Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.
G. 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  DECEMBER  9,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
N 0.429

S . B R O W N   &

G - e t   t e 3ee  B e s t  I

Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables 

J O B B E R S   O F

Jennings*

Flavoring  Extracts

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS. 

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MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

M u s k e g o n   C r a c k e r   C o .,

S u cce sso r*   to

H ARR Y  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

S P E C IA L   A T T E N T IO N   P A II>   TO   M A IL   O R D E R « .

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Improved  ITTu.©  Scraper.

T H E   B E S T   ON   T H E   M A R K E T .

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

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MUFFLERS,  ALL  PRICES.
GENTS’  AND  LADIES’  GLOVES  AND  MITTS. 
NECKTIES,  FROM  82.25  TO  89.00. 
DOLLS,  FROM  8c  DOZ.  TO  89.00. 
JEWELRY  AND  FANCY  PERFUMES. 
FANCY  BOX  PAPER. 
TABLE  COVERS,  CHENILLE,  PLUSH  AND  DAM- 

ASK  IN  4-4,  5-4,  6-4,  8-4. 
FURS,  MUFFS  AND  BOAS. 

NAPKINS  AND  DOYLIES.

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

WHOLESALE  CONFECTIONERS.

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C.  A.  LAMB. 

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h .
F-  J-  LAMB.

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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestio  Fruits  and  ProddGB,

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Spring & 

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IM PORTERS  A N D   W HO LESALE  D E A LE R S  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted  stock  at  lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

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N otions  &  Fancy  Goods.

8   S o .  Io n ia   S t.,  G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich ig a n .

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

Sheepskin  Slippers.

X quality,  per  doz.  p rs..........81  85
“  “  “  .........   1  65
XX  “ 
Felt Slippers.
Plain,  for rubber  boots..........1  50
Leather sole,  quarters and  -
toe  cap...................................2  25
Parker’s Arctic S o ck ..............2  25
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Headquarters for Blackings, Dressings,

Shoe Brushes. Gtc.
TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p i c e s   a n d   B a k i n g   P o w d e r ,   a n d   J o b b e r s   o f  

T e a s ,  C o f f e e s   a n d   G r o c e r s ’  S u n d r i e s .

1  and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

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PW   YORK  BISCUIT  GO.,

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

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Fruits  Seeds,  Beans and PreddGe.

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST ,

G-reind  Rapids,  HVCiclY.

S E N D   EOJR  S A M P L E

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Imitation Linen Envelopes

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Price  printed, 500,  $1  50
1.000,  2  50
2.000,  2 25 per M.
5.000,  2 OO 

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The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Rapids•

For  Bakings  of fill Kinds  Use

Bischmann  I  Go’s
Unrivaled Compressed Yeast

SUPPLIED

FBESB DAILY

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention is invited to oar
YELLOW  LABEL
which is affixed to every  cake 
of our Yeast, and which serves 
Oar Goods from worthless Imitations.

T O   D IS T IN G U IS H  

Oranges & B an an as!

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

C.  N .  R A P P   St  CO .,

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

JFlorida  Oranges  a  Specialty.

BALL

Wholesale
Grocers.

BARNHART 

PUTMAN  CO.

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F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  1  GAME

SALT  FISH

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

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G R A N D   R A P I D S

Wholesale  Grocers
STANDARD  OIL  CO.,
-OIL.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
in 

Illilminatinn  and  LtiliriGatinn

Dealers 

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Bntterworth Ave.

BULK  STATIONS  AT

Grand  Rapids,  Big Rapids,  Cadillac,  Grand  Haven,  Ludington,  Howard  City, Mus­

kegon,  Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan.

Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels-

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ESTABLISHES  1841.

GRAND  EAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  9,  1891,

NO.  429

TH E M ERC A N TILE   A G E N C Y

R . G.  D u n   &  Co.

R eference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

B. J. Mason  «6  C o .,

PROPRIETORS  OF

G - E A 1 T T ,   M I C H .

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

Froit  Jellies  and  Apple  Belter

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to be made 
from  wholesome  fruit  a n d   are free  from 
any  adulteration  or  sophistication  what­
ever.  See  quotations  in  grocery  price 
current.

Our goods are now  all  put up  in  patent 
kits,  weighing  5,  10,  20  and  30 pounds 
net.

J. L  StrolMy,

Jobber of

Including the follow ing celebrated  brands m an­
u factured  by th e  w ell-know n  honse of  G laser,
Fram e  & C o .:
V in d e x , long  H avana filler...........................  $35
35
T h re e   M e d als, long H avana filler............. 
55
E l k ’s C h o ic e, H avana filler and b in d e r... 
L a  F lo r   d e  A lfo n s o ,.........  .........................  
55
L a  D o n c e lla  d e  M o r e r a ,............................. 
65
55
L a   Id e a l,  25 in  a bó x ...................................... 
Also  fine line  Key W est goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept In 
stock.

10  So.  Ionia  81.,  Grand  Rapids.
PEOPLE'S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 
Capital,  $100,000. 

C o r.  M o n ro e   a n d   I o n ia   S ts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

O FF IC E R S .

Thom as H efferan, President.
H enry F . H astings, V ice-President.
C harles M.  Heald,  2d V ice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
D IRECTO RS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A.  Morinan 
Jas. G.  M cBride 
Wm.  M cM ullen 
D. B. W aters 
Jno. Patton, J r  
Wm. A lden Smith

H. C.  Russell 
Jo h n  M urray 
J . H. Gibbs 
C. B. Ju d d  
H.  F.  Hastings 
C. M.  Heald 
Don  J.  Leathers 

Thom as  Hefferan.

F our per cent, interest paid on tim e certificates 
and  savings  deposits. 
Collections  promptly 
m ade  at low est rates.  E xchange  sold  on  New 
York, Chicago, D etroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by m ail or  telegraph.  M uni­
cipal  and county bonds  bought  and  sold.  Ac­
counts of  m ercantile  firms as w ell as banks  and 
bankers solicited.

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  inter 

view  w ith a view  to business relations.

To Buy Allen B.Wrisley's

6006  mm SOAR

fading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

T H O S .  E .  W Y K E S ,

WHOLESALE

I.itu e ,  C e m e n t,  S tucco,  H a ir,  F ir e   B ric k , 

F ir e   C lay,  L a th ,  W o o d ,  H a y , G ra in ,
O il  M eal, C lo v e r a n d   T im o th y  S eed. 

Corner W ealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

W rite for prices.

on M. C.  R. R. 
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S. F . A spinw all,  P r e s t  

P R O M P T .  C O N S E R V A T IV E ,  S A F E .
r  F u s e   M cH .v n   Sec y
L e t  u s   s e n d   You

A Few  R ugs

From  which to  make  selections 

for the  Holiday Trade.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

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P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

TH E  TR A D E SM A N   COMPANY.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency.
Executive Offices, 279,281,283 Broadway, N.Y.

T h e  B ra d s tre e t  C o m p a n y , P ro p s.

C H A R L E S   F .  C L A R K ,  P re s ,

Offices in the principal cities of the United 
States,  Canada,  the  E uropean  continent, 
A ustralia, and in London, E ngland.

H E N R Y   ID E M  A ,  S u p t.

W e q uote: 

B u lk .

S tandards, per g a l...............................................$1  (S

S o lid   B ra n d  in  C ans.

D a isy   B ra n d   In  C ans.

Selects........................25  E.  F ...........................   20
S ta n d a rd s ................  18
Selects,..................   22 S tan d ard s......................  16
F avorites................   14
M rs.  W itlie y ’s  H o m e -m a d e  M in ce -M ea t.
Large bb ls................ 6 
H alf b b ls..................... 6M
401b. pails  ..............   6%  201b.  pails  ..............6M
10 lb.  p ails...............  7
2 lb. cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................$1.50  per  doz.
51b. 
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................$3.50  per  doz.
Choice D airy  B u tter................................................   19
E g g s ............................................................................  21
P ure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls.,  ...  15__ *4bbl...  16
P ure Cider  V inegar...................................................10
W ill pay 40 cents each for M olasses h alf  bbls. 
Above prices are m ade low to bid for trade. 
Let your orders come.

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EDWIN  FALLAS  i  SON, 

Valley City Cold Storage.

HOW  THE  WORM  TURNED.

David  Jethro  trembled  visibly  as  he 
entered  the  bank  in  which  he had  once 
been  a  trusted  employe.  He  knew,  of 
course,  that twelve  fellow-citizens,sworn 
to  well  and  truly  try  his  case,  had  ac­
quitted  him;  but  some  of  his  old  asso­
ciates  might  still  suspect  him,  people 
not always agreeing with  verdicts.  They 
all  saw  that  he  had  aged  in  the  three 
months  since he  had  gone away  in  cus­
tody  of  the  police.  A  charge  of  rob­
bery  and  twelve  weeks’  imprisonment 
would age any man,  especially  one whose 
family needs evey cent  of his small  sala­
ry.  Some of the clerks came to him with 
honest  congratulations;  others 
stood 
aloof,  too  busy,  perhaps;  particularly 
one  young  man,  Thomas  Wharton,  who 
had  been  promoted  to his place.

The messenger went into  the cashier’s 
private office to announce  the waiting  of 
the  former  employe, David  Jethro,  and 
returning,  bade  him  go  in.  He  timidly 
entered  the  little  room,  which  was lux­
urious  with 
tapestry  Brussels,  high- 
carved  wainscot,  stained-glass  windows, 
walls and ceiling of elaborate papering— 
everything speckless  to the beaten  brass 
cuspidores.  A 
large  screen  of  clear 
plate-glass kept the  heat of the old-fash­
ioned  wood  fire  from  Mr.  Jacob  Merri- 
field,  the  cashier,  a  stern  man  of  fifty, 
who  sat writing at a fine walnnt desk.

“ Sit  down,  Jethro,  until 1 finish  these 
signatures,”  said the cashier,  busily,  and 
the  little visitor sank  weakly  into  a  ca­
pacious chair.

“Jethro,” he began  at length,  after  he 
had  rung an electric-bell  and sent  out  a 
bundle of  papers by the  messenger  who 
answered it,  “I  congratulate you on  the 
verdict.”

“ Thank you,  sir.”
“ Of course,” he continued,  tapping his 
thumb nail  with  the  point  of  an  ivory 
paper-knife,  “you  cannot  censure  the 
bank  for  its  action.  Appearances  were 
against you,  you know.”

Jethro straightened  himself,  and  a lit­
tle spirit showed  in his jaded figure as he 
replied:

“You might have been  less  hasty.  You 
might  have  given  me  more  chance  to 
clear myself.”

“Why,  my dear  sir,  you know  as  well 
as  I do that a bank  cannot  be  too  strict 
regarding  the  honesty  of  its  employes. 
We have millions ot dollars of other peo­
ple’s  money  here. 
It  must  be  watched 
with  the most exacting vigilance.  Before 
its  vast  interests an  individual must  be 
brushed aside like  a worm. 
In  this case 
you were an individual,  and  you  feel  as 
if you had been treated  as a worm.  But 
you  must remember that the stolen pack­
age of  bills was on your  desk just before 
you  went to your lunch.  After you were 
gone they were missed.”

The visitor’s face flushed,  and he nerv­
ously  pressed his sallow  hands together, 
until the finger-nails grew red,and asked 
earnestly:

“ Why,  sir,  you don’t still  think I took 

that money,  do you?”

The cashier  turned around  on his piv­
oted  chair,  still  tapping  his  nail,  and

looked through  the  glass screen  into  the 
waving fiâmes.  He slowly answered:

“I  am  compelled  to  say, Jethro,  that 
appearances are still  against  you.  That 
money  has never been  recovered.”

“ In  spite of the verdict,  sir?”
“Yes,  in  spite of the  verdict.  Frankly, 
there  are  still  some  people  obstinate 
enough  to think that you  took  that mon­
ey;  and,  unfortunately  for  you,  they  are 
bank officers.”

“They are  unjust,” said the little man, 
with a low  chord of  despair in  his tone.
“ Probably.  But,  as I said,  you cannot 
censure  the bank.  True,  we turned you 
over to the  law; for,  as  I have remarked, 
you  were  the  individual,  the  worm 
to 
be  brushed  aside.  But  you  must  not 
forget  that  we  paid  your  attorney,  and 
he cleared you.  Could you  expect more?”

“ Yes,  I think so.”
“What?”  the  cashier  asked,  quickly, 
turning rapidly  around,  now  that he had 
led the man  to the chief point.

Jethro  rose,  as  if for  courage,  and  re­

plied in quivering voice:

“Reinstatement!”
“I  am  truly  surprised  at  your  men­
tioning that after what I have said—that 
some people  still  believe you  stole  that 
money.  We can’t,  we dare  not,  employ 
a suspected  man  in  the  bank.  Besides, 
your place has  been  filled by  a younger, 
sprightller man,  of high social position— 
I  might  say,  a  better  man  for  our  pur­
poses in every  way.  No,  Jethro,  it can’t 
be.”

The  “ worm”  was 

Pallor 
drifted  across his  face,  as he  stepped  to 
the desk,  and  said:

turning. 

“ And  my  family  and  I  are to  starve 
because  I  am  suspected,  and  that  after 
I 
having  been  acquitted  by  a  jury. 
couldn’t  have  believed  such 
injustice 
could be,  sir.”

“ Oh,  you’ll  hardly  starve,”  said  the 
cashier,  with  airy  thought  of his own  se­
cure  elevation. 
“You’re  able-bodied, 
and  fit  for  at  least  manual  labor. 
I’ll 
frankly  confess  that  it  will  be  difficult 
for  you to  secure  a  position  of  trust  in 
the  city.  Our  refusal  to  reinstate  you 
will be hard  upon  you,  but you must  ac­
cept  it as  a  harsh  ruling  of  fate. 
If  I 
hear of  any small  place,  I’ll  see  what  1 
can  do for you. 

I promise you  that.”

He touched the electric button, and the 
answering messenger showed Jethro out. 
Stunned,  helpless,  he  dragged  himself 
several  doors  away  out  of  observation 
from the  hank  windows,  and  stopped  in 
sheer despair.  His  long  anxiety  in  im­
prisonment had  left  him too weak  to  re­
sist.  Misfortunes  seem 
to  delight  in 
striking when  we are  least able  to strike 
back.

Days passed in vain effort to secure em­
ployment.  Why  had  he  not  been  rein­
stated? 
It  was  always the  adverse  ulti­
matum.  Finally a note  came  from  Mer- 
rifield offering legal copying,  in  the same 
manner  a bone is  thrown to  a  dog.  But 
the dog  takes the  bone,  and Jethro  took 
the  copying.  He  could  make  very  lit­
tle,  and  he  and  his  family  were  slowly 
starving.  À  stronger  man  might  have 
become criminally desperate; Jethro sank

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

into  sullen,  tiuiid  fury  that  often  seeks 
suicidal  relief.

One morning the  papers  gave  glowing 
accounts  of 
the  marriage  of  Thomas 
Wharton,  his successor,  to  Millicent, the i 
beautiful  daughter  of  the  cashier, 
it | 
was a union  in  high life,  and  the  papers 
yielded columns to it,  naming guests and  1 
describing  dresses—the  prices  of  which 
would  each  have  been  a  fortune to  the 
discarded employe.  This  wedding goad­
ed  him.  The  worm  had  been  brushed 
aside;  he  now  felt 
trodden.  He  saw 
Merrilield’s  deliberate  sacrifice  of  him­
self,  to  advance  his son-in-law.  A  silent 
hatred, 
tendency,  gnawed 
him;  thirst for  vengeauce  burned  in  his 
timid heart.

terrible 

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One  evening  a  hesitating  knock  fell 
upon  the  door  of  the  poor  tenement, 
whither  misfortune  had  driven  Jethro 
and  his  family.  He  opened  it  himself, 
and  was  amazed  to  see  Mrs.  Wharton, 
Merrilield's  daughter.  She  was  much 
distressed,  and  asked  nervously  for  a 
private  interview.  Mrs.  Jethro  with­
drew,  and  the young  bride,  tremblingly, 
began:

“ Mr.  Jethro.  1  have  learned  that  you 
are  bunting  for  the  man  who  stole  the 
money from your desk at  the bank.”

He  had  made a  few  feeble  moves  in 
that direction,  aud,  his  gaunt  face hard­
ening  at the  recollection  of  his  failure, 
he replied  affirmatively.

“ Aud  you  have  discovered  that  it  was 

my—”

She stopped,  scared  at  him,  for a light 
had  hashed  upon  him.  driving  the  flush 
caused by  the  visit into  pallor,  while  his 
eyes,  larger  now  in  the  thinness  of  his 
face,  seemed  to  glare  cruelly.  He  re­
membered  now 
that  Thomas  Wharton 
had  frequently  done  his  work  while  he 
was out at  lunch,  and  wondered  that  he 
had  not  thought  of  it  before.  A  cold 
tremor  waved 
the 
thought  of 
this  discovery 
would  place  in  bis  hands.  He  looked 
down  at  the  weeping young  woman,  aud 
replied,  hoarsely:

the  power 

over  him, 

at 

"Yes,  I  have discovered  it.”
“ And  you  were  about to  make  infor­

mation  against  him?”

"Yes; just  about  to  put  him  where  I 

once  was,”  be replied,  ferociously.

“ Oh,  he  is  torn  with  remorse,”   she 
cried,  wringing  her  hands  behind  her 
muff.  "H e confessed it to me.  Oh,  what 
a  blow  to  a  young  wife! 
Think,  Mr. 
Jethro, 
think  what  a  disgrace  to  us. 
Think  where  it  will  drag  my  husband 
and  father and me.  Oh,  God,  it  would 
be  awful!  1  came,  Mr.  Jethro,  to  offer 
you  any  su n  for your  silence.  Make  it 
enough to enable  you  to go  away  where 
you can  begin  life over again.”

He  drew  himself  up  proudly,  but  his 
eyes  were  unsteady  and  his nostrils  di­
lating.  while  his  hands,  clutching,  one 
above  the  other,  the  front  of  his  coat, 
In  a 
trembled  pitiably. 
tone,  which 
he  tried 
to  force 
into  sternness  aud 
steadiness,  he answered:

“ Aud  still  have  the  disgrace?  No,  1 
can  not  do  it. 
I  am  entitled  to my  good 
name.  Nothing—nothing can  pay  me  for 
that.  Your  father  has  taken  it  away 
from  me;  he must give  it  back.  1  have 
nothing to do  with  the disgrace  that  will 
fall  upon  your father and  your  husband 
aud—no,  not  upon  you.  1  would  spare 
that if  I could.”

“ I thought  you  had  not forgotten,  Mr. 
Jethro,  the  kindness 1 showed you once.” 
Wavering appeared  in  his  face,  but an

accidental  glance  around  the  cramped 
home,  its bareness,  its discomfort caught 
his sternness  in its flight,  and  he said:

“Is it  right,  Mrs.  Wharton,  is  it  right 
for you to make a point  of  my  gratitude 
now? 
I  dare  not  let  it  influence  me! 
Dare  1  allow  this crime  to  rest upon  me 
and  let  my children  grow  up  in  its  shad­
ow?  What would  your money  be  to  me, 
when  we  would  have  to  go  far  away 
among strangers,  and  have the story  fol­
low  me  there?  No,  no;  I  would  spare 
you  if  I  could,  but  my  manhood,  my 
wife, my children demand  that this cloud 
should  be swept away.  And  your  father 
must  do 
let  consequences  be  what 
they  may.  He  called  me  a  worm to  be 
brushed  aside.  The  worm  has  turned. 
Mrs.  Wharton!”

“ Name any  amount,  and  I  will  double 

it. 

it!” cried  the distressed  young wife.

“I will not.”
“ But  think,  Mr.  Jethro,  that  what  I 
offer  will  he more than  you could save in 
years  from your salary  at the  bank.” 

lose  something  that  is  worth 
“ And 
treble  any  amount  you  could 
double, 
give.  1  refuse.  1  will  go  to-morrow  to 
your father,  and  he  must  lift tlie heel  he 
has set upon  me.”

He  was  very  haggard  next  morning, 
when  the  messenger  showed  him  again 
into  the  private  office.  Mr.  Merritield 
again  sat  writing  at his  table,  aud again 
kept  him  waiting,  but  one  could  easily 
have seen  that  the  visitor  was irritating 
him.  At  length,  finishing  a  signature 
with  unnecessary  scratch  of the  pen,  he 
said,  sharply:

“Jethro,  I  am  very  busy.  To  save 
time,  I’ll  tell  you  at  once  that  there  are 
no vacancies.”

A  little red  spot  Hushed  upon each  of 
Jethro’s cheeks,  aud  his eyes  flashed  the 
pent  fire,  as  he arose,  replying:

“ There will  be one  soon.”
“ Ob,  there will?” sueeringly. 

“1  beg 
your pardon,  I  didn’t  know  it.  Perhaps 
you mean mine?”

“ My old  place  will  he  vacant  to-day.” 
The cashier swung  angrily  around  on 
his pivoted  chair,  but,  catching  himself, 
as  if  suddenly struck  at the  man’s  seri­
ousness,  leaned forward, placed one hand 
over  the  other  upon  the  table aud  with 
calm  scorn,  said:

"Your name should  be Daniel,  Jethro. 
You give your prophecy  very  little time 
1 for fulfillment.”
I 
Jethro  walked  forward  and stopped at 
j  the  table-side  opposite  Mr.  Merritield,
|  placing bis slouch  hat  thereon,  with  his 
lelt hand nervously  crumpling it.  Stern 
! purpose showed  in  his  face,  hut he  evad­
ed  tha cashier’s eyes,  fixing  his own  up- 
I on  the  black  figures  on  the desk  calen­
dar.  The  “ worm” was  turning, but with 
a  worm’s  weakness.

“ You  taunt  me,”  he  said,  chokingly. 
“ 1 know  you  are  strong  and  powerful, 
but I  warn you,  sir,  not  to  be too  seorn- 
j ful.  Do you  love your daughter?”

“ Y o u   a r e  

im p u d e n t. 
th ro w n   o u t  o f  th e  d o o r.”

I’ll  h a v e   y o u  

He  reached  for  the electric  button,  hut 

| Jethro’s voice stopped  him.

"You have  married  her to the man who 

I stole that money.”

Merritield > prang up,  his face swelling, 
table-end,  with 

the 

i aud,  striding 
to 
| clenched  fist,  said:

“ I called you worm, and  1 only brushed 
I  shall  now  crush 

j you  aside,  before. 
you.”

“ Send  for  W harton,” 

said  Jethro, 

I quietly.

“Do  you  mean,  you  cur,  to  reiterate 
that James Wharton,  my son-in-law,stole 
that  package of bills?  1  shall  make you 
rue the accusation.”

“Send  for him,”  Jethro repeated quiet­

ly,  the crimson  spots expanding.

“ He  shall  he  summoned,  and  lie  will 

kill  you.  Do you dare?”

Pallor suddenly  invaded  the  erimson, 

but  be repeated,  tremulously:

the 

“ Send for him.”
The  messenger  answered 

ring, 
withdrew,  and  Wharton  appeared.  With 
that  peculiar  stern  levity  which  often 
shoots np from  inward  seriousness, Merri- 
field  motioned  Hourisinghly 
toward 
Jethro,  aud said:

“ Ha,  Wharton,  our  worm  here  has 

He  stopped.  One  swift 

turned on  us!  He says that  you—”
look 

into 
Wharton’s face,  and  the cashier sank in ­
to  his  desk  chair;  for  that  face  had 
blanched,  leaving  red  specks of  excite­
ment,  aud 
the  watery  eyes  looked  at 
nothing.

“You—you—” 

the  cashier  muttered. 
He could  not  proceed,  could  only  gaze, 
fascinated,into Wharton’s twitching face. 
He  was  trying  to  stand  erect,  but  his 
chest  was  heaving,  each  breath  seeming 
to  leave  it  more  inflated,  until,  as if  it 
could  hold no more,  and  guilty  thoughts 
were crowding into unbearable  pressure, 
with  a deep  sigh,  lie said:

“Jethro  has  spoken  truly;  1  took  the 

money.”

Merritield  sprang  up,  livid,  his fingers 
crooking  aud  uncrooking.  He  reached 
for the  young  man’s  collar,  but  stopped 
and  upbraided  him:

“ You  scoundrel!  You  have  deceived 

us!  You will  have to suffer!”

The fierce  words  seemed to fan  Whar­
ton's  smouldering courage,  and  he  said: 
“ You  know  what  I  stole  that  money 

for.”

“ I  know?”
“ If you  don’t,  you  should.”
“ 1  don’t,  and I  shouldn’t.”
Then  listen,  for  you  must  know:  By 
your  will  you  forced  your  daughter  to 
marry  me  against  her  choice.  1  was  of 
high family; you hoped  for some  advan­
tage.  Don’t  deny  it,  you  did. 
I  loved 
Millicent;  1  love  her  yet.  1  took  that 
money  to bear  the  expenses  of the  ele­
gant  wedding  you  insisted  upon.  Your 
wish  has  been  fulfilled,  your  daughter 
married  high;  she  is  a  Wharton,  and  I 
am  a  thief.  Yes,  a  thief.  Now,  what 
will  you  do?  Turn  me  over  to  the  law 
and  disgrace  your  daughter  aud  your­
self?”

the  arm-ends  in  a  grasp 

The cashier fell  back into  his  chair and 
caught 
that 
paled  his  knuckles.  Wharton  remained 
as he  had uttered  the  last  word,  not  de­
fiant,  hut  as  if  awaiting  a  blow;  while 
Jethro  still  stood  by  the  table,  bis  hat 
cumpled tightly  in  his  left baud,his right 
clutching  the  desk-edge.  He  had  not 
moved  since Wharton came in.  A  silence 
dropped  into the  room,  so deep,  that the 
limn  of 
the  bank  reached  them,  with 
coin clinking—even the scratching of the 
nearest  pen.

Merritield’s 

face  showed  a  conflict. 
The two  watchers saw  justice desperate­
ly  fight  its  way  to  victory. 
It  almost 
seemed  as  if the anger wrinkles uncurled 
into those  of  age.  He  looked  a bowed, 
i broken  man,  years  older,  as  he  turned 
toward  Wharton,  and  in  a  softer,  but 
still  stern  voice,  said:

“ Wharton,  you  have disgraced  me and 
It would  seem  that  I  should

I my  child. 

shield you,  for  Jethro cannot prove your 
theft.”

He slowly  arose,  and  a little of the  old 
tone  he  had  used  toward  Jethro  rang  in 
his  voice,  as  he exclaimed:

“ But  individuals  and  their  relatives 
and  their hearts sink  before the interests 
of a great  institution  like  this.  The  di­
rectors are  in  session  above. 
It  is  my 
duty  to  lay 
this  matter  before  them. 
Both of you  wait  until  1 come  back.”

He looked  at  neither as  he  spoke,  but 
vacantly,  as  if  his  whole  attention  was 
engaged  in  wringing these  words  from  a 
reluctant heart;  and  he  looked  at  neither 
as  he  turned,  dignified,  determined,  and 
went out of a  hack door.

Wharton  sank  into  the  nearest  chair, 
but Jethro stood.  The  worm  had turned 
aud  was  still.  Silence,  pierced  by  sus­
pense,  crept into the office.  The  brazen 
clock  heat  on  sedately,  with  a  seeming 
longer interval  of  waiting  between  the 
ticks; the  buzz of the bank, clinking,  and 
the  rattle of  tires  on  the  street  cobbles 
leaked  in;  and  each  moment  Wharton 
sank lower in his chair, waves of suspense 
dashing their  white foam  on  his face.

But  the  “ worm” still  stood,  looking at 
ti e door through  which had  vanished the 
man  against  whom  he  had  turned.  His 
| sallow,  trouble-streaked  face was astudy 
I—a deserted  look  there,  as  if  something 
were retreating  to  his  heart; an  expres­
sion of looking backward over  his  suffer­
ings.  and  the  dreadful  consequences  of 
guilt,  or even  suspicion of it.  There are 
degrees  of  satisfaction.  Some  demand 
the highest pleasure; others  are  content 
with 
The  vengeance  of  some 
stops  not  this  side  of  murder—“If  the 
trodden  worm  doth  turn,  hath  it strength 
to justly  avenge?”

little. 

Merritield  returned,  wounded,  but  de- 
the  old  dignity  there,  hut 

dermined; 
tempered.

“ Jethro,  the directors  want you.  You 
have suffered  most;  we will  wait here on 
your decision.”

The  merest  tremble  of  appeal  was  in 
the tone; the merest  sign  in the eyes and 
face. 
The  mighty  man,  who  had 
crushed  him,  was  now  appealing to him. 
Here  was  the  triumph  he  had  prayed  for 
—the chance to mercilessly  avenge.  But 
the  “ worm”  quivered,  crumpled  the hat 
still  more,  and  walked  weakly  through 
the door,  to meet the solemn  body above.
A n d   n e x t  d a y   b e  sto o d   m a k in g   fig u re s  
th e   c a s h ie r, 
a s   o f  o ld , 
o ld e r,  w ro te  
c h a n g e d , 
lu x u r io u s  
q u a v e rin g   s ig n a tu r e s  
room; ami James Wharton, with his wife, 
w as  s p e e d in g   a w a y   o n   a   jo u r n e y   fo r  h is  
h e a lth . 

in   h is   b o o k ; 
le ss   a s s e rtiv e , 

H .  M.  H o k e .

in   h is  

Barnett  Bros.

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RECENT  REVELATIONS  OP  FRAUD.
Like  causes  produce  like  effects  the 
world  over.  The  recent  revelations  of 
financial  fraud  in  Germany  have  been 
paralleled, by  similar disclosures  in  this I 
country,  and  here,  as  well  as  there,  the 
commission of  the  crimes  and  their  dis­
covery  have  constituted  a  similar  chain 
of  circumstances. 
First,  there  was  a 
high credit,  won  by  honest  and  success­
ful dealing;  then  there was  an  abuse of 
that  credit for the  purpose of  repairing 
disasters  which  it  was  delusively  sup­
posed  were  only temporary,  and,  finally, 
came  exposure,  in  consequence of  an  in­
ability  to  carry on  longer the  process of 
deception necessary to conceal  the  origi­
nal  wrongdoing.

The  disclosures  began  with 

the  an­
nouncement of a misappropriation  of  the 
stock of  the  Standard Gas  Light Co.,  of 
New  York,  by  its  former  President,  and 
ended  with  that of  the failure of  Field, 
Lindley,  Wiechers  &  Co.,  and  the  dis­
covery of their rehypothecation of  bonds 
and  stocks  which  had  been  confided  to 
them as security  for  money  loaned. 
In­
termediately,  we had  the  news of sundry 
small  defalcations in country  banks,  and 
to  crown  all,  that  of  one  by  a  woman 
manager of  a girls’ school,  showing  that 
the  prevailing  epidemic  of  dishonesty 
has no respect for sex.  Nor has the past 
fortnight  been  specially  remarkable  for 
events of this character.  Ever  since  the 
Baring collapse of  a year  ago the  calen­
dar  has  been  full  of  them.  With  the 
uneasiness which  that catastrophe creat­
ed,  and  the  consequent  curtailm ent  of 
borrowing facilities,  many cases of finan­
cial  unsoundness  have  come  to  public 
knowledge  which  had  previously  been 
covered  up,  and  among  them  that  par­
ticular  sort  of  unsoundness  which 
is 
coupled with dishonesty.

low  tide  were  not 

These revelations remind me of  one of 
my  boyhood’s  experiences.  Near  where 
I  lived in the  country  was a mill  pond, 
into which, at high tide,  flowed the  water 
of  the ocean,  and  this,  being  retained  by 
a  dam  with  a  swinging  gate,  served  at 
low  tide  to  turn a millwheel.  Usually, 
the  hours  of 
long 
enough to  empty  the  pond,  and it  there­
fore  preserved  a  lake-like  appearance. 
I  remember well  how 1 admired  its  pla­
cid surface, rimmed with green meadows, 
and  reflecting  the  blue  summer  sky or 
the golden clouds of  sunset.  1 swam 
it,  rowed  over it in  my  skiff,  and  caught 
killy  fish  on  its  pebbly shore.  For  all 
that I saw,  it was a mass of liquid  azure, 
with no taint of  imperfection.  One day, 
however,  either  the  milldam  broke,  or 
the  miller  purposely  opened  the  gate, 
and at the next low  tide the water all  ran 
out of the pond.  Miss Edgeworth, in her 
childhood,  was  not  more  disgusted  with 
her purple jar,  when  she found out  what 
it  contained,  than  I  was  when  I  saw 
what had been  hidden under my  hitherto 
admired sheet of water.  Black, stinking 
mud  was  the least of  the  horrors.  The 
bed  of  the  pond  was  filled  with  old 
tin  cans,  broken and  decaying  timbers, 
slimy rocks,  green  weeds,  and  all  sorts 
of rubbish.  The water at its  usual  level 
had  concealed  these  abominations,  and 
if it had  remained  there  I  should  never 
have  known  they  existed. 
Its  outflow 
did not create  them;  it only  let  them  ap­
pear.  So,  the  financial crimes which are 
shocking us have not been caused  by  the 
financial  depression,  but only brought to 
light by it. 
If  our former level of  pros­
perity  had  been  maintained,  we  might

Science and philosophy corroborate the 
teachings of religion on this point.  For­
merly  rationalists  who  repudiated  all 
religious  belief  held  to  a  profession  of 
faith  in  the  dignity  of  human  nature, 
and  traced  all  crimes  to the  perversion 
of 
that  nature  by  exterior  influences. 
The  briliiaut,  witty,  but  unsound school 
of  French  writers  such as Voltaire  and 
Rousseau  which  flourished 
just  before 
the  Révolution,  succeeded  in  impressing 
this  idea  upon  nearly the  whole  intel­
lectual  world, and  it finds numerous sup­
porters at  the present  moment. 
Indeed, 
unless I am  very  much  mistaken,  most, 
if  not  all, of  the schemes for  reforming 
mankind,  of  which  we  hear  so  much 
from 
time  to  time,  proceed  upon  the 
assumption that  men are  naturally good 
and  disposed  to  do right,  and  need  only 
to  be  freed  from  adverse  influences  to 
show  themselves  perfect  angels. 
Im­
partial  investigation  has  demonstrated 
the  fallacy  of  this  roseate  view  of  the 
matter,  and  the  doctrine  of  evolution 
dissipates it entirely,  Whether or not  it 
be strictly  true  that  man  is evolved  from 
an  animal,  it is certain  that he has,  dur­
ing  the  historical  period  at  least,  risen 
and  not  fallen  in  development,  morally 
and  intellectually.

Not  only  do we  still  regard as crimes 
things which  our  ancestors regarded  as 
such,  but in  addition we condemn  actions 
which  they  permitted.  Uuman slavery, 
which the pious  John  Newton  approved, 
and  which  up  to a recent  date  was  de­
fended  by  hosts of  Christian  divines  in 
this country,  at  the  North as well  as  at 
the South,  is  now a thing of the  past. 
I 
have in  my own  lifetime  seen  duelling 
become  first  odious  and  finally  impossi­
ble.  A  large  number of  the  most  re­
spectable gentlemen of this city are seek­
ing  to  suppress  the  lottery  in  its  last 
retreat  in  this  country,  in  spite of  the 
fact  that  the  fathers of  many of  them 
upheld  lotteries as a legitimate means of 
raising  money  for  religious  and  charit­
able purposes.  Drunkenness, which was 
once only a gentlemanly weakness, is  now 
viewed  almost as a crime,  and  the  use of 
profane 
the  great 
Washington  permitted  to  himself  in  mo­
ments of  excitement,  has  become a  con­
clusive mark of ill  breeding.

language,  such  as 

Going  further  back  in  the  anuals  of 
the race brings out the advance of modern 
timeseven more impressively.  Wars are 
more humanely conducted than  they were 
even  by the chosen people of  God.  Our

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never have  known of  them,  but  now  the 
knowledge is forced upon  us.

games and  pastimes have  in  great meas­
ure,  if not entirely,  lost  the  savage char­
acter  which  they  possessed  in  civilized 
Home.  Torture  in  criminal  proceedings 
has  been  abolished,  and the  death  pen-

illustration  holds  good  further 
than  this.  Most  people are  accustomed 
to  declaim  against  swindlers  and  de­
faulters  as  if  they  were  monstrous devi-  alty,  which  was  formerly  inflicted  for a I
hundred  petty  offences,  is now  reserved | 
at ions from  the normal type of  humanity, 
for murder only.  Prisons, too,  have been j 
and  deserved  nothing  but  execration. 
improved  until  they  are  more like  asy-
They assume that  honesty  in  men  is the
rule,  and  dishonesty  the  exception,  and i lums  than  places of  punishment.  With
all  this,  crimes of  violence  have  dimin­
that  the  dishonest  are therefore  special 
ished  rather 
increased—notwith­
criminals  and  specially  worthy of  pun­
standing the  publicity  given  to  them  by 
ishment. 
I  used,  in  my  early  days,  to 
the press  may produce  au  impression of 
be of  this  opinion,  too,  but  experience 
the contrary—and  both  property  and  life 
and  reflection have  taught me better. 
1 
are safer than  they ever  were before.
now  see pretty clearly  that the old  Pres­
byterian  doctrine of  the total  depravity 
of  human  nature  is  not  far  from  the 
truth  and  I can  sincerely join  in  the con­
fession of  the Episcopal  liturgy,  that we 
are all  miserable sinners.  Our  outward 
show,  like the  water  in  the old  millpond, 
hides  a  world  of  evil,  and  we  ought  to 
wonder,  not  that  so many  men  are  dis­
honest,  but that so few of them are.

than 

The  inference I draw  from  these facts 
is that  religion,  civilization and  morality 
have  for  their  mission  not the  restora- | 
tion  of  human  nature to  a  pristine state 
of purity,  but  its elevation  from  a  primi­
tive,  degraded,  savage,  and  even brutal 
condition 
toward  an  ideal  not  yet  at­
tained,  and  toward  which  it  has  no  in­
stinctive  tendency.  Like  wild  flowers 
which  have  been  developed  by  garden 
culture,  and  which need  sedulous care to 
keep  them from  reverting  to  their origi­
nal  form,  so man  has in  him  a lingering 
taste  for  savagery  which,  as  we  see, 
frequently breaks  out  into  crime.  For­
tunately,  he  has  also a tendency  to  per­
sist  in  acquired  good  habits,  which  are 
justly  called  a  second  nature,  and  he 
transmits  this  persistence 
to  his  off­
spring.  Otherwise,  the  whole  work  of 
improvement  would  have  to  be  begun 
anew  with  each  generation,  and  would 
be  a hopeless  task.

Holding  these  views,  I  regret and  de­
plore financial  dishonesty,  but  I  cannot 
join  in  expressing hatred  and  contempt 
for those who are guilty  of  it.  They are 
sufficiently  punished  by  the  loss  of  es­
teem  to which they are subjected  and  by 
the  odium  which  their  conduct  brings 
upon  them. 
I  cannot  help  suspecting, 
too,  that much of the resentment against 
them  is  provoked,  not  so  much  by  a 
healthy dislike of  their crimes  as  by  the 
injury,  direct  or 
pecuniary 
indirect, 
which  these  crimes  occasion. 
I  do not 
exaggerate  when  I  say that  hundreds  of 
men  are  enjoying  good  reputations who 
constantly do things,  which, if they  were 
known,  would  bring  upon them  a  con­
demnation  no  less  severe  than  is  pro­
nounced upon  the rascals  who have been 
found out.  As a warning to them  popu­
lar  indignation  at  dishonesty  is  useful, 
but  it  cannot  be  treated  as  a  rational 
ouclusion of a thoughtful  mind.

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L JLit/IA  IJllUo.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Stanton—Ball  & McLean, grocers, have 

dissolved  partnership.

Marshall—C.  M.  Palmer  has  sold  his 

bakery  business to Jas.  McKellar.

Mount  Pleasant—A.  J.  Allenbaueh has 

sold  his grocery stock  to  Peak  Bros.

Constantine—John  R.  Hudson  ha? sold 

bis  grocery  stock  to Barnard  & Barry.

Ridgeway—S.  P.  Smith  succeeds Cory­

ell  & Smith  in  the furniture business.

Marquette—Carl  Tonella succeeds Carl 
Tonella & Co.  in  the  furniture business.
Kalamazoo—Wm.  A.  Middaugh  has 
sold  his grocery  stock  to  John J.  Lown.
Reed City—Powley  & Son  are succeed­
ed by  Wm.  Powley  in  the meat  business.
St.  Louis — Amos  Graham  succeeds 
Shelly,  Price & Son  in the meat business.
Stauton—John  Grooms has  purchased 
the  confectionery  store  of  Geo.  E.  Bar­
ber.

Detroit—Poli  &  Marteili  are succeeded 
by  P.  F.  Marteili  in  the  wall  paper busi­
ness.

Stanton—  I.  0.  Chapman  <fe  Co.  have 
opened  a  new jewelry  store  in  the Corey 
block.

St.  Louis—Perry  S.  Leonard  is  suc­
ceeded  by Geo.  E.  Miller  in  the grocery 
business.

Saginaw—W.  G.  Dalke  is succeeded by 
Dalke A Spindler  in  the grocery  business 
and  the manufacture of  furniture. 
(H am ilto n —The  Fisher  &  Son  general 
stock  was  completely  destroyed  by  fire 
one day  last  week.  No insurance.

Kalamazoo—Mrs.  D.  Jones  has  bought 
the dry goods  stock  formerly  belonging 
to the estate of the  late John  R. Jones.

Coleman—Fred  F. Methner has sold his 
grocery  stock  to  Alfred  Ostrum.  He 
continue»  the  meat  business the same as 
before.

Empire—Frank  Kilderhouse,  formerly 
proprietor  of 
the  grist  mill  at  Glen 
Arbor,  has  arranged  to  open  a  grocery 
store here  in  the near  future.

Dushville—P.  Allyn has  sold  his  gen­
eral  stock  and  store  building to Fred  M. 
Sanderson,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Pentwater—E.  F.  Plummer  has retired 
from  the  firm of .Smith  &  Plummer, meat 
dealers.  The  business  will  be continued 
by  Frelan  Smith.

Muir—Will  S.  Terrill  has  purchased  a 
half  interest  in  his  father’s  drug  stock 
and  the  firm  will  hereafter  be  known  as 
B.  S.  &  W.  S.  Terrill.

F r a n k f o r t—Watson  &  Penfield  have 
u tte r e d   a chattel  mortgage  on  their  f u r ­
n it u r e   s to c k   to the  amount  o f  81,502.71 
in  fa v o r  o f  X.  A.  Parker  as  tr u s te e   fo r 
th e   c r e d ito r s .

Nashville—H.  L.  Walrath  has sold  his 
grocery stock to  Fowler &  Co.,  who will I 
remove  the same  to  Kalamo.  Mr.  Wal- ! 
rath  will  continue the  harness  business, 
the  same  as  before.

Scottville—Reed  & Burgdorf, hardware  I 
dealers,  have  sold  tiieir  entire  business  ! 
to Mrs.  Quirk. 
It  is  understood  that  the  ; 
store  will  in  the future  be  managed  by  j 
one of her sons-in-law.

Kalamo—J. M. Fowler and Mary Cessna 
have  formed a  copartnership  under  the 
style of J.  M.  Fowler & Co.  and  will  en­
gage  in  general  trade  in  the  building 
formerly occupied  by  L.  R.  Cessna.

Hudson—H.  B.  Moore,  formerly  of the 
Michigan  Harness  Co.,  at  Jackson,  has 
purchased  a half interest  in  Henry  Kel- j 
logg’s  harness  factory.  The  business 
will  be considerably  enlarged and  a new  I

' building  erected,  large  enough  to  work 
} fifty  hands.

Lansing—The  firm  of  Mead  A  Co., 
which  ha» been engaged  in  the dry goods 
; business here  for  the  past  forty  years, 
has merged its  business into the  National 
i Union  Co., of  New  York,  which  operates 
I upon  the  Farmers’  Alliance  store plan.
, The  firm  will  now  handle general  mer- 
j chandise.

from  Chase  to 

Reed  City—E.  W.  Barnes,  who recently 
i removed  his grocery and  boot  and  shoe 
' stock 
this  place,  was 
| closed  out  by  W.  J.  Gould  A  Co.,  last 
week,  by virtueof a chattel mortgage.  The 
stock  was purchased  by C. J. Fieischauer,
|  who proposes  to  re-engage in  the grocery 
: business  in  connection  with  his crockery 
i trade.

Detroit—Among  the  business  changes 
which  will  take place the first of the new 
j year  will  be  the  retirement of  David  D. 
Cady  from  the  wholesale  grocery  firm of 
‘ W.  .1.  Gould  A  Co.  Mr.  Cady has formed 
! a partnership  with Gilbert  W.  Lee  (D. D.
‘ Mallory  & Co.)  and  about Feb.  1. the new 
! firm expects to  secure  possession  of  the 
four stores  now  occupied  by  Pingree  A 
Smith,  on  Jefferson  avenue,  when  they 
will  increase the business by adding a full 
! line of  teas,  sugars,  syrups  and  general 
j groceries.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—Haley  A  Covert are  putting 
i ing in  2,000,000 feet  of logs  in  Midland 
county  for Marsh  A  Heaid.

Springdale—The  Gaston  sawmill  has I 
started  up,  after  several  weeks’  delay,  j 
| caused  by financial  difficulties.

Frankfort—Bellows  Bros,  will  put  in ; 
I about 7,000.000 feet of hemlock and  hard- i 
woods this  season,  enough  to  keep them 
operating at a good  rate all  winter.

South  Frankfort—The  Crane  Lumber* 
Co.  has all  its camps  in  operation,  and  I 
proposes  to  have a full  supply of stock I 
I for  its  mills,  irrespective of the  weather.  1
Bay City—The  Butman  &  Rust  saw- j 
j mill  will  start 
in  the  spring  and  cut j 
i about  1,000.000  feet  of  logs,  when  i t ! 
is  the  present  intention  of  the  firm  to 
close the mill  down.

Dollarville—The  Peninsular  Land  A i 
j Lumber Co.  has  several  camps  south  of | 
|  Munising,  and  will  haul  its  logs to  that | 
| DOint,  shipping them  from  there by  rail  j 
to its mill  at this place.

Munising—The  Chicago  Lumbering ! 
Co.  has  a  camp  in  this  neighborhood,  ] 
which  will  bank  about  3,000,000  feet.  I 
The  logs  will  go down  the  Indian  River j 
for  manufacture at  Manistique.

Frankfort—A.  G.  Butler,  who  did  not | 
do very  much  with  his sawmill  last  sea­
son.  will  have  a  good  stock  next  year, 
and  has already  let  contracts  for about j 
3,000,000 feet of hemlock and hardwoods,  j
Harrison—The sawmill of Wilson, Stone ; 
A  Wilson  is ready  for business. 
It is e x -: 
pected  that the  shipment of logs from the ; 
camps to the mill  will  begin  this  week,! 
and  that  the  mill  will  begin  sawing  next j 
week.

Charlotte—Wm.  Smith  and  Mina  Mil-  I 
ler—both of Eaton  Rapids—have  formed j 
a copartnership  under the style of  Smith 
A  Miller  and  will  open  a  lumber  yard  i 
here,  having  leased  the  location  of  the j 
Richardson  Mill Co.

Champion—Dyer  Bros.  A  Co.,  who j 
have  been  running  a shingle  mill  here,  I 
have  their mill  closed  down  for the pres- j 
ent.  There has  been  some hitch  in  their 
affairs,  which  it is believed will  be short- I

ly  straightened  and  they  will  resume 
operations."

Glen  Arbor—Earl  Bros.,  shingle  mill 
operators  and  general  dealer»,  have  dis­
solved  partnership.  Gordon  Earl  will 
probably  remove to the  Upper  Peninsula 
and  cut  shingles  on  contract.  Frank 
to  Traverse  City, 
Earl  has  removed 
where  be  will  shortly  embark 
in  the 
jewelry  business.

Cadillac—Chittenden.  Herrick  A  Co. 
recently purchased o?  Buckley A Douglas, 
of Manistee,  a  tract  of  pine  near  their 
mill  estimated  at  15.000,000  feet.  Since 
making the purchase they  have sold  it to 
Cobbs  A  Mitchell, 
It  will  be  cut  and 
brought  here  to  be  manufactured.  The 
consideration  was 385.000.

Bay City—In  the Circuit  Court  here J. 
L.  McCormick,  of  Saginaw,  obtained  a 
verdict  of  81,180  against  George  Lewis 
and J.  J.  Parmaly.  The latter  purchased 
1,400,000 feet of logs on theAuGres  River 
of  McCormick,  of  which  only  about  a 
half million  came  out the season  of  the 
purchase. 
that  in  the 
final settlement the defendants  held back 
the  purchase  price  for  about  2.000.000 
feet,  it  being  alleged  that  the scale  fell 
short that amount.  A  verdict  was given 
to McCormick  for the sum  stated.

It  was  alleged 

frozen 

Bay  City—Reports  from  the  pineries 
are that  the  work  of cutting  and  skid­
ding is  progressing  favorably,  the colder 
weather  having 
the  ground, 
although there  is no snow  to speak of in 
I the woods.  J.  V.  Hodgson  has  taken  a 
I contract  to cut  15.000,000  feet of  logs on 
a 40,000,000  foot  tract  on  the  Ocqueoc, 
owned  by  Maltby A  Mosher,  of this city. 
The  logs  will  probably  be  rafted  to this 
River.

Leroy—The Cutler A Savidge  Lumber 
Co.  has adopted  a plan to get rid of all  its 
stump  lands. 
It  employs  ail  the  mar­
ried  men  it can.  and  sells them  a tract of 
land on such reasonable  terms,  and  long 
time,  that  all  who  will  work  for the com­
pany  for one  year can,  if careful, pay for 
their  land.  This is  better  than  the old 
method of  lettiug  it go  to the  State  for 
taxes.  This  stump  land  makes  adm ir­
able sheep  pasture,  and  many  tine  tiocks 
are raised in  these old  pine choppings.

in 

the 

Stanton—Myron  Spanogle  has  pur­
chased  all  the  pine timber on  the Towns­
end  and  Wickes  lands,  south of the city, 
comprising a tract  of  about  1,300 acres. 
He  will  manufacture 
timber  into 
shingles,  and  it  will  take  about  three 
years to complete  the  work.  He  will run 
his  mill  at  its  present  site,  on  Stone’s 
Lake,  during 
the 
spring  will  move  the  plant  to  Bass  Lake, 
about  one  mile  east  of  Colby  Station, 
which  will  be  about  the  center  of  the 
tract.

the  winter,  but 

Saginaw— Some time  ago  Col.  A.  T. 
Bliss  took  the  planing  mill of  Mr.  En­
glish,  of  Buffalo,  on  a mortgage  to satis­
fy  a  claim  of  §13,000.  He  is  shipping 
the  machinery  to  Saginaw,  and  is  ne­
gotiating with  Mr.  Jackson, of  Robinson 
A  Jackson,  who  operate a lumber  yard 
in Carrollton,  to  build  a planing mill  on 
their  premises and  put the  Buffalo  ma­
chinery 
it.  Robinson  A  Jackson 
have  handled  about  15,000,000  feet  of 
lumber  this  year,  and  it  is  calculated 
that  the firm  can  give  plenty of  business 
to a planing mill.

into 

Bay  City — Some 

important  sawmill 
changes  are  being  made. 
Jonathan 
Boyce, who  began  last spring the cutting 
of  his  Roscommon  tract,  to  which  the 
Michigan  Central  built  a  line  of  road,

the  mills  of 

and  has cut  about 30,000,000  feet  there­
on,  which were  railed  to  this  river  and 
manufactured  at 
John 
Welch,  McEwaii  Bros,  and  the  West Side 
Lumber  Co.,  Las  apparently  concluded 
to manufacture the  hulk of the  logs  him­
self.  and  has  purchased  the mill  of E.  Y. 
Williams  A  Co.,  below  this  city.  He 
will  make some  alterations in  the mill  to 
enable  it  to cut  long stuff.  The mill  has 
a capacity of about  .0.000,000  feet.  The 
consideration  is  reported as 827,500.

Mancelona—P.  Medalie  has  opened  a 
branch  dry  goods  and  clothing  store  at 
Evart,  placing  it  under  the  management 
of  Mr.  Ilorovitz.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertí semen ts will be inserted  under  this  bead for 
two  cents  a   word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertises 
m eat taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

351

F OR  S yLK  at  a  b a r g a in —a  d r u g   s t o r e   in   a 

.growing’ city  Fine  location.  Will sell  stock  or 
j  stock  and  new  building  together,  as purchaser  pre- 
j  fers.  If  you  want  a paying business, you will do veil 
}  to  investigate  this  at  once.  Address  Drugs,  care
Michigan Tradesman.________________  
ITOR  SALE—TIMBER  oANDS-CHEAP—4200  ACRES 
i  
of choice hardwood land  in Emmet county,  Mich. 
'  All within three and one ha'f miles of railroad.  Tim- 
:  her:  maple,  elm. birea,  beech,  basswood,  etc.  Very 
i  easily lumbered.  Write Win  Crosby. Harbor Springs, 
j  Mi eh 
rX>R  SALE — ONE  OF  THE  BEST-PAYING  DRUG 
stocks  in  Albion,  Mich.,  a  good  manufacturing 
JL 
j  and  college town of  6/00 inhabitants.  Invoice  about 
;  $3.000.  Reason  for  selling,  ill-health.  Address  Lock 
Box 103  Albion, Mich. 
i.X>R  SALE-CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  SELECTED 
grocery stock,  located at a good country trading 
j  point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C. 
]  Adams, Administrator, Morley, Mich.  _  
U'CR  SALE—LARGFr STOCK  OF  GENERAL  GOODS 
In  first-class condition, doing  a  business of  from 
F  
i  $60,010 t » SKO/OO per year.  The  trade  of  the  store  is 
i  all on a cash basis.  For  particulars  address No.  35? 
care Michigan Tradesman.___________________ 357

__________________ 360

352

313

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

:  s it u a t io n   w a n t e d—on  Ja n u a r y  i»t,  iso*,  in  a
O   retail  store  by  thoroughly  competent  and trust- 
!  worthy cashier of six  years’  experience.  Permanent 
|  place  desired.  Highest  references.  Will  work  for 
one dollar a  week or  less  the  first  year  and  furnish 
j  perfectly satisfactory bond for  faithful  performance 
of duty.  No salary  af  er  first  year.  Will “keep tab” 
if desired.  Habits  good:  do  not  drink,  smoke,  play 
1  pool, talk back  nor  ask  three  afternoons  a  week off. 
'  Send postal or apply  to  American  Cash  Register Co., 
f Chicago. III. 
|  YYTANTED—BY  YOUNG  LADY  POSITION  AS  COPY- 
it  
1st, typewriter or cashier.  Can  furnish  best of 
j 
j  references.  Address 358. care Michigan Tradesman.
W J'ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  B Y ~
1 
i v  married  man  who  can  give the  beat of  refer- 
j  enees.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesman, 
I  Grand Rapids. 
j  iTTANTED—POSITION  FOR  TWO  OR  THREE  COM- 
I  W   petent 
lady  stenographers  and  tyj ewriters. 
|  They  have a practical  knowledge of  the  elements  of 
book-keeping.  Are  willing  to  be  subjected  to  any 
reasonable test.  Address  W.  N.  Ferris,  Big  Rapids, 
Mich.__________________________  

305

356

353

M ISC  E L L A N E O U S .

187

326

1NOR  8ALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVEST- 
1  ment.  Corner  lot  and  5-room  house  on  North 
j  Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
I  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
j  care Michigan Tradesman. 
f* 
'QR  HEST-A GOOD  STOKE  OtI  SOUTH  DIVISION 
street—one of  the  best  locations  on  the  street. 
|  Desirable  for the  dry goods  business, as  it  has  been 
used for the dry goods business for three years.  Size, 
22x80  feet, with  basement  Geo. K. Nelson, 68 Monroe 
! street. 
j  r F YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTY TO EXCHANGE FOR 
i  1.  a  residence  brick  block in Grand  Rapids,  address 
B.  w. Barnard. 35 Allen street. Grand Rapids, Mich.  331
IX )R  SALE-TWO  HUNDRED  ACRfeS  LAND  (160  IM 
F  proved), located in the fruit belt of  Oceana coun­
ty.  Mich.  Land  fitted  for  machinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  roof  bara  with  underground  for  stock, 
horse barn and other necessary farm buildings.  New 
windmill furnishes water for house and barns.  Eight­
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1.000 peach trees, 
two years old, looking thrifty.  Price. $35 per  acre, or 
will exchange for stock of dry goods.  If any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 
F~  OR SALE—TH E  BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT IN GRAND 
Rapids,70x17-5 feet, beautifully *hadta with native 
oaks, situated in good  residence  locality, only 260 feet 
from  electric street car lino.  Will sell  for $2,500  cash 
or part cash, payments  to  suit.  E  A. Stowe, 100 Louis 
Street. 
W ANTED—ONE  GOOD  PEDDLING  WAGON,  FOR 
which  we will  pay  cash.  Address  No. 342, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
W ANTED-  GROCERY  STOCK  BY  PARTIES  WHO 
it  
can pay cash  down.  Must  be  dirt  cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 343, care Michigan Tradesman. 
\ I 7ANTED — TO  PURCHASE  FOR  CASH  A  DRUG 
▼ ? 
stock in a good town of 3,000 to 5.000 inhabitant« 
|  Winans & Allen, Tower block, Grand  Rapids, Mich.  332 
\\T ANTED—UNTIL  DECEMBER  15,T   WILL  PAY  65 
! 
cents per pair for partridges, spot cash; ship by 
i v 
j  express.  C. B. Lovejoy, Big Rapids, Mich. 
j  IiriN D O W  DRESSING 1  OR THE  HOLIDAY SEASON!
it   Send for  Harry Harman’s illustrated Christmas 
! 
pamphlet containing novel window displays and store 
decorating arranged  for every line of business, adapt­
ed  to  the  holiday  season  and  for  other  occasions. 
Price,  postpaid, 75c.  Harry Harman, window  dresser 
|  and decorator, P. O. Box 113, Louisville, Ky. 
X \T ANTED—BOOT  AND  SHOE  STOCK,  SUITABLE 
I  f t  
for the  trade of a country town.  Must be cheap 
•  for spot cash.  J. M. Fowler A Co., Kalamo, Mich. 
366

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5

PUILT  FOR  BUSINESS!

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

“ patching up” pass-book accounts?

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

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

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

ponding ledger account  without having  to  “doctor”  it?

Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain  that  they  have  been  charged  for 
items they never  had,  aud  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

G R A N D   R A P ID S   G O S S IP .

Robinson  &  Hendrick have opened  a 
furniture and  bazaar  store  at  748  East 
Fulton  street.

Philip  Baas has opened a grocery store 
at Alpine.  The  Lemon  &  Wheeler Com­
pany furnished  the stock.

Lowell  Lamkin  has opened  a grocery 
store at Goodhart.  The  Lemon  & Wheel­
er Company furnished  the stock.

V.  Eddy  has opened a grocery  store at 
Petoskey.  The stock  was  supplied  by 
the  Lemon &  Wheeler Company.

McCue & Tripp  have  opened  a grocery 
store at  Bass River.  The  Olney  & Jnel­
son Grocer Co.  furnished  the stock.

Frank  McIntyre  has arranged  to  open 
a grocery store  at  Marion.  The Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Go. will furnish the stock.
O.  Trumble  has  removed  his  general 
stock from West  Olive  to Oakdale  Park, 
locating  at the corner of East and Adams 
streets.

E.  P.  Liddle  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery business  at  Stittsville.  The  stock 
was furnished  by  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company.

Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.  replevined $157 
worth  of  stock  from  the  shoe  store  of 
Moore & Co.,  at  Muskegon,  last week, on 
an  allegation  of fraud.

T.  J.  Nixon  &  Co.  have  opened a gro­
cery store at 418 and  420 South  Division 
street.  The stock  was furnished  by  the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

Frank  D.  Saunders has  opened  a  gen­
eral  store  at  Sheffield.  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sheimer  &  Co.  furnished  the  dry  goods 
and  the Olney  &  Judson  Grocer Co.  sup­
plied the groceries.

H.  Matthews,  druggist at the corner of 
Sixth  street  and  Broadway,  has  sold 
his branch  drug  store  at Chase  to  Zim- 
merson  Ross,  who  formerly  clerked  in 
Matthews’  city store.

The Worden  referred  to  last  week  as 
having purchased a large tract of shingle 
timber in  the Upper  Peninsula is not A. 
E.  Worden,  of this city,  but Jas. H. Wor­
den, of Cedar Springs.

Hester &  Fox  have  sold  a  boiler,  en­
gine and sawmill complete to Newman & 
Beckett,  of Sebawaing,  Huron county,  in 
competition  with  several  other  markets 
in  this and other states.

Tucker,  Hoops  &  Co.  have  sold  their 
sawmill,  at  Luther,  to  Camp  &  Ilinton. 
who own  a  large  tract of pine  near  Lum- 
berton,  Miss.  The  purchasers  will  im­
mediately  begin  the removal of  the  mill 
to the place  named.

G.  A.  Krause is  erecting  a  third  brick 
store at  the  corner  of  East  and  Cherry 
streets,  which he  intends  to  have  com­
pleted  by  Christmas.  The  building  is 
two stories  in  height  and  20x64  feet  in 
dimensions. 
It  will  be  occupied  by 
Youngblood  & Son  as a meat market.

P u r e l y   P e r s o n a l.

H.  E.  Hogan,  the  South  Boardmau 

grocer,  was in town one day  last week.

C.  F.  Walker,  the  Glen Arbor  general 
dealer,  is in  the  city  for  a  week  or  ten 
days.

Having disposed  of  his  drug  stock  at 
Chase,  H.  Matthews  has  removed  his 
family to this city  from  that place.

J.  M.  Fowler and  L.  R.  Cessna,  of  the 
firm  ofi J.  M.  Fowler & Co., general deal­

ers at Kalamo,  were in  town  last  Friday.
Guy  L.  Cleveland,  junior  member  of 
the drug  firm of  P.  M.  Cleveland &  Son, 
at  Nunica,  was  in  towu  one  day  last 
week.
A. 

D.  Spangler,  of  the  produce  and 

commission 
firm  of  A.  D.  Spangler 
& Co.,  at  Saginaw,  was  in  town one day 
last  week.

R.  B.  Reynolds,  general  dealer  at  In­
land,  was  in  town  Monday  on  his  way 
home, from Cincinnati,  whither  he  went 
with  two  cars of  potatoes.

Heman  G.  Barlow 

is  sojourning  at 
Mt.  Clemens,  in  the  hopes  of  obtaining 
relief from  the  attacks  of  Old  Rheum. 
He is  accompanied  by  his  wife.

W.  S.  Winegar,  the  Lowell  druggist, 
was in  town  very early in the  week, buy­
ing holiday goods.  He  was accompanied 
by his head salesman, Abe Peck.

Geo.  W.  Hughston,  . of 

the  firm  of 
Hughstou  & Reed, general  dealers at  Mc- 
Bain,  died  last  Monday and  was buried 
on Thursday. 
It  has  not  yet  been an­
nounced  what  disposition  will  be made 
of the business.

Tradesman  or  Superior  Goiipons,  -

Gripsack Brigade

“ Hub”  Baker struck his gait last week, 
having  taken  orders  for  three  grocery 
stocks.

Valda  Johnston,  wife  and  son,  were 
thrown  from  their  carriage,  while  out 
driving  last Saturnay, and  Mrs. Johnston 
was  badly  cut  in  the  head. 
She  was 
mending rapidly  Monday,  when  her  ulti­
mate recovery  was  thought  to  be a mat­
ter of a  couple  of  weeks.  The accident 
was  a  most  fortunate  one 
in  every 
respect.

Sample Case:  The  reply of  Mr.  Geo. 
F.  Owen,  as  published  in  T h e   M i c h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n   of  Nov.  28th,  to  the  slan­
derous  and  uncalled  for  attack  on  the 
social  aud  moral  status  of the  commer­
cial  travelers  of  the  world  which  ap­
peared  in  a late  number of  the  Ypsilanti 
Sentinel,  is an  eloquent  and  convincing 
refutation  of  the  vile  slander  indulged 
in  by  a  wooden  headed  individual  who 
poses  as  an  instructor  and  leader  of 
thought.  His  assertion  “ that  no  one 
would ever  make a mistake by shooting  a 
commercial, traveler  on  sight,”  should be 
borne in  mind  by every commercial  trav­
eler in  the  land,  and  if  occasion  offers, 
the  author  duly  rewarded  in  his  own 
coin.

T h e   F r e e z i n g   o f  V e g e t a b le s .

An egg expands  when  it  is  frozen,  aud 
breaks its shell.  Apples contract so much 
that  a  full  barrel  will shrink  until  the 
top  layer is a foot below  the chine.  When 
the frost is  drawn  out the apples assume 
their normal  size aud  fill  up  the  barrel 
again.  Some  varieties are  not  apprecia­
bly injured by  being frozen  if the frost is 
drawn  out gradually.  Apples  will  car­
ry safely  in  a refrigerator car  while  the 
mercury 
is  registering  twenty  degrees 
below  zero.  Potatoes,  being  so  largely 
composed  of  water,  are  easily  frozen. 
Once touched  by  frost they  are ruined.

R e t ir e m e n t f r o m  T r a d e   o f   S to r m  &  H ill,
Storm &  Hill,  the  Chicago  dry  gooods 
jobbers,  wiil  retire  from  business  Janu­
ary  1,  the entire stock  being now offered 
at  private  sale.  The  house  was  estab­
lished  at  Milwaukee  iu  1842,  removing to 
Chicago  in  1880,  where 
took  rank 
among  the  leading houses in  the Garden 
City.

it 

Gladwin—Graham  &  Lang  have  pur­
chased a small lot of pine on  the  Tittab- 
awasse,  and will put in 1,000,000 feet.

COUPON  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 pass book system  is 
that .many  times  while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done  when  you can  illy afford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers  waiting  when  it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system,  it is avoided.
Now  as to the  use of the  coupon book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book,  you hand him a coupon  book,  say 
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

vs. PASS  BOOK.
for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders  unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing incident to the use of the  pass  book. 
As the notes bear  interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than  book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of  the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down  to a certain  limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book 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 will 
issue  another  book  before  the  one  al­
ready used is paid  for.
In many localities  merchants  are  sell­
ing  coupon  books  for  cash  in  advance, 
giving a discount of from 2  to 5 per cent, 
for advance payment.  This is especially 
pleasing  to  the  cash  customer,  because 
it gives him an advantage over the patron 
who  runs  a  book  account  or  buys  on 
credit.  The cash man  ought to have  an 
advantage  over the credit  customer,  and 
this  is easily  accomplished  in  this  way 
without  making  any actual  difference in 
the  prices of  goods—a  thing which  will 
always create dissatisfaction and loss.
Briefly stated, the coupon system is pref­
erable to the pass book  method because it 
(1)  saves the time consumed in recording 
the  sales on  the pass  book  and  copying 
same in  blotter,  day book  and  ledger;  (2) 
prevents  the  disputing  of  accounts;  (3) 
puts the obligation in  the form of a note, 
which is prima 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 

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

T H E   M IC H IG A N   l'H A D ESM A JN .
Dry Goods Price Current.

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B a r g a in   C o u n te r s .

From  the  Merchant«’  Review.

The  bargain  counter  is  one  of 

the 
principal  features of all dry goods stores 
of any  pretensions to  magnitude,  and  is 
gradually  being introduced in the smaller 
time  no j 
establishments.  Probably  in 
general  store-keeper  in  the country  will  ; 
be  without this  feature  of  enterprising 
modern store-keeping, because when con­
ducted  properly it never fails to act as  a 
powerful  magnet with  female customers.  I 
Not only can the bargain counter be made ' 
profitable  in  itself,  but  it also is of great  | 
that j 
assistance  in  disposing  of  goods 
never  reach  it.  The  first  use  that  is 
generally  made  of  the  bargain  counter j 
is  to  work  off  damaged  or  shopworn  ] 
goods,  or goods that  have  been  kept  in j 
stock  until they  have become antique  in  j 
style.  The  dealer having been  success­
ful in  quickly  moving such goods in  this ; 
manner,  is led  to try the  virtues  of  the j 
bargain counter in order to dispose  of  a  j 
portion of an excessive stock of a certain j 
line of goods that may  be  new  in  style i 
and  in fair  demand,  but  which  do  not 
move out  rapidly enough.  Prom this 
is 
but a step  to the  use of the counter as an j 
attraction  for  buyers to get  them into the  j 
store and  in 
the  mood  for  purchasing, 
when  they may  be more easily  inducedo 
buy of goods that  have not been  reduced 
in  price,  for it must be  understood  in the 
first place, that “ bargain counter”  means 
a  place  for  bargains,  otherwise,  goods ! 
that  have  been  marked  down  in  price.  I 
Considerable skill  is  usually required 
to 
run a  bargain  counter  to  the  best  ap- 
vantage  in  localities  where  competition 
is brisk,  and  rival dealers are  enterpris­
ing  and  ingenious,  and  proper  attention 
must  be  paid  to  its  management,  but 
practice makes perfect, and  any  trouble 
to which  the dealer may be  put  will  be 
well  rewarded  by  the results.
All  kinds of goods  may be  placed upon 
the bargain counter,  according to the cir­
cumstances,  such  as notions  and  articles 
which  are supplied  by the city  wholesal- j 
ers expressly  for that purpose,  slow-sell­
ing goods,  damaged  goods,  and  articles 
that  have  been bought at  especially  low 
rates  in  large quantities,  in  fact  every­
thing  that  requires  to  be  disposed  of 
promptly.  But when  these are not  avail­
able,  articles that are sufficiently  attrac­
tive  to  draw  customers 
the  store 
should be used,  or a  variety  may  be  of­
fered,  the  best results  usually  following 
when  the  offerings  are  numerous  a n d ! 
varied.
The dealer having decided  to  try  the 
virtues of a bargain  counter and selected 
the  articles  to  be  placed  upon  it.  the 
question  of location should  receive  care- | 
ful  consideration.  The  counter  being | 
intended principally as an advertisement,  , 
should  be given a  conspicuous  place  in  j 
the  store,  not  hidden  away  where 
i t ! 
would  be difficult for  intending  custom-1 
ers to find  it,  but as near  as  possible  to ; 
the entrance of the store,  and  the  more 
room  the better.  A  well  managed  and ! 
advertised  bargain counter ought to draw j 
a good many  people,  in  well  populated 
towns and cicies,  and  unless they cau  be ; 
accommodated  with  sufficient  space  to 
move about in  and  examine  the  goods, 
the chances are that they  wiil  not  visit 
the store  a second  time.  A  recent  writer 
upon  this subject  says:  “ When  proper­
ly  and  liberally  used the bargain counter 
exerts a subtle and penetrating influence; 
it  is a power  that  acts like a tonic, toning 
up and making vigorous the entire system. 
It tends to  increase the  number  of  cus­
tomers,  aisles thronged with ladies create 
a favorable impression,  and  convey 
the 
idea of  the  flourishing  and  prosperous 
condition of the business.”  It is obvious, 
therefore,  that  the position  and  space  to 
be accorded the counter are questions  of | 
importance. 
The more  the  counter  is 
advertised  in  the  local  newspapers  the 
better the  prospects of its success  as  an  | 
attraction  for the  public,  hence  the  des­
cription of the goods to be offered, as well  | 
as their prices,  should  be  announced  in i 
the papers at  regular intervals.  It is not j 
necessary  to deceive the  public in  regard 
to the merits of  the  goods  offered.  Let 
them be genuine  bargains,  and  the  an- 
noucement  that the  prices have  been  re­
duced  will  be sufficient to attract  buyers, 
without  resorting  to  misrepresentation. 
If damaged goods are to be sold,  the dep-1

to 

recation in  value must not be  concealed, I 
otherwise considerable loss of trade  may 
ensue.  Square  dealing  is  essential 
in 
the management of the  bargain  counter 
as  in  any  other department of a business, j

T h e   D e r iv a t io n   o f  D o lla r .

F r o m   the San F r a n c is c o  C h ro n ic le .

Few  persons have ever  troubled  them­
selves to think of the  derivation  of  the 
word dollar. 
It is from the German that 
(valley),  and  came  into  use  in  this  way 
some 300 years ago.  There  is a little sil­
ver mining city or  district  in  Northern 
Bohemia  called  Joachimsthal  or  Joach­
im’s Valley.  The reigning Duke  of  the 
region  authorized  this  city  in  the  six­
teenth century to coin a silver piece which 
was called  “joachimsthaler.”  The  word 
“joaehim”  was  'soon  dropped  and  the 
word  “thaler”  only retained.  The piece 
went into general  use  in  Germany  and 
also in  Denmark,  where the orthography 
was changed to  “daler,”  whence  it came 
into  English,  and  was  adopted  by  our 
forefathers  with  some  changes  in 
the 
spelling.

iMoiier &

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods.  Carpets l Cloaks.

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Q uilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oilr  own  ManilfacWre.
Mackinaw Shirts acd Lumbermen’s 

Socks.

Hill, Herpolsbeimer  Co.,

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa  St.

GRAND  RAP ID S, 

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S c ili Corset  Co.’s

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

In th is journal.

SCHILLING  CORSET  00.,
Detroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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A tlanta A A .............. 654
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A m sburg................... 7  Gold  M edal................  754
A rt  C am bric............ 10  Green  T icket............854
Blackstone  A A.......  8  ¡Great F a lls................   654
Beats A ll...................   4%
H ope...........................  754
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shorts.  89£:Oak  V iew ..................6
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American indigo... 
American shirtings 
A rgentine  G rays.. 
A nchor S h irtin g s.. 
Arnold 
A rnold  Merino

C orallne........   ........19 501W o n d erfu l...............84 50
Schilling’s . ..............  9 00 B righton................... 4 75
Davis  Waists  ....  9 OOBortree’s ..............  9 00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50| Abdominal............15 00
A rm ory.....................  654 [Naumkeag satteen ..  754
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pink a purple  654 C harter Oak  fancies  454 
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buffs 
pink  checks.  554 
m ourn’g 6
staples  .........  554  Eddy stone  fa n c y ...  6
shirtings 
chocolat  6
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rober  ...  6
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sateens.  6
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long cloth B. 1054  Merrim’ckshirtings.  4 
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century cloth  7  Pacific  fa n c y ............6
gold seal.......1054 
robes..............  654
green seal T R 1054 Portsm outh ro b es...  6 
yellow  seal. .1054  Simpson m ourning..  6
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Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__ 754
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brow n  .13
A ndover................... 1154
B eav ercreek   A A ... 10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 

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“ 
blue  854 
“  d a  tw ist  1054 
“ 

Colum bian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl .19

“ 
“ 

Colum bian  brow n..12
E verett, b lu e .............12
b ro w n .........12
H aym aker b lu e .......   754
b ro w n ...  754
.Jeffrey........................ 1154
L ancaster...................1254
Lawrence, 9 o z.........1354
No. 220.... 13
No. 2 5 0 ... 1154
No. 2 8 0 ... 1054

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G INGRAM S.

“ 
“ 

Lancaster,  sta p le ...  654

fa n c ie s __ 7
N orm andie  8

A m oskeag.................7J4
“  Persian dress  854 
“ 
Canton  ..  854
L ancashire................ .654
“ 
A FC .........1254
M anchester...............  53£
“ 
T eazle ... 1054 
M onogram ................  654
A ngola.. IO54 
“ 
N orm andie...............   754
“ 
P ersian..  854 
P ersian .......................  854
A rlington stap le—   654 
R enfrew  D ress......... 754
A rasapha  fancy —   454 
R osem ont.....................654
Bates W arwick dres  854
staples.  654 S latersv ille...............  6
C entennial................  1054 Som erset.................... 7
C rite rio n .................   1054 Tacom a  ....................   754
Cum berland  staple.  554|Toll  d u N o rd ...........1054
C um berland.............  5  1 W abash......................  754
Essex  ........................  454 
seersucker..  754
E lfin ...........................  754  W arw ick..................   854
W hittenden..............   654
Everett classics.......854
heather dr.  8 
E xposition..................754
indigo blue  9 
G lenarie....................  654
W am sutta staples...  654
G lenarven.................  654
W estbrook................   8
Glenwood  ..................754
10
H am pton......................654
W inderm eer.............   6
Johnson Ohalon  cl 
54 
Y ork............................654
indigo blue  954 ’
zephyrs__ 16

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G R A IN   BAGS.

A m oskeag.................1654 [ Valley C ity.................1554
S tark .........................  1954  G eo rg ia..................... 1554
A m erican..................1654  P a c ific ........................1454

TH R EA D S.

Clark’s M ile E n d ....45 
|B arbour's.................. 88
Coats’, J .  & P .......... 45  M arshall’s ..................88
H olyoke.................... 22 541

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

W hite. Colored.

W hite. Colored.

No.

“ 
“ 

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

38 No.  14 ........37
16 ........38
39
18 ........39
40
20 ........40
41
CAM BRICS.
.  4 
S later..........................  4
W hite S tar.........  ..  4
Kid Glove  ................  4
N ew m arket...............  4

[Edw ards 
...............   4
Lockw ood....................4
Wood’s .....................   4
[B runsw ick..............  4

42
43
44
45

R E D   FL A N N E L .

F irem an............. .......3254IT W .................... ....... 2254
Creedm ore—   .........2754IFT....................... ....... 3254
Talbot X XX...... .......30 
Nameless  ......... .......2754|Buckèye............ ....... 3254

|J R F ,  XXX  ...

.......35

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

Red & Blue,  p la id ..40
Union  R .................... 2254
W indsor.....................1854
6 oz W estern ............ 20
Union  B ....................2254
N am eless....... 8  @  9541 
.......   854@10 

Grey S R  W ............... 1754
W estern W  ............... 1854
D R  P ..........................1854
Flushing XXX..........2354
M anitoba................... 2354
9  @1054 
1254
Brown. Black.

DOM ET  FLA N N EL:

I 

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Brown. Black. Slate.

CANVASS  AND  FA D D IN G .
13
15
17
20

954
1054
11K
1254
8 oz..  . ....  954 W est  Point, 8 oz
1, 8 O Z ... ....1054

954 13
1054 15
1154 17
1254 20
DUCKS.

-.1054
10 oz ...1254
G reenw ood, 754 oz..  954  Raven, lOoz..............1354
G reenwood, 8 oz — 1154  Stark 
Boston, 8 oz.............. 1054lBoston, 10 oz..............1254

“ 

 

1354

“ 
Slate.
954 
1054 
1154 
1254

13
15
17
20

W AD D IN G S.

W hite, d o z..............   25 
Colored,  d oz.......... .20 

j Per bale, 40 d oz— 17  50
|

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Slater, Iron Cross. 
Red Cross..
B est............
Best  A A ...
L ...............................
G ................
Corticelli, doz.........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

B ILESIA S.
8 
¡P aw tucket................. 1054
9  D an d le.........................  9
1054  B edford.....................1054
12V4  Valley  C ity..............1<>V4
...  754  E E ............................ 1054
...  8541
SEW IN G   SIL K .

tw ist, doz. .3754  per  54oz  b a ll......... 30
50 yd, d o z ..3754l
HOOKS  AND  BTK 8— P E R  GROSS.

No  1 B l’k & Whlte.,10  [No  4 Bl’k & W hite.. 15

12 
“   8 
12  I  “   10

PIN S.

No 2—20, M  C ...........50 
‘  3—1 8 .S C ............ 45 
No  2 W hite & Bl’k.,12 
“ 
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N o 2........................... 28 

!No4—15  F   354
!
[No  8 W hite & Bl’k..20 
23
.2 6
.........36

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|N o 3 ..  .............  

COTTON  T A PE .
..15  “ 10 
..18  1  “  12 
SA FETY   PIN S.

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4 
6 

40

N E E D L E S—F E B   M.

A. Ja m e s....................1  401 Steam boat..................  40
Crowely’s.................. 1  35 Gold E y e d ..................1  50
M arshall’s ................ 1  00|
5—4.-  2 25  6—4...3  25|5—4 ....1   95  6 - 4 . 2   95

TA B L E   O IL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3   10|
COTTON TW IN ES.

“  . . . 2   10 

t i c k i n g s .

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag A C A ....1254] A C   A ........................ 1254
Pem berton A AA __ 16
H amilton N .................754
Y ork........................... 1054
D ..............   8541
A w ning.. 11 
I
Sw ift  R iver..............   754
F arm er....................... 8
Pearl  R iv e r.............. 12
W arren.......................13
F irst  P rize.................1154
Lenox M ills ............18
A tlanta,  D ................  65K [Stark  A 
B oot.....................................................  654 No  N a m e .754
Clifton,  K ... 
Sim pson—   ............20 
16 

I Im perial..................... 1054
....................18  B lack...................   9®  954
@10
............. 
...................10541

.............  8
...........  6>4lTop of  H eap............10

COTTON  D R IL L .

Coechco 

“  BC 

S A T IN E S .

Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ........................12
D om estic.................. 1854
A n c h o r......................16
B ris to l.......................13
Cherry  V alley.........15
X X L ........................... 1854
A labam a......................6%
A lam ance..................  654
A u g u sta ...................... 754
Ar  sap h a..................   6
G eorgia......................  054
G ra n ite .....................  594
Haw  R iver..............   5
I Haw  J .......................  5

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N a sh u a ...................... 18
Rising Star 4-p ly.. . .  17 
3 - p ly ...17
N orth  S tar.................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl754 
P o w h a tta n ............... 18

“ 

M ount  P leasan t___654
O neida.......................   5
P ry m o n t..................  594
R andelm an...............  6
Riverside  ................  554
Sibley  A ....................  654
Toledo........................  6

FL A  ID   OSNABUBGS

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

7

65

Principals and Agents.

W. 0. Sprague in  Business.

A misleading  so-called  popular  state­
ment of the law  is  that  “ principals  are 
responsible for the acts of their  agents.” 
The relation of principal and agent  is  so 
common  in  all the  affairs of business  life 
that a proper  understanding  of  the  re­
lation and its consequence duties and  ob­
ligations  is of great importance.  There 
is no one but what  is almost daily  acting 
in the capacity of one or the other.  From 
the  position  of  president  of  the  great 
corporation down to that of the  boy  who 
drives a delivery wagon or runs an errand, 
in all  departments of  life this question of 
ageney  enters.  How  important,  then, 
that it be  well understood.
The  popular saying that  “  a  principal 
is responsible for the  acts  of  an  agent” 
is  too  broad, and  if this  is  to be  taken  as 
the guide  to  express  the  legal  relation 
and responsibility  of  the  principal,  an 
important and essential distinction is lost 
sight of,  which  forms an exception which 
is as important  to remember as the  rule. 
In general  an  agent  is  one  who  acts  for 
another,  either by  that other’s express or 
implied authority.  There may  be said to 
be three kinds or classes  of  agents,  the 
universal,  the  general  and  the  special 
agents.  The universal  agent  is  one  who 
is authorized  to  do  any  and  all  acts  for 
the  principal  without  limitation.  The 
general agent is one  who  is authorized  to 
do all acts with relation  to a certain  rec­
ognized business or  the  various  sorts  of 
business of the principal  or some depart­
ment  thereof.  A  special  agent  is  one 
who is authorized to do a particular thing, 
or transact some particular business.
If I authorize  you  to  conduct  all  my 
affairs,  personal  and  public,  buy,  sell, 
convey  my  personalty  and  real  estate 
without limitation,  yon  are my  universal 
agent. 
If I  authorize  you  to  take  gen­
eral charge of my wholesale store, or take 
general charge of a department,  you  are 
my  general  agent  for that  purpose. 
If I 
employ  you  to sell  my  house,  you  are my 
special  agent.
An  agent’s authority  is  either  express 
or implied  Express authority is  such  as 
is  directly  given  and  implied  when  not 
directly  given,  but  is  so 
incidentally 
necessary to the  carrying  out  of  the  ex­
press directions  that it may  fairly  be  as­
sumed to have been  intended. 
In  deal­
ing with agents care must be  taken  to  so 
deal with  them as that their acts shall be 
within the express and implied  terms  of 
the  agency.  Apparent  authority  is  a 
term  frequently used  in  reference to  the 
authority of an agency, and by it is meant 
the authority  which  the  principal  holds 
out the  agent  as  having.  So  that  the 
general  public in  dealing with  the  agent 
is led,  by reason of the act  or  neglect  of 
the principal,  to believe that the  agent is 
acting within his authority,  and  so  the 
law is  stated,  more  accurately  then  as 
first given, that the principal is responsi­
ble for the acts of the  agent done  within 
the limits of his apparent  authority;  and 
this  is  true,  sometimes,  even  when  the 
act done is in direct  violation  of  the  ex­
press  authority  given,  because  the  prin­
cipal,  by  his act or  neglect,  has  caused 
reliance to  be  placed  in  the authority of 
the agent,  for the  law  has  wisely  stated 
that  where one or  two  innocent  persons 
must suffer, the one who was the cause of 
the  injury  must  suffer  rather  than  the 
other.

New Coins.

With  the  beginning  of  the  new year 
the  half and  quarter dollar and the dime 
that  have  been familiar  for  over  half a 
century  will  begin  to  be  retired,  and  a 
new  design  for each  piece  will  be substi­
tuted.  The new  coins,  it  is stated  by  the 
director  of  the  mint,  will  be  radically 
different from those now  in  use,  and of a 
design that will  at once  be  recognized  as 
handsomer than  any  coin ever  used  in 
this country.  The designs  selected  for 
the  new  half  dollar,  quarter  and  dime 
will  be a classic head of  Liberty,  instead 
of the  sitting  figure  of  her,  on  the ob­
verse side of  the  coins,  and  the coat-of- 
arms of  the United  States on the reverse 
side.  The act of change provides that  it 
shall not  be again  undertaken for twenty- 
five years.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

Hardware Price Current.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

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

AXES.

First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..  ........................1750

“ 
“ 
“ 

D.  B.  Bronze.................................   12 00
S.B .S. Steel..................................   8 50
D. B. Steel......................................   13 50

BARROWS. 

diS.

Railroad.......................................................... 8  14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

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

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

diS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................66*10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .......................; ....................... 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ....................."........................ 
70

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

60

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

BLOCKS.

C R A D L E S .

CROW BARS.

5
65
60
35
60

50
25

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

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

 
chisels. 

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

 

 

dls.
Socket Firm er...................................................70*10
Socket Fram ing..............................  
70*16
Socket Corner...................................  
70*10
Socket Slicks......................  .............. 
. .70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er..............................  
40
dls.

combs. 

Curry,  Lawrence’s  ................................  . . .  
40
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross...............12@12V4 dis. 10

 
 
. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
28
26
14x52,14x56,14x60 .........................  
23
Cold Roiled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................... 
23
 
Cold Rolled, 14x48..................................... 
Bottoms 
  25
..........................................................  
dis.
60
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks......................... 
Taper and straight Shank..............................  
50
Morse’s Taper Shank....................................... 
50

drills. 

 

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

07
0V4

DRIPPING PANS.

ELROWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in .............................. do*, net 
..............................................dls 
Corrugated 
Adjustable 
  ..................................... 

75
40
dls.  40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dlS.

dls.

30
25

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826.........................  
Ives’, 1. 818;  2, 824;  3, «36..............................  

piles—New List. 

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

 

GALVANIZED IRON

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

14 

12 

Discount, 60

13 
GAUGES. 

Staolev  Rule and  Level Co.’s .......................  

28
18

50

dlS.

HAMMERS.

25
M aydole  *  Co.’s ............................................-dls. 
Kip’s ..............................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plum b’s ........................... 
dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................80c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and 
.. 30c 40*10

HINGES.

 

dis.

dis. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 .........  ........................dls.60410
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 4 *   14  and
lo n g e r........................................... ..................... 
3V4
Screw Hook and  Eye, Ml..............................n et 
10
“  %.........................   net 
“ 
8H
“  %............................... net  714
“ 
“ 
“ 
% .........................   net  7J4
Strap and T  ... 
....................... 
50
HANGERS. 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  .  .50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
60
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................ 
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
. 40*10
Gray enameled  ...................................
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 3314*10
Bright........   .......................................  ■•••  70*10*10
Screw  Eyes....................... 
70*10*10
Hook’s ................................................... 
.«1* 10* 1«  I
70*10*10
70*10410
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.......................
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings—
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ............
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.......
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ............................. 
56
Branford’s ............................ 
55
Norwalk’s ........................................ 
55
MATTOCKS.
Adze Eve  ..................................  -  ■  .816 .00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye 
..........................................815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s 
.......................................818.50, dis. 30*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led ..................
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...........................

knobs—New List.

MAULS.
MILLS.

locks—DOOR.

wire goods. 

dls.
dls.

dls.

dls.

 

 

P.  S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables
“ 
“  Landers,  F erry *  Clr  k’s .............
Enterprise 
“ 

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

MOLASSES GATES.

dls.

N A IL S

A dvance over b ase: 

Stebbin’s  P a tte rn .................................................60*10
Stebbin’s G enuine............................................... 66*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring..............................  
25
Steel nails, b ase......................................................1  80
.2  00 
W ire nails, base.
Wire.
Steel.
Base
60..............................................................Base
10
50..............................................................Base
05
20
40. 
20
10
30. 
30
15
20. 
35
15
16. 112. 
35
15
40
20
10. 8..
50
25
65
40
90
60
1  50
.1  00 
1  50
2  00
2 00
Flue 3..............................................1 50
Case  10..........................................   60
90
8..........................................   75
1  00
90
6....... 
1  25
Finish 10..............................................   85
1  00
1  25
8.................................................1 00
1  50 
6  .......................................  ...1  15
75 
Clinch; 10................................................   86
90
8 ............................................. 100
....1 1 5
0 
1  00
2  50 
Barrell X ............................................... 1 75
dls.@40
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ..............................
Sclota  B ench........................................................  ©®’
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y .............................   @40
Bench, first quality..........................................   ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *16
Fry,  Acme.................................................dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
dls.
, Iron and  Tinned.................................  
40
: Copper R ivets and B urs.......................  5C—10
PATENT PLANISHED  IRON.
I  "A ” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  1 0  20 
I “ B” Wood’s  pat. planished. Nos. 25 to 27 
9  20

 
PLANES.

“ 
“ 
“ 
« 
“ 
a 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs Vic per pound extra.

 

RO PES.

- 

.  

dls.

7*4
12*  

SH E E T   IRON.

Sisal,  54 Inch and la rg e r.............
I M anilla................ 
.......................
SQUARES.
1 Steel and  Iro n .....................................................
60
; Try and B evels....................................................
20
I  M itre ......................................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
82  95 
Nos. 10 to  14...........................................84 06
3 (5 
I  Nos.  15 to 1 7 ...........................................  4 C5
3  15 
I Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4 C5
3  15 
|  Nos. 22 to 24  ...........................................  4 05
3  25 
| Nos. 25 to 26  ...........................................  4 25
3  35
j No. 27 .......................................................   4  45
|  All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
1 w ide not less than 2-10 extra
L ist acct. 19, ’86.............................................dis.
Silver Lake, W hite  A ...................................list
Drab A .......................................   “
W hite  B ...................................   “
Drab  B .................................. 
 
W hite C....................................... “

SAND  P A P E R .

SASH  CORO.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“

 

D iscount, 10.

dls.

SAW S.

BASH  W EIG H TS.
Solid E yes.........................................

H a n d ...............................................

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per fo o t,__
“ 
Special Steel  Dex X Cuts, per fo o t__
Special Steel Dla.  X Cuts,  per foot__
“ 
“  Cham pion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  ro o t.................................................... 

. per ton 825 
20 
70 
50 
30
30
Steel, G am e............................................................60*10
O neida Community, N ew honse’s .................. 
35
O neida Community, Hawley a N orton’s  .. 
70
Mouse,  ch o k er......................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion ................................... 81.50 per doz.
dls.
B right M arket.............................................. 
 
 
A nnealed M arket......................... .......................70—10
Coppered M arket................................................   60
T inned M arket....................................................  62Mi
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.  .............................   3 35

traps. 

w ir e. 

dis.

 

“ 

p a in te d .........................................   2 85

HO RSE  N AILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au S able....................................dls. 25*10025*10*05
dls.  06
Putnam.............................................. 
Northwestern....................  ............ 
dls. 10*10
dis.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine...............................................  
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75
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T H E   M ÏC H IG A _N   T R A JD E SM A JSI

Michigan Tradesman

ufficiai Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W EEK LY   JOU RN A L  DKVOTKD  TO  T H *

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State.

T h e   T ra d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  P r o p r ie to r .

Subscription Price, One  D ollar per year, payable 
A dvertising Rates m ade know n on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Oji.ce.

S .  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  D E C E M B E R   9 , 1 8 9 1 .

“ W IL L   R U IN   T H E   C O M P A N Y .”
The  Workman,  the  local  organ of trade 
unionism  and  anarch}',  contains  the fol­
lowing:

The molders,  in  their  trouble  with  the 
Grand  Rapids School Furniture Co., have I 
decided  to  enter  upon  a  new  plan  of 
campaign.  Up to the  present  time they 
have  hesitated  in  doing  anything  that 
might  disturb  the  goose  that  lays  the 
eggs,  but now that it seems quite certain 
that there are no eggs for them they have 
concluded  to  skin  the  bird  and  scatter 
the  feathers  broadcast.  The  new  plan 
of  campaign  will  be  as  follows:  Our 
local Central  Labor Union has declared a 
boycott  on  the  goods  of  the  firm;  the 
Michigan  Federation  of  Labor  will  en­
dorse the  boycott  this week;  the  Ameri­
can  Federation of  Labor and  the  inter­
national  Iron  Moulders union  will do the 
same.  After  this  is  done  50,000  circu­
lars  will  be  printed  and  put  into  the 
hands of  every agent  in  the  country  do­
ing business  in  the  same  line  of goods. 
The antipathy  to this  company  by  com­
peting companies  is  such that the mold­
ers  will  be ably assisted and  with  very 
little  expense  to  them. 
In  the  end  it 
will  quite  likely ruin the company.

The  position  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   on 
the subject of trade unions is well known 
to its readers and  the above citation will 
only serve to  strengthen  its  position  in 
the minds of honest men  everywhere.

The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
Co.  never refused  employment  to  union 
men,  but  declined  to  submit  to the  de­
mands of the union  that union men  only 
be employed  in its molding room. 
The 
union presented the alternative of  “ Rule 
or ruin,”  and on  being informed that the 
shop  was  open  to  competent  workmen, 
without regard  to  race,  religion,  politics 
or  affiliation  with  any  lodge  or  union, 
walked  out in  a body and  began  a  cam­
paign  of intimidation  and violence which 
was a disgrace  to the  city  and  a  reflec­
tion  on  the  vaunted civilization  of  the 
age.  The company  replaced the strikers 
with competent,  sober workmen  and  has 
never had  occasion to  regret  the  action 
of  the  old  employes,  except  as  it  has 
brought  disaster  and  loss upon  workmen 
who  wished to remain  at the post of duty 
but  were forced to  walk out by  the arbi­
trary action of the union  leaders.

The  threat  of  the  Workman  that  the 
proposed  action  of  the  trade  unionists 
“ will  ruin  the company”  is  a  matter  of 
indifference to the men  who back  the en­
terprise  with brains and capital,  as every 
attem pt of  the  kind  has  ended  in  utter 
failure; but the  spirit of  anarchy  mani­
fested is so deplorable as to cause candid 
men to wonder hew any person  who  lays 
any  claim  to the  possession  of  common 
honesty  and decency  can  affiliate with  a 
trades union  and  still  hold  his  head  up 
as a man among men.

It  strikes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  

that  th e  
severe  strictures  on  advice-givers, dealt 
out by Mr.  Owen  in his  this week’s con­

advice-giving  writers, 

tribution on the  subject,  are  not  wholly 
merited.  Advice  is  seldom  heeded,  for 
the reason  that it  is  most freely  offered 
by people  who  are  not  qualified  to  be­
stow  it.  Ancient  history describes a pe- 
| culiar individual  who  wrote a treatise on 
I the  blessings  of  poverty  while  resting 
his  parchment  on  a  table  of  gold. 
In 
j this  age  of  the  world,  it  is  noted  that 
■ books on such topics as “ How to Succeed”
| and  “ How to Get Rich” are usually writ- 
i  ten  by  men  who  have  never  succeeded 
! in  anything they  undertook  or  acquired 
| riches to  any  extent, consequently  what 
they  write is  the  result  of  observation,
| instead  of  actual  experience.  Such  in- 
I congruities have,  very naturally,  created 
I a  distaste for the didactic  discourses  of 
j all 
but  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   would  give §1,000  for a ser- 
! ies of  articles  from  the pen of  Marshall 
Field  or 
John  Wanamaker,  setting 
forth the manner in  which they acquired 
their enormous  competences in the short 
space of a  quarter of  a century  through 
the medium of legitimate  merchandising 
—and there is not a man in Michigan who 
would not  walk  ten  miles  over a  rough 
road  for  the  privilege  of  perusing  the 
articles.  Men  of  eminence  seldom  dis­
close  their  methods,  however,  for  the 
reason  that  such  a  course  would  open 
the door  to  a  flood of  competitors.  Be­
sides,  the  time  required  for  such  effort 
could  be  more  profitably  expended, 
financially  speaking, 
in  creating  addi­
tional  wealth  for  themselves.  The time 
may  come when  men  of  means  will  be­
queath a  knowledge  of  how  to  acquire 
riches as a legacy to posterity,  but in  all 
human  probability  the  keys  to  success 
will never be entrusted to men  who have 
not first learned how to use them  by dint 
of patience,  economy and energy.

Some business men regard the immedi­
ate  presentation  of a bank  check  as dis­
courteous  to  the  drawer  and  therefore 
are in  the habit of holding checks several 
days before  making  use  of  them.  The 
danger attending this  practice  has  been 
shown in a decision rendered  lately by  a 
New Jersey  court.  A check  drawn  by 
the defendant in the case on  May 26  was 
not  presented  for  payment  until  three 
days afterward  and in the  meantime  the 
bank had suspended.  The drawer of the 
check,  being sued  by the  holder  for  the 
amount, claimed  that  the  bank had am­
ple funds to  meet  the  check  before  the 
day on  which it had closed its doors,  and 
that as the holder had  been guilty of un­
reasonable delay  in presenting the check 
he should suffer the loss.  The judge de­
cided that the point  was well taken,  that 
the rule in  commercial  circles  was  that 
when all the  parties resided  in the same 
city  the  check  should  be  presented  on 
the day  of  its  receipt  or  the  following 
day,  and  when  payable  at  a  different 
place from that in which it was negotiat­
ed  the  check  should  be  forwarded  by 
mail on the  same  day  of  the  following 
one,  for payment.

Two organizations  of  business  men— 
the  Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade  and 
Grand  Rapids  Improvement Association 
are  doing  all  they  can  to  increase  the 
growth  of  the  city  by  encouraging  the 
location  of  new  manufacturing  enter­
prises  and  assisting  those  already 
in 
the field.  These efforts are heartily sup­
plemented  by  the  co-operation  of  busi­
ness men  who  have  the  interest of  the 
city  at  heart,  but  another  element—the 
faction represented  by the trades  union­

ists—is doing all  it can to counteract the 
efforts of good citizens by endeavoring to 
tear  down  institutions  which  refuse  to 
bow the  head  to  the  tyranny  of  union 
labor.

With the issue of this  week the-discus- 
sion of the two weeks  vs.  the three weeks 
visit of  traveling  salesmen closes,  so far 
as  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is  concerned.  The 
discussion of the subject has brought out 
several  interesting  features,  prominent 
among  which  is the fact  that  the  rapid 
increase of rail  facilities has enabled the 
men of samples to  cover  much more ter­
ritory and  visit  many  more  towns than 
they were  able  to  when  half their time 
was on long  drives  from town  to  town. 
The  necessity  for  curtailm ent—if  such 
exists—grows out  of  this  fact,  not to  a 
decline in  the trade  legitimately  coming 
to  Grand  Rapids,  which  has  shown  a 
handsome 
increase  every  year  for  the 
past quarter of a century.

The series  of  circular  letters, recently 
sent out  to  their  customers  by  F.  Good­
man  & Co.,  general  dealers  at  Burnip’s 
Corners,  which  are  given,  seriatim,  in 
another  part  of  this  week’s paper,  will 
be perused with  interest  by  hundreds of 
dealers  whose  minds  are  occupied  with 
the thought  of  adopting the cash system 
or putting their business on a cash  basis. 
The  letters  are  interesting  as  showing 
that a move toward the curtailment of the 
credit  business  leads  ultimately  to  the 
adoption  of the cash  plan,  or  some  sys­
tem which  enables  the  dealer  to  get as 
near the ready pay method as possible.

Because  you  have  taken  pretty  good 
care of your business  this year  is an  ex­
cellent  reason  why  you  should  make 
every  exertion to  take better  care  of  it 
next year. 
In  this age a  successful bus­
iness  is  only  secured  as  the  result  of 
eternal  vigilance.  The  man  who  is  al­
ways  pushing  “gets there,”  and the man 
who stops pushing  “gets left.”

Do not misrepresent what you sell. 

If 
you have not just  what  is called  for,  be 
sure that you let the customer know that 
you have something much  better.

No merchant can  afford to employ as a 
salesman  a  young man  with  the  tenden­
cies  of  a masher.  Such  a  person is  of­
fensive to every  lady of  refinement;  and 
he  is  so  persistent  in  making  himself 
conspicuous  that  he  detracts  from  the 
good  appearance  of  the entire stock,  of 
which  he 
to  make  himself  the 
most prominent feature.

tries 

Senator  Paddock,  whose 

so-called 
“ Pure  Food  Bill”  was  a  feature  of  the 
last Congress,  announces his intention of 
again 
the  measure  at  the 
present  session of  Congress.

introducing 

Do not  induce a  lazy,  ignorant  boy to 
attempt  to  make  a  salesman;  he  will 
make a failure of the effort,  and you will 
be  the father of  the failure.

If you have an  employe  in  any  capa­
city  of  whose  loyalty  or  integrity  you 
have  reason  to  suspect,  let  some  other 
man employ his services.

C o u n tr y  C a lle r s .

Calls  have  been 

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

J.  J.  Williams,  Fields.
R.  G.  Rice,  Dowling.
B.  S.  Holly,  Woodland.
Dr.  W.  O.  Barber, Caledonia.
Philip Baas,  Alpine.
M. M.  Robson,  Berlin.
P.  B.  Sharp,  Byron Center.
H.  E.  Hogan, So. Boardman.
Alex.  Denton,  Howard  City.
P.  M.  Van  Drezer,  Saranac.
P.  M.  Cleveland  & Son,  Nunica.
J.  J.  McNaughton,  Lowell.
W.  R.  Lawton,  Berlin.
J.  L.  Handy,  Boyne City.
Patrick  & Niergarth,  Reed City.
C.  F. Walker,  Glen  Arbor.
A.  D.  Spangler & Co.,  Saginaw.
M.  V.  Gundrum & Co.,  Leroy.
Frank  McIntyre,  Marion.
S.  H.  Ballard,  Sparta.

N e x t  M e e tin g   o f   t h e   B o a r d   o f   P h a r ­

m a c y .

The next meeting of the State Board of 
Pharmacy  will  be  held  at the Knights of 
Pythias  hall,  401  Center  avenue,  Bay 
City,  January  13 and 14.  The  dates for 
the other  meetings for 1892 will  be fixed 
at that meeting.

WHOLESALE SEALERS IN

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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B lu e  G rass, O rc h a rd   G rass, L a w n  G rass, 

C lo v e r, R e d   T o p ,  M ille t,  A lfa lfa  o r  L u c e rn e , 

W. H.  MOREHOUSE & CO.

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Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 

prom ptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited.'

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MENTION  THIS PAPER.

P o p c o rn ,  E tc.

And would  be pleased to send you sample and prices.

P R E S E N T   P R IC E ,  8 1   IN   SA C K S.

A.  S C H E N C K   &  SON,

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How  Can  I  Increase  the  Profits of My 

Business?

THIRD  PAPER.

Written for T h e T radesman

The  writer  is  personally  acquainted 
with many retailers who can increase the 
profits of their business as surely as they 
live,  by acting upon  the suggestions con­
tained in  last week’s  installment of  this 
subject.  Didn’t  read  it,  eh?  Well,  if 
you  can’t find  the  paper,  ask your  most 
intelligent  clerk to tell  you  about  it  and 
then  you  will  be  prepared  to  consider 
this installment.

Assuming  that  the  domestic  manage­
ment,  which was  treated of  last  week,  is 
a wise and  economical one  and not  sus- 
ceptable  of  material  improvement,  we 
will  proceed  to  the  store  management. 
If we find  anything wrong here,  you will 
not  be  able  to  attribute  the  cause  to 
your  wife or some  member  or  members 
of your family.  If the ministering angels 
who  preside  over  the  destinies  of  our 
household  affairs  present  such  marked 
contrasts in the  m atter of  mastering  de­
tails  and  economical  management,  re­
member that  men exhibit  the same char­
acteristics  and  that a lack of  order  and 
system  which  would  lead  to a neglect  of 
minute  details and  improvident manage­
ment  would  be  more disastrous  in  the 
management of  the  store  by such a man 
than  it would  be in  the  management  of 
the home by such a woman,

A  retail  business  is  made  up,  exclu­
sively, of little  things,  and no man  whose 
head is screwed on his  shoulders in such 
a manner as to confine his scope of vision 
above the  horizon among the stars, there­
by making  it  impossible  for  him  to  see 
the  many  little  things  which  lie  about 
his feet,  should ever  invest his money in 
a retail  business.  Reader,  if you  belong

r t U i   M i e m G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

9

in  the  manner  of 

to this  class, you  will not  be able  to in­
crease  the  profits of  your  trade.  You 
have  blundered into  the wrong  pew  and 
the  sooner you  get out  the better it will 
be for you.  Don’t  wait until  the  “ mony 
wees”  which  make  up  your  “ muckle” 
have  all  flitted  away,  but  sell  out  the 
very first  chance you get  and place your 
money somewhere  where  you  can  keep 
your  eye on it.  But the  man  who  has  a 
joint in  his  neck and  whose  eyes are  not 
too far gone  to  see a little thing  can  in­
crease his  profits  by  exercising  “eternal 
treating 
vigilance” 
these  minute  details.  Commence 
to­
morrow morning and  see to it that every 
move,  act and deed effecting  value to the 
extent  of  one  penny  shall  receive  the 
same careful  forethought,  and  be guided 
and  controlled  by  the  same  application 
of  thought and  business  judgment  that 
would  be  brought  to  bear  in a transac­
tion  involving  value  to the  extent of  ten 
dollars.  Do  this  and  you  will  be  sur­
prised  at 
the 
profits of  your  trade.  No  more  will  a 
whole  bin  full  of  potatoes  freeze  solid 
through  neglect  to  close a window.  No 
more  will  the  wareroom floor  be flooded 
with the contents of  the molasses  barrel 
because you ran  to the  door to see a dog­
fight  and  forgot  all  about  it.  Never 
again  will you  lose the sale of  a  five dol­
lar  pair of  fine  shoes  because you  per­
mitted yourself to utter an  unkind  word, 
in a moment of  anger,  in  reply  to a  very 
common-place  and  womanly  remark  on 
the  part of  your  lady customer.  Never 
again  will you neglect to  wire that stove­
pipe until  it  falls  down  and  ruins  five 
rolls  of  butter,  a  basket  of  eggs  and 
three  dollars’  worth of  glassware.  You 
will  no  longer  pay  delivery  clerks  for I

the  sudden 

increase  of 

hauling four hundred pounds of  boys all 
over the city,  through the mud and sand, 
for  every pound  and a half of  goods  he 
carries. 
If  some  fellow  who  is a little 
smarter  than  you  are,  has  “ waxed  it to 
you  on a hoss  trade,”  don’t  wait  until 
the  “new  hoss”  kicks  the  bottom  out of 
your  business,  sends  your  unfortunate 
delivery clerk  to  his  long  home,  where 
he will  have no further  use for  his over­
coat  and  mittens,  and  lands you  in  the 
poorhouse, but trade him off to the mean­
est man you know of  (I mean the  “ hoss,” 
not  the  delivery clerk)  and  then take  a 
solemn oath that,  God  being your helper, 
you will never  again disgrace your fami­
ly,  imperil  the  life  of  the  poor  orphan 
delivery clerk,  or cast reflections on  your 
character as an  intelligent  business man, 
by swapping horses.  This  is absolutely 
necessary  if  you  wish  to  increase 
the 
profits of  your business.  Of course,  you 
cannot expect to increase  your profits by 
keeping  a  half-dozen  boxes of  blacking 
with  as  many  brushes  lying  about  the 
store for  the  use of  the  adjoining  town­
ships,  or  by  sacrificing  a  pair  of  hose 
every time  you  want  a  “ try  on”  sock. 
These are small  matters,  but  they denote 
that  the  little things and  minute  details 
of  a concern  are  neglected. 
In  the  ag­
gregate,  these  little things  make up  the 
business  and  they  cannot  be  neglected 
without  neglecting 
to  a 
greater or  less extent.

the  business 

Who of  all  the  thousands of  retailers 
whose  eyes  will  glance  over this  article 
will  endorse  its  sentiment  and  general 
tenor?  Not the grocer who keeps wooden 
plugs  in  his  vinegar  and  molasses  bar­
rels;  decorates  his  front  window  with 
spoiled fruit and  rotten vegetables; keeps 
his cookies and  doughnuts  in  a showcase

with  the top  broken  out,  and allows  his 
cat to nest  in  the  tea  chest.  Such a fel­
low  has  no  particular  use  for  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n ,  or anything in  it,  and  if  he 
should  accidentally  read  this  article  or 
hear someone else read  it,  he  would call 
it “ small  potatoes”  of the “tweedle dum” 
variety. 
If  you  would  step  Into  his 
store,  a very  positive  odor  would  meet 
you more than half way and  impress you 
as  being  more  domestic  than  foreign. 
The clerk who receives  four  dollars  per 
week  and  boards  at  home  tells  you  that 
business  is  awful  dull,  and 
that  Mr. 
Loosends,  the  proprietor,  who  has  gone 
quail  hunting,  wants  to  sell  out  awful 
bad.  Two  able-bodied,  long-tailed  mice 
run a foot  race down  one of  the  shelves 
for your  special  entertainment, dodging 
in  and  out  among  the  cans  of  baking 
powder,  knocking  over  a  poor  old 
weather-beaten package of saleratus,  and 
disappearing behind a row of bath  brick. 
One  glance  around  the  store  will  con­
vince  you that  the proprietor  will  soon 
be  out of  business  whether he sells  out 
or  not.  This  man  is  playing  a  losing 
game and  no one can  convince  him that 
incompetency  or  willful  neglect  is  the 
sole  cause of  the  unprofitableness of  his 
business.
Every  successful  retail  merchant  will 
endorse the  general drift of  this article, 
for  well  he knows that unless the  great­
est diligence  be  exercised  in  the  man­
agement of  these  insignificant  little  de­
tails,  the  elements  of  destruction-will 
fasten  themselves  upon  the very vitality 
of  the  business,  draining  it  of  its  life- 
sustaining  resources and  forcing  it  into 
ruin and decay.
So  far  we  have  been  considering the 
subject  from  a  sort  of  house-keeping 
standpoint.  We shall  now take up larger 
matters  connected  with  the  transaction 
of  business  and  endeavor  to  point  out 
other  ways  and  means  by  which 
the 
retailer’s profits can  be augmented.

E .  A .  O w e n .

T h e  P i n o s i   H a v a n a   C ig a r   fo r   t h e   M o n e y   E v e r   P la c e d .

o n   t h e   M a r  loot.

In proof of  the  above statement,  we offer to donate  $50  IN  GOLD  to the Michigan  State Pharmaceutical  Association,  in case the above brand 
is not  found to  be exactly  as represented.  We  import our own  stock,  direct from  Havana, and are consequently able  to produce a better  brand  for 
the money than  any manufacturer who  depends on  buying his stock  from second  hands.  We  make this  brand so good  that we cannot  afford to  put 
agents on the  road to sell  it,  therefore  depend  upon  mail orders and the merits of the goods to increase the demand.
“ REGISTERED  PHARMACIST "  is  sold by  the following reputable  druggists, all of  whom warmly  recommend  the brand  to their trade:

IN  GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Peck Bros.
H.  & F.  Thum,  (2 stores).
W.  H.  Tibbs,  (2 stores).
D.  G.  Scribner.
Geo.  G. Steketee.
J.  C.  West & Co.
R.  A.  McWilliams.
W.  H.  Van Leeuweu 
Albert Stonehouse.
Aj.  Dayton
S.  T.  Newson.
Y.  Sinz.
D.  Kimm.

J.  D.  Muir.
G.  T.  Haan.
A.  Sanford.
E.  Treadgold. 
Kellogg’s Drug Store.
G.  H.  Oliver.
M.  B.  Kimm,
P.  T.  Williams & Co. 
C.  W.  Cook.
H.  Henika.
J. C.  Dutmers.
M.  A.  Clark.
W.  A.  Swartz & Son,
B.  A.  Hoxie.

W.  Z.  Bangs.
J.  DeKruif & Co.
P.  V.  Finch.
Chappell  & Chappell, 
C.  G.  Dykema.
Steketee & Baker.
T.  Kemink.
H.  Matthews & Co.
A.  C.  Bauer.
Powell Bros.
Steele & Co.
Francis Van Dugteren.

IN  SURROUNDING  TOWNS. 

A.  W.  Tripp, Cedar Springs.
J.  O.  Doesburg,  Holland.
Hessler Bros.,  Rockford.
E.  A.  Richards,  Saranac.
Wolfinger & Gilligan,  Hopkins. 
Yeiter & Look,  Lowell.
Hunter & Son,  Lowell.
Clark & Winegar,  Lowell.
J.  L.  Handy,  Boyne City.
L.  D. Chappell,  Wayland.
Dr.  W.  O.  Barber,  Caledonia. 
Gooodrich & Andrews,  Fennville.
A.  DeKruif,  Zeeland.
Fred A.  Huntley,  Grand Haven.
L.  A.  Perham,  Spring  Lake.

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If you are not already handling the  “ Registered Pharmacist ”  your cigar trade will  increase by putting it in stock without delay.  Sold only 

by  the manufacturers, who fill all orders the  same day they  are received.

K U P P E N H E IM E R   BROS.,

45  IPeeirl  St., 

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Grand  Pia/picis,  USÆioïi.

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D r u g s  HI Medicines*

S ta te   B o a rd   o f   P h a r m a c y .

One  Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owo3so.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegron.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit. 
s*onr Years—Ottmar Elierbach, Ann  Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrum. Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum. Ionia.

Meetings  for  1891—Lansing, Nor. 4._______________
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—H. G. Coleman. Kalamazoo. 
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  Parkill,  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, I etroit.
Treasurer—Wm  Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—K. J  Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  Inglis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  Detroit;  C.  E. 
Webb, Jackson.

Next place of  meeting—Grand Rapids.
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._______________ _____
G ran d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 

June, September and December.
G ran d  R a p id s   D ru g  C le rk s ' A ss o c ia tio n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

• 

D e tr o it  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety  

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary,  J. P. Kheinfrank.
M u sk e g o n   D r u g   C le r k s ’  A sso c ia tio n . 

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

W O M E N   W H O   S T E A L .

T h e   Bigr  S h o p s   a r e   T h e ir   F a v o r it e  

H a u n ts .

From  the  New  York World.

It  does  not 
take  many  experienced 
men to watch a big  store.  Half a  dozen 
can do it easily. 
In  most  instances  the 
number of  bazaar detectives  on  duty  at 
one time is much  less  than  the  number 
stated here.  Such  a  guard  goes  about 
his  work  noiselessly  and  unobtrusively. 
The men  are constantly moving here and 
there,  quietly  watching the great throngs 
of  customers,  but  doing  it  in  such  a 
clever fashion  as to attract absolutely  no 
attention. 
If  a  woman  is  seen  to  nip 
something,  not a  word  is  said  while  she 
is in the store,  for that  would only  result 
in  creating  a scene  ami  would  tend  to 
scare away  trade.  On  the  other  hand, 
she  may  stay  in  the  store  an  hour  or 
more  atter she  has  taken  the  handker­
chief or the cloth,  buying here  and there, 
or  pretending to  buy—ami  no  one  will 
say a  word toiler. But this is  merely  part 
of  the  general  scheme.  Once  let  the 
shoplifter  lure  herself  into  the  dream 
that she is safe,  and  then  let her start to 
go away  with  her  booty,  and  before  she 
has  gone a  yard  from  the  door she  has 
been  arrested,  so quick,  so sudden, so re­
lentless  the  vigilance  of  the  bazaar cle- 
tecti ves.
In the big bazaars there are  four class­
es of women  thieves.  The newest class, 
and  in  a  measure  the  most  dangerous, 
is  represented  by the  woman  who  nips 
pocketbooks  from  dry  goods  counters. 
This  is  the  way  she  works:
She  selects  her  store—one  that  she 
thinks is  "right,”  as the phrase is;that is, 
one in  which  she thinks she can  plunder 
with a  fair chance  of  getting  out  again 
uncaught—she selects the store,  mingles 
with the crowd,  prices  this and  that and 
m  the  meantime  keeps  her  eyes on  her 
fellow-shoppers. 
the  custom  of 
thousands  of  women  while  buying  to 
earry their purses in  their hands ami  oc­
casionally  to  lay  them  on 
the  counter 
while  examining  some  article they  con­
template  purchasing.  Here  is  the  op­
portunity  the pocketbook  thief has  wait­
ed for.  No sooner  is the  woman’s  head 
turned  than  the thief  brushes past  and 
nips the pocketbook  in  a twinkling,  then 
disappears in  the  big  throng. 
In  nine 
cases out of ten  she is never caught.
Pocketbook  thieves in  the big  bazaars 
will soon  be thicker  and more  numerous 
than ever  before,  for  they  no  doubt an­
ticipate a rich harvest as the  grand holi­
day  shopping season comes along.
Never  leave  your  pocketbook  on  a 
counter in  one  of  these big  stores, even 
for a moment.  You may  regret it if you 
do.
Among  shoplifters  there  is  always  a 
large class  represented  by those poor and 
perhaps  otherwise  honest  women  who 
are sometimes  weak  enough  to  yield  to 
the.  opportunity 
to  steal.  With  this 
class  it  is  opportunity  that  makes  the 
thief.
Such  a woman  as  this may always  be 
found  haunting  the  big  stores. 
She I 
comes in  with  the best  intentions in  the 
world.  She  sees  her  chances.  To-day |

It  is 

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

to 

shoplifter 

The  professional 

she  nips a  handkerchief.  To-morrow  a 
feather.  Next day  a  paper-cutter.  She 
throws  regret  and  conscience 
the 
winds.  She is  poor and  her children  are 
starving.  That will be her requitement.
is,  of 
course,  the most  daugerous  of her class. 
Yet  in the very  largest  stores she  is  not 
especially  feared,  from  the fact that  the 
detectives are supposed to  recognize  her 
on sight  and order her away.  The profes­
sional  shoplifter usually  has the front of 
her dress  made in  such  a  fashion  as  to 
contain,  yet  absolutely  invisible,  a great 
pocket,  often  running the  entire  length 
of  the  skirt  and  as  wide  as  the  dress 
goods.  She is  usually  accompanied  by  a 
friend,  who engages  the  attention of the 
clerk  while 
the  shoplifter  seizes  her 
first opportunity  to steal  something. 
In 
the  case  of  dress  goods  or  other  bulky 
material  the  scheme  of  the  thief  is  to 
first  get the  bolt  of  cloth  covered  with 
other odds  and ends  lying  on  the  coun­
ter.  then  suddenly  slide  it,  quick  as 
lightning, 
into  her  yawning  pocket. 
Dozens of  customers  will  he  passing  to 
and  fro,  but in  ninety-nine cases out of a 
hundred no  one  will  observe  the  theft. 
Even  if  some  woman does  see her  take 
the  silk she  will never  say  a  word.  At 
least not  until  she gets  home,  when  she 
will  tell  her  friends  at  dinner.  But, 
women  invariably  leave  the concerns  of 
other  women  severely  alone.  They  do 
not care to  be  mixed  up  in anything that 
savors of  publicity.  Hence  the  shoplif­
ter must  be  caught by  the bazaar  detec­
tive or she  will  perhaps  escape for  good 
with  her plunder.  Dangerous women  in 
the  big  stores  are  these:  Mrs.  Herman 
and  daughter,  Annie  Derrigan,  Mamie 
Burke,  alias Big Maria; Mrs.  Pool, Nellie 
Bird,  Nettie  Scott,  alias  Scotty;  Mrs. 
Hogan.  Mag  Murphy,  a  thief  known  as 
the  Little  Bloude,  Rachael  Simmons, 
Kate  Armstrong.  Mary  Bushy,  Lizzie 
Milchy.  These women are  known to  the 
best detectives of  New York,  and are in­
variably  ordered  out  when  they  enter 
the great shopping resorts.
There is  another class  of  women  who 
steal  from  the big bazaars,  and  these are 
generally  people  high  up  in  life,  with 
beautiful  homes,  and  all  this world  can 
give,  in  the  way of luxury and station.
Why do  such  women  steal?  Scout the 
idea  of  kleptomania.  There  is  another 
It  is  the  fact 
and more logical  reason. 
that  they  have  the  fever  of  robbery in 
their  blood,  and 
the 
most  pitiful 
.  A 
woman  who is  caught  in  the clutches  of 
such  a desire  will  haunt a  big bazaar tor 
hours,  watching  her chance to steal some 
bit of  lace,  a  feather,  or  some  skein  of 
worsted.  She  may  have  $500  in  her 
pocket.  Her  jewelry  may  have  cost
$5,000,  and  her husband’s income may be 
far  beyond  the dreams  of  avarice.  Yet 
she  will  steal.  Steal  a  nine-cent  paper- 
cutter. 
Steal  a  fifteen-cent  feather.
Steal a skein of silk.  Steal anything for 
which opportunity offers.  Some day  she 
will  be  caught.  Then  there  will  be  a 
scene.  Disgrace perhaps.  Certainly the 
brand  of  thief  before  the  world.  For, 
as  between  the  poor  woman  who  nips  a 
hundred-dollar purse and the rich woman 
who  steals  a  nine-cent  feather,  what  is 
the difference?
There  is no difference.  Both  are sim­
ply thieves.

it  drags  them  to 
imaginable. 

length 

B o u n d  t o   L e a d  t h e  P r o c e s s io n .

to  a 

Since Chas.  R.  Smith  resumed  posses­
sion of the Hotel  McKinnon,  at Cadillac, 
he has expended  about  $4,000 in  a  com­
plete  system  of  repairs, extending  from 
cellar to  garret.  He  has  put  in  steam 
heat  throughout,  electric  bells,  baths— 
in  short,  all  the  modern  improvements 
incident 
first-class  hotel.  Mr. 
Smith’s method  of running  a  hotel  is  to 
satisfy every  guest  and  the  fact  that he 
gets  more  than  his share  of  the  public 
patronage  is sufficient  evidence that  his 
efforts to please his  patrons are  success­
ful.  The man  who goes to Cadillac  and 
does  not put  up  with  Mine  Host  Smith 
misses an experience  which only a  well- 
kept hotel affords.

Use  Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

W ritte n   fo r  T hk  T radesman.

T h e   F u t u r e  o f s th e   S a w d u s t  C ity .
Muskegon  is  passing  through  a transi­
tory  period  of  her  existence,  and  what 
her  future will  be is largely a matter  of 
speculation. 
If an abundance of capital, 
guided  and  controlled  by a liberal  and 
enterprising public  spirit,  can  determine 
her future destinies,  then-will  Muskegon 
have  nothing  to  fear,  for  she  certainly 
possesses many  wealthy and  public spir­
ited  citizens  whose  faith  in  her  future 
progressiveness  is  unlimited.  To 
the 
casual  observer,  however,  one  thing  is 
self-evident:  Silence  will  soon  reign 
supreme  along  the  shores of  her  little 
lake.  The  time  is not  far  distant  when 
the drowsy  stranger within  her gates will 
be  awakened  for  the  last time  by  the 
loud  bellowiugs  and  the  mighty puffings 
of 
the  huge  monsters  along  the  lake 
front,  as  they  call  the  great  army  of 
laborers  from rest to labor  again.  Soon 
the  music of  the  steel  will  be heard  no 
more as it glides  through  the log and the 
last  fire  in  the  huge  slab-burner  will 
have  gone  out  forever.  How  gloomy, 
silent  and  unlike  the old  Sawdust City, 
will  the  new  Muskegon  be!  No  sound 
to  break 
the  awful  stillness  but  the 
“swish”  of  the  watei  as it beats  against 
the slab piers!  What a ghastly reminder 
of old Muskegon’s glory  will be the great 
fiery  monsters,  whose  voracious  maws 
were  never  satisfied and  whose fiery nos­
trils emitted clouds of  lurid sparks which 
ei circled the  little  lake  like a wreath  of 
diamonds,  as they stand,  cold  and  silent 
in  the embrace of  death,  surrounded  by 
ruins,  sad mementoes of  the activities of 
by-gone  days!

What  will  the  future  be?  That’s  the 
question.  When  the  last  one of  these 
great  noisy  mills 
Shall  have  be­
come  silent  and  Muskegon’s  old  glory 
shall  have  departed  forever,  will  some 
new  suitor  take  her  by  the  band  and 
lead  her on  to  future  prosperity, or will 
she  be  left  to  pine  away  and  die,  like 
everything  else  in 
this  great  natural 
world,  which  has outlived  its usefulness, 
fulfilled  its  destinies,  and  served 
the 
purposes  which  brought  it  into  being? 
Muskegon’s  natural  resources  consist  of 
sand and  water,  and,  although lacking in 
variety,  are  limitless  in  extent  and  sup­
posed  to  be  inexhaustible. 
Indeed,  the 
“ get there, Eli,” quality of her sand is be­
coming  proverbial. 
It  has a grit  that is 
perfectly surprising and  has  blinded  the 
eyes  of  more 
than  one  of  her  poorer 
class of  citizens who  foolishly  permitted 
themselves  to  be  caught  in  the  drift. 
This  sand  may not  be  able  to save  old 
Muskegon  from  the  “dry  rot,”  but  it  is 
doing  its  level  best  to  build  up  a  new 
municipality  on a higher  level,  and  un­
load an immense pile of  pure white sand 
on  a confiding  and  faith-possessing  peo­
ple.  This new constellation  goes by  the 
name of Muskegon  Heights,  and  already 
several  factories  have  been erected  and 
put  iu  operation,  and  the  desert  is  be­
ginning to bloom  with smoke stacks.  An 
idle  on-looker  might  naturally  wonder 
why  those  factories  were u >t  erected on 
the  lake  front,  to take  the  place of  the 
departing  sawmills,  where vessels  could 
unload the raw  material  and  take on the

life for 

manufactured  product,  directly  on  and 
off  the  factory  pier,  in one of  the  finest 
land-locked  harbors on the Great  Lakes. 
In his  ignorance and childish  innocence, 
the  only  explanation  that  occurs  to  his 
beclouded  mind,  as  he  views  the  situa­
tio n 's that the leading and shining lights 
of  the  old  town  conceived  the  idea  of 
converting a large area of worthless sand 
lying  back  in  the 
interior,  into  bank 
bills;  and  they  hatched  out  a  scheme 
whereby  a  number  of  people  were  in­
duced to build  factories  and a boom  was 
advertised  to  the  world.  The  result of 
this boom  has  been  similar  to  the result 
of all successful booms—increased wealth 
for the few  and a proportionate  increase 
of  the  burdens of 
the  masses. 
The  poorer  classes  get  excited  at  the 
prospect of  becoming  suddenly  rich and 
they  rush  like  a  flock of  sheep  to  the 
slaughter,  so  eager  are  they to secure  a 
portion  of  that sand  before it doubles or 
thribbles in value,  which  they  are told by 
the sand prophets will surely  be the case 
before  six  months.  The boom  goes  on 
and  a  large floating  surplus  element  of 
mechanics  and laboring men  are attract­
ed  to  the  place,  and  the  labor  market 
becomes glutted.  Sand,  instead of doub­
ling or thribbling in  value,  as  predicted, 
has  actually  declined,  and  the  resident 
labor  element  who were  induced  to  in­
vest  their hard-earned  savings  in  sand, 
on  contract,  find  themselves in  straight­
ened  circumstances.  Their  sand  is  de­
clining,  slowly but surely,  yet they must 
pony  up  their  margins  or  get  “ scooped” 
and  lose  what  they  put  into  it.  This 
would not have been  so difficult formerly, 
when  work was plentiful  and wages  fair, 
but the  boom has glutted  the labor  mar­
ket and  the chances for  earning a dollar 
have  been  reduced  one-haif,  and  the  la­
borers’ condition  has  become  unmistak­
ably  worse.  Anyone  with  half  an  eye 
can  readily  perceive that  this evil  state 
of  affairs  would  re-act  in  no  uncertain 
manner,  directly upon the retail business 
of the city.

Does  this  truthfully portray  the  com­
mercial  pulse-beat of  Muskegon  to-day? 
Go and  interview  the  mercantile  frater­
nity and  learn,  as the  writer  has  done, 
that such is the case.

What  the  future  has in store  for  the 
soon-to-be-ex-Sawdust  City,  the  writer 
cannot read on  the face of the moon.

E .  A .  O w e n ,

T h e   W o r s t  M o n o p o ly  o f  T h e m  A ll.
At  this  time  of  year,  when  winter  is 
beginning  to  tighten  its  grip,  comes  in 
the  woi kings of one of  the hardest  grip­
ping monopolies  to be  found  in the world 
—the monopoly of the  railroad  and mine 
owners  to  keep  up  the  price  of  coal. 
Only so  much must  be  mined  or  trans­
ported,  lest  the price shall  fall  to an  ex­
tent that  poor  folks can  keep  warm.  Of 
all  monopolies  the coal  monopoly  is  the 
worst.  Nature  has  been  bountiful 
in 
respect  to  providing  the  possibiliteis of 
heat,  but  monopoly steps  in  and  pretty 
effectually  annuls the  work of nature,  it 
is’small  wonder that  the  people object  to 
| a few  companies  holding  in  their grasp 
i the  right  to the  use of  what  ought  to  he 
! as free as  it can  be made.

Get  What  You  A.sk  For!

—HINKLEY’S  BONE  LINIMENT—

FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  Y E A R S   THK  F A V O R IT E .

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

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

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Wholesale F*rice  Current»

A dvanced—Serpentaria.
D eclined—Calam us root  sperm acetti, brom ide potash, cuttle fish bone, salaciue.

ACIDUM.

A ceticum ....................... 
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  50®  6o
Boracic 
...................... 
20
Carbolicum ...................  22©  30
C itrlcum ....................... 
48® 53
H ydrochior................. 
5
3® 
.....................  10® 12
Nltrocum 
O xalicum ......................   10® 12
Phosphorium  d il......... 
20
Salicylicum  ................1 
Sulphurlcum.................   1M@ 5
Tannicum ......................1 
Tartarieum ...................  32®  40

30@1 70
40@1 60

A M M O N IA .

« 

Aqua, 16  deg...............  3»4@  5
20  deg...............   5>4@  7
Carbonas  ....................   12®  14
C hloridum ..................   12®  14

a n i l i n e .
 

Black................  
0Q®2 25
Brown.............................  80@1 gO
Rgd.............................*  45®  50
Y ellow ...........................2 
50@3 00

2 

BACCAX.

Cubeae (po.  90)...........  
90@1 10
8®  10
Juniperus.................... 
Xantnoxylum.............   2a®  ou

B A L S A M U M .

Copaiba........................  5°®
Peru..............................   ®1  80
Terabin, Canada  .......  35®  40
T olutau........................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.  ...............   18
Cassiae  ..................................  J*
Cinchona Plava  ...................  1°
Euonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............  20
Prunus V irginl......................  }*
Quill ala,  grd.........................   14
Sassafras  .............................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........   10

E X T R A C T U M .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra..
po.  .........
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
“ 
Is.............
“  M«............
“  Ms............

F E U R C M .

Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia 
Citrate  Soluble.... —  
Ferrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride 
Sulphate,  com’l 
pure...

“ 

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

@  15 
@3 50 ®  80 
®   50 
®   15 
1M@ 
2
ffi 
7

A rn ic a ....................—  
A n th e m is............  ^0®
M atricaria 

'2®
....  25®

r o u i .

Barosma 
......................  20®
Cassia  A cutifol,  T i n - __
“  A !x.  35®
and  Ms.......................  1~®

n iv e lly ............... |5@
las
8®

Salvia  officinalis, 
D ra U rsi.............. 

“ 

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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

SDMMl.
Acacia, 1st  picked

®
2d 
3d 
_
®
sifted s o rts ... 
p o .....................   60®
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®
®
“  Cape,  (po.  20)... 
®
“ 
Socotrl,  (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
16)..............................  
®
A m m o n lae....................  55®
Assafoetlda,  (po. 30)...  &
Benzolnum   ..................  50®
C am phor».....................   50®
Euphorblum   po  .........  35®
G afbanum . 
.................  @3
Gamboge,  p o ................   75®
G ualacum ,  (po  30) 
@
Kino,  (po.  25)...............  @
M a s tic ...........................  @
M yrrh,  (po  45)............   @
Opli.  (po. 3  20)............ 2  10®2
Shellac  .........................   23©
b leached .........  30®
T ra g a c a n th ..................   30®
herba—I n ounce packages.

“ 

A b sin th iu m .............................
E u p a to rlu m .............................
Lobelia......................................
M ajorum ..................................
M entha  P ip erita...................
“  V ir ..............................
R u e.............................................
Tanacetum , V ..  ....................
Thym us,  V ....................  .......

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at  ..............   56®
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20® 
Carbonate,  Jen n in g s..  35® 

OLEUM.

A b sin th iu m ...................3 50® 1
A m ygdalae, D ulc  ..  ..  45® 
Am ydalae, A m arae— 8 00@8
A n is i................................1 75®l
A uranti  C ortex............2 80®3
Bergamli  ......................3  75@4
C a jlp u tl.......................  
70®
C aryophylll..................   90®
Cedar  .............................  35®
C h en o p o d il..................   @1
Cinnamon 11................... 1 15® 1
C ltro n ella......................  @
Conlum   M ac................   35®
Copaiba  ........................ l  1Q@1

Cubebae............................   @ 
E xechthitos................   2  50®2  75
B rig e ro n ...........  ..........2  25®?  50
G a u lth e ria ..........................2 00®2 10
G eranium ,  o u nce.......  
®   75
Gosslpii,  Sem. g a l.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................... 1  40@1  50
Ju n ip e rl...........................   50@2 00
L a v e n d u la ......................  90@2 00
L im o n is...............................2  25@2 80
M entha P ip er......................3  00®3 50
M entha  V erid.................... 2 20®2 30
M orrhuae, g a l.....................1  00@1 10
M yrcia, o u n ce..............   @  50
O liv e ................................   85®2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal.  35)  10®  12
R ic in i................................... 1  08@1 24
Rosm arin!..............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  o u nce...............  
®6 50
S uccini...........................  40®  46
S a b in a ........................  
Santal 
........................... 3  50@7  00
S assafras.......................   50©  55
Sinapis, ess, o u n ce__   @  65
T ig lfi..............................   @1  00
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
opt  ..................  @ 6 0
Theobrom as..................  15®  20

“ 

 

90@1 00

POTASSIUM.

15® 
25® 

B iC a rb .................... 
18
Bichromate  .  ...............  13®  14
B rom ide.................. 
27
C arb................................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C y an id e.........................   50®  55
Io d id e...................................2  80@2 90
28®  30
Potassa, B itart,  p u re.. 
@  15
Potassa, B itart, co m ... 
Potass  N itras, o p t....... 
8®  10
Potass N itra s................ 
9
7@ 
P ru ssia te .......................  28®  30
Sulphate  p o .................   15®  18

R A D IX .

A c o n itu m .....................   20®  25
A lthae. 
.......................   25®  30
A n c h u s a .......................   12®  15
Arum,  p o .......................  @  25
C alam us.........................  20®  40
G entiana,  (po.  15).......  10®  12
16®  18
G lychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 
H ydrastis  Canaden,
@ 3 5
(po.  lO)...................... 
15®  20
Hellebore,  Ala,  po 
.. 
Inula,  po.......................  15®  20
10@2  50 
Ipecac,  po 
Iris  p'.ox  (po. 35@3S)
35®  40 
Jalapa,  p r..................
55®  60 
@  35 
M aranta,  Xs ............
15®  18 
Podophyllum , po__
75@1  00 
R hei.............................
@1  75 
“  c u t.....................
“  PV.................
75@1  35 
48®  53 
S p lg ella.....................
®  20
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)
33®  35
Serpentaria.................. 
.........................  40®  45
Senega 
Slm ilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  20
Scillae,  (po. 35)............   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fasti
dus,  p o .......................   @  35
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®   25
15®  20
10®  15 
18® 
'

lnglber a 
Zingiber  j

G erm an.. 

“ 

“ 

@ 1 5
Anlsum,  (po.  20) 
Apium  (graveleons)  .  20®  22
Bird, I s .....................  
4® 
6
Carol, (po.  18).............. 
8®  12
00@1 25
C ardam on........................1 
C orlandrum ..................  10®  12
Cannabis Sati v a ........... 
4&@5
C ydonlum .....................   75@i  00
Chenopodlum   ............   10®  12
D lpterix O dorate..........2 10®2 20
F o e n ic u lu m ................  @  15
Foenugreek,  p o .......  
8
U n i ..............................   4  @  4M
U n i, grd,  (bbl. 3M) 
4  © 4M
35®  40
 
Lobelia 
Pharlarle C anarian __   3H@  4M
Rapa 
6® 
 
 
7
Sinapis,  A lb u ..............  
9
8® 
N ig ra............  11®  12
“ 

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

....... 

6® 

SPIB1TUB.

1 

 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Frum enti, W., D.  Co. .2 00®2  50
D. F. R .........1  75@2 00
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
.............1  75@3  50
Saaeharum   N.  K ...........1 75®2  00
Spt.  V ini  G alli.............. 1 75@G 50
V ini O p o rto ....................1 
V ini  A lb a....................... 1 

25@2 00
25@2 00

10®1 50

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriag e..............  
N assau  sheeps’  wool
.................. 
carriage 
V elvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriag e........... 
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
ca rria g e .....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....... 
 
H ard for  slate  use —  
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  

. .2  25@2  50
2  00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

STR U TS.

A c c a c la ..................................  
50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac........................................  60
Ferrl  Io d ..................................  50
A uranti  Cortes.......................   50
Rhei  A rom ...............................  50
Slmilax  Officinalis................  60
Co.........   50
Senega 
....................................  50
Scillae........................................  50
“  C o..................................  50
T o ln ta n ....................................  50
50
P runus  vlrg.........................  

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TIN C TU R ES.

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A conltum   N apellis R. 
F .
A loes..............................
and  m y rrh .........
A rn ic a ...........................
A safoetida.....................
Atrope B elladonna__
B enzoin.........................
C o....................
Sangulnarla  ..............
B aro sm a.......................
C antharides..................
C ap sicu m ......................
Ca  dam on......................
Co..................
C asto r.............................
C atech u . . . » ...............
C in c h o n a ......................
Co..................
C olum ba.......................
C o n lu m .........................
C ubeba...........................
D ig ita lis.......................
E rg o t..............................
G e n tia n .........................
C o......................
G u a ic a ...........................
am m on............
Z in g ib e r.......................
H yoscyam us................
Io d in e ..  ....................
Colorless...........
F erri  C hloridum .........
K in o ..............................
Lobelia...........................
M y rrh .............................
N ux  V om ica................
O p li.................................
“  C am phorated.......
“  D eodor..................
A uranti C ortex............
Q u a s sia .........................
R hatany  .......................
R hei.................................
Cassia  A cutifol...........
Co__
S e rp e n ta ria ..................
Strom onium ..................
T o lu ta n ......................
V a le ria n ....................
V eratrum  V eride.........

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

g

‘ 
“ 

“ 
ground, 

11;  Ms,  12)................   @ 

“  4 F . 
(po.
7)  ................................  

Æ ther. Spts  N it, 3  F . .  26®  28
30®  32
A lu m e u .........................   2M@ 3
4
3® 
A n n atto .........................  55®  60
A ntim oni, p o ............  
4® 
5
55®  60 
et  Potass T 
A ntlpyrln .
@1  40 
Antifebril!
@  25
A rgenti  N itras, ounce  @  65
5®
A rsenicum .................... 
Balm Gilead  B u d .......   38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2  10®2 20
Calcium  Chlor, Is,  (Ms
9
C antharides  Russian,
@ 1   20 
P O ............................................
@  20 
Capsid  F ruetus. a f .  .
@  25 
@   20
Caryopbyllus,  (po.  15)  12®  13
Carm ine,  No. 40...........  @3  75
Cera  Alba,  S. A F .......   50©  55
Cera  F la v a ....................  38®  40
22
Cassia  F ru e tu s............
C entrarla.......................
© 10
@ 40
C etaceum ......................
C h lo ro fo rm ..............  
. 60® 63
squlbbs  ..
@1  25
Chloral  Hyd C rst.........
25@1  50
20® 25
C h o n d ru s......................
Clnchonldlne.  P.  *   W 15® 20
G erman  3  @ 12
“ 
Corks, 
list,  dis. 
60
cent 
.......................
Creasotum 
................
@ 50
@ 2
Greta,  (bbl. 75)............
5® 5
p rep .....................
m h
p recip ..............
..............
@ 8
30® 35
Crocus  ...........................
C udbear.........................
® 24
Cupri  S u lp h ..................
5 @ 6
D extrine  .......................
10® 12
68® 70
E ther S ulph..................
Emery,  all  num bers..
@
@ 6
po  ....................
Ergota,  (po.)  70...........
65® 70
F lake  W hite................
12® 15
G a lla ................... ..........
@ 23
G am bler......................... 7  @  8
G elatin,  Cooper...........
@ 70
40® 60
F re n c h ............
G lassware  Hint,  70 and 10.

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“  Rubra 

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by boxSOand.IO

per

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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Glue,  B row n................
“  W hite  ..............
G lycerina 
G rana P arad isi............
H um ulus.......................
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite..
“  C o r __
Ox Rubrum
Am m oniati.
U nguentum .

9® 15
13® 25
.................... 5M@ 20
@ 22
25® 55
@ 90
© 80
@1 <0
@1  10
4"@ 55
H ydrargyrum ..............   @ 7 5
Ichthyobolla,  Am. 
.1  25@1  50
In digo.............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esnbl............ 3  75@3 85
Iodoform .......................   @4  70
L u p u lin .........................   35®  40
L ycopodium ................   40®  45
M a c is .............................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Io d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass A rsinitis  10®  12
M agnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
im ) ...............: .............. 
2® 
3
M annla,  S. F ...........  . 
40®  45

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S. N.  T.  Q.  &

M orphia,  S.  P.  & W .. .1  95@2 
C. C o ...........................1  85@2
M oschus  C anton.........  @
M yrlstlca,  No. 1...........  70®
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @
Os.  Sepia.......................   22®
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o .................................  @2
Picis  Liq, N.  C.,  M gal
doz  .............................  @2
Picis Liq., quarts 
....  @1
p in ts ...........  @
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..  @
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @
Pix  B urgun..................  @
Plumb! A c e t................  14®
Pulvis Ipecac et o pli.. 1  10®1 
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............   30®
S®
Q u asslae.......................  
Q uinia,  S. P. & W .......  31®
S.  G erm an__ 20  @
R ubla  T inctorum .......  12®
Saccharum  Lactls p v . 
@
S alad n ...........................1  60@1
Sanguis  D raconls.......  40®
Santonine  .......................  
4
Sapo,  W .........................   12®
“  M ...........................  10®
“  G ...........................  @

“ 

Seidlitz  M ixture. .......   @ 2 5
Sinapis...... ............
@ 1 8
.......  @ 3 0
“  o p t............
Snuff,  M accaboy. De
V o e s ..................
@  35
Snuff, Scotch. De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras,  (po.  1Ì).  .  11®  12
.  30®  33
Soda  et Potass T a rt. 
Soda C arb............
...  1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb__ .... 
©  
5
Soda,  A sh ............
....  3M@ 
4
Soda, S u lp h as....
2
. . .   @ 
50®  55
Spts.  E ther Co  ...
... 
“  M yrcia  Dom
@3 00
“  M yrcia  Im p.
‘  V ini  Rect. bbl
2  '27\
4i
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal
@1  30
Sulphur,  S ubl__
. . . 3   @ 4
R oll.......
....  2X@ 3M
T a m a rin d s...........
8®  10
Terebenth Venice ....  28®  30
1 T heo b ro m ae....... ___  45®  5G
I V anilla..................
.  .9  00©16 00
Zincl  S ulph. 
8

7® 

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2 

.

OILS.

W hale, w inter  ...
Lard,  e x tra ..........
. 
. 
Lard, No.  1...........
Linseed, pure raw . 

Bbl.  Gal 
70
70 
60
55 
45 
50
36 
39

“ 

p a i n t s . 

42
60
46
l b .

LIndseed,  boiled  __   39 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
s tra in e d .................. 
50 
Spirits T u rp en tin e__   41 
b b l .  
Red  V enetian ................2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  13£  2@4
“ 
B er.........IX   2@3
Putty,  com m ercial__2%  2M®3
“  strictly  p u re ...... 2M  2X®3
Vermilion Prim e A m er­
13®16
ican ............................... 
Vermilion,  E n g lish __  
70@75
Green,  P en in su lar.......  
70@75
Lead,  re d .......................   7  @7H
w h ite ..................7  @7M
@70
W hiting, w hite Span... 
W hiting,  Gliders’ ......... 
@90
W hite, Paris  American 
1  0
W hiting  Paris  Eng.
C liff..............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared P aintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts ...............  ....... 1  00@1  20

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V A R N ISH ES.

No. 1 T urp  C oach___1  10@1  20
E xtra T u rp ...................160@1  70
Coach  B ody................. 2  75@3f00
No.  1 T urp  F u rn .........1  00@1  10
E utra T urk D am ar__ 1  55@1  60
Jap an   Dryer,  No.  1 
T u rp .............................  70®  76

HAZBBTINB

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PATENT  FF.DTfiTNF.ft
Paints,  Oils %  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IV

MsM  A |w ts  ter the 6 u » M M

WI8S  IIUA  PREPARED  PAUTA.

M   Line of Staile  M à is’ Sundries.

We ere Sole  Proprietor» of

Weatteriy’s  fllicliipn  Catarri  Reisdg.

We B eve ta  ttoch and Öfter t   Pan  U s e  «4

WHISKIES, HRANDIES,

GINS,  WISES, RUMS.

We sell Liquor«  for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give oar Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day w° receive «hem.  Send in  a 

trial order.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

12

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

A   N e w   W a y   o f   T e s t in g   E g g s . 

“ Sure these eggs are  fresh?”  enquired 
a  man  with  a basket on  his arm.  peering 
into an oblong box  in a grocery store one 
morning,  and  looking suspiciously  at  the 
proprietor.
“Certainly,  sir,” answered  the  latter. 
“ Those eggs are perfectly fresh.  They’re 
from the country.”

“ What are they worth?”
“ Twenty-five cents a dozen  and  I  don’t 
make a cent on  them at that.”
“ If you  had  any right fresh city eggs 1 
think 1  had  rather  have ’em,”  observed 
the  customer,  doubtfully. 
“ Tell  you 
what  I’ll do. 
If you’ll  let  me  test  a doz­
en or so  by a way  of  my own,  and  they 
turn out to  be all  right,  I’ll  give you 50 
cents a  dozen  for  them. 
If  they  are a 
little  too  subsequent,  as 
it  were,  you 
give me the eggs for nothing.  How does 
that strike you?”
“ 1  guess  it’s  a  go.”  said 
the grocer, 
after a moment's reflection.
“ I  have  the  privilege  of  testing  the 
entire dozen?”
“Certainly.”
“ In my own  way?”
“ Yes.”
“That’s  right.  Please  stand  still  a 
moment.”
Whiz!  An  egg  thrown  with  terrific 
force  just  grazed  the  grocer’s  ear  and 
broke with awful effect on  a  pile  of  bak­
ing powder cans on the counter.
“ You moved  a little,” said  the  custom­
er,  considerably  vexed,  putting  his  bas­
ket down  and  picking  up  another  egg. 
“I’ll—”
the  proprietor. 
“ Hold  on!”  shouted 
“ What are you doing?”
“ Testiug  the  eggs,  in  my  own  way. 
That oue  was all  right,  anyhow.  1  have 
my  doubts about this oue though.”

And he drew  back to throw it.
“Stop!”  yelled 

the  excited  grocer, 
dodging behind  a potato  barrel,  “ I’ll call 
the police.”

pealing  tone. 
thing.  Take the eggs  for 20 cents.”
they  were sound.”

"They  won’t touch me.”
“Say,” called out the grocer,  in  an  ap­
"Let's  compromise  this 
“I’d  prefer to  pay 50  cents for them  if 
“Take ’em  for 15!”
“That’s unreasonable. 

If  this one I’ve 
got hold  of  now  turns  out  to  be  bad.  I 
get  a  dozen  for  nothing.  See?  Stand 
out a little,  if you  please.”
“ Look here.”  said  the  grocer, despair­
ingly.  “ you  can  have  them  for  ten—five 
—two and a half!  Take a couple of doz­
en for nothing and go!”
“H’m!  That  seems  fair,”  mused  the 
customer,  putting  the  egg  back  in  the 
oblong box  and  picking  up  his  basket, 
“ but,  Christopher  Columbus! 
I  don’t 
want any eggs. 
I  only wanted to  intro­
duce my new  way  of testing  them.  See 
you  again  some  time.  Good  morning.”

“  C a s h  is  K in g .”

Under  the  above  caption,  A.  Vidro, 
the Stocking street grocer, announces his 
abandonment of  the credit system  in  the 
following circular to his trade:

We want all our  customers to read our 
new plan, as it is to their interest as well 
as ours that  we make  it.  We propose to 
mark  our  goods  down  to  rock-bottom 
prices  and sell  for cash  only.  We have 
many  customers  we  would  be  glad  to 
sell on  time,  but  if  we sell  for cash  we 
will  be  compelled to refuse  credit to our 
best friend or nearest  relative.  So don’t 
think  hard of  us.  We have tried  since 
we came  here to  be very  careful  in  giv­
ing  credit;  still,  we  have a  great  many 
accounts that we  would  sell  for  twenty- 
five  cents  on  the  dollar;  and  this  ex­
perience  is  the  same  as  that  of  every 
merchant  who  undertakes  to  conduct  a 
credit business.  The credit system  kills 
nineteen out of twenty,  and  the  day  has 
come and gone when a  man  may  win  on 
a ledger plan.  King credit must  go  and 
all must plank  down  the  Almighty  Dol­
lar.  Cash  is  king,  and  we  propose  to 
prove it by our method of buying and sell­
ing  for  cash,  upon  the  system  of  the 
smallest percentage and  the  greatest  ag­
gregates.  Therefore on January  1,  1892, 
our books will be  laid  aside  and  not  a

dollar’s worth of goods will go out of our 
store without the cash.
Thanking my customers for the liberal 
patronage accorded  us  in  the  past  and 
assnring them that my  new  method  will 
enable me to give them better satisfaction 
than ever before,  I remain,
Yours truly,

A.  Viimo.

D ir e c t C o n n e c tio n  w i t h  B e a r  L a k e .
An old  logging road owned by the  now 
defunct  Hopkins  Manufacturing  Co.,  of 
Bear  Lake,  extends  from  Pierport,  on 
Lake  Michigan,  east to Bear Lake and to 
a  point  within a mile  and a  half  of  the 
Traverse City  branch  of  the C.  &  W.  M. 
Railway.  This  road  has  been  acquired 
by the  business men  of  Bear  Lake,  who 
have arranged  to  extend  it the necessary 
distance to  reach  the  C.  & W.  M.,  when 
it  will  be  operated on  the  narrow  guage 
basis.  The  extension  will  be  a  good 
thing  for  Pierport,  Bear  Lake,  William­
son  and Sanders,  as  it  will  give them  di­
rect  rail  communication  with  Grand 
Rapids and the outside  world.

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.

A. S. LIVERMORE,

M anufacturer of

JVIinGB  Meat  and  Jelly,

1711  GENESEE  AVE., 

SAGINAW ,  E.  S., 

- 

-  MICH.

There is now a great  demand  for  Liv­
ermore’s  celebrated  Home  Made  Mince 
Meat.  It has been sold and is being sold to 
most all the best merchants of this State, 
besides tons he  has sent  to different large 
cities outside of this State.  He has sent 
almost  two  car  loads  to  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  already  this  season.  He 
manufactured  about  100 tons  last  season 
and  expects to sell  200  tons this  season. 
He  prides  himself  on  the  purity of  his 
goods.
Crockery & Glassware

LAMP  BURNERS.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

A pples—  $2  per  bbl.  for  choice w inter  fruit.
Beans—The m arket is a little stronger.  Dealers 
now  pay  i  1.30@1.40  for  unpicked  and  country 
for  city 
picked  and  holding  at  S1.65@1.75 
picked pea  or medium .
B utter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  21© 
22c.  Factory  cream ery is held at 28c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
d d e r —Sweet, 10c per gal.
C ranberries—Fancy  Cape  Cod  are  held  at  $8 
Jersey  Bell  and  Cherries com m and 
per  bbl. 
m g 87 50 per  bbl.
Eggs—Dealers pay  30c for strictly  fresh, hold­
ing at 22c.  Cold storage and pickfed are in  fair 
dem and at about 2c below fresh stock.
is  utterly 
featureless, dealers buying  grudgingly  at  5)4@ 
6c and holding a t 7c.
Grapes—N ine-pound baskets sold at25@30c for 
Concords  and  40c  for  D elawares.  C alifornia 
Tokay com mand 82 per 4 basket crate.
H oney—Dealers pay 12©  4c and hold at 15©16.
O nions—D ealers  pay 50@60c  and hold  a t  65© 
70c, extra fancy com m anding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  handlers  are  paying  18©20c 
for  choice  stock, but  are  not at all  anxious  to 
purchase, even a t th at price.

Evaporated  Apples—The  m arket 

Squash—H ubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—82.50 per  bbl. for  choice  J e r­
T urnips—25c per bushel.

sey stock.

P R O V IS IO N S .

T he G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered

s a u s a s e — Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follow s:
Mess,  new ..............................................................   11 50
Short c u t ................................................................  11 50
E x tra clear pig, short c u t.................................   13 7 '
E x tra clear,  h eav y .............................................
Clear, fa t  b ack .....................................................   13 00
Boston clear, short c u t.....................................   ;3  so
Clear back, abort c u t.........................................   13 50
Standard clear, short cut. b est.................... 
13 50
Pork Sansage...........................................................   654
Ham Sansage...........................................................  g
Tongue Sausage..................................   ......... ... 
g
..........................................       7y,
F ran k fo rt  Sausage 
Blood Sausage.........................................................  5
Bologna, straig h t...................................................   5
Bologna,  th ic k ......................................................’  5
H ead Cheese.  .........................................................   5
T ie rc e s..................................................................  
7*
T ubs...........................................................................   s
501b.  T in s ................................................................   8
Com-
pound.
5U
5V4
654
6%
6!«
5 *
5)4

T ierces............................................ 53i 
"0 and  50 lb. T u b s........................ 6 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  ca se.............. 6K 
5 lb. Palls,  12 in a case................  6% 
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case.................6 Vi 
20 lb. Pails, 4 In  a  case.  ............ 6M 
50 lb. C ans....................................... 6 
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.........................   6 50
E x tra Mess, Chicago packing............................  6 50
Boneless, ram p b utts............................................   9 50
Hams, average 20 lb s ............................................  gu
16 lb s.............................................  9v
12 to 14 lb s ....................................10
p ic n ic ...........................................................  7u
best boneless.............................................  954
S houlders..  ............................................................  6)4
B reakfast Bacon, boneless..................................  914
Dried beef, ham  prices.........................................  s
Long Clears, h ea v y ...............................................  714
Briskets,  m edium .  ...............................................  714
li g h t..........................................................7\%

s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canvassed or Plain.

Fam lly. 

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No. 0 Su b....................................................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “  ....................................................
T ubular................................ 
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LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—POT bOX.

6 doz. In box.

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Pearl top.

La Bastle.

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

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“  ..................

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun..............................................
No. 1  “  ....................................................
No. 2  “  ..........................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................
“  ........................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled__
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
............
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz...............
................
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.......................... .
No. 2 
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No. 0, per  gross.......................................
No. 1, 
................................
No  2, 
..................................
...........................................
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz.................  ................
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal......................
3  to 6 gal..........................
Jugs, ft gal., per doz................................
.........................
................................
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c) 
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1 
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.2 25 
.2 40
3  40
.2  60 
.2 80 
-3 80
.3 70
4  70 
.4  70
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fo w ls: 

Spring  chick en s...........................................  a ©10
v o w l.................................................................. 7 ©  8
T urkeys................... 
11  ©12
D u ck s................ . / ....................................... 12  ©13
G eese................/ . ......................................... 11  ©12

FRESH  MEATS.

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Beef, carcass................................................ 4  @ 6

Sw ift and Company quote as follow s:
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h in d q u a rte rs.....................................  43i@  6
.................................... 3H@  5
fore 
loins, No. 3 ........................................ 
rib s .....................................................   6  @ 7
ro u n d s........................... .....................  454©  5
©
to n g u es.............................................. 
B o lo g n a.........................................................  
©   5
©   6%
Pork  lo in s...................................................... 
©
........................................ 
Sausage, blood  or h e a d ............................. 
©   5
©   5
liv e r................................................ 
F ra n k fo rt.....................................   @  7H
M u tto n ...........................................................  
©
V eal................................................................   554©  6

shoulders 

©   854

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F IS H   a n d   O Y STERS.

F. J .  D ettenthaler quotes as follow s:

F R E S H   P IS H .

W hltefish.................................................
T ro u t...............................................................
H alibut'..........................................................
I Ciscoes...........................................................
F lo u n d ers......................................................
B luefish.........................................................
M ackerel........................................................
C od..................................................................
C alifornia salm on.......................................

oysters—Bulk.

Standards, per  g al......................................
Selects, 
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oysters—Cans.

F alrhaven  C ounts......................................
F. J . D. S e le c ts ...........................................
Selects ............................................................
F   J . D.............................................................
A nchor...........................................................
S ta n d a rd s ........... .........................................
F avorites........................................................
Oysters, per  100...........................................
I Clams, 
...........................................

sh ell  goods.

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© 8 
© 8 
©20 
©  5 
©   9 @12 
©25 
©12 @20

81  00 
1  60

©35
@30
@22
©20
@18
@16
@14

25©1  50 
75@1  00

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS. 
T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
F ull  W eight. 
Standard,  per  lb ....................................  6)4
H .H ....
...................................6)4
T w ist  ..................................... 6)4
Boston  Cream  ..
Cut  L oaf............. .................................... 7)4
E x tra  H. H ......... .................................... 7)4

Bbls. Pails.
7)4
7)4
7)4
9)4
8)4
8)4

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MIXED  CANDY.
F ull W eight.

Bbls.
S tandard............. ...............................6)4
L eader...............
.............................. 6)4
Special................................................ 7
R oyal...................................................7
N obby................................................. 7)4
B roken................................................7)4
English  R ock...................................7)4
C onserves................................ .......... 7
Broken Taffy.................................... 7)4
P eanut S quares..................................
E x tra ....................................................
F rench C ream s..................................
Valley  CreamB..................................
fancy—In bulk.
F u ll W eight.

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Bbls.
Lozenges,  p la in ......................................10)4
.10)4
.11
p rin ted ..................................11
Chocolate D rops.........................
Chocolate M onum entals.........
.  5
Gum D rops................................................. 5
.  8
Moss D rops................................................. 8
.  8)4
Sour D rops...............................................  8)4
Im perials................................................... 10)4
• 10)4

Pails.
7)4
7)4

Palls.
11)4
1254
12)4
14
6)4
9
9)4
11)4
Per Box.

fancy—In  5 lb. boxes.

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Lemon D rops............................................................55
Sour D ro p s................................................................55
Pepperm int D rops...................................................65
Chocolate D rops...................................................... 70
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
Gum D rops........................................................40@50
A. B. Licorice  D rops............................................. 80
Lozenges, plain........................................................65
p rin te d ...................................................70
Im perials...................................... 
65
M ottoes.......................................................................75
Cream B ar................................................................. 60
Molasses  B a r............................................................55
H and M ade  Cream s........................................ 85@95
Plain Cream s.....................................................80©90
Decorated Cream s...............................................1  00
String  R ock..............................................................70
B urnt A lm onds...  .................................... . . . . .  1  00
W lntergreen  B erries............................................. 66

 

CARAM ELS.

No.  1, w rapped, 2 lb.  boxes.............................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes......................................... 1  10

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Floridas,  fa n c y ...................................................... 2 50@3

ORANGES.

N U TS.

LEM ONS.

M essina, choice, 360.................................. 
fancy, 360.................................  
choice  300................................. 
fancy 300.................................. 

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@4  50
©
@
©

O T H E R   FO R EIG N   F R U IT S .

ex tra 

Figs, fancy  layers, 61b...............................14  ©15
10»  .............................  @15
1 4 » ...............................  @16
2 0 » ..............................   @17)4
Dates, F ard, 10-lb.  b o x ..............................   @ 9
©   9

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Persian. 50-lb.  b o x .......................  6  @ 6)4

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Iv a c a ...........................................  
C alifornia...........................—  

Almonds, T arragona..................................  @18
©
@17
Brazils, new ..................................................   @ 8
F ilb e rts ..........................................................  @13)4
W alnuts, G renoble......................................  @15
M arbot.........................................  
C hill..............................................  @10
T able  N uts,  fan cy .....................................  @14
choice  ..................................11)4013
Pecans, T exas, H.  P.,  ........... 
.............15  @17
Cocoanuts, fu ll sacks................................   @4  00
P E A N U T S.
Fancy, H.  P., S uns......................................  @ 6)4
“  Roasted  ......................   7  ©   7)4
Fancy, H.  P., F la g s....................................  @ 5)4
“  R oasted.......................  7  ©   7)4
Choice, H. P.,  E x tra s................................  
©   4)4
“   R oasted.................. . 6   @ 6)4

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H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   F U R S  

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follow s:

H ID E S .

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G re e n .................................................................3 @ 4
P art  C ured....................................................   @ 4)4
F ull 
....................................................   @ 5
D ry...................................................................... 5 ©   6
K ip s ,g re e n ...................................................... 3 @ 4
cu re d .............. .....................................  @ 5
Calfskins,  g reen ...........................................  4 @ 5
c u re d ..........................................   5 @  6
Deacon sk in s...................................................10 ©30

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No. 2 hides X off.

P E L T S .

Shearlings........................................................10 @25
Lam bs...............................................................20 @75
W ashed.. 
........................................................... 20@25
U nw ashed..........................................................   10@20

WOOL.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

T a llo w ...........................................................   3)4©  4
G rease  b a tter  .............................................  l  @ 2
S w itches........................................................1)4©  2
G inseng..........................................................2 00©2 50

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  in  

barrels, l. o. b. G rand Rapids :
W. W. H eadlight, 150 fire  test  (old test)  @  8)4
W ater  W hite,  ........................... .................  
©   8
©   7)4
M ichigan  T e st............................................. 
N ap th a...........................................................   @  7)4
G asoline.................................. ; .................... 
©   8M
C y lin d er.......................................................27  ©86
E n g in e ......................................................... 13  ©21
Black, 25 to 80  d e g ...................................... 

© 7 )4

A P P L E   BU TTER

40 lb.  p a i ls .............................  5
20 lb. p a ils .............................  5)4
M ason’s,  10, 30 or 30 lb s __   6
...  7

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51b..................  
A X LE  G R EA SE.

Grafite.

 

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lb .............  4

% gr  cases, per  g r.............. $8  a)
12)4 lb.  pails, per doz  .......   7  50
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251b. 
12  00
100 lb. kegs, per 
250 lb. % bbls., per  lb .........  3J£
400 lb. bbls., per lb  ............   3'A
H gr.  cases, per gr  .............. $6  50
12)4 lb. pails, per doz..............7 00
251b. 
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10  50
1001b  kegs, per 
......  3 *
250 lb.  % bbls.,  per  lb .........  3)4
400 lb. bbls., per lb ...............  3

Badger.

lb 

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2  “ 
1  “  

Acme, >4 lb. cans, 3 doz  :.. 

B A K IN G   PO W D ER .
14 lb. “  
li b . “  

45
....  85
.... 1  00
b u lk ...................... 
10
T eller's,  % lb. cans, d oz. 
45
14lb. 
“ .. 
85
1 lb. 
“  ..  1  50
A rctic,  >4  3> c a n s ................  
60
1  20
 
K lb  “ 
2  00
1  lb  “ 
 
9  60
.“ 
5 8) 
 
Red Star, \  8> ca n s.............  
40
14  8> “ 
..............  
80
18) 
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B A TH   B R IC K .

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BROOMS.

bluing. 

E n g lis h ....................................   90
Bristol........................................  70
D om estic..................................   60
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  o v a ls..  ............. 4  00
“ 
8oz 
7  00
pints,  round  ........... 10  50
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“  No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
“  No. 3, 
... 4  00
“  No. 5, 
... 8  00
1 oz ball  ....................  4  50
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No. 2 H u rl...............................  1  75
2  00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet...................... 
.  2  25
No. 1 
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2  50
Parlor G em ...............................2 75
Common W h isk ............. 
Fancy 
1  20
 
M ill.........................................   3  25
W arehouse.........  ...................2  75
BU C K W H EA T  F L O U R .
R ising S u n .................................... 5 00
York S tate..............................
Self Rising, c a s e ......................... 5 to
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................   1014
Star,  .40 
.................  1014
P araffine................................   12
W lcking..................................  25

CANDLES
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CANNED  GOODS.

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Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

F IS H .
Clams.
Little Neck,  l i b .......................... 1 10
2  lb .......................... 1 90
Standard, 3 lb ...............................2 30
S tandard,  1 lb .............................. 1 10
21b..............................2 10
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb .......................................2 45
2  lb ...................................... 3 45
Picnic, 1 lb .....................................2 00
21b.....................................3 00
M ackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ................................1 20
2  lb ..............................2 00
M ustard,  31b...............................3 00
Tom ato Sauce,  3 lb .....................3 00
.3 00
Soused, 3  lb
Salmon.
...1  90 
Colum bia River, flat 
...1  75 
tails
...1   45 
A laska, 1  lb ...............
...2  10
21b................
Sardines.
A m erican  14s  ................. 4S@  5
V4s................... 6)4@ 7
Im ported  )4s........................ 11@12
14s........................ 13@14
M ustard  34s.......................   @8
Brook, 3  lb ...............................  50

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Trout.
FRUITS.
Apples.

Gages.

Cherries.

2  50
York State, gallons —  
2  50
H am burgh, 
“  —
Apricots.
2  25
Live oak.........................
2  00
Santa  C ruz....................
2  50
L u sk 's.............................
1  90
O verland......................
Blackberries.
90
F.  &  W ..............................
1  20
R ed..................................
1  75
Pitted H am burgh 
..  .
1  60
W h ite ................................
1  30
E r i e ....................................
Damsons, Egg Plum s and Green
@1  25
E r ie ....................................
Gooseberries.
1  10
C om m on.......................
90@1  00
P ie ......................................
1  50
M a x w e ll..........................
1  30
S h e p a rd 's......................
@2  25
C alifornia......................
1  25
D om estic..........................
2 25
R iverside..........................
Pineapples.
1  30
Comm on............................
2  50
Johnson’s  sliced .........
g rated .........
2 75
Quinces.
C om m on.......................
1  10
Raspberries.
1  30
R ed ..................................
Black  H am burg...........
1  50
1  40
Erie,  b la c k ....................

Peaches.

Pears.

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Straw berries.

l
2 25
1 65
1 40
l 25
l 30

W hortleberries.

L a w ren c e...........................  
H am b u rg h .......................... 
E rie....................................... 
C om m on............................. 
F.  &  W.  ............................. 
B lu e b erries.......................  
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ............1  85
Roast beef,  A rm our’s ............1  75
Potted  ham , % l b ................. 1  50
54 lb ..................1  00
tongue. %  lb  .............1  10
54 l b .........  
9’»
chicken, 54 lb ............ 
95

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VEGETA BLES.

Beans.

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Peas

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M ushrooms.
Pum pkin.
Squash.

Corn.
..........................     .1 25
.................................... 1  10

H am burgh  stringless............1  25
F rench sty le......... 2  25
L im as............................1 40
Lima,  g reen ..............................1 30
soaked.........................   90
Lewis Boston  B aked............. 1  35
Bay State  B aked.......................... 1 35
W orld’s  F a ir................................. 1 35
H am burgh 
L iv in g sto n .....................................1 00
P urity 
Honey  D ew ................................... 1 45
H am burgh m a rro fa t............. 1  35
early J u n e   ..........1  50
Cham pion E n g ... 1  50 
H am burgh  petit  pois  ..  ...1   75 
fancy  sifted  — 1  90
S oaked......................................  65
H arris  stan d a rd ....................   75
Van Camp’s M arrofat 
.1  10
Early J u n e ............ 1  30
A rcher’s  Early Blossom __ 1  35
F r e n c h ........................................... 1 80
F re n c h ...................................17®18
E rie ............................................  90
H u b b a rd .........................................1 30
H am burg  ................................. 1  40
S oaked......................................  85
Honey  D ew ................................... 1 60
Excelsior 
.............................1  00
E clipse.......................................1  CO
H a m b u rg ................................. 1  30
G a llo n ......... ............................2  50
CHOCOLATE— B A K ER ’S.
G erm an Sw eet................. . 
22
36
Prem ium ............................... 
P u re.......................................  
38
B reakfast  Cocoa................  
40
A m boy...........................  @1214
N o rw a y .............................  @ 2
Riverside  —   .............  @*1214
A llegan  ..........................  
@12
S k im ..................................   @10
B rick.................................. 
1214
@1  00
Edam   ..........................  
Lim burger  ...........—  
@10
R o q u e fo rt....................... 
@35
Sap  Sago...........................   @22
Schw eitzer, im ported.  @25

Succotash.

Tomatoes.

C H EESE.

“ 

dom estic 
CATSUP.

—  ©13

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

H alf  pint, com m on..............   80
P int 
- ........... 1  »0
■Quart 
............... 1  50
H alf  pint, fan cy ..........................1 25
P int 
Q uart 
5 gross boxes  ..........................40
B u lk .....................................   @4
Pound  packages............   @7

 
 
CLOTHES P IN S .

COCOA  SH ELLS.

 

COFFEE.

G R EEN .
Rio.

F a ir............................................16
G ood......................................... 17
P rim e ....................................... 18
G olden..................................... 20
Peaberry 
................................ 20

Santos.

F a ir ...........................................16
G ood.........................................17
P rim e .......................................18
Peaberry  .................................20
M exican and G uatam ala.
F a ir...........................................20
G ood.........................................21
F an cy .......................................23

M aracaibo.

P rim e .......................................19
M ille d .....................................20

Java.

In te rio r................................... 25
Private G row th.....................27
M an d eh lin g .......................... 28

Mocha.

Im ita tio n ................................23
A rab ian ...................................26

ROASTED.

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  14c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age. 
A rb u c k le ’s A rio s a ........... 20J4
M c L a u g h lin ’»  X X X X . ...20)4 
L io n ..........................................2054
Valley C ity............................. 
75
Felix 
....... .............1  15
H um m el’s, fo il......................   1  50
t i n ........................2 50
“ 
CHICO RT.

EXTRACT.

B u lk ...........................................414
R ed ............................................   7
CLOTHES  LIN ES.
Cotton, 40 ft...
“ 
50 ft...
“ 
60 ft...
“ 
70 ft...
» 
80 ft...
“ 
60 ft...
“ 
7 2 ff..

...p er doz.  1  25 
140
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
100

“
“
•«
Ju te
41

13

I M P E R IA L .

Common to  fair  ..........£■
¿35
Superior to Rue  ........... »
Y O U N G   H Y S O N .
Common to  fa ir............15
@26
Superior to  fine........... 30
@40
E N G L IS H   B R E A K F A S T .
F air 
............................... 18  @22
Choice.............................24  @28
B est.......................... 
40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.
....... 
 

 

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherw ise noted.
|  H iaw atha 
t)0
44
Sweet  C uba.................. 
24
M cG inty........................ 
54 b b ls .........  
22
22
L ittle  D arling............. 
20
54 bbl.. 
1791..................... 
20
 
19
1891,  54  b b ls................. 
Valley .City.................. 
Si
27
Dandy J im .................... 
T ornado......................... 
20
Searhead.......................  
40
I J o k e r ............................ 
17
22
Zeno................................  
a.
L.  & w ...........................  
28
Here  It Is ...................... 
Old Style.......................  
3i
Old  Honesty 
4 1
............. 
3»
Jolly T a r........................ 
H iaw atha......................  
37
Valley C ity .................. 
34
Jas.  G.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something  Good  .....................38
Toss  U p.......................................26
Out o f  S ig h t.........................  ' ’05
Smoking.
Boss.........................  
1254
Colonel’s Choice....................13
W a rp a th ....... ....................... ,.i4
B a n n e r......... ; ..................... .14
King Bee..................................20
Kiln  D ried.............................. 17
Nigger  H ead.......................... .23
Honey  D ew ............................. 34
Gold «Block.............  .. 
.28
Peerless................   ................ 24
Rob  Roy..................................24
Uncle  Sam .............................. 28
Tom and Je rry ....................
Brier Pipe................................ 30
Yum  Y um ...............................32
Red Clover...............................3-2
N a v y .......................................32
H andm ade.................................
Frog
33
40 gr. 
50  gr.

i'lN E Q A R .

 

 

 

 

SI for barrel.
W ET  MUSTARD,

........... ..... 
Y E A S T - -Compressed.
“ 

Bulk, per gal
30
Beer mug. 2 doz in c a s e ...  1  7f
Fermentim i peir  d o z .   cakes  .  15
1>er lb-  ................3 >
P A P E R  & W O O D  EN  W A R E

13

P A P E R .

‘ 

, 

]3'

75
75
25

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

WOODENWARB.

Straw  
I R o ck fa lls....................... . 
,;;2
$2  40 I  Rag su g ar..................................2
H ardw are................................. 254
Bakers  .
2  15 
--54 
Dry  G oods................
2 OO 
554@8 
J u te   M anilla............
1  50 
@654
50 
Red  Express  No.  1.
.......   554
25
No. 2
.........454
T W IN E S .
48 C otton.....................
35
.2U
Cotton, No.  1............
18
2...........................18
Sea  Island, assorted...........35
No. 5 H e m p .............................15
No. 6  “ ..................................... 15
Tubs,N o.  1.............................  700
“  No. 2.............................  6  00
" ,  No. 3 .............................  5 00
1  35 
“  No.  1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60
50
1  00
..........................  1  25
13  “ 
15 “ 
.........................   2 00
..........................2 75
17  “ 
assorted. Its and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
35
shipping  bushel..  1  2ti 
full  hoop  “ 
..  1  30
b u s h e l....................  1  50
willow cl’ths, N o.l  5  75 
No.2  6  25
N0.3  7  25 
N o.l  3  50 
No.2  4 25 
N0.3  5  0C

Pails,  No.  1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes 
Bowls, 11 In ch ................... 

Baskets, m arket.................... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

splint

90

 

MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

G R A IN S  a n d  F E E D S T U F F S
88 
No.  1  W hite (58 lb. test) 
No.  1  Red (60 lb.  test) 
88
B olted......................................   1 75
G ranulated.............................   2 00
Straight, In sacks...............  5  00
“ barrels.............   5  10
“ 
“ sacks...............  6  CO
P atent 
“ barrels.............   6  10
“ 
sack s..........  2  3J
G raham   “ 
Rye 
“ 
.............  2 65
“ 
MILLSTUPPS.
B ran.........................................  17 00
S creenings............................   12 00
M iddlings...............................21  00
M ixed F e e d ........................... 21  00
Coarse m eal........  .................21  00
Car  lots  ...................................50
Less than  car  lo ts................53
Car  l o t s ...................................?6
Less than car lo ts.................. 40
HAY.
No. 1  Tim othy, car lo ts__ 14  00
No. 1 
ton lo ts...........15  00

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

Nutmegs, fancy. 

“ 

No.  1

.65

Pepper, Singapore, black 
w hite.
sh o t.......... ..........

“ 
“ 

“ 

Pure G round in Bulk.

A llspice.........................
Cassia,  B atavia...........

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

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

and  Saigon.25
Saigon 
.35
Cloves.  Amboy 11a  ................ 30
.20
Z anzibar......... 
Ginger, A frican ......................15
Cochin  . 
18
J a m a ic a ....................20
|  Mace  B atavia..........................80
j  M ustard.  Eng.  and Trieste. .25
T rieste....................... 27
I  Nutmegs. No. 2 ...................... 65
j  Pepper, Singapore, black — 20
w h ite........30
Cayenne.................... 25
Sage........................................... 20

“ 
“ 
“A bsolute” in  Packages.

“ 

“ 

“ 

....  84

A f............

A llspice................ .......   84  1  55
C innam on............
...  84  1  55
Cloves.................... .......   84  1  55
Ginger, J a m ..................   84  1  55
.......  84  1  55
M ustard................ .......  84  1  55
84  1  55
Pepper  .................. ___ 
Sage........................
Cut  L oaf.........
C u b e s..................
P ow dered.........
G ranulated. 
Confectioners’  A
Soft A  ................ .
W hite E xtra  C .. 
E xtra  C ...............
Yellow
Less than  bbls

@5  44 
@ 4» 
© *?i 
t 44@  4)4 
4  31@ 4% 
@  4*á
.  ... 
.......   @4
.......   @3»
.......  @ 3*4
@ 3)4
Qc advance

“  

0 )4

“  
“  

SODA.

S N U F F .

SEED S.

SAL  SODA.

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes....................... . . .  
40-lb 
.....................
----- 6*4
Gloss.
................ ____   6
1-lb packages 
3-lb 
................... ____   6
6 - lb  
........................... ----- 6 Î4
40 and 50 lb. boxes.................   4?4
B arrels............   .......................  \ \
Scotch, in  bladders............... 37
Maccaboy, In ja rs ...................35
French Rappee, In J a r s .......43
B o x es......................................... 55a
Kegs, E n g lish ........................... 4%
K egs...........................................  154
G ranulated,  boxes.................   14i
M ixed b ird ....................  454®  6
Caraway.................................... 10
C an a ry ..............................   •..  354
H em p..........................................  454
A nise....... 
R a p e ....................................
M ustard..............................
Diam ond Crystal.
100 3-lb.  sacks................
....................
60 5-lb 
2810-lb.  sacks..................
2014-lb. 
....................
24 3-lb  cases......................
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
28 lb. 
56 lb. dairy in linen  b ag s.. 
281b. 
56 lb. dairy  bags..................... 
56 lb. dairy  bags..................... 
56  lb.  sacks.............................. 
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common F ine  per  bbl. 
... 
Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Solar Rock.

SALRRATUS.

Warsaw.

C hurch’s .............................   S3  30
D eLand’s ..............................   3  30
D w ight’s ...................................3 30
Taylor’s ...........  ....................  3  00

“ 
“ 

SALT

754

“ 

“ 

“ 

“

 

SOAP.

A llen  B. W risley’s  Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb. b a rs ..S3  50 
Good Cheer, 60 1  lb.  b ars..  3 90 
Bonner, 100  5£-lb. b ars—   3 00

SY R U P».
Corn

B arrels... 
H alf bbls.
F a i r ....................................
Good 
................................
C hoice................................
SW EET  GOODS.
G inger Snaps................
Sugar  Cream s..............
Frosted  Cream s...........
G raham   C rackers.......
Oatmeal  Crackers —
TE A S.

J a p a n — Regular.

SU N  C U RED .

F a ir ................................
@17
G o o d ..............................
@20
I Choice.............................24  @26
C hoicest........................... 32 @34
| D ust 
.............................. 10  @12
F a ir ................................   @17
G o o d ...............................  @20
C hoice........................ ,. 24  @26 •
Choicest........................... 32  @94
D u st.................................. 10  @12
I  F a ir ................................ 18  @20
Choice.............................  @25
Choicest.........................   @35
|  E xtra choice, w ire leaf  ©40
Common to  fa ir............ 25  @35
E xtra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fa n c y ..............75  @85
@26
Common to  fa ir............23  @30

BA SK ET  F IR E l).

GUNPO W D ER.

oolong. 

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

CONDENSED M ILK .

Eagle  .....................................   7 40 I  Cracked
Crown......................................   C  50
G enuine  Sw iss......................  8 001
A m erican Swiss...................... 7 00

COUPON  BOOKS.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

I 

“ 
“ 

Cod.

H alibut.
Herring.

Y arm outh....................................   1 10
Pollock  ........................... 
314
Whole. Grand  B an k ...  6  @614
Boneless,  bricks  ......... 7V4@8
Boneless,  strip s............   7‘<4@8
S m oked.........................  
12
Scaled............................. 
H olland,  b b ls..............  
kegs............... 
Round shore,  14 bb l... 
“ 
>4  b b l.. 

20
l"  00
16
2  50
1  50
No. 1, 14 bbls. 90 lbs.............11  00
No. 1,  kits, 10 lb s ..................  1  25
Fam ily,  54'bbls.,  loo lb s__   5  50
75
kits, 10  lbs............. 
Russian,  kegs........................ 
45
No.  1,  14 bbls., lOOlbs............. 5 75
No. 1,  kits, 10 lb s....................  80
No.  1,  H bbls., lOOlbs...................7 50
No.  1,  kits, 10 lb s...........................1 00
Fam ily,  14 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 00

Whitefish.

M ackerel.

Sardines.

Trout.

“ 

kits  10  lb s ..............  50

“ 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

1 25

Jen n in g s’  D C.
Lemon.  V anilla
2 oz folding bo x ...  75 
1  50
... 1  00 
3 oz 
“ 
2  OO
... 1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
... 2  00 
3  00
“ 
“ 
8 oz 
. . .3  00 
4  10
GUN  PO W D ER.

H E R B S.

K e g s ....................................... 
5 50
H alf  keg s......................................3 00
Sage............................................16
H ops........................................... 25
Chicago  goods..................  @3
Mason’s, 10, 20 and 30 lb s ..  6
•’  M b .................................  7

•TELLY .

“

LICORICE.

P ure...........................................   30
C alabria....................................  25
Sicily..........................................  18
Condensed,  2  doz........................ 1 25

L Y E.

M ATCHES.

No. 9  su lp h u r................................1 65
A nchor  p arlo r...............................1 70
No. 2 hom e.....................................1 10
Export  p arlo r...............................4 00

MINCE  MEAT

“ U niversal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
“  

$  1.  per hun d red . 
S 2, 
S 3, 
S 5, 
$ 10, 
$20, 

...........  S3 00
.................. 3  50
..................4 (0
..................  5 GO
..........................6  00
.................. 7  00
Bulk orders fo r above coupon 
books are subject to the follow ­
ing  discounts:
200 or over.................5  per  cent.
10 
500  “ 
1000 
“  
“
COUPON  PA SS  BOOKS.

..................20 

ICan  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from  $10  down. |
.$  1  00 
2  00 
3 00 
6  25 
10  00 
17  50

20 books. 
50 
100 
250 
500 
1000

 

CRACKS R 8.

Butter.

Seymour XXX......................... 6
Seymour XXX, carto o n ....... 614
Fam ily  X X X .........................  6
Fam ily XXX,  carto o n .........  6)4
Salted  XXX.............................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........614
K enosha 
.............................  714
Boston.......................................   8
B utter  b is c u it.......................   614
Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda,  C ity................................   714
Soda,  D uchess  ......................  814
Crystal W afer.........................10
Reception  F lak es..................10
S. Oyster  XXX.......................   514
City Oyster. XXX....................  514
Shell  O yster...........................   6
5  00
CREAM  TA R TA R .
Strictly  p u re ..................
3 00

Oyster.

Soda.

Apples.
S u n d ried ..................
E v a p o rated ..............

D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

30
35 Sugar h o u s e ........................
.. 
.10@15
O rd in ary ..............................
P rim e ....................................
@  5V4 Fancy ....................................
@  7)4 F a ir ........................................
d.
C alifornia Evaporated.
G ood......................................
E x tra good...........................
C h o ic e ..................................
F an cy .....................................
O ne-half barrels, 3c extra

■New Orleans.

A pricots.......................... 
B lackberries................. 
N ectarin es.................... 
Peaches  ........................ 
Pears,  sliced.................
P lu m s............................. 

914
5
10
10
814

14
16
16
20
17
20

PR U N E S.

P E E L .

T u rk ey ..
B osnia..
French
C alifornia....................
Lem on..
O range..
In  drum .
In boxes
CURRANTS.
Zante, in barrels.......

CITRON.

5)4@  6

@
@

8)4©  9
18
18
@¿0
@26
@  4%
©   5 
@  514

“ 

In  14-bbls 
in  less quantity 
r a i s i n s  —California 
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
“ 
3  “
fancy.
“ 
M uscatels.2 crow n  ...

“ 

3  “
Foreign.

V alencias......................
O ndaras.........................
S ultanas.........................

2 00 
1  501  eo

©   8 
@11

FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS. 

Farina.
Hominy.

4

Lim a  Beans.

100 lb.  kegs...................... 
B arrels...................................... 3  75
G rits ..........................................4  50
5
D ried................................. 
M accaroni and V ermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. b o x ___ 
55
Im ported.......................... 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs....................................   @34j
G reen,  b u ......................................1 10
Split,  b b l........................................ 5 00
G erm an ..................................   454
E ast In d ia...............................  554

Sago.

OATM EAL.

B arrels  200....................
H alf barrels  100...........
RO LLED   OATS
Barrels  180....................
H alf  bbls 90................

@4  85 
@2 65
@4  85 
@2  65

PIC K L E S.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t............ $4  50
H alf  barrels, 600 count  ...  2  75 
Barrels, 2.400  count  ...........  5  50
3  25
H alf barrels, 1,200 count.

Small.

P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216.............................1 75
“  T .D . fu ll co u n t............   75
Cob, No.  3 ..................................1 25

R IC E.

Domestic.

“ 
“ 

Carolina h e a d ........................... 7
No. 1............................6
No. 2 ..................  © 5

Im ported.

B roken....................................
Jap an , No. 1............................. 6
No. 2.............................. 554
J a v a ........................................   5
P a tn a ........................................  5

“ 

SA U ER K R A U T.

Silver Thread, b b l.............  S3  50
54 b b l.........  2 00

“ 

K itch en ,3 doz.  in b o x ........  2 50
H and 

3  “ 

 

 

2 50

SA POLIO.

“ 
S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

A llspice.....................................10
Cassia, China in m ats.........  8
B atavia in  b u n d — 15
Saigon in   ro lls..........35
Cloves,  A m boyna.................. 22
Z anzibar.....................13
i M ace  B atavia..........................80

“ 
“ 
“ 

14

T H E   M IC H IG A N   TK A D EB M A M

N O   M O R E   C R E D IT .

I n t e r i o r   T o w n .

E x p e r ie n c e   o f   a   L iv e   M e r c h a n t  a t   a n
B u r n i p ’s  Co r n e r s , N ov. 25, ’91—Yours 
of the  23d  inst.,  requesting  permission 
to publish our circular of August 25th, is 
received. 
In answer,  we will  say that  if 
it  contains  any  points  or  suggestions 
which will be beneficial to the retail trade, 
you  have our permission  to use it  in  any 
way to make it  available.  You  will  see 
by our circulars,  issued  previous  to  this 
(copies of  which  we  herewith  inclose),  j 
that  we  have  been  gradually  correcting 
some of the unnecessary evils  appertain­
ing to a credit business of a country retail 
store,  and  since  our  last  circular  was 
issued,  during which time a former part­
ner  has  retired  from  the  firm,  we  have 
determined to virtually place our business 
on  a cash basis,  and  we know of no better 
way to accomplish  this than through  the 
credit coupon system.  Having tried this 
system,  we  have everything to say  in  its 
favor,  and nothing  against  it.  The  one 
advantage of  not  having  disputes  with 
customeis in  settliug  accounts  seems  to 
us to be alone  sufficient to  recommend  it 
to every  retail merchant  iu  the  country. 
We find  that there is  a  great  saving  of 
time that under the  old  system  was  re­
quired  in keeping a set of  books,  and  we 
are of  the  opinion  that  we  shall  save 
many,  a  dollar which  formerly  was  lost 
through  carelessness  iu  neglecting 
to 
charge  items.  Our  customers  are  well 
pleased with  the  system,  and  we  have 
yet to find  the  first  one  to  condemn  it, 
after once having giveu  it  a  trial.  We 
now do principally  a  cash  business  and 
sell coupons,  discounting them  at  5  per 
cent,  for cash or paper  that  can  be  con­
verted  into available funds which enables 
us to discount  all  bills  and  obtain  our 
goods  at  the  lowest  prices.  We  think 
the signs of the times  indicate  that  the 
day  is not tar distant when  a majority of 
the  progressive  retail  merchants  will 
adopt the  cash  system,  but,  until  that 
time does come,  we will say to all dealers 
who think  they cannot do a strictly  cash 
business in their localities,  by  all  means 
adopt the credit coupon system,  for 
it is 
the system of all systems where  business 
is done on credit.

Very respectfully,

F.  Goon man  & Co.

CIRCULAR  ONE.

B u r n i p ’s  C o r n e r s ,  Sept.  25,  1889—In 
view  of  the  fact  that  it  is  considered 
next to impossible to  make  merchandis­
ing a success,  upon cash  principles only, 
and  the  looseness  and  want  of  system 
with  which the credit business is carried 
on  in  country stores,  we  deem it  but jus­
tice  to  ourselves  and  our  customers  to 
make  known  the  terms  and  conditions 
upon  which  we  shall  hereafter  sell  on 
credit,  and  some  of  our  reasons for  so 
doing:
1.  The leading  articles  in  the  grocery 
line are sold at a nominal profit, and if we 
allow  a  customer  to  set  his  own  time 
when he will  pay,  and  as it costs us from 
§8 to §12 per year  for every  8100  we car­
ry on our  books,  the  cost  frequently ex­
ceeds the profit  and the  business is done 
at  a  loss.
2.  When accounts  are  allowed  to  run 
for an  indefinite length of time,  they  run 
into dollars and  cents faster than  custo­
mers have anticipated and  when  a settle­
ment is  finally  reached,  at the  end  of  a 
year or more, disputes are almost sure to 
occur and we find it very  difficult to con­
vince people of  the  correctness  of  their 
accounts. 
If we fail, one of  two results 
will follow:  we either make  a  reduction 
of the amount  in dispute,  or  lose the fu­
ture patronage of the offended party.
3.  The policy of  charging cash  buyers 
the same price for goods as the long-time 
buyer is erroneous  and cannot  be too se­
verely  condemned,  as  the  man  paying 
cash for  his goods,  unless  the  merchant 
is doing business at a  loss,  indirectly as­
sists in  making  up  what  it  is  worth to 
carry  the  accounts  of  the  long-winded 
fellows and  in  making  up the loss iu  bad 
accounts.  Such  a  policy  has  a  strong 
tendency  to  discourage  the  cash  buyer 
and to  encourage the credit buyer.
4.  When we  buy goods on  credit  from 
the jobbing  trade  we are  restricted to  a 
certain time,  which,  on groceries and  all

THE  VERY  LATEST !

Good  as  the  Best  and  Five  Times  Cheaper.

PERKINS  i  RICHMOND,  13  Fountain  S t,  Grand  Rapids.

W.  H.  W HITE  &  CO.,

ManilfaGtilrers  of Hardwood  Lumber,

B O Y N E   C ITY ,  MICH.

staple dry goods,  is  thirty  to  sixty days. 
When that time  has  expired,  we  are  ex­
pected to be  prepared  to settle for them. 
If  we are unfortunate enough not to have 
the ready cash,  we must get  it by paying 
interest,  and  if we  fail  to do this,  and  to 
pay  promptly,  our credit  must suffer and 
we  will,  thereafter,  be unable to  buy  to 
the  best  advantage  and  in  the  lowest 
markets.  Of 
this  state  of  affairs  we 
have  no  right  nor  reason  to  complain 
and  it  is certainly consistent  with  right 
and  justice  that  the  same  rule  should 
prevail  among  the  retail  trade.  We, 
therefore,  announce the following, which 
will govern  all our credit  transactions in 
the future,  and  will be  strictly  adhered 
to:
All goods sold on  credit will  be due  in 
three  months  and  must  be  settled  for 
three months after date of purchase.  To 
further accommodate our patrons,worthy 
of credit,  we  will  receive  their  notes  in 
settlement,  payable  three  months  after 
date,  with  the  current  rate  of  interest, 
which  will also be charged on all accounts 
after  due. 
For  the  encouragement  of 
the  cash  buyer  we  will,  hereafter,  dis­
count  at  five per cent,  all cash  purchases 
of one  dollar  or more.  These terms  are 
certainly  just  and  equitable  to  all par 
ties  concerned  and,  if  lived  up  to,  we 
will  be enabled  to  buy  cheaper  and  sell 
cheaper.  That it will  result to our  mu­
tual  benefit is  a  foregone  conclusion,  as 
it  is  not our  aim to  increase  the cost  of 
goods  to  any  one,  but  to  reduce  it,  es­
pecially  to  the  cash  buyer,  by  limiting 
accounts  to  a  reasonable  time  and  re­
ducing the chances  on  doubtful ones.
Hoping that you  will  recognize the ne­
cessity  and justice prompting  this action 
ou  our  part,  and  trusting  to  receive  a 
continuance  of  your  valued  patronage, 
we are, 

Very  respectfully,

F.  G o o d m a n   &  C o.

CIRCULAR  TWO.

a 

and  still  make 

B u b x i p ’ s   C o r n e r s ,  Jan.  10,  1890—In 
September  last we  issued  a  circular let­
ter  to  our  trade  announcing  a  change 
iu  our  method  of  doing  business  on 
credit,  and  our  terms  and  conditions I 
governing credit transactions were there­
in clearly  and  concisely  stated.  While 
our  letter  has  not  accomplished  every 
thing we  desired  in  the  reformation  of 
the  credit  system,  yet,  we  have  to  cou- 
gratulatuiate  ourselves 
that  we  have 
made  a  beginning,  and  that  the  results 
so far  attained are fully  up to  our  most 
sanguine expectations.
We now desire to present further reas­
ons why our terms  and conditions as  set 
forth  (if lived  up  to)  must surely  result 
beneficially  to  both dealer and consumer. 
In  these  times  of sharp competition  and 
economical  buying  by  the  consumer,  it 
behooves  the  retailer  to  regulate  and 
mauage  his  business in such a way  as  to 
give the former as much for his money as 
possible, 
living 
profit. 
Iu order  to do  this,  certain  radi­
cal changes  from  the  way  the credit  bus­
iness  was usually  carried on  at Burnip’s 
Corners must  certainly  be  inaugurated, 
and  we  do  not  regret 
that  we  have 
taken  the  initiatory steps  in that  direc­
tion  by our circular letter referred to.
trite  saying  that 
“ goods  well  bought  are  half  sold,”  is 
nevertheless true;  but  when  a  dealer  is 
carrying upon  his  books an amount equal 
to two-thirds of his  working capital,  and 
is constantly  hampered  by  being  unable 
to pay his bills promptly,  he can  not suc­
cessfully compete with close buyers,and, 
in order  to be a close buyer,  he  must  be 
able to  pay  promptly  and  discount  bills 
so that his trade will be sought after and 
appreciated by the best wholesale houses, 
when  concessions can  often  be  obtained 
aside  from  the  regular cash  discounts, 
which on  boots and shoes and  many  arti­
cles  of  dry  goods  is  six  per  cent.,  and 
! will  aggregate a handsome profit of itself 
| in  a  year’s  business, 
It  is  our  aim  to 
buy  in  the  best market,  ami  as cheap  as 
anyone can  buy;  but  in order to  do  this 
and  give  our  customers  the  benefit  of 
cheaper ogoods,  it  is  at  once  necessary 
I that the abominable  practice,  which  has 
so long  been  in  vogue  here,  of  selling 
goods ou  credit  without any  stated time 
[ for  payment, be abolished, and  if a credit 
business  must be  done,  fix  a  reasonable 
I time  when  payment  will  be  expected

We  hold 

that 

the 

\ d d i i

o v n e   F a l l s

We operate three mills with a capacity of 9;000,000 feet hardwood and'3,000,COO feet hemlock, as 
follows:  Boyne  City  mill, 7,000,«00;  Boyne  Falls  mill,  3,000,003;  Deer  Lake  mill, 2,000,000.  Our 
facilities fot shipment are  unsurpassed, either by rail or water.

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO.

Manufacturers of Boots  & Shoes.

Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.

Send  us  your  m ail 
orders  and we  w ill  try 
and  fill  them   to  your 
satisfaction.  We  have 
the new line of

Storm Slips

in cotton and wool lined 
for la d ies;  also the
N  orth west
Roll  Edge

or

line  of  lum berm an’s in 
H urons a nd Trojans.

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and firmly  adhered  to.  Many customers 
in poor circumstances  will  always  pay  a 
small  bill,  but  when  confronted  with  a 
large  one  they  are  at once  discouraged, 
and  it  is  up-hill  work  to  make  collec­
tions.  It  has been our  experience in  the 
past that from this source the loss in  bad 
and disputed accounts is the greatest.  It I 
is therefore necessary  that  we gauge  the 
size of  a person’s  account  by  his  means 
and  ability  to  pay.  By  selling  goods 
only on  three months’  time and  insisting 
upon  a  settlement  when  that  time  has 
expired,  we  expect  to  accomplish  good 
results.  We  expect  that  our  losses  on 
bad and  disputed  accounts  will  be  ma­
terially reduced; that instead of carrying 
two-thirds of our  working  capital on our 
books,  the  amount  will  be  reduced  to 
one-fourth;  that  we shall  be able to  save 
the  discount on  a large share of our bills, 
and  buy  in  the best  markets  and  at  the 
lowest possible prices.
A  few  words  in  regard  to cash  trade, 
and why  it is right to give cash discounts. 
In the first place,  we can  buy on an aver­
age  of  five  per  cent,  cheaper  for  cash 
than  we  can on  credit,  and  taking  into 
consideration the  time and labor required 
in  keeping  books  and  making  collec­
tions,  we  can  do  more  business  with 
ninety-five  cents  in  cash  than  we  can 
with one dollar of the best book accounts. 
Therefore,  ninety-five  cents  in  cash  is 
worth more to  us than one  dollar on  the 
books.  Hence we  argue that if such ad­
vantages  are  extended  to  the  retailer, 
there  is  ho  valid  reason  why  the  con­
sumer  should not have  the same  advan­
tage while paying cash.
No  one  will  undertake  to  deny  that 
many  people,  having ready money  to pay 
for  their  purchases,  would  go  to  other 
markets,  when  they  could  plainly  see 
that  we  were  charging  them  the  same 
prices for goods as wedid others on whom 
we were  compelled  to wait for  our  pay, 
from  six  months  to  two  year.-;  and  by 
this way of doing business we were driv­
ing away the best portion of trade  which 
should  naturally  be  tributary  to  this 
place.  To all such we  will say  that  we 
shall  continue  to  discount  at  five  per 
cent,  all cash  purchases of one  dollar or 
more,  and  feel confident  that  upon  this 
basis our prices will compare  very favor- 
bly with Allegan or Grand Rapids.  You 
may,  perhaps,  buy  an  article  which 
is  being  made a  leader of  at  the  places 
named,  at a price below what it is selling 
for at Burnip’s Corners,  but  if  the  facts 
are known,  you  will  find  quite as  often 
that we are selling some other article for 
less  money than  it  can  be  bought else­
where,  as  no  two stores  in  existence are 
selling  everything  in  their  line  at  pre­
cisely the same price.
We  deem  it  advisable  to  again  state 
the terms  (so eminently  fair to all)  upon 
which our  credit business will  hereafter 
be managed,  and  we look  to our custom­
ers to bear it in  mind.  All  goods sold on 
credit must be settled for in  three months 
from  date  of  purchase;  but,  to  further 
accommodate  our  customers  worthy  of 
credit,  we  will  receive  their  notes  in 
settlement,  payable  three  mouths  after 
date  with  the  current  rate  of  interest. 
To  such  of  our  friends  as  may  be  in­
clined  to take  exceptions  to  this  letter, 
we  say  that  we  have  stated 
the  facts 
herein contained,  in  all  kindness,  taking 
your  welfare  as  well  as  our  own  into 
consideration,  knowing 
that  upon  the 
welfare and  prosperity of  our customers 
depends our own  success.

We remain, very  respectfully,

F.  G o o d m a n   &  Co.

CIRCULAR  THREE.

B u r n i p ’s  C o r n e r s , August 25, ’91—We 
ask your kind  indulgence  while  we again 
call your attention  to  some  of  the  un­
desirable  features  of  the  credit  system, 
as applied to general  country stores.
Our average experience in keeping run­
ning  accounts with our  customers for six 
months or a year  has  been  anything  but 
satisfactory.  Accounts  will  often  run 
into dollars and cents  much  faster  than 
the customer has anticipated  and it  is  a 
very  common  occurrence  that  disputes 
will arise when a settlement is had.  Much 
ill feeling  is  the  result  and  we  either 
make an allowance and lose  the  amount 
in dispute or often lose  a good customer; 
in either case the customer’s faith in our

integrity is diminished.  We  have  tried 
the pass book system and in  the majority 
of cases it has proved  a failure.  Custom-1 
ers  would  often  neglect  to  bring  their 
books  when  making  purchases,  and  it 
would frequently  happen,  when  we  were j 
otherwise  busy,  that we would enter  the ! 
amount of  a customer’s purchase  on  his 
book,  then  either  neglect  or  forget  to 
charge the same on our books.  This  was i 
the source of considerable loss  to  us  in  I 
the course of a year’s business and, when 
the account  was  finally  settled,  it  would 
again cause confusion and dissatisfaction. 
Many of you have, perhaps, at  some  time 
paid  an  account  to  some  merchant,  in 
which  you thought that you  were  being 
grievously  wronged,  and  whether  you 
did or not make objection as to its correct­
ness,  you still  felt convinced  in your own 
mind that you  had  paid  out  money  for 
which  you  had  received no value.  When­
ever differences of  this  kind  occor,  it  is 
certain  to  be a  trade  loser  to  the  mer­
chant and a permanent injury to his busi­
ness. 
if,  therefore,  any  system  can  be 
introduced  without any of  these  object­
ionable features,  by  which  a  merchant 
may do a credit business,  it  is  the  duty 
of the wide-awake dealer to adopt  it.
It  is  truly said  that this  is  an  age  of 
progression.  Vast 
improvements  are 
constantly being  made  in  all  directions, 
as conditions  change  and  necessity  re­
quires them.  Methods of doing business 
on credit are  no  exception  to  the  rule, 
and the acme of perfection in that direct­
ion  is attained in  the credit  coupon  sys­
tem,  which  has been adopted and approv­
ed by thousands of merchants in the West, 
and  is  now in practical use  by over eight 
thousand enterprising merchants in Mich­
igan  alone.
The system  is  simplicity  itself.  The 
customer simply  signs  the  receipt,  pay­
able at a certain  date,  which is then de­
tached  by the dealer as the customer’s ob­
ligation for  the  amount  of  the  coupon 
book and the customers has  the  dealer’s 
obligation  for the same amount,  which is 
the coupon book.
We have  concluded  to  adopt  this  sys­
tem; and for the  purpose  of  giving  our 
patrons  time  to  investigate  and  make 
themselves  familiar  with it,  we have  de­
ferred the date until October  l.  On  that 
date  we shall close  our  books  and  give 
credit only through this system.
Among the many  advantages  we  will 
mention  simply  the  following:

1.  The  labor of keeping a set of books 
is entirely obliviated.
2.  There  will  be  no  pass-books 
to 
doctor to make them correspond  with the 
ledger accounts.
3.  There  will  be  no time  lost,  in  the 
hurry of trade,  to  charge  items,  as  the 
coupons are easily  handled and detached 
as quickly  as change can  be  made  with 
money.
4.  There  will  be  no  complaints  by 
customers that they are charged for goods 
they  have never had.
5.  There will  be no disputed accounts, 
and  all  friction and  ill  feeling  incident 
thereto is avoided.
6.  Customers are enabled at any  time 
to kuow the exact amount of  goods  they 
have had,  by  reference  to  their  coupon 
books.
7.  They will kuow by the date of issue, 
endorsed on the cover of the book,  when 
coupons are to be paid  for.
8.  A child can go to the store and trade 
with coupons as easily  as  any  one,  and 
with equal safety.

There are  many  other  desirable 

fea­
tures connected  with  this  system,  which 
we have not space to enumerate here,  but 
shall endeavor to explain at any  time  on 
application.  We shall  retain the five per 
cent,  off  for  cash  feature,  and  parties 
wishing to buy coupons for cash will  be 
given a discount  of  five  per  cent.,  and 
coupons will  be received  for  everything 
we sell,  including such  goods  as  we  do 
not otherwise give a cash discount on.  In 
this way you can save five percent, on all 
of your purchases,  no  m atter  how  small 
they  may  be.

We have  long since discovered  that  it 
is money that  makes  the  mare  go,  and 
will now  announce  that,  after  the  first 
day of October next,  we shall  buy  goods 
for spot cash only and buy of  the jobber 
who will give  us  the most goods and  the 
best value  for  our  money.  Our  motto

will  be,  “ Buy cheaper anil sell cheaper.” 
and  in order to accomplish  this  we  must 
systematize our credit  business.  The ad­
vantages to  both merchant and patron, of 
the system  we adopt,  is so manifest  that 
certainly  no  fair-minded  person can  find 
any  valid objection  to  it  after a thorough 
examination and trial.

Very respeutfully,

F.  G o o d m a n   & Co,

S hudS

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- 
thiug 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.  LAMOREAUX  X GO,,

128,  130,  132]W .; B rid g e  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.
STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY

We carry the finest line of  felt and knit boots, socks 
and  rubber  clothing’  in the  market.  Send  for  price 
list and discounts.

4  M o n ro e   S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M id i.

STALLION  FOR  SALE.

1  have a three-quarter blood

18  hands  high,  10  years  old,  weighing 

1,350 pounds,  which  1  will  sell  for

$ 250.

He  is  worth  twice that  amount,  having 
been  sold  a short  time  ago  for 
1
have  no  use  for  the  horse,  and  conse­
quently offer him  at the price named.

He is a deep  bay,  with  one  white  hind 
foot,  is  a  good  traveler  and  gets up  in 
good style.

L. H  SHEPHERD,

CHARLOTTE,  MICH.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar aud  Gravel  Roofers,

A nd  dealers  In  Tarred  Felt,  B uilding  Paper, 
Pitch,  Coal  T ar,  A sphaltum .  Rosin,  M ineral 
Wool, Etc.

Corner Louis aud Cainpau Sts., 

(IRANI)  RAPIDS.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

4 .  J .  Bo w n e,  P resident.

D, A. 

i  duktt.  Vice President.

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

T ransacts a g en e ra ,  b anking  business

M a k e *   S p e c ia lty  o f  C o llectio n s.  A cco u n ts 

o f C n n n try  M e rc h a n ts  S o lic ite d .

SDMUhDB. DIKEMAN
Watoli  Maker 

TH E  GREAT

s  Jeweler,
44  CANAI  8Y„
fiicli.
- 

Grand Rapids 

E very  garm ent  bearing  th e  above  tick et  is 
WARRANTED  NOT  TO  R IP,  and,  if  n o t  as 
represented, you  are  requested  to  retu rn   it  to 
She  m erchant  of  w hom   it  w as  purchased  and 
receive a new  garm ent.

STANTON,  MOREY  &  CO.,

M a n u fa c tu r e r s, D e t r o it , M ic h .

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

JOBBEKS  OF

State A gents for

158 Si  1 0 0   F u lto n   :  t., G ra n d   R a p id s.

/
J U r / / ' v r

/  

THIS  IS  WHAT  EVERY  SUCCESS* UL  PER­
IT IS THE  CONDITION  OF 

SON  MI  ST DO. 
CONDITIONS.
The  Industrial  School of  B usiness  furnishes 
som ething  superior  to  the  ordinary  eourse  in 
book  keeping, short hand and type w riting, pen­
m anship.  English  and  business  correspondence. 
W rite  for a copy of  U seful  Education,  and  see 
why this school is w orth  your  special considera­
tion.  A ddress,

W .  N .  F E R R IS ,

B ig   R a p id s,  M id i.

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

| visit the  larger  part  of  my  trade  every 
J  two  weeks  and  some  only  once in  four 
j weeks. 
I  should  not  like to  make  any 
change in  my  trip as  it  is  now,  as  1  am 
| perfectly satisfied,  also  the  house 1  have 
the  pleasure  of  representing,  and  I  am 
sure my  trade  is  satisfied  with  my  pres­
ent  time  of  visits  by  the  pleasant  way 
j  which  they  receive me  and  the  liberal 
patronage they  bestow  upon  me.

T W O   W E E K S   V S .  T H R E E .

T r a v e lin g ’  M e n .

lengthening  the 

M u c h   D iv e r s ity   o f   O p in io n   A m o n g  
The retail  and  wholesale  grocery trade 
having each had their innings on  the sub­
ject  of 
time  between 
salesmen’s visits from two to three weeks, 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   last week  solicited  the 
opinions of  the  salesmen  themselves  on 
this matter.  Less than  half of those ad­
dressed have, as yet, volunteered a reply, 
but the letters  already received  disclose 
the  same  diversity  of  opinion  which 
marked the  interviews  with  the jobbing 
houses,  which  were published  last week.
The  opinions  of  the  travelers  are as 

follows:

“ Hub” Baker (Lemon  & Wheeler Com­
pany)—In  reply to your letter askiug my 
opinion as to  how often I should  visit my 
customers,  can only say  that it has  been 
my best  judgment  to  visit the  trade  as 
often as it is profitable to all parties con­
cerned.  All  traveling  men  have  their 
own  peculiar  views  on  this subject,  but 
John Cummins  (Olney  &  Judson  Gro­
I  let their views be as they may, it  matters 
cer Co.)—In reply to your request, would 
little to their employers what their views 
say 1 am  perfectly satisfied with my  trip 
are,  so  long as they do not coincide  with 
as it is and  cannot  see  how  a  change  to 
theirs. 
It  has  been  my aim  to do busi­
three  weeks  would either benefit the job­
ness as my employers desire it done,  and 
ber or  retail  merchant. 
If  I  called on 
not my  way, as 1 believe them to be more 
my trade every  three  weeks,  1 certainly 
competent  judges  of  how  often  I  shall 
would  worry them  more  than  1 do now, 
j  call  upon  the trade,  as  they have free ac­
by  trying to sell  in  much  larger quanti­
cess to the  ledger  and  know  how  every 
1 j 
ties than  under  the  present  method. 
customer’s accouut stands.  Therefore, 1 j 
have never  had  a  customer  say  to me, 
“ You call  too  often;’’  on  the  contrary, 
cheerfully  submit  the  whole  m atter  to I 
them,  believing  they  will  do the best  in  ! 
my trade has always treated  me  with the 
their power for all  parties concerned.
greatest courtesy7.

J.  B.  Evans  (Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.)—In  regard  to  seeing  trade  often, 
would  say  i  cannot  see  anything  that 
would  be  of  any  great  weight  on  the 
point. 
I  have always  visited  my  trade 
once in  three  weeks,  and  am  sure that, 
should  I  see some of  them  oftener, or­
ders  would,  no doubt,  be given  in  size to 
correspond  with  the difference in time.

Jerry  Woltman  (Olney  &  Judson  Gro­
cer Co)—In  reply  to  your  request,  all  I 
can  say  is  that  I cannot  judge  for  oth­
ers. 
I know  that it is  necessary for  me 
to  see the  majority  of  my  trade once  in 
tw o   weeks.  The pestering to death  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n ’s  retail  correspondent  com­
plains of  would  not  be  remedied  if  we 
had  three-weeks trips.

A.  S.  Doak (Hawkins &  Company)—In 
reply to your favor of the 3d,  I would say 
that I  am very  much  in  favor of  length­
ening the time  of  visits  to  the trade  to 
three weeks and  have talked  with  many 
of my customers  and  they  have  all ex­
pressed 
the 
change.

in  favor  of 

themselves 

Jas.  N. Bradford  (Olney  & Judson Gro­
cer  Co.)—In  reply  to  yours  regarding 
three weeks  trips,  would say  1 try to call 
upon my  trade as  often  as  I can  make  it 
profitable to do so.  Some of my  trade it 
is necessary to see once in two weeks and 
others once  in  four  weeks  is  sufficient; 
and I govern  myself  accordingly.  Tak­
ing  in  consideration  the  welfare of  my 
house and  trade  and  knowing  that our 
interests  are 
identical,  I  use  my  best 
judgment to  gain  that point  where cus­
tomer,  house and  self shall  prosper  and 
be happy.

W. F. Blake  (Hawkins &  Company)— 
In reply  to  your  favor  of the  3d,  I  am 
most heartily  in  favor of  extending  the 
time between  visits to the  trade,  provid­
ing all the local jobbers  adopt a uniform  ! 
rule. 
In conversation  with  my custom- 
ers during the  past  week,  I  found  nine 
out of ten  favorable to an extension  to at 
least  three weeks.
Byron S.  Davenport  (Olney  &  Judson j 
Grocer  Co.)—In  reply  to  your  enquiry 
regarding my opinion of  lengthening  the 
time of visiting my trade,  I can  say I am 
perfectly satisfied with my trip as it is.  11

“Con”  (Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.)—I 
believe  in  the  policy  of  “The  greatest 
good to the  greatest  number,”  but  as to 
a two or three  weeks’  trip,  the  question 
has  its  pros  and  cons. 
I don’t  believe 
the retail  merchant  is  “ bored  to  death” 
by the  commercial  traveler,  neither do I 
believe  him  to  be  so utterly  devoid  of 
business  tact  to  bore  his customer  in  a 
business way;  but on  the  expediency of 
lengthening the trips,  no doubt,  in  a cer­
tain  prescribed teritory it will be as well, 
perhaps  better,  than  the  short ones;  but 
where  we  come 
in  competition  with 
Chicago,  Toledo  and  Detroit,  making 
their  trips  once  every  two  weeks,  the 
writer is inclined  to believe,  in justice to 
our Grand  Rapids trade,  they would  like 
to see “our boys” as often  as those  from 
other cities.  Some of the  territory cov­
ered  by  Grand  Rapids  men,  perhaps, 
may  be  worked  to  an  advantage every 
three  weeks,  while the balance should be 
covered  as often  as our  competitors do. 
The  question  of  discounts,  amount  of 
bills,  and  whether  the  majority  of  the 
merchants  want  to  buy a  three  weeks’ 
supply,  etc.,  are to be  taken  into consid­
eration.  These questions  will  undoubt­
edly  be  taken  up  by  an  abler  pen than 
mine.

T h e  H a r d w a r e   M a r k e t .

The wire nail  market  continues  weak. 
There  is  no change  in the  barbed  wire 
market,  but manufacturers refuse to take 
orders for future  delivery—only  for  im­
mediate shipment—giving ground for the 
belief that  an  advance  is  contemplated 
after  Jan.  1.  The  manufacturers  of 
window glass  say  they must  have  more 
money  for their  product.  The  National 
Cordage  Co.  appears  to  be  getting  its 
grip on  the rope  market,  as the price  has 
been advanced.  Sheet and  bar  iron  are 
without change.

Attention  is directed  to  the advertise­
ment of the  Grand  Rapids Book  Binding 
Co.,  on  another  page,  referring  to  the 
“ Handy  Pocket  Ledger”  gotten  up  by 
that  house.  The  book  is  the  acme  of 
simplicity  and  utility and will,  undoubt­
edly, meet a large sale.

B o o m in g  T im e s  a t  S o u th  B o a r d m a n .
S o u t h   B o a r d m a n ,  Dec.  5 —This  place 
has never  been  so  active,  in  a business 
way,  as it is at present,  lumber and mill­
ing operations in town  and vicinity being 
carried  on  on  a  larger  scale  than  ever 
before.
J.  P.  Bergland  has  sixty  men at work 
at his camp,  one mile  west of the village, 
cutting  logs on  one  of  the tracts  he re­
cently  purchased  from  the  G.  R.  &  I. 
Railroad for shipment to Cadillac.
Geo.  Van  Ness’  new  shingle  mill  is 
now in  operation,  cutting  an  average of 
30 thousand per day.  His sawmill  has a 
daily capacity of 10,000  hardwood.
Geo.  W.  Hart’s hardwood sawmill,  one 
and one-half  miles  south of  the village, 
is cutting  10,000  feet per day on contract 
for the  Oval  Wood  Dish Co.,  of  Mance- 
lona.
A.  B. Dougherty,  who  operates a bowl 
factory eight  miles east of town,  has put 
two handle lathes in the old  bowl  factory 
in  the  village,  and  proposes to  increase 
the capacity as fast  as the  business war­
rants.
Geo. I. Qnimby  has put in a new  boiler 
and  an additional  engine  in  his sawmill 
and  is  cutting  and  skidding  the  hard­
wood on  the  timber  section  he recently 
purchased.
is  now 
employing  thirty  men  and the  business 
promises  to  expand  to  still  larger  pro­
portions.
Taken as a whole,  South Boardman has 
every  reason  to  feel  proud over her pres­
ent  condition  and  the  prospects for  the 
future are by no means less promising.

Edmonston’s  handle  factory 

C h a n g e   in  t h e   P a r k e s  L u m b e r  C o .
S o u t h   A r m ,  Dec.  1— Leo.  F .  Hale,  of 
Bear Lake,  has  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  Parkes  Lumber  Co.  and  is  now  its 
President  Mr.  Hale  is  an  experienced 
hardwood  lumberman  and  will  be a  val­
uable acquisition  to  the  company.  The 
company  will  add  to  its  business  the 
purchase  of  cedar,  wood,  bark, 
ties, 
posts,  and  contemplates  putting  in  a 
shingle  mill  either  this  winter  or  next 
spring.

D r u g   S to r e   W a n te d .

There  is  now  d o   drug  store  at  New 
Buffalo,  a  town  at  the  junction of  the 
C.  &  W.  M.  and  Michigan  Central  Rail­
ways,  in  Berrien  county. 
It  is  claimed 
that the opening is a  good one,  full  par­
ticulars of  which  can be  secured  by  ad­
dressing the postmaster.

G r a n d   R a p id s   St  I n d ia n a .
Schedule  in effect  November 15,1891.

TRA INS  GOING  N ORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05  a m
9:20 a m  11:30  a m
4:16  p tn
2:00 p m 
10:30  p m
Train  arriving at 9:20  daily;  all  other  trains  daily 

Booth. 
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac.........  5:15 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 
For Sagrinaw &  Traverse  City  . 
For  Petoskey A Mackinaw.......  8:50 p m 
except Sunday.

T RA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

_ 

North. 

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00  a m
10:30  a m
2:00 p m
6:00  p m
11:05 p m
Trains leaving at 6 00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; 

„  
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:20 a m 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  Bast.. 
For  Cincinnati  ..............................  5:30 p m 
For  Chicago.....................................10:40 p m 
From Saginaw............................... 10:40 p m
all other trains daily except Sunday.

11:50 a m 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A  Indiana.
10:10 am
7:00 a m  
11:25 am  
4:40 p m
5:35 p m 
9:05 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1 1 : 3 0   a  m  t r a in .—Parlor chair  car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 : 3 0   p   m   t r a m .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7: OO am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 am   train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p  m   train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11; 05  p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C b ic a g o  v ia  G .  R .  &  I.  R .  R .

Lt Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:05pm
0:50 am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train daUy, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 

10:30am  2:00pm  
3:55 pm  
0:00 p m  

7:05 a m   3:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
ArrGrand Rapids 
2.00pm   8 50pm  
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

10:10 pm
5:15  am

Through tickets and foil information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almqnlst,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, (7 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Michigan(Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

D E PA R T .  A RItIVK
Detroit Express....................................  7:00 a m   10:00 pm
Mixed  ....................................................  7:06am  5:30  pm
Day  Express........................ ..............  1:20pm  10:00am
■Atlantic & Pacific Express..............10:30 pm  
8:00 a m
New York Express.............................. 5:50 p m   12:50 D m

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Elegant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 7 a. m..  returning  leave  Detroit  5:55 p.m ., 
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

F e e d M. Brig g s, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe 8 t.
A. Alhqutst, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo.  W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 87 Monroe St. 
O. W. R uggi.e s  Q. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN   EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Milwaukee

RAILWAY

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T rains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Johns  ... Ar
O w osso.......   Ar
E.  S aginaw .. A r
Bay C ity .......A r
F l i n t ............ Ar
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........A r
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D etroit...........Ar M

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10 55pm 
4 27pm I
112 37am 
5 20pm j 
1 55am 
S 05pm 
3 15am 
8  0pm 
8.45am 
8 45pm
7.i0am 
7 ( 5 pm
5  40am 
8 50pm
7  30am 
8 25pm
5 37am 
9 25pm)
7  00am

1 1 20am I
11  25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
3 ( 5pm
3 45pm 
340pm  
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm I

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T rains Leave

G’d Rapids,  L v .............
G’d H aven,  A r............
M ilw’k eeS tr  “ ...........
Chicago Str.  “ ............

•No. 81 tN o.  11 tN o. 13
7 05am
5  10pm
8 35am
6  15pm

1  00pm
2  10pm

•D ally. 

tD aily except Sunday.

T rains arive from  the east, 6:40 a. m „ 12:50 a  m 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
T rains  arrive  from   th e w est,  10:10  a. m  . 3-15 
p.m.  and 9:50 p. m.
Eastw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  Parle r  Buffet 
ear.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard—No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No.  15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic M anager.
Ben F l e t c h e r , Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J as. Campbell, City T icket A gent.

23 M onroe Street.

CHICAGO

NOV.  15,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

DEPART FOR

C hicago.........................
In d ia n ap o lis..............
Benton H arbor.............
St. Jo se p h ......................
Traverse  C itv.............
M uskegon.....................
M anistee 
.....................
L u d in g to n ................! !
Big  R apids....................

P.M .
•11:35
•11:35
•11:35
5:30

A. M. P.  M.
9:00
12:05
12:05
9:ÓÒ
12:05
9:00
12:05
7:25
5:17
9:00
12:05
7:25
5:17
7:25
5:17
7:25
5:17

P.M.

8:30

A. M. has through chair car to Chica­
go.  No ex tra charge for seats.
P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
w ith W agner buffet car;  sea  s  50 cts. 
P.  M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
M anistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.
P.  M. is solid  train  w ith W agner pal- 
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago.

only.
9:00
12:05
5:17
11:35
DETROIT, 

DEPART  FOR

NOV-15-1891-
Lansing & Northern R R
F . M. P. M.
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45

A. M.
7:15 • 1 :00
7:15 •1:00
7:15 • 1 :00
7:15 *1:10
7:05
4:15
7:05
4:15
7:05
4:15

D etroit........................................
L ansing.............................
H ow ell...........................
Low ell......................
A lm a......................
St.  Louis  .....................
Saginaw   C ity..................

*7 *1 
•  . a *a  lor ca r;  seats 25  cents.

A  M- runs through to D etroit w ith par- 

• " v /   troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

■ • n n   P- M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

PC 
P.  M. runs  through to D etroit  w ith par 
^ • i * - *   lor  car, seats  25  cents.
7  *0^  A- M- has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
• 
F or  tickets  and  inform ation  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or U nion station.

25 cents.

Geo.  DeIIaven, Gen.  Pass’r  Agt.

T o le d o ,  A n n   A r b o r   St  N o r th  

R a ilw a y .

In  connection  w ith  th e  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilw auk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betw e  u 
G rand R apids and Toledo.

VIA D .,  L.  A N.

Lv. G rand 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.

v ia   d ., e .  H.  A   M.

Lv. G rand 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.

R eturn connections equally as good.

W.  H.  B e n n ett, G eneral Pass. A gent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

A N Y T H I N G

Delectable!

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

T O O   T  A  TB

That  he  has allowed  his money to  leak  away.

-W lo p e y  ■ Won’t take  Bare  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.

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

Cherrystone Oysters

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.

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

tile  business,  adopt one  of the

P ^ o u p o p   C ^ y s te p is

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

F o r  S a m p le s a n d   P r ic e   L ist,  a d d re s s

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

B o lts  W an ted!

I  want  500 to  1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and  54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulc-s address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY j 

plows’ Ä

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Winter*St.,  between  Shawimlt  Sue.  and  W.  Pillion St..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

General  Warehoilsemen  and  Transfer  Agents,

COLI)  STORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

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

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

Telephone  No.  945.

J.  Y.  F.  BLAKE  Sup’t.

IP  YOU WANT

The Best

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Sauerkraut.

Order  this Brand from Your Wholesale Grocer!

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

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

* »   the  p n o i   (Hawing  the  nearest  to  the  number  of  Imps that will 
appear in s  series of  cute in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $60;  2d,  $25;  3d. 16;  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 26c. worth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been published 23 cuts, with a total of 3 0 3  Imp#.

M A N u r a o T u a c .   av

Q O H D O N ,  D e t r o it ,  Miojfcn
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt 

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Manufacturers  ofM 
Cases

Of  Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-Glass  Work  Only.

6 3   and  6 6   C anal  St., 

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A few  articles  from  our  No  107 Christmas Catalogue, if  you have not  received  one, drop a  postal  and we will  mail  one  at 
once.  If  possible  call  upon us at once  and  examine our line of  Christmas Goods.  W e have yet a very  full assortment  and 
guarantee to fill orders promptly on receipt.  Keep your stock fall.

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TBE  DOLLAR  TYPEWRITER.

A  w onderfully cheap, novel and  useful m achine, doing the  same quality of  work as the high 
est  priced  Tvpe  W riter, and  w ith  considerable  rapidity.  W rites a full  letter  sheet  any length. 
W ill  w rite as fast  and as well  ns a W orld or A ictor.  Feeds  and  inks  autom atically.  Well made, 
carefully adjusted  and  elegantly finished, m ounted  on  polished  hardw ood  base  and  packed  in 
wood box w ith full directions.  Each neatly wrapped and  labeled, net per doz., $9.' 0.

F O L D IN G   T A B L E S  

Svuare  or  Round,  like  above  pattern, 
w hich  is  entirely new.  The latest style 
of card or sewing* tables, net per doz. $15.

NO.  27  B L A C K B O A R D .

This  blackboard is 46 inches  in  height.  The up 
right blackboard is 17x20 inches.  Size of desk 10x21 
inches.  N et  per  doz., $9.00.  No.  101, sim ilar, $9.00.

No. 425.  Nelly B 'y. the fam ous  corres­
pondent  of  the  New  York  World,  who 
m ade a com plete  tour of  the  world In 72 
days.  We  now offer  this  popular game,
calculated to please  both old and young,
giving  th e  storv of  each day's  journey,  *.,n <J eYer m ®^e‘„J 1,!?
giving 
net per doz.. $5.00.

N o.  1  U PR IG H T   ENG INK 
This cut  illustrates  th e “Weed- 
en”  E ngine, w hich has  proved to 
be the.m ost popular engine of the
teel  bronze,  scarlet,  gilt 
black,  net per doz., $0 00.

Similar to  above  Cut.

No. 29 L aundry Set, com plete  as  shown 
Ironing table, 3254 inches  long,  15 inches 
w ide, net per doz. sets, $9.00.

SOLDIERS’  DRUMS.

28 A  Toy Tool C hest............................................................. net per
45 A  Size  4x9 inches.  A good box fo r........................
A 50c s e t....................................
60 A 
“ 
inches.  Contains 14 tools...........
80 A 
600 A 
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700 A 
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725 A 
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750 A 
900 A 
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1000 A 
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“  5x11 
“  5%xl2 
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“  8x14 
“  754x1554  “ 
“  754x1554  “ 
“  954x17 
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“  10x2054 
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“  1014x2154  “ 

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34  “ 
25  “ 
26  “ 
35  “ 
40  “ 

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M etal  shell w ith soldiers  stam ped on  shell.
6 in.,  ner n et doz........$2 00 i 8 In.,  p e rd o z .n e t,  ...$3  75
9  in . 
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No  17  Shoo  Fly.  Size  42x25  inches,  h air  m ain  and  tail,  upholstered  in  n   in. 
Same in nests of  6 drum s from 8 to 13 inch  net  per nest,
fancy figured cloth, has toy box and roller in front.  Net per doz.  $18 00. 
See page 18 of o ur No.  107 Catalogue for other styles Rocking Horses. 
$2 75.  One  pair of  sticks  w ith  each  drum .  All  our
drum s  have  colored  fancy  cord,  and  prices  Include
hook and string for carrying.

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No. 114,12 D, Size 14x1154x8  in c h es.........................   $  9:00
No. 114,15 D, Size 1654x11 Vix854  inches 
.........  10  E0

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Instruction book w ith each piano.

See page 8 for  other  styles of Drums and  I'ianos.

