is  a  personal  and 
social  organization,  not  a  commercial 
one,  and  under 
the  law  of  Congress, 
therefore,cannot own  a trade mark.  Re­
ferring to the impudent boast of the label 
that  the  cigars  it  covers  are  “ made  by 
first-class  workmen”  and  its  lying claim 
that all  cigars not  bearing  the label  are 
of  “ inferior  rat-shop,  coolie,  prison  or 
filthy 
tenement  house  workmanship,” 
Pennsylvania’s  highest  court  issues  the 
follow  severe  though  righteous  rebuke:
“ This  is an  attempt to  use the  public 
as a means of coercion, in order to find  a 
market  for their goods and  labor.
“ A first-class  workman  is one who does 
first-class  work,  whether  his name  is  on 
the  rolls of any  given  society or not.
•‘Filthiness and  criminality  of charac­
ter  depend on  conduct,  not  on  member­
ship  in  a union.
“ Legitimate competition  rests on supe­
riority  of  workmanship  and  business 
methods,  not  on  the  use  of  vulgar  epi­
thets and personal  denunciation.”
If the tribunals of the country continue 
to  pronounce  against  the  union  label, 
and  strikes and boycotts continue  to fail 
as  they  have  during  the  past  year,  the 
superstructure of trades unions will soon 
have no foundation on  which to rest and 
will  fail  to pieces from its own weight.

IS  THE  THING  OVERDONE?

A  representative  retailer,  who  does 
not  wish  to disclose  his  identity,  writes 
The Tradesman  as  follows  on  a  sub­
ject  which is  of mutual  interest to  both 
wholesaler and  retailer:

As a  retail grocer in  a stirring  North­
ern Michigan  town,  1  am  at a loss to  un­
derstand  why  the  wholesale  houses  of 
Grand  Rapids send  out so  many men  to 
drum  the 
trade—in  other  words,  why 
they  send their  men around  so often  to I

take  orders  which  are  necessarily  so 
small  as to hardly  be worth coming after. 
1 am  always glad to see the boys, and de­
vote  all  the  time  to  them  I  can,  but  I 
| can’t buy of  everyone,  much  as I  should 
| like to do so. 
I must confess that I over- 
|  buy continually,  due to the importunities 
I of the boys and the  desire on my part  to 
j  help  them  all I  can,  and  this  sometimes 
I keeps me so close in money  matters  that 
i the  houses  write  me  sharp  letters  by 
| way of  reminders that I am behind in my 
! payments.
1 do not  write this  for the  purpose  of 
j informing  the wholesale  houses  how  to 
I do  their  business,  but  it  occurs  to  me 
I that  a little  agitation  of  the  m atter  in 
I The Tradesman cannot  fail to result to 
the advantage of all concerned.

While The Tradesman firmly believes 
j  that the traveling  system  is the most de­
sirable  plan  yet  devised 
to  facilitate 
transactions  between  the  wholesaler and 
retailer,  it cannot  dispute the  statement 
of its  correspondent that the system  has 
been  overdone—that there are altogether 
too  many men  on  the  road  and  that  in 
many lines  the  trade  is  called on  more 
often  than  necessity  or  profit  require. 
There is a tendency on  the part  of many 
this  evil  and  T he 
jobbers 
Tradesman  will  next  week present  the 
views of local dealers on this question.

to  check 

The Tradesman  does  not  often  feel 
called  upon  to dissent  from the  conclu­
sions of its  contributors,  but some of the 
statements  made  by 
the  author  of 
“Behind  the  Counter”  in  this  week’s 
paper are  certainly  susceptible  of  criti­
cism.  The  inference that strictly honest 
men  in  trade  are at  a  premium because 
wholesale dealers no  longer entrust men 
with  large stocks  to sell  on  commission 
is  based  on  wrong  conclusions.  The 
commission  method,  so  common a  third 
of a century ago,  was abandoned because 
it had  to give  way  to  improved  business 
methods  to  keep  pace  with  the spirit  of 
the age.  When  profits  were large and  va­
riations in  prices  were not  so marked as 
at  present;  when 
the  means  of  trans­
portation  were  meager and  railway  lines 
were  few  and far between,  it is not to  be 
wondered that men  of large means  were 
glad to  entrust stocks  of  goods  to  trust­
ed  lieutenants to be  sold on  commission 
or joint account.  The  changes  of time, 
however,  have  reversed  ail  the  condi­
tions  then  existing 
in  the  commercial 
world.  Profits  are no  longer large;  the 
prices of staple goods  are subject to con­
stant  variation;  the  rapid  increase 
in 
railway  and  steamship  lines,  bringing 
transportation  rates  down  to  nominal 
figures, enables  tht  merchant  to  buy his 
goods a thousand  miles away from home, 
if he so  desires.  Furthermore,  the  man 
who can conduct  a commission  business 
successfully  has  wisely come to  the con­
clusion  that he  might  belter be  behind 
his own counter, taking the entire profits, 
instead of dividing them  with a man who 
has been  so generous as  to  furnish  him 
with a stock  of goods  which  he  is  com­
pelled  to  sell  at  the  prices dictated  by 
the  owner. 
The  commission  stores 
served  a  useful  purpose in  their day,  by 
giving  trusted agents  an opportunity  to 
develop their  business capacities and  by 
furnishing the people of isolated commu­
nities  with  varied  stocks from  which  to 
make  their  selections,  but 
they  have 
been  crowded  into the  background—not 
by  the  lack  of  honest  men  to  conduct 
them,  but  for the  several  reasons  above 
enumerated,  the commission  method  not 
being in keeping with the times.

with politics  at  the  present  time Is  the 
apparent  growing popularity of the plan 
of joint  debates  between  candidates  or 
representative  men  of 
the  parties,  to 
which the adherents  of  each are invited, 
that they may hear  both sides  discussed. 
We all  know  that in  politics,  as  well as 
in  other  matters,  the  apparent  color  of 
the  shield  depends  much  upon  which 
side of it  we are in  a position  to see.  By 
attending  such  debates  the people  are, 
better than  in  any other way,  enabled  to 
see  both  side,  and  know  all  about  the 
shield.  Each  speaker  at  such  debates 
talks  with  the  knowledge that he  will  be 
held  to  account by  his  opponent for  all 
he says,  which is a good  thing  in  itself, 
and  will directly tend to  lessen the wild 
and  unqualified  assertions which  make 
I up  the  hulk  of 
the  ordinary  political 
speech. 
It is  to be  hoped  that the  cus­
tom of  holding  joint  debates will  grow 
and  become  universal,  that  the  people 
may  hear  both  sides,  and,  intelligently 
choosing  between 
them,  decide  which 
they prefer.

The subjoined  advice  from  the  Kala­
mazoo Telegraph is equally  applicable to 
any other community:

People  who live in  Kalamazoo  should 
make  it a  point to  patronize  those  who 
help to pay the taxes, own  or rent stores 
and have some interest in the welfare  of 
our  city.  Strangers  who  slip  in  here 
twice a year during the busy season,take 
a few  hundred  dollars out  of  the place, 
then  fold their  tents  and  disappear are 
not entitled to the  encouragement of our 
citizens.

Joseph Martin has been noted  for years 
as a man  who has  waxed rich  on  the mis­
fortunes of his fellows.  If the  statements 
of a former  domestic  of  I).  A.  Blodgett 
are true,  Mr.  Martin’s son  is following in 
the footsteps of his  illustrious and  usur­
ious sire.

the  pangs  of  poverty 

Is He a Chattel M ortgage Shark?
D.  A.  Blodgett,  whose  disposition  to 
relieve 
is  only 
equalled  by his ability  to do so, financial­
ly, recently had  his attention called  to the 
“peculiar” methods  of  the chattel  mort­
gage operator.  A former domestic,  now 
married and  the mother  of several  chil­
dren,  borrowed $75 from  John  B.  Martin 
on  June 25,  giving  a  mortgage  on  her 
household  effects  of  every  description 
for  $81.  Two  payments,  of  $6  each 
that 
were  made — the  lady  asserting 
Martin  demanded  $6  a  month 
inter­
interest  (being a  fraction  less  than  100 
per  cent.)—and  in  default  of  further 
payments,  Martin wrote the lady  a letter, 
stating that  he  would  take possession  of 
the goods  the  next  day.  The  lady  ap­
pealed to her former employer,  who  was 
so  incensed  over  the  m atter 
that  he 
placed 
the  hands  of  Ex-Judge 
Barch,  who  tendered  Martin  the  face 
of  his  claim  of  $81, 
less  the  $12 
paid. 
It  is  needless to  say  that  he  ac­
cepted  the  tender,  as  it  was  the inten­
tion  of  Mr.  Blodgett  to  prosecute  the 
matter,  in  the  event of any quibbling  on 
the part of young Martin.

in 

it 

It  is due  Judge  Burch  to say  that  he 

made no charge for his  services.

The Employer W as H ard H earted.
Tired Salesman—I’d  like  to go off  for 
the rest of the  week, sir.
Unfeeling  Employer—No  need  to  do 
that.  Stay right here and the rest of the 
week will come to you.

idea 

Card from D esenberg & Schuster.
[The  Tradesman  cheerfully  gives 
place  to 
the  following  communication 
from Desenberg & Schuster,reputable He­
brew  merchants of Kalamazoo, condemn­
ing  an  article 
in  last  week’s  paper. 
While the writers  of the  communication 
undoubtedly  intend  to  be  fair  in  their 
treatm ent  of the  subject,  their  enthusi­
asm  leads  them  to attribute  meanings  to 
words and sentences  not at  all  intended 
by the writer and  not so  interpreted  by 
leading  Hebrew  patrons  of  The 
the 
Tradesman in Grand  Rapids, who assert 
that the  article  complained  of  contains 
nothing  which could  offend the  most or­
thodox  Israelite.  The  Tradesman  will 
have  more  to  say  on  this  subject  next 
week.]
“ You  too,  my Brutus,” Ju liu s  Caesar 
shall  have  exclaimed  when  the  death­
dealing steel  of  the assassin  reached his 
heart.  Such,  at least,  has  been  the  ac­
cepted 
for  centuries  past,  and 
whether it is only  an  ideal  tragedy,  born 
of the fertile brain of the poet or whether 
it actually was a bona fide plot, conceived 
and  enacted  upon  the  stage of  life does 
not  impair the  existence of  the idea,  for 
what  comes  nearer 
the  conception  of 
immortality  than  a  “ thought.”  So  said 
the  immortal  Thomas  Payne.  Here  is 
The Michigan Tradesman, a periodical 
of  undisputed  merit  in  many  respects 
and  hitherto considered  to be  impartial 
in  matters  of  dispute,  generous  with 
those who maintain  opposing views  and, 
above  all,  neutral  in  race  and  religious 
matters,  here it comes  like a thunderbolt 
from a sunny  sky  with the ominous  war 
song of  “Keep your eye on the Jew ,”  and 
forthwith  proceeds  to state  tile  cause of 
his  fears,  to  wit:  “They crowd  out  all 
others.”  This  is  a broad  statement and 
undoubtedly  an off-hand  and thoughtless 
word  on  your  part,  Mr.  Editor.  We 
venture  to  make  the assertion that  you 
have no practical experience,  personally, 
nor can  you support  your accusation  by 
actual  proof,  but if you can  you will  find 
the  percentage of  instances  to  be  way 
below those of  the gentile portion of  the 
community.  You  quote  Judge  Hilton; 
to be sure  he  had to quit,  but  it  was  a 
unique  and  exceptional  case,  for  he 
crowded himself  out.  The  product  of 
his factories  was almost entirely disposed 
of  to  the  “ hateful  Jews.”  They  were 
welcome  and  profitable  customers,  en­
tirely  welcome  with  their  shekels,  but 
they were not  welcome at  his hotel;  they 
were haughtily  and  sneeringly excluded. 
We  imagine,  Mr.  Editor,  that  in  return 
for  this his  Jewish patrons should  have 
fawned  at  his  feet,  considering  them­
selves  fortunate if  Mr.  Hilton  was  still 
gracious  enough to sell  them  his goods. 
Now,  “ be  honest,” says  Col.  Ingersoll, 
would  you  continue  to  patronize  your 
dry goods  merchant  should  he  one  day 
open his magnificent mansion inviting all 
his patrons to partake of  his  hospitality, 
and  on  your presenting yourself  in  the 
anti-chamber,  there  to  be  met  with the 
sneering  remark  that  printers  are  ex­
cluded or that your nationality or religion 
were  distasteful  to  him?  W hy  “Keep 
your eye on the Jew?”  Why should you 
envy him  his prosperity?  Rather should 
you  try  to  get  at the  secret  of  it  and 
profit by  the  example.  But  here  it  is: 
The Jew does  not stand at the  corner or 
lounge  around 
in  public  places,  but 
attends  to  his  business.  He  does  not 
sport  a  horse  and  buggy  as  soon  as he 
has accumulated  enough  to  own  it.  He 
does not sparkle  his  diamonds before he 
has  the  ducats  and  the  dollars to war­
rant it. 
If he earns one  dollar  he  uses 
less;  in  short,  he lives  within his means,

The most encouraging thing connected |

One fault  begets  another;  one  crime 

makes another necessary.

zation.

Strong  Endorsem ent  of  Local  Organi­
The  National  Wholesale  Druggists’ 
Association, 
in  annual  convention  at 
Louisville week before  last,  adopted  the 
following  resolutions  in  regard  to  the 
local organization  of the retail  trade:

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
And  now  pray,  Mr.  Editor  of  The 
Tradesman,  won’t you  tell  us  what  you 
|  intend to do with  the  Jew  after you  are 
done keeping  your  eye on  him?  But  it 
is easy  to infer:  Kill  him,  of  course,  or, 
I in  case  you  feel  somewhat  humanely, 
you  will  be  satisfied  with  plucking  out 
his  beard  and  kicking  him out  of  the 
country.  And this,  we  imagine,  is what 
you  mean  when  you  say  “Theologians 
tell  us that wonderful things  will be seen 
before the end  of this century.”  This  is 
prophetic,and  their right to prophesy may 
be as  legal  as that of the  prophets of old, 
but if it is claimed  that  the  latter’s have 
been  fulfilled,  there  is  still one  portion 
left  awaiting  fulfillment,  and  that 
is, 
“ The  scepter shall  not depart  from  Ju­
dah,  says  the  Lord  of  hosts.”  So  we 
need not  altogether  give up  in  despair, 
at  least  not  in  this  great  and  glorious 
country, where justice will  prevail in the 
end.  And  now,  Mr.  Editor,  whenever 
you and  your brother  editors take it into 
your heads to indulge  in  a little tirade or 
expedition  against 
the  hounded  game, 
have you ever considered that upon every 
inciting and  passion-kindling  word  you 
send  out  broadcast,  there may  hang  an 
innocent  human 
life,  for  with  every 
word  of approval  you  utter in encourage-
ment of the tyraut,  you may  cause  inno­
cent blood  to flow.  For  the sake  of hu-
manity,  for the sake  of mercy, of  which 
all  creatures  are  so much  in  peed,  stop 
adding fuel  to the  raging flames.

W h e r e a s ,  Upon  the thorough  organi­
zation  of retail druggists  throughout the 
United States depend  almost entirely the 
hope of  relief from price  cutting  under 
any  plan 
that  may  be  proposed  and 
adopted  at this  conference  between  the 
manufacturers,  wholesalers  and  retail­
ers,  therefore be it
Resolved,  That the N.  W.  D. A. strong­
ly urge such  immediate  organization  in 
each  State and each county.
Resolved,  That  when  such  organiza­
tions  are  perfected,  this  work  of  sub­
stantiating complaints of violators under 
this A.  P.  A.  plan, just  endorsed by this 
body,  or any  other plan  that  proprietors 
may  work  under,  shall  be  carried on  by 
the properly accredited delegates of such 
retail  organizations.
Resolved,  That  our  sub-committee  on 
violations of  contracts  be  instructed  to 
give such delegates every  aid  in  its  pow­
er to  supervise  and  publish  the  list  of 
names  on cut-off  list  when  reported  by 
the associated retailers,  if upon consulta­
tion with counsel  such  publication  shall 
be found to be legal.

Ionia—Hayes,  Spaulding & Co., dealers 
in  agricultural  implements,  have put  in
a line of hardware.

9

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska Socks-

JOBBERS  OF

158 &  160  F u lto n  r t.. G rand  Rapid*.
Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.
$500,000  TO  IN V E ST   IN   BONDS
Issued  by  citie s, c o u n ties,  to w n s  an d   school  d istric ts 
o f  M ichigan.  Officers  o f  th e se   m u n ic ip a litie s  a b o u t 
to  issue  bonds w ill  find it to  th e ir   a d v a n ta g e  to   ap p ly  
to  th is b an k .  B lank bonds an d  b la n k s fo r p ro c eed in g s 
su p p lied   w ith o u t  ch a rg e .  Ail  co m m u n ica tio n s  an d  
en q u irie s will h a v e  p ro m p t a tte n tio n   This b an k  p ay s 
4 p e r  ce n t, on  dep o sits, com pounded sem i-an n u ally . 
S.  D.  EL WOOD. T re asu re r.

M ay. 1891. 

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

A g e n ts   W anted.

always with a view  to  lay  up  something 
for  a  rainy  day  or to support  an  aged 
parent.  All  this  means  success  in  nine 
cases  out  of  ten;  hence  his  diamonds, 
ducats and dollars.

A  reproach,  which  takes  the  form  of 
an  indictment  against  the  Jew,  is  his 
being exclusively a tradesman,  shunning 
manual  labor,  or  the  tilling of the soil. 
Also for the noble ship of the desert,  the 
poor camel  whom a kind providence gave 
a well and  softly  padded  foot,  the  more 
easily to traverse  the sandy sea,  but was 
transported to the  icy north,  its soft and 
tender feet  put  in  rigid  iron  shoes,  fed 
upon  frozen  fish  instead  of  its  wonted 
grasses and  then expect the same service 
from  the  poor,  willing  but  emaciated 
beast.  Or have you ever  seen  the  won­
ders of one of  our  mammoth  caves,  and 
in  wandering  through  it  noticed,  by  the 
glare of  your torch,  the  fishes  playing  in 
its  subterranian  waters?  Now 
these 
fishes  are  totally  blind.  Whence  came 
these blind  fishes,  you  ask.  The answer 
is simple enough.  When, many thousand 
years ago,  by  a mighty  upheaval  of  the 
earth’s surface, these caves were created, 
the inflowing waters  carried  along  with 
it the ancestors of these fishes  who,  how­
ever,  were  provided  with  a good  pair of 
eyes.  Living and propagating, however, 
these  thousands  of  years  in  total dark­
ness,  their  organism  was  changed,  and 
the  optic  faculties  destroyed,  the  organ 
obliterated  so  that  only  an 
indistinct 
mark  remains  where  the  eye used to be. 
Does any one suppose  their  sight,  which 
it took  so  many  centuries  to obliterate, 
would  be  restored  in  a  comparatively 
short  period  by  removing  these  blind 
creatures  back  into  the  life  and  light 
giving sun?  Now you,  the “Christian”— 
the would-be  Christian  nations—have  up 
to recently deprived  the Jew of the  right 
to carry  on  trades,  professions,  agricul­
ture,  hampering  his  ways  and means of 
livelihood  in  a  thousand  ways,  leaving 
him only  the  alternative  of  starving or 
trading with his  so-called  Christian  fel­
low-beings,  thus making of  him  what he 
is  to-day,  a  trader,  and  now,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  tender-footed  camel  or  the 
blind  fish,  after  having  subverted  his 
organism,  forced  it  into  strange  chan­
nels,  you  forthwith  ask  him  why  are you 
not  tillers  of  the  soil  before  you  have 
given  him  chance to regain  his  former 
qualification  in that direction,  before you 
have given  him  time  to  revert  back and 
fit himself  for  his  new  vocation.  How 
many generation  will  it require  pray tell 
me,  to undo the existing and  restore and 
inhibit former conditions.

But  no,  you  do not  stop  to  consider; 
you are inexorable; you  say  “no  matter, 
the  Jew  must  be  burned”  and  without 
further  ceremony  you  bind  him  to  the 
stake,  you  confiscate  his  property,  you 
expatriate  him,  you  hound  him  from 
place to place,  you sneer at  him  and call 
him  a  Shy lock,  because he  is  what  you 
made him,  a trader.  Christianity!  Thy
name is-------- yes,  what  is  it? 
I confess
it puzzles us,  but this much we  know—it 
is  not  consistency,  and  we  also  know 
that  it  is  not  what  its  great  and  no­
ble,  sincere  and  self-denying  founder 
preached  and  intended  it  to  be,  woe to 
the  would-be Christian  who so  woefully 
misconstrues  His  teachings.  Think  ye 
of  His  sayings  on the  mount,  that  ser­
mon of all sermons.  “The peaceful  shall 
be called the children of  God,  the  merci­
ful  shall  find  mercy,  the  pure in  heart I 
shall  see God.”

K a l a m a z o o , Oct. 31. 1891.

D.  & S.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e

Ed.  Pike,  who  has  been  on  the  road 
the  past  four  years  for  Voigt,  Uerpol- 
sheimer &  Co.,  has  severed  his  connec­
tion with that house.

R.  P.  Bigelow,  the  Owosso  traveler, 
was  relieved  of  $100  in  cash,  $300  in 
checks,  two watches and other valuables 
by  a midnight visitor one night last week.
Frank  H.  White,  late  of  the  defunct
Grand  Rapids Paper  Co.,  has engaged  to 
travel  for the paper department of Eaton, 
Lyon  & Co.,  covering  the same  territory 
as  he did  when  with  the former  firm  of 
Curtiss & Co.

J.  M.  Raper,  of  Big  Rapids.  Michigan 
representative  of 
the  Celluloid  Starch 
Co.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  has  been  in 
the city a few days this  week,  calling  on 
the  retail  and  jobbing  trade. 
“John” 
reports trade lively in  his line.

A New York  jewelry house  has  had a 
lady  drummer  on  the  road  for  several 
months,  and  claims that  she is not  only 
away  up  on  the  art  of  meeting  hotel 
clerks,  hackmen  and  railroad  men  on 
their  own  ground,  but  sells  as  many 
goods as their best traveling man.

Lowell Journal:  A  bright  Ionia trav­
eling man  perpetrated  a  huge  practical 
joke on  two fellow knights of the grip  by 
jumping out  in  a  dark  street  at Vernon 
station  with leveled  pistol  and  demand­
ing their money.  The  large  dimensions 
of the joke  came in  at  this point:  The 
two held-up men  recognized  their  Ionia 
friend and  literally  mopped  the ground 
with the disheveled highwayman regard­
less  of  his  pitiful  appeals.  Then  the 
two  apologized for  not recognizing  him 
earlier  and  assisted in  wiping the  mud 
and  gore off  the  ruins  of  his  natty  fall 
suit.

Big Rapids  people must  like  peauuts, 
the Putnam Candy  Co.  having  an  order 
for twenty-five sacks from Charlie Raper, 
of that place.

Saginaw,  Mich.,  June 22,  1801.

Albion  Milling Co., Albion,  Michigan:
G e n t s—In  connection  with  our  order  for  “Albion  Patent  Flour”  which  you 
will  find enclosed,  permit  us to say that we have  used  your Albion  Patent for the 
past fifteen  years and it has  always  given  universal  satisfaction.  We  consider  it 
the best brand of flour,  for family  use,  that we handle.  Yours very truly.

WELLS  STONE  MERCANTILE  CO.

We wish to place  this  brand in every city and  town  in Michigan,  and  give the 
exclusive control  to responsible  dealers.  There is money  in  it for  you.  Write for 
particulars.  Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every  instance.

ALBION  JV11LLING  COMPANY,  Albion,  Mich.

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W. ..1  95®2  20 
C. C o......................... 1  85@2  10
Moschus  Canton........   @  40
Myristica,  No. 1..........  70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia......................  25®  28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o ...  ........................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., K gal
doz  ...........................  @2  oo
Picis Liq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  ®  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Pix  Burgun............  @ 
7
Plumbl A c et..........  14@ 
15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv......   30® 
35
10
Q uassiae................. 
8® 
Quinia, S. P. & W ..  31® 
36
8.  German. ..20  @ 
30
Rubla  Tinctorum..  12® 
14
@ 3 5
Saccharum Lac tis pv. 
Salacin............  ..........1  80@l  85
50
Sanguis  Draconls..  40® 
Santonine  ...................... 
450
Sapo,  W ...................  12® 
14
“  M....................   10® 
12
“  G.....................  @ 
15

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Seidlltz  M ixture........   @  25
Sinapis..........................  @ 1 8
‘r  opt....................  @ 3 0
Snuff,  Maccaboy.  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .  11®  12 
Soda  et Potass T art.  .  30®  33
Soda Carb..................   1J4®   2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............   @  5
Soda,  A sh....................  3)4©  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia  Imp........   @3 00
*’ 
2 271...........................2 31@2 41
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 3  @ 4
Roll...............  2?i@ 3J4
Tam arinds..................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobrom ae..........
..  45® 50
Vanilla....................
.9 00® 16 00
ZInci  Sulph............ ... 
7® 8

vini  Rect.  bbl.

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OILS.

Whale, w inter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............. ..  55
Lard, No.  1............. ..  45
Linseed, pure raw ..  36

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
39

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paints. 

Ber....... 2@3

Llndseed,  boiled  ....  39 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
50 
SpiritsTurpentine__   41 

42
60
46
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............lj£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  1%  2@4
“ 
Putty,  commercial...  2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  2R@3
I Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular  .... 
70®75
Lead,  red...................  7  @7H
“  white.............. 7  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’ ........  
@90
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................  
l  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... l  00®i  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.  . . 1  10@1  20
Extra T urp.................. 160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  F urn........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar  ... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
....................  70®  75

Turp. 

Get  What  You  A.slc  For!

—HINKLEY’S  BONE  LINIMENT—

FO R   TH IRT Y -FO U R   YEARS  T H E   FA V O RITE.

Enclosed in  White  Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER,  Saginaw   Mich.

W Tiolosai©   F*rdce>  C u r r e n t.

Advanced—Cassia buds  Declined—Bromide potash, balsam peru, powdered jalap,  glycerin».

ACIDUM.

Acetlcum..................  8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  50®  6o
Boraclc  ................... 
30
Carbolicum...............  23®  35
Cltrlcum..................  48®  53
Hydrochlor...............  3®  5
Nitrocum 
................  10®  13
Oxalicum..................  10®  13
Phosphor! um dll.......  
30-
Sallcy Ileum..............1 30@1 70
Sulpnurlcum.............  Hi®  5
Tannicum.................1 40@1 60
Tartarlcum................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16 deg.............  354®  5
20  deg.............   554®  7
Carbonas  .................. 
l'^@  14
Chlorldum................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

90@1  10
8®  10
25®  30

BACCAE.
Cubeae (po.  90)........
Ju n ip eru s..................
Xantnoxylum ...............
BALSAMUM.
55®  60
Copaiba......................
@1  30
Peru.............................
Terabin, Canada  ....... 35®  40
35®  50
T olutan......................
CORTEZ.

Abies,  Canadian — ........   18
Casslae  ....................... .........  11
...........  18
Cinchona Flava  .......
.........  30
Enonymus  atropurp.
...........   20
Myrica  Cerifera, po..
...........  12
Prunus Virgini.............
...........  14
Qulllaia,  grd ..................
...........  14
Sassafras  ........................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12) ........   10

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EZTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.. 
po.............
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
Is .................
)4s...........  •
!4s...............
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Q uinia. . .
Citrate  Soluble.............
Ferrocyanidum 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 

22®  25
30®  50
— 25®  30

FOLIA.

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

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GUMMI.

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

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@  85
Acacia,  1st  picked. . .  
@  60
2d 
. . . .
@  50
3d 
. . . .
@  3)
sifted sorts..
60®  80
p o ......................
50®  60
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60).
®  12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)
@  50
“  Socotri,  (po.  60)
Catechu, Is, ()4s,14 )4s,
©   1
16).....................................
45®  50
Ammoniac......................
@  22
Assafoetlda,  (po. 30).
50®  55
Benzolnnm......................
50®  53
Camphor»........................
35®  10
Euphorbium  po  ........
@3  50
Galbanum ........................
80®  95
Gamboge,  po ...................
@  25
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ..
@  20
Kino,  (po.  25).................
@  90
M astic .................. 
.........
@  40
Myrrh,  (po  45)  .............
Opil.  (po. 3  201............ 2 00@2  10
25®  35
Shellac  .......................
30®  35
bleached........
30®  75
Tragacanth  ...............

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n e r b a —In ounce packages.

........   25
A bsinthium ...............
.........  20
Eupatorlum ...............
Lobelia.........................
M ajorant...................... ........   28
...........  23
Mentha  Piperita.......
.........  25
“  V lr ....................
...........  30
Rue.......................................
...........  22
Tanacetum, V ...............
........   25
Thymus,  V ......................
MAGNESIA.
Calcined, Pat  ...............
Carbonate,  P a t ...........
Carbonate, K. A  M
Carbonate, Jenning5.

55®  60
20®  22
20®  25
35®  36

. 

OLEUM.
A bslnthlnm .................... 3 50@4  00
45®  75
Amygdalae, D ulc. . .  
8 00@8 25
Amyaalae, Amarae. . .
A n lsl................................... 1  75@1  85
Auranti  Cortex............. 3 60©3 75
Bergami!  ........................ 3  75®4 00
70®  80
C ajfputi............................
95@1  00
Caryophylll...................
35®  65
C ed a r................................
Chenopodi!  ...................
@1  75
1  15@1  20
Cinnam onil.................
@  45
Cltroneila................
Conlum  Mac............
35®  65
Copaiba  ................. 1  10@1  20

Cubebae.............   . . . .   @  6  5»
Exechthitos....................  2 50@3 75
B rlgeron........................... 2 25®? 50
G aultherla........................3 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  ®   75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .....................1  40@1  50
Juniperl..........................  50@2 00
L avendula....................   90@2 00
Lim onls.............................2 50@3 10
Mentha Piper.................... 2 90®3 00
Mentha  Verid...................2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal....................1  00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce.............   @  50
O live...............................  85®? 75
Picls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
R icini.................................1  08@1 ?4
Rosmarin!.............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............  @6 50
Succini...........................   40® 45
S abina...........................   90@1 00
Santal  ..........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras...................... 
  50® 55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  
®   65
Tiglii............................   @1  00
T hym e...........................  40® 50
opt  ....................   @ 60
Theobromas...................  15® 20

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POTASSIUM.

B iC arb...........................  15® 18
Bichrom ate...................  13®  14
Bromide........................  
27® 28
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
PetasB  Nltras, opt  __  
8®  10
Potass N ltras............... 
7®  9
Prussiate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.  .

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(po. 10)...........  

A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  25®  30
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  ®  25
Calamus........................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
®   35
 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
  15®  20
Inula,  po................. 
Ipecac,  po..........................2  io@2 50
Iris  plox  (po. 35®3S). 
35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   60®  65
Maranta,  >48. . . ........   @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei................................   75@1 00
“  cu t.......................   @1  75
“  pv.........................   75©1  35
Splgella.......................   48®  53
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentarla..................   30®  35
Senega.........................   40®  45
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
®  20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ....................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
18®  22
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
@ 1 5
Aplum  (graveleons)..  20®  22
Bird, Is .................... 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.......... 
4*4@5
Cydonlum....................   75® i  00
Cnenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.......  2  10@2 20
Foenlculum ...............  @  15
Foenugreek,  po....... 
8
6® 
L in i.............................  4  @ 4H
Linl, grd,  (bbl. 3K)  4  @  4K
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
PharlarlsCanarian—  3))@ 4)4
R ap a ............................  
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............  
8® 
9
Nigra...........   11®  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ...... 1  75®2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Junlperis  Co. O. T ___1  75@1 75
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1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ..........1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli.............1  75®6 50
Vini Oporto.................. 1  25®2 00
Vini  Alba..................... 1  25@2 00

 

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

SPONGES.
................. 2  2S@2  50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
140

SYRUPS.

A ccacla..................................  50
Z ingiber................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Auranti  Cortes............... —   50
Rhei  Aram.............................  50
Simllax  Officinalis...............  60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
50
Scillae.................. 
“  Co................................   50
T olntan..................................  50
Prunus  vlrg...........................  50

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TINCTURES.

“ 

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44 

“ 

“ 

« 

P 

Aconitum  Napellis  R .........  60
KA
Aloes.........................................  60
and m yrrh....................   60
A rn ica.....................................   50
Asafcetida..............................  
o
Atrope Belladonna...  ...........  60
Benzoin..................................  60
Co...................
50
Sanguinaria  ...............
50
Barosm a........................
50
Cantharides..................
75
Capsicum ......................
50
Ca  damon......................
75
Co..................
75
C astor............................
.......1  00
Catechu.........................
50
Cinchona  ......................
50
Co..................
60
Columba.......................
50
C onlum .........................
50
Cubeba...........................
50
D igitalis......................
50
Ergot..............................
50
G entian.........................
50
Co......................
60
G uaica...........................
50
ammon.............
60
Z ingiber.................
Vi
Hyoscyamus.................
50
Iodine.............................
75
Colorless............
75
Ferri  Chlorldum..........
35
K in o ..............................
50
Lobelia...........................
50
M yrrh.............................
50
Nux  Vomica.................
50
O p ii..........
Camphorated........
50
“  Deodor..................
.......2 00
Auranti 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 Veride..........
50
MISCELLANEOUS.

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“ 

“ 

“ 

s
i

* 
“ 

“ 
cent 

“ 
ground, 

Ætber, Spts  Nit, 3  F .. 26® 28
30® 32
Aitimeli....................... ¿V®  3

“  4 F .
(po.
7)  ...........................
3® 4
55® 60
A nuatto........................
Antimoni, po.............
4® 5
55® 60
ét Potass T
A ntlpyrin....................
4n
Amifebrln  ..................
® 25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce
® 67
5@ 7
Arsenicum..................
Balm Gilead  B ud....... 38® 40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)...............
@ 9
Cantharides  Russian,
@1  20
p o ..............................
Capslcl  Fractus, a f...
® 20
25
@
20
®
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15) 12® 13
Carmine,  No. 40.......... m 75
Cera  Alba  S.  & F ....... 50® 55
Cera  Flava..................
38® 40
@ 22
.....................
@ 40
Coccus 
Cassia  FructUB__ 
...
Centrarla.....................
© 10
Cetaceum ....................
© 42
60® 63
Chloroform ................
@1  25
squlbbs .
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1 5G@1 70
Chondrus..................
20© 25
Cluchonldlue  P.  A  W 15® 20
German  3  @ 12
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60
....................
Creasotum .................
© 50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........
@ 2
5® 5
“  Prep....................
precip  ............
“ 
9®
11
“  R u b ra ...............
8
@
C rocus..................  
...
30® 35
Cudbear.......................
© 24
Cupri Sulph  ...............
5 @ 6
D extrine......................
10® 12
Ether Sulph.................
68® 70
Emery,  all  numbers.. 
®
po  ..................
@ d
Ergota.(po.)  60..........
50®
55
12®
Flake  W hite...............
15
@ 23
G alla...........................
Gambler.......................
’  @  S
Gelatin,  Cooper..........
@ 70
40® 60
French  ..........
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10.
by box 60and 10 
9® 15
Glue,  Brawn.............
“  W hite.................
13® 25
G lycerlna..................   15)4® 20
Grana Paradis!...........
@ 22
Hamulus......................
25® 55
@ 90
Hydraag  Chlor  M ite.. 
“  Cor  ...
@ 80
Ox Rubrum @1 (0
@1 10
Ammoniati.
4t@ 55
Unguentum.
@ 75
Hydrargyrum.............
.1 25@1 50
Icnthyobolla,  Am. 
Indigo........................... Y5@l 00
Iodine,  Resubl............3 75(n43 85
Iodoform......................
@4 70
Lupulin........................ 35® 40
45
Lycopodium...............
85
M acis...........................
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................
@ 27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls 
10® 12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2® 3
IK ).............................
Mannla,  8. F .............
45® 50

40®
80®

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D r u g s  ^ M e d i c i n e s .

S tate  B oard  o f P h arm acy .

O ne  T e a r—S ta n ley  E. P a rk ill, Owosso.
Two  Y e ars—Ja c o b   Jesso n ,  M uskegon.
T h re e  Y ears—Ja m e s  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
F o u r Y e ars—O ttm a r E b erb ac h , A nn  A rb o r 
F ive Y ears—G eorge G undrum , Io n ia.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Je sso n , M uskegon.
S e c re ta ry —Ja s .  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
T re asu re r—Geo. G u ndrum , Io n ia.

M eetings  fo r  1891—L a n sin g , Nov. 4.
M ichigan  S tate  P h a rm a c e u tica l  A ss’n. 

P re s id e n t— H. G. C olem an, K alam azoo. 
V ice-P resid en ts—8.  E.  P a rk ill,  O wosso;  L.  P au ley , St.
Ig n a c e ;  A. S. P a rk e r, D e tro it.
S e c re ta ry —Mr. P a rso n s, D etro it.
T re a su re r—W m.  D upont, D etro it.
E x ec u tiv e C om m ittee—F. J . W u rzb u rg ,  G ran d  R apids; 
F ra n k   In g lis  a n d   G.  W .  S trin g e r,  D e tro it;  C.  E. 
W ebb. Jac k so n .

N ext p lac e o f  m e e tin g —G ran d  R apids.
L ocal S ec re ta ry —Jo h n   D. M uir.

G rand  R apid»  P h arm aceu tical  Society. 
P re sid e n t, W. R. Je w e tt,  S e c re ta ry ,  F ra n k  H.  E scott, 
R e g u la r M eetings—F irs t W ednesday ev e n in g  o f M arch 

Ju n e , S ep tem b er a n d  D ecem ber,
G rand R ap id s  D rug' C lerk»’ A ssociation, 
re sid e n t, F. D. K ipp;  S e c re ta ry , W . C. S m ith.

D etro it P h a rm a c e u tica l  Society. 

P re sid e n t, F. R o h n e rt;  S e c re ta ry ,  J.  P.*Rhe in f ra n k .
M uskegon  D ru g   C lerks’  A ssociation. 

P re sid e n t  N. M iller;  S e c re ta ry , A. T. W heeler.

T h e P la n  N o w  O fficially A d o p te d .
The plan to prevent cutting of patents, 
officially adopted by  the National  Whole­
sale Druggists’ Association,  the  Associa­
tion  of  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in 
Proprietary Articles,  the American Phar­
maceutical^ Association, by eighteen State 
Pharmaceutical  Associations and the In­
terstate League,  is as follows:

Condition 1—Manufacturers  and  own­
ers  of  proprietary  preparations  on  the 
contract plan agree to sell  their products 
only  to  druggists,  wholesale  dealers  in 
proprietary  medicines  and  established 
agencies.
agencies are not to  supply any dealer  on 
the  cut-off  list,  excepting  at  full  retail 
prices. 
Further,  wholesale  druggists 
agree not to substitute when any order is 
presented for  an  article  on  the contract 
plan.
3— 
contract goods  at  full  retail  prices,  in­
cluding  all  contract  or  rebate  articles, 
that they will not  violate the  conditions 
of  said  agreement;  and  further  agree 
not  to  substitute  another  article 
for 
any  article requested if such  article is on 
the contract  or rebate  plan,  nor  deliver 
such  goods to  any  dealer  on the  cut-off 
list, excepting  at full  retail  prices,  and 
it is  hereby  provided  that the  names of 
all  druggists  who  fail  to  comply  with 
these couditious  will be  placed upon  the 
cut-off  list  upon  information  to  be fur­
nished  the  proprietors  by  some regular 
retail  association.
manufacturer,  wholesale  druggist,  or 
other  dealer,  directly  or  by  collusion,

4— 

2—  Wholesale  druggists or  established 

Under  no  consideration  shall  any 

Retail  dealers  to  agree  to  sell  all 

5—  Manufacturers, wholesale druggists, 

shall 

refuse 

retail  dealers 

supply  any  proprietary  preparation  on 
the contract  plan  to dealers  on the cut- 
off list,  excepting at full retail  prices.
or wholesale dealers in proprietary goods 
and 
to 
sell commission  merchants,  brokers,  ex­
press men,  or  agents,  any  article on  the 
contract  plan,  unless  such  sales are  for 
export,  or  for  purchasers  who  are  re­
moved  from domestic  competition.
gists,  or  distributors  of  articles  on  the 
contract plan,  to  agree  to  not  sell such 
articles to  any  retailer  of  said  articles 
(excepting  at  full  prices),  who will  not 
agree to  sell  such  articles  at  full  retail 
prices.

6—  Manufacturers and  wholesale drug­

7—  Manufacturers  of  proprietary  arti­

cles on  the contract  plan  to make  their 
contracts in such  manner  as  not to  ma­
terially  increase the purchasing  price  to 
the  retailer in  quantities  of  one-fourth 
of a dozen or over.
S—Any  wholesale druggist,  retail deal­
er,  or other dealer, violating this contract 
shall  be placed  on  the  cut-off list  as  a 
penalty  for such  violation.

S ta n d in g   C o m m itte e s o f th e   M.  S.  P .  A .
The standing committees of the  Michi­
gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
for the coming year are  as follows: 

Trade Interests—J.  E.  Peck  and  F.  J. 
Wurzburg,  Grand  Rapids;  W.  A.  Hall, 
Greenville.

Pharmacy and Queries—A. B. Prescott, 
Anu  Arbor;  J.  B.  Watson,  Coopersville; 
D.  E.  Frail,  Saginaw.

Legislation — James  Vernor,  Detroit; 
A.  A.  Goodyear,  Ann  Arbor;  D.  B.  Per­
ry,  West  Bay City.

Adulterations—H.  W.  Snow,  Detroit; 
Geo.  McDonald,  Kalamazoo; O.  C.  John­
son,  Ann Arbor.

Membership—H.  B.  Fairchild,  Grand 
Rapids;  R.  P.  Williams,  Jas.  E.  Davis, 
C. C.  Hinchman and  B.  L.  Lambert,  De­
troit.

T h e   D ru g   M a rk e t.

Opium  is  very firm,  on  account of light 
supplies.  Morphia  is  unchanged.  Qui­
nine  is  dull.  Bromide  potash  has  de­
clined.  Balsam  peru  is  lower.  Cassia 
buds  have  advanced. 
Powdered  jalap 
has declined.  Turpentine  is  lower.

e m s m e   RO O T.

W e p a y  tb e  h ig h e s t p ric e  fo r It.  A ddress

u r n F   tot? n o   whoi©»«!«  o r u ^ is ti
r i l U A   Jj-LVUo.,  GRAND  KAPIDB.

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T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .

GROCERIES.
The Potato Outlook Better.

L a k e v ie w   Ite m s.

Lakeview, Oct.  31—Dr.  John  Lamor- 
eux, who has practiced medicine, and  run 
a drug  store  here  for  twelve  years,  by 
the aid  and  timely  advice of  his  wife— 
who is.by the way,one of the best business 
women  in the  State—has  disposed of his 
property,  packed  his  household  goods 
and  gone  to  Lansing,  where  they  will 
make their future residence.
The  Cato  Novelty  Works  has  been 
making  some  improvements,  including 
the  putting  in of  a larger  new  engine, 
and  will  begin  work on  Monday next.
John J.  Bale is  building a  brick  addi­
tion  to his large  sawmill  and  otherwise 
making extensive  preparations for a  big 
cut of hardwood  lumber  this  winter.
C.  Newton  Smith 
is  erecting  his 
eleventh  tenant house  in  this village.
E.  G.  Smith  recently  built a hoop shop 
here and employs six  men  making hoops. 
Six other men  here work  at hoop making.
Worlds  of  potatoes  are  being  bought 
here now at 20 cents a bushel.

T w o  H o u se s  C o m b in e in  O ne.

also  of 

nineteen  years’ 

J.  W.  Parke,  of  South  Bend,  Iud.,  of 
twenty-six  years  successful  experience 
in  the notion  and  furnishing goods  busi­
ness,  and  W.  II.  Downs,  of  Grand  Rap­
ids, 
like 
experience in  the same line,  have formed 
a copartnership  under the  style of Parke 
& Downs for  tbe  purpose  of  giving  the 
trade of Grand  Rapids,  and  that  tributa­
ry  to  it,  the  best  stock  of  notions  and 
furnishing  goods  at  lowest  prices,  and 
at  wholesale only,  which can  possibly be 
procured  anywhere,  as  they  have  all  the 
facilities for so doing.

W.  A.  Stebbins,  for  the  past six  years 
book-keeper and  cashier for the Standard 
Oil  Co.,  in  this  city,  has  tendered  his 
resignation to take effect January  1.  Mr. 
Stebbins  is  a good  citizen and  an  expert 
accountant  and  has  T he  Tradesman's 
hearty  wishes for success in  whatever he 
undertakes.

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

Crockery & Glassware

F R U IT   JA B S .

Mason’s or  Lightning.

P in ts................................................................  10 00
Quarts 
...............................................................10  50
Half gallons................ 
13  50
Rubbers.........................  
55
Caps  only.................................................... —   4 50

 

 

 

LAX?  BURNERS.

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

 

LA M P  CHIMNEYS.—Per bfrx.

Secretary  Bruce,  of 

The potato prospect is more  encourag­
ing  as  to  prices.  Official  advices  indi­
cate that  Canadian tubers  will  have free 
entry to Cuba only until  February 1. after 
which United States  potatoes will  be ad­
mitted  to  that  market  free,  while  all 
others  except  Spain’s will  have  to  pay- 
28  cents  per  bushel  duty. 
This  will 
make  a little  extra  call  for  the  United 
States  crop. 
the 
Royal Northern  Agricultural  Society,  re­
ports  that  potatoes in  Scotland  are  only 
85  per  cent,  of  a  crop  and  likely to  be 
curtailed  by rot.  which  has caused  them 
to be rushed  into  market  at 50 cents  per 
bushel,  but  with  poor turnips  and  stock 
feeding stutfs very  high,  potatoes  are ex­
pected  to  go  higher  in  Scotland,  which 
in  favorable  years  has  a  surplus  for 
export. 
Londonderry,  North  Ireland, 
now reports injury  by  disease,  which  has 
been still  more  marked  in  the  adjoining 
county of Antrim, and prices  are 40 cents 
with  exports  to  Scotland  because  more 
easily reached  than  the South of  Ireland 
when  the  crop  is  short.  Great Britain 
certainly  has no potatoes  to spare  for the 
continent, so that Canaria and  the  United 
States  may  have 
to  ship  potatoes  to 
Europe.  The freight  from  New York  to 
Liverpool  is quoted  at 72 cents  per  bar­
rel  or 86  per  ton  of  2240  pounds  if  in 
sacks,  5  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the 
shipment  being  added  for 
insurance. 
The  ton  rate is  equal  to  17.4 cents  per 
bushel, and  if 40 cents is the export price 
in  sacks,  insurance  and  tlockage  would 
make  the cost  fully 20 cents  per  bushel. 
As potatoes are selling at 40@50 cents per 
bushel  in  English  markets,  we  couldn’t 
net  over  20  or  25  cents  to  export  at 
present  valuei. 
France  and  Germany 
prohibit  imports of  American  tubers for 
fear  of  potato  bugs;  if  this  restriction 
cau  be  removed,  it  may  pay  to  ship  to 
those  countries,  as prices  there  are 50@ 
95  cents  per  bushel,  potatoes  in  Ger­
many  being 80 per cent,  higher than  last 
year.  Both  the  United  States  and Can­
ada  have an  abundant  crop.  September 
being warm  but dry  in  most  sections the 
rot  threatened  in  August  was  arrested 
and the  condition  October 1  the  highest 
on  record,  averaging 91.3  for the  United 
States.  This means  82  bushels per acre, 
or  a  total  yield  of  213.686,588  bushels, 
exceeding  by  11.322,000  bushel  the  larg­
est  crop  previously,  that  of  1888,  and 
greater  by  67,220,000  bushe 
year,  when  it  was the shortest on  record
l’he condition  October 1  in  the  principal J No.^un^rlmp top 
states of  production  compared  thus,  100
“ 
re p re sen tin g
and
q u a lity :
1891
........................  95
New England.
New York
....................   86
Pennsylvania .
.......................   86
O h io ...............
.......................   96
.......................   90
In d ian a..........
........ ...................  ..  90
Illinois 
87
....................  
M ichigan.........
........................  95
Iowa. 
...........
Missouri.
...................... 
91
United Slates.. ........................91  3

1890
78
67
74
51
48
32
58
51
52
61.7

6 doz. in box.

p erfectio n  

Pearl top.

th a n  

y ield

in

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La Bastlc.

First quality.

No. 1
No. 2  “ 

No. 0 Sun..................................................................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “  .........................................  

.........................................-................   1  88
2 70
la st I No. 0 Sun, crimp  top  ........................................ 2 3
2 40
3 40
.2 60 
.2  80 
No. 1
No. 2  “ 
3 86
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
,e 
No. 2  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1  25
No. 2  “ 
..........................1  50
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................... 1  35
No. 2 
“ 
160
No. P, per  gross..................................................   23
28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.............................................   9u
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 g al.........................  
06
3  to 6 g al................................  06«
Jugs, «  gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.....................................  1  80
Milk Pans, «  gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c) —   60
“ 
72

1888
91
82
91
91
85
84
83
97
89
86.8

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A n   E y e  o n  th e  M ain   C h an c e .

with a family tree.
to  you?  '

D ru m m er—-W hen  I  m arry  I w an t  a g irl
Hotel Clerk—What  use  would  that  be 
Drummer—Mighty hand place to roost.

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

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls:
Q @10
Spring  chickens..................
Fall  chickens........................ .........  .......  8 @  9
Turkeys.................................. ...................10 @11
Spring ducks......................... ...................11 @13
Fall  ducks............................. ...................10 @11
Geese....................................... .................. 10 @11

PRODUCE  M A R K ET .

Apples—  §2.25 per  bbl. for choice winter fruit.
Beans—Dry beans  are  beginning  to  come  in 
freely, dealers  paying  §1.25  for  nnnicked  and 
country  picked  and  holding  at  $1.00  for  city 
picked pea  or medium.
Butter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  2l@ 
32c.  Factory  creamery is held at 20c.
Celery—The crop appears to be an exceptional 
ly  large  one,  many  growers  being  unable  to 
secure  anything  like  adequate  returns  Local 
handlers manage to hold  the price  steady at 20c 
by preventing over supply.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
Cranberries—Fancy Cape  Cod are  held at $8.00 
per  bbl.  Fancy in crates bring $2.15.
Eggs—Dealers pay  20c for strictly  fresh, hold­
ing at 22c.  Cold storage and pickled are in  fair 
demand at about 2c. below fresh stock.
is  utterly 
featureless. dealers buying  grudgingly  at  5«@ 
lie and ho ding at 7c.
Grapes—Nine  pound  baskets  sold  at  30c  for 
Concords  and  35c  for  Delawares.  California 
Tokay command $2 per 4 basket crate.
Honey—The demand  is  strong but it is impos­
sible to secure choice slock.
Onions—Dealers  pay 45'c.5fic  and hold  at  55@ 
60c, extra fancy commanding about T0c.
Potatoes—Outside  dealers  are  paying  20@25e 
and  shipping  into the  Chicago  market, almost 
invariably  at a loss,  as  the  choicest  Burbanks 
have never sold above 31c, 25c being about a fair 
average.

Evaporated  Apples—The  market 

Quinces—$2 per bushel.
squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes— §2.50 per  bbl.  for  choice  Jer 
Turnips—25c per bushel.

sey stock.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

lard—Kettle Rendered

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
PORK  IN  BARBELS.
io no
Mess,  new..........................................
12 50 
Short c u t ...........................................
11J50
Extra clear pig, short  c u t...............
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  11  00
..  14 00
Boston clear, short cu t.........................   . 
Clear back, short cu t.....................................  14 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.................. 
14  50
Pork Sausage.......................................................   7
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..................................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage 
..........................................  8
Blood Sausage........ .  ........................................   5
Bologna, straight................................................  5
Bologna,  thick....................................................  5
Head Cheese.........................................................  5
T ierces.................................................................   8
Tubs.......................................................................  §«
501b.  Tins  .............................................
Com­
pound.
Family
5«
6
6^

Tierces........................................ 6
"0 and  50 lb. Tubs...................  .  6«
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..............  7
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case...............  67»
10 lb. Palls, 6 in  a case...............6ii
20 lb. Pails, 4 in  a case..............6«
50 lb. Cans....................................6«
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs....................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
Boneless, rump butts......................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................... 

6«
6
7 00 
7 00 
10  00
9«
16 lbs..........................................10
12 to 14 lbs...................................10«
picnic.......................................................  7«
Shoulders.................... 
6«
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................10«
Dried beef, ham prices......................................   8«
Long Clears, heavy............................................  7«
Briskets,  medium.  ............................................  8
lig h t.......................................... .........8

LARD.

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„ 

 

 

FR ESH   MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
“ 

Beef, carcass.............................................   4  &  6
hindquarters................................  4« it  5
@  3 
fore
7«©   8 
loins, No. 3..........
7  @  7«
ribs........................
5  ©  5« 
rounds...............
tongues................
Bologna....................—
Pork  loins.......................
..........
Sausage, blood  or head.
liv er...............
F rankfort........
M utton.............................
Veal..................................

@
@ 5 
@  7« 
© 5 «  
©  5 
©   5 
©  7« 
5«@  6
6  @  7

shoulders 

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F ISH   and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows :

FRESH  FISH.

o y s t e r s—Bulk.

Whltefish.............................................
T rout..............................  
........................
H alibut.......................................................
Ciscoes........................................................
Flounders..................................................
Bluefish......................................................
Mackerel — .............................................
Cod  ......................  ....................................
California salmon....................................
Standards, per  gal............... ....................
Selects, 
....................................
Falrhaven  Counts............................
F. J. D. Selects........................................
Selects............  ........................  ..............
F  J. D.........................................................
Anchor........................................................
Standards  ..........   ....................................
Favorites.....................................   ............
Oysters, per  100........................................
Clams. 
.........................................

o y s t e r s —Cans.

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

“ 

©  8 
© 8 
@15 
©  5 
© 9 
@10 
@25 
@12 
©13
§1  15
1  7
©35
@70
@23
@23
@20
@17
@15

1  25 
75

CANDIES.  FR U ITS  an d   NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

 

8«

Pails.
7«
7%

Bbls. Pails.
7«
7«
7/4
9«
8«
8«

Standard,  per  lb ......................... .......6«
.......6«
.......6«
.......7«
.......7«

STIC K   CANDY.
Full  Weight.
»  H .H ..............................
“ 
Twist  .........................
Boston  Cream  ...........................
Cut  Loaf.  ....................   ........
Extra H. H ..................................
MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.
Bbls.
Standard......................................
-.6«
Leader..........................................
Special...........................................  .7
Royal................................................7
Nobby................................................7«
Broken.............................................. 7«
English  Rock.................................. 7«
Conserves..............................  
7
Broken Taffy....................................7«
Peanut Squares................................
E xtra................................................
French Creams.............................. .
Valley  Creams.............   ............  -
fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

88
8«8«
8m9
10
10«13«
Bbls.  Palls.
Lozenges,  plain...................................10« 
11«
12«
printed................................11 
Chocolate Drops...................................  
12«
Chocolate  Mouumentals....................  
14
6«
Gum Drops............................................  5 
9
Moss Drops............................................ 8 
9«
Sour Drops............................................  8« 
Imperials........................................... • • 10« 
11«
Per Box.
Lemon Drops........................................................55
Sour D rops............................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................66
Chocolate Drops...................................................70
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops..................................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.....................................................65
70
Imperials...............................................................65
Mottoes.................................................................. 75
ream Bar............................................................. 60
55
Molasses  Bar.......  .......... 
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@95
Plain Creams..........................  
S0@!X)
Decorated Creams...........................................1  00
String  Rock..........................................................70
Burnt Almonds................................................1  00
Wintergreen  Berries.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

printed................. 

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CARAMELS. 

3
2 
3 

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No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes 
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
Stand up, 51b. boxes................
ORANGES.
Florldas  ...................................
LEMONS.

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....... 1  10

.3 25@3 50

@
@6  75
@7  U0

Messina, choice, 360................................ 
fancy, 360................................ 
choice  300............................
fancy 380................................ 
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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extra 

Figs, fancy layers, 61b..............................   @15
“ 
101b  ...........................  @15
“  149).............................  @18
209)  ..........  
“ 
@20
@ 9
@ 8

Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box...................... 

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

Persian, 50-lb.  box.......................   ©

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50-lb.  “ 

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NUTS.

“ 

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

“  Marbot.........................................  @
“ 

@16«
@16
Ivaca....................................... 
California................................  @13«
Brazils, new.............................................. 
@  8
Filberts.......... ...........................................  @11«
Walnuts, Grenoble...................................   @14
Chili.............................................  @10
Table  Nuts,  fancy...................................   @14
choice  ................................ 11  @12«
Pecans, Texas, H.  P . , ............................. 15«@17«
@4  00
Cocoanuts, full sacks.
Fancy, H.  P„ Suns...................................
©  5« 
“  Roasted  ......................7
@  7« 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..........  .....................
©  5« 
“  Roasted......................   7
@  7« 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..............................
@  4« 
“  Roasted...................
@ 6«
H ID ES,  PELTS  and  FURS 

PEANUTS.

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Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

“ 

G reen.........................................................   3
@  4 
Part Cured..........................................
@ 4 «  
Full 
..........................................
©  5
Dry......................................................  ....  6  @ 7
Kips, green  ............................................... 3  @ 4
cured.................................................  @ 5
Calfskins,  green........................................   4 @  5
cured........................................  5 @ 6
Deacon skins............................................... 10 @30

“ 

No. 2 hides «  off.

WOOL.
 

Shearlings.................................................... 10 @25
Lambs...........................................................20 @75
Washed...................... 
20@30
10@20
Unwashed.. 
Tallow ........................................................  3«@ 4«
Grease  butter  ..........................................   1  @ 2
Sw itches....................................................  1«@ 2
Ginseng 

..  ...........................................2 00@2 50

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

 

FELTS.

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  in 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids :
W. W. Headlight, 150 fire  test (old test)  @ 8«
Water W h ite,..........................................   ©   8
Michigan Test..........................................   @ 7 «
N aptha................................   .....................  @  7«
Gasoline......................................................   v @  8«
Cylinder....................................................27  @36
Engine  .......................................................13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg....................................  @  72£

I HK  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

18

A P P L E   BO TTER
40 lb. p a lls ......................
20 lb. p a ils ........................
A X LE  O R EA SE. 

F razer’s.

“ 

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Wood boxes, per  doz —  
3  doz. case,
per gross

80
2  40 |
3 00
25 lb. pails,..  .....  ..............  1  00
15 lb.  “ 
-7 5
Wood boxes,  per  doz........ 

 
A urora.

Whortleberries.

Strawberries.
Law rence....................
Ham burgh..................
Erie...............................
Common 
....................
F. &  W.........................
Blueberries................
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.
Roast beef,  Armour’s 
Potted  ham.  *4 lb 
.  .
“  *4 lb ..........

MEATS.

CONDENSED M ILK .

Eagle....................................   7  40 I
Crown..................................   6  50 j
Genuine  Swiss....................   8  CO
American Swiss...................   7  00 \

COUPON  BOOK«.

1
2 25
1  i 5
1  40
1  25
1  30

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

60 |
“  3 doz. case...  1  75 j
“  per  gross___  6  (X) :
D iam ond.
50 I
“  3 doz. case...  1  50
“  per  gross___  5 50 j

P eerless.

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25 lb. p a ils ........................... 
90 |
B A K IN G   PO W D ER .
45
Acme, *4 lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 
85
441b.  “ 
2  “  .... 
1  “  ....  1  00
lib .  “ 
bulk..........   .............. 
10
45
Telfer’s,  Ji lb. cans,  doz. 
85
“  .. 
“  ..  1  50
Arctic, M  c a n s ................. 
60

441b. 
1 lb. 

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“  

lb 
14 
lb 
1 
5 
tt> 
14 8>  “ 
1  lb  “ 
BATH  B RICK .

40
Red Star, 54 lb  cans............ 
.......... 
80
..........   1  50

2 dozen in case.

 

 

 

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bluing. 

BROOMS.
 

E nglish..................................  90
Bristol............  ......................   70
Domestic................................   60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................. 4  00
“ 
8oz 
7  00
pints,  round  ...........10  50
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 (X)
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz ball  .....................4  50
“ 
No. 2 H url............................   1  75
2 00
No  1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................... 2  25
2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.............................2  75
Common W hisk..................  
90
Fancy 
1  20
M ill.......................................  3 25
Warehouse...........................  2  75
BUCK W H EA T  FLO U R .
Rising Sun  ............................5  00
York State............................
Self Rising, c ase....................... 5 to
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes........ .  ..  1014
...............   1014
Star,  40 
Paraffine..............................   12
W icking................................  25

CANDLES
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CANNED  GOODS.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  lib

..2  00 

F IS H .
Clams.
.1  10 
.1  90
2  lb ............
“ 
Clam Chowder.
.2 30
Standard, 3 lb .................
Cove Oysters.
.1  10
Standard,  1 lb ...............
2 lb..;.............
.  2  10
Lobsters.
.2 45 
Star,  1  lb .......................
. .3 45 
“  2  lb ........................
..2 00 
Picnic, 1 lb ......................
. .3 00
“ 
21b  ...................
Mackerel.
..1  20 
Standard, 1 lb ...............
2  lb ..............
.3 00 
Mustard,  3 lb ...............
.3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb ....
Soused, 3  lb ............................3 00
Columbia River, flat............. 1 90
tails............. 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb ............................ 1 10
21b..............................2 10
. ..4S@  5 
.  .644© 7 
...11©12 
,...13@14 I 
...  ©S
........   50

Sardines.
American  44s  ............
14s..............
Imported  54s...............
54s...............
Mustard  34s.................
Brook, 3  lb ...................

Salmon.
“ 

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Trout.

“ 
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“ 

F R U IT S .
Apples.

2  50

.  _

Gages.

York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh, 
“  —
Apricots.
2 CO 
Santa  Cruz..................
2  50 
Lusk’s ...........................
1  90
Overland....................
Blackberries.
90
F. &  W.........................
Cherries.
1  20 
Red..............................
1  75 
Pitted Hamburgh 
..
1  60 
W hite...........................
1  30
E rie ............................. 
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie ..............................   @1  25
Common 
11°
Pie 
.......................   9u@l  00
1
Maxwell
1  75 
Shepard’s ....................
@2 25
California....................
1  25
Domestic......................
2 25
Riverside......................
Pineapples.
Common.......................
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated  —  
Quinces.
Common......................
Raspberries.
Red...........................
Black Hamburg.........
Brie, black................

Gooseberries.
................... 
Peaches.

Pears.

1  30 
1  50 
1  40

“ 

6  @64 
754@83 
754@8?.

2  50 
1  50

F IS H —Salt. 

Bloaters.

“ 
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Cod.

Yarmouth.......................
P ollock.........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...
Boneless,  bricks  ........
Boneless,  s trip s ..........
Halibut.
Smoked........................
Herring.
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls.............
kegs...............
Round shore,  54 bbl...
“ 
54  bbl..
Mackerel.
No. 1,54 bbls. 90 lbs....
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs..........
Family, 54 bbls..  lOo lbs
kits, 10  lbs......
Russian,  kegs...............
No. 1,  54 bbls., lOOlbs...
No.  1, kits. 10 lbs..........
No. 1,  ¡4 bbls., lOOlbs..
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs___ _ -
Family,  54 bbls., 100 lbs 
.

Sardines.
Trout.

Whitefish.

“ 

kits  10  lbs 

•• 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Jennings’  D C.
Lemon.  Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75
1  50
..1   00
3 oz
“  
2 (X)
...150
4 oz
“  
. .. 2   00
3 00
6 oz
“ 
4  ‘0
...3 00
S oz
“ 
GUN  POWDER.
5  SO I 
.......................
Kegs 
3 00
Half  kegs —
H ERBS.
Sage.........................
Hops  .......................
JE L L Y .
Chicago  goods

@3

LICORICE
Pure.........................
Calabria............
Sicily.......................
LYE.
Condensed,  2  doz..
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur.........................1 65
Anchor  parlor........................ 1 70
No. 2 home  ........................... 1  10
Export  parlor  ... 
4  00

.1  25

 
MINCE  MEAT

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“ 
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Peas

. 1  90

Corn.

Beans.

tongue.  14 lb 
54 lb
“ 
chicken, 54 lb...
V EG ETABLES.
Hamburgh  stringless 
French style
.1  40 
Limas  .........
.1  30 
Lima, green.  ...............
.  90 
soaked...............
.1  35 
Lewis Boston  Baked...
.1  35 
Bay State  Baked..........
.1  35
World’s  Fair.................
H am burgh............................1  20
T iger.................................
..1  10 
Purity 
.............................
. .1  40
Honey  Dew.......................
1 20
 
1  35 I 
Hamburgh m arrofat........
2 00
 
1  50 ¡
•* 
early Ju n e ........
 
9 60
Champion  Eng
“ 
Hamburgh  petit  pois 
.
“ 
fancy  sifted
Soaked ..............................
Harris  standard..............
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
Early Ju n e...
Early Blossom
Archer’s
French
Mushrooms.
French .
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Hubbard
Succotash.
Hamburg  ...........................
Soaked .........................
Honey  Dew.......................
Tomatoes.
Van  Camp's......................
No. Collins.........................
H am burg..........................
G allon................................
CHOCOLATE— B A K ER ’S
German Sweet................
Premium  .........................
Pure...................................
Cocoa
Breakfai
CH EESE.
Amboy.......................
N orway......................
Riverside..........
Allegan 
....................
Skim ...........................
Brick...........................
Edam 
L im burger...............
R o q u e f o r t  
............
Sap  Sago
Schweitzer, imported 
..

@1254 
@’154 
@ 12 
@1154 ©10 
1244 @1  oo 
@10 
@35 
@22 
@25 
©13

“ 
Half  pint, common.............   80
Pint 
J  J.®
Quart 
............. J  ;£®
Half  pint, fancy.................  1  ■"
...........
Pint 
3 00
Quart 
............
CLOTHES  PIN S .
5 gross boxes  ...............
COCOA  SH ELLS
Bulk...............................
Pound  packages........

domestic 

CATSUP.

..........

©4
@7

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“Tradesman.”

“

..............  2 00
8  1, per  hundred
...............  2 50
$ 2,  “
...............3 00
¡B 3,  “
...............  3 00
*  5,  “ 
.............   4 00
110,  “
...............  5 00
*20.  “
?  1  per  hundred .............   2  50
...............3 no
*  2,  “
.............   4  00
t  5.  “
.............   5 00
110,  “
6 00
....... 
*20.  “

“Superior.”

‘Universal.”

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...............3 50
.1  10 #  2,
.................4 10
.1  30
3, 
.................5 €0
1  35 I 5. 
.................6 00
1  80 *10, 
.................7 00
120,
7 @18
Bulk orders for above coupon
books are subject to the follow 
ing  discounts:
200 or over.............5  per  cent.
500  “ 
“
1000 
“  
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COUPON  PA SS  BOOKS.
| Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10  down. |
2  00 
3 00 
6  25 
10  00 
17  50

.1  60
.1  00 
.1  CO 
.1  10 
.2 50

.  .......... 10 
.....................20 

20 books. 
50

500  “ 
1000  “ 

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............... .....
CRACKERS.
Butter.

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

Seymour XXX........ ........
Seymour XXX, cartoon.
Family  XXX..................
Family  XXX,  cartoon..
Salted  XXX..................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..
Kenosha 
Boston..............................
Butter  biscuit...........
Soda.
Soda,  XXX......................
Soda, City 
....................
Soda,  Duchess 
............
Crystal  W afer................
Reception  Flakes..........
S. Oyster  XXX...............
City Oyster. XXX............
Shell  Oyster...............
CREAM TA RTA R.
Strictly  pure..................
Telfer’s  Absolute..........
Grocers’ .......................   ■

Oyster.

30
.. 
35
10@15

3 or 6 doz.  in case  per doz..

M OLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house  ......................
O rdinary............................
P rim e..................................
F ancy.................................
F a ir.....................................
Good...................................
Extra good.........................
Choice................................
Fancy................ ;*•'•••  ••••

New Orleans.

One-half barrels, 3c extra

C O FFEE.
G REEN .
Rio.

F air..........................................*;
Good........................................}'
Prim e......................................“
Golden....................................£
Peaberry 
.............................. "
F air................... 
J!
Good........................................*
Prim e..................................... J
Mexican and Guatamala.
F air.........................................2
Good........................................~

Santos.

 

Java.

Prim e......................................J®
M illed....................................20
Interior.................................. ®
Private Growth.....................~i
M andehling..........................*8
Im itation............................... ~3
Arabian.................................*

Mocha.

ROASTED.

PACK A G E.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast 
Ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink
&J?6. 
A rb u ck le’s A rio sa............ 2054
M cL aughlin’s  XXXX — 1934
Durham.................... 
195»
EXTRACT.
Valley City 
........
..........
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil........
tin 
“ 
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CHICORY.
Bulk............................
Red 
.......

1  15
1  50
2 50

CLOTHES  LIN E S.
40 f t..........per doz.  1  25
50 f t ..........  
1  40
“ 
60 f t .......... 
1  60
“ 
70 f t.......... 
“ 
1  75
80ft.......... 
“ 
1  90
60 f t.......... 
“ 
90
reft-.......  
loo
“ 

jute

d r i e d   f r u i t s . 

Apples.

Sundried......................  @  *j54
Evaporated.................   @  ‘54

California Evaporated.

^

*®

P E E L .

PR U N E S.

Apricots........................ 
Blackberries...............
N ectarines...................
Peaches  ...................... 
Pears,  sliced...............
Plum s...........................
Prunes,  sweet..............
@644
Turkey.
Bosnia  ..
8
@  9
F rench..
18
Lemon...
Orange..
18
@25
In drum.
In boxes.
@ 26
CURRANTS.
@  4 ? i
Zante, in barrels........
¡n 44-bbls........
©  a
In less quantity @  544
1  60
1  I?
2  00 
1  50
i  eo
854 
@  954

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

Valencias.....................
Ondaras........................
Sultanas.......................   ©

3  “
Foreign.

CITRON.

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FARIN A CEO U S  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

Maecaronl and Vermicelli.

100 lb. kegs..................... 
4
Barrels.................................. 3 75
G rits..................................... 4 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried.................••••—
. box.
Domestic, 12 It
Imported............... .
Pearl Barley
@34
Kegs.............................
Green,  bu..................
l   10 
5 oo
Split, bbl  .................-
Germ an................................   4‘4
Bast India.........................  ¡»44

Sago.

Peas.

OATMEAL.
Barrels  200..................
Half barrels 100.............
ROLLED  OATS
Barrels  180...................
Half  bbls 90...............
PIC K LES.
Medium. 
Barrels, 1,200  count 
Half  barrels, 600 count 
Small.
Barrels, 2.400  count  . . .  
Half barrels, 1,200 count
Clay, No.  216..................
“  T. D. full count —  
Cob, No. 3 ......................

P IP E S .

R IC E .

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head.................
“  No. 1..................
“  No. 2..................
Broken.............................
Japan, No. 1...................
“  No. 2....................
Jav a.................................
Patna................................
SA U ER K R A U T.
Silver Thread, bbl.........
44 bbl....

“ 

SA POLIO.

Kitchen, 3 doz.  In box 
Hand 

3  “ 

“

@4  50 
@2 60

50 I

5  50 
3  25
1  75 
75 
1  25

@  5

83 50 
2  00

2 3> 
2 50

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.
Allspice...........................
Cassia, China in m ats... 
Batavia in bund 
Saigon in rolls..
Cloves,  Amboyna........
Zanzibar
Mace  Batavia....................... 80 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Nutmegs, fancy.....................So
“  No.  1.........................75
“  No.  2.........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
w hite...  .25
shot...........................19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice.................................. 15
Cassia.  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon .25
Saigon..................... 35
Cloves.  Amboyua................. 30
Zanzibar........  
.20
Ginger, African.....................15
“  Cochin......................18
Jam aica'...................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................80
Mustard.  Eng. and Trieste. .25
Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65
Pepper. Singapore, black — 20
w hite.......30
“  Cayenne................... 25
Sage.........................................20
‘Absolute” in Packages.
Ms
Allspice................ 
  84
Cinnamon  ...................  84
Cloves...........................  84
Ginger, Jam.
“  Af 
M i ista rd ... 
Pepper 
Sage........

“ 

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55s 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55

Cut  Loaf.............
C ubes..................
Powdered  ........
Granulated. 
Confectioners’  A .
Soft A  .................
White Extra  C.
Extra  C .............
C 
...............
Yellow 
Less than  bbls.  Qc advance

@ Y'„ 
@  4V2 
@  444@ 4Q 
©  4's 
©
&   4 
@  3«
©  334

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STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

 

 

“ 

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“ 

S N U FF.

20-lb  boxes............................  644
40-lb 
654
Gloss.
1 -lb packages  .......................   6
31b 
........ ................   6
6-lb 
644
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................   434
Barrels  .................................   4%\
Scotch,-In  bladders............. 37
Maecaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
B oxes......................................55»
Kegs,  English........................4%
Kegs................................... 
154
Granulated,  boxes...............  144
Mixed bird..................   444® 6
...............10
............. 344
.................444
............... 13
...............6
................. 744

SAL  SODA.

SEED S.

SODA.

SALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

16

“ 
“ 

Warsaw.

100 3-lb. Backs........................$2 40
8 ®
60 5-lb 
2810-lb.  sacks......  
2  15
8 00
20 14-lb. 
213-lb  cases.........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
50 
25
28 lb. 
35 
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags. 
281b.  “ 
18
75
56 lb. dairy  bags................. 
56 lb. dairy  bags................. 
75
5n I 56 lb.  sacks.................; ----  
27
Saginaw and Manistee. 
36
Common Fine  per bbl.  ... 
90
Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Solar Rock.

“ 

“ 

8A I.EK A TU S.
C hurch's......................
De Land’s ......................
Dwight’s .......................
Taylor's  .......................

S3 30

I 
j 

S Y R U P S
Corn

Barrels............ 
.........
Half bbls........................
Pure Cane.
F a ir................................
Good  .............................
C hoice...........................
SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams.............
Frosted  Creams..........
| Graham  Crackers. 
Oatmeal  Crackers....

9443
844

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.
F a ir..............................  
©1"
Good.............................  @20
Choice...........................24  @26
Choicest..................... . • 32  @34
D u st............................. 10  @12
SUN CU RED .
F a ir..............................   @17
Good............................
Choice.........................   21  @26
Choicest..........................32 @34
D ust................................ 10 @12
P a ir........................  
  18  @20
Choice...........................  @25
Choicest.......................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @-0' 
Common to  fair............25  @36
Extra fine to finest —  50  @65
Choicest fancy............. 75  @85
I Common to  fair........... 23  @26
Superior to  fine........... 28  @30
Fine to choicest...........45  @55
I Fine to choicest

BA SK ET  F IR E D .

GUNPO W D ER.

OOLONG.

IMPERIAI..

YOUNG  HYSON.

Common to  fair  ........ 23 @26
Su perlor to fine............30 @35
Common to  fair..........18 @26
Superior to  fine..........30 @40
F a ir.............................. 18 ©¿2
.......... 24 @28
choice.......... 
B est.............................. 40 @50

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

S'ORACCOS.

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Fine Cut.
Pails unless otherwise tloted.
60
Hiawatha 
...............
34
Sweei  C u b a ............
24
McGlntv......................
22
44 b b ls .........
22
Little  Darling  ..........
20
44  bbl..
2‘)
1791..............................
19
1891,  44  bbls........ ........
33
Valley  City........ ........
27
DandvJim  .................
20
Tornado.......................
40
Searhead......................
17
Jo k e r.........................
22
Zeno..............................
z »
L. A W..........................
28
Here  It Is....................
31
Old Style..  .................
4
Old  llonestv 
............
3 J
Jollv Tar......................
37
H iaw atha...............
34
Valiev C ity .................
Jas.  G.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brami“.
Something G o o d .......... .......  38
........ 26
Toss  Up.......................
Out of Sight.................... . 
25
Smoking.
Boss.................................. ...  1244
...13
Colonel's Choice  ..........
W arpath.................  — __ 14
B anner............................ ...14
King Bee.....  ................. .  ..20
Kiln  Dried...................... ....17
Nigger Head................... __ 23
...24
Honey  Dew....................
Gold  Block.................... __ 28
Peerless........................... ....24
Rob  Roy......................  . ... .34
__ 28
Uncle  Sam............... ..
Tom and Jerry............... .. ..2  •
Brier Pipe....................... .  ..30
Yura  Yum ...................... ....32
Red Clover...................... ....32
Navy............................... __ 32
Handmade...................... __ 40
..  33
F ro g ...................  . .. .. ..
...  8
40 g r.................................
.......9
50  gr...................

V IN E G A R .

it for barrel
W ET  M USTARD.

P A P E R .

TW IN ES.

..18 
.  34 
.15 
..15

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

Bulk, per gal  ....................  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75
teast—Compressed. 
Fermentimi  per doz. cakes  .  15 
“ 
per lb-  ............... 3 1
P A P E R  & W OODEN W ARE 
Straw 
.................................... 15k
Rock fa lls................................ 2
Rag sugar................................ 2
H a r d w a r e ......................................... 244
Bakers
.244 
544@fi 
Dry  Goods....................
Jute  Manilla.................
@644 
Red  Express  No. 1.......
.  ..  544 
No. 2.......
.......444
48 Cotton.........................
Cotton, No.  1..................
Sea  Island, assorted —
No. 5 H em p..................
No. 6  “ ..................   • •  •
W OODENW ARE.
Tubs, No. 1....................
“  No. 2.................
“  No. 3 ..................
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.
“  No. 1,  three hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes 
Bowls.  11 inch...............

7  00 
6 IX)
5 00 
1  35 
1  60 
V)
1  00
1  25
if  “
“ 
2 00 
2  75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
35
shipping  bushel..  1  2u
“ 
..  1 30
fall  noop  “ 
*■ 
bushel....................  l 50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths,  No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 7 26
“ 
“ 
No.l  3 so
“  No.2 4 26
“ 
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and  FKKDSTUFF8 
No.  1 White (58 lb. test) 
90 
No.  1  Red  (60 lb. test)- 
•  9.)
Bolted..................................  1  75
Granulated.........................  
2 
Straight, In  sacks  ..............  5 
“  barrels............  5  10
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks— .........  6 CO
“  barrels.............   6 10
“ 
Graham  “  sacks..............  2 30
Rye 
“ 
2 65
M IL L 8T U FF8.
Brau..........................................  15 00
Screenings..............................   12 00
Middlings................................  19 00
Mixed  Feed.........................   23  60 •
Coarse meal....... 
23 60
CORN.
Car  lots.................................50
Less than  car  lots...............62
Car  lots  ... 
 
I  Less than car lots................35
H A T.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 12 00 
1 No. 1 
ton lo ts .......13 00

“ 
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splint 

W H EA T.

FLO U R .

3344

M EAL.

OATS.

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T H E   M I C H l G L â J N r   T R A D E S M A N ,

ON  A   F IV E   P E R   CEN T.  B A SIS.
1  have  seen  nowhere,  yet,  any  com-1 
nient on  what is to me a  very  noticeable j 
feature of  the present financial situation, 
namely,  the  fail  in  the current  prices  of j 
first-class,  or,  as 
they  are  commonly I 
called,  “ gilt-edged”  securities,  from  the 
four or even  three and  a  half  per  cent, 
basis upon  which  they  were  bought  and 
sold two or three years ago.  to one of five 
per cent,  or thereabouts.  The first mort­
gage bonds of the New  York Central, the 
Erie,  the  Lake  Shore,  and  other near-by 
railroad  companies,  to  say  nothing  of 
those  whose  properties  lie  further  west, 
together  with  guaranteed  and 
leased 
lines stocks such  as  the New York, Lack­
awanna and Western,  the Rensselaer and 
Saratoga,  the  l’ittsburg and  Fort  Wayne, 
and  the  Michigan  Southern  guaranteed, 
can  all  be bought  so as to  yield  the  pur­
chaser live  per  cent,  per  annum  or  very 
near it,  whereas  three years  ago he  had 
to pay so much  more as to get from  them 
barely four  per cent.  Even the  stock  of 
the  Harlem  Uaiiroad,  upon  which  the 
New  York  Central  guarantees a rental of 
eight  per cent., and  which divides, in  ad­
dition,  two anil  a  half per  cent,  per  an­
num  from  the  earnings of  its city  lines, 
with a  prospect  of an  increase to  three 
per cent,  very  speedily,  brought  at  auc­
tion  the other day  only 240}£  against 270 
last spring,  and  275  twelve months  ago. 
As  for  less  esteemed  securities,  which, 
by  those  who know  about  them,  are  be­
lieved to be quite as safe as those 1  have 
mentioned,  many of them  can be  brought 
to  yield  between  five  and  six  per  cent, 
against four and  a half to four and  three- 
quarters formerly.

That  this decline  in  the  price of  the 
principal  of first-class securities and  the 
consequent  rise in  the rate of the income 
from  them  is due,  not  to special  causes, 
but to a  general  one  which  affects  the 
entire market  is  proved  by  the  contem­
poraneous  decline  in  Government  and 
municipal  bonds.  Two  years  ago  the 
United  States 4s  brought  130,  now  they 
bring but  117.  This  is  a  rise from  two 
and one-quarter per cent,  income to near­
ly two and  three-quarters per cent.  New 
York city non-taxable two and  a  half per 
cent.conso!s,of which §9.000,000 were dis­
posed  of  by  the  city  in  April,  1889,  at 
par and over,  and  which, for along time, 
commanded  a  premium  of  one  or  two 
points,  now  sell  at 95  o ra   little  more. 
The  city  of  Brooklyn  cannot  sell  her 
three per cents,  at  par,  and her  four  per 
cents,  bring only  a trifle  over par. 
I  do 
not know  how  the  bonds  of other  towns 
and cities stand,  but  they  cannot  possi­
bly  be  higher  than  those of  New  York 
and  Brooklyn.

A  similar  phenomenon  is  observable 
abroad.  Three  years  ago  the  British 
Chancellor of  the  Exchequer,  Mr.  Gosch- 
en,  gamed  great renown  for himself  by 
reducing  the  rate  of  interest  on  some 
hundreds  of  millions of  three per  cent, 
consols  to  two  and 
three-quarters  per 
cent,  for twenty  years,  and, after that,  to 
two and  a half per cent.  At the reduced 
rate of  income  the  security  sold  at  par 
for  a  long  time,  but  it  now  commands 
only 95 to 96.  Nobody  pretends that the 
financial  ability  of  Great  Britain  has 
diminished in  the  interim,  nor  that  she 
has strained  her credit  by an  excessive 
increase of her  funded debt.  The French 
three  per  cents  sell  at  about 95,  after 
having touched 98,  and  the  new  Russian 
three  per cent  loan  had to be offered  at

less  than SO  to  find takers,  after  futile 
attempts to launch it at a higher price.

The  unmistakable  meaning  of  these 
facts is that the  supply of loanable capi­
tal relatively  to the  demand is less than 
it  was  three  years ago,  and  that,  conse­
quently,  the  owners of it  are able to  ob­
tain  a  larger  compensation  for  its  use. 
This,  too,  is  in  the  face of the  notorious 
fact that the call  for  capital  for new  in­
vestments has also diminished very much 
latterly,  both in  Europe and  in this coun­
try.  The  new  enterprises  brought  out 
in  London  since Jan.  1  have  been  only 
about three-fifths of  what  they  were dur­
ing the corresponding  period of  1890,and 
for  the  three months  ending  Oct.  1  less 
than one-half.  A similar diminution has 
taken  place  in  this  country, though,  un­
fortunately,  no  accurate  record  of  the 
particulars  has  been  kept.  The  actual 
diminution  in  both countries of the  sup­
ply  of  capital 
investment  must, 
therefore,  have  diminished  more  than 
the  actual  demand, or  else  the  rate  of 
remuneration  for  it  suse could  not  have 
risen.

for 

A  further proof  of  the actual  decline 
in  the amount  of capital  seeking  invest­
ment  is  found  in  the  quantity  of  new 
bonds  of  solvent 
railroad  companies 
which cannot be  marketed  at what  their 
officers think  a  proper  price,  and  which 
it  is  by  no means certain  could  be mar­
keted  at all.  The  Atchison,  Topeka and 
Santa  Fe Railroad,  for example,  has  just 
agreed  to pay  seven  per  cent,  per annum 
for a two years’  extension  of a large ma­
turing  loan,  rather  than  try  to sell  its 
four  per  cent, 
first  mortgage  bonds. 
Many  other  railroad  companies,  also, 
have,  it  is  known,  bonds  to  sell  which 
they  do not  attempt  to offer,  and  as  for 
the new  bonds still  in  the hands of  their 
first takers,  while  it  is  impossible to com­
pute  their  exact  amount,  they  must  run 
up  into the  tens if not  hundreds  of  mil­
lions.  How many  new enterprises  have 
been nipped  in  the  bud  by  this  difficulty 
of  borrowing is also hard  to say,  exactly, 
but their  number  must  be large.

1 am  aware  that  to those who look only 
at the stock  of currency in the  banks and 
in  the  pockets  of the  people,  it  seems 
very  strange to say  that  there is  less cap­
ital  awaiting  investment now  than  there 
was  two  or three  years  ago.  They  see 
that the quantity  of gold  in  the  coantry 
has been  increased and  is increasing,that 
silver  dollars  have  been  coined  by  the 
tens of  millions,  and  that  the  national 
printing  press  is  pouring  out §4,500,000 
per month of paper  money,  behind which 
stands  an  equal  amount,  gold  value, of 
silver  bullion.  But,  like 
the  Ancient 
Mariner’s  “ water,  water,  everywhere, 
and not a  drop  to  drink,”  so  this  ocean 
of money  is  in  itself  unavailable for  in­
vestment  purposes. 
I  say  “ in  itself,” 
because  until  it is  exchanged  for  labor, 
materials,  or  commodities  produced  by 
labor out of  materials,  it  is  of no  more 
value  for  investment  purposes  than  so 
much rubbish.  You  may  plate  an  acre 
of ground an  inch deep  with gold or  sil­
ver,  or  plough  into it a  bushel  of  green­
backs,  without making it yield  a grain of 
wheat  or a  single  boll  of  cotton.  The 
only capital  which can  be really used  for 
investment is the surplus of the products 
of human  industry  over and  above  the 
process 
quantity  consumed 
in 
of  production.  When 
surplus 
is  large  and  abundant,  capital  for new 
investment 
is 
scanty,  the amount of fresh capital  avail­

is  abundant;  when 

the 
this 

it 

able shrinks accordingly.  The latter re­
sult may  be due  either to  deficient  pro­
duction,  as  in  the case  of bad  harvests, 
or by misdirected enterprise,  as in build­
ing  railroads  and 
factories,  opening 
mines,  and engaging  in other  undertak­
ings  which  are not remunerative.  Wheth­
er new capital  be not produced,or wheth­
er,  after it  is produced,  it  be  wasted  in 
unprofitable  enterprises,  comes 
to  the 
same thing.

It seems to me  very  likely that  the di­
minished supply of floating capital which 
has  brought  down  the  price  of invest­
ment  securities,  results  from  both  the 
causes  just  mentioned.  The  crops  in 
this country,  except cotton,  for  the  past 
two or three  years,  have  been  poor. 
In 
Europe,  the harvests are never  sufficient 
for the  wants of its  population,  and  this 
year they  are uncommonly  bad.  On  top 
of  this,  much  industry  and  materials 
have  been  wasted  in  ill-judged  under­
takings on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 
The  Panama  Caual,  for  example,  swal­
lowed  up  hundreds of millions of dollars’ 
worth,  of  which  nothing  available  re­
mains.  Germany has  invested  immense 
sums in  unprofitable mines and factories, 
and  Great  Britain  has  squandered  as 
much 
railways,  water­
works,  and  land  speculations.  Of equal­
ly  unwise investments  in  this  country it 
is unnecessary for me to speak; my  read­
ers  know  too  much  of  them  probably 
from  their own  experience. 
It ought not 
to surprise  them,  therefore,  that  the  re­
serves  of  the  world  should  for the  mo­
ment have  been drawn  down,  and  must 
await  replenishing  before  capital  will 
again  be as abundant as  it was.

in  Argentine 

Such  a  replenishing,  I  am  happy  to 
agree with  my optimist friends in believ­
ing,  is  about  to  result,  for  this  coun­
try,  from 
this  year’s  abundant  crops. 
Where  I have differed  with  them  is in my 
estimate  of the  length  of time  required 
for  the effect of this  abundauce to  make 
itself  felt  in  financial  centers. 
In  the 
famous legend of the old  woman and  her 
pig,  the  fire  had  to  burn  the  stick,  the 
stick  had  to  beat  the dog,  the dog had  to 
bark  at the pig, and the pig to go through 
the stile  before the  venerable  lady could 
reach  her  domicile.  So,  the  crops  have 
first to  be bought  from  the  farmers,  the 
farmers  have to  pay  their debts  to  the 
storekeepers,  the  storekeepers  theirs  to 
the jobbers  and  to the  banks,  and  then 
the proceeds  begin  to find their way  into 
the hands of capitalists who,  in turn, will 
send  them  out  again  in  payment  for  la­
bor  and  materials  to be  invested  in  new 
wealth-producing  forms.  All  this  re­
quires  time,  and  until  the  time  needed 
for it has  elapsed  it is  premature to  an­
ticipate it.  Even  when  the  process  has 
been  completed,  so  many  borrowers  of 
capital,  now  lying quiet,  may spring  for­
ward with  their demands,  that  the  sup­
ply  may,  relatively,  be  no  greater  than 
it  is  now,  and  thus  good  investments 
may  still  remain  on  their  present  five 
per cent,  basis.

Ma t t h e w   Ma r s h a l l .

Charlotte—Mrs.  Ida A.  Hovey has  sold 
her confectionery stock to Geo.  E. Wood­
bury,  who has removed  his cigar stock to 
the same location.
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.

G. R. MAYHEW,

Q rand  R apids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt Boots & Alaska Socks.

Whitcomb  i  Paine's  Calf  Boots.

W rite fo r Prices.

FOITO NATIONAL Biffi

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A   J.  B o w n e , President.

D. A. 

i'Dgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general  banking  business.

M ake a  Specialty of  C ollections.  A ccounts 

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At  a  price to close, 
In lots to suit 
Purchaser.

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| dence? 
If so,  then  the business world  is  covery. in  medicine—and some  druggist 
becoming better;  but if men  who operate  in the  town is  persuaded to  buy  it,  and 
behind 
the  counter  are  becoming  less  that  means  that  every  druggist  in  the 
trustworthy,  and  if the  getting of  money  town  finally  lays in  a  stock  of  “Swag- 
is  becoming  more  and  more a  primary  yah.”  The  orders  are  small  and  the 
consideration,and the means employed to  stock  runs out before the  people recover 
obtain  it  more  and  more  a  secondary  their  seuses,  and  a  gross  order  is then 
consideration—then  the world is  becom-  given; but  when  the  second  installment 
ing  worse  and  we  are  retrogressing  in  is  about  one-half  disposed  of,  another 
wonderful  discovery  is made  which  con-
the scale of human excellence. 
signs  the  remains of  “ Swagyah”  to  the 
top  shelf in  the back  room.

exercise  his  talents  and  use  his  judg­
ment in a way  that would  redound to the 
greatest  possible  advantage  to  himself 
and  to the  community at large.  This  is 
conceded  all  around;  but.  in  order  to 
make it a success,  it is  necessary to have 
honest and competent men to manage  the 
stores.  As such  stores  did  exist  former­
ly,  we  infer  that  a  remnant  of  honest 
men'.was  actually  in  existence at  that 
time^jmd  as such stores  do not  exist to­
day,  we  infer that  honest  men  have  be­
come  extinct.  At  least,  they  have  be­
come  so  exceedingly  scarce  that  their 
identity is no longer recognized  and they 
are  now  counted  with  the  rogues  and 
scoundrels.

Of what avail  to-day  are  “good  refer­
ences,”  “ high  recommendations,”  “clean 
records,”  etc.?  None  whatever.  Will 
the optimist  please  read  the  article  in 
last  week’s  issue  of  The Tradesman, 
under the  head of “ Breaches of Trust by 
Directors,”  and  then  seriously  ask  him­
self  whether the  “ tasting of the pudding 
is  a reliable test of its goodness;”  and,  if 
he finds that  it  is not,  then  he  must con­
tot as 
clude  with  me that the  pudding is 
good  as it used to be

Owen.

E.  A.

What  has brought about these changes 
in  business  methods?  There  is  no  job­
bing or manufacturing house in  this  city 
to-day  which^will  furnish  any  man  with 
a stock  of  goods to be  sold  on  commis­
sion.  I  care not  how worthy or  well  rec- 
omended  that man  may be,  or  how  per­
fect and complete the credentials he pre­
sents. 
It certainly  would  be  better  and 
more profitable  for each  party  than  the 
present  system,  that  is,  the  jobber  or 
manufacturer  would  receive  a 
larger 
percentage,  and  the  retailer,  who  lacked 
the capital  to carry  his stock  without in­
curring  constant  danger of  loss to  him­
self,  and  his  creditor,  would  be  able  to
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W hither  are  we  drifting?  Toward 
higher  and  more  honorable  planes  of 
human  activities,  or  in  the opposite  di­
rection,  toward  less  honorable  methods 
and  more  unreliable  conditions?  For 
light  on  this  question—or,  in  fact,  any 
other moral question pertaining to human 
conditions—we are compelled to rely very 
largely upon observation.

The optimist tells us that  the old world 
is getting  better every day  and  he backs 
up his  assertion  with a  gorgeous  array 
of  proofs  which  makes 
look  very 
plausible  indeed,  and  we  feel  strongly 
inclined  to credit  the old  world  with  the 
full benefit of the  assertion.

it 

But  the  pessimist  cries,  “ Hold!  Not 
so fast!  Wait  until  yon  hear the  other 
side  of the  question  before  you render 
your decision!”  And then  comes anoth­
er  gorgeous  array  of  proofs,  facts  and 
figures  which  makes 
just  as 
plausible  that the  old  world  is growing 
worse every day,  instead of better.

look 

it 

It would  be a foolish waste of time,  and 
barren  of  results  other  than  a  loss  of 
physical energy,  to  swallow  both  poison 
and antidote at the same time,  as the one 
would  completely  neutralize  the  other, 
and  make it of non-effect.  So in  seeking 
for  light  on  this,  or  any  other  moral 
question relating to human conditions,  it 
would be  dangerous  and  misleading  to 
swallow the allegations set  up  by  either 
side,  and  as it  would  be  a  foolish  and 
needless  waste  of  time  and  energy  to 
swallow  both, 
it  would,  therefore,  be 
better to hold  both  at  arm’s  length,  and 
depend principally upon  observation  for 
help in arriving at conclusions.

For  instance,  on  the  aged  but  vital 
question of temperance,  we  are told  that 
the  demon  of  intemperance  is  gaining 
power every  day;  that  the  consumption 
of alcoholic beverages is continuously on 
the  increase,  and a  vast area of  figures 
is produced  to  prove the statement;  that 
drunkenness  has  increased  at  such  an 
alarming extent that the  nation  is totter- 
i,ng  on  the  verge  of ruin  and  despair. 
But those  of  us who  have been on  earth 
forty-five  years  know  from observation 
that this is  not true.  We  know  that  the 
proportion  of  the  people  who have  no 
use for  spirituous  liquors as  a  beverage 
is very  much greater  than  it  used  to  be. 
Forty years  ago pretty  much  everybody 
kept a supply of  liquor in  the  house, and 
men,  women  and  children  drank  it free­
ly.  Do they  do it  to-day?  We say,  No. 
How  do  we  know?  Not  by  reading  a 
wonderfully  arranged  mass  of  figures 
which  has been  compiled  by some statis­
tical crank  who is either  very young  in 
worldly  experience  or  else 
tormented 
with  an insatiable appetite  for notoriety; 
but  by  a very  peculiar habit  we have  of 
going about  with  both  eyes  wide open. 
We  know  what  we  did  and  what  our 
neighbors  did  forty  years  ago  and  we 
know  what  we do  and  what our  neigh­
bors are  doing  to-day.  So,  from  obser­
vation,  we  realize that  the world is  get­
ting  better,  so  far  as  the  use of  intoxi­
cating liquors are concerned.

But it  was in  view of business methods 
and  conditions that the  thought  embod­
ied in  the first sentence of  this article oc­
curred to  the  writer’s  mind. 
Is life  be­
hind the  counter to-day  purer and  more 
enobling  than  it  was  forty  years  ago? 
Are  business  methods  more  honorable 
than  formerly,  and  are  business men  be­
coming  more and  more worthy  of confi-

Forty  years  ago  it  paid  a man  to  be 
honest.  When  the writer  was a  boy,  it 
was a common  thing to see a commission 
store—that  is,  a  store  where the  entire 
stock  was  sold  on  i ommission.  The 
store might be a branch of some  large re­
tail  concern  at  some  other point,  or  the 
stock  might be furnished  by some whole­
sale  jobbing house. 
In  either case,  the 
stock  was  furnished  to  some man  to  be 
sold  by  him  on  a commission  of general­
ly  15  per cent. 
It  was  a common  thing 
in  those days  to meet  a merchant of this 
kind  who  was  proprietor  (virtually)  and 
manager of a  well-kept store,  paying for 
his  goods  when  sold,  and  retaining  a 
certain  percentage of the gross sales,  out 
of  which  he  paid  all  the expenses of the 
business. 
These  men  were  without 
financial  means,  but 
they  were  rated 
high 
in  uprightness  of  character  and 
business  integrity  and  men of means did 
not  hesitate  to  place  values 
in  their 
hands  for  fear  of  being robbed  by  them. 
At that time pretty  much all of the agri­
cultural  implement  stocks were  carried 
on  commission  and  no one  dreamed  of 
paying  for anything  in  that  line  before 
he  had  sold  it.  1  am  referring  to  the 
local  dealers,  of  course,  and  not  to  the 
general dealers at  the larger distributing 
points.  Sewing  machines  and  all  oth­
er domestic machinery  were  handled  the 
same  way.

Every  old  druggist  knows  that  forty 
years ago the trade  was not hampered, as 
now,  by  patent medicines.  Patent medi­
cines  of all  kinds were  placed  with  the 
druggist  on  commission  and  paid  for 
only  when  sold.  To-day  patent  medi­
cines  must  be  bought  like  any  other 
goods  the druggist  carries,  and it  keej 
him  loaded  down  with  a  lot  of  dead 
stock  which  detracts  very  much  from 
the profits of the business.  Patent medi 
cine is the  skeleton of the  drug store  of 
to-day.  A  gang  of  street  fakirs  with 
painted  faces and  feathers in  their hat 
swoop  down  upon  a  town  and  bewitch 
the  people  with  Jim  Crow  songs  and 
dances,  and then,  while the hallucination 
lasts,  they  ply them  with  “ Swagyah”  or 
some other mixture  which  has  just  been 
discovered 
to  contain  everlasting  life 
producing properties.  The nostrum may 
prove  to  be a  tolerably  fair  tonic  and 
although  costing. $1  per  bottle,  it  may 
actually be worth,  in  virtue,  about  one 
half  of  wha*  a  pint  of  burdock  tea  is 
worth,  and  the  latter  costs  absolutely 
nothing.  Still,  the  people  demand  it 
as they  always  demand  every  new dis

T H li  Al lCKCIGAJSJ  TßADESMA IN.

#

The  Corner  Grocery  Crowd  in  Poke- 

town Village.

P o k k t o w s ,  Oct.  30.—In  last  week’s 
issue of  T h e  T r a d e s m a n ,  the  writer  of 
“ Life  Behind  the  Counter,”  states  that 
he lias often  asked  himself  the question, 
“ Why  do 1  buy  my groceries  at  McFin- 
uigan’s when there are  better and cleaner 
stocks  nearer  by?*’  Not  being  able  to 
give  an  intelligent  reason  therefor,  he 
ascribes  it  to  a  sort  of  animal  affinity 
and  then goes on  to  show that  this inde­
finable  affinity  attracts to every  store  a 
crowd of  loungers  that  is  peculiar  unto 
itself,  and  that  partakes of  the nature of 
the  merchant.  For  instance,  he  says  a 
cranky  merchant attracts  an  exclusively 
cranky  crowd,  and  a  liberal,  popular 
merchant  will  attract  a  popular  crowd 
made up of  a greater  variety  of  conflict­
ing elements.
When  I  read  1 he  article  in  q u estio n ,  1 
was  forcibly  reminded of  the corner gro­
cery  crowd  here  in  Poketowu  and  the 
thought  occu rred   to  me  that,  as  I  was 
a  regularly  attending  spectator  at  the 
nightly gatherings of  the c o rn e r  grocery 
crowd,  that  the  world  at  large  should 
have  the  benefit of  the aide  discussions, 
the  weighty  opinions,  and  the  cartloads 
of  native  wit  which  have heretofore run 
to  waste around the big  wood stove in  the 
corner  grocery. 
It  also  struck  me  that 
the  most  expeditious  w ay of  imparting 
this  valuable  in fo rm atio n   to  the  world 
would  be  through  the  colum ns of  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n ,  because every sensible and 
enterprising  business  man  in  the  world 
(that  is  Michigan)  takes  it—in  fact,  the 
time  will  soon  come,  no  doubt,  when 
Dun's Mercantile Agency will mark every 
retail merchant  in  Michigan  *  X. G.”  who 
is  found  without  a  copy  of  the  latest 
issue  of  T he  T r a d e s m a n   on  his  office 
desk.  Then, again, by using th eco lu im rs 
of  *  paper,  I  will  avoid  ail  danger  of 
having  my  valuable  head  caved  in,  in 
case  1  should  accidentally  step  on  some 
Poketovvn corns.
A  description  of  any  village  in  South­
ern  Michigan,  with  a  population  any­
where  between  1,200  and  1,800,  would 
pass  current  as  a  description  of  Poke- 
town,  or  any other  fairly  representative 
Southern  Michigan  village 
In  common 
with  all  other sister  villages of  like size, 
we  maintain  and  support  three or  four 
churches,  the usual  number of saloons,  a 
brass  baud,  and  a  big,  fat,  good-for- 
nothing-sort-of-a-fellow,  whom  the  vil­
lage  dads  took to raise  when  he  was a 
yearling—known  in official  circles as  the 
village  marshal  and  described  on 
the 
street  as  the  “Old  Crank  with  a  Tin 
Star.”  Of course,  we have  our little ex­
change  bank,  and,  like every  other little 
exchauge  bhnk,  it has a  wonderfully im­
portant personage  at  the head of  it  who 
imagines  that  he  has  the  earth  by  the 
caudal  appendage  and  that  the  village 
and  everything  in  it  is  his  legitimate 
fodder.  The financial  head of  our  little 
bank  is a great  head,  and  like  the  big 
heads  of  all 
little  village  banks,  sets 
himself up  as  dictator  in  religio-social 
and  political  circles.  He  is  the supreme 
court  and chief  executive of  the  village. 
The  members  of  the  village  board  all 
keep one eye on his thumb, so as to know 
how and  when to act. 
In  school matters, 
he  is  the  prominent figure,  and  in  his 
church  he  is  simply  monarch  of  all  he 
surveys  and  his  right  there  is  none  to 
dispute. 
In the  church  he is  the  House 
of  Lords,  with  full  control  over 
the 
exchequer  which  places  the  Commons’ 
prerogative of  withholding  the  supplies 
in his own  hands,  making him  master of 
the  situation.  Who  does  not  envy  the 
“ soft-snap”  of the village banker?  Who 
had  not  rather  be a big  warty  toad  in a 
very  small  puddle  than  be a little  mite 
of a wriggler in the Gulf of Mexico?
Our neighbors say  that our  village  is 
called  Poketowu  because  it  is  such  a 
slow-poke  of  a  place;  but  our  village 
marshal,  who is  authority  in  such  m at­
ters,  and  who  can  occasionally  say  a 
good  thing — if  you  give  him  time  to 
think of it—says that Poketown  is struck | 
with  the dry rot and  is no more of a slow­
poke  than  any  other village. 
“ Fact  of 
the business is,”  said  he to  me the other 
day while we  were discussing the matter, 
the big  fish  is swallerin’ the little  ones; 
the  big  towns  is suckin’  the  life  blood 
out f f the little towns.  These great,  big,  I

monied  concerns  concentrate  at the  big 
centers of  trade  and,  with the  aid of the 
railroads,  they  bring  everybody  to  the 
city,  and  while everybody  is away to the 
city  spendiu’ their  money  and  havin’  a 
big  time,  the  grass  is  growin’  in  Poke- 
town’s streets and  Poketown’s merchants 
are  wearin’  out  the seats of  their  trou­
sers.”  He  says  the  village  was  called 
Poketown  before  the  dry rot  struck  it, 
and if  the  name was  given it on account 
of  any  peculiarity of  the  place,  it  must 
be the  habit  the  citizens  have of  poking 
their  noses  into  each  other’s  business 
affairs.
Poketown  has  its  weakly newspaper, 
and  what  country  village  has not? 
It  is 
called  the  Poketown  Boomerang,  and  its 
editor is  really quite a man,  that  is,  con­
sidering what he is and  the nature of h’is 
business,  he is  quite a decent  fellow and 
does not deserve the  hard  life of  destitu­
tion  aud  self-denial  which  cruel  fate 
compels  him  to follow.  The  Boomerang 
started  in  to  do  up  the  old  paper,  the 
Poketown  Mule,  and  for a time  we  had 
two papers.  But the fact that the  Boom­
erang  made  its  appearance  one  day  in 
advance of  the  Mule,  thereby giving  the 
bulk of  the  news  away  before  the Mule 
got ready to tell  it and  leaving  it nothing 
to  startle  the world  with  but  the petty 
gossip of  one day out of seven,  made life 
very  monotonous aud tame for the editor 
of the Mule.  He could  not  hold  his sub­
scribers  by  feeding them on  hash, and  he 
had  nothing  else  to  offer  them  except 
what  might  happen on  the  day that  the 
Boomerang  was issued. 
It  was very dis­
couraging,  after writing  up  a  startling 
item  of  news,  giving a full  inch  and a 
half  report of  liow  Mrs.  McFadden  had 
painted  her  smokehouse  and  how  Mrs. 
McDowd’s  little  boy  ran  a sliver  in  the 
end  of  his  nose  while  making  a  face 
through  the  crack  of  the  fence at Mrs. 
O’Tool’s little  cross-eyed  girl—and  then 
have the  Boomerang pop out  and give it 
all away.
One  day  in  the  month of  January the 
Mule  failed to make  its  appearance and 
a  few anxious  friends  climbed  up  into 
the  dingy  old  attic 
the 
cause.  The  editor  was  dead. 
Every 
particle of fuel  had  been consumed.  The 
paste  pot  had  been  licked  clean.  The 
jury  at the  coroner’s  inquest  could  not 
agree  upon  the  cause  of  death.  Three 
found that the editor had  frozen  to death 
and  the  other three  found  that he  had 
starved to death.  He  was given a Chris­
tian  burial, out of respect for his  family. 
The  officiating minister  spoke  from the 
text,  “ Woe unto you  scribes and  phara- 
sees,”  and  warned  his  hearers to resist 
temptation,  keep  out of  the  newspaper 
business  and escape  the  wrath  to come.
The  corner  grocery is run  by Whiflie- 
son  &  Spiggot.  They  bought  out  the 
business five  years ago,  after it had been 
run  into  the  ground,  and  without  any 
previous  experience in  the  business and 
with  a very  limited  amount  of  capital, 
they  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a 
trade which is second  to none  In  the vil­
lage. 
Jerry Whiffleson,  the  senior mem­
ber  of  the  firm,  is a plain,  out-spoken, 
off-hand, jolly  sort of  a  fellow,  who  al­
ways  welcomes  his  customers  with  a 
smile and a  pleasant  word.  He  is  pas­
sionately  fond of a  good story and  every 
drummer on  the  road  knows  it.  When 
they make Poketown they ply Jerry  with 
one or two  “corkers,” and so he is always 
loaded  for  bear;  and  during the evening,  | 
when  the coast  is  clear,  and  no  modest 
person  or boy  under  eighteen  years  of 
age  is  present,  he  occasionally  fires  off 
one for the benefit of  the  crowd.

to  ascertain 

I c h a r o d   G r iz z l e .

J.  L.  Strelitsky,  while  in  New  York  a 
few days ago,  arranged  for a full  line of 
Key  West  cigars,  which  he  proposes to 
handle  on  a  somewhat  extensive  scale. 
This  addition  to his  line is made  neces­
sary by  the rapid increase in his business, 
a fact  all  his  friends will  be  pleased  to 
note.  He also purchased  a  line of cheap 
goods,  especially  adapted  to  the  wants 
of this territory.

Patience is a plant of slow growth, but 

it bears precious fruit.

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T ra in   a r riv in g  a t  9 :20  d a ily ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   d aily  

S o u th . 
F o r S ag in aw  A   T ra v e rse   C ity ..  6:15 a m  
F o r T ra v e rse  C ity A  M ackinaw  
9:20 a m  
F o r S aginaw   a n d   C ad illa c..........  2:15 p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ac k in a w ........  8:60 p m  
ex c ep t Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

N o rth . 

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  
S outh.
7:00  a m
10:90  a  m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:05 p  m
T ra in s le a v in g  a t  6:00 p. m . a n d  11:05 p. m . ru n  d a ily ; 

F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:20 a m  
F o r K alam azoo a n d   C h ic a g o ... 
”   r F o rt W a y n e an d  th e   E a s t..  11:50 a m  
F o r  C in c in n a ti...............................  6:90 p m  
F o r  C h ic ag o ........................................10:40 p  m  
F rom  S ag in aw ..................................  10:40 p  m
a ll o th e r tra in s  d a ily  ex c ep t S unday.

F o r M uskegon—L eave.

Muskegon, Grand 
7:00  a  m 
11:25  a m  
5:40  p m

Rapids & Indiana. 

F rom  M uskegon—A rrive.

10:10 a m  
4:55 p  m  
9:00 p m

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

NORTH—7:05  am   train .—Parlor chair car G’d 
Rapids to Traverse Oity.
11:30 am  train*—P a rlo r c h a ir  c a r   G’d 
R apids to  P eto sk ey  a n d  M ackinaw .
10:30 p m  train.—S leep in g   c a r   G ran d  
R apids  to   P eto sk ey  an d  M ackinaw . 
SOUTH—7:00 am train.- P a rlo r c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C in c in n ati.
10:30 am   train.—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G ran d  R apids  to   C hicago.
6:00  pm  train.—W a g n e r S leep in g   C ar 
G rand  R apids to  C in c in n ati.
11;05  p m train.—W a g n er S leep in g  C ar 
G ran d  R ap id s to  C hicago.

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

L v G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

10:30 a m  
3:55 p m  

2:00 p  m  
9:00 p m  

11:05 p m
6:50 a m

10:30 a  m  tr a in  th ro u g h  W a g n er P a rlo r C ar.
11:05 p  m  tra in  d aily , th ro u g h   W a g n er  S leeping C ar. 

3 :1 0 p m  
Lt   C hicago 
8  5 0 p m  
A rrG ra n d  R apids 
3  10  p m   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tr a in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n e r S leeping C ar.

7:05a m  
2 :1 6 p m  

1 0:10pm
5:15  a m
10:10  p   ra 

♦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 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 52 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 e n   F l e t c h e r ,  Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s .  C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO 

23 Monroe Street.
8EPT-6-1891*
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

P.M.

P. M.

t7 :2 5
t7 :2 5

A.  M. P.  M.

t l  :05 ♦11:35
t l  :0> §11:35
t l  :05 *11:35
t l  :05 ♦11:35
t5 :1 7
t l  :05 t   5:30 t8 :3 0
t5 :1 7
t5 :1 7
t5 :1 7

DEPART FOR
Chicago.................
t   9:00
Indianapolis..........
t   9:00
Benton Harbor............ t   9:00
St. Joseph....................
t   9:00
Traverse  City..............
+7:25
Muskegon....................
t9 :0 0
Manistee  ..........
Ludington...................
Big  Rapids..................
tWeek Days.  »Daily.  § Except Saturday.
• l / v   go.  N o extra charge for seats.
1  PC  P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
I  
with Wagner buffet car;  sea s  SOcts.
• J-1  Manistee,  via M.  & N. E.  R. R.
•O O   ace sleeping  car  through  to Chicago, 
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via Ben­
ton Harbor.
JUNB81’1891*
Lansing & Northern R R

9 «( 1A  A.  M. has through chair car to Chlca- 
5,1   H   P.  M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
■  ,Q K   P. M.  is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 

DETROIT, 

P. M.

d e p a r t   f o r

▲  M.
P. M.
Detroit.............
t6:50 tl:00 ♦6:25
t6:5fl tl:00 *6:25
Lansing...........................
Howell.................
tO :50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:5U tl:W) *6:25
Lowell.....................
t7:05 t4:30
Alma.....................
St.  Louis  .................
t7:05 +4:30
Saginaw  City.................
+7:05 t4:30 . . . . . .
6*P\A  A  M.  runs through to Detroit with par- 
1- n O   p -  M-  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
trolt.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
'  •*JC  lor  car, seats  25  cents.
A. M.  has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
7  
• 
25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  Btreet, or Union station.

lor car;  seats 25  cents.

Geo.  DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r  Agt.

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  i 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA D .,  L.  A 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!

VIA   D .,  S .  H .  a   M.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t.......6:50 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.

W.  H .  B e n n e t t , General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

T h ro u g h  tic k e ts  a n d  fu ll in fo rm a tio n   ca n   be h ad  by 
c a llin g  upon A. A lm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t   U nion S ta ­
tio n ,  o r  G eo rg e  W .  M unson,  U nion  T ick e t  A gent, 67 
M onroe s tre e t. G ran d  R apids, Mich.

0. L. LOCKWOOD,
G en eral  P assen g e r an d  T ick e t A gent.

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

AND-

6  and  8  Erie 8 t,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

T H E   GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKFRIfifl
f e l l  JUaker 

§ Jeweler,
M   C IN E   $T„
Grand Rapids  -  (M .
W A .N TB D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  yon  have  an y   o f  th e   above  goods  to 
ship,  o r  a n y th in g   In  th e   P ro d u ce  lin e,  le t 
ns  h e a r  from   yon.  L ib eral  cash  ad v an ce, 
m ade  w hen  desired.

EARL  BROS.,

Commission Merchants
Reference:  F ir st National  Bank,  Chicago.
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

H olts  W anted!

I   want  500 to  1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 cmd  54  inches long.

I   also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

Delectable!

We have  made  arrangements  whereby we have  secured the exclu­
sive sale in Michigan of the famous

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.  C h e r r y s to n e   O y s te r s

which have never before been sold in the State.  On account of their 
superior  quality  and  delicious  flavor  they  were,  heretofore, 
invariably  eaten by epicures in the  East,  but we, ever on the  alert 
to place the best  before our patrons, beg to assure them that when 
they  buy  the  P.  &  B.  brand  they will  get  genuine  Cherrystone 
Oysters, everywhere  in  the East  considered  to be “par excellence.” 
Positively the  fattest,  plumpest, sweetest, most  tempting  article of 
its  kind to be obtained  anywhere.  Order  P.  &  B.s  through  any 
Grand  Rapids jobber or of  us direct.
THE  PUTNAM  CANDY CO.
Im p ro v ed   !FTu.e  S c ra p e r

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

T H E   BEST  O S  T H E   MARKET.

W   H.  D O W N S ,

JOBBER  OF

8   So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Notions & Fancy  Goods.
H  Eads Storage & M a r Co., ysa

i  have just  received a fresh invoice of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices.

Winter  St., between  Shawmilt flue,  and  W.  Pillion St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

COLD  STORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

Dealers and  Jobbers in Mowers,  Binders  Twine,  Threshers,  En­

gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, 

Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  945.

T o  D e a l e r s   in W all

J .  Y .  F.  BLA K E,  Sup’t.

(Jur  representative  will  call  on  you 
soon  with a  complete line of  Wall Pa­
pers  at  Manufacturers9  Prices•  Wait 
until  you see  our line as  we  can  s a v e  
you  money•

H A R V E Y   &

Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

M r a d a i 4!   a n d   S a t u r d a y ’s  D e t r o i t   E v e n in g  N e w s  

ft»r  f u r t h e r   P a r t i c u l a r s .

$ 1 00 GIVEN  AWAY

T o  til*   S m o k e rs   o f th e

PRINCE  R U D O LPH   CIGARS.

1% fks  psraos  guMsing  ths  nearest  to  the  number  of  Imps that will 
appear tat a series of cuts in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  100, 
let Cash  Prize, $50;  2d, $25;  3d, 16;  4th. $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 3 0 3  Imps.

MANUrAOTUllCt  IV

A L . 1C J K .  Q O M D O N ,  
U a t r o l t ,   M l o h .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt

I 

AN YTH IN G

That  will  help  a man  in  his business ought to be 
of  vital importance to  him.  Many  a successful  mer­
chant has found  when

TO O  JL A T B

That  he  has  allowed  his  money to  leak  away.

-Money-Won’t take  care of  Itself.

And  the  quicker you  tumble to the fact  that the  old way of 
keeping it  is  not good  enough,  the  more of  it  you 
will  have to count up.

If  you  wish  to  stop  all  the leaks  incident to the  mercan­

tile  business,  adopt one of the

P ^ o u p o p   g y s t e j r is

Manufactured  in  our  establishment—“ Tradesman,”  “ Super­
ior”  or “ Universal ”—and  put  your business  on  a cash  basis.

F o r  Sam ples and  P rice   L ist,  address

THE  TEADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The  people  are note  demanding better light  than ever  before, and  our  stock is complete  with  handsome  new styles  that suit all  classes of  trade.  You  can  greatly 
increase your  business on this  popular line  by  KEEPING  UP  YOUR  ASSORTMENT.  Ask  to see our  lines o f  Library  Lamps  with  Decorated  Founts and  Shades 
fitted with light-giving burners.  Colored Lithographs with  price list sent on  request.

Keep  Up
PEARL TOP
Chimneys.

Keep Up the

“Crank"  Tilbillar  Lanterns
Handiest lantern  yet devised. Will 
outlast half a dozen common  styles 
Keep up the  CreSCeilt  Sid« Lamp.  0f  tubular—once  tried,  a  farmer 
For  use  in  Kitchens,  Stores,  Fac- 
tones,  Halls and every place where 
a  “ handy”  lamp is needed.

use DO  other, 

KEEP  UP

Mammoth Rochester Lamps.

They will  give as  much light as an electric  plant, 
and at  present prices of  oil cost next to nothing to 
run.  KEEP YOUR STORE WELL LIGHTED.

The  “Pittshilry" Mammoth  Lamp. 
With  indicator  always  showing  amount 
of oil  in fount.  Gives a magnificent light 
and  is  the  best  advertised  lamp  in  the 
world.

*eeP uP "Umbrella”
of every size.  Nothing makes your 
stock  look so bright  and  pretty as 
a variety of these beautiful shades. 
They will fit on  any lamp.

KEEP  UP

Keep  Up

Parlor  Lamps  and  Shades.

Never has  any house  shown the  line 
of  these that  we  carry, in  handsome 
decorations suitable for every family 
table.  Over fifty distinct styles from 
which to make your selections.

Keep a Few

B a n q u et  L a m p s
In your stock.  They are  the coming 
lamp  for  all.  Buy  one  of  our “ Au­
rora” or "Pittsburgh” lamps for your 
own  use and  eat a few  meals  under 
its genial  happy  light, with a beauti  „  
ful tinted  shade casting  aglow  over  heepup ni nnn  l.gnin#  .  ver^ere 
they  so  riu lIU   Lid 111 [Jo cheap  dur­
the room, and vou will appreciate. 
able and handsome.

Your  common, every  day  glass  lamps, they 
are  so  cheap  and  we  have  such  splendid 
burners for them  and  such  beautiful  tinted 
shades  that  every  family  in  the  State may 
have a brilliantly lighted room with the most 
trifliug expense.

Keep  Up  the

"Dashboard”  Tdhillar  Lantern.

the  bulis-eye  globe  it  will  throw 
the light  ahead of  the horse  and wagon, 
and  should  be  used  by  every  man  or 
woman In night driving.

Keep the Best

Oil  Heating Stove

ever made.  No need for one of  your 
customers dressing or sitting in a cold 
room.  Less than ten cents a day will 
run it, and we  guarantee it to please. 
No  smoke  or  smell.  Has  a  can  of 
water  inside  the  flame  to  make  a 
moist, healthy atmosphere.  Hake no 
mistake—No  other stove  w ill salt 
as  well as this.  We  know whereof 
we speak.

